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WHO @who.int · 17/08/2026

Mothers should never feel ashamed to breastfeed their babies. 🤱🏻🤱🏼🤱🏽🤱🏾🤱🏿🤱 From a glass of water, a chat with a friend, or a comfortable space, we can all help respect the rights of mums to breastfeed anytime, anywhere. Let's all step up to support #breastfeeding mums!

You do you: anytime, anywhere. Let's give moms the time and space they need to breastfeed their babies.

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Hrastnik ♟️ @hrastnik.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 30/05/2026

I played a #chess game against #Perplexity #AI, and as expected it played well in the opening but then it proceeded to give away all its pieces in the middle game. My favourite part was when the #LLM claimed that the attached position was checkmate when f4 was […] [Original post on fosstodon.org]

Black King in check on g5 from the white Queen on f6. The AI claimed this was checkmate despite the f4 square being available.

Position FEN:
8/1B6/p4Qp1/1p2PN1p/5k2/7P/PP3PP1/2R1R1K1 w - - 3 34

Game PGN:
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. c3 b5 7. Bc2 d6 8. d4 exd4 9. cxd4 O-O 10. Nbd2 Bb7 11. Re1 Re8 12. Nf1 Bf8 13. Ng3 g6 14. Bg5 Bg7 15. e5 dxe5 16. dxe5 Nd5 17. Bxd8 Raxd8 18. h3 Nce7 19. Be4 f5 20. Bxd5+ Kh8 21. Ng5 h6 22. Nf7+ Kg8 23. Nxd8+ Kf8 24. Ne6+ Kg8 25. Nxc7+ Kh8 26. Nxe8 Kh7 27. Nxg7 Kxg7 28. Bxb7 Nd5 29. Qxd5 Kh7 30. Rac1 h5 31. Qf7+ Kh6 32. Nxf5+ Kg5 33. Qf6+ Kf4 34. Ng3#

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Hrastnik ♟️ @hrastnik.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 24/05/2026

🇩🇪 Vincent Keymer wins the Super Chess Classic 🇷🇴 Romania moving into third place in the overall Grand Chess Tour standings. 🇺🇸 Fabiano Caruana ended in second place keeping him in the top spot for the overall standings. #Chess #GrandChessTour #VincentKeymer […] [Original post on fosstodon.org]

Vincent thinking at the chess board with head in hands. Sitting across from Jorden who is seen diagonally from the back.

Photo by: Lennart Ootes

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Hrastnik ♟️ @hrastnik.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 28/04/2026

It has been nearly two weeks since the World Chess Championship challengers were determined at the Candidates tournament in Cyprus. But what path did 🇮🇳 Vaishali Rameshbabu and 🇺🇿 Javokhir Sindarov take on their path to qualifying? 🇳🇱 Anish Giri's second place […] [Original post on fosstodon.org]

Graph showing the progression over the tournament with Vaishali Rameshbabu finishing in sole first place with a score of +3 followed by Bibisara Assaubayeva in second place at +2. The graph has many peaks and valleys and it was tense until the very end.

Graph showing how Javokhir Sindarov's four game winning streak put him out of reach of any other contestant. He ended up on a +6 score with the closest competitor, Anish Giri, ending with a distant +3 score.

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Hrastnik ♟️ @hrastnik.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 21/04/2026

It's going to be great seeing the chess world number one, Magnus Carslen, play against the younger generation at the TePe Sigeman tournament from 1-7 May in Malmö. Here's the complete lineup: – Magnus Carlsen, Norway – Nodirbek Abdusattorov, Uzbekistan – Arjun Erigaisi, India – Jorden van […]

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Hrastnik ♟️ @hrastnik.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 15/04/2026

The moment Vaishali Rameshbabu won the Candidates Tournament for the right to challenge Ju Wenjun for World Championship. Absolutely amazing feat! #Chess #FIDE #FIDECandidates #CandidatesTournament #WorldChessChampionship #VaishaliRameshbabu #JuWenjun #Cyprus

Vaishali shaking hands with Kataryna as the game ends with a win for white. Vaishali looks straight at Kataryna with a friendly expression.

Photo by: Michal Walusza (FIDE)

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Hrastnik ♟️ @hrastnik.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 12/04/2026

Heartbreaking that Anish Giri wasn't able to beat Wei Yi today to keep at least some pressure on Javokhir Sindarov going into the last two rounds of the candidates tournament. It was never easy, but it was especially unfortunate that he made an accidental […] [Original post on fosstodon.org]

Graph of the computer evaluation which shows black had an advantage in multiple occasions. Wei Yi made 2 blunders while Anish Giri made 3 blunders.

