My opponent congratulated me after I swindled them. ^^ Do you see why they resigned after Rh1+?

Either I'm statistically lucky, or I'm playing way too much bullet chess.

I'm deeply hurt. She was one of the most inspirational people. Without her, the world has less empathy, kindness, and goodwill, all of which we really need right now.

Ca mitraille sec dans la première chronique de Laurène Marx sur @laradionova.bsky.social :

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I had a lengthy and pleasant interview with trans chess coach and movie director Summer Dylan transadvocate.substack.com/p/yosha-igle...

🚨 New directive NSPM-7 targets "anti-capitalism," “anti-Christian,” and “anti-American" opinions as indicators of extremist violence, authorizing an army of 4,000 counter-terrorism officers to prevent crimes that haven't happened: www.kenklippenstein.com/p/trumps-nsp...

absolutely shocked and disgusted to see France join the club of nations who throw former presidents in jail just because they "committed a bunch of crimes." I'm going to throw up www.wsj.com/world/europe...

I wish everyone to enjoy the Schadenfreude of seeing a right-wing ex-president crook being jailed in their country. 😊

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Reminder that ~1.7% (1 person in 60) of the overall population is intersex, and most intersex people don't know that they are. If you test thousands of people, you'll find dozens of intersex people, who didn't know that they were, and might have no biological advantage over cis dyadic women.

Happy Bisexuality Day to those who celebrate, and especially to bi trans people who have endured gayphobia, lesbophobia, transphobia, and biphobia during their lifetime! 💙💜💖

Après mon titre de Championne de France, Frontières a été un des premiers medias à publier un article, allant déterrer de mes tweets pour montrer qu'en plus d'être trans, j'étais de gauche. S'ils avaient appris que j'étais en outre végétarienne et cycliste ils auraient fait une syncope.

Amazing book review from 2011, spot on Reddit 👌

[MEURTRE/VIOLENCE] L'armée russe a torturé, violé et massacré des LGBT+ dans les territoires ukrainiens occupés et colonisés par la Russie. Certain.e.s ont réussi à fuir.

Exclusive 🚨 Manchester City star Kerstin Casparij urges cis women to ‘look out for your trans sisters’ https://bit.ly/4nzXE9i

currently at record-high search interest for canceling disney plus. pulling kimmel is a bigger deal to the company's bottom line than any of the "woke" scandals of the past 5 years. i think news & entertainment corp execs need put more work into understanding their audience, & get off twitter

Everyone plays chess on French trains.

It took Putin 23 years of dictatorship to label LGBT advocacy as terrorism. Trump is speed running his anti LGBT facism. And yes, for now it's "only" about trans people, but LGB are next.

When you’re a teenager you idolize el Che, only to discover as an adult, with shock and disappointment, that in fact he knew nothing about the Catalan Opening.

I was just told that La Vanguardia wrote that people were expected to protest against my participation at the Bilbao open??? I'm playing the last round today and despite my poor results everything is obviously fine. Journalists have so much imagination... www.lavanguardia.com/deportes/otr...

Je serai au Chess'nBar de Lille le samedi 11 octobre pour y donner une masterclass sur le thème "beauté et créativité aux échecs", suivie d'un petit tournoi dans une ambiance convivial ! Infos et résa : linktr.ee/chessnbar

I missed Charlotte's message then, but I thought more or less the same.

Maybe I'm too much of a chess player, but I can't celebrate an event without considering its consequences Is the world more peaceful? Will trans people and other minorities suffer less? Had he died from a car crash, it'd be an obvious yes. But here it's a clear no, and I see no reason to celebrate

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Fact: 100% of shooters in modern history, including Robinson, mostly listen to music made by cis people about cis people.

Wild to me that rather than indicate they are addressing or even acknowledging their complicity in spreading outright misinfo or even just silently ignoring people calling them out they tagged this post as "Rude" and default hid it on my feed

Late 19th Century Photos of a Transmasculine Life trans-express.lgbt/p... #transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA

Emmanuel Macron is the French Keir Starmer, but sadly, we have no @zackpolanski.bsky.social

"So the killer was a Nazi raised by pro-Trump gun fanatics who taught him to shoot from a very young age. -But that doesn’t make sense, why would such a lovely boy raised by such adorable parents shoot someone? -There is only one explanation: he must know a trans woman."

All these anti-trans media are accomplices in every murder of trans people.

She just drew against the World Champion, with the black pieces!

going from "transgender ideology" to "look at the poor misguided white kid" without even taking a breath, unconscionable

Can't wait to read it! Congrats, Jen!

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What the hell? If Bluesky bans every trans person who posts "rest in piss" when a famous fascist dies, they will close this site on what will be the most celebrated day of the 21st century.

On my way to Bilbao for a chess tournament. Spot right at the Spanish border. 👌

Now more than ever, the left, both in America and in Europe, needs to re-embrace non-violent resistance à la Bayard Rustin/MLK. This killing will only ignite much more violence, directly and indirectly. Hatred will never be defeated by violence but by empathy, compassion, and love.

Nigel Short is asking questions about my French champion title, but still haven't answered the questions I asked him on Twitter 2 years ago about a prominent English GM sexually assaulting a child Short also famously claimed that girls just don't have the brains to play chess and bragged about rape

She's now playing in the Open section of the latest tournament instead of the Women's, meaning she's choosing to face stronger opponents. She just got a major win against another GM, the HIGHEST RATED PLAYER IN AFRICA (Elo ~150 points above hers!) after SACRIFICING THE ROOK bsky.app/profile/fide...

The US chess fed filed a complaint when Alireza played in an open tournament with players including IMs and GMs like Shirazi and Kamsky. They applaud Naka doing the same thing, only against a much much lower opposition. I can't see what factor makes them change their stance. 🤔

Une bouteille à la mer : j'ai un passe 3 jours pour la fête de l'huma, mais finalement je pars en tournoi. Ca intéresse quelqu'un ? Pour le prix, donnez ce que vous voulez, je peux l'offrir si vous n'avez pas les moyens.

At 37, I just reached my peak rating with 2336. Misogynists often claim that chess is a matter of balls and testosterone, I've proven that you play better without.

Merci Anaïs Bohuon pour ce que tu fais pour les femmes trans et inter dans le sport ! www.radiofrance.fr/franceinter/...

La transmysoginie dans le sport, avec l'excellente alliée Anaïs Bohuon, docteure en sociologie et histoire du sport, c'est en ce moment sur Inter www.radiofrance.fr/franceinter/...

TERF isn't a slur but an oxymoron, because no true feminist can be trans-exclusionary. I prefer using "anti-trans activist".

Слава Україні, Героям Cлава! This must-read interview is moving to tears.

I'm not a fan of the caption but it was a very pleasant interview. youtu.be/a2hrSva0Hws?...

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