Looking at how "moves per second" varies, we can see the impact of chess players being dragged away from playing, to celebrate the new year! 🎊

This is a good piece from GM Awonder Liang, on online chess ratings & farming. I only play in the pool and generally don't accept rematch requests, but I do occasionally break that rule when I hit someone on tilt. So I'm probably a tad over-rated, too awonder676.substack.com/p/in-2026-le...

Very sad to say it seems Mike Fossey, aka Mike F. has died. Truly one of the funniest posters of all time and a talented artisan. Had been friends online for many years, but I got to hang out a couple times at shows in Boston and he was funny and sweet in real life too.

Rest in peace to Mike F, one of the all-time greats

it's the way the robot doubles up in pain too

2026 is his year

zero temper tantrums among the tournament leaders. good crowd. would be happy for any of them.

ordering a new monkey paw for MVL tomorrow

missed this yesterday. top tier commentary duo on levitov chess www.youtube.com/watch?v=qF3A...

oh brother, another bad post from political influencer beltway brian. i am furious at beltway brian all of the time. i share screencaps of beltway brian's posts with people who have no idea who he is. i hate all of beltway brian's posts and i read all of them every single day, including weekends

i sold my antipsychotic meds to buy my ai girlfriend a new model upgrade for christmas. but then i found out she sold her data center to buy me a gun

being a rich tech guy in the 90s must have been so sick. every morning you start a web page that sells ring tones, sell it at lunch for 2 million dollars, get dinner at a “sushi” restaurant and go to a night club wearing a cologne called Apartheid Sapphire

big changes in 2026 for my bone care routine

The FIDE World Rapid & Blitz Championships 2025 will take place from 26 to 30 December! Follow the games every day in our broadcasts and check out our interviews with the players on-site by IM Laura Unuk. ➡️ Read our preview: lichess.org/@/Lichess/bl...

if you know eight or nine reindeer by name we are living very different lives my dude, now sing the song or don't. doesn't matter to me

hello 911 there's someone on my roof

Chess folks: I'm looking for someone who is a a true believer in Chessbase as an opening repertoire management tool and knows the ropes. I recently realized Chess Position Trainer (RIP) was overwriting some of my annotations when I imported new lines and have decided to move on.

i bet Bashful has another more defining trait but at first he was scared all the other dwarves would say it's stupid and now it just feels like too much time has passed. deeply unhappy guy

Chess is in mourning after it was announced English GM Jonathan Hawkins has died aged 42 just before Christmas. worldchess.com/news/jonatha...

Did you know that you gain more and lose less rating points for results with the black pieces on Lichess? 💡 To account for White's first-move advantage, a standard game between, for example, a 1500-rated player with White and a 1511-rated player with Black is treated as a balanced game.

After a person is unmasked as a serial killer, the neighbors always say he was quiet and seemed nice. So at least I know my neighbors aren’t serial killers.

My post-apocalyptic companions are worried that I was bitten by the rabid podcaster before we put him down but they're just being paranoid. This will make great content for the bonus episoohhh no

THE GRINCH: and to all a good night!!! *five minutes later* CINDY LOO WHO'S MOM: hey can we talk? thanks for bringing back the presents and cutting the roast beast but - did you talk to my kid? THE GRINCH: uh, yes, uh, when I wa- CINDY LOO WHO'S MOM: okay so don't ever talk to my kid again

Me: I should ask my followers what to get my mom for Christmas Werner Herzog: You must never do this

Polugaevsky and Najdorf, Buenos Aires 1994. The "Sicilian Love" tournament, celebrating Polu's 60th birthday. #chess

billionaire: i have 3 brains. in my skull interviewer: incredible

a picture with some of my favourite things: @chessable.com and @effinbirds.com. happy to report i got some converts for the bird cult (and recorded some stuff while i was at it)

GM Artur Yusupov is someone I could listen to all day. Very enjoyable conversation with @chessdojo.bsky.social. On his work with the Women in Chess Foundation, reflections on his career, and on life more generally. Highly recommended www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQ38...

"When Vladimir Kramnik was on the other side of cheating allegations." In the third episode of Masters and Matches, we discuss the infamous Toiletgate affair from 2006! Don't miss it, spread the word about this podcast and subscribe if you like it. 🙏 www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbka...

Pretty. I didn't find it:

Most of the scientists at the nonprofit that I cofounded, including my two cofounders, came from NCAR. It’s hard to overstate the importance of this place for climate science.

The gate says "abandon all hope, ye who enter here" but they don't check your pockets or anything

Saw your man trying to pull the sword from the stone. He was struggling

The Dossier uncovered one of the most secretive units in the Russian military — the Special Strategic Communications Service (Service K). Its officers handle the “nuclear briefcases” and accompany top leaders. I reveal who they are, their backgrounds, and pay. open.substack.com/pub/therussi...

An excellent post from @dgriffinchess.bsky.social on Armenian grandmaster and Soviet champion Rafael Vaganian. I'm looking forward to playing through the annotated games, translated by Douglas from old Soviet chess magazines His blog is always a pleasure: dgriffinchess.wordpress.com/2025/12/14/r...

Not a huge surprise from FIDE. They aren't even trying to enforce the fake pretense of "neutrality" Russian chess has been abusing for the past few years. Here's IM Polina Shuvalova celebrating the "team Russia (Fide)" win in Linares last month.

good interview with @phchess.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXQA...

asking chatgpt to compose a dirge for a web tool everyone forgot

chatgpt has reached the "u up?" phase of explosive user growth

This was a dumb thing to do, but the article gets a lot wrong. This was not a "device" in the nuclear weapons sense of an explosive without a delivery vehicle. It was not an explosive at all. I'll write a post. #nukesky

Both Maria Kalesnikava and Viktar Babaryka were taken to #Ukraine. These are their first photos after their release.

OFFICIALLY-LICENSED AI GOOFY: Gawrsh, buddy! It seems like you've got it all figured out! All signs points to you being gang-stalked by enough people to fill a theme park! I guess you're going to have to take matters into your own hands, ah-hyuck!

I dunno I'll take Aronian this time

"kindest regards" alright alright calm down

can't stop watching this clip of a tesla Optimus teleoperator taking his headset off before properly logging out the robot

Humbled and thrilled to welcome the chess legend Peter Svidler to the channel to solve a cryptic crossword with me. The guy is a genius and a total delight. And I'm wondering if I can now claim a Morphy Number of 5?! youtu.be/M0qR7mVXvSM #chess #crossword @polborta.bsky.social

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...

me: why does literally every AI tool glaze me, I'm just asking a question about documentation friend: That's a really perceptive question - I think it gets at the heart of the current problem with LLMs! If you'd like, I can break down the origins and implications of this particular problem