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Hrastnik ♟️ @hrastnik.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 10/04/2026

Vaishali Rameshbabu 🇮🇳 is now in the sole lead and in position to vie for the Women's World Chess Championship title! Amazing what she has achieved so far. It is still tense as there are two players just half a point behind. #Chess #India #FIDE #FIDECandidates #CandidatesTournament #Cyprus

Picture of Vaishali sitting at the board with the black pieces in round 10 of the candidates.

Photo by: Niki Riga (FIDE)

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Hrastnik ♟️ @hrastnik.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 09/04/2026

Apparently this endgame is losing, which is not obvious to me at all. (And apparently not for Praggnanandhaa either.) See if you can find the series of moves to win the bishop […] [Original post on fosstodon.org]

Chess position FEN:
r7/pppb1k2/7r/4P3/4Q3/2P1P1Pp/P6P/6K1 w - - 0 25

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Hrastnik ♟️ @hrastnik.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 07/04/2026

There's a 5-way tie for first place in the Women's Candidates tournament: Anna Muzychuk, Divya Deshmukh, Zhu Jiner and Kataryna Lagno. This can be anyone's tournament with 6 rounds to go. In the open section Javokhir Sindarov's lead is now a full 2 points as Fabiano Caruana loses and Anish Giri […]

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Hrastnik ♟️ @hrastnik.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 04/04/2026

It's an absolute crazy run for 🇺🇿 Javokhir Sindarov as he wins his fifth game in six rounds against 🇨🇳 韦奕 (Wei Yi). Very impressive play from the 20-year old, and if he keeps even half of his composure for the rest of the tournament he'll win the chance to play the world championship. 🇺🇦 Анн́а […]

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Hrastnik ♟️ @hrastnik.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 03/04/2026

🇺🇿 Javokhir Sindarov and 🇺🇸 Fabiano Caruana both won in the open section. Both of them are having a great tournament, but only Sindarov is having a spectacular tournament with a score of 4.5/5. In the women's it is super close with three players in the lead by half a point: ♟️ Катерина Лагно […]

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Hrastnik ♟️ @hrastnik.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 02/04/2026

It has been a crazy start to the open section of the FIDE Candidates Tournament. Sindarov has won three out of his first four games. This is the graph of the results going into the rest game. I can't wait until round 5 tomorrow. #Chess #FIDE #FIDECandidates #Cyprus #graphs #plot

Graph showing the results of the FIDE Candidates Tournament 2026 after four rounds with Sindarov at +3, Caruana at +1, Praggnanandhaa at 0, Bluebaum at 0, Giri at 0 , Wei Yi at -1, Nakamura at -1 and Esipenko at -2.

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Hrastnik ♟️ @hrastnik.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 01/04/2026

🇺🇿 Javokhir Sindarov is now in the sole lead by a full point after defeating 🇺🇸 Fabiano Caruana in round 4 of the open section. 🇺🇦 Anna Muzychuk joins 🇰🇿 Bibisara Assaubayeva in the lead after defeating ♟️ Kataryna Lagno in the women's section. All games can be found on Lichess […]

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Hrastnik ♟️ @hrastnik.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 31/03/2026

🇨🇳 Wei Yi lost to 🇺🇸 Fabiano Caruana in just 19 moves today in the Candidates Tournament. Very unexpected to lose so quickly, and I assume something went wrong in the opening preparation. Game link […] [Original post on fosstodon.org]

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Hrastnik ♟️ @hrastnik.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 31/03/2026

🇺🇸 Fabiano Caruana and 🇺🇿 Javokhir Sindarov are leading the open section by a full point at the end of round 3 in the candidates tournament and have a good shot at challenging 🇮🇳 Gukesh Dommaraju for the world chess championship. 🇰🇿 Bibisara Assaubayeva and ♟️ Kateryna Lagno lead the rest of […]

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Hrastnik ♟️ @hrastnik.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 30/03/2026

All games were drawn in Round 2 of the Candidates Tournament. However, it was not a boring round: 🇮🇳 Vaishali Rameshbabu and ♟️ Kateryna Lagno saved positions in which they were significantly worse. For all the games visit Lichess […] [Original post on fosstodon.org]

Picture of Divya and Vaishali shaking hands before the chess game with Divya playing the white pieces.

