[SunkenCiv]

from the FRchives:

• CHESS MATE Chess influencer & Grandmaster Daniel Naroditsky dies at 29 leaving gaming community gutted over loss of 'genius player' [10/20/2025]
• Irving Finkel and the Chamber of Lewis Chessmen [06/19/2022]
• Ancient Irish musical history found in modern India [05/14/2016]
• Ancient Irish musical history found in modern India [05/15/2016]
• 2200 year old walrus bones suggest the most famous medieval chess set might be Icelandic in origin [09/30/2015]
• Ancient Chess History Unearthed [07/28/2002]

[tumblindice]

The Devil bowed his head because he knew that he’d been beat
He laid that golden Queen on the ground at Johnny’s feet
Johnny said, “Devil, just come on back if you ever wanna try again
I done told you once, you son of a bitch, I’m the best there’s ever been”

And he played, “Fire on the Mountain,” run, boys, run
Devil’s in the “House of the Rising Sun”
The chicken in the bread pan, a-pickin’ out dough
Granny, will your dog bite? “No, child, no”
(fiddle music fades)

[smokingfrog]

The spider probably does mean something. What struck me is that the “angel” appears to be pregnant.

[rlmorel]

"You have sunk my Battleship."

[iamgalt]

I think the Angel sees the move.