Today’s INSIGHT into the MEANING of LIFE
Fan Bingbing on LIFE’s Challenges
Thirty-eight year old Chinese born actress, singer, model and TV-producer Fan Bingbing (what a name!) is one of the highest … Read the rest
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Coronavirus, FIDE and Leadership Skills
UAE suspends all flights from China
This is an escalating crisis that has the potential to do some pretty scary stuff to the whole world … Read the rest
Today’s Winning Beach Bum!
Letting Go
“Ordinary life does not interest me. I must be a mermaid, Rango. I have no fear of depths and a great fear of … Read the rest
CoronaVirus Alert in Sports World
FIDE to Cancel February Congress?
The IOC has already discussed with the WHO (World Health Organization) the possibility to cancel the Tokyo Summer Olympics (… Read the rest
Chess, Art, Sex & other Vices
IMMORTALITY
Bronze sculpture of a Knight move. Paz Figares was one of Spain’s most prolific and prestigious sculptors. She died way too young at age … Read the rest
Friday Coffee
The end of January already! This month has slipped by so quickly, and I still haven’t got used to writing ‘2020’! I suppose part of … Read the rest
Boris Spassky turns 83 years young !!
Spassky turns 83 years old today!
Happy Birthday, Boris!
Boris Vasilievich Spassky was born January 30, 1937 in Leningrad Boris was the tenth World Chess
… Read the rest Fischer-Adams 6.h3 doing great in Gibraltar!
Another Najdorf Bites the Dust!
Yesterday’s blistering encounter in Gibraltar between grandmasters Le Quang and Santos Latasa featured one of Fischer’s pet lines (6.h3) against … Read the rest
Today’s Winning Leprechaun
Mission
“Whether or not they exist we are slaves to our gods.” ― Fernando Pessoa, The Book of Disquiet. Beautiful photo of an unknown model … Read the rest
Today’s Vintage Chess Humor
Chess Lingo
Spassky once described the reason for his 1st marriage ending in divorce “We were like bishops of opposite colours”. Any chess player would … Read the rest
Coffee, Chess & Potpourri
Caruana starts the week as the hot favourite to win the upcoming Candidates Tournament due to his blistering Fischer-like victory at the just completed Tata … Read the rest
Today’s Winning 5-Sec Tactics
How are you today? Monday…the start of another week! Here are 9 chess tactics for you to try to solve and prove (or improve) your … Read the rest
Today’s Vintage Chess Humor
Marooned on a desert island for years and then all of a sudden a beautiful female appears…what would be your first reaction? There in lies … Read the rest
Today’s Winning Girl Next Door!
The Transformation
“A thought, even a possibility, can shatter and transfrom us.“ –Friedrich Nietzsche… Read the rest
Chess, the ‘Net and OverKill
The Amazing Peter Svidler
While not wanting to disparage any of the other wonderful chess commentators out there on the internet — many of whom … Read the rest
