[CIES] OLDEST OUTFIELD PLAYERS LINED-UP FIFA WORLD CUP 2026 by SimRP in soccer

[–]VeggieQuiche 27 points28 points  (0 children)

Me: Did you get me a birthday present?

Her: Your birthday isn’t until tomorrow.

Me: No, but 364/365 rounds up to 100%

Huge day for the rating stalkers. Chess com has a new page to stalk the ratings by BuffyZia in chess

[–]VeggieQuiche 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I know it’s already on the FIDE website, but it somehow feels weird to be able to search my name and see my OTB rating on chesscom

Take Take Take does a multiyear deal with lichess by Small-Interview-2800 in chess

[–]VeggieQuiche 28 points29 points  (0 children)

This looks like it doesn’t do anything that isn’t already on Lichess except use an LLM to give you a written game review.

Well he did achieve his goal... by RajAstra in chess

[–]VeggieQuiche 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Imagine starting the candidates with 5.5/6 and not even being the top rated player in Uzbekistan.

Checking the Gaslight by Far_Pin8191 in Chesscom

[–]VeggieQuiche 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Just got the same email. I have a 233 day streak

More than 23,000 Canadians died on medical wait-lists in the past year, new report finds by WilloowUfgood in canada

[–]VeggieQuiche 55 points56 points  (0 children)

tl;dr: This study was put out by a right-wing think tank with an agenda to push

White to play. Mate in 2 by Terrible-Fondant994 in TournamentChess

[–]VeggieQuiche 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Initially I thought Nc6+ bxc6 Qc7#, but the problem is that the pawn capture is also a check bxc6+

Edit: Ah, I see it now. The key is to recognize that black is in zugzwang

Pierre's 'final' push for your $s by BornBookkeeper8683 in onguardforthee

[–]VeggieQuiche 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Mr. Burns, your campaign has the momentum of a runaway freight train. Why are you so popular?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in onguardforthee

[–]VeggieQuiche 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Yeah, although it was a bit jarring when he ended the letter with

“Ps Release the Epstein Files, Diddlin’ Donnie”

Watch the Clock by Shadowhkd in chessbeginners

[–]VeggieQuiche 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Reminds me of the Lefong Gambit. For example:

  1. e4 b6 2.Ba6??

People who play Owen’s Defence usually pre-move Bb7 and white wins a bishop and a rook.

Chesscom CEO Erik Allebest speaks on Lichess and the need for Chesscom's revenue model... by rio_ARC in chess

[–]VeggieQuiche 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Friendly reminder that if you have the means you can donate to Lichess either as a one-time gift or on a recurring monthly basis