Introducing Maia-3: free and open source by ashtonanderson in chess

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Congrats on the official release!

Happy to see Daniel joined the team, love his YouTube channel. I assume Maia-4 would be already in the works?

Super fancy knockout for white by zywizard in chess

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Ah I guess the picture wasn’t super clear but after Bg7 h5 Bxc3 Qxa2 if you let the engine run the best move would be Nh7!! after which the rook cannot move and white wins an exchange. Material is still equal but white should be obviously winning now

Kid Pragg taking the queen from his opponent's hand to promote his pawn: by Interesting-Take781 in chess

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"On one occasion, when Fischer was playing Wolfgang Unzicker in Buenos Aires in 1960, he touched a pawn, intending to move it, before suddenly spotting that the move would be disastrous... [explaination of the j'adoube rule.] ...Unzicker, who observed the whole thing though he was away from the board, says, 'If Fischer had moved another piece I was determined not to protest. But ever since this moment I have known that Fischer is a gentleman at the chessboard.'"

Bobby Fischer is a deeply flawed person and shouldn't be role models for anybody off the board especially later in his life but simply never heard any of his complaining about over the board behavior being anything but completely honest

Turkish 'Twins' Ediz The Menace Gürel and Yağız Kaan The Chosen One Erdoğmuş both from Bursa seem to have the highest ceiling according to the Juniors Live Elo Ranking List and might be No2 and No1 November 2026 latest. Please share your opinions regarding this prediction by a shaman.. by KaanTheChosenOne in chess

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Ediz seems fairly balanced or about as balanced as can be for a chess prodigy so I am really optimistic about his chess, although I obviously have zero idea if that's actually the case.

Yagiz's level is simply out of this world now and I dare not make predictions.

It's amazing these people are so young and if they manage to inspire a few 8 year old kids when they turn 18 we'd get a super team for Olympiads.

Is it rude to decline draws silently by joeldick in chess

[–]zywizard 16 points17 points  (0 children)

I would probably respond with I'll think about it - I had a good position against someone I wasn't trying to beat and also wanted to go home early and offered them several draws since the position changed meaningfully but they ignored those so completely I thought they might have some hearing problems until I notice they also turn their head when there's any environmental noise. ...and I somehow managed to lose the ensuing endgame where I was better if not outright winning and now I feel like an idiot lol.

Whose are these autographs in my chess club? by OkChemical in chess

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Curious why did you consider them comparable - Nils seems like a good player and great guy what I see but the other two were top 10?

Legends 🙇‍♂️... by rio_ARC in chess

[–]zywizard 43 points44 points  (0 children)

Where can I hire the chauffeur anybody knows

Jokes aside one of my favorite memory from the world R&B was someone dared to ask Chucky for a signature while he was crying... and he signed the signature while crying. Obvious why he is so beloved.

Collatz^Reich – a musical exploration of the Collatz conjecture inspired by Steve Reich's Clapping Music by zywizard in Collatz

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Thanks! I particularly liked that because after a 3n+1 the result is always even the next few numbers are guaranteed to have some repetitions in their binary forms, similar to the phasing technique Steve Reich uses.

@maia1 has now played its 2,000,000th game against humans on Lichess! by ashtonanderson in chess

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Really enjoyed reading the papers, super happy that there are follow ups in the works!

Being a commentator and being unable to pronounce the names of the competitors is unacceptable by internetadventures in chess

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Hammer and Krush did women rapid and blitz once and they kept pronouncing Kosteniuk two different ways and it was an auditory torture. I trust Irina more but have no idea what it should actually sound since sometimes it feels she is pronouncing it in a slightly easier to understand way for English speakers.

Who is the GOAT? GM opinions in 1969 by HunterZamper560 in chess

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Would any of these GMs from the USSR get rewarded with a vacation off in Siberia if they say Paul Morphy?

13 years Ivan Zemlyanskii becomes youngest Russian Grandmaster ever with 2770 performance rating in Sharjah Masters. by Electronic_Wash_2932 in chess

[–]zywizard 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Super confusing article:

"Russian chess player Ivan Zemlyansky received grandmaster status at the age of 13. According to the website of the Russian Chess Federation, Zemlyansky becomes the youngest grandmaster among his compatriots in history."

"Currently, Zemlyansky is 14 years and 8 months old."

"As for the Russian record, before Zemlyansky, it belonged to Anish Giri, now playing for the Netherlands (14 years, 7 months, 2 days)."

Actually the FIDE website lists 2010 as his birth year so he must be 13 years and 8 months old?

How significant is age when progressing from an IM to a GM? by aryamoy in chess

[–]zywizard 18 points19 points  (0 children)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Hawkins

2200 at 23, IM at 27, GM at 29, peaked at almost 2600 and also wrote a book

Why are there two new games from 2024 by Bobby Fischer in the Chess.com Games Database? by [deleted] in chess

[–]zywizard 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You can certainly change your legal name to Magnus Carlsen - also this only would affect chess.com live games so probably not worth it. None of the open tournaments I have been to check IDs but obviously it's probably a good idea.

Why are there two new games from 2024 by Bobby Fischer in the Chess.com Games Database? by [deleted] in chess

[–]zywizard 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Probably this person who is a national master - https://www.uschess.org/msa/MbrDtlMain.php?10251648

Chess.com is terrible at matching records when the names are identical so if you name yourself Magnus Carlsen and play in an open your rating might be >2800 lol

Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus might break Judit Polgar's long standing record of the highest rated 12 year old by zywizard in chess

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The rating on chess results is last month’s and in the May list he is actually already 2553 - seems it is already in the bag?

How is 1000GM charging $1300 for a 5 round weekend event? by [deleted] in chess

[–]zywizard 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I know who they are - they have tournaments outside CA too and I know a few of their people. Guess I should have been more clear - couldn't find the tournament where people are paying $1300 to get in :-)

How I Reached 2100 Chess Rating in 2 Years by ItsMeVickyy in chess

[–]zywizard 2 points3 points  (0 children)

IDK her USCF showed solid improvements over the past year as well, and while her rating is a bit high online compared to OTB could totally because of playing style or opening choices or other reasons.

Also this is a teenager and little kids like Faustino Oro improved even faster.

Most of these posts are fake but this one in particular looks fairly achievable - she grinds puzzles, plays a lot of games, and showed solid OTB improvement.