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Been playing a lot of chess recently, ran into this and wanted to share. White to move, guaranteed checkmate for white.

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How cool would it be to have a build event called sinking ships or something where competitors try to make the boat that can float with the greatest amount of weight?
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There should be a forum titled "The Indian Squad" :lol: .
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texas wrote:There should be a forum titled "The Indian Squad" :lol: .
Subcontinental Indian?
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Entomology wrote:How cool would it be to have a build event called sinking ships or something where competitors try to make the boat that can float with the greatest amount of weight?
I think there's one in Div A. Hold on, lemme see if I can find it...https://www.soinc.org/sample_k6_events#clay_boats
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texas wrote:There should be a forum titled "The Indian Squad" :lol: .
That's so racist... though all but three are Indian on my team, and one of them is Asian :lol:
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dragon_fruit35 wrote:
texas wrote:There should be a forum titled "The Indian Squad" :lol: .
That's so racist... though all but three are Indian on my team, and one of them is Asian :lol:
My team is 96% Indian, 3% Chinese, 0.75% White, and 0.25% Hispanic. This is the kind of diversity you see in teams from Katy, TX.
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Entomology wrote:How cool would it be to have a build event called sinking ships or something where competitors try to make the boat that can float with the greatest amount of weight?
+1 idea. Can't think of where it could fit in the rotation though.
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texas wrote:
dragon_fruit35 wrote:
texas wrote:There should be a forum titled "The Indian Squad" :lol: .
That's so racist... though all but three are Indian on my team, and one of them is Asian :lol:
My team is 96% Indian, 3% Chinese, 0.75% White, and 0.25% Hispanic. This is the kind of diversity you see in teams from Katy, TX.
The 2015 FSA Nationals team is so racially diverse by comparison: 20% Asian, 27% Indian, 27% White, 27% Black
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