dusky eagle Sep 9, 2025, 4:45 PM

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<@&1377312389040443522> discussions are already open for first move! this time we’re playing white so let’s find out a strategy! What do you think Gotham will play for each opening move? What should we do? Discuss in #next-move-discussion 🌎

tiny owl Sep 30, 2025, 1:12 PM

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<@&1377312389040443522> GothamChess has played 1 .. c6. Let's respond quickly with 2 d4 per our polling decision!

arctic hawk Oct 2, 2025, 3:01 AM

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<@&1377312389040443522> GothamChess has played 2.. d5. Let's respond quickly with 3 Nc3 per our polling decision!

arctic hawk Oct 3, 2025, 12:56 PM

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<@&1377312389040443522> GothamChess has played 3.. dxe4. Let's respond with 4 Nxe4 per our polling decision!

tiny owl Oct 4, 2025, 4:24 PM

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<@&1377312389040443522> GothamChess has played 4 .. Bf5. Let's respond with 5 Ng3 per our polling decision!

arctic hawk Oct 5, 2025, 3:28 PM

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<@&1377312389040443522> we need you. If you haven’t voted yet, please vote for Ng3 to beat the fake voters

tiny owl Oct 5, 2025, 3:30 PM

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And help report fake accounts on chess.com via listing the voters who have no avatar, no history, just joined, usually random username and reporting them.

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They are voting for Bd3 exclusively

tiny owl Oct 5, 2025, 3:58 PM

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<@&1377312389040443522> Server Mod has been contacted and are responding. They are now aware of our Fair Play violaton problem They are investigating options

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<@&1377312389040443522> Our turn has ended and 5 Ng3 is on the board. But since this can happen again, we are waiting for a resolution from chess.com.

arctic hawk Oct 6, 2025, 1:35 AM

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<@&1377312389040443522> GothamChess has played 5 .. Bg6. Let's respond with 6 h4 per our polling decision!

ruby lion Oct 7, 2025, 4:17 PM

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<@&1377312389040443522> GothamChess has played 6 ... Nd7. Let's respond with 7 h4 per our polling decision!

arctic hawk Oct 8, 2025, 4:29 PM

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<@&1377312389040443522> GothamChess has played 7 ... e6. Let's respond with 8 O-O per our polling decision!

ruby lion Oct 10, 2025, 5:31 AM

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<@&1377312389040443522> GothamChess has played 8 ... Ngf6. Let's respond with 8 Re1 per our polling decision!

arctic hawk Oct 12, 2025, 12:15 AM

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<@&1377312389040443522> GothamChess has played 9 ... Bd6. Let's respond with 10 Re1 per our polling decision!

arctic hawk Oct 13, 2025, 3:10 PM

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<@&1377312389040443522> GothamChess has played 10 ... O-O. Let's respond with 11 Bxg6 per our polling decision!

tiny owl Oct 14, 2025, 7:28 PM

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<@&1377312389040443522> GothamChess has played 11 .. hxg6. Let's respond with 12 Ne4 per our polling decision!

tiny owl Oct 16, 2025, 5:24 AM

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<@&1377312389040443522> GothamChess has played 12 .. Be7. Let's respond with 13 c4 per our polling decision!

tiny owl Oct 16, 2025, 5:42 AM

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<@&1377312389040443522> We need your votes and cheerleading on the board/chat now! Nxf6+ is 2nd and is an anti-candidate but it is very close!

tiny owl Oct 17, 2025, 8:01 PM

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<@&1377312389040443522> GothamChess has played 13 .. Bxf6. Let's respond with 14 Bxf6 per our polliing decision.

ruby lion Oct 19, 2025, 3:16 AM

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<@&1377312389040443522> GothamChess has played 14 ... gxf6. Let's respond with 15 c4 per our polliing decision.

tiny owl Oct 27, 2025, 10:14 PM

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<@&1377312389040443522> Gothamchess has played 15 .. Nb6. Let's respond with 16 Qd3 per our polling decision.

arctic hawk Oct 28, 2025, 12:02 AM

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<@&1377312389040443522> Gothamchess has played 15 .. Nb6. The updated recommendation is
16 b3. Let’s respond and promote the move on chesscom team chat and make sure c5 doesn’t win!

