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Bieber is the strongest chess player in history.
Ha. Fake-out. The new world champion only looks like Justin Bieber. His name is
Magnus Carlsen, age 22. In 2004 Carlsen became a grandmaster at age 13. He became the champion of Norway that same year. His peak ELO rating is 2872, which is higher than Fischer, higher than Kasparov, and in fact the highest rating in history.
The turning point in the chess match came in game 9, when, two games behind, defending champion Viswanathan Anand came out swinging and nearly succeeded in breaking the young dreamboat's momentum. Going for broke, the champion allowed Carlsen to gain an extra queen in return for several attacking tempos. In the end, his nerve failed, the champion blundered, and he had to resign. Here is THE DECISIVE GAME. You have to have java installed to replay this game. The link will ask you for permission to play it, and you can say yes. This is a New York Times site.
Here is Bieber Carlsen shmoozing with WGM (Woman Grandmaster) Aleksandra Kosteniuk. She also likes to pose for the camera.
Wanton Circumcision
Did you ever try to explain the meaning of Hanukkah? See, there was this squabble between the pharisees and sadducees in jerusalem, which the pharisees won, even though they had to defeat some tough syrian bastards to do it. So the pharisees seized the temple in a bloody battle, and they forced their enemies to stop sacrificing pigs and start getting circumcised. They circumcised everything in sight.
And, oh yeah, they lit some olive oil lamps in the temple.
I am not Jewish, and this is a quick google job. But my Jewish friends also tell me it's a lame holiday.
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