藍色 (Blue)

Arianna Settembrini
Associazione Culturale “Il Delta della Luna”

DANCE SCHOOL
舞蹈学校
CLASSICAL AND FISCHERANDOM CHESS
国际象棋和菲舍尔氏象棋

Any appearances to the contrary notwithstanding,
proudly
we don’t belong to any chess organisation!

希特勒歸謬法

L’unica cosa bella de Milano è er treno pe Roma. Proverbio romano

挂号邮件 (Special Delivery)

妈阁庙 (A-Ma Temple), 澳門 (Macau), China

雷頓教授與惡魔之箱

Il porco vuol mangiare sporco e dormire pulito. Proverbio toscano

梦霞 (Giada)

婦女 (Women)

小静和林日淼老师妹妹。

Classroom Chinese Language

小静和林日淼老师妹妹和梦霞老师。

C

傑克南瓜燈

(From an idea by Mado Flynn)

佔領華爾街

Isabella Ceccatelli
Associazione Culturale “Il Delta della Luna”

SCUOLA DI DANZA
舞蹈学校
SCACCHI CLASSICI E SCACCHI DI FISCHER
国际象棋和菲舍尔氏象棋

Any appearances to the contrary notwithstanding,
proudly
we don’t belong to any chess organization!

音程

Once in a Lifetime

Serafino Dubois – Max Killmann
Rome, March, 1858
Owen Defence B00

Daniel Willard Fiske, The Chess Monthly, Vol. III, 1859, pp. 254-255.

1. e4 b6. This opening is styled by the Italians Fianchetto di Donna, and may sometimes be adopted against players unacquainted with its general nature. But against opponents, who, like Mr. Dubois, understand how to avail themselves of the advantages which such a début places at their command, it must eventuate in giving an inferior game to the second player. Nevertheless, for the sake of variety, it may occasionally be ventured; but those who habitually employ this and other close games are generally found to be deficient in those qualities of invention and imagination which are the highest attributes of the true chessplayer. Such great players as Philidor, [de la] Bourdonnais, and M’Donnell seldom indulged in a contest of this kind. 2. d4 Bb7 3. Bd3 e6 4. c4. At this point we prefer 4. Nh3. 4. ... Bb4+ 5. Nc3 Ne7 6. Nf3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d6 8. 0-0 Nd7 9. Ng5 h6 10. Qh5 0-0 11. f4!?? e5? Ed. Note: The soundness of White’s hazardous sacrifice is seriously challenged by 11. ... hxg5 12. fxg5 Qe8 (Δ ... f7-f5). 12. fxe5 hxg5 13. exd6 cxd6 14. e5!? g6 15. Qh6 dxe5 16. Bxg5. Ed. Note: With the threat of 17. dxe5 Nxe5?? 18. Bf6. 16. ... e4 17. Rf4! f6. Ed. Note: Possibly better could be 17. ... f5!? (Bertola). 18. Rh4 Kf7 19. Qh7+ Ke8 20. Bxe4 Bxe4 21. Rxe4 fxg5. Ed. Note: Equally hopeless is 21. ... Rf7 22. Qg8+ Nf8 23. Bh6 followed by Ra1-e1 with an overwhelming attack. 22. Qxg6+ Rf7 23. Rf1 Nf8 24. Qxf7+ Kd7 25. Rfe1 Ng6 26. c5 Qf8 27. Qe6+ Kc7 28. Qd6+ Kb7 29. Rxe7+ Nxe7 30. Rxe7+ Ka6

31. Rxa7+! And Mr. Killmann resigns. From the moment that Mr. Dubois commences his attack he conducts it with great vigor and elegance to the end. 1 : 0. This fine unpublished game was played at Rome, in March, 1858. (Daniel Willard Fiske, The Chess Monthly, Vol. III, 1859, pp. 254-255).

