Don’t Mess With Russians
Has anyone watched the “Pawn Sacrifice” (2014) about the 1972 World Chess Championship match between Bobby Fischer and Boris Spassky? I watched it on cable on the weekend and most definitely will publish some...
Has anyone watched the “Pawn Sacrifice” (2014) about the 1972 World Chess Championship match between Bobby Fischer and Boris Spassky? I watched it on cable on the weekend and most definitely will publish some...
Balderisomania continues at Chidlovski Blog Chidlovski… Helmut Balderis plays versus Bob Gainey at the 1979 Challenge Cup in NYC, New York in February 1979. One of the most impressive offensive forwards in the world...
Happy Holiday Season from Winter Moscow! Tried to make a selfie in front of some landmark on the Tverskaya Street. The traffic was so busy that all shots were missing either me or the...
On the first night after I arrived to Moscow, Jane took me to the museum. Jana is an arts and architecture historian. She organizes all these artsy exhibits and absolutely devastated that I am...
During my stay in Moscow, I made hundreds of pictures of Russian Christmas Trees, Santas (known as Gradpa Frost), ornaments and Holiday lights. The idea was to capture Holiday Season spirit of the place...
Are we catching up with the Holiday Season? Here is an exclusive picture of Christmas tree that I made while visiting Moscow. Christmas is a joy. And this joy is everywhere – in Boston and...
From the old notes off the cuff… It’s winter in Moscow. I haven’t been in Russia for over 20 years. We are drinking coffee and smoking cigarettes in a small and cozy coffee shop...
Absolutely shameless selfie of me in blur on the body of Canada Cup. Taken in Moscow in December 2012. Not all Canada Cup are in Toronto. This one is in Moscow. Team USSR won...
Aleksey Lovchev (RUS) sets two new WR with this INSANE 264kg/582lb clean & jerk. — FloElite (@Flo_Elite) November 29, 2015 Seeing how lifters beat world records is always exciting. Seeing how it is being...
In his last attempt at 2015 IWF World Championship in Houston, TX, Russian super heavyweight Alexey Lovchev lifted 264KG and set a new world record both in clean-and-jerk (264KG/582lbs) and in total (475KG/1047lb). Prevous...