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Resolution of appeal to NAC on the matter of Canadian Closed playoff
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Re: Resolution of appeal to NAC on the matter of Canadian Closed playoff
Originally posted by Roger Patterson View PostThis behaviour has been true for me for years. I have learned for any longish post to copy the text before hitting "Submit Reply" as it often gets lost in the request to log on again.
I haven't experienced the perma- log in but then I only log on to post and log off immediately. Don't like to be tracked :-)
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Re: Resolution of appeal to NAC on the matter of Canadian Closed playoff
Originally posted by Jonathan Berry View Post
Completely unrelated, I find that chesstalk is logging me out after a few minutes so I need to log in twice to post. Is this a subtle message from the administrators? Before, it seemed like I was logged in for months. In other words, after being away for months, I could bring up the chesstalk tab and would never have to reset the thread format from my favourite, which is not the default.
I haven't experienced the perma- log in but then I only log on to post and log off immediately. Don't like to be tracked :-)
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Re: Resolution of appeal to NAC on the matter of Canadian Closed playoff
Originally posted by Jonathan Berry View PostChess players don't like to stop the clocks. In English, "he stopped the clocks" was a rare substitute for "he resigned", but in Russian, it was a lot more common, восстановили часы or something like that. Later, the FIDE Rules Commission was asked by a National Federation to rule on whether stopping the clocks was the same as resigning. That was decades ago, but players learn from older players they admire, recursively.
You are absolutely right. In Russian, "остановил часы" is an euphemism for "resigned", and several titans of 1950-s never said "Сдаюсь" ("I resign") during their whole chess careers, they simply stopped their clocks. Exactly as you are writing, it is something that younger players learned from older ones, and not simply "by osmosis", no! It was _actively taught_, certainly to anyone who was ever selected for the famous Botvinnik School / Karpov School / Kasparov School, or for the "White Rook" national competitions that involved thousands of school-age players every year, to _never touch the clock in any situation_ because stopping the clock is equivalent to resigning.
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Originally posted by Egidijus Zeromskis View PostOne more funny moment - the arbiter tried to stop the clock - and he failed. Bator stopped the clock.... However he did not ask for any assistance from the arbiter LOL
Now we can image that NN who was probably on higher level of stress and would fail to stop the clock too, and would forfeit on time.
Completely unrelated, I find that chesstalk is logging me out after a few minutes so I need to log in twice to post. Is this a subtle message from the administrators? Before, it seemed like I was logged in for months. In other words, after being away for months, I could bring up the chesstalk tab and would never have to reset the thread format from my favourite, which is not the default.
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Lying Ben Daswani the internet troll wrote something but I don't know what. I'm sure it was stupid. Everyone loved Trump when he was giving the Democrats money.
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Originally posted by ben daswani View PostThe Defense Of Donald Trump Jr Reeks Of White Male Privilege
And this is why anyone who supports Trump is a sexist and a racist, not to mention a homophobe and a transphobe. When someone is the living embodiment of inequality and you still choose to support him, citing conspiracy theories about the Clinton family (Belzberg) or a literal belief (in 2017!) that liberalism is the work of the Devil (Drkulec) as your justifications, you are cheering on the continued blatant oppression of hundreds of millions in the name of fucking fairy tales.
Conservatism will go down in history as a plague--hopefully one that dies out in my lifetime.Last edited by Larry Castle; Friday, 14th July, 2017, 10:24 PM.
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Originally posted by Bob Gillanders View PostIsn't the New York Post somewhat sympathetic to Trump? Anyway, if they can't even get her name correct.
They did do another story: Donald Trump Jr. is an idiot. Actually I think the attempt was to paint Trump as just stupid, rather than corrupt.
The best quote from this article is: "Don Jr. is why Nigerian email scammers keep trying their luck."
The Post’s framing became the go-to strategy for the growing Russia scandal among the pro-Trump media now that — thanks to Don Jr.’s self-released emails — campaign coordination could no longer be outright denied as “fake news.” Don Jr. never should have been working on the campaign at all. He didn’t understand what he did was wrong. He’s new to politics. Come on, he’s just a kid. He was just an idiot.
