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After a day of issues with the TWIC website it's back up - whisper it quietly - it's flying. I'm aware of potential bottlenecks, too many live broadcasts, displaying large PGN files etc. Yesterday came out of nowhere and I have no explanation, which isn't helpful.

Big congratulations to Aravindh Chithambaram on winning the Stepan Avagyan Memorial 2025! Aravindh scored a critical win with the Black pieces against Aram Hakobyan in the final round. He won the tournament scoring 6.5/9 points with a performance rating of 2824! Praggnanandhaa

Just noticed that the Not Safe for the Web Chess Open is under way in Sydney (yeah, I know). vegaresult.com/vega/index.php… lichess.org/broadcast/2025…

Grandmaster Danny Gormally burn those metal mother fookers to the ground reviews "A Zillion Chess and Life Hacks by Maria Manakova" youtube.com/watch?v=oP1cpg…

Scoring Norway Chess conventionally, without Armageddon, Nakamura would be 2nd on tie-break ahead of Caruana, half a point clear of Gukesh instead of 4th. All other placings the same. In the women's event all the placings would have been the same with Muzychuk 1st on TB from Lei

On this day in 1959 - Mikhail Tal faces 16-year-old Bobby Fischer in the final round at Zürich. The game was drawn; Tal finished 1st with 11½/15; Gligorić 2nd on 11; Keres & Fischer shared 3rd-4th with 10½. (📷: Ullstein Bild.) #chess

Was just checking the Dos Hermanas Active tournament. The time control is 8 minute + 3 seconds a move which I believe is rapid. 60 moves at 3 seconds a move is 3 minutes, plus 8 is 11 minutes and blitz is less than 10 minutes.

The Week in Chess 1596 of 9th June 2025 by Mark Crowther. 31 stories theweekinchess.com/html/twic1596.… and 5961 games. theweekinchess.com

Ding Liren,Ju Wenjun,Wang Yue,etc... Many Chinese strong players will join! Starts tomorrow! Team: lichess.org/broadcast/2025… Individual: lichess.org/broadcast/2025… Thanks for inc 's help,so I just make a complete lichess broadcast 😁

World Rapid Team, 4 rounds, Rapport played 2 round with white,both of the games he meet my pet opening line 😁😁

If one photo from the world rapid and blitz teams championship 2025 could be made into a painting it would be this one. You can see me getting emotional in the corner watching khagan from our team outplaying nakamura. What a moment for this young child..happy I got to witness it.

A brilliant event. Thank you for creating it and backing it in 2023. Great for Chess & Bridge: London Chess Centre English Chess Federation (ECF) and Chess in Schools and Communities to work with International Chess Federation and make it such a success in England - and of course congratulations to WRChess on the win !

Gata Kamsky transfers to France after 36 years representing the U.S. chess.com/news/view/gata…

The Week in Chess 1597 of 16th June 2025 by Mark Crowther. 36 stories theweekinchess.com/html/twic1597.… and 11224 games. theweekinchess.com

🇨🇳 Player of the Month is Zhu Jiner! The Chinese player has gained nearly 100 Elo points in a year and is now aiming for the world title. Susan Polgar analyzes her victory against Vaishali in your June review:

RIP Alfred Brendel (5th January 1931-17th June 2025). What a life he lived…

There was a thumping 9.5-3.5 win for Anish Giri over HansNiemann44 in their rerematch (they had a rematch on June 4th and an original match last year) on endgame.ai . I extracted the games for viewing and download. theweekinchess.com/chessnews/even…