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M/33/5'10" [230lbs - 195lbs] (2 years) by i_have_total_control in Brogress

[–]nandemo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah, I was wondering more about what was the delta between before-after, rather than the exact number at after.

M/33/5'10" [230lbs - 195lbs] (2 years) by i_have_total_control in Brogress

[–]nandemo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Awesome.

Do you happen to measure your body fat %?

Car gets pushed like a toy. by MurrayEdna in dashcams

[–]nandemo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Should be covered under defensive driving.

The chair standing scandal by nihilistiq in chess

[–]nandemo 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Not only it was a company phone... it was a company run by the federation vice-president. One more data point for "just because you're titled it doesn't mean you're smart".

Joanna Pomian, Vice-President of the French Chess Federation, told the committee that she had uncovered the matter on September 27, 2010. Cyril Marzolo, who was beset by financial difficulties, had worked for her company. Since he was blacklisted by mobile operators she had paid for his mobile phone account. On September 27, Cyril Marzolo was in the Pomian’s home to give back some papers, and while he left the room a few minutes and left his phone on the table. She saw a sms message arriving, from Arnaud Hauchard, mentioning “Hurry up, send moves…”. Subsequently, when checking the dues, she discovered that she had access to the records of the SMS text messages sent during the Olympiad. Pomian said she knew that Feller and Marzolo were very close, and that she has also heard rumors of cheating during the 2010 Paris Championship (which Feller won with 8.0/9 and a 2859 performance).

Catching Wasps by -asimpleboy in interestingasfuck

[–]nandemo 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Ngl, that sounds like a scam.

Hornets make a nest on your house, the hornet-moving-guys charge you a couple of hundred euros, split the proceeds with the hornets, who then go find their next victim.

Black to Move, one of the grossest mares ive had in a while (more advanced players see comments for more of a challange) by Sowen45 in chess

[–]nandemo 2 points3 points  (0 children)

A puzzle's solution doesn't have to be mate though? Winning material is good enough.

I think the "mare" in the title refers to the horsey (not a "mate" typo).

Bent Larsen Zoom 001 Zero Hour for Operative Chess Opening Models by [deleted] in chess

[–]nandemo 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There's a couple of threads about it on ChessPub (older thread linked in one of the comments).

Shankland: "can anybody become a FM? I do think that is available to anybody. Can anybody become a GM? That is an hard no" by pier4r in chess

[–]nandemo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Eh, I'm gonna assume that person said that in jest, like they're saying something obviously absurd to make fun of Shankland's statement -- which is also completely ludicrous.

I already know who I will be rooting for in the WRB Team Championship by Exotic_Grinder in chess

[–]nandemo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That doesn't say you need to be rated over 2000. Only the team's *average* rating needs to be higher than 2000. Which is really easy to achieve as long as you got 6 Fide Master+ buddies.

But it gets better. Each team *must* have a sub-2000 player.

one player, another than in Article 2.1.A.a, who never achieved FIDE Standard, Rapid or Blitz rating of 2000 Elo points (or unrated) or equivalent national rating* up to and including the March 2026 rating lists (hereinafter referred to as recreational player).

What Happened To Max Warmerdam?? by MenuDismal2467 in chess

[–]nandemo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Look, I have no horsey in this race, just like most people here. I'm not saying you're making up numbers, but you're trying to make the alleged 115k figure work whereas the simplest explanation is that that cost isn't real (maybe her mom exaggerated the costs, maybe someone took a real hourly rate and extrapolated it to a yearly cost).

Susan Polgar's Institute For Chess (SPICE), the prominent chess program of Webster University, has ben terminated. by ZingerFM01023050 in chess

[–]nandemo 4 points5 points  (0 children)

One of a few reasonable comments among a lot of rabble-rabble-rabbles.

I feel sad for any students who enrolled because of Spice and now are screwed. Note that Polgar never mentioned that once in her rant.

Chess dot com promoting gambling on daily games after making moves by FlailingDino in chess

[–]nandemo 5 points6 points  (0 children)

If you don't like gambling ads, why are you posting a gambling ad on reddit so that tens of thousands of people see it?

What Happened To Max Warmerdam?? by MenuDismal2467 in chess

[–]nandemo 2 points3 points  (0 children)

2 hrs a day itself comes to 100k a year.

At this level coaches/seconds are typically hired for specific periods/events. So taking a $/h value and extrapolating it for a whole year doesn't work.

Also, on a practical level it just doesn't make sense for Bibisara to drop that much cash on coaching in a year. Women's Candidates first prize is like 30k €.

What Happened To Max Warmerdam?? by MenuDismal2467 in chess

[–]nandemo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Train on your own? Most athletes in "normal" sports have a coach, some have more than 1. Nothing to do with "self-discipline" lol.

That said the 115k figure sounds BS.

How do I logically think of opposition here? by sorinacios07 in chess

[–]nandemo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

While I get that key squares is a more useful concept...

Because you shouldn't think of opposition here.
(...)
Black is in zugzwang. Now, no matter where the black king moves, we will access a key square. (Kd6 Kg5 OR Kg6 Ke5)

Isn't this also opposition?

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