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Chess Humour and Crosswords
http://www.dbschess.info

Reviewed by David Surratt, 5-25-2003

This collection of humorous chess stories, put together by David B Sugden, of Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire UK, is actually a sub-site of his parent site, which includes material on the British Correspondence Chess Association &
DBS Chess Recorder program. We'll focus in on just the humorous section though.

Just as many of Rick Kennedy's stories revolve around a central figure (Perry the PawnPusher), here David provides a series of short stories penned by Ron Canter which all relate to a character known only as "Thompson". We probably all know someone like Thompson, and you might recognize him from this description:

We used to have a chap called Thompson in our chess club, and he took the game very seriously. He wasn't a particularly strong player, but had dark brown eyes and a piercing stare - a bit like Tal's - which many people thought was worth pawn and move. If you got into a conversation about openings or endgames with Thompson you could look forward to at least half an hour of serious and intense discussion.

Canter provides a number of amusing situations that Thompson gets himself into. One of my favorites is titled Thompson's Battle.

A story by Henry Woodpush (this has got to be a pseudonym, doesn't it?) recounts Bob's Greatest Game, a poem "from my brother", and two articles by Dick Atkinson (Fin de Partie, or Another Game Bites the Dust, and Relative Weakness, or The Unlucky Dummy round out the prose at this site.

Not to be overlooked are the pair of chess crossword puzzles. These puzzles contain clues like: "Canterbury & York, less arch, can be advantageous" (bishop pair), and "In control, best to be grand" (master).

This is a modest site, with little content overall. The Thompson stories are definitely worth investigating though, and you might want to try your hand at the crossword puzzles, if you like that sort of thing. A site well worth checking out! To get there start here, then click on the link that reads "Chess Humour and other Entertainment."

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