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Just pawns
Posted in Chess on September 28, 2022| Leave a Comment »
Is this the world champion at his least convincing?
Posted in Chess on September 27, 2022| 2 Comments »
Just when will we see this being marketed?
Posted in Chess on September 26, 2022| Leave a Comment »
A nice idea but…
Posted in Chess on September 25, 2022| Leave a Comment »
I watched this yesterday and came to the conclusion that it’s a nice idea but needs more work. So many questions came that valuable time was lost filtering through them and picking out those which deserved an answer. Maybe a mod could help filter what the GM reads? Nonetheless, it’s a nice idea and worth a watch.
Well…
Posted in Chess on September 24, 2022| 2 Comments »
He’s at it (again)
Posted in Chess on September 23, 2022| Leave a Comment »
In the past I have been known as a wind-up merchant and a pain up the arse, and got myself banned on forums for a few weeks because I got a bit carried away with myself (I must admit, I did like it when I started talking about there being no ball in chess. I would imagine most people have worked that out already). Well, I am at it again and will no doubt fail to impress a fair few. I like the comedy element personally. Here is what I posted.
Tree of suffocating souls
Posted in Chess on September 23, 2022| Leave a Comment »
Now I know what you are thinking or should I say I know what you are phased by -the title of course. Firstly, am I referring to the chess world in light of the so-called cheating scandal that has the chess world in its grip? Well, close but it’s not quite it although we certainly are suffocating through lack of information.
Revive me
So if it’s not a reference to anything chess related, and as you should have guessed by now, we must turn our attention to the thing that Mark loves the most -music. Now we are talking. Yes it’s the title of a song -and one of my favourites. The video is linked below. It’s a nice little number you could sing down the pub and get a good sing-a-song going with.
By Grace save me
Returning to the cheating scandal, I speak with humanity when I ask, ‘What harm has it done to GM Hans Niemann? Can’t we all appeal to our own sense of humanity and either say what’s been bothering the parties involved or just move on from it.
And the maker reveals his one face
What an embarrassment it has become. I mean anal beads of all things -how bloody ridiculous. I think I can safely say its the first time I have felt let down by the world champion. the fear that has struck home -and over what?
Creator of suffering divine
Anyway, here’s that song. It’s a very tidy little number with a good video.
AGM planned
Posted in Chess on September 23, 2022| Leave a Comment »
I’m going to hold an AGM on October 1st. I shall chair the meeting no one else is coming. Only one topic will be announced and that will be ‘Should I keep this site going or scrap the bastard it.
The meeting will last around five seconds and a vote will be put to decide matters. I shall begin proceedings when I am on the toilet.
I’m not sure if I’ve said before but I loathe this site and what it’s become. It used to be such a nice and simple site with lots of links. Now its the ravings of a madman usually or if not lots of obscure stuff that no one can be bothered with -even the person that wrote it. It really has gone down the drain this site and it’s a shame. The person controlling it likes to think he is so funny and his site is full of entertainment. He needs to go back to the funny farm. It’s not funny its sad. It’s not entertaining its dross and it should be stopped now! Maybe more people should come to the AGM
For some reason, I have lost track of time this morning…
What happened to that drink I was going to get?
Stop thinking about anal beads and stop for good…
Direction?
Posted in Chess on September 23, 2022| Leave a Comment »
Admittedly, there are times when I don’t know which direction this blog is going in. I note that I don’t take myself so seriously all the time and that there is a rawness with the writing when there isn’t much else. Other than that what can I say except I am not speaking to anyone and writing is my main form of communication.
Strategy in Reddit
Posted in Chess on September 23, 2022| Leave a Comment »
I’m going to start adding more comments to posts in Reddit. You get replies often, they enable me to become supercilious -almost like a boss figure. To inflate my ego- I will act like some sort of demi-god on that site and just talk down to everyone…maybe then I will get some followers. Then I might have a following and be thought of as the chosen one. This will bring new confidence and meaning to my life. This is the plan. From now on, when it comes to Reddit – I am right all the time -so say I.
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A side note on how to read old Tom Sweby's columns
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Not perhaps, but quintessentially, Old Tom Sweby is best thought of as a passionate devotee to the newspapers he wrote for. He was well read and knowledgeable of the Bedfordshire chess scene and well beyond, given that he was the president of the S.C.C.U. once upon a time. He was generally well-respected and rubbed shoulders with many, if not all, of those eminent within British chess circles. It would, however, be a critical mistake to see his column is primary source material entirely. That it is not. You will also find secondary source material quoted too, and the reliability of that is not quite as Tom hoped. Given that he wrote for decades, this is to some degree inevitable, and after all we are all prone to error whether we realize it or not. Thankfully, with regards to old Tom Sweby, they are infrequent and for the most part old Tom continued to document events and developments in the Bedfordshire league from the get go as best he could but, of course, everything lies open to interpretation. Despite this, and generally speaking. this does indeed make him informative and thus worth reading. Dare I say his columns constitute a narrative describing the latest developments, match reports and changing nature of the Beds league...he knew his audience and wrote according. This manifested itself over decades but brevity was always in play courtesy of the restictions imposed by writing a column. Should you wish to read a in instrumental figure of the Beds' league post WW2, you are quite welcome to peruse what has been posted here... . :-) I should, however, point out that as the decades wore on he gradually moved on away from narratives concerning the Bedfordshire league towards affairs both historical and international. The reasons for this are multifarous, old age was a predominante factor presumably, however, the bottom line is with regards to how the Bedfordshire chess scene developed post WW2: old Tom Sweby is your go to guy. He wrote more about chess in Bedforshire than anyone else did but given he was a Lutonian and writing for a Luton newspaper there is both bias and greater coverage of his hometown than the rest of the county.
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