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Can You Find the Mate in 4 That Smyslov Missed?
Perhaps my favorite chess book of 'em all is this collection of Smitty's. I've long been envious of …![](https://image.lichess1.org/display?h=250&op=thumbnail&path=mrpushwood:ublog:U5YM2Uae:a4NE7Uaz.webp&w=400&sig=484b4b87bf71a0fdfd0603e3f9d7db4297830a28)
When Computers Sucked
It may well seem a strange thing to recall (in these days of the Silicon Swami), but there was a tim…![](https://image.lichess1.org/display?h=250&op=thumbnail&path=mrpushwood:ublog:b7xMtFRi:PExXsD7p.jpg&w=400&sig=e0095a6286b7767fd4d5319ae3c3eec437ea6f9d)
FAVORITES: Capablanca vs Treybal 1929
A game which I've always regarded as the consummate positional masterpiece...![](https://image.lichess1.org/display?h=250&op=thumbnail&path=mrpushwood:ublog:GkVotJKU:fubPRgwD.jpg&w=400&sig=caa0f9037564e8b2df707c6653531404dd261d48)
Overcompetitiveness in Chess
Yep, sometimes it can really start to look like Tweedledum and Tweedledee out there...or maybe that …![](https://image.lichess1.org/display?h=250&op=thumbnail&path=mrpushwood:ublog:rmnfPOLc:bXBowcKx.jpg&w=400&sig=3803a77d39adc6ff6cc0dedd0188be21dcb38f76)
Duncan The Subtle
"Explore the unique and confusing chess of Canadian Grandmaster Duncan Suttles." :D![](https://image.lichess1.org/display?h=250&op=thumbnail&path=mrpushwood:ublog:lf6tKRdS:8UmVnYpm.jpg&w=400&sig=5b4463db3eed1d4c5105e30dc04fe72058eda754)
FOR YOU SCIFI BUFFS: A parody of Heinlein's "They"
"THEY WOULD NOT LET HIM ALONE..." :)![](https://image.lichess1.org/display?h=250&op=thumbnail&path=mrpushwood:ublog:ThFDHTJw:J2ds2dR9.webp&w=400&sig=0c2cd07dc7e320b142baf2d193bc319ea2c39017)
LICHESS FORUMS: AnswerMan vs Your Neighborhood Saloon
"Sometimes you want to go...where everybody knows your username!" :D![](https://image.lichess1.org/display?h=250&op=thumbnail&path=mrpushwood:ublog:7Dkyfcm4:piksmpnH.jpg&w=400&sig=3484dae19ea1d736c1ae97057e041efd2f10cb1c)
"Danger, danger!..."
Recently I sat through all 83 episodes of this camp-classic weirdfest extravaganza...sorta like Batm…![](https://lichess1.org/assets/_v8GWkI/images/user-blog-default.png)