David Llada ♞
@davidllada
Chess promoter: journalist, organizer, photographer, author. You will find me at the #chessclub
play.chessclub.com/daily-puzzle/2… 🧩 A deflection leading to checkmate! White is just one pawn push away from delivering checkmate, but the black queen is preventing it by pinning the pawn. Can you find the elegant move that makes mate possible?
Getting ready for the "media day" tomorrow. Heads up for all the content crew and social media managers: I am not going to do the aura farming boat kid dance. Not happening. #EWC2025 #SecretEWC
I played some games today at the Lincoln Park Chess Pavilion in Chicago. It was such a great experience! You can go from the lake to the chess boards, and then back to the water again.
Searching for the lost Freestyle Chess interview (jk we found it)
Did everyone vote for @anishgiri already? 👀 #EWC2025 #SecretEWC
Apparently you can join fantasy league for the EWC with the link below. Sounds like a lot of fun, to be honest, do check it out and let me know whats up. tse.gg/SECRETEWC
Guys, we should all take note of this promising young e-sports star, it looks like he has a bright future! @LevAronian
Kings of the game ♟️🧠 @anthonygordon takes on Chess Grandmaster Kevin Goh.
The king ascends to the world stage 👑 @anishgiri qualifies for the Esports World Cup! #EWC2025 #SecretEWC
"Just two friends chilling" (Karpov and Kasparov arrive in London for the USSR vs Rest of the World match. June 23, 1984)
play.chessclub.com/daily-puzzle/2… 🧩 White to play and draw! Puzzles where the defending side finds a miraculous way to draw are a genre of their own. Some come from real games, while others (like this one) are carefully composed. They often feature classic themes such as “insufficient…
White mates in 2 This is one of my 'top 3' puzzles 🤩 (if you like these puzzles, please follow me!)
Demis Hassabis' new podcast with Lex Fridman just went viral. He exposed mind-blowing truths about AI & what's really coming by 2030 that 99% of people wouldn't know. It took me a day to digest it all... Here are my top 9 takeaways: 🧵
Congratulations to Andy Woodward on his convincing win at the US Junior! I'm delighted that he has joined me among this event's past champions. Curiously, I could not find a list of past winners online?! A minute with ChatGPT produced the following, but could be wrong.…
Huge shout out to David Llada for a) taking this great shot of Executive Director Micah Jameson at the amazing North Brooklyn Chess and b) bring the kids to play at Bushwico Chess last night!
Tomorrow, I’ll be joining the folks at @bushwick_chess starting at 7 p.m. at Café Nook in Brooklyn (45 Irving). Come say hi!
"Chess is much more fun than I remembered!" My older daughter lost interest in chess when she was around 11, and she hadn’t played a single game in the past couple of years - until I took her to @bushwick_chess yesterday.
