That was great! I take back all the mean things I've said about you. Have to win this year or I won't be able to go bankrupt. I have to get my check into the mail for the world open. My bankruptcy lawyer wants to know how I am going to pay him. been trying without luck but maybe this is my year to win the world open. Maybe just Maybe I can win some of this money back. My yellow postcard came in for the World Open. I should have stayed with chess all along. On second thought $30,000 on chess is a bargain. None of my friends want Zuchinni squash and big over ripe cucumbers and soft tomatoes any more. I spend $1,000 growing $50 worth of vegatables. How about a fast car, a fast boat, a nice little airplane. after all how much can it cost to fall in love ? I think for now I am going to go out on a date with a woman. I dont need that tournament bass boat with 150 hp motor. Maybe I should try fishing all I need is a stick, string and hook. all I need is a golf club and small ball. Of course since then I have bankrupted myself on books, software, tournaments etc. Once that investment was made I was all set. all I needed was a chess set and chess board. It was never used.) I've got enough chess clutter not to want to decorate with a chess theme, so I'll leave the Swedish one on Ebay for someone else.īack in 1972, I fondly remember as a young soul deciding that Chess would be a good hobby because it would be low cost. (There was another of these poster samples where he was thinking "Bomdiggity!" Really.
(The problem with stuff, described by George Carlin.) Then there is the flotsam of KasparovChess Online, including this poster of one of the original logo sample ads. I've picked up a quite a lot of stuff over the years at various tournaments and I don't put these personal souvenirs in the same category as buying yet more stuff online. (Ataneo, 1954) Its obscurity is due to the lack of an English edition and the long shadow of the justly famous Bronstein book on the same tournament. One (two, really), that I both love and treasure is Miguel Najdorf's "15 Aspirantes al Campeonato Mundial" on the Zurich 1953 candidates tournament. Few of my favorite books are rare or unusual, though many are old and largely forgotten. I have ended up with quite a collection of Kasparov stuff, for obvious reasons.
What's the most money you've ever spent on a chess item? Memorabilia, book, set, table? Not including the cumulative costs of magazines, lessons, fabulous email newsletter subscriptions.Īre you also afraid to calculate the total amount you've spent on your book collection? Being interested in the content and not the collectability, I've never spent more than $100 on any individual book. If you do, this poster for the 1927 film Le Joueur d'échecs might be just what you're looking for. Got $1200 to spare for a Swedish chess poster for a French movie? Me neither.