World Affairs
Politics & OpinionsBy IsraelMatzav
3 months ago
Jihad Watch reports that when 13-year old Israeli Marcel Efroimski won the World Youth Chess Championship in Turkey, the Turks refused to play the Israeli National Anthem, as is customary on such occasions. But Marcel is no dhimmi. She stood defiantly holding her trophy in the air.
 The Turks claim that no anthems were played. Would they play NO anthems to avoid playing the Israeli one? I would bet on it.
By the way, Israel is ranked third in the world in youth chess after Russia and Ukraine.
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TechnologyGadgets & MobileBy craziestgadgets
6 months ago
Mac vs. PC Chess Set
Everyone's seen the commercials on both sides of the OS wars declaring the superiority of both PC's and Macs. Designer Adam Frederick has taken that idea and conceptualized it into a chessboard design with the two sides battling it out. I know who I think would win a chess game between the two sides. Cool idea, the design needs a little refinement in my opinion though.
via walyou
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TechnologyGadgets & MobileBy craziestgadgets
9 months ago
Here are 20 of the most unique and unusual Beatles "Yellow Submarine" items ever made. I'm sure you're all familiar with the 1968 animated feature film from a unknown band from England called The Beatles. All together now: "we all live in a yellow submarine, a yellow submarine, a yellow submarine...." 
It's the Beatles Yellow Submarine Silicone Ice Cube Tray |
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HobbiesPhotographyBy DrRus
9 months ago
I take part in a daily Photo Challenge. I like how my picture for today's theme turned out.
The theme was checkerboard.I call this one King Me.
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TechnologyGadgets & MobileBy craziestgadgets
11 months ago
It's hard to believe but apparently this is the first officially Nintendo licensed chess set of any kind. This Super Mario Chess Collector's Edition features Mario and his cast of friends and enemies. One the red side is Mario and the good guys, taking on Bowser and the bad dudes. Luigi is the Queen!!!! I always suspected he played for the other team.
Here's the full lineup: Mario (king), Luigi (queen), Princess Peach (bishop), Princess Daisy (bishop), Yoshi (knight), Toad (rook), Coin (pawn), Bowser (king), Bowser Jr. (queen), Magikoopa (bishop), Birdo (knight), Goomba (rook), and Koopa Shell (pawn). Overall it's a pretty cool set for $39.99.
Buy Super Mario Chess Collector's Edition |
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TechnologyGadgets & MobileBy craziestgadgets
11 months ago
Dave Pickett has designed an amazing new style of chess set by using skeleton keys as pieces. The top of each brass key differentiates it as the chess piece while they share a common key bottom to fit into any slot on the keyhole studded chess board. It looks really good, but I bet it would be nearly impossible to play any sort of speed chess game since it would take a bit of jiggering to get each key in. If you're playing a slow, strategic, thinking game, then yeah cool design Dave.
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