Shaft 2002

Who is the man that would risk his neck for his brother man?

Shaft! Can ya dig it?

He's a complicated man but no one understands him but his woman.

You're damn right.

9th meeting minutes

Date : 9-12-2009

Chestnut Soup

# 1 lb. (450g) chestnuts
# 2 celery stalks
# 1 onion, large
# salt and ground black pepper
# 1 bay leaf# 2 pints (1.2 litres) chicken or turkey stock

Pre-heat the oven to 400F, Gas Mark 6, 200C
# With a sharp knife, make a slit in the outer skin of the chestnuts
# Arrange chestnuts on a baking sheet and bake in the pre-heated oven until the skins crack
# Peel off the two layers of skin off the chestnuts while they are still hot and place in a pan
# Add all the remaining ingredients, bring to the boil, then lower the heat before covering the pan and allowing it to simmer for about 45 minutes
# Check that the chestnuts and celery are tender then remove the bay leaf
# Pour the soup into a blender to produce a smooth puree
# Return to a pan and heat gently, thinning with a little milk if necessary, before serving

Chess club meeting No.9

About to take place this evening. Some games got to be played, some kings got to be checked and some beers got to be drunk. I am out of the game on this one. Not my day and time I suppose. But game still the same and either you play it or you going to get played. Feel me! So make your moves right and don't give up the fight. Good luck to all the chess players.

Jimmy's Chess Movie Reference #2

Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope

C-3PO: "Now be careful, Artoo." R2-D2: "(Beeps and blips and takes one of Chewbacca's pieces in the chess-like game)" Chewbacca: "(Grrrs)" C-3PO: "He made a fair move. Screaming about it can't help you." Han: "Let him have it. It's not wise to upset a Wookiee." Chewbacca: "(Continues to grrr)" C-3PO: "But sir, nobody worries about upsetting a droid." Han: "That's 'cause droids don't pull people's arms out of their socket when they lose. Wookiees are known to do that." Chewbacca: "(Grrrs)" C-3PO: "I see your point, sir. I suggest a new strategy, Artoo. Let the Wookiee win." Chewbacca: "(Grrrs)"

Jimmy's Chess Movie Reference #1

The Seventh Seal

The Seventh Seal (Swedish: Det sjunde inseglet) is a 1957 Swedish drama film directed by Ingmar Bergman, about the journey of a medieval knight (Max von Sydow) across a plague-ridden landscape, and a monumental game of chess between himself and the personification of Death, who has come to take his life. Bergman developed the film from his own play Wood Painting. The title refers to a passage from the Book of Revelation, used both at the very start of the film, and again towards the end, beginning with the words "And when the Lamb had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour" (Revelation 8:1). Here the motif of silence refers to the "silence of God" which is a major theme of the film. The film is considered a major classic of world cinema. It helped Bergman to establish himself as a world-renowned director and contains scenes which have become iconic through parodies and homages.

Chess Genius

Liquid Swords is the second solo studio album by American rapper and Wu-Tang Clan-member GZA, released November 7, 1995 on Geffen Records. It is considered to be one of the best Wu-Tang Clan solo albums along with Raekwon's Only Built 4 Cuban Linx…. The album went platinum and was critically acclaimed for its lyrically complex and musically hypnotic style. The Chicago Tribune cited Liquid Swords as "one of the most substantial lyrical journeys in hip-hop history". In 1998, The Source magazine selected the album as one of its 100 Best Rap Albums.

The album's cover was designed by DC-Milestone Comics chief artist Denys Cowan, according to GZA's personal manager Geoffrey L. Garfield, who commissioned Cowan. Garfield, an avid comic book fan, said the cover art was supervised under the auspices of GZA GrafX, a subsidiary company of GZA Entertainment owned by Genius and Garfield. The concept of the chessboard with its sword-wielding warriors was conceived by Genius, an avid chess player. The Genius version of the Wu-Tang Clan logo, the "G" using the logo iconography, was rendered by Wu-Tang Clan DJ Mathematics who was also an accomplished graphic artist.

