Media comments on chess

[John Clarke]

Made me wonder if anyone else had chess feature in school exchanges?

I was once picked out by an overseas visitor on the basis of my declared interest in chess. Back in the nineties we used to belong to an outfit called Servas via whom you could host (and be hosted by) international travellers. (See here for details.) One day we were contacted by a young lady from the former East Germany who was visiting NZ and was a chess enthusiast. This little waif turned up, looking about 17 (actually 24), proceeded to wipe the floor with me, and then held her own with a former NZ international of our acquaintance.

[Kevin Thurlow]

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... laims.html

Edit - my favourite part, "But David Niemann hit out at the site, calling it a 'cult.'"

[JustinHorton]

Did we miss this earlier in the year?

[Matt Bridgeman]

Shohreh Bayat quoted by the BBC; https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-63297219

[Brian Egdell]

A passing reference by Marina Hyde in The Guardian.

Anyway, on to Hunt, clearly the more operational figure. Many of us will have spent far too long yesterday watching the new chancellor’s already unsettling twitch of slightly opening his eyes in a slightly startled fashion, slightly more often than every five seconds. I really don’t want to think of Jeremy as a chess grandmaster whose moves are being dictated by the markets via vibrating anal beads. But since I have, you must too.

[Kevin Thurlow]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-63338375

[Roger de Coverly]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-63338375

Unlike the Mail, they did at least tell the story straight without introducing beads.

It remains to be seen how much or how little chess.com are prepared to divulge about why they think Hans cheated in the hundred games or more claimed.

[Mick Norris]

Anyone any idea when this would be in Court, if it gets that far?

[Kevin Thurlow]

"It remains to be seen how much or how little chess.com are prepared to divulge about why they think Hans cheated in the hundred games or more claimed."

Their attitude seems to be (much like "Talk Talk"), "we can do what we like and we won't discuss it", so hopefully a court will disabuse them of that.

[Roland Kensdale]

Promotional photo for Amazon Prime's The Devil's Hour (https://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Devils-Hou ... B0B5LHM1CG) in Saturday Telegraph's Review shows Peter Capaldi looking intelligent and threatening, but sitting at a chessboard with the Kings and Queens transposed.

[Chris Rice]

Elon Musk insulted former world chess champion Garry Kasparov, who stood up for Ukraine.

Garry Kasparov gave an assessment of the latest events, hinting at Elon Musk: “The price is huge, but Ukraine pays this price. So why are the people sitting in the comfort of their Silicon Valley mansions telling Ukraine how to run its business. This is moral idiocy and geopolitical blindness.”

Elon Musk responded insultingly: “While it is true that Kasparov plays chess almost as well as my iPhone, otherwise he is an idiot. And I don’t even have a house, let alone a mansion, you douche.”

[Reg Clucas]

https://newsthump.com/2022/10/26/chess- ... nd-queens/

[JustinHorton]

For some reason El País in English has a piece today about decision-making which cites somebody called Adriana Hernández, who, in a book called The Game of Life, apparently quotes (or very slightly mis-quotes) Frank Marshall as saying

a bad plan is better than no plan at all.

It also says of Marshall that he

dominated the game in the early-20th century

which claim might have surprised Emanuel Lasker at least.

Anyway the book - which coincidentally seems to have been co-produced with the author of the El País article - is subtitled La sabiduría del ajedrez aplicada a la vida cotidiana, which is to say "the wisdom of chess applied to everyday life". I am not proposing to shell out to find out how this works.

[Matt Mackenzie]

I thought "better a bad plan that no plan at all" was a Tarraschism, but am happy to be corrected if wrong.

[A.Kluckova]

Elon Musk insulted former world chess champion Garry Kasparov, who stood up for Ukraine.

Garry Kasparov gave an assessment of the latest events, hinting at Elon Musk: “The price is huge, but Ukraine pays this price. So why are the people sitting in the comfort of their Silicon Valley mansions telling Ukraine how to run its business. This is moral idiocy and geopolitical blindness.”

Elon Musk responded insultingly: “While it is true that Kasparov plays chess almost as well as my iPhone, otherwise he is an idiot. And I don’t even have a house, let alone a mansion, you douche.”

Mr. Google says, E.Musk sold all of his houses before 24.2.2022 and have rented a modest house only which value is aprox. $ 50 000 ($ fifty thousand) . So 1:0 for Elon Musk in this game .