Lance Grigg PhD
@abgambit.bsky.social
CFC/FIDE rated tournament chess player; bad tennis player; researcher: critical thinking; philosophy/economics of Bernard Lonergan; father/grandfather/husband. Founder of Chess for Life @University of Lethbridge
Chess for Life @UofL worked with The Lethbridge Correctional Centre who played in the International Chess in Prisons
Tournament, Oct. 14-16, 2025.
A team of four inmates competed against teams from 57 countries!
Go 🇨🇦!
@ulethbridge.ca
@ctvnewslethbridge.bsky.social
See: tinyurl.com/22zu3wss
Tournament, Oct. 14-16, 2025.
A team of four inmates competed against teams from 57 countries!
Go 🇨🇦!
@ulethbridge.ca
@ctvnewslethbridge.bsky.social
See: tinyurl.com/22zu3wss
October 18, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Chess for Life @UofL worked with The Lethbridge Correctional Centre who played in the International Chess in Prisons
Tournament, Oct. 14-16, 2025.
A team of four inmates competed against teams from 57 countries!
Go 🇨🇦!
@ulethbridge.ca
@ctvnewslethbridge.bsky.social
See: tinyurl.com/22zu3wss
Tournament, Oct. 14-16, 2025.
A team of four inmates competed against teams from 57 countries!
Go 🇨🇦!
@ulethbridge.ca
@ctvnewslethbridge.bsky.social
See: tinyurl.com/22zu3wss
Natural progression?😆
July 20, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Natural progression?😆
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April 20, 2025 at 10:50 PM
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"The Lubyanka Gambit is a classic work investigating the darkest side of chess history in the Soviet Union...It describes the careers and life stories of Soviet chess composers, players and famous amateurs who were repressed by the Soviet authorities, ending up either executed or sent to the Gulag."
April 20, 2025 at 10:30 PM
"The Lubyanka Gambit is a classic work investigating the darkest side of chess history in the Soviet Union...It describes the careers and life stories of Soviet chess composers, players and famous amateurs who were repressed by the Soviet authorities, ending up either executed or sent to the Gulag."
CNN
- "Stock futures slide after Trump imposes tariffs"
US stock market futures plunged Sunday, one day after President Donald Trump announced 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico and 10% tariffs on China"
-Dow futures down 1.4%
-S&P 500 futures dropped 1.9%
-Futures down 2.4%
-ET. Bitcoin down 3.5%
- "Stock futures slide after Trump imposes tariffs"
US stock market futures plunged Sunday, one day after President Donald Trump announced 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico and 10% tariffs on China"
-Dow futures down 1.4%
-S&P 500 futures dropped 1.9%
-Futures down 2.4%
-ET. Bitcoin down 3.5%
February 3, 2025 at 1:52 AM
CNN
- "Stock futures slide after Trump imposes tariffs"
US stock market futures plunged Sunday, one day after President Donald Trump announced 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico and 10% tariffs on China"
-Dow futures down 1.4%
-S&P 500 futures dropped 1.9%
-Futures down 2.4%
-ET. Bitcoin down 3.5%
- "Stock futures slide after Trump imposes tariffs"
US stock market futures plunged Sunday, one day after President Donald Trump announced 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico and 10% tariffs on China"
-Dow futures down 1.4%
-S&P 500 futures dropped 1.9%
-Futures down 2.4%
-ET. Bitcoin down 3.5%
Watching the news about tariffs...
February 2, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Watching the news about tariffs...
"In Open Socrates, philosopher Agnes Callard recovers the radical move at the center of Socrates' thought, and shows why it is still the way to a good life... (we need) to ask ourselves the most important questions--about how we should live, and how we might change."
February 2, 2025 at 6:30 PM
"In Open Socrates, philosopher Agnes Callard recovers the radical move at the center of Socrates' thought, and shows why it is still the way to a good life... (we need) to ask ourselves the most important questions--about how we should live, and how we might change."
If you can't distinguish between truth and lies, you can't distinguish between right and wrong.
"And such a people, deprived of the power to think and judge, is, without knowing and willing it, completely subjected to the rule of lies. With such a people, you can do whatever you want."Hannah Arendt
"And such a people, deprived of the power to think and judge, is, without knowing and willing it, completely subjected to the rule of lies. With such a people, you can do whatever you want."Hannah Arendt
January 30, 2025 at 4:36 PM
If you can't distinguish between truth and lies, you can't distinguish between right and wrong.
