J’adoubies nominations opened

In the world of motion pictures, not only the well-known Academy Awards (a.k.a. Oscars) exist, but also the Golden Raspberries (’razzies’): the awards for worst film, worst actress, et cetera. This always leads to hilarious news articles like: “Madonna’s movie Swept Away has stolen the show at Hollywood’s Golden Raspberry awards, or Razzies, for the worst films of the year. The desert island romance, starring Madonna and directed by her husband Guy Ritchie, took five Razzies on Saturday, including worst picture, worst actress and worst director.” For ages the chess world has its own Oscar, which is awarded yearly by the Russian magazine 64, and since recently there are also Razzies for chess players: the J’adoubies. full story »

Thoughts about an unequal battle

A question that is not heard enough these days, is: should we actually be glad with all these matches between Man and Machine? Of course there are many perspectives from which you can try to answer this question. full story »

From Russia With Love

Tonight at Dutch television (Veronica, 20.30 hrs): From Russia With Love. One of the best Bond movies of all time, at least the favourite of Sean Connery himself. Why do I mention this? Because of the opening scene, in which a game of chess is being played. full story »