The 2023 FIDE World Cup is a 206-player knockout taking place in Baku, Azerbaijan from July 30 to August 24. The top 3 players qualify for the 2024 Candidates Tournament....
Mods made a poll to ask whether to extend the blackout or re-open. After accusations of brigading, mods created a second, more secure poll. The option to extend the blackout wins by a 18% margin. However, the top mod changes his mind, unilaterally decides that the sub should open, and threatens the rest of the mods with...
The title of Women’s World Champion will be decided from July 5th to July 23rd 2023. The contenders are Ju Wenjun (2566, current World Champion) and Lei Tingjie (2554) both from China....
A few weeks ago, I was elected as a mod of !chess . If you visit the community from lemmy.ml, my username is listed as a mod. But not from any other instance. In particular, if I log in with my sopuli account, I don’t have access to mod tools....
FIDE World Chess Cup 2023 (worldcup2023.fide.com)
The 2023 FIDE World Cup is a 206-player knockout taking place in Baku, Azerbaijan from July 30 to August 24. The top 3 players qualify for the 2024 Candidates Tournament....
Puzzle: Black to move and get an advantage (sopuli.xyz)
Position from the game Zhongyi Tan vs Aleksandra Goryachkina, Semifinals of the World Cup 2023 Women’s Section
The immediate future of the subreddit [r/chess] is in question after our latest subreddit poll. Results and the situation so far (www.reddit.com)
Mods made a poll to ask whether to extend the blackout or re-open. After accusations of brigading, mods created a second, more secure poll. The option to extend the blackout wins by a 18% margin. However, the top mod changes his mind, unilaterally decides that the sub should open, and threatens the rest of the mods with...
Bullet Chess Championship 2023 (www.chess.com)
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Puzzle: Black to move and mate in three (media.mastodon.cloud)
Julius Baer Generation Cup
The Julius Baer Generation Cup is the 5th event on the 2023 Champions Chess Tour....
F1 will bring back engine noise in 2026 - Domenicali · RaceFans (www.racefans.net)
World Rapid Team Championship (worldrapidteams2023.fide.com)
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White to play. Puzzle from today's match Daniel Narodistky vs Magnus Carlsen, Bullet Chess Championship (sopuli.xyz)
Looking for moderators for c/chess
Sorry for the non-anarchic post. Since this is currently the largest chess (?) community in the Fediverse, I guess I could give it a try....
FIDE Women's World Championship Match 2023 (fide.com)
The title of Women’s World Champion will be decided from July 5th to July 23rd 2023. The contenders are Ju Wenjun (2566, current World Champion) and Lei Tingjie (2554) both from China....
Budget cap alert: Fia investigates teams' non-F1 activities. Ferrari included (www.gazzetta.it)
Relevant part...
McLaren not getting preoccupied over 2026 F1 engine talks (www.autosport.com)
A couple of interesting bits:...
Mods not federating between instances
A few weeks ago, I was elected as a mod of !chess . If you visit the community from lemmy.ml, my username is listed as a mod. But not from any other instance. In particular, if I log in with my sopuli account, I don’t have access to mod tools....
Disney Dates New ‘Star Wars’ Movie, Shifts ‘Deadpool 3’ and Entire Marvel Slate, Delays ‘Avatar’ Sequels Through 2031 (variety.com)
New dates:...
Alpine adamant Ocon's wobbly rear wing was safe during Canadian GP (www.motorsport.com)
Magnus Carlsen will play the "Chess party with DJ Assios" tournament (600$ in prizes, titled players only) while DJing in a chess rave in Oslo! (lichess.org)
Global Chess League - Day 2
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Chess.com Concludes Legal Dispute With Hans Niemann, Niemann To Return To Chess.com (www.chess.com)
White to play and mate in 5 (media.mastodon.cloud)
Position from yesterday’s game Carlsen vs Pantsulaia, Round 2 of the World Cup
Giri Gone, So Survives, Kosteniuk Knocked Out On Tense Day Of Tiebreaks (www.chess.com)
CDawgVA Delivers Swindle Of The Century To Become The Fifth PogChampion (www.chess.com)
Speed Chess Championship 2023 (www.chess.com)
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FIDE seeks public discussion about proposed rating changes (www.fide.com)