Stealing.
That “died of exposure” bit is just what The Authorities want you to believe.
Wake up Sheeple! It was Sasquatch done sucked the life right outta them guys! Just like cats do to babies.
I’m not entirely certain as to why, but there are far fewer women playing professional chess than men, and only about 2% of chess grandmasters are female. This article indicates that part of the reason for offering female-only tournaments is to encourage more women to play.
Bah. Everyone knows Sasquatch hibernates in winter. They should’ve gone in July when they could have died of smoke inhalation instead.
As a light aside, I’d like to draw attention that this story takes place in Skamania County, which is one of my favorite unusual place names in this part of the country (Humptulips being a close second) because it sounds like it should’ve been the name of a touring alternative music festival in 1998.
Castling takes a lot of testosterone.
Here is a good one: try to figure out what name he is saying there. Sounds like total butchery to me.
Also, Dosewallips is a fun one. And the tiniest county has the biggest name.
“Okanagan”, obviously. But you’d think a radio host from Portland would be able to pronounce it correctly.
Reminds me of the Polgar sisters.
My money’s on that statement being a lie. Some media outlets have reached out to Gates, though, so we should find out for sure soon enough.
I’m pretty sure it’s a cultural thing. It’s the same reason women are underrepresented in STEM career fields.
Part of it is that women tend to be less competitive in general, and part of it is that they’re less interested in chess specifically.
Of course, it’s not known how much of either of those is innate versus cultural.
I wrote a longish post yesterday and wisely cancelled it.
@Chronos said a lot of what I meant in far fewer words just above.
I’ll add a side order that on nearly any physical or mental metric, the human population forms a bell curve. But the farthest outliers on both ends tend to be heavier in males than females. With the consequence that the best of the best and the worst of the worst at [whatever] tend to be male-heavy sub-populations.
He’s back.
Basically, FIDE backed down.
They looked ridiculous to a lot of folks, the sponsors had a word with them, and they folded.
ETA: The final game of the preliminary rounds is going on now. Carlsen looking likely to advance to the final 8 for the knockout rounds (and yes he’s wearing jeans). The format of the tournament itself is kind of silly. FIDE is not covering itself with glory in how it tries to appeal to the newer generation of players and audience.
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to have anal sex with the Grinch?
…well, apparently someone has, because thanks to the makers of Fleshlight you can now experience the next best thing (screencap of Instagram ad in spoiler tag due to NSFWness);
Not exactly “in the news” for most of us, I think. But thanks so much for sharing.
I’m sickened that 15 dopers are depraved enough to click on that link.
So who are the other 14?
Not really sure it fits anywhere else, TBH.
Yes, mostly because it’s a Fleshlight sex toy and not a Bad Dragon sex toy.
Well, not me. Oh, wait…
Hey, it’s my birthday! 