Comrades Update! Image:http://eng.rusathletics.com/nov/nov.php?ind=2504 Results: First 5 men and women…source:comradesblog.com Men Leonid Shvetsov – 5:24:49 Jaroslaw Janicki – 5:38:30 Stephen Muzhingi – 5:39:41 Oleg Kharitonov – 5:42:05 Grigory Murzin – 5:43:08 Women Elena Nurgalieva – 6:14:38 Olesya Nurgalieva – 6:15:53 Tatyana Zhirkova – 6:17:46 Marina Myshlyanova – 6:30:50 Marina Bychkova – 6:38:03 Shvetsov sets Comrades record [...]
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Comrades 2008
Posted in Elena Nurgalieva, Female winner of comrades 2008, Gordon Ramsay, health, history of the comrades marathon, hydration, Koula, Leonid Shvetsov, London Marathon 2008, marathons, Russian Comrades athletes, Russian female comrades athletes, South Africa, sport, Steve Cram, tagged 5 FM DJ Koula, Bruce Fordyce, Comrades, Comrades 2008, Comrades History, Comrades images, Comrades winner 2008, Elena Nurgalieva, Female winner of comrades 2008, Gordon Ramsay, health, history of the comrades, hydration, Koula, Leonid Shvetsov, Russian athletes, Russian Comrades athletes, Russian female comrades athletes, South Africa Comrades, sport, Steve Cram, Wally Hayward on 13/04/2008 | 6 Comments »
Boxers play chess in new UK sport
Posted in Chess, chess boxing, chess games, sport, tagged boxing, Chess, chess boxing, chess games, sport on 11/04/2008 | 9 Comments »
I blogged in December HERE about chess boxing and you can see a video too on this link! Now it’s also in the UK! I’m glad I don’t have to box before I can play a game of chess! Wonder if they play some good chess games in this sport…or is it just for the [...]
World Youth Chess Championship 2007 movie
Posted in Chess, movies, sport, tagged Chess, chess movie, movies, Turkey, world youth chess championship 2007 on 22/11/2007 | 1 Comment »
On the photos you can see South African chess players and on the video you can see short clips of players, including South African players, all busy with round 5. In the next movie, you can see players from round 4! More movies here … Click here for the movie that was not imported after [...]
Springboks return…movie
Posted in movie, rugby, rugby world cup 2007, South Africa, sport, Springboks, tagged movie, rugby, rugby world cup 2007, South Africa, sport, Springboks on 24/10/2007 | Leave a Comment »
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Chess game 9
Posted in Chess, chess games, skaak, sport, tagged Chess, chess game 9, chess games, skaak on 23/10/2007 | 8 Comments »
Click HERE to play through the game! The link will open in a new window. The game is on my blogger-site and WordPress didn’t import it when I moved my blog. In this game…I played black…my opponent’s rating was about 350 ahead of mine! It wasn’t a tourney….he invited me and I “warned” him [...]
Chess puzzle
Posted in Chess, chess puzzles, sport on 19/10/2007 | Leave a Comment »
Try solve this puzzle…two rooks and a queen! http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping
Well done!! SA cricket team!!
Posted in cricket, Pakistan, South Africa, sport on 18/10/2007 | Leave a Comment »
LAHORE, Pakistan (AFP) – AB de Villiers and Herschelle Gibbs smashed centuries to help South Africa defeat Pakistan by 45 runs in the first day-night international at the Gaddafi Stadium on Thursday.De Villiers notched a brisk unbeaten 95-ball 103, while Gibbs scored 102 to propel the tourists to 294-5 in 50 overs before paceman Makhaya [...]
