Marno @Marno@social.privacytools.io

Ian Nepomniachtchi has won the Candidates and the right to challenge Magnus Carlsen in the World #Chess Championship match later this year. He had won the tournament with a round to spare as Giri lost to Grischuk. Here's the final graph of how the scores developed.

An insane round on Saturday lead to all 4 games being decisive in the Candidates tournament. Nepo is the likely challenger to Carlsen in the World #Chess Championship later this year. Giri and Vachier-Lagrave still having an outside chance to fight back in the last two rounds.

https://www.chess.com/events/2021-candidates-chess-tournament

What a first round in the Candidates tournament to decide who challenges Magnus Carlsen in the World #Chess Championship. Caruana beat MVL to be tied for second with 6 rounds to go. See the graph for updated scores!

The World #Chess Candidates tournament is resuming after it got interrupted by #COVID19 more than a year ago. Here is my representation of the fist half of the tournament. The next round will start on 19 April 13:00 CEST: https://en.candidates-2020.com/about

Genious #chess #puzzle #game:
https://rob1221.itch.io/chessformer

Interesting discussion about commercializing #opensource software in the context of #chess engines. With ChessBase's Fat Fritz 2 using Stockfish's code.
https://lichess.org/blog/YCvy7xMAACIA8007/fat-fritz-2-is-a-rip-off
https://www.chess.com/news/view/chessbase-fat-fritz-2-stockfish-leela-chess-zero
https://stockfishchess.org/blog/2021/statement-on-fat-fritz-2/

Amazing to see Dutch Grandmaster, Anish Giri, lead the long-standing Dutch #Chess tournament in Wijk aan Zee. There are three players right on his heels. With just 3 rounds remaining, can he keep the lead?

Follow it #live at 14:00 CET this Friday: https://tatasteelchess.com/live-stream/

Happy #DataPrivacyDay everyone!

“
Each of us can make a difference.
Politicians and visionaries will not return us
to the sacredness of life.

That will be done by ordinary men and women who together or alone can say,
“Remember to breathe, remember to feel, remember to care,
let us do this for our children and ourselves
and our children’s children.
Let us practice for life’s sake.”
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Excerpt from a poem called Sharing Silence by Gunilla Norris:

“Silence brings us back to basics, to our senses, to our selves. It locates us. Without that return we can go so far away from our true natures that we end up, quite literally, beside ourselves.

We live blindly and act thoughtlessly. We endanger the delicate balance which sustains our lives, our communities, and our planet.“

All draws today so nothing changes in the standings at the Wijk aan Zee #chess tournament. Tomorrow’s a rest day so the next round is at 14:00 CET on 21 January.

Current standings after round 3 in the prestigious Wijk aan Zee #Chess tournament.

Round 4 will start at 14:00 CET today (19 January). Watch it live:
https://tatasteelchess.com/live-stream/