🇹🇷 Yagız Kaan Erdogmuş, one of the brightest young stars in chess, turns 15 today! 🎉
Yagız's rise has been nothing short of extraordinary. Introduced to chess at a young age, he quickly established himself as one of the world's most promising talents, becoming Turkey's youngest-ever International Master before turning 12 and later one of the youngest Grandmasters in chess history.
His breakthrough years saw him shatter record after record. In 2024, he became the youngest player ever to reach a 2600 FIDE rating, and in 2026 he made history again by becoming the youngest player ever to cross the 2700 rating barrier. At just 15 years old, Yağız is already among the world's elite and widely regarded as one of the greatest talents of his generation.
Hopefully somebody asks the most important question to the FIDE representative here.
Why are Fabiano Caruana and Hikaru Nakamura playing under the USA Flag and not the FIDE flag?
Or are the Western Nations by default morally right and can't be questioned?
🇦🇿 JUST IN: Azerbaijan announces humanitarian aid for Iran.
Not bombs. Not sanctions. Not threats.
Aid. For the people. For the wounded. For the displaced.
While the empire destroys, neighbors help. While Washington bombs, Baku sends relief.
The region is watching. The axis is shifting. Solidarity is real.
Azerbaijan shows what humanity looks like. Share this. The world needs to see.
مجلس خبرگان رهبری ... مطابق وظیفه شرعی و اعتقاد به حضور در محضر خداوند متعال، در اجلاسیه فوقالعاده امروز آیتالله سیدمجتبی حسینی خامنهای (حفظه الله) را بر اساس رٱی قاطع نمایندگان محترم مجلس خبرگان رهبری به عنوان سومین رهبر نظام مقدس جمهوری اسلامی ایران، تعیین و معرفی مینماید.
Yes, this is Tel Aviv.
For decades, the world has been told a very simple story.
That Israelis are the victims.
That they deserve endless sympathy, endless solidarity, and unlimited military support.
For decades they have presented themselves to the world as the victims.
But I grew up in Gaza, and the reality I saw with my own eyes tells a very different story.
When I was a child, electricity cuts were part of daily life. Darkness was normal.
My grandfather was a farmer.
Every single day he risked his life just to work his land.
Israeli tanks would fire toward him while he was farming.
At night, Israeli bulldozers would cross the border, uprooting trees, destroying agricultural facilities, and flattening farmland that families depended on to survive.
Farmers in our village lived under siege and occupation, struggling to protect their land from being erased overnight.
Meanwhile, just across the fence, Israeli kibbutzim were brightly lit day and night.
Lights blazing even in broad daylight.
Music blasting at night.
For people living in Gaza with constant power cuts, it felt like a deliberate message:
We have power. You live in darkness.
And the harassment didn’t stop there.
At night, there would be gunfire toward homes near the border, terrifying families trying to sleep.
This was daily life for Palestinians living along the Gaza border.
Yet somehow, the world was told a completely different story.
For decades, one side mastered the art of presenting itself as the victim ,while the people living under siege were barely heard.
Mufti Menk apparently does not UNDERSTAND that Israel is actively engaged in a genocide against Palestinians, has ethnically cleansed them, occupied their land for decades, has now bombed Iran without any provocation, assassinated their head of the state, and is killing hundreds of children & innocent civilians.
If your level of comprehension is genuinely this low & you still cannot see what is happening in front of the entire world, then perhaps it is time to stop positioning yourself as a religious guide and preacher for the Muslim Ummah. A shepherd who cannot see the wolves has no business leading the flock even spiritually.
Standing with Iran doesn’t mean you stand with Islam.
It means you stand against US & Israeli aggression.
It means you stand against bullying.
It means you stand against imperial force.
It means you stand against pedophilia.
It means you stand against eating babies.
It means you stand with humanity.
@TheKhelIndia important thing is rule existed before the start of tournament.
rules are not created to undermine anyone, with 0.5 difference of bucholz score arjun got bronze