Gaston Franco
@gatofranco90.bsky.social
Chess puzzles Mondays and Fridays, random stuff (probably still chess related) the rest of the week Same username on Twitter and Instagram
Adams sees one move further to beat Bacrot 2026 Chess Olympiad Recap, Round 6: England 2-2 France
Uzbekistan takes the lead! 2026 Chess Olympiad Round 6 Recap, live! Join me to go over the most exciting games of this round 😊 twitch.tv/gatofranco90
Overloaded pieces everywhere! Bulmaga crashes through White's position 2026 Chess Olympiad Round 5: Bulgaria vs Romania
2026 Chess Olympiad Round 3 Recap: Bacrot's Unstoppable Rook! I'll have to skip tomorrow's round, but leaving you this amazing sequence! #ChessOlympiad
Chess Olympiad Round 3 Recap live! The big upset and the nicest games! Watch live: twitch.tv/gatofranco90
Had some internet issues while trying to recap Round 2 of the Chess Olympiad last night ☹️ But at least I managed to show this beautiful Queen Sac from IM Lu Miaoyi 🇨🇳‼️ Had you seen this game? If not, enjoy! #chessolympiad
Nice win for GM Luke McShane at the Chess Olympiad Round 1
It seems the only team upset across both Open and Women sections was Brazil drawing their match against Botswana. Tough game for Alex Fier on board 1, but it's a long tournament and I'm sure they will recover! 🇧🇷 #ChessOlympiad
I'll try to do a recap of each round of the Chess Olympiad (might not be able to do all of them!) I'm thinking of: Top games, nice tactics, games from Argentina and England, and even funny blunders! Both Open + Women section Follow to know when I'm live! twitch.tv/gatofranco90
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Chess player from Argentina living in London. National Master rated ~2100 FIDE — gatofranco90 streams live on Twitch! Check out their videos, sign up to chat, and join their community.
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Lovely puzzle that I managed to solve on stream 😄 #chesspunks
Going live in 10-15 minutes with the top boards of Hammersmith 1 vs 2! Watch live on lichess or tune in to my Twitch for live commentary 😁 link below!
Hammersmith Chess Club@hammerchess.bsky.social · last mo.We start a new season of the London Chess League with two internal matches! Follow the top boards on lichess from 7pm, or watch our Club Captain's live commentary on twitch.tv/gatofranco90 Good luck to all players!
My best score in Puzzle Storm. Need to go for 70 now 🤣
This puzzle humbled me during my Puzzle Streak stream last night. I guessed it right but I needed stockfish to understand the differences in move orders... White to play
Managed to do Bishop+Knight checkmate while playing blindfold! But maybe it took longer than it should have 🤣 www.twitch.tv/videos/28527...
Blindfold Knight+Bishop Checkmate! - gatofranco90 on Twitch
gatofranco90 went live on Twitch. Catch up on their Chess VOD now.
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Streaming some Blindfold Chess! Just practicing for now so it will be pretty chill, come and laugh at my blunders! twitch.tv/gatofranco90
Streaming my very first Titled Arena! Come watch me flag every game 😬 Twitch.tv/GatoFranco90
gatofranco90 - Twitch
Chess player from Argentina living in London. National Master rated ~2100 FIDE
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I'll do a stream at 6pm (London) to show some tactics from the recent British Chess Championships. It's for my club @hammerchess.bsky.social so I'll mostly show some clubmates' games, but feel free to watch as well if you'd like! twitch.tv/gatofranco90
gatofranco90 - Twitch
Chess player from Argentina living in London. National Master rated ~2100 FIDE
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Congrats to the respective winners of the Cup, the Plate and the Cake: Luke Lau (Norway 🇳🇴) Gaston Franco (Argentina 🇦🇷) Daniel Ludlam (Scotland 🏴) Thanks to Joe Francis for the idea and the prizes, and to Adam Cranston for running the tournament!
Hammersmith Chess Club@hammerchess.bsky.social · 3mo agoThe World Cup may have ended, but we're running our own extremely complicated version of it at the chess board! Each player gets a country and we go through group and knockout stages, who will win the Hammer World Cup?
The World Cup may have ended, but we're running our own extremely complicated version of it at the chess board! Each player gets a country and we go through group and knockout stages, who will win the Hammer World Cup?
With the 2025/26 season almost over, Club Captain @gatofranco90.bsky.social shares a brief review of our results, as well as announcing our annual Awards Night, with the return of our favourite world-famous presenter… hammerchess.co.uk/2026/07/08/s...
My Indefinite Leave to Remain in the UK was approved yesterday I celebrated with a milanesa 🤣
A fun event last night, trying out blindfold chess with some help from our host Gastón! Have you ever tried playing with either an empty board, or no board at all? Let us know!
