The Netherlands

6 of 7 of the top players on RHP are from the Netherlands.....what's in the water!!!!!?

That resembles a recent situation with Portugal players

Originally posted by alexstclaire
6 of 7 of the top players on RHP are from the Netherlands.....what's in the water!!!!!?


Originally posted by Vovochka
That resembles a recent situation with Portugal players

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scum

i presume you refer to:

"A derogatory insult, implying "worthless", "of no value", or "despised""

just remember: the scum has many many toxins, AND the scum also has many nutrients, and much life.

Originally posted by alexstclaire
6 of 7 of the top players on RHP are from the Netherlands.....what's in the water!!!!!?

something i find surprising is that so many top players are dutch, yet they have not brought a crew of lower rated followers along ... the next dutch players seem to be position 80 then 104 (and degraaf, at 104, will likely be the highest rated of the lot eventually)

It gets even more suspicious if you consider that holland has a chess culture, and that the world champion of correspondence chess is a dutchman.😕

also marijuana is legal in holland. That might affect the correspodence players😀 The more you smoke you better you get at slow chess, no?😴

Originally posted by NicotineMan
also marijuana is legal in holland. That might affect the correspodence players😀 The more you smoke you better you get at slow chess, no?😴

no, no - the more you smoke the slower you get at chess. maybe that helps. 🙂

my guess is they have made The Deal with the lord of the netherworlds.

Originally posted by flexmore
something i find surprising is that so many top players are dutch, yet they have not brought a crew of lower rated followers along ... the next dutch players seem to be position 80 then 104 (and degraaf, at 104, will likely be the highest rated of the lot eventually)

79 as well

When I posted this, I just wanted to recognize their strong play, i'm not accusing them of anything.

What I find suspicious is that there are two Kiwis in the top 20, but no Aussies.

Originally posted by dyl
What I find suspicious is that there are two Kiwis in the top 20, but no Aussies.

I guess that means New Zealand and there are 3 of them in the top 20.

Originally posted by alexstclaire
6 of 7 of the top players on RHP are from the Netherlands.....what's in the water!!!!!?

Looking at my rating, it is safe to say 'it' is not in the water from dune area and water supply Meijendel, unfortunately... I think I should move...

Originally posted by alexstclaire
I guess that means New Zealand and there are 3 of them in the top 20.

Then there's certainly something funny going on. Who's the third?

Originally posted by dyl
Then there's certainly something funny going on. Who's the third?

Right now, perkovic is the first😉 as the profile shows.

degraaf, at 104, will likely be the highest rated of the lot eventually

As I could see you often have been right before in your guesses😛 but this one has me guessing: What do you base that assumption on?