David Howell @DavidHowellGM Twitter profile

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David Howell

@DavidHowellGM

3 years

New favourite chess book.

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David Howell

@DavidHowellGM

3 years

Spotted on the plane: passenger playing chess ♟🙏 Should I send him a sneaky challenge?

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David Howell

@DavidHowellGM

3 years

Find someone who looks at you the way Magnus looks at Tania. #chess #chesschamps

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David Howell

@DavidHowellGM

10 months

The Grind never ends.

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David Howell

@DavidHowellGM

11 months

Starting tomorrow, I will play a match against Magnus Carlsen. 35 games of classical chess. If I draw all 35, I will qualify for the Candidates 😎😈 #OsloMatch #TheRaceBegins #Candidates

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David Howell

@DavidHowellGM

2 years

Had a great welcome to Chennai! #chess #olympiad2022

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David Howell

@DavidHowellGM

7 months

Congrats to Gukesh on winning the Candidates!! What a tournament 👏 I knew he was special ever since our first game. He was just 12 years old (but already a GM! 🤯 ) While analysing, both his mature attitude and his calculation skills impressed me hugely. Future world champ? 🌟

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David Howell

@DavidHowellGM

11 months

Happy Birthday to my favourite person! 🎂🥳🥂

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David Howell

@DavidHowellGM

2 years

Thanks to everyone for their messages of support! 😊🙏 Winning gold at the Olympiad was a lifelong dream 🥇 I never thought it would become reality. Special thanks to Team England - I'm going to do everything possible to make sure we are even more successful in future! #chess

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David Howell

@DavidHowellGM

7 months

Incredible! Not sure what the peak was earlier, but just saw 200k people watching Candidates commentary on @chess24com across YouTube and Twitch 🤯🔥

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David Howell

@DavidHowellGM

3 years

Caption this. @MagnusCarlsen @anishgiri @GM_JKDuda #chesschamps

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David Howell

@DavidHowellGM

2 years

Paying my respects to one of the greatest chess players who ever lived. Robert James Fischer, 1943-2008. ♟🇮🇸 #chess #worldchampion

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David Howell

@DavidHowellGM

2 years

Congrats to the new world champion! 🥇🏆🔥

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David Howell

@DavidHowellGM

2 years

Is there a 300-move limit on @lichess ? Opponent didn't resign so I thought I'd have some fun by going for the longest game record. But the server suddenly declared a draw... No stalemate, and not the 50-move rule (last pawn push on move 295). So confused 😅🙈 #300 #chess

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David Howell

@DavidHowellGM

3 years

Got snapped by the selfie King. Guess what we're up to? 😏

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David Howell

@DavidHowellGM

9 months

I should definitely have charged more for those training sessions... #FreestyleGOAT

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David Howell

@DavidHowellGM

1 year

Today was one of the most unpleasant experiences of my career. Not only did the arbiter not know the laws of chess, but he patted me on my bum while trying to usher me out of the playing hall. Surely this is harassment? @ECUonline

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David Howell

@DavidHowellGM

3 years

Nearly rage-quit after blundering in an early game. But with some perseverance and a lot of luck, it turns out miracles do happen. Might have to postpone my retirement plans... 🤯

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@GreenPawns

3 years

👏Congratulations to 👑 @DavidHowellGM 👑for winning the FIRST #titledtuesday of the year 2022 with a fantastic score of 10/11!👏

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David Howell

@DavidHowellGM

3 years

The face of a man who's just finished a long hard tournament. Thanks to everyone for their messages of support over the past 2 weeks, I truly appreciate it! 😊❤ (picture by the awesome @photochess )

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David Howell

@DavidHowellGM

1 year

Veni, Vidit, Vici #FIDEGrandSwiss

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David Howell

@DavidHowellGM

1 year

Can't decide if this is the best or worst book promotion ever 🙈 Thought he'd at least be grateful to be invited to a party 😅 Either way, we've published a book! And I'm super proud of it. 📘 #GrindLikeAGrandmaster

