Andrey Terekhov

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Here’s an “influencer from Texas”

The final position of Chigaev-Sindarov, Julius Baer Cup (online rapid), 2024

To celebrate Javokhir Sindarov's today's victory in the Round 5 of Chess World Cup, I'll share my favorite game of his.

You have probably heard of "Sting's Bishop" against Kasparov but here Sindarov managed to entomb not one, but two pieces of his 2600 GM opponent! White resigned

Our team at the World Corporate Chess Championship. The tournament continues tomorrow, you can watch the games live: lichess.org/broadcast/fi...

The playing hall of the Chess World Cup in Goa, India

In my case, there is a significant overlap between these two categories 😄

Those of you who are watching #chess World Cup - are you also rooting for the grandmasters that you randomly happened to play with in some tournaments? 😄

Was wondering how clear is the final position after 1.Nxd4 Nxd4 2.Ra8 Nc2 3.Kf1 d4 4.Ke2 d3+ and I guess White should play 5.Kd2!? (5.Kxd3 Ne1+ and Nxg2), then g2-g3 or Ra8-a4 first. Must be winning, but still a few tricks left, especially in a blitz game

Diagram from Harikrishna-Dardha chess game, played at World Cup in Goa, 2025

Pentala Harikrishna continues to rock the World Cup. In this position he played 25.Rxe6! and the opponent resigned

Diagram of the chess game Gledura-Wei Yi, World Cup 2025, after the opening moves 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.a3

The current state of chess theory, part 6:

A diagram of Harikrishna-Nesterov game from the 2nd round of Chess World Cup

Don't know if it's theory, but sure looks like a fun game to watch: lichess.org/broadcast/fi...

FIDE World Cup 2025 | Round 1 • Game 2 206-player Single-Elimination Knockout | 90 min / 40 moves + 30 min + 30 sec / move | standard | Goa, India | Erdogmus, Xiong, Rodshtein, Artemiev, Adam…

The turnaround in Motylev-Avila Pavas #WorldCup game was crazy
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It’s only preseason but Quentin Post and LG Cryer were very impressive in the 4th quarter. And I predict Steve Kerr giving Pat Spencer a lot of minutes in the regular season 😂 #GSW

Diagram from a chess game Abdusattorov-Liang, Grand Swiss 2025, after the opening moves 1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.g3 Nf6 7.Be3

The current state of chess theory, part 5:

Had the strangest dream tonight - I was playing chess against a grandmaster and reached the ending with a king and a WATERMELON against a bare king. I was trying to figure out if I could checkmate with these pieces until I finally woke up 🤨

Did anyone have Finland-Georgia quarterfinal on their bingo card? 😲 Bravo to both teams, impressive! #EuroBasket

Chess diagram from the game Gukesh-Erdogmus (Grand Swiss 2025), depicting the position after the moves 1.d4 d5 2.c3 Nf6 3.Bg5 c6 4.Qc2

The current state of chess history, part 4:

In the first half Doncic outplayed the whole French national team by himself 😲 #EuroBasket

One of the things that struck me in France was the absence of air conditioning. After 8 years in Singapore I thought that the French probably don’t need it, but…

“Here in Paris, eight of the 10 hottest summers on record have been in the last decade.”

According to Jacques Mieses "Chigorin was very punctiliously set in his habits. Quite pedantic about his mealtimes: breakfast at 8, lunch at 12, and dinner at 7. Never varied it. Which meant, of course, that Chigorin had breakfast when getting up at 8 pm, lunch at midnight, and dinner at 7am."

Rook ending with f+h pawns in the game Carlsen-Giri. Really curious to see whether Giri will be able to hold it #chess

«Л.Я.Гинзбург вспоминает где-то разговор с писателем Б. о своих записных книжках. На самокритичное замечание, что ее хвалят за то, что она просто записывает, фиксирует чужие разговоры, писатель Б. резонно возражает: “Но ведь их сначала надо придумать”.»
— И. Сухих, предисловие к 1-му тому Довлатова

Аргентина-Ямайка 5:0

Meaning that the other countries considered this option and decided that it would reduce their chances? 🤔🤓

My bet in #Eurovision this year is on Austria, though it might be hampered by the fact that a song in a similar style won last year

One thing I didn’t quite understand in #Eurovision — why Italy was the only country to have the lyrics subtitled in English?

French #Eurovision commentators on the British group: “Spice Girls without spice” 🤷

“When I was 12, I didn’t understand the English Opening at all. By the time I retired, I still didn’t. To me, every position in that opening has the same evaluation: both sides stand badly.”
— Stuart Rachels, “The Best I Saw in Chess”, p. 84

The gods of sports clearly appreciated your sacrifice 😄

“- Barmy Fotheringay-Phipps?
- I believe that is the sobriquet, sir, yes.
- Has the IQ of a backward clam?
- It is my understanding that amongst the fellow-members of "The Drones" club he is considered something of a dangerous intellectual.”
— “Jeeves and Wooster”, Episode 1

Street chess 😎 #Geneva