"Overturn this" would be number two on my list of favourite social media posts. Hard to beat "This is what happens when you don't recycle your pizza boxes".

In Spain today: installation of solar panels above major irrigation channels. Channels of more than 100 kms transport water from dams to farmland. - Reduces evaporation -Provides large agricultural areas with power & supports irrigation -Decreases use of water in food production, doubling the crop.

Octopus can change color using thousands of specialized pigment cells in their skin called chromatophores. By expanding and contracting these cells, they can change colors and skin textures in a fraction of a second. Some species are simply famous for their extreme abilities. #octopus #marinelife

#OtD 24 Jun 1943 a battle broke out within the segregated US military in the British village of Bamber Bridge. White military police opened fire on Black service personnel after they were unhappy about local residents supporting Black troops. stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/7894...

Today’s independent front page Brexit has been a disaster – it’s time the guilty men felt some shame

Today #UzChessCup Shakhriyar's queen got caught straightforwardly by Mukhiddin Madaminov after 33...Rc4. In a more complicated & elegant fashion Grischuk caught Svidler's queen - in a blindfold game!; in the Amber tournament 2010 he had calculated up to 20...Bd3!! #chess

One for Viz readers... looks like Sid the Sexist!

Chess question... what is the correct pronunciation of Smyslov? As a kid I pronounced the first syllable like "my" but an another junior assumed it was like "system". This has bugged me on and off for about 50 years. Anyone (perhaps @simaginfan.bsky.social) definitively know the answer? #chess

The great irony of the Welsh success of Reform, run by millionaire ex-public schoolboys, is that one the greatest Welshmen, & founder of the NHS, warned of this “How can wealth persuade poverty to use its political freedom to keep wealth in power? Here lies whole art of Tory politics” Aneurin Bevan

This is a nice puzzle. Not sure if it is from a game or composed. White to play and win. #chess

By way of something other than chess, our retriever doing what retrievers do best

By far the most read of the Dorset Chess "COVID" bulletins was the first one by Martin Simons on the Stafford Gambit which got thousands of hits. www.dorsetchess.co.uk/stafford-gam... #chess #chesspunks

A couple of light articles I wrote in 2021 on the the lives of the World Chess Champions from Steinitz to Carlsen. A few broken links but still readable. www.dorsetchess.co.uk/bulletin-no-... www.dorsetchess.co.uk/bulletin-no-... #chess #chesspunks

The discussion about luck in chess got me thinking about manners of different online platforms. 1/n

Emmy Noether was born #OTD in 1882. She made groundbreaking advances in abstract algebra, but is probably best known for her eponymous theorems articulating the deep connection between symmetries and conserved quantities in physics. 🧪 ⚛️ 👩‍🔬 Image: Public domain, photographer unknown

Playing online chess? This is great background music. I have it on loop #chess #skymusic

Mark Carney's speech really is terrific: full text is here and very much worth your time.

White to play and win A simple but elegant study by Vančura, 1922. #chess #chesspunks

Pretty much anybody else would refuse to accept it. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

This is a horribly negative headline considering all the good stuff left in. Way, way better than what the Tories managed. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

I haven't posted any chess stuff for a while but here is a very neat study, composed in 1923 by Georg Bernhardt. White to play and draw. A link to the solution is in the replies. #chess #chesspunks

Things are not getting better in Ukraine. I am hoping for peace but in the meantime will keep giving. gofund.me/a243783d8

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Still among my favorite science memes lol

The Guardian is running what looks like some fairly damning stuff on Boris Johnson. None of the other papers are referencing it. Are they not sure of the Guardian's sources? Do they not consider it very bad? Or do they just think it is unremarkable as it is about the liar Johnson?

White to play This is a superb study by Alois Wotawa with two implementations of the main theme. #chess #chesspunks

White to play. This is from Tyler vs Winter, 1933. The prosaic Rxc1 would leave White a pawn down. Can you find a better continuation and the precise follow up? Solution in the replies. #chess #chesspunks

White to play and win This position is from Kosintseva vs Sultangareev, 2002. How did White gain a decisive advantage? #chess #chesspunks

White to play and win This is a really fun puzzle! #chess #chesspunks Anyone know who the composer is?

White to play and win A nice study by Troitsky. Solution in the replies. #chess #chesspunks

We stayed at the Big Cat Sanctuary earlier this year. The restaurant is next to a lion enclosure and the tables are right next to the windows. This was our breakfast view just the other side of the glass. #cats thebigcatsanctuary.org

White to play and win. I have been a bit busy so have not posted for a while. This Richard Reti study is a nice way to restart 🙂 Solution in the replies.

I think that Tony Blair was a well intentioned PM who did achieve some good stuff but had too many wrong policies to achieve many of his goals. His statements today on net zero are more of the same - well intentioned but just wrong and really dangerous.

White to play and mate in 3. This position is from Hebden vs Pichin 1990. White has many ways to win but Hebden found the quickest route to victory. Can you? #chess #chesspunks

White to play and mate in 4 This problem is by S. Leow and was first published in 1847. #chess #chesspunks

White to play and win A composition by Steinitz #chess #chesspunks

White to play and mate in 2 A simple but elegant mate in 2 problem by Marc Benoit. #chess #chesspunks

Keir Starmer? I voted for Labour but it has been rather disappointing so far. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Black to move and win Can you find the 5 move sequence to finish the game? #chess #chesspunks

White to play and draw. The second of the two studies I am posting today. This one is by Henri Rinck, one of my favourite composers. It also uses a well known (but different) theme but I think it is hard to see it coming - I therefore regard this as much trickier. #chess #chesspunks

What to play and draw Today I am posting two studies with this one, to my mind, being the easier of the two. This is uses a well known theme and the fact that it is by Richard Reti is a big clue. A link to the solution is the relies as usual. #chess #chesspunks

In principle this is excellent. Let's hope it is in practice. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

White to play. Black looks to be in the driving seat. What should White play? #chess #chesspunks

White to play and draw An echo of the previous study I posted, this one is by Franz Sackmann. #chess #chesspunks

White to play and draw This instructive study is by Nikolaj Dmitrievich Grigor'ev. A link to the solution will be in the replies. #chess #chesspunks

White to play This is Bronstein - Korchnoi, 1962. How did Bronstein force immediate resignation? Can you work out the three critical lines? #chess #chesspunks

White to play This is from Bronstein vs Makogonov, 1951. White can win in a number of ways but only one move leads to a quick mate. Can you find it? #chess #chesspunks