Best chess content right now: @drcanchess.bsky.social 's podcast. Worst chess content: shameless GM's substack posts fully AI generated ...

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When Sindarov said he never studied classic games everyone had to give their (tepid) take on x. I think it's interesting sociologically, these are seen by some as quasi religious chess history holding a special place. Disrespecting what is culturally sacred just cannot be met with silence!

By the way this was the article I wrote two years ago that got quite a bit of engagement at the time. Since then there is one huge bug in the Grand Swiss that came to my attention 1/ mindcreaser.substack.com/p/tournament...

Re. The ATP/tennis rankings for chess. I have written but not published a blog post on the financial workings of the chess world esp compared with sports and esports. Didn't publish because it was a bit whiny and off brand but ... 1/

Round Robin is a bad format for the candidates. Poor for the players (out of contention yet can still influence the result) Poor for the spectators (narrative arc is killed) Poor for the sponsors (can't you market tickets/views for the big finale?). Candidates should be KO I will die on this hill

"They're the same picture"

Round robin is a terrible format for the candidates

F1 & sports adding current standings to tv broadcast ... eval bar debate anyone?

It's second of April so I can dop a post today 😅 mindcreaser.substack.com/p/you-are-no...

The flood of chess AI slop content is already there

I'm tired of the chess drama, and tired of everything being packaged in short-form video, and tried of aglorithms shaping content. None of these things are acting for your wellbeing. My latest blog post: open.substack.com/pub/mindcrea...

Playing in a chess tournament and being afraid for your rating

Dr. Benji Portheault joined the podcast to discuss the mental side of chess— rating anxiety, nerves, and building confidence. Thank you so much, @benjiportheault.bsky.social for sharing your valuable insights! #chess #chesspunks #psychology #mindset Video below.

Classical time controls football has a draw problem. Five-a-side is the way forward

Throwback to Ian complaining of FIDE splitting title between Russia and India at the 2020 Online #chess Olympiad after global internet outage. Bad for fans and other players indeed!!! #SelectiveNobleness

Swiss system as a seeding for a KO in a #chess tournament is subpar. Of course it leads to short draws. open.substack.com/pub/mindcrea...

Time to play some #chess!!

White to play. Merry xmas #chesspunks! #chess

GM @danielkingchess.bsky.social is at the London Mindsports center tonight to talk to @hammerchess.bsky.social to talk about the sicilian #chess

Time to name a chess opening after that thing

Hey #chesspunks, @benjiportheault.bsky.social latest post is a cracker: The other day I went through my entire white repertoire. Every line. Took me three hours. I thought this was a nice example of how you can train and mimic the intensity of a classical OTB game. Any other ideas?

Welcome @thegeert.bsky.social 👋 Check out the chess starter pack bsky.app/starter-pack...

My newest blog post on the conditions to foster expert learning ✍️ open.substack.com/pub/mindcrea...

Which "version" of Ding Liren are we witnessing at the world chess championship after a confident win with Black in game one? Let's learn about Bayesian Inference! (with no maths) Say we model the probabilities of the form of Ding with: 10% chance he's in prime form, 40% average, 50% poor form 1/

Very fun @lichess.org thematic arena from this starting position yesterday!! Can go very wrong very fast for either side. Please keep doing this lichess!

En passant? J'adoube? En prise? the French language words in chess, how difficult they are and how they are actually used inthe daily language? a thread:

Algorithm to solve any chess tactics on social media (thankfully no scan bot yet here)

Just one more habits and discipline book just one more habits and discipline book - bro I swear this is the one you need you tried all the other ones but finally you'll be disciplined bro just one more, none of the others are like that

Welcome @hammerchess.bsky.social! Best club in London 🤍🖤🤍🖤

Done with the old site, on top of being hellish, engagement was absolutely zero. Looking forward to share cool stuff and engage with #chesspunks. Right now working on a long-ish post on the "structure" of training and plans, aiming for next week mindcreaser.substack.com/p/this-subst...

Thanks for the starter pack @rprose.bsky.social 😊