Open Thread

This won't be an "ask me anything" thread, as I've never been interested in making this blog about me personally and am not about to start doing so now, as the doors are slowly creaking to a close. But I'm open to questions about all sorts of chess matters, and - with some trepidation - maybe we can take a careful step or two in the direction of philosophy and religion/Christianity as well. Politics, as usual, is a no-go. I have striven, however imperfectly, to make this a place where people can go to enjoy chess and their fellow chess players. Despite many solicitations, I have kept advertisers off the site, and in general have done my best to make sure that the only thing that will annoy my readers is me - not that that was ever my goal, of course. (Except maybe, a tiny bit, when pushing Notre Dame football.)

So: if you have questions, whether for me or your fellow readers - or both - have at it. In the meantime, I'll start working on posting books for sale over the next few days.