Media comments on chess

[Greg Breed]

Dormant is right as...

"Dot" is a spot
R = rook
man = chess piece

It says "in a spot", so the rest fits inside "dot", so it will either be "DO....T" or "D....OT"

That stuff just boggles my mind. I don't think i'll ever understand cryptic crosswords...

[PeterTurland]

Dormant is right as...

"Dot" is a spot
R = rook
man = chess piece

It says "in a spot", so the rest fits inside "dot", so it will either be "DO....T" or "D....OT"

That stuff just boggles my mind. I don't think i'll ever understand cryptic crosswords...

It is the sport of obfuscation.

[Christopher Kreuzer]

A mention in a rugby column here:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/rugby-union/23112145

"Both teams are evenly matched, we have been feeling each other out," he added. "The game of chess will continue."

Those quotes are from the Australian rugby union captain James Horwill. The columnist, BBC journalist Bryn Palmer, continued the analogy with:

"The Lions had the Wallabies in check."

[Ian Kingston]

There's a nice little mention of chess in this story of a French aid worker captured by the Taliban:

I also made a paper chessboard, and killed time constructing chess problems.

[Stewart Reuben]

Friday 5 July Times article by Simon Barnes on tennis.
'Radwanska plays with such intelligence that they ought to scrub out the tennis court markings and paint the lawn with 64 black and white squares.'

[Phil Makepeace]

Simon Barnes loves a bit of it.

[Matthew Turner]

I really have no idea what this article is about (even after attempting to read the first few paragraphs). It does however feature a chessboard very prominently.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvan ... -Leah.html

[PeterTurland]

I really have no idea what this article is about (even after attempting to read the first few paragraphs). It does however feature a chessboard very prominently.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvan ... -Leah.html

To my way of thinking, there are two ways of communicating, either literally or with metaphors.

People who use metaphors, are not really trying to tell you something, they are trying to manipulate you, this is what drives advertising.

A past master at this was Edward Bernays, a double nephew of Sigmund Freud, he was so highly thought of in the world of propaganda, Goebbels had his books on his bookshelf!

[John Clarke]

I really have no idea what this article is about (even after attempting to read the first few paragraphs). It does however feature a chessboard very prominently.

.... and as usual (ho hum) it's been incorrectly placed.

[Ian Kingston]

Not sure if this should be here or in the Ashes thread, but I just spotted this in the BBC live reporting of the Second Test (the 16:30 entry):

Michael Clarke, the chess grandmaster, fancies Bell for a catch on the leg side.

Any idea what the reporter is on about? Is there an Aussie GM that we've all overlooked because he plays cricket?

[Andrew Bak]

Not sure if this should be here or in the Ashes thread, but I just spotted this in the BBC live reporting of the Second Test (the 16:30 entry):

Michael Clarke, the chess grandmaster, fancies Bell for a catch on the leg side.

Any idea what the reporter is on about? Is there an Aussie GM that we've all overlooked because he plays cricket?

I assumed that he was trying to compliment his captaincy skills and came up with a really poor analogy.

[Keith Arkell]

'Tiger Woods is playing a game of chess - not being aggressive' said the BBC1 commentator,helpfully.

[JustinHorton]

The Independent rewview of The World's End yesterday described the film (or its plot) as taking "a knight's move" about three-quarters of an hour in.

[Stewart Reuben]

That probably means jumping from one subject to another with no obvious collection.
'Knight move thinking' is a common expresion in psychology.

[Reg Clucas]

From the Summer 2013 edition of 'The Fellrunner' magazine, in an article about mountain navigation -

To me, the art of navigation is a real skill and makes my visits to the hills, whether racing or otherwise, much more interesting.......I like to think about it as running chess, perfect for the thinking runner.