Well, people get up to all sorts of things in this world of ours, and I should know -to say I’ve had a colourful life is quite an understatement. Anyway, just have a read of the following. I do sympathise, I must say.
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The verve this man had!
Posted in Chess on April 9, 2023| Leave a Comment »
Then everything must go…
Posted in Chess, My own endeavours on April 2, 2023| Leave a Comment »
“One is unable to notice something-because it is always before one’s eyes”
Ludwig Wittgenstein, Tractatus Logico Philosophicus
Do you know what or who you are? Do you really?
Next question. Do you see yourself as a creature of habit? If so, can you explain why you play chess and when you choose to? Is it always borne out of desire or, perhaps, lack of a better idea on how to pass the time? Aren’t you able to abstain from bullshitting yourself then bottom out the question instead? Not easy is it? Or is it?
“Nothing is so difficult as not deceiving oneself.”
Ludwig Wittgenstein, Culture and Value
Today chess exists in two main forms OTB chess (over the board) and online chess.
Online chess just got itself sacked from my life. I did that two months ago but it snuck back in. This time it’s sacked, sacked, sacked.
OTB chess. I have withdrawn from all tournament play and will only visit the chess club once a week -that is enough for me.
I am a philosopher, academically speaking, so by my very nature I have to question. I have to ask myself what do I want, how much do I want of it and why.
Once a week is quite enough, and that’s it. I focus on contentment and not improvement, that is what is pushing the agenda, and if that’s not enough, then everything must go…
“We are asleep. Our Life is a dream. But we wake up sometimes, just enough to know that we are dreaming.”
Ludwig Wittgenstein
Mark. J. McCready 22.22, Sunday, April 2nd.
Laksi, Bangkok.
OTB chess in Asia and its challenges
Posted in Chess, Chess in Thailand on March 12, 2023| Leave a Comment »
@BKK chess club tonight -the female in question wore a pink dress and was stunning!
The top 3 all in 1
Posted in Chess on January 11, 2023| Leave a Comment »
The three most beautiful chess players in the world:
1. Andrea Botez
2. Aka Nemsko
3. Anna Cramling
All appear in the same video here:
MJM
Bangkok Chess Club, December 23rd 2022
Posted in Chess, tagged Bangkok Chess Club on December 26, 2022| Leave a Comment »
Pattaya Chess Club
Posted in Chess on December 26, 2022| Leave a Comment »
Pattaya chess club is still in the Central Festival Mall in central Pattaya by the beach but it’s moved from the 4th floor to the basement. If you come from the second road entrance, its just on your right as you enter, opposite the supermarket.
Bangkok Chess Club December 16th 2022
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Andrea Botez boxes too
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9th December
Posted in Chess on December 13, 2022| Leave a Comment »
Some videos from Bangkok Chess Club on December 9th. I apologize that the quality of the videos isn’t so great. We were asked to play on the forth floor that night and the lighting was poor.
MJMBKK
Creative
Posted in Chess on December 13, 2022| Leave a Comment »
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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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