European Chess Club Cup
The European Chess Club cup concluded with Socar Azerbaijan winning the Gold. Excellent report as ever of the final days play at chessbase.com .
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Benjamin Franklin: ON THE MORALS OF CHESS (1779) The game of Chess is not merely an idle amusement. Several very valuable qualities of the mind, useful in the course of human life, are to be acquired or strengthened by it, so as to become habits, ready on all occasions. 1. Foresight , which looks a little into futurity, and considers the consequences that may attend an action; for it is continually occuring to the player, 'If I move this piece, what will be the advantages or disadvantages of my new situation? What use can my adversary make of it to annoy me? What other moves can I make to support it, and to defend myself from his attacks? 2. Circumspection , which surveys the whole chessboard, or scene of action; the relations of the several pieces and situations, the dangers they are respectively exposed to, the several possibilities of their aiding each other, the probabilities that the adversary may make this or that move, and attack this or the other piece, and...
Space X
Space X, launches the Falcon 9 successfully. Follow the mission at www.SpaceX.com as it docks with the International Space Station and then returns to earth.
Interview from whychess.org with Boris Spassky
Interview with ex world champion Boris Spassky on whychess.org. Transcript here . Looking forward to the book.