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Koyaanisqatsi meets Boogie Nights
I really like Soviet sets. My favorites are BF ‘33 and Smyslov chessmen.
Nov 9, 2023
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How is this "Chess Porn"? Chess porn would be more like the King is the Statue of David, the Queen is Venus de Milo, the Bishop is the naked pose of Michaelangelo, etc. That would be chess porn!
ThrillerFan wrote:
How is this "Chess Porn"? Chess porn would be more like the King is the Statue of David, the Queen is Venus de Milo, the Bishop is the naked pose of Michaelangelo, etc. That would be chess porn!
Whatever floats your boat. Not all of us are sex obsessed.
Nov 9, 2023
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hermanjohnell wrote:
ThrillerFan wrote:
How is this "Chess Porn"? Chess porn would be more like the King is the Statue of David, the Queen is Venus de Milo, the Bishop is the naked pose of Michaelangelo, etc. That would be chess porn!
Whatever floats your boat. Not all of us are sex obsessed.
Never said that floats my boat. I am well past the age of having interest in looking at that stuff. That's for 18 to 21 year old guys to be entertained with.
IThat's simply what porn is by definition.
Pornography - printed or visual material containing the explicit description or display of s***al organs or activity, intended to stimulate erotic rather than aesthetic or emotional feelings.
I (obviously?) used "porn" in a figurative sense.
Nov 9, 2023
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ThrillerFan wrote:
hermanjohnell wrote:
ThrillerFan wrote:
How is this "Chess Porn"? Chess porn would be more like the King is the Statue of David, the Queen is Venus de Milo, the Bishop is the naked pose of Michaelangelo, etc. That would be chess porn!
Whatever floats your boat. Not all of us are sex obsessed.
Never said that floats my boat. I am well past the age of having interest in looking at that stuff. That's for 18 to 21 year old guys to be entertained with.
IThat's simply what porn is by definition.
Pornography - printed or visual material containing the explicit description or display of s***al organs or activity, intended to stimulate erotic rather than aesthetic or emotional feelings.
Blud actually googled c*rn
Here´s more. No nudity or sexual acts, i´m afraid...
Interesting videos @hermanjohnell !
“…loved women, cats, alcohol and above all, chess.”
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“…loved women, cats, alcohol and above all, chess.”
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Alechine forever!
Nov 9, 2023
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hermanjohnell wrote:
Here´s more. No nudity or sexual acts, i´m afraid...
Thank you! An excellent and insightful video for a relative newbie to the game like myself. I enjoyed the dry wit of the narrator too. I really appreciate you posting this video. 👍👍👍
Powderdigit wrote:
hermanjohnell wrote:
Here´s more. No nudity or sexual acts, i´m afraid...
Thank you! An excellent and insightful video for a relative newbie to the game like myself. I enjoyed the dry wit of the narrator too. I really appreciate you posting this video. 👍👍👍
The Cold War made the Spassky-Fisher, Karpov-Korchnoi and Karpov-Kasparov matches front page news (this was when newspapers were actual papers containing actual news). The Queen´s Gambit is an example of fiction imitating reality.
Nov 10, 2023
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#15
During an interview, a reporter asked a chess GM why he liked chess so much. He replied very kindly:
“- Because of the money and the women… “
Hahaha
Who GM was him?
“- Because of the money and the women… “
Hahaha
Who GM was him?
Nov 10, 2023
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#16
hermanjohnell wrote:
I find the restrained elegance of Russian chess sets is very attractive. Early on in my collecting it was all about details and weight and flair …. Now …. I still love variety in my sets - as is plain to see - I still go in search of the weird and wonderful (and sometimes end up with terrible….) but now too, it’s often (not always) about a balance of form and function and that is what Soviet sets seem to be, to me. Basic and often beautiful.
Powderdigit wrote:
Basic and often beautiful.
Ah, could that be said about porn. Arlindo Vieira, when talking about Russian sets, wrote 'dreams' or 'utopian'. He would not agree to the label of this thread opening with his video, I believe. No big issue, I mean, no offence, Herman, and no offence taken, speaking for me. But it would more adequately be called 'chess utopia' or, again 'nostalghia'. Would good porn be about participation? This video about Russian sets makes us want to go out and find one ourselves and invite someone to play.
ungewichtet wrote:
Powderdigit wrote:
Basic and often beautiful.
Ah, could that be said about porn. Arlindo Vieira, when talking about Russian sets, wrote 'dreams' or 'utopian'. He would not agree to the label of this thread opening with his video, I believe. No big issue, I mean, no offence, Herman, and no offence taken, speaking for me. But it would more adequately be called 'chess utopia' or, again 'nosthalgia'. Would good porn be about participation? This video about Russian sets makes us want to go out and find one ourselves and invite someone to play.
"Porn" is the ultimate click bait. But now I changed the label.