Noritsyn enroute to take Canadian title
Canadian Championship Flops (again)
The 2017 Canadian Zonal in Montreal miscarried long before it even saw the light of day. Up to two weeks ago, … Read the rest
Category: Canadiana
Today’s INSIGHT into the meaning of LIFE
From one Artist to Another…
The above photo of a young Adam Cohen (born 1972) with his father Leonard Cohen was featured on the flip … Read the rest
The Secret Chess Life of Leonard Cohen
The Secret Chess Life of Leonard Cohen
Of course Leonard Cohen played chess! What is more, I suspect that Cohen had a life-long passion for … Read the rest
Friday Coffee, chess, barking dogs, viagra and potpourri
It’s Friday!
Friday can have that kind of effect on you. Some dance with joy, others just don’t want to believe that another week has … Read the rest
Canadian Chess Photos (Feb 2017)
2017 Canadian Chess Photos
(Winter Edition)
It has been a while since I have given some photos from recent Canadian chess events and social activities. … Read the rest
What are Alicia and Sid Belzberg up to?
REAL-TIME SOCIAL MEDIA ANALYTICS
It is difficult enough for us to keep up with all of the exciting new technologies that are rapidly growing out
… Read the restSite on Stockhausen’s death
Karen, his wife, has opened up a site dedicated to her thoughts about Peter Stockhausen. It is an ongoing work designed to inform, elucidate and
… Read the restPeter Stockhausen’s death: Part II
August 20, 1948 to February 18, 2016,
68 years of age
Dear Kevin,
I’ve already told you that just before 7pm on Friday February 19, … Read the rest
More on P.Stockhausen’s death
August 20.1948–February 18, 2016
I understand that Stockhausen’s estranged wife (Karen) is preparing a statement and this will be later published here on this blog.
… Read the rest
PubChess Toronto Photos
It is the surprise phenomenon of the Toronto-chess community! The brainchild of Liza Orlova and Geordie Derraugh, PubChess (Toronto) organizes chess activities every Wednesday
… Read the restTuesday’s potpourri and other nonsense!
SPRAGGETT ON CHESS
PIGEON CHESS!
”PST! JOIN THE CFC TODAY!”
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This is the right attitude to have each time you … Read the rest
More troubles with CFC ratings….
SPRAGGETT ON CHESS
You almost feel sorry for the CFC! After the restructuring of the CFC’s business model in 2007/8, the rating system became … Read the rest
Bullying, censorship and Chesstalk
SPRAGGETT ON CHESS
Over the past 3 years–when this blog first went online–I have covered on numerous occasions (more than a dozen times, if memory … Read the rest
Week in review and other stuff
SPRAGGETT ON CHESS
GELFAND TO PLAY ANAND FOR WORLD TITLE IN 2012
By now everybody knows that Israel’s Boris Gelfand (age 43) defeated Russia’s Alexander … Read the rest
Potpourri
SPRAGGETT ON CHESS
DARWIN AND BEER
“Well you see, Norm, it’s like this …a herd of buffalo can only move as fast as … Read the rest
Onwards and upwards…a member’s opinion
SPRAGGETT ON CHESS
Onwards and upwards: CFC presidential election off to an early start….
Do you ever wonder why the CFC has become such a … Read the rest
Back home…
SPRAGGETT ON CHESS
Well, I made it home in one piece! After the Cappelle tournament I spent several days in Paris , just relaxing and … Read the rest
Stockhausen news
SPRAGGETT ON CHESS
KARMA
There was a curious reaction within certain quarters of our chess community when I first announced on this blog a project … Read the rest