Magnus Carlsen

@MagnusCarlsen

1 year

@DavidHowellGM wrote a book and put my name on the cover. He also tricked me into promoting it by inviting me to a party. Don’t rely on such cheap tricks in your chess games, learn how to #grindlikeagrandmaster

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David Howell

@DavidHowellGM

2 years

Olympiads are the perfect place to catch up with old friends...or to spot chess legends. #ChessOlympiad2022 #chennai #GOAT 𓃵

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David Howell

@DavidHowellGM

1 year

Congrats to the two winners of the Grand Swiss!

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David Howell

@DavidHowellGM

3 years

Visited the memorial of one of the best chess players in history. Mikhail Tal, what a legend ⚡♟

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David Howell

@DavidHowellGM

10 months

Congrats to my co-author on his latest wins! Too strong, too fast. 👑 🏆🏆 #Grindmaster

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David Howell

@DavidHowellGM

2 years

Ongoing battle of The Good Knight! Who are you cheering for?

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David Howell

@DavidHowellGM

3 years

Happy 31st Birthday @MagnusCarlsen ! May you never stop acting young 🙂

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David Howell

@DavidHowellGM

3 years

Congrats to @MagnusCarlsen for winning the World Championship! #c24live

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David Howell

@DavidHowellGM

2 years

The end, the beginning of the end, or only the end of the beginning? 👀

Magnus Carlsen

@MagnusCarlsen

2 years

My statement regarding the last few weeks.

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David Howell

@DavidHowellGM

2 years

Managed to avoid getting ground down. Playing chess is hard work! 🤝

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David Howell

@DavidHowellGM

3 years

Happy 85th Birthday to Boris Spassky! 🎂 World champion, gentleman, and overall inspiration. He was full of wise words when I met him as a 10-year-old in Ireland. And no...that wasn't my beer. #Kilkenny #Chess #Guinness

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David Howell

@DavidHowellGM

4 years

Happy Birthday to the GOAT, Garry Kasparov 🎂 Grateful for everything I've learnt from him over the years. #chess #worldchampion

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David Howell

@DavidHowellGM

2 years

Another day, another tough 5-hour game. England eventually managed to sneak past Singapore (my mother's homeland) 3-1. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇸🇬 #ChessOlympiad2022 #chennai #chess

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David Howell

@DavidHowellGM

1 year

Guess whose luggage got lost? 😪😅 #GrandSwiss

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David Howell

@DavidHowellGM

1 year

Stumbled across this while learning Norwegian last night! #Duolingo #chess

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David Howell

@DavidHowellGM

2 years

Flag-bearing for England at the Olympiad. I look way too excited 🙈 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 #ChessOlympiad22 #chess #Chennai

chenshine4ever

@solelyexo_

2 years

@DavidHowellGM 🐧 #ChessOlympiad22 @chess24com

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David Howell

@DavidHowellGM

1 year

I've been deposed 😅 Was fun while it lasted! Welcome to England, Nikita 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Let's do great things together 💪

chess24

@chess24com

1 year

The new English chess no. 1!

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David Howell

@DavidHowellGM

2 years

Difficult game against Cyprus, but managed to start with a win ♟ 1 down, 10 to go. #ChennaiOlympiad2022 #chess

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David Howell

@DavidHowellGM

2 years

#32

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David Howell

@DavidHowellGM

9 months

There goes my world record for youngest player to beat a GM in a competitive game 😭. It stood for almost 25 years. About time it was broken! Glad that I at least share the Singapore connection with the new record holder 🙏 Congrats to Ashwath ♟

Chess.com

@chesscom

9 months

Ashwath Kaushik is the YOUNGEST-EVER player to beat a GM in classical chess 👏🤯

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David Howell

@DavidHowellGM

3 years

Like if you want to see this match happen... 🙊 #ChessChamps

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David Howell

@DavidHowellGM

10 months

Thoughts on the "game" between Dubov and Nepomniachtchi? 🤔🤐

chess24

@chess24com

10 months

"This is the actual final position of the game!" 🤯🤯🤯 The Dubov-Nepomniachtchi Immortal. #RapidBlitz

