Today’s Insight: Carl Sagan’s Prophecy
The Celebration of Ignorance
Carl Sagan’s 1995 best seller The Demon-Haunted World is worth re-reading for those of my readers who have already been fortunate … Read the rest
Tagged: Magnus Carlsen
Magnus Carlsen Turns 30 Today!
Happy Birthday!
Congratulations! But what you have done recently to make the world a better place? Congratulations! But what you have done yesterday to make … Read the rest
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
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
Carlsen leads Altibox Tournament
Tari gets valuable lesson from Carlsen
Every defeat can be an opportunity to learn something new. Yesterday, in round 8, World Champion Magnus Carlsen gave … Read the rest
Coffee, Carlsen, Kasparov & potpourri
How are you today? It is already the 28th and the last Monday of the month! Where does the time go? So many things are … Read the rest
The Art of Women, Chess and other Potpourri
Chess Obsession
“Generally, my themes are women. When it comes to painting women i am taking great joy from this subject and will continue to … Read the rest
Today’s Winning Lady in Red
Tyranny
“Beauty is a short lived tyranny.” – George Bernard Shaw. Not bad! But even better is “The best government is a benevolent tyranny tempered … Read the rest
Flattening the Curve
PORN industry conquers Covid-19
With hundreds of millions of people forced to stay home because of the coronavirus, numerous online activities are trying to enhance … Read the rest
Coffee, Chess & Potpourri
Caruana starts the week as the hot favourite to win the upcoming Candidates Tournament due to his blistering Fischer-like victory at the just completed Tata … Read the rest
Wednesday Coffee
Flashy Coffee Time
How are you today? Wednesday already – the proverbial middle of the week. Also happens to be the last Wednesday of October. … Read the rest
Isle of Man: Decisive round on Monday!
Last Grasp for Stardom
It has been an exciting tournament for the tens of thousands of online spectators who have been following the action these … Read the rest
Friday Coffee, Potpourri and Nonsense
Your’s for the taking…
In June of this year the British Cardiovascular Society presented a coffee study by the Queen Mary University of London that … Read the rest
Monday Coffee
Streetwise & Blasé
How are you today? Super, I trust. I don’t know where the time has gone, but today is already the last Monday … Read the rest
How Carlsen beats his opponents
Slow day at the office for Aronian
Paul Keres once said of a young Anatoly Karpov (back in 1972) that while … Read the rest
