ViragElvtars

@ViragElvtars (21)

Hungary • Age 60

Joined myLot 18 years ago

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The most famous chess tournament

ViragElvtars @ViragElvtars (21) • Hungary 28 Aug 07

Which is the most famous chess tournament in the chess history? The AVRO tournament was held in the Netherlands in 1938, sponsored by the Dutch broadcasting company Algemeene Vereeniging Radio Omroep. Eight of the world's top...

chess

chess tournament

Joseph Heller: Catch-22

ViragElvtars @ViragElvtars (21) • Hungary 28 Aug 07

One of my favourite books is Catch-22 from Joseph Heller. Catch-22 is a satirical, historical fiction novel by the American author Joseph Heller, first published in 1961. The novel, set during the latter stages of the Second...

joseph heller

reading books

Atlantis

ViragElvtars @ViragElvtars (21) • Hungary 28 Aug 07

The story of Atlantis begins quite literally with two of Plato's dialogues, Timaeus and Critias. These accounts are the only known written records which refer specifcally to a lost civilization called Atlantis. Many people believe...

atlantis

The most difficult Sudoku puzzle

ViragElvtars @ViragElvtars (21) • Hungary 27 Aug 07

Which is the most difficult sudoku puzzle you have ever seen? This is a real hard one. There is only 1 field that can be solved with the known...

sudoku

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Chess variant - Take back!

ViragElvtars @ViragElvtars (21) • Hungary 27 Aug 07

There is an interesting chess variant named "Take back!"It was created by the famous Hungarian writer, Frigyes Karinthy. It is a usual chess game, but after every move the opponent can say: "Take back!".In this case the other...

chess game

chess

Greatest soccer games

ViragElvtars @ViragElvtars (21) • Hungary 9 Jun 07

What was the greatest football (soccer) match you have ever seen?My vote is Brazil-Italy from the World Championship in 1982.Brazil had a fantastic team then and they were the absulute favourites. But Italy (and Paolo Rossi) rised...

soccer

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Logical puzzle - The Lions

ViragElvtars @ViragElvtars (21) • Hungary 9 Jun 07

My favourite logical puzzle: The are 29 lions in a cage. We know the following facts about the lions: 1) The lions eat meat. 2) The lions never share the meat, one of them will eat all the meat. 3) A lion, when he ate...

puzzle

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System X - Lottery winning (?) system

ViragElvtars @ViragElvtars (21) • Hungary 9 Jun 07

Some years ago I played lottery usually with my collegues. I surfed the net for lottery strategies. The most interesting one was the System X, developed by Dr. Ian Ferguson, a math professor at a Scottish University.It was...

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lottery

SlashMySearch - http://www.slashmysearch.com

ViragElvtars @ViragElvtars (21) • Hungary 7 Jun 07

I have used slashsysearch.com for a while, this site seems good to earn some money. After registering you have to set your browser's starting page to the following address: http://www.slashmysearch.com/earn/id/xxxxx, where...

extra money

get paid to

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Poker - Reading you opponent's card

ViragElvtars @ViragElvtars (21) • Hungary 7 Jun 07

One of the most important thing in Hold'em poker to read your opponent's card. I am not too good in this. I can realize only the evident cases. For example: A player calls everything, but doesn't raise. And after the river...

poker

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How to cheat at on-line poker

ViragElvtars @ViragElvtars (21) • Hungary 6 Jun 07

I collected here the main cheating methods at on-line poker. First of all, I refuse any cheating and I will never try any cheating methods. And I also don't want to give cheating ideas. But if you play on-line poker, you must...

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Chess variants - Progressive chess

ViragElvtars @ViragElvtars (21) • Hungary 6 Jun 07

Do you know this kind os game? This is very enjoyable. The rules of the game: White begins the game with one move. Black follows with two consecutive moves. White then plays three consecutive moves, and so on. A single...

playing chess

Max number of the queens in a chess game

ViragElvtars @ViragElvtars (21) • Hungary 4 May 07

You certainly have already met the question: how many queens can be present at the same time in a chess game? The answer is 18, the 2 original ones and the 16 pawns can be promote. But can you create a proper chess game where...

chess

chess game

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Man vs. machine

ViragElvtars @ViragElvtars (21) • Hungary 19 Mar 07

What do you think, has any chance the man against the computer now? I think he has not any more. The last match (Kramnik - Fritz 10) ended with a clear win of the computer, 4-2. And the Fritz software run on an absolutely average...

chess

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