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Posted by jstack goclub.org 4/19/2008 07:08:55 play online chess	Subject: chess playing poets Message: Does anyone know of any chess playing poets? I am writing a paper on Jorge Luis Borges poem "Ajedrez"(chess)...however, There does not seem to be any evidence that he ever competed in a chess tournaments. I wonder if there have been any chess playing poets who have competed. I know GM Kosteniuk wrote some poems but am looking for a more serious poet...someone who has or is dedicating his or her life to poetry but also happens to be a chess player.
Posted by fmgaijin goclub.org 4/19/2008 14:58:40 play online chess	Start with Vladimir Nabokov's Message: "Poems and Problems" (he also wrote "The Defense" AKA "Luzhin's Defense," one of the major novels about a chessplayer).
Posted by fmgaijin goclub.org 4/19/2008 15:05:31 play online chess	Then Try David Solway Message: Decent player (though below master level) and good poet.
Posted by fmgaijin goclub.org 4/19/2008 15:18:06 play online chess	Interestingly Enough . . . Message: I am a chess-playing poet myself, but I have only written two poems about chess in my life, both of them haiku.
Posted by chessnovice goclub.org 4/19/2008 16:04:33 play online chess	... Message: If haiku counts, then I can be a poet too. :D If I am losing, I'll rearrange your pieces While you're distracted. takes a bow
Posted by swapov goclub.org 4/19/2008 21:13:33 play online chess	An old anonymous chess poem (ca.1600) Message: When thou with study deep hath toiled And over-dulled thy braine Then use this game which will refresh Thyself and it againe
Posted by jstack goclub.org 4/20/2008 11:03:27 play online chess	Thanks everyone Message: Nabokov and Solway should give me a good start.
Posted by wschmidt goclub.org 4/20/2008 11:23:11 play online chess	Check out Message: the Wikipedia entry on Caissa and the link to the poem there: en.wikipedia.org
Chess news: Idaho Turns to Chess as Education Strategy -- Once a week, Deborah McCoy, a third-grade teacher in Donnelly, Idaho, unpacks chessboards and pieces and spends an hour teaching her 20 students how to play the game of chess. Mrs. McCoy does not do this because she is passionate about chess; she barely knew how to play before this school year. But she began teaching it as part of an unusual pilot program under way in more than 100 second- and third-grade classrooms across Idaho. On Thursday, state officials will announce in Boise that the program will be extended in the fall to all second and third graders — making Idaho the first state to offer a statewide chess curriculum. The state’s $1.5 billion education budget, passed two weeks ago, includes a guarantee to finance the chess instruction. Tom Luna, the state’s superintendent of ... Telegraph chess: Birthday surprise -- Vassily Ivanchuk celebrated his 39th birthday by taking a share of the lead at the 17th Amber Blindfold and Rapidplay being held at Nice. Ivanchuk defeated his compatriot and Ukrainian young pretender Sergei Karjakin with a stunning opening novelty he prepared last week. Ivanchuk sacrificed his queen for two pawns but created such immense threats to the black king that this was no ‘sub prime’ investment, he regained it with interest. The world chess champion Vishy Anand was outplayed by Peter Leko in the Rapid game and suffered a rare defeat. The Hungarian was playing ‘at home’ as the opening was a sharp Perenyi Attack developed by his fellow Hungarian the late Bela Perenyi. ... Telegraph chess: No talking, just winning -- The grudge match between Vladimir Kramnik and Veselin Topalov ended in victory for the Russian in the fifth round of the 17th Amber Rapid and Blindfold Chess at Nice. Kramnik held the draw with black in the Blindfold and then massacred his great rival in the Rapid game given below. The win must have been particularly satisfying for Kramnik as he lost a spectacular game to Topalov at Corus Wijk aan Zee in January. The pair have perfected the art of ignoring each other. As ever, there no words, no handshakes and scarcely any eye contact. Topalov also appears to ignore Kramnik’s king’s bishop in the following game, 26…Kg8 accelerates White’s main threat. V Kramnik - V Topalov; Amber Rapid (5) Nice; King’s Indian; 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 ...