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GENS UNA SUMUS–19
While the world is playing it safe…as safe as the experts advise possible given the covid-19 crisis, FIDE shows itself willing to … Read the rest
Category: Opinion
Today’s Vintage Chess Humor
Games: will AI ever grow up?
It is has been universally recognized — for a number of years now — that we game players are … Read the rest
Monday Odds & Ends
Are You A Good Listener?
Listening is an art. Yesterday I was flipping thru Kate Murphy’s ‘You are not listening ‘ and I was … Read the rest
Today’s Vintage Chess Humor!
The Trust Game
Image from the legendary American ChessReview magazine (from the 1960s) projecting a hypothetical future (the iconic year 1984) when chess is really … Read the rest
Today’s Vintage Chess Humor
The Right Stuff
Modern-day chess is quickly being stripped of its longstanding western values of chivalry, gallantry and nobility. The blame falls squarely on FIDE’s … Read the rest
Intel, Sony & Amazon act on Coronavirus Uncertainty
Should FIDE cancel UAE congress?
Does FIDE’s leadership really know what it is doing? Last week FIDE director-general Emil Sutovsky confidently predicted — on his … Read the rest
Chess, the ‘Net and OverKill
The Amazing Peter Svidler
While not wanting to disparage any of the other wonderful chess commentators out there on the internet — many of whom … Read the rest
Today’s Vintage Chess Humor
What does Gender Equality Look Like?
It would be naive to think that complete gender equality in chess would end the gender gap that currently … Read the rest
Russia to challenge WADA ban at CAS
Yury Ganus fears the worse
While it was expected that Russia would challenge the WADA 4-year ban of its athletes at the Court of Arbitration … Read the rest
2019 Rapid & Blitz WC underway
FIDE Continues to Flirt with Repressive Saudis
Saudi Arabia is one of the world’s most repressive regimes. Yemen and complete disregard for Human Rights. Women … Read the rest
Today’s Vintage Chess Humor
The Politics of Discarding the Rules of Chess
When the Spanish priest Ruy Lopez published in 1561 his LIBRO DE LA INVENCION LIBERAL Y ARTE … Read the rest
Today’s Vintage Chess Humor
Gender Benders
The sixties were a time of much social upheaval in America and Europe. The traditional role of women in the work place was … Read the rest
Today’s Vintage Chess Humor
How to Promote Chess to U.S. Adults
A brilliantly original ad that I found in the February 1968 edition of ChessReview, once the official chess … Read the rest
FIDE in Meltdown Mode?
What if WADA is just the Beginning?
If WADA gets its way — and it is looking very much like that — then a devastating … Read the rest
ChessCom Controversy
Blogger’s Reputation Intentionally Smeared?
I have never met Justin Horton, but I have been for years now a ‘fan’ of his chess blog, and … Read the rest
