Reddit/r/chess

1. Mod Announcement: New temporary measures to help manage the sub

   It has been over a week since we learned of Danya’s passing. A long, painful week for all of us. On Wednesday, the mod team pinned a thread asking for the input of the r/Chess community as we determine what the best way forward is. We’ve heard lots of opinions, and we have a lot to discuss together. (If you haven’t shared your thoughts in the pinned thread, please do so!)

   However, we have also seen a massive explosion in activity in the sub in that same period. We saw a 7x increase in activity the day after the news broke. As we shared in the pinned thread it has become very difficult for us to moderate the sub. We are still seeing nearly 4x as many posts and comments.

   So much of that activity is wonderful, but a lot of it is heated; and not just emotion-filled disagreements, but an increase in insults and behaviors that break

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2. The Vladimir Kramnik Megathread

   Vladimir Kramnik continues to make claims about cheating in chess. Danya's untimely passing has brought in a huge wave of new users, posts, and comments to this sub, much of it focusing on Kramnik and his statements. In order to help the mod team manage the sub until new rules can be proposed and voted on by the community, Kramnik is temporarily deplatformed from r/Chess, with the exception of this megathread. The mod team will maintain this thread as the central place to discuss Kramnik, his claims, new tweets or statements from him, etc. Please keep all discussion regarding Kramnik to this megathread until new rules have been voted on and approved by the community.

   submitted by /u/nloding [link] ...

3. Faustino takes down GM Ante Brkic after intense tiebreaks! He will meet Vidit in round 2

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

4. Thank you everybody who has signed the petition it has now hit 50k signatures.

   submitted by /u/under_ghost2012 [link] [comments]

5. What do you call a tactic like this?

   submitted by /u/No-Two-6844 [link] [comments]

6. Aronyak Ghosh is the third IM to make it to round 2 and will meet Levon Aronian

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