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Month: February 2017

CIPC #8: GEICO commercial

Posted on February 28, 2017

Chess is just the most exciting thing ever. Just think about it: two men staring at some pieces of wood for five hours on end,…

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Famous people playing chess

Posted on February 21, 2017

This time, our topic is only tangentially related to chess in popular culture: we will be talking about famous chess enthusiasts. A few lists like…

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CIPC #7: Numb3rs, S1 E9: Sniper zero

Posted on February 14, 2017February 15, 2017

Previously, I called The mentalist a mediocre mystery fiction show. By these standards, Numb3rs is dreadful. First of all, the show has given in to…

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CIPC #6: Robbedoes 1980/33, Klont

Posted on February 7, 2017February 22, 2017

Today we’re going to do something a bit more obscure. So obscure, in fact, that the moniker ‘popular culture’ can barely be justified. Yes, today…

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CIPC #5: Manic street preachers, It’s not war (just the end of love)

Posted on February 4, 2017February 22, 2017

Oh frabjous day! Callooh! Callay! I got my first suggestion! That’s an important moment in the life of a young blog. So exciting! Less exciting…

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Chess in popular culture

With this blog, I will critique chess as it appears in all sorts of popular media. I will honour the good and, probably much more frequently, castigate the bad.

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