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Brian Manker

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Professional Cellist. Truly an amateur at everything else - guitarist, photographer, chess player, the list goes on. Celtics, NY Giants, Mets and Red Sox (huh? Is that possible?). Montreal is home.

created November 15, 2024

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Agreed.

2/9/2025, 11:26:43 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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1.Qxg6+ hxg6 2.Rh8#

2/9/2025, 1:38:07 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Awful. What is wrong with us?

1/9/2025, 10:47:39 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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A revelation! Thank you

1/9/2025, 8:52:55 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Trying to be like this: #brooklyn #fujifilm #photography #zen

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Why are all ICE agents fat?

1/9/2025, 2:12:35 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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1.Rxh6+ Kxh6 2.Qg6#

1/9/2025, 2:09:59 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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These are really, really terrific.

1/9/2025, 12:32:23 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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This is the kind of thing one sees in communist China.

29/8/2025, 11:35:22 AM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Isn’t that him?

29/8/2025, 3:54:40 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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To call them Pigs gives pigs a bad name.

29/8/2025, 3:53:52 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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1.Nf5+ Kf8 2.Qh8#

28/8/2025, 12:44:34 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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1.Qc6+ Bxc6 2.Ba6#

28/8/2025, 11:13:10 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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1.Qb1+ f5 2.Qxf5#

28/8/2025, 11:12:03 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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1…Qh1+ 2.Nxh1 Nh2#

27/8/2025, 7:19:21 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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1…Qh3+ 2.Nxh3 Bxh3#

27/8/2025, 12:05:23 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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1…Rh8+ 2.Kg4 Rh4#

27/8/2025, 12:04:32 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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1.Rh1 b3 2.Rh5#

27/8/2025, 12:04:36 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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1…Qe3+ 2.Kd1 Qe2#

26/8/2025, 7:22:50 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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1.Rxd6+ Qxd6 2.Qb7#

26/8/2025, 12:11:57 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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1.Qh5+ Kf8 2.Rxe8#

26/8/2025, 12:10:46 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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1.Qg4+ Kd5 2.Qc4#

26/8/2025, 12:13:23 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Oh, he’s such a true patriot, a real American hero. 🤮

25/8/2025, 11:10:58 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Low class, white trash trailer park stuff. I hope a tornado gets that rooms in its sights.

25/8/2025, 11:01:00 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Rock on, baby, Rock on! 🤘

25/8/2025, 9:55:22 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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1.Qc8+ Kf7 2.e6#

25/8/2025, 9:13:03 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Wow

25/8/2025, 12:16:19 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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1…Qf3+ 2.Bxf3 Bxf3#

25/8/2025, 12:15:42 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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1…Re4 2.Nc5 Ne1#

25/8/2025, 12:59:46 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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1…Bd7 2.Be8 Be6#

25/8/2025, 12:57:49 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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1.Ne6+ Rxe6 2.Qh6#

24/8/2025, 12:04:10 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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1.f4+ Kh5 2.Nf6#

24/8/2025, 12:02:11 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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1…Nxe6+ 2.Ke5 Qf4#

24/8/2025, 12:01:12 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Monkland street festival, #montreal #fujifilm #streetphotography

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24/8/2025, 2:19:04 AM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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1…Nxa2+ 2.Nxa2 Nb3#

24/8/2025, 12:14:51 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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1…Qg3+ 2.fxg3 hxg3#

23/8/2025, 2:03:43 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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1…Rf2+ 2.Kh3 Rh1#

23/8/2025, 10:49:22 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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1…Nf5+ 2.exf5 Qd4#

23/8/2025, 10:47:58 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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1.Qh8+ Rxg8 2.fxg8=Q#

22/8/2025, 6:26:52 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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1.Nd5+ Ke6 2.Qf5#

22/8/2025, 12:14:18 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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1…Qxf2+ 2.Bxf2 Nd2#

22/8/2025, 12:12:54 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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1…h4 2.b4 g5#

22/8/2025, 12:23:08 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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1…Qh6+ 2.g5 Qxg5#

21/8/2025, 6:05:46 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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1.Bg5+ Kh5 2.g4#

21/8/2025, 6:04:26 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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1…Be6+ 2.Ke5 f6#

21/8/2025, 10:48:19 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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1.Qxh6+ gxh6 2.Rxh6#

21/8/2025, 12:08:11 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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1.Qg8+ Kf6 2.Qf7#

20/8/2025, 8:06:57 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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1.Kc6 c2 2.Bb5#

20/8/2025, 12:13:10 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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1…Bf3 2.Kg1 Rh1#

20/8/2025, 12:11:55 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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1.Bh6+ Kg8 2.Qe8#

20/8/2025, 12:10:43 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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1.Kc3 Rxd7 2.b4#

20/8/2025, 12:22:22 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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1.Nf6+ Kh8 2.Qxh7#

20/8/2025, 12:16:17 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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1.Qh8+ Kxh8 2.Rf8#

20/8/2025, 12:15:26 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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That’s crazy, but to be honest, the “clock is a weapon” thinking gets the best of me from time to time.

