@mistreaver
25Master of science in electrical engineering, chess candidate master, Table Tennis first division player, amateur piano player and failed stand up comic
steemit.com/@mistreaverVOTING POWER100.00%
DOWNVOTE POWER100.00%
RESOURCE CREDITS100.00%
REPUTATION PROGRESS0.00%
Net Worth
0.034USD
STEEM
0.000STEEM
SBD
0.000SBD
Effective Power
5.001SP
├── Own SP
0.635SP
└── Incoming DelegationsDeleg
+4.366SP
Detailed Balance
| STEEM | ||
| balance | 0.000STEEM | STEEM |
| market_balance | 0.000STEEM | STEEM |
| savings_balance | 0.000STEEM | STEEM |
| reward_steem_balance | 0.000STEEM | STEEM |
| STEEM POWER | ||
| Own SP | 0.635SP | SP |
| Delegated Out | 0.000SP | SP |
| Delegation In | 4.366SP | SP |
| Effective Power | 5.001SP | SP |
| Reward SP (pending) | 0.000SP | SP |
| SBD | ||
| sbd_balance | 0.000SBD | SBD |
| sbd_conversions | 0.000SBD | SBD |
| sbd_market_balance | 0.000SBD | SBD |
| savings_sbd_balance | 0.000SBD | SBD |
| reward_sbd_balance | 0.000SBD | SBD |
{
"balance": "0.000 STEEM",
"savings_balance": "0.000 STEEM",
"reward_steem_balance": "0.000 STEEM",
"vesting_shares": "1034.650275 VESTS",
"delegated_vesting_shares": "0.000000 VESTS",
"received_vesting_shares": "7109.009531 VESTS",
"sbd_balance": "0.000 SBD",
"savings_sbd_balance": "0.000 SBD",
"reward_sbd_balance": "0.000 SBD",
"conversions": []
}Account Info
| name | mistreaver |
| id | 223916 |
| rank | 649,585 |
| reputation | 25516684 |
| created | 2017-06-26T21:00:12 |
| recovery_account | steem |
| proxy | None |
| post_count | 5 |
| comment_count | 0 |
| lifetime_vote_count | 0 |
| witnesses_voted_for | 0 |
| last_post | 2017-06-27T11:40:18 |
| last_root_post | 2017-06-26T21:32:27 |
| last_vote_time | 2017-06-27T11:39:36 |
| proxied_vsf_votes | 0, 0, 0, 0 |
| can_vote | 1 |
| voting_power | 0 |
| delayed_votes | 0 |
| balance | 0.000 STEEM |
| savings_balance | 0.000 STEEM |
| sbd_balance | 0.000 SBD |
| savings_sbd_balance | 0.000 SBD |
| vesting_shares | 1034.650275 VESTS |
| delegated_vesting_shares | 0.000000 VESTS |
| received_vesting_shares | 7109.009531 VESTS |
| reward_vesting_balance | 0.000000 VESTS |
| vesting_balance | 0.000 STEEM |
| vesting_withdraw_rate | 0.000000 VESTS |
| next_vesting_withdrawal | 1969-12-31T23:59:59 |
| withdrawn | 0 |
| to_withdraw | 0 |
| withdraw_routes | 0 |
| savings_withdraw_requests | 0 |
| last_account_recovery | 1970-01-01T00:00:00 |
| reset_account | null |
| last_owner_update | 1970-01-01T00:00:00 |
| last_account_update | 2017-06-26T21:03:48 |
| mined | No |
| sbd_seconds | 0 |
| sbd_last_interest_payment | 1970-01-01T00:00:00 |
| savings_sbd_last_interest_payment | 1970-01-01T00:00:00 |
{
"id": 223916,
"name": "mistreaver",
"owner": {
"weight_threshold": 1,
"account_auths": [],
"key_auths": [
[
"STM5XiCRU2oRscJAhs44MMiwBdPU1NJteQvQw3zVg5ASqZ1hepsvF",
1
]
]
},
"active": {
"weight_threshold": 1,
"account_auths": [],
"key_auths": [
[
"STM5gtd8s3njmuPqqNbx4n894XePC5ue2avvGZZwDmUk5BVLKwGh4",
1
]
]
},
"posting": {
"weight_threshold": 1,
"account_auths": [],
"key_auths": [
[
"STM7Uq732dWF5fmncpCE15fWubybgW88gSRDRCbFFRHnFGUk2Lvca",
1
]
]
},
"memo_key": "STM6eCQyVf8iSWMYULAcGXhqaRKjrrGZTvCv7Z53bx3WquPkf9cDZ",
"json_metadata": "{\"profile\":{\"profile_image\":\"http://www.chessentials.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Proba.jpg\",\"name\":\"Vjekoslav Nemec\",\"about\":\"Master of science in electrical engineering, chess candidate master, Table Tennis first division player, amateur piano player and failed stand up comic\",\"location\":\"Zagreb\",\"website\":\"http://chessentials.com/\"}}",
"posting_json_metadata": "{\"profile\":{\"profile_image\":\"http://www.chessentials.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Proba.jpg\",\"name\":\"Vjekoslav Nemec\",\"about\":\"Master of science in electrical engineering, chess candidate master, Table Tennis first division player, amateur piano player and failed stand up comic\",\"location\":\"Zagreb\",\"website\":\"http://chessentials.com/\"}}",
"proxy": "",
"last_owner_update": "1970-01-01T00:00:00",
"last_account_update": "2017-06-26T21:03:48",
"created": "2017-06-26T21:00:12",
"mined": false,
"recovery_account": "steem",
"last_account_recovery": "1970-01-01T00:00:00",
"reset_account": "null",
"comment_count": 0,
"lifetime_vote_count": 0,
"post_count": 5,
"can_vote": true,
"voting_manabar": {
"current_mana": "8143659806",
"last_update_time": 1779076386
},
"downvote_manabar": {
"current_mana": 2035914951,
"last_update_time": 1779076386
},
"voting_power": 0,
"balance": "0.000 STEEM",
"savings_balance": "0.000 STEEM",
"sbd_balance": "0.000 SBD",
"sbd_seconds": "0",
"sbd_seconds_last_update": "1970-01-01T00:00:00",
"sbd_last_interest_payment": "1970-01-01T00:00:00",
"savings_sbd_balance": "0.000 SBD",
"savings_sbd_seconds": "0",
"savings_sbd_seconds_last_update": "1970-01-01T00:00:00",
"savings_sbd_last_interest_payment": "1970-01-01T00:00:00",
"savings_withdraw_requests": 0,
"reward_sbd_balance": "0.000 SBD",
"reward_steem_balance": "0.000 STEEM",
"reward_vesting_balance": "0.000000 VESTS",
"reward_vesting_steem": "0.000 STEEM",
"vesting_shares": "1034.650275 VESTS",
"delegated_vesting_shares": "0.000000 VESTS",
"received_vesting_shares": "7109.009531 VESTS",
"vesting_withdraw_rate": "0.000000 VESTS",
"next_vesting_withdrawal": "1969-12-31T23:59:59",
"withdrawn": 0,
"to_withdraw": 0,
"withdraw_routes": 0,
"curation_rewards": 0,
"posting_rewards": 0,
"proxied_vsf_votes": [
0,
0,
0,
0
],
"witnesses_voted_for": 0,
"last_post": "2017-06-27T11:40:18",
"last_root_post": "2017-06-26T21:32:27",
"last_vote_time": "2017-06-27T11:39:36",
"post_bandwidth": 0,
"pending_claimed_accounts": 0,
"vesting_balance": "0.000 STEEM",
"reputation": 25516684,
"transfer_history": [],
"market_history": [],
"post_history": [],
"vote_history": [],
"other_history": [],
"witness_votes": [],
"tags_usage": [],
"guest_bloggers": [],
"rank": 649585
}Withdraw Routes
| Incoming | Outgoing |
|---|---|
Empty | Empty |
{
"incoming": [],
"outgoing": []
}From Date
To Date
steemdelegated 4.366 SP to @mistreaver2026/05/18 03:53:06
steemdelegated 4.366 SP to @mistreaver
2026/05/18 03:53:06
| delegator | steem |
| delegatee | mistreaver |
| vesting shares | 7109.009531 VESTS |
| Transaction Info | Block #106147785/Trx 39e3a3fc56c3f3bb60332f1dd6ff737ae0e6fd54 |
View Raw JSON Data
{
"trx_id": "39e3a3fc56c3f3bb60332f1dd6ff737ae0e6fd54",
"block": 106147785,
"trx_in_block": 0,
"op_in_trx": 0,
"virtual_op": 0,
"timestamp": "2026-05-18T03:53:06",
"op": [
"delegate_vesting_shares",
{
"delegator": "steem",
"delegatee": "mistreaver",
"vesting_shares": "7109.009531 VESTS"
}
]
}steemdelegated 2.700 SP to @mistreaver2026/05/12 18:32:57
steemdelegated 2.700 SP to @mistreaver
2026/05/12 18:32:57
| delegator | steem |
| delegatee | mistreaver |
| vesting shares | 4396.799126 VESTS |
| Transaction Info | Block #105993322/Trx 6582f7f10782e3acfc45ef2b3732479b00587d04 |
View Raw JSON Data
{
"trx_id": "6582f7f10782e3acfc45ef2b3732479b00587d04",
"block": 105993322,
"trx_in_block": 0,
"op_in_trx": 0,
"virtual_op": 0,
"timestamp": "2026-05-12T18:32:57",
"op": [
"delegate_vesting_shares",
{
"delegator": "steem",
"delegatee": "mistreaver",
"vesting_shares": "4396.799126 VESTS"
}
]
}steemdelegated 4.373 SP to @mistreaver2026/04/26 03:08:18
steemdelegated 4.373 SP to @mistreaver
2026/04/26 03:08:18
| delegator | steem |
| delegatee | mistreaver |
| vesting shares | 7121.525287 VESTS |
| Transaction Info | Block #105515334/Trx cd8f5ec728e00c98471a859aa61b2932f69cce49 |
View Raw JSON Data
{
"trx_id": "cd8f5ec728e00c98471a859aa61b2932f69cce49",
"block": 105515334,
"trx_in_block": 0,
"op_in_trx": 0,
"virtual_op": 0,
"timestamp": "2026-04-26T03:08:18",
"op": [
"delegate_vesting_shares",
{
"delegator": "steem",
"delegatee": "mistreaver",
"vesting_shares": "7121.525287 VESTS"
}
]
}steemdelegated 2.726 SP to @mistreaver2026/01/23 17:32:21
steemdelegated 2.726 SP to @mistreaver
2026/01/23 17:32:21
| delegator | steem |
| delegatee | mistreaver |
| vesting shares | 4438.345945 VESTS |
| Transaction Info | Block #102863479/Trx 5c0db3c8619d334a2daec5ffe9dc66ca50144507 |
View Raw JSON Data
{
"trx_id": "5c0db3c8619d334a2daec5ffe9dc66ca50144507",
"block": 102863479,
"trx_in_block": 4,
"op_in_trx": 0,
"virtual_op": 0,
"timestamp": "2026-01-23T17:32:21",
"op": [
"delegate_vesting_shares",
{
"delegator": "steem",
"delegatee": "mistreaver",
"vesting_shares": "4438.345945 VESTS"
}
]
}steemdelegated 2.826 SP to @mistreaver2024/12/17 12:44:57
steemdelegated 2.826 SP to @mistreaver
2024/12/17 12:44:57
| delegator | steem |
| delegatee | mistreaver |
| vesting shares | 4602.565142 VESTS |
| Transaction Info | Block #91309743/Trx 2d77127c642dd730581f09ea34f982aa0cf3c56d |
View Raw JSON Data
{
"trx_id": "2d77127c642dd730581f09ea34f982aa0cf3c56d",
"block": 91309743,
"trx_in_block": 3,
"op_in_trx": 0,
"virtual_op": 0,
"timestamp": "2024-12-17T12:44:57",
"op": [
"delegate_vesting_shares",
{
"delegator": "steem",
"delegatee": "mistreaver",
"vesting_shares": "4602.565142 VESTS"
}
]
}steemdelegated 2.930 SP to @mistreaver2023/11/14 04:26:36
steemdelegated 2.930 SP to @mistreaver
2023/11/14 04:26:36
| delegator | steem |
| delegatee | mistreaver |
| vesting shares | 4771.698674 VESTS |
| Transaction Info | Block #79863914/Trx 31d5b16f88b21ebfc25f9dee2ee0b0f7ffca7275 |
View Raw JSON Data
{
"trx_id": "31d5b16f88b21ebfc25f9dee2ee0b0f7ffca7275",
"block": 79863914,
"trx_in_block": 1,
"op_in_trx": 0,
"virtual_op": 0,
"timestamp": "2023-11-14T04:26:36",
"op": [
"delegate_vesting_shares",
{
"delegator": "steem",
"delegatee": "mistreaver",
"vesting_shares": "4771.698674 VESTS"
}
]
}steemdelegated 4.734 SP to @mistreaver2023/09/22 07:32:18
steemdelegated 4.734 SP to @mistreaver
2023/09/22 07:32:18
| delegator | steem |
| delegatee | mistreaver |
| vesting shares | 7708.607460 VESTS |
| Transaction Info | Block #78359452/Trx 8d15eb8ca6588c626547465dc2fe82c34f497c39 |
View Raw JSON Data
{
"trx_id": "8d15eb8ca6588c626547465dc2fe82c34f497c39",
"block": 78359452,
"trx_in_block": 1,
"op_in_trx": 0,
"virtual_op": 0,
"timestamp": "2023-09-22T07:32:18",
"op": [
"delegate_vesting_shares",
{
"delegator": "steem",
"delegatee": "mistreaver",
"vesting_shares": "7708.607460 VESTS"
}
]
}steemdelegated 4.870 SP to @mistreaver2022/11/03 15:22:15
steemdelegated 4.870 SP to @mistreaver
2022/11/03 15:22:15
| delegator | steem |
| delegatee | mistreaver |
| vesting shares | 7930.658898 VESTS |
| Transaction Info | Block #69117640/Trx 5be54105ad3cb40b5ead39e45ca87b88b4d7872b |
View Raw JSON Data
{
"trx_id": "5be54105ad3cb40b5ead39e45ca87b88b4d7872b",
"block": 69117640,
"trx_in_block": 3,
"op_in_trx": 0,
"virtual_op": 0,
"timestamp": "2022-11-03T15:22:15",
"op": [
"delegate_vesting_shares",
{
"delegator": "steem",
"delegatee": "mistreaver",
"vesting_shares": "7930.658898 VESTS"
}
]
}steemdelegated 5.005 SP to @mistreaver2022/01/17 20:48:21
steemdelegated 5.005 SP to @mistreaver
2022/01/17 20:48:21
| delegator | steem |
| delegatee | mistreaver |
| vesting shares | 8150.766499 VESTS |
| Transaction Info | Block #60821172/Trx cef30bcd57adeb26d40e3ec13e9b564e784f55f9 |
View Raw JSON Data
{
