Chess, gay-coffee, potpourri and other nonsense!
Fuck-you, Monday!
Today’s blog feature is dedicated, partially, to the absurd. If some readers feel a bit offended, then write to me and I will … Read the rest
Category: Social Issues
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
More on ‘I say dust’…
Last August I wrote a blog article about a really exceptional short film by the talented New York-based Lebanese/American film director/writer Darine Hotait, called
… Read the restPeter Stockhausen’s death: Part II
August 20, 1948 to February 18, 2016,
68 years of age
Dear Kevin,
I’ve already told you that just before 7pm on Friday February 19, … Read the rest
More on P.Stockhausen’s death
August 20.1948–February 18, 2016
I understand that Stockhausen’s estranged wife (Karen) is preparing a statement and this will be later published here on this blog.
… Read the rest
Today’s chess CARTOONS!
MIS-match: an inexperienced Obama giving advice to an equally out-of-his depth Europe, facing off against the sly-fox Putin, who has all the aces up his … Read the rest
Friday's chuckle!
Today’s potpourri and other nonsense!
TIT FOR TAT!
You have to love this group of liberated women! The vídeo below was posted today on YOUTUBE. ”Activists from the Femen organisation … Read the rest
Show us your BOOBS!
THE FIGHT FOR EQUALITY CONTINUES!
”If you really gave two nipples about women’s equality, then you’d take off your shirt already. In conjunction with Women’s … Read the rest
Tuesday’s potpourri and other nonsense!
SPRAGGETT ON CHESS
PIGEON CHESS!
”PST! JOIN THE CFC TODAY!”
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This is the right attitude to have each time you … Read the rest
More troubles with CFC ratings….
SPRAGGETT ON CHESS
You almost feel sorry for the CFC! After the restructuring of the CFC’s business model in 2007/8, the rating system became … Read the rest
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
One more failed national championship
SPRAGGETT ON CHESS
Alberta has organized 2 of the best-ever Canadian Opens in recent years (2005 and 2009) , having attracted famous players like … Read the rest
Stockhausen news
SPRAGGETT ON CHESS
KARMA
There was a curious reaction within certain quarters of our chess community when I first announced on this blog a project … Read the rest
Canada’s shame and disgrace: Mark Dutton
SPRAGGETT ON CHESS
Editorial Opinion
Mark Dutton, a well known, failed-chess organizer from Toronto ,has recently (today!) been appointed as chief arbiter of the 2011 … 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
Tidbits
SPRAGGETT ON CHESS
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I bet you never heard of the ICSC!
INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEEOF SILENT CHESS
The International Committee of Silent Chess (I.C.S.C.) was … Read the rest
