Hey Robert......With that many books you should be challenging Magnus by now.
Noj set arrived/review
A woman who claims to have enough Bling is as rare as hen's teethe. I've never encountered one in my neck of the woods.-
I dare NOT say how many $$$$ have been spent on the "bling" for the ladies of my family. I have kept that number to myself.......for now. I have spreadsheets to prove the expenditures. The numbers shall be revealed when needed to buy additional chess pieces and parts for my hot rod truck project.
As for my purchasing a NOJ set............well we will see as his BCE pieces intrigue me greatly. I love his Dubrovnik sets; but, for now I will be pleased with my Chess Bazaar reproduction.
My wife did reveal to me that she's "blinged out", so long as I don't buy anything else.
I want so many new man toys though.....Bigger astronomy binoculars(even though I have some nice ones already) high res earbuds, new 4th smart speaker for rear channel ambience and one more of Oldset's Russian chess set repros.....I could go on,but she hears me keyboarding and her "Spidey Sense" knows I'm up to something.-

My wife did reveal to me that she's "blinged out", so long as I don't buy anything else.
I want so many new man toys though.....Bigger astronomy binoculars(even though I have some nice ones already) high res earbuds, new 4th smart speaker for rear channel ambience and one more of Oldset's Russian chess set repros.....I could go on,but she hears me keyboarding and her "Spidey Sense" knows I'm up to something.-
Just say NO
Possibly the Bling Gambit transposes into a (new) castle move?