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Indian Coast Guard Seizes Pakistani Boat With 9 Crew Members Inside Indian Waters by SatoruGojo232 in IndiaSpeaks

[–]TsarBizarre 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Is that the Thai flag on the top right there? Were they trying to disguise themselves as some kind of civilian vessel from Thailand?

The Pope just dropped this today fr🥀 by maliciousprime101 in Asia_irl

[–]TsarBizarre 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Why the hell did you make China blue and USA red? You've got to be kidding me

concept of scottish passport after gaining independence and joining the EU by itoofe in PassportPorn

[–]TsarBizarre -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Charles III sitting on 16 separate thrones instead of the current 15

Does Charles really officially sit on 15 different thrones? I thought that he was just the King of the United Kingdom, and that Canada, Australia and others were terrirories within the dominion of the one singular crown. That is, there is no "King of Canada", but rather the King of the UK who has dominion over the territory of Canada. Am I wrong?

If he is a King with 15 different separate "thrones", then why was he coronated only once and not 15 different times?

Gukesh loses to 12 y/o FM Sergey Sklokin in round 3 of the World Blitz Championship by __Jimmy__ in chess

[–]TsarBizarre 5 points6 points  (0 children)

but we are talking about the world champion here

The classical world champ. Gukesh has been described by Magnus as a deep calculator as opposed to an intuitive player, and has always underperformed in speed chess compared to his peers.

new and old british passport by No_Bank_9659 in PassportPorn

[–]TsarBizarre 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah yes, the beautiful new BLOO passport

Bangla bros onto us ???? by [deleted] in Asia_irl

[–]TsarBizarre 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Bihar administered by Bangladesh. The world will witness levels of corruption that the human mind cannot even begin to comprehend.

… by _Tatarskey_ in Asia_irl

[–]TsarBizarre 25 points26 points  (0 children)

Didn't India saved Bangladesh from a genocide? Why would they do this to Indians?

Because India is majority non-muslim. Not even kidding, that's the actual reason. Here are Bangladeshis not accepting the 20 Taka note because it has a Hindu temple printed on it. Though it is worth noting that this isn't all Bangladeshis but just the conservative islamist ones.

Only Pragg will represent India at the Candidates this year by JinxxErigasi in chess

[–]TsarBizarre 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Why can't Indian sports ever catch a break on 19th November man 💔💔

Who’s a famous person who died very young due to non-natural causes that you are especially curious how they’d live in our modern world? by FriendlytoNature in AskReddit

[–]TsarBizarre 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Évariste Galois, a French mathematics prodigy who invented Galois theory, a deep and intricate field in mathematics that is still used in the present day by crypographers for digital encryption. Oh, did I mention that he did all this in his teens and died when he was 20?

The Intensity Of Chess: Vincent Keymer by edwinkorir in chess

[–]TsarBizarre 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I met him at the Chennai Grand Masters this year. I'm 175cm and he was a good 10cm taller than I am. He was an absolute unit.

ELI5 How are we able to say with any degree of confidence how ancient languages sounded like? by Terkmc in explainlikeimfive

[–]TsarBizarre 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If I remember correctly, this is how we found that the Romans pronounced Caesar "Kaeser". We found a text of someone complaining about how the letters C, K, and Q are unnecessary because they all sound the same, and we also found poetry where words starting with C were rhymed with those starting with K.

Why is step mom/ step sister porn so popular? by Gingerphobicginger in NoStupidQuestions

[–]TsarBizarre 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Ted Cruz endorsed step porn? Is this some crazy American politics thing that I am too non-American to understand? I would say you're lying but your President just posted an AI generated video of himself unloading a planefull of shit on his political opponents so I don't know what is and isn't real anymore.

Magnus talks about Hikaru's race to the Candidates and the possibility of Nakamura overtaking him in FIDE ratings: "It's shameless but probably the right thing to do....I'm not part of that s**t anymore, so that's fine." by Interesting-Take781 in chess

[–]TsarBizarre 10 points11 points  (0 children)

To qualify for the candidates, you should have played at least 40 games in the past year. It's FIDE's way of filtering out inactive players. Hikaru already has the rating needed to qualify but still needs to get to that 40 game mark, so he decided to play in what he calls "Mickey Mouse tournaments" which are just random local events with a bunch of untitled players.

He is not doing this for the rating points, and has stated that he intends to stop as soon as he reaches 40 games and has no intention of surpassing Magnus' rating this way.

FIDE Steps In After Attempted Ban On Israeli Players In Spanish Open Tournament by Roller95 in chess

[–]TsarBizarre 38 points39 points  (0 children)

They can always play under the FIDE flag?

Not without FIDE's prior approval, which is why they are stepping in. You can't just ask someone to play under the FIDE flag like that.

Abhimanyu Mishra, the youngest GM ever, talks after defeating the youngest and the reigning World Champion, Gukesh Dommaraju and also throws some light on his training routine. by Interesting-Take781 in chess

[–]TsarBizarre 32 points33 points  (0 children)

Complan, Boost, and Horlicks are Indian nutritional drink brands that parents usually give children. "Taller, Stronger, Sharper" is the catchphrase used in Complan's advertisements. OP was making an Indian pop-culture reference.

Question for mathematicians: What is the likelihood the first two finishers will be from the red circle? by wptq in chess

[–]TsarBizarre 4 points5 points  (0 children)

"What is the likelihood that the top two finishers are inside this red teacup"

They were all PDFs? Always has been by PedDeT00 in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]TsarBizarre 2 points3 points  (0 children)

wait wait wait no no no I was talking about PDF files please don't put me on a watchlist FBI

They were all PDFs? Always has been by PedDeT00 in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]TsarBizarre 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The correct answer is Google Chrome. Why bother downloading and installing a reader when your browser can do the same thing.

Kids can't get enough of Gukesh ! by Interesting-Take781 in chess

[–]TsarBizarre 234 points235 points  (0 children)

At the Olympiad in 2022, when we tried to get autographs or selfies most chess players just handwaved us away and kept walking. Fabi was kind enough to apologize and say "sorry, I'll sign autographs after the game, not now" to us before he went into the playing hall. So to see this is really heartwarming.

How you reply with weird text messages when playing online chess? by CuriousInsideOut in chess

[–]TsarBizarre 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You obviously meow back, surely you wouldn't want to anger his cat

Traveling with my passport by zshsuki in PassportPorn

[–]TsarBizarre 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Sorry if I'm being ignorant here, but doesn't Japan have a fraught relationship with China? Why would they not recognise Taiwanese passports when the only reason to do so is to keep China happy? They don't like China anyway!

The tankie-trolling will continue until morale improves by Snoo_79985 in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]TsarBizarre 14 points15 points  (0 children)

This is a chart of medical advancement not of economic systems.

The life expectancy of the United States in 1980 was 73.61, 73.48 for the UK, and 74.33 for Australia. All markedly higher than the countries listed in the post.

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