Chess Records

Chess Records was an American record label based in Chicago, Illinois.It specialized in blues, R&B, gospel music, early rock and roll, and occasional jazz releases.Run by brothers Leonard and Phil Chess, the company produced and released many important singles and albums,which are now regarded as central to the rock music canon.Musician and critic Cub Koda described Chess Records as "America's greatest blues label."

Chess Records was based at several different locations on the south side of Chicago, Illinois, the most famous being at 2120 S. Michigan Avenue from c. 1956 to c. 1965, immortalized by British rock group The Rolling Stones in "2120 South Michigan Avenue", an instrumental recorded at that address during their first U.S. tour in 1964.

chess club meeting minutes

date: 03-12-2009

attendieces:
- (AC)- zen adrienne
- (AN)- andrew - guest appearance
- (AP)- queen asun
- (DB)- dodgy games dave
- (GS)- grandmaster greg
- (MG)- mighty moves mariano
- (MS)- trashtalk magic
- (TK)- turtle tactics thomas

games played:
(AP*) vs (MS)
(MG*) vs (DB)
(GS*) vs (MG)
(GS*) vs(MG)
(AN*) vs (TK)
(TK*) vs (AN)
(AN*) vs (TK)
(GS*) vs (MS)
(DB*) vs (MS)
(AC") vs (DB")
(GS*) vs (AP)
(DB ) vs (TK ) -TBC

* - win
" - draw
TBC - to be continued

Bobby Fischer

Robert James "Bobby" Fischer (March 9, 1943 – January 17, 2008) was an American chess Grandmaster, and the eleventh World Chess Champion. He is widely considered one of the greatest chess players of all time. Later in life he renounced his US citizenship and became an Icelandic citizen.
Fischer's achievements are legendary. At 13, he won a brilliancy that became known as the Game of the Century. Starting at age 14, he played in eight United States Championships, winning each by at least a point. At 15½, he became both the youngest Grandmaster and the youngest Candidate for the World Championship up until that time. He won the 1963-64 US championship 11-0, the only perfect score in the history of the tournament. In the early 1970s he became the most dominant player in modern history—winning the 1970 Interzonal by a record 3½-point margin and winning 20 consecutive games, including two unprecedented 6-0 sweeps in the Candidates Matches. In 1972, he wrested the World Championship from Boris Spassky of the Soviet Union in a match held in Reykjavík, Iceland that was widely publicized as a Cold War battle.

Shuang ma lian huan (1979)

Mystery of Chessboxing

(international title "Ninja Checkmate") is a kung fu film released in 1979 and directed by Joseph Kuo, starring Mark Long, Jack Long and Lee Yi Min. Mark Long plays the feared "Ghost-Faced Killer," a name later appropriated by the rap group, Wu Tang Clan, as part of their ongoing homage to classic kung fu films.

"Da Mystery Of Chessboxin'"

[Wu-Tang movie dialogue]
The game of chess, is like a swordfight
You must think first, before you move
Toad style is immensely strong, and immune to nearly any weapon
When it's properly used, it's almost invincible

Retrospective comment

Chess club meeting 11-11-2009

Attractive girl with tight fitting clothes came in to the chess zone with some guy, sat down and acknowledged the vibe coming from the

two intense games playing concurrently. Girl wanted to talk long about social dysfunction and the guy had to pretend to be interested all night

so that he could 'close the deal'. Conversation was insignificant and banal and difficult to listen to. Pretty sure the girl was intentionally

trying to bore the guy and would have rather hung-out with the chess club alpha males.

Ray Charles

Ray Charles (1930 - 2004) (California, 1966)
By Bill Ray (Life Magazine)

Ray Charles, the soul, blues and gospel music legend, learned chess in 1965 whilst recovering from heroin addiction.
The movie Ray (2004), directed by Taylor Hackford, has a hospital scene showing Ray Charles (played by Jamie Foxx) playing chess with his doctor. Ray learned and played chess without the aid of sight, as he began to lose his vision at the age of 6 years, being totally blind by the age of 7 years.

Ray's chess board was designed with the dark squares being slightly elevated, and the tops of the dark pieces having sharper edges compared with the white pieces. Each of the board's squares had a hole to fit the pieces into - much like a travel set (see photo above).

A game between Ray Charles vrs Larry Melvyn Evans in 2002 is available on chessgames.com