Image: Susan Polgar chess blog – image edited Anand and Gelfand – image: chessdom Anand – image: Anastasia Karlovich It’s again time for the FIDE World Chess Championship – this time Anand vs Gelfand at the State Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow. Follow the link of the official site to read more.The prize fund is 2.55 [...]
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Israel vs India – the G6 battle continues
Posted in Anand, Boris Gelfand, Chess, chess 2012, chess games, Chess Grandmasters, Gelfand, Moscow chess 2012, Tretyakov, Viswanathan Anand, World Chess Championship, tagged Anand vs Gelfand, Boris Gelfand, Chess, Chess at Tretyakov, chess games Anand vs Gelfand, Chess Grandmasters, Game 7 interactive, Game 7 results, Moscow chess, Tretyakov Gallery Chess, Viswanathan Anand, World chess Championship 2012, World nr 1 Chess player on 19/05/2012 | Leave a Comment »
Knights at the Opera
Posted in Chess, chess games, classical music files, tagged Chess, chess games, classical music, Count Isouard, Duke of Brunswick, Morphy, music MP3 files, Night at the Opera Chess Game on 31/05/2011 | 2 Comments »
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1233404 On one of the chess sites, I’m busy playing a tournament and this particular player sent me the above link on chessgames, to highlight a ‘better’ move for one of the moves I’ve made. When looking at the game, I realised that our game was almost this game, in particular the first few moves. [...]
Plovdiv 2010
Posted in Chess, chess champions, chess games, Chess Grandmasters, Plovdiv chess 2010, tagged Chess in Bulgaria 2010, chess tournaments 2010, Michael Adams, Plovdiv Chess 2010, Shirov on 19/10/2010 | Leave a Comment »
GM Alexei Shirov and Michael Adams – photo:ECC2010Chessdom The European Club Cup 2010 is now on in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. Some of my old favourite players are playing. Although time is little to follow the tournament, I will make an effort over the coming weekend to check out more of the games. Shirov is an old time [...]
Anand vs Topalov
Posted in Anand, chess champions, chess games, Chess Grandmasters, General, Topalov, tagged Anand and Topalov news, Anand vs Topalov, Anand vs Topalov game 6 results, Bulgarian news, chess games, chess games pgn files, Chess Grandmasters, Chess graphics, Chess in Bulgaria, Chess in Sofia, chess news, chess results move by move, Game 2 results, Game 5 moves results Anand vs Topalov, results game 4 Anand vs Topalov 2010, results round 1 Sofia chess, round 2 results, Topalov, Topalov vs Anand, Veselin Topalov, Viswanathan Anand, World Chess Championships 2010 on 24/04/2010 | 11 Comments »
Anand…my favourite – image: Official site Schedule See the image/link to the Official site on my blog’s sidebar [top right]. The link will open in a new window. Round 1: Topalov vs Anand - move 19 [click on images for a larger view] Round 1 move 23 Move 25 Round 1 move 29 – [...]
Racking braincells
Posted in Chess, chess games, skaak, tagged Anand vs Topalov 2010, Benjamin Franklin and chess, Chess, chess games, Chess in Sofia, chesscube, schedule Anand vs Topalov, skaak on 15/04/2010 | 6 Comments »
Benjamin Franklin playing chess…’And lastly, we learn by chess the habit of not being discouraged by present bad appearances in the state of our affairs; the habit of hoping for a favorable chance, and that of preserving in the search of resources.’ -Benjamin Franklin, ‘The Morals of Chess’ I like playing chess on chesscube [...]
Opus 8 at the Classics
Posted in Central London, Chess, chess games, Chess Grandmasters, chess masters, chess news, tagged Chess at Olympia, chess results round 3, David Howell, Denise Frick, London Chess Classic 2009, London-chess, Magnus Carlesen on 10/12/2009 | 2 Comments »
Magnus Carlsen from Norway - is he the Mozart of Chess? The Big Eight and…this is my ticket for Saturday! Click HERE for the Official site. The link will open in a new window. Standings after round 3 Enjoy the Music of Mozart – Piano Concerto no 20 in D Minor Pairings for round 4 – Saturday 12th [...]
Two Chess Engines meet again
Posted in Chess, chess games, chess masters, Karpov, Kasparov, Live Chess, tagged Chess, chess games, Chess in Spain, Chess Masters of the Universe, Game 1, Game 2 results, Karpov, Kasparov, Live Chess, Results Kasparov vs Karpov, results round 1, Valencia chess on 22/09/2009 | 6 Comments »
Image: Chessbase Image: wikimedia – The World Chess Championship 1984 was a match between challenger Garry Kasparov and defending champion Anatoly Karpov. After 5 months and 48 games, the match was eventually abandoned in controversial circumstances with Karpov leading five wins to three (with 40 draws), and replayed in the World Chess Championship 1985. [...]
MTel Masters 2009
Posted in Chess, chess games, Grandmasters Chess, Mtel Chess 2009, tagged Carlsen, Chess Grandmasters, Chess graphics, Chess in Sofia 2009, Dominguez, final results, Grandslam Chess, ivanchuk, Mtel 2009 final rankings, MTel Chess 2009 round 3, Mtel Chess images, Mtel Chess pairings, MTel Chess round 2 results, MTel live chess, MTel Masters 2009, Mtel round 1, Results MTel round 4, Shirov, Sofia Chess 2009, standings after round 8 MTel Chess, Topalov, Wang on 09/05/2009 | Leave a Comment »
If you have thought you’ve seen all the “big game” of the Chess World the past week on my blog…then you haven’t seen these ”Chess Engines” of the Chess World. These guys look very serious and I think they mean it serious when it comes to chess. Shirov is currently playing in Azerbaijan too! Topalov will [...]
