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How I Met My Wife (Happy Birthday Irene ❤️)
How I Met My Wife (Happy Birthday Irene ❤️) Happy Birthday to my amazing wife, ⁨@IreneSukandar ! This video features the collaboration stream from 5 years ago for Irene's birthday (April 7th 2021) 0:00 Happy Birthday Irene!! 2:24 Air…

We're a day late, but wish Irene Sukandar a very happy birthday! 🎂 🥳

Eric Rosen shared a beautiful and moving tribute to his wife. We wish both all the best and Irene a wonderful year ahead!

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Round 9 of the #2026candidates just started! 🎉♟️

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Join the Take Take Take Arena on Lichess for two hours of 3+0 Blitz with a prize pool of $3,000, starting today at 19:30 UTC!

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Candidates Round 8: Sindarov Extends Lead, Five-Way Tie in Women’s GM Javokhir Sindarov extended his lead to two full points after he drew his game against GM Andrey Esipenko and GM Fabiano Caruana lost against GM Hikaru Nakamura; meanwhile, in the Women's…

Sindarov extended his lead in the FIDE Candidates to 2 points after he drew against Esipenko and Caruana lost to Nakamura.

In the Women's Candidates, Anna Muzychuk lost to Divya Deshmukh and the tournament is wide-open with 5 players on 4.5/8.

➡️ Read our Round 8 Recap: lichess.org/@/Lichess/bl...

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8th SCO International Team Chess Tournament 2026 | Group Stage | Group B • Round 1 6-team round-robin | 15 min + 10 sec | rapid | Shanghai, China | Ding, Artemiev, Yu, Grischuk, Amin, Ju

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📷 Frans Peeters, CC BY-SA 2.0

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While the candidates battle it out, Ding Liren returns this month! He joins Ju Wenjun and Yu Yangyi in the ongoing SCO team tournament, then plays for his home province Zhejiang in the Chinese Team Championship (Apr 19-27) - his first classical event since the 2024 World Championship.

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The first half of the #2026candidates already had many interesting positions to offer! Can you find all the right moves? ♟️ 🎉

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Round 8 of the 2026 #FIDECandidates is starting soon!

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Candidates Round 7: Sindarov Maintains Lead, Vaishali 1/2 Point Behind Muzychuk GM Javokhir Sindarov retains his 1.5-point lead ahead of GM Fabiano Caruana, while GM Vaishali Rameshbabu, after defeating GM Tan Zhongyi, is only 0.5 points behind Women's Candidates tournament…

The first half of the FIDE Candidates is over!

Sindarov still leads Caruana by 1.5 points, but his winning streak ended with a draw against Giri.

In the Women's tournament, Vaishali defeated Tan and is now only 0.5 points behind Anna Muzychuk.

➡️ Read our Round 7 Recap: lichess.org/@/Lichess/bl...

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Lichess and Take Take Take Sign Cooperation Agreement Take Take Take will use Lichess as the infrastructure of their new play zone, in a win for open source

In a win for open source, Take Take Take will use Lichess as the infrastructure of their new play zone. Read more about it here: lichess.org/@/Lichess/bl...

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Round 7 of the #2026Candidates in Cyprus just started! 🎉

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While Sindarov is continuing his legendary run of 5.5/6, Anna Muzychuk is leading the Women's Candidates with 4/6! 🎉

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Candidates Round 6: Sindarov Wins Again, Muzychuk in Sole First GM Javokhir Sindarov is 1.5 points ahead of GM Fabiano Caruana, who drew GM Andrey Esipenko today as Sindarov defeated GM Wei Yi; in the Women's, GM Anna Muzychuk won a strong game against GM Zhu…

Javokhir Sindarov continued the historic run with a win over Wei Yi in the 2026 Candidates and is now 1.5 points ahead of Fabiano Caruana.

In the Women's tournament, Anna Muzychuk beat Zhu Jiner to take sole 1st place.

Read our Round 6 Recap and find out what happened: lichess.org/@/Lichess/bl...

