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Jun-24-15
 | | OhioChessFan: Interesting story and pictures. I didn't realize how little I knew about those religions. |
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Feb-15-16
 | | ketchuplover: Sach it to me |
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| Mar-15-16 | | Bruce Graham: Tanya is doing very well in the Reykjavik Open drawing with GM's with much higher ratings. |
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Oct-29-16
 | | HeMateMe: this is interesting Huff Post says there is a sort of social divide among northern and southern Indians, based on skin color: "Do a Google search of historical and recent Miss India winners and other top-billed Bollywood actresses, and you’ll see why Indians collectively spend more on skin-whitening products than they do on Coca Cola (about $470 million), including creams, face cleansers, shower gels and — I’m not kidding — vaginal washes. The industry is supported by the Bollywood stars themselves, who do ad campaigns for major companies like Fair & Lovely. A typical ad has a movie star tossing a tube of lightening cream to a dark-skinned fan, who miraculously transforms into a star also." So, females there spend a lot of money on skin lightening products (does that actually work?), as it somehow makes them feel better or gives them a competitive advantage. I thought you had to go the Michael Jackson route to change your skin color, which seems kind of awful. They note that Ash Rai, a former miss Universe, has brown hair and green eyes, a rarity among Indians. <https://tse1.mm.bing.net/th?id=OIP....> <http://www.huffingtonpost.com/asha-...> |
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| Dec-11-16 | | SimonWebbsTiger: The lady is really becoming a competent chess commentator. The Yaz/Tania/Alejandro show is good stuff at this 2016 London Classic. Kudos Mrs. Sachdev. |
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| Dec-17-16 | | thegoodanarchist: <HeMateMe: ...
"Do a Google search of historical and recent Miss India winners and other top-billed Bollywood actresses, and you’ll see why Indians collectively spend more on skin-whitening products than they do on Coca Cola ... So, females there spend a lot of money on skin lightening products (does that actually work?),> Alas, we could ask Michael Jackson, but he took the secret to his grave... |
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| Dec-19-16 | | Octavia: Hi Tania, I agree with Simon - I enjoyed your comments about London! I noticed that you don't know that enlg has 2 comparatives: the Latin is the one you try to use all the time with 'more'. But it's only correct with long adjectives coming historically from France. Most short adjectives come from Germany & don't use 'more'. They change their endings only: fairer, sweeter, cuter etc. Of course you know 'good,better, best' as an exception. If you're stuck it's a good idea to look at the length of the word as I said: beautiful has 3 syllables & is most likely coming from France & therefore needs 'more' & no change of ending. But when its a short word, shorter is the way to use it! & shortest is the superlative! hope you can see this. It's easier when you've thought about it & after a wee bit of practise it's easiest! |
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| Dec-19-16 | | Amulet: <Kudos Mrs. Sachdev.> That's her mother. |
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| Jul-12-17 | | cro777: Play it again, Tania!
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DEhUh9n... |
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| Jul-25-17 | | cro777: Tania Sachdev: "My kind of night = Great food + great cocktails + a game or 5." https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DFlGUfO... |
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Feb-23-19
 | | Penguincw: Things to know about Sachdev: https://www.telegraphindia.com/spor.... |
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| Apr-24-20 | | wordfunph: taken from Chess Monthly Magazine 2020 March on Sachdev's tip for the club player.. <Get your hands on a copy of The Seven Deadly Chess Sins!> |
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| Jul-21-20 | | Judah: <I noticed that you don't know that enlg has 2 comparatives: the Latin is the one you try to use all the time with 'more'. But it's only correct with long adjectives coming historically from France. Most short adjectives come from Germany & don't use 'more'. They change their endings only: fairer, sweeter, cuter etc. Of course you know 'good,better, best' as an exception.> You're mistaken. As a point of style, you may personally prefer using the suffix "-er" to the adverb "more", where that's a reasonable option, and I wouldn't disagree with you about that, but people regularly use "more" with all kinds of adjectives, including short Germanic ones, including the ones you mentioned by name. As a matter of fact, "more" itself is a Germanic word, so it would be rather odd if it could be used only with words of non-Germanic origin! |
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| Aug-20-20 | | YoungEd: <Judah> is essentially right; the comparative suffix -er and the superlative suffix -est attach to monosyllabic adjectives, while we use "more" and "most" for trisyllabic adjectives and longer. For bisyllabic adjectives, it depends on the final sound. If the final sound is a vowel or a sonorant, we use -er/-est: narrower, littler. If the final sound is more of an obstruent, we use more/most: more rotund, most abrupt. Hooray! |
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| Aug-20-20 | | Judah: <<Judah> is essentially right; the comparative suffix -er and the superlative suffix -est attach to monosyllabic adjectives, while we use "more" and "most" for trisyllabic adjectives and longer.> You say I'm essentially right, but your statement seems rather to agree with <Octavia>, since you put it so absolutely. While I agree that there's a <tendency> in English to use "more" with longer adjectives and "-er" with shorter ones, I disagree that this tendency is nearly strong enough to speak of it as a grammatical rule. Shakespeare saw no problem with the wording "more sweet"* (to use one of the particular examples that <Octavia> gave), and if his English was not grammatical, whose is? <For bisyllabic adjectives, it depends on the final sound. If the final sound is a vowel or a sonorant, we use -er/-est: narrower, littler. If the final sound is more of an obstruent, we use more/most: more rotund, most abrupt.> That's an interesting distinction. I had never remarked it. Thanks! *http://shakespeare.mit.edu/asyoulik... |
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| Aug-20-20 | | jith1207: <Unfortunately for the gals, education, height and country of residence don’t count for all that much: If you’re dark, you’re basically left to scramble after the scraps on the marriage market. > Wow, that's a ridiculous exaggeration about Indians. It may be true among rich and upper class men looking for a bride which gets romanticized by these "journalists and writers", but that's not true to be generalized among the most middle class and the rest of the country, which would account for more than 90% of the population. |
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| Aug-20-21 | | sophiephilo: Seriously? A conversation about an ace chessplayer and most of the comments are about skin colour??ridiculous |
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Aug-20-21
 | | perfidious: Different people have different priorities--I for one care more what is inside a person's heart than about the colour of their skin. |
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Aug-20-21
| | perfidious: Different people have different priorities--I for one care about what is inside a person's heart, not the colour of their skin. |
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| Aug-20-21 | | Nosnibor: Happy birthday Tania. |
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Aug-20-21
| | OhioChessFan: Yeah, quit talking about color and focus on how gorgeous she is. |
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| Aug-20-21 | | Z truth 000000001: Terrible! |
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Aug-20-21
 | | louispaulsen88888888: Actually , the root of the word more is from the Greek word ????. |
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Aug-20-21
| | louispaulsen88888888: If you can say guidelines on chessgames. |
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May-16-23
 | | fredthebear: IM Tania Sachdev is a chess broadcast announcer. She facilitated the analysis of the GM Ian Nepomniachtchi vs GM Ding Liren world championship match in April 2023. Watch her here: https://www.chess.com/news/view/fid... She also calls Pro League games.
So... Four Chess Players Walk Into A Bar:
https://www.instagram.com/p/Cb72Seu...
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