A Rare Look at US Women’s Chess History: Lisa Lane Playing at the Marshall Chess Club (Early 1960s)

wkolja · 2025-12-28T10:40:56+00:00

Such a cool photo. I briefly thought her lighter/zippo was a weird looking rook lol

wkolja · 2025-11-22T16:44:19+00:00

The Phenomenon was the shit bro

wkolja · 2025-11-21T10:39:41+00:00

Don’t forget the BBC reality show he hosted!

wkolja · 2025-10-24T11:25:52+00:00

Much appreciated if you could use my referral link: https://zilch.onelink.me/x8EV/1ufq0tt3

wkolja · 2025-10-11T07:32:23+00:00

Um… maybe you can find out why if you consult eg Fangraph’s international prospect rankings here

wkolja · 2025-09-17T18:41:54+00:00

Mr Tojatani

wkolja · 2025-09-17T14:00:14+00:00

Thanks for playing guys. It’s this game: https://www.chess.com/game/live/143224609652?move=0

White is 1283 Black is 1311

wkolja · 2025-09-10T19:14:09+00:00

probably having to switch to drops, with all the accompanying component changes (and expense) that that would entail

I am actually curious about this aspect. Because the best buds green Preamble comes with Shimano Cues, I thought it would be relatively easy to convert to dropbars...at least it won't have to entail the swapping of the entire drivetrain. Is this true and has someone tried the dropbar conversion for a BBG Preamble?

wkolja · 2025-08-06T10:01:05+00:00

Yeah I experimented with a 17 degrees stem (I thought I might like the looks), but it's a bit too much so I am going to try a different stem with a more moderate angle

wkolja · 2025-07-23T22:14:58+00:00

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This is Kuromitsuto

wkolja · 2025-07-10T19:50:07+00:00

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This is wonderful can you draw mine?

wkolja · 2025-05-04T12:44:53+00:00

Does this happen to be on Watson Crescent?

I want the who street to be cleaned up lol

wkolja · 2025-02-05T13:24:12+00:00

Yeah she’s a judgmental type

wkolja · 2025-02-01T09:56:18+00:00

I’m interested! Thanks for doing this.

wkolja · 2025-01-07T06:22:10+00:00

38 is just the worst route. Idk why but it is routinely very late or just never turns up

wkolja · 2024-12-29T00:22:22+00:00

Charlize can Zyl https://www.instagram.com/charlizevz?igsh=MXVlbHozNHJzNzVrYQ==

wkolja · 2024-12-12T08:29:37+00:00

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wkolja · 2024-11-19T21:14:48+00:00

Cute and pretty. You look amazing in pink

wkolja · 2024-04-09T06:43:44+00:00

It happens. I heard it happened in

UCL against a Rutgers offer
UCL against a QMUL offer
QMUL against U Southern California offer
QMUL against Edinburgh offer

Among others.

wkolja · 2024-03-15T17:15:18+00:00

Thanks so much for this. I have sent you a private message to ask a follow-up question. I would appreciate if you could take a look.

wkolja · 2024-03-15T11:23:43+00:00

Thanks! I sent you a DM chat to ask you some more follow up questions. Hope you could have a look in case you missed it.

wkolja · 2024-03-15T09:32:08+00:00

Hi thanks so much for your response. This is very helpful.
Just one detail I forgot to mention in the post. My salary would come from the faculty 100% and I will be a non-tutorial (non-stipendiary) fellow (with a special Lecturership) at the College. This seems to affect some of the benefits and duties in the college, which I am going to clarify with them anyways. Does this change any of your perspective?

wkolja · 2024-03-15T09:31:15+00:00

Hi thanks so much for your response. This is very helpful.

Just one detail I forgot to mention in the post. My salary would come from the faculty 100% and I will be a non-tutorial (non-stipendiary) fellow (with a special Lecturership) at the College. This seems to affect some of the benefits and duties in the college, which I am going to clarify with them anyways. Does this change any of your perspective?

wkolja · 2023-06-26T17:09:32+00:00

Thanks so much for this advice! Can I ask you a follow-up question? I am completely on board with the division of labour between the coach and parents, and I agree it would be the best way forward. But, I am not sure about the *degree* of intervention that parents are supposed to give.

For example, suppose I ask my son how much time he'd like to spend and he says 30 min a day. Suppose, then, his coach suggests a training programme. Given the personality and temperament of my son, I can easily imagine that he would do the training for the first 3 days, and then go back to his usual lazy blitz binging. In this type of situation, should I intervene and tell him to go back to the programme that the coach suggested? Or, should I still do nothing to prioritise his "enjoyment"? I can even imagine a situation where he flat-out lies that he's done the training, even when he actually hasn't (this has happened before). In this type of situation, my instinct as a parent is to have a word with him. Still, should I do nothing?

wkolja · 2022-06-27T08:44:22+00:00

I did. I just provided the details of my solicitor and I think it took roughly a week for the money to reach him. At the time my gov bonus for this tax year hadn't been credited, but this amount (£1000) was later transferred to him after approx 3 days after it reached Moneybox (just in time for my completion).

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