Varun Kumar // adult chess enthusiast // father

#chesspunks

[Vikas gupta @vicky_grok]

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[Varun Kumar // adult chess enthusiast // father @yvarun]

https://t.co/nKf1aebvVy

[Varun Kumar // adult chess enthusiast // father @yvarun]

We Built a Prediction Game for the 2026 Candidates Tournament https://t.co/Bdms0pDpvl

[Varun Kumar // adult chess enthusiast // father @yvarun]

@Grant_Oen @GmNaroditsky I completely support this stance.

[International Chess Federation @FIDE_chess]

🇮🇳 India wins the 45th FIDE #ChessOlympiad! 🏆 ♟️

Congratulations to Gukesh D, Praggnanandhaa R, Arjun Erigaisi, Vidit Gujrathi, Pentala Harikrishna and Srinath Narayanan (Captain)! 👏 👏

Gukesh D beats Vladimir Fedoseev, and Arjun Erigaisi prevails against Jan Subelj; India secures at least a tie in their match against Slovenia, and clinches the gold!

[Varun Kumar // adult chess enthusiast // father @yvarun]

Go @DGukesh !!!

[Varun Kumar // adult chess enthusiast // father @yvarun]

Glorious day of Indian chess is back! #pragg #chessbaseindia https://t.co/kvOQWvqysC

[ChessBase India @ChessbaseIndia]

BREAKING NEWS: Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa is through to the FIDE World Cup Finals!

Praggnanandhaa drew the 2nd 10'+10'' Rapid game with the Black pieces against Fabiano Caruana. Since he won the first Rapid game, Praggnanandhaa defeats the World no.2 Fabiano Caruana 3.5-2.5 in the FIDE World Cup semifinals!

A huge congratulations to Praggnanandhaa on this amazing victory! He will face the World no.1 Magnus Carlsen in the FIDE World Cup Finals.

Fabiano Caruana will take on Nijat Abasov in the 3rd-4th place match.

Photos: @photochess, Shahid Ahmed

[chess24 @chess24com]

World no. 1 @MagnusCarlsen smiles after finding a brilliancy to beat Levan Pantsulaia and reach Round 3 of the #FIDEWorldCup!

[chess24 @chess24com]

Congratulations to @DGukesh on overtaking the great @vishy64theking on the @2700chess live rating list to become the Indian no. 1! https://t.co/VAHClYidl8
#FIDEWorldCup

[Chess.com @chesscom]

India has a new number one as @DGukesh overtakes the legendary @vishy64theking! 🇮🇳

The 17-year-old also climbs to 9th in the world per the live ratings, and is unbeaten in 19 games! 🤯👏

[Varun Kumar // adult chess enthusiast // father @yvarun]

@NealBruceBC Can’t wait!

[Varun Kumar // adult chess enthusiast // father @yvarun]

However the biggest reason Accuracy beats Speed is when we let our Ego prevent us from failing fast and pivoting. We got to remember “I am allowed to be wrong”, all I need is 6/10 so let me make one pivot decision.

[Varun Kumar // adult chess enthusiast // father @yvarun]

Decision Dragging is a decision, and mostly worse than a few bad decisions. All you need is to to be right 6/10 times and Speed trumps Accuracy. Well explained by Sam Jacobs https://t.co/pzNPvvP1mb

[Varun Kumar // adult chess enthusiast // father @yvarun]

@Shivamnimzo I thought f5. Mating idea, but it's not real and I end up with bad position. Exhausting tricky options I will go with h3 for better control of g5.
Shredder, I think it will be +0.5 given the exchange up, but the bishop pair, and central pieces black has which makes it near equal

[Joma Tech @jomatech]

if Wolf of Wallstreet were about crypto...

[Mark Crowther @MarkTWIC]

Made it to issue 1400 of The Week in Chess. There was a time when 1000 looked like it was going to be a problem. If you do find TWIC useful could you please consider a donation? The support is vital. £30 will get you a copy of my TWIC database (approaching 3 million games).

[Varun Kumar // adult chess enthusiast // father @yvarun]

https://t.co/FRyx034EH7

[Nikhil Kamath @nikhilkamathcio]

@vishy64theking @vishy64theking in my head, it was just a fun game we amateurs were playing against the greatest chess champ from India to raise funds for charity. But still gives no excuse for what I did. It was wrong and I sincerely apologize.

[Viswanathan Anand @vishy64theking]

Yesterday was a celebrity simul for people to raise money It was a fun experience upholding the ethics of the game.I just played the position onthe board and expected the same from everyone .