A pic is worth a 1,000 words…
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Sadler, visiting Alekhine’s grave at Montparnasse, set up a position using a chessboard that Kasparov himself had once used. That is RESPECT!
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GM Paco Vallejo (l) meeting Spanish chess federation president (and IM) Ochoa. Notice the coconut in Ochoa’s hand! Something Freudian perhaps…or maybe the only thing nuttier than a chessplayer is a chess-politico?!
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16-year old Ashley has an important message for youngsters!
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”Get up! The show must go on!” said the bull
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INTERESTING FACT: Nigel Short can read!
No, that is cruel! (Sorry, Nigel!) Here Nigel is probably preparing for his next round opponent. Notice: no computer! Nigel comes from the generation that was brought up on Raymond Keene books (it is a wonder he became any good!) and chess magazines…old fashioned, perhaps, but his secret was to work standing up in the garden, without a chess set… but judging by his recent results his methods are still LETHAL!
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French chess star GM Lautier (now retired from chess but still following what happens) sporting his Fu Manchu look, now lives and works in Moscow.
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Mexico’s secret weapon against Donald Trump?!
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Anal Tip of the Day: Don’t forget to get naked first!
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About as plausible an explanation as any I suppose…. Earth a penal colony? OMG!
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Before the internet…
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