Tuesday, July 29, 2014

Songs About Chess!

I am a huge music fan in addition to being a huge chess fan.  

I thought I'd post a couple of songs related to chess - the first is "Chess", a solo recording by Rivers Cuomo of Weezer.


The second is a song by They Might Be Giants called "Rest Awhile", which makes somewhat bizarre mention of Ruy Lopez.  He lived in the 1500s, and the opening that is his namesake (1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5) is hugely popular all these centuries later.

The opening:


The song:




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