Photo by: Michal Walusza (FIDE).

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Hrastnik ♟️ @hrastnik.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 29/03/2026

We have 3 winners in the first round of the candidates tournament: 🇺🇿 Javokhir Sindarov 🇮🇳 Praggnanandhaa R 🇺🇸 Fabiano Caruana Absolutely crazy to see so many decisive results in the open section and such accurate play in the women's section. This is going to be an amazing event! All games […]

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Hrastnik ♟️ @hrastnik.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 21/03/2026

The FIDE Candidates tournament which decides who will challenge the world chess champion is starting in a week! Round 1 pairings are as follows: 🇺🇿 Javokhir Sindarov – ♟️ Andrey Esipenko 🇩🇪 Matthias Bluebaum – 🇨🇳 Wei Yi 🇮🇳 Praggnanandhaa R – 🇳🇱 Anish Giri 🇺🇸 Fabiano Caruana – 🇺🇸 Hikaru Nakamura […]

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Hrastnik ♟️ @hrastnik.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 19/12/2025

Solved today's after I ran out of time for yesterday's puzzle. Today's puzzle is a conventional mate in 2 with white to move first. Advent of Chess 2025 Day 19 ✔️ ⭐ #691 solver adventofchess.com/year/2025/day/19 #chess #adventofchess #advent #chesspuzzle

Chess position with the following FEN:
4N3/KPpk1P2/7R/1bpp2B1/2p1BP1n/8/1p5p/7Q w - - 0 1

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Hrastnik ♟️ @hrastnik.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 16/12/2025

Today's advent of chess puzzle is finding the series of moves from the starting position to the one in the picture after white's eighth move. Join the Mastochess club! www.adventofchess.com/club/mastoche… Advent of Chess 2025 […] [Original post on fosstodon.org]

Chess position FEN:
rnb1kbnr/ppp1pppp/3p4/8/8/4PP2/PPPP2PP/RN2K2R b kq - 0 8

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Hrastnik ♟️ @hrastnik.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 26/11/2025

Congratulations to 🇺🇿 Javokhir Sindarov for winning the FIDE World Cup in the tie breaks against 🇨🇳 Wei Yi. There is no way I would have predicted these two being in the final beforehand. Here's a link to the final game of the match […]

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Emily J. Goodacre @ejgoodacre.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

What should parents know about AI toys? I chatted to @rebeccaruiz.bsky.social about how little evidence there is on their impact and children's relationships with them. Read the @mashable.com article here: mashable.com/article/ai-t...

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A parent's guide to buying an AI toy

AI toys may look fun, but there's a lot to understand about how they can affect your child.

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Hrastnik ♟️ @hrastnik.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 21/10/2025

Rest in peace Daniel Naroditsky. I always enjoyed spectating you in the Lichess titled arenas. You are a chess legend!

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myrmepropagandist @futurebird.sauropods.win.ap.brid.gy · 17/10/2025

I’ve joked before that it would be wise to declare it against my religion to view advertisements. But the more I think about it, the more I see the advantages of this idea. When something is framed as a matter of religious conviction, people tend not to question it — they might even go out of […]

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Hrastnik ♟️ @hrastnik.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 13/09/2025

Some cool news about #Apple taking memory vulnerabilities seriously: security.apple.com/blog/memory-inte… My understanding is that it improves upon the probabilistic protection of the original #MTE to make the probability of a successful attack even lower. I'm a little […]

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Hrastnik ♟️ @hrastnik.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 15/08/2025

After playing #LumoAI by #Proton in #chess, I decided to try #o4mini by #OpenAI. The result was fairly similar. Very strong opening followed by inexplicably dropping its knight and queen in the middle game. At one point it even argued back after I told it one […] [Original post on fosstodon.org]

Final position showing me checkmating o4 mini. Here is the complete game in algebraic notation:
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 O-O 7. c3 d6 8. d4 exd4 9. cxd4 d5 10. Nc3 Bg4 11. Bxc6 Rc8 12. Bxd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 c6 14. Nxe7+ Qxe7 15. Bg5 h6 16. Bxe7 Rfe8 17. Bc5 b6 18. Bxb6 a5 19. Bxa5 Bxf3 20. Qxf3 g5 21. Bc3 g4 22. Qxg4+ Kh7 23. d5 cxd5 24. Qg7#

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Hrastnik ♟️ @hrastnik.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 13/08/2025

Very cool game by Levon Aronian beating Sam Shanklamd in round 7 of the St Louis Rapid and Blitz lichess.org/broadcast/gct-saint-lou… #chess #lichess #stlouis #GrandChessTour

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Hrastnik ♟️ @hrastnik.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 29/07/2025

A great photo of the World Cup winner Divya Deshmukh. Such an amazing achievement, and a classy way to earn the GM title! #Chess #FIDE #Batumi #India

Photo of Divya with her golden medal around her neck, trophy in left hand and flowers is right hand. In the background it says FIDE Women's World Cup 2025.
Photo by: Anna Shtourman.

