Peter Svidler
@polborta.bsky.social
i have the best dog. chessplayer, cricket tragic, reader of books
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This is the last episode of our run. Threads are tied together.
🎙️NEW CRICKET CLICHES POD
@norcrosscricket.bsky.social, @tickerscricket.bsky.social, Charlie Reynolds, @danielgallan.bsky.social & I on:
🏏Can you ‘hole out’ for a C&B?
🏏The hierarchy of how you get out
🏏Being shadow Mankaded
🏏The greatest sounds in cricket
podfollow.com/new-football...
@norcrosscricket.bsky.social, @tickerscricket.bsky.social, Charlie Reynolds, @danielgallan.bsky.social & I on:
🏏Can you ‘hole out’ for a C&B?
🏏The hierarchy of how you get out
🏏Being shadow Mankaded
🏏The greatest sounds in cricket
podfollow.com/new-football...
New: Football Clichés: Properly getting out, cricketing ASMR, and shadow umpire’s call
It’s the final outing of the winter for Cricket Cliches, the first branch line of the Cliches network, and there’s an end of term feeling as the full team assembles to see us home.We’ve got e...
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January 16, 2026 at 11:43 AM
This is the last episode of our run. Threads are tied together.
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Ljubojevic and Tal, 50 years ago, hitting off their last round game #TataSteelChess 1976. A decisive one for the 1st place that would last 59 moves, 8 hours and started at 9.30 AM (no adjournments this last round). #chess
January 15, 2026 at 9:55 PM
Ljubojevic and Tal, 50 years ago, hitting off their last round game #TataSteelChess 1976. A decisive one for the 1st place that would last 59 moves, 8 hours and started at 9.30 AM (no adjournments this last round). #chess
this continues being one of the best running threads on here
Having a good Father’s Day. Freed a pigeon from our living room earlier. Now there’s a cat in our bedroom. We don’t own a cat.
January 16, 2026 at 11:01 AM
this continues being one of the best running threads on here
i'm branching out into va work. buy the course for excellent practical advice on chess improvement, stay for exciting new ways to mispronounce the word 'authors'
a little (effin') bird told me that a new course by Peter Svidler @polborta.bsky.social is dropping next Monday and i got so excited i didn't know what to post
January 14, 2026 at 6:47 PM
i'm branching out into va work. buy the course for excellent practical advice on chess improvement, stay for exciting new ways to mispronounce the word 'authors'
and to add another chess connection - nigel told me he ran into a certain bc lara on his travels. the convo went 'brian, what's your take on brook? I think he's the greatest batting talent of this generation' to watch lara reportedly replied with 'maybe two generations'
Did you see… Harry Brook’s first ball in Melbourne? Unquestionably the 2025/26 Ashes’ finest moment
www.kingcricket.co.uk/did-you-see-...
www.kingcricket.co.uk/did-you-see-...
January 14, 2026 at 12:35 PM
and to add another chess connection - nigel told me he ran into a certain bc lara on his travels. the convo went 'brian, what's your take on brook? I think he's the greatest batting talent of this generation' to watch lara reportedly replied with 'maybe two generations'
alex's writing on brook is fantastic. i was trying to figure out what it reminded me of, and i think it's people, very much including his peers, reacting to peak morozevich - the combo of 'this is all wrong' and 'he's won all his black games again, somehow'. long may it continue is all can add.
Did you see… Harry Brook’s first ball in Melbourne? Unquestionably the 2025/26 Ashes’ finest moment
www.kingcricket.co.uk/did-you-see-...
www.kingcricket.co.uk/did-you-see-...
January 14, 2026 at 12:29 PM
alex's writing on brook is fantastic. i was trying to figure out what it reminded me of, and i think it's people, very much including his peers, reacting to peak morozevich - the combo of 'this is all wrong' and 'he's won all his black games again, somehow'. long may it continue is all can add.
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we’re in the vet’s office waiting room and they just called for Agamemnon. we all looked at the Great Dane but it turns out Agamemnon is an orange kitten in a backpack that makes him look like an astronaut cheese puff
January 11, 2026 at 5:27 PM
we’re in the vet’s office waiting room and they just called for Agamemnon. we all looked at the Great Dane but it turns out Agamemnon is an orange kitten in a backpack that makes him look like an astronaut cheese puff
perfection
My mum refers to this portion of conversation as "the organ recital"
January 11, 2026 at 1:53 PM
perfection
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BIG FIGHT AT POLAND’S WROCLAW ZOO!!!
January 9, 2026 at 8:02 PM
BIG FIGHT AT POLAND’S WROCLAW ZOO!!!
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Best TikTok thing going is the two dudes trying food from every country without leaving NYC. If you haven’t seen them yet, it’s incredible. My favorite so far is last week’s. Legit got me emotional.
January 9, 2026 at 1:50 AM
Best TikTok thing going is the two dudes trying food from every country without leaving NYC. If you haven’t seen them yet, it’s incredible. My favorite so far is last week’s. Legit got me emotional.
