Jan Peter Schmidt
@schmidtschi
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Legal scholar, chess player, Exilhesse. Trying to make decent moves on the board and in life.
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I hate Trump, but I don't hate you. I am just trying to understand what makes you - an intelligent and apparently decent human being - defend him.
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Glued to the screen watching Keymer defend.
Lesson: high-level rook endgames beat Netflix every time.
#FideWorldCup
A shocker, as despite a huge time advantage, Carlsen has spoilt his advantage against Keymer!
#FIDEWorldCup
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Pergunta: O termo "Bongcloudnaro" não desacredita uma abertura que, em comparacão com o presidente, é bastante profunda e respeitável?
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@janfleischhauer
Hat Sahra Wagenknecht sich eigentlich schon darüber empört, dass die NATO demnächst Finnland und Schweden annektiert und damit ihrem imperialistischen Drang weiter ungehemmt nachgibt?
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@Rafpig
It's a general calendar that contains many articles and little bits of chess information. For example, it tells you that a certain Brazilian GM will have his birthday soon!
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A player's feelings at such moments were best described by Donner:
A moment of madness just as Sam Shankland was about to make a draw and give the USA a crucial match win! After 90...Qg2 (Sam expected 90...Qh1+) he played the impossible 91.Kc2... and there were no king moves that didn't lose!
#c24live
#ChessOlympiad
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Take these elite-players out of their comfortable round-robins and let them compete with the hungry 2650+ players, and you will see ... oh, nevermind!
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@davidllada
So strange, they have a 50% chance to get it right, and yet they always mess it up 😅
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@fins0905
"Besides, I had the graciousness of the Bank to treat it as a learning experience."
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This
@lichess
puzzle, though not too difficult, I found quite wicked. Sometimes chess is just not fair. I mean, what has White done to deserve winning here?
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Hi
@lichess
, where can one get the refund of all the rating points lost due to getting distracted by one's children? Asking for other parents.
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Decided to give the Caro-Kann a try and won in 15 moves. Now what?
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After some humilliating failures I have now managed to correctly solve two puzzles in a row from this fabulous book and feel ready to enter a category xvi round robin.
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@El_Divis
@MagnusCarlsen
@GMHikaru
@AJEDREZCABEZA
Not having scheduled a trip to visit the Candidates is clearly my biggest blunder of 2022 😭
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One of my personal highlights was to watch this scene on TV next to
@vishy64theking
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@DouglasKMurray
Merkel's behaviour is entirely consistent with what she said and did all along with regard to Brexit. Same goes for EU in general. So no need for faux outrage.
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@ddtru
Great to see that their courage extends beyond the board! They will become even more popular among chess fans.
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@felix_bohr
"Es ist die Teufelei des Bösen, daß es demjenigen, der guten Willens ist, nur die Wahl läßt, schuldig zu werden, indem er sich ihm unterwirft, oder schuldig dadurch, daß er ihm widersteht." (TM, 29.5.1944)
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@rajachess
It's exactly for the reason that you can play such amazing chess that fans are so disappointed when you don't even try.
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Really enjoyed the
@pele
documentary on Netflix. If he had played in the era of colour tv, internet and social media, few would question that he was the GOAT. Everything Maradona, Messi and Ronaldo did, Pelé had already done before.
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Hilarious anecdotes told by Romanishin. Imagine receiving a phone call by Tal, who would like to play some blitz at your local club. 🤯
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Saw it mentioned so frequently here on Twitter that I could no longer resist. It better be good 😉
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@irene_sukandar
They look like three happy guys who qualified for the next round!
PS: Vocaturo, Vidit, Robson.
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From a blitz game I just played: White's last move was c3-c4, and I couldn't believe I had blundered so stupidly. Did I despair too soon?
Merry Christmas everyone!🎄
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I'm finally reading the third volume of the Lasker-trilogy. Outstanding in every respect, just like volumes 1 and 2.
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Carlsen's score on the black side of the Rossolimo is so ridiculous that you really wonder why people keep playing at against him (note that this list doesn't even include his brilliant wins against Caruana in Wijk and now Duda).
Magnus Carlsen wins a brilliant attacking game and now Jan-Krzysztof Duda must win at least 2 of the next 3 games!
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Year after year I am enjoying the superbly presented
#USChessChamps
. I guess the fact that it starts at 8 pm CEST helps: you come home from work, put the kids to bed, and tune in. Yasser's laughter never ceases to be contagious.
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@TiloJung
Sie glauben ernsthaft, das Wohnraummietrecht würde dem Markt überlassen? Sie haben sich offensichtlich noch nie mit dieser extrem regulierten Materie befasst. Modelle wie das von Ihnen kritisierte sind nicht Ausdruck von Freiheit, sondern Reaktion auf bestehende Beschränkungen.
