Endgame

There were plenty of blunders on both sides of this G/5 blitz game, but fortunately my worthy opponent made more of then than I did. Mate in 70something.

Chess on the 4th

Hyde Park woodpushers: For the Nth year in a row we'll have chess in Nichols Park during the 4th of July festivities on Monday. We'll be near the 54th Street cul de sac, where the chess tables used to be before they fell prey to vandalism. Come by and play a game or two. And bring the kids.

Bethany Pickens at Millennium Park

Bethany will be at Millenium Park, the Pritzker Pavilion, tomorrow night at 6:30. Here's a sample of what we'll here. Bethany gets her solo about fives minutes in.



Part 2:

True Guitar Hero

Some jazz, some blues

And this one, too, just because I love that Les Paul goldtop:

Is This What Plato & Aristotle Fed Their Felines?

Don’t get me wrong. I’m not in favor of undue government interference in private enterprise, but shouldn’t somebody stop a cat food company from positioning its product as “classic pate”—on the grounds that it constitutes a criminal insult to public intelligence?

Oops

Sometimes when you blunder away a piece you lose the thread and your game falls apart. To wit: 25. Rh3. Been there. White loses on time, but it was all over anyway.

Nichols Park Sunday Concert Series 2010

Sundays, 4-6 PM, North Fountain – 53rd Street, Kimbark & Kenwood, Chicago

L.V. Banks and His Swinging Blues Band
July 11

Willy White (blues)
July 18

Jimmy Ellis Quartet (jazz)
July 25

Walter Scott (blues)
August 1

To Be Determined
August 8

Vance Kelly and the Backstreet Blues Band
August 15

Akasha (reggae, rock)
August 22

Billy Flynn (blues)
August 29

To Be Determined
September 5