超人

Il bisognino fa trottare la vecchia. Proverbio toscano

La Caféothèque

Gerolamo Tassinari – Jules Arnous de Rivière
Paris, September 3, 1853
Italian Game C53

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Bc5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. c3 Nf6 5. 0-0 d6 6. d4 exd4 7. cxd4 Bb6 8. Nc3 0-0 9. h3 Ne7. Much better is 9. ... Nxe4 10. Nxe4 d5 as in the game Charousek – Exner, Budapest 1896. 10. Bg5 c6 11. e5 Ne8 12. d5 dxe5 13. Nxe5 Nd6 14. dxc6 Nxc4 15. Nxc4. A modern approach: the position is more important than the Pawns! 15. ... Qxd1 16. Raxd1 Nxc6 17. Nxb6 axb6 18. a3 Be6 19. Be3 Bc4 (19. ... Ne5 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. Rxd5 Nc4 22. Rb5) 20. Rfe1 b5 21. Ne4 Bb3 22. Rd7 Na5 (22. ... Ne5 23. Re7) 23. Nd6 Bd5 24. Bc5 (24. Nxb5?? Bc6) 24. ... Rfb8 25. Bb6 Nc4 (25. Nxb5?? Bc6) 26. Nxc4 Bxc4 27. Ree7. Two Rooks on the seventh rank.

27. ... Ra6 28. Rxb7 Kf8 (28. ... Rxb6?? 29. Rxb6) 29. Bc5 Rxb7 30. Re6+ 1 : 0. For if 30. ... Re7 then 31. Rxa6 or 31. Rxe7.

Centre Stage

(Une idée de la sorcière Vianne Rocher)

Superomismo

Ego sum Ei fu, io sono E sull’ermo colle D’alloro cinto All’ora fatale, prode, m’appresto Il timor mi fa vile Ma più ardito l’agognato plauso E se di lui l’umana gente Ebbe a dir gran lode E sperticato elogio Che dirà di me per cotanto canto? Ei fu ed io sono Ma sol nella morte il volgo il mito incarna Io sarò! Sia pur cocendo ne lo tormento eterno. Isadora Duncan

无矛盾律 (Law of noncontradiction)

Artwork: gilad

生活就是改变。有时痛苦，有时精彩。但大多数时候，两者兼有。 Shēnghuó jiùshì gǎibiàn. Yǒushí tòngkǔ, yǒushí jīngcǎi. Dàn dà duōshù shíhòu, liǎng zhě jiān yǒu. Life is about change. Sometimes it’s painful, sometimes it’s beautiful, but most of the time, it’s both.

A scholar and a gentleman

Albert Clerc – Gerolamo Tassinari
Paris, 1856
French Defence C01

In our last number we announced that a Tournament had been played in Paris, M. Clerc gaining the first prize, Signor Tassinari the second. We now reprint from our contemporary La Régence the deciding game of this spirited contest. Twenty-four players took part in it, the twenty-two behind the winners being M. Martin (third), MM. Acloque, Arnous de Rivière, Bornemann, Budzinski, Cerf, Coullier de Bechenec, Desjardins, Fritz, Hébert, Lafitte, Lanöe, E. Lefranc, Lequesne, Lesseure, Lustro-Lévi, Mercier, Montigny, Pasquier, Pick, and Preti.

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Bd3 Bd6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. 0-0 0-0 7. Bg5 Nc6 8. Nc3 Be6. Ed. Note: More natural looks 8. ... Bg4 as in the game Solovtsov – Alapin, Saint Petersburg 1879. 9. Nb5 Be7 10. Ne5 a6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Nc3 Qd6 13. f4 Ng4 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Qc1. It seems that White could not have advanced his Pawn to f5 without danger. 15. f5 Qh4 16. h3 Ne3 17. Qe1 Qxe1 (This appears better than 17. ... Qxd4) 18. Raxe1 (If 18. Rfxe1 Nxf5) 18. ... Nxf1 19. fxe6 Ng3 and will escape, having won the Exchange. 15. ... f5 16. h3 Nf6 17. a3 Ne4 18. Qe3 c5 19. Bxe4 cxd4

20. Nxd5. A good move both in conception and in execution. 20. ... Qc5 21. b4 Qd6 22. Qxd4 fxe4 23. c4 Rad8 24. Rad1 c6. It would have been better to have preserved “the Exchange”, and not to have recovered the Pawn. 25. Nf6+ Rxf6 26. Qxd6 Rxd6 27. Rxd6 Bxc4 28. Rxf6 gxf6 29. Rc1 Bd5 30. Kf2 Kf7 31. Ke3 f5 32. g4. And wins. 1 : 0. (Notes by The Chess Player’s Chronicle, Vol. iv, 1856, pages 129-130).

