Big Brother threatens me!?
Yuri Garrett Completey Out of Control!
It has been a particularly difficult week for FIDE ‘Fair Play’ committee member Yuri Garrett. After he published incriminating … Read the rest
Category: Opinion
Coffee, FIDE & Potpourri
Saturday Coffee
Have you ever noticed the number of gloomy ‘studies’ on coffee consumption that are in newspapers and online? They almost jump out at … Read the rest
On Faster Time Controls & Dumbing Down Chess
Where is the dignity?
The constant tinkering with time controls by tournament organizers and FIDE officials is ruining our game. As Grandmaster Alexander Colovic is … Read the rest
Today’s Insight into Insanity
A World where Evangelism Rules
Bravo to MSM for legitimizing Donald Trump’s agenda, while not once acknowledging the growing spectre of the global nuclear armageddon … Read the rest
Reflections on the ‘database’ generation
For competitive chess players of nearly every level of skill, pre-game opening preparation has become an indispensible part of our tournament routine. The opening phase
When Chess & Politics mix: The Israeli Boycott
Part III: ECU plays the ‘hate’ card
On the 23rd of March of this year the ECU (European Chess Union) held an extraordinary meeting in … Read the rest
Chess & Sexism
Excellent example of sexism in chess
Our english chess media rarely reports on the ugly side of sexism in chess, preferring instead to deflect focus … Read the rest
When Chess & Politics mix: The Israeli Boycott
Part II: FIDE hypocrisy?
When the young Iranian star grandmaster, Alireza Firouzja, refused to play against an Israeli player at the Grenke Open in … Read the rest
When Chess & Politics mix: The Israeli Boycott
When will it end?
News stories such as the above are nothing new. They have been going on since the founding of the Jewish … Read the rest
Interesting article in today’s FT
Intrigue, Fiction, & a few Facts thrown in
It is always entertaining to see how a non-chessplayer journalist writes about FIDE politics and the chess … Read the rest
FIDE in Crisis?!
Is FIDE burning?
When Arkady Dvorkovich became the new FIDE president in October of last year, everyone (or almost everyone) felt confident for FIDE’s immediate … Read the rest
Modern Perspectives on Chess & Education
Fool’s Gold?
Following up on Saturday’s blog article with the same title, I continue with three distinct perspectives on Chess and Education. All from the … Read the rest
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
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
St.Petersburg Blitz & Rapid; UNPLUGGED
Dvorkovich: ‘out-sourcing’ discrimination?
Did FIDE president Arkady Dvorkovich conspire not only to subvert FIDE’s anti-discrimination statutes (1.2) but also the IOC Charter’s sacred ‘Principle 6’? … Read the rest
