Elizabeth Spiegel's blog

wow, 165 comments for the last post. as matt phelps/ globular pointed out to me, "just for posting a few photos"... thanks everyon...

NM Chris Williams is writing a thesis comparing the effects of various chemical stimulants on chess performance. WFM Abby Marshall beat GM ...

a rebuttal video from Billionaries for Bush. Don't miss The Real Dick Cheney

For all of my friends I have, secretly, stored in the back of my mind, a number representing what percent of the time, overall, they are cor...

1. If you live in NYC and like weird theater, go see Deep Trance Behavior in Potatoland . It's a little like Twin Peaks meets Rene Magri...

There are some beautiful photo reports coming out of the Moscow Open, beautiful mostly for their hilarious half-English captions. The above...

a few amusing things: A story about a woman who stole someone else's identity to... take the GED and SAT and then apply to and attend C...

The Best of Chess Life Online 2007 has prompted me to reread some of my chess related writing from last year, and you know, it's not so ...

hahaha. really, I am. anyways, here's my new line: "I Love Working Harder and Practicing More Than the Other Children" --prett...

I'm white against Polyphonic, and he just played 16... Rad8 so I have to protect the bishop. 17. Rcd1 is out because it hangs the knight...