arctic hawk Oct 29, 2025, 4:06 PM

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<@&1377312389040443522> GothamChess has played 16 ... Kg7. Let's respond with 17 Qc2 per our polliing decision.

tiny owl Oct 30, 2025, 6:10 PM

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<@&1377312389040443522> GothamChess has played 17 .. Nd5. Let's respond with 18 h4 per our polling decision.

tiny owl Oct 30, 2025, 9:19 PM

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<@&1377312389040443522> Chess.com game site seems to be working properly now!

arctic hawk Nov 2, 2025, 6:14 PM

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<@&1377312389040443522> GothamChess has played 18 .. Rh8. Let's respond with 19 g3 per our polling decision.

tiny owl Nov 3, 2025, 9:02 PM

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<@&1377312389040443522> GothamChess has played 19 .. Qd7. Let's respond with 20 Kg2 per our polling decision

tiny owl Nov 5, 2025, 4:01 PM

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<@&1377312389040443522> GothamChess has played 20 .. Rh5. Let's respond with 21 Kg2 per our polling decision

lofty tusk Nov 6, 2025, 7:19 PM

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<@&1377312389040443522> GothamChess has played 21 .. e5. Let's respond with 22 Re4 per our polling decision

arctic hawk Nov 7, 2025, 6:25 PM

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<@&1377312389040443522> GothamChess has played 22 .. Qg4. Let's respond with 23 Kf1 per our polling decision

arctic hawk Nov 9, 2025, 3:26 PM

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<@&1377312389040443522> GothamChess has played 23 .. Nf4. Let's respond with 24 Qxf4 per our polling decision

arctic hawk Nov 10, 2025, 5:01 PM

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<@&1377312389040443522> GothamChess has played 24 .. exf4. Let's respond with 25 Ke2 per our polling decision

ruby lion Nov 11, 2025, 7:25 PM

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<@&1377312389040443522> GothamChess has played 25 ..Qh3+. Let's respond with 26 Ke2 per the polling decision.

tiny owl Nov 12, 2025, 7:48 PM

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<@&1377312389040443522> GothamChess has played 26...f3. Let's respond with 27 Nxf3 per our polling decision

tiny owl Nov 13, 2025, 9:48 PM

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<@&1377312389040443522> GothamChess has played 27...Qxf3.

arctic hawk Nov 14, 2025, 11:33 PM

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<@&1377312389040443522> GothamChess has played 28...Qg4+. Let’s respond with 29. Kf1 as per our polling decision

tiny owl Nov 15, 2025, 3:26 AM

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28...Qg4+

arctic hawk Nov 15, 2025, 4:23 AM

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tiny owl 28...Qg4+

Thanks. Sorry for the typo

arctic hawk Nov 16, 2025, 4:37 AM

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<@&1377312389040443522> GothamChess has played 29...Qxd4. Let’s respond with 30. Re1 as per our polling decision

tiny owl Nov 17, 2025, 4:28 PM

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<@&1377312389040443522> GothamChess has played 30...Qxh4. Let's respond with 31. hxg6 per our polling decision.

arctic hawk Nov 18, 2025, 5:52 PM

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<@&1377312389040443522> GothamChess has played 31...Rh8. Let's respond with 32. Kf1 per our polling decision.

arctic hawk Nov 19, 2025, 7:05 PM

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<@&1377312389040443522> GothamChess has played 32...Kxf7

arctic hawk Nov 21, 2025, 2:29 AM

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<@&1377312389040443522> GothamChess has played 33...Qh1+

tiny owl Feb 7, 2026, 12:16 AM

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<@&1377312389040443522> Judit has played 1. e4

tiny owl Feb 8, 2026, 12:51 PM

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<@&1377312389040443522> Judit has played 2. Nf3

tiny owl Feb 9, 2026, 9:33 PM

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<@&1377312389040443522> Judit has played 3. Bb5

arctic hawk Feb 11, 2026, 7:07 PM

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<@&1377312389040443522> Judit has played 4. Ba4

median lark Feb 11, 2026, 7:08 PM

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Let’s respond with 4..Nf6 per our polling decision

arctic hawk Feb 13, 2026, 9:23 PM

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<@&1377312389040443522> Judit has played 5 O-O

median lark Feb 13, 2026, 9:24 PM

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DO NOT VOTE, it appears 5..Bc5 and 5..Nxe4 are well ahead of 5..Be7

median lark Feb 13, 2026, 9:53 PM

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Let’s respond with 5..Be7 per our polling decision

