Pray, Edna, be wary of win-win situations where all are assumed to be winners

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Draw to Win

In his biographical curriculum vitae, 石井一二 (Ichiji Ishii), former Vice Foreign Minister of Japan and President of Kioi Chess Club based in Tokyo, proudly claims to be one of the last few people to have played (and drawn) 11th World Chess Champion Bobby Fischer (likely in the early 2000s, to judge from the picture). 渡井 美代子 (Miyoko Watai), Fischer’s Japanese companion, appears to be sitting in the left background. Photo © Picotech Co., Ltd.

Red Silk

Employees of the Louvre return the painting Liberty Leading the People (1830) by Eugène Delacroix to its original spot after its restoration. The picture goes back on display on May 2 after six months of restoration work. Photo: Dimitar Dilkoff/AFP/Getty Images.

Here they are, Edna, empty-handed and empty-pocketed

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California Dreamin’

Four-time Women’s World Chess Champion 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) will be visiting King’s Land Centre (KLC) summer camps, July 15–18 in Fremont, California, United States, and July 22–25, 2024 in Pleasanton, California, United States. Seats are limited so sign up early! For further details and information, click here.

One to Many

Four-time Women’s World Chess Champion 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) performing a simultaneous exhibition of her skills at The “SCO Kazakhstan Rotating President’s Cup” Chess Tournament in 北京 (Běijīng), China, April 29, 2024. Photos: Chinese Chess Association and Press service of the SCO Secretariat.

Suddenly, Last Spring

Four-time Women’s World Chess Champion 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) was invited as the guest of honour at The “SCO Kazakhstan Rotating President’s Cup” Chess Tournament in 北京 (Běijīng), China, April 29, 2024.

客串 (Guest appearance)

Four-time Women’s World Chess Champion 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) appeared yesterday as guest of honour at The “SCO Kazakhstan Rotating President’s Cup” Chess Tournament which was being held in 北京 (Běijīng), China, on April 29, 2024.

Speaking with the 北京日报 (Běijīng Daily) correspondent, 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) emphasized and praised the opportunity for the SCO countries to enhance and broaden their relations through a highly educational metalanguage such as chess. Photo: 北京日报 (Běijīng Daily).

Birthdays and non-seasonal gifts

In alphabetical order, Arianna, Letizia and Viola enjoying a belated birthday pizza dinner together.

No, Edna, no one was born the best dancer without the help of a teacher

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A Long Blue Monday

In alphabetical order, from top to bottom, Arianna, Letizia and Viola enjoying a belated birthday pizza dinner together.

That’s the secret of happiness, Edna — the less one has to do with them the better

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Copacabana at Midnight

Outra jogadora que dá esperanças é a “signorina” Clarice Benini, colocada em 2° lugar em Semmering. È filha de um antigo jogador italiano, de fama, e promete multo, pela vivacidade de seu jogo. Another player with great hopes is “Miss” [In italian in the text] Clarice Benini, who finished second at Semmering. She is the daughter of a famous old Italian player and promises much due to the vivacity of her play. Jornal do Brasil, Sunday, October 4, 1936, p. 15.

The Secrets She Shares

Guess, Edna; guess and don’t mind if you don’t get it right

Artwork © Omar Hawkins (@grav.ity377)

Incognito

A paparazzo spotted 11th World Chess Champion Bobby Fischer at Capital Circus of Budapest in 2000 and snapped his picture, which appeared on the frontpage and at page 9 of Somogyi Hírlap on Sunday, November 24, 2002. Photo: László Temesi.

In A Word

Well, Edna, to quote Horace, “May you praise that you are praised in absentia”

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The Baths of Caracalla

Above is a bad quality picture taken from Tolnai Népújság, Saturday, February 5, 2000, p. 12, showing 11th World Chess Champion Bobby Fischer seated on tram #47 heading for the Gellért Baths, Budapest, Hungary. Photo: László Temesi.

The Ineffable In-Betweenness of Being

And so, Edna, to put it in another way, “Love, which, when one is not loved, calls that it be refused”

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Nevertheless

A picture taken from the Hungarian periodical A Hét (The Week), No. 12, Friday, March 18, 1994, p. 6, shows Zita Rajcsányi, the woman who brought Bobby Fischer back to chess, in the foreground at the board. The caption reads, “The marriage proposal is just a journalists’ boutade”. Photo: László Polgár’s Archive.

An April After

A pro-Palestinian activist looks on as she participates in the celebrations of the 79th Anniversary of Italy’s Liberation Day from nazism and fascism, in Rome, April 25, 2024. Photo: Yara Nardi/Reuters.

So is life, Edna; it took another thirty years to realise that, whatever the cost, it was well worth it

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