Claudio Saavedra

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WebKit engineer at #Igalia. GNOME, WebKit, GTK+, free software. Might occasionally ramble about chess. Okay, might ramble about chess a bit more often than that.
This will always be my pet peeve.
In A Coruña this week for the @webhackfest ! It's always so good to be back in Galicia!
Same vibes.

Have been down with the flu this week, and my chess has been awful as a result. Yet yesterday I managed to turn around a lost position after blundering my queen already in the opening, by putting massive pressure on my opponent, coordinating all my pieces, and keeping my king in a fortress. It felt so good to win this one!

10+0 rapid. #chesstodon

During their WC match two weeks ago, Vincent Keymer missed a very subtle tactic that would have given him a clear advantage over Magnus Carlsen in their second game, and would have probably left Carlsen out of the tournament (Keymer eventually lost the game, the match, and Carlsen went to win the tournament). Can you spot it? Black to move. #chesstodon