Coffee, Trump, Chess & Russia
Naked Coffee
How are you today? There is a lot happening in the world this week. Despite how depressing it is to see another lockdown … Read the rest
Tagged: FIDE election 2018
Coffee, FIDE & Potpourri
Saturday Coffee
Have you ever noticed the number of gloomy ‘studies’ on coffee consumption that are in newspapers and online? They almost jump out at … Read the rest
Sunday Coffee
Take it easy…
How are you today? Great, I trust! Here where I live — in the mountains — (Guarda, Portugal) the weather is still … Read the rest
Why Makropoulos lost the FIDE election
Fortunately, Europe is NOT the world
When acting FIDE president Georgios Makropoulos wrote to me in May of this year, it was abundantly clear that … Read the rest
AIDEF bullies African federations who won’t vote Makro
Makro dirty tricks continue in Africa
Threats and intimidation! The business manager of the African Chess Confederation , Mr. Larbi, spills the beans on Makro’s … Read the rest
Dvorkovich announces ticket and extends olive branch
Dvorkovich seeks to unite FIDE
Today in Moscow at a press conference, Arkady Dvorkovich announced his official ticket for the upcoming FIDE elections in October. … 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
Sunday Coffee
Sunday Coffee
Good day, Sunday! It’s been kind of quiet this past week (ignoring Trump’s narcissist behavior, of course) and that has allowed me to … Read the rest
Friday Coffee
Friday Coffee
Happy Friday, everybody! It has been a pretty busy week. And finally I am beginning to be convinced that summer is just around … Read the rest
You have mail!
Readers Respond to Makro’s Letter
Following up on yesterday’s letter from Georgios Makropoulos, I received quite a bit of mail, most of it rational … Read the rest
2018 FIDE Election Campaign
A Letter from Makropoulos
Georgios Makropoulos, acting-FIDE president, needs no introduction. Despite the difficult times within the chess community since Kirsan Ilyumzhinov came under … Read the rest
Breaking News!
Kremlin throws weight behind Kirsan
Earlier today at a key meeting of the RCF (Russian Chess Federation) in Sochi it was decided to approve of … Read the rest
2018 FIDE Elections
Kirsan enroute to BIG win in October!
You have to hand it to the man! He has managed to out-finesse each and every of his … Read the rest
FIDE elections faked!?
Kirsan runs against himself!
I almost fell for it! But reading declarations by both Kirsan and Makro this past week, I now realize that everything … Read the rest
Monday Coffee
Monday Coffee!
Good morning, Monday! How was your weekend? Today finds me in Lisbon playing in the very strong Portugal Open. A nine round … Read the rest
