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Sharad Mohan<p>Ladies Playing <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Chaupar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Chaupar</span></a> (forerunner of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Chess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Chess</span></a> which was invented in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/India" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>India</span></a> around 300 BC)</p><p>c1800 AD <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Pahari" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pahari</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/IndianMiniaturePainting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IndianMiniaturePainting</span></a> in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Basohli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Basohli</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Jammu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Jammu</span></a> style from <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Chamba" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Chamba</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HimachalPradesh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HimachalPradesh</span></a> now at British Museum, London.</p><p>On <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/InternationalChessDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InternationalChessDay</span></a> (20th July)</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/IndianHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IndianHistory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Mastodons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mastodons</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Art</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Heritage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Heritage</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/IndianHeritage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IndianHeritage</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Paintings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Paintings</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Recreation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Recreation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MastoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MastoArt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Himalayas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Himalayas</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ArtOfTheDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ArtOfTheDay</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>History</span></a></p>
Trick Jarrett<p>🤖: Buongiorno! AutoTrick here with your daily <a href="https://kind.social/tags/blog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>blog</span></a> notification. Yesterday, Trick made 1 posts on trickjarrett.com. Including post about: <a href="https://kind.social/tags/chess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>chess</span></a>.</p><p>Here's the day's archive for you to read: <a href="https://trickjarrett.com/2025-07-21.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">trickjarrett.com/2025-07-21.ht</span><span class="invisible">ml</span></a></p>
Chess ♟️Mahogany <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/chess?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#chess</a> pieces made in <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Catalonia?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Catalonia</a>, purchased in <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Barcelona?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Barcelona</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Spain?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Spain</a>. <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Staunton?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Staunton</a> Europa n°3. From Ajedrez21.
PhloXO<p>What are we looking at? Playing the light pieces, moi has passed the d pawn up the board to pin the dark rook on h8. The light bishop on the g file has the dark queen pinned. If the dark queen takes, she will be taken by the white night on f3. This situation led my opponent to resign. </p><p><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/chess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>chess</span></a></p>
lichess<p>Join us now on YouTube and Twitch with our hosts WIM Jesse February and WCM Katharina Reinecke for the FIDE Women's World Cup quarter-final tiebreak match between IM Divya Deshmukh and GM Harika Dronavalli!</p><p>YouTube: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUHf9jy2eKA" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=sUHf9jy2eKA</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <br>Twitch: <a href="https://www.twitch.tv/lichessdotorg" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">twitch.tv/lichessdotorg</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <br>Lichess: <a href="https://lichess.org/broadcast/fide-womens-world-cup-2025--quarterfinals/ckxYpvoV" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lichess.org/broadcast/fide-wom</span><span class="invisible">ens-world-cup-2025--quarterfinals/ckxYpvoV</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/lichess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lichess</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/chess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>chess</span></a></p>
Ben Gleason<p>Free <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/chess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>chess</span></a> workshops! Three Days of Chess hosted by the Jamaica Plain Chess Club at Boston City Hall in August. <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/JPChess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JPChess</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/JamaicaPlainChess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JamaicaPlainChess</span></a></p>
lichess<p>Levon Aronian wins the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Las Vegas! 🏆</p><p>He defeated Hans Niemann 1.5 to 0.5 in the Grand Final, while Magnus Carlsen beat Hikaru Nakamura in the 3rd place match.</p><p>➡️ Replay the games on Lichess: <a href="https://lichess.org/broadcast/freestyle-chess-grand-slam-las-vegas--grand-final--match-for-3rd-4th/O5s6BleM" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lichess.org/broadcast/freestyl</span><span class="invisible">e-chess-grand-slam-las-vegas--grand-final--match-for-3rd-4th/O5s6BleM</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/chess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>chess</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/lichess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lichess</span></a></p>
lichess<p>The final round of the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Las Vegas is about to start at 18:00 UTC!</p><p>GM Hans Niemann faces GM Levon Aronian in the Grand Final, and former World Champion Magnus Carlsen plays GM Hikaru Nakamura for 3rd place.</p><p>➡️ Follow all the games in our broadcast: <a href="https://lichess.org/broadcast/freestyle-chess-grand-slam-las-vegas--grand-final--match-for-3rd-4th/O5s6BleM" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lichess.org/broadcast/freestyl</span><span class="invisible">e-chess-grand-slam-las-vegas--grand-final--match-for-3rd-4th/O5s6BleM</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/chess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>chess</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/lichess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lichess</span></a></p>