Azerbaijan vs Fide World
Posted in Baku chess, Chess, chess games, tagged Anand, Azerbaijan Chess, Baku Chess 2009, Baku images, Chess, Chess in Azerbaijan, chess tournaments, Fide World Chess, Grandmaster chess, Huseynov, Karyakin, Kramnik, Live chess Baku, Mamedjarov, Mamedov, President's cup chess Azerbaijan, Radjabov, Shirov on 08/05/2009 | 3 Comments »
The Old City Wall in Baku The Maiden Tower – Baku Fortress Gate – image: wikitravel – a different view Image: Wikipedia The two teams’ photos in the glass front of the theatre where they’re playing Image: Chessbase Azerbaijan vs Fide World 7-9 May 2009 in Baku How is it possible to mis good [...]
Knights to remember
Posted in Chess, chess games, tagged Chess, Chess endings, chess games, chess openings on 02/05/2009 | 5 Comments »
I’ve thought to blog one of my most recent games – while I’m in blogging chess-stuff the last 2 days! Actually, I don’t have time to blog now, but hey, I need a break too, hehe..I am actually waiting for the South Africans! What’s going on with CHESSA’s site today! I can’t get the results [...]
Another time another place
Posted in Chess, chess games, Mount Aux Sources, South Africa, Vote 2009, tagged Afrikaans poems, Afrikaanse gedigte, chess game 35, chess positions, DJ Opperman, Drakensberg mountains, gedigte, kitten, Knights in chess, Mount Aux Sources, South Africa, Vote on 24/03/2009 | 12 Comments »
Mount-aux-Sources D J Opperman Ons eerste liefde was ‘n wit galop van hingste kniediep deur die gras: ontdekkings, avonture in die grot te, ‘n geil slaap in holtes langs rooi vure. Nou starend van die koue krans voed een bron ons vergesigte – ‘n hoër vreugde, dieper angs. This poem is an Afrikaans poem by [...]
Caïssa
Posted in Chess, chess games, classical music, General, klassieke musiek, mythology, Myths, tagged Bolero, Caissa, Chess, chess games, Chess goddess, Chess poem, classical music, klassieke musiek, Marco Girolamo Vida, music files, Mythology images, Myths, Ostinato, Poetry, Ravel, Sir William Jones, The game of chess on 25/01/2009 | 4 Comments »
Image: caissa.com Image: Chessville Caissa is the “patron goddess” of chess players. She was created in a poem called Caïssa written in 1763 by English poet and philologist Sir William Jones. Scacchia ludus was the basis for the poem written by William Jones in 1763. While Scacchis may have been the first Goddess of Chess, [...]
Corus Chess 2009 Live
Posted in Chess, chess games, Chess Grandmasters, tagged Carlsen, Chess, Chess games interactively, Chess in Holland, Corus 2009, Corus chess 2009, Corus Chess 2009 Schedule, Corus Final Results, Corus Group A round 2 results, Corus Live Chess 2009, Corus round 12, Corus round 12 results, Final results Corus 2009, ivanchuk, Live Chess Games Corus 2009, Magnus Carlsen, Radjabov, Round 1 Carlsen vs Radjabov, Sergey, Sergey Karjakin, Wijk aan Zee, Winner of Corus 2009 on 17/01/2009 | 1 Comment »
For the Official site of Corus, please click here. For Live Games, click on the Corus-logo on the side bar of my blog or click here. If you click on the images, you will get a larger view. All images are from the Official site and all links will open in a new window. At [...]
Melodies of love
Posted in Chess, chess games, classical music, klassieke musiek, tagged Chess, Chess Cube, chess games, classical music, composer of classical music, Dolannes Melody, Jean-Claude Borelly, klassieke musiek, Mp3 music files, Philidor, Shakespeare quotes, skaak, trompet musiek, trumpet music, World Chess Champion, youtube video on 29/12/2008 | 15 Comments »
Classical music and chess are two of my “melodies of love”..if you know what I mean..and today I want to share Dolannes Melody, by the master himself, the French artist, Jean-Claude Borelly! If you’re a chess player, try playing a game while listening to this music, you surely will have a good game. Wasn’t it [...]
African Juniors 2008_2009 and Chess games
Posted in Chess, chess games, Hastings Chess, Lasker, Steinitz, tagged African Junior Chess Championships, African Junior Chess Championships 2008-2009, African Junior Chess results round 2, African Juniors 2008-2009 round 4, African Juniors 2009, Carmen de Jager, checkmate, checkmate positions, Chess, Chess Cube, chess games, Chess games of Melissa Greeff, Daleen Wiid, Elzet Roos, Hastings Chess, Kareim Wageih, Melissa Greeff, Ryan van Rensburg, Winners of the African Junior Chess Championships 2008-2009 on 27/12/2008 | 1 Comment »
African Junior Chess Championhips 2008_2009… Please scroll down a little bit..I do apologise for this mixed post! I didn’t know I was going to have time to blog the African Juniors and didn’t want to start a new entry… Finally I got my picture! Image from the Official site of Chessa. Melissa Greeff – from South [...]
Chess, poetry art and music
Posted in art, Chess, chess games, Chess Grandmasters, classical music, Dresden games 2008, gedigte, Grandmaster chess games, klassieke musiek, Magnus Carlsen, music, music MP3 files, Poetry, skaak, tagged audio files, Boris Gelfand, Carlsen, Cheparinov, Chess, chess art, chess games, classical music, David Howell round 9 Dresden, David Navara, Dean Baker, Dresden round 6, Dresden round 7, Etienne Bacrot, Gata Kamsky, gedigte, Gelfand, Grandmaster chess games Dresden 2008, interactive games of chess grandmasters, ivanchuk, Jim Brickman, klassieke musiek, Magnus Carlsen, Michael Adams, music audio files, music MP3 files, musiek, Nigel Short, Peter Svidler, poems, Poetry, Samuel Bak, Shirov, Topalov, Yelena Dembo on 28/11/2008 | 2 Comments »
Image: Chesscentral.com I believe this is a good combination: chess, poetry, art and music! I’ve started recently reading Dean’s poetry blog and glad that I’ve discovered his blog. This poem in this post, is today’s entry on his blog and I’ve really enjoyed it and thought to share it with you. If you’re a lover [...]
