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[Erik Malmsten]

So if you, or a family member, has a mental breakdown do you really want somebody to come in and point a gun at you?...

[Erik Malmsten]

Hey, all you out-of-towners, Toronto is a stressful rat race. Poor people are cracking up. Yet we continue to cut spending for mental health and housing....

[Erik Malmsten]

Maybe go back to my first electronic clock that had wires to a pad next to the player....

[Erik Malmsten]

For the dangers of a chess tournament, look at what happened in Kingston this week. No cases for a few weeks. Then from one confined space: 16 infected...

[Erik Malmsten]

Gloves?
Temperature test or certificate of testing?

With the amount of face stroking going on while some are thinking, a mask on for...

[Erik Malmsten]

Iceland had a large outbreak, but never closed down, no masks. Through massive testing and tracing with phone app they were able to quarantine those who...

[Erik Malmsten]

1) There is a finite list of players (20,000?) with a CFC rating. All others to infinity are unrated, but counted on the CFC list as 0000. Once the tournament...

[Erik Malmsten]

When I was a kid there were only 100 GMs and it was likely to have played through a game of all of them. Who are these people? And how many have written...

[Erik Malmsten]

For the past couple of weeks Ontario's trouble spots have been large farms that house 8,000 mostly Mexican workers. Three have died. Most farmers and...

[Erik Malmsten]

twic #402

14) Czech Open 2002


The Czech Open 2002 takes place in Pardubice 11th-28th July 2002. There are 5 FIDE open...

[Erik Malmsten]

How are the chess pieces cleaned every two hours? The dividers, chairs, table top and pieces are sprayed?

[Erik Malmsten]

I was waiting for the Godel theory to show up.

In chess the only truths are checkmate, stalemate or insufficient mating material. There are...