Wednesday 3 April 2024
DOES ANYONE CARE ANY MORE?
Tuesday 2 April 2024
GRAND MASTERS OF DECEPTION
In an attempt to explain the many levels of "conspiracy" research I often used to use the analogy of multiplayer online games - there are lots of levels, which ever one you get to there are more above it, and if you do ever get to the top one, another one will rapidly be created above it.
But then I had the thought, online games games have only been around for about 25 years, while "conspiracies" go back hundreds of years. And that is when I started thinking about chess.
It is said a chess grand master can anticipate all the possible moves up to seven levels ahead. Whoever is pulling the strings globally would need to be able to do that as well.
It wasn't a major jump to start wondering who all the chess grand masters actually are. And sure enough, no surprises here!
Beersheba in Israel is the city with the most chess grand masters per capita in the world
Bobby Fischer, the highest rated player in history when he became world champion in 1972, is believed to have had two Jewish parents, although Fischer himself was "antisemitic" and strongly denied having a Jewish identity.
Many others would also try to hide the fact so the actual numbers would be higher, but this is the official list of "Outstanding Jewish Chess Players" on Jewish owned Wikipedia:
Outstanding Jewish Chess Players
- Aaron (Albert) Alexandre (c. 1765–1850), German-born French-English[11]
- Simon Alapin (1856–1923), Lithuanian[12][13]
- Lev Alburt (born 1945), Russian/American[14]
- Izaak Appel (1905–1941), Polish, killed by the Nazis
- Lev Aronin (1920–1982), Russian/Soviet[14]
- Levon Aronian (born 1982), Armenian grandmaster, World Cup champion twice[15]
- Arnold Aurbach (c. 1888–1952), Polish-born French[citation needed]
- Yuri Averbakh (1922–2022), Russian[16]
- Mary Weiser Bain (1904–1972), born in Hungary (now sub-Carpathian Ukraine), immigrated to the United States as a teenager, first American woman to represent the U.S. in an organized chess competition, won the U.S. Women's Chess Championship in 1951, awarded the Woman International Master title in 1952
- Anjelina Belakovskaia (born 1969), Ukrainian-born US woman grandmaster[citation needed]
- Alexander Beliavsky (born 1953), Ukrainian-born Soviet/Slovenian grandmaster[14]
- Joel Benjamin (born 1964), American grandmaster
- Ossip Bernstein (1882–1962), Ukrainian-born French grandmaster[12]
- Arthur Bisguier (1929–2017), US grandmaster[17]
- Abram Blass (1896–1971), Polish
- Isaac Boleslavsky (1919–1977), Ukrainian-born Soviet grandmaster[18]
- Mikhail Botvinnik (1911–1995), Russian/Soviet grandmaster and 6th undisputed world champion[17]
- Gyula Breyer (1893–1921), Hungarian, pioneer of the hypermodern school, important chess theorist, blindfold simultaneous record holder
- David Bronstein (1924–2006), Ukrainian-born Soviet grandmaster,[12]
- Oscar Chajes (1873–1928), Ukrainian/Polish/Austrian-born US[19]
- Vitaly Chekhover (1908–1965), Russian[citation needed]
- Isabelle Choko (1928–2023), Polish-French concentration camp survivor[20]
- Erich Cohn (1884–1918), German[21]
- Wilhelm Cohn (1859–1913), German[22]
- Moshe Czerniak (1910–1984), Polish-born Israeli[23]
- Arnold Denker (1914–2005), US grandmaster[24]
- Arthur Dunkelblum (1906–1979), Polish-born Belgian[25]
- Mark Dvoretsky (1947–2016), noted Russian trainer and international master[26]
- Roman Dzindzichashvili (born 1944), Georgian-born Israeli American grandmaster[citation needed]
- Vereslav Eingorn (born 1956), Ukrainian grandmaster
- Berthold Englisch (1851–1897), Austrian[27]
- Larry Evans (1932–2010), US grandmaster[17]
- Rafał Feinmesser (1895–?), Polish, killed in Warsaw during Holocaust
- Reuben Fine (1914–1993), US grandmaster[28]
- Bobby Fischer (1943–2008), US grandmaster and 11th undisputed world champion[17]
- Alexander Flamberg (1880–1926), Polish[29]
