[chessmind-announce] New post at The Chess Mind

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Hello,
	There is a new post on The Chess Mind.  You can read it at:

http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/posts/1159734394.shtml

It begins:

	The current world chess championship situation is a
	mess, and the absurd events of the last week have
	only exacerbated the situation. Things were better
	in 1935, but not much: world champion Alexander
	Alekhine ducked Jose Capablanca and others to beat
	up on Efim Bogoljubow, and probably thought he was
	going to do the same to Dutchman Max Euwe later
	that year. (Little did he know!) Meanwhile, the
	player who would ultimately replace Alekhine at the
	top of the chess world, one Mikhail Botvinnik, was
	making his mark on the scene. The Moscow 1935
	tournament featured ex-world champions Emanuel
	Lasker and...