Forty Chess
@srschess.bsky.social
Online and IRL chess enthusiast with a background in digital media, music performance, screenwriting, and mixed media digital art, journalism, poetry, counseling, special education, behavioral therapy, acting and mycology
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@srschess.bsky.social
· Nov 29
My book is done! It's 11 short stories. I've been giving people a test manuscript. This is the eponymous story for the book's title, The Prisoner's Apology (based on experiences on social media) free and you can read it for now if you'd like! #fiction #writing
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substack.com/@ostache/not...
This is the article I wrote about how it has been my belief that websites already have used tools to verify my identity and I am shadow banned (prohibited from logging in) from chess . com. Even if you don't play chess and only care about yourself, you should probably care about this 😵💫🙋⁉️
January 9, 2026 at 6:52 PM
This is the article I wrote about how it has been my belief that websites already have used tools to verify my identity and I am shadow banned (prohibited from logging in) from chess . com. Even if you don't play chess and only care about yourself, you should probably care about this 😵💫🙋⁉️
I removed the paywall on my post about the screen act and #kosa because there's nothing I can say or write about that is more important than describing how I was systematically prohibited from playing chess online for no discernable reason. This could only be done by verifying my identity somehow 🤷
January 9, 2026 at 6:47 PM
I removed the paywall on my post about the screen act and #kosa because there's nothing I can say or write about that is more important than describing how I was systematically prohibited from playing chess online for no discernable reason. This could only be done by verifying my identity somehow 🤷
After 3 months of streaming chess twice per day, I made my point. It is impossible to gain a following #streaming #chess unless you are sponsored, unoriginal, and inorganic. I'm still going to play chess, and write about chess, but I'm not going to cut off my nose to spite my face. I warned people.
January 8, 2026 at 9:04 PM
After 3 months of streaming chess twice per day, I made my point. It is impossible to gain a following #streaming #chess unless you are sponsored, unoriginal, and inorganic. I'm still going to play chess, and write about chess, but I'm not going to cut off my nose to spite my face. I warned people.
👮One week shy of my anniversary of the #Minneapolis police arresting me for essentially no reason, I wrote this article about the larger political and societal issues that are dividing people both in Minnesota and the country. ✌️My book is done, but needs more editing substack.com/@ostache/not...
The Minneapolis Dinner Table
Reflecting on a shooting in Minneapolis, the political landscape of the city and that time I got arrested by the MPD for no reason
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January 8, 2026 at 8:59 PM
👮One week shy of my anniversary of the #Minneapolis police arresting me for essentially no reason, I wrote this article about the larger political and societal issues that are dividing people both in Minnesota and the country. ✌️My book is done, but needs more editing substack.com/@ostache/not...
The people around you will make or break you and your goals. My best friend from age 10 - 30 became a drunk, selfish, ugly person. He derailed my projects, drifted in and out, and stole from me. I once promised him the small amount of money I had if something happened. Officially revoked. GL Grant
December 29, 2025 at 10:10 PM
The people around you will make or break you and your goals. My best friend from age 10 - 30 became a drunk, selfish, ugly person. He derailed my projects, drifted in and out, and stole from me. I once promised him the small amount of money I had if something happened. Officially revoked. GL Grant
My weekly #chess article this week isn't about chess. It is about how people won't talk about chess because they're all afraid of the same thing. Find out what it is, comment, share, and I have to get back to a family emergency. substack.com/@ostache/not...
Salem’s Discord - Chess and the Witch Hunting Youth
I stop writing about chess for this, my weekly chess article
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December 29, 2025 at 10:02 PM
My weekly #chess article this week isn't about chess. It is about how people won't talk about chess because they're all afraid of the same thing. Find out what it is, comment, share, and I have to get back to a family emergency. substack.com/@ostache/not...
It's incredibly important to me to share this, which is about KOSA and the Screen Act. Both are bills with wide support that will censor the internet and end online privacy. Those things aren't important to you, I hope. I'm editing my book, gtg! #kosa #censorship
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Parental Advisory - Text From Mom (this content has been deemed not suitable for minors)
My Experience on the Internet is your Terrifying Future
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December 21, 2025 at 6:00 PM
It's incredibly important to me to share this, which is about KOSA and the Screen Act. Both are bills with wide support that will censor the internet and end online privacy. Those things aren't important to you, I hope. I'm editing my book, gtg! #kosa #censorship
open.substack.com/pub/ostache/...
open.substack.com/pub/ostache/...
