La Defensa del Dragon (The Dragon Defense)
La Defensa del Dragon
Today, July 27, La Defensa del Dragon premieres in Colombia. After successful showings in various festivals this year, including Cannes and … Read the rest
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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
Today’s winning Shy!
Today’s winning SHY
“Deep rivers run quiet.” – Haruki Murakami. Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World… Read the rest
Wojtaszek wins Dortmund. Yawn…
Time to re-think Dortmund model !?
Yawn! What else can one say? Going into the final round of play yesterday at Dortmund’s traditional super-tournament, a … Read the rest
Find the mate!
Find the mate!
White to play and mate in 3
From the game Garakov – Kratochvil / Pardubice. 21.7.2017. Not very difficult for an experienced … Read the rest
Today’s winning Smile!
Today’s Winning Smile!
“A smile is the best way to get away with trouble even if it’s a fake one.” – Masashi Kishimoto (Vol.1; Tests … Read the rest
Today’s winning TAIL!
Winning Tail!
Got you FOOLED, hey Fool! “A happy ending was imperative… and in this sense, Maurice and Alec still roam the greenwood.” – E.M … 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
Portuguese Team_ch underway
2017 Portuguese T-ch
This year’s Portuguese Team Championship is being organized as part of the Leiria Chess Festival between July 17 and July 23. You … Read the rest
Andrew Paulson RIP
RIP
March 3, 1958 – July 18,2017
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“Andrew Paulson was born in 1958 in the United States. In 1981, … Read the rest
Tuesday Coffee
Tuesday Coffee
Good morning, Tuesday! We are well into week 29, with 167 days left until the first of January, 2018. This year’s summer playing … Read the rest
The Disappearing Chess World
The Incredible Disappearing Chess World
I suppose it was bound to happen sooner or later, but I had been hoping it would be later than … Read the rest
Saturday’s winning 5-second tactics
Winning 5-sec Tactics
Developing your skills to a high level and then maintaining this level is all part of a competitor’s daily schedule. Regardless of … Read the rest
CFC national appeals committee does nothing
Noritsyn given rectal massage by NAC
As expected. While I have met some extraordinarily competent arbiters in my experiences as a grandmaster, generally most arbiters … Read the rest
Today’s winning TAIL!
Today’s winning TAIL!
The lovely Latvian model Olga de Mar ( real name Olga Marackovska). Born Riga, August 12, 1991. Instagram. FaceBook. The … Read the rest
Monday Coffee
Monday Coffee
Good morning, Monday! China continues to astound us with its enormous potential for growth. Even in coffee…or should I say especially coffee! With … Read the rest
Friday winning 5-second tactics
Winning 5-sec tactics!
As in the martial arts, victory in tactical chess skirmishes sees cunning, agility and position often overcome mere brute force. Today’s tactical … Read the rest
Kasparov returns: Monkeying around with the Media
Kasparov: More Fake News !?
I thought that I was the only one who found incomprehensible the ‘breaking news’ that Kasparov had decided to ‘officially’… Read the rest
Controversy at Canadian Zonal playoff
I suppose one can find numerous book-titles, Hollywood films and detective stories that play on theatrical parallels to what happened in the decisive game at … Read the rest
