chess & other stories

[shakhmaniac]

‘wizard, pirate, paganini in chess — this is how he was known by his contemporaries.’

[halfcourts]

Jannik Sinner for Financial Times

[shakhmaniac]

there’s a view that ian is going too far and simply behaving in an unseemly manner by not shaking hans’s hand.

well i guess in knows far more than we do.

[shakhmaniac]

ian’s glow up 👏👏

[shakhmaniac]

that’s 4-4 babe!

[shakhmaniac]

ian: ‘without magnus, the tournament [titled tuesday] has lost its appeal’

[shakhmaniac]

so ian finished joint 2nd–4th at the sardinian chess festival, scoring 7/9

[shakhmaniac]

sorry but… casper… ruud….

[shakhmaniac]

andrey for players qatar, 2026

[shakhmaniac]

the icy depths of norwegian sexiness

[shakhmaniac]

i love dubov for his spontaneity. playing a fairly important tournament from a lying position? totally his style.

[shakhmaniac]

man, i enjoy nepo’s streams. it’s the only place where grown men can openly declare their love for him in the comments without a hint of irony, whilst other grown men call him a shame of the country

[shakhmaniac]

‘whenever i get the chance, i hold you up as an example to my son, ian’

[shakhmaniac]

man, i enjoy nepo’s streams. it’s the only place where grown men can openly declare their love for him in the comments without a hint of irony, whilst other grown men call him a shame of the country

[shakhmaniac]

‘ian, why does it read word nepomniachtchi after your name?’

‘dunno; that’s what it says in my passport’

[shakhmaniac]

man, i enjoy nepo’s streams. it’s the only place where grown men can openly declare their love for him in the comments without a hint of irony, whilst other grown men call him a shame of the country

[shakhmaniac]

breaking: ian nepo is set to play a classical match against hans niemann

60+30, from may 29 to june 1, belgrade

[shakhmaniac]

ian’s interview as a ‘tourist’

[arnttette]

i love this coloring on him so much