Dresden Games
Posted in Chess, chess games, Dresden Chess, skaak, South African chess players, tagged Carmen de Jager, Chess games interactive, chess games round 6 Dresden 2008, Chess games round 8 Dresden 2008, Chess Grandmaster games Dresden 2008, Chess Olympiad 2008, Chess Olympiad round 9, Dresden Final Results 2008, Ivanchuck, Kamsky round 11, Kenny Solomon, Melissa Greeff, SA Chess, skaak, South African chess players at Dresden 2008, Suid-Afrikaanse skaakspelers, Watu Kobese on 21/11/2008 | 2 Comments »
If you click on the logo, you will get taken to the official site of Dresden and the “Live” image will take you straight to the “live”-games-link. On this link you can play through games played in round 8. Players from the SA team and also GM’s like Boris Gelfand, Magnus Carlsen, Ivan Cheparinov, Alexei [...]
Dresden-Chess Olympiad 2008
Posted in Chess, chess games, Chess Grandmasters, chess players of South Africa, South African chess players, tagged Anzel Solomons, Boris Gelfand, Carmen de Jager, Cheparinov, Chess, Chess Grandmasters playable games, Chess in Germany, Chess Olympiad 2008, Chess Olympiad round 7 results, Daniel Cawdery, Dresden Chess, Dresden round 8, Dresden schedule, Ettienne Bacrot round 7 Dresden, Gata Kamsky, Germany chess 2008, Henry Steel, Interactive chess games Dresden 2008, interactive games Dresden 2008, ivanchuk, Ivanchuk round 6 Dresden, Jenine Ellappen, Johannes Mabusela, Kenny Solomon, Kramnik round 6 Dresden, Magnus Carlsen, Melissa Greeff, Monique Sischy, Olympiad Chess 2008 in Dresden, Peter Leko, playable games Dresden, Radjabov, Schedule Dresden, South African chess players, Topalov, Watu Kobese, Yelena Dembo on 20/11/2008 | 1 Comment »
Chess Games of Round 8: South African chess players as well as: Magnus Carlsen, Boris Gelfand, Ivan Cheparinov, Topalov, Radjabov, Yelena Dembo and a few more GrandMaster-games to play through on my blogger-blog, please click on the link here and it will open in a new window. http://chessaleeinlondon.blogspot.com/2008/11/dresden-olympiad-2008.html Click on the logo and you will be [...]
South Africa at Dresden 2008
Posted in Chess, chess games, Chess South Africa, skaak, South Africa, South African chess players, tagged Anzel Solomons, Carmen de Jager, Chess, chess games, Chess Olympiad Dressden 2008, Chess South Africa, Daniel Cawdery, Dresden 2008, Dresden round 3 results, Henry Steel, Jenine Ellappen, Johannes Mabusela, Kenny Solomon, Melissa Greeff, Monique Sischy, Olympiad 2008, skaak, South Africa at Dresden 2008, South African chess players, Watu Kobese on 15/11/2008 | 6 Comments »
Please click HERE to see more results of games played in round 1 and round 2. The link will open in a new window. At the bottom of this post you will find a link to play through games of round 5, where South Africa played Luxembourg. On this link you can play through games [...]
Chess Olympiad Dresden 2008
Posted in Chess, chess games, chess tournaments, Dresden, Dresden Chess 2008, Henry Steel, Jennifer Shahade, Melissa Greeff, Monique Sischy, skaak, Skaaktoernooie, South African chess, Suid-Afrikaanse skaakspelers, tagged Anzel Solomons, Carmen de Jager, Chess, chess games, Chess in Deutschland 2008, Chess in Dresden 2008, Chess in Germany 2008, chess tournaments, Deutschland chess, Dresden, Dresden Chess 2008, Dresden results, Dresden results 2008, Dresden round 1, Henry Steel, Jennifer Shahade, Live games Dresden, Melissa Greeff, Monique Sischy, Schedule Dresden Chess 2008, Skaak in Dresden, South African chess players, Suid-Afrikaanse skaakspelers, Watu Kobese on 09/11/2008 | 7 Comments »
Click on the top image/logo to access the official site of Dresen 2008, it will open in a new window and on the “live” image for the live games. Click HERE for round 1 live games. The link will open in a new window. Then click on the country and it will take you [...]
Chess and the 7 dimensions of life
Posted in Chess, chess games, skaak, skaak en akademiese prestasie, South African chess players, Suid-Afrikaanse skaakspelers, tagged Chess, Chess and school, Chess and the 7 dimensions of life, chess game 34, chess games, Chess improves academic performance, chess in Vietnam, Chess in Vung Tau, chess research, Ezet Roos, skaak, skaak en akademiese prestasie, skaak navorsing, South African chess players, Suid-Afrikaanse skaakspelers, World Youth Championships 2008, Yung Tau on 01/11/2008 | 2 Comments »
Images: chesshouse.com I have a couple of articles/posts on my blog about chess and the link between chess and academic performance, the research that was done by various people, the reasons why your child should play chess etc. Today’s article is no difference and I’ve added an article about chess and the 7 dimensions, which you [...]
Anand is the World Chess Champion – again!
Posted in Chess, chess games, Kramnik, skaak, tagged Anand, Anand the winner of the WCC 2008, Anand vs Kramnik, Bonn Chess, Chess, chess games, chess games to play through of Anand and Kramnik 2008, Chess in Germany 2008, Kramnik, skaak, Skaakmeesters, World Chess Champion 2008, World Chess Championships 2008, World Chess Grandmasters on 29/10/2008 | 5 Comments »
Anand…vs…Kramnik Please click HERE to play through the games of Anand/Kramnik on the site of nytimes(gambit). The link will open in a new window. Images: Official site Follow THIS LINK on my blog to see the results of all their games, move-by-move, also to follow many other links to sites with games played [...]
