But Qh8, Kg8, Ba3 and Re7 seems ok for black, so I guess Ba3 first to pin the knight.

What move? Because I cant see any that avoids Qh8 (if there is, ok, back to the other order of events)

Why not Ba3 first?

Ui. O violador até deve dar pulos. Só faltou dizer que na seleção o preferido é o Gonçalo Ramos.

A fazer a onda. Em terceiro lugar.

Filipa Pipiras torna-se a primeira Grande Mestre feminina de xadrez portuguesa Entre os 998 inscritos no torneio na Alemanha, foi 42.ª classificada e a melhor mulher na competição.

Filipa Pipiras torna-se a primeira Grande Mestre feminina de xadrez portuguesa https://c-de.co/m6xGk

As brancas vão subir no terreno estupidamente, parece-me.

The man who watches Trump all day, every day Aaron Rupar spends up to 80 hours a week following the US president, from meandering speeches to impromptu press conferences. He says it’s ‘pretty bleak’

“It’s difficult to cover him in a way that conveys how unhinged he is. Journalists are trained to be like, ‘OK, what did he say that was newsworthy?’ So you convey that to your audience. But in reality, when you actually watch, you see he's full of hatred, lying constantly, and very incoherent.”

Filipa Pipiras tornou-se a primeira grande mestre feminina portuguesa de sempre - um feito histórico.

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Incredible. 5,5/6 in the Candidates and blitzing.

Played in a youth national championship with a bar in the upstairs floor. The worse thing: they played snooker there and really badly. So, suddently, a snooker ball would fall just above our heads and about 100 kids would jump in their seats.

Sindarov is cruising and Fabi just tilted (how could you go for such a massive time trouble?). Lets see if someone stops Sindarov, but he is a clear favourite now.

She Spoke Out About Gaza. Now She Can’t Use a Credit Card. After accusing governments and corporations of complicity in Gaza, the U.N. investigator for Palestine territories now finds herself in Washington’s crosshairs.

She spoke out about Gaza. Now she can't use a credit card.

The UN investigator for Palestinian territories is facing U.S. sanctions and accused of antisemitism by the State Department.

The editorial independence of Euronews (originally founded in the early 1990s by a group of public broadcasters) looks heavily compromised.

Unsurprisingly, Euronews' main owner is heavily linked to the Orbán regime.

Medical school here. Dont regrett it (maybe in some bad night shifts).
Sindarov played to win and that willingness and lack of fear is crucial in such tournments.

Yes. I think when you reach that level, you understand that every improvement will now take a ton of time and either you sacrifice a lot or you cant (and then life comes and we have to put the board a bit to the side). I left just before the game became digital - now it is a bit easier to improve

Yeah, black seemed fine, but these guys dont forgive any mistake.

Same here (but a bit less ELO)Stopped for 20 years, came back a little bit in the pandemic to teach my kids (Im 2100 chesscom and 2150-2200 lichess).

Winning with a piece sacrifice with black - absolute statement.

And tomorrow we have a game between the leaders. Sindarov (my favourite) and Caruana (that won a miniature today - chess freaks are checking if it’s the fastest victory ever in the candidates.
Also, love the pod and glad to know you also like chess (thought ao when I read the Carlsen article)

Great to have cricket tragic, grandmaster and three-time candidate for the world title @polborta.bsky.social analysing the current Candidates tournament on Bluesky. A must-follow for all lovers of the game on this platform.

These comments are the absolute best.

As you, I like the Candidates as much as I find spectacularly funny the attempt to make chess instagrammable and trendy. Its not. And I love chess.

This is my favourite thread and means I dont have to bother anyone giving context of this before start talking. Please continue.

Staring Competition Finals | Big Train | BBC Studios YouTube video by BBC Studios

It’s this and its very funny bur we still love it
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Só um pouco de contexto: estes eventos ocorreram em abril de 76, ou seja, uns largos meses depois de - segundo a novilíngua política - o 25 de novembro ter estabelecido a democracia em Portugal

Não é só vontade. Quem do Benfica entra hoje no 11 do Porto? Pavlidis, só. Benfica comprou tudo ao lado, eles acertaram tudo. E têm treinador. E pelos vistos presidente. Nós não temos nada. E é o que merecemos.

A "morte saiu à rua" de Zeca Afonso foi escrita sobre o assassinato a queima-roupa do artista plástico José Dias Coelho, pelas balas da PIDE.
Hoje, uns grupos de inúteis da sociedade usam-na para se mostrarem contra o aborto.

Estamos a nadar numa sociedade de estúpidos, governada por estúpidos.

Acho que é o melhor rematador em Portugal, ponto. Pote é excelente nos passes à baliza. No remate mais seco, como pancada, acho que desde a saída do Bruno Fernandes que o Ricardo Horta é o melhor em Portugal. Tem que ser mundialista de caras.