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5..Bc5 will win no matter what, so vote for your favorite move

median lark Feb 15, 2026, 10:29 PM

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<@&1377312389040443522> Judit has played 6.c3

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Let’s vote for 6..b5 per our polling decision

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It’s a close vote between b5 and O-O, with O-O slightly ahead

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6..b5 has taken the lead by one vote

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It’s back and forth, tell everyone you know to vote for b5

median lark Feb 16, 2026, 4:41 AM

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<@&1377312389040443522> we need your help advocating for b5, the margin is remaining small and has actually decreased over the past hour

median lark Feb 17, 2026, 11:17 AM

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<@&1377312389040443522> Judit Polgar has played 7.d4, let’s vote for 7..Ba7

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Yeah no we’re cooked, it’s already 60%-20%

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I quit

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See #next-move-polls

fluid kiln Feb 18, 2026, 4:40 PM

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<@&1377312389040443522> Judit Polgar has player 8. cxd4, currently Ba7 is leading with 32%. See #next-move-polls

lofty tusk Feb 20, 2026, 11:27 AM

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<@&1377312389040443522> Judit Polgar has played 9. e5

fluid kiln Feb 21, 2026, 4:33 PM

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<@&1377312389040443522> The World has played 9... Nd5

arctic hawk Feb 21, 2026, 4:45 PM

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fluid kiln <@&1377312389040443522> The World has played 9... Nd5

It’s not our turn yet. We ping the world team when Judit moves and it’s our turn

arctic hawk Feb 25, 2026, 3:10 AM

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<@&1377312389040443522> Judit has played 11 Bg5

lofty tusk Feb 27, 2026, 2:03 PM

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<@&1377312389040443522> Judit has played 12. Bxd5

fluid kiln Feb 28, 2026, 12:05 AM

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arctic hawk It’s not our turn yet. We ping the world team when Judit moves and it’s our tur...

@arctic hawk Wouldn't it be worthwhile to announce when our move is officially played? Maybe not on this channel but a separate one?

arctic hawk Feb 28, 2026, 12:06 AM

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fluid kiln <@1361184649480503336> Wouldn't it be worthwhile to announce when our move is of...

Sure. Idm

tiny owl Feb 28, 2026, 10:25 AM

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fluid kiln <@1361184649480503336> Wouldn't it be worthwhile to announce when our move is of...

Some may not appreciate the extra ping.

arctic hawk Mar 1, 2026, 12:25 PM

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<@&1377312389040443522> Judit has played 13. Nc3

tiny owl Mar 3, 2026, 5:57 AM

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<@&1377312389040443522> Judit has played 14. Bh4

tiny owl Mar 5, 2026, 1:10 AM

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<@&1377312389040443522> Judit has played 15. Nxg5

lofty tusk Mar 6, 2026, 4:19 PM

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<@&1377312389040443522> Judit has played 16. Bxg5

lofty tusk Mar 8, 2026, 8:03 AM

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<@&1377312389040443522> Judit has played 17. Qh5

arctic hawk Mar 9, 2026, 12:10 PM

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<@&1377312389040443522> Judit has played 18. Bf6

arctic hawk Mar 11, 2026, 12:57 AM

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<@&1377312389040443522> Judit has played 19. Nxd5 as predicted by @outer swift some time ago

arctic hawk Mar 14, 2026, 2:07 PM

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<@&1377312389040443522> Judit has played 21. f4

fluid kiln Mar 16, 2026, 7:34 PM

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<@&1377312389040443522> Judit has played 23. f5

fluid kiln Mar 17, 2026, 11:15 PM

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<@&1377312389040443522> Judit has played 24. fxg6

fluid kiln Mar 19, 2026, 3:50 PM

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<@&1377312389040443522> Judit has played 25. Ne7+ (5 hours ago)

tiny owl Mar 19, 2026, 3:51 PM

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5 hours ago

fluid kiln Mar 20, 2026, 12:35 PM

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<@&1377312389040443522> Judit has played 26. Qxg6+

fluid kiln Mar 22, 2026, 5:17 PM

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<@&1377312389040443522> Judit has played 27. Qh6#. Judit has officially won the game. (Yesterday)

median lark May 4, 2026, 11:19 AM

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<@&1377312389040443522> Julien Song has played 1.d4.

