Chess writer, author of Chessable courses, shogi addict and shitposter. https://xitter.cf/t.co/eFAsgiGIiG
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Simon was just found dead.
I am the British whistleblower who reported evidence concerning Howard Lutnick, his links to Jeffrey Epstein, and Cantor Fitzgerald and BGC to the FBI in 2020–21.
Listen to the BBC File on 4 documentary about my whistleblower story:
bbc.com/audio/play/m002yx47
BBC News:
bbc.com/news/articles/c9q28d…
I later shared evidence with the House Oversight Committee, which subsequently questioned Lutnick behind closed doors.
My disclosures also contributed to regulatory action in the US and UK, including a £96m HMRC tax assessment relating to BGC’s partnership scheme. I believe the true tax exposure is substantially higher.
I also reported to the FBI and financial regulators matters involving Cantor Fitzgerald’s Relief Fund and BGC/Cantor’s annual 9/11 Charity Day.
The personal consequences of whistleblowing, and the retaliation I say followed, have been devastating for my family and me.
Mother Jones previously reported that documents I uncovered revealed a years-long business tie between Howard Lutnick, Cantor Fitzgerald and Jeffrey Epstein through AdFin, including a 2018 exchange in which Lutnick and Epstein discussed the company directly:
motherjones.com/politics/202…
motherjones.com/politics/202…
Follow me here on X and on LinkedIn. I intend to share more of the evidence and the story behind what happened.
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You can see strange stuff at the Chess Olympiad sometimes. One guy has lost two COMPLETELY IDENTICAL games due to a Scholar’s mate. I have just one question: why??? I don’t believe that he missed it twice in a row. Did he place some kind of a bet that this would happen?
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OMG an early final:
Uzbekistan - India 🍿🍿
This is exactly the kind of blockbuster match you’d love to see in primetime, and not on a Monday.
IMHO, one limitation of the Swiss system is that it doesn’t really allow organizers to plan these huge clashes in advance. There are other tournament formats that create more room to schedule top matches at the best possible time for both fans and players.
No matter what, I think that the #ChessOlympiad is delivering once again, and I'm very much looking forward to this absolute clash! 🔥
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My favorite picture of the day shows a disappointed Bobby Cheng (🇦🇺 2570) after losing to @anishgiri (🇳🇱 2757).
Expertly captured by @MichaWalusza, one of the @FIDE_chess photographers.
The pain of defeat, the consolation, the practical arbiter, the blurry onlookers. Bravo for this shot!
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This is a project worth sharing, by Ellen Fredericia Nilssen:
"Ellen’s Chess School: a completely free online chess school for children and young players under 18 who love chess and want to improve, but don’t have the financial resources for personal coaching."
ellens-chess-school.org
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Capitalism in a nutshell.
EA’s CEO got an $8 million raise thanks to how well Battlefield 6 performed — four months after the devs responsible for making the game got laid off. bit.ly/4yOMvb5
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If anyone has real paying work, I would consider that. I applied for a job fairly recently in the chess world, couldn't even get an interview, even though I thought I was absolutely ideal. I'm 60 next month, will have to work into my 70s, so now is the time to find something.
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Don't let Obama play the Iran card in order to start a war in order to get elected--be careful Republicans!
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In watching the clip below of Danya's last stream and hearing the pain in his voice, how deeply the baseless accusations affected him, I am left so mad at what we all allowed to happen right in front of us.
It's time to stop worrying about the backlash. I am calling on the FIDE EDC to remove Vladimir Kramnik from the FIDE record books, revoke his title, and disqualify his world championship. Chess is one of the most beloved games in the world and should be a place for kindness and inclusion. It should be unilaterally unacceptable to use a platform that Chess has given you to bully, harass, and slander a colleague. What Kramnik has done to David Navara, Hikaru, and Danya, and others can not be tolerated.
It is up to our community and the governing body to set an example that this type of behavior will have consequences. Make it known loud and clear that Chess stands against these hateful acts. If you do them intentionally and maliciously there will be no place for you in our game.
FIDE and it's EDC must establish clear policies moving forward around the safety of it's players both in person and digitally. The events leading up to this tragedy happened in broad daylight over the last 18 months. They could have been stopped. Nothing like this can ever be allowed to happen again.
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Emma Watson finally responds to Israeli Ambassador's tweet calling her an antisemite
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i remember fondly playing board games with my family as a child. I would always ask "dad, can we play chess dot com?"
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No. but if there exists a calculator-equivalent for every mental Taks and you use it for all of them then yes, in fact, it does matter
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From #Gaza, the cries of parents rise to heaven ever more intensely as they clutch the lifeless bodies of their children, searching for food and shelter from bombs. I renew my appeal to leaders: cease fire, release all hostages, and fully respect international humanitarian law!
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Mislav Herman, HDZ-ov kandidat za gradonačelnika, kaže da ne znam reći hvala. Pa evo 👇
