rhys, Almost a year since I started playing and I've finally hit 600 #ELO.
I've seen some IMs say that the 'hell wall' in #chess is around 600, and my play is highly volatile depending on how tired/well/hungover I am, so I'm not expecting to get much better quickly.
I'm not sure what to aim for next. Double my rating in the next year? Hit 1,000 by end of the year? Maybe six months? Something like that.
ianRobinson, Bloody hell. A chess scandal film with Emma Stone attached. 😳
Emma Stone, Nathan Fielder Reteam with A24 for Ben Mezrich’s Carlsen-Niemann Chess Scandal Story (Exclusive)
The indie upstart seems to have outwitted streamers and studios to win 'Checkmate' with a seven-figure deal that left competitors' head-spinning.#Chess #Film https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/emma-stone-nathan-fielder-a24-ben-mezrich-magnus-carlsen-hans-niemann-1235888413/
SceNtriC, Polish Hehe. Pojawiły się nagrania z prób do #Eurovision2024 i widać, tam też naszą reprezentantkę Lunę z piosenką "The tower". Widać też, że tańczy z kimś, kto strojem przypomina Saurona, ale chyba ma być hetmanem szachowym, zwłaszcza, że w tle są wieże szachowe. Bo wiecie - "wieża" = "tower".
Problem tylko, że w szachach "wieża" to "rook". Jeśli faktycznie taki był zamysł naszej ekipy, to gratuluję xD
kalisz79, Polish
kalisz79, Polish @SceNtriC @szachy a dla gońca ta różnorodność jest chyba największa - od biskupa do słonia :D https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bishop_(chess)
lichess, (edited ) IM Ulviyya Fataliyeva has won the European Women's Chess Championship 2024! A draw in the final round against GM Nino Batsiashvili was enough to secure the title undefeated with 8.5/10. IMs Nataliya Buksa and Lela Javakhishvili finished 2nd and 3rd respectively with 7.5 points on tiebreak criteria.
https://lichess.org/broadcast/european-womens-chess-championship-2024--boards-1-64/G0GlPMyC
chestas, Looked like an interesting event. I was playing this last week so couldn't follow it too closely but sad to see Stefanova perform so badly.
kzoneind, #DidYouKnow: 10^120 is an estimate of the total number of unique #Chess games, and is called the #Shannon #Number.
It corresponds to a numerical representation of the total number of possible moves.
h_tejas, Big big congratulations to Gukesh D on winning the Candidates #chess tournament 2024. Considering Ding Liren's current form, Gukesh has a real chance of becoming the youngest world chess champion ever when he faces Ding next year.
chestas, (edited ) Candidates is finished but the chess world keeps rolling. European Women's Championship is being played in Greece. The most interesting player is 9 year old Bodhana Sivanandan from England who might be the next Judit Polgar. So far she's played 3 International Masters, winning 1 and getting draws with the other two.
Follow her progress, because she might be the next great thing in chess.
chestas, And she's opened with the Cambridge Springs variation against the Queen's Gambit. A pretty solid variation for a 9 year old.
Anyway, I'm happy as I've used it 🙂
ianRobinson, Indian teenager Gukesh Dommaraju becomes youngest challenger for world chess title.
17-year-old will play defending champion Ding Liren for title.
Tan Zhongyi and Ju Wenjun will compete for women’s title.
lichess, Congratulations to Tan Zhongyi for winning the 2024 Women's Candidates and becoming the challenger for the Women's World Championship against Ju Wenjun! Leaderboard: https://lichess.org/broadcast/fide-candidates-2024--women/round-14/7Eeze5c7#leaderboard
nimzomusic, I think Fabi deserves to win, but huge props to Gukesh if he can beat Hikaru tomorrow.
nimzomusic, @chestas Yeah, he's had a huge uphill battle. This Candidates has been such an intense watch.
chestas, It's probably been the best Candidates since Kramnik and Carlsen slugged it out in 2013 ahead of Svidler and Aronian.
lichess, Lei lost to Vaishali, who has now won 4 games in a row, meaning that sole leader Tan only needs a draw in tomorrow's final round to win the 2024 Women's Candidates!
