The second day of The SuperUnited Rapid & Blitz Croatia starts with #Carlsen vs #Caruana, #Nepo vs #Firouzja and more

https://sopuli.xyz/post/1080543

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And also the first day of the SuperUnited Rapid & Blitz Croatia, with #Carlsen, #Nepo, #Caruana, #Firouzja and more

https://sopuli.xyz/post/1080543

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@freezr Scambio di favori mi pare fantapolitica :-) Tutto è possibile, per carità, ma francamente penso più che #Nepo sia andato completamente nel pallone alla fine, è una cosa tra l'altro che gli è successa tante volte in carriera: anche con #Carlsen nel precedente match per il titolo ci fu una partita dove praticamente lasciò quasi un pezzo in presa, che a certi livelli è una roba a dir poco imbarazzante. Poi tutto è possibile, chissà.

Congrats to Ding! This post by Mr Dodgy is funny, though. #Chess #NepoDing #worldchesschampionship #Ding #Nepo #FIDE

#nepoding #chess now championchip is over, we have this buitiful and genial selfpinning moment, an absolut stunner with 1 min on the clock by #Ding
but we had a bunch of missed chances, mostly from #nepo. hmm

Whoever wins the chess world championship is 100% a legitimate champion. The fact that Magnus is #1 in rating means nothing in the context. It's the same if Magnus had played himself and lost; it'd be ridiculous to say that the winner wasn't legitimate because Magnus was still higher in rating. Carlsen didn't have it in him to defend his crown so it won't be his anymore in any sense. Simple. #Chess #FIDE #Chess24 #Ding #Nepo #Carlsen

♟️ Today, #Nepo has decided on a wardrobe change. No more pink shirts.

#chess

The #NepoDing World #Chess Championship has brought all the thrills a viewer could want. Very human play, constantly trading punches, and tied 6-6 with two games to go! I do hope it is decided by the next two games because I hate that the classical championship breaks ties with faster time controls. I've been rooting for #Ding but seeing how #Nepo looked when he lost the thread and then the game was heartbreaking. #WCC23

#Nepo is cursing in Russian at the board. ♟️

And today in #chess #gossip and #marujeo, Andrei Filatov, President of the Russian Chess Federation, has said that #Nepo looks like *checks notes* "a monkey with a hand grenade".

It's not quite clear whether Filatov is reacting to the declarations against the invasion of Ukraine Nepo made for El País, or whether he's commenting on his game play.

Whatever the case, Filatov has shown himself to be what in Spain we call a first class bocachancla.

I'd suggest hand grenade on e1.

♟️ 🙉 💥 👑

#NepoDing

But did #Nepo know? How much of their prep really got leaked?

What does that mean for tomorrow’s game? This is insane!

#chess is wild!

Oh Deer (und zwar eins im Staring Contest mit einem Fernlicht)!

Ding friert Minuten vor Ende der Zeitkontrolle komplett ein und verliert die Partie; und er tut mir so leid. Als ADHS-Profi habe ich pathologische Prokrastination von der Pieke auf gelernt. Die Situation, zu wissen, dass man ziehen muss, aber dein Hirn sagt „LOL! Nö. Haha!“ ist einfach furchtbar.

Ich hoffe, Richie drückt ihn gleich noch mal extra feste.
😔

#chess #ding #nepo

Ich hab‘s jetzt erst geschafft, mir die Zusammenfassung von Partie 6 anzusehen. Alter! Ding Liren wird noch Schutzpatron der London-Spieler. Und die Matt-Idee! 😍

Ich hab ja von diesem Schach immer noch nicht so wirklich Ahnung, aber ich glaube mit Magnus hätte es weniger "Fehler" in den Partien gegeben. Das gesagt habend: das offene Visier mit dem #Nepo und #Ding fighten ist einfach nur phantastischl. 6 Partien, davon nur 2 Remis ist leider geil!

#schach #chess #worldchampionship

♟️ Well, to put it all under a more positive light, we could say that #Ding took the second place, while #Nepo ended up penultimate. 😂

#chess

https://worldchampionship.fide.com/

Anyone here following the #FIDE World #Chess Championship (#WCC)? #Nepo has worked to be much more solid and has the experience, but it feels like #Ding might be waking up. There could be some fireworks in store!

While #Nepo had signed the Russian chess players' "Stop the War!" manifesto against the invasion of Ukraine back in March 2022, this is the first time he has spoken in detail about his position on the matter.

The manifesto, btw, is over here:

https://www.championat.com/other/news-4626621-veduschie-shahmatisty-rossii-napisali-obraschenie-k-prezidentu-rf.html

and here for the Cyrillic-challenged:

https://chess24.com/en/read/news/russian-chess-players-tell-putin-to-stop-the-war

Why Nepo decided to speak his mind specifically to Leontxo García, with whom he wasn't on good terms during the Candidates Tournament in Madrid, is a mystery most likely rooted in Russian folklore, with lots of dragons, witches, and houses on chicken legs.

♟️ "I signed that manifesto with my heart. That war is horrific, a tragic catastrophe."

Ian #Nepomniachtchi for Leontxo García in the English edition of El País:

https://english.elpais.com/sports/2023-04-09/nepomniachtchi-and-ding-go-head-to-head-in-astana-to-succeed-magnus-carlsen.html

#Nepo #NepoDing #chess

@lichess #Nepo's facial reaction to this h3 was just gold.

#Nepo is doing preparation work for the upcoming #FIDEWorldChampionship match against #Ding. Specifically, he's working on his newest innovation: the Phonography Opening. ♟️

#chess #NepoDing #microphones #sillyiknow #shitposting

#2023's least likely to become a #Nepo #Baby? That would likely be #Buster #Murdaugh