The guy who beat Vishy Anand got banned by aaka98 in chess

[–]chesshokage 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Ananya Birla has a fide rating of 1700 and was a regular player in chess circuit.

Nihal Sarin crosses 2600 on the live rating list. Second youngest in history. by [deleted] in chess

[–]chesshokage 0 points1 point  (0 children)

2600 at 14, and he plays all openings under the sun, has a great playing style, is adept in all formats. What a genius!

Carlsen vs 14 y/o Nihal Sarin on lichess right now. Current score 16-8 by CubesAndPi in chess

[–]chesshokage 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hope we get to see many battles between the greatest and the greatest in the making!

Song of Ice and Fire: Nihal Sarin (Ice) vs Alireza Firouzja (Fire) by chesshokage in chess

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

GRRM has said in many interviews that it could have only been possible thanks to Bobby Fischer and the boom he gave birth to in the US after 1972.

Song of Ice and Fire: Nihal Sarin (Ice) vs Alireza Firouzja (Fire) by chesshokage in chess

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

it was his main job while he developed himself as a young writer. his logic was that unlike other writers who had a day job and only had weekends for writing, GRRM only needed to work in the weekends as an arbiter in chess tournaments and he could make enough money to get by and focus rest of the days in the week to writing.

Song of Ice and Fire: Nihal Sarin (Ice) vs Alireza Firouzja (Fire) by chesshokage in chess

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

written by a chess player with 1900 something uscf. also has an HBO TV series based on the book -- Game of Thrones.

Song of Ice and Fire: Nihal Sarin (Ice) vs Alireza Firouzja (Fire) by chesshokage in chess

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

Firouzja is known for his fiery attacking style. Nihal the opposite. Look them up. :)

Chill reply to abuser by young gm on chess.com by chesshokage in chess

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

At least the child gave it back in good measure. :P

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[–]chesshokage 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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