However, I spotted my chance and, realizing that Her Tragicness didn’t have a lot of squares, I plotted my revenge. I got into some trouble and went down a piece when his tragic queen became involved on my side of the board. But, he’s a crafty one, yes, crafty he is. He threw his own line of the Queen’s Gambit (Declined) at me again, which involves an irritating, but ultimately ill-advised, pawn rush on the queen’s side which I have analyzed and learned to punish. Yesterday, with black I had a long OTB conflict with The Club’s Leader™. ![]() And why not? He has some strong players… I hope they are good teachers… working with him on courses at three levels. Former champ Garry Kasparov has a new Kasparov Chess Foundation Academy. FIDE imposed that x number of tournaments had to be in different countries after the phenom of Ding Liren playing about a million games in a month all in China to be able to qualify by rating in the Candidates in Madrid that led to his beating Nepo for the ultimate egg roll. FIDE issued a “clarification” about what tournaments count for circuit points and a lot of players are seriously irritated at the lack of transparency. In chessy news, Michael Adams is the sole leader in London and four are tied for second, including Gukesh and the rather unlikeable Niemann. Have you been following Eccles’ Advent calendar on X/Twitter? Speaking of moving, do you need to, want to move? NB: I’ll hold comments with solutions ’till the next day so there won’t be “spoilers” for others. ![]() The Public Domain Review December 5, 2023 ![]() This explains quite a bit, as do the real Grimm’s tales.Ĭareful out there tonight for it’s #Krampusnacht! Popular in German-speaking Alpine folklore, the figure of #Krampus is a devil-like horned creature who punishes badly-behaved children the night before St Nicholas’ Day.
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