Mike Klein

FunMasterMike/Tall ChessKid

[Mike Klein @ChessMike]

I’m the preferred teacher of @vishy64theking ‘s son? Biggest chess accomplishment of my life.

[Viswanathan Anand @vishy64theking]

I call home after my tournament and my son Akhil tells me, "Appa I'm playing rook roller checkmate." So I suggest a move. Then he says, "According to FunMasterMike on @ChessKidcom you don't do that!" So I ask him who is this FunMasterMike?

[Charlotte Chess Center @CLTchesscenter]

One year.

We move forward by announcing the Naroditsky Fellowship committee:

Chair: IA Grant Oen
GM Hikaru Nakamura
GM Sam Shankland
GM Robert Hess
GM Kayden Troff
IM John Bartholomew
IM Eric Rosen

We will always ensure your profound impact lives on.❤️

[Adriana Palao ♛ @adriana_palao]

Back to Samarkand for our “Chess On The Big Screen” panel with @fmmikeklein 🎬♟️

[Mike Klein @ChessMike]

Incredible reporting by @leontxogarcia

[Leontxo García @leontxogarcia]

This story is so incredible (literally) that @el_pais has decided to feature it in its English-language edition (open access, no paywall): https://t.co/gL8WRHx1Zy
#chess #ajedrez

[chess24 @chess24com]

Javokhir Sindarov: "Finally we won—I won a 2nd #ChessOlympiad before I became 21 so I'm very happy!"

[David Howell @DavidHowellGM]

The youngest ever Woman Grandmaster! Go Bodhana, go England! 🌟 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

https://t.co/KuGeLbRqVe

[chess24 @chess24com]

Uzbekistan hero Mukhiddin Madaminov: "We played this tournament very well, all players performed fantastic, so that's why I'm very happy to be part of this team, and it's not our last gold medal... we'll try our best & we'll achieve more & more results!"

#ChessOlympiad

[Mike Klein @ChessMike]

I really enjoy interviewing @NodirbekGM and was honored to be there for this moment in his life

[chess24 @chess24com]

Nodirbek Abdusattorov: "This is the proudest moment in my life!"

#ChessOlympiad

[Mike Klein @ChessMike]

The winners ride

[chess24 @chess24com]

Alice Lee after winning individual gold on Board 2 (she says she's played 20 Olympiad games and won 13, drawn 7): "I got into Yale University last year and I'm currently in my gap year"

#ChessOlympiad

[Mike Klein @ChessMike]

Actual footage! https://t.co/yx4bPXl8Yf

[Mike Klein @ChessMike]

Stunning vote in the FIDE presidential election. 196 votes were cast. 192 were deemed eligible. Turlov: 96. Rosenstein: 76. Buettner: 20.

Winner must receive 50% +1. Turlov got exactly 50%. There will now be a revote with the top two. Every vote truly matters.

[Mike Klein @ChessMike]

@GMNeiksans Uzbekistan 2 will break the tie

[Mike Klein @ChessMike]

@HumblePhotog @chess24com Hans said “You had a game in this line?”

[chess24 @chess24com]

Mike: "But [Hans] turned it around. What does that explain about his resilience in the event?"
Levon: "I think he just got lucky his opponent didn't know the line!" (as Hans walks by the interview)

#ChessOlympiad

[chess24 @chess24com]

"I beat him only at the Olympiads, while I lost to him three times in other tournaments," says Nodirbek Abdusattorov after a win vs. Fabiano Caruana on board one.

#ChessOlympiad

[Women's Chess Coverage @OnTheQueenside]

THE FIRST-EVER 11-YEAR-OLD WGM!!!! 🥳🥳🥳
Congrats to Bodhana Sivanandan on becoming the first 11-year-old in chess history to earn the WGM title! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

She just made her final WGM norm at the Olympiad! Only Hou Yifan & Kateryna Lagno were even WGMs at 12! 🤯

📷: R Oleksiewicz

[Mike Klein @ChessMike]

According to what was confirmed at the technical meeting, there are no forbidden parings at the Olympiad. The Olympiad pairings office just reconfirmed this to @chesscom

There is a very real chance we have Uzbekistan v Uzbekistan 2 in the final round.

[Mike Klein @ChessMike]

“I want to be Mr. FIDE and I want to be Mr. Chess.” — @JanHBuettner at the Olympiad Presidential Forum

[Mike Klein @ChessMike]

My favorite moves from the first half of the Olympiad:
https://t.co/sWQkFdCbLN

[Mike Klein @ChessMike]

In fairness to @GMJanGustafsson he did get through 3 pages

[chess24 @chess24com]

Jan Gustafsson after Germany beat USA: "After Frederik won it looked like it was a fairly simple draw, so I wasn’t that nervous anymore. Before that I was pretending to read my book, but it was a tense match, for sure!"

#ChessOlympiad