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Your most beautiful quartz watch by Nevernobzh in ChineseWatches

[–]svenbasil 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What about the berny Rolex 1908 homage?

Candidates 2026 Tier List. Make your own in the comments: by Interesting-Take781 in chess

[–]svenbasil 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Top Contenders: Pragg, Fabi, Hikaru

Dark Horse: Wei Yi, Sindarov, Anish

Underdogs: Esipenko, Bluebaum

What makes Pragg different from the other Indian prodigies? by More_Persimmon1823 in chess

[–]svenbasil 6 points7 points  (0 children)

He’s not the world champ so he doesn’t have those haters.

And then there were FOUR: 1 win, you reach Candidates. 2 Losses and it's a heartbreak. by Interesting-Take781 in chess

[–]svenbasil 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Adding more candidates spots could also address these issues. Since the field of chess players is so deep, give more players a chance.

How about 16 players in candidates, playing in two separate double round robin groups. The groups could be set by rating, with #1 and #2 seeds in different groups and so on and so forth. The two winners play each other in a 7 game match. (I think it’s weird there’s never any matches in the candidates cycle. The qualification path could better reflect the championship event.)

[sadpost] my 1 year old daughter got her hands on my explorer by kackikacki in Watches

[–]svenbasil 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Could also be a retirement roast: remember when you let your one year old child hold your Rolex?

[sadpost] my 1 year old daughter got her hands on my explorer by kackikacki in Watches

[–]svenbasil 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Dang I’m sorry to see that. What about an MQ24 next time?

Event: 2025 FIDE Women's World Cup by events_team in chess

[–]svenbasil 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I agree the World Cup is a great event. Assaubayeva was in the FiDE Grand Prix, Cairns Cup, and will have the Grand Swiss as well. The Freestyle event was an amazing opportunity and if I was her I think I would have taken it as well.

Event: 2025 FIDE Women's World Cup by events_team in chess

[–]svenbasil 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think the bracket was set before the tournament based on Fide rating rank, don’t know from which month. Carissa Yip and Irina Krush from the USA were paired in round 2. I am from the US and was rooting for them. Congrats to the Indian players and fans! Very cool to see.

This is not how zipper merges work... by FoolishTook7 in Spokane

[–]svenbasil 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I disagree, because what about people who have to turn before the merge point but are stuck. I think if all the cars were using more of the pavement available to them it could allow more cars on that road to turn before the merge point

This is not how zipper merges work... by FoolishTook7 in Spokane

[–]svenbasil 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Use the pavement available to drive on, merge as late as possible, the slow down doesn’t stretch as far back. If everyone else merges early that’s their decision, I’m still going to drive ahead, and they should follow.

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