Click on images for a larger/clearer view. These images were taken just after Christmas when I wanted to see “the largest shopping centre in Europe”. Westfield is in West London, just a stone-throw from where we live. I can now also say “I’ve been there”. I can also add and say this place is great, but it [...]
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I’ve been there
Posted in London, shopping, Westfield, tagged London shopping, Shepherdsbush Shopping, Westfield Shopping Centre on 28/05/2009 | 2 Comments »
Let it snow Let it snow Let it snow!
Posted in London, snow, tagged create your own snowflake interactively, London snow, make a flake, snow, snow images, snow January 2009, snow song, snowflakes, snowman, weather in London on 02/02/2009 | 13 Comments »
What a winter-wonderland when we got up this morning! Click on the images for a larger view. Do you now how much exercise you get from building a snowman! haha… Please click on THIS LINK to create your very own snowflake – interactively! This is great fun for kids! The link will open in [...]
What a mix!
Posted in books, heatwave, London, Mandela, news, reading, sunburn, Thabo Mbeki, The Blood King, tagged bookreviews, books, Death by black hole, heatwave, London, Mandela, news, reading, sunburn, Thabo Mbeki, The Blood King, weather, Where rainbows end, Zimbabwe on 02/07/2008 | 7 Comments »
Yes, what a mix in this post! You can read about books, sunburn and read a newsarticle! A very strange combination! The three books are books 3 people living/working/travelling in London, are busy reading. How do I know that? Well, I like watching people and in particular what they read when they’re reading… whilst travelling on [...]
These photos were taken on my way…Die foto’s is geneem soos ek geloop het… ongelukkig het iemand nie genoeg breins gehad om te weet wat hy met sy ou stukkende fiets te doen …. op die tweede foto sien jy ‘n pragtige heining van ‘n kleuterskool… ek hou nogal van die patroon-heining…en pienk een van [...]
Snow
Posted in Bears, Husky dogs, London, Polar Bears, snow, tagged Husky dogs, Ice Bears, London, photos, Polar Bears, sneeu, sneeu foto's, snow, weather, weer on 07/04/2008 | 5 Comments »
Voila!! Test with blogdesk! Due to the picture-uploading-problem with WordPress, which is still not sorted, one of my friendly blogger-friends…suggested I use blogdesk and this is my first post with blogdesk! Thank you, Chris…from “kop-op-n-blok”…see the blogroll for his blog… he’s always willing to help me with anything “technical”…these pictures were taken yesterday! Beautiful [...]
These pictures were taken about 9:30-ish this morning… it didn’t snow that much…as you can tell from the pictures……this is our front garden… This is our back garden…with the “garage”… not a garage to our “standards”, I would rather call it a storage room…we have two guinea-pigs in there too! They are somewhere on my [...]
Just another train…
Posted in London, London Lite, London stations, London Underground, Metro newspaper, music videos, The London Paper, tagged Abba, Just another train, London, London Lite, London Underground, London Underground Stations, Metro newspaper, music videos, The London Paper on 22/03/2008 | 2 Comments »
On this short video…you can see London Underground…the station is Green Park..you can hear the announcement… “This is Green Park, change here for the Piccadilly and Victoria lines” … Green Park is where I change every day from the Piccadilly line….to go on the Jubilee line…this train on the video is a Jubilee-line train. There are certain “rules” [...]
London’s burning!
Posted in London, news, Royal Marsden Hospital, tagged London, London burning, news, Royal Marsden Hospital on 02/01/2008 | Leave a Comment »
SkyNews – Firefighters appear to have contained a fire which has ripped through the top floor of a world famous London hospital leaving patients and staff desperately trying to flee the flames. It is believed some patients, who were undergoing surgery, had to remain in operating theatres and others who were gravely ill had their [...]
Merry Christmas!
Posted in Christmas, Heathrow, London, news, tagged beautiful Christmas images, Christmas, Christmas card, Christmas card pdf, Christmas images, Heathrow, London, news, weather on 25/12/2007 | 3 Comments »
HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY!! Click on this Christmas-link to download a big pdf document with about 10 Christmas images. It will open in a new window and it does take a few secs to downlaod as it’s a big file. Read about people being stranded at Heathrow due to bad weather! [...]
London relief
Posted in London, tagged London, news, toilets on 29/11/2007 | Leave a Comment »
LONDON (Reuters) – First came SatNav for lost drivers. Now there’s “SatLav”, a toilet-finding service to help people caught short in central London. On Thursday, Westminster City Council launched a new text message service that will guide Londoners and tourists to their nearest public lavatory. Anyone who sends the word “Toilet” to 80097 will receive [...]
London Buses and their drivers!
