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'Michael Deacon is not satirical'. I'd not heard of him, the Daily Telegraph not being a news source of choice, but the first line of his Wiki page describes him as a political satirical journalist.

Good choice for chess, though.

J T Melsom wrote: ↑

Sat May 30, 2020 10:06 pm

the first line of his Wiki page describes him as a political satirical journalist.

So it does - I wonder whether he regards himself like that. Satire can of course be hard to spot nowadays, truth having overtaken fiction in so many ways.

CJ Sansom Tombland - the gentleman prisoners play chess in Norwich Castle.

I.Allende The House of Spirits - one of the characters plays chess regularly with the President. Does anybody know whether Salvador Allende played chess?

According to Spanish-language Wikipedia he played chess with his friend and comrade Juan Demarchi.

nick >Michael Deacon is not satirical.<

You mean that when he wrote that pickpockets and burglars needed state support, because of the falloff in their income, he was being serious, or at any rate, not joking?

Justin, thanks, that detail is actually not in the English language version.

Well, it's chess-related... Sudoku with a chess twist.

https://blog.chrishannah.me/the-miracle-sudoku/

Stewart Reuben wrote: ↑

Sun May 31, 2020 12:49 pm

nick >Michael Deacon is not satirical.<

You mean that when he wrote that pickpockets and burglars needed state support, because of the falloff in their income, he was being serious, or at any rate, not joking?

I do seem to be losing this one. I had not been struck by this side of his writing before.

Chess in rugby analogy...

""I went straight into his office and said 'Mike I don't trust you, I think you have been playing games behind my back, you have used me as a bit of a pawn in your game of chess, I can't put my boots on and play for you every week'."

from https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/52912941

Mark Mason : Move Along Please ' One field contains a dozen white sheep and two black ones, like a giant chess game that someone's about to lose.'

J T Melsom wrote: ↑

Thu Jun 04, 2020 3:49 pm

Mark Mason : Move Along Please ' One field contains a dozen white sheep and two black ones, like a giant chess game that someone's about to lose.'

Is that meant be have been written to be read topically, satirically or what??

It is a reference to chess in a book, just like my previous posts in this thread. I guess its just descriptive prose, nothing more than that. Some time back I did suggest that we might have a separate thread, but books are 'media' so I think its legitimate. I think it is actually quite interesting how many authors still refer to chess.

A team of two self described "chess players" in today's Bargain Hunt, apparently.

Is it a repeat, and if so is it this programme?