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Not a European myself, but I do honestly believe Europe today is uniquely positioned to counterbalance the unbounded greed of capitalism that's increasingly fuelled on by nationalist fervour, which ma…

There's a beautiful sequence if 47. gxh3 or 47. g3. Black plays Bd5+ Bc5+ Bd4+ fork, Qxd4 Ne3+ fork again, and white loses the queen.

World expos are still held today in five-year intervals, albeit without the chess tournaments. Unfortunately AI is the only thing people care about these days.

This explains why it can feel difficult to punish some "woodpusher" players. Playing principled chess is still good, but sometimes you need a sprinkle of crazy to refute their crazy.

Companion reading: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odtnysAUGTA ... if you can call this reading.

TWO BISHOPS VAT ELSE

TIL surprise = reachability / popularity

I liked the graphic for the English.

God damn well done with the thumbnail. Can't even call it a clickbait; it's just good.

Okay okay, apparently at Aruba 1992, GM Julio Granda Zuniga got beat by not one, not two, but all three Polgar sisters. Ohhhh no that's worse than getting adopted This is the funniest shit I've seen a…