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
Tagged: Dvorkovich
Paul Keres’ winning 5-sec tactics!
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
Covid-19, Yekaterinburg and Russian Lies
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
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, FIDE, Carlsen and other nonsense
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
Kasparov on Dvorkovich running in 2018
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