DO NOT VOTE UNTIL THE FOLLOWING ISSUE HAS BEEN ADDRESSED

A few days ago, Julien Song accidentally moved several days before the planned start date, then accidentally withdrew, requiring chess.com moderators to intervene and reset the game. Before the game was reset, Julien Song played 1.e4, and the votes were cast accordingly, with a significant plurality of players voting for 1..e5, a clearly strong move against 1.e4.

After the game was reset, Julien Song played 1.d4, which he plays in roughly 90% of his games as white. While the game was reset, the existing ~6k votes were not reset, meaning without action from chess.com moderators to reset the vote, 1..e5 will almost certainly win even though against 1.d4 this is a clear mistake due to 2.dxe5. I have sent a message to moderators in the World Admins private channel and I urge everyone to wait for a response from chess.com, but if this illegitimate vote is allowed to stand, I encourage everyone to boycott the game in protest.

Tl;dr Technical difficulties, please stand by

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Someone that speaks French please translate this

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And post it on chess.com

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Because the entire chat is freaking out

median lark May 4, 2026, 1:41 PM

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median lark Someone that speaks French please translate this

Someone not on the discord team translated it

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It looks like d5 will win

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Even if the votes were completely reset, d5 is getting more votes than any other move, including Nf6

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I will provide the next vote update in about an hour, which should provide clear information

tiny owl May 4, 2026, 1:53 PM

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@median lark I think it is safe to vote now. Do you agree?

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Oldest votes I see are 3 hours old

median lark May 4, 2026, 1:59 PM

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tiny owl Oldest votes I see are 3 hours old

I mean yes it’s safe to vote, your vote will count, but the old votes are still there

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We see 3 votes shown for g5 but 11 total votes

tiny owl May 4, 2026, 2:19 PM

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omg, so that is broken

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Its like there are two different time cutoffs

median lark May 4, 2026, 2:54 PM

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Votes for each:
e5: 70
d5: 565
e6: 112
c5: 29
Nf6: 181
c6: 39
Nc6: 55
d6: 18
g6: 22
f5: 32
b6: 9

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Even without any unusual behavior, d5 would defeat Nf6 and e6 easily

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I wouldn’t bother resetting the vote at this point, d5 is clearly going to pass e5 and Nf6 or e6 were never going to win anyway

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Tracking the margin

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Will ping when d5 takes the lead

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Currently 177

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126

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Expect lead change in 15-20 minutes

median lark May 4, 2026, 3:35 PM

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<@&1377312389040443522> d5 has taken the lead. While people were allowed to re-vote, existing votes remained, causing e5 to continue to lead for some time.
For those of you who wanted to play e6, Nf6, or something else, the vote totals since votes were refreshed are roughly as follows:
d5: 50%
Nf6: 15%
e6: 10%
e5: 5%
Nc6: 5%
Others: 15%

d5 would have won by a large margin had the vote been completely reset. I see no reason to cause additional confusion by resetting the vote again when the result will be obvious. See you all on move 2.

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Julien Song plays both 2.Nf3 and 2.c4

median lark May 4, 2026, 4:42 PM

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Real vote totals are here

median lark May 4, 2026, 5:56 PM

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https://m.youtube.com/shorts/m-H0JYeA10Q

YouTube

Julien Song

Il te reste 24h pour sauver le Monde ! 🌍👀 Rejoins la partie s...

