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@FIDE_chess Four US titles for So and he had to go through Fabi in rapid to get the last one. Cold-blooded.

Rachael Li won on her debut and set the age record too. Some players need 5 tries just to get invited.

Congrats to both

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One tiny pawn move. One world champion. What could possibly go wrong? 📷
Kasparov has just played …h6, attacking the knight. White to move: retreat, or call the bluff?
Pause before the reveal and choose your move. Deep Blue’s reply helped turn this into a 19-move nightmare for Kasparov.
Drop your answer below. No engine assistance—let’s make questionable decisions with confidence. 📷
#Chess #Kasparov #DeepBlue #ChessPuzzle #CaroKann

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This trap caught Magnus Carlsen.
Firouzja fell for it 3 times in one year.

Hikaru has set it 62 times on https://t.co/8xV6NEdgK4: 57 wins, 1 draw, 4 losses.

Stockfish says it's only +0.5.

Stockfish doesn't play 3+0.

Would you have fallen for it? 👇

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@ChessbaseIndia Proof that the best career move in chess is resigning at the right moment. Demis Hassabis quit at 13 👀

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@chess24com Nick Pert is the GM twin, but tonight Richard gets to tell the story at family dinner.

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@FIDE_chess He is the World Champion and his parents still do bunny ears behind his head.
Parents stay undefeated :)

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@chess24com 98.6% accuracy with 55 minutes still on the clock.
Wei Yi could have played a second game with what he had left.

[Global Statistics @Globalstats11]

Most Popular Sports in the World (1900-2026)

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@chess24com 1.d4 Nf6 2.g4 against a 2642 GM. That's not an opening, that's a dare.
And get lost in 20 moves ...

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unfortunately,
lichess boycots 😢 https://t.co/Gl4qFMhsVg
https://t.co/7NntDSWsI9

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Lichess vs https://t.co/hncsaernBK
Altruism 👁️ Capitalism

Whom you prefer?
Architecture 🏡
Money 💰
Boycots 🦾
Ukraine Support 🇺🇦
and other interesting stuff
#chess @lichess @chesscom

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@GMHikaru @GMJSindarov @Cap_StGeorges Sindarov went unbeaten through the Candidates and apparently the missing piece was a king walk on move two.

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@FIDE_chess Gukesh and Sindarov combined age is 40.
Anand was 42 when he beat Gelfand.
One man, older than the whole match.

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@chess24com Four co-leaders and seven players within a point.
St Louis turned a round robin into a crowded elevator.

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@lichess vs @chesscom ♟️🥊

Money.
Values.
Latency.
Tech.

Our rook and queen battle through every round.

Two great platforms. Who takes the crown? 👑

Drop a ❤️ or an opinion backed by absolutely no evidence.

#Chess

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@chesscom Spassky taught Bobby nothing and still lost the title. Teaching them yourself just speeds it up.

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@ChessbaseIndia Lost in round 9 and still took the title.
Some people treat adversity like a coffee break.

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@GMJacobAagaard @locrotti @lichess Saint Louis made changes and Lichess lifted its boycott of the club.

A free chess platform shouldn’t have to teach major organisations basic accountability.

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@GMJacobAagaard @locrotti @lichess https://t.co/RcFKUqT2Up

I wouldn’t use FIDE politics under Dvorkovich, former Russian deputy, as the standard here.
Lichess is independent and willing to stand up for players.

The US Championship boycott is a separate issue: how abuse complaints were handled.