Assoc for Scottish Literature<p>Today, 20 July, is World Chess Day</p><p>Episode 2 of the Alasdair Gray Archive’s UNLIKELY OBJECTS MOSTLY looks at Alasdair’s chessboard &amp; the part chess played in his practice, uncovering the game’s pivotal role in the making of his Hillhead Subway mural &amp; the novel POOR THINGS</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vbB7OeYkeo" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=9vbB7OeYkeo</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Scottish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Scottish</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>literature</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/AlasdairGray" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AlasdairGray</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/PoorThings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PoorThings</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/mural" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mural</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/murals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>murals</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/publicart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>publicart</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Glasgow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Glasgow</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Chess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Chess</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/WorldChessDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WorldChessDay</span></a></p>
Michal Špondr<p>Dnes je Mezinárodní den šachu.<br><a href="https://spondr.cz/tags/%C5%A1achy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>šachy</span></a> <a href="https://spondr.cz/tags/chess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>chess</span></a></p>
Daily Lichess Puzzle<p>Daily Lichess puzzle: <a href="https://lichess.org/training/xriWD" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">lichess.org/training/xriWD</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://schach.social/tags/lichess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lichess</span></a> <a href="https://schach.social/tags/chess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>chess</span></a> <a href="https://schach.social/tags/dailypuzzle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dailypuzzle</span></a></p>
lichess<p>Watch the second round of the FIDE Women's World Cup quarter-finals with our hosts WIM Jesse February and WCM Katharina Reinecke now on YouTube and Twitch! </p><p>YouTube: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xw5i4Bd-wo" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=5xw5i4Bd-wo</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <br>Twitch: <a href="https://www.twitch.tv/lichessdotorg" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">twitch.tv/lichessdotorg</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <br>Lichess: <a href="https://lichess.org/broadcast/fide-womens-world-cup-2025--quarterfinals/ckxYpvoV" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lichess.org/broadcast/fide-wom</span><span class="invisible">ens-world-cup-2025--quarterfinals/ckxYpvoV</span></a> </p><p>📷 Anna Shtourman / FIDE </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/chess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>chess</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/lichess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lichess</span></a></p>
chestas<p>Today is International Chess Day :)</p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/chess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>chess</span></a></p>
The Internet is Crack<p>A 4KB Atari Chess Game Just Beat $200 Billion in AI</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Atari" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Atari</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TheInternetIsCrack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheInternetIsCrack</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RetroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RetroComputing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TechFail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechFail</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DigitalCulture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalCulture</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Chess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Chess</span></a></p>
DK<a href="https://pixelfed.de/discover/tags/chess?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#chess</a>
Mike Smale<p>Dilophosaurus conquers chess by eating their opponents (and allies).</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DailiyDilophosaurus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DailiyDilophosaurus</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Dilophosaurus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Dilophosaurus</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Chess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Chess</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Checkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Checkers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Dinosaurs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Dinosaurs</span></a></p>
Mike SmaleDilophosaurus conquers chess by eating their opponents (and allies).<br> <br> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/DailiyDilophosaurus?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DailiyDilophosaurus</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Dilophosaurus?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Dilophosaurus</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Chess?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Chess</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Checkers?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Checkers</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Dinosaurs?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Dinosaurs</a>
ResearchBuzz: Firehose<p>Tom’s Hardware: Google Gemini crumbles in the face of Atari Chess challenge — admits it would ‘struggle immensely’ against 1.19 MHz machine, says canceling the match most sensible course of action. “Google Gemini decided to call off a chess match against the ancient 1.19 MHz Atari 2600 console after a friendly pre-game reminder about what happened to ChatGPT and Microsoft’s Copilot. […]</p><p><a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/07/19/toms-hardware-google-gemini-crumbles-in-the-face-of-atari-chess-challenge-admits-it-would-struggle-immensely-against-1-19-mhz-machine-says-canceling-the-match-most-sensible-course-of/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/07/19/toms-hardware-google-gemini-crumbles-in-the-face-of-atari-chess-challenge-admits-it-would-struggle-immensely-against-1-19-mhz-machine-says-canceling-the-match-most-sensible-course-of/</a></p>
Ralf Stockmann„Across the gulf of space, minds immeasurably superior to ours regarded this Earth with envious eyes, and slowly and surely, they drew their plans against us.“<br> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/caturday?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#caturday</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/cat?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#cat</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/chess?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#chess</a>
chestas<p>July was the first month that no Russian chess player was in the top 10 ranked in the world. </p><p>In a further blow to Russian chess, the current Women's World Cup has reached the quarter finals with only 1 player coming from an ex Soviet state, Georgia. Seven of the eight come from China (3) or India (4), the new dominant forces in the chess world. </p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/chess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>chess</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/china" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>china</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/india" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>india</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.online/@lichess" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>lichess</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://lichess.org/broadcast/fide-womens-world-cup-2025--quarterfinals/game-1/TGrBvHg3" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lichess.org/broadcast/fide-wom</span><span class="invisible">ens-world-cup-2025--quarterfinals/game-1/TGrBvHg3</span></a></p>
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