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Top 100 US Women’s Chess Player, Creator, Growth @ Duolingo, Steam locomotive enthusiast

Manhattan, NY
Joined August 2022
My first chess coach told me “stop losing pawns” and honestly that’s the best advice I’ve ever gotten
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Julesgambit retweeted
“navier stokes being solved has me thinking about how we blew up in finite time. maybe i should have respected boundary conditions more but i guess every relationship has its turbulence haha. guess you never know when an old problem might get resolved, anyway say hi to your mom”
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Julesgambit retweeted
the italian cover of the first edition of the philosopher's stone is kinda absurd but to be fair the illustrator wasn't told the plot, only that there was a rat, a game of chess and a bespectacled boy. still makes me laugh every time i think about it tho
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cats when the activity requires 0 cats:
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Chess takes a startling amount of effort to be completely average at
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some of y’all
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So this is why chess players don’t like the French opening
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I love it when my favorite shows have a cross-over episode
📸 - Magnus Carlsen is here, one of the BEST chess players in the world! He probably sees Bellingham as a King, Ødegaard as a Knight, Haaland as a Queen and John Stones as a Bishop! LET'S SEE WHO CAN MAKE THE FINAL CHECKMATE!
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Is now a good time to mention that I did my thesis on chess?
if you're a woman in the arts and you post your thesis on twitter they fucking kill you
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You know you’re a nerd when you start to dream about chess positions
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Learning chess will literally change how you think about the world
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Today on the subway I felt a tap on my shoulder and when I looked up the person next to me had pass and play chess on their phone
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I caught this photo yesterday
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Julesgambit retweeted
LETS GOOOO KNICKS!! NBA CHAMPIONS!!
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Winning after hanging your queen on move 10
EXPLAIN KNICKS SPURS GAME 4 IN CHESS TERMS
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Happy to share my role as Growth Marketing Manager at Duolingo. Excited to help grow the chess course! ♟️💚
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It’s scientifically proven that you play better chess between the hours of 2am-4am
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I left my cat alone watching an aquarium video and when I got back from work she was watching an army recruitment video. Is this normal orange cat behavior?
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You can play chess for five years just to lose to someone’s grandpa at the park
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