LABIRINTI E CASEMATTE: July 2013

Sunday, July 21, 2013

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers

Friday, July 19, 2013

偶然和必然

Louis-Charles Mahé de La Bourdonnais’s Royal Flush

Alexander McDonnell – Louis-Charles Mahé de la Bourdonnais
Match game 62; London, 1834
Sicilian Defence B32

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Bc4 Nf6 7. Bg5 Be7 8. Qe2 d5 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Bb3 0-0 11. 0-0 a5 12. exd5 cxd5 13. Rd1 d4 14. c4 Qb6 15. Bc2 Bb7 16. Nd2 Rae8 17. Ne4 Bd8 18. c5 Qc6 19. f3 Be7 20. Rac1 f5 21. Qc4+ Kh8 22. Ba4 Qh6 23. Bxe8 fxe4 24. c6 exf3 25. Rc2 Qe3+ 26. Kh1 Bc8 27. Bd7 f2 28. Rf1 d3 29. Rc3 Bxd7 30. cxd7 e4 31. Qc8 Bd8 32. Qc4 Qe1 33. Rc1 d2 34. Qc5 Rg8 35. Rd1 e3 36. Qc3 Qxd1 37. Rxd1 e2 0 : 1. The final position is shown in the above diagram.

9月

Too Much Of Nothing
by Bob Dylan

Now, too much of nothing
Can make a man feel ill at ease
One man’s temper might rise
While another man’s temper might freeze
In the day of confession
We cannot mock a soul
Oh, when there’s too much of nothing
No one has control

Say hello to Valerie
Say hello to Vivian
Send them all my salary
On the waters of oblivion

Too much of nothing
Can make a man abuse a king
He can walk the streets and boast like most
But he wouldn’t know a thing
Now, it’s all been done before
It’s all been written in the book
But when there’s too much of nothing
Nobody should look

Say hello to Valerie
Say hello to Vivian
Send them all my salary
On the waters of oblivion

Too much of nothing
Can turn a man into a liar
It can cause one man to sleep on nails
And another man to eat fire
Ev’rybody’s doin’ somethin’
I heard it in a dream
But when there’s too much of nothing
It just makes a fella mean

Say hello to Valerie
Say hello to Vivian
Send them all my salary
On the waters of oblivion

Copyright © 1967, 1970 by Dwarf Music; renewed 1995, 1998 by Dwarf Music

Wednesday, July 17, 2013

親吻

RuneScape

Dazzling Red

The Swimmer

Tuesday, July 16, 2013

Under the Volcano

Poster, Adbusters, luglio 2011

我做自我批评 (我做自检讨)

[Event "Berna (VI Ambassador Open)"] [Site "Berna SUI"] [Date "1998.12.??"] [Round "7"] [White "Čirić, Dragoljub Miladin"] [Black "Barsi, Lorenzo"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C64"] [Annotator "Lucci,Giovanni"] [PlyCount "49"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Bc5 4.d3 h6 5.O-O Qf6 6.Be3 Bb6 7.c4 Nd4 8.Nxd4 exd4 9.Bd2 c6 10.Ba4 d6 11.f4 Ne7 12.Be1 $14 h5 $5 $146 (12...g5 13.f5 Bd7 14.Bg3 c5 15.Nd2 O-O-O 16.Bxd7+ Rxd7 17.e5 dxe5 18.Ne4 Qc6 19.Bxe5 Rf8 20.Qh5 Ng8 21.f6 Re8 22.Rf5 Bd8 23.Qg4 Rxe5 24.Rxe5 Nxf6 25.Nxf6 Bxf6 26.Rd5 Kd8 27.Qxd7+ Qxd7 28.Rxd7+ Kxd7 29.Rf1 Ke6 30.g4 {1-0 Čirić-Mesing, XXIV Campionato Jugoslavo, Novi Travnik 1969})
13.h3 g5 14.f5 h4 $2 (14...Bd7 $142) 15.Nd2 $1 $18 {Δ Cd2-f3-h2-g4} 15...Bd7 16.Nf3 O-O-O 17.Nh2 Qh6 18.Ng4 Qh5 19.Qd2 Rdf8 20.Bd1 Bd8 21.b4 Qh7 22.Qb2 c5 23.Nf6 Qh6 24.Nxd7 Kxd7 25.bxc5 1-0

Speedtest

他 è il panfilo (遊艇), 我 sono la zattera (筏).
谁赢吗？

Monday, July 15, 2013

夏季

Mickey Mouse March

Il Vangelo secondo Lorenzo (洛伦佐)

義大利開局
金钱不是万能的！

Il Vangelo secondo Lúkǎ (卢卡)

龍式變著

CA$H

ONLY

黄金时代 (Golden Age)

侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) – Nafisa Muminova
4th Asian Indoor & Martial Arts Games Women Classical; Incheon, July 3, 2013
Spanish Game C77

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 0-0 8. 0-0 h6 9. Be3 Ba7. 9. ... d6 is the alternative, possibly transposing into 10. Nbd2 Re8 11. h3 Rb8 12. d4 Bb6 13. Bc2 Bd7 14. Re1 Qc8 15. a3 Na5 16. b4 exd4 17. Bxd4 Bxd4 18. cxd4 Nc4 19. Nxc4 bxc4 20. Nd2 Bb5 21. Qf3 Qe6 22. Rab1 d5 23. e5 Nh7 24. Nf1 Ng5 25. Qc3 f5 26. h4 Ne4 27. Qh3 Bd7 28. Rbc1 Qf7 29. Qe3 Nf6 30. Qf3 Ng4 31. Qf4 h5 32. Ng3 Rf8 33. f3 Nh6 34. Qg5 Be8 35. e6 Qg6 36. Re5 c6 37. Ne2 Kh7 38. Nf4 Qxg5 39. hxg5 Ng8 40. e7 1 : 0 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) – 阮露斐 (Ruǎn Lùfěi), FIDE Women’s Grand Prix 2011–12, 5th stage, Jermuk 2012. 10. a4 bxa4? (⌓ 10. ... b4) 11. Bxa4 Re8? (⌓ 11. ... Bxe3 12. fxe3 Qe8) 12. Nbd2 Bb7 13. Nc4 d6

