Peter Svidler

Winter wonderland my ass.
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prompted by your little thread about holding and marshall - where in the pantheon do you think bumrah will end by the time he's done? and where do you put stein?

i talk too much. in general, but also in this video

Baturday
Bat World Sanctuary

'i want to put this nicely', too. excellent work

i had to google and yes, not a million years

bookshelf with classics, some of them penguin

due for a re-read i guess

I think i have that on a shelf, let me check. I definitely read the third policeman, and i think one more, but that's hazier

kiwis, the nz cricket team

oh ye of little (but broadly correct amount of) faith

'you've just dropped a chance for a non-humiliating loss, mate'

discord chat screenshot - if only we had more jacks - a set of jacks, if you will

well, i am very upset, i guess that counts

jonathan is excellent, as usual

not the match i expected to watch today. well played to the hairy fruits. here's hoping for another upset tomorrow

the notif for this was cut off at 'bobby fischer and jd..' which was quite the jump scare ngl. also kinda made sense, if you think about, tbf

more ultrawide content for your televisual feast

finishing industry s4. it's great, but also - the last ep would never get past the editor even 5 years ago? too caricaturey, too on the nose? but in 2026, i wouldn't be surprised if those are just direct quotes lifted from some heterodox maverick's substack, paid subscribers: jd, miller, pmarca

ooooooh wow enjoy. in unrelated - once, in lucerne in '97, during the world teams, i spotted the john mayall poster one day too late. they rested me for that round, too, i could have made it. still smarting, that, 30 years on.

i would have given him at least a game in the ashes, sincerely. i think the argument goes 'something kerrigan something confidence shattered something' but rehan doesn't strike me as someone likely to fall prey to that, and he has batting to fall back on if things go a bit pear shaped.

'play rehan you cowards' has been a group chat refrain for about two years now. they still won't, even after this - but it's nice to feel vindicated.

compulsive viewing, this eng team. arguably the best attack in the tournament, and the batting is just the right mix of clown car and 'whoaaa'

Jan Timman (1951-2026) An obituary of Jan Timman, a former world number-two, multiple world championship candidate, nine-time Dutch national champion, prolific author, and endgame studies specialist.

Jan Timman (1951-2026)

My obituary:

www.chess.com/news/view/ja...

good to see those two nod to each other and shake hands after all the carnage. both of them playing in a different game to the rest of their teams

also those twos are just ridiculous, they ran twenty! of them apparently

bannerman alert (yes i know i know)

very important video please watch

recent clues in @cluesbysam.com made me very sure they're on bsky even before i checked. gg wp

This is the most incredible footage of blue whales I’ve ever seen

..ready to discuss the day's events. and his transition info composing - a field of human endeavour i firmly believe is magic - further confirms his legend. he could make anyone love endgames.

he will be sorely missed.

jan was a wonderful person - funny, engaging, and deeply in love with chess (and, of course, very good at it - i think i have a minus score against him, and he was in his 40s when we first met). i can still picture him at dinner, a bottle of red inevitably close at hand, with that impish smile..

A photo from Timman's Twitter featuring his cat Artemis on a chessboard and a number of antique chess sets in an apartment. https://x.com/GMJanTimman/status/1687498481638711296

Timman was also one of the people I missed most when leaving Chess twitter. He shared endgame studies he was working on and weekly quotes from other players on chess. Plus this gem: his cat Artemis with what appears to be an amazing collection of antique chess sets. I would love to see the rest