File under: Kraut. 

Holy shit. All the times I’ve watched 2001 and never put it together. Also, it seems it would’ve helped to try to stick it out a little further into 2010. Some movie/chess superfans perceive the slight inaccuracy in HAL’s analysis as giving Frank a clue into his impending paranoid meltdown. That is definitely stretching it. But I have to admit that I never considered that maybe HAL might be confused, rather than cold-blooded. “Therefore, HAL made the decision to kill the crew, allowing him to obey both his hardwired instructions to report data truthfully and in full, and his orders to keep the monolith a secret. In essence: if the crew were dead, he would no longer have to keep the information secret.” Thank you for a very enjoyable game.

Haven’t been on tumblr in ages, wow. Everyone’s been so busy. I’m looking at you, Chappie. 

shintopropaganda:

Laurel Halo - Quarantine (2012)

Soviet chess hero Anatoly Karpov carrying an actual sickle in 1977. (Edit: Wait, are those jeans?)

(Source: secretotaku)

thestrawthatstirsthedrink

From the NY Daily News Photo Archive, an innocent photo of a complicated character:

Bobby Fischer, 12, of 560 Lincoln Place, knows how to move about home plate as a batter. Playmate Johnny Cohen is catching. Fischer also knows how to make his move on the chessboard. already rated an expert player with an excellent chance of some day winning an international chess title, the youngster began playing at 6.

(Source: gaws)

baseballbb:

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