ALCHEssMIST The Gamesman On Life, Games, Chess, Human Cognition and Intelligence. Monday, 30 August 2010. Just heard about this new series on chess from the BBC World Service, via Closet Grandmaster. I would check the exact times nearer the broadcast time though as there seems to be some uncertainty about these - see Link 1. Thursday, 5 August 2010.

Barnet chess club meets on Monday at 7. Please do not post anything of a confidential nature about the club. Sunday, 5 March 2017. Kingscrusher Banter Blitz - March 5, 2017. Sunday, 18 December 2016. Friday, 16 December 2016.

Tim Ireland on corruption in politics and the media. Happen to be wearing my old arse-kicking boots today, thank you for noticing.

Sunday, February 26, 2012. Saturday, January 28, 2012. Tuesday, January 17, 2012. Some time ago I returned back to Chess Tactics Server after years of absence. At first it felt a little weird after the ICC problem set, but I guess it went surprisingly well considering the length of the break. Wednesday, August 10, 2011.

Tuesday, February 13, 2018. The links have been updated. They include the three chess-playing sites that have cultivate a substantial following- Chess. com, and the Internet Chess Club. Between these three sites, you can have your fill of competition. When I am lagging in one, another site gives me a reprieve from, say, a 3-game losing streak. Monday, February 12, 2018. Not All Material Gain is Good.

Russian chess news and interviews in English. Vladimir Kramnik has had a wildly uneven 2013, swinging from the highs of the Candidates Tournament and Dortmund to an abject last place at the Tal Memorial. The Alekhine Memorial was merely disappointing, and afterwards he gave a long interview to a popular Russian weekly magazine. Sergey Shipov to commentate on the rapid tie-breaks.

These were posted on the Quality Chess blog and since more posts there will bury them in back pages, I thought it would be nice to create a reference to them here. Corr Games I, with some theoretical notes on the Potter Variation of the Scotch.

The Trinity has always consisted of Greywolf, Sonic and Mark G. Subtle introduction be damned! Using words as weapons, debaters fight to destroy or demolish their opponent.

Over the past four years, the ruling elite has attempted to mould reality to the contours of its simplistic Thatcherite morality tales. Having failed, it has simply declared reality altered by decree. Unemployment figures are trumpeted as though mass emigration and the herding of citizens onto free labour schemes never happened. Ministers crow about protecting social welfare rates even as they accept plaudits for slashing them to ribbons. By contrast, the decision o.