tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post2534780477314029950..comments2023-12-28T02:11:22.501+00:00Comments on The Streatham & Brixton Chess Blog: Bark, little doggieTom Chivershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09850710685193416732noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-62534578466817763492015-12-17T01:45:02.587+00:002015-12-17T01:45:02.587+00:00Thanks, I think they're great articles.Thanks, I think they're great articles.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-8961660918676518002015-11-29T11:04:36.767+00:002015-11-29T11:04:36.767+00:00I actually liked the series, simply because it was...I actually liked the series, simply because it was so unclear when/whether the author took himself seriously in his arguments <i>contra</i> Kasparov. Satire in its purest (Machiavellian?) form, when you can't tell whether it's satire or not. The farragos about VW and Corbyn somehow added to the piece rather than subtract (on Greece, one must admit, Kasparov had already commented about, so it's fair game). There's also the "accidental" humor of speaking of title legitimacy on one hand, and then "forgetting" Ponomariov when foreseeing the first teenage champion soon to come. Maybe it's all too deep for Mig.<br />The "chess as a paradigm" crowd needed some mocking umbrage directed at it, and I guess this will have to do.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com