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Scott Rose @rprose.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

novayagazeta.ru/articles/202...

Photo by Viktoria Artemyeva of Politkovskaya's memorial, destroyed by vandals earlier this year.

Scott Rose @rprose.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Novaya Gazeta reporter Anna Politkovskaya was murdered in her Moscow apartment building on Oct. 7, 2006. Twenty years have passed. A memorial plaque outside her home has been destroyed repeatedly by vandals this year. Also today, Putin turns 74.

Anna Politkovskaya at Novaya Gazeta. Uncredited photo from the newspaper

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Scott Rose @rprose.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

2022: “I strongly believe that an open, interoperable metaverse built by many different developers and companies is going to be better for everyone”

mark zuckerberg living the life as the only resident of his digital epcot theme park, clearly taking a selfie because there are not even make believe friends

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Scott Rose @rprose.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMuL...

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Scott Rose @rprose.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

so many people saw this happen but no one posted a video :(

one of many screens of bots recently posting the message: "just watched a squirrel win a fight against a trash can and honestly good for him"

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Scott Rose @rprose.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

"He was passionate, emotional, defiant, deeply gifted, cultured and sometimes crude and uncouth. He loved, he hated, he raged, he lived life like it was going out of style. And for him, it was." GM Aleks Wojtkiewicz passed away 20 years ago today. What a life: www.uschess.org/index.php?op...

Grandmaster Aleksander Wojtkiewicz, sitting a chessboard, smiling and looking at the camera. #chessfeed

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Scott Rose @rprose.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

two of the coolest dudes to have ever done it. vasyl ivanchuk and boris gelfand speaking ahead of the naroditsky memorial blitz & rapid, photo via chessbase india

Ukrainian GM Vasyl Ivanchuk gesturing while speaking to Israeli GM Boris Gelfand. They're at a table with a floral centerpiece. Ivanchuk is wearing a baseball cap slightly askew, which was the style at the time

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Scott Rose @rprose.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

they gave me admin rights. issuing my first bluesky patch. enjoy

bluesky screen grab:

your muted words

bill maher in text & tags

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Scott Rose @rprose.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

A happy birthday to the great Larry Christiansen! en.chessbase.com/post/larry-c...

a much younger larry christiansen photographed at a bar with a beer. he is smiling and wearing a glorious mustache of the kind you might have seen in the 1970s or 1980s. #chessfeed

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Scott Rose @rprose.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

yes sure what "shoppers" are "saying". even if you were of the opinion that people write most internet product reviews, when was the last time you were comparing a coffeepot and a toaster

screen grab of a promotional email from openAI, a company that aspires* to earn $100 billion a year in ad revenue by 2030, trying to get people to use their chatbot to compare product reviews. the image features a four-star electric teakettle, a four-star drip coffee pot and a four-star toaster.

*https://www.axios.com/2026/04/09/openai-100-billion-in-ad-revenue

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Scott Rose @rprose.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

noah webster. he goes on for several pages in this vein and then also lists the phrase as #8 and continues with part 2

from "the prompter" by noah webster

Number 7

It will do for the present.

This common saying does as much mischief in society as rum or a pestilence. If I hear a man, whether a farmer, a mechanick, or any other person, often repeat that saying and appear to act from the opinion, that it will do for the present, I rely on it he is a sloven, a drone, or something worse. I never knew such a man to thrive.

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Scott Rose @rprose.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

They kind of had to do this. In the same decision FIDE also says it's working to find ways to mitigate the impact on Russia. So, at the end of the day, mostly more of the same... www.fide.com/wp-content/u...

points 3 & 4 of the resolution:

3. To confirm that teams composed of players who are citizens of the Russian Federation may be
eligible to participate in FIDE team competitions under a neutral flag subject to the further FIDE
Council decisions.
4. To instruct the FIDE Management Board to develop and implement a procedure for the
inclusion in the FIDE rating system of tournaments held in the territory of the Russian
Federation and for the assignment of FIDE IDs to citizens of the Russian Federation. In
accordance with CAS Award (par.#2) this procedure excludes the aforementioned territories.

