Chess, Art, Cinema,Heros & Heroines
Chess Cinema & Women: Graceful and Loveable
Have you noticed the trend? Why is it that in chess films where the main protagonist is male, … Read the rest
Category: Carpe Diem
Improving in the time of Covid
The Need to Strike a Balance
Last week I wrote of the advice by former World Champion Vladimir Kramnik on how young players today should … Read the rest
Bottomless Secrets
Pact of Silence
“If the path be beautiful, let us not ask where it leads.” –Anatole France. The stunning Michelle Drake Haddad, Playmate of May,
… Read the restCovid-19: Is it over-politicized?
Saving Science from Hysteria
The Great Barrington Declaration is the lone voice of reason in an increasingly politicized world. (LINK1) (LINK2) … Read the rest
Coffee, Covid,FIDE & other Nonsense
Monday October 19, 2020. A date to remember. Much — if not all — of Europe is on the brink of a second politically-imposed lockdown … Read the rest
Coffee, Carlsen, Kasparov & potpourri
How are you today? It is already the 28th and the last Monday of the month! Where does the time go? So many things are … Read the rest
Coffee, Life, the virus & other nonsense
Saturday Coffee
Only you can answer this. Six months of the coronavirus has taught me that normality is way over-rated. That normality is little … Read the rest
Test your tactical skill
Svetushkin’s Winning Tactics
A treat for you today! The late grandmaster Dmitry Svetushkin was one of the most feared tacticians in the world. Below are … Read the rest
Ladies in Denim
Open to Ideas…
‘Jeans are always a good idea.‘ – anon. ‘I wish that I had invented blue jeans. They have expression, modesty, sex … Read the rest
Wednesday Coffee
Getting Rooked?!
Hey, that is not coffee! The lovely Ukraine chess master Nastya Rakhmangulova (what a name!) in what seems a sort of commercial-shot for … Read the rest
Potpourri, Trump, Chess & other nonsense
It takes balls to play this game!
Twenty-eight year old internet sensation Kayla Lauren knows the rules, how far you can bend them and what … Read the rest
Today’s Insight into the Meaning of LIFE
Was Helen Keller a Communist?
Of course not! But given today’s cancel, woke and fake-news cultures, Helen is not safe yet. Scary, isn’t it? Nothing … Read the rest
Lady in Red; Coffee; Confessions & FIDE witchhunts
Opening Up
The lovely Tiffany Taylor (b.1977, USA) taking a dip in the pool. As the world opens up after a long lockdown, it will … Read the rest
From the Archives…
Bobby Fischer in South America (1960)
Bobby Fischer and Osvaldo Manuel Bazan travel by train to Mar del Plata (March,1960) Great photo! Sixteen year old
… Read the restEasing the Lockdown…
Finally, Light at the End of the Tunnel !?
Wonderful photograph by Sergey Minin of a young lady…about to take a stroll in the park … Read the rest