Posted in London, London bus drivers, tagged Buses, London on 31/10/2007 | 5 Comments »
I don’t know what bus drivers in other countries are like. Wonder if they are like some bus drivers here in London? You get bus drivers like I experienced today…and it wasn’t my first experience with these bus drivers! There are the kind drivers and the cruel drivers! Yes, I would like to classify them [...]
Osterley Park 2
Posted in Horse chestnut tree, London, Osterley Park, park, tagged conckers, Horse chestnut tree, London, Osterley Park, park, Parks in Hounslow, Parks in Isleworth on 26/09/2007 | 2 Comments »
My topic is “green”. Green is the colour that changes into different colours! During Autumn, it is amazing to see all the changes….if you look closely, you will see the seed of the Horse Chestnut on this tree… Here it is, but it has changed! And it has dropped down….ready for another cycle? The English [...]
Osterley Park
Posted in London, Osterley Park, tagged London, London parks, Osterley Park, parks on 22/09/2007 | 6 Comments »
WOW! I think this is my best picture of today!! And I think I’m slowly getting the hang of my camera… Osterley Park is so tien minute se vinnig stap van ons af waar ons bly. Dis ‘n lieflik groot park. Dis baie besig gedurende naweke, mense kom hou graag piekniek in die park, stap [...]
That’s not me!
Posted in Africa, Chessa, fish, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat, Lee Mead, London, South Africa on 21/09/2007 | 2 Comments »
Read about this fish with the name of Chessa. And follow this link to where part of my blog’s title comes from! This is South Africa chess….chess+SA = Chessa! And………THIS is where the second bit of my blog’s title comes from!! Follow this link and hear Lee Mead’s voice…fantastic!! My hero! of all the “Josephs”! [...]
Tangerine and cancer
Posted in London, medical, medical research, news, tangerine, tagged cancer, cancer research, health, medical research, news on 12/09/2007 | 2 Comments »
Source here. LONDON (Reuters) – Tangerine peel could help in the fight against certain cancers, researchers said on Wednesday. Human cancer cells, which contain an enzyme called P450 CYP1B1, were destroyed by a compound contained in tangerine peel, Salvestrol Q40, scientists at Leicester School of Pharmacy found. The findings may offer a new approach to [...]
Yesterday
Posted in books, London, reading, Richard Noble, trains on 08/09/2007 | Leave a Comment »
I was on the tube yesterday…on my way to Uxbridge, on the Piccadilly line. For people not knowing London, there are different lines, they all have “names” and the Piccadilly line is also the line you get from Heathrow…but it splits at Acton town. From Acton town you can either go into London, or take [...]
A day out!
Posted in education, London, school, tagged Arethusa, British schools, education, London schools, school on 04/09/2007 | Leave a Comment »
Scroll down for a bit of English… Y5 taster trip…for the Y6 trip in the new year. Hierdie was ‘n uitstappie met die twee Jaar 5-klasse – my klas was ‘n gemengde klas, dus was dit 1 1/2 klas en nie twee volledige klasse nie – om vir hulle ‘n voorsmakie te gee van die [...]
Change!
Posted in London, United Kingdom on 03/09/2007 | Leave a Comment »
Weather change….on the clock…15:10….and the first three pictures were taken…almost after the other which I posted earlier today! That was taken 10 to 3! The next three pictures were taken at 19:45. Compare picture 3 with picture 4….and Heathrow is…quiet!! http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping
1.7 Million SA’s!!
Posted in London, South Africans on 03/09/2007 | 2 Comments »
Perhaps a good question….it is meant to be summer! This first picture was taken on the 21st of August! The others, today, at 10 min to 3! Asking myself….where is our summer….and the clouds are getting darker….it rained last night just after 12-ish…midnight….and in picture 3….you can see Heathrow still busy…..despite the weather….Interesting…I heard….(from our [...]
Great Fire of London!
Posted in Fire of London, History, London, tagged Great Fire of London, History, History of London, London, London history, London's burning on 02/09/2007 | Leave a Comment »
1666 : Great Fire of London begins In the early morning hours, the Great Fire of London breaks out in the house of King Charles II’s baker on Pudding Lane near London Bridge. It soon spread to Thames Street, where warehouses filled with combustibles and a strong easterly wind transformed the blaze into an inferno. [...]
Piccadilly Circus at night…movie
Posted in Central London, London, Piccadilly Circus, United Kingdom on 30/08/2007 | 2 Comments »
At last! I tried three times to upload this movie and every time it was another 30 -40 minutes…or more…This was taken a couple of nights ago…the same night we had ribs at Garfunkel’s! I’m still in the beginning of experimenting with my camera…so be aware, I’m no expert…but I think what I wanted to [...]
Harrods by night!
