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I have said this countless times, and I will say it again - it is just marvelous how Lichess provides so much value being completely free (both libre and gratis

I have said this countless times, and I will say it again - it is just marvelous how Lichess provides so much value being completely free (both libre and gratis). I would love to see more publicity of Lichess though - and seems like this move will help in that regard. I don't know for sure, but is there any other chess organization in the world of this scope that is truly non-profit? Sure, FIDE itself is non-profit, but profit-motives of its commercial counterparts and allies are controversial, to say the least.

perihelions 4y ago
FIDE's finances are the sort of finances where your Swiss bank terminates all of your accounts in response to OFAC sanctions against terrorist states [0]. I don't think they belong on this list, even if they technically are a nonprofit! [0] https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-43053626 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-43053626
- MonkeyClub 4y ago
  > after a statement on it's website said he had resigned. Sort of insane how the BBC missed the correct form of the possessive.
  - rogual 4y ago
    The BBC website is full of sloppy writing, not to mention straight-up clickbait, these days. It's kind of sad.
    - mandmandam 4y ago
      Don't forget the casual racism: [0] Which is part of their racist, institutionally colonial makeup at the top, according to their own staff: [1] Then there's how they treated Corbyn, or how they "covered" Assange, or their role in the war on terror, etc, etc. They don't deserve your pity. They've been like this for a long time. [0] - https://www.msn.com/en-ie/news/other/irish-people-rage-over-bbc-article-which-claimed-ronaldo-was-throwing-a-bit-of-a-paddy/ar-AA13rR98 https://www.msn.com/en-ie/news/other/irish-people-rage-over-... [1] - https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/bbc-institutionally-racist_uk_5f3f9c78c5b697824f977779 https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/bbc-institutionally-r...
  - dweekly 4y ago
    As a rule, if an article uses [sic] in ANY part of its reporting it better have been scrubbed clean by an editor to not have any typos of its own.
- usednet 4y ago
  Imagine if those sanctions had been successful and the “moderate rebels” had taken over Syria. It’s incredulous how atrocious Western foreign policy has become.
  - ShivShankaran 4y ago
    Also worth noting that the current "Director Of Content" for reddit is from Atlantic Council. Its board of directors has been and continues to be a who’s who of high U.S. statespeople like Henry Kissinger, Colin Powell and Condoleezza Rice, as well as senior military commanders such as retired generals Wesley Clark, David Petraeus, H.R. McMaster, James “Mad Dog” Mattis, the late Lt. Gen. Brent Scowcroft, and Admiral James Stavridis. At least seven former CIA directors are also on the board.
    - ksaun 4y ago
      (Colin Powell died about a year ago.)
      - logical_proof 4y ago
        To be fair the parent comment was saying that the current director of content for Reddit is ALSO part of the Atlantic council, then says the Atlantic council is and has been made up of those individuals. Powell could have been on that council before his death at some point.
    - throwrqX 4y ago
      The reddit board of directors? That doesn't seem right https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/0893288D:US https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/0893288D:US
      - ShivShankaran 4y ago
        Now, what I meant is Reddit director of content was transplanted from Atlantic council which had these politicians as board
ulpoker 4y ago
Ownership and influence of chess companies and FIDE sponsoring is not very transparent. This article for instance claims that Mark Scheinberg has a chess.com stake. https://www.uktech.news/news/this-european-vc-wants-to-invest-75m-in-software-startups-from-central-eastern-europe-israel-baltics-finland-and-cis-20201216 https://www.uktech.news/news/this-european-vc-wants-to-inves... The Scheinberg family also sponsors FIDE: https://www.fide.com/news/1694 https://www.fide.com/news/1694
stevage 4y ago
There is or was FICS, the free internet chess server. It never really had a web interface afaik.

perihelions 4y ago

FIDE's finances are the sort of finances where your Swiss bank terminates all of your accounts in response to OFAC sanctions against terrorist states [0]. I don't think they belong on this list, even if they technically are a nonprofit! [0] https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-43053626 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-43053626

MonkeyClub 4y ago
> after a statement on it's website said he had resigned. Sort of insane how the BBC missed the correct form of the possessive.
- rogual 4y ago
  The BBC website is full of sloppy writing, not to mention straight-up clickbait, these days. It's kind of sad.
  - mandmandam 4y ago
    Don't forget the casual racism: [0] Which is part of their racist, institutionally colonial makeup at the top, according to their own staff: [1] Then there's how they treated Corbyn, or how they "covered" Assange, or their role in the war on terror, etc, etc. They don't deserve your pity. They've been like this for a long time. [0] - https://www.msn.com/en-ie/news/other/irish-people-rage-over-bbc-article-which-claimed-ronaldo-was-throwing-a-bit-of-a-paddy/ar-AA13rR98 https://www.msn.com/en-ie/news/other/irish-people-rage-over-... [1] - https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/bbc-institutionally-racist_uk_5f3f9c78c5b697824f977779 https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/bbc-institutionally-r...
- dweekly 4y ago
  As a rule, if an article uses [sic] in ANY part of its reporting it better have been scrubbed clean by an editor to not have any typos of its own.
usednet 4y ago
Imagine if those sanctions had been successful and the “moderate rebels” had taken over Syria. It’s incredulous how atrocious Western foreign policy has become.
- ShivShankaran 4y ago
  Also worth noting that the current "Director Of Content" for reddit is from Atlantic Council. Its board of directors has been and continues to be a who’s who of high U.S. statespeople like Henry Kissinger, Colin Powell and Condoleezza Rice, as well as senior military commanders such as retired generals Wesley Clark, David Petraeus, H.R. McMaster, James “Mad Dog” Mattis, the late Lt. Gen. Brent Scowcroft, and Admiral James Stavridis. At least seven former CIA directors are also on the board.
  - ksaun 4y ago
    (Colin Powell died about a year ago.)
    - logical_proof 4y ago
      To be fair the parent comment was saying that the current director of content for Reddit is ALSO part of the Atlantic council, then says the Atlantic council is and has been made up of those individuals. Powell could have been on that council before his death at some point.
  - throwrqX 4y ago
    The reddit board of directors? That doesn't seem right https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/0893288D:US https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/0893288D:US
    - ShivShankaran 4y ago
      Now, what I meant is Reddit director of content was transplanted from Atlantic council which had these politicians as board

ulpoker 4y ago

Ownership and influence of chess companies and FIDE sponsoring is not very transparent. This article for instance claims that Mark Scheinberg has a chess.com stake. https://www.uktech.news/news/this-european-vc-wants-to-invest-75m-in-software-startups-from-central-eastern-europe-israel-baltics-finland-and-cis-20201216 https://www.uktech.news/news/this-european-vc-wants-to-inves... The Scheinberg family also sponsors FIDE: https://www.fide.com/news/1694 https://www.fide.com/news/1694

stevage 4y ago

There is or was FICS, the free internet chess server. It never really had a web interface afaik.