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for years i thought i'm the most stupid-injury-prone person in the world. i'm not even minor league, obviously
1) slid down bannister, landed on head, knocked out, ambulance
2) caught wedding ring jumping over a fence, nearly lost finger
3) swung heavy bag over shoulder, lost balance, knocked self unconscious on wall
4) grazed nipple raw doing a diving header
5) split finger open arresting fall off roof
2) caught wedding ring jumping over a fence, nearly lost finger
3) swung heavy bag over shoulder, lost balance, knocked self unconscious on wall
4) grazed nipple raw doing a diving header
5) split finger open arresting fall off roof
What's the most ridiculous way you ever hurt yourself? I got out of the tub, skidded in water and tripped over the toilet. Ankle sprain.
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January 6, 2026 at 12:52 PM
for years i thought i'm the most stupid-injury-prone person in the world. i'm not even minor league, obviously
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They got there in the end: England have finally brought a timeless, familiar, seemingly unavoidable brand of agony to this Ashes series
www.kingcricket.co.uk/they-got-the...
www.kingcricket.co.uk/they-got-the...
January 6, 2026 at 12:25 PM
They got there in the end: England have finally brought a timeless, familiar, seemingly unavoidable brand of agony to this Ashes series
www.kingcricket.co.uk/they-got-the...
www.kingcricket.co.uk/they-got-the...
this is neither here nor there but i liked sky and i'm very sorry they're gone. that whole thing reeks.
January 5, 2026 at 9:03 PM
this is neither here nor there but i liked sky and i'm very sorry they're gone. that whole thing reeks.
very few things annoy me as much, and as consistently, as the little mistakes they make in every single movie chess scene. just talk to an actual chess player for, like, half an hour - what could it cost, 10 dollars?
It's all forgiven now, though - i just watched the poker scene in ep6 of pluribus.
It's all forgiven now, though - i just watched the poker scene in ep6 of pluribus.
January 4, 2026 at 7:17 PM
very few things annoy me as much, and as consistently, as the little mistakes they make in every single movie chess scene. just talk to an actual chess player for, like, half an hour - what could it cost, 10 dollars?
It's all forgiven now, though - i just watched the poker scene in ep6 of pluribus.
It's all forgiven now, though - i just watched the poker scene in ep6 of pluribus.
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Saving this screenshot from Threads as a new reaction image
January 3, 2026 at 4:41 PM
Saving this screenshot from Threads as a new reaction image
opened a fold out sofa, and then folded it back up because it turned out nobody needed to sleep there. when i was done there was a earring on the floor that went missing about a year ago and that we gave up all hope of ever seeing again. year starting with a bang ngl
December 31, 2025 at 10:38 PM
opened a fold out sofa, and then folded it back up because it turned out nobody needed to sleep there. when i was done there was a earring on the floor that went missing about a year ago and that we gave up all hope of ever seeing again. year starting with a bang ngl
happy new year everybody! go well
December 31, 2025 at 9:22 PM
happy new year everybody! go well
i haven't been posting about this since it's in russian but just in case - final day of the wrb today, should be a lot of fun, and i promise to reply in both languages if you want to dip a toe in
www.youtube.com/live/kUdb-_u...
www.youtube.com/live/kUdb-_u...
Чемпионат мира по блицу 2025 | День 2 🎤 Пётр Свидлер ♟️ Lichess.org [RU]
YouTube video by Levitov Chess
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December 30, 2025 at 10:55 AM
i haven't been posting about this since it's in russian but just in case - final day of the wrb today, should be a lot of fun, and i promise to reply in both languages if you want to dip a toe in
www.youtube.com/live/kUdb-_u...
www.youtube.com/live/kUdb-_u...
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For your holiday ambiance, I've made a hypnotic yule log fireplace with ultra slow motion macro footage of flames stretching & warping like liquid as fire reacts with calcium chloride & barium. This is real fire I filmed, not CGI or AI.
10hrs, 4K, crackling sounds, no music, no ads. Happy holidays!
10hrs, 4K, crackling sounds, no music, no ads. Happy holidays!
10 Hours Hypnotic Fireplace Ambiance – 4K Macro Slow-Motion Color Flames, Crackling Fire (No Music)
YouTube video by Rob Sheridan
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December 23, 2025 at 8:46 PM
For your holiday ambiance, I've made a hypnotic yule log fireplace with ultra slow motion macro footage of flames stretching & warping like liquid as fire reacts with calcium chloride & barium. This is real fire I filmed, not CGI or AI.
10hrs, 4K, crackling sounds, no music, no ads. Happy holidays!
10hrs, 4K, crackling sounds, no music, no ads. Happy holidays!
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Scott Boland got a golden duck, 3/30, a catch, and more runs than Root/Duckett/Bethell combined today
December 26, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Scott Boland got a golden duck, 3/30, a catch, and more runs than Root/Duckett/Bethell combined today
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One fun thing about the Japanese is we love the FUCK out of Christmas and have only the loosest concept of what is going on
Merry Christmas! Please enjoy the opening to this Japanese Christmas concert special that I watch every year.
As far as I can tell, this has otherwise been scrubbed from the internet
As far as I can tell, this has otherwise been scrubbed from the internet
December 25, 2025 at 4:54 AM
One fun thing about the Japanese is we love the FUCK out of Christmas and have only the loosest concept of what is going on
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Half Ma’am Half Brisket
December 21, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Half Ma’am Half Brisket