Boris Spassky turns 82 years young !!
Spassky turns 82 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
Category: Culture
Keene, FIDE, political shit & other sexy nonsense
Follow the Money
We all instinctively play the whore role when it is convenient to do so. It is our nature as social animals. Being … Read the rest
Tuesday Coffee
How are you today? The year might see its end fast approaching, but chess activity seems to be as strong as ever! … Read the rest
Today’s Insight into the Meaning of Life
Sorrows…
”I drank to drown my sorrows, but the damned things learned how to swim.” – Frida Kahlo 1907 – 1954. One of the 20th … Read the rest
Potpourri, Trump, & Sex; but mostly Nonsense
Memories of the coming Gender Revolution
How are you today? This column is mostly about the irreverent. And at times the absurdity of it all. … Read the rest
Life,Trump, Sex, potpourri and other Nonsense
Life in Trump’s America. Part XXV
The amazing Kayleen Franklin. Half-Filipina, half-Caucasian model from B.C. Canada. Unfortunately, she is exactly the kind of ‘non-white’ that … Read the rest
Wednesday Coffee
Wednesday Coffee
Steaming hot! The coffee, that is. How are you doing today? Wednesday is generally an emotionally neutral type of day, neither Monday-ish nor … Read the rest
The Cheating Epidemic
Cheating has to stop!
I was thinking of writing another blog article on cheating in chess, and when I recently read Irina Bulmaga’s eloquent comments… Read the rest
Queens in Training
A short documentary of young coloured girls
playing chess competitively
There can never be too many films about girls playing chess, but it is true … Read the rest
Art or Sport?
Kasparov weighs in
Sports are supposed to have spectators, right? And since most countries in the world recognize chess as a sport, why are there … Read the rest
Krylenko Part II
PART II
Krylenko’s Legacy: Modern Chess
Until Krylenko and the 1917 Revolution came along, Russian chess was confined to Moscow and St. Petersburg, and almost … Read the rest
FIDE Presidents since the beginning
FIDE : A time for reflection
Fide was founded in Paris in 1924 – this July 20 will mark 94-years! Surprisingly, there have been only … Read the rest
Thoughtful painting
Heartless
The painting, Anatomy of the Heart (¡Y tenía corazón! [Anatomía del corazón]), by Spanish painter Enrique Simonet (1866-1927). Risqué for the times, no … Read the rest
Monday Coffee
Monday Coffee
We will have a great ‘coffee’ article for later this morning! The latest FIDE election news. Recent tournament results and much more. … Read the rest
Today’s Ray of Fuckin’ Sunshine
Raven Lyn’s Killer Smile
Wow! Raven Lyn: part Native American, part Puerto Rican, part Irish and part Black. Winning chemistry! And the 23-year old … Read the rest
