Aleem Azeez

@thechessnerd Game 9

tell me you’re part of the chess community without telling me you are (the more niche, the better) I’ll start: ⤵️

@andrewmccalip "Sir, he's flipped the table"

Ads acquired. We needed a giant funnel of ad inventory and we found it. It's incredibly obvious that I have flipped over the table. There is no going back. This is going to be a generational speed run. If I pull this off, it will singlehandedly rewrite the rules for ad revenue share. The two-sided marketplace and transparent revenue share with users has shocked everyone. The target is $1 per agent per hour. That should be the gold standard. Transparent yield. Transparent split. Users get paid. The plan is simple: drag millions of dollars of advertisements onto the platform and hand the money to the users. Full Robin Hood style. I have leverage. I am going to use it.

@JokerObfuscator @bradlishman @andrewmccalip Did you just run another ad...right in my face? 😭

@telaleem01 @bradlishman @andrewmccalip Personally I have went to a few myself like reve.com seems pretty good

@bradlishman @andrewmccalip Holy larp. He hasn't implemented targeted ads yet so how could you have clicked so many irrelevant ads.

@andrewmccalip Legend. This is great to watch. Browser extension with actually interesting ads for the whole internet? AdBlocker becomes AdBooster. I don't mind ads, just hate shit ones. I've clicked more ads from your platform this week (mostly via the website) than I have in a lifetime.

@heskelbalas @andrewmccalip I doubt that. $1/agent window/hour is paying off the max plan and then some.

@andrewmccalip This is awesome. Assuming the basic level $20 per month plan?

Get paid to wait The Claude Code spinner might be the most watched line on Earth. So I turned it into an ad marketplace. Advertisers bid on it. You keep 50% of the money. Install the extension → get cash from ads. Introducing Kickbacks

@1kartikkabadi1 Dude, how'd you hack kickbacks? 😂

This >>>

@nickdjok @1kartikkabadi1 @LexnLin That bro is running 50 agents simultaneously 😭🙏

@1kartikkabadi1 @LexnLin How are you making $12 today? CPM is super low. Are you clicking on links?

Anyone tested this? Doesn't seem to work for me After 1h of work still $0.00

@DMolinaGomez @ChessProblem Saying anything for likes I guess

@ChessProblem Oh no! Hans might soon have to go back to successful old habits if this continues…😬

the chess has spoken!

@anishgiri @UzchessCup Glad to know 4-time Dutch champion -Anish giri- is just as excited as I am. ❤️

don't be sad lol, @UzchessCup is starting like day after tomorrow🍿

@JoseBarria24 @EmilSutovsky Very well said. However, when you put it like that then one could argue that no human being is truly intellectually superior simply based on their success in a particular area of interest they decided to specialize in.

@EmilSutovsky I never really understood the will of chess players to be seen as intellectually superior beings just because we are good at a board game. I'm my opinion, this is an old view that should rightfully be fading away as to allow more people to join the game wih no intimidation.