Anand vs Kramnik 2008
Posted in Chess, chess games, chess movies, Kramnik, Live Chess 2008, skaak, tagged 2008 World Chess Championships, Anand, Anand vs Kramnik, Anand vs Kramnik game 6 results, Anand vs Kramnik move by move, annotated videos of Anand and Kramnik's games, Bonn Chess 2008, Chess Grandmasters, Chess graphics, Chess in Bonn, chess movies, Game 10 Anand vs Kramnik 27th October 2008, Game 11, Game 3 results Anand vs Kramnik, game 4 Anand vs Kramnik results, Game 4 move list, Game 5 results, Game 9 results, Germany chess 2008, interactive games of Kramnik vs Anand, Kramnik, Kramnik vs Anand, Kramnik vs Anand Chess games 2008, Live chess World Chess Championships 2008, play through games of Anand and Kramnik 2008, Results of the World Chess Championships 2008, Schedule for the World Chess Championship 2008, skaak, World chess 2008, World Chess Championships 2008 on 14/10/2008 | 9 Comments »
Anand is Officially the winner of the WCC 2008! Images: Official site Kramnik and Anand draw colours… Annotated Videos of Anand and Kramnik ‘s games can be played through on this link, it is on my blog (the “movies” page) and the link will open in a new window. You can also click [...]
Chess in Space!
Posted in Chess, chess games, Greg Chamitoff, NASA, skaak, space, space flights, tagged chess games, Chess in Space, chess in space youtube movie, Greg Chamitoff, NASA, space, space flights on 08/09/2008 | 15 Comments »
How do astronauts pass the time in between whatever it is that they do whilst they are up there in space? There’s not much room to move about, so physical activities are pretty much out. You could listen to music or read, but what if you feel the need for a bit of friendly competition [...]
Chess game 33
Posted in Chess, chess games, skaak, tagged Chess, chess game 33, chess games, interactive chess games, skaak on 14/08/2008 | 8 Comments »
It’s been months since I’ve blogged one of my chess games! These games here were on draft for about a month and I’ve thought to get them out here now. I’m not going to say a lot about it, – like previous games – all I want to say is, play through the games, read [...]
Only in South Africa…
Posted in Chess, chess games, IM Watu Kobese, mind games, mind games stands, skaak, South Africa, tagged Chess, chess games, Creativity, designs, mind games, mind games stands, South Africa, Watu Kobese on 11/08/2008 | 2 Comments »
Image: http://gsport.co.za I think this is brilliant! Just think how the children can keep themself busy playing chess during breaks! and you will get more children interested in the game! As you can see from these images, these stands can be placed anywhere! I think these people deserve a 10/10 for this idea. See more info [...]
Final Results Rounds 8-13 World Juniors in Turkey
Posted in Chess, chess games, Final results World Junior Chess Championships 2008, Gaziantep Chess 2008, Pairings and results of round 9 World Junior Chess 2008, skaak, tagged 2008 Chess in Turkey, 2008 World Junior Chess, Abhijeet Gupta winner of the World Junior chess Champio, Add new tag, Chess in Gaziantep, Chess in Turkey 2008, Final results of World Junior Chess, Final results World Junior Chess 2008, Final Results World Junior Girls 2008, Gaziantep Chess 2008, Girls Junior World Chess 2008, Harika Dranavilli winner of the World Junior Girls Ches, Pairings world junior chess championships, results and pairings round 12 of the World Junior Chess, results of round 10 World Junior Chess, Results of the World Junior Chess Championships 2008, Results of the World Junior Chess Championships 2008 in, Results of the World Junior Girls Chess Championships 2, round 13 World Junior Chess Championships, Round 8 results world Junior Chess 2008, Standings of the World Junior Chess Championships, Turkey Chess 2008, WJCC2008, Word Junior Chess in Turkey, World chess 2008, World Girls U/20 Championships 2008, World Junior Chess Championship, World Junior Chess Championships, World Junior Chess Championships 2008, World Junior Chess Championships for Girls 2008, World Junior Girls 2008, World Juniors U20 on 10/08/2008 | 1 Comment »
World Junior Chess Champion 2008…ABHIJEET GUPTA —Image: Official site. World Junior Girl Chess Champion 2008 …HARIKA DRONAVALLI —Image: Official site Final standings after round 13 Final standings after round 13 Image: chessbase WORLD JUNIOR CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS IN TURKEY AND THE WORLD JUNIOR GIRLS CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS IN TURKEY 2008 This post will be updated [...]
South African Junior players: Turkey
Posted in Chess, chess games, Daleen Wiid, Pratish Ramsurrup, skaak, South Africa, South African chess players in Turkey 2008, tagged Chess, Corno Klaver, Daleen Wiid, Junior Skaakspelers, Pratish Ramsurrup, skaak, South African chess, South African Junior players, South African Junior Players in Turkey 2008, Suid-Afrikaanse skaakspelers on 09/08/2008 | Leave a Comment »
Daleen, Pratish and Corno practicing chess on the rooftop of the hotel. I do hope you enjoy this report from Corno and the few pictures…all from the Official site : Chessa. I do hope to update this post soon with more info on the South Africans taking part in the World Junior Chess Championships in [...]
