The Armageddon game is supposed to discourage short draws. But with such lopsided statistics in favour of white, the arrangement must be considered unfair. White can force a draw in the classical game and exploit the higher winning probability in the tie-breaker. #NorwayChess

Come on, The New York Times! Both of these pangrams should have been allowed.

To be fair, some of my games ended after 1. e4 e5 2. f4 1-0, when my opponents resigned. #ChessChamps #JuliusBaerGenerationCup #chesspunks

This is easily your worst omission in Spelling Bee yet, The New York Times.

How does one reset the REPL in #JuliaLang? I am not talking about clearing with screen with CTRL-L, but actually resetting all the definitions and values without exiting. The documentation does not seem to have a relevant binding: docs.julialang.org/en/v1/stdlib/R…

It is hard not to be awed by Carlsen's performance today. But I just want to say that Caruana is a very great player himself, and I am sure he will come back stronger in the World Rapid and Blitz. #speedchess

Has Puzzle Storm on lichess.org got a bit harder, or have I just become weaker? #chesspunks

Today is Friday the 31st. Do dyslexic people consider the day unlucky?

That reggae sample on Google's MusicLM page is really, really good!

How does a ship manufacturer describe its readiness to deliver a new product?

Hey Chess.com , would you please use a different colour scheme for your board during the live telecast of the Aimchess tournament? The black pieces are often hard to see when they are on dark squares. #AimchessRapid #ChessChamps

The most annoying thing about misplacing your glasses is that it is difficult to look for them.

Norachem is nothing without its people.

My big prediction for 2024 is that it will be the year of the #LinuxDesktop. Mark my words.

So, was Einstein correct?

Even the The New York Times does not think well enough of the governing body of chess to include it in its list of words. #chess #chesspunks

Hey lichess.org , I just saw your daily puzzle for today. I thought it was unkind of you to put it up. It's too soon that.

Non-ASCII characters have no place in code. There, I said it.