▶ Play video

median lark May 5, 2026, 2:20 AM

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WATCH THE VIDEO

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You don’t need to speak a word of French if you know chess notation

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We will not go down like this

median lark May 5, 2026, 4:19 AM

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IMPORTANT MESSAGE:

Julien Song has made his intentions clear. When we play 1..d5, he will play 2.c4, expecting 2..dxc4 3.e3 b5 4.a4 c6 5.axb5 cxb5 6.Qf3 1-0. The database is clear, if 3..b5 is played, it is already too late and 4..c6 and 5..cxb5 are unstoppable. What we need is tactical voting. On move 3, 3..b5 is the most common but only has 24% of the vote. If we can agree on 3..Nf6, a solid, strong move, we can avoid Julien Song’s trap. 3..Nf6 and 3..e6 transpose after 3..Nf6 4.Bxc4 e6 and 3..e6 4.Bxc4 Nf6, but since 3..Nf6 is more popular we should try to convince people to vote for that. I understand a lot of advanced players will want to play 3..e5, but that will never win and will take votes away from 3..Nf6. If a significant fraction of 3..e6 voters agree to vote 3..Nf6, 3..b5 will be defeated and 4..e6 can be played, giving both groups what they want.
Let’s make this game last longer than 6 moves.

median lark May 6, 2026, 8:09 AM

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<@&1377312389040443522> Julien Song has played 2.c4.
Let’s proceed with our recommendation and vote for 2..e6.

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Uhh, what?!

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My best guess is a lot of the low Elo vote went to 2..Nf6, which is objectively terrible. 2..Nf6 took votes away from 2..dxc4, allowing us to have a decision based on support rather than avoidance. e6 will likely win, but both e6 or c6 are excellent options.

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Overall, this is mostly good as we wanted to avoid 2..dxc4, but nearly 20% for 2..Nf6 is concerning

median lark May 6, 2026, 9:43 AM

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median lark May 6, 2026, 2:57 PM

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We got bailed out from playing a bad move by a bunch of low Elo players voting for an even worse move KEKW

median lark May 8, 2026, 8:19 AM

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<@&1377312389040443522> Julien Song has played 3.Nf3. Let's play 3..Nf6 according to our recommendation.

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it's very early but I don't expect this to be close, what concerns me is 3..Nc6 in second

median lark May 8, 2026, 8:50 AM

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no major changes

median lark May 8, 2026, 9:41 AM

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median lark May 8, 2026, 5:55 PM

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as the vote continues, the proportion of votes for 3..Nf6 is continuing to decrease, split relatively evenly between Nc6, dxc4, and Bb4+

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Please vote in the polls in #next-move-polls

median lark May 9, 2026, 9:04 AM

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CHESS.COM DISCORD SERVER OFFICIAL RECOMMENDATIONS:

If Julien Song plays 4.g3, we will play 4..Bb4+

The goal of this move is to force 5.Bd2, making white put the bishop on a square that would ideally be used by the b1 knight. After 5,Bd2, we play 5..Be7. This is marginally better than 4..Be7 despite losing a tempo.

DO NOT PLAY 5.Bd2 Bxd2+

This defeats the purpose of 4..Bb4+ instead of 4..Be7. White obtains excellent development and center control. Instead, bring the bishop back to e7 and proceed with typical development.

If Julien Song plays 4.Bg5, we will play 4..dxc4.

While 4..dxc4 is a risky move, especially after 5.e4 b5, where black attempts to hold onto the c4 pawn, the chess.com discord server believes that this is an objectively strong choice. In addition, Julien Song has played 4.Bg5 several times but has never encountered 4..dxc4.

If Julien Song plays 4.Nc3, we will play 4..Bb4.

4..Bb4 pins the c3 knight to the king. This move, known as the Ragozin, is a simple developing move. Black intends to castle soon.

If Julien Song plays 4.e3, we will play 4..Be7.

4.e3 is a relatively passive move, and Julien Song has only ever played it once, so it is unlikely to occur in this game. If Julien Song plays 4.e3, we will play the standard developing move 4..Be7 and proceed with minimal risk.

In all of these lines, do not play 4..Nc6. We recently saw many players vote for 3..Nc6, so 4..Nc6 may receive a large fraction of the vote in any of these lines. If we want to play Nc6, we need to play c5 first to avoid blocking our c-pawn.

