[blueunicorn6]

Russian soccer on ESPN.

[treetopsandroofs]

The bar is pretty high.

In January 1942, Russian Chessmaster Samuil Vainshtein died of starvation in Leningrad.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuil_Vainshtein

http://billwall.phpwebhosting.com/articles/Chess_Tragedies.htm

[nonsporting]

Don’t you have to *touch* the chess pieces?

“Excuse me while I wipe this down. By the way, j’adoube.”

[texas booster]

Thanks for the post!

The FIDE Candidates Tournament is one of the most important events of 2020. Eight players will fight for a chance to play GM Magnus Carlsen in the World Chess Championship later in the year. Here's all of the information.

[agatheringstorm]

Come on Fabi.

[rfp1234]

I’d like to see a Grandmaster shock everyone by playing the 🦧 Orangutan Defense.

[Mr. Jeeves]

I don’t see any of them knocking off Magnus Carlsen this year - he is still head and shoulders above his competition.

[ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas]

Apparently, so many chessplayers are on lichess the site is not working. From lichess on twitter:

https://twitter.com/lichess/status/985492939433545729?lang=en

Yes, we're still down. We tried turning it off and on again, but no dice.— Lichess.org (@lichess) April 15, 2018