Peter Svidler

@polborta.bsky.social

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i have the best dog. chessplayer, cricket tragic, reader of books

two posts from 10 days ago, talking about england playing rehan as a specialist fielder in the t20s
Black poodle somewhat startled by a frog
Black standard poodle on a lawn, looking left
discord chat log Lorinda — 8:45 PM well lads, ive had 3 hours to process this now and the answer is that someone had a bet on something Niz — 8:47 PM that does seem like a conclusion that you would come to Lorinda — 8:48 PM fair Sherlock Holmes said it first. When you've eliminated the improbable, someone had a bet on something
Black poodle lying in the doorframe, paws crossed, looking into the camera
A bunch of screens on a desk ENG v NZ on the larger screen, IRE v IND on a smaller one
Chess study W: ke3 bb4 nd6 pp a3 b3 d4 f2 B: kb6 qa6 pp a7 c6 f6
chess position in which white has a very nice mate in three W: Kg1 Rf1 Rd1 Be3 Bh5 Nd4 pp a2 b2 f2 g2 h2 B: Ke7 Ra8 Rh8 Bg7 Bc8 Nb8 pp a6 b5 e6 f6 h7
middle aged man in a suit. on his sleeve is a yellowish sticker featuring among other things a drawing of a star
senior chessplayer failing to get a good split in a straight pool game. there are people playing darts and singing karaoke in the background
black standard poodle standing next to peonies in bloom
Wei Yi-Svidler, game 1 of the KO match vs Dragon Chilling.
Black standard poodle upright, looking stern
ben foakes looking dreamy
senior chessplayer offering a resignation handshake to his opponent
group 1 of the women's T20 world cup
black poodle sleeping on a rug, using his favourite plushie croc toy as a pillow
Black poodle with a mohawk sitting in his human's lap doing a blep
pragg's last six rounds in norway chess - losses to gukesh and wesley, and then four wins in a row, vs alireza magnus gukesh and keymer
position from pragg vs keymer, last round of norway chess 2026. vincent just played Nb8-c6 with the pawn still on c7. we the olds disapprove
discord screenshot of me trying to unjinx the england innings and failing
screenshot of an email message from chess.com that goes 'still working? lame. play a chess game instead'
Black standard poodle laying on a brown sofa. Next to him is an upright sg nexus plus cricket bat. a sachin biography and a cardus are visible on the bookshelf behind him
apollo dodgeball meme
Black poodle in a pet shop, nose to nose with a mini capibara
black poodle in a castro hat
two ragdoll cats in a nest
Black poodle taking a nap on a nest of pillows next to his favourite croc toy in preparation for 5 hours of exciting chess ahead
Black standard poodle sleeping on the floor
Black standard poodle looking into the camera
Alireza's 9playing setup from now on
Black standard poodle smiling
samuel l jackson 'say what again' template pic caption is: say maxine again. say maxine again, i dare you
Black poodle looking quizzical
Black poodle wearing a red necklace, looking into the camera
Black standard poodle lying on a wooden floor
Black poodle asleep on a sofa, bent into a shape that would throw my back out for all eternity
black poodle on fresh green grass
position from korchnoi-yemelin White: Kg1, Rg2 Rh7, pp h5 b5 Black: Kf8, Re6 Rd8, pp e5 d3
position from korchnoi-yemelin White: Kg1, Rc7 Rh7, pp h5 b5 Black: Kg8, Re6 Rd8, pp e5 d3
Black poodle trying to figure out a hedgehog
Two laptops and an external screen, showing three cricket streams and a snooker one
another email from chess.com, this one telling me i could have been big, but all my potential has been wasted
Black poodle resting on a rug
list of grischuk's white games in kazan 2011. all the classical ones are drawn, and there are some short ones, but not all - and if you can read ECO codes, you will note it's almost entirely QGDs
black poodle sitting in a cafe, smiling into the camera
an email from chess.com that goes 'do you know the difference between you and magnus? - he never gave up on Chess'
black poodle with three headbands, snoot on front paws
divya-bibisara, move 12. white can keep the pressure with 12.na3, and if black wants the benoni with exd5 cxd5, white has a very good version of it. instead she played 12.dxe6 fxe6 13.bf4 ne5 14.bxe5 dxe5, resulting in a very dry and pretty level position.
vaishali-lagno, move 11
black poodle on an orange lead
crosstable of the women's tournament with one round to go
zhu vs goryachkina. white could further consolidate with Kf2, Ra2, Qd3 etc. the Bb7 looks threatening but f3 is really well protected. after 45.g5 though, the white kside is once again becoming a target. getting the pawn to g6 looks good at first, but ends being overambitious. however, white is still fine, of course.
zhu jiner vs goryachkina, move 21. Black is a pawn down, but the bishop pair, weak light squares around the white king, and the passer on a5 give black good counterplay. note the clocks - zhu spent basically no time at all getting here, and goryachkina is also playing very fast
lagno v divya, move 16. white wins with 16.f4 bxb2 17.Ra2 or 16...bd6 17.c5, instead kateryna played 16.qb3
tan v vaishali, move 22. White is clearly better, you can play Qd2 here, connecting the rooks and not worrying about Nd4 Bxb7, but Re1 that tan chose is also pretty good
bibisara vs muzychuk, move 15. Rhe1 is a very nice shot here, giving white a very big edge since Bxb5 is met by 16.Bb4
caruana-pragg, 17.nd2. white clearly wants nc4 here, but black can cover it in a variety of ways, Rc8-c6 is fine, castling is also fine. instead pragg went 17...h5? 18.nc4 f4? (18...e5 dx dx rfd1 rh6 looks horrible but doesn't lose yet, perhaps) and was in deep trouble => diag2
wei yi-esipenko, move 8