#EXCLUSIVE Hawthorn players are undertaking specialist training to help them deal with Fremantle’s intimidating Wharfie Time, in case they face the Dockers again in a final, it can be revealed.
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I am a chess ignoramus, true. But my respect for the game is great -- and growing! A few notes ...
I have a vague memory of hearing grown-ups talking about Fischer-Spassky. I knew it was important.
Kasparov-Karpov? Part of the drama of the world!
In 2000, I saw "The Luzhin Defence" (the movie based on the Nabokov novel). Fascinating.
Some of the men I have admired the most have been devoted to chess -- Natan Sharansky, Charles Krauthammer ...
I like to hear Magnus Carlsen in interviews -- charming, in an off-handed, unself-conscious way.
I suppose I will not learn chess -- will not pick it up. Failing at golf is enough! But to see the masters at work -- or even the schmoes in Washington Square Park -- is a treat.
It is with great sadness I announce the passing of one of my tropical fish, an Angel Fish called 'Hutchy'. A difficult fish, he had been ill for some time. If your curious, I gave him that name after i caught him selling advertising on the fins of other fish in the tank. R.I.P