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| (1) Posted by Hauke Reddmann [Thursday, Apr 14, 2022 10:35] |
Riddle-joke
(As usual, needs Monty Python 1.0 or better for install.)
Interviewer:
"You can look back on a great career in problem chess, even
a very prevalent letter theme is named by you. But now you
are 65 and will go into retirement (too bad, even as we
write 1988 you won two first prizes). What will you do next -
play a bit of OTB chess? Become Champion of Latvia a
ninth time?"
Problemist:
"Young man, I'm a bit too old now for cerebral fitness!
But I indeed have a big plan - I will scale the two
Kilimanjaros!"
(Actually, the gag works with almost any Latvian composer...)
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| (2) Posted by James Malcom [Thursday, Apr 14, 2022 18:50] |
For those who wish to test their cerebral fitness, I recommend spending one night in Bangkok.
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| (3) Posted by Hauke Reddmann [Friday, Apr 15, 2022 10:10] |
James, you are still too young, I assert you, "cerebral" usually isn't
what is tested there...
Hauke, living in the city with the 2nd notorious youknowwhat
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| (4) Posted by Andrew Buchanan [Sunday, Apr 17, 2022 10:16] |
Well I haven't solved the riddle-joke, but I did enjoy watching again the relevant Monty Python sketch:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdTy1j7z-K4
German version is:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3i1TOaJwu4
However, I can't locate a Latvian version :-)
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| (5) Posted by Andrew Buchanan [Sunday, Apr 17, 2022 12:19] |
So is it something like Latvian composer famous for problems with multiple solutions? E.g. helpmates? Just guessing
I am not at all sure about how the Bangkok musical reference fits in
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| (6) Posted by Hauke Reddmann [Sunday, Apr 17, 2022 14:08] |
No, it's Alfreds Dombrovskis (everywhere outside Latvia, Alfred Dombrovski.
Or Dombrovskis after all? :-) Is a Latvian in the house to explain which
-s are for real? Dr. Doom maybe? :-)
Factoids stolen here:
https://www.sahafederacija.lv/media/files/2018/04/23/lsf_20180423204103857623.pdf
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| (7) Posted by Andrew Buchanan [Monday, Apr 18, 2022 08:16] |
Thanks!
Is there any good chess in Chess the Musical?
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| (8) Posted by Rosie Fay [Monday, Apr 18, 2022 19:05] |
IME in English, that problemist and the theme are both spelt Dombrovskis with the s. Leaving that final s off would make it look as if he were Slavic, not Latvian. It's the same when English texts refer to other Latvians, too, e.g. composer Peteris Vasks.
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