Another death of chess broadcasting marks today. After chessbomb... C*ess.c*om decided to redirect traffic to their website. Sad news and another free chess site is down. When will the monopoly of the green company stop? I hope that soon... 🤞
It is surprising (and not so surprising) that some (former and current) top players who are not so active in online blitz/bullet chess, have no clue about online bullet/blitz-related issues. They also do not seem inclined to understand/learn the nuances and peculiarities of
Abrupt decision by FIDE to reduce circuit points for open events played with two rounds in one day, essentially all open events in the United States. My view - blatant discrimination against the American tournament format.
Elitists, who seemingly have all the resources in the
Happy to see Naroditsky and Niemann in the blitz final. I know that completely different stories and background but there were too much paranoia in 2024. Cheating is very serious problem but some people just undermine the whole idea with their actions.
chesscum presents itself as the cool kid on the block but they ruin every good thing they touch. killed the best website for following tournaments. took away free resources from the community. also probably wants to control chess as a sport