Raf Mesotten

Chess author | Carcassonne player | Engineer | Maths addict | Gamer | Nature lover

[Raf Mesotten @CraftyRaf]

A print version of ´The #checkmate Patterns Manual´ is now available on @NewInChess and Amazon. I´m a proud @chessable author! #chess

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We don't need one new game every day, or a new tournament format. We just need a working, stable platform. Once again, official games of our #Carcassonne Champions League are interrupted. This is not sustainable. Players, streamers, viewers are pissed. @BoardGameArena

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@BoardGameArena Official Champions League games of Carcassonne were taking place... Very unfortunate!

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@BoardGameArena I guess it has to do with this: https://t.co/2Py6KM6SDe

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@joecarlsonshow $TOI.V (Topicus)
$MELI (Mercadolibre)

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@Ju_6789 @Somfyfr Same here with connexoon. I first got a message that the system couldn´t find anything, and after that we got ´an error has occured´.

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Wed 22/01, 20:30 UTC, I play the final of the Belgian Championship of Online Carcassonne vs. friend and revelation Fabian Mouton (FabianM_be). After 3rd & 2nd places, I’m determined to win! Watch live with top-player Alexey Pegushev’s commentary: https://t.co/F1FWH2BMKv

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@ThorDKidd @FearedBuck Reminds me of Quantic Dream's "Detroit: Become Human"

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Magnus and Nepo sharing the blitz title proves it once again: at the highest level, chess really is a draw after all. 🤝♟️ #ChessBlitz #Carlsen #Nepomniachtchi

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Is Mercadolibre a buy? @adamkhootrader #MELI

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Black Friday sales start today at Chessable!

Get up to 60% discount in tactics and calculation courses ⏩ https://t.co/E4wvUvKasS

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Obligaties zouden het goed moeten doen bij een dalende rente. De FED verlaagt de rente eindelijk, en "iShares USD Treasury Bond 20+ yr UCITS ETF" zakt fors. What am I missing? @TSimonts @FinanceFilosoof

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"It's raining cats and dogs" = It is raining unusually or unbelievably hard. "They're eating cats and dogs" = I'm lying unusually or unbelievably hard. #Trump #Harris #Debate2024 #Springfield

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@ChessExplained @Cheek_Weld @NickVasquezMD I would also call it Anastasia's mate, although there are some differences compared to a typical Anastasia's mate. It also reminds me of a Dovetail (knight) mate, where the Queen and Knight work together strongly and can checkmate the enemy king even in the middle of the board!

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@jevgueny @TSimonts Correlation vs. causality... In 2001 volgde een recessie na een fed cut, maar de oorzaak van de recessie was de dotcombubble. In 2008 idem, maar de oorzaak was de bankencrisis. Bij fed cuts in 1984, 1989 en 1995 bleef de beurs vrolijk doorstijgen.

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@FinanceFilosoof Als die meerwaardetaks er komt, wat is dan het alternatief? ETF/aandelen met distributie ipv accumulatie kopen? Maar ook daar betaal je 30% RV op... Of enkel kopen, nooit verkopen, en wachten tot de taks verdwijnt? Of je beleggingen over laten zetten naar een buitenlandse broker?

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@ZachLowy High jumper Shelby McEwen must be a Trump voter: "America first", but ending in second place...

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Ik heb heel lang geen aandelen meer gekocht om op een beursdag als vandaag toe te slaan. En uitgerekend dan werkt @Bolero (en naar verluidt ook @Degiro) niet... @Saxobank doet het overigens wel (en hun website werkt ook gewoon tussen 0u en 1u).

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@Nickvisel @chessable Thank you for the extensive review and all the nice words, they mean a lot to me!