Organizer of prestigious chess tournaments. Influencer? RTs are always endorsements, otherwise QT, silly.
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im not usually one to brag but my instagram stories over the last couple days have been Incredible
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MrDodgy (space for sale) retweeted
♟️ What makes a chess festival different from a tournament?
It's about memorable experiences, developing chess and connecting communities.
Read our @chesscom blog:
chess.com/blog/SligoChessFes…
MrDodgy (space for sale) retweeted
This is a good point by @LucianaMorales.
Too many people get this wrong.
In a new FIDE survey, three in four women and girls who responded had experienced discrimination or harassment in chess settings, while 44% said they had considered leaving the game.
chess.com/news/view/fide-wom…
obvious breach of the CAS decision - at this point, chess just has to be kicked out of the IOC
I thought Polina Shuvalova wasn't playing this month, but she's actually in the Asian Women's Team Championship! (now called the Nations Cup)
I don't think it will be enough for Polina to stay No. 1, but she can try!
s3.chess-results.com/tnr1534…
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the plan was always for dvorko to carry on as he has since he “resigned” - turlov, sutovsky, pein etc were always perfectly aware of this
Dvorkovich 🇷🇺 still seems to be running @FIDE_chess
Sanctioned by the EU 🇪🇺, he is in principle banned from FIDE events, but practically the reality seems to be 180 degrees the opposite.
Turlov is the " de jure" FIDE President, Dvorkovich the de facto.
is there an actual title at stake? i thought this was just a pilot event
"Magnus Carlsen will be the top seed and favourite for Total Chess and the Norwegian, 35, will be taking it more seriously than any event since he defended his world classical title in 2021." theguardian.com/sport/2026/n…
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if dubov wins, he should offer the same odds to gukesh
Dubov vs. Grandpa 100-0 Bullet Match Begins on November 7
rookreview.com/news/dubov-vs…
@Tsovnoog @mustreader
#chess
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mission accomplished 🫡
Agreement between Malcolm Pein and Timur Turlov
Suspended teams not to be readmitted to FIDE competitions. TT to speak and vote against this.
CAS decisions to be respected and actioned in all cases.
A maximum of 25% of people from one nationality in management positions within FIDE.
A separate Ethics Commission or Safeguarding Tribunal to be established in order to fast track allegations of sexual harassment or sexual abuse. This Commission to include members with safeguarding experience.
Beatriz Marinello to be nominated the Chair of the Education Commission
Alex Holowczak to be nominated Chair or Secretary of the Arbiters Commission.
There will be a new appointment for the Head of Legal Affairs in FIDE who will not be from a suspended federation country. All matters pertaining to FIDE’s relations with suspended federations will be handled by a FIDE appointed lawyer who is not from the suspended country.
The Head of PR will not be from a suspended country.
Classical Chess World Championship remains paramount and the pinnacle of FIDE competition.
The Pein-Buettner principle of 30-day mandatory response by FIDE officials to Commission recommendations to be implemented. @TurlovforChess @FIDE_chess
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i admire the determination to run full speed back into the mistakes freestyle made
it's already hard enough to explain chess to the public - an overly complicated format just adds an extra barrier
just run a knockout
Total Chess format explained 🧐:
24 players are divided into 4 groups, where they each play 10 fast classical games.
The winner of each group advances to the semifinals, where all three time formats come into play: Blitz, Rapid and Fast Classical. 👀
The pilot event takes place from November 10–20, testing the format ahead of the launch of the Total Chess Tour in March 2027.
#TotalChess
you should be able to check your phone a few times during a classical game. not the engine, just doomscrolling and stuff
MrDodgy (space for sale) retweeted
We've been missing the Olympiad, fortunately, we took photos of EVERY SINGLE TEAM while they were at the board! As far we know no-one else has done that before.
If you want to see all the photos you can go to chessfam.com/photos
P.S. They are all free to download!
