| DE CINNA Pauper videri Cinna vult; et est pauper. SU CINNA Cinna vuol sembrar povero; e lo è.
Marziale, Epigrammi, VIII
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Entrano Antonio col suo seguito e Cleopatra col codazzo di dame e di eunuchi che le fanno vento.
FILONE Eccoli qua. Guardali bene e vedrai il terzo pilastro del mondo tramutato in trastullo di una puttana. Guarda e ascolta.
CLEOPATRA Se è vero amore, dimmi quanto.
ANTONIO Amore pitocco, se può essere conteggiato.
CLEOPATRA Voglio sapere fino a che punto io sono amata.
ANTONIO Dovrai scoprire allora nuovi cieli, una nuova terra.
William Shakespeare, “Antony and Cleopatra”
On Friday, November 16, 2012 reigning Women’s World Chess Champion 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) (pictured above, surrounded by fans while signing autographs) was shockingly kicked out in the second round of the Women’s World Chess Championship Knockout Tournament which is taking place at Ugra Chess Academy in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia. Quite incredibly, she lost both rapid tie-break games against Monika Bobrowska-Soćko, just to make even clearer that something is rotten in FIDE’s knockout format for women. Photo: Dmitry Kondratenko.
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“[侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán)], China’s 18-year-old was runner-up for the women’s world title in 2008, won it in 2010, then defended it in a match in 2011. She is clearly the all-time female No2 after Hungary’s Judit Polgár, who does not play in women’s events.
But last week 侯逸凡 (Hóu) suddenly became an ex-champion in banal circumstances. She wilted in the -17C weather in Siberia which staged the 2012 knockout title contest, developed a heavy cold, and crashed 3-1 in the second round to Poland’s Monika Soćko, the last two games rapid chess”, Leonard Barden wrote in his The Guardian chess column of November 23, 2012. |
Monika Bobrowska-Soćko (left) vs. 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) (right). Photo: Fédération Internationale des Échecs.
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The round two of the Women’s World Championship Knockout Tournament saw top seeds falling down, just to make clearer that the format is wrong and unfair. Humpy Koneru lost her match with Natalia Oleksandrivna Zhukova, whilst Women’s World Chess Champion 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) was forced to play the tie-break with Monika Bobrowska-Soćko tomorrow. |
侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) (left) vs. Sachini Ranasinghe (right). The ceremonial first move was made by the Governor of Ugra Natalia Komarova. Photo: fide.com.
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IN CINNAM
Versiculos in me narratur scribere Cinna. Non scribit, cuius carmina nemo legit.
CONTRO CINNA
Dicon che Cinna scrive versicoli contro di me. Non scrive, chi i suoi versi non li legge nessuno.
Marco Valerio Marziale, Epigrammi, III
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Il Campionato del Mondo femminile 2012 si disputerà presso l’Accademia Scacchistica Ugra [a Khanty-Mansiysk (russo: Ха́нты-Манси́йск)] dall’11 novembre al 2 dicembre. Le più forti 64 giocatrici del mondo parteciperanno alla competizione, che consta di sei turni ad eliminazione diretta che ridurranno le concorrenti da 64 a 32, 16, 8, 4 e 2. La vincitrice disputerà un match contro la vincitrice del Grand Prix FIDE femminile 2011-2012 (Hóu Yìfán), che determinerà la Campionessa del Mondo.
陈漫 (Chén Màn), Long Live the Motherland, 北京 (Běijīng) No. 5, 2011. Photo © 陈漫 (Chén Màn). Courtesy of Photography of China. |
