Online chess community where you can play chess, learn strategies and tactics, read chess news, see book reviews, find rules & tips, get free downloads, and more! http://www.chess.com/ 2007 Chess.com Messieur Degas Teaches Art and Science at Durfee Intermediate School--Detroit, 1942   He made a line on the blackboard,one bold stroke from right to leftdiagonally downward and stood backto ask, looking as always at no one in particular, ...http://blog.chess.com/phishcake5/messieur-degas-teaches-art-and-science-at-durfee-intermediate-school--detroit-1942Thu, 24 Jul 2008 10:26:20 -0700http://blog.chess.com/phishcake5/messieur-degas-teaches-art-and-science-at-durfee-intermediate-school--detroit-1942A friend turned me on to this article which he clipped from the San Francisco Chronicle several years ago: My Game with Alekhine by Leah Koltanowski When I was a young lass my parents used to take me abroad each year.  It was a wonderful even...http://blog.chess.com/phishcake5/my-game-with-alekhineSun, 08 Jun 2008 21:41:12 -0700http://blog.chess.com/phishcake5/my-game-with-alekhine  Blue Light Lounge Sutra for the performance Poets at Harold Park Hotel   the need gotta beso deep words can'tanswer simple questionsall night long notesstumble off the tongue& color the air indigoso deep fragments of gut& f...http://blog.chess.com/phishcake5/blue-light-lounge-sutra-for-the-performance-poets-at-harold-park-hotelMon, 02 Jun 2008 16:15:40 -0700http://blog.chess.com/phishcake5/blue-light-lounge-sutra-for-the-performance-poets-at-harold-park-hotel