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| Chess Carnival - February 15, 2009 Edition |
The February 15, 2009 Edition of the Chess Carnival was very successful in spite of being hosted at chessvine this time around. A big thanks goes to all the participants and the winners in each category are presented below. Annotated GamesGeorge Duval presents New York 1924: Savielly Tartakower and the Bronx Zoo Chess Culture and PoliticsMark Weeks presents Useless Stats/Qs about Ratings Chess EventsJames R. West presents Jim West On Chess: Guido van der Werve at Marshall CC HumorDavid Evans presents Good luck, bonne chance, buena suerte! Opening TheoryRolling Pawns presents >Are you afraid of the Marshall attack? I look forward to the next Edition but Jack Le Moine hasn't sent me a deadline or to be honest told me if Chessvine is hosting the carnival again. When I know something I'll pass it on! I enjoyed reading the submissions and everything went very smoothly except for the plethora of poker entries. Poker enthusiasts can take comfort ... your entries were deleted without being read.  Submit your Chess blog articles for the next edition of the Chess Carnival Past posts and future hosts can be found on the blog carnival index page |
| Updates, Changes and "Stuff" |
 And the New Year rang in--I was the only member of the family awake. I was playing a game on FICS! So I rang it in right, with explosions going off outside and me kicking somebody's butt...well, that's the way I remember it.I've finally taken the time to update the blogroll a bit, added some fine blogs like Chess Skills, Chesstiger and Rolling Pawns. A few good men, like Chess Tyro and my old friend and foe Eric Shoemaker (of the Reno Chess Club) are apparently off the air for good, blogs deleted, so their links are gone, too. A few moved off the rolls of "On Hiatus" since they posted something. Regular maintenance and occasionally refurbishing like this is necessary if a blog is to avoid becoming irrelevant. Someone who never was and never will be irrelevant is chessloser, who after splitting with the lovely Mrs. chessloser wandered south through Mexico until he ended up in Guatemala, then announced his resignation from blogging. How big a force is/was chessloser? Some scheisskopf posted a fake death rumor under the handle "Mrs Chessloser." A man as substantive as the Reassembler wished that he would return. And now it's time for me to admit that, proud as I am of this blog and the number of visitors I have had, of the 41,206 showing right this minute on my Sitemeter I estimate that approximately 12,000 of them only came because I once linked to chessloser's Wordpress avatar, which happens to be the hottest chess photo of all time. He bestrode the chess blogging world like a Colossus. He will be missed. ADDED: Another blog that really deserves your attention, full of good insights, is The Endgame Tactician (by Likesforests). I should have added it to the sidebar ages ago. _______________ One of chessloser's commentors turned out to be one of the proprietors of Endgame, the Original Chess Apparel, which I just visited for the first time and enjoyed browsing. Why do they do it?: Things are not easy for a chess player. We live in a time when activities such as bowling and competitive eating are regarded as more prestigious sporting events than chess. The majority of our top players cannot earn a living from the sport they have dedicated their lives to. Yet these players continue to push forward, fueled by their passion for the game. They stand in opposition to a society that celebrates stupidity and persecutes intellectualism. Endgame believes that intellectual passions, like chess, are at the very core of being human. Passion of the body is nothing without passion of the mind. It is our body that engages in the act, but it is our mind that provides us with the lasting joy of it. Well said! Let us not forget, though, that the excellent Blunderprone also has a line of chess clothing worthy of your consideration:  I'll tell you what Morphy would do--he would greet you in the most courtly and gentlemanly manner, kick your ass over the board, then bid you good day in the most courtly and gentlemanly manner. If you insist on some kind of New Year's Resolution, ask yourself "What would Morphy do?" more often. Then do it. |
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