Jonathan Rowson

Chess Grandmaster & 3-time British champion. Author. This is now a chess account. For philosophy, Perspectiva etc, see my Substack, The Joyous Struggle 🙏

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If you’ve ever wondered what I’m working on, or what @Perspecteeva is responding to, you might like this half-hour mini-documentary called *Living in the Metacrisis* which is beautifully produced by Katie Teague.

https://t.co/r9XdQ4l3Rg

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My first ever selfie on Twitter, but I trust you'll forgive me. #rsaclimate

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Informative.

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Inspired by #StAndrewsDay

“To define ‘nation’ is to commit a political act. The etymology relates to birth, and that permeates many of the attempts at definitions, though it also feels like the idea of nation gradually outgrows them all.”

https://t.co/zkCvAJOsXn

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Inspired by #StAndrewsDay

“To define ‘nation’ is to commit a political act. The etymology relates to birth, and that permeates many of the attempts at definitions, though it also feels like the idea of nation gradually outgrows them all.”

https://t.co/zkCvAJOsXn

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A good moment to pretend you are learning foreign languages as an excuse to watch the same goal over again.

[Scotland National Team @ScotlandNT]

🇧🇷 "Golazo!"
🇫🇷 "C'est incroyable!"
🇦🇷 "Gol! Gol! Gol! Gol!"

This is how the world reacted to that Scott McTominay goal!

📺 Watch more: https://t.co/cpyw3bLpYx

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@PHChess Thanks Peter. I can’t quite believe it. There have been so many years of glorious failure. And three amazing goals tonight. Quite the treat. I’m sure Denmark will get through in the playoffs.

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Not too shabby at all.

[BBC Sport Scotland @BBCSportScot]

THIS is how Scotland qualify for a World Cup.

Take a bow, Kenny McLean.

#BBCFootball

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Not too shabby at all.

[BBC Sport Scotland @BBCSportScot]

OH. MY. WORD.

KIERAN TIERNEY!!!!!!! 🤯

#BBCFootball

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Not too shabby at all.

[BBC Sport Scotland @BBCSportScot]

MCTOMINAY!! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

UNBELIEVABLE! 😲

#BBCFootball

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@alastairmci Happy Birthday Alastair!

[Áz @absurdistoic]

I can listen to MIKHAIL TAL talk about Chess forever

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@chessmensch @BishopPair I was on the FIDE list at 2599 three times. Each time I went over 2600 and fell back to the other side. I never tell anyone about this of course.

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This would be good news for those who migrated from Twitter to Substack but kept their accounts here.

[Chris Best @chrisbest]

Traffic to Substack from links on X... @nikitabier I think it's working

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I took Vishnu(9) & friend to a chess camp near Brompton Cemetery earlier today. I remembered that there is a famous chess player there - Johannes Zukertort (28.Qb4!!) - so we paid homage.

Kudos to @stuthefox for his work in 2012 that led to restoring the gravestone.

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“In a world that can seem shallow, chess meets a longing for depth. In a world that can feel lonely and confusing, chess offers the experience of shared meaning and mattering. In a world of shrill whataboutery, chess offers rule-bound intellectual clarity”
https://t.co/LueevnFpxX

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Doing some tidying up.

I came upon this gift I received last year. The bubbly was a thank you for two impromptu analysis sessions to a crowd of fifty or so at The London Junior Chess Championship.

The note made me feel seen and appreciated and very glad to have gifted my time.

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Nearing the end of a holiday in St Ives, Cornwall, England. The chess set is mostly for Vishnu(9) but I confess it still makes me happy to look at it.

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I took Vishnu(9) for a junior session at The Mind Sports Centre in London and was pleasantly surprised by their selection of vintage books.

I may have bought a few…

Who could resist Larsen’s invitation?

[Alastair McIntosh @alastairmci]

Important and widely relevant on the mass demonstrations in Serbia, from @Jonathan_Rowson : "What do all these people want? The real demand is terrifying for those in power: "Can you please ensure that our institutions work as they are supposed to?"
https://t.co/uOUc34dCj3