"trx_id": "cef30bcd57adeb26d40e3ec13e9b564e784f55f9",
"block": 60821172,
"trx_in_block": 12,
"op_in_trx": 0,
"virtual_op": 0,
"timestamp": "2022-01-17T20:48:21",
"op": [
"delegate_vesting_shares",
{
"delegator": "steem",
"delegatee": "mistreaver",
"vesting_shares": "8150.766499 VESTS"
}
]
}steemdelegated 5.118 SP to @mistreaver2021/06/14 04:05:36
steemdelegated 5.118 SP to @mistreaver
2021/06/14 04:05:36
| delegator | steem |
| delegatee | mistreaver |
| vesting shares | 8334.960787 VESTS |
| Transaction Info | Block #54611634/Trx 1e43da2dbbd6ac472beee947543382c1147ec396 |
View Raw JSON Data
{
"trx_id": "1e43da2dbbd6ac472beee947543382c1147ec396",
"block": 54611634,
"trx_in_block": 4,
"op_in_trx": 0,
"virtual_op": 0,
"timestamp": "2021-06-14T04:05:36",
"op": [
"delegate_vesting_shares",
{
"delegator": "steem",
"delegatee": "mistreaver",
"vesting_shares": "8334.960787 VESTS"
}
]
}steemdelegated 5.233 SP to @mistreaver2020/12/11 14:20:12
steemdelegated 5.233 SP to @mistreaver
2020/12/11 14:20:12
| delegator | steem |
| delegatee | mistreaver |
| vesting shares | 8522.382761 VESTS |
| Transaction Info | Block #49358967/Trx c37718e7f4739c73417bb9d3f210490128dfc2e6 |
View Raw JSON Data
{
"trx_id": "c37718e7f4739c73417bb9d3f210490128dfc2e6",
"block": 49358967,
"trx_in_block": 7,
"op_in_trx": 0,
"virtual_op": 0,
"timestamp": "2020-12-11T14:20:12",
"op": [
"delegate_vesting_shares",
{
"delegator": "steem",
"delegatee": "mistreaver",
"vesting_shares": "8522.382761 VESTS"
}
]
}steemdelegated 1.174 SP to @mistreaver2020/12/06 07:56:09
steemdelegated 1.174 SP to @mistreaver
2020/12/06 07:56:09
| delegator | steem |
| delegatee | mistreaver |
| vesting shares | 1912.543513 VESTS |
| Transaction Info | Block #49210498/Trx c34173a56dfefce81159eabe90d18cbfb40ea9f3 |
View Raw JSON Data
{
"trx_id": "c34173a56dfefce81159eabe90d18cbfb40ea9f3",
"block": 49210498,
"trx_in_block": 4,
"op_in_trx": 0,
"virtual_op": 0,
"timestamp": "2020-12-06T07:56:09",
"op": [
"delegate_vesting_shares",
{
"delegator": "steem",
"delegatee": "mistreaver",
"vesting_shares": "1912.543513 VESTS"
}
]
}steemdelegated 5.237 SP to @mistreaver2020/12/05 17:57:54
steemdelegated 5.237 SP to @mistreaver
2020/12/05 17:57:54
| delegator | steem |
| delegatee | mistreaver |
| vesting shares | 8528.590615 VESTS |
| Transaction Info | Block #49194050/Trx 82979c937220ef19d97d14a355dc5d74ed724995 |
View Raw JSON Data
{
"trx_id": "82979c937220ef19d97d14a355dc5d74ed724995",
"block": 49194050,
"trx_in_block": 5,
"op_in_trx": 0,
"virtual_op": 0,
"timestamp": "2020-12-05T17:57:54",
"op": [
"delegate_vesting_shares",
{
"delegator": "steem",
"delegatee": "mistreaver",
"vesting_shares": "8528.590615 VESTS"
}
]
}steemdelegated 1.179 SP to @mistreaver2020/11/02 22:17:36
steemdelegated 1.179 SP to @mistreaver
2020/11/02 22:17:36
| delegator | steem |
| delegatee | mistreaver |
| vesting shares | 1920.017158 VESTS |
| Transaction Info | Block #48265639/Trx ab7fc923e66741fd77369a8845ffcee333c6c0cf |
View Raw JSON Data
{
"trx_id": "ab7fc923e66741fd77369a8845ffcee333c6c0cf",
"block": 48265639,
"trx_in_block": 2,
"op_in_trx": 0,
"virtual_op": 0,
"timestamp": "2020-11-02T22:17:36",
"op": [
"delegate_vesting_shares",
{
"delegator": "steem",
"delegatee": "mistreaver",
"vesting_shares": "1920.017158 VESTS"
}
]
}steemdelegated 5.362 SP to @mistreaver2020/05/09 08:57:15
steemdelegated 5.362 SP to @mistreaver
2020/05/09 08:57:15
| delegator | steem |
| delegatee | mistreaver |
| vesting shares | 8731.395974 VESTS |
| Transaction Info | Block #43220800/Trx 2e002da9659148146c714c2eb3a3b63130dbebb5 |
View Raw JSON Data
{
"trx_id": "2e002da9659148146c714c2eb3a3b63130dbebb5",
"block": 43220800,
"trx_in_block": 5,
"op_in_trx": 0,
"virtual_op": 0,
"timestamp": "2020-05-09T08:57:15",
"op": [
"delegate_vesting_shares",
{
"delegator": "steem",
"delegatee": "mistreaver",
"vesting_shares": "8731.395974 VESTS"
}
]
}steemdelegated 1.199 SP to @mistreaver2020/05/08 13:02:39
steemdelegated 1.199 SP to @mistreaver
2020/05/08 13:02:39
| delegator | steem |
| delegatee | mistreaver |
| vesting shares | 1953.311140 VESTS |
| Transaction Info | Block #43197474/Trx 955b28f7d7b11a0181a55656eaabdb26381bde4f |
View Raw JSON Data
{
"trx_id": "955b28f7d7b11a0181a55656eaabdb26381bde4f",
"block": 43197474,
"trx_in_block": 27,
"op_in_trx": 0,
"virtual_op": 0,
"timestamp": "2020-05-08T13:02:39",
"op": [
"delegate_vesting_shares",
{
"delegator": "steem",
"delegatee": "mistreaver",
"vesting_shares": "1953.311140 VESTS"
}
]
}steemdelegated 5.370 SP to @mistreaver2020/04/16 01:56:30
steemdelegated 5.370 SP to @mistreaver
2020/04/16 01:56:30
| delegator | steem |
| delegatee | mistreaver |
| vesting shares | 8744.283422 VESTS |
| Transaction Info | Block #42567579/Trx 2969e433d7c74c75af06e456ecfc3da7001b9864 |
View Raw JSON Data
{
"trx_id": "2969e433d7c74c75af06e456ecfc3da7001b9864",
"block": 42567579,
"trx_in_block": 10,
"op_in_trx": 0,
"virtual_op": 0,
"timestamp": "2020-04-16T01:56:30",
"op": [
"delegate_vesting_shares",
{
"delegator": "steem",
"delegatee": "mistreaver",
"vesting_shares": "8744.283422 VESTS"
}
]
}2019/06/26 22:40:00
2019/06/26 22:40:00
| parent author | mistreaver |
| parent permlink | chess-in-popular-culture |
| author | steemitboard |
| permlink | steemitboard-notify-mistreaver-20190626t223959000z |
| title | |
| body | Congratulations @mistreaver! You received a personal award! <table><tr><td>https://steemitimages.com/70x70/http://steemitboard.com/@mistreaver/birthday2.png</td><td>Happy Birthday! - You are on the Steem blockchain for 2 years!</td></tr></table> <sub>_You can view [your badges on your Steem Board](https://steemitboard.com/@mistreaver) and compare to others on the [Steem Ranking](https://steemitboard.com/ranking/index.php?name=mistreaver)_</sub> **Do not miss the last post from @steemitboard:** <table><tr><td><a href="https://steemit.com/steemitboard/@steemitboard/the-steem-community-has-lost-an-epic-member-farewell-woflhart"><img src="https://steemitimages.com/64x128/https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmQWnM36SWCPGn98nY83M1ArgweMz5fnovQEp2E4FiDdug/Wolfhart_header.png"></a></td><td><a href="https://steemit.com/steemitboard/@steemitboard/the-steem-community-has-lost-an-epic-member-farewell-woflhart">The Steem community has lost an epic member! Farewell @woflhart!</a></td></tr></table> ###### [Vote for @Steemitboard as a witness](https://v2.steemconnect.com/sign/account-witness-vote?witness=steemitboard&approve=1) to get one more award and increased upvotes! |
| json metadata | {"image":["https://steemitboard.com/img/notify.png"]} |
| Transaction Info | Block #34149260/Trx ddad74cc4a6ec6f0659e992c080b1b3ff181e331 |
View Raw JSON Data
{
"trx_id": "ddad74cc4a6ec6f0659e992c080b1b3ff181e331",
"block": 34149260,
"trx_in_block": 0,
"op_in_trx": 0,
"virtual_op": 0,
"timestamp": "2019-06-26T22:40:00",
"op": [
"comment",
{
"parent_author": "mistreaver",
"parent_permlink": "chess-in-popular-culture",
"author": "steemitboard",
"permlink": "steemitboard-notify-mistreaver-20190626t223959000z",
"title": "",
"body": "Congratulations @mistreaver! You received a personal award!\n\n<table><tr><td>https://steemitimages.com/70x70/http://steemitboard.com/@mistreaver/birthday2.png</td><td>Happy Birthday! - You are on the Steem blockchain for 2 years!</td></tr></table>\n\n<sub>_You can view [your badges on your Steem Board](https://steemitboard.com/@mistreaver) and compare to others on the [Steem Ranking](https://steemitboard.com/ranking/index.php?name=mistreaver)_</sub>\n\n\n**Do not miss the last post from @steemitboard:**\n<table><tr><td><a href=\"https://steemit.com/steemitboard/@steemitboard/the-steem-community-has-lost-an-epic-member-farewell-woflhart\"><img src=\"https://steemitimages.com/64x128/https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmQWnM36SWCPGn98nY83M1ArgweMz5fnovQEp2E4FiDdug/Wolfhart_header.png\"></a></td><td><a href=\"https://steemit.com/steemitboard/@steemitboard/the-steem-community-has-lost-an-epic-member-farewell-woflhart\">The Steem community has lost an epic member! Farewell @woflhart!</a></td></tr></table>\n\n###### [Vote for @Steemitboard as a witness](https://v2.steemconnect.com/sign/account-witness-vote?witness=steemitboard&approve=1) to get one more award and increased upvotes!",
"json_metadata": "{\"image\":[\"https://steemitboard.com/img/notify.png\"]}"
}
]
}steemdelegated 5.490 SP to @mistreaver2019/05/12 19:02:45
steemdelegated 5.490 SP to @mistreaver
2019/05/12 19:02:45
| delegator | steem |
| delegatee | mistreaver |
| vesting shares | 8939.900235 VESTS |
| Transaction Info | Block #32850456/Trx fe7e94d15a387010ae8e672f32663c08a9509c8a |
View Raw JSON Data
{
"trx_id": "fe7e94d15a387010ae8e672f32663c08a9509c8a",
"block": 32850456,
"trx_in_block": 54,
"op_in_trx": 0,
"virtual_op": 0,
"timestamp": "2019-05-12T19:02:45",
"op": [
"delegate_vesting_shares",
{
"delegator": "steem",
"delegatee": "mistreaver",
"vesting_shares": "8939.900235 VESTS"
}
]
}steemdelegated 5.612 SP to @mistreaver2018/05/16 23:02:33
steemdelegated 5.612 SP to @mistreaver
2018/05/16 23:02:33
| delegator | steem |
| delegatee | mistreaver |
| vesting shares | 9139.511103 VESTS |
| Transaction Info | Block #22493152/Trx 369a92db634126d2d535043a6250ef1dff3e8ce3 |
View Raw JSON Data
{
"trx_id": "369a92db634126d2d535043a6250ef1dff3e8ce3",
"block": 22493152,
"trx_in_block": 10,
"op_in_trx": 0,
"virtual_op": 0,
"timestamp": "2018-05-16T23:02:33",
"op": [
"delegate_vesting_shares",
{
"delegator": "steem",
"delegatee": "mistreaver",
"vesting_shares": "9139.511103 VESTS"
}
]
}steemdelegated 18.232 SP to @mistreaver2018/01/09 06:42:48
steemdelegated 18.232 SP to @mistreaver
2018/01/09 06:42:48
| delegator | steem |
| delegatee | mistreaver |
| vesting shares | 29690.539017 VESTS |
| Transaction Info | Block #18819652/Trx cf61042051dfcf19bf6a59972d3850b699d2b287 |
View Raw JSON Data
{
"trx_id": "cf61042051dfcf19bf6a59972d3850b699d2b287",
"block": 18819652,
"trx_in_block": 2,
"op_in_trx": 0,
"virtual_op": 0,
"timestamp": "2018-01-09T06:42:48",
"op": [
"delegate_vesting_shares",
{
"delegator": "steem",
"delegatee": "mistreaver",
"vesting_shares": "29690.539017 VESTS"
}
]
}steemdelegated 18.386 SP to @mistreaver2017/08/04 05:16:48
steemdelegated 18.386 SP to @mistreaver
2017/08/04 05:16:48
| delegator | steem |
| delegatee | mistreaver |
| vesting shares | 29941.349725 VESTS |
| Transaction Info | Block #14271415/Trx cc8f834d7a85f3ee40fb29deab7e951d19dad0e4 |
View Raw JSON Data
{
"trx_id": "cc8f834d7a85f3ee40fb29deab7e951d19dad0e4",
"block": 14271415,
"trx_in_block": 1,
"op_in_trx": 0,
"virtual_op": 0,
"timestamp": "2017-08-04T05:16:48",
"op": [
"delegate_vesting_shares",
{
"delegator": "steem",
"delegatee": "mistreaver",
"vesting_shares": "29941.349725 VESTS"
}
]
}2017/06/28 12:13:57
2017/06/28 12:13:57
| parent author | mistreaver |
| parent permlink | re-abu-mikayeel-first-day-introduce-me-20170627t114153243z |
| author | abu-mikayeel |
| permlink | re-mistreaver-re-abu-mikayeel-first-day-introduce-me-20170628t121355436z |
| title | |
| body | Hit the nail on the head there @mistreaver I pride myself on being none of those things!! Thanks for the comment :D |