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In this position, Black made a draw by giving check on the light squares. White can't take on f2 because of Qxf5+. Was there something better for Black?
#invisiblemoves
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@fermatslibrary
@AvelinoQuantum
Great! So next time someone points out that my sentence doesn't make sense, I can reply: "Of course, it's an Escher sentence, you noob!"
On a more serious note, academic papers are full of (unintended) Escher sentences.
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Finally people can understand what the word "epic" actually means (no, it's not some random win in an online blitz-game).
It's hard to describe just how epic Game 6 was in the World Championship match between Magnus Carlsen and Ian Nepomniachtchi! Not only did we finally get our first victory in the match, but a world record was also broken in the process!
#CarlsenNepo
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Junge Schachfans im Jahr 1970: "Ich hab' Fischer gesehen!"
Junge Schachfans im Jahr 1990: "Ich hab' Kasparow gesehen!"
Junge Schachfans im Jahr 2023: "Ich hab' TBG gesehen!"
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@romain_edouard
I guess you know that you are no longer a real contender when you are proud of making a quick draw with White against the Champ.
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@ChessProblem
I can totally understand why he thought he had ample compensation. We have seen other top players who greatly overestimated their positions in the post-mortems (eg Kramnik).
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@NealBruceBC
Not sure it was my biggest "Aha moment", but one very important insight was: "When you have a good position, don't worry if you don't see a direct way to win. Enjoy your position, it's your opponent who is suffering."
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@OpeningMaster
@prapacci
@TarjeiJS
@SergeyKaryakin
@Kasparov63
Congratulations, this is exactly what Soviets did to people like Korchnoi. Maybe you suggest we also remove Karjakin from any pictures?
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From
@jaltucher
's latest column in
@NewInChess
. White (GM D. Gurevich) is close to lost in this position. What genius defense did he find?
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@GMJacobAagaard
@BadBalticTakes
Agree with you in general, but in the immediate aftermath of France's surrender there were actually calls in Britain to make peace. Churchill took a huge gamble that could have backfired badly (luckily it didn't).
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@blackatlantic
@anishgiri
@chess24com
@chess24es
Since I jinxed Magnus by calling his victory against Anish too early, can I legitimately claim to have altered chess history?
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@thomaschattwill
Should be interesting to see how he raises his kids without imposing any standards.
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Another great episode! The mentioning of Valentin Arbakov brought back one of my most embarrassing chess-memories: In the mid-90s, I played him in round 2 of a rapid tournament. Although it was around 11AM, Arbakov seemed quite drunk. Presumably from the night before (1/8).
New Perpetual Pod! NYC Chess Legend, FM Asa Hoffman shares a few of his favorite stories.
Asa knew Bobby Fischer well, and also met basically every chess player who has passed through NYC.
He touches on Yaz, Fabi, the Polgars, IM Jay Bonin, so many more!
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@olimpiuurcan
"Of chess it has often been said that life is not long enough for it – but that is the fault of life, not chess.” — William Ewart Napier
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@olimpiuurcan
In my games, I get up from the board all the time, but somehow it never prompts my opponents to resign 🤔
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Am I the only one who finds it deeply unsettling that Jan asked a serious question and gets all kinds of serious answers?
Hi twitter, I wanna buy some chess books to read on my kindle. Havent gotten a book in ages, so anything goes. Preferably non-opening. Any advice?
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@olimpiuurcan
Also nice to see how graciously Bacrot accepts his defeat. He gave the WC a good fight and resigns with a clear conscience.
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Happy to get one of my favourite mating combinations on the board.
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Mit einem Schachspieler verheiratet zu sein, hat ja bekanntlich viele Vorteile 😇 Einer davon ist, dass man zumindest ein Weihnachtsgeschenk immer schon sicher hat.
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Seems like Vidit is reading my tweets 😅
Hikaru tirelessly stresses that for him it's all about content creation. His opponent should help him in his endeavour by giving him a good thrashing.
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Almost never tweet about my work, but happy that my postdoc-thesis on the administration of estates has finally come out. An absolutely insane amount of time and energy has gone into it. Do I regret the endeavour? No. Would I recommend others to do the same? Clearly not!
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@EPoe187
I think this is the general problem of political debate, i.e. the almost complete absence of the notion of tradeoffs.
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@chess24com
The Peters showed the following crucial line which Aronian possibly missed: Bd7 25. Qf7 Qf8! 26. Qxd7 Qf4+!
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@Chessentials_
Finish a mediocre tournament with one decent win and you go home in good spirits. Finish a fantastic tournament with an unlucky defeat and you want to quit chess.
