harrylime: Yo <Jezza> hope you're ok? You've gone AWOL from the Chess Cafe. Your posts and chess history quizes on there were a warm Provencal breeze thru a choppy sea of grey turgid flotsam! And they are missed. So hope you're ok and here's a few notes from me to yoooooooooooooooooooooooze. Loike.
1. DCFC are garbage! We will be lucky to stay up. I think we will. But it's gonna be a close call. No blame attatched to Wazza here, there are deep subliminal issues and problems with the club itself just now . I think the term BASKETCASE CLUB is on the money with DCFC . We neeeeeeeeed a sugar daddy/dirty oil money ! lol lol ... Still ... I'm so flattered and happy you've been watching our games. Just wondering if this has affected you tho ! lol lol
2. Spurs. It seems Jose Moaniho is turning it around . A little. Bale finding his brain must have something to do with this lol .. Here's a great iconic Spurs v West Ham game from I think 1971... some great names in this match! ...
https://youtu.be/G3NcdLC3umI
3. Robert Fischer. I'm going thru a bit of a Bobby phase again ! lol .. anyway here's a few things ..
The new book by Donaldson .. Bobby Fischer and his World... I've ordered. Looks essential reading. Don't know if you've heard of it ??
What are your fave Fischer games <Jess> ?
I've just come across this translation of Spassky's Soviet mental health advisors book on the 72 match .. Krogius lol .. it's a fascinating read, but obviously mega biased towards the Commie view .. Fischer never won games, Boris made mistakes ect ect lol lol
https://www.chess.com/blog/Spektrow...
Also re Bobby, the Chess Hall of fame is worth checking out. A super site. I've never seen David Bronstein with hair lol lol .. but I have now ! lol lol
https://worldchesshof.org/chess-hal...
4. Footy. What do you think of Parachute payments? And the handball penalty muddle? And VAR? And corrupt refs? Schite refs? Rangers ? Klopp losing the plot ?
5. Movies . Did you ever check out the film "The Frame" ?
Other movies worth checking out
In order of the disappeared ( Nordic Noir)
Headhunters ( Nordic Noir)
71 ( Derby fan Jack O connell namechecks Derby/Forest in this. lol .. itz a cool film)
Moonlight
The last Black Man in San Francisco
Carlos
The Devines
I'll leave it here .. loads more ...
Anyway no idea when you'll read this but hope you're well... don't be put off by my posts in the cafe. They are garbage mostly ! lol lol