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Worthy Hippopotamus

I was born with a fondness for the lovely hippopotamus. It is not merely a large, dangerous (but worthy) animal. it is also the loveliest of chess openings. It takes chess into a fresh spring where every game is an adventure, even as people snicker in response (or even laugh out loud, sometimes rightfully). If I could be like a chess player, I'd choose Akiba Rubinstein, but with a pet hippo.

Wherever the hippo is cherished.Earth

Member since Jan 5, 2020

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Time spent playing: 123 days, 23 hours

Time featured on TV: 30 minutes

Activity29,000 games

Played 11 Blitz games
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Played 2 Rapid games
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Started following 1 player
lcassuto

Played 16 Blitz games
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Posted 4 messages in Another step towards Fascism
I'm really NOT worried that the governments of the UK or France or Germany or Italy or Poland might be seriously expecti…
@garlic_bread_rucola writes: "But only in USA did the newpapers become government-bootlickers." That begins with a bizar…
@garlic_bread_rucola wrties: "It's not like I am doing like a Ph D on this and spent all my time reading US newspapers."…
"Europe has been spending more on defense for 4 years now. " Yes, the invasion of Ukraine DID provide some coffee to sme…
Posted 2 messages in Greatest Films Of All Time
I apparently have to write this again and again and again and again. The best movie ever made was Groundhog Day. It's fa…
Wow. This is one highbrow thread! I should put on my cleaner coveralls and break out the sherry. But the spaniel grows t…

Played 10 Blitz games
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Played 21 Blitz games
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Played 1 Rapid game
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Posted 1 message in Does taking many days to "count ballots" suggest excellent government?
"I have never believed you, flapsy!" Hope springs eternal, @MrPushwood . But take your time. I know that great minds cha…
Posted 1 message in How to be logically consistent even when speaking?
I believe that there was not necessarily a logical error in your response, @anonymous_III . If you have had frequent nos…
Posted 5 messages in Another step towards Fascism
"It's just not good practice to jump to wild conclusions...." A motto for current times. But I'm afraid it won't catch o…
These articles that supposedly "lick" Trump's "boot" --- Do they actually discuss his footwear? Are they actually boots?…
Trump's doing it all, eh? So he's, like, a Mastermind? I'm glad there are so many out there who just can't be fooled! I'…
How many posts do you plan on making, @notsoneutral, when all is said and done? Just the recent three this page?
Don't worry, you're catching up!
Posted 1 message in Fischer vs Karpov: The Match That Never Was
I always thought Korchnoi went for the wooden shoes and the cheese. This forum seems like a fire hydrant of knowledge, s…
Posted 3 messages in The legend have more IQ than albert
Bring up "IQ" on a chess server, and look what happens: the thread expands to 13 pages! It's like bringing up Trump in C…
Suddenly, the possibility of an infinite thread occurs to me: How might we compare the IQs of horsey and panda? Mere spa…
No no no no no. No. I do NOT mean they're both stupid. Comparing the intellects of horsey and panda is like comparing go…
Gained 1 new follower
Arryan1234

Played 17 Blitz games
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Posted 4 messages in Does taking many days to "count ballots" suggest excellent government?
Days go by, and California counts and counts and counts. And, uh, counts. And counts some more. And apparently, days aft…
Florida is not that much smaller but seems to be much faster. "Voting by mail is sensitive to fraud" writes @tpr. So, if…
Trump did not "make" any "mob" "storm" the capitol. Judging by his actual speech, he hoped for some outside "peaceful" p…
So, perhaps I'm misinterpreting the opinions being expressed, but it seems that one seems to think mail-in ballots might…
Posted 7 messages in Another step towards Fascism
Indeed, @m011235 . And I did not write otherwise. But I don't think that Trump's "effect" is to create or advance fascis…
@MrPushwood , Mussolini was said to "make the trains run on time." I suppose Trump DOES share with him a liking for effi…
"All political experts are saying USA is headed towards facsism." Nonsense. Don't fall for partisan or otherwise politic…
What "spineless goons" are those, friend @Katzenschinken ? Does such language suggest that you the very picture of infor…
It would easier to name media who do NOT often criticize Trump, @garlic_bread_rucola . Trump doesn't control the media, …
Oh, "spineless goons." I see. Well, you're welcome to your opinion, @Katzenschinken . I prefer to shy away from hyperbol…
@garlic_bread_rucola writes: "When I see articles from CNN, New York Times, Washington Post now they're more like 'let's…
Gained 1 new follower
owencantt
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owencantt

Played 7 Blitz games
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Solved 2 tactical puzzles23511
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Played 19 Blitz games
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Posted 1 message in How can we prevent the next war?
Who just struck the main Kuwaiti airport terminal? A "good neighbor" ? And 400 kilograms at 60 percent is NOT a small qu…
Posted 1 message in which is better: boeing or airbus
EVEN IF the first post used AI (I won't claim it, since I don't know), it was still a nice post, nevertheless. And I'd b…
Posted 9 messages in protesting for more health research instead of against war?
So that explains why millions of people have, in the past, run out of the United States and flooded into Cuba, Venezuela…
War is horrible. No doubt about it. But Hitler wasn't likely to respond to "pretty please, stop." And what if he had not…
"If France and the United Kingdom had not declared war on Germany, then Germany might have stopped at Poland." Given wha…
"Shooting and later gassing Jews only started after the invasion of the Soviet Union." So what, even if true? Are you sa…
There were anti-Jewish pogroms in Europe before? So what? Pogroms aren't just inconveniences to be brushed aside. They a…
"The War against Germany was decided at Stalingrad, the War against Japan at Midway." Again, so what? That simply dodges…
We'll agree to disagree. And on October 7, there was a ceasefire and everybody was at peace. But, as with Pearl Harbor, …
I will not justify what happened on October 7. There isn't enough propaganda on Earth to justify that. And if you think …
Expand from the Nile to the Euphrates? Are you serious? THAT'S your response to the notion that Israel is not going away…