Mark Drury
@markdruryLongtime tech worker in Silicon Valley, husband, father, chess player, golfer, fly fisher, backpacker, hiker, cyclist and lover of books, bookstores and reading
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FFS, @amazon, your "customer service" is now so bad it begins to rival that of @ATT, and that speaks volumes. A simple item return request turned into 3 separate calls being placed on hold, only to be disconnected after ~5 minutes of silence each time, and still no resolution ...
This wonderful puzzle was shared with @MenloParkChess members Thursday and, after much pondering over promotion, under-promotion and all manner or tempi-saving devices, we finally cracked it—definitely worth a few minutes of your time: lichess.org/study/rKMjKVWb #Chess #chesspunks
We have a curated set of positions to practice checkmates, common tactical patterns, and endgames! All for free, of course. Check out Lichess Practice ➡️ lichess.org/practice
We held our first blitz tournament of the year last night in two sections. Section A, an 8-player round robin, was won by FM Shawnak Shivakumar with a score of 6.5 out of 7 points. Samuel Agdamag won Section B, a 5-round Swiss event, with a score of 4.5 points. #chesspunks #Chess
Wednesday, December 14th, we held another single-section Swiss-system #blitz #tournament, a G/3+2 affair with 24 players and, as with last week, Kunal Modi mowed through the field for another perfect 5 of 5 result. Adam Stevens and Aaron Cho tied for second with 4 points apiece.
Second only to @elonmusk's #FreeSpeech campaign in the annals of colossal unwitting self-parody in the digital age, we have #realdonaldtrump's $99 "Limited Edition #TrumpTradingCards." The Trump ordurosphere needs know that the #MAGA base cannot afford these, Holidays be damned!
So, @elonmusk, we're to understand you took down @ElonJet today because "it is a security risk" but you have no problem vilifying #DrFauci, making him the target of innumerable #QAnonCult simps who are skulking in the shadows on your platform? How does this advance #FreeSpeech?!
The #QElon bot posting as @elonmusk is growing more wearisome by the hour, but like so many others I can’t bring myself to look away, certain the sad attention-seeker will self-immolate with the very next #tweet. #ElonMuskIsATroll #elonmuskbooed #ElonIsDestroyingTwitter
Worth the quick read and, sadly, pretty much as we surmised:
I registered for @RAGBRAI_IOWA today with team Monte Wolfe, the 50th anniversary #RAGBRAI ride, my first and I couldn't be more excited! May very well be how you, too, should spend the last week in July, 2023: ragbrai.com. #cycling #cyclinglife #touring
Adithya Karavadi (pictured on the left in the image) is the first-ever Menlo Park Chess Club Champion. This was a fun tournament with 42 people participating (Douglas Adams would approve) and we'll no doubt hold the same event same time next year! @USChess #chess #chesspunks
The Menlo Park #Chess Club wrapped up its championship with Adithya Karavadi standing alone atop the wall chart with 4.5 out of 5 points. Five others tied for second with 4 points: Pranav Jindal, Aaron Cho, Andy Shih, Daniel Francis and Cesar Tamondong. Well played, all of you!
#ChessDrama Hot Take: @HansMokeNiemann is now a bigger #chess draw than @MagnusCarlsen, though both are left coveting the obscene viral, international demand for @anishgiri’s clothing-optional #hatha blindfold simuls. #chesspunks #SlowSaturday
Has there ever been a concurrent U.S. Girls' Junior and U.S. Women's Champion before, @USChess? What a year, @jenniferyuuu! #chess #chesspunks
The #chess mafia sent an unambiguous message to @HansMokeNiemann today via enforcer @SamSevian that his anal beads could soon see the company of various stray chess piece parts were his winning ways to continue. Expect a flaccid draw or loss from d'Moke in tomorrow's final round.
Forty aspirants to the mantle "Menlo Park Chess Club Champion" took part in our round one Wednesday and, despite it being the first round of a single-section Swiss event, when contests are typically more lopsided, a good many games ran up against the G/60 d/5 time control. #chess
Forget #chessdrama: @wizards_magic just announced the $1,000 #MTG30thEdition 4-pack (60 non-legal cards including commons + basic lands) and the raging pitchforks, tar and feathers seen on Twitter and elsewhere are a sure sign that #MTGisDead if this product "strategy" continues.
Today marks an *extremely* exciting anniversary! 😎 #OTD 10 years ago, the Hubble Extreme Deep Field image was released. Over 2,000 photos of this spot were combined to create this image, which contains over 5,500 galaxies: go.nasa.gov/3DW81jY
Our Surfeit of Blitz Marathon (new.uschess.org/menlo-park-che…) wrapped up Wednesday with US Women's Open Champ Bada Norovsambuu taking 1st in the final G/3+0 tourney. This was a very popular event for our club, drawing many new members, something other clubs may wish to try. #chesspunks
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