British Chess Championships 2008
Posted in British Chess, chess games, English Chess, Gawain Jones, GM Danny Gormally, GM GC Jones, GM Nigel Davies, IM AN Greet, Live Chess, Live Chess games Liverpool, Liverpool Chess, Results British Chess Championships 2008, Stuart Conquest, T Gavriel, tagged British Chess 08, British Chess 2008, British Chess Championship 2008, British Chess Championship Liverpool, British Chess Championships 2008 results, British Chess Grandmasters, British Chess players, British Grandmasters, Britishchess08, chess games, Chess Grandmasters, Chess in England, Chess in Liverpool, Chess Liverpool 2008, Chess Tournaments 2008, Conquest the British Chess Champion of 2008, Conquest the winner, Daniel Gormally, English Chess, English Chess Grandmasters, Gawain Jones, GM Bodgan Lalic, GM Danny Gormally, GM GC Jones, GM Nigel Davies, Graeme Buckley, IM AN Greet, IM Ledger, IM Trent, Live British Chess, Live Chess, Live Chess games Liverpool, Liverpool Chess, Liverpool Chess 2008, Liverpool Chess results 2008, Nicholas Pert, Results British Chess 2008, St Georges Hall, St Georges Hall Liverpool, Stephen Gordon, Stuart Conquest, Tryfon Gavriel, Y Zhou on 29/07/2008 | 2 Comments »
Left to R…GM Keith Arkell English Champion 2008, IM Jovanka Houska British Ladies Champion 2008 and GM Stuart Conquest British Champion 2008. The Championship play-off match was won by Stuart (against Keith) 1½-½. Image: Official site… Image: Chessworld Sunday 27th July – Saturday 9th August, St. George’s Hall, Liverpool Play-off…..Conquest vs Arkell, second game…1-0 which [...]
Alice in Wonderland’s Mysterious Chess Game
Posted in Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, chess games, Dodgson, Echechs, English writers, Karpov, le jeu des echecs, Lewis Carroll, Lyon, Lyon Olympique Echecs, Oxford, The Sheepshop, Through the Looking Glass, tagged Alice Chess, Alice Chess game, Alice in Wonderland, Alice in Wonderland Adventures, Alice in Wonderland Chess, Alice in wonderland chess set, Alice in Wonderland Shop, Alice Liddell, British writers, Charles Dodgson, Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, chess game, Christophe Leroy, Dean Liddell, Dodgson, Echecs, English writers, Karpov, le jeu des echecs, Lewis Carroll, Lyon, Lyon Olympique Echecs, Oxford, The Sheep Shop, Through the Looking Glass on 09/07/2008 | 18 Comments »
Alice’s shop …the “Sheep Shop” Alice’s shop — today…The Sheep Shop Has it ever happened to you? You live in your country and “tourists” visit “familiar” places and ask or tell you about it, and you, having lived there since your birth, don’t have a cooking clue what they’re talking about?? Well, then take a good [...]
Watu Kobese vs Rian Cox
Posted in Chess, chess games, Chess South Africa, Ramlodi Chess Festival, Rian Cox, skaak, Skaak Suid-Afrika, Suid-Afrikaanse skaakspelers, tagged Chess, chess games, Chess South Africa, Kolonnade shopping centre, Ramlodi Chess Festival, Rian Cox, Suid-Afrika skaak, Suid-Afrikaanse skaakspelers, Watu Kobese on 05/07/2008 | 4 Comments »
Watu Kobese IM (South Africa)..Image: farm1.static.flickr.com This is a news article about Watu playing chess on the 29th June in Pretoria in a simul to raise money for the Ramlodi chess festival in July. A Grade 7-student (u/14) checkmated him in a game! Rian Cox is also a Springbok Chess player. Read more about the [...]
Chess Giants 2008 also now the Karen Asrian Memorial
Posted in Chess, chess games, Chess Grandmasters, Gabriel Sargissian, Giants Chess Yerevan, Grandmasters Chess, Karen Asrian Memorial, Levon Aronian, Levon Aronian winner of Asrian Memorial 2008, live chess games, Michael Adams, Opera House Chess, Opera House Yerevan, Peter Leko, tagged Alexander Morozevich, Armenia, Armenian Chess 2008, Boris Gelfand, Bu Xiangzhi, Chess Giants, Chess Giants 2008 winner, Chess Giants Tournament 2008, Chess Grandmasters, Chess in Armenia 2008, Chess in Yerevan, chess tournament, Chess Yerevan, Gabriel Sargissian, Giants Chess, Giants Chess Yerevan, Karen Asrian, Karen Asrian Memorial, Levon Aronian, Levon Aronian winner of Asrian Memorial 2008, live chess games Giants Chess, live games, Michael Adams, Opera House Chess, Peter Leko, Vladimir Akopian, winner of Chess Giants 2008, Yerevan, Yerevan Chess, Yerevan Chess 2008 on 10/06/2008 | 8 Comments »
Congratulations Levon Aronian, Winner of the Asrian Memorial, 2008. 1st place: Levon Aronian 8.5 points 2nd place: Peter Leko 8 points 3rd place: Alexander Morozevich 7.5 points 4th place: Boris Gelfand 7.5 points Live games link HERE … For the results on the tournament, follow the link to the official site or on the second [...]
Hay-On-Wye
Posted in Chess, chess games, Hay-on-Wey, skaak, Spassky, town of books, Wales, wildlife, tagged Aberystwyth, Antarctica, Boris Spassky, British Antarctic Survey, Chess, chess games, Chess Master, chess simul, Hay-on-Wye, penguins, Rothera, Spassky, town of books, Wales, wildlife on 25/05/2008 | 4 Comments »
Chess champ takes on 20 opponents at Hay May 25 2008 Media Wales Former chess grandmaster Boris Spassky will today take on 20 opponents simultaneously – including one in Antarctica. Spassky will take up the challenge at the Hay Festival, in mid Wales. And, with Antarctica 8,000 miles away, it will be the longest distance [...]
M-Tel Masters Chess 2008
Posted in Aronian, Chess, chess games, Chess Grandmasters, Ivanchuck, MTel Chess, MTel Chess 2008, Mtel Chess Masters, MTel round 2, MTel round 3, MTel round 5, MTel round 5 results, MTel-2008, MTel-Masters, Radjabov, skaak, Sofia Chess, Sofia chess round 5, Topalov, tagged Aronian, Bulgaria, Bulgaria Chess, Cheparinov, Chess, Chess Grandmasters, Chess Mtel, chess videos, ivanchuk, MTel 2008 round 5, MTel Chess, MTel Chess 2008, Mtel Chess live, MTel Chess round 2, MTel Chess round 2 results, MTel Chess round 3, Mtel live, MTel live chess, MTel round 2, MTel round 3, MTel round 4, MTel round 5, MTel round 5 results, MTel-Masters, MTel-Masters 2008, Radjabov, Results round 4, Sofia, Sofia Chess, Sofia chess round 5 2008, Topalov, Xiangzhi on 07/05/2008 | 10 Comments »
Results round 5: Please click HERE to play through the games of round 5….and it seems to me that…Ivanchuk is on his way to fame! The results in round 5: Veselin Topalov 1-0 Bu Xiangzhi Levon Aronian 0-1 Vassily Ivanchuk Ivan Cheparinov ½-½ Teimour Radjabov Click on THIS LINK to play through a few games [...]
