ViragElvtars

@ViragElvtars (21)

Hungary • Age 58

Joined myLot 17 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...

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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...

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...

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...

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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...

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...

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ViragElvtars I know the answer of course. The solution is pretty, but not so difficult. It's not possible, that all of them try to eat the meat. Always one of them eat (the one who is nearest to the meat). So, one of them, or none of them? I will sent the...

11 Jun 07

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...

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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...

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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...

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...

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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...

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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...

Helium was the first place I earned 17$ at once on the internet .

aluken @aluken (50) • Canada 1 May 07

I enjoy being a part of helium this was the first website that I was able to earn more than 30-50 cents in one day ON The Internet. This 17$ x 2 was earned from the market place articles and I was so encouraged to keep trying...

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ViragElvtars I have written 2 articles, about chess and on-line poker. I earned 0.44$ with theese articles. Not very much, but I will write more. Unfortunately my English is not perfect, and it is not easy to write an article in English for me. But it is a good...

7 May 07

marketiva

escudo @escudo (89) • Indonesia 6 May 07

what do you think about marketiva ??

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ViragElvtars I registered to the Forex Marketiva, and tried trading with the bonus 5$, and I lost it. But I don't give up. This is a very exciting method of money-earning, and very risky of course. You must learn very much about currencies.

7 May 07

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...

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ViragElvtars It is surely possible, one of my chess friends created a game where 18 queens were on the board. It was published in a chess magazine. Of course, white and black must cooperate. So it is not a serious chess game, but the move order must be correct, suitable...

5 May 07

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...

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I found a great new pay site!

Jennifer21 @Jennifer21 (2476) • United States 15 Mar 07

Have you ever tryed Helium? www.helium.com. You get paid to post any recent articles you may have read. It's pretty easy. You should try it. If you have already tried it, tell me what you think of it.

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ViragElvtars I have just signed to the Helium. It seems very good site. I wrote an article to try it, I am waiting for the result.

21 Mar 07

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...

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Can Rafel Nadal beat Roger Federer?

svdinesh @svdinesh (220) • India 31 Jan 07

Roger Federer, the name alone has been the sensation in the current world of tennis. He is cruising like anything creating by breaking almost all the records. How long his era going to continue? Is there anyone in the present...

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ViragElvtars I am doubtful about Nadal can ever be the no. 1 player. He is almost unbeatable in clay, but not in other surfaces. Federer is universal player, he plays phenomenally in every surface. He is only 26 years old, he has at least 5-6 years in the throne.

18 Mar 07