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Future @FIDE_chess president for the win - @anishgiri

@anishgiri @rpraggnachess Thankfully Pragg's schedule and excellence has also contributed to him leading the Circuit by a large margin . Hope he gets good rest before the World Cup and plays well there Gukesh, Arjun have been juggling formats and travels a great deal, and their results havent been stable

@anishgiri @anishgiri would no doubt be one of the strongest contenders at the Candidates , because of his thorough preparation and laser sharp focus Even @rpraggnachess who had a dream year, but an extraordinary hectic schedule is clearly struggling now

@anishgiri In between he has taken part in prestigious rapid & blitz event like GCT Croatia and the EWC , but the priority clear is classical chess. Even now with Candidates qualification secured , he is playing the European team champs, European club cup then World Cup

@anishgiri 's schedule seems to be incredibly well planned with a focus on Classical Chess & Candidates qualification Tata Steel, Prague Masters, Sharjah (an open event) clearly with an eye on Grand Swiss , Chennai GM - another strong event

This has been a very interesting year for Chess. With the Freestyle Tour starting , EWC happening and also it being the Candidates qualification year. So various players have been juggling formats, time controls, and travels. The one player with a steady schedule is @anishgiri

Gukesh actually put up a great fight, and took it to bullet tie breaks where let's face it he was facing the bullet no 1 But disappointing from Arjun Frankly India has a long way to go in faster time controls

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FIDE is really doing their best to embarrass themselves Need future FIDE president @anishgiri to take over as soon as possible to straighten things

And yes, no way am I justifying me being fat or gaining loads of weight in recent times. I know I have to work on myself and somehow haven't been able to do that. But couldn't people keep their judgments to themselves

Yes, I know I have become fat.A random acquaintance doesn't need to tell me that. There may be reasons for the weight gain,which people who are not close to me will not know. I am sure a lot of people face this. Why can't people learn to be nice, and not be publicly judgemental?

I really wish people learnt to resist making sly comments at every opportunity. When you run into an acquaintance (not even a friend) after 10-15 odd years, what do you expect? A simply how are you, where are u now? But no "How fat have you become You must be eating great food"

The Emergency Episode of Mahalaya, 🧵When even Mahanayak's charisma fell flat! During the 1975–77 Emergency rule, the Govt. attempted to revamp a long-standing Bengali tradition. The repercussions were severe. A detailed discourse on controversial Mahalaya broadcast of 1976!

The Champions of FIDE Grand Swiss and FIDE Women's Grand Swiss 2025 - Anish Giri and Vaishali Rameshbabu!

Indian chess continues to bring us more and more laurels @chessvaishali wins the FIDE Grand Swiss 2025, her second consecutive Grand Swiss title Qualifies for Candidates! So proud

Of all the defeats in recent times for Gukesh , yesterday's one was most worrying . He wasn't playing one of the world's best or not even one of the best young talents. But then a blunder came, more than that he also claimed an incorrect 3 fold repetition :( Hope he recovers 🙏

Travelling to the bank and then coming back in Bangalore , costs more than the cheque you maybe depositing , these days

Just on the heels of a new generation emerging in chess and establishing themselves among the very best in the game , an even younger generation has emerged Abhimanyu Mishra has been amazing so far in the Grand Swiss and so has the incredible 14 yr old phenom Yagiz Khan Erdogmus

It really doesn't hurt announcing quizzes in advance I mean you don't need a poster to announce something ...just a post with raw details would do For too many quizzes only a few are privy to information, and hence are able to form teams When others get to know, all are booked

Titled Tuesday is more like the MIMIR league of chess