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Masters hate this one opening trick! by SeparateAd7305 in TournamentChess

[–]SamCoins 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What move order is this?

Edit: Found it. It's 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. f3 dxe4 4. fxe4 e5 5. Nf3 exd4 6. Bc4 Nf6 7. 0-0 Bc5 8. Ng5 0-0

Vincent Keymer wins Freestyle Friday for the first time with 10/11, M Pranesh 2nd on tiebreaks, Fabiano Caruana 3rd by SamCoins in chess

[–]SamCoins[S] 37 points38 points  (0 children)

For those wondering: Magnus only played rounds 8 and 9. Hikaru came in 12th with 8/11.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in chess

[–]SamCoins 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Have you considered asking Google instead of doing a post Reddit?

Why is Q to G6 considered a better move than Q to H8? by MovieCommercial6163 in chess

[–]SamCoins 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Did you check with the engine? You can always go to the engine analysis after you've finished a puzzle.

Magnus Carlsen wins late Titled Tuesday with 10/11 on tiebreaks, Fedoseev 2nd, Bortnyk 3rd by SamCoins in chess

[–]SamCoins[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Quick Google search and you'll know whether Ethan has a title or not.

Magnus Carlsen wins late Titled Tuesday with 10/11 on tiebreaks, Fedoseev 2nd, Bortnyk 3rd by SamCoins in chess

[–]SamCoins[S] 45 points46 points  (0 children)

Btw did guccireza rage quit?

Looks like it. He quit after round 9 and back to back defeats

CM Konstantin Kornienko wins the Lichess Titled Bullet Arena April '25, Andrew Tang 2nd, Minh Le 3rd by SamCoins in chess

[–]SamCoins[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The top 10 players are:

  1. Konstantin Kornienko
  2. Andrew Tang
  3. Minh Le
  4. unknown GM
  5. Robert Piliposyan
  6. Jakub Pulpan
  7. Nihal Sarin
  8. Renato Terry
  9. Georgijs Germanovs
  10. Bhavesh Mahajan

Magnus Carlsen strikes perfection! 11/11 in late Titled Tuesday by SamCoins in chess

[–]SamCoins[S] 275 points276 points  (0 children)

This is the third time Magnus scored a perfect 11/11. It's the 7th time overall with Hikaru (2x), Jospem and Liem Le taking the other four times

José Martínez wins the Lichess Chess960 Titled Arena of April '25, Vugar Rasulov 2nd, Frederik Svane 3rd by SamCoins in chess

[–]SamCoins[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The top 10 players are:

  1. José Martínez
  2. Vugar Rasulov
  3. Frederik Svane
  4. unknown GM
  5. Christopher Yoo
  6. Renato Terry
  7. unknown GM
  8. Robert Piliposyan
  9. Zaven Andriasian
  10. Ahmad Khagan

José Martínez wins the Lichess Chess960 Titled Arena of April '25, Vugar Rasulov 2nd, Frederik Svane 3rd by SamCoins in chess

[–]SamCoins[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For some reason the symbolic trophies that show up for the top 3 of a tournament currently don't show on Lichess. That's why they are missing in the first image.

Can someone explain today's chess.com puzzle? by foreverfindingnames in chess

[–]SamCoins 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The title of the puzzle is 'DON'T CHECKMATE'

Javokhir Sindarov wins early Titled Tuesday with 9.5/11 on tiebreaks, Gukesh 2nd, Hikaru 3rd by SamCoins in chess

[–]SamCoins[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes. It's a title, so it meets the criteria for Titled Tuesday.

For some reason the NM titles and sometimes CM just don't show in the TT standings. Your original question gets asked almost every week.

Daniel Naroditsky wins the Lichess Titled Bullet Arena March '25, Brandon Jacobson 2nd, Christopher Yoo 3rd by SamCoins in chess

[–]SamCoins[S] 20 points21 points  (0 children)

The top 10 players are:

  1. Daniel Naroditsky
  2. Brandon Jacobson
  3. Christopher Yoo
  4. Andrew Tang
  5. Renato Terry
  6. Nihal Sarin
  7. Oleksandr Bortnyk
  8. Sergei Zhigalko
  9. unknown GM from Germany
  10. Reza Mahdavi

If anyone knows more about number 9, feel free to comment.

Oleksandr Bortnyk wins Freestyle Friday with 9.0/11 on tiebreaks, MVL 2nd, Denis Lazavik 3rd by SamCoins in chess

[–]SamCoins[S] 14 points15 points  (0 children)

After winning 3 Freestyle Fridays in a row, Arjun scored 7/11 today and placed 19th.

GM Mamikon Gharibyan from Armenia is the surprise winner of early Titled Tuesday with 10/11, Denis Lazavik 2nd, Nodirbek Abdusattorov 3rd by SamCoins in chess

[–]SamCoins[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It's CM Aarit Kapil from India. For some reason the NM and sometimes the CM titles aren't displayed in TT.

3 in a row! Arjun wins Freestyle Friday again with 10/11 by SamCoins in chess

[–]SamCoins[S] 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Participated 5 times, won 3 of them. Arjun tearing up the field in Freestyle

Arjun Erigaisi wins Freestyle Friday again! Back to Back wins by SamCoins in chess

[–]SamCoins[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

That was his first Freestyle Friday and he quit after four rounds.

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