| json metadata | {"tags":["introduceyourself"],"users":["mistreaver"],"app":"steemit/0.1"} |
| Transaction Info | Block #13215596/Trx 3d8d531bd9a6b7caf332167007fd34bb1e39263f |
View Raw JSON Data
{
"trx_id": "3d8d531bd9a6b7caf332167007fd34bb1e39263f",
"block": 13215596,
"trx_in_block": 0,
"op_in_trx": 0,
"virtual_op": 0,
"timestamp": "2017-06-28T12:13:57",
"op": [
"comment",
{
"parent_author": "mistreaver",
"parent_permlink": "re-abu-mikayeel-first-day-introduce-me-20170627t114153243z",
"author": "abu-mikayeel",
"permlink": "re-mistreaver-re-abu-mikayeel-first-day-introduce-me-20170628t121355436z",
"title": "",
"body": "Hit the nail on the head there @mistreaver \n\nI pride myself on being none of those things!! \n\nThanks for the comment :D",
"json_metadata": "{\"tags\":[\"introduceyourself\"],\"users\":[\"mistreaver\"],\"app\":\"steemit/0.1\"}"
}
]
}2017/06/28 10:29:06
2017/06/28 10:29:06
| parent author | mistreaver |
| parent permlink | chess-in-popular-culture |
| author | steemitboard |
| permlink | steemitboard-notify-mistreaver-20170628t102908000z |
| title | |
| body | Congratulations @mistreaver! You have completed some achievement on Steemit and have been rewarded with new badge(s) : [](http://steemitboard.com/@mistreaver) You published your First Post [](http://steemitboard.com/@mistreaver) You made your First Vote [](http://steemitboard.com/@mistreaver) You made your First Comment [](http://steemitboard.com/@mistreaver) You got a First Vote Click on any badge to view your own Board of Honnor on SteemitBoard. For more information about SteemitBoard, click [here](https://steemit.com/@steemitboard) If you no longer want to receive notifications, reply to this comment with the word `STOP` By upvoting this notification, you can help all Steemit users. Learn how [here](https://steemit.com/steemitboard/@steemitboard/http-i-cubeupload-com-7ciqeo-png)! |
| json metadata | {"image":["https://steemitboard.com/img/notifications.png"]} |
| Transaction Info | Block #13213573/Trx b2307231e8174979503d9c379975e0d128bcad12 |
View Raw JSON Data
{
"trx_id": "b2307231e8174979503d9c379975e0d128bcad12",
"block": 13213573,
"trx_in_block": 18,
"op_in_trx": 0,
"virtual_op": 0,
"timestamp": "2017-06-28T10:29:06",
"op": [
"comment",
{
"parent_author": "mistreaver",
"parent_permlink": "chess-in-popular-culture",
"author": "steemitboard",
"permlink": "steemitboard-notify-mistreaver-20170628t102908000z",
"title": "",
"body": "Congratulations @mistreaver! You have completed some achievement on Steemit and have been rewarded with new badge(s) :\n\n[](http://steemitboard.com/@mistreaver) You published your First Post\n[](http://steemitboard.com/@mistreaver) You made your First Vote\n[](http://steemitboard.com/@mistreaver) You made your First Comment\n[](http://steemitboard.com/@mistreaver) You got a First Vote\n\nClick on any badge to view your own Board of Honnor on SteemitBoard.\nFor more information about SteemitBoard, click [here](https://steemit.com/@steemitboard)\n\nIf you no longer want to receive notifications, reply to this comment with the word `STOP`\n\nBy upvoting this notification, you can help all Steemit users. Learn how [here](https://steemit.com/steemitboard/@steemitboard/http-i-cubeupload-com-7ciqeo-png)!",
"json_metadata": "{\"image\":[\"https://steemitboard.com/img/notifications.png\"]}"
}
]
}2017/06/27 11:40:18
2017/06/27 11:40:18
| parent author | mistreaver |
| parent permlink | re-starhills-just-at-the-begining-of-my-journey-as-a-steemitian-introduce-myself-with-a-passion-of-travelling-20170627t114021039z |
| author | starhills |
| permlink | re-mistreaver-re-starhills-just-at-the-begining-of-my-journey-as-a-steemitian-introduce-myself-with-a-passion-of-travelling-20170627t114017613z |
| title | |
| body | Thanks for your hope for my little angel |
| json metadata | {"tags":["introduceyourself"],"app":"steemit/0.1"} |
| Transaction Info | Block #13186247/Trx 2d16c164e9e485c935c996bfc5ba4e13bd0deed9 |
View Raw JSON Data
{
"trx_id": "2d16c164e9e485c935c996bfc5ba4e13bd0deed9",
"block": 13186247,
"trx_in_block": 42,
"op_in_trx": 0,
"virtual_op": 0,
"timestamp": "2017-06-27T11:40:18",
"op": [
"comment",
{
"parent_author": "mistreaver",
"parent_permlink": "re-starhills-just-at-the-begining-of-my-journey-as-a-steemitian-introduce-myself-with-a-passion-of-travelling-20170627t114021039z",
"author": "starhills",
"permlink": "re-mistreaver-re-starhills-just-at-the-begining-of-my-journey-as-a-steemitian-introduce-myself-with-a-passion-of-travelling-20170627t114017613z",
"title": "",
"body": "Thanks for your hope for my little angel",
"json_metadata": "{\"tags\":[\"introduceyourself\"],\"app\":\"steemit/0.1\"}"
}
]
}2017/06/27 11:40:18
2017/06/27 11:40:18
| parent author | abu-mikayeel |
| parent permlink | first-day-introduce-me |
| author | mistreaver |
| permlink | re-abu-mikayeel-first-day-introduce-me-20170627t114153243z |
| title | |
| body | Welcome to Steem and good luck :) Always nice to see 19 years old being proactive instead of watching TV whole days and lamenting about how xy girl didn't send them her nude on snapchat :D |
| json metadata | {"tags":["introduceyourself"],"app":"steemit/0.1"} |
| Transaction Info | Block #13186247/Trx 006da74227fca751259a5573c4b484e115ed0753 |
View Raw JSON Data
{
"trx_id": "006da74227fca751259a5573c4b484e115ed0753",
"block": 13186247,
"trx_in_block": 19,
"op_in_trx": 0,
"virtual_op": 0,
"timestamp": "2017-06-27T11:40:18",
"op": [
"comment",
{
"parent_author": "abu-mikayeel",
"parent_permlink": "first-day-introduce-me",
"author": "mistreaver",
"permlink": "re-abu-mikayeel-first-day-introduce-me-20170627t114153243z",
"title": "",
"body": "Welcome to Steem and good luck :)\nAlways nice to see 19 years old being proactive instead of watching TV whole days and lamenting about how xy girl didn't send them her nude on snapchat :D",
"json_metadata": "{\"tags\":[\"introduceyourself\"],\"app\":\"steemit/0.1\"}"
}
]
}mistreaverupvoted (100.00%) @abu-mikayeel / first-day-introduce-me2017/06/27 11:39:36
mistreaverupvoted (100.00%) @abu-mikayeel / first-day-introduce-me
2017/06/27 11:39:36
| voter | mistreaver |
| author | abu-mikayeel |
| permlink | first-day-introduce-me |
| weight | 10000 (100.00%) |
| Transaction Info | Block #13186233/Trx fb59b5d93e8953021d6971a8de380f62c5e26a9c |
View Raw JSON Data
{
"trx_id": "fb59b5d93e8953021d6971a8de380f62c5e26a9c",
"block": 13186233,
"trx_in_block": 13,
"op_in_trx": 0,
"virtual_op": 0,
"timestamp": "2017-06-27T11:39:36",
"op": [
"vote",
{
"voter": "mistreaver",
"author": "abu-mikayeel",
"permlink": "first-day-introduce-me",
"weight": 10000
}
]
}mistreaverfollowed @starhills2017/06/27 11:38:54
mistreaverfollowed @starhills
2017/06/27 11:38:54
| required auths | [] |
| required posting auths | ["mistreaver"] |
| id | follow |
| json | ["follow",{"follower":"mistreaver","following":"starhills","what":["blog"]}] |
| Transaction Info | Block #13186219/Trx 35fad06236923a051c1f9814bb841609e8acdc11 |
View Raw JSON Data
{
"trx_id": "35fad06236923a051c1f9814bb841609e8acdc11",
"block": 13186219,
"trx_in_block": 7,
"op_in_trx": 0,
"virtual_op": 0,
"timestamp": "2017-06-27T11:38:54",
"op": [
"custom_json",
{
"required_auths": [],
"required_posting_auths": [
"mistreaver"
],
"id": "follow",
"json": "[\"follow\",{\"follower\":\"mistreaver\",\"following\":\"starhills\",\"what\":[\"blog\"]}]"
}
]
}2017/06/27 11:38:45
2017/06/27 11:38:45
| parent author | starhills |
| parent permlink | just-at-the-begining-of-my-journey-as-a-steemitian-introduce-myself-with-a-passion-of-travelling |
| author | mistreaver |
| permlink | re-starhills-just-at-the-begining-of-my-journey-as-a-steemitian-introduce-myself-with-a-passion-of-travelling-20170627t114021039z |
| title | |
| body | Good luck in accomplishing your dream. Hope the angel also smiles sometimes :P |
| json metadata | {"tags":["introduceyourself"],"app":"steemit/0.1"} |
| Transaction Info | Block #13186216/Trx 9371a8492b603e67b2f0d81eb58329fc61385a16 |
View Raw JSON Data
{
"trx_id": "9371a8492b603e67b2f0d81eb58329fc61385a16",
"block": 13186216,
"trx_in_block": 14,
"op_in_trx": 0,
"virtual_op": 0,
"timestamp": "2017-06-27T11:38:45",
"op": [
"comment",
{
"parent_author": "starhills",
"parent_permlink": "just-at-the-begining-of-my-journey-as-a-steemitian-introduce-myself-with-a-passion-of-travelling",
"author": "mistreaver",
"permlink": "re-starhills-just-at-the-begining-of-my-journey-as-a-steemitian-introduce-myself-with-a-passion-of-travelling-20170627t114021039z",
"title": "",
"body": "Good luck in accomplishing your dream. Hope the angel also smiles sometimes :P",
"json_metadata": "{\"tags\":[\"introduceyourself\"],\"app\":\"steemit/0.1\"}"
}
]
}2017/06/27 11:37:54
2017/06/27 11:37:54
| voter | mistreaver |
| author | starhills |
| permlink | just-at-the-begining-of-my-journey-as-a-steemitian-introduce-myself-with-a-passion-of-travelling |
| weight | 10000 (100.00%) |
| Transaction Info | Block #13186199/Trx 699e002ce64e14a38e31cb7bf1bc731b6e09a74a |
View Raw JSON Data
{
"trx_id": "699e002ce64e14a38e31cb7bf1bc731b6e09a74a",
"block": 13186199,
"trx_in_block": 27,
"op_in_trx": 0,
"virtual_op": 0,
"timestamp": "2017-06-27T11:37:54",
"op": [
"vote",
{
"voter": "mistreaver",
"author": "starhills",
"permlink": "just-at-the-begining-of-my-journey-as-a-steemitian-introduce-myself-with-a-passion-of-travelling",
"weight": 10000
}
]
}mistreaverfollowed @timsaid2017/06/27 11:37:21
mistreaverfollowed @timsaid
2017/06/27 11:37:21
| required auths | [] |
| required posting auths | ["mistreaver"] |
| id | follow |
| json | ["follow",{"follower":"mistreaver","following":"timsaid","what":["blog"]}] |
| Transaction Info | Block #13186188/Trx 386ac26a412a6a55ae7594e354c98438186fd96c |
View Raw JSON Data
{
"trx_id": "386ac26a412a6a55ae7594e354c98438186fd96c",
"block": 13186188,
"trx_in_block": 4,
"op_in_trx": 0,
"virtual_op": 0,
"timestamp": "2017-06-27T11:37:21",
"op": [
"custom_json",
{
"required_auths": [],
"required_posting_auths": [
"mistreaver"
],
"id": "follow",
"json": "[\"follow\",{\"follower\":\"mistreaver\",\"following\":\"timsaid\",\"what\":[\"blog\"]}]"
}
]
}2017/06/27 11:37:09
2017/06/27 11:37:09
| parent author | timsaid |
| parent permlink | timtravels-la-ville-lumiere-paris-part-1 |
| author | mistreaver |
| permlink | re-timsaid-timtravels-la-ville-lumiere-paris-part-1-20170627t113845014z |
| title | |
| body | Wow, nice report and beautiful photos. I was as equally impressed by the Eiffel tower looming across the sky as with the simple ice cream shots. |
| json metadata | {"tags":["photography"],"app":"steemit/0.1"} |
| Transaction Info | Block #13186184/Trx be55aae410ae4ae1714fa735e83cb1e9c832c250 |
View Raw JSON Data
{
"trx_id": "be55aae410ae4ae1714fa735e83cb1e9c832c250",
"block": 13186184,
"trx_in_block": 26,
"op_in_trx": 0,
"virtual_op": 0,
"timestamp": "2017-06-27T11:37:09",
"op": [
"comment",
{
"parent_author": "timsaid",
"parent_permlink": "timtravels-la-ville-lumiere-paris-part-1",
"author": "mistreaver",
"permlink": "re-timsaid-timtravels-la-ville-lumiere-paris-part-1-20170627t113845014z",
"title": "",