- Salo Flohr (1908–1983), Ukrainian-born Czech and Soviet grandmaster[30]
- Henryk Friedman (1903–1942), Polish, killed by the Nazis
- Paulino Frydman (1905–1982), Polish-born Argentine[12]
- Boris Gelfand (born 1968), Belarusian-born Israeli grandmaster, World Cup champion[14]
- Efim Geller (1925–1998), Ukrainian-born Soviet grandmaster[17]
- Harry Golombek (1911–1995), English[17]
- Eduard Gufeld (1936–2002), Ukrainian grandmaster[31]
- Boris Gulko (born 1947), German-born Russian US grandmaster[32]
- Isidor Gunsberg (1854–1930), Hungarian-born English[17]
- Ilya Gurevich (born 1972), Russian-born US grandmaster and junior World champion[33]
- Mikhail Gurevich (born 1959), Ukrainian-born Russian Turkish grandmaster[14]
- Dmitry Gurevich Born in 1956, Russian/American grandmaster
- Lev Gutman (born 1945), Latvian-born Israeli German grandmaster[34]
- Daniel Harrwitz (1821–1884), Prussian/Polish/German-born English French[35]
- Israel Horowitz (1907–1973), US[17]
- Bernhard Horwitz (1807–1885), German-born English[17]
- Dawid Janowski (1868–1927), Belarusian/Polish-born French grandmaster[30]
- Max Judd (1851–1906), US[17]
- Gregory Kaidanov (born 1959), Ukrainian-born Russian US grandmaster[36]
- Julio Kaplan (born 1950), Argentine-born Puerto Rican US grandmaster and World junior champion[12]
- Mona May Karff (1908–1998), Moldovan-born US woman master[17]
- Isaac Kashdan (1905–1985), US grandmaster[12]
- Garry Kasparov (born 1963), Russian grandmaster, former 13th undisputed world champion
- Alexander Khalifman (born 1966), Russian grandmaster and World champion[37]
- Stanisław Kohn (1895–1940), Polish, killed by the Nazis
- Ignatz von Kolisch (1837–1889), Hungarian/Slovakian-born Austrian grandmaster[17]
- George Koltanowski (1903–2000), Belgian-born US grandmaster[17]
- Viktor Korchnoi (1931–2016), Russian-born grandmaster
- Yair Kraidman (born 1932), Israeli grandmaster[38]
- Leon Kremer (1901–1941), Polish
- Abraham Kupchik (1892–1970), Belarusian/Polish-born US[17]
- Alla Kushnir (1941–2013), Russian Israeli woman grandmaster[17]
- Salo Landau (1903–1944), Polish-born Dutch, killed by the Nazis[39]
- Berthold Lasker (1860–1928), Prussian/German/Polish-born master, elder brother of Emanuel Lasker
- Edward Lasker (1885–1981), Polish/German-born US[40]
- Emanuel Lasker (1868–1941), Prussian/German/Polish-born US grandmaster and 2nd undisputed world champion[17]
- Anatoly Lein (1931–2018), Russian/Soviet/American grandmaster[14]
- Konstantin Lerner (1950–2011), Ukrainian/Israeli grandmaster
- Grigory Levenfish (1889–1961), Polish/Russian-born grandmaster[41]
- Irina Levitina (born 1954), Russian-born US woman grandmaster[17]
- Vladimir Liberzon (1937–1996), Russian-born Israeli grandmaster[42]
- Andor Lilienthal (1911–2010), Russian-born Hungarian/Soviet grandmaster[43]
- Samuel Lipschütz (1863–1905), Austria-Hungary/American[14]
- Johann Löwenthal (1810–1876), Hungarian-born US English[17]
- Moishe Lowtzky (1881–1940), Ukrainian-born Polish, killed by Nazis[citation needed]
- Gyula Makovetz (1860–1903), Hungarian[citation needed]
- Jonathan Mestel (born 1957), English grandmaster and World U-16 champion[citation needed]
- Houshang Mashian (born 1938), Iranian-Israeli chess master
- Jacques Mieses (1865–1954), German-born English grandmaster[17]
- Miguel Najdorf (1910–1997), Polish-born Polish/Argentine grandmaster[17]
- Daniel Naroditsky (born 1995), American grandmaster and chess streamer[44]
- Ian Nepomniachtchi (born 1990), Russian grandmaster[43]
- Aron Nimzowitsch (1886–1935), Latvian-born Danish[30]
- Isaías Pleci (1907–1979), Argentine[45]
- Judit Polgár (born 1976), Hungarian grandmaster[17]
- Susan Polgár (born 1969), Hungarian-born US grandmaster and World champion[46]
- Zsófia Polgár (born 1974), Hungarian-born Israeli international master[17]
- Lev Polugaevsky (1934–1995), Belarusian/Soviet grandmaster[47]
