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BOBCH #2: Petrosian vs. Hazai (1970)

Posted on July 5, 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 #24: Midsomer murders S4 E5 The sleeper under the hill

Posted on June 27, 2017July 5, 2017

Maybe we should let the nectar of nostalgia linger just a little while longer. Maybe we should revisit another old friend: DCI Barnaby from Midsomer…

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CIPC #23: Agatha Christie’s Poirot S6 E4 Dumb witness

Posted on June 20, 2017June 24, 2017

Oh! sweet nectar of nostalgia linger longer, just a while, let the taste of distant mem’ries draw a brief and sadden’d smile …with which somewhat…

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CIPC #22: Mozart in the jungle S1 E2 Fifth chair

Posted on June 13, 2017June 24, 2017

Mozart in the jungle is an Amazon original series based on a book of the same name. It focuses on an New York-based up-and-coming oboist’s…

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BOBCH #1: Beyen vs. Filip (1971)

Posted on June 6, 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 #21: Midsomer Murders S15 E5 The Sicilian defence

Posted on May 30, 2017June 6, 2017

It doesn’t happen very often that a long-running television show dedicates an entire episode to chess, but when it happens – oh boy! Episode 5…

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CIPC #20: Promofilm liga Antwerpen

Posted on May 23, 2017June 6, 2017

What is the last place where you would expect an impossible position to appear on the chessboard? I don’t know precisely what my own answer…

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CIPC #19: Lang leve de koningin

Posted on May 16, 2017June 6, 2017

Due to enormous success1 the last time I commented on a chess-themed movie, I will do it again. This time, the focus will be on…

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CIPC #18: Hamilton watches advert

Posted on May 9, 2017June 6, 2017

Watches, especially the high-end ones, have a very posh image. They’re supposed to be for the distinguished gentleman, evoking images of a quiet British club…

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CIPC #17: 1984

Posted on May 2, 2017June 6, 2017

One sure sign of an author’s lasting success is when his phrases and his words become common parlance. Very few authors have achieved this in…

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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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