โ๏ธ Chess Grandmaster ๐ 3-time British Champion ๐ฅ Olympic gold medallist โ๐ป Columnist for The Times ๐๏ธ Commentator ๐บ Presenter of BBC2's Chess Masters
London, England
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Focus. Brilliance. Raw passion, anger, shock. Elation. Sportsmanship. This moment had it all.
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Words don't feel sufficient. I still don't want to believe it ๐ Thank you so much Danya for our blitz sessions, our late night calls, for sharing the mic with me during commentary, for the laughs, and for teaching me so much. You were always a beacon of light. We all miss you.
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Spotted on the plane: passenger playing chess โ๐ Should I send him a sneaky challenge?
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Starting tomorrow, I will play a match against Magnus Carlsen. 35 games of classical chess. If I draw all 35, I will qualify for the Candidates ๐๐ #OsloMatch #TheRaceBegins #Candidates
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Congrats to Gukesh on winning the Candidates!! What a tournament ๐
I knew he was special ever since our first game. He was just 12 years old (but already a GM! ๐คฏ ) While analysing, both his mature attitude and his calculation skills impressed me hugely. Future world champ? ๐
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Incredible composure ๐
Gukesh's interview after defeating Magnus Carlsen for the first time in the classical format at the @NorwayChess event!
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Thanks to everyone for their messages of support! ๐๐ Winning gold at the Olympiad was a lifelong dream ๐ฅ I never thought it would become reality. Special thanks to Team England - I'm going to do everything possible to make sure we are even more successful in future! #chess
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Incredible! Not sure what the peak was earlier, but just saw 200k people watching Candidates commentary on @chess24com across YouTube and Twitch ๐คฏ๐ฅ
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Paying my respects to one of the greatest chess players who ever lived. Robert James Fischer, 1943-2008. โ๐ฎ๐ธ #chess #worldchampion
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It was a pleasure commentating on the World Championship match alongside the wonderful and talented @thelittlehat - thanks to everyone who tuned into our broadcast! ๐๐๐ฌ Congrats to @DGukesh , our new world champion! ๐๐ฅ
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Teenagers these days! Always photobombing ๐คฆ๐ปโโ๏ธ #Gukesh #18 ๐๐ฅ
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I should definitely have charged more for those training sessions... #FreestyleGOAT
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Nearly rage-quit after blundering in an early game. But with some perseverance and a lot of luck, it turns out miracles do happen. Might have to postpone my retirement plans... ๐คฏ
๐Congratulations to ๐@DavidHowellGM๐for winning the FIRST #titledtuesday of the year 2022 with a fantastic score of 10/11!๐
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Today was one of the most unpleasant experiences of my career. Not only did the arbiter not know the laws of chess, but he patted me on my bum while trying to usher me out of the playing hall. Surely this is harassment? @ECUonline
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The face of a man who's just finished a long hard tournament. Thanks to everyone for their messages of support over the past 2 weeks, I truly appreciate it! ๐โค
(picture by the awesome @photochess)
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Can't decide if this is the best or worst book promotion ever ๐ Thought he'd at least be grateful to be invited to a party ๐
Either way, we've published a book! And I'm super proud of it. ๐ #GrindLikeAGrandmaster
@DavidHowellGM wrote a book and put my name on the cover. He also tricked me into promoting it by inviting me to a party. Donโt rely on such cheap tricks in your chess games, learn how to #grindlikeagrandmaster
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Olympiads are the perfect place to catch up with old friends...or to spot chess legends. #ChessOlympiad2022 #chennai #GOAT๐ต
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Rest in peace, Boris Spassky. World Champion, attacking maestro, overall gentleman. He was full of warm words when I met him. I still recall his hearty laugh as he shared jokes/beers with my Dad โค๏ธ๐ญ He even agreed to play blitz (fittingly crushed me in a King's Gambit). Legend.
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Visited the memorial of one of the best chess players in history. Mikhail Tal, what a legend โกโ
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Congrats to my co-author on his latest wins! Too strong, too fast. ๐ ๐๐ #Grindmaster
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Now I understand why no teams want to sign me ๐ช Gonna legally change my name to Davd.
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Happy Birthday to the GOAT, Garry Kasparov ๐ Grateful for everything I've learnt from him over the years. #chess #worldchampion
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Another day, another tough 5-hour game. England eventually managed to sneak past Singapore (my mother's homeland) 3-1. ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ๐ธ๐ฌ #ChessOlympiad2022 #chennai #chess
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Final round today! Who do you think is going to win Norway Chess 2025? (3 points for a classical win, 1.5 for armageddon win, 1 for armageddon loss, 0 for a loss)
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Flag-bearing for England at the Olympiad. I look way too excited ๐ ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ #ChessOlympiad22 #chess #Chennai
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I've been deposed ๐
Was fun while it lasted!
