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Month: August 2017

CIPC #32: Mystery science theater 3000 S5 E5 The magical voyage of Sinbad

Posted on August 29, 2017

Mystery science theater 30001 might just be my favourite television show ever. As far as I’m aware, it only ever aired in the United States,…

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CIPC #31: The unbearable lightness of being

Posted on August 22, 2017August 23, 2017

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that every single book with good reviews, must be in want of a movie version. Hence, with the inevitability…

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CIPC #30: Friends S6 E20 The one with Mac and C.H.E.E.S.E.

Posted on August 15, 2017

Humour occurs when a surprise is recognised as harmless. This is why a predictable punchline kills a joke. This is why a joke you’ve heard…

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CIPC #29: Vladimir Aniskin’s Chessmen

Posted on August 8, 2017

Halt! Stop the presses! I have found what could be the most awesome thing ever! So there’s this Russian guy, you see, and he makes…

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BOBCH #3: Colle vs. Röthemeyer (1922)

Posted on August 4, 2017

By now, there are several thousands of games on this site. How is one supposed to find games that are interesting? The answer is that…

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CIPC #28: Friends S7 E20 The one with Rachel’s big kiss

Posted on August 1, 2017

I am not very knowledgeable about Friends.1 It’s a hugely popular television show which ran for approximately fifty bazillion seasons, that much I know, and…

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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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