A Good Sacrifice Is One That Is

I Play Way Too Much Blitz Chess. It Rots The Brain Just As Surely As Alcohol.

I Cannot Claim To Thoroughly Enjoy Coaching, Because It Is Very Hard Work If You Are Even Moderately Conscientious. Nevertheless It Does Provide A Degree Of Satisfaction - Not To Mention A Steady Income, Which Is Why I Do It Occasionally.

If Chess Is A Vast Jungle, Computers Are The Chainsaws In A Giant Environmentally Insensitive Logging Company.

We Have A Large Underclass In Britain, And A Fairly Low Standard Of Education. Our Best Universities Are Extremely Good, But A Very Significant Proportion Of The British Population That Comes Out Of Compulsory Schooling With Very Low Standards Of Education.

Surely, Serious Problems Can't Be Solved Just By Talking About Them.