News product at Bloomberg. Before that, was in Moscow for 15 years with @bloomberg.com & @themoscowtimes.com. Still one eye on Russia. Chess fan. Views are minehttps://bsky.app/profile/rprose.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/rprose.bsky.social/post/3mlzq277eqc2ethis is a game charger for my posts. this is what was holding me balk [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 May 2026 06:24 +0000at://did:plc:bwheulnj77xqs3hrmangtimf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlzq277eqc2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/rprose.bsky.social/post/3mlvn5hd3w22fi mean sure, but kind of rude [contains quote post or other embedded content]15 May 2026 15:22 +0000at://did:plc:bwheulnj77xqs3hrmangtimf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlvn5hd3w22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/rprose.bsky.social/post/3mlvl75ax4c2kit was probably yasser15 May 2026 14:47 +0000at://did:plc:bwheulnj77xqs3hrmangtimf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlvl75ax4c2khttps://bsky.app/profile/rprose.bsky.social/post/3mlpp6z2fec2roh brett wants to come. great. bring him along. we got room https://variety.com/2026/film/news/rush-hour-4-director-brett-ratner-china-trip-trump-1236747014/13 May 2026 06:42 +0000at://did:plc:bwheulnj77xqs3hrmangtimf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlpp6z2fec2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/rprose.bsky.social/post/3mllpe6fahk24I guess this is cool, and a vote of confidence for Proctor, but it still seems like the wrong incentives for Titled Tuesday. If you're a CM or NM and you get to play an occasional blitz game against a famous GM, that's it. That's your prize! It's a good prize! https://www.chess.com/news/view/titled-tuesday-new-10k-prize-fund11 May 2026 16:35 +0000at://did:plc:bwheulnj77xqs3hrmangtimf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mllpe6fahk24https://bsky.app/profile/rprose.bsky.social/post/3mllkksmzik24 [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 May 2026 15:09 +0000at://did:plc:bwheulnj77xqs3hrmangtimf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mllkksmzik24https://bsky.app/profile/rprose.bsky.social/post/3mlj4wb4kz222after a week with @chessmensch.bsky.social's QGA course, I took it for a test drive. not even sure who diverged first, but the plans and ideas are very clear and pretty easy to play. not a masterpiece or anything but a pleasing debut10 May 2026 15:59 +0000at://did:plc:bwheulnj77xqs3hrmangtimf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlj4wb4kz222https://bsky.app/profile/rprose.bsky.social/post/3mldh7d5j7k2l"They want permission from Ukraine to hold their parade, so they can safely march onto the square for one hour once a year, and then go back to killing our people and waging war again," Zelensky said in his evening address on May 7. [contains quote post or other embedded content]08 May 2026 09:47 +0000at://did:plc:bwheulnj77xqs3hrmangtimf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mldh7d5j7k2l