14. Na5+− Nxa5 15. Bxe8 Bxe3 16. fxe3 Nc4 17. Qb3 Qxe8 18. Qxc4 Qe7 19. Nh4 d5 20. exd5 Bxd5 21. Nf5 Qd7

22. Qh4! Be6 (22. ... Ne8 23. Qe7!+−) 23. Nxg7! 1 : 0.

侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) won gold at the 4th Asian Indoor & Martial Arts Games Women Classical which took place in Incheon, South Korea, from June 29 to July 6, 2013. Photo: USportNews.

Sunday, July 14, 2013

Ottavina Reale

音樂會

Firenze, 16 giugno 2012. Madonna in concerto.

賽鵝圖

Il gioco dell’oca è un tipo di gioco da tavolo tradizionale per bambini. Si tratta di un gioco di percorso estremamente semplice, in cui il vincitore è determinato esclusivamente dalla sorte.

[Da Wikipedia]

上帝之手

Friday, July 12, 2013

L’Italia nel mondo

编程语言 (Programming language)

November 5, 1967

All Along The Watchtower
by Bob Dylan

“There must be some way out of here”, said the joker to the thief
“There’s too much confusion, I can’t get no relief
Businessmen, they drink my wine, plowmen dig my earth
None of them along the line know what any of it is worth”

“No reason to get excited”, the thief, he kindly spoke
“There are many here among us who feel that life is but a joke
But you and I, we’ve been through that, and this is not our fate
So let us not talk falsely now, the hour is getting late”

All along the watchtower, princes kept the view
While all the women came and went, barefoot servants, too
Outside in the distance a wildcat did growl
Two riders were approaching, the wind began to howl

Copyright © 1968 by Dwarf Music; renewed 1996 by Dwarf Music

Sémiologie

Fin de partie

Thursday, July 11, 2013

Throwaway Lives

林丽丽的想法
(From an idea by Lín Lìlì)

爱不释手 (Àibùshìshǒu)

林丽丽的想法
(From an idea by Lín Lìlì)

Wednesday, July 10, 2013

客串

侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) spettatrice d’eccezione al v turno del Grand Prix della FIDE a 北京 (Pechino) (3-17 luglio 2013):

侯逸凡来了
Foto: qipai.org.cn

侯逸凡 in contemplazione di Alexander Grischuk
Foto: Anastasiya Karlovych

Autografo per un ammiratore
Foto: Anastasiya Karlovych

Sámi drum

Batchimeg Tuvshintugs – 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán)
FIDE Women’s Grand Prix 2013–2014; 1st stage; Geneva, May 5, 2013
Queen’s Indian Defence E14

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 b6 4. Bd3 Bb7 5. 0-0 d5 6. c4 Bd6 7. b3 0-0 8. Bb2 Nbd7 9. Nc3 a6 10. Rc1 Qe7 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Ne2 Ne4 13. Ng3 f5 14. Qc2 Rf7 15. Qe2 g5 16. Rc2 g4 17. Bxe4 fxe4? It is probably Black’s most serious mistake, for by then White gets the upper hand, and not to let it slip! 17. ... dxe4 was obvious and perfectly sound. 18. Ne5 Bxe5 19. dxe5 Nxe5 20. Bxe5 Qxe5 21. Qxg4+ Rg7?! Worth considering was 21. ... Kh8!? 22. b4! a5!? 23. b5 d4!? so as to fish in muddy waters and aim for counter-play. 22. Qf5 Qd6 23. Rd1 Rf8 24. Qh5 Qe6 25. b4 c6 26. Ne2 Qe7 27. Nf4 Qf6 28. Qe2 Rg5 29. h4 Re5 30. g3 Qd6 31. a3 c5? This is Black’s last error, probably due to the impatience to break the siege. 31. ... Re7 32. Rdc1 Rf6 was comparatively best, but very unpleasant. 32. bxc5 bxc5 33. Rb2 Ba8 34. Rdb1 d4 35. Rb6 Qd7 36. Qc4+ Kh8 37. Rb8 Rd8

Now 38. Qxa6 is sufficiently devastating, but Tuvshintugs does not resist the temptation of a pretty Queen sacrifice: 38. Ne6! Bd5 39. Nxd8 Re8. “Amazing upset: perhaps 侯 (Hóu) had missed that after 39. Nxd8 Bxc4 40. Ne6+ mates as the Ne6 ‘interferes’ with both the Rook’s retreat to e8 and the Bishop’s to g8!”, luzhin says. 40. Qxc5 d3 41. Qd4+ 1 : 0.

Tuvshintugs vs. 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán). Photo: Anastasiya Karlovich.

Tuesday, July 9, 2013

The Physics of Dance

Second row (left to right): Silvia Bertini, Olga Calamai, Sofia Nutini; first row (centre): Chiara Angelini. Photo: Maddalena Carbonari & Ilaria Garigliano.