₦airaland Forum

koolswagking:
don't you think Google is complicated
I want you to be more specific or simple

James89:
Useless country,I don't just understand why they called off these strike

aumeehn:
Hahaha Ibo can fear eh!! Even when Boko Haram are slaughtering people in not morethan 10 kilometers from our side we slept peacefully without any worries! look ipob here de fear gun shot if na bomb blast wey go make your whole house vibrate and shake na shit for pants una go start!! una never know wetin be violence! Just surrender to the will of Allah and you'll fear nothing not even death!

YourWife:
Ehmmm... Is your twin brother married? I love twins

Nedfed:
Biafra Battalion Military

femo122:
Do not disperse despise little begining

buynaijagoods:
I pray that should not happen, if we lose the remaining matches and Zambia wins their own,we may not qualify.

buynaijagoods:
Nigeria we surely qualify by God's grace. A win at is enough to qualify.

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yorex2011:
We knew carlsen 10 yrs ago lol...


The point is that nowadays if you're not yet a GM by at least 22, just forget it lol...

He's 30 and not an IM yet, there are 15 year old GMs.. Anish giri, caruana, wesley so, wei yi, those guys are young...

Anand is getting old but has been a consistent challenger for very long time...


Its not like those days where you can learn chess at an old age and still thrive (blackburne learnt chess at 18 i think but was still referred to as a coffee house player cos of his inconsistencies)...


Nowadays if you are 20 and not yet a GM... Hmm..

einsteine:
10 years ago, Carlsen was already a grandmaster and we all knew him.

Femi is not even the best in Nigeria o.

Besides, he is too old to devote so much time to chess. And no, he can't make top 1000. Chess nor be play play o.

I am not hard on him or anything. I am just trying to put things straight. Like I said, you don't follow competitive chess. Even Femi Balogun would laugh if you say he will become world champion. he hasn't even won NBL o.

einsteine:
Femi is not in the top 1000. He is rated number 6,974th in the world. His rating is 2275. Compare that to the rating of the least person in the top 100, Anton Korobov who is rated 2652.

To be world champion, he has to have a rating of at least 2700, qualify for a candidates tournament (only 8 people qualify), win the candidates tournament and then play and win a match (12 games) against the reigning champion.

He will never be world champion. Even wonderkids like Richard Rapport and Wei Yi would probably never be world champions and they are in the top 50 in the world.

einsteine:
Lol. Femi Is 500 elo lower than Carlsen. He can never be world champion, maybe West African champion.

SmartyPants:
I have looked into it...it requires premium membership.

I'll see if i can get that and then ill open up a thread and tag you and others in it. Conversely, if you or others can sign up for premium membership, that person could just take the lead on this

SmartyPants:
I'm very very interested in this...
Would we create a private tournament on a site like chess.com or something?

WarriAproko:
nairaland need better web for it to be possible

SmartyPants:
Wonder if its possible to have a nairaland chess contest?

Like seriously, I've been doubling any data plan i purchase from MTN for over a year now and it's been helping me for sure.

winsomelady:
Thanks. You rock! I am happy you've gone through some of my posts. By their words, we shall know them (the idiotic cyber bullies). During my graduation, I won many prizes. I represented my school in many competitions. When I was in JSS3, I competed in Cowbell Maths, competed in MAN (Mathematics Association of Nigeria) competition. I sat for and passed NECO and JAMB in SS2. I decided not to try the admission then because I wanted to study Medicine and be a Neuro-Surgeon, though I had over 200, but I knew I had no chance then when there were many with 280s and above.

I am not here to blow my trumpets, but once in a while you need to put irresponsible kids (sorry if I sound disrespectful, It is not in my character to do so.) where they really belong. You decide whether someone is an adult or kid not really by the age but their IQ and conduct

Cheers. I love you all. Peace

MrHenshaw:
Pls where is Federal University Lafia,Nasarawa State.

zamanii:
There is nothing tribal about this, it is the fact. Unity Schools today have lost their standard because cut off marks had to be reduced in order to accommodate students from the north. Lowering standards because of the north has been happening since time immemorial. Nothing tribalistic about it

Chidonc:
no offense sire, you are the one with a tribal sentiment here, as long as this system of quota education continues Nigeria wont move forward, let everything be on merit. no need of lowering cut off mark to favor some region, when the bench mark is higher, the competition becomes stiffer and the competitors train more harder. let room be created for the best.