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Highest ranked Nigerian chess player.
Hermit.
Lover.

[a is for ATTACK @dbestsmiles]

Perhaps the greatest killer of the intellectual is his need to be right. In order to fulfill his calling, which is to be right, his great intellect is put to tremendous use justifying his preferences rather than interrogating them. A tragedy unlike no other.

[a is for ATTACK @dbestsmiles]

Men of the modern age must learn to be lonely with grace. An underrated survival skill.

[a is for ATTACK @dbestsmiles]

Anyone who does not already realize that our government does not care about us is suffering from a peculiar type of blindness.
Do you not see the urgency with which they act when their political power is threatened?

[a is for ATTACK @dbestsmiles]

Selfishness is natural but it is also a disease of the human mind

[@𝗼𝗻𝗲𝗷𝗼𝗯𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗯𝗼𝘆 @OneJoblessBoy]

“My husband cannot come and say I should come and pay school fees with him, it’s not done… My money is my money. His money is for all of us. That’s what Islam says…”

[Rodger Sherman @rodger]

Shrey spelling 32 words in 90 seconds to win the Spelling Bee is the new greatest athletic accomplishment of 2026. I don’t even know how he said the letters that fast. Got a “Holy Mackerel” out of
@minakimes

[a is for ATTACK @dbestsmiles]

@promotedpawns The term is actually used to mock him for not taking chess more seriously.

[Perpetual Ogbiyoyo @guitargirrl]

In chess, you can’t force your opponent to play badly. You can only create conditions that make it hard for them to play well.💜💜💜

Life is the same…..

You can’t control what people do to you. But you can control the position you put yourself in.

So yes, your situation might be hard.
People might have done you wrong.
That’s real. But at some point you have to stop replaying the hurt and start making moves.

Build a position they can’t touch.💜

[Pat Utomi @UtomiPat]

Until public office is stripped of its material attractions public life will majorly attract people whose goals are not service and whose service will more likely bring misery to the people than progress.

[International Chess Federation @FIDE_chess]

🎉 Happy 20th Birthday to World Champion 🇮🇳 Gukesh D! ♟️👑

At just 18 years old, he became the youngest undisputed World Chess Champion in history. 🏆🔥

From becoming a Grandmaster at 12 — then the second-youngest in history — to becoming the youngest player ever to cross the 2750 rating mark, Gukesh has already achieved what many only dream of. His journey continues to inspire a new generation of chess fans around the world. ✨

Happy birthday, @DGukesh! 🎂✨

[James @MrJamesKe]

The people asking for accountability are not destroying the country. They are trying to stop its destruction.

[New In Chess @NewInChess]

Carlsen's games have been hugely entertaining. He could just as well have won them all...
It looks to us as if he is trying to reinvent his chess. It is definitely too early to evaluate this new approach.

[Beautiful Nubia @Beautiful_Nubia]

Treat every child like your own
For every child - no matter the circumstances of his birth -
Is a beacon to this glorious future

Beautiful Nubia in "Ohun Oju Nri" (2006)

[Olúṣeun Onìgbìndé @seunonigbinde]

Is there not supposed to be a periodic briefing on the efforts to rescue 46 kidnapped persons?

#rescueoriire

[a is for ATTACK @dbestsmiles]

Any system that rewards sycophancy above all else will naturally birth decay.
It is a matter of strict logic.
An inexcapable conclusion.
If all we do is praise our leaders to their faces, they will never act with the necessary urgency to solve our problems.

[a is for ATTACK @dbestsmiles]

@echoesrealities @lifeinsolace No

[Himran Zerhouni @le3imran]

@Daywrotethis The dead make better company than the algorithm

[Hauwa 🌟🌬 @Hauwa_L]

I’m telling you that your government doesn’t respect you enough to rescue kidnapped babies in a bid to convince you to vote for them, instead, are relying on rice campaign and you’re crying.

See you, see your chains.

Elections are coming. Tell them to have shame and pretend to give a crumb of a fuck.

If not for anything, for children whose only crime is trying to get an education.

[Foundational Nupe Lawyer @egi_nupe]

Everybody is rich on social media🤣🤣

[Idongesit Uduehe(Chef_idy) @IdongesitUduehe]

Normally, we suppose don trek reach Aso rock now dey drop demands.
But me and you, cowards!

[a is for ATTACK @dbestsmiles]

@_heisiruoo_ You know ball

[a is for ATTACK @dbestsmiles]

National Friends of chess tournament 2026
Water, wet.