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im going to bed, i asked the chat on chess.com to translate the recommendation message into French, hopefully Julien Song doesn't move in the next 8 hours, which is unlikely based on his past performance.

median lark May 10, 2026, 11:52 AM

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<@&1377312389040443522> Julien Song has played 4.g3. Let's play 4..Bb4+ as per our recommendation and hope low Elo players don't ram through 5.Bd2 Bxd2+

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yikes

median lark May 10, 2026, 12:30 PM

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okay things are looking a little bit better now

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yeah okay looks like it was just unusual early voting

median lark May 10, 2026, 1:02 PM

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looks like we won't have to spam the chat telling people to vote for 4..Bb4+ to stop 4..Nc6

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holding steady

fluid kiln May 10, 2026, 4:59 PM

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Bb4+'s proportion is decreasing as more votes come in:

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Good lead over second place, however

median lark May 10, 2026, 7:29 PM

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median lark May 11, 2026, 7:00 AM

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fluid kiln May 11, 2026, 8:17 PM

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<@&1377312389040443522> 4... Bb4+ has been played (9 hours ago).
Julien's move will occur in 15 hours.

arctic hawk May 12, 2026, 10:54 AM

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<@&1377312389040443522> Julien Song has played 5.Bd2. Let's play 5..Be7 as per our recommendation

lofty tusk May 12, 2026, 11:20 AM

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median lark May 12, 2026, 12:40 PM

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wtf

fluid kiln May 12, 2026, 9:18 PM

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<@&1377312389040443522>: If you have not voted yet, please vote for Be7 as per our recommendations. Unfortunately, Bxd2+, an inaccuracy, is leading by 1271 votes right now.

median lark May 12, 2026, 9:18 PM

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bruh we're cooked

fluid kiln May 13, 2026, 10:39 PM

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<@&1377312389040443522> Bxd2+ was played 12 hours ago. This is a mistake.
We are awaiting Julien to play Nxbd2.

median lark May 14, 2026, 1:42 PM

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Julien Song has played 6.Nbxd2, 6..O-O is leading by a large margin but there is absolutely no way 7..c6 wins over 7..Nc6

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Why do people keep voting for Nc6

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<@&1377312389040443522>

fluid kiln May 14, 2026, 10:29 PM

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<@&1377312389040443522> 🌎 6... O-O is now leading by a substantial margin of about 1600 votes over second place (Nc6).

If you have not voted yet, please vote O-O as per our recommendations.

Let's keep fighting to win!

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No one wants to react to the message 😭

ruby lion May 14, 2026, 10:45 PM

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fluid kiln No one wants to react to the message 😭

I myself voted for 6... O-O, although I must say that I was a bit put out by the voters voting for 5... Bxd2+. Even after all of the warnings by people like Lily who not only said don't play it, but gave reasons WHY it shouldn't be played, and then people just ignored the advice and voted for it anyway. At that point, I highly considered just withdrawing as this is a constant recurring problem that keeps happening in all the vote chess world matches I've played in.

tiny owl May 16, 2026, 2:21 PM

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<@&1377312389040443522> Julian has played 7. Bg2 two hours ago

median lark May 16, 2026, 4:58 PM

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<@&1377312389040443522> 7..Nc6 will win because the high Elo players split their votes between 7..c6, 7..b6, and 7..Nbd7. I will be stepping back in this game because there’s not much point anymore

fluid kiln May 17, 2026, 3:23 PM

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<@&1377312389040443522> 7.. Nc6 was played 3 hours ago. This is, unfortunately, a mistake.

Julien is almost certainly going to play 8. 0-0. Please vote for your preferred response in #next-move-polls.

fluid kiln May 17, 2026, 7:02 PM

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No one wants to react...

lofty tusk May 18, 2026, 10:37 AM

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<@&1377312389040443522> Julian has played 8. O-O

median lark May 18, 2026, 10:39 AM

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Looks like we might have a close vote this time

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Both are good

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Might not actually be that close

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Too early to say

median lark May 18, 2026, 10:41 PM

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How is it still close

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858-719

median lark May 19, 2026, 2:26 AM

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898-756

median lark May 19, 2026, 10:21 AM

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fluid kiln May 19, 2026, 1:56 PM

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<@&1377312389040443522> 8... b6 was played 3 hours ago.

fluid kiln May 20, 2026, 1:44 PM

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<@&1377312389040443522> Julien played 9. cxd5 three hours ago. 9... exd5 is winning by a subtantial margin of 838 votes ahead of second place at the time of writing this message.

