Images: Official site on this link. I’m glad about one thing: Aronian didn’t win. I was hoping that Kramnik would win, but a draw is good enough, for now. I’ve been looking at the openings of the games played by Kramnik and Aronian, as I missed their games and could only follow game 6 on [...]
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Kramnik 3 – Aronian 3
Posted in Chess Grandmasters, chess masters, Zurich Chess, tagged Chess graphics, Chess in Zurich, chess moves, Kramnik, Kramnik vs Aronian, Levon Aronian, Vladimir Kramnik, Zurich Chess Challenge on 28/04/2012 | 1 Comment »
Kasparov in South Africa
Posted in Chess, chess masters, Kasparov, Moves for Life, skaak, tagged chess masters, Chess South Africa, Kasparov in South Africa, Moves for Life, skaak, Skaakmeesters, World Chess players on 10/11/2011 | 6 Comments »
World Chess Champion, Gary Kasparov is visiting South Africa!! Kasparov was the top rated player for 21 years. He will be playing some chess on the 12th November. Pres Zuma has recently launched the MOVES FOR LIFE Chess development programme. From the link: Kasparov comes from Moscow to South Africa on 12 November to form [...]
5th Kings Tournament
Posted in Chess, Chess Grandmasters, chess masters, chess tournaments, Chess World, Kings Tournament, tagged 5th Kings Tournament 2011, Bazna chess, Bazna chess results round 1, Chess, Chess Grandmasters, Chess in Bazna, Chess in Medias, Chess in Romania 2011, chess tournaments, Hikaru Nakamura. chess, Kings Tournament, Kings Tournament 2011, Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu, Magnus Carlsen, Results 5th Kings Chess Tournament, schedule 5th Kings Chess Tournament, Sergey Karjakin, Teimour Radjabov, Vassily Ivanchuk on 11/06/2011 | 3 Comments »
It’s time for another big tournament – starting on a very special day! If you’re not sure who these ‘Kings’ are, click the Official site-link here. I might not have time blogging their games, but will follow the results of the rounds. This tournament takes place in Medias, Romania from 11-22 June. Click HERE to [...]
I’m in
Posted in Chess, Chess Grandmasters, chess masters, London Chess Classic, tagged Anand, chess in London, Kramnik, London Chess 2010, London Chess Classic 2010, Magnus Carlsen on 03/12/2010 | 28 Comments »
Here’s the evidence: Two adult tickets – 11th December 2010. Anand, the moment of truth…and yes, this will be my second too. Watch this space for the photos…[click the image for a larger view] Anand is my favourite and I do look forward to seeing him in action. Edit: Sadly, I couldn’t attend the event [...]
The pawns are the soul of chess
Posted in Chess, Chess Grandmasters, Chess history, chess masters, Chess pdf, Chessworld, General, tagged Chess, Chess history, chess quotes, Chessworld, Philidor on 01/08/2010 | 11 Comments »
Image: Wikimedia – Philidor I’ve read a lot about Philidor the last couple of days as he was – as a chess player – also a great composer of his time. [Of course, if you don't know it, it was Philidor who said...'The pawns are the soul of chess.'] I’ve thought to create an entry about [...]
Anand vs Topalov 2
Posted in Anand, Chess, chess champions, Chess Grandmasters, chess masters, chess news, chess players, Chess results, chess tournaments, Topalov, tagged algebraic chess, Anand vs Topalov, Anand vs Topalov game 10, Bulgarian chess players, Chess 2010 in Sofia, Chess graphics, chess tournaments, Final game 12 Anand vs Topalov results, Game 11 Anand vs Topalov results, Game 8 results, Game 9 results, results game 7 Anand vs Topalov, Viswanathan Anand, World Chess Championships Sofia 2010 on 03/05/2010 | 13 Comments »
Image: Official site Anand vs Topalov ..the battle continues! Anand is my favourite…go Anand! See my other entries HERE and HERE where you can see chess graphics of their other games, especially on the first link. See the Official Website’s link to the sidebar of my blog…top right. GAME 7: 3rd May 2010 Anand vs Topalov [...]
