Cennydd

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Walthamstow Chess Club guy · Catalan enjoyer, philosopher, occasional arbiter · 1600ish · #chesspunks · Main: @cennydd.com

Hanging with GM David Howell, who was just lovely.
Chess position from Bowles–Ainscow, Dec 2024. White is about to do something stupid. FEN: r3k2r/pp1n1p2/2p2q2/2Pppb2/1P1P2p1/2R1P1Q1/P2N1PBP/4K2R w Kkq - 0 18
Chess board: Hall–Bowles, Dec 2024. FEN: 1r2k3/5ppp/4n3/Pp1r4/1B1p4/7P/5PP1/R2R1K2 b. Black is about to do something stupid.
Image of chess pieces overlaid with text: 'Walthamstow chess meetup, last Sunday of the month. Sunday 29 June 2–5pm. Lord Palmerston pub garden, E17 5JN. Free to attend. Boards and sets provided. All ages, abilities, and dogs welcome (children must be accompanied by an adult).
Book: Philosophy Looks At Chess, edited by Benjamin Hale.
Chess.com game review. Coach says 'A nice even game' but the graph tells a different story: White blundered and Black was totally winning but blundered back. A nice even game it was not.
Ye olde weightlifting skeleton meme. ‘My body is a machine that turns [picture of the Sicilian Rossolimo from Black’s PoV] into [½-½ Drawn by agreement · Draw]’
Chessboard from Black’s perspective. White has a good major-piece kingside attack going.
A church set up for a chess tournament. In the foreground, a plastic set. In the background, an altar (avec drumkit!) and tall stained glass window.
for reasons unknown I have spent five minutes on Christmas Day to crudely superimpose Pepe the king prawn’s muppet head onto one of the orgy workers from eyes wide shut. the effect is unsettling.
Room setup at the Richmond FIDE Blitz: a school gym with maybe 60 individual tables set up with chess boards.
100% real dialog UI from Final Fantasy VIII. It reads “London System? …Whatever.”
Photo of Arsenal’s Emirates Stadium, Highbury, London. A large Arsenal crest dominates the red-tinted fascia. The sky is blue overhead.