| Off-Topic Discussion - Does taking many days to "count ballots" suggest excellent government? @Noflaps said [^] > Days go by, and California counts and counts and counts. And, uh, counts. And counts some more. > > And apparently, days after the primary, it's STILL going on. > > Florida, also w… |  |
| General Chess Discussion - Do you think someone could be a GM in 1 year @kindaspongey said [^] > "... Though being a chess pro might sound romantic (it certainly did to me when I was young), the romance quickly melts away when you realize that you’re broke, starving, and … | |
| General Chess Discussion - Do you think someone could be a GM in 1 year @forksforbreakfast said [^] > Let's say he actually could put in that much effort with that much discipline towards this goal. Wouldn't it be better spent on something that might actually make him mon… | |
| General Chess Discussion - Do you think someone could be a GM in 1 year @tpr said [^] > "I do not care what Polgar said. He is wrong." > * He was a professional pedagogue. Het set up a daring experiment and succeeded not once but three times. Who are you to contradict him… | |
| General Chess Discussion - Do you think someone could be a GM in 1 year @tpr said [^] > "organic brain and mental differences" > * Polgar denied this. > > "we vary in other physical ways" > * Physical is different. I do not care what Polgar said. He is wrong. We are physi… | |
| General Chess Discussion - Do you think someone could be a GM in 1 year @CVFleming said [^] > > It is the same for a kid wanting to excel at gymnastics, tennis, ice skating... > > No, it is not. As a piano teacher at a music conservatory, I have had pupils who have gone o… | |
| General Chess Discussion - Do you think someone could be a GM in 1 year @tpr said [^] > "Had he adopted three other kids from different families and also raised them" > * Lazlo Polgar wanted to adopt three children from third world countries to repeat his experiment, but … | |
| General Chess Discussion - Do you think someone could be a GM in 1 year @king_killer333 said [^] > > > You either got it or u don't. > > > 'I have only one talent, a talent for hard work' - Kasparov > > > > > > 'born' > > > Genius is made, not born. > > > > Really? U do n… | |
| General Chess Discussion - Do you think someone could be a GM in 1 year @tpr said [^] > "U do not think that GK had a natural aptitude and gift for the game?" > * No. He had an interest in the game and started at young age. > > "many people study and apply themselves to C… | |
| General Chess Discussion - Do you think someone could be a GM in 1 year A balanced article that deals with the subject. https://www.chessjournal.com/is-chess-a-skill-or-talent/ | |
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