Hrastnik ♟️<p>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:<br /><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/US_Chess_Championship?wprov=sfla1" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/US_Chess</span><span class="invisible">_Championship?wprov=sfla1</span></a></p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/MagnusCarlsen" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MagnusCarlsen</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/chess" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>chess</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/FreestyleChess" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>FreestyleChess</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/chess960" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>chess960</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Wikipedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Wikipedia</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/perfect" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>perfect</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/goat" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>goat</span></a></p>
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Hrastnik ♟️<p>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!</p><p>Follow all the action on Lichess:<br /><a href="https://lichess.org/broadcast/fide-womens-world-chess-championship-2025/chongqing--game-8/tODpP4SE/0tme9iKc" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lichess.org/broadcast/fide-wom</span><span class="invisible">ens-world-chess-championship-2025/chongqing--game-8/tODpP4SE/0tme9iKc</span></a><br /><a href="https://lichess.org/broadcast/freestyle-chess-grand-slam-tour-2025-paris--knockout/final--game-2/wygdGwyh/oTAo7iAl" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lichess.org/broadcast/freestyl</span><span class="invisible">e-chess-grand-slam-tour-2025-paris--knockout/final--game-2/wygdGwyh/oTAo7iAl</span></a></p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/chess" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>chess</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/lichess" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>lichess</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/freestylechess" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>freestylechess</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/JuTan" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>JuTan</span></a></p>
OpenSoul ✅<p>Questo il primo match tra <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Carlsen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Carlsen</span></a> e <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Nakamura" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Nakamura</span></a> in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FreeStyleChess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeStyleChess</span></a> (variante <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/chess960" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>chess960</span></a>) vinto dal primo</p><p>Ma non posto questo per la partita in sé, visto si giocherà domani il secondo match</p><p>Lo posto perché trovo semplicemente IMPRESSIONANTE e bellissimo vedere che colui che ha PERSO (che cmq è un MOSTRO a scacchi) si metta immediatamente online ad analizzare la sua partita, spiegando i suoi errori con onestà e sincerità</p><p>Lo farà per clic, ok, ma cmq IMHO non è da tutti</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cMk_vW0DHs" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=1cMk_vW0DHs</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Hrastnik ♟️<p>Magnus Carlsen beat Hikaru Nakamura to pull ahead in the final of the Freestyle chess grand slam in Paris. Here was the starting position:<br /><a href="https://lichess.org/analysis/chess960?position=103" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lichess.org/analysis/chess960?</span><span class="invisible">position=103</span></a></p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/chess" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>chess</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/FreestyleChess" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>FreestyleChess</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/chess960" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>chess960</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/lichess" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>lichess</span></a></p>
Troed Sångberg<p>It's starting! Magnus Carlsen vs Hikaru Nakamura</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rr4qRzwNsuE" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=Rr4qRzwNsu</span><span class="invisible">E</span></a></p><p><a href="https://masto.sangberg.se/tags/FreestyleChess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreestyleChess</span></a> <a href="https://masto.sangberg.se/tags/Chess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Chess</span></a></p>
Hrastnik ♟️<p>Fan favourites Hikaru Nakamura and Magnus Carlsen are through to the final in the Freestyle chess grand slam in Paris.</p><p>Vincent Keymer and Fabiano Caruana will now need to face off for the third place.</p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/chess" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>chess</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/FreestyleChess" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>FreestyleChess</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/chess960" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>chess960</span></a></p>
Troed Sångbergspoiler for Saturday's FreestyleChess results
Hrastnik ♟️<p>Tomorrow Hikaru Nakamura plays Vincent Keymer and Magnus Carlsen plays Fabiano Caruana in the semi finals of Freestyle chess Paris grand slam. Vincent Keymer won a thrilling tiebreaker against Ian Nepomniachtchi.</p><p><a href="https://chess-results.com/tnr1127213.aspx" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">chess-results.com/tnr1127213.a</span><span class="invisible">spx</span></a></p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/chess" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>chess</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/FreestyleChess" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>FreestyleChess</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Chess960" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Chess960</span></a></p>
Troed Sångberg<p>Oh it's time for the second Freestyle Chess tournament. I'll watch it. I really did enjoy it not being about who has memorized the most openings.</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DuWRez_D34" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=7DuWRez_D3</span><span class="invisible">4</span></a></p><p><a href="https://masto.sangberg.se/tags/Chess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Chess</span></a> <a href="https://masto.sangberg.se/tags/FreestyleChess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreestyleChess</span></a></p>
