Jul. 4th, 2016

Chess Zen

Jul. 4th, 2016 04:21 pm
monk111: (Devil)
In the Spielmann-Wahle (1926) game, Spielmann has just castled King-side and is ready to bring out his Queen’s rook. Chernev speaks favorably.

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No violence, please, until the reserves have been brought up. Blackburne used to say, “Never start an attack until your queen’s rook is developed.”

-- Irving Chernev, “Logical Chess: Move by Move”

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I take it that Blackburne refers to Joseph Henry Blackburne, also known as “The Black Death”, who dominated British chess in the latter part of the 19th-century (Wikipedia).
monk111: (Primal Hunger)
An extended interview excerpt with the "American Psycho" author on the violence and sex in his books and the struggles with his editors.

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INTERVIEWER

How did you come up with the incredibly detailed descriptions of what’s happening to these bodies while Patrick Bateman is ripping them apart? Were you completely winging it, or did you hang out with a forensic ­pathologist for a few months?

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