Friday Coffee, FIDE & Potpourri
Dark Coffee
How are you today? In preparing material for today’s ‘Coffee’ blog I reviewed some of the latest (boring) news, (boring) scientific studies and … Read the rest
Category: Insight into life
Chess, Creativity & Fun!
Recent chess-themed videos
Vimeo is one of my favourite platforms for all types of videos, including educational ones, and I frequently embed some of these … Read the rest
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
Carlsen wins TATA for the 7th time
Quick 1-Minute Summary
Carlsen’s tournament record is the perfect definition of boring: repetitive, the “same old thing”, “once again”, “nothing different”, etc. In any other … Read the rest
Dvorkovich set to step down?
BREAKING NEWS!
If what is happening against the legitimately elected president of Venezuela is to become the way things are done from now on, then … Read the rest
Today’s Winning Tail!
Something to hold on to…
“Nothing lasts,” she says, and there is a little crack in her voice. “You think it’s going to. You think … Read the rest
Girls and Guns
CAPONE’S COROLLARY
“You can go a long way with a smile. You can go a lot farther with a smile and a gun.” – Al … Read the rest
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
Lasker’s Immortal Simul
No Way to Treat a Lady
“Choose your lady wisely. She represents you.” Moosa Rahat Emanuel Lasker may have had a reputation for being … Read the rest
Tidbits from St.Petersburg
Quick 1-Minute Summary
He can’t win them all! Carlsen’s first words, when the 3-day championship came to an end, mask his obvious disappointment.
Losing two … Read the rest
From inside the bubble…
We are all waiting for the ‘official’ numbers from World Chess. Please, not ‘Alice in Wonderland’ numbers again, Mr. Merenzon! But why should we expect … Read the rest
Time to reconsider WC match before it is too late
Maybe it is already too late. Todd M. Adams is a typical, respected sports journalist in America, and as with any non-player journalist, his impressions … Read the rest
Today’s Insight into the meaning of LIFE
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
Tomorrow will we see a NEW world champion?
Magnus Carlsen, when asked for his reaction when informed that at one point in yesterday’s game the computer gave him a 2-point advantage, replied ” … Read the rest
Chess Openings & Religion
Eight-time Champion of Russia, Grandmaster Peter Svidler, is a champion who has acquired very refined tastes during his career. Especially regarding opening choices.