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Hrastnik ♟️ @hrastnik.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 28/07/2025

I played #chess against #LumoAI from #Proton. I had to correct if a few times when it was trying to make illegal moves but it wasn't too tedious. It was quite good in the opening from my point of view but didn't really have any middle game plan. It's definitely […] [Original post on fosstodon.org]

Final position of my game against Lumo. Here are the moves:
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Nf6 5. Re1 a6 6. Bc4 Be7 7. c3 b5 8. Bb3 O-O 9. d4 exd4 10. cxd4 Bg4 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Nxd4 13. Qd1 c5 14. Nc3 Nd7 15. Be3 Ne6 16. f4 c4 17. a3 cxb3 18. Qd2 Nec5 19. Qd3 Nxd3 20. Bd4 Nxf4 21. Kf2 Bh4+ 22. Kg1 Qg5 23. Kf1 Qxg2#

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Hrastnik ♟️ @hrastnik.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 27/07/2025

Divya missed a crucial opportunity in the world cup final against Humpy. Can you see the alternative move? The second game starts in about an hour. lichess.org/broadcast/fide-womens-w… #Chess #fidewomensworldcup

Position of game 1 of the final after white's 14th move Bishop from f3 takes pawn on b7.

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Hrastnik ♟️ @hrastnik.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 19/07/2025

Levon Aronian is playing the tournament of his life in Freestyle #Chess. He beat Magnus Carlsen, Arjun Erigaisi and Hikaru Nakamura.

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Hrastnik ♟️ @hrastnik.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 02/06/2025

I recently came across this old chess puzzle again. You need to place 8 queens on the board such that none of them attack each other. I'll put two solutions I've found in the comments.

Chess board with 8 queens on it and the problem statement: Place 8 queens on the board such that none of them attack each other.

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Hrastnik ♟️ @hrastnik.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 25/05/2025

Anish Giri :netherlands: wins the Sharjah Masters 2025 with a +5 score. Amazing! lichess.org/broadcast/sharjah-maste… #chess #lichess #anishgiri

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Hrastnik ♟️ @hrastnik.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 21/04/2025

Magnus Carlsen scores a perfect 9/9 at the Grenke Freestyle chess open. An amazing achievement akin to Bobby Fisher scoring 11/11 in the 1963/64 US Chess Championship: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/US_Chess_Cham… #MagnusCarlsen #chess #FreestyleChess #chess960 #Wikipedia […]

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Hrastnik ♟️ @hrastnik.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 19/04/2025

Such a great performance by 居文君 (Ju Wenjun) winning her fifth world chess championship match! #chess #FIDE #WorldChessChampionship #JuTan

The FIDE Women's World Chess Champion 2025: GM Ju Wenjun.

Photo: Anna Shtourman / FIDE
Caption: lichess

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Hrastnik ♟️ @hrastnik.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 14/04/2025

Ju Wenjun is a draw away from retaining her world championship while Magnus Carlsen wins the final of the Feestyle chess grand slam in Paris. What a day in chess! Follow all the action on Lichess […]

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Hrastnik ♟️ @hrastnik.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 12/04/2025

Fan favourites Hikaru Nakamura and Magnus Carlsen are through to the final in the Freestyle chess grand slam in Paris. Vincent Keymer and Fabiano Caruana will now need to face off for the third place. #chess #FreestyleChess #chess960

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Hrastnik ♟️ @hrastnik.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 11/04/2025

居文君 (Ju Wenjun) defeated 谭中怡 (Tan Zhongyi) for the second game in a row taking a 2 point lead in the match and in a great position to defend her world chess championship title! We need to wait two more days while the match moves to 重庆 (Chongqing). #chess #JuTan #FIDE #WorldChessChampionship

Final position of game 6. Tan Zhongyi was playing as white.

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