GothamChess
@GothamChess
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The Internet's Chess Teacher
New York, NY
Joined May 2018
I've been sitting here numb for the past hour staring at this news. The world lost a brilliant man today. May his memory live on forever and may we always cherish his contributions to our beautiful game.
The Naroditsky family shares the sad news of Daniel’s unexpected passing. Daniel was a talented chess player, educator, and beloved member of the chess community. We ask for privacy as the family grieves.
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Very interesting. I have said for a long time that the best in the world should be determined in a mixed format. But chess has rich traditions and classical is still the most prestigious. But now we will have classical, rapid, blitz, world cup, and "total" champion. 😅
♟🤩 Norway Chess Launches New World Championship – Approved by FIDE The new championship, titled the Total Chess World Championship Tour, will consist of four events each year and crown a combined champion across three disciplines – Fast Classic, Rapid, and Blitz chess. “We
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Tied for 2nd place in the "CoachChamps" event, where each coach worked with 4 students of different ratings for a month before a final competition. It was nice to return to my roots of being a private coach before everything changed in 2020. Super proud of my team.
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LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
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Spritz Vibe. Limited Edition. Frosted over & fresh for the season, Spritz Vibe Sparkling Snowball Frost Limited Edition is here! CELSIUS. LIVE. FIT. GO.
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Paul Hughes losing 50-45 might be the worst MMA scorecard of all time
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Today the USA vs India event announced it will partner with Tag Heuer. Watch companies have sponsored events in the past, but this is a major breakthrough given the international brand awareness. Hoping for more of this in the future.
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Today FIDE made a rule change. Effective October 1 players past a certain elo cannot earn rating by defeating players much weaker than them. The rule is sort of "Anti-Hikaru", but not quite, as he's trying to play the 40 games required for Candidates more than he cares about
FIDE JUST STOLE MY RATING! How can they go back in time and take all my ratings? Absurd!
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"Is Velo free?" Yes. "Can I use Velo on my phone?" Yes. "Does Velo look best in dark mode?" Also yes.
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After 10 rounds, these 5 players lead the Grand Swiss. Giri and Firouzja have played the Candidates before. Tomorrow is the most important chess game that Blübaum, Keymer, and Niemann have ever played. Hans Niemann in the Candidates would be a movie.
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Felix Auger-Aliassime is officially my favorite tennis player
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Bring it on, nerds
Can you (and 100,000 of your closest friends) beat @GothamChess? It's time to find out - join GothamChess vs. the World, starting Sept. 30th! 😤
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Reached 4 billion view today. Still absolutely blows my mind that this many people play and watch chess. Despite all the drama, I am optimistic about the future.
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“You don’t need to learn to code to ship an app.” — Riley Brown AI can turn ideas into working apps, straight from your phone. I sat with Riley Brown, Co-founder of Vibe Code, and we built a voice-notes app live on iPhone Here’s what we did: Generated the UI with prompts
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This is a VERY exciting announcement for chess. For once we have a cohesive schedule where certain events "flow" into others, ultimately culminating with a worthy championship once again in Summer 2026. Imagine OTB chess pulled together something similar? Video coming soon.
Chess is heading back to the Esports World Cup in 2026! The biggest https://t.co/EufIHvcIFK events will form the Champions Chess Tour qualification cycle with 12 players qualifying to the EWC through: - Speed Chess Championship - https://t.co/EufIHvcIFK Global Championship -
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Magnus Carlsen vs Gukesh is happening. The Saint Louis Chess Club launches an epic event in October 2025 featuring World Champion Gukesh, Magnus Carlsen, Hikaru Nakamura, and Fabiano Caruana. Points for wins count more as days go on, incentivizing comebacks. Should be fun!
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Grok defeats Gemini Pro in Kaggle's AI Chess Exhibition - tomorrow Grok plays in the finals against OpenAI's o3
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GraniteShares announced distribution rates for the YieldBOOST™ COIN ETF (COYY) as of November 06, 2025 $COYY COYY: Standardized performance: Since Inception (7/29/2025): -20.38%
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Chess at the Esports World Cup was a massive success. Production was top notch, pace mirrored a typical sporting event, live audience brought great energy, commentary and bonus content was fun, and the drama of the matchups was perfect. Can we please make this the norm?
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Magnus x Hikaru always delivers. Wow. Imagine chess had a cohesive annual schedule of tournaments which mixed formats and attracted huge sponsors consistently so that top players didn't have to randomly decide where to play and organizers didn't have petty disagreements and we
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