Surprise Praise for the Blog
It was a real surprise, and a very pleasant one at that, to learn that this blog and yours truly were mentioned in a complimentary way by GM Alex Yermolinsky and IM John Watson on the latter's ICC/Chess.fm show. Watson, the host of the program (which is unfortunately ceasing with this show) asked Yermolinsky about the internet chess sites he frequents. After mentioning a couple of obvious and completely deserving sites - TWIC and especially Sergey Shipov's Russian language site - Yermolinsky mentioned this blog and its humbled author. (For those who might understandably find this difficult to believe, look up the show on Chess.fm and start listening around the 53 minute mark.)
I hope to cover the Candidates' matches fairly thoroughly, and hopefully Mssrs. Yermolinsky and Watson will be happy to stand by their remarks even afterward!
HT: Phil Dennis