I did wind up #writing an introductory part of my idea for a story called Johnny Depp's VR Experience. I'm imagining a near future in which hyper niche communities are more insular, less tolerant of diverse thought. In my imagination, it looks ridiculous #fiction
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open.substack.com/pub/ostache/...
December 19, 2025 at 8:34 PM
I did wind up #writing an introductory part of my idea for a story called Johnny Depp's VR Experience. I'm imagining a near future in which hyper niche communities are more insular, less tolerant of diverse thought. In my imagination, it looks ridiculous #fiction
open.substack.com/pub/ostache/...
open.substack.com/pub/ostache/...
My new post is about #brandon #jacobsen and details the #viihsou #naroditsky late night marathon, which is now cast in a new light. I think Brandon ought to be unbanned, but as someone who is on the blacklist for no discernable reason, my voice has minimal impact. I'm still streaming twice per day!
December 16, 2025 at 7:59 PM
My new post is about #brandon #jacobsen and details the #viihsou #naroditsky late night marathon, which is now cast in a new light. I think Brandon ought to be unbanned, but as someone who is on the blacklist for no discernable reason, my voice has minimal impact. I'm still streaming twice per day!
I'm two days late with my chess article, but it's here. The first in a series of wrongly banned, blacklisted, and reputation tarnished players in the world of #chess or at least #onlinechess or at least #chess.com - the blacklist is real, so you better be nice! 😉
ostache.substack.com/p/the-ballad...
ostache.substack.com/p/the-ballad...
The Ballad of Viih Sou - Destroying the Reputation of an Innocent Chess Player
Chesscom continues to actively play the role of villain in the world of Chess
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December 16, 2025 at 7:56 PM
I'm two days late with my chess article, but it's here. The first in a series of wrongly banned, blacklisted, and reputation tarnished players in the world of #chess or at least #onlinechess or at least #chess.com - the blacklist is real, so you better be nice! 😉
ostache.substack.com/p/the-ballad...
ostache.substack.com/p/the-ballad...
I think I'm going to write "Johnny Depp's VR Experience," a story about a future where VR hangouts are like exclusive clubs. If you have the youth, the beauty, and the money, you can get in... and watch Johnny Depp eat dinner (he can't see you). There are much worse ways to spend $1 Million dollars
December 13, 2025 at 3:39 AM
I think I'm going to write "Johnny Depp's VR Experience," a story about a future where VR hangouts are like exclusive clubs. If you have the youth, the beauty, and the money, you can get in... and watch Johnny Depp eat dinner (he can't see you). There are much worse ways to spend $1 Million dollars
Reposted by Forty Chess
Congress is trying to force through mass surveillance/censorship laws THIS WEEK
BOOST THIS EVERYWHERE before it’s too late. 👇
www.badinternetbills.com
Call and tell your rep:
—NO to KOSA
—NO to Section 230 reform
—NO online digital ID laws
—NO age verification laws
BOOST THIS EVERYWHERE before it’s too late. 👇
www.badinternetbills.com
Call and tell your rep:
—NO to KOSA
—NO to Section 230 reform
—NO online digital ID laws
—NO age verification laws
Bad Internet Bills
All of the bad internet bills. One website.
www.badinternetbills.com
December 11, 2025 at 5:40 AM
Congress is trying to force through mass surveillance/censorship laws THIS WEEK
BOOST THIS EVERYWHERE before it’s too late. 👇
www.badinternetbills.com
Call and tell your rep:
—NO to KOSA
—NO to Section 230 reform
—NO online digital ID laws
—NO age verification laws
BOOST THIS EVERYWHERE before it’s too late. 👇
www.badinternetbills.com
Call and tell your rep:
—NO to KOSA
—NO to Section 230 reform
—NO online digital ID laws
—NO age verification laws
I finally got my #stockfish level 1 - 5 #chess bot speedrun under 13 minutes! It's bullet chess, 1 minute, 1 second increment. That was my goal, it took six months or something like that to finally get enough luck. Here it is, the new world record, unedited:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXvd...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXvd...
