@charmreduction

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 Downtown Canada
Joined February 2012
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photo from the simultaneous chess exhibition i took part in this weekend against fide master koosha jaferian, who is also my trainer. i believe the photo captures the moment i realize that i have severely fucked up the opening
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white to play and win. can you solve this? it took me way longer than it should've, since it's from a chess puzzle book called "winning chess tactics for JUNIORS":
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i enjoyed the shane gillis thing, relatively speaking. it was fine. do any of you even go to the gym?
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the funniest thing about the whole u.s. invading canada thing is, well, america cannot afford even a peaceful occupation. america owes nearly $1 trillion to china. americans will be speaking chinese before canada ever faces any real consequences
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i drew the top-rated player in round 1 of my chess club's new tournament (2100 cfc) , but i could've won here on move 36. with 10 seconds left i played c3, when bishop takes bishop wins
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at the age of 75, in 2007, viktor korchnoi was still ranked in the top 100 chess players in the world
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just received confirmation that i placed 2nd in a field of 46 at the latest chess club tournament. not bad
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at the time, i used a flat iron on my hair
IG:STOKESSISS
@stokessisSep 19
Can I see y’all when you were 21 👀
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this guy fucks
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after a terrible slump, i returned to form at annex chess club, scoring 4/5 and placing second in the highest section. final game as black once again featured a sound sacrifice by me, ng4
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R A T M A X X I N G 🐀🐀 ♘ ♗ ♖ retweeted
tania 🪆@boywaifSep 21
Can’t believe a certain somebody thinks I’m jealous of him getting published in spectra when this is the shit they’re putting out? lol
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given one of bin laden's goals was to destabilize america, the current iteration of the republican party is proof that he won (so far)
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filled out that indie lit survey thing
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the next move i made in this position — where as white i was totally winning (+1.4) — totally illustrates why i had such a terrible tournament this past weekend. i played 17. qb7??? dropping an entire rook. by far the worst mistake i have ever made at the board...
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well, i may suck at tournament chess, but at least i still know how to punish degenerates in speed chess who willingly play the english opening as white
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decided to spend the entire long weekend in a church playing chess at the 2026 Toronto Open. wish me luck, ya’ll
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The below photo sums up my tournament so far, tho i was able to win round 4. Now 1/4, but if i win both games tmw i can break even and prob not lose many rating points
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finished with 1.5 out of 6. disgraceful, but all of the games after round 3 were of a reasonable quality so i'll cut my losses
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now let's look at on-street parking, mark, famously the least-efficient use of public roadways imaginable. but you won't, because — like that asshole @integrity_to — you have a specific agenda and don't really care about data or efficiency
Mark McQueen
@markrmcqueenSep 5
No data? According to their own audits, Toronto Fire & EMS spent an estimated 27,000 additional minutes in traffic in 2023 thanks to Toronto’s bike lanes. How many people unnecessarily die of a heart attack because the defibrillator arrived too late?
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