Chess, news, potpourri and other utter nonsense!
Paul Morphy RIP
Better late news than no news! Paul Morphy died on Thursday July 10, 1884. According to the calculations of PLANETCALC that makes … Read the rest
Paul Morphy RIP
Better late news than no news! Paul Morphy died on Thursday July 10, 1884. According to the calculations of PLANETCALC that makes … Read the rest
Let me tell you a secret…
”Be yourself; don’t take anyone’s shit, and above all, never let them take you alive.” – Gerard Way. Sounds … Read the rest
How Magnus is preparing for Caruana
Is Magnus Carlsen in love? With just weeks to go before the defence of his World Championship title, Carlsen … Read the rest
How NOT to kill a chess player
A gun has some drawbacks, apparently. I got a kick out of a news story today from the … Read the rest
A more Diplomatic approach
Having failed to impress acting FIDE president Makropoulos with CFC representative Hal Bond’s hardball letter of last week (which Makropoulos shrugged … Read the rest
Kirsan psychopath SODOMIZES Anton’s ambition
Video, pictures and the un-edited truth about Georgia’s growing criminal profile in the FIDE World Cup later today…stay tuned! Why … Read the rest
Chess behind Bars!
Following up on yesterday’s theme on chess’ declining prestige in MSM, and how we in the chess community continue to shoot … Read the rest
Sambuev edges out Noritsyn in blitz
Just a short note to congratulate Sambuev and Noritsyn for scoring 8 points from 9 games (each) and tieing … Read the rest
Today’s Winning Chess Quotation
Regarded by many as the greatest director of his genre, Stanley Kubrick (1928 – 1999) was a passionate chessplayer who would … Read the rest
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
LIFE, and other fairy tales…
Why is LIFE so unlike what we are taught at school when youngsters? Perhaps because LIFE is really a contradiction. … Read the rest
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
Vintage Curves, potpourri and other nonsense
Today’s mixture of irreverence and beauty, tempered with the absurd and/or the hilarious. This blog’s ‘potpourri’ articles are amongst … Read the rest
Insight into the meaning of LIFE
In today’s fickle world, we are too often fooled by false politicians prophets and those who preach with Mormon-like … Read the rest