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Nice little tactic from Sarin in today's
@SchachBL
: Kf8 lost a piece after Qxe8+! What would have happened after Rd8?
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Tc1, was für ein Zug von Huschi! (da stand nichts auf c1). War das eine brilliante Kombi oder hat Jones sich austricksen lassen?
#schachbl
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Defensive tactics time! White just played Rf1. Is Black going to lose his bishop or does he have a way out?
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What is the winning shot for Black here? Hint: Spasski-Fischer game 5.
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@chesscoachandra
Come on, how can there be a tactic in such a quiet position?! Oh wait, LPDO.
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I'd like to add that he also drew me 😇
Joaquim Durão (1930-2015) was a Portuguese chess player (IM) and arbiter. He was 13 times Portuguese champion, played in ten Chess Olympiads and was president of the Portuguese Chess Federation. He beat Robatsch, Pomar and drew Euwe, Benko, Gligoric, Panno, Trifunovic
#Chess
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@TiloJung
Was behaupten Sie denn nun? Dass ganz gezielt nicht mehr gebaut wird (Tweet 1), oder dass man nicht mehr bauen kann (Tweet 2)? Ist natürlich einfacher, alle zu beschimpfen, die einem zu Recht Ahnungslosigkeit vorwerfen.
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It's probably due to my age, but I find the Armenian result even more impressive than that of Uzbekistan and India 2. Whereas the young super-talents are obviously underrated, the Armenian players peaked some time ago and thus had to punch above their weight in most matches.
Armenia are the silver medalists in the open section of the 44th
#ChessOlympiad
! Congratulations 🥈👏
📷: Stev Bonhage
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@ChessProblem
@CazHansen
Sometimes doing crazy things before a game (like drinking and partying all night) actually works. But when it doesn't, as is likely, you look like an idiot.
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No matter how this game ends, I hope that after the tournament Keymer will study rook endgames for three months non-stop in order to become the ultimate BEAST in these positions.
#TataSteelChess
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@olimpiuurcan
Karpov has always shown great talent in coming up with any bullshit argument to support his position. Just look at his interviews on the 1997 knockout WC ("though I was seeded into the finals, I was actually disadvantaged"). He could easily replace Lavrov.
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Was ist der Traum eines jeden Schach-Amateurs? Genau, 1,5 Stunden zum Auswärtsspiel anreisen, um dann kampflos zu gewinnen 🙈 In weiser Voraussicht hatte ich mir natürlich was zum Arbeiten mitgenommen 📘🖍️
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Very interesting anecdote by
@jaltucher
in the latest
@NewInChess
. I presume he is talking about Andrei Sokolov who got crushed by Karpov. Personally, I remember many a player from junior tournaments who greatly overperformed thanks to their confidence.
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The theme of avoiding an "automatic capture" reminded me of a fascinating pawn endgame that recently occurred in a junior competition. Black to play, can he save the draw?
@AlvarAlonso
@davidllada
From the game Wojtaszek-Schitco at the World Cup. Radek played here 62.Kxf7 and resigned shortly after.
He could have saved a draw with accurate play, though. What was White’s best move here?
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@Bodenseeperlen
Man kann jemanden nicht schöner beleidigen als ihm nach enttäuschender Performance ein tolles Turnier zu bescheinigen.
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Me, going into the last game of the season, after having failed to convert a number of great positions: "Chess sucks, why do I even play?"
Also me, after having won a dodgy game due to a horrible blunder by my opponent: "Chess is great, maybe I should sign up for tournament!"
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@davidllada
Proud to have played (and almost won) the Moratalaz Open once, and to have met Manuel!
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Hikaru tirelessly stresses that for him it's all about content creation. His opponent should help him in his endeavour by giving him a good thrashing.
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@MrMarksTV
@chessnotes
Amazing how they immediately go to the analysis. Karpov must have been devastated losing that game. Yet his passion for chess gets the upper hand.
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@Chessentials_
Jan is preparing an aggressive 1. e4 repertoire?! What is next, Lawrence Trent explaining the finer points of the Catalan?
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Found out this morning that the words "Caro-Kann" trigger strong emotions in the chess twitter sphere.
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@CarloMasala1
"Pazifismus heißt meistens: Ich habe nichts, für das sich zu kämpfen lohnt, und mag's nicht leiden, dass anderen anders zumute ist." (J. Gross)
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@JenShahade
@washingtonpost
Great read! I would just add one more myth: chess is all about stone-cold calculation and scheming. Reality: to play a game of chess is a highly emotional affair. To my mind, this emotional aspect of chess is even the primary reason for people to stick with the game.
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