19/8/2025, 11:44:40 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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1…d4 2.c6 e5#

19/8/2025, 1:49:57 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Sad

18/8/2025, 9:11:37 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Absolutely! The Kennedy Center is in good hands, so much to look forward to!

18/8/2025, 2:09:42 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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1.Qb1+ f5 2.Qxf5#

18/8/2025, 12:06:05 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Fair enough!

18/8/2025, 11:48:29 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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1…Rg1+ 2.Kf5 Rf8#

18/8/2025, 11:48:02 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Well, I am a Bartok fan, but the incongruity of tRUMP even knowing who that *might* be is what I find humorous. Wtf was “Bela” even about? This year’s Covfefe?

18/8/2025, 2:48:47 AM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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If anyone in the USA is interested in actual journalism, check this out: #trump #epstein youtu.be/qMIP4RIoCHc?...

18/8/2025, 2:42:09 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Whoa, hold on a second! What about the Hegelian dialectic? I have to know where you stand on that before we can continue to chat.

18/8/2025, 2:29:56 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Hmm…I would probably throw my hands in the air and say to myself, “I don’t think it works” and look for something else to exploit the long diagonal. Does Nb6 work???

18/8/2025, 2:25:39 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Maybe Orban turned him on to Hungarian music?

18/8/2025, 2:22:59 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Bartok, Bela Bartok.

18/8/2025, 2:16:45 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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1…Qg3+ 2.Kh1 hxg4#

18/8/2025, 12:06:05 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Once tRUMP was reinstated, I was out. Sad times

17/8/2025, 10:59:23 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Maybe he discovered the music of Bartok?

17/8/2025, 3:32:13 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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1…Be3+ 2.R1f2 Qh1#

17/8/2025, 12:30:22 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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1.Bg6 a2 2.g5#

17/8/2025, 12:35:44 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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1.Ba7+ Kc8 2.Qxb7#

16/8/2025, 6:24:53 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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1…Qd2+ 2.Ke4 Qd4#

16/8/2025, 12:42:54 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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1…Qc1+ 2.Bf1 Qxf1#

16/8/2025, 12:39:06 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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1.Rh7+ Kxf6 2.Rc6#

16/8/2025, 1:34:05 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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1…Rf6+ 2.Kxe5 Nc6#

15/8/2025, 7:41:33 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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1…Qh3+ 2.Ke2 Qd3#

15/8/2025, 12:32:42 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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1.Ng3 h4 2.Rf5#

15/8/2025, 12:31:39 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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1…h5+ 2.Kh3 Qh1#

15/8/2025, 12:22:17 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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1.Qg3+ Kxe4 2.Qf3#

14/8/2025, 11:06:26 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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What a great photo!

14/8/2025, 1:53:36 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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1.Qe8+ Kc7 2.Qxc8#

14/8/2025, 12:27:14 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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1.Rc7+ Kxc7 2.Qb7#

14/8/2025, 12:26:09 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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1…Nxd4+ 2.exd4 Qe4#

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1.Rg8+ Kxh5 2.g4#

13/8/2025, 6:07:13 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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1.Rxh6+ Kxh6 2.Rg6#

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1…Rh1+ 2.Ke2 f3#

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1.Rxh6+ Kxh6 2.Qh5#

13/8/2025, 12:56:59 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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A beautiful article! Thank you.

13/8/2025, 12:54:13 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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😂

12/8/2025, 9:30:04 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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1.Qf5+ Qxf5 2.Rg7#

12/8/2025, 8:52:14 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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1.Rxg6+ Kh8 2.Bg7#

12/8/2025, 12:05:05 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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1.Nd7+ Kf7 2.Qe6#

12/8/2025, 10:27:10 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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1.Nh7+ Qxh7 2.g5#

12/8/2025, 1:26:51 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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1…Qc5+ 2.Ke6 Qd5#

11/8/2025, 10:14:35 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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View from the metro station #montreal #fujifilm #photography

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1…Kb1 2.b4 Rg3#

11/8/2025, 12:23:46 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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This is what I was taught. What the hell happened?

11/8/2025, 10:58:13 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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1…Qe1+ 2.Kxe1 Rxg1#

11/8/2025, 12:16:50 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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1.Qe5+ Kg8 2.Qe8#

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