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None. Only a couple have ever managed to break into the top ten. But there are things that women excel at. Men couldn't compete at their level in this stuff. And good job too. Why we all want to be equal in everything.

@placeholder - Friday last - 09-24 PM I was rubbish at school. Dorothy's hair distracted me. Later is was beer and football. Got chucked out of medical school for asking too many questions. Came to Thailand and joined TV - now AN. It's now all as clear as a Thai farmer's windscreen.

Trust 'scientists'!!! How can we?? Many are compromised. Many are beholden to their sponsors, or grant givers; and could not tell the truth even if they wanted to. Much of the printed stuff in journals is either made up or deliberately obfuscatationary. Only have to look back over the last few years for that. A graph - posted on this thread a few days ago - shows there is disagreement among 'scientists'. Now if the blues are correct then the others are wrong. And if the others are right well,,,,! I take it that they all had access to the same data. I don't know if the Earth is warming up. It was very hot for a 6 week period in April and May this year. As for the climate changing; I'll accept that. Seeing as climate is - and always has been - changing. But where I disagree, with many, is that I do not believe it is man's endeavours that are causing the changes. Our interventions into the natural are insignificant. I reckon all the bods spouting this clap-trap about humans responsible for climate change and global warming, would be better of directing their energies to try stopping corporations fowling the land, and dumping their filth in the rivers and oceans.

Nemo is new to me. A pretty girl with an unusual opening. I reckon her rating is no higher than 1500. I could handle her all right. No probs. I would use the London; if white. If black, then it would depend on her first move. The lady on the left is Anna Campling. A very decent player. I would play with her, but I think she would get the better of me. However, in saying that, I think I would at least have a chance in 'classic' chess. 'Blitz', 'rapid' and the other variations i would get slaughtered. I was at my best some years ago. Don't think - with my rating then of 1750 - I could beat Anna, who rates over 2000. But yer never know. One silly mistake by her, and I would be in for the check-mate.

Got mine delivered this afternoon. Just under 7 weeks from me posting it off; until today. 12,500.

I was in email correspondence with the DDA. I sent her an email and at the bottom wrote SWGTMTFTS. I was half expecting a promotion, and be made CEO. But no! Instead she made me DFO of the RITB research project. Not the happiest time in my life.

Both her mother and father were Chess Grandmasters. She is rated about 2050. Swedish.

Indeed! Black mates on his second move. There is also a mate after black's second move (white's third). There are some things where the female is considerably better than a man. But not chess. PS. Women do go head-to-head with men in swimming.

The problem with that, is that I/we/they are accepting that trans even exist.

As me dear mum used to say: If yer uncle didn't have balls he would be yer aunt.

The comedian Eddie Issard has announced that he intends to contest a seat in the next UK GE. It was reported in one newspapers; and they referred to him as 'she', Has the world gone completely mad? This 'trannie nonsense is taking hold in the schools. that is the real worry for most.

What are you on about? I was spot on. Don't be so dis-ingenuous PH. Can you tell me anyone that predicted digitalization before I did? No! I thought not. You read it first on AN (Thai Visa; as it was then).

Can't you read proper D23. I said the go-to place for news was the trusted BBC. They were consistently informing us that an 'ice-age' was coming. And they were also telling us that the science was settled. It's a matter of record. All in the archives. As I stated - but you have conveniently forgotten to mention - we went out buying fur coats, and those Russian style hats. Until the anti-fur people started. Then came 1976. Remember that year? I can. Killed the 'ice-age' narrative stone dead.

Nonsense!

Don't know why you are bringing covid into it? But seeing as you did. Wasn't he so right?

As I stated D23, I was listening to the BBC. The number one go-to viewing for the facts. Didn't read up on the coming Ice age literature at all. Too busy dealing with life itself. Then came 1976, and the 'ice age' narrative was no more. We used to chat about what the BBC was stating, while we were down the pub. Mostly we thought it bunkum. Fifty years on; I now think it's monumental bunkum.

Does the stratosphere stay the same temperature all the time? The populas has been misled many times down the years. If you are so easily fooled; then so be it. But I tend to look behind the stage curtain. Look who is lurking in the wings?! Ask why all this stuff has descended upon us in the last few years.

Unlike many of the posters on the thread, I'm not an expert on Klimate Change. But I have an opinion, based on other's reports. Greats such as David Bellamy and Piers Corbyn. Many others also; too many to mention. As far as fiat currencies go. Was I not right about the digitisation of money in the west? And the fiat crash will come soon enough. Buy some gold. And yes! I am an expert on money.

No it's not D23.

Not so much internet in the 1970s D23. It was all over the BBC for a year or so. We were all rushing out to buy fur coats.

CO2 follows the sun. Not the other way round.

Ever heard of common sense?! And there was me thinking the science had been settled about 50 years agom when the ice age was approaching fast. But no! It wasn't settled. Slight miscalculation. But it is now. Global warming is here. Science is settled once again. This nonsense is just another stepping stone, for the dark rulers, to advance their objective.

I don't fully agree with you. The climate of the Earth has always been in a state of change. There are macro cycles that take 100k years to cycle through. Along the way there are fluctuations; smaller cycles. And even micro-cycles of 100 years or so. Maybe less. CO2 is an essential compound. It is food for plants/trees, and they in turn give out what we need; oxygen. Man's contribution to the climate on Earth is insignificant. That is not to say we should continue to dump our filth in the oceans and fowl or lands. The two biggest influences on climate, is the sun and the oceans.

I play chess. At one time I reached reasonable ranking. I also follow chess intently. I'm not aware of any chess-playing men that would transpose to being chess-playing women. But a couple of points. Firstly; it is not IQ alone that makes one excel at chess. There is immense amounts of theory to wade through at the higher levels. A good memory is a must at a rating of over 2,000. Secondly; vision. The ability to see something that your opponent does not. Thirdly; the trend now-a-days is to win the end-game. Although this has always been true. Some of the very best players take a pawn advantage in the middle-game, to a winning end-game. Lastly; mental stamina. What I'm perturbed about - and nothing to do with chess - is that we are considering giving the 'trans' their own category. Once this lot get their foot into the sporting door, they will want more. If the sportsmen and women want to engage, let then compete in their own sex category.. The sex they were at birth; and always will be.

Thanks Andy for an interesting post. All be it, a sad one. As far as I can see, it is an accumulation of toxins over a longish period that causes the kidneys to deteriorate. When the wife was diagnosed with damaged kidneys, I spent a couple of years researching these essential organs. Even went on 'Talk Sport' (late night when it was anything but sport), to speak about the whole thing. Take care out there bro'.