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1. Weekly Discussion & Tournament Thread Index - May 06, 2024 [Mod Applications Welcome]

   r/chess Weekly Discussion Thread

   You are welcome to ask here all kinds of chess-related questions that don't warrant their own post. You can also discuss or ask questions about upcoming tournaments that don't have their own thread yet.

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2. Event: Superbet Poland Rapid & Blitz 2024

   Official Website Follow the games here: Chess.com WARSAW - For the first time since winning the Candidates Tournament, the new challenger for the world title, Dommaraju Gukesh, will face former world champion Magnus Carlsen in an official tournament. Gukesh is one of four ‘regulars’ participating in the first event of this year’s Grand Chess Tour, the Superbet Rapid & Blitz Poland tournament.

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3. Anna Cramling the creator of cow says that she will challenge tyler1 to a chess game when he gets 2k rating

   submitted by /u/tyler1updates [link] [comments]

4. Wesley So's online chess setup

   submitted by /u/_mutex [link] [comments]

5. The most counter-intuitive move I've ever seen

   This is a (seemingly) simple study, whose solution absolutely blows my mind. Wondering what you guys think of it submitted by /u/Bldynails [link] [comments]

6. Gukesh blunders his queen thinking it was mate in 2 against Kirill Shevchenko in Round 1 of Superbet Poland Rapid 2024

   Pretty surprising tbh. https://preview.redd.it/ye7h497587zc1.png?width=1085&format=png&auto=webp&s=108d41ba9bf76460b85b637d72c578803aafe966 submitted by /u/ashxpoetry

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