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David Howell

@DavidHowellGM

2 years

😊😎🙏

Champions Chess Tour

@ChampChessTour

2 years

Congratulations to @DavidHowellGM for winning individual gold for England at the 2022 FIDE Chess Olympiad with a stunning score of 7.5/8! This is his first gold medal in an Olympiad 🥇

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David Howell

@DavidHowellGM

3 years

First OTB classical game in over a year. Only 153 moves. Chess is hard 😴👴♟

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David Howell

@DavidHowellGM

3 years

Another day, another marathon. This time only 8 hours and 142 moves 😴😷♟ Thanks for the many kind words of support! #GrandSwiss2021

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David Howell

@DavidHowellGM

10 months

Happy New Year, everyone!! Let's make 2024 the best one yet 🥳🥂

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David Howell

@DavidHowellGM

2 years

The team at @ChampChessTour are full of surprises! Gotta admit that this video made me a bit emotional 🥺

Champions Chess Tour

@ChampChessTour

2 years

The people have spoken and we've answered... Tour Director @arnehorvei officially invites David to play in the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour after his brilliant performance in the Olympiad! Do you think David will accept the challenge?

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David Howell

@DavidHowellGM

1 year

Learning how to take selfies from the master himself. #FIDEGrandSwiss

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David Howell

@DavidHowellGM

2 years

Instant classic 😂🤣👏

Alexandra Botez

@alexandrabotez

2 years

Never rematching so that I can say last time we played, I won

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David Howell

@DavidHowellGM

2 years

Someone just pointed out that I'm on the front page of Wikipedia (English) 😵😯🙈🤯

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David Howell

@DavidHowellGM

2 years

#TrainingCamp

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David Howell

@DavidHowellGM

2 years

At a loss for words. Somehow never thought this day would come. Rest in peace.

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David Howell

@DavidHowellGM

7 months

Hess, Polgar, Naroditsky, Leko. I've been in chess heaven this past week. Hope everyone has enjoyed the first half of the Candidates as much as I have! 😊🙏🍿

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David Howell

@DavidHowellGM

3 years

That birthday feeling. #gettingold

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David Howell

@DavidHowellGM

2 years

Teenage blues🙈 #ChessChamps

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David Howell

@DavidHowellGM

3 years

Closing ceremony with two great people! ❤ #GrandSwiss2021

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David Howell

@DavidHowellGM

2 years

Blitz with one of my favourite players. #chess #blitz #legend

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David Howell

@DavidHowellGM

3 years

Happy New Year, everyone! 🥳🥂 May 2022 be a prosperous one for all of you 💫 I've pretty much already broken my New Year's resolutions. Hope you're all doing better than me! (photo by @LennartOotes )

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David Howell

@DavidHowellGM

1 year

Caption this! ♟ #chess

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David Howell

@DavidHowellGM

1 year

Got this position in a blitz game on @chesscom yesterday 😊 White to play!

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David Howell

@DavidHowellGM

10 months

New Chessable course incoming. The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.

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David Howell

@DavidHowellGM

1 year

Lucky and grateful to have such great co-commentators! 🙏🏻 We're live with day two of the #JuliusBaerGenerationCup right now!

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David Howell

@DavidHowellGM

1 year

Spotted. ⚽️

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David Howell

@DavidHowellGM

4 years

Spot the future world title challengers! World U12 C'ship, 2002 #classof1990 (R to L: Nepo, Carlsen, some English patzer, Andreikin, Nguyen, Wei Chenpeng. Also participating were MVL, Le Quang Liem, Saric, Kuzubov, and many other super-GMs) Thanks @GMastrokoukos for the pic!

