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Posted inArts & Culture
The body in focus
While living alone in the woods of northern California at the start of 2020, Lilli CarrĂ© started learning chess. Like many folks deep into the pandemic, she took up a new hobby. While trying to draw inspiration for her work, she incorporated her new vehicle for communication when all touch and connection were lost. Carré’s […]
Posted inMusic
Muddy Waters sideman Luther ‘Snake Boy’ Johnson had his career cut short by brain cancer
Blues guitarist Luther Johnson made his solo debut on Checker in 1964 but died at 41 in 1976.
Posted inMusic
Washboard Sam’s playful hokum blues made him a Chicago favorite in the 30s and 40s
Country bluesman Washboard Sam was reputedly Big Bill Broonzy’s half brother, and recorded with Broonzy and Memphis Slim—but the rise of postwar electric blues put an end to his popularity.
Posted inColumns & Opinion
Rahm checkmates school chess teams
As resources pour into city land deals, little money’s left for youth programs like chess.
Posted inBlogs
Tip the king
Ron Washington, “Mayor of the Chess Pavilion” at North Avenue and Lake Shore Drive in Chicago, is missed
Posted inBlogs
Requiem for Bobby Fischer
Reflections on the death of Bobby Fischer, another chess genius driven to a tragic death.
Posted inBlogs
Are you the greatest?
If you think your blog is better than it really is, you may be a guy.
Posted inBlogs
Set your sarcasm detectors
A bumper sticker for greens and anti-greens, teaching chess to fundamentalists, and the continuing search for a conservative with a sense of humor.
Posted inBlogs
Linkin’ & thinkin’
Eighteenth-century titans play chess; a mesh shirt conceals all; the big-box ordinance defeats itself; so do NutraSweet and computers; and the Reformation ends, provoking an unseemly question.
Posted inNews & Politics
Addicted to Chess
What makes it habit-forming? Is it dangerous to our youth? Why aren’t there any women in this picture?