GM Yasser Seriawan coined the term "Howler" to refect a very bad move made in chess. In chess the usual term used for a bad move is a blunder. So a Howler is a BAD blunder.
I made the biggest howler when I lost all my website content because I missed payments for the website a few months back. That's years of content from the Catur portal, chess calendar, pictures and various other blogs lost!
What's worse is that all that could have been avoided if I was not stingy and save on the optional 1$ per month payment for automantic backup.
Well, I have set up from scratch all my websites on Digital Ocean based on Singapore server and this time I will not skim on that $1/month.
One is a movie and the other a mini series. But both are about chess or at least centres around the game.
The depiction of Chess from The Coldest Game was silly to say the least. For one thing, in The Coldest Game, the person who overseeing the game is called "arbiter", not a "judge". Also, when a player wants a draw, there is no need to pass the offer via the arbiter, they just ask the other player. Of course there are many tiny inaccuracies in the movie that would make a tournament player cringe.
The other aspects of the show is acceptable and I only watched because I like Bill Pullman's acting.
The new mini series "The Queen's Gambit" starring Anya Taylor-Joy is way better in terms of chess accuracy. All the chess openings are right, like the Sicilian Najdorf, Levenfish variation, how a simul event is conducted are all correct. I just appreciate it when film makers take the trouble for small details like that and not be creatively"inventive" when it comes to chess facts. Overall, I think The Queen's Gambit will be a worthwhile watch especially when IMDB rates this at 8.7 out of 10.
I only watched the first episode and so far it looks good. Have you seen it yet? Tell me what you think in the comments..
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A chess friend got the idea and came up with a chess-motif mask! I think it's a great idea. He sent me one but I am in Cameron Highlands for holiday at the moment but I will post a review when I try it in a few days.





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