a few for javell as he like the girls!

Like to wish you all a Merry Xmas

Regards Reanna

how to cheat at Chess

Derren Brown beats 9 chess players simultaneously.

Infinite Chessboard

question:Imagine an infinite chessboard(or an hperspace) ,how many pieces do you need to give chessmate in an ending?or said in another way:can you checmate with 2 rooks against king alone?

Once upon a time ..

It is a long time I have not writed anything;ok I am very busy by my work but that is not the main thing,The real true  is that  I dont like the chess world too much that days:Fischer and Larsen passed away,Kasparov dont play anymore,and kids of 12 years with names I dont care to remember are winning tournaments!

Still soon I will be back!For the time being looks at the girl above isn't chess a pleasant game?

Kiss to girls,hanshake to boys.

01	Carlsen	2810,7	-15,3
02	Anand	2800,0	0
03	Aronian	2789,7	+6,7
04	Topalov	2785,5	-17,5
05	Kramnik	2775,0	-5
06	Ivanchuk	2771,9	+17,9
07	Grischuk	2763,2	+3,2
08	Karjakin	2763,0	+16
09	Mamedyarov	2760,4	+4,4
10	Shirov	2755,4	+6,4           As you see the 2 top players lost points on the olympiad.

A conversation with Bent

Some days ago Bent Larsen passed away ,here:http://www.chesscafe.com/skittles/skittles388.htm you can read an old interview with him.

a nice exercice from Spragett blog:black plays and wins

strip chess

Some time ago I wrote an article about strip -chess,(a nice way to promote chess,imagine Anand or Kasparov,,,No please forget this).dont be mislead the picture above is from Man Ray and feature Marcel Duchamp who was a  french surrealist and chess Champion(there is an article on him in the blog)I always thought Surrealism and Chess are connected, for example Raymond Roussel (impression d'Afrique)wrote a method to checkmate king with Bishop and Knight

Fiddle Faddle Force wins ANCL season

FFE with capitain Michael Tallovsky wins the ANCL tittle,Congratulations to the team

Great crosstable of ANCL by CBishop

ANCL last round

We have 2 possible teams to be the 15th champion of ANCL:
Fiddle Faddle Force………9.5………

Queen of Hearts…………..9…

good luck to both!

A( king) walk with Bent

Look at this game,dont think too much,think you are watching a movie,it should tell you the story of a warrior,someone who wants to win; Is it correct or not? who cares?It is what we want to see,a real war on a chessboard. Enjoy!

Jelen,Iz (2370) - Larsen,B (2615) [A04]
Ljubljana/Portoroz .1977

1.Nf3 b6 2.g3 Bb7 3.Bg2 c5 4.c4 g6 5.0-0 Bg7 6.d4 cxd4 7.Nxd4 Bxg2 8.Kxg2 Nc6 9.Nc2 Rc8 10.Ne3 Nf6 11.Nc3 0-0 12.Rb1 e6 13.b3 d5 14.cxd5 Nb4 15.Ba3 a5 16.Qd2 Ng4 17.Ncd1 Nxe3+ 18.Nxe3 Bc3 19.Qd1 Re8 20.Bxb4 axb4 21.Qd3 Rc5 22.dxe6 Qa8+ 23.Kg1 Rxe6 24.Rbd1 Qxa2 25.Qd8+ Kg7 26.Nd5 Qxb3 27.Ne7 Qc4 28.Qg8+ Kf6 29.Qh8+ Kg5 30.Qf8 Rxe2 31.Ng8 h5 32.Nh6 Bd2 33.Nxf7+ Kg4 34.Rxd2 Rxd2 35.f3+ Kh3 36.Qc8+ Qg4 37.Ng5+ Rxg5 38.fxg4 Rg2+ 39.Kh1 Rc5 40.Qd8 Rxh2+ 41.Kg1 g5 42.Rb1 0-1

Bent Larsen died at 75

In France today it is very sunny but I dont feel too well learning the death of Bent Larsen.I never had the chance to meet the man but I always had him in a part of my heart with Borges,Coltrane ,Bashung ,Brautigan...He was not only a great champ,the best no-russians player during many years, he  was also a writer,a daring ,innovateur well educated man so maybe what everybody should try to be.
I will soon show here some of his games but more than that ,remember the man please.

http://www.chessquotes.com/

I receive the following email :I hope you enjoy my new site www.chessquotes.com . There is really nothing like it on the web ... I was quite frankly surprised that the domain name was available and that nobody seized upon the idea before I did. If you find it worthy, I would be pleased if you added a link on your site.


