Not a gambit, just a blunder

sideblog for chess stuff, current elo: let's not talk about it

[katelynjeanette]

Alexander McQueen’s “It’s Only a Game” turns 20 years old

McQueen turns the runway into a chess board to debut his Spring/Summer 2005 collection.

[chessismyaesthetic]

Probably the best chess position you've seen in 2025. Sorry buddy, you didn't just checkmate black, they've mated you.

[toiich]

Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall playing chess at their home

[chessismyaesthetic]

So sad to hear about Daniel Naroditsky. He was so talented but he was so kind and generous with it too. A real teacher and ambassador for the game. I always loved his videos and commentary - his passion and excitement was infectious. And his ability to calculate was just incredible to me. He'll be missed, I'm sure, not just by those who knew him personally but by millions of people around the world who, like me, felt inspired by him and his love of chess.

[typewriter-post]

[fandoms4lifejusticefornone]

Botez sisters cameo in Katy Perry new music video at 1:30!!!!

[chessismyaesthetic]

Oh to fall in love over 32 squares of possibility...

(which is perhaps what is happening in George Goodwin Kilburne’s painting A Game of Chess)

[chessismyaesthetic]

Oh to subordinate desire to a one-touch rule

To school and in turn be schooled

And to commune on a wet and windy afternoon

[chessismyaesthetic]

Oh to fall in love over 32 squares of possibility...

(which is perhaps what is happening in George Goodwin Kilburne’s painting A Game of Chess)

[vintagegeekculture]

Part of the reason that Chess is so frequently played in Star Trek is because Leonard Nimoy is an avid chess enthusiast and asked the writers to work it into stories whenever possible.

[illustratus]

A Chess Game Gone Wrong, Renaud de Montauban — Loyset Liédet

[shakhmaniac]

a man from china, after losing a game of xiangqi (chinese chess), spent 4 hours analysing the loss despite pouring rain and his wife's protests.

[questionableadvice]

~ Popular Amusements, Rev. J. T. Crane, D.D, 1870

The Rev. J.T. Crane, who previously disapproved of reading novels, turns his attention to another frivolous time-waster: the game of chess.

[divorcedwife]

chess inspired fashion

[datasoong47]

[detective-jane-rizzoli]

Let me add some actually great quotations from an actual International Grandmaster (as opposed to some "alpha male entrepreneur"), chess journalist, and author, Savielly Tartakower (1887–1956), who was regarded as one of the most cultured and wittiest chess masters by his contemporaries.

"The winner of the game is the player who makes the next-to-last mistake."

"Chess is a struggle against one's own errors."

"The blunders are all there on the board, waiting to be made."

"Erro, ergo sum."

"Some part of a mistake is always correct."

“To avoid losing a piece, many a person has lost the game.”

“It is always better to sacrifice your opponents’ men.”

"Everything was finely imagined; but the gods, before the endgame, put the middlegame."

[magicalnicole]

Magnus and Tania beat Fabi and Maurice in two Freestyle Chess Head and Hand matches

November 20, 2024

Magnus and Fabi play on the 21st and 22nd in classical time control Freestyle Chess matches

[shakhmaniac]

report card tal mikhail. birth year — 1936. he is accorded the greatest care of his parents. he gets straight As. he has an exceptional memory. he recites artistically; quickly performs mental calculations with large numbers. despite his extraordinary abilities in science, he behaves appropriately in class. he’s obedient and diligent. his handwriting is poor due to an abnormality of his right hand: he was born with three fingers. tal was elected to school’s editorial board. he oversees the publication of the class wall newspaper, and does it successfully. misha reads newspapers and follows foreign policy. he gives excellent presentations. may 6th, 1946. 6th grade

[shakhmaniac]

che guevara at mikhail tal's simultaneous game session at the capablanca memorial. havana, 1963.

[shakhmaniac]

not only chess tho…

fidel castro and che guevara playing golf at colina villareal. havana, 1961. shot by alberto korda.