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...brilliant and ingenious new show: the recount, the legal chess game, the presidentless suspense...
Russia's VLADIMIR KRAMNIK knocked off former mentor GARRY KASPAROV in a stunning upset last week to become the new world champion of chess. Kasparov opened with the "Ruy Lopez," to which Kramnik responded with the impregnable "Berlin Defense," and so on. You get the idea. The important thing is that the new champ, who took home a cool $1.33 million, goes by the handle Supernerd. "He doesn't get involved in politics or business or journalism as Kasparov does," noted chess commentator Danny King. "He does nothing but chess." Kramnik, 25, gave up smoking and lost...
...like really noisy chess...
...granola with Tom Daschle and Dick Gephardt and Charlie Rangel and still not end up with the fraternal and cozy relationships that make the world go round in Austin. Like Bush, the current President believes in hugging opponents to death. But at the same time, he possesses such a chess player's grasp of the issues that Republicans often found their pockets picked...
...objection. Admittedly it is a simpler, less sophisticated version of cricket (which is played in MANY more countries than baseball), but I don't think Americans should be ashamed of that. As kids we usually learn to play checkers as a primer for the more intellectually challenging game of chess. And it is true that cricket has many subtleties that have thus far eluded most Americans. But you are a young nation, and I'm sure that as you continue to master the simple art of slugging an oversize ball as far as you can; eventually you will hunger...