I did the first #chess board render with my #RustLang chess engine :o I'm really happy with how it turned out. And it also shows that the white kingside castling worked xD (Assets from itch.io)
Legendary names of the chess world in action at the European Seniors Teams Championship. Greats of the past like Nunn and Beliavsky are playing.
It's a shame that Russia's war against Ukraine deprives us of former great players from there, but, of course, I support the ban on Russian participation.
It's also a shame that the International community can't show consistency as Israeli teams are allowed to take part.
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.
I am now working on my own chess API and it’s actually pretty fun. I learned that using bitboards is apparently very efficient. So I now use 8 64bit bitboards, 2 for the color and 6 for the pieces (I thought about just using 7 because you COULD theoretically represent the colors in one bitboard, but using 2 makes it faster at the expense of an extra 64 bit, which is neglegible). Gonna continue on this in the upcoming days :3
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.
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
Congratulations to GM Alireza Firouzja for winning the Titled Arena April '24! Runner-up GM Daniel Naroditsky was just 4 points behind and third place went to GM Andrew Tang, who finished the tournament with 7 berserked wins in a row!
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.