At the Classics
Posted in Chess, Chess Grandmasters, chess masters, chess news, tagged Carlsen, Chess, Chess at the Olympia centre, Chess Grandmasters, chess of the London 8, David Howell, Denise Frick, Kramnik, London Chess 2009, London Chess Classic, London Chess Classic round 4, McShane, Michael Adams, Nigel Short on 13/12/2009 | 3 Comments »
Results: Round 4 – Saturday 12th December On the way to the Olympia Centre – where the London Chess Classic is being held Black bird in a tree Hammersmith-area – traffic and weather The players… Kramnik looked away shyly when I winked at him [hehe] and Nigel suddenly said to Michael Adams…you know what, she’s [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
Chess of Yelena Dembo and Nicky Nip
Posted in Chess, chess games, chess masters, Eric Schiller, Fide Masters, Nicky Nip, tagged Chess, chess games, Chess Grandmasters, chess masters, Eric Schiller, Fide Masters, Nicky Nip, Women Grandmasters, Yelena Dembo on 29/03/2008 | Leave a Comment »
On Chess.com chess site, FM Eric Schiller (US) is a registered player and he plays only other FM’s/GM’s/WGM’s etc in tourneys. In this game he played WGM Yelena Dembo from Greece. Schiller resigned in this game. Click HERE to play through their game. On THIS LINK you can play through games of Schiller against Nicky [...]
Bobby Fischer 60
Posted in Bobby Fischer, Chess, chess champions, chess masters, skaak, Skaakkampioene, Sofia Polgar, tagged Bobby Fischer, chess games, chess masters, Fischer60, skaak, Sofia Polgar, Wereld Skaakkampioene, World chess champions on 16/02/2008 | 7 Comments »
Bobby Fischer is my favourite chess player and you will find many links on my site to his games etc. Today I have his 60 memorable games for you to enjoy! ..and of course for myself! Click HEREto play through his 60 memorable games. And…on THIS LINK you can read more about him and play through more games… [...]
First Official World Chess Champion
Posted in Chess, chess champions, chess masters, Eerste skaakkampioen, skaak, Skaakkampioene, tagged Chess, chess champions, chess games, chess masters, Eerste skaakkampioen, First World Chess Champion, Mongredien, skaak, Skaakkampioene, Steinitz on 15/02/2008 | 3 Comments »
Wilhem Steinitz (1836-1900) from Prague, Czech Republic, was the first official World Champion of chess. He was recognized as the world’s number one player in 1866, after he defeated Adolf Anderssen in a match, but it was not until he defeated his most powerful rival, Johannes Zukertort in their historic match of 1886 that he was recognized as the official champion. He [...]
Bobby Fischer… was and is!
Posted in Bobby Fischer, Chess, chess books, chess champions, chess masters, chess movies, chess news, Fischer, Fischer's first rated tournament, poems, Poetry, skaak, skaak boeke, skaak-gedigte, Skaakkampioene, Skaakmeesters, skaaknuus, tagged Bobby Fischer, Bobby Fischer gedig, Bobby Fischer movies, Bobby Fischer poem, Chess, chess books, chess champions, chess masters, chess movies, chess news, Fischer, Fischer's first rated tournament, gedigte, poem, Poetry, skaak, skaak boeke, Skaakmeesters, skaaknuus, World Chess players on 18/01/2008 | 13 Comments »
Rest in Peace Bobby Fischer —b. 1943 – d. 2008 You can read my Bobby Fischer-poem HERE… On THIS LINK you can read an article about him that was published in the UK Times. I was age 11, when I got my first chess set and chess book. It was a book written by Cor [...]
Kramnik vs Leko round 12
Posted in Chess, chess masters, Kramnik, Leko, Mexico, sport, World chess championship 2007 on 28/09/2007 | Leave a Comment »
This is the game of Kramnik vs Leko, round 12, played last night in Mexico. Kramnik played white and he won the game.LinkLink http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping
Kramnik/Leko Round 5 and 6
Posted in Chess, chess masters, Kramnik, Leko, World chess championship 2007 on 19/09/2007 | Leave a Comment »
Follow this link and play through the game of Kramnik and Leko..Chess Kramnik and other chess players’ games. http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping
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Docendo discimus [by teaching we learn]
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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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South Africa. Other than Germany probably the most misunderstood White country in the world. A country that has now degenerated into anarchy.Let’s take an unbiased look at their noble history.[click for the link]
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.
Did you know: Chess has the most extensive literature of any game, sport or pastime.
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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I wouldn’t say I do particularly, but I also wouldn’t say I don’t like it. In general, I try not to make an exception out of games against women. In chess, female logic differs little from male logic, which you can see just by analysing games. After all, the strongest female players work with men in one way or another. I don’t know what the female style of play is. Or more precisely, I don’t see any difference when compared to male play. In everyday life I also don’t divide people into men and women. For me, personal qualities, mentality and upbringing are the important things when spending time with people."
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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
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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
Book of the moment: In Search of South Africa by H V Morton
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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.