Baku Chess rounds 12 and 13
Posted in Baku chess round 12, Baku Chess round 13, Carlsen, Chess, chess games, Chess Grandmasters, chess videos, Kamsky, Mamedyarov, Navara, Radjabov, skaak, Svidler, tagged Adams, Bacrot, Baku chess round 12, Baku Chess round 13, Carlsen, Cheparinov, Chess Grandmasters, Chess in Azerbaijan, Chess in Baku, chess video round 12, chess video round 13, chess videos, Chess Videos Baku, Gashimov, Grischuk, Kamsky, Karjakin, Mamedyarov, Navara, Radjabov, skaak, Svidler, Wang on 04/05/2008 | 2 Comments »
Today…round 13 – the final round! – was played in Baku, Azerbainjan. The first images in this post is about round 13, please slide down for round 12-results. More images of round 13 can bee seen on the official Baku2008.fide.com-site. Tadaa! and here are the results of round 13… Karjakin, Sergey 1/2 Kamsky, Gata 1/2 Svidler, [...]
Baku Chess round 11
Posted in Baku chess round 11, Chess, chess games, Chess Grandmasters, chess tournaments, Gata Kamsky, Ivan Cheparinov, Magnus Carlsen, skaak, tagged Alexander Grischuk, Azerbaijan, Baku chess 2008, Baku chess round 11, chess games, Chess Grandmaster images, Chess Grandmasters, chess tournaments, Chess video round 11 Baku, chess videos, Gata Kamsky, Inarkiev, Ivan Cheparinov, Magnus Carlsen, Navara, Peter Svidler, Yue Wang on 03/05/2008 | Leave a Comment »
Magnus Carlsen against Alexander Grischuk Gata Kamsky against Ivan Cheparinov Peter Svidler against Yue Wang Gashimov against Navara Inarkiev against Bacrot Chess players in Baku, Azerbaijan are now busy playing round 11, follow their games live on the “live” link on my blog. By looking at the images of the players, they all look very [...]
Baku Chess round 10
Posted in Chess, chess games, Chess Grandmasters, chess videos, Ernesto Inarkiev, Etienne Bacrot, Gata Kamsky, Grischuck, Ivan Cheparinov, Magnus Carlsen, Mamedyarov, Michael Adams, Peter Svidler, Radjabov, Sergey Karjakin, skaak, tagged Carlsen, Cheparinov, Chess, chess Baku, Chess Baku round 10, chess games, Chess Grandmasters, chess videos, Chess Videos Baku, David Navara, Grischuck, Ivan Cheparinov, Magnus Carlsen, Mamedyarov, Navara, Peter Svidler, Radjabov, skaak, Vugar Gashimov, Wang Yue on 02/05/2008 | 6 Comments »
In Baku, Azerbaijan, it was a rainy day today….In this image you can see Radjabov sharing his umbrella. In Round 10, Carlsen and Navara drew their game and Grischuck and Mamedyarov. Ivan Cheparinov-(Bulgaria) won his game against Teimour Radjabov (Azerbaijan). Follow THIS LINK to watch some press conferences about different players. Other results: Gata Kamsky 1/2 Wang Yue [...]
Baku Chess round 9
Posted in Chess, chess games, General, Kamsky, Karyakin, Navara, Radjabov, skaak, Svidler, tagged Adams, Bacrot, Baku chess, Baku Chess round 9, Carlsen, Chess Grandmasters, chess video round 9, Interactive chess games of Grandmasters, Kamsky, Karyakin, Navara, Radjabov, Standings after round 9, Svidler, Yue on 30/04/2008 | 4 Comments »
Enjoy these images from the Baku-fide official site… round 9 was played today… Please click HERE to play through some of the games of the Grandmasters played in round 9. ….ahw….isn’t he mummy’s sweet little boy! ….yeah, yeah, yeah….let’s do it…before they call it a 2move-checkmate-game! …er….where is that rule again…the handshake rule… um…oh [...]
Baku Chess rounds 7 and 8
Posted in Baku chess round 7, Chess, chess games, Chess Grandmasters, Etienne Bacrot, General, Michael Adams, skaak, tagged Baku Chess Games interactively, Baku chess round 7, Baku chess round 8, Baku chess round 9 - 13, Chess, chess games, Chess Grandmasters, Chess in Baku, Etienne Bacrot, Gata Kamsky, Grandmasters, Inarkiev, Magnus Carlsen, Mamedyarov, Michael Adams, Navara, Round 9 - 13, Sergey, Teimour Radjabov, Vugar Gashimov on 28/04/2008 | Leave a Comment »
Image: chess.com Pairings for round 9-13 at the bottom of this post. Results for round 8: All games were draws, except Inarkiev and Navara and Sergey against Mamedyarov…Inarkiev 1 Navara 0; Mamedyarov 1 Sergey 0 Slide down to see the results for round 7. All the games played so far in this tournament, can also [...]
Baku Chess round 6
Posted in Baku Chess round 6, Chess, chess games, Magnus Carlsen, Peter Svidler, Sergey Karjakin, tagged Baku chess, Baku Chess round 6, Baku round 6 results, Chess, chess games, Chess in Azerbaijan, Chess in Baku, Gata Kamsky, Grandmasters in chess, interactive chess games, Magnus Carlsen, Mamedyarov, Michael Adams, Peter Svidler, Sergey Karjakin, Teimour Radjabov, Vugar Gashimov on 27/04/2008 | Leave a Comment »
In the sixth round Gata Kamsky of the USA beat Britain’s Mickey Adams to join Alexander Grischuk and Wang Yue in the lead with a score of 4/6. Read HERE MORE and play through the games that were played today in round 6 on chess.com Please click HERE to play through the game of [...]
