Lit & Chess
Andy LeeI'm a FIDE Master and studied English in college, so I'll be writing about chess and books on a semi-regular basis.
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On Blunders
Years ago I watched a lot of American football. Then I gave it up — I can’t support a sport that leaves so many of its players brain damaged. Nevertheless, I sometimes miss it because there’s no other sport that reminds me so much of chess....
Joseph Heller's Something Happened
Maybe the only thing you need to know about Joseph Heller’s second novel, Something Happened, is that it could easily have inspired the lyrics to a number of excellent 90s alternative rock songs, including the opening lyrics to “Basket Case...
Chaos and Control
On a pilgrimage to the Sinquefield Cup about a decade ago, I had the privilege of listening to Ben Finegold interview Levon Aronian about how he converted a winning position. Finegold asked Aronian why he had picked a move that the computer...
J.L. Carr's A Month in the Country
If you check out the history section of your local library or bookstore, you might conclude that World War II was the most important historical event of all time — as important, perhaps, as all other events in world history combined. As seq...
Always Thank the TD
In the spring of 2004, my old friend David Pruess suggested that we start a chess club in our hometown of Berkeley, California. Berkeley already had a club that met once a week, going back decades, but what David had in mind was more of a c...
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