Javokhir Sindarov’s brilliant victory has prompted chess fans to draw comparisons with Kasparov, Tal, and other classics. Yet in an interview with Leontxo Garcia, the hero himself said that he had never studied Capablanca’s or Botvinnik’s games, had not read Kasparov’s "My Great Predecessors", and in general does not like reading at all. Today, the methods of preparation are different. Let me say right away: I see nothing outrageous in these words. It is a completely different era, with entirely different ways of honing one’s skill. More than 20 years ago, Nakamura said that he did not know Smyslov’s games. And indeed, from the standpoint of acquiring new knowledge, there is nothing sacred in the battles of the titans of the past. A collection of a great chess player’s games is, from a practical point of view, merely a convenient selection. For instance, I still recommend Rubinstein’s games to all players rated under 2400. Yes, one can work through individual examples separately and absorb the patterns in other ways, but it remains a magnificent example of strategic game construction in a concentrated form. It has not become outdated. At the same time, it is far from the only path. The days when chess had to be studied in that way, and only that way, are gone forever. And these changes happened long ago. In 21st century almost nobody spends 20 minutes walking before a game, as Botvinnik did; almost nobody avoids post-game analysis, as he advised; and few people do morning exercises (though almost everyone goes to the gym). The advent of engines inevitably led to the discovery of countless mistakes in the games of the giants of the past, and that naturally diminished the sense of piety. It changed the prep, and expanded understanding of the game. And the ability to play hundreds of over-the-board games a year and thousands online has made it possible to absorb the patterns through actual play and develop chess culture by working through every imaginable structure and type of position. All of that is true. But! There are two major “buts.” First, only truly exceptional talents are capable of systematizing fragmented knowledge in this way and independently extracting what is useful for them. And even then, it usually happens under the guidance of a coach, and more often several coaches. Millions of people play and solve, yet their level does not grow dramatically. They keep repeating the same mistakes, and studying classical games and patterns would have helped them. Sindarov, Firouzja or Nakamura - and maybe few dozens of others are rather the outliers. They have this gift - which very few possess. But as a general advice, “just play, solve puzzles, and you shall find” simply does not work. You may not read the books, but then you'd rather have a coach who read them, and shares with you the knowledge. As a rule, no engine or AI can teach you a thought process that would take you to the level, from where you can work it out alone. Second, chess culture and tradition have always mattered, both for how we perceive ourselves and for how our game is perceived from the outside. If you imagine chess stripped of everything that offers no direct practical benefit, then all that remains is gaming. And gamers are paid for views. Presidents do not receive them. Governments, donors, and sponsors, who care about a certain image, would not allocate required funding . And for gamers, if there are no views the are no million-dollar fees. But chess is too complex for the average spectator, so we will never be able to compete on equal footing with video games. Yes, this is not Sindarov’s concern, and in general, a chess player’s task is simply to play as well as possible by any fair means. And he plays great. More than that, the level of play he has shown in the Candidates Tournament makes one think seriously about comparisons with Kasparov. So yes, above all, a chess player must deliver results. But thinking about the image of chess is the responsibility of every top player. One may admire Praggnanandhaa’s honesty when he said: we are ordinary people, we just happen to play this game very well. But first, that is far from true for everyone - I recall sitting next to Gukesh during the closing dinner in Toronto-2024, answering his nunerous questions about the history of chess - it was clear he was genuinely interested; and second, the notion "chess players are just good at chess" is strategically harmful for our game. Not because it offends the likes of Lasker, Botvinnik, Kasparov and other brillliant minds who were much more than just great chess players. It harms the perception of chess in the general public. And yet, I am not going to criticize the younger generation. At most, I will gently chide them a little, while, as in Sindarov’s case, admiring his phenomenal play. We often demand a certain wisdom and sense of responsibility from twenty-year-olds, forgetting that their success has become possible in part because they spend nearly twice as much time on chess as players of the older generation did. When are they supposed to reflect on eternal things? But when/if Javokhir becomes the world champion, I promise I will speak to him on the matter)

@thechessnerd It’s gonna be a bloodbath

Head to Head

@TakeTakeTakeApp @Chessiro_ Take down the Chess mafia!!!

Announcement.

@myhrvold_rune How did bro know?

I think Sindarov is the biggest threat to Magnus in the future. Great understanding and fantastic when it comes to tactic. Pragg, Gukesh, Abdu, Keymer and Arjun have shown more weaknesses in their play. Gukesh is my second favorite to challange Magnus.

@thechessnerd Lost the match, won in life🤌

Hi all, I’ve peaked

@BegleyKevinJ @mahmutrakyali @fl4ree234 @kaushik0803 Bro, the user is a bot, clearly.

@mahmutrakyali @fl4ree234 @kaushik0803 Now that I'm aware you are not a person asking questions in good faith, I'll not help you next time. Have a nice day.

Caruana just revealed on podcast that he didn't receive an invitation for Wijk Aan Zee 2026 That's insane for me

@Grossmeister_AZ @Thebigsoll You go chop okpa?

@Thebigsoll As you don reach 50k now, drop something for boys, even if na follow back

Guy and I no even pack impressions this weeks at alll ooo😂😂😂😂. Walahi Elon no de pay by impressions, I think it’s by content originality. As I don chop Elon now advice full my mouth ajeh😂😂😂

wealth managers putting your money in an index fund

Oboy na 5 books I read o. Glory be to God.

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