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David Howell

@DavidHowellGM

3 years

On the last World Championship rest day, it was -11°C so I decided to freshen up with a swim 🥶❄ Any suggestions for what I should do today? And how are you spending YOUR rest day? #c24live #CarlsenNepo #chess

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David Howell

@DavidHowellGM

9 months

Goodbye Chess24. Thanks for all the good times ❤

Fiona Steil-Antoni

@fionchetta

9 months

Farewell @chess24com and thanks for the memories! 🫶🏼 They were the first to give me a full-time job in the chess world and I learned so much while living in Hamburg and working in the office in 2016. Shoutout to all the amazing people that made this such an incredible experience!

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David Howell

@DavidHowellGM

1 year

So I might have been knocked out of the World Cup in Round 3 (😭), but on the bright side it means I get to commentate alongside the legendary Peter Leko for the first time! 🌟 🎙 Who are you cheering for in the #FIDEWorldCup today? 🏆

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David Howell

@DavidHowellGM

1 year

Chess after dark. 🥂 #Blitz #Chess #GoodKnight #ChessChamps

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David Howell

@DavidHowellGM

11 months

Find someone who looks at you the way Pep looks at Magnus

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David Howell

@DavidHowellGM

10 months

Back to reality... ❄🥶

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David Howell

@DavidHowellGM

3 years

Nothing quite like beating a 10 year old in chess @MagnusCarlsen 😤

Play Magnus

@PlayMagnus

3 years

💪 Here's the moment @DavidHowellGM went full Hulk mode and got his revenge against 10-year-old @MagnusCarlsen on the #PlayMagnus app. Watch the full clip ➡️

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David Howell

@DavidHowellGM

3 years

Close, but not close enough. Was fun while it lasted though 🙂 Congrats and good luck to Vidit in the next round. He was too fast for me today! ⚡ #MDI2

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David Howell

@DavidHowellGM

5 years

Thanks to everyone for their support over the last 24 hours. Victory in the final round would have been life-changing, but it wasn't to be. As usual my nerves let me down. Congratulations to Wang Hao on qualifying for the Candidates. Well deserved.

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David Howell

@DavidHowellGM

10 months

Turns out I've been nominated for Commentator of the Year 😊🤓 My book also features on the 2023 award list 📘 Would mean the world to me if you voted! 🙏

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David Howell

@DavidHowellGM

11 months

Went out to commentate on the CCT finals, came home to this. 😶😶😶🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️

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David Howell

@DavidHowellGM

9 months

Following the rest of Wijk aan Zee from a new location.

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David Howell

@DavidHowellGM

1 year

Loving Albania! 🇦🇱 Found some gentlemen playing chess in the park and challenged them

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David Howell

@DavidHowellGM

2 years

Naroditsky is a legend 🔥

chess24

@chess24com

2 years

Daniel Naroditsky imitates Garry Kasparov & Vishy Anand! #ChessChamps #AimchessRapid

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David Howell

@DavidHowellGM

23 days

A proper London night with some chess and poker. Just like the good old days! 🥂

Ali Mortazavi

@AAMortazavi

23 days

Some random dudes turned up to a poker and chess night at my house. One of them was even mumbling something about a Nobel prize… #chess #NobelPrize

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David Howell

@DavidHowellGM

4 years

Spotted: fellow passenger playing on @chesscom app. Looked like a very decent player too ♟

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David Howell

@DavidHowellGM

6 months

Who stole all my pieces?!

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David Howell

@DavidHowellGM

3 years

What. A. Game. Yesterday was unreal! Almost 8 hours and 136 moves. A deserved win for Carlsen, but heartbreaking for Nepomniachtchi after putting up such a great fight ♟ Will we see more drama today? Game 7 is unmissable! Commentary @ 1pm CET on Chess24 YouTube page. #c24live

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David Howell

@DavidHowellGM

2 years

Thoughts on tonight's chessboxing? 😶🥊

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David Howell

@DavidHowellGM

3 years

No morning airport selfie with me? 😲 😤

Anish Giri

@anishgiri

3 years

Will try for a sneaky morning airport selfie with the champ at 2000 Retweets.