median lark May 20, 2026, 2:56 PM

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exd5 also appears to be best

median lark May 22, 2026, 9:18 AM

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<@&1377312389040443522> Julien Song has played 10.Rc1

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10..Bb7 is leading by a huge margin, not surprising

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Of note is that “offer draw” and “resign” are now automatically at the top, regardless of the number of votes

median lark May 24, 2026, 8:49 AM

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<@&1377312389040443522> Julien Song has played 11.Qa4

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you've got to be kidding me, we're following that IHSA game I talked about earlier in #theworld-general

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jesus christ this is bad

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if we play Re8 i will quit

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i don't know how much of this is me flooding the chat but this is good

median lark May 24, 2026, 9:18 AM

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okay i have no idea what that early vote was

median lark May 24, 2026, 9:51 AM

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percentages holding steady

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im thinking there was something suspicious going on

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im going to bed once the margin hits 100

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208-127 now

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217-132

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227-132 wow

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chat we did it

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now i can rest

median lark May 24, 2026, 11:30 AM

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334-186

median lark May 24, 2026, 12:27 PM

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436-235

fluid kiln May 25, 2026, 3:49 PM

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<@&1377312389040443522> For those who didn't hear, Qd6 was officially played 7 hours ago.

WHY CANT HE PLAY MOVES IN MY TIMEZONE? jk jk

median lark May 26, 2026, 8:10 AM

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<@&1377312389040443522> Julien Song has played 12.e3

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I'm going to vote for Rfe8 so I can see the votes

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it's probably going to win because Re8 was in second last move

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oh dear

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oh no

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I know what's going to happen

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if 12..Ne4 wins, Julien Song will play 13.Nxe4 dxe4 14.Ng5, and we will defend the pawn with 14..f5, and then lose to 15.Qc4+ Kh8 16.Nf7+ Kg8 17.Nh6+ Kh8 18.Qg8+ Rxg8 19.Nf7#

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what a way to go out

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Vote Rfe8 to stop Ne4

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i have no idea what to do next move tho

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I have no doubt people will keep trying to play Ne4

median lark May 26, 2026, 8:44 AM

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Interesting, the vote is behaving almost exactly the same as last move, with a bad move nearly leading early and then the much better move gaining significant support

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This is very good for the future of this game

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But all the votes for Qb4 is concerning

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Qb4 Qxb4 Nxb4 Rxc7 is painfully obvious

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138-85 now

median lark May 26, 2026, 9:22 AM

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Good job

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Honestly Rfc8 was probably better but anything to stop Ne4

fluid kiln May 26, 2026, 12:21 PM

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Rfe8 should win now

median lark May 28, 2026, 9:07 AM

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<@&1377312389040443522> Julien Song has played 13.Rc3, 13..Ne4 has won already, it’s not even close, we are cooked

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Good lord I almost pasted the wrong thing instead of the screenshot

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Yeah we are cooked

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Yeah gg, 13..Ne4 14.Nxe4

14..Rxe4 15.Ne5 Nxe5 16.Bxe4 dxe4 17.dxe5 Qxe5 18.Rd1 gg

14..dxe4 15.Ng5 f5 (no way we stop it) 16.Qb3+ Kh8 17.Nf7+ Kg8 18.Nh6+ Kh8 19.Qg8+ Rxg8 20.Nf7#

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I mean the early votes lean towards worse moves but Ne4 is unstoppable

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Ne7 might come close but I don’t see any way it wins

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There will be no more recommendations for the rest of the game

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Maybe there’s some crazy move instead of 15..f5 like 15..Na5 but 15..f5 will win

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I’d rather have this

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End the game now

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Instead of making us suffer for 20+ moves like GothamChess

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I’d rather see 15..f5 than 15..h6, at this point we know the game is over

tiny owl May 28, 2026, 3:38 PM

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Don't panic. We are fine.

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We do have to play carefully tho

median lark May 28, 2026, 9:38 PM

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Maybe we’ll find 15..Nb4

fluid kiln May 29, 2026, 9:44 PM

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<@&1377312389040443522> Ne4 was played 11 hours ago. Fun fact: in 11 hours, you can take a full flight from Paris to Atlanta.

#our-turn

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