Daily Archives: May 30, 2012
As I Please by Neville Twitchell
Are chess players disproportionately left-handed? I ask this merely because of the old canard that left-handed people are more creative than right-handers (e.g. Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Rembrandt and other such arty types) and the …
Anand-v-Gelfand in Russia
The World Chess Championship is over. It is over because with so many draws interest almost dried-up. Adams called it ‘tenatative’, Barden branded it ‘turgid’ and Pein went one better. “Sleepathon”. And Keene gave Gelfand …
