ABC Hobart Radio is going to talk to me this afternoon about 2.30pm. They are looking for interesting people around the state and apparently a chess teacher with a background in circus fits the bill.
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As the 2025 FIDE Women’s World Chess Championship is set to begin, we profile the defending champion: GM Ju Wenjun.
by Frans Peeters
#games #Chess #GLAM #museums #FIDE
"As part of its 2024 centenary celebrations, FIDE has unveiled an online museum tracing chess history from ancient times to modern tournaments. The Open Chess Museum endorsed by FIDE aims to become the world’s largest repository of chess artifacts, showcasing valuable items from every corner of the world and every era of chess history."
https://www.fide.com/fide-launches-first-digital-museum-dedicated-to-chess-history/
www.fide.comFIDE launches first digital museum dedicated to chess history – International Chess Federation
Play with our new piece set: RhosGFX! 
Many thanks to its designer of the same name - RhosGFX (https://bsky.app/profile/rhosgfx.bsky.social) - for contributing it! 
Hikaru Nakamura plays LeelaQueenOdds on Lichess! Check out https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEn_ojuFk7E and see who won the match! #chess #hikaru #nakamura #leela
Congratulations to GM Matthias Blübaum on winning the European Chess Championship for a record second time after 2022! 
Congrats also to all the 20 players who qualified for the upcoming FIDE World Cup! 
https://lichess.org/broadcast/european-championship-2025/ti2oVwA9
: David Llada / Federația Română de Șah / ECU
Black to play and mate in 3 moves! 
Can you find the solution to our Lichess Puzzle of the Day? https://lichess.org/training/xOzG0
Find out more about the FIDE Women's World Chess Championship 2025 challenger, GM Tan Zhongyi, in our first preview blog! We will stream every round of the Women's World Championship from 3 to 20 April on our Twitch and YouTube channels - more details coming soon.
lichess.orgWomen's World Chess Championship 2025 Preview: Tan Zhongyi ProfileAs the 2025 FIDE Women’s World Chess Championship is set to begin, Lichess profiles the challenger to the crown, GM Tan Zhongyi.
Congratulations to GM Anna Muzychuk for winning the FIDE Women's Grand Prix in Nicosia on better tiebreaks than GM Zhu Jiner!
https://lichess.org/broadcast/fide-womens-grand-prix-202425--nicosia/iKyh0heF
Tune in now on YouTube and Twitch and watch Round 12 of the German Bundesliga, the strongest chess league in the world, with us and our host WCM Katharina Reinecke!
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3zOqxeOY5Y
Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/lichessdotorg
Lichess: https://lichess.org/broadcast/german-bundesliga-202425/round-12/XyKo2aEP
Congratulations to GM Daniel Naroditsky (RebeccaHarris) for winning our Titled Arena March!
GM Brandon Jacobson (iamstraw) took 2nd place, ahead of GM Christopher Yoo (yyoochess) in 3rd place.
Join us now on Twitch and YouTube for Round 11 of the German Bundesliga with our host WCM Katharina Reinecke!
Follow the games of GMs Arjun Erigaisi, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Anish Giri, Vincent Keymer and many more.
Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/lichessdotorg
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zo1SECexZ80
Lichess: https://lichess.org/broadcast/german-bundesliga-202425/round-11/K9wyXSp3
Our March 1+0 Warm-up Arena starts at 17:00 UTC! You will have the chance to play against some of the titled players before they enter the Titled Arena.
Enter the World of Solving Magic with six-time World Chess Solving Champion GM Kacper Piorun! The Lichess study introduces composed problems used in chess solving competitions. The course is aimed at advanced players: https://lichess.org/study/nCj9zhbM
Congratulations to team Moon Club by MoonWarrior1 for also winning the second ChessMood 20/20 Grand Prix Qualifier with top scorers IM Jakub Půlpán, BetterCollSoul, DrMystic, IM Renato Alfredo Terry Luján, Aghapourchess100 and many others!
Anna Muzychuk leads the Women's Grand Prix Nicosia (https://lichess.org/broadcast/fide-womens-grand-prix-202425--nicosia/iKyh0heF) on the first rest day with 4/5 points, ahead of Zhu Jiner and Aleksandra Goryachkina.
Watch more high-level chess now in the European Championship 2025 (https://lichess.org/broadcast/european-championship-2025/ti2oVwA9), where Daniil Yuffa is the only player to have won every game after 5 rounds!
Design Milk : Printworks Introduces Chess Set for New Yorker Centennial https://design-milk.com/printworks-introduces-chess-set-for-new-yorker-centennial/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=printworks-introduces-chess-set-for-new-yorker-centennial #ChristophNiemann #graphicdesign #accessories #newyorkcity #boardgames #Printworks #Lifestyle #accessory #boardgame #NewYorker #chessset #chess #games #Main #game
Design Milk · Printworks Introduces Chess Set for New Yorker CentennialFeaturing illustrations by regular contributor Christoph Niemann, PRINTWORKS celebrates The New Yorker's 100th anniversary with a chess set.
Reality TV chess program in the UK. Will it help to popularise the game?
First, I can't stand Reality TV.
Second, I don't play and study chess because I want to be popular. I like disappearing into my own little world.
https://www.chess.com/news/view/bbc-chess-masters-good-news-for-chess-reactions
Chess.com · 'Good News For Chess' As BBC's 'Chess Masters' Sparks Mixed Reactions Following Premiere
I'm playing as black versus mastodon.social/@emanuelecariati
on the fediverse!
This is the game:
https://castling.club/games/ea4144f7-f3a9-41e1-9db9-8a5f51ce4405