Welcome to England, Nikita ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Let's do great things together ๐ช
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Difficult game against Cyprus, but managed to start with a win โ 1 down, 10 to go. #ChennaiOlympiad2022 #chess
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There goes my world record for youngest player to beat a GM in a competitive game ๐ญ. It stood for almost 25 years. About time it was broken! Glad that I at least share the Singapore connection with the new record holder ๐ Congrats to Ashwath โ
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Thoughts on the "game" between Dubov and Nepomniachtchi? ๐ค๐ค
"This is the actual final position of the game!" ๐คฏ๐คฏ๐คฏ
The Dubov-Nepomniachtchi Immortal.
#RapidBlitz
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Guess who warmed up for Titled Tuesday yesterday with some mouse exercises? Some insane skills โก๏ธ๐ฅ
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Congratulations to @DavidHowellGM for winning individual gold for England at the 2022 FIDE Chess Olympiad with a stunning score of 7.5/8!
This is his first gold medal in an Olympiad ๐ฅ
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Another day, another marathon. This time only 8 hours and 142 moves ๐ด๐ทโ Thanks for the many kind words of support! #GrandSwiss2021
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The team at @ChampChessTour are full of surprises! Gotta admit that this video made me a bit emotional ๐ฅบ
The people have spoken and we've answered... Tour Director @arnehorvei officially invites David to play in the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour after his brilliant performance in the Olympiad!
Do you think David will accept the challenge?
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Someone just pointed out that I'm on the front page of Wikipedia (English) ๐ต๐ฏ๐๐คฏ
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Congratulations to @LevAronian for winning the Las Vegas Freestyle Grand Slam! ๐ ๐
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Hess, Polgar, Naroditsky, Leko. I've been in chess heaven this past week. Hope everyone has enjoyed the first half of the Candidates as much as I have! ๐๐๐ฟ
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Happy New Year, everyone! ๐ฅณ๐ฅ May 2022 be a prosperous one for all of you ๐ซ
I've pretty much already broken my New Year's resolutions. Hope you're all doing better than me!
(photo by @LennartOotes )
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Hope everyone enjoyed the show at the @EWC_EN! Congrats to Magnus for his victory ๐ Personal highlight was working alongside these incredibly talented people ๐๐
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Excited to announce that Chess Masters: The Endgame will be hitting your screens soon! We put everything into this project, and it's probably the most proud/excited I've ever been๐. Episode one launches on BBC2 at 8pm on Monday 10th March. Spread the word! #ChessMasters #Endgame
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Lucky and grateful to have such great co-commentators! ๐๐ป We're live with day two of the #JuliusBaerGenerationCup right now!
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Spot the future world title challengers! World U12 C'ship, 2002 #classof1990
(R to L: Nepo, Carlsen, some English patzer, Andreikin, Nguyen, Wei Chenpeng. Also participating were MVL, Le Quang Liem, Saric, Kuzubov, and many other super-GMs)
Thanks @GMastrokoukos for the pic!
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On the last World Championship rest day, it was -11ยฐC so I decided to freshen up with a swim ๐ฅถโ Any suggestions for what I should do today? And how are you spending YOUR rest day? #c24live #CarlsenNepo #chess
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Goodbye Chess24. Thanks for all the good times โค
Farewell @chess24com and thanks for the memories! ๐ซถ๐ผ They were the first to give me a full-time job in the chess world and I learned so much while living in Hamburg and working in the office in 2016. Shoutout to all the amazing people that made this such an incredible experience!
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So I might have been knocked out of the World Cup in Round 3 (๐ญ), but on the bright side it means I get to commentate alongside the legendary Peter Leko for the first time! ๐ ๐ Who are you cheering for in the #FIDEWorldCup today? ๐
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Nothing quite like beating a 10 year old in chess @MagnusCarlsen ๐ค
๐ช Here's the moment @DavidHowellGM went full Hulk mode and got his revenge against 10-year-old @MagnusCarlsen on the #PlayMagnus app.
Watch the full clip โก๏ธ piped.video/V6NKaV8EZfc
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Close, but not close enough. Was fun while it lasted though ๐ Congrats and good luck to Vidit in the next round. He was too fast for me today! โก #MDI2
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Thanks to everyone for their support over the last 24 hours. Victory in the final round would have been life-changing, but it wasn't to be. As usual my nerves let me down. Congratulations to Wang Hao on qualifying for the Candidates. Well deserved.
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Pantastic news! Magnus and the World Blitz Championship have always been a denim-ic duo โก๏ธโ๏ธ๐
BREAKING: @MagnusCarlsen returns to play the World Blitz Championship.
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