"And such a people, deprived of the power to think and judge, is, without knowing and willing it, completely subjected to the rule of lies. With such a people, you can do whatever you want."Hannah Arendt
"And such a people, deprived of the power to think and judge, is, without knowing and willing it, completely subjected to the rule of lies. With such a people, you can do whatever you want."Hannah Arendt
"In 1964, American chess prodigy Bobby Fischer demonstrated his unparalleled skill by playing 50 opponents simultaneously in a remarkable exhibition. At just 21 years old, Fischer took on a mix of grandmasters, club players, and amateurs... at the Manhattan Chess Club."
January 12, 2025 at 10:43 PM
"In 1964, American chess prodigy Bobby Fischer demonstrated his unparalleled skill by playing 50 opponents simultaneously in a remarkable exhibition. At just 21 years old, Fischer took on a mix of grandmasters, club players, and amateurs... at the Manhattan Chess Club."
"This constant lying is not aimed at making the people believe a lie, but at ensuring that no one believes anything anymore.
And such a people...without knowing and willing it, are completely subjected to the rule of lies. With such a people, you can do whatever you want."
~Hannah Arendt
And such a people...without knowing and willing it, are completely subjected to the rule of lies. With such a people, you can do whatever you want."
~Hannah Arendt
January 12, 2025 at 5:24 PM
"This constant lying is not aimed at making the people believe a lie, but at ensuring that no one believes anything anymore.
And such a people...without knowing and willing it, are completely subjected to the rule of lies. With such a people, you can do whatever you want."
~Hannah Arendt
And such a people...without knowing and willing it, are completely subjected to the rule of lies. With such a people, you can do whatever you want."
~Hannah Arendt
"“The tools of conquest do not necessarily come with bombs, fallout...There are weapons that are simply thoughts, attitudes, prejudices to be found only in the minds of men...they can kill and destroy. And the pity of it is that these things cannot be confined to the Twilight Zone.”
~Rod Serling
~Rod Serling
January 12, 2025 at 4:24 PM
"“The tools of conquest do not necessarily come with bombs, fallout...There are weapons that are simply thoughts, attitudes, prejudices to be found only in the minds of men...they can kill and destroy. And the pity of it is that these things cannot be confined to the Twilight Zone.”
~Rod Serling
~Rod Serling
"A Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist for the Washington Post has resigned after its editorial page editor rejected a cartoon she created to mock media and tech titans abasing themselves before President-elect Donald Trump."
January 4, 2025 at 7:49 PM
"A Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist for the Washington Post has resigned after its editorial page editor rejected a cartoon she created to mock media and tech titans abasing themselves before President-elect Donald Trump."
Wishing everyone a happy Lagavulin/Nimzowitsch/Macanudo holiday season!♟️
December 24, 2024 at 11:20 PM
Wishing everyone a happy Lagavulin/Nimzowitsch/Macanudo holiday season!♟️
Courtesy of Judit Polgar😆
December 23, 2024 at 5:32 PM
Courtesy of Judit Polgar😆
"The smart way to keep people passive and obedient is to strictly limit the spectrum of acceptable opinion, but allow very lively debate within that spectrum. That gives people the sense that there's free thinking going on."
Noam Chomsky."
Someting like, "you're free to freely follow only me"? 🤔
Noam Chomsky."
Someting like, "you're free to freely follow only me"? 🤔
December 14, 2024 at 6:15 PM
"The smart way to keep people passive and obedient is to strictly limit the spectrum of acceptable opinion, but allow very lively debate within that spectrum. That gives people the sense that there's free thinking going on."
Noam Chomsky."
Someting like, "you're free to freely follow only me"? 🤔
Noam Chomsky."
Someting like, "you're free to freely follow only me"? 🤔
A big thank you to Taylor at Little Caeser’s on Columbia Blvd in Lethbridge for donating 5 pizzas for our Chess for Life @UofL year-end party!😋😋😋😋😋
Thank you very much!
Thank you very much!
December 14, 2024 at 4:32 PM
A big thank you to Taylor at Little Caeser’s on Columbia Blvd in Lethbridge for donating 5 pizzas for our Chess for Life @UofL year-end party!😋😋😋😋😋
Thank you very much!
Thank you very much!
And lets not forget the Mussolinis...
December 13, 2024 at 5:35 PM
And lets not forget the Mussolinis...
Coutesy of the Indiana Guitar Show:
"It was inevitable......
Don't spoil it for everyone who is still figuring it out."😆
"It was inevitable......
Don't spoil it for everyone who is still figuring it out."😆
December 2, 2024 at 7:58 PM
Coutesy of the Indiana Guitar Show:
"It was inevitable......
Don't spoil it for everyone who is still figuring it out."😆
"It was inevitable......
Don't spoil it for everyone who is still figuring it out."😆