Why must I lose to this idiot?
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Post mainly about chess, sometimes serious, often slightly silly. Around 2100 FIDE.
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Also I didn’t develop any pieces in my first 8 moves…
Why must I lose to this idiot?@wmiltti.bsky.social · 6d agoFirst game of the new OTB season fits in a single post… Also, my opponent resigned with all my pieces on the back rank! 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.h4 h6 5.g4 Be4 6.f3 Bh7 7.e6 Qd6 8.exf7+ Kxf7 9.Bd3 e5 10.Bxh7 Rxh7 11.Qd3 e4? (11…Nf6=) 12.fxe4+- Qb4+ (11…dxe4 12.Qb3 +-) 13.c3 dxe4?? 14.Qf1+ 1-0
First game of the new OTB season fits in a single post… Also, my opponent resigned with all my pieces on the back rank! 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.h4 h6 5.g4 Be4 6.f3 Bh7 7.e6 Qd6 8.exf7+ Kxf7 9.Bd3 e5 10.Bxh7 Rxh7 11.Qd3 e4? (11…Nf6=) 12.fxe4+- Qb4+ (11…dxe4 12.Qb3 +-) 13.c3 dxe4?? 14.Qf1+ 1-0
Also I didn’t develop any pieces in my first 8 moves…
Why must I lose to this idiot?@wmiltti.bsky.social · 6d agoFirst game of the new OTB season fits in a single post… Also, my opponent resigned with all my pieces on the back rank! 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.h4 h6 5.g4 Be4 6.f3 Bh7 7.e6 Qd6 8.exf7+ Kxf7 9.Bd3 e5 10.Bxh7 Rxh7 11.Qd3 e4? (11…Nf6=) 12.fxe4+- Qb4+ (11…dxe4 12.Qb3 +-) 13.c3 dxe4?? 14.Qf1+ 1-0
First game of the new OTB season fits in a single post… Also, my opponent resigned with all my pieces on the back rank! 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.h4 h6 5.g4 Be4 6.f3 Bh7 7.e6 Qd6 8.exf7+ Kxf7 9.Bd3 e5 10.Bxh7 Rxh7 11.Qd3 e4? (11…Nf6=) 12.fxe4+- Qb4+ (11…dxe4 12.Qb3 +-) 13.c3 dxe4?? 14.Qf1+ 1-0
in honour of Jon Speelman's 70th, here's a chess story from way back when. in the late 90s, i played one season in the unnamed east european league. it's the last round, my team is competing with the other strong team in the league for 1st, and they need to outscore us because our tbs are better
Remember the first time you encountered the term "15 degree slop".
H²@aitch2.bsky.social · 2w agoOh great now my favourite little snack bar in town has put up 15 degree slop. It used to just be a nice, simple professional looking list of products and prices. #slop
Listening to the latest @originstorypodcast.bsky.social on John Rawls - I’m assuming there will be “Parliament of babies on a spaceship” merch in due course?
Started occasionally playing 1.d4 in blitz games on @lichess.org having literally never having studied a single line - is it bad that my rating has barely moved?
My Olympiad claim to fame: I’ve beaten (twice!) a player who features in an Olympiad game that Kasparov said was “the most exciting game I ever saw”
Decided to see how 1. d4 works - annoyingly it seems quite good.
The maximum human lifespan is almost exactly 1 million hours - only around 100 people have lived longer.
Katelyn Burns@katelynburns.com · last mo.Tell me a fun fact.
Chess has been solved already* *for positions with 7 or fewer pieces on the board, and a limited subset of 8-piece positions
Razzball@razzball.bsky.social · last mo.lol
Just played this crazy game - my connection dropped at the end and I lost on time with 30 seconds on the clock 😡 #PlayTheFrench🇫🇷🇫🇷🇫🇷
enough with the thinking about moves malarkey, time to bang the clock. as my first coach told me: the harder the bang, the stronger the move www.youtube.com/live/XQMvaRx...
Grand Chess Tour Finals 2026: Day 3 | Semifinal Rapid & Blitz
YouTube video by Saint Louis Chess Club
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Happy birthday to Leonard Barden (97) whose Guardian chess column is 70.
Don’t think I’ve ever had a game this long with 0/0/0 plays 0/0/0 before. 74 moves, not even an inaccuracy from either side.
Blitz game - I’ve just sacced a knight on f6, here I played Qh6 and won in a couple of moves. Computer gives the amazing 1.Qg5+!! with the idea 1…Bxg5 2.Bxh7+! Kxh7 3.hxg5+ Kg6 4.Rh6+ Kxg5 5.Be3 mate