- Dawid Przepiórka (1880–1940), Polish, killed by Nazis[12]
- Lev Psakhis (born 1958), Russian/Soviet/Israeli grandmaster[14]
- Abram Rabinovich (1878–1943), Lithuanian/Russian[14]
- Ilya Rabinovich (1891–1942), Russian[14]
- Teimour Radjabov (born 1987), Azerbaijani grandmaster[14]
- Nukhim Rashkovsky (1946–2023), Russian grandmaster[14]
- Éloi Relange (born 1976), French grandmaster[14]
- Samuel Reshevsky (1911–1992), Polish-born US grandmaster[48]
- Richard Réti (1889–1929), Slovakian/Hungarian-born Czech[30]
- Maxim Rodshtein (born 1989), Israeli U-16 World champion[49]
- Kenneth Rogoff (born 1953), US grandmaster[citation needed]
- Samuel Rosenthal (1837–1902), Polish-born French[22]
- Eduardas Rozentalis (born 1963), Lithuanian grandmaster[14]
- Levy Rozman (born 1995), American chess master
- Akiba Rubinstein (1880–1961), Polish grandmaster[48]
- Gersz Salwe (1862–1920), Polish grandmaster[12]
- Jennifer Shahade (born 1980), American chess player, poker player, commentator and writer[50]
- Leonid Shamkovich (1923–2005), Soviet/Israeli/Canadian/American grandmaster
- Yury Shulman (born 1975), Belarusian/Soviet/American grandmaster
- Gennady Sosonko (born 1943), Russian-born Dutch grandmaster[51]
- Jon Speelman (born 1956), English grandmaster[12]
- Rudolf Spielmann (1883–1942), Austrian-born Swedish[30]
- Leonid Stein (1934–1973), Ukrainian-born Russian grandmaster[52]
- Endre Steiner (1901–1944), Hungarian[citation needed], killed by the Nazis
- Herman Steiner (1905–1955), Slovakian/Hungarian-born US[53]
- Lajos Steiner (1903–1975), Romanian/Hungarian-born Australian[54]
- Wilhelm Steinitz (1836–1900), Czech-born Austrian and US grandmaster and 1st undisputed world champion[12]
- Mark Stolberg (1922–1942), Russian
- Emil Sutovsky (born 1977), Israeli grandmaster[55]
- Peter Svidler (born 1976), Russian grandmaster, World Cup champion[14]
- László Szabó (1917–1998), Hungarian grandmaster[56]
- Mark Taimanov (1926–2016), Soviet/Russian grandmaster[57]
- Mikhail Tal (1936–1992), Soviet/Latvian grandmaster and 8th undisputed world champion[12]
- Siegbert Tarrasch (1862–1934), Polish/German grandmaster and Senior World champion[58]
- Savielly Tartakower (1887–1956), Russian-born Austrian/Polish/French grandmaster[48]
- Anna Ushenina (born 1985), Ukraine-born Women's World Champion[59]
- Anatoly Vaisser (born 1949), Kazakh-born Soviet/French grandmaster[14]
- Joshua Waitzkin (born 1976), American Junior Champion and martial arts champion
- Max Weiss (1857–1927), Slovakian/Hungarian-born Austrian[17]
- Simon Winawer (1838–1919), Polish[17]
- Leonid Yudasin (born 1959), Russian-born Israeli grandmaster[60]
- Tatiana Zatulovskaya (1935–2017), Azerbaijani-born Russian Israeli woman grandmaster[12]
- Johannes Zukertort (1842–1888), Polish-born German English[17]
Monday 1 April 2024
KIWIS VS AUSSIES
Bleeding Aussie Roo Shaggers
As a Kiwi, sometimes I am horrified to be mistaken for an Aussie. Usually by Americans. So now I’m going to explain some key differences between Kiwis and Aussies.
People in other countries often assume that because we are neighbours, we are just like each other, and great mates as well. But nothing could be further from the truth. We are more like North and South Korea, Serbia and Croatia, or England and Ireland.
First the big issue, the elephant in the closet. Aussies shag Kangaroos. It is a bizarre obsession, and they do it constantly. In a desperate attempt to cover up this national embarrassment they have even made up a story that Kiwis shag sheep. So despite the fact that this has never happened, they always refer to us as “sheep shaggers”
And the next big one is that they can’t speak English properly. So again they have made up a story to cover up the embarrassing truth. Because there are some vowels they can’t pronounce, they claim that they have no issues with their own speech, and it’s Kiwis that are wrong.