Chess game 8
Posted in Chess, chess games, sport, tagged board games, Chess, chess games, sport on 17/10/2007 | 2 Comments »
Click HERE to play through the game! In this game, I played white. My opponent (also a female!)’s rating is about 150 higher than mine. We have another game going, she might beat me up in that one, I’m one rook down, but 1 pawn up…This game was really tough….I loved the last bit of [...]
chess game 7
Posted in Chess, chess games, sport, tagged board games, Chess, chess games, sport on 13/10/2007 | 2 Comments »
Click HERE to play through the game! In this game, I played black. My opponent’s rating was slightly higher than mine…about 50+….look at the last 3-4 moves!!! He ended up with TWO queens!! He resigned before my final checkmate move!! hehehe… http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping
South Africa…37 ..Fiji..20
Posted in rugby, South Africa, sport, world cup rugby 2007 on 07/10/2007 | Leave a Comment »
WELL DONE!! SOUTH AFRICA!!! AGAIN!!! Ek het natuurlik die wedstryd weer op TV gekyk, maar ai, die spanning!! Hierdie Fijiane is blokke van manne, hulle eet seker meer as net mieliepap daar anderkant! My senuwees was natuurlik gedaan en toe dit nou sommer 20-20 is, toe breek my moed en met 23-20 het ek omtrent [...]
Shogi
Posted in Chess, Japanese chess, Shogi, sport on 05/10/2007 | 6 Comments »
Shogi, or Japanese chess, is the most popular of a family of chess variants native to Japan.ObjectiveTechnically the game is won when a king is captured, though in practice defeat is conceded at mate or when mate becomes inevitable.A traditional (shogi board) displaying a set of koma (pieces). The pieces on the far side are [...]
SA’s play rugby for Australia?
Posted in news, rugby, South Africa, sport, tagged Australia, news, rugby, South Africa, sport on 28/09/2007 | Leave a Comment »
Wallabies eye more Bok recruits 2007-9-28 11:58 France – Australia is looking at unearthing more young South Africans like Dan Vickerman and Clyde Rathbone in the build-up to the next Rugby World Cup in 2011, according to reports. Newly-appointed Australian Rugby Union high performance manager Pat Howard has arrived at the World Cup in France [...]
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
chess movies
Posted in Chess, chess movies, chess videos, games, sport, tagged board games, Chess, chess movies, chess videos, sport on 27/09/2007 | Leave a Comment »
This is really a good site…do VISIT and enjoy! http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping
Chess championship round 11 results
Posted in Aronian, Chess, Leko, Mexico, Morozevich, sport, World chess champions, World chess championship 2007 on 26/09/2007 | Leave a Comment »
This is the World Chess player, Anand’s game played on Tuesday 25th Sept in Mexico. His opponent was Morozevich. Anand played white and won the game. Round 11 Results:Gelfand ½ – ½ SvidlerLeko ½ – ½ AronianGrischuk ½ – ½ KramnikAnand 1 – 0 Morozevich Standings after Round 11:Anand 7.5Gelfand 6.0Aronian 5.5Kramnik 5.5Leko 5.5Grischuk 5.0Morozevich [...]
World Youth Championships Nov 2007!
Posted in Chess, sport, tagged Chess, sport, Turkey-chess, world youth chess championships 2007 on 24/09/2007 | Leave a Comment »
The World Youth Chess championship 2007 in Turkey Nov. 2007. The Government of Turkey and the Turkish Chess Federation (TCF), have the honour to invite all the FIDE member Chess Federations around the world to participate in the World Youth Chess Championship 2007 (under 8, under 10, under 12, under 14, under 16 and under [...]
Mexico chess….world chess championship!
Posted in Chess, Kramnik, Leko, Mexico, sport, Vladimir Kramnik, World chess championship 2007 on 23/09/2007 | Leave a Comment »
World chess championship in Mexico and watch the world champs in action…click on the right for live games when the page opens up! Round 9 on! The following image is for KJ from the chess site …KJ, click on the image and you’ll be able to read….good luck! http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping
SA Rugby…hall of fame
Posted in rugby, SA rugby, South African rugby, South African rugby history, sport on 22/09/2007 | Leave a Comment »
SA rugby, hall of fame! http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping
South Africa win thriller against Tonga
Posted in rugby, rugby world cup 2007, South Africa, sport, Tonga, tagged rugby, rugby world cup 2007, South Africa, sport, Springboks, Tonga on 22/09/2007 | Leave a Comment »
WELL DONE BOKKE, AGAIN!!! GO FOR IT!!! LENS, 22 September – South Africa will finish top of Pool A after defeating a determined Tonga 30-25 in a thrilling match at Stade Felix-Bollaert in Lens on Saturday. Tonga gave a second-string South Africa an almighty scare before the Springboks clicked into gear to post a four-tries-to-three [...]
