tech librarian, chess hack/#chesspunks, cats & coffee. degrees in sociology and environmental history.she/her
vienna, austria
Joined March 2015
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Ende einer Ära. ChessBase, die Firma, die den Schachsport über Jahrzehnte geprägt hat, wird verkauft. Der kasachische Milliardär Timur Turlov übernimmt. Jetzt exklusiv bei den Perlen: Was hinter dem Deal steckt.
perlenvombodensee.de/2026/04…
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»Die Katastrophe fängt damit an, dass man aus dem Bett steigt.«
Thomas Bernhard
geboren am 9. Februar 1931
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COME ON‼ I am super excited!🤗#QueenOfChess, Rory Kennedy’s new #documentary about my story is available on @netflix ‼
👇 Movie link in the comments - or check the Bio 👆
#ChessConnectsUs #TrueStories #IndieFilm #MoxiePictures #Honored #HumanStory #Socialimpact #InspiringStories #chess #DocumentaryFilm
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Robert Hübner, who passed away this weekend, was one of the most fascinating chess personalities.
Did you know that on two occasions he forfeited from his Candidates match, and in a third one, his fate was decided by a roulette?
chessclub.com/news-and-artic…
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Véra & Vladimir Nabokov playing chess.
Lover, editor, wife, lifelong companion, first (and arguably finest) reader of her husband's books, Véra was born in St. Petersburg on this day in 1902.
iris 🐈♟📚 retweeted
FIDE introduced the dress code at the Candidates matches in St. John,1988. Valery Salov, my opponent, wore jeans and sneakers, which was against the rules.When asked about this, the organiser said: "They look quite cute on him".They were not keen on enforcing the rules back then.
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"Team photo" before the Immopar Rapid Tournament (KO format), November 1992, with only one woman in the picture.🙂 I finished in 6th place.💪 How many GM's can you recognize in the photo❓
#ChessConnectsUs #chess #chesstournament #chessplayers #topplayers #womeninchess #myhistory
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„Hauptsache, man spielt lustige Partien.“ IM Andreas Dückstein ist gestorben (und GM war er auch) de.chessbase.com/post/andrea…
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Ein Werdegang in einer von Betrug, Spionage und Intrigen geprägten Welt: 40 Jahre nach Beginn des WM-Matches Karpow-Kasparow veröffentlicht Arte jetzt eine Doku, die den Lebensweg Garri Kasparows nachzeichnet.
perlenvombodensee.de/2024/08…
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The Story of Lichess documentary premieres on YouTube today at 17:00 UTC! Watch to learn about the largest chess charity in the world, get to know our team and much more: youtube.com/watch?v=H39AHPSB…
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97 wird der älteste Großmeister Andras Dückstein heute. 1949 verließ er das kommunistische Ungarn. Ende der 50er Jahre gehörte er zu den stärksten Spielern des Westens. In Wien promovierte er als Jurist.
ALT Foto: Österreichischer Schachbund
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New In Chess 2024#1: FREE digital copy.
For a limited time you can download the digital issue in our app or read it on your laptop. Please feel free to share the link with your chess friends.
newinchess.com/new-in-chess-…
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If you want to play against it you could try this. Old computer program implemented as UCI engines, including Bernstein. github.com/mdoege/PyTuroCham…
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Incidentally, if you like chess and you have not read Julian Barnes' piece on the Kasparov v Short match, you are in for a treat. It is sensationally good granta.com/trap-dominate-fuc…