"body": "Wow, nice report and beautiful photos. I was as equally impressed by the Eiffel tower looming across the sky as with the simple ice cream shots.",
"json_metadata": "{\"tags\":[\"photography\"],\"app\":\"steemit/0.1\"}"
}
]
}mistreaverupvoted (100.00%) @timsaid / timtravels-la-ville-lumiere-paris-part-12017/06/27 11:35:30
mistreaverupvoted (100.00%) @timsaid / timtravels-la-ville-lumiere-paris-part-1
2017/06/27 11:35:30
| voter | mistreaver |
| author | timsaid |
| permlink | timtravels-la-ville-lumiere-paris-part-1 |
| weight | 10000 (100.00%) |
| Transaction Info | Block #13186151/Trx 7a6278e55f4c2cbbb567f909eeea3610e9ea9fc1 |
View Raw JSON Data
{
"trx_id": "7a6278e55f4c2cbbb567f909eeea3610e9ea9fc1",
"block": 13186151,
"trx_in_block": 19,
"op_in_trx": 0,
"virtual_op": 0,
"timestamp": "2017-06-27T11:35:30",
"op": [
"vote",
{
"voter": "mistreaver",
"author": "timsaid",
"permlink": "timtravels-la-ville-lumiere-paris-part-1",
"weight": 10000
}
]
}2017/06/26 21:48:36
2017/06/26 21:48:36
| parent author | cheetah |
| parent permlink | cheetah-re-mistreaverchess-in-popular-culture |
| author | mistreaver |
| permlink | re-cheetah-cheetah-re-mistreaverchess-in-popular-culture-20170626t214838420z |
| title | |
| body | Just for clarification, that username on chesscom is mine and the post is solely my own work. |
| json metadata | {"tags":["chess"],"app":"steemit/0.1"} |
| Transaction Info | Block #13169644/Trx e0dc052a0e38b9143ca3e798abd2319c00124e32 |
View Raw JSON Data
{
"trx_id": "e0dc052a0e38b9143ca3e798abd2319c00124e32",
"block": 13169644,
"trx_in_block": 36,
"op_in_trx": 0,
"virtual_op": 0,
"timestamp": "2017-06-26T21:48:36",
"op": [
"comment",
{
"parent_author": "cheetah",
"parent_permlink": "cheetah-re-mistreaverchess-in-popular-culture",
"author": "mistreaver",
"permlink": "re-cheetah-cheetah-re-mistreaverchess-in-popular-culture-20170626t214838420z",
"title": "",
"body": "Just for clarification, that username on chesscom is mine and the post is solely my own work.",
"json_metadata": "{\"tags\":[\"chess\"],\"app\":\"steemit/0.1\"}"
}
]
}2017/06/26 21:33:48
2017/06/26 21:33:48
| parent author | mistreaver |
| parent permlink | chess-in-popular-culture |
| author | cheetah |
| permlink | cheetah-re-mistreaverchess-in-popular-culture |
| title | |
| body | Hi! I am a robot. I just upvoted you! I found similar content that readers might be interested in: https://www.chess.com/blog/vjecspec/chess-in-popular-culture |
| json metadata | |
| Transaction Info | Block #13169348/Trx baf9d80f1bc656ddb8279f5bbce8d25c64056b99 |
View Raw JSON Data
{
"trx_id": "baf9d80f1bc656ddb8279f5bbce8d25c64056b99",
"block": 13169348,
"trx_in_block": 31,
"op_in_trx": 0,
"virtual_op": 0,
"timestamp": "2017-06-26T21:33:48",
"op": [
"comment",
{
"parent_author": "mistreaver",
"parent_permlink": "chess-in-popular-culture",
"author": "cheetah",
"permlink": "cheetah-re-mistreaverchess-in-popular-culture",
"title": "",
"body": "Hi! I am a robot. I just upvoted you! I found similar content that readers might be interested in:\nhttps://www.chess.com/blog/vjecspec/chess-in-popular-culture",
"json_metadata": ""
}
]
}cheetahupvoted (1.00%) @mistreaver / chess-in-popular-culture2017/06/26 21:33:45
cheetahupvoted (1.00%) @mistreaver / chess-in-popular-culture
2017/06/26 21:33:45
| voter | cheetah |
| author | mistreaver |
| permlink | chess-in-popular-culture |
| weight | 100 (1.00%) |
| Transaction Info | Block #13169347/Trx 80ac7b5b437cec29c8270bb20638b3f841258a9d |
View Raw JSON Data
{
"trx_id": "80ac7b5b437cec29c8270bb20638b3f841258a9d",
"block": 13169347,
"trx_in_block": 17,
"op_in_trx": 0,
"virtual_op": 0,
"timestamp": "2017-06-26T21:33:45",
"op": [
"vote",
{
"voter": "cheetah",
"author": "mistreaver",
"permlink": "chess-in-popular-culture",
"weight": 100
}
]
}mistreaverupvoted (100.00%) @mistreaver / chess-in-popular-culture2017/06/26 21:32:27
mistreaverupvoted (100.00%) @mistreaver / chess-in-popular-culture
2017/06/26 21:32:27
| voter | mistreaver |
| author | mistreaver |
| permlink | chess-in-popular-culture |
| weight | 10000 (100.00%) |
| Transaction Info | Block #13169321/Trx 5d33e22386bde1a20c71a3cc0ada5badd19a91fa |
View Raw JSON Data
{
"trx_id": "5d33e22386bde1a20c71a3cc0ada5badd19a91fa",
"block": 13169321,
"trx_in_block": 3,
"op_in_trx": 0,
"virtual_op": 0,
"timestamp": "2017-06-26T21:32:27",
"op": [
"vote",
{
"voter": "mistreaver",
"author": "mistreaver",
"permlink": "chess-in-popular-culture",
"weight": 10000
}
]
}mistreaverpublished a new post: chess-in-popular-culture2017/06/26 21:32:27
mistreaverpublished a new post: chess-in-popular-culture
2017/06/26 21:32:27
| parent author | |
| parent permlink | chess |
| author | mistreaver |
| permlink | chess-in-popular-culture |
| title | Chess in popular culture |
| body | **Chess gone mainstream** February 19th, 2017 will go down in history of chess as a date when chess became an integral part of the mainstream popular culture. Because on February 19th, 2017, the 15th episode of the 28th season (already?!) of the Simpsons, labeled "The Cad and the Hat", officialy aired. An episode in which apart from standard brother-sister love between Bart and Lisa Simpson, also introduces Homer Simpson as a "chess savant" and features the Chess World Champion Magnus Carlsen as a guest.  The reaction of the chess community worldwide was predictable. Since chess is often underestimated and rarely publicized in the media, everybody was delighted that chess came under the spotlight for once. Even though there are some people who think that Simpsons should have been cancecancelled 10 years ago. But haters gonna hate.. However, although by far the most prominent, the leading role played by chess in the Simpsons is not the only instance of appearance of chess in popular culture. Throughout the last century there has been a significant amount of chess references in books, movies, musical videos and insanely politicaly correct internet comics.  Therefore, I've decided to make an overview of the most important instances of chess appearing in popular culture. Hope you will enjoy getting acquainted with science fiction, con artists and beautiful woman. [Spoiler alert] I have mentioned important plot details of the various movies/books/comics in this post. So be warned! [/Spoiler alert] **Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone** If you are a 90s kid, prepare yourself for a huge burst of a nostalgia for starters. Because I reckon there is a very high probability that the book series about The-boy-who-lived brought alot of joy and delight into your childhood. Unless you spent your childhood going around burning the books together with the work of Stephen King and AC/DC albums. In that case I doubt there was joy and delight in your life at all.  Anyway, one of the most prominent public exposures of chess made its appearance already in the first book of the series, The Sorcerer's Stone. Because when they aren't saving the world, learning the spells or having a confusing mixes of feelings typical for teenagers, the heroes of the story like to play the wizard chess in their free time.  The wizard chess has the same rules as the conventional chess. The only slight difference is the fact that the pieces communicate with the players and that they capture one another in quite brutal and violent fashion. The wizard chess is very important throughout the first book. Apart from making Ronald Wesley good at something, winning in wizard chess on a giant chessboard is one of the key tasks in the labyrinth that leads to the Sorcerer's stone. The three youngsters take places of the three pieces on the chessboard and Ronald Wesley conducts the game heroically, sacrificing himself in the key moment to ensure the checkmate of the opposing king. And also another one of Rupert's Grint silly faces in the movie adaptation of the book.  The pure chess part of the movie is actually quite interesting. The producers actually hired the International Master Jeremy Silman to invent an interesting position for the purpose of the movie:  This is the position Silman invented. In the given position, Harry is the bishop on a3, Hermione rook on f8 and Ron the knight on g5.} **1...Rc3** {A fully correct sacrifice that frees the c5 square for Harry the bishop.} **2. Qxc3** {There is nothing better. Now comes the famous knight sacrifice that... turns out to be only the second best move in the position} **Nh3+** {[pgndiagram] Ron sacrifices itself in order to allow Harry to mate and deserve all the glory. Nothing new under the sun.} (2... Bc5+ {Would actually mate one move faster, but if this move was made, Voldemort would probably never die. BecauseHarry, NOT BEING ON A GIANT knight, wouldn't have survived the onslaught of the White Queen like Ron did.}  **3. Qxh3 Bc5+ 4. Qe3 Bxe3# 0-1** While analyzing the position, I realized the horrible blunder made by Rowling and repeated by the movie director. It was a terrible blunder not to have Harry playing as the h-pawn. (Harry the h-pawn is commonly used in chess circles). **The Seventh Seal** For another famous and celebrated chess scene, we have to dive back in the year 1957. Because this is the year when famous Swedish director Ingmar Bergmann made his virtually most famous movie, The Seventh Seal. Bergman tells the tale about Antonius Block, a knight returning from the Crusades. Upon returning home, he sees his homeland ravaged by famine and plague. What is even worse, Death himself, depicted as a tall black man, has come to take him to the other world as well. In such a depressing situation, Block makes the only logical and reasonable move. He challenged the Grim Reaper to a game of chess, with his life depending on the outcome. Because apparently being good at chess increases your chances of living a long and prosperous life.  The chess aspect of the game is somewhat shrouded in mystery. I will quote the words of chess arbiter Stewart Reuben here (taken from this article): “It’s very common for filmmakers to get things wrong. Although the film is set in the 14th century, it’s almost certain that they are playing to the rules established in the 15th century. Death makes a move, followed by white checking the King, followed by Black putting his King out of the way, but then the game dissolves away.” “The thing is, the game doesn’t flow,” observes Reubens. “What you’d expect is, as the game goes on, there to be fewer and fewer pieces on the board. What you would never expect to happen is that there are more and more pieces on the board, even though they are being exchanged off as it goes.” Nevertheless, perhaps it is better not to cavil and simply to enjoy this great movie. **Dylan Dog: Partita Con la Morte** Chess game against the Death also makes its appearance in one of the episodes about Dylan Dog, the famous nightmare hunter. Dylan Dog is a part of the Italian popular culture that is reasonably popular throughout the Europe. Most of the issues were translated into Croatian as well. However, it seems like it hasn't been as influental in the Anglo Saxon culture. Anyway, the issue number 66, under the title Partita con la morte (a rough translation from Italian meaning: A game against the Death) features the variation of the same theme.  