Sunday Coffee
Sunday Coffee
Oktyabrina by Ivan Proskurin
Good morning, Sunday Coffee! The middle of the month of October (already!) and still the world has not stepped … Read the rest
Category: Odds and Ends
Wednesday Coffee
Wednesday Coffee
(Photo: Anja Rubik by Terry Richardson for Paris Vogue) Good morning, Wednesday! What a week so far! Spain is close to civil war … Read the rest
Steve Cutts: reflections on the general insanity of mankind
“The General Insanity of Mankind is
an Almost Endless Pot of Inspiration.”
–Steve Cutts
Steve Cutts is inspired by the contradiction between modern society’s successes… Read the rest
Civil War in Europe: 250,000 people predicted to be killed in the next 6 months
Europe about to explode!?
Frank Capa’s famous photo from the Spanish Civil War (1936) is about to be replaced by an updated 2017 version as … Read the rest
Always embarrassing!
Another board set up wrong!
It happens to the best of them! Sooner or later every chess champ gets caught in a photo with the … Read the rest
Chess in Prison!
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
Tuesday tactics, games, news and potpourri
Tuesday chess potpourri
The Everleigh Social Club is an attempt to bring back to life what was America’s most notorious brothel (Everleigh Club) … Read the rest
Friday Coffee, chess, potpourri and other nonsense
Friday Coffee
International Chess Day: a funeral!
Yesterday was ‘International Chess Day’? Really?! I must have missed all the fun! I think most of … 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
Today’s winning chess QUOTATION
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
Three rounds to go in Colombia super-open
Medellin heats up!
Up to 1993 Medellin was best known for Pablo Escobar and his notorious cocaine cartel. More recently Medellin’s Sandra Valencia (above; born … Read the rest
Wednesday chess round up
Wednesday: Chess Tidbits and Potpourri
(Photo by David Llada) Lots of chess in play right now! Congrats to Indian GM Sasikiran for winning the … Read the rest
Wednesday Coffee, potpourri and other nonsense
Wednesday Coffee
Good morning, Wednesday! Here we are, once more, meeting over a cup of hot coffee! One of my favourite things, regardless of the … Read the rest
Today’s winning 5-second tactics
Winning with style and elegance!
“A thing of beauty is a joy forever” – John Keats (1795 – 1821)
What follows is all from games … Read the rest
Chess, news, potpourri and other utter nonsense!
Thursday round up
Paul Morphy RIP
Better late news than no news! Paul Morphy died on Thursday July 10, 1884. According to the calculations of … Read the rest
Coffee, US-visas,potpourri and other nonsense!
Coffee, US-visas, potpourri and nonsense!
Good morning, Thursday! What a pleasure it is too see the sun shining and the flowers in the garden blossoming…spring … Read the rest
Tuesday Coffee
Tuesday Coffee
Good morning, Tuesday! These past 3 or 4 days have seen me try to restore some sort of normality after my pc’s were … Read the rest
Friday coffee, chess, fake-news and potpourri
Hello Friday!
(Coffee shop in Tehran)
On ‘Fake-News’
There is a lot of talk these days about ‘fake-news‘ in the main stream media … Read the rest
Thursday chess, potpourri and other nonsense!
LIVING IN TRUMP’S AMERICA!
The man who everybody loves to hate!
What did Trump ask Santa last year?
Why does chess attract naked women?
This … Read the rest