cloud walker<p>What is the best online <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/chess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>chess</span></a> play site for amateurs?</p><p>- free play, maybe tournaments<br>- many amateur players<br>- many time modes (e.g. 1, 3, 5 minutes)<br>- also offering <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FreestyleChess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreestyleChess</span></a> / <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Chess960" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Chess960</span></a> <br>- game analyis<br>- gentle atmosphere<br>- easy to use web surface and app</p><p>Thanks 🙂</p>
Hrastnik ♟️<p>After defeating the world numer 1 Magnus Carlsen in the semifinals, Vincent Keymer now took the lead in the final against world number 2 Fabiano Caruana. Amazing performance by the 20 year old in the Freestyle chess grand slam!</p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/chess" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>chess</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/chess960" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>chess960</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/FreestyleChess" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>FreestyleChess</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/MagnusCarlsen" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MagnusCarlsen</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/FabianoCaruana" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>FabianoCaruana</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/VincentKeymer" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>VincentKeymer</span></a></p>
OpenSoul ✅<p>Segnalo per gli amanti degli <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/scacchi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scacchi</span></a>, che è in corso il molto "chiacchierato" grand slam tour nella variante <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/scacchi960" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scacchi960</span></a> (alias <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FischerRandom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FischerRandom</span></a>) </p><p>Per chi non lo sapesse <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/chess960" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>chess960</span></a> è una variante (IMHO stupenda), dove si azzerano tutti i secoli di teoria nelle aperture e di fatto si vede chi sa veramente giocare meglio a scacchi, banalmente estraendo a sorte la posizione dei pezzi dietro ai pedoni, tra 960 diverse posizioni </p><p><a href="https://lichess.org/broadcast/freestyle-chess-grand-slam-tour-2025-weissenhaus--knockout/semi-finals--game-1/dekefUz7" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lichess.org/broadcast/freestyl</span><span class="invisible">e-chess-grand-slam-tour-2025-weissenhaus--knockout/semi-finals--game-1/dekefUz7</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Chess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Chess</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/freestylechess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>freestylechess</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/lichess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lichess</span></a></p>
Troed Sångberg<p>I absolutely love the logo of Freestyle Chess. Everytime I see it I think of two furries making out.</p><p>... but surely that's just me.</p><p><a href="https://masto.sangberg.se/tags/Chess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Chess</span></a> <a href="https://masto.sangberg.se/tags/FreestyleChess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreestyleChess</span></a></p>
Guido Wolf Reichert ⚛️<p>Go Vincent, beat Magnus! :)</p><p><a href="https://qoto.org/tags/FreestyleChess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreestyleChess</span></a></p>
Troed Sångberg<p>That was an extremely painful tiebreak to watch :( </p><p><a href="https://masto.sangberg.se/tags/FreestyleChess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreestyleChess</span></a></p>
Troed Sångberg<p><a href="https://masto.sangberg.se/tags/Carlsen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Carlsen</span></a> vs <a href="https://masto.sangberg.se/tags/Nakamura" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Nakamura</span></a> tomorrow in <a href="https://masto.sangberg.se/tags/FreestyleChess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreestyleChess</span></a> </p><p>There might be three other games too but come on - this is surely the one we all will watch?</p><p><a href="https://masto.sangberg.se/tags/Chess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Chess</span></a></p>
Troed Sångberg<p>Alright, <a href="https://masto.sangberg.se/tags/FreestyleChess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreestyleChess</span></a> is on. This makes my brains hurt.</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@freestyle_chess" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/@freestyle_chess</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://masto.sangberg.se/tags/Chess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Chess</span></a></p>
Hrastnik ♟️<p>The <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/FIDE" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>FIDE</span></a> drama continues as it threatens to sanction players who play in the <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/FreestyleChess" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>FreestyleChess</span></a> tour. This fighting is not good for <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/chess" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>chess</span></a>.</p>
Ralf Stockmann<p>Hat hier jemand schonmal intensivere Erfahrungen mit <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/freestylechess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>freestylechess</span></a> gemacht? Ich mag die Prämisse, <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/schach" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>schach</span></a> vom Ballast der ganzen elenden Eröffnungen zu befreien, aber kann mir kaum vorstellen, dass hier auch nur ansatzweise ausgeglichene Partien in Bezug auf die Grundaufstellung herauskommen?</p>
Nick Parfene<p>This whole <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MagnusCarlsen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MagnusCarlsen</span></a> quitting the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RapidBlitz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RapidBlitz</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Chess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Chess</span></a> championship over wearing jeans awakened the cynic in me. </p><p>With him giving his side of the story to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TakeTakeTake" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TakeTakeTake</span></a> and the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FreestyleChess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreestyleChess</span></a> tournament just around the corner (Feb 2025) I have to wonder if Magnus got more publicity than he would have from winning another <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FIDE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FIDE</span></a> title.</p>
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