Posted in Harrods, London, tagged Harrods, Harrods at Christmas, Harrods by night, London on 30/08/2007 | Leave a Comment »
This short movie of about 30 seconds was taken with my own “common” camera…Olympus X760 6.0 Megapixel- during Christmas 2007. I don’t think this was a good buy! Click on the link here: Harrods by night ….to see the movie. http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping
River Thames
Posted in London, River Thames, Thames, tagged Chess history, Cutty Sark, Greenwich, London, River Thames, Royal Observatory, Thames, United Kingdom on 30/08/2007 | Leave a Comment »
This was the second time we went on a trip on the River. From Westminster to Greenwich. This time we spent the time at Greenwich to have a snack and to shop around the Street Markets. We were surprised to find a stall that sells some nice Boerewors It is an English guy who sells [...]
Meer Afrikaans…. Afrikaans continues
Posted in Central London, Laerskole in London, London, skole in Engeland, skoolhou in London, teaching, tagged Laerskole in London, skole in Engeland, skoolhou in London on 30/08/2007 | Leave a Comment »
Hierdie is ‘n “opvolg” van ‘n pos gedoen gister/eergister…ook oor skole in London/Engeland…kyk gerus daarna ook. Die weer vandag is sommer nou weer die gewone Britse weer…bewolk…sommer ‘n dik wolklaag. Weg is die heerlike sonskyn van die afgelope 3 dae. Hierdie somer is die weer baie snaaks. Verlede jaar het ons behoorlik uitgekook op sommige [...]
Afrikaans vandag…only Afrikaans
Posted in Central London, Laerskole in Engeland, London, skole in Engeland, skoolhou in London, teaching, tagged Laerskole in Engeland, skole in Engeland, skoolhou in London on 29/08/2007 | 3 Comments »
Vandag wy ek bietjie aan my moedertaal. Dis gaan sommer net lekker wees om in Afrikaans hier te gesels…dan gaan ek julle bietjie meer vertel oor skole/skoolhou hier in London. Hierdie is die eerste pos wat ek skryf oor skole in London/Engeland… kyk by die 30ste Augustus vir meer…. Eerstens sal mens kan se (lees asseblief die [...]
My pics..Osterley Park
Posted in London, London park, Osterley Park, photos, tagged London, London park, Osterley Park, photos on 28/08/2007 | 2 Comments »
My first time to see white cattle!! It looks almost like the South African Drakensberger we used to have on the farm. And these pictures are all some of my best of reflections…all in Osterley Park…before my fall! http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping
Garfunkel’s
Posted in Garfunkel's Restaurant, London, ribs on 27/08/2007 | Leave a Comment »
My Fanta orange…of course…no wine…I’m on a diet…as you know! I actually wanted Fanta Grape, but as I am NOT in South Africa now….I couldn’t order it!! but next time, will buy it myself from a South African shop…SA shop at London bridge…get ready! 100% PLEASURE!! if you drink this Grape juice…100%!! Wow!! My rack [...]
Kingston and Richmond today
Posted in Kingston, London, Richmond, Richmond Park on 24/08/2007 | Leave a Comment »
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Weather SA (winter) and London (summer)
Posted in London, South Africa on 21/08/2007 | Leave a Comment »
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Sunset on the River Thames
Posted in cities, Fotografie, London, photography, River Thames, sonsondergang, sunset, Teems rivier, Thames, tagged buildings, Fotografie, London, photography, River Thames, rivers, riviere, sonsondergang, sunset, Teems rivier on 16/07/2007 | 3 Comments »
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Barons Court
Posted in cities, Earls Court, London, Piccadilly line, stations, tagged Earls Court, London, London stations, Piccadilly line on 07/07/2007 | 1 Comment »
This is Earl’s Court Station…Earl! Barons Court Station….think the Baron will like to stop here next year when coming to London, to have a drink at a pub! ….should tell him about this station…! This station is just before Earl’s Court! Think the Earl would like the name of that station! He and the Baron [...]
River Thames
Posted in cities, London, River Thames, rivers, tagged London, River Thames, rivers on 07/07/2007 | Leave a Comment »
See my other pictures of the Thames here and enjoy the beautiful sunset pics on the river! http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping
Bexley
Posted in London, tagged Bexley, London on 28/06/2007 | Leave a Comment »
On our way back from Arethusa, these pics were taken. That’s Bexley…. http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping
Kent
Posted in education, Kent, London, school, tagged Arethusa, education, Kent, London on 28/06/2007 | Leave a Comment »
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Volkspele..Folk Dance
Posted in culture, Die oukraal liedjie, Dis julle wat die wind, Folk Dance dress, folk dances, Folk song music and lyrics, Groen is die land van Natal, kultuur, London, primary school, Saai die waatlemoen, South Africa, South African culture, South African traditional music files, South African traditional music lyrics, Suid-Afrika, Suid-Afrikaanse kultuur, traditional folk dance, Traditional music, Volkspele, tagged Aai aai die witborskraai, Aanstap rooies, Afrikaners is plesierig, culture, dance, Die oukraal liedjie, Dis julle wat die wind, folk dance, Folk Dance dress, Groen is die land van Natal, Jan Pierewiet, kultuur, London, music files, primary schools, Saai die waatlemoen, South Africa, South African culture, South African traditional music files, South African traditional songs lyrics, Suid-Afrika, Suid-Afrikaanse kultuur, traditional folk dance, Traditional Folk music South Africa, Traditional music, traditional songs lyrics, Volksliedere lirieke, Volksliedere musiek, Volksmusiek, Volkspele, Volkspele dans, Volkspele drag, Volkspele movies, Volkspele musiek, Volkspele rokke, Volkspele videos on 27/06/2007 | 2 Comments »
You want to know more about the dance? …go to… www.volkspele.co.za On THIS LINK you can read more about Folk Dance and there are links to photos too. If you go down with the slider, once on that link, you will find an English part too. Please click on THIS LINK for South African [...]