NEW World Record - Chess Bots 500 - 2500 ELO / Stockfish Fairy 14 Levels 1 - 5 in 12:30
YouTube video by SRS CHESS
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December 12, 2025 at 3:35 AM
I finally got my #stockfish level 1 - 5 #chess bot speedrun under 13 minutes! It's bullet chess, 1 minute, 1 second increment. That was my goal, it took six months or something like that to finally get enough luck. Here it is, the new world record, unedited:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXvd...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXvd...
I'm thinking about #writing a VR story for my #book (which is being edited) so if you like one of these ideas, respond!
Setting: a near future where people hang out in VR spaces 24/7.
Idea one: Johnny Depp's VR Experience
Idea two: a normal girl is uniquely aware of VR watchers, starts responding
Setting: a near future where people hang out in VR spaces 24/7.
Idea one: Johnny Depp's VR Experience
Idea two: a normal girl is uniquely aware of VR watchers, starts responding
December 12, 2025 at 3:32 AM
It's happening all around the country in the open, and no police force in the country can solve it. Can you? To the #car #windows #crime #usnews
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To the Window - Crimes people film but Police Can't Solve
This might be a case for Encyclopedia Brown!
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December 8, 2025 at 5:36 PM
It's happening all around the country in the open, and no police force in the country can solve it. Can you? To the #car #windows #crime #usnews
open.substack.com/pub/ostache/...
open.substack.com/pub/ostache/...
My weekly chess article is live now, and for months I've streamed twice per day at roughly noon and midnight EST (every time I play). You can watch as I start #streaming 2200-2400 ELO puzzles and FAST #chess, I really appreciate anyone who watches or subscribes! open.substack.com/pub/ostache/...
December 6, 2025 at 6:22 PM
My weekly chess article is live now, and for months I've streamed twice per day at roughly noon and midnight EST (every time I play). You can watch as I start #streaming 2200-2400 ELO puzzles and FAST #chess, I really appreciate anyone who watches or subscribes! open.substack.com/pub/ostache/...
I am THRILLED to say that I had an official civil rights complaint filed against the security guards who lied about being police officers before they assaulted me. That's great news! If you get assaulted, you are eventually allowed to write an angry letter
December 3, 2025 at 8:45 PM
I am THRILLED to say that I had an official civil rights complaint filed against the security guards who lied about being police officers before they assaulted me. That's great news! If you get assaulted, you are eventually allowed to write an angry letter
lichess continues to shadowban my account, but they will not allow an appeal, agree i have never cheated, and there are no marks on my account.
It makes me wonder if it isn't the website at all, and I have some kind of malware. The #chess #community can be counted on to not give a single f
It makes me wonder if it isn't the website at all, and I have some kind of malware. The #chess #community can be counted on to not give a single f
December 3, 2025 at 8:42 PM
lichess continues to shadowban my account, but they will not allow an appeal, agree i have never cheated, and there are no marks on my account.
It makes me wonder if it isn't the website at all, and I have some kind of malware. The #chess #community can be counted on to not give a single f
It makes me wonder if it isn't the website at all, and I have some kind of malware. The #chess #community can be counted on to not give a single f
My book is done! It's 11 short stories. I've been giving people a test manuscript. This is the eponymous story for the book's title, The Prisoner's Apology (based on experiences on social media) free and you can read it for now if you'd like! #fiction #writing
substack.com/@ostache/not...
substack.com/@ostache/not...
November 29, 2025 at 6:17 PM
My book is done! It's 11 short stories. I've been giving people a test manuscript. This is the eponymous story for the book's title, The Prisoner's Apology (based on experiences on social media) free and you can read it for now if you'd like! #fiction #writing
substack.com/@ostache/not...
substack.com/@ostache/not...