Chess games 29
Posted in Chess, chess games, skaak, tagged Chess, chess game 29, chess games, skaak on 26/04/2008 | 6 Comments »
In this game I’ve thought that I had really a cool game! Very early in this game I was in really big trouble…if you look at black’s position after move 13. I made a desperate attack on his King, to prevent a checkmate! and by my Bishop-move…in move 14, I could relief my King from [...]
Chess game 28
Posted in Chess, chess games, tagged Chess, chess game 28, chess games, skaak on 25/04/2008 | 2 Comments »
This is again one of my own games played on Chess World… I blog this game due to a couple of reasons. Firstly…to show you how easy you can get a piece trapped…-I played white in this game-…..my Rook with black’s move after move 16 …trapped! If… he had moved his Bishop to G7… I [...]
Baku Chess round 5
Posted in Baku chess round 5, Chess, chess games, Chess Grandmasters, chess tournaments, General, History, History of Baku, skaak, tagged 25 dirtiest cities in the world, Baku, Baku chess, Baku city, Baku city history, Baku dirty city, Baku images, Baku round 5 chess video, Baku round 5 results, Chess, chess Baku, Chess Grandmasters, Chess in Azerbaijan, chess tournaments, Fide chess, History, History of Baku on 25/04/2008 | 8 Comments »
Round 5 can be called “The (K)nights..or is it..the day of the draws”…Click on the images for a larger view… on the second image…. Radjabov’s attention was caught by…. I wonder…by what! hehehe On this next image you can see the end position of Kamsky and Carlsen’s game… on the side bar of the blog..you [...]
Baku Chess round 4
Posted in Baku chess round 4, Carlsen, Chess, chess games, Chess Grandmasters, chess masters, chess news, chess tournaments, General, Kamsky, Radjabov, Svidler, tagged Adams, Baku chess round 4 results, Baku chess round 5, Baku city wall, Carlsen, Cheparinov, Chess, chess games, Chess Grandmasters, Chess in Azerbaijan, Fide chess, Grandmaster chess, Grandmasters, Grischuk, interactive chess games, Kamsky, Mamedyarov, Navara, Radjabov, round 5 pairings, Svidler, Wang on 24/04/2008 | 3 Comments »
Click on the images to see a larger view. These are results from round 4, the Chess Grand Prix tournament in Baku, Azerbaijan. If you click HERE you will find a games-link and you can play through the games played in the previous rounds…on the side bar of my blog, you will find a link to [...]
Plovdiv Chess
Posted in Chess, chess games, European Chess 2008, European Chess round 5, European Chess round 5 results, news, Plovdiv, Plovdiv chess, Plovdiv chess 2008, Plovdiv round 5, Plovdiv round 5 2008, Plovdiv round 5 results, Plovdiv round 7, skaak, tagged Bulgarian Chess, Chess, chess games, Chess in Bulgaria, European Chess, European Chess 2008, European Chess Championship 2008, European Chess round 5 results, European Individual Chess Championship, Interactive games, Plovdiv, Plovdiv chess 2008, Plovdiv round 7 on 24/04/2008 | Leave a Comment »
Round 7…results…please click HERE to play through the games in round 7…in the women’s section and click HERE to play through the games of the men. Round 5 results…Please click HERE to play through the games interactively. The European Individual Chess Championship is now taking place in Bulgaria…men/women are battling for the top positions. [...]
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A nation that forgets its past has no future - Winston Churchill
Docendo discimus [by teaching we learn]
Gary Player: 'I am a South African, a nation which is the result of an African graft on European stock and which is the product of its instinct and ability to maintain civilized values and standards amongst the aliens'.
In Renaissance Europe chess was part of the education of the nobility and was proclaimed the “Royal Game.” In 1732 Benjamin Franklin wrote an essay, The Morals Of Chess, in which he said “The game of chess is not merely an idle amusement; several very valuable qualties of the mind useful in the course of human life are to be acquired and strengthened by it....”
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He who knows nothing is closer to the truth than he whose mind is filled with falsehoods and errors. Thomas Jefferson
Any dead thing can go with the stream; it takes something ALIVE to swim against it.
Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.
Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit; Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
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The man who does not know who his great-grandfather was, naturally enough would not care what he was...the man who fears to disgrace his ancestor is certainly less likely to disgrace himself. Charles Major, When Knighthood was in FlowerDie grootheid van die mens kan gesien word in hoe hy teenoor sy minderheid optree.
Every truth has four corners: as a teacher I give you one corner, and it is for you to find the other three.-Confucius
Music expresses feeling and thought, without language; it was below and before speech, and it is above and beyond all words. ~Robert G.Ingersoll
'And lastly, we learn by chess the habit of not being discouraged by present bad appearances in the state of our affairs; the habit of hoping for a favorable chance, and that of preserving in the search of resources.' -Benjamin Franklin, 'The Morals of Chess'
The hardest game to win is a won game --Emmanuel LaskerAvoid the crowd. Think independently. Be the chess player, not the chess piece- Rumi
It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation. -Herman Melville
While one should always study the method of a great artist, one should never imitate his manner. The manner of an artist is essentially individual, the method of an artist is absolutely universal. The first is personality, which no one should copy.
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Chess is a sea in which a gnat may drink and an elephant may bathe –Indian proverb
Chess is the touchstone of the human intellect.
-Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The chessboard is the world, the pieces are the phenomena of the Universe, the rules of the game are what we call the laws of Nature and the player on the other side is hidden from us--Thomas Huxley.
God created the world just like a knife and left it up to us to take it by the handle or the blade--C J Langenhoven
Jou persepsie hang waarskynlik alles af van hóé wyd jou opvatting van die poësie is-Joan Hambidge.
