Harish Srinivasan

@ChessifyMe the chessify cloud engine Chessbase plugin keeps crashing every now and then. Is there a known fix?

@2700chess It’s working now. I did not have to clear any cache. Thanks for the fix.

@ddlj81 Could you please clear your cache and check again? Let us know if the chessboard is still not rendering on iOS Safari.

@2700chess , the board is not being rendered on safari iOS, last few weeks.

@HansMokeNiemann It is great. Who is sponsoring these matches and what can others learn to do similarly?

I would like to announce my next classical matches. May 24-26 vs Jorden Van Foreest (Belgrade) 6 games classical 60+30 May 29-June 1 vs Ian Nepomniatchi (Belgrade). 8 games classical 60+30 I believe 1-1 matches are the future of chess, inviting all chess content creators to both matches!

@chessvaishali , congrats on a fantastic win in the candidates. Your uncompromising style of play was a pleasure to watch. Wish you best in the world championship. Your victory continues to inspire everyone who still believes in the power of hard work and patience.

@ChessbaseIndia @2700chess , why are you updating classical rating for players in masters, when it’s supposed to be rapid?

The game between Richard Rapport and Ruslan Ponomariov ended in a solid draw! The Menorca Masters 2026 is an Invitational Rapid tournament. Gukesh, Nihal, Harikrishna, Rapport, Dominguez, and Ponomariov are the players! Graphic: Anmol Bhargav Photos: Saji Mathew

The Master trickster Nihal Sarin kicked off the Menorca Masters 2026 with a win! In a wild battle where Nihal was in trouble at the start, he came back and outplayed Pentala Harikrishna to score the full point.

@EmilSutovsky @Chesscards5 Stats confirming @EmilSutovsky . Already R1 is in 3rd position of all time most popular.

That is a total BS, pardon my French. Just check the figures on the FIDE official broadcast - for example round 1 had 501k views on the main broadcast, plus over 250K combined on individual board streams. And then add chess24, and chessbase india. I don't know who and how came up with the figures you mention.

Candidates viewership is on track to be 40% lower than 2024. (125k avg viewers 2024 vs 80k avg viewers 2026). Total disaster. But let’s see some more X posts from @EmilSutovsky

@WadimRosenstein @humpy_koneru Speaking as a chess fan who has followed top events for two decades, in the few tournaments that @WadimRosenstein has organized, they were world class. Wadim in other events such as world team championship has also shown he is genuine chess lover. I hope @FIDE_chess considers.

Dear chess friends, I am closely following the current situation in Cyprus and understand that it is becoming increasingly critical. With @humpy_koneru Humpy Koneru reportedly considering participation in the Candidates Tournament, it becomes even more important to ensure that all players can compete in a safe and stable environment. In this regard, FIDE has already been informed of our readiness to support and provide an immediate solution if required. Should it be necessary, we stand ready to act immediately. We can organize the Candidates Tournament in Germany, ensuring maximum safety and reliability for all participants and officials. Germany offers world-class infrastructure and security - conditions essential for an event of this importance. All organizational and logistical expenses would be fully covered by WR Chess, with our full commitment and responsibility. Our priority is clear: to protect the players, preserve the integrity of the competition, and ensure that the tournament can take place under the best possible conditions. @anishgiri @GMHikaru @FabianoCaruana @ChessbaseIndia @humpy_koneru @rpraggnachess @GMJSindarov @FIDE_chess

@ChessifyMe - your analysis page and cloud engines have been down most of day. Any updates?

@ChessNumbers @anishgiri Thank you. You are doing an awesome contribution to chess and its fans. I look forward to your next cameo on @ChessbaseIndia , if you get a chance to discuss possibilities (and probabilities) as we enter the last 3 months.

@ddlj81 @anishgiri I mean it's not quite true that he can't mathematically be caught, but it would take such an incredibly precise combination of results for someone to catch him that I don't see it as plausible. I do think if he scores zero in opens, his current 107 will still be enough.

A bit ago I wrote an article "Can Pragg be caught in the FIDE Circuit" and I said yes, even if not too likely. But he just got his 4TH 20+ point event score of the year and at this point no. He won't be caught. But if he wins the Grand Swiss the battle for 2nd gets interesting!

@anishgiri @ChessNumbers Won’t he still need open tournament ? 1 if counting 5, or 2 if counting 7? In which case, that will replace the current. Are you saying even if he scores zero from open, he is through and can’t be caught? If so, fantastic for him.

@ChessNumbers Nicely cropped at the bottom, got all the relevant info in!

@chess24com How is @chesscom broadcast adding 30 minutes after move 39 though? Did the clocks malfunction as well over the board?

Chaos rules — it seems Nana lost on time, but both players thought they'd made 40 moves: Nana skipped a line on her scoresheet, and Lei recorded a move twice!?

@viditchess Try one of the top 100 games on BGG boardgamegeek.com/browse/boardga… . I could recommend Agricola, Puerto Rico, Powergrid or Terra Mystica.

Catan is such a cool game! 🤯

@DGukesh @GrandChessTour Ah the new book “magic and beauty of quite chess moves”

Finished 3rd -GCT Zagreb R&B !

@EmilSutovsky this women’s World Cup regulation is very hard to understand even for those who regularly follow chess handbook.fide.com/files/handbook… . Will @FIDE_chess work to make it simpler?

Thank you @TakeTakeTakeApp It seems , games are now accessible from Home Screen.

@TakeTakeTakeApp , In trying to add more features to home page, you seem to be taking away the main functionality of the app - to get to see games. Now it takes an insane 5 clicks to go from home page to see a game. Why? Why? Why? Can you not simply?

@elonmusk why don’t you have a public leaderboard in Tesla, on accounts that have driven the most “autopilot” miles?

@TakeTakeTakeApp @chesscom Thank you. And separately to @chesscom , Why such a taste for the UI? Two back buttons , one that goes back in “stack” endlessly (top left ) and another needing an infinite scroll if too many games to even get to? Perennial issues for years.

@ddlj81 @chesscom We had an issue with the transmission of moves, should have a fix out shortly. Sorry for this.

@TakeTakeTakeApp , the games have begun but the app is not showing them. Disappointed that there is still not a single app where with one or two clicks, you can watch daily top level games. @chesscom app is too cumbersome.