I write one chess article per week (on weekends)
But I also wrote a book. It's an anthology collection of 11 original stories. From a future where a man controls the world with a golden key, to a disease caused by media consumption, an Orwellian game called Dark Mode and more. I'll post updates 😊
But I also wrote a book. It's an anthology collection of 11 original stories. From a future where a man controls the world with a golden key, to a disease caused by media consumption, an Orwellian game called Dark Mode and more. I'll post updates 😊
November 23, 2025 at 7:14 PM
I write one chess article per week (on weekends)
But I also wrote a book. It's an anthology collection of 11 original stories. From a future where a man controls the world with a golden key, to a disease caused by media consumption, an Orwellian game called Dark Mode and more. I'll post updates 😊
But I also wrote a book. It's an anthology collection of 11 original stories. From a future where a man controls the world with a golden key, to a disease caused by media consumption, an Orwellian game called Dark Mode and more. I'll post updates 😊
I promised that my weekly chess article would not be about me and I DID IT!!! This is about the Ding Liren v Gukesh world championship match game 14 blunder. And it's about understanding chess and how what you don't know can hurt you (in chess)
substack.com/@ostache/not...
substack.com/@ostache/not...
Learning how to Win - Chess Endgames and the Ding Liren Blunder
My fourth weekly chess article for the month of November
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November 23, 2025 at 7:09 PM
I promised that my weekly chess article would not be about me and I DID IT!!! This is about the Ding Liren v Gukesh world championship match game 14 blunder. And it's about understanding chess and how what you don't know can hurt you (in chess)
substack.com/@ostache/not...
substack.com/@ostache/not...
I'll be streaming puzzles on my youtube channel which you might have to go directly to, depending on how restricted my content is at the moment lol. SRS Chess - serious chess, I'll be doing puzzles and playing 1 minute games against stockfish bot 14 trying to beat level 6. Puzzle ELO goal is 2400!
November 16, 2025 at 10:50 PM
I'll be streaming puzzles on my youtube channel which you might have to go directly to, depending on how restricted my content is at the moment lol. SRS Chess - serious chess, I'll be doing puzzles and playing 1 minute games against stockfish bot 14 trying to beat level 6. Puzzle ELO goal is 2400!
My weekly chess article is about the misuse of AI and my personal experience dealing with people who have put so much trust into technology, they refuse to believe what their own eyes and ears tell them.
My next #chess article will not be about me, I promise 😬
substack.com/@ostache/not...
My next #chess article will not be about me, I promise 😬
substack.com/@ostache/not...
Mime Training - The Chess World’s Misuse of AI
My third weekly article about chess-related subject matter for the month of November
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November 16, 2025 at 10:30 PM
My weekly chess article is about the misuse of AI and my personal experience dealing with people who have put so much trust into technology, they refuse to believe what their own eyes and ears tell them.
My next #chess article will not be about me, I promise 😬
substack.com/@ostache/not...
My next #chess article will not be about me, I promise 😬
substack.com/@ostache/not...
A huge thank you to the second person who became a subscriber of my substack. I am extremely appreciative of the small support I have. ❤️
With that, November's second weekly #chess article. "to combat them, #FIDE must understand the game they are playing" ostache.substack.com/p/chess-need...
With that, November's second weekly #chess article. "to combat them, #FIDE must understand the game they are playing" ostache.substack.com/p/chess-need...
Chess needs Critics - There are no Roads where We’re Going
FIDE, The Online Chess Bubble
ostache.substack.com
November 8, 2025 at 9:06 PM
A huge thank you to the second person who became a subscriber of my substack. I am extremely appreciative of the small support I have. ❤️
With that, November's second weekly #chess article. "to combat them, #FIDE must understand the game they are playing" ostache.substack.com/p/chess-need...
With that, November's second weekly #chess article. "to combat them, #FIDE must understand the game they are playing" ostache.substack.com/p/chess-need...
My weekly chess article will be published on sunday. It is about FIDE and the only road to Rome that remains open. In the meantime, I have an exciting vision of a future that you will not be allowed to exist in. Luckily, you can read all about here:
ostache.substack.com/p/dark-mode-...
ostache.substack.com/p/dark-mode-...
Dark Mode - A Terrifying Future that Might be Here Already
Are you excited for a brand new job opportunity? We are thrilled to offer you one after reviewing you internet activity and reviewed all of the footage we have of you
ostache.substack.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:23 PM
My weekly chess article will be published on sunday. It is about FIDE and the only road to Rome that remains open. In the meantime, I have an exciting vision of a future that you will not be allowed to exist in. Luckily, you can read all about here:
ostache.substack.com/p/dark-mode-...
ostache.substack.com/p/dark-mode-...