Thursday Coffee
Thursday Coffee
How are you today? There is a lot going on in the chess world right now, besides the Dubai match for the World … Read the rest
Category: Coffee
Coffee, Dubai and match predictions
Wednesday Coffee
How are you today? Here in north-central Portugal it snowed for about half an hour just a day or two ago. Of course, … Read the rest
Monday Coffee
How are you today? The 25th of October already! Just 2 months from Xmas…where does the time go? Has anyone done a study yet to … Read the rest
Coffee, Death, FIDE and other Nonsense!
Black Coffee: Always Steamy
How are you today? It has been a while since I wrote my last ‘coffee’ blog and a lot of material … Read the rest
Coffee, Queen’s Gambit, Covid etc
Monday Coffee!
It’s therapy in a cup. An essential survival tool. It is Monday morning: the world seems to be spinning around and falling apart. … Read the rest
Coffee, Politics and FIDE
Some Biden supporters have written that Washington throws out the trash today. That may be, but Obama 2.0 will probably not be any better and … Read the rest
Coffee, Chess, Beauty and other Nonsense!
Beauty and Brains
How are you today? I trust your getting together with family and loved ones over the holidays was wonderful. Pretty Orwellian was … Read the rest
Coffee, Chess, Iran,Cheating …
I kid you not! There is really a woman-owned family business in Portland, Oregon that brands itself ‘Hard On Coffee’! How do they try to … Read the rest
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
Coffee, Covid,FIDE & other Nonsense
Monday October 19, 2020. A date to remember. Much — if not all — of Europe is on the brink of a second politically-imposed lockdown … Read the rest
Coffee, Carlsen-IPO, Rausis and Covid_19
October 12, 2020
How are you today? This Monday is not your usual run of the mill Monday! This week is CRITICAL! In a lot … Read the rest
Coffee, Life, the virus & other nonsense
Saturday Coffee
Only you can answer this. Six months of the coronavirus has taught me that normality is way over-rated. That normality is little … Read the rest
Wednesday Coffee
Getting Rooked?!
Hey, that is not coffee! The lovely Ukraine chess master Nastya Rakhmangulova (what a name!) in what seems a sort of commercial-shot for … Read the rest
Coffee, chess, love & war
A coffee shop is more than just about social rituals. Experiencing the smells of grounded coffee; the anticipation of that first sip of coffee on … Read the rest
Coffee, LIFE and Insight
Reaching Out
How are you today? The 1st of August! How quickly time disappears when we are having fun, eh? For those of you who … Read the rest
