Jon Coupe joncoupe - Bluesky Statics

Well played 🙌👏

01.02.2026 22:32 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

It literally isn't.

22.01.2026 15:05 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Nb3+

21.01.2026 14:54 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Very kind of them.

14.01.2026 13:40 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Ne7+ Kh8 Qxh7+ Kxh7 Rh5#

02.12.2025 19:30 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Oh yes, if Kb7, then Qxa5#

01.12.2025 19:12 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Qd8? If Bc7 then Qa8#. If Ba7 then Qc8#. Have I missed anything?

01.12.2025 19:11 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

A queen on b3 😃

01.12.2025 19:07 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

RxN!

22.11.2025 21:08 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

As my auntie Janet used to say, "Some people just need a damn good ignoring".

15.11.2025 00:23 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Bxb7?

15.11.2025 00:21 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Good luck 👍

08.11.2025 12:59 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

My OTB game from this week against a much higher graded opponent. She refused to develop her pieces and made me look like Tal. #chesspunks

08.11.2025 12:17 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

I'll invite Garvey.

31.10.2025 23:21 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

I'm okay with it.

31.10.2025 23:20 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Always pleasing when I get one right!

16.10.2025 08:37 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I really want to play b4 followed by Rfb1 but the queen can just nip back onto the a5 square. So maybe b4 Qxp a5 and I *think* the queen is going to get trapped.

15.10.2025 21:39 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

It looks like a whole heap of trouble!

14.10.2025 06:54 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

g5+

13.10.2025 20:16 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Well played 👍

07.10.2025 09:26 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

All the best 👍

06.10.2025 20:39 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

It was rounding and converting units for me.

01.10.2025 08:04 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Brilliant 👏

19.09.2025 20:54 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

I remember saying to my teaching partner in 2015, "We have to cherish these times." It was a beautifully behaved cohort- and it only happened 4 times out of 14 years teaching. It makes such a massive difference.

12.09.2025 22:01 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

It was last December that I decided that I'd had enough of teaching- by February, I'd handed my notice in and quit teaching altogether.

30.08.2025 23:40 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Excellent. Well played 👍

30.08.2025 23:35 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Ahh, that's tough! It's a feeling I know well. 😒

30.08.2025 23:34 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

You'll sleep well on Sunday night! 😴

29.08.2025 08:21 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Best of luck! Which tournament/ level etc?

29.08.2025 07:50 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

+18 🙂

22.08.2025 08:11 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

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