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@Simon_Ingari What a load of shit. How come HR were unaware his wife had died?

A manager once came to HR asking to issue a warning letter. ''An employee is always late. I’ve told him many times'', he told HR. Before sending the letter, HR called the employee for a quick chat. He told the HR softly, ''I drop my daughter at school every morning. My wife passed away last year… there’s no one else to do it.'' This is what HR did ↓

@EngChessTrack Oh, that's a lovely game

In the second round of the open section of the London Classic, IM Marcus Harvey beat GM Ilya Smirin in a fantastically exciting match, featuring a knight sacrifice and an astonishing pawn race. #chess #englishchess

@EngChessTrack 3/8, I think

Fresh off his win at the Tournament of Peace, it was 3/9 for GM Shreyas Royal against some strong board one players at the Croatian Team Championship. His team, SK Zagreb finished 6th out of 10. #chess #englishchess

@Tkb24x2 @soniasodha She was born in Birmingham.

@soniasodha Too bad she isn't British!

Whatever you think of the policies there’s no denying Shabana Mahmood was on fire in that debate. A stand-out star of the Cabinet, along with Wes Streeting. They’re both correct on sex and gender, and assisted dying, too. Not a favourable comparison with Starmer.

@gmmds @NatashaRegan123 Excellent first episode, thank you!

@invicta_chess @NatashaRegan123 It’s been wonderful fun doing it and the kids have been amazing! 😊😊😊

There’s a new podcast in town, every Tuesday at 7:00pm UK time! Join @NatashaRegan123 and @gmmds for Talented Tuesdays… and here’s a quick teaser for you! youtu.be/DQAThICJtjs

@EngChessTrack The kid's pretty good.

GM Shreyas Royal's rampage through the field in the Tournament of Peace continued today. This time GM Robert Zelcic (black) was defeated. Royal has a 1.5 point lead with three rounds to go! #chess #englishchess

@VivekChalasani @eternalhopeoaks You probably don't need to explain to a Grandmaster how you get to become a Grandmaster?

@eternalhopeoaks Yeah probably. The main requirement is 2500 fide. The norms are there to prevent cheating or farming to get the title.

2600 for norms I think?

@london_chess @xtxmarkets Hoping that Shreyas Royal gets one of the final places!

Player announcement: eight of the 10 players in the Elite section of the 2025 @xtxmarkets London Chess Classic are now known. Pavel Eljanov (pictured) is the highest rated of the eight. Follow the link for more information on all the players. londonchessclassic.com/elite

Medway Rapidplay, Saturday 22nd November invictachess.co.uk/medway Great new venue!

Snodland Rapidplay, Snodland, Kent. Saturday 27th September: invictachess.co.uk/snodland Only £20 if you enter before 1st September.

@AntWadebridge @PHChess @GMAlexColovic I'm not sure that's correct. Yes, there is currently deflation, because FIDE made an adjustment to deal with a long period of historic inflation. Karpov achieved his peak rating in 1994, but that was well past the peak of his playing strength.

@PHChess @GMAlexColovic For sure. Is it as robust now though? Seems there is an awful lot of deflation. Players are not getting worse.

Sometimes in chess history it happens that the best player and the World Champion are not the same person. That is fine, but some people, even former World Champions, cannot seem to accept that. Their problem entirely.

Snodland Rapidplay, Saturday 27th September 2025. Entry details here: invictachess.co.uk/snodland

It was only a matter of time before your two favorite chess best friends started a podcast! Join @lularobs and I on our new podcast, The Middlegame, where we talk about our lives in chess, chess gossip, and our fave movies. First episode is out now!! open.spotify.com/episode/5dS3xl…

Navi, "The Unrelenting Warrior" from BBC's Chess Masters: The Endgame, will be playing! @ChessAndBridge @bbcpress @ecfchess @ECFonlinechess @ecfchess

The BBC’s Reality TV show Chess Masters: The Endgame is a rare return of chess to prime-time TV. So far there's been a mixed reaction from both chess fans & critics! chess.com/news/view/bbc-…

We're running a Rapidplay Tournament in Medway on Saturday 24th May. Many thanks to @ecfchess for Grassroots Funding. invictachess.co.uk/medway

@McCreadyChess I think you mean "unsociable" not "antisocial"? Besides, in my experience, chess is very sociable!

I appear to have come across something I don't quite know how to proceed with. When chess splintered away from other pastimes and chess clubs came into vogue, how did this constitute progress? There must surely be a connection to the charge of being antisocial it has procured.

This I think is just flat out wrong. Arbiters should have video access to players rest and eating area, but not online viewers. Give the players a break. Enjoy their chess moves, but dont make a WC match into a reality show. Believe in the core product. Chess.

@doctor_omikron @SusanPolgar I may be a tool, but I can spell 'losing' correctly. World Championship contenders have lost games on time before. Besides, the position was already lost at that point.

@invicta_chess @SusanPolgar Maybe you are a tool too. A world champ contender loosing on time? Fuck that

Official result: Draw! 5-5 after 10 games. It seems that Ding has found his groove and made his intention known. 1) If Gukesh wants to win this match, he has to take chances to break up the deadlock. 2) Ding is happy to chill his way into the rapid and blitz playoffs. #DingGukesh