Doubt is the beginning, not the end, of wisdom.- Proverb. I doubt, therefore I think; I think therefore I am.-Rene Descartes-
Doubt is not the opposite of faith; it is one element of faith.- Paul Tillich
He who knows nothing, doubts nothing. Spanish proverb. Wisdom begins in wonder.- Socrates
Val eerder in my sop as in my rede--Langenhoven
Seek in the past everything that is good and clean and build thereon your future.
Vriende moet soos boeke wees, min, maar goed uitgesoek --Langenhoven
Friends should be like books, few, but hand-selected --Langenhoven
Goeie boeke en musiek verryk jou siel --Langenhoven
Good books and music enrich your soul --Langenhoven
Let those love now who never loved before. Let those who always loved now love the more. --Thomas Parnell
Love is like quicksand--the deeper you fall in, the harder it is to get out.
Some people come into our lives, leave footprints on our hearts, and we are never the same.
There is no failure except in no longer trying--Elbert Hubbard.
The secret of success is the ability to survive failure --Noel Coward.
You cannot step twice in the same river, for other waters are continually flowing in--Knowing not how to listen is knowing not how to speak--Heraclitus, Fragments. Vuil wasgoed is om te was!-- Langenhoven
'I think one move ahead - but it is always the best move'-Reti
Some part of a mistake is always correct. - Savielly Tartakover
Chess teaches you to control the initial excitement you feel when you see something that looks good and it trains you to think objectively when you're in trouble.--Stanley Kubrick A man is like a fraction whose numerator is what he is and whose denominator is what he thinks of himself. The larger the denominator, the smaller the fraction.
Leo Tolstoy
Love is like a knife, it can stab the heart or it can carve wonderful images into the soul that will last a lifetime.
A rising tide raises all boats! - JFKennedy
The artist creates in order to free himself, only to find himself again in the end-Irma Stern
And think not you can guide the course of love. For love, if it finds you worthy, shall guide your course.Kahlil Gibran
Chess, like love, like music, has the power to make men happy.Tarrasch
Chess is a beautiful mistress.Larsen
Chess is as much a mystery as women.Purdy
Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.Benjamin Franklin
Love is like a Game of Chess: One False Move and You're Mated ~ Anonymous~
Chess is the art which expresses the science of logic.Mikhail Botvinnik
The pawns are the soul of chess.Philidor~~Play to win, if not, be an artist and draw~~
Those that know, do. Those that understand, teach. Aristotle
By learning we teach and by teaching we learn
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Everyone is a genius.But if you judge a fish on its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing it is stupid.
The real challenges on the way to become a master test your strength of character more than they test your chess skill!-Kevin Spraggett
A people are what its women are. The woman is the conscience of her nation as well as the measure of its values. The moral life of a nation is controlled by the women and by the women can we measure the moral condition of the people. - Postma
Descartes: cogito ergo sum (ek dink, daarom is ek)
==The stupid neither forgive nor forget, the naive forgive and forget,the wise forgive but do not forget--Thomas Szasz
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Jou beeld is 'n verflenterde foto in 'n skewe, versplinterde raam en 'n sestal geskommelde letters spel jou tweelettergrepige naam Jou woorde is dor manuskripte vir die motte bewaar op die rak en ons dae 'n kralesnoer syfers op 'n outydse muuralmanak. - Koos du Plessis
Love means nothing in tennis, but it's everything in life.
Einstein:Chess grips its exponent, shackling the mind and brain so that the inner freedom and independence of even the strongest character cannot remain unaffected.Die woord 'skaak' kom van die Persiese woord 'sjah', wat koning beteken. Ook die woord 'mat' is Persies en beteken 'dood'.
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2010!
If chess is a science, it's a most inexact one. If chess is an art, it's too exacting to be seen as one. If chess is a sport, it's too esoteric. If chess is a game, it's too demanding to be just a game. If chess is a mistress, she's a demanding one. If chess is a passion, it's a rewarding one.
If chess is life, it's a sad one-Unknown
Anand vs Topalov 21 April 2010
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Don't Quit
by: Unknown AuthorWhen things go wrong as they sometimes will,
When the road you're trudging seems all uphill,
When funds are low and the debts are high,
And you want to smile, but you have to sigh.
When care is pressing you down a bit.
Rest, if you must, but don't you quit.
Life is queer with its twists and turns
As every one of us sometimes learns.
And many a failure turns about
When he might have won had he stuck it out:
Don't give up though the pace seems slow -
You may succeed with another blow.
Success is failure turned inside out -
The silver tint of the clouds of doubt.
And you never can tell how close you are.
It may be near when it seems so far:
So stick to the fight when you're hardest hit
It's when things seem worst that you must not quit.
Chess Queen Alexandra
Posted in Chess, chess books, chess games, Chess Grandmasters, GM Almasi, GM Kosteniuk, Hungary, Kosteniuk, Kosteniuk comments on her chess game, Marilyn Yalom, Russia, Viswanathan Anand, tagged Alexandra Kosteniuk, Alexandra Kosteniuk images, Anand, Birth of the Chess Queen, Blitz Chess, Carmen Kass, Chess, Chess Blitz, chess books, chess games, Chess games of Alexandra Kosteniuk, Chess Grandmasters, GM Almasi, GM Kosteniuk, Grandmasters, Hungary, interactive chess games, Interactive chess games of Alexandra Kosteniuk, Kosteniuk, Kosteniuk comments on her chess game, Marilyn Yalom, Russia, Viswanathan Anand, Zoltan Almasi on 16/05/2008 | 12 Comments »
Click on the images for a larger view. Please click HERE to play through chess games of Alexandra. The link will open in a new window. 10 January 2009: News article about Alexandra…the link will open in a new window. http://www.miamiherald.com/277/story/847451.html On this link on my blog, http://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/09/12/alexandra-kosteniuk-winner-of-nalchik/ you can follow the games played in the World [...]
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