#Chess Prodigy

[albertonavajoart]

Beth Harmon

[afrotumble]

From slum to Chess champion: Meet 10-year-old Chess prodigy from Earth's...

[artisyghostlybird-gelat]

Funerals

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[chessforkids]

The Chessboard and Rice Story | Unleash the Power of Exponential Growth in Chess | ChessForKids

[newyorkthegoldenage]

At 14, Brooklyn's Bobby Fischer was one of the country's youngest chess tournament players. In this photo, taken on June 21, 1957, he is about to move his queen during a match at the Manhattan Chess Club.

Photo: Hans von Nolde for the AP via CBS News

[grand-line-shenanigans]

[magicalnicole]

Eventful chess day today. Not sure how to recap it.. but it ended in Magnus winning against Anish (but his team lost*) and drawing with Hikaru (and magnus' team won)

October 6, 2024

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[spikeironfoundersson]

They said it* couldn’t be done** but a miracle*** has happened!!!****

*an infamous Broadway flop

**revived on Broadway, unless you hate money

***Tim Rice committing SO HARD to his ABBA-collab musical Cold War fanfic despite literally millions of dollars and decades of evidence that this is a fool’s errand

****CHESS BROADWAY REVIVAL 2025 CONFIRMED, BABY!

[gaysie]

intermezzo really getting me in the mood for age gap autumn.

[masqueradeoftheguilty]

the "brains and brawn" trope is fun when it's a purposeful decision by the creators. its a significantly less fun trope when fandom decides to shove two characters into it despite plenty of evidence otherwise

[swan2swan]

oh she is GORGEOUS she is HOT she is BACK

[lonniemachin]

i choose to believe 1 of 2 things.

1. lonnie made his password “codeword” as a joke because the computer says “enter codeword for access”

2. lonnie made her password codeword because she thought people would think it’s too obvious, thus having them flounder trying to guess it when the answer was in front of them the whole time

or maybe even both

[worldnews90]

The ‘Fantastic Four’ Trailer Is An Adjective You Can Guess

Disney has finally released the Fantastic Four: First Steps trailer, bringing the Marvel’s First Family to the MCU in the biggest addition to the universe in an exceptionally long time. Arguably since the Avengers themselves first assembled.

The initial spot is a minute and a half long, and while yes, this is an MCU project, this movie is (at least at the start) taking place in an entirely separate universe akin to the Jetsons with ‘50s era aesthetics and seemingly no other superheroes around.

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[insightfultake]

The Rise of Gukesh: India’s Youngest Chess Maestro and Beacon of Hope for Aspiring Minds

At an age when most teenagers are engrossed in textbooks and social media, Dommaraju Gukesh is scripting history on the chessboard. Born on May 29, 2006, Gukesh D has carved his name among the legends, becoming a Grandmaster at just 12 years, 7 months, and 17 days in January 2019. This achievement made him the youngest Indian Grandmaster, surpassing the iconic Viswanathan Anand, and the second youngest in the world. His meteoric rise heralds a new dawn for Indian chess and inspires countless young minds to consider the game not just as a pastime, but as a promising career....read full story

[piecewithoutwork]

Whoops I made a trans joke in front of my parents and got The Stare Of Mild Transphobia