It all starts when the main protagonist Harvey Burton dies. Before he definitely... "continues forward".. He challenges the Grim Reaper to a game of chess (we have heard this one before, haven't we). However, the stakes are much higher. Because whenever Death captures one of Burton's pieces, he has to chose one person he knows, that Death then "captures" in real world as well. Burton however is an old bastard full of hate. He tries to cheat Death by choosing people that are apparently close to him, but that he actually wishes were dead. But naturally, it is not so easy to trick Death. Therefore, upon finding out, she (or he) sends Burton back to life. Unfortunately for him, Dylan Dog finds out what's happening, because one of the chosen victims is a girl he sleeps with. Long story short, due to his actions, Burton finds himself somewhere between life and death.  Quite morbid, right? Who would imagine that inventors of something as beautiful as Pizza and Spaghetti are also capable of inventing something as disturbing as Dylan Dog series? **2001: A Space Odyssey** Another very famous chess scene from the Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey is also the first chess game of a human against the machine in the history. For the sake of the accuracy of the sentence above, we will not regard the famous chess automaton The Turk as a machine.  In the movie, one of the astronauts, Dr. Frank Poole, plays a recreational game with the supercomputer Hal 9000. It is interesting to observe that no particular mention of the chess game in Arthur Clarke's novel is made. It is merely mentioned that the astronauts play chess and other games occasionally against the computer and that Hal is programmed to win "only" 50 % of the games. The actual game is quite interesting, as it features the position from the very attractive game between lesser known masters Roesch and Schlage from the beginning of the 20th century.  **1. Qxa6 Bxg2 2. Re1 Qf3**  **3. Qc8 Rxc8 4. h3 Nxh3+ 5. Kh2 Ng4# 0-1** **Star Trek** Recently, I have asked a close personal female... acquitance.. whether she watches Game of Thrones. Her response went something along the lines: "Isn't that show only followed by those... wierd people?" I didn't even try to proceed with Star Trek references after that. But since we have already started going in the SF direction with the previous part of the post, there is no way out now. True fans of Star Trek have benefited heavily from following their favourite show throughout the years: - Star Trek has improved their linguistic capabilities by being forced to learn the Klingon Language (I have just found out that - The Klingon Language Institute actually exists) - Star Trek has allowed the kids to be cool by allowing them to play the advanced version of the Rock - Paper - Scissors game - Star Trek has introduced one of the most popular chess variants out there or the so called 3d chess  If you want to rule the rules of 3d chess, it is not that simple. The history of the rules of the 3d chess is very complicated and I haven't managed to find a 100% reliable source for learning the game. The most of the literature is more occupied with the pure process of manufacturing the board. The Star Trek history bible, the Starfleet Technical Reference Manual gives detailed instructions about making your own board, but there is zero information about the rules of the game. Therefore, I am sorry to inform you, but you probably won't get the role in the new season of the Big Bang Theory and the opportunity to beat the master of 3d chess, dr. Sheldon Cooper.  **James Bond: From Russia with Love** Although I have watched almost every James Bond sequel out there, I was still rather surprised when I found out that there is a chess scene featured as early as movie number two. Somehow I have forgotten that the main villain of the infamous SPECTRE organization featured in From Russia With Love, is also a chess grandmaster.  In the opening scene of the movie, the head of the SPECTRE, Kronsteen, also known as "number 5", uses a brilliant combination to beat the Canadian grandmaster, McAdams. Naturally, the combination comes in the crucial moment of a match the duo plays in Venice, Italy. The game is played with the result standing at 11.5 - 11.5, and with the nice tactical sequence Kronsteen wins the match. The whole scene is available on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdCo8UVxeXU This fictional game was inspired by a real life encounter. Moreover, the directors of James Bond have copied quite a famous chess game. The King's Gambit game between Boris Spassky and David Bronstein from the 1960 USSR Championship. Bronstein's comment is well worth noting: "I don't know what kind of Devil possesed me to reply with e5. I have forgotten that Spassky, very much as Spielmann in the past, enjoys playing the King's Gambit." **Pawn Sacrifice** Moving away from the world of fiction, the next three chess appearances will be more biography/drama orientated. Let's start with the movie that probably caused even more stirr in the chess world than the aforementioned Simpsons' episode. I am talking about the movie that allowed Tobey McGuire's one and only I-am-on-the-verge-of-crying face gain some credibility. The biographical movie about Robert James Fischer. The Pawn Sacrifice.  The movie follows the life and games of Bobby Fischer, culminating in the so-called "Match of the Century", a World Championship match against the Soviet Grandmaster Boris Spassky. Naturally, since the match happened during the Cold War, movie depicts the match as the clash of ideologies. For instance, I found the scene in which Nixon follows the chess game on the TV-set very dramatic. The movie crew has really made a thorough and detailed preparation. In preparing to write the movie's script, screenwriter Steven Knight read many of the books that have been written about Bobby Fischer and the "Match of the Century", as well as speaking with people who knew him. "The most useful material was archival footage of him being interviewed," said screenwriter Knight. "Bobby spoke and moved oddly, and to see that was helpful. If you noticed him walking down the street, you'd think, 'there is a curious person'. He might have ended up just another homeless person, but he was just so good at chess that he was saved by it. And, of course, cursed by it as well." And whereas the magnitude and importance of the "Match of the century" are well known to any chess player, the movie really did alot for chess promotion outside the chess community.  (This is not a movie scene, but an actualy photography of the Fischer in what appears very stressful moment during the Match of the century) **Searching for Bobby Fischer** Another famous chess appearance in the popular culture is once again inevitably linked with the name of Bobby Fischer. And once again we have an instance of a movie adaptation based on an autobiographical novel by Fred Waitzkin. In Searching for Bobby Fischer we follow a young chess prodigy, Josh Waitzkin on his path toward becoming a chess champion.  The movie is very touching as we see a seven year old being torn between playing chess for fun and playing chess professionally, as the following scene testifies (source: IMDB) : Bruce Pandolfini: *His chess ideas are like pieces of his body he's reluctant to give up. For instance, he simply can't cope with being told not to bring his queen out too early in the game. Why shouldn't he? He's won many a game in Washington Square doing exactly that, why is this suddenly wrong?* Fred: *Try getting him to brush his teeth sometime.* Bruce Pandolfini: *What I'm trying to teach him and what he's learning there are two very different things. Park hustlers play tactics, not position. They rely on wild, unpredictable moves meant to intimidate their opponent. Great in a two-minute speed game for drug money, but it'll cost Josh dearly in real games.* Fred: *Well, he's learning some new words!* Bruce Pandolfini: *I was wondering if you could keep him from playing there so much.* Fred: *Sure.* Bonnie: *No. It'd kill him not to play in the park. He loves it.* Apart from boy struggling, we also follow the struggles of his father Fred, who is torn between pushing his son to maximize his potential and allowing him to have a normal childhood. The tournament in the film was meant to resemble Waitzkin's 1986 U.S. Primary Championships, in which he drew a tough opponent named Jeff Sarwer (who Jonathan Poe is meant to characterize), to share the championship title. It is interesting to note that Joshua Waitzkin won the US. Junior Championships in 1993 and 1994. Nowadays he is probably the best known International Master in the world. Also, it is interesting to say that Bobby Fischer denounced the movie, claiming that it was part of a "Jewish conspiracy" to sully his name and make money off him at the same time. This claim tells you alot about Fischer's character and his extremistic views. **The (Luzhin) Defense** Apart from being a pervert and writing about sexual desires toward little girls in Lolita or brother-sister love in Ada, Vladimir Nabokov was also a very big fan of the game of chess (please don't get the impression that these two are connected).  (There is a thin line between being a brilliant writer and twisted old perv..) His third novel Defense (also known as the Luzhin's Defense after the movie release) and its movie adaptation The Luzhin's Defense follow the mentally distressed chess grandmaster Luzhin participating in a World Class tournament in Italy. Prior to a tournament, he meets a young lady Natalia Katkov, and immediately falls in love with her. You might anticipate a Disney - like plot in which he wins the tournament, marries the lady and kills the beast-like looking Russian. However, the plot is much more disturbing (it is Nabokov after all). The ongoing mental issues trouble Luzhin as the tournament progresses (which should be familiar to all chess players out there) and culminate in the final round where he faces his most fierce competitor, Italian grandmaster, Salvatore Turati.  After the game is adjourned, he finishes in the hospital, proposes Natalia, gets out of the hospital only to commit suicide on his wedding day. In the aftermath, his never-to-be bride completes the game against Turati using Luzhin's notes. The final combination is actually a chess masterpiece  **1... Rh3!! {Quite a brilliant move. Preventing Kh4 and also g3 in response to Bf2} 2. gxh3 h6+ 3. Kh4 Bf2#**  { Luzhin ensures his immortality with a brilliant rook sacrifice.} 1-0 God, I started crying now. **The Twelve Chairs** If you got depressed by all the Nabokov stuff, it is tome to chair you up (these things really bring a bright smile on my face). Because the satiric genius of the Russian writers Ilya Ilf and Yevgeni Petrov is bound to bring a smile to everybody's face. Ilf and Petrov are creators one of the most famous characters of the Russian modernism - a famous con artist Ostap Bender.  (Ostap Bender portrayed by Russian actor Andrei Mironov) In the two epochal novels, The Twelve Chairs and The Golden Calf, Bender travels throughout the Russia, obsessing about travelling to Rio de Janeiro while inventing new ways of operating outside of the law and robbing people of their money. For the needs of the article, we will focus on the former. In The Twelve Chairs, Ostap Bender joins forces with Ippolit Matveyevich "Kisa" Vorobyaninov. Vorobyaninov's mother-in-law admits on her deathbed that she has hid her family jewels in one of the twelve chairs from the family's dining room set. Naturally, the chairs were confiscated by the Communists after the Revolution. In an epic series of adventures the Bender - Vorobyaninov duo hunts the chairs over the whole Russia. In one of their stops, they get stuck in the small Russian city. Bender devises a "cunning plan" to earn some money. He finds a local chess club and introduces himself as a grandmaster. He takes advantage over the naive locals by promising them organization of an international chess tournament with participation of Lasker, Capablanca and all other world class players he claims to know personally. Having gained their trust, he organizes a chess lecture with simultaneous exhibition included. Naturally, everyone pays the fee too see the great player in action. It goes without saying that everything ends with Bender losing all the games, trying to cheat in every possible way (even stealing pieces) and running away with all the money. It is ironic that he was often referred to as an entrepreneur in the post - Soviet era. **The end?** Hey hey, what about all the beautiful women you promised? You only gave us a teenage Emma Watson. Okay okay here is a photo from the set of the movie Friends with benefits.  This photo was not a part of the movie and has no relation to chess popular culture whatsoever. It is also probably the best part of the article. Those eyes...That smile... Asthon Kutcher, you lucky bastard.  |
| json metadata | {"tags":["chess","pop-culture","movies","books","comics"],"image":["https://steemitimages.com/DQmPf6dsQpBh3b8jPqVqu7xBmBMw8nCbcF7F7yGkMhY94xp/image.png","https://steemitimages.com/DQmc5SwZiSRrFSLu4nTsoJ54eETxAyBpaCYPzLbikcjNfRp/image.png","https://steemitimages.com/DQmZhFRhF6uoHqot43qZ8TuX5uVm5HV6AQMB2Ah9KxjK33T/image.png","https://steemitimages.com/DQmUExk8qS11fY6j3WjMZJ9iJozGSJhCEMC8Jks9HSnacZ8/image.png","https://steemitimages.com/DQmSyhwVMmWwmvwcFXgKsJ6q8oCUXXd4TTn1PRFLiQmHoF3/image.png","https://steemitimages.com/DQmbMdoADjWELttRFNeQcprdnJhuxs9Q1fAoU9TaBdJrisd/image.png","https://steemitimages.com/DQmSZ8kBqnBvWkYTWyVkRFwAWKXbGYSdEikCyv6LHa3spJA/image.png","https://steemitimages.com/DQmYh5pwZbChqYQktDwSkmconjcP4D1Vzen8SdM6ELSD1vL/image.png","https://steemitimages.com/DQmWbh1eV9PcYFWqbKgKfBgt81d89i2iSBsQjVfbJpvgdPx/image.png","https://steemitimages.com/DQmNT7MoCzxhaapUS7AjPaDP9nmSFTxwLSxWa9SbStJDx1e/image.png","https://steemitimages.com/DQmScD7EnUKbrNX5vQLHgFxSxJ5V5hUGhFxiipNmvkjpD3w/image.png","https://steemitimages.com/DQmapyJVTCA9jyZ8z8LBKKMJeQ2JUAwVCz1vtKnSKbuKSWA/image.png","https://steemitimages.com/DQmXnv1TNwiJYoUzMRBHh39PENCeDZ1UwEPQtCq6Rodw3W1/image.png","https://steemitimages.com/DQmRM5xnjR5cosQUWiRRxbHJByFnsSq5jvZdSz2YY9wH38N/image.png","https://steemitimages.com/DQmbnGundcwPK3fWaKsJ2cZ6xjTWVWVYTbq9P7bYHrR4YEj/image.png","https://steemitimages.com/DQmXpRAHdsJKcqm3WnHCtBxryY71bdVv8CRZnCwCjXjEa31/image.png","https://img.youtube.com/vi/qdCo8UVxeXU/0.jpg","https://steemitimages.com/DQmdzJpU1qDejsTHKjPHw8aQQt4AZeBxtZFYUadCe4ubRE4/image.png","https://steemitimages.com/DQmQ7e6off8x3XbRpD83gM1eCbp77hvkeU4bDWTFNKz3Ak9/image.png","https://steemitimages.com/DQmapUvtoVyY7Kk6xvNJjUHQJKv7f4yLzaAhEKQAUyoWdQc/image.png","https://steemitimages.com/DQmRMC7Ka3CPYLkkVgMVQ4AxVxuTcs1m9J9EdpM6h7GA1bZ/image.png","https://steemitimages.com/DQmUAiScshDssreUS8unxNiMypi8U87dQj4JHAa6kxE65Ne/image.png","https://steemitimages.com/DQmZ8aZQHZUvobQKBVjPViB95GQUoMW5TF7E1FSo9Pf6MGE/image.png","https://steemitimages.com/DQmQG5TeNddhimNm7ugXRJYFbtfkjbDzuTgKCJaeVLyZjhz/image.png","https://steemitimages.com/DQmPWe2Wjug4NUi79KDcen7p59j9VVbvjHHTXa9GU4Si7xa/image.png","https://steemitimages.com/DQmTWHmyyyjwn5YtVzQtJDXeUUV2pFAvRSEkveDHuVmHL7Y/image.png"],"links":["https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdCo8UVxeXU"],"app":"steemit/0.1","format":"markdown"} |
| Transaction Info | Block #13169321/Trx 5d33e22386bde1a20c71a3cc0ada5badd19a91fa |
View Raw JSON Data
{
"trx_id": "5d33e22386bde1a20c71a3cc0ada5badd19a91fa",
"block": 13169321,
"trx_in_block": 3,
"op_in_trx": 0,
"virtual_op": 0,
"timestamp": "2017-06-26T21:32:27",
"op": [
"comment",
{
"parent_author": "",
"parent_permlink": "chess",
"author": "mistreaver",
"permlink": "chess-in-popular-culture",
"title": "Chess in popular culture",
"body": "**Chess gone mainstream**\n\nFebruary 19th, 2017 will go down in history of chess as a date when chess became an integral part of the mainstream popular culture.\nBecause on February 19th, 2017, the 15th episode of the 28th season (already?!) of the Simpsons, labeled \"The Cad and the Hat\", officialy aired.\n\nAn episode in which apart from standard brother-sister love between Bart and Lisa Simpson, also introduces Homer Simpson as a \"chess savant\" and features the Chess World Champion Magnus Carlsen as a guest.\n\n\n\n\nThe reaction of the chess community worldwide was predictable. Since chess is often underestimated and rarely publicized in the media, everybody was delighted that chess came under the spotlight for once.\n\nEven though there are some people who think that Simpsons should have been cancecancelled 10 years ago. But haters gonna hate..\n\nHowever, although by far the most prominent, the leading role played by chess in the Simpsons is not the only instance of appearance of chess in popular culture.\n\nThroughout the last century there has been a significant amount of chess references in books, movies, musical videos and insanely politicaly correct internet comics.\n\n\n\nTherefore, I've decided to make an overview of the most important instances of chess appearing in popular culture.\n\nHope you will enjoy getting acquainted with science fiction, con artists and beautiful woman.\n\n[Spoiler alert] \n\nI have mentioned important plot details of the various movies/books/comics in this post. So be warned!\n\n[/Spoiler alert]\n\n**Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone**\n\nIf you are a 90s kid, prepare yourself for a huge burst of a nostalgia for starters.\n\nBecause I reckon there is a very high probability that the book series about The-boy-who-lived brought alot of joy and delight into your childhood.\n\nUnless you spent your childhood going around burning the books together with the work of Stephen King and AC/DC albums.\n\nIn that case I doubt there was joy and delight in your life at all.\n\n\n\nAnyway, one of the most prominent public exposures of chess made its appearance already in the first book of the series, The Sorcerer's Stone.\n\nBecause when they aren't saving the world, learning the spells or having a confusing mixes of feelings typical for teenagers, the heroes of the story like to play the wizard chess in their free time.\n\n\n\nThe wizard chess has the same rules as the conventional chess. The only slight difference is the fact that the pieces communicate with the players and that they capture one another in quite brutal and violent fashion.\n\nThe wizard chess is very important throughout the first book. Apart from making Ronald Wesley good at something, winning in wizard chess on a giant chessboard is one of the key tasks in the labyrinth that leads to the Sorcerer's stone. \n\nThe three youngsters take places of the three pieces on the chessboard and Ronald Wesley conducts the game heroically, sacrificing himself in the key moment to ensure the checkmate of the opposing king.\n\nAnd also another one of Rupert's Grint silly faces in the movie adaptation of the book.\n\n\n\nThe pure chess part of the movie is actually quite interesting. The producers actually hired the International Master Jeremy Silman to invent an interesting position for the purpose of the movie:\n\n\n\n This is the position Silman invented. In the given position, Harry is the bishop on a3, Hermione rook on f8 and Ron the knight on g5.}\n **1...Rc3** {A fully correct sacrifice that frees the c5 square for Harry the bishop.}\n**2. Qxc3** {There is nothing better. Now comes the famous knight sacrifice that... turns out to be only the second best move in the position} \n**Nh3+** {[pgndiagram] Ron sacrifices itself in order to allow Harry to mate and deserve all the glory. Nothing new under the sun.} (2... Bc5+ {Would actually mate one move faster, but if this move was made, Voldemort would probably never die. BecauseHarry, NOT BEING ON A GIANT knight, wouldn't have survived the onslaught of the White Queen like Ron did.} \n\n\n\n**3. Qxh3 Bc5+ 4. Qe3 Bxe3# 0-1**\n\nWhile analyzing the position, I realized the horrible blunder made by Rowling and repeated by the movie director.\n\nIt was a terrible blunder not to have Harry playing as the h-pawn. (Harry the h-pawn is commonly used in chess circles).\n\n**The Seventh Seal**\n\nFor another famous and celebrated chess scene, we have to dive back in the year 1957.\n\nBecause this is the year when famous Swedish director Ingmar Bergmann made his virtually most famous movie, The Seventh Seal.\n\nBergman tells the tale about Antonius Block, a knight returning from the Crusades. Upon returning home, he sees his homeland ravaged by famine and plague.\n\nWhat is even worse, Death himself, depicted as a tall black man, has come to take him to the other world as well.\n\nIn such a depressing situation, Block makes the only logical and reasonable move. He challenged the Grim Reaper to a game of chess, with his life depending on the outcome.\n\nBecause apparently being good at chess increases your chances of living a long and prosperous life.\n\n\n\nThe chess aspect of the game is somewhat shrouded in mystery. I will quote the words of chess arbiter Stewart Reuben here (taken from this article):\n\n“It’s very common for filmmakers to get things wrong. Although the film is set in the 14th century, it’s almost certain that they are playing to the rules established in the 15th century. Death makes a move, followed by white checking the King, followed by Black putting his King out of the way, but then the game dissolves away.”\n\n“The thing is, the game doesn’t flow,” observes Reubens. “What you’d expect is, as the game goes on, there to be fewer and fewer pieces on the board. What you would never expect to happen is that there are more and more pieces on the board, even though they are being exchanged off as it goes.”\n\nNevertheless, perhaps it is better not to cavil and simply to enjoy this great movie.\n\n**Dylan Dog: Partita Con la Morte**\n\nChess game against the Death also makes its appearance in one of the episodes about Dylan Dog, the famous nightmare hunter.\n\nDylan Dog is a part of the Italian popular culture that is reasonably popular throughout the Europe. Most of the issues were translated into Croatian as well.