Mystery grandmasters + grandmasters named Alex

Last night I watched Survivor on television for the first time this year, along with my wife, who watches it religiously. I unexpectedly got a giggle out of the preview of next week’s episode. The biggest loudmouth on the show, a guy named Marty Piombo, is shown...

Pictures from Crete

As you know, I don’t do off-topic entries very often, so I hope that I can be forgiven for an off-topic entry now and then. I’m trying to keep this blog going, with reduced chess contentâ„¢, while taking a little bit of a break from the game. Last week I...