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Brendan might like this one:
Chess.com has a big bullet tournament every Saturday. In yesterday's event, the young Tanitolua Adewumi nailed bullet king Nakamura with the infamous "Lefong" trick.

https://clips.twitch.tv/CleanSinglePrariedogPJSugar-DAMcCUoYQCgj632s

Thanks Geeker, that was way too fast for me but I still enjoyed it, and needless to say I'd never heard of the Lefong trick and had to look it up on Google:-)

Brendan, I've posted this Lefong link before:

https://lichess.org/@/nikonoel/blog/dirty-bullet-practical-tips-i-learned-playing-lefongs/7f1dv9Ob

Hi Geeker,

I sometimes watch a YouTuber called Penguinz0, he mainly does videos showing other absurd channels on the internet but this video is about how he managed to checkmate someone in 4 moves in the Pogchamps, and I remember you referring to them so thought you might get a kick out of watching it.

I know this mate is well known and it's amazing that anyone actually fell for it! It's pretty funny so here's the link:-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekMVSQBlSOo

Just for clarity, he's username in Pogchamps is "Moistcr1tikal'.

Brendan, I do remember that checkmate being highly promoted on the Pogchamps.
But I must admit that I always found quite a few of the Pogchamps streamers extremely irritating, to the point of being unwatchable. And that "Moistcr1tikal" fellow is one of those I truly couldn't stand.

Granted I'm an old f**t, never played video games and can't relate to the Twitch/streamer culture.

BTW, I've been watching quite a bit of James (is it?), the EpicChess streamer. He's developed into quite a comedian.
In this recent video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlJEGgUeOYw
at around 3:05 he coined (?) the term "the epic camel toe pawn formation", which had me truly ROFL.

Two clues from today’s Times.

In the Listener (an extra letter is generated by the wordplay):

Bird round Spain protecting castles (6)

And in the Cryptic:

One dissenting from popular line plugged by chess authority (7)

Interesting, quisling, as the Listener crossword is too hard for me and I haven't got round to Saturday's Times cryptic yet.

I think there must be a chess player among the setters. Federation Internationale D'echecs or Fide, the World Chess Federation, is fairly obscure general knowledge. I see INFIDEL but won't be wasting too much time on the Listener clue, though I guess it has OO in it for castles.

PaulH, I’m very much a novice when it comes the Listener, but last week’s puzzle by Chalicea was very approachable if you wanted to start.
Like you I see INFIDEL but not the other clue… hmm

Hi jono

I actually know one of the Listener setters, though I think he is very occasional. Peter Flippant, a friend at my local bridge club, has the handle Tnap (get it?). I got a fair way with the last one he set, solving most of the clues but unable to crack the theme.