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@adamhotep@infosec.exchange
2026-01-24 02:45:13

The Bongcloud Attack (standard king's pawn advancement, then move the king up) is possibly the worst opening in #chess. In this tournament coverage video, it is used by one grandmaster against another. This was dubbed the "Bongcloud Countergambit: Hotbox Variation"

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Chess tournament in which this plays out. You can find it, presumably with captions, at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVCst6vyV80
@UP8@mastodon.social
2026-02-19 18:25:13

♜ The Most Chess-Obsessed Country in the World
#chess

@scottmiller42@mstdn.social
2026-02-19 01:46:40

Oof, this doesn’t seem like it was that long ago.
30 years ago, February 10-17, 1996, Garry Kasparov beat the IBM supercomputer Deep Blue 4 games to 2.
#Chess #GarryKasparov #DeepBlue

@mlawton@mstdn.social
2026-02-14 16:27:26

While I'm delighted with 91.5% accuracy and 0 mistakes, misses, or blunders, it played out naturally enough to just ~feel~ obvious.
I'll take it.
#chess

1. e4 c5 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 dxe4 4. Bxe4 Nf6 5. Bg2 Bg4 6. Nf3 Nbd7 $6 7. O-O e5 8.
Nc3 e4 $2 9. Re1 Qe7 $6 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Qd6 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 O-O-O 14.
d3 Qe6 $2 15. Bxb7+ $1 Kxb7 16. Rxe6 fxe6 17. Qf3+ Kb6 18. b4 Be7 19. bxc5+ Bxc5 20.
Be3 Bxe3 21. Qxe3+ Kc7 22. Qxe6 Rb8 23. Re1 Rbe8 24. Qc4+ Kd8 25. Rxe8+ Rxe8 26.
Qf7 Re2 27. Qxg7 Rxc2 28. Qxh7 Rxa2 $6 29. Qg8+ Ke7 30. Qxa2 Nc5 31. Qxa7+ Nd7
32. h4 Kd6 33. f4 Ke6 34. d4 Nf6 35. Qb6+ Kf7 36. Qb3+ Ke7 37. f5 Kd8 $6 38. Qe6
Nd7 39. f6…
@matematico314@social.linux.pizza
2026-02-15 16:46:22

No dia 31 saiu a versão 18 do #stockfish e eu só soube agora.
#chess #xadrez #chessengines