Grandmaster Garry Kasparov compares chess to “mental torture” — a statement that at first glance seems overdramatized for a leisure activity enjoyed by seniors at the local park — but to budding competitive chess players, could be an emerging reality.
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Check and chat: Claremont Chess Club Tournament creates community
In Pomona College’s Clark I Courtyard on Jan. 26, students played in the Claremont Chess Club Tournament, the club’s first official tournament in four years. Organized by Eleonore Viatte PO ’24 and Kabir Kothari PO ’24, the tournament was a collaboration between the Claremont chess club and Pomona North Campus resident advisors.
Scene it: Beth Harmon’s attack on obliging femininity in ‘The Queen’s Gambit’
TV and film columnist Rorye Jones PO ’23 discusses how Beth Harmon’s character in “The Queen’s Gambit” helps redefine how femininity is portrayed on-screen.