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Aug
31
2009

Warren Buffett on the Benefits of Playing Bridge – Does Chess Measure Up?

CNBC had a story about 2 months ago on Warren Buffett’s Top Three Investment Rules for the Average American, among other things, he discussed the benefits of playing Bridge.“In bridge, everything anybody does or doesn’t do, you’re drawing inferences from, including your partner and your opponents. You’re working with a partner. If you don’t work [...]

Aug
12
2007

Chess and Music – Differences and Similarities

One of the things that makes me believe that there is God is the existence of music. I cannot claim to know much music, but when I see/hear a beautiful final product, it is amazing to consider that somebody conceived it from scratch, and that people can read whatever is written down and then come [...]

Aug
12
2007

Declare your love! Tell the world about your passion!

What is it that you have spent most of your life doing? Is it practicing Medicine, Accounting, Chess, Politics, Law, Philosophy, …? Whatever it is, how do you tell the World that this is what I have spent my “life-energy” doing?
What is it that you feel so passionate about? That when you get up, you [...]

Aug
12
2007

Chess is my life too!

I first saw and played the game when I was thirteen. One of my ‘trainers’ was a bully and thought I was lying that I had never played the game. I didn’t know why at the time, but I later realized I was better than most beginners he had encountered. I later became the high [...]