\n\nHowever, it seems like it hasn't been as influental in the Anglo Saxon culture.\n\nAnyway, the issue number 66, under the title Partita con la morte (a rough translation from Italian meaning: A game against the Death) features the variation of the same theme.\n\n\n\nIt all starts when the main protagonist Harvey Burton dies. Before he definitely... \"continues forward\".. He challenges the Grim Reaper to a game of chess (we have heard this one before, haven't we).\n\nHowever, the stakes are much higher. Because whenever Death captures one of Burton's pieces, he has to chose one person he knows, that Death then \"captures\" in real world as well.\n\nBurton however is an old bastard full of hate. He tries to cheat Death by choosing people that are apparently close to him, but that he actually wishes were dead.\n\nBut naturally, it is not so easy to trick Death. Therefore, upon finding out, she (or he) sends Burton back to life.\n\nUnfortunately for him, Dylan Dog finds out what's happening, because one of the chosen victims is a girl he sleeps with.\n\nLong story short, due to his actions, Burton finds himself somewhere between life and death.\n\n\n\nQuite morbid, right?\n\nWho would imagine that inventors of something as beautiful as Pizza and Spaghetti are also capable of inventing something as disturbing as Dylan Dog series?\n\n**2001: A Space Odyssey**\n\nAnother very famous chess scene from the Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey is also the first chess game of a human against the machine in the history.\n\nFor the sake of the accuracy of the sentence above, we will not regard the famous chess automaton The Turk as a machine.\n\n\n\nIn the movie, one of the astronauts, Dr. Frank Poole, plays a recreational game with the supercomputer Hal 9000.\n\nIt is interesting to observe that no particular mention of the chess game in Arthur Clarke's novel is made. It is merely mentioned that the astronauts play chess and other games occasionally against the computer and that Hal is programmed to win \"only\" 50 % of the games.\n\nThe actual game is quite interesting, as it features the position from the very attractive game between lesser known masters Roesch and Schlage from the beginning of the 20th century.\n\n\n\n**1. Qxa6 Bxg2 2. Re1 Qf3**\n\n\n\n**3. Qc8 Rxc8 4. h3 Nxh3+ 5. Kh2 Ng4# 0-1**\n\n**Star Trek**\n\nRecently, I have asked a close personal female... acquitance.. whether she watches Game of Thrones.\n\nHer response went something along the lines:\n\n\"Isn't that show only followed by those... wierd people?\"\n\nI didn't even try to proceed with Star Trek references after that. But since we have already started going in the SF direction with the previous part of the post, there is no way out now.\n\nTrue fans of Star Trek have benefited heavily from following their favourite show throughout the years:\n\n- Star Trek has improved their linguistic capabilities by being forced to learn the Klingon Language (I have just found out that -\n The Klingon Language Institute actually exists)\n- Star Trek has allowed the kids to be cool by allowing them to play the advanced version of the Rock - Paper - Scissors game \n- Star Trek has introduced one of the most popular chess variants out there or the so called 3d chess\n\n\n\nIf you want to rule the rules of 3d chess, it is not that simple. The history of the rules of the 3d chess is very complicated and I haven't managed to find a 100% reliable source for learning the game.\n\nThe most of the literature is more occupied with the pure process of manufacturing the board. The Star Trek history bible, the Starfleet Technical Reference Manual gives detailed instructions about making your own board, but there is zero information about the rules of the game.\n\nTherefore, I am sorry to inform you, but you probably won't get the role in the new season of the Big Bang Theory and the opportunity to beat the master of 3d chess, dr. Sheldon Cooper.\n\n\n\n**James Bond: From Russia with Love**\n\nAlthough I have watched almost every James Bond sequel out there, I was still rather surprised when I found out that there is a chess scene featured as early as movie number two.\n\nSomehow I have forgotten that the main villain of the infamous SPECTRE organization featured in From Russia With Love, is also a chess grandmaster.\n\n\n\nIn the opening scene of the movie, the head of the SPECTRE, Kronsteen, also known as \"number 5\", uses a brilliant combination to beat the Canadian grandmaster, McAdams.\n\nNaturally, the combination comes in the crucial moment of a match the duo plays in Venice, Italy. The game is played with the result standing at 11.5 - 11.5, and with the nice tactical sequence Kronsteen wins the match.\n\nThe whole scene is available on youtube:\n\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdCo8UVxeXU\n\nThis fictional game was inspired by a real life encounter. Moreover, the directors of James Bond have copied quite a famous chess game. The King's Gambit game between Boris Spassky and David Bronstein from the 1960 USSR Championship.\n\nBronstein's comment is well worth noting:\n\n\"I don't know what kind of Devil possesed me to reply with e5. I have forgotten that Spassky, very much as Spielmann in the past, enjoys playing the King's Gambit.\"\n\n**Pawn Sacrifice**\n\nMoving away from the world of fiction, the next three chess appearances will be more biography/drama orientated.\n\nLet's start with the movie that probably caused even more stirr in the chess world than the aforementioned Simpsons' episode.\n\nI am talking about the movie that allowed Tobey McGuire's one and only I-am-on-the-verge-of-crying face gain some credibility.\n\nThe biographical movie about Robert James Fischer. The Pawn Sacrifice.\n\n\n\nThe movie follows the life and games of Bobby Fischer, culminating in the so-called \"Match of the Century\", a World Championship match against the Soviet Grandmaster Boris Spassky.\n\nNaturally, since the match happened during the Cold War, movie depicts the match as the clash of ideologies.\n\nFor instance, I found the scene in which Nixon follows the chess game on the TV-set very dramatic.\n\nThe movie crew has really made a thorough and detailed preparation.\n\nIn preparing to write the movie's script, screenwriter Steven Knight read many of the books that have been written about Bobby Fischer and the \"Match of the Century\", as well as speaking with people who knew him.\n\n\"The most useful material was archival footage of him being interviewed,\" said screenwriter Knight. \"Bobby spoke and moved oddly, and to see that was helpful. If you noticed him walking down the street, you'd think, 'there is a curious person'. He might have ended up just another homeless person, but he was just so good at chess that he was saved by it. And, of course, cursed by it as well.\"\n\nAnd whereas the magnitude and importance of the \"Match of the century\" are well known to any chess player, the movie really did alot for chess promotion outside the chess community.\n\n\n(This is not a movie scene, but an actualy photography of the Fischer in what appears very stressful moment during the Match of the century)\n\n**Searching for Bobby Fischer**\n\nAnother famous chess appearance in the popular culture is once again inevitably linked with the name of Bobby Fischer.\n\nAnd once again we have an instance of a movie adaptation based on an autobiographical novel by Fred Waitzkin.\n\nIn Searching for Bobby Fischer we follow a young chess prodigy, Josh Waitzkin on his path toward becoming a chess champion.\n\n\n\nThe movie is very touching as we see a seven year old being torn between playing chess for fun and playing chess professionally, as the following scene testifies (source: IMDB) :\n\nBruce Pandolfini: *His chess ideas are like pieces of his body he's reluctant to give up. For instance, he simply can't cope with being told not to bring his queen out too early in the game. Why shouldn't he? He's won many a game in Washington Square doing exactly that, why is this suddenly wrong?*\n\nFred: *Try getting him to brush his teeth sometime.*\n\nBruce Pandolfini: *What I'm trying to teach him and what he's learning there are two very different things. Park hustlers play tactics, not position. They rely on wild, unpredictable moves meant to intimidate their opponent. Great in a two-minute speed game for drug money, but it'll cost Josh dearly in real games.*\n\nFred: *Well, he's learning some new words!*\n\nBruce Pandolfini: *I was wondering if you could keep him from playing there so much.*\n\nFred: *Sure.*\n\nBonnie: *No. It'd kill him not to play in the park. He loves it.*\n\nApart from boy struggling, we also follow the struggles of his father Fred, who is torn between pushing his son to maximize his potential and allowing him to have a normal childhood.\n\nThe tournament in the film was meant to resemble Waitzkin's 1986 U.S. Primary Championships, in which he drew a tough opponent named Jeff Sarwer (who Jonathan Poe is meant to characterize), to share the championship title.\n\n\nIt is interesting to note that Joshua Waitzkin won the US. Junior Championships in 1993 and 1994. Nowadays he is probably the best known International Master in the world.\n\nAlso, it is interesting to say that Bobby Fischer denounced the movie, claiming that it was part of a \"Jewish conspiracy\" to sully his name and make money off him at the same time.\n\nThis claim tells you alot about Fischer's character and his extremistic views.\n\n**The (Luzhin) Defense**\n\nApart from being a pervert and writing about sexual desires toward little girls in Lolita or brother-sister love in Ada, Vladimir Nabokov was also a very big fan of the game of chess (please don't get the impression that these two are connected).\n\n\n\n(There is a thin line between being a brilliant writer and twisted old perv..)\n\nHis third novel Defense (also known as the Luzhin's Defense after the movie release) and its movie adaptation The Luzhin's Defense follow the mentally distressed chess grandmaster Luzhin participating in a World Class tournament in Italy.\n\nPrior to a tournament, he meets a young lady Natalia Katkov, and immediately falls in love with her.\n\nYou might anticipate a Disney - like plot in which he wins the tournament, marries the lady and kills the beast-like looking Russian.\n\nHowever, the plot is much more disturbing (it is Nabokov after all). The ongoing mental issues trouble Luzhin as the tournament progresses (which should be familiar to all chess players out there) and culminate in the final round where he faces his most fierce competitor, Italian grandmaster, Salvatore Turati.\n\n\n\nAfter the game is adjourned, he finishes in the hospital, proposes Natalia, gets out of the hospital only to commit suicide on his wedding day.\n\nIn the aftermath, his never-to-be bride completes the game against Turati using Luzhin's notes. The final combination is actually a chess masterpiece \n\n\n\n **1... Rh3!! {Quite a brilliant move. Preventing Kh4 and also g3 in response to Bf2} 2. gxh3\nh6+ 3. Kh4 Bf2#**\n\n\n{ Luzhin ensures his immortality with a brilliant rook sacrifice.} 1-0\n\nGod, I started crying now.\n\n**The Twelve Chairs**\n\nIf you got depressed by all the Nabokov stuff, it is tome to chair you up (these things really bring a bright smile on my face).\n\nBecause the satiric genius of the Russian writers Ilya Ilf and Yevgeni Petrov is bound to bring a smile to everybody's face.\n\nIlf and Petrov are creators one of the most famous characters of the Russian modernism - a famous con artist Ostap Bender.\n\n\n(Ostap Bender portrayed by Russian actor Andrei Mironov)\n\nIn the two epochal novels, The Twelve Chairs and The Golden Calf, Bender travels throughout the Russia, obsessing about travelling to Rio de Janeiro while inventing new ways of operating outside of the law and robbing people of their money.\n\nFor the needs of the article, we will focus on the former. In The Twelve Chairs, Ostap Bender joins forces with Ippolit Matveyevich \"Kisa\" Vorobyaninov.\n\nVorobyaninov's mother-in-law admits on her deathbed that she has hid her family jewels in one of the twelve chairs from the family's dining room set.\n\nNaturally, the chairs were confiscated by the Communists after the Revolution.\n\nIn an epic series of adventures the Bender - Vorobyaninov duo hunts the chairs over the whole Russia.\n\nIn one of their stops, they get stuck in the small Russian city. Bender devises a \"cunning plan\" to earn some money.\n\nHe finds a local chess club and introduces himself as a grandmaster. He takes advantage over the naive locals by promising them organization of an international chess tournament with participation of Lasker, Capablanca and all other world class players he claims to know personally.\n\nHaving gained their trust, he organizes a chess lecture with simultaneous exhibition included. Naturally, everyone pays the fee too see the great player in action.\n\nIt goes without saying that everything ends with Bender losing all the games, trying to cheat in every possible way (even stealing pieces) and running away with all the money.\n\nIt is ironic that he was often referred to as an entrepreneur in the post - Soviet era.\n\n**The end?**\n\nHey hey, what about all the beautiful women you promised? You only gave us a teenage Emma Watson.\n\nOkay okay here is a photo from the set of the movie Friends with benefits.\n\n\n\nThis photo was not a part of the movie and has no relation to chess popular culture whatsoever.\n\nIt is also probably the best part of the article.\n\nThose eyes...That smile...\n\nAsthon Kutcher, you lucky bastard.\n\n",
"json_metadata": "{\"tags\":[\"chess\",\"pop-culture\",\"movies\",\"books\",\"comics\"],\"image\":[\"https://steemitimages.com/DQmPf6dsQpBh3b8jPqVqu7xBmBMw8nCbcF7F7yGkMhY94xp/image.png\",\"https://steemitimages.com/DQmc5SwZiSRrFSLu4nTsoJ54eETxAyBpaCYPzLbikcjNfRp/image.png\",\"https://steemitimages.com/DQmZhFRhF6uoHqot43qZ8TuX5uVm5HV6AQMB2Ah9KxjK33T/image.png\",\"https://steemitimages.com/DQmUExk8qS11fY6j3WjMZJ9iJozGSJhCEMC8Jks9HSnacZ8/image.png\",\"https://steemitimages.com/DQmSyhwVMmWwmvwcFXgKsJ6q8oCUXXd4TTn1PRFLiQmHoF3/image.png\",\"https://steemitimages.com/DQmbMdoADjWELttRFNeQcprdnJhuxs9Q1fAoU9TaBdJrisd/image.png\",\"https://steemitimages.com/DQmSZ8kBqnBvWkYTWyVkRFwAWKXbGYSdEikCyv6LHa3spJA/image.png\",\"https://steemitimages.com/DQmYh5pwZbChqYQktDwSkmconjcP4D1Vzen8SdM6ELSD1vL/image.png\",\"https://steemitimages.com/DQmWbh1eV9PcYFWqbKgKfBgt81d89i2iSBsQjVfbJpvgdPx/image.png\",\"https://steemitimages.com/DQmNT7MoCzxhaapUS7AjPaDP9nmSFTxwLSxWa9SbStJDx1e/image.png\",\"https://steemitimages.com/DQmScD7EnUKbrNX5vQLHgFxSxJ5V5hUGhFxiipNmvkjpD3w/image.png\",\"https://steemitimages.com/DQmapyJVTCA9jyZ8z8LBKKMJeQ2JUAwVCz1vtKnSKbuKSWA/image.png\",\"https://steemitimages.com/DQmXnv1TNwiJYoUzMRBHh39PENCeDZ1UwEPQtCq6Rodw3W1/image.png\",\"https://steemitimages.com/DQmRM5xnjR5cosQUWiRRxbHJByFnsSq5jvZdSz2YY9wH38N/image.png\",\"https://steemitimages.com/DQmbnGundcwPK3fWaKsJ2cZ6xjTWVWVYTbq9P7bYHrR4YEj/image.png\",\"https://steemitimages.com/DQmXpRAHdsJKcqm3WnHCtBxryY71bdVv8CRZnCwCjXjEa31/image.png\",\"https://img.youtube.com/vi/qdCo8UVxeXU/0.jpg\",\"https://steemitimages.com/DQmdzJpU1qDejsTHKjPHw8aQQt4AZeBxtZFYUadCe4ubRE4/image.png\",\"https://steemitimages.com/DQmQ7e6off8x3XbRpD83gM1eCbp77hvkeU4bDWTFNKz3Ak9/image.png\",\"https://steemitimages.com/DQmapUvtoVyY7Kk6xvNJjUHQJKv7f4yLzaAhEKQAUyoWdQc/image.png\",\"https://steemitimages.com/DQmRMC7Ka3CPYLkkVgMVQ4AxVxuTcs1m9J9EdpM6h7GA1bZ/image.png\",\"https://steemitimages.com/DQmUAiScshDssreUS8unxNiMypi8U87dQj4JHAa6kxE65Ne/image.png\",\"https://steemitimages.com/DQmZ8aZQHZUvobQKBVjPViB95GQUoMW5TF7E1FSo9Pf6MGE/image.png\",\"https://steemitimages.com/DQmQG5TeNddhimNm7ugXRJYFbtfkjbDzuTgKCJaeVLyZjhz/image.png\",\"https://steemitimages.com/DQmPWe2Wjug4NUi79KDcen7p59j9VVbvjHHTXa9GU4Si7xa/image.png\",\"https://steemitimages.com/DQmTWHmyyyjwn5YtVzQtJDXeUUV2pFAvRSEkveDHuVmHL7Y/image.png\"],\"links\":[\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdCo8UVxeXU\"],\"app\":\"steemit/0.1\",\"format\":\"markdown\"}"
}
]
}mistreaverupdated their account properties2017/06/26 21:03:48
mistreaverupdated their account properties
2017/06/26 21:03:48
| account | mistreaver |
| memo key | STM6eCQyVf8iSWMYULAcGXhqaRKjrrGZTvCv7Z53bx3WquPkf9cDZ |
| json metadata | {"profile":{"profile_image":"http://www.chessentials.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Proba.jpg","name":"Vjekoslav Nemec","about":"Master of science in electrical engineering, chess candidate master, Table Tennis first division player, amateur piano player and failed stand up comic","location":"Zagreb","website":"http://chessentials.com/"}} |
| Transaction Info | Block #13168749/Trx e5891e4b4bb01850bc2860df3148150a03dce105 |
View Raw JSON Data
{
"trx_id": "e5891e4b4bb01850bc2860df3148150a03dce105",
"block": 13168749,
"trx_in_block": 3,
"op_in_trx": 0,
"virtual_op": 0,
"timestamp": "2017-06-26T21:03:48",
"op": [
"account_update",
{
"account": "mistreaver",
"memo_key": "STM6eCQyVf8iSWMYULAcGXhqaRKjrrGZTvCv7Z53bx3WquPkf9cDZ",
"json_metadata": "{\"profile\":{\"profile_image\":\"http://www.chessentials.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Proba.jpg\",\"name\":\"Vjekoslav Nemec\",\"about\":\"Master of science in electrical engineering, chess candidate master, Table Tennis first division player, amateur piano player and failed stand up comic\",\"location\":\"Zagreb\",\"website\":\"http://chessentials.com/\"}}"
}
]
}steemcreated a new account: @mistreaver2017/06/26 21:00:12
steemcreated a new account: @mistreaver
2017/06/26 21:00:12
| fee | 0.500 STEEM |
| delegation | 57000.000000 VESTS |
| creator | steem |
| new account name | mistreaver |
| owner | {"weight_threshold":1,"account_auths":[],"key_auths":[["STM5XiCRU2oRscJAhs44MMiwBdPU1NJteQvQw3zVg5ASqZ1hepsvF",1]]} |
| active | {"weight_threshold":1,"account_auths":[],"key_auths":[["STM5gtd8s3njmuPqqNbx4n894XePC5ue2avvGZZwDmUk5BVLKwGh4",1]]} |
| posting | {"weight_threshold":1,"account_auths":[],"key_auths":[["STM7Uq732dWF5fmncpCE15fWubybgW88gSRDRCbFFRHnFGUk2Lvca",1]]} |
| memo key | STM6eCQyVf8iSWMYULAcGXhqaRKjrrGZTvCv7Z53bx3WquPkf9cDZ |
| json metadata | |
| extensions | [] |
| Transaction Info | Block #13168677/Trx 96afa947a1833a80dc86187b7b926e8baf88fecb |
View Raw JSON Data
{
"trx_id": "96afa947a1833a80dc86187b7b926e8baf88fecb",
"block": 13168677,
"trx_in_block": 10,
"op_in_trx": 0,
"virtual_op": 0,
"timestamp": "2017-06-26T21:00:12",
"op": [
"account_create_with_delegation",
{
"fee": "0.500 STEEM",
"delegation": "57000.000000 VESTS",
"creator": "steem",
"new_account_name": "mistreaver",
"owner": {
"weight_threshold": 1,
"account_auths": [],
"key_auths": [
[
"STM5XiCRU2oRscJAhs44MMiwBdPU1NJteQvQw3zVg5ASqZ1hepsvF",
1
]
]
},
"active": {
"weight_threshold": 1,
"account_auths": [],
"key_auths": [
[
"STM5gtd8s3njmuPqqNbx4n894XePC5ue2avvGZZwDmUk5BVLKwGh4",
1
]
]
},
"posting": {
"weight_threshold": 1,
"account_auths": [],
"key_auths": [
[
"STM7Uq732dWF5fmncpCE15fWubybgW88gSRDRCbFFRHnFGUk2Lvca",
1
]
]
},
"memo_key": "STM6eCQyVf8iSWMYULAcGXhqaRKjrrGZTvCv7Z53bx3WquPkf9cDZ",
"json_metadata": "",
"extensions": []
}
]
}Manabar
Voting Power100.00%
Downvote Power100.00%
Resource Credits100.00%
Reputation Progress0.00%
{
"voting_manabar": {
"current_mana": "8143659806",
"last_update_time": 1779076386
},
"downvote_manabar": {
"current_mana": 2035914951,
"last_update_time": 1779076386
},
"rc_account": {
"account": "mistreaver",
"rc_manabar": {
"current_mana": "10164408779",
"last_update_time": 1779076386
},
"max_rc_creation_adjustment": {
"amount": "2020748973",
"precision": 6,
"nai": "@@000000037"
},
"max_rc": "10164408779"
}
}Account Metadata
| POSTING JSON METADATA | |
| profile | {"profile_image":"http://www.chessentials.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Proba.jpg","name":"Vjekoslav Nemec","about":"Master of science in electrical engineering, chess candidate master, Table Tennis first division player, amateur piano player and failed stand up comic","location":"Zagreb","website":"http://chessentials.com/"} |
| JSON METADATA | |
| profile | {"profile_image":"http://www.chessentials.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Proba.jpg","name":"Vjekoslav Nemec","about":"Master of science in electrical engineering, chess candidate master, Table Tennis first division player, amateur piano player and failed stand up comic","location":"Zagreb","website":"http://chessentials.com/"} |
{
"posting_json_metadata": {
"profile": {
"profile_image": "http://www.chessentials.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Proba.jpg",
"name": "Vjekoslav Nemec",
"about": "Master of science in electrical engineering, chess candidate master, Table Tennis first division player, amateur piano player and failed stand up comic",
"location": "Zagreb",
"website": "http://chessentials.com/"
}
},
"json_metadata": {
"profile": {
"profile_image": "http://www.chessentials.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Proba.jpg",
"name": "Vjekoslav Nemec",
"about": "Master of science in electrical engineering, chess candidate master, Table Tennis first division player, amateur piano player and failed stand up comic",
"location": "Zagreb",
"website": "http://chessentials.com/"
}
}
}Auth Keys
Owner
Single Signature
Public Keys
STM5XiCRU2oRscJAhs44MMiwBdPU1NJteQvQw3zVg5ASqZ1hepsvF1/1
Active
Single Signature
Public Keys
STM5gtd8s3njmuPqqNbx4n894XePC5ue2avvGZZwDmUk5BVLKwGh41/1
Posting
Single Signature
Public Keys
STM7Uq732dWF5fmncpCE15fWubybgW88gSRDRCbFFRHnFGUk2Lvca1/1
Memo
STM6eCQyVf8iSWMYULAcGXhqaRKjrrGZTvCv7Z53bx3WquPkf9cDZ
{
"owner": {
"weight_threshold": 1,
"account_auths": [],
"key_auths": [
[
"STM5XiCRU2oRscJAhs44MMiwBdPU1NJteQvQw3zVg5ASqZ1hepsvF",
1
]
]
},
"active": {
"weight_threshold": 1,
"account_auths": [],
"key_auths": [
[
"STM5gtd8s3njmuPqqNbx4n894XePC5ue2avvGZZwDmUk5BVLKwGh4",
1
]
]
},
"posting": {
"weight_threshold": 1,
"account_auths": [],
"key_auths": [
[
"STM7Uq732dWF5fmncpCE15fWubybgW88gSRDRCbFFRHnFGUk2Lvca",
1
]
]
},
"memo": "STM6eCQyVf8iSWMYULAcGXhqaRKjrrGZTvCv7Z53bx3WquPkf9cDZ"
}Witness Votes
0 / 30
No active witness votes.
[]