Nice interview! I’m not at the level as a player or fan where I really follow or understand the higher levels of what’s going on (read: I’m a garbage player, and I can name maybe eight current grandmasters), but this was cool. Read more

A chess grandmaster knows how to enjoy sports: watching the Cardinals lose in Busch Stadium. Read more

Winston Churchill is his choice of someone to play? He’d just send all his pieces in an all out attack with no chance of success, and they’d get slaughtered.
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absolutely piss poor job by these fellows Read more

Well, I know one guy who likes that league slogan.

“Your decision to assault was calculated, precise, devious, despicable,” Aquilina said. “You played on everyone’s vulnerability. I’m not vulnerable.= Read more

On my own I was editing an small video to show how poorly this famous break was timed. I came on this article while searching about the subject and found the article quite thorough and enlightening (mostly the Guiness answer to your query). Four other sub 7-minute 147s were made by Ronnie and timings shown on BBC are…

So ah, Capela is singing this tune without accompaniment? Read more

your take is bad and you should feel bad Read more

Fucking Nnnnnn Peppermint Roll Read more

Right, so the reason behind this is that the US has a visa waiver with most countries (which Europe is helpfully thinking of rescinding because our current Cheetolini keeps fucking up our own visa waivers for their citizens) and that stamp or ticket you get when entering most of those countries is for — wait for it — n… Read more

I recall noticing in the opening crawl of Flubber where the camera just pans over a bunch of stuff in the Professor’s place, the board is set up wrong. I believe it’s rotated 90 degrees, probably yielding backwards kings/queens. Read more

Good lord this is well laid out. Thank you. For those complaining it is too long, no one said you had to absorb in in one bite. I took in about 1/3 and I will come back for more in a bit.
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The Opera Game also ended in a checkmate, and is one of the most elegant games ever played, despite the slapstick circumstances under which it took place.
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So I know he’s a bad guy and a loony, but Bobby Fischer’s Random Chess is dope. You really have to be quick and flexible to succeed. Read more

The most important thing to remember is that the King stay the King. Read more