Black Friars Bridge —Thames
Posted in Central London, East London, London, River, River Thames, Stratford, Thames, United Kingdom on 23/06/2007 | Leave a Comment »
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Stratford
Posted in Central London, East London, London, Stratford, Stratford Station, United Kingdom on 23/06/2007 | 1 Comment »
Stratford station is in the East of London. It has a British overland station, as well as a tube station. (Underground station) http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping
Bermondsey, London
Posted in Central London, London, Southwark, United Kingdom on 21/06/2007 | Leave a Comment »
This is Bermondsey Road in Bermondsey…London….On the first picture, the building painted in orange/pink, is the Textile museum….and on the 4th picture, you can see the Bermondsey Bridge. http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping
River Thames
Posted in London, Thames, tagged London, Thames on 17/06/2007 | Leave a Comment »
What you see here…is just a few photos Tower Bridge…. Blackfriars Bridge…….. Westminster…..and do I have to say anything more….! http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping
London
Posted in London, tagged London, UK on 16/06/2007 | 2 Comments »
This photo was taken the day when we went to see our art display at Pottersfield Park…about 3 min walk from Tower Bridge…and that is where “More London” …is…and…who doesn’t know THIS building?! http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping
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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....”
'Rebranding the Afrikaner: World Cup watershed?' [CNN] A good link: read all of Jabulani74's comments on this link.
The darkest places in hell are reserved for those who maintain their neutrality in times of moral crisis. Dante Aligheri
Sow the wind - Reap the hurricane
Istanbul Chess 2012 [Click the image for the official site]
Biel Chess Festival 2011- Click the image for the official site
"Mag aldus die Afrikaner stam, van wie die toekoms altyd vol hoop was, in die einde opgroei tot 'n kragtige boom, en ons dade toon dat ons waardig is om 'n plek in te neem in die ry van die volke..." Paul Kruger
Life is not about waiting for the storms to pass... It's about learning how to dance in the rain-Vivian Greene
No one can know or appreciate the Boer who does not know his past, for he is what his past has made him- Conan Doyle - Click HERE to read more by Doyle.Don't click on THIS LINK unless you want to see a photo of Cecil J Rhodes's Officials happy with their 'job' - if you were a leader and against the 'Chartered Company', then this is what happened to you in Rhodesia.
An opinion should be the result of thought, not a substitute for it.
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.
This LINK is a must read by a University Professor/Journalist and photographer: Anthony LoBaido...read what he says about the "Mandela Myth"-which not many people know about!
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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- History is a great painter, with the world for canvas, and life for a figure. It exhibits man in his pride, and nature in her magnificence.
Education is the apprenticeship of life -Robert WillmotChess Grandmaster -Vassily Ivanchuk says:
"And do you like playing chess against women?
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."
Recent Chess Tournaments
Karen Asrian Memorial[click image for the link]
Tata Steel Chess - Click the image for the Official site of Tata Steel Chess [previously Corus Chess]
London Chess Classic
Dortmund 2010
South African Open 2010
British Chess Championships 2010
Nalchik 2010 Fide Women's Grand Prix -25 April to 8 May
Thinking is fed from subjective and in unconscious roots and from objective data transmitted through sense perceptions.--Carl Jung
2009 - 2-12th July - Dortmund Live 2009
SA Open 3-11 July in Cape Town
MTel 2009
Nalchik Live Games 2009
Corus 2010
Linares 2010
World Youth Chess Championships 2009in Kemer-Antalya - Turkey 11-22 Nov----
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Some Thoughts
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
Wanneer jy groot dinge dink, groot dinge glo en groot dinge bid, gebeur groot dinge - N V Peale
Mense sonder boeke, is soos arende sonder vlerke-G.D.Labuschagne
A mere copier of nature can never produce anything great. -Joshua Reynolds
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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.
