Best JOKE of the day (except it is not a joke)
Best joke of the day!
Sometimes the best joke was never intended to be a joke in the first place, but circumstances and timing make … Read the rest
Category: guess who?
Flash back from my days in Montreal
(Updated October 2017)
I came across this photo, taken in the winter/spring 1976-1977, of Jules Therien. The photo is from the St.Jean Baptiste tournament
… Read the restGuess who?
Can you name this famous grandmaster with the RED lips? HINT: she beat my Dutch this past weekend in Barcelona!
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 Adios, Raul.
SPRAGGETT ON CHESS
It is with profound sadness that I announce the passing (today) of my very good friend, Raul Mena Villar, shown here
… Read the rest Searching for Peter Stockhausen
SPRAGGETT ON CHESS
This evening I received an email from Karen Richards (wife of the missing/disappeared Peter Stockhausen) informing me that she is still
… Read the rest Campomanes (Feb 22,1927 – May 3, 2010) R.I.P.
The man called ‘Campo’.
RIP 1932 – 2010
Perhaps the most enigmatic personality of modern chess, Philippine born Florencio Campomanes died peacefully earlier today in
… Read the rest Gilles Carle (1929-2009)
Quebec icon disappears
It is with sadness that I have learned of the death of Montreal cinema and film giant, Gilles Carle. He passed away
… Read the rest BREAKING NEWS! STOCKHAUSEN SPOTTED…
SPRAGGETT ON CHESS
STOCKHAUSEN SEEN LEAVING VICTORIA CHESS CLUB
BREAKING NEWS!
STOCKHAUSEN SEEN LEAVING VICTORIA CHESS CLUB
Undoubtedly the readers have been following the bizarre disappearance of former CFC President Peter … Read the rest
Latest news on the disappearance of Stockhausen
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HOW MUCH LONGER, PETER?
One day this past May, Peter Stockhausen, twice CFC President, influential policy maker of this same organization, as
