Chess is just the most exciting thing ever. Just think about it: two men staring at some pieces of wood for five hours on end,…
Famous people playing chess
This time, our topic is only tangentially related to chess in popular culture: we will be talking about famous chess enthusiasts. A few lists like…
CIPC #7: Numb3rs, S1 E9: Sniper zero
Previously, I called The mentalist a mediocre mystery fiction show. By these standards, Numb3rs is dreadful. First of all, the show has given in to…
CIPC #6: Robbedoes 1980/33, Klont
Today we’re going to do something a bit more obscure. So obscure, in fact, that the moniker ‘popular culture’ can barely be justified. Yes, today…
CIPC #5: Manic street preachers, It’s not war (just the end of love)
Oh frabjous day! Callooh! Callay! I got my first suggestion! That’s an important moment in the life of a young blog. So exciting! Less exciting…
CIPC #4: Agatha Christie’s Poirot S5 E6: The chocolate box
Belgium is a strange, strange country. I don’t mean the bizarre borders1 , the incredibly complicated politics2 , or the fact that there’s a Belgian…
CIPC #3: Port mortem
“Post mortem” is the slightly macabre but very apt term chess players use for the after-game analysis with one’s opponent, where one looks at the…
CIPC #2: The mentalist, S1 E3: Red tide
I have quite a high tolerance for mediocre mystery fiction – and “mediocre mystery fiction” happens to be a perfect description of the American television…
CIPC #1: The smurfs, Vol.10: The Smurf Soup
Ah, the Smurfs! The little blue guys don’t need an introduction, I think, but I will give them one anyway. Here goes: the smurfs were,…