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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. Event: 2025 FIDE World Cup - Round 3

   Official Website

   Follow the games here: Chess.com | Lichess | Chess-Results | Pairings & Results - Rd.3

   The 2025 FIDE World Cup is an important event in the international chess calendar and helps determine qualification for the 2026 FIDE Candidates Tournament, which decides the challenger for the World Chess Championship. It will take place from October 31 to November 27, 2025, at the five-star Rio Resort in Goa, India. The tournament will feature many of the

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3. Finished a wplace memorial for Danya 🕊️

   Located in his hometown of Charlotte, North Carolina. https://wplace.live/?lat=35.0952467975221&lng=-80.79758822197266&zoom=15.211835115881737 submitted by /u/PainTensei [link] [comments]

4. GM Cristian Chirila reports hearing many issues with World Cup hotel, including "very regular instances on bedbugs" on latest C-squared podcast. Corroborating Nepo's claims about poor conditions.

   Full quote and supporting photos in the linked podcast, starting at 52:48. *Edit: title quote should say "very regular instances *of* bedbugs" submitted by

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5. Full context of the conditions Nepo was mentioning after getting eliminated from the World Cup

   This is loosely translated by ChatGPT so please keep this in mind. This is from Nepo's recent video talking about his Grand Swiss and World Cup performances and the conditions in Goa that he complained about. Now, moving smoothly to the World Cup—the main reason for this video, in a sense. The World Cup was in India, and you have to say—it’s a very specific place. I wasn’t at the Olympiad there two or three years ago, which was held in Chennai. They say

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6. Lorenzo Lodici (2572) eliminates Hans Niemann from the 2025 World Cup

   submitted by /u/atbg1936 [link] [comments]