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Rakshit (chessiro.com)
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Rakshit (chessiro.com)
@Ra1kshit
Bangalore
Joined October 2021
- For the first time ever, A sports documentary shot before a historic success was achieved. This documentary's shooting started in 2020 and tracked the rise of Indian chess. Can't wait for it to release!
- There's a big difference between what Carlsen and Hikaru did. When Carlsen banged the table a few months back, that was pure emotion and frustration. But what Hikaru did by tossing his king piece? That was different. He was putting on a show and giving the event the entertainment
- Super interested to put together a group of people that understand chess and tech well. Comment below if you are one, or i know someone in this intersection.
- Best time to actually learn CS fundamentals Best time to build and ship products Best time to go deep while others stay surface-level Worst time to be mediocre and expect big paychecks Worst time to think "good enough" is enough Worst time to job-hop without real skills TheI will say this for the third time, there was never a better time to be in computer science than now
- Amount of impact sagar, amruta has had on indian chess is insane, Also lucky to have great friends and mentors like them, known them as friends for more than a year and despite their busy schedule they have been just like family to me 💕
00:00 - Fun Fact: @DGukesh did bungee jumping from the exact place this tarrak Mehta bungee jumping episode was shot at!
- Taking nothing away from the man of the moment Gukesh! But a huge fan of @viditchess 's play this tournament. Every game was a fight ! Great spirit , great games. Many more candidates to come.
- A lot of people are talking about the playing conditions in India at the Chess World Cup. I stayed in the same hotel for a week and personally didn’t face any issues with bedbugs or mosquitoes (though I always kept my balcony doors closed after 6 PM, maybe that helped). As for
- Chess tech nerds and me.
- Remember this? No one gave chances for Vidit to do well in this tournament, he is off to a great start with the black pieces against the fav of the tournament. #ViditFTW
- IIT Madras campus is huge , having to use gps to navigate to places. Also here the hostels don't have a curfew timing, I was in the reading room till 2am last night. The campus is really cool
- Thankful to be part of this community. Absolutely stunning to see close to 50K indian viewers staying up all night to watch chess. Thanks to these two beautiful individuals @ReheSamay @sagarchess1 . Feeling lucky to know them