The Chess Player’s Chronicle, Vol. iv, 1856, page 189.

Chess Monthly, Volume 1, 1880, page 102.

L’Ariano

Chi all’onor suo manca un momento, non vi ripara poi in anni cento. Proverbio toscano

穿普拉达的女王

Une idée de la sorcière Vianne Rocher

假髮 (Wig)

Arianna Settembrini
Associazione Culturale “Il Delta della Luna”

DANCE SCHOOL
舞蹈学校
CLASSICAL AND FISCHERANDOM CHESS
国际象棋和菲舍尔氏象棋

Any appearances to the contrary notwithstanding,
proudly
we don’t belong to any chess organisation!

Signor Bonaventura

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Notes by Johann Jacob Löwenthal

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Johann Jacob Löwenthal – Gerolamo Tassinari
London
Sicilian Defence B20

Game played at the St. George’s Chess Club, London, between Signor Tassinari and Herr Löwenthal, Secretary to the Club.

1. e4 c5 2. Bc4. Some player prefer 2. d4, because White thereby liberates his pieces quickly; but we are of opinion that 2. Bc4 is an equally good opening; since, if well followed up, it becomes very attacking. See the games in the Tournament of 1851, as played by Anderssen, who certainly conducted this opening with great ingenuity. 2. ... e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d3 Nf6. 4. ... Nge7 is the correct play. 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Nge2 0-0 7. f4 Na5. Considerable time is lost by this move. White has nothing to fear should Black capture the King’s Bishop, and thus double the Pawn. Experience has proved that White’s game is thereby much strenghtened, since it keeps back the Black’s Queen Pawn, which eventually becomes the aim of White’s attack. 8. Bxf6 Bxf6 9. e5 Bh4+ 10. Ng3 d5. Black very wisely declined to capture the Knight, as he would have liberated the adverse King’s Rook, which he must eventually have found disadvantageous. 11. exd6 Qxd6 12. Qg4 Bf6 13. Nce4 Qe7 14. 0-0-0 Nxc4 15. dxc4 Bd4 16. Qf3 Bd7. We should have preferred 16. ... f5. 17. c3 Bf6

18. Nh5. An ingenious variation arises from taking the Queen’s Bishop. Suppose, 18. Rxd7 Qxd7 19. Nh5 Bd8 [Or 19. ... Bh4 20. g3 f5 21. Nxc5 Qe7 (best) 22. Qe3 followed by Qe3xe6+ with a good game, having a Knight and two Pawns for the Rook. 19. ... Be7 (If 19. ... Qe7 Black loses the game immediately, as White moves 20. Qg4) 19. Qg4 and wins] 20. Rd1 Qc7 [Black’s only reply (:) 20. ... Qe7 21. Nef6+ Kh8 22. Rd7 gxf6 23. Rxe7 Bxe7 24. Qxb7 and we prefer White’s game] 21. Rxd8 Raxd8 22. Nef6+ Kh8 (It is clear that by capturing the Knight he is mated in two moves) 23. Qg4 g6 24. Qg5 Qd6 and wins. 18. ... Bc6 19. Nexf6+ Kh8 20. Qg3 g6 21. Qg5, and Black resigns. 1 : 0. (Johann Jacob Löwenthal, “The Chess Player’s Annual for the year 1856”, London, 1856, pages 28-29).

規格 (♀)

妓女也是一个老的意大利男人。
Also the whore (♀) is an old Italian man.

