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Boxers play chess in new UK sport 2008-04-11 10:15:54 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 [...]
I won’t give up! 2008-04-11 07:12:50 This song is one of my favourites on a Steve Hofmeyr CD…this song was sung by Bruce Millar first before Steve recorded it too. Bruce is a great artist and was born in Zimbabwe…you can read more about Bruce on this link. He’s now a radio presenter in South Africa. What I didn’t know and [...]
London/Comrades 2008-04-12 20:51:45 Today is the London Marathon…read on THIS LINK about this marathon in London… 40 000 runners hope to finish the 26 miles-marathon!
In South Africa, we have an ultra marathon, the Comrades…I think it’s 92 km… it’s very tough and many people in the country want to run this prestigious ultra marathon…thousands of runners from all over [...]
Five in a row 2008-04-17 05:37:15
Arum Lily…in Afrikaans..Varkoor lelie
Image: photos-of-the-year.com
Image: pyraflora.co.za
Anthurium Lily
Image webgrammar.com
Do I need to explain this one… roses, but mostly for me..Yellow! …but I won’t say no to red roses…
Image: theflowerexpert.com
Carnations/Angeliere… all colours…but red my favourite
And the flowers of the Jacaranda tree… you can even bring me a whole branch! if you like…
Enjoy this movie.
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Recipes 2008-04-16 06:41:33 South Africans like pumpkin soup…and I lo–ove…pumpkin fritters! One blogger-friend….Ray…from “bookstoysgames”… has asked me for a soup recipe…..Ray has also joined the chess site and he’s beating me up in every game! He’s quite a keen chess player! I’ve found this video about pumpkin soup on the site.. : videojug.com This is a fantastic site! But, due to [...]
What a Beautiful Noise 2008-04-18 17:39:06 I’ve blogged before…ages ago…about Steve Hofmeyr…but now I have one of my favourite videos for you to watch… BeautifulNoise
. I do enjoy Neil Diamond’s music and have a few ND CD’s. This song by Steve…was sung during his tour in the USA…in 2007. On this video the word “Afrikaans” is mispronounced and you can see [...]
Ring-a-ring-a-rosie 2008-04-18 09:01:26 This is chess game 26! Chess game 25 can be viewed on my blogger-blog (link on the blog roll). In this game I played black. This was really a tough game….one of those challenging games. If you play through the game you will see why. Luckily…as always… I had a Knight-to-the-rescue. I will even sacrifice [...]
Love one another and don’t judge 2008-04-19 12:58:34 blog.seniorennet. be / ida
Heb elkaar lief
en als dat niet gaat,
laat dan tenminste de ander
in zijn recht !
J. Wolfgang von Goethe
I came across this site-link where senior people are active and blog about what they want to blog…and I found this site quite cute…Ida has got some quotes, poems etc on her blog and of course… [...]
Weekend Chess 2008-04-19 07:06:37 I hope you all have a good weekend!! I’m that chicken in the image! …..and here’s a very short chess game, chess game 27…. to play through. I think in this game there are also only 27 moves!.. I played black in this game. The reason why I blog this game…you will see early on how easy it [...] Read more:Weekend
Chess in Centurion 2008-04-20 17:24:38 Centurion Open Chess Tournament
30 April, 1 – 4 May 2008
Fide rated
If you’re in the Centurion area and you’re a chess player…or in any other area in South Africa…or even in any other country!! ….you should go to this tournament! Centurion is a stone’s throw from Pretoria and Johannesburg..easy reachable from the Johannesburg International Airport..oops!! it’s [...]
Show you care 2008-04-21 11:51:31 I think enough has been said about our planet and what we should do…I think it’s just a case of everybody should do their bit and make sure you do it well. On the links in this post you can find different activities and I’m posting one activity only… this one is taking place in [...]
Al die veld is vrolik 2008-04-23 17:39:52 For English readers… this is a short Afrikaans song about Spring and the second song/poem is about the little mini-beasts, birds, children and even the small plants are happy…they all want to dance and sing and play…
DIS HEERLIKE LENTE
Woorde: THEO W. JANDRELL en G.G. CILLIÉ
Musiek: Wysie uit die Alpe; verwerk: G.G. CILLIÉ
Dis heerlike lente, die [...]
Baku Chess round 3 2008-04-23 15:01:50
Azerbaijan is now a world of chess! GrandMasters in the world of Chess are there for this prestigious event taking place in Baku. Round 4 will be played tomorrow. On my side bar you can follow the games LIVE. Look for the “Fide Grand Prix”-link! Read HERE more about Azerbaijan.