I am always happy to see new chess site so please have a look.
I dont know if this is on the site but I like vey much what Kasparov is supossed having said when he learned he will Play Nigel Short for the World tittle:"It is Short and it will be short".

the world lost

Carlsen,Magnus (2826) - The World [E62]
G-Star RAW World Chess Challenge New York/USA, 10.09.2010

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 0-0 5.Bg2 d6 6.Nc3 Nc6 7.0-0 e5 8.d5 Ne7 9.e4 c6 10.a4 Bg4 11.a5 cxd5 12.cxd5 Qd7 13.Be3 Rfc8 14.Qa4 Ne8 15.Nd2 Qd8 16.Qb4 Nc7 17.Nc4 Na6 18.Qxb7 Rxc4 19.Qxa6 Rb4 20.f3 Bc8 21.Qe2 f5 22.Qd2 Ba6 23.Rfc1 Qb8 24.Na4 Rb3 25.Rc3 Rb4 26.Rca3 f4 27.Bf2 Bh6 28.Nb6 fxg3 29.Qxb4 gxf2+ 30.Kxf2 Bc8 31.Rb3 axb6 32.Qxb6 Qa7 33.a6 Kf7 34.Qxa7 Rxa7 35.Rb6 Ke8 36.Rxd6 Bf8 37.Rb6 Nxd5 38.Rb8 Bc5+ 39.Kg3 Ne7 40.Bh3 Kd8 41.Bxc8 Nxc8 42.Rc1 Rc7 43.Rxc5 Rxc5 44.a7 World resigns 1-0
Magnus stronger that the world today

crush the number one today!

Remember?Today Magnus plays the world;you can still register here :http://rwcc.g-star.com/  but hurry up
In the official site you can follow the game (5PM in europe,so probably around minight for my beloved asian friend)also probably on playchess and others blogs.
Have fun and teach the kid how things must be!

Chess TV

Maybe you will be pleased to learn that you can watch Chess on TV here:www.chesstv.eu
3 beautiful girls make the show and I am sure you can learn something;It is well done and very interresting

new questions on the left

Who is the greatest of all times?please vote and explain why!

Do you want to play Magnus?

If you want to play this guy just register here;g-star.com/rawchess,the world helped by Kasparov and some others top GMI will play against Magnus Carlsen.Just join the team!this kid need a lesson!

the way of ANCL champ

Arctic Securities Rapid

the Arctic Securities Chess Stars rapid tournament  finished yesterday.Magnus Carlsen won the event by beating Viswanathan Anand 1.5-0.5 in the final. Jon Ludvig Hammer came third and Judith Polgar is in last place.
here is the only defeat of Magnus and the final winning game.



Hammer,J (2636) - Carlsen,M (2826) [A31]
Arctic Stars Prelim Kristiansund NOR (5), 29.08.2010

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nf3 cxd4 4.Nxd4 b6 5.Nc3 Bb7 6.f3 e6 7.e4 d6 8.Be2 a6 9.0-0 Be7 10.Be3 0-0 11.Qc2 Qc7 12.Rfc1 Rc8 13.Bf2 Nbd7 14.a4 Rab8 15.Qd1 Qd8 16.Kh1 Bf8 17.Bf1 g6 18.Rab1 Ne5 19.b3 Bg7 20.Bg3 h5 21.Qd2 h4 22.Bf4 Rc5 23.Re1 Nh5 24.Be3 Ng3+ 25.Kg1 Nxf1 26.Rxf1 h3 27.Nde2 hxg2 28.Kxg2 Rc6 29.Rbd1 Ba8 30.Bg5 Qf8 31.h4 Re8 32.Ng3 f6 33.Be3 Qf7 34.Bh6 Bh8 35.Be3 f5 36.Bg5 Qh7 37.Rf2 Nf7 38.Rh1 Rcc8 39.Nce2 Be5 40.Bf4 fxe4 41.Nxe4 Bxe4 42.fxe4 g5 43.hxg5 Qxe4+ 44.Kg1 Rf8 45.Ng3 Qd4 46.Qc2 Nxg5 47.Qg6+ Bg7 48.Qxg5 Rf7 49.Qg6 Rcc7 50.Kg2 Rxf4 51.Qh7+ Kf7 52.Rxf4+ Qxf4 53.Rf1 Qxf1+ 54.Kxf1 Rc5 55.Ne4 1-0



Carlsen,M (2826) - Anand,V (2800) [D78]
Arctic Stars Final Kristiansund NOR (1), 30.08.2010

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 0-0 5.Bg2 c6 6.0-0 d5 7.Nbd2 Bf5 8.b3 Ne4 9.Bb2 Na6 10.Nh4 Nxd2 11.Qxd2 Be6 12.Rac1 Qd7 13.Nf3 Rfd8 14.Rfd1 Nc7 15.Qa5 Ne8 16.e3 Bg4 17.Rd2 Bxf3 18.Bxf3 e6 19.Rdc2 Nd6 20.a4 f5 21.Qe1 a5 22.Bc3 dxc4 23.Bxa5 cxb3 24.Rb2 Rdc8 25.Rxb3 Bf8 26.Rcb1 Ra7 27.Kg2 Nc4 28.Bb4 Bxb4 29.Rxb4 Nd6 30.Qc3 Rca8 31.Qc2 Ra6 32.h4 h5 33.e4 R8a7 34.exf5 Nxf5 35.Re1 Ra5 36.Qb3 Kf7 37.Re4 Ne7 38.Qc2 Nd5 39.Rc4 Ra8 40.Re5 Ne7 41.Bxh5 Rxe5 42.dxe5 Qd5+ 43.Bf3 Qxe5 44.Re4 Qd6 45.h5 Rf8 46.Qb2 b5 47.axb5 cxb5 48.Qxb5 Nf5 49.Qb7+ Kf6 50.Qh7 gxh5 51.Bxh5 Qd5 52.Bf3 Qd2 53.g4 Ng7 54.g5+ 1-0

You can read what Magnus thinks here:http://www.arcticsec.no/index.php?button=blog&main_image=35

poperism in chess!