規格 (♂)

小偷是一个老的意大利男人。
The thief is an old Italian man (♂).

圣杯

Aspetta il porco alla quercia. Proverbio toscano

Meat chop

A vecchia che mangia pollastrelli, gli vien voglia di carne salata. Proverbio toscano

不存在的騎士

Boris Abramovich Gelfand – Baadur Jobava
FIDE Grand Prix; Tashkent, October 30, 2014
Queen’s Pawn Game A40

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. e4 Bb7 4. Bd3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2. Stronger seems 5. Kf1!, e.g. 5. ... Be7 6. Nc3 d6 7. Nf3 Nf6 8. g3 0-0 9. Kg2 Nbd7 10. Qe2 c5 11. d5 Re8 12. Rd1 Bf8 13. dxe6 fxe6 14. Bc2 a6 15. Bf4 Qc7 16. Rd2 Ne5 17. Rad1 Bc6 18. Bxe5 dxe5 19. Ba4 Bxa4 20. Nxa4 b5 21. cxb5 axb5 22. Qxb5 c4 23. Rc2 Rec8 24. b3 Qb8 25. Qxb8 Raxb8 26. bxc4 Nxe4 27. Nxe5 Rb4 28. Nb2 Nc5 29. f4 Be7 30. Nbd3 Ra4 31. Nxc5 Rxc5 32. Rb1 Rc8 33. c5 g5 34. c6 Bd6 35. Nd7 gxf4 36. Nb6 f3+ 37. Kf2 1 : 0 So – Gelfand, ACP Golden Classic, Bergamo 2014. 5. ... Bxd2+ 6. Nxd2 d6 7. f4. For 7. Ne2 c5 8. d5 e5 see Bunzmann – Oral, Budapest 1998. 7. ... Nd7 8. Qg4. Gelfand is playing with fire... Jobava felt that 8. Ngf3 Ne7 9. 0-0 0-0 10. Qe1 was stronger. “White has some attacking chances. You always must look for d4-d5, e4-e5 or f4-f5”. 8. ... Ngf6 9. Qxg7 Rg8 10. Qh6 Rxg2 11. Ngf3 Qe7 12. Qh3 Rg7 13. 0-0-0 Ng4 14. Qg3. On 14. Rdf1 0-0-0 “and I have time for ... Rd8-g8 with a playable position”, Jobava said. 14. ... Ndf6 15. Ng5. A compromising move. Worth considering was 15. Rdg1!? Nh5 16. Qe1 Nxf4 17. Bc2 with a vague compensation. 15. ... h6 16. Nh3 0-0-0 17. Rde1. Jobava then suggested 17. Qe1 – it is easy to agree! 17. ... Nh5 18. Qf3 Qh4 19. Re2. If 19. Qf1 then 19. ... Nxf4! 20. Nxf4 Nf2 (Jobava’s analysis). 19. ... Kb8 20. Bc2. A little better – but not so much – was 20. Qf1 f5 21. Nf3 Qxh3!? (Jobava) 22. Qxh3 Nxf4 23. Qh4 Rdg8 etc. 20. ... f5. “Now it’s not so easy to play because the center is collapsing”, Jobava said. 21. Qf1 Nhf6. Equally strong was 21. ... d5(!). 22. Nf3 Qh5 23. exf5 exf5 24. d5 Re8! “I’m trading one of the most active pieces”, Jobava said. 25. Rxe8+ Qxe8 26. Qd3 Re7 27. Rf1 Ne3 28. Rf2 Ba6 29. Bb3 Nexd5 30. Qxf5

30. ... Bxc4! 0 : 1. For if 31. Bxc4 then 31. ... Re1+ 32. Nxe1 Qxe1+ 33. Kc2 Ne3+ winning the Queen. If, instead, 31. Rd2 then 31. ... Bxb3 32. axb3 Re1+ 33. Nxe1 Qxe1+ 34. Rd1 Qxd1+ 35. Kxd1 Ne3+ and Black ends up with two Knights against one.

一起來加入派對吧

Ecce Rