Friday humor, nonsense & potpourri
Will the real Beth Harmon please stand up?

I think the unprecedented success of the NetFlix TV series The Queen’s Gambit has been something of … Read the rest
Will the real Beth Harmon please stand up?
I think the unprecedented success of the NetFlix TV series The Queen’s Gambit has been something of … Read the rest
Part I
What chessplayer has never heard of the great Paul Keres? June 5th will be the 45th anniversary of Keres’ untimely death, and to … Read the rest
Why should we believe FIDE?
I found this great ‘russian comedy’ (is there such a thing?) over at the very popular Chess-News.ru site. … Read the rest
Tuesday Coffee
How are you today? The summer has come and gone too quickly, in my opinion. I was hoping to savor it a bit … Read the rest
Thursday Coffee
We live in times of unstoppable change. All around us. Everyday. Trump; North Korea; Trade war; Immigration; AI. The chess world is not … Read the rest
Black and White
Kasparov, yesterday, reacting to the news that Arkady Dvorkovich was running for the FIDE presidency in October. So typical of Gary: burning … Read the rest