This is ABSOLUTELY INSANE.
Tyler1 has just crossed 1900 Elo in chess.
He is now ranked in the top 0.5% IN THE WORLD.
He learned chess 10 months ago. Is this man human?
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- Replying to @chesscomThe responses to this post fully encapsulate what is wrong with this platform and, more generally, the world today
- Tyler1 might be the greatest chess prodigy to ever live. He is now 1400 elo. In 2 months of play. God help us all.
- Magnus Carlsen has been disqualified from the World Rapid Chess Championship in Round 9 due to a dress code violation (jeans) and previous warning. In an interview, he said he is no longer playing the World Blitz Championship either, and instead going on vacation.
- This is INSANE. With his victory today, Hikaru Nakamura is now the #2 ranked chess player in the world, overtaking Caruana. He crosses the 2800 Elo mark for the first time in nearly TEN YEARS. An unbelievable career resurgence.
- Hot take: the recent viral chess bishop post has convinced me that this platform is overrun with bot accounts. Faceless troll profiles with 10, 20, even 50 thousand posts, all spewing hateful rhetoric. I miss old Twitter.
- This is completely insane. Tyler1 has just crossed 1700 Elo in chess. Just 8 months ago, his elo was literally 199. In less than 1 year, he has become stronger than nearly 99% of all chess players on the planet.
- So the Louis Vuitton photoshoot with Messi/Ronaldo features a game between Magnus and Hikaru from 2017. But… why specifically that one?
- I've been sitting here numb for the past hour staring at this news. The world lost a brilliant man today. May his memory live on forever and may we always cherish his contributions to our beautiful game.The Naroditsky family shares the sad news of Daniel’s unexpected passing. Daniel was a talented chess player, educator, and beloved member of the chess community. We ask for privacy as the family grieves.
- This is absolutely insane. Tyler1 just hit 1200 chess elo. He has played 2300 games and done 7500 puzzles… in JUST 2 months.
- ChatGPT (black pieces) tried chess. It was an absolute fucking disaster. (from r/AnarchyChess on Reddit)
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