Category: trillium
The CFC, ethics and the politics of corruption
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When news of the OCA scandal about the 120,000 dollars that went unaccounted for (originally a Trillium Foundation grant)
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A PHOTO IS WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS…
A very fashionable Yaren Arkan playing in the Girls U13 at the Turkish Youth
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The Canadian Open got underway this weekend in Toronto. Close to 300 players including a handful of GMs and IMs braved
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(Thankyou Mike!) One of my regular readers sent me the following video of a monkey at a zoo doing ….well …absolutley
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You can’t live with them, and you can’t live without them! Applies to women, taxes and –of course (!)–the CFC. Fortunately, it
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CFC PRESIDENTS IN A NUTSHELL
(AS DOGS!)
ERIC VAN DUSEN
(We did not realize that by ‘communication’ Eric really meant ‘telepathy
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Fide and countries (part 2)
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FIDE has 161 country members, making it one of the largest sports organizations in the world today. Here are some statistics
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We start the week with some inspiration! Art for the mind. Enjoy
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THE TIGER’S TAIL…
Apparently, Earl Woods Gave
Tiger the Following Advice
“Focus on golf. F??k everything else.”
Thanks WS!
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ARE Chess in the news
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In keeping with the policy of this blog to present the naked chess community as it really is, without cosmetic makeup or
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(This is part 2 of the series that I am presenting on this blog this week for the duration of the championship)
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Today’s good advice
”Remember when you are in deep shit, look straight ahead, keep your mouth shut and say nothing.”
(Ontario
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TRUE COLOURS:
THE RISE AND FALL OF ORGANIZED CHESS IN CANADA


An indepth article, sometimes humourous, sometimes satirical, and carefully
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IN KEEPING WITH THE POLICY OF THIS BLOG TO SHOW THE REAL—AND OFTEN UGLY—FACE OF OUR COLLECTIVE CHESS COMMUNITY
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