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
Paul Keres / tactics / Training
by kevinspraggettonchess · Published May 1, 2020 · Last modified May 8, 2020
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
Carpe Diem / chess is interesting / Culture / music / Smile!
by kevinspraggettonchess · Published March 28, 2020
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
chess is interesting / Coffee / FIDE / Insight into life / News / Odds and Ends / Smile!
by kevinspraggettonchess · Published September 11, 2018 · Last modified September 12, 2018
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
Arkady Dvorkovich / chess is interesting / Coffee / FIDE / News / politics / Smile!
by kevinspraggettonchess · Published August 2, 2018 · Last modified August 3, 2018
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
French Defense gets CRUSHED!
gm Dvirnyy,D – m Esplugas Esteve
Catalan Team Ch 12.2.2022
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Maya Deren's Chess Scene in At Land (1944)
Fantastic Finish!
gm Khismatullin - Karmanova
St.Petersburg 23.10.2021
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