The most famous example is “fish and chips” Aussies can’t pronounce either of these words so they say “feesh and cheeps”. Although anyone who can speak English properly can hear this obvious balls up, as a cover story they accuse Kiwis of saying “fush and chups”
Then there is the whole Rugby thing. Aussies are obsessed with Rugby, it’s their national sport, but they are not very good at it. In fact every time there is a NZ vs Aus test match they get totally spanked by the All Blacks, and have their arses handed to them on a plate.
So in typical Aussie fashion they have invented their own version of Rugby that no other country plays. It’s even called “Aussie Rules”. Odd looking men in tight shorts wrestle about in a homoerotic fashion in front of stadiums filled with drunken Aussies fantasizing that they are watching some public roo shagging.
Another issue of great contention is the Pavlova theft. Australia was originally set up by the English as a penal colony – a place to ship all their criminals to, and get rid of them once and for all. So Aussies, in between shagging kangaroos, like to steal things. It’s in their blood.
At some point they decided to steal our national pudding, claim they invented it, and then to add insult to injury, they now claim we stole it from them.
An area that Australia really is world famous for, is feminism. NZ was the first country in the world to give women the vote, and New Zealand is ranked number 4 behind Iceland, Norway and Sweden on the Women in Work Index.
Australia meanwhile, is just famous for its angry militant feminists.
An Aussie “feminist” called Clementine Ford regularly makes headlines for saying things like “Have you killed any men today? – If not, why not?” And the scary thing is that she is not a stand up comedienne taking the piss out of femnazis. She is a regular Aussie femnazi!
While these things are some of the more critical issues for any Kiwi to keep in mind, I suppose I had better add in another key fact for overseas readers. Australia is a vast desert with hardly any people in it, just millions of dingos and kangaroos. They have the most poisonous spiders and snakes of any country, their rivers are filled with crocodiles and the surrounding sea is filled with sharks.
New Zealand has no dangerous or poisonous animals. None at all. We just have millions of sheep and soft cuddly possums. Australia has possums too, but theirs are really ugly looking things. And that is an analogy for the whole NZ vs Aus thing. Yes we have similarities, but in every case NZ is totally superior.
A NZ possum – we have over 30 million of these cute animals, and they are treated like a national treasure
Australia has more than 30 creatures that can kill someone in less than the time it takes to post a Twitter status update “I’ve been swimming with some friendly jellyfeesh but now I feel a bit sheet so I’m going to…”
Both countries are well aware of these underlying truths, but only one has dedicated the past century to making up ever more deranged stories in a desperate attempt to disguise the fact that they can’t say “chips”
Sunday 31 March 2024
THE HOT NEW MOTORBIKE TREND
Converting big old 500cc two stroke motocross bikes to road legal
REVISITING INSTAGRAM PART 2
Instagram seems to be a site where people mainly just post photos and videos, rather than delving into life's mysteries, but I can do that too - one of my hobbies is taking photos of random strangers...
I was curious to see if Instagrammers do politics - I don’t usually dwell on the clown show that is politics, but I was checking things out...
Just in case anyone sees this picture and thinks I support the "green" party - NO I DON'T, but I suspect my Instagram account would get suspended if I said what I really thought of those morons so a pic of a green tranny will have to do.
Having an account on Instagram could be a bit stressful for me because there are lots of Normies on Instagram, and I usually get along badly with Normies, they seem to think I'm wrong all the time...
And now for the elephant in the room - can the Instagram feed be seen in chronological order rather than a controlled algorithm based feed? That was the main reason I stopped using Instagram back in 2016 when they stopped the chronological feed.
I heard that could be changed as of 2022. But it turned out that is only on the mobile app, not on the website. So not much use to me.
While there are 441 apps for Instagram in Firefox, none give a chronological feed. Most of the extensions are just ways to work around Instagram's attempts to make it hard to download content.
The next elephant in the Instagram room is that it's really quite hard to find people or groups I have any desire to follow - it may have 1.3 billion active users but there are more w0ket@rds than you can shake a stick at.
There is lots of content being posted, but I was blown away by just how little questioning of the narratives is occurring on Instagram.
Saturday 30 March 2024
Friday 29 March 2024
Thursday 28 March 2024
96% OF MICROSOFT USERS ARE USING UTTER CRAP
Microsoft ends for me at Win 7 (I'll never use any Microsoft o/s newer) and I'm already using Linux Zorin & Mint to some extent - Linux is the future, Microsoft totally lost it after 7