that position is only interesting because of its relationship to "normal" chess and how hard to play it becomes with even a small change
the problem with the whole freestyle project is that it's an even less accessible form of chess for ordinary people. it's a bad angle for the normie audience
they tooktooktook the whole broadcast down
update: nobody should've been happy because everyone came out of it looking like a dumbas
everyone seems far too cheerful about this netflix doc for it to be interesting. if there was anything good coming, someone would be panicking
it's amazing how deeply unsettling these positions are to analyse
mission accomplished 🫡
big news coming today
at some point one brave soul asked "what if chess had balls?"
the 2024 fischer random world championship starts tomorrow and no one is more excited than me (no one is excited)
are you trying to drive me away
are people still bluebing
from this day forth, on may 29th of every year, i will agree with the glorious ceo of fide on precisely One Thing
Greatest Rivalry In Chess Ends With Guy Resigning For No Reason
A post saying: "Lets not jump to conclusions without listening to what Yoo has to say. We’ve seen many cases in which the allegations of a woman were not as initially potrayed and someone’s career can be ended by those allegations. We know nothing about this situation but what the woman said, and apparently there is no evidence but her word. She may be right, but maybe things are not 100% as she paints them. Just saying"
Reading the QueenRosieMary blog about Chess GM Christopher Yoo punching a women from behind with numerous witnesses and predictably there is commentator that somehow takes Yoo's side.
These animals are not as much the problem as the chess federations/clubs/websites that refuse to confront them.
