Gastón Franco

@GatoFranco90

Chess puzzles Mondays and Fridays, random stuff (probably still chess related) the rest of the week Same username on Bluesky and Instagram 🇦🇷

London, UK

Joined February 2011

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Gastón Franco@GatoFranco90 · Sep 27, 2022

Such an amazing night with a true legend of the game, a memory I will always carry 😊 thanks @ChrisSkulte for organising!

HHammersmith Chess@hammer_chess · Sep 26, 2022

Tonight we are welcoming legend of English chess @MickeyAdamsGM at the London Mindsports center for lecture, a simul and a signing of his great new book "Think like a Super GM"

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Gastón Franco@GatoFranco90 · Jul 4

Friday Puzzle Hoping for a quiet rest of the day at work, being a US holiday. So I'll share a simple one - any good solver would find the first move instantly! White to play and mate in 2, by James Halkett (1898) #chesspunks

GatoFranco90's tweet image. Friday Puzzle

Hoping for a quiet rest of the day at work, being a US holiday.

So I'll share a simple one - any good solver would find the first move instantly!

White to play and mate in 2, by James Halkett (1898)
#chesspunks

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Hammersmith Chess@hammer_chess · 6 h

Tonight's Duck Chess tournament, featuring 26 players, is well underway! Top seed Gastón is playing well and looks on quack to win for a second week running. Can anyone stop him?

Gastón Franco@GatoFranco90 · 14 h

Monday Puzzle Had a quiet weekend and tried to teach my girlfriend how to play tennis 🎾 Sharing a mate in 2 with a well known topic, can you find it? By William Atkinson (1890) #chesspunks

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Had a quiet weekend and tried to teach my girlfriend how to play tennis 🎾

Sharing a mate in 2 with a well known topic, can you find it?
By William Atkinson (1890)

#chesspunks

Gastón Franco@GatoFranco90 · Jul 22

I won a rapid tournament at my club last night 😁 I feel like I hadn't been playing so well lately, after the league season ended. So I'm happy to have won some games again

GatoFranco90's tweet image. I won a rapid tournament at my club last night 😁

I feel like I hadn't been playing so well lately, after the league season ended. So I'm happy to have won some games again

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Gastón Franco@GatoFranco90 · Jul 21

Monday Puzzle Sharing what might be a harder one this time, at least at a first glance. The white pieces are quite far from the king, but they coordinate beautifully. White to play and mate in 2, by Eduard Schildberg (1915) #chesspunks

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Sharing what might be a harder one this time, at least at a first glance. The white pieces are quite far from the king, but they coordinate beautifully.

White to play and mate in 2, by Eduard Schildberg (1915)
#chesspunks

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Gastón Franco@GatoFranco90 · Jul 18

Friday Puzzle Pretty sure I've shared some from the same composer before, hopefully I haven't posted this one. White to play and mate in 2, by Josef Cumpe (1934) #chesspunks

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Pretty sure I've shared some from the same composer before, hopefully I haven't posted this one.

White to play and mate in 2, by Josef Cumpe (1934)
#chesspunks

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Gastón Franco@GatoFranco90 · Jul 15

It was McDonnell - La Bourdonnais! Missing a few pawns indeed 🤣

GGastón Franco@GatoFranco90 · Jul 14

I showed a famous game at the club tonight, can you guess which one? Here is the final position, perhaps missing some pawns! Happy Bastille Day 😅 #chesspunks

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Gastón Franco@GatoFranco90 · Jul 14

I showed a famous game at the club tonight, can you guess which one? Here is the final position, perhaps missing some pawns! Happy Bastille Day 😅 #chesspunks

GatoFranco90's tweet image. I showed a famous game at the club tonight, can you guess which one?

Here is the final position, perhaps missing some pawns!

Happy Bastille Day 😅
#chesspunks

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Gastón Franco@GatoFranco90 · Jul 14

Monday puzzle A busy day but I'm looking forward to another lecture at @hammer_chess tonight. It will be shorter than usual but hopefully entertaining. Sharing a mate in 2 by Conrad Bayer (1865). Can you find it? #chesspunks

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A busy day but I'm looking forward to another lecture at @hammer_chess tonight. It will be shorter than usual but hopefully entertaining.

Sharing a mate in 2 by Conrad Bayer (1865). Can you find it?

#chesspunks

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Gastón Franco@GatoFranco90 · Jul 13

Who here knows what I'm having for lunch? 😄🇦🇷

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Gastón Franco@GatoFranco90 · Jul 11

Friday Puzzle Sharing a simple but nice one. Should be fairly obvious once you notice black's main defensive idea. White to play and mate in 2 by Rosario Notaro (1977) Have a nice weekend #chesspunks

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Sharing a simple but nice one. Should be fairly obvious once you notice black's main defensive idea.

White to play and mate in 2 by Rosario Notaro (1977)
Have a nice weekend

#chesspunks

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Gastón Franco@GatoFranco90 · Jul 7

Candela ganó su match contra la jugadora china WIM Gao Muziyan por 1,5 a 0,5 ¡Y AVANZA A LA SEGUNDA RONDA DE LA COPA DEL MUNDO! 🥳🇦🇷🇦🇷🇦🇷 Link partida chess.com/events/2025-fi… #chess #ajedrez

AAjedrez Argentino@ChessArgentino · Jul 5

¡Nuestra campeona, Candela Francisco Guecamburu, en la ceremonia de apertura de la Copa del Mundo! 🇦🇷🇦🇷 ¡Mañana arranca! ¡Vamos, Candeee! ¡Vamos, Argentina! 🇦🇷💪🇦🇷 #chess #ajedrez

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Gastón Franco@GatoFranco90 · Jul 7

Monday puzzle Enjoying an unhealthy choripan for lunch, not quite the same as the way it's made in my country, but good enough. Here is a mate in 2 by Jorge Kapros (1995) Don't rush! #chesspunks

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Enjoying an unhealthy choripan for lunch, not quite the same as the way it's made in my country, but good enough.

Here is a mate in 2 by Jorge Kapros (1995)

Don't rush!
#chesspunks

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Ajedrez Argentino@ChessArgentino · Jul 5

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Gastón Franco@GatoFranco90 · Jun 30

Monday Puzzle Enjoying a bit of the warmer weather over the weekend, but not much chess on the horizon A somewhat clever (but starting with a fairly typical 'puzzle' move) composition by Alex Casa (2001) White to play and mate in 2 #chesspunks

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Enjoying a bit of the warmer weather over the weekend, but not much chess on the horizon

A somewhat clever (but starting with a fairly typical 'puzzle' move) composition by Alex Casa (2001)

White to play and mate in 2
#chesspunks

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H&F Council@LBHF · Jun 28

♟️W6 chess club shines on world stage! The nine-strong team from Hammersmith, who play at the London MindSports Centre in near Ravenscourt Park, triumphed over 53 other clubs in a recent tournament. Read more: lbhf.gov.uk/news/2025/06/c…

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Gastón Franco@GatoFranco90 · Jun 27

Friday Puzzle Not feeling great either physically or mentally, just waiting for the weekend Sharing this mate in 2 by Ernst Altmann (1913). White to play #chesspunks

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Not feeling great either physically or mentally, just waiting for the weekend

Sharing this mate in 2 by Ernst Altmann (1913). White to play

#chesspunks

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Gastón Franco@GatoFranco90 · Jun 24

I sat next to David Navara at the FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Teams closing ceremony. He was very kind, greeting me in my native language simply by having read my name on my badge. And he congratulated me and my @hammer_chess team on the prizes we won I hope he's doing well

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