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@boldmovebydan.bsky.social
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Dan Bock from Durham, NC. Three-time chess podcast guest. 114th best chess player in North Carolina. I have a Substack called the Chess Improvement Lab. Web and mobile app developer, runner and dad in my spare time.

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Bold move by Dan @boldmovebydan.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
He wears this ridiculous jacket all the time, and he makes the players in his tournaments wear silly jackets too.
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Bold move by Dan @boldmovebydan.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Weekly club game last night. My last four moves were all by the same pawn.
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Bold move by Dan @boldmovebydan.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
“Likely lives in” you are amazon dot com, you obviously know my home address with more certainty than this
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Bold move by Dan @boldmovebydan.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
One of these things is not like the others
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Bold move by Dan @boldmovebydan.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
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Bold move by Dan @boldmovebydan.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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Bold move by Dan @boldmovebydan.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Around the time I turned 40 I suddenly realized I was older than all the mustachioed Red Sox players of my youth were at the time I was rooting for them. That didn't make sense
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Bold move by Dan @boldmovebydan.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Someone’s gotta do some independent measuring of the decibel levels and find out what the truth is.
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Bold move by Dan @boldmovebydan.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I’ve seen this postseason before and I don’t like how it ends
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Bold move by Dan @boldmovebydan.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
They are letting me do the pairings for the weekly club game
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Bold move by Dan @boldmovebydan.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
I wasn't going to buy this cup of coffee, but then I saw it was Great
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Bold move by Dan @boldmovebydan.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Reminds me of this post by GM Daniel Gormally. It's a mystery to all of us why it's so hard to get better at chess, which is maddening but also motivating. A big jump in skill might be right around the corner!
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Bold move by Dan @boldmovebydan.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
I just saw this cursed image on Facebook and now you have to look at it also
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Bold move by Dan @boldmovebydan.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
From Steps Method, book 6. Here are three chess puzzles and a drawing of @polborta.bsky.social as a bird.
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Bold move by Dan @boldmovebydan.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
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Bold move by Dan @boldmovebydan.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Javokhir Sindarov
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Bold move by Dan @boldmovebydan.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Never stop trying to improve.
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Bold move by Dan @boldmovebydan.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
You can't filter by country or even continent on this website
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Bold move by Dan @boldmovebydan.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Come on, you're an actor. You're supposed to be good at this.
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Bold move by Dan @boldmovebydan.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
I ran this poll two years ago. Everyone picking 18-19 was thinking primarily of Gukesh. Sindarov wasn’t on anyone’s radar at the time. He was rated 2677 and was #52 in the rankings.
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Bold move by Dan @boldmovebydan.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Local place has the burritos from the tweet
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Bold move by Dan @boldmovebydan.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
I got this position at my tournament yesterday. I didn’t know what to do and the game ended in a draw. Afterwards two different people told me Magnus Carlsen had a position like this recently and knew the win. Anyone know what they’re talking about?
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Bold move by Dan @boldmovebydan.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
I gained 20 rating points at Charlotte Chess Center yesterday
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Bold move by Dan @boldmovebydan.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Opponents keep making mistakes
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Bold move by Dan @boldmovebydan.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Copa America scheduling is even more inconsistent than the world chess championship
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Bold move by Dan @boldmovebydan.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Yeah, I thought this might be the case.
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Bold move by Dan @boldmovebydan.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
?
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Bold move by Dan @boldmovebydan.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
I’m pretty sure @chess.com is juicing the ratings because I just made 2200 blitz for the first time.
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Bold move by Dan @boldmovebydan.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Yo dog, I heard you like Swiss tournaments, so I put Swiss tournaments on your Swiss tournaments
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Bold move by Dan @boldmovebydan.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
What’s happening in this picture? Wrong answers only
Judit Polgar and Arnold Schwarzenegger
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Bold move by Dan @boldmovebydan.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Names my teenage daughter has called me, within the span of one screenshot: • Bro • Girl
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Bold move by Dan @boldmovebydan.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
People need some perspective on this. I’ve been using scripts, macros and spreadsheets to automate parts of various jobs I’ve had since 20 years before ChatGPT was released. Does that make me bad? I say no.
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Bold move by Dan @boldmovebydan.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Not practical!?
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Bold move by Dan @boldmovebydan.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Do they sell chowder at the bubble tea places?
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Bold move by Dan @boldmovebydan.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Hi from Boston
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Bold move by Dan @boldmovebydan.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
I know I’m not the only person who wondered about this
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Bold move by Dan @boldmovebydan.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
This is a quote about the Strait of Hormuz being open
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Bold move by Dan @boldmovebydan.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
We will look back on this as the moment the tide turned
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Bold move by Dan @boldmovebydan.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
I played Rgxg6 in this game in the 2022 Carolinas Classic
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Bold move by Dan @boldmovebydan.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Opponent accidentally played the Sicilian
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Bold move by Dan @boldmovebydan.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
White to move and equalize
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Bold move by Dan @boldmovebydan.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
I think it’s pretty forgivable if people think “average” means “mean”.
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Bold move by Dan @boldmovebydan.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
This puzzle kinda stumped me for a while, which is funny because if I got this position in a game I would definitely play the right move.
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Bold move by Dan @boldmovebydan.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Playing against the Winawer is SO much fun. I played 3. Nd2 for far too long before discovering this.
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Bold move by Dan @boldmovebydan.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
New Google Sheets icon looks like a mistake
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Bold move by Dan @boldmovebydan.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
HAHAHAHA this is the official instruction from chessreps
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Bold move by Dan @boldmovebydan.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Chronology remains a challenge though.
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Bold move by Dan @boldmovebydan.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
Does everyone’s iPhone autocorrect do this or just mine?
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Bold move by Dan @boldmovebydan.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
This is the line that comes up most often in my games
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Bold move by Dan @boldmovebydan.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Game Review, but it’s just these guys coming out to sing a song about why you lost.
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