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Check out the pairings, H2H history and win probabilities for Round 6 of the 2026 #FIDECandidates!

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Candidates Round 5: Sindarov Retains Lead; Lagno, Muzychuk, & Zhu Share 1st GM Javokhir Sindarov is on 4.5/5, with GM Fabiano Caruana close behind on 3.5/5, while three players lead the Women's Candidates: GM Kateryna Lagno, GM Anna Muzychuk, and GM Zhu Jiner, all on 3/5.

Sindarov defeats Nakamura to retain his lead in the FIDE Candidates 2026 on 4.5/5, with Caruana close behind on 3.5/5.

Three players are tied for 1st place in the Women's Candidates: Lagno, Muzychuk, and Zhu, all on 3/5.

➡️ Find out what happened in our Round 5 Recap: lichess.org/@/Lichess/bl...

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Javokhir Sindarov with a historic 4.5/5! | Round 5 | Candidates 2026
Javokhir Sindarov with a historic 4.5/5! | Round 5 | Candidates 2026 Follow the 2026 FIDE Candidates Tournament on Lichess: https://lichess.org/broadcast/-/BLA70Vds Interviewer: https://www.instagram.com/politehush/ Follow all the standard channels of Lichess…

Watch our interview with 2026 FIDE Candidates leader Javokhir Sindarov after defeating top seed Hikaru Nakamura in Round 5!

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A historic run by Javokhir Sindarov, who is now on 4.5/5 after beating Hikaru Nakamura in Round 5!

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Impressions from Round 4 of the #FIDECandidates 2026 🤩

📷 Dominik Töpfer

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Check out the pairings, H2H history and win probabilities for Round 5 of the 2026 #FIDECandidates!

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Going into Round 5 today, Sindarov is leading the field of the Candidates, while Muzychuk and Assaubayeva share first in the Women's Candidates!

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Candidates Round 4: Sindarov in Sole Lead, Assaubayeva & Muzychuk in Joint 1st GM Javokhir Sindarov is in the sole lead on 3.5/4 after beating the ex-co-leader, GM Fabiano Caruana, while in the Women's, GM Bibisara Assaubayeva and GM Anna Muzychuk are in the joint lead on 2.5/4.

On the first rest day of the FIDE Candidates 2026, Javokhir Sindarov is in sole 1st place after defeating Fabiano Caruana in Round 4.

Bibisara Assaubayeva and Anna Muzychuk are in the joint lead of the Women's tournament on 2.5/4.

➡️ Check out our Round 4 Recap: lichess.org/@/Lichess/bl...

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Wei Yi reviews Game 3 | Candidates 2026
Wei Yi reviews Game 3 | Candidates 2026 This was streamed on Mar. 31, 2026, hosted by CHESS贝蕾 and Chess…

Wei Yi is doing a live review and Q&A after his Candidates games! Underpromoted has translated the streams hosted by CHESS贝蕾:

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FIDE Candidates 2026 • lichess.org Free online chess server. Play chess in a clean interface. No registration, no ads, no plugin required. Play chess with the computer, friends or random opponents.

Sindarov and Caruana will face each other in Round 4. Follow all the games in our broadcasts, starting today at 12:45 UTC: lichess.org/broadcast/fi...

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Candidates Round 3: Caruana & Sindarov Lead, Assaubayeva & Lagno in 1st GM Javokhir Sindarov and GM Fabiano Caruana lead the Open after their respective wins against GM R Praggnanandhaa and GM Wei Yi, while GM Bibisara Assaubayeva and GM Kateryna Lagno are also in the…

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Javokhir Sindarov and Fabiano Caruana are now tied for 1st place in the Open, while Bibisara Assaubayeva and Kateryna Lagno are also sharing the lead in the Women's tournament.

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Check out the pairings, H2H history and win probabilities for Round 4 of the 2026 #FIDECandidates!

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We have a battle of the leaders in Round 4 of the #FIDECandidates, between Fabiano Caruana and Javokhir Sindarov! What do you think the result will be?

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