MrDodgy is on ChessFam

We are using some of his methods on world chess. For example, benchmarking is really useful and accuracy of detection has increased substantially. It’s not that we got someone well-known, but algorithms simply work better (and there are real ways to measure it). It also simply makes sense.

Would not recommend, he refers to Duda as “Jan Duda” in the first third of the book. Was very hard to power through the rest of it after that.

🇫🇷 french chess federation: “alireza firouzja will no longer be called up to the french team” alireza firouzja one of the strongest grandmasters in the world who has played under the french flag for several years will no longer be invited to the french national team the decision was made by france’s head coach and technical director after disagreements over his commitment to the team since moving to france firouzja has rarely played for the french team and according to the federation this is now the fifth year in a row that he has missed either the olympiad or the european team championship “representing the french national team implies a strong commitment to the national collective project. as a result alireza firouzja will no longer be called up in the future unless he clearly expresses his desire to return permanently to this collective dynamic”

Sina Movahed is such a cool name for a chess player His parents definitely knew

Congrats to Faustino Oro on becoming the second-youngest GM in history at 12! His final norm was secured with a round to spare, going undefeated in Sardinia. He was lucky enough to be paired with Nepo in the final round, exactly what he needed to get the necessary average!