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One of the new “fake 1800s” ELO players. Chess studies and improvement. 1.b3 #chesspunks

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@GMJacobAagaard @natesolon What’s your… damn…

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@Beluga96Beluga @ashishpisharodi @TarjeiJS No you have not. Magnus Carlsen has 😉

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@TarjeiJS Sorry your favorite is not up for it anymore… let’s go Grischuk!

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@sjakksnakk Rule of law. Should apply to everyone, shouldn’t be necessary to tell that to a Norwegian.

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@ben_finegold It’s about power, come on. Big commercial interests taking on FIDE these days.

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@HansMokeNiemann Jeans went from being the preferred type of pants of maverick cowboy types. Now, they apparently represent big tech and the big chess monopoly 😃

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@PHChess Hi Peter. Surely, you don’t want chess to be run by large companies, bordering monopolies? I’d much rather have an imperfect sports federation than that.

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@TarjeiJS Carlsen/chessdotcom and most of the popular streamers represent big corporations and monopoly power against the chess federation which is the rest of us.

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@TarjeiJS Because they want the money. They should stop trying to destroy the sport.

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@TarjeiJS This aged well

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@MeerMaurits Nice puzzle! Honestly, Qc6 was the first move I considered after Rd1+. So maybe solving studies DOES help after all 😅

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@HrbekStepan @rameshpillai_ @MeerMaurits Pin 😊 But nice analysis!

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@turnabouttess Spot on. Using the same kind of argument, only GMs could provide therapy for other GMs. I think mental problems are more universal than that.

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@wmiltti Rcd1 Kf7 Kg2 Rf5 (defending the f file) e4 Rf4 Kg3 Rxe4 Rf1+ looks like a collapse of black’s position

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@MeerMaurits @DrLangstrand Going through Erwich the second time atm - to try and get back in shape. Good book!

I also liked Combinative Motifs

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@GMJacobAagaard Well done! Reminds me of the “trust equation”: having a low degree of self-orientation is key to become someone’s trusted advisor. Truly caring about the success of others is a superpower 💪

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@mirmil8 Nice work! Can you tell that your calculation is improving (beyond the tactics rating)?

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@GMJacobAagaard Thanks Jacob!

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@ehscho @ChessMood Take the Queen and play f5.

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@mirmil8 Nice position! My first reaction was to sack the bishop on f5, but the rook sack is probably better as suggested in the comments.