Do chess players smile?

[freeranger]

Nearly 50 views on flickr and not a single titter!

1970 Boris Spassky vs Bobby Fischer at the XIX World Hungry Hippo Olympiad in Siegen Germany

 

[bmattock]

1970 Boris Spassky vs Bobby Fischer at the XIX World Hungry Hippo Olympiad in Siegen Germany

The what?

How about the 19th Chess Olympiad?

And the correct answer is - the players never know. Their heads are down over their pieces, brother.

 

[freeranger]

Ah well. I suppose that answers my question 😉

 

[BillBingham2]

Yes

Yes

Do chess players smile?

When they have gas!

B2 (;->

 

[bmattock]

Murray Head, whoa.

This grips me more than would a muddy old river or reclining Buddha.

 

[freeranger]

It's a drag, it's a bore, it's really such a pity
To be looking at the board, not looking at the city

 

[freeranger]

"If you want to play the game, you gotta take a good aim And get the most marbles with your hippo!" er ... goodnight everyone😱

 

[oftheherd]

This grips me more than would a muddy old river or reclining Buddha.

For those who didn't understand any more than I did:


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murray_Head

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Night_in_Bangkok

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnqj31VPNoE

 

[bmattock]

For those who didn't understand any more than I did:

Erm, sorry about that. I saw Fischer and Spassky and my mind went right into the musical "Chess," from whence comes the song "One Night in Bangkok."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess_(musical)

It was a fascinating time to live through - the Cold War and the various chess matches, which Fischer made famous with his antics. Chess is drawn from that era and plays on those tensions, a fabulous play IMHO. The album is great to listen to. "Nobody's Side" is one of my all time favorites, as is "One Night in Bangkok."