Anand…world chess championship
Posted in Chess, Kramnik, Leko, sport, World chess championship 2007 on 19/09/2007 | Leave a Comment »
Round 6….Anand and Leko live chess. http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping
Cricket…South Africa/England
Posted in Cape Town, cricket, England, Newlands, South Africa, sport on 16/09/2007 | Leave a Comment »
click on the image for a larger view SA beat England in the Twenty20worldcup Group E match in Newlands, Cape Town today. and read here….about the Twenty20 world cup cricketin South Africa. http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping
World Chess championship round 1&2
Posted in Chess, Mexico, sport, World chess championship 2007 on 15/09/2007 | Leave a Comment »
Click on the images for a larger imageClick to see the end of the Champs’ games…round 3 in progress….Saturday 15th September… Follow this link to the World Chess championship… Mexico http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping
Live Chess…world championship in Mexico…2007!
Posted in Chess, Mexico, sport, World chess championship 2007 on 14/09/2007 | Leave a Comment »
MEXICO!! Click HERE to follow live games of the champions!! http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping
Chess Links
Posted in Chess, sport, tagged British chess clubs, British chess federation, British Colombian chess, Chess, sport, Sussex Junior Chess on 08/09/2007 | Leave a Comment »
EnglishChess Federation2007 Sussex Junior Chess here British Colombia Canada with Steinitz information and rules for Juniors. British Chess clubs British Chess club links http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping
World Cup!!
Posted in rugby, rugby world cup 2007, South Africa, sport on 06/09/2007 | Leave a Comment »
SA rugby HEREwith all the rugby news too… Visit…OuGrote to update yourself with the worldcup!! Let’s cross fingers for SOUTH AFRICA!!! http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping
Chessville
Posted in Chess, sport on 03/09/2007 | Leave a Comment »
Click for a larger image Just found this extensive chess site… to check out later! http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping
Well done, Bulls!
Posted in rugby, South Africa, South Africa Provincial Rugby, sport on 01/09/2007 | 2 Comments »
Bulls bury Griquas 46 – 3 ! …. WP show Boland who’s boss ! http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping
Boris Spasski and chess champions
Posted in Boris Spasski, Chess, chess champions, education, Jacaranda trees, nature, poems, Poetry, school, sport, tagged Boris Spasski, chess champions, Jacaranda trees, poems, Poetry on 22/08/2007 | 2 Comments »
Boris Spassky, one of my favourite chess champions! Click for more World champions and a chess poem Click here for Class Tools http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping
Chess in a SA school as subject…wow!
Posted in Chess, education, Hennopspark Primary, primary schools, school, South Africa, sport, tagged Chess, chess in schools, education, Primary School Chess, South African Primary School on 22/08/2007 | 4 Comments »
Update: Oct 2008…these images were much larger, but due to the dead link! they also disappeared from my blog, but I could still save them from Google images, although they are now smaller, but you can still make out at least what they looked like! Wow! I hope they are still having it! Well done! [...]
Parachuting….sky diving
Posted in parachuting, Pretoria, sky diving, South Africa, sport on 07/07/2007 | Leave a Comment »
I was a student, when some of my friends decided it was time to do something …..challenging ….again. We all went parachuting! Only once! It was SO exciting! Early that Saturday, at 7am, we all reported at Wonderboom Airport for “training”. Yes, I don’t think it was proper training, but the instructor was really harsh, [...]
BLUE BULLS!!
Posted in rugby, South Africa, sport on 01/07/2007 | Leave a Comment »
Of course my rugby team in South Africa!!! http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping
Rugby 23 June
Posted in rugby, South Africa, sport, Springboks on 23/06/2007 | Leave a Comment »
South Africa 21-26 New Zealand Well done to New Zealand, it was close for South Africa with half time in the lead… http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping
Chess History
Posted in Chess, Chess history, games, sport on 17/06/2007 | Leave a Comment »
We know that chess is the oldest sport that people played….and that evidence of that is in the British Museum…found on the Island of Lewis…… 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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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
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
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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
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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.