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Scott Rose @rprose.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Javokhir Sindarov is challenging Gukesh for the chess world championship later this year. The prep is going well:

screen grab of two posts from Javokhir Sindarov's Twitter account trying to get problems resolved with his Counter-Strike 2 account.

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Scott Rose @rprose.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Carlsen says he missed Nb5 but he thinks his position is playable

screen grab of Gukesh vs Carlsen, round 4 Norway chess after 9.Nb5

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Scott Rose @rprose.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

ChessBase India has produced a series of illustrated children's books to address the growing market of parents who are trying to get their 3 and 4 year olds playing chess shop.chessbase.in/products/che...

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Scott Rose @rprose.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Wesley So uncharacteristically aggressive for a classical game. Fun!

Wesley So with White has played f3, g4, h4 and Kf2 in QGD against Alireza Firouzja in the classical round 4 at Norway Chess

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Scott Rose @rprose.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Giri is doing banter blitz on @taketaketake.com www.twitch.tv/taketaketake...

screen grab from twitch with Anish Giri drinking some beverage in a can and playing on TakeTakeTake

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Scott Rose @rprose.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

armageddon game between anna muzychuk and ju wenjun. white king is on g3 and black king is on d8. they have played 10 moves. this is a good format

screen grab of Armageddon game described in the post after 10 moves. position is wild and White has a small advantage

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Scott Rose @rprose.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

easy day, we're cheering for the Black pieces

screen grab of Lichess boards for round 2 of the open section of Norway Chess. Carlsen vs Keymer, So vs Gukesh, Firouzja vs Pragg

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Scott Rose @rprose.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

yeah, 11th norway chess was more players.

crosstable showing carlsen only played firouzja once at norway chess in 2023

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Scott Rose @rprose.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

I couldn't believe this was the first classical win, but Megabase has 5 wins and 7 draws for Carlsen vs Firouzja. wild!

snip from Chessbase showing 12 classical games between Magnus Carlsen and Alireza Firouzja, with 5 wins for Carlsen with the rest of the games drawn

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Scott Rose @rprose.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Carlsen finding time for a little dig against Nakamura in the confessional. "So I decided to try h6 today, which is of course also what Hikaru did in the Candidates. With some success. He kind of needed wins, but they at least gave him easy draws."

Carlsen speaking about his game in the "confessional booth", a format where the players discuss the game in progress in a closed off location for viewers to understand what they're thinking/seeing before any post game analysis. He and Hikaru Nakamura have a relatively frosty relationship

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Scott Rose @rprose.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

actually @chess24com.bsky.social also looks great: Jovanka Houska, Tania Sachdev & David Howell www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSso...

screen grab from chess24 live stream, where Alireza has his leg up on a chair before the start of the round

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Scott Rose @rprose.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

If you need me for the next two weeks, I'll be in the India fan zone www.youtube.com/watch?v=mR2y...

youtube thumbnail from chessbase india for the norway chess tournament, featuring Gukesh in front of Magnus Carlsen

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mR2yMka7sbg

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Scott Rose @rprose.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

same game, new prep. looking forward to norway chess

WSJ thumbnail from April 2024, when Firouzja was playing in the candidates tournament. He was warned that his shoes were too loud while walking around the venue after a complaint by Abasov.

https://www.wsj.com/sports/chess-candidates-firouzja-france-iran-58aa13ee

Firouzja with his foot in some kind of cast after mysteriously injuring it during a bad tournament performance at the Super Chess Classic in Bucharest. He played two games from a hotel room bed before withdrawing from the tournament due to injury. That was four days ago.