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David Howell

@DavidHowellGM

9 months

Wei to go 👏 What a dramatic day of chess, living up to the great history of Wijk aan Zee! Here's the first time I faced Wei Yi, back in 2015 in Gibraltar. He was just 15 but already about to smash the 2700 mark 💪 📸 by @sophiettriay

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David Howell

@DavidHowellGM

3 months

Wish me luck 😊

ECF

@ecfchess

3 months

A great line-up for the British Chess Championship - here are the top 15 entrants so far in order of FIDE rating, including @DavidHowellGM @MickeyAdamsGM @GMGawain @stuthefox @shrez_royal09 @ginger_gm and @LawrenceTrentIM - full list at

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David Howell

@DavidHowellGM

3 years

Happy 50th Birthday to Michael Adams! Teammate, gentleman, and overall inspiration. #chess #throwback #wtcc2019

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David Howell

@DavidHowellGM

9 months

Getting carried away with the puns 😅🙈

chess24

@chess24com

9 months

"It's the Milky Wei behind him..." (David Howell) #TataSteelChess

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David Howell

@DavidHowellGM

2 years

Round 4 ✅ Triumphed against a strong and experienced Serbia team. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 #ChessChennai2022 #chess #chennai

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David Howell

@DavidHowellGM

3 years

Round 3. Fighting draw against wonderkid Praggnanandhaa. This time only a mere 5 hours ♟ #GrandSwiss2021

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David Howell

@DavidHowellGM

1 year

I sometimes forget the camera is always rolling 🙈🤦🏻‍♂️ Rate my moves?

Champions Chess Tour

@ChampChessTour

1 year

🕺🏻 @DavidHowellGM bringing the vibes today

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David Howell

@DavidHowellGM

6 years

My first ever day in India. And who do I see? #makingchessmainstream #GOAT #DishyAnand

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David Howell

@DavidHowellGM

6 months

It's finally here! 😏 Let's just say I caught him in more than one lie 😎😈

Chess.com

@chesscom

7 months

What would you ask Magnus?? Watch the full episode Tuesday, 4.23!

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David Howell

@DavidHowellGM

5 months

Congrats to my buddies Askild and Odin! New world record holders 👏🌟 61 hours of non-stop chess is truly a grind worthy of grandmasters 💪

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David Howell

@DavidHowellGM

3 years

First individual OTB tournament in 20 months. Only blitz, but managed to win with 8.5/9 ahead of a few other GMs 🥇 #NorwayChess

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David Howell

@DavidHowellGM

9 months

Put your hand up if you want this to happen 🤚♟

Tarjei J. Svensen

@TarjeiJS

9 months

Can the German billionaire succeed where FIDE failed, by making Fischer-Random popular? Buettner says he intends to repeat the Freestyle Chess event in 2025, introducing a tour in the US, India and South-Africa. Top 5 players in this year's event qualify.

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David Howell

@DavidHowellGM

10 months

The future is bright 🌟 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

chess24

@chess24com

10 months

A brilliant finish for 8-year-old Bodhana Sivanandan in the European Women's Blitz Championship, as she wins 3 games in a row, including beating two strong IMs! #c24live

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David Howell

@DavidHowellGM

2 years

@ChampChessTour 😊😯🕟🕐🕒🕓🕖🕙😱

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David Howell

@DavidHowellGM

2 years

2-2 draw for England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 against a young and talented Austria 🇦🇹 team. Luckily, tomorrow is the rest day. Which only means one thing... Bermuda Party! 🥂🥳🕺🏻 #ChessOlympiad2022 #chennai #chess

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David Howell

@DavidHowellGM

10 months

Guess who's back? 🤓♟

chess24

@chess24com

10 months

David Howell joins Robert Hess for Round 6 in Wijk aan Zee! #TataSteelChess

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