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@mashable @hinge your app got unusable. i have a subscription but my matches keep diasappearing and reappearing. this is unreal and unacceptable for the price of your app. and the archive update is pure scam. since when do we have to pay to talk to matches. disappointing.

Hinge will stop you from matching with someone new if you have a certain number of messages waiting for a response. mashable.com/article/hinge-…

@EmilSutovsky Don't act like Fide is the reason why the youngsters are top players because they participated in your tournaments. This is ridiculous! Let these people flourish and blossom. They are the greatest asset for chess! All you do is stand in their way and patronize our beloved game.

Out of all the recent claims "protecting" young top players from FIDE is one of the most ridiculous. Gukesh, Pragg, Arjun, Nodirbek, Vincent, Javokhir - they all are great talents, who managed to grow so fast largely to FIDE efforts - and specifically to our policy of not allocating all our resourses to serve just a few players. All of them were participants of several Grand Swiss events and World Cups, as well as World Rapid and Blitz - where they got a place thanks to the policy we implement. For example, Nodirbek became World Rapid Champion in 2021, when very few ever heard of him - and that gave him a huge boost in his career. But of course FIDE knew about the best young talents - because they shined in World Youth, World U16 Olympiad and other events we organize, and we always provide wild cards to the most promising young players in our top events. It is all one eco-system. Now, think about it. Nodirbek would just not be a participant of that 2021 Championship he won - as well as Murzin would not even play in New York, had we not invested in making the event bigger, with all the costs it ensues. Take Grand Swiss. I remember these little Indian boys with shining eyes coming to compete and learn from the best in 2019 and 2021, before the breakthrough of 2022. And the breakthrough - where it happened? At FIDE Olympiad. But let's not just recall the past. FIDE is the present - and the future. The budget of our 2024 major events exceeded 40M USD - and for the cycle of 2025-2026 we keep increasing the prize funds and improving the playing conditions. It is not too difficult to make an exceptional event for 10 people - go make it for 300 people. And we deliver time after time. Year after year. Whatever the format. New York, Singapore, Budapest, Astana, Toronto, Samarkand - East or West. Take Grand Swiss 2025 - the first qualifier tournament for the 2026 Match. Total prizes are almost at 1M - but also all the expenses covered for 164 players - once again providing record prizes, but also a unique opportunity. That's how we grow the game. And we will keep doing so. Because we care.

@realmoamer Hey Mo, so I binged season 2 in one sitting. Loved it! Was very well entertained! I have one question tho. The current status of the Mo-Maria relationship left me a bit uncomfortable. So they are married but only for the green card? Or is based on love (+trust)? Thx love you bro

The reviews are in!

@NodirbekYakubb1 @ChessbaseIndia @Uzchesss Didnt matter when you met Divya, did it? Sad to see such unsportsmanship, no matter what you believe.

@Kasparov63 Haha

He’d insist on a rematch.

@BortnykChess Now we have 2. Double the fun, double the drama. I think it is a good solution.

What a joke , lol , Champion must be ONE

@lachesisq You really deserve it! I was very happy for you and Magnus! Great solution!

Tied for first place on a very late Titled Tuesday. Happy New Year!

@NastiaKarlovich Chucky is an absolute legend. It shows how much it means to him.

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@ChrisBirdIA @advorkovich @MagnusCarlsen I think it was a great decision! Well done.

Given everything that happened this week, I can't think of a more fitting ending than @advorkovich and @MagnusCarlsen rewriting the regulations on the fly to bring this year's Rapid & Blitz Championships to an end. Happy New Year everyone! 🥳

@DanielRensch I really enjoy this solution. They both deserve it! Fantastic way to end the year!

To peace all around in 2025!? 🤝

@GMJacobAagaard @Mekk No, no, no! We don't want Emil to win!

@Mekk Since the whole thing looks like a joke anyway, why not disqualify the players who refused to play and have no winners that way also.

Someone should have told Lei and Ju that this was a possibility!

@chesscom Great job, Wenjun! Congrats!

Congratulations to Ju Wenjun for winning the FIDE Women's World Blitz Chess Championship!🙌  Another trophy for Ju Wenjun with wins over Valentina Gunina, Vaishali Rameshbabu, and Lei Tingjie! 🏆

@TarjeiJS I think it is a good solution. Just because it is unusual, it does not mean it is necessarily bad.

This feels like a situation that could've happen some 30-40 years ago, but not in 2024. I have no idea which other sport players can just agree to share the world championship title, but that shouldn't happen.

@carissayipchess You were great! You are an amazing player. Just give yourself some time and distance to the tournament and you will be proud just like we are. Much love!

when i say i got that dog in me this the dog im talking abt 😔😔😔

@carissayipchess lets goo! i believe in you, you can do it!

top 6 in women’s blitz 😎 see yall in the knockouts!!

@carissayipchess emil is a man. so i agree.

2025 ins & outs out: men in: the Benoni

@TaniaSachdev fide execs a bunch of idiots

The war on denim has gone too far 👖

@carissayipchess The pressure! I can't take it, somebody help! XD

ALL NIGHTER PT2 and my boy ding is locked in 😈

@carissayipchess I am a bit worried about the time. Hopefully he will find a way out!