Potpourri

by kevinspraggettonchess · March 19, 2012

SPRAGGETT ON CHESS

REAL FOOD!

Move over, Big Mac! I’ll have two of those to go!

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BEFORE THERE WAS DISCO AND ECSTASY…

1920’s
The couple above are contestants in a marathon dance, one of the many crazes the public eagerly took up during the 1920s.
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MILITARY STD POSTERS 1918-1945

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THE BRUTAL 37th MOVE!

EXAMPLE 1:

Hobber

gm ASHLEY

From Reykjavik (2012). Black had just taken the pawn on h3 and is threatening a decisive blow on f1. What magnificently brutal move did the New York grandmaster play that immediately forced his opponent’s resignation?

EXAMPLE 2:

gm Portisch

gm Tal

From the 1976 Biel Interzonal. Tal has the DREAM TEAM attacking force: Queen and 2-Knights! What devastingly brutal move did Tal play that immediately forced his opponent’s resignation?

(solutions at end)

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BEFORE THEY USED MONKEYS….

1934

Max Factor demonstrates his “scientific device” the Beauty Micrometer which detects defects in feminine beauty that are imperceptible to the naked eye.

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HOW TO PROPERLY CLOSE A PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL

28,000 flowers

Artist Anna Schuleit was commissioned to produce an installation in the massive, ancient Massachusetts Mental Health Center before it was demolished. She filled it with 28,000 flowers. Here, Colossal talks with Schuleit about “BLOOM,” the resulting installation.

“‘Never worry alone’ was a Dr. Tom Gutheil classic line, but because of the lack of social support, too many patients who came here had to worry alone. Anna saw these corridors as places to be filled with growth. For all the patients who never received flowers, these flowers are for you.”

Link

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