The game: https://lichess.org/broadcast/fide-candidates-2024--women/round-13/XbBwvNRd/9vGlWPSB
lichess, Hikaru Nakamura defeats Alireza Firouzja and, after a brief spell at the top yesterday, is now really in shared 1st place of the 2024 Candidates - at least until the next to last round after tomorrow's rest day!
The game: https://lichess.org/broadcast/fide-candidates-2024--open/round-12/eJghIBZe/m9Z98CZQ
chestas, Wesley So or Anish Giri would have been much more competitive. I think it's sad that Firouzja doesn't care about Classical chess for a year and then just plays a weak event to get in to the Candidates
lichess, Gukesh beats Abasov, joining Nepo and Nakamura in 1st place of the Candidates with just 2 rounds to go! 😮
The game: https://lichess.org/broadcast/fide-candidates-2024--open/round-12/eJghIBZe/KcjJuTXj
yurnidiot, this game looking wild
gzt, I can't wait to watch Nepo blow the world championship for the third time in a row #chess
lichess, Results from Round 11 of the Open and Women's Candidates: 6 decisive games and only 3 rounds left!
Open: https://lichess.org/broadcast/fide-candidates-2024--open/round-11/46ohJ8Qt
Women: https://lichess.org/broadcast/fide-candidates-2024--women/round-11/t7qNP2lW
lichess, 1st place didn't last long for Nakamura: Nepomniachtchi is back in the sole lead of the 2024 Candidates after beating Vidit!
The game: https://lichess.org/broadcast/fide-candidates-2024--open/round-11/46ohJ8Qt/95j3L4yN
lichess,
- Bxh6 - Lei Tingjie offered to sacrifice her dark-squared bishop against Anna Muzychuk in Round 11 of the Women's Candidates! Would you have taken it? 🤔
The game: https://lichess.org/broadcast/fide-candidates-2024--women/round-11/t7qNP2lW/nyO4IdnP
lichess, Hikaru Nakamura and Fabiano Caruana bounced back, while Lei Tingjie now shares first place with Tan Zhongyi: Read what happened in Round 10 of the 2024 Candidates in our recap blog: https://lichess.org/@/Lichess/blog/candidates-round-10-nakamura-and-caruana-bounce-back-lei-in-shared-lead/0QTnuFqG (Picture: FIDE / Michal Walusza)
lichess,
lichess, Results for Round 10 of the 2024 Candidates: Nakamura and Caruana won, tied with Praggnanandhaa, 0.5 points behind the leaders Gukesh and Nepomniachtchi. Lei continued her run and Vaishali ended her losing streak!
Open: https://lichess.org/broadcast/fide-candidates-2024--open/round-10/vfqUR38R
Women: https://lichess.org/broadcast/fide-candidates-2024--women/round-10/gZXnqV5K
lichess, Vidit Gujrathi's second win over Hikaru Nakamura in the Open Candidates and Tan Zhongyi is back in the sole lead of the Women's Candidates: Find out what happened in Round 9 in our recap blog: https://lichess.org/@/Lichess/blog/candidates-round-9-vidit-and-tan-win-as-tan-is-back-in-the-sole-lead/74HArP9s (Picture: FIDE / Maria Emelianova)
KatyKnits, Finally! I beat Favourite Security Person at #chess Its been weeks since my last victory and then I had 2 back to back wins. This was the 2nd one which was just glorious.
lichess, Hikaru Nakamura just resigned: 2-0 for Vidit against Nakamura in the 2024 Candidates!
The game: https://lichess.org/broadcast/fide-candidates-2024--open/round-9/A7SWsX0x/RAfvq0nj
lichess, Gukesh defeated Vidit, Nakamura beat Caruana and Tan lost to Lei: Read what happened in Round 8 of the Open and Women's Candidates in our recap blog with annotations from GM Brandon Jacobson and IM / WGM Padmini Rout: https://lichess.org/@/Lichess/blog/candidates-round-8-gukesh-back-in-the-co-lead-as-lei-beats-tan/JNDUsE4k (Picture: FIDE / Maria Emelianova)