How much does that cost?
Most people I know hate it, but I absolutely love the feeling of a fly crawling on my arms or legs. It gives me this wonderful comfortable tingling sensation and I can’t get enough of it.
There’s no Offerspill here. This championship only features national federations, so Carlsen is playing for the Norwegian team together with other Norwegian players. And they’re very unlikely to win after one draw and one loss in the first two rounds.
…aaaand big upset already in the first round with Denmark (20th seed) beating Azerbaijan! Radjabov, Mamedov and Abasov all went into quick draws (maybe thinking that Mamedyarov was about to win). But Mamedyarov misplayed his attack and went on to lose vs. Mads Andersen.
My bad, next time I’ll provide a link right away. Here you go: https://lichess.org/analysis/4B3/8/6N1/5p2/1r4p1/6pk/7b/4K2Q_w_-_-_0_1?color=white
Perfect, you found it!
Nicely done! You solved the main (study) line. There’s other lines where Black actually holds out longer, but they’re much simpler to calculate.
Right, but what about 1. Bc6 Rb1+ 2. Kd2 Rxh1?
Good start. You don’t have to calculate all the way to mate in that line, White gets an overwhelming advantage.
But more interestingly: What do you do after Bc6 Rb1+?
An interesting read, no doubt, but I still disagree with
Is this something we actually have to worry about?
Maybe.
The “threat” here would entail no negative emotions, no human (or other) suffering, just… nothing. Plus, it sounds like if the universe were indeed unstable/meta-stable, there’s nothing we could change about it anyway. So of all the things I can worry about, I feel this deserves the least amount of worry.
Well when you find a guy with an exploded face, it obviously warrants some further Investigation. I could imagine them looking for a bullet and not finding any, then investigating further. The info about him dipping his chewing gum in citric acid might have been given by friends, they also found the explosive, and from there it’s not a huge jump to the explanation they found.
A bit morbid, but there’s https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_unusual_deaths. Features stuff like:
Sergio Millán, 59, was alone in his apartment in Torreforta, Tarragona, Spain, when an explosion in a petrochemical plant 3 kilometres (2 mi) away launched a one-ton iron plate into the apartment above him, causing the ceiling to collapse, killing him.
or
Vladimir Likhonos, 25, a student of Kyiv Polytechnic Institute from Konotop, was killed when his chewing gum exploded. Likhonos had a habit of dipping his chewing gum in citric acid to increase the gum’s sour taste. On his work table police found about 100 grams (3.5 oz) of unidentified explosive powder which he used for chemistry studies at home. It resembled citric acid, and it is thought that he confused the two, having accidentally coated his gum in the explosive powder before chewing it. The explosive was found to be four times stronger than TNT, and the explosion was possibly triggered either by reacting with Likhonos’s saliva, or the pressure exerted by him chewing on the gum and explosive powder.
I’m closing in on 40 and life satisfaction has been rising consistently over the past couple of years. I think the peak is still ahead.
No idea, a capybara maybe?
I get almost all literature for my papers from libgen and scihub. I even have access to a lot or journals through my uni’s VPN, but it’s just much simpler and quicker to use the open seas.
My justification is that a) scientific journal publishers are evil and a scourge on humankind, and b) on average, I only need like 1% of the info in such literature, so I would never buy it anyway, which means that me pirating it doesn’t affect sales in any way.
More fallout from the recent #metoo scandals in chess.
See also: the Dead Sea Scrolls. That area is great for keeping stuff safe.
My wife and I have done several trips with our two kids (born 2018 and 2020) and have never checked in anything. It’s absolutely doable if you pack wisely.
Not the topic of this thread, but the new app is in development. There’s a Lichess team for beta testers.