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  • I just thought you had the right to know

    https://youtube.com/watch?v=b-U_I1DCGEY#t=777
    everytime it hurts, it hurts just like the first (and then you cry till there's no more tears)

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    • Astra Zenica Vaccine Halted in Alberta and Ontario
      https://www.reuters.com/business/hea...ly%20estimated.

      An expected side effect of not just the AZ vaccine but the J&J, Moderna, and Pfizer vaccines that all turn your body into a pathogenic spike protein building
      factory that recent papers show the spike proteins circulate in your body for up to two weeks after the first shot.

      https://academic.oup.com/cid/advance...iab465/6279075

      But, hey let's force the kids to get vaxxed and risk injury or death for a group who neither spread the virus and have an IFR of virtually zero. Thank you health minister Patty Hadju for denying our population early treatments that work and decided to subject Canadians to this,
      Of course, what can you expect from a minister of health with ZERO science or medical background? You know, the moron that refers to peer-reviewed science as "fake news"



      By the way, the next problem is a contaminated blood supply with pathogenic spike proteins. I am already hearing from Dr's with reports of sick patients after blood transfusions.


      Last edited by Sid Belzberg; Sunday, 30th May, 2021, 10:30 AM.

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      • All right, can't blame me, I tried

        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-U_I1DCGEY#t=1475
        everytime it hurts, it hurts just like the first (and then you cry till there's no more tears)

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        • One of my pet concerns has been Excess Deaths.
          If these numbers are true, this is worse than thought.

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          • Thats startling news. I would have assumed more long term repercussions (like psychiatric, addictions, illnesses from stress) but thats a sgnificant number of deaths from that age grouping.

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            • So to further the cause of Anand's wonderful and inspiring effort ... Checkmate COVID ... Vishy held an online simul with some of India's brightness star ' celebrities' on chess dot com.

              And so far only 3 were caught CHEATING!

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              One of the cheats is India’s youngest billionaire who co-founded an online stock trading platform ... I now have to think just how many people he truly has cheated.

              ...

              https://www.thehindu.com/sport/other...le34812045.ece

              https://www.reddit.com/r/chess/comme...y_was_not_the/

              https://www.chess.com/news/view/2021...ia-anand-simul




              Last edited by Neil Frarey; Monday, 14th June, 2021, 05:37 PM.

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              • Originally posted by Neil Frarey View Post
                So to further the cause of Anand's wonderful and inspiring effort ... Checkmate COVID ... Vishy held an online simul with some of India's brightness star ' celebrities' on chess dot com.

                And so far only 3 were caught CHEATING!

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                One of the cheats is India’s youngest billionaire who co-founded an online stock trading platform ... I now have to think just how many people he truly has cheated.

                ...

                https://www.thehindu.com/sport/other...le34812045.ece

                https://www.reddit.com/r/chess/comme...y_was_not_the/

                https://www.chess.com/news/view/2021...ia-anand-simul



                This is one of the most pathetic displays I have ever heard of in my life. Cheating against one of the greatest players of all time, a national icon, and at a CHARITY event no less. It simply boggles the mind. Did these idiots with their 800 chess.com ratings actually think they would not get caught? I hope they are banned from chess for life and their names are dragged through the mud in the Indian press. Perhaps it will cost this young billionaire millions of dollars in lost business. F**K 'EM

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                • Seems that money talks ... loud & clear.

                  It only took a short little while and a few extra $$$ from a cheating little billionaire and all the Cheats have had their accounts restored...

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                  ...Fair Play???

                  LOOL!!!

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                  • Originally posted by Neil Frarey View Post
                    Seems that money talks ... loud & clear.

                    It only took a short little while and a few extra $$$ from a cheating little billionaire and all the Cheats have had their accounts restored...

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                    ...Fair Play???

                    LOOL!!!
                    While I do respect GM Anands wishes to move foward in this matter, I have today cancelled my chess.com account because THEY TOLERATE CHEATERS !!!! I would urge other chess.com members to do the same and send a message. Cheaters need to be punished or the game will crumble.

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                    • Kudos!

                      A think there's a lot of layers to Anand's pressure on chess dot com.

                      One such layer is the Anand + FIDE collab ... Global Chess League ... which has already received millions of dollars in backing.

                      https://indianexpress.com/article/sp...s-big-7345814/

                      FIDE is heading into virtual space and so too is chess dot com.

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                      • I do not have a paid membership with chess.com so I have nothing to cancel BUT I almost had to laugh at the outrage some people seem to have about this issue. This was of course a very despicable thing to do to someone as classy as Vishy Anand, but aside from it being tasteless it was a charity simul and not a rated game even in a pathetic norm-generating factory tournament...(a separate topic that I might be interested in - lol)

                        There are a lot of things about cheating that are despicable but simul games for charity are very low on my list of things to be concerned about...

                        Maybe others are just taking the high road and expressing outrage because "if we let one cheater off the hook we will be overrun with em" - yada yada.

                        I'm not sure how some people can type on the keyboard while constantly wringing their hands in despair.
                        ...Mike Pence: the Lord of the fly.

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                        • I have no membership on chess dot com, i used to play for fun last few months, never in a tournament with money to avoid cheating. And even without money, they adjust 22 times(!!) my rating because of my opponents violated fairness policy!

                          Hope that over-the-board play restart soon!

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                          • Originally posted by Kerry Liles View Post
                            I do not have a paid membership with chess.com so I have nothing to cancel BUT I almost had to laugh at the outrage some people seem to have about this issue. This was of course a very despicable thing to do to someone as classy as Vishy Anand, but aside from it being tasteless it was a charity simul and not a rated game even in a pathetic norm-generating factory tournament...(a separate topic that I might be interested in - lol)

                            There are a lot of things about cheating that are despicable but simul games for charity are very low on my list of things to be concerned about...

                            Maybe others are just taking the high road and expressing outrage because "if we let one cheater off the hook we will be overrun with em" - yada yada.

                            I'm not sure how some people can type on the keyboard while constantly wringing their hands in despair.

                            Nice points Kerry, and I would add a little something: if you are a billionaire, and you participate in such a charity event and then have to apologize for trying to game the system as it were, what is the best way to have your apology accepted? Give a lot of extra money to the charity!!!! But I haven't seen anything saying the billionaire did that.

                            It reminds me of American Republicans who routinely issue "thoughts and prayers" to victims of mass shootings. Replace "thoughts and prayers" and "apologies" with actions! That is what we should demand of our billionaires and of our politicians.

                            But we have to realize that this will not happen, and we cannot make it happen, and then we have to think about why..... why this world must continue to have such imperfections.... so that it may continue to be the world of troubles and suffering so that we may all learn, and then go back to the other realm of no troubles and no suffering and say "Wow, I learned a lot by going down to Earth!"

                            By the way, to the person who is quitting chess.com because they allow cheaters, I approve your decision even if it is a charity event. Silence in the face of injustice indicates approval.
                            Last edited by Pargat Perrer; Wednesday, 16th June, 2021, 03:12 AM.

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                            • GM Hikaru...

                              This is insane! This is insane!

                              I don't buy it.

                              You can't have a two sets of rules ... double standard.
                              https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmSwF3ts50Y

                              Good on Naka to take such a firm stand, unlike others.

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                              • Originally posted by Neil Frarey View Post
                                GM Hikaru...



                                https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmSwF3ts50Y

                                Good on Naka to take such a firm stand, unlike others.
                                I totally agree with Naka.

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