On this table you can see [...] Read more:round
European Chess Championship 2008 2008-04-22 17:13:12 Image: chess.com…Yelena Dembo
The 2008 European
Individual Chess Championships are starting on the 21st April in
Plovdiv, Bulgaria. There are separate men’s and women’s titles at stake in 11-round Swiss events.
Click HERE to play through the games interactively.
Participating in the women’s event is Yelena Dembo from the Chess.com site…
You can view her games HERE on Chess.com.
You can [...]
Chess Grand Prix 2008-04-22 17:12:39 The first move is officially made at the board of Magnus Carlsen (White) against Wang Yue (Black). Standing from left to right: Geoffrey Borg (CEO Global Chess), Elisabeta Polihroniade (Deputy Chief Arbiter), Azad Rahimov (Minister for Youth and Sport, Azerbaijan), Elman Rustamov (Chairman, President of Azerbaijan Chess Federation), Zurab Azmaiparashvili (Technical Adviser).
Baku 2008 has started, [...] Read more:Grand
A very English day! 2008-04-22 15:12:09
23 April = St George’s Day…and…we want to believe …as this is unknown… Shakespeare’s birthday. Not only his birthday…but also the day he died!
Read HERE more about St George’s Day.
Who was St George?
St. George is the patron saint of England. His emblem, a red cross on a white background, is the flag of England, and [...] Read more:English
Baku Chess round 4 2008-04-24 10:07:33 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 [...]
FED-UP 2008-04-24 09:29:50 Please, go to THIS LINK to see for yourself WHAT is happening in Zimbabwe!! COME ON WORLD…ENGLAND/AMERICA… YOU HAVE THE POWER TO FORCE THAT MAN…LIFT HIM OUT…GET RID OF HIM….HELP THOSE PEOPLE IN THE COUNTRY THAT SUFFER!!! IF YOU COULD PUT HIM INTO POWER…YOU HAVE THE POWER TO REMOVE HIM AGAIN…. DON’T LET ME CALL [...]
Op pad 2008-04-24 05:27:20 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 [...]
Plovdiv Chess 2008-04-24 01:55:35
The European Individual Chess Championship is now taking place in Bulgaria…men/women are battling for the top positions. On THIS LINK you can view their games live. Round 4 will be played today.
Please click HERE for results and standings where you can view more photos of the participants too.
Tsveta Galunova
GM Miroshnichenko - GM Markos
Image: chessbase
Image:travelblog.org
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Chess game 29 2008-04-26 06:31:33
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 2008-04-25 16:53:20 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 2008-04-25 11:51:31
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 will [...] Read more:round
Baku Chess round 6 2008-04-27 09:17:18
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
Click on the images to have a larger view. These are results [...]
Chess Grandmasters play football! 2008-04-27 05:29:03 Chess players in Baku had a free day yesterday! See how they spent their day…playing football…watch the second movie to see the players in action!
Images: Fide.com
Sergey Karjakin, from Ukraine, (Ukrainian: Сергій Карякін; born January 12, 1990 in Simferopol) is a top chess player. At the age of twelve years and seven months he became the [...]
Chess games 29 2008-04-26 06:31:33 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 [...]
End of day 2008-04-28 18:32:31 This picture was taken today… the church can be seen from our house! Click on the image for a larger view. Enjoy the poem I’ve chosen to support the picture…
Sunset
When I was growing as a little kid
I dread for sunset to come
And darkness to fill the earth
I was so afraid of being alone
Lying on my [...]
Baku Chess round 7 2008-04-28 12:02:17 Image: chess.com
Vugar Gashimov takes shock lead
Click HERE to read more about Gashimov and to play through the games on chess.com
Results:
Gashimov, Vugar - Kamsky, Gata 1-0
Grischuk, Alexander - Wang Yue ½-½
Radjabov, Teimour - Carlsen, Magnus 0-1
Adams, Michael - Bacrot, Etienne ½-½
Karjakin, Sergey - Inarkiev, Ernesto 1-0
Navara, David - Svidler, Peter ½-½
Cheparinov, Ivan - Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 1-0
Images: [...] Read more:round
Memories 2008-04-29 16:55:19 Memory is a way of holding onto the things you love, the things you are, the things you never want to lose. ~From the television show The Wonder Years
Memories
What kind of memories flash through your mind if I ask you about your childhood?… I think we all have some wonderful memories which we cherish in our [...]
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