This one was the short but sweet “Boden on Snowdon” - well done @thispetera.bsky.social

You’ve heard of elf on the shelf… Last one I promise.

Strange chess-based AI hallucination - may be of particular interest to @saychess.bsky.social?

ChatGPT is so weird… Just out of interest I posted a pgn of my latest OTB game with standard Stockfish evaluations from lichess, and asked it to give a more human annotation of the game. It did an OK but not massively inspired job up to this position. (1/3)

You’ve heard of elf on the shelf…

Well done to @whatabouttheken.bsky.social for working out that this one was the Caro-Kann on a narrow fan! I have a couple more but they’re no better…

Hello 2200, my old friend.

Chessboard Alignment xkcd.com/3177/

You’ve heard of elf on the shelf…

For last night’s OTB game, spent a little bit of time in the day preparing against the 2200 player I thought I’d be playing, at the board a completely different 2200 player turns up and sits opposite me… The perils of playing in a strong league!

This was great! @polborta.bsky.social and @crackingthecryptic.bsky.social cracking some cryptics… Simon on Puzzle Rush next?

chess folks: good interview with @chesscom.bsky.social, who had several pieces of excellent advice that stuck with me ("save it for the post-mortem") also, you should follow j.j. & their podcast co-host @fide.bsky.social here so they can peel off twitter for keeps open.spotify.com/episode/7lMw...

i didn't know yusupov loyalists were a thing, and yet i have been one my entire life

Told a colleague I once played Rachel Reeves at chess - he thought I said Rachel Riley. That’s all i have to say on the matter.

Told a colleague I once played Rachel Reeves at chess - he thought I said Rachel Riley. That’s all i have to say on the matter.

Listening to the latest Chessfeels (yay!) and reflecting that my rating would be much lower if 18-1900s didn’t take weirdly long in non-forcing positions… @chesscom.bsky.social @fide.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/c...

I wrote this yesterday so, like, subscribe? substack.com/@chessfeels/...

For newcomers to The Ashes, England and Australia play for a small urn (11 cm high) which contains the burnt shavings of the 'tashes of previous participants.

Australia 83-6 and England through to the bowlers. Opportunity for Crawley to get two ducks in a day.

Draw tonight with Black against someone around ECF 2000 - was never seriously worse (though I did feel under pressure), played a repetition in what was apparently a winning position.

Draw tonight with Black against someone around ECF 2000 - was never seriously worse (though I did feel under pressure), played a repetition in what was apparently a winning position.

Did you know that it’s not actually possible to play blindfold chess? People who claim to do it are just making up moves at random. #ChessFacts #chessfeed

Did you know that if you place 1 grain of rice on the a1 square, 2 on b1, 4 on c1 and so on across the board, your opponent will almost certainly call the arbiter? #ChessFacts #chessfeed

Did you know that Miguel Najdorf is the only chess player to be named after an opening? #ChessFacts #chessfeed

Levian-Sodici #2025FIDEWordCup

Random bit of chess trivia - my opponent last night played the game that Kasparov rated the most exciting he ever saw!

From last night’s game - I played 18.Nxh5 which is OK but not best. I rejected 18.Qxh5 because of 18…Bg7 with pressure for Black on the h-file, but I should have looked deeper - what would have happened next?

A really complex game, only lost control for one move (long think - wrong think!) so pretty good all round!

A really complex game, only lost control for one move (long think - wrong think!) so pretty good all round!

Another OTB win tonight, this time with White against someone around ECF 2200

Thread. A reminder of some of my alltime favourite facts. Starting with...there are no bridges over the river Amazon.

Wow, this is rare - almost 60 moves each with no inaccuracies from either side!

Friday Puzzle I returned to the board this week, not playing very well. Won one and lost one. Sharing a rather clever mate in 2 by Johannes Zukertort! (1869). Don't be fooled, this man knew how to play chess! #chesspunks

Missed a trick in my latest blitz game - Black to play

They asked me if I had any specific criticisms of the Ghost Train. I said nothing leapt out at me.

Fun bit of lunchtime blitz! #BeatTheSicilian

I’m not someone who’ll ignore the instruction “digits joined by a crab must sum to 10”. Come on, let’s do this — oh alright, I’ll do it, never mind

she don't chase, she attracts

this is just horrible. everything is wrong and getting wronger. may his memory be a blessing.

Currently playing chess at the sort of level which is rarely seen. #PerfectChess

Currently playing chess at the sort of level which is rarely seen. #PerfectChess

Last nights OTB game in full - watch the Black light-squared bishop going Bc8-f5-e6-g4-d7-a4-c2-b1-e4 - quite an adventure in a 30-move game!

I am also really struggling to see how this qualifies as “news”. It happened millions of years ago.

I reckon I know already.

Whisper it, but could this be… improvement?

Another OTB win with Black tonight - opponent rated just under 2000 ECF. What move did I play here?