“Not Chess” by Gordon Cash
From Fabula Argentea, here is a nice little vignette by Gordon Cash: In a rare idle hour, I watched the two ancient-looking men play chess. The Parks Department had installed…
Category: chess
What is the worst chess move? – with Gregory Serper
I am unsure if I am worse at chess or at drawing but I enjoy both. Chess.com is a wonderful resource for online play and also for learning. I am afraid I have been…
Fidchell – “jouer avec un Goiedhel” – medieval board game from Westmeath recreated by Les 7 Cailloux, St Etienne
On a recent trip to France I came across the games of Les Sept Cailloux, a St Etienne based company who make beautiful and practical versions of Ancient Roman and…
Could a novice beat Magnus Carlsen with a month to prepare? (Spoiler alert: No)
Someone said that headlines formulated as questions almost always have the answer “No.” I came across this column on Chess.com which is a reaction to this Wall Street Journal article…
from “Bobby Fischer Goes To War”. Edmonds / Eidinow
“There were harsher and potentially more threatening judgments made of [Boris] Spassky.[Boris] Spassky. Baturinskii accused him of being under the sway of ‘objectivist views over the location of his match…
Bobby Fischer Goes To War. Edmonds / Eidinow. Nthposition, 2004.
The original is here . Chess has becoming something of a compulsion for me in the last year and a bit. I have had fluctuating levels of involvement in the game –…
Séamus Sweeney 