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Scott Rose @rprose.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

on the bright side we have settled the art sport science debate

screen grab from the saint louis chess club explaining what happens after a player withdraws from a chess tournament with an ANKLE injury

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Scott Rose @rprose.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Alireza withdraws DUE TO AN ANKLE INJURY. buddy c'mon

yasser reading the statement from alireza firouzja

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Scott Rose @rprose.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

No broadcast for the rest day but Fabiano Caruana is going for it with White in his make-up game against Alireza Firouzja, who missed Round 4 with a sprained ego

screen grab of the game in progress from Lichess. Caruana has castled queenside and Firouzja is throwing his pawns down the board with his king in the center. won't be sleepy https://lichess.org/broadcast/gct-super-chess-classic-romania-2026/round-4/E8hAb7kf/yhuVIntx?embed=no

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Scott Rose @rprose.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

a big fall, sure, but still a weird way to bust your ankle

2700chess grab showing alireza firouzja dropping 10.7 points and falling out of the top 10 after a bad start at the grand chess tour event in romania

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Scott Rose @rprose.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

you may not like it, but this is what peak performance looks like

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Scott Rose @rprose.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

this is a chess tournament

youtube comment: @STLChessClub
In less than ten minutes, you will see footage of Alireza and Jovokhir playing in THE ROOM!

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Scott Rose @rprose.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

i mean sure, but kind of rude

magnus modeling a t-shirt that says magnus. there is a little text bubble with the words "sold out"

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Scott Rose @rprose.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

I guess this is cool, and a vote of confidence for Proctor, but it still seems like the wrong incentives for Titled Tuesday. If you're a CM or NM and you get to play an occasional blitz game against a famous GM, that's it. That's your prize! It's a good prize! www.chess.com/news/view/ti...

new, increased titled tuesday prize fund tables. $2500 will be allocated to prizes of $250 or $100 for players who don't finish in the top 10, including prizes for 'best game', 'streamer prize 2' and 'top non-IM'

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Scott Rose @rprose.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

after a week with @chessmensch.bsky.social's QGA course, I took it for a test drive. not even sure who diverged first, but the plans and ideas are very clear and pretty easy to play. not a masterpiece or anything but a pleasing debut

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Scott Rose @rprose.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

visiting the facebook page of one robert (bob) prose, also of ohio, who has been using my email address on at least one hacked website where he also gave his phone number and home address. trying to decide whether I should send him a note. what is it with these guys

the interests of an elderly Ohio man who is using my email address for god knows what. they include page like "Red Wave", "American Patriot News", "Impeach Joe Biden" and "The Patriots Gazette"

bob's home, with an American flag and a Trump flag out front

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Scott Rose @rprose.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

tie break rules at TePe Sigemen & Co 2 blitz games; if tied, sudden death games until someone wins. Blitz: 3 min + 2 sec / move Sudden death: White 2.5 min + 2 sec / move, Black 3 min + 2 sec / move

Magnus Carlsen won and Arjun Erigaisi only drew in the last round, meaning they'll need to play blitz tie breaks. a format Carlsen is famously strong in. Screen grab is the table after 7 founds with Carlsen & Erigaisi tied on 5/7. #chessfeed

https://lichess.org/broadcast/tepe-sigeman--co-chess-tournament-2026/tiebreaks/o7KV2kHF#players

twin peaks teaser: man in a red bow tie on stage saying It is happening again

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Scott Rose @rprose.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

on the one hand, yes, but on the other hand we're kind of even

lichess notice on the cheater who got banned after pretty mechanically beating me in a blitz game. indicator shows our head to head record is 0-1

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Scott Rose @rprose.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

first report in almost 1,000 games since I switched to an anonymous lichess account, ostensibly to care less about this sort of thing. but phew. and also cha-ching

Lichess alerts: "You lost rating points to someone who violated the Lichess TOS" Refund: 2 Blitz rating points

"Someone you reported was banned"

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Scott Rose @rprose.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

clearly we need a bluesky candidate for fide president

Peter Heine Nielsen
@PHChess
FIDE Presidential election twitter stats:

Dvorkovich: 510.000 followers.
Last tweet: 4 likes.

Rosenstein: 3.183 followers.
Last tweet: 2.000 likes.
https://x.com/PHChess/status/2051930714099118318

#chessfeed

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