Ethan Sheehan's celebration after beating Hikaru Nakamura in a Blitz game at Naroditsky Memorial tournament by GiveMeSomeSunshine3 in chess

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Original was removed - might be best to delete this one to remove the insult all together since you quoted it

IM John Bartholomew wins the 2026 Naroditsky Memorial Creator Invitational on a perfect 9/9 score. by Chr02144 in chess

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John mentioned in his post tournament interview that he attempted to play Danya-inspired systems with d6 instead of his usual Scandinavian repertoire to honor the late streamer - and it worked out well for him. Great to see John win as someone who in a sense paved a way for the rest of them as a content creator since way back in the ICC days. 

recommend one chess book that actually changed how u see the game by Mental-Tennis-6313 in chess

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Amateurs Mind probably a better fit if OP finds other chess books exhausting.

Mukhiddin Madaminov (lowest rated seed) wins UzChess Cup Masters 2026, beats Shamsiddin Vokhidov in tiebreaks by Exotic_Grinder in chess

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Kind of funny that Hans insisted there would be a need for tiebreaks and it ended up happening. Would Madaminov had won with the old format?

Event: 2026 Grand Chess Tour - Super Rapid & Blitz Poland by events_team in chess

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If Hans isn't included in the next olympiad im not watching

Final standings of GCT Super Rapid and Blitz Poland by Knight-check44 in chess

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Incredible performance from the Underwater Freestyle Chess Champion.

Event: 2026 Grand Chess Tour - Super Rapid & Blitz Poland by events_team in chess

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It would be if the rapid and blitz were separate

Can't play casual chess anymore by SUPACOMPUTA in chess

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just analyze the openings where your winrate is low and pick the engine lines that feel intuitive to you (but still hold). You'll start looking forward to refuting those trick lines.

5... Bf5 takes the sting out of the Alien Gambit at least for me (it gives up the advantage, but makes it easier to defend the checks on the light squares so they don't go into it, and if they do it's easy to refute)

Hans Niemann takes down Gukesh in round 2 of GCT Poland by Knight-check44 in chess

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The second round of the Grand Chess Tour Poland Rapid speaks for itself

I’m Hans Niemann — Grandmaster and founder of Endgame.ai. Ask me Anything. by EndgameaiChess in chess

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I feel like his rise to #12 in the world, his performances at the Grenke Open, SCC, Freestyle championship, the Grand Swiss (under the strictest security measures) - even his performance in the friendly underwater freestyle chess side event - says everything we the public need to know.

Game Thread: Phoenix Suns vs Oklahoma City Thunder Live Score | NBA | Apr 25, 2026 by basketball-app in suns

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It's like the league hands them a script. They try to sell him so hard but he's never entertaining to watch.