Chess Olympus
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A daily celebration of chess marginalia. Author of this book about Alexander Alekhine: https://www.mcfarlandbooks.com/product/Chess-Villain/
Prisoners of the Castle by Ben McIntyre (about the Nazis' special POW camp for repeat escapers)
Erebus by Michael Palin (you can't write a boring book about 19th-century explorers, and this one reads like it was written by Michael Palin!)
Erebus by Michael Palin (you can't write a boring book about 19th-century explorers, and this one reads like it was written by Michael Palin!)
November 20, 2025 at 4:49 AM
Prisoners of the Castle by Ben McIntyre (about the Nazis' special POW camp for repeat escapers)
Erebus by Michael Palin (you can't write a boring book about 19th-century explorers, and this one reads like it was written by Michael Palin!)
Erebus by Michael Palin (you can't write a boring book about 19th-century explorers, and this one reads like it was written by Michael Palin!)
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Part 4 of 200 in historically interesting things to inspire your ttrpg
One of Stalin’s pipes, depicting him and FDR playing chess. It was given to him in 1945 by the visiting US chess team
One of Stalin’s pipes, depicting him and FDR playing chess. It was given to him in 1945 by the visiting US chess team
November 13, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Part 4 of 200 in historically interesting things to inspire your ttrpg
One of Stalin’s pipes, depicting him and FDR playing chess. It was given to him in 1945 by the visiting US chess team
One of Stalin’s pipes, depicting him and FDR playing chess. It was given to him in 1945 by the visiting US chess team