Carissa Yip

olympiad gold medalist, 4x us women’s champion, international master of chess. insta: carissayip. contact [email protected] for inquiries

[Carissa Yip @carissayipchess]

3peat.

[James @exhaustdata]

This one goes out to all of the tumblr kids reblogging that “I’ll take care of you / it’s rotten work / not to me, not if it’s you” exchange from her Euripides translation

[awonder liang @awonder676]

As a preview for the Olympiad, what is the optimal way to allocate rating points across all four boards? In this blog we find a unique Nash equilibrium solution to the constrained logistic Blotto game on four boards.

https://t.co/vRjNBkykyZ

[David Petrou @dpetrou]

@LAReviewofBooks Announcing! An interactive diagram of a David Foster Wallace sentence. Used an insane amount of compute, which then dissolved into a puddle of ennui.

https://t.co/rxPRHwvRlw

Much respect to @fowlinghantod's awesome essay on “Mister Squishy.” (Yes, my version is slop -- deal.)

[Carissa Yip @carissayipchess]

@awonder676 nerd

[sophie @netcapgirl]

“navier stokes being solved has me thinking about how we blew up in finite time. maybe i should have respected boundary conditions more but i guess every relationship has its turbulence haha. guess you never know when an old problem might get resolved, anyway say hi to your mom”

[Ken Bui @kilobytes_]

*entirely mishearing the openai situation* wow yeah i love the strokes

[bilal @bilaltwovec]

ive navier been more stoked

[cam ☾☼ @catboysasuk3]

I can’t believe it’s almost the end of august. just as noah kahan predicted

[Carissa Yip @carissayipchess]

@allenainie @EmmaBrunskill @chrispiech @RL_Conference yayyy congrats allen!! 😁🥳

[WR Chess @wr_chess]

Not a single game dropped 🤩

Congratulations to IM @carissayipchess , winner of the WR Women’s Chess Tour 2026, Americas Leg, Rapid in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic 🏆

Carissa went through the entire knockout without dropping a game.

Blitz today, July 2. Same field, same players.

[Carissa Yip @carissayipchess]

@awonder676 lowkey i alr been on that but gj i guess 🤞

[Carissa Yip @carissayipchess]

goatwonder

[awonder liang @awonder676]

Honored to represent the US at this years Olympiad! It has been a dream of mine for many years.

[Carissa Yip @carissayipchess]

@hartmannchess DID U ACTLLY WHAT DID U THINK

[Carissa Yip @carissayipchess]

holy shit the new ben lerner…

[awonder liang @awonder676]

A new substack article with notes on chess and AI, inspired by this excellent piece on Go and AI.

https://t.co/ye3t8ANnGp

[Carissa Yip @carissayipchess]

this the type of gluttony they’re talking abt in the bible @awonder676

[chess24 @chess24com]

Awonder Liang enters the confessional booth to positively review the salmon crostini served to the players! He said he had eight in the first 10 minutes of the game.

[Carissa Yip @carissayipchess]

on valentine’s day you learn that the worst person yk from high school has a baddie gf

[Carissa Yip @carissayipchess]

proud of my play and grateful for the opportunity 💙 @tatasteelchess

[Tata Steel Chess Tournament @tatasteelchess]

@ChessBase @carissayipchess @LennartOotes The results! 🤩⬇️

[Carissa Yip @carissayipchess]

career change announcement 🫣

[ChessBase @ChessBase]

♟️📸 Even while battling the Challengers @tatasteelchess, @carissayipchess finds time to get behind the lens!

Quick question though… did she borrow that camera from @LennartOotes ? 😄

Grandmaster moves and photographer vibes.

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