If you were to ask some random schmuck from the streets to give an example of chess in popular culture, provided you do this at…
CIPC #198: De regels van Floor S3 E16, Fanatiek
De regels van Floor is a still-running Dutch television series. The title means ‘Floor’s rules’ and the concept is that, every episode, Floor comes up…
CIPC #197: The twilight saga: Breaking dawn – part 1
Few traces of it are left, but about a decade ago, Twilight was the biggest thing in the world. Millions and millions of copies of…
CIPC #196: Defenders of the Earth E5, Bits ‘n’ chips
Defenders of the Earth is an animated television series, starring three superheroes from American comics: Flash Gordon, The Phantom, and Mandrake the magician. Together, the…
CIPC #195: Cores advertisement
Never before have I been so quick! Our subject for today — and today is November 3rd, 2020 — is an advertisement scanned from the…
CIPC #194: NHL commercial
The truth is harsh, but it’s the truth nonetheless: chess isn’t very popular. If we take Belgium as an admittedly particularly bad example, we find…
CIPC #193: The black room
After amusing ourselves with some light-weight television series and some comedies, we now turn to more serious matters once again. The serious matter at hand…
CIPC #192: Austin Powers: The spy who shagged me
We’ve had Tintin already on this blog, we’ve had Hercule Poirot, we’ve had Lucky Luke, we’ve had Devereaux. It’s time knock another famous fictional Belgian…
CIPC #191: The odd couple S2 E9, Chess nuts
When I first watched Fawlty Towers I wasn’t precisely blown away, but the more sitcoms I watch the more I appreciate it. Take for example…
CIPC #190: Kentucky Tavern ad
No interesting introduction this time. The New Yorker of February 2nd 1946 contains an advertisement for the Kentucky Tavern brand bourbon. It features a chess…