Q: What is the difference between a large cheese pizza and a chess Grandmaster?
A: The pizza can feed a family of four.

how true for most players!!!

Almira Skripchenko (wife of Fressinet the french champ)is women french champ!

the new french champ.Fressinet picture.

playing a GMI with my too big fingers.

On holidays I had trouble playing on Playchess; first I needed to find  free wifi and secondly I was unable to play quickly because my fingers are much too big for the touch of my notebook(Ok some may said that usually I am slow cause of my head not big enough ...)
still I had the great chance to play a strong GM in 2 friendly games ,I am white in the first:
Black  IStohl (2352) friendly game 5m + 0s Grande salle de jeu, 10.08.2010

1.Nf3 g6 2.g3 Bg7 3.Bg2 Nf6 4.0-0 0-0 5.d4 d6 6.c4 Nc6 7.Nc3 a6 8.Qd3 Rb8 9.d5 Nb4 10.Qd2 a5 11.h3 Bd7 12.Nd4 Qc8 13.Kh2 c6 14.a3 Na6 15.Rb1 cxd5 16.cxd5 Nc5 17.b4 axb4 18.axb4 Na4 19.Nxa4 Bxa4 20.Bb2 Bd7 21.e4 Qd8 22.f4 Ne8 23.Nf3 Bxb2 24.Qxb2 Ng7 25.Rbc1 Rc8 26.Qd4 Rc7 27.Qb6 Rxc1 28.Qxd8 Rxd8 29.Rxc1 Rc8 30.Rxc8+ Bxc8 31.Nd4 f6 32.g4 g5 33.f5 Bd7 34.Bf1 Kf7 35.Bb5 Ke8 36.Kg3 h5 37.Kf3 hxg4+ 38.hxg4 Bxb5 39.Nxb5 Kd7 40.Ke3 Ne8 41.Nd4 Nc7 42.Kd3 b5 43.Kc3 Kc8 44.Nc6 Kd7 45.Nd4 Kc8 46.Nc6 Kd7 IStohl offers a draw . 47.Nd4  (Lag: Av=0.63s, max=10.4s) ½-½


in the revanche the GM with white  won a nice game:


Partie amicale, 5m + 0s Grande salle de jeu, 10.08.2010

1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 d6 5.e4 Nf6 6.Nc3 0-0 7.Bd3 e6 8.h3 Na6 9.0-0 exd5 10.cxd5 Re8 11.Re1 Nc7 12.Bg5 h6 13.Bh4 g5 14.Bg3 Nh5 15.Bh2 Nf4 16.Bf1 Bd7 17.a4 Qf6 18.e5 dxe5 19.Ne4 Qg6 20.Nxc5 Bf5 21.d6 Nce6 22.Nxe5 Bxe5 23.Rxe5 b6 24.Nxe6 Bxe6 25.Qd4 Rad8 26.Bb5 Bd7 27.Bxd7 . 27...Rxe5 28.Qxe5  (Lag: Av=0.35s, max=0.8s) 1-0


viva hollidays !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Fressinet is French Champ !

Fressinet won the tie break in blitz 1.5-0.5 to take the title against Edouard.
You can also look at Dorfman score 11 draw !some of them in less than 20 moves;It is not the first time that he does this kind of result and I wonder why people invited him?Nobody more interresting to watch?
Still congratulation to Fressinet !!

hmm no comment!

Do you  prefer chess or sex? “well it depends on the position!”

joke for friday

A chess master died – after a few days, a friend of his heard a voice; it was him!
“What’s it like, where you are now,” he asked.
“What do you want to hear first, the good news or the bad news.”
“Tell me the good news first.”
“Well, it’s really heaven here. There are tournaments and blitz sessions going on all the time and Morphy, Alekhine, Lasker, Tal, Capablanca, Botvinnik, they’re all here, and you can play them.”
“Fantastic!” the friend said, “and what is the bad news?”
“You have Black against Capablanca on Saturday.”

ANCL standing after 8 rounds

Poscard from hollydays

lKisses to  girls,handshake to boys

Hollidays !!!

A Month break during hollidays!
Have a nice time!

TODAY I SAW A SHOCKING PICTURE!

Shocking picture:Of course like me you immediatly see that the chessboard is missplaced ;a white square should be on the right!what a schock!

http://www.hikarunakamura.com/

Nakamura has a lot of fans,he is probably the best blitz and bullet  player in the world,.About his chess I have my own opinion which is :Bad moves but good results !.He himself said he plays like an engine with sometime terrible moves for an humain eye.BTW make your own view with his blog :www;hikarunakamura.com, but be careful his games can damage your eyes.

friday video

chess making fun....