London Was INSANE! Tons of footage coming

2nd half of @RenierCast's repertoire against 1.d4 is now available on Chessable as well! I am sure there is an introduction offer as usual. chessable.com/beating-the-qu…

The fear of cheating online is a real issue. Especially since a lot of people have been caught doing it. Caruana have several times said that he believes the cheating is more than @chesscom believes. Both agree it is happening. But it is absolutely possible to separate a general unhappiness with cheating in semi-casual events like Titled Tuesday from the sustained personal persecution of an individual, which is what we are all so unhappy about. I just saw a post criticising Caruana not for speaking up. I think it is unfair. He has a different way of speaking than Nakamura for example. Here is his over 2 hour long podcast with Daniel. I watched it at the time and had a two hour call with Daniel not long after, offering my support, including to split legal costs if he wanted to go after Kramnik in Switzerland. I don't remember all of the details of this pod, and I am afraid I cannot bear to rewatch it. But to those that think no one supported Daniel - it is not entirely accurate. But certainly it is not enough to handle the barrage of abuse he was a victim of. I am now in Charlotte, where everyone were out of town yesterday, at the funeral in San Francisco, which I heard was "beyond touching". ALTO starts tonight. I think a lot of us will struggle to play at all. youtube.com/watch?v=RGiDosCe…

Words can’t describe how heartbreaking the passing of my coach, Daniel Naroditsky, is. Just a few days before the Grand Swiss tournament in Uzbekistan which took place a little more than a month ago, I asked him to coach and accompany me. Even though it was a last-minute request and he had to travel across the world to reach Samarkand, he booked his flight and figured everything out within hours. That’s who he was, always there, never hesitating to help. We spent an amazing half month together. I’ll always be grateful for those days and everything I learned from him. Danya was the most genuine person I have ever known. I’ll never forget our late night bullet matches over the past 10 years. he was the only person in the world who regularly beat me in those. Danya, your legacy lives on forever. I’m sure somewhere up there, you’re playing blitz and discussing history with the greats.

This is really sad. He was so young and so smart and so obviously kind hearted.

Unthinkable. Huge loss for the chess community. My deepest condolences.

The Naroditsky family shares the sad news of Daniel’s unexpected passing. Daniel was a talented chess player, educator, and beloved member of the chess community. We ask for privacy as the family grieves.

So heartbroken. Danya's love for the game and his gift for teaching touched so many of us chess educators. Rest in peace, you will never be forgotten.

My friend has solved 80,000 puzzles on lichess, and is blundering his way through the Woodpecker books. It is good to see that he has picked up a few ideas along the way. White to play and win!

It’s about music! Not one music style is better than the other, not one music style is more truly than the other. The whole thing is based on respect. It’s all about respect, respect to the music, respect to the DJ’s, respect to the crowd and respect to each other. It’s all music, music never separates people! – Carl Cox

remember - if you listen to a single song or watch even one movie made by someone whose sociopolitical beliefs don’t perfectly align with yours then your insides will explode and u will go to hell :’(

even with the world the way it is you can still start a band or write a book or paint. don’t let them take that away from you.

when compiling a dj set or authoring visuals, one should always consider whether it's better or worse than a quiet walk in the cool evening air. sadly, some fail this simple test

they added patios to google translate 😭

Can’t miss with The Meters!

So good!

Hell yea, @DrCanChess rules

There’s a bunch of MFer’s right now that need to listen to Pea by RHCP. @flea333 has a message for you

you've absolutely gotta take a break from the bad news here and there. don't feel like you gotta stay updated moment to moment. it'll wear you out, which is what they want.