World Chess's Greatest Hits

World Chess, the artists formerly known as Agon, are organizing the FIDE Grand Prix this week. Let’s celebrate that by looking back at some of their greatest hits.

First up, a true classic of the genre. Short, sweet and incredibly professional.

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@lachesisq sorry you lost bro.

Yan Nepomniachtchi @lachesisq

Hamburg Grand Prix organisation recipe from @theworldchess : choose the most expensive and nice hotel and the most cheap and unsuitable playing venue. At least I rejoice I shouldn't go there anymore. Good luck to remaining players :) #GrandPrixFIDE #chess

Next, a recent post about famous chess.com streamer “David Hess” and “Deplorable Dubov”.

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🗨 “No! No! No!,” — cried David Hess, who called the game for chesscom. Chess-news, a provocative Russian-language chess site, rushed to state that "chess is never going to be a sport if rules stay the same”. Read more ⬇️ worldchess.com/news/all/strea…

worldchess.comStreamers React to the Deplorable Dubov — Shakh DrawJust as chess commentators zoomed in on a promising Dubov — Shakh game at the Tata Steel Masters last night

Snark.

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@Gheppetto_ @FIDE_chess Not the way the truth works, usually. But yeah, anyone can say anything they want.

Close enough?

A fascinating take on Igors Rausis being caught cheating.

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It's unfortunate that the chess photos that get the most publicity will never have branding on them.

nypost.comChess grandmaster allegedly caught cheating on toilet during tournamentA rising chess star was caught allegedly cheating in a bathroom during a tournament in France this week — apparently confirming months of speculation about his meteoric rise to “super” grandmaster,…

LOTS :(

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Hikaru Nakamura lost to Veselin Topalov on tiebreaks and is leaving the tournament. worldchess.com

Class.

After their third spelling of “Nepomniachtchi”.

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@Fabian_Mind @lachesisq @FIDE_chess @chess24com @GrandChessTour @chesscom Have you ever tried to spell Ian's name!? Thanks for pointing out.

Fun with flags.

More fun with flags.

Waleed @WSK207

Kramnik changed his federation to Belgium?

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On June 10, we'll try to show chess in a very different way. A tournament was developed for prime time TV and is indeed very innovative for chess and sports broadcasting in general. It's produced in virtual reality pavilion and shows the games in a dramatic way. #armageddon https://t.co/n4qDulyfw2

He wasn’t.

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@WSK207 He is thinking about it!

Be nice!

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@AndreyDeviatkin Thanks for pointing this out. But doing it in a NICER way would probably show that you really mean it.

A solid understanding of the format of their own event...

…and the time control.

But at least they learn from experience!

Be sure to follow @theworldchess for lots of guaranteed fun during the Berlin Grand Prix!

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