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In direct contrast to conservatives’ interpretation of Jr.’s behavior is the vilification of Hillary Clinton, particularly with regard to her private email server. It doesn’t matter that other secretaries of State shared her system, or that an FBI review cleared her of wrongdoing; according to adversaries, Clinton’s use of a private server wasn’t just careless, but sinister and calculated. It was part of her master plan to hide things from the American people. They brand her with the longstanding cultural stereotype of women, especially exceptional women, as cunning and manipulative. Women carry not only their own faults but the faults that have been projected on women for centuries.
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Meanwhile, a 12-year-old boy like Tamir Rice, actually innocent of any wrongdoing, was painted as a thug and a threat — a man, not a kid. Black children become men the moment a white person claims to be scared of them.
Conservatism will go down in history as a plague--hopefully one that dies out in my lifetime.
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Re: Resolution of appeal to NAC on the matter of Canadian Closed playoff
A noble gesture that reminds me of Anderssen and Morphy playing for 'honor'. Essentially players would be taking the "governance" of chess into their own hands. If such a contest ever happens I'd go the additional step (aside from dispensing with rating fees) and have it arbiter free. Probably won't happen. Here's a grand idea though: a Canadian Champions Championship. Everyone who is presently a Canadian Champion having a go at it. Sponsorship may be easier to attain for such a contest.
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Are you implying that media is biased and inaccurate? I am shocked.
My point is that anyone hiring a lawyer is smart to do so whether the accusations against them have merit or not.
Originally posted by Bob Gillanders View PostHis wife's name is Jane Sanders. This whole story is nothing more than a pathetic smear campaign against Sanders. Isn't the New York Post somewhat sympathetic to Trump? Anyway, if they can't even get her name correct.
They did do another story: Donald Trump Jr. is an idiot. Actually I think the attempt was to paint Trump as just stupid, rather than corrupt.
The best quote from this article is: "Don Jr. is why Nigerian email scammers keep trying their luck."
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Originally posted by Tom O'Donnell View Posthttp://nypost.com/2017/06/25/why-ber...eeds-a-lawyer/
"Don’t make too much of the news that Sen. Bernie Sanders and his wife, Jill, have lawyered up: It’s just what you have to do when you’re facing an FBI investigation.
That is, retaining private counsel is obligatory even if you truly have done absolutely nothing wrong. ..."
They did do another story: Donald Trump Jr. is an idiot. Actually I think the attempt was to paint Trump as just stupid, rather than corrupt.
The best quote from this article is: "Don Jr. is why Nigerian email scammers keep trying their luck."
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http://nypost.com/2017/06/25/why-ber...eeds-a-lawyer/
"Don’t make too much of the news that Sen. Bernie Sanders and his wife, Jill, have lawyered up: It’s just what you have to do when you’re facing an FBI investigation.
That is, retaining private counsel is obligatory even if you truly have done absolutely nothing wrong. ..."
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Originally posted by John Coleman View PostJohn, John. Have a nice cup of tea, take your medication, and lie down for a while.
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Originally posted by Vlad Drkulec View PostThe nice thing about chess is that people of all races, creeds, religions, sexes and ages can get together and compete on an equal basis. The colour of your skin or what you wear do not determine your chess strength. Can't we all just get along?
What a question from someone who has an ignore list!
Maybe when you can apologize for and take back the hate you spewed onto all atheists and leftists lately. Maybe when you can set an example by "just getting along" with Ben Daswani.
Speaking of which, I see Donald Trump Jr. has hired a specialist lawyer to get him out of the mess he's in. What you say about that, Drkulec? After you decried Ben Daswani as someone who's just trying to get criminals off the hook using legalities......
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Re: Resolution of appeal to NAC on the matter of Canadian Closed playoff
The nice thing about chess is that people of all races, creeds, religions, sexes and ages can get together and compete on an equal basis. The colour of your skin or what you wear do not determine your chess strength. Can't we all just get along?
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