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Is Chess Dangerous_

Two Louisiana men took their game a little two seriously, as one player rammed the other's head through a plate-glass window.

Thanks to the excellent Daily Dirt Chess Blog for the link.

Chess Communities

Harvey G. Reed has an essay called Why create chess communities_ at the Playchess.de team blog. The blog uses Movable Type.

Chess vs. Go

Calpundit's main beat is politics, not chess, but that didn't stop him from posting this item:

Is chess getting too deterministic and therefore less interesting at the highest levels_ Answer: yes. Solution: play Go instead.

Is he right_