Ali Shahruhki was a strong junior player in the 1980s who gave up a promising chess career as a teenager. After a 35-year absence, he is back in action through online chess and some friendly OTB games with me. As a good mate on the comedy circuit, I was delighted to hear that Ali was a junior prodigy and aside from dropping one blitz game, he has sent me packing the other times we have locked horns. As you will see below, however long you may be out of chess, the bug mutates, even at 50 years of age. Ali and I are considering putting together a four-board team made up of open-mic comedians in the London Chess League next season.
Mark Rivlin Interviews Ali Shahruhki
Mark Rivlin Interviews Ali Shahruhki
Mark Rivlin Interviews Ali Shahruhki
Ali Shahruhki was a strong junior player in the 1980s who gave up a promising chess career as a teenager. After a 35-year absence, he is back in action through online chess and some friendly OTB games with me. As a good mate on the comedy circuit, I was delighted to hear that Ali was a junior prodigy and aside from dropping one blitz game, he has sent me packing the other times we have locked horns. As you will see below, however long you may be out of chess, the bug mutates, even at 50 years of age. Ali and I are considering putting together a four-board team made up of open-mic comedians in the London Chess League next season.