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Garllington
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Niagara Falls, Ontario Beigetreten Temmuz 2014
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Matthias Bluebaum has secured a +0.45 advantage in game one of the Candidates and is on pace for 14/14.
#GreatBluebaumSweep

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@0penhymen @gregorymconway Contractual obligations, obviously... Poor guys have to suffer the whole tournament
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On the eve of the Candidates Tournament, I want to remind everyone about the important role of chess sponsors.
Everyone talks about the players and the winners, but far too often people completely forget about those thanks to whom the prize fund makes it possible to see the world’s strongest chess players at the board.
Many chess fans don’t even know about a major figure in world chess of the 2020s — the main sponsor of numerous top competitions and co-sponsor of the 2026 Candidates Tournament.
The former (?) owner of a lion stake in @chesscom, sponsor of the previous Candidates Tournaments in Madrid and Toronto, the World Team Championships, the Women’s Grand Prix, the Grand Swiss tournaments, FIDE award laureate, and simply a billionaire — Isaac Sheinberg.
Forbes estimates the Sheinberg family’s net worth at $6–7 billion, minus the ten or twenty million dollars that have been spent on FIDE’s largest chess tournaments.A five-year contract was signed in 2022.
Like any other successful person, he went through a difficult period after facing charges of money laundering, fraud, and illegal gambling business from United States goverment.
Over those ten years, before his extradition to the USA in 2021, he decided to invest in us, acquiring a large portion of Chess.com shares and ,according to Allebest (despite being charged with mentioned articles in the meantime), became key figure in the success of this American company in the 2010s.
Having paid a total of more than $700 million in fines over these years (according to media), fortunately Sheinberg avoided a prison sentence that the US authorities had initially requested in this high-profile case, and focused on sponsoring chess tournaments.
Unfortunately, FIDE, Chess.com very rarely mention their largest partner throughout years.
I decided to correct this misunderstanding ,when arguably the most influential force in the chess world over the past decade, remains almost unknown to the general audience.
And now let's enjoy forthcoming Candidates Tournament




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@nocontextmemes Black should play Qc1+ Qh1 with a stronger effect,imho
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@SeeOutThere Američki profesor rešio problem zavisnosti na Islandu,a u svome selu ne biva prorok?!Video bik ga da je nekim slučajem to ostrvo na putu dostave ,tipa Meksiko ili južna europa...

Krajem devedesetih, ulice Rejkjavika imale su ogroman problem. Tinejdžeri su na njima bili pijani, vidljivo, redovno, u broju koji je zabrinjavao celu zemlju. Do 1998. godine, 42% islandskih petnaestogodišnjaka i šesnaestogodišnjaka bilo je pijano u prethodnih mesec dana, a skoro četvrtina je svakodnevno pušila cigarete. Island je imao neke od najgorih stopa zloupotrebe supstanci među mladima u Evropi, a uobičajene mere, edukacija, kampanje podizanja svesti, zdravstvena upozorenja, nisu davale gotovo nikakve rezultate. Rešenje je, zanimljivo, počelo u Denveru, Kolorado.
Harvey Milkman, američki profesor psihologije, tvrdio je da ljudi zapravo nisu zavisni od droga, već od onoga što droge rade njihovoj hemiji mozga. Korisnici heroina želeli su da se otupe. Korisnici amfetamina želeli su osećaj kontrole. Droga je bila samo sredstvo. On je to nazvao bihevioralna zavisnost i postavio pitanje: da li se ista stanja u mozgu mogu postići na neki drugi način?
Islandska istraživačica Inga Dora Sigfúsdóttir otišla je korak dalje. Umesto da leči tinejdžere koji već imaju problem, želela je da spreči da problem uopšte nastane. Ona i njene kolege anketirali su sve četrnaestogodišnjake, petnaestogodišnjake i šesnaestogodišnjake na Islandu.
Podaci su pokazali nekoliko ključnih zaštitnih faktora: bavljenje sportom ili kreativnim aktivnostima više puta nedeljno, vreme provedeno sa roditeljima tokom radnih večeri i osećaj povezanosti u školi. Tinejdžeri koji su pili po ulicama nisu moralno posrnuli, bili su jednostavno bez sadržaja i bez mesta gde bi pripadali.
Odgovor Islanda bio je sistemski. Vlada je snažno subvencionisala vannastavne aktivnosti, sport, muziku, ples i umetnost. Uvedene su novčane podrške kako cena ne bi bila prepreka. Uveden je policijski čas, a roditelji su podstaknuti da provode više vremena sa svojom decom, ne nužno “kvalitetno”, već jednostavno više vremena.
Tokom narednih 20 godina, rezultati su bili izuzetni. Do 2017. godine, stopa opijanja među mladima pala je sa 42% na 5%. Svakodnevno pušenje smanjeno je sa 23% na 3%. Upotreba kanabisa pala je sa 17% na 5%. Program se od tada proširio na 35 opština u 17 različitih zemalja.
Ispostavilo se da rešenje za zavisnost kod tinejdžera nije u tome da im se govori koliko su droge opasne, već da im se pruže struktura, podrška i smislen izbor drugačijih aktivnosti.🇮🇸


@GMJacobAagaard @durarbayli I blundered once the only rook in rooks endgame ,beat that, tournament game no time scramble,just pure blunder 💪
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@durarbayli In my last game, I had a 4.5 advantage through a powerful extra passed pawn on d4 (as Black). It was defended by four pieces. Two moves later I had lost it and was down to a 0.2 advantage.
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"I really don't like the rule that a pinned piece doesn't lose its ability to attack" - GM friend told me while sharing this.
New In Chess@NewInChess
The blunder of the year has been found... Black, with 18 minutes on the clock, played ....h4??
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Belgija, 2000. Ulazim namiriti glad doner kebabom. Lik sa druge strane šaltera ne zna engleski, ja i dalje ne znam holandski. Sporazumevamo se nekako, ali zato što sam prepoznao dres Fenera i umeo da nabrojim pešes' igrača me je častio pivom. Univerzalni jezik.
Criss_Crosssss@Criss_Crossv2
Tbf, being able to start a conversation with 70% of men no matter where you are in the world by mentioning football is a bit of a cheat code

Kažu na vestima:"bombardovanje je okončano 10. juna potpisivanjem kumanovskog sporazuma"
Ne, bombardovanje je okončano 10.juna potpisivanjem kapitulacije.
youtu.be/oV-Qd9JeHZI?si…

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@relja996 Lapo lapo,nadao sam se da neće al' desilo se.Jutro posle, u tramvaju na NBG neviđena tišina ,ljudi neverovatno kulturni ,vrv stanje šoka jbmlg

@agw72718633 Tamo mozes dobiti eutanaziju za 1 dan. A čekaš lekara opšte prakse 11 dana.
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A very TCEC structure in the first game! We’ve been getting these since time immemorial from Czech Benonis and (on the other side) from Frenches. Kinda crazy but the engines consider them basically winning! And indeed Reckless is making the win too! tcec-chess.com



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@gutovicaleksa Pričao je vlada Đurović o prethodnom treneru Pariza (koji je sad u NBA) nekom brazilcu ,bio fenomenalan ali takođe nogiran

@brotherhoudini @sovaprase Htedoh da pomenem artritis i reumu ali vrv to možse namesti dobrom 'ranom i tjelovežbom

@sovaprase Uglavnom ali ne i uvek. Ja sam jedan od srecnih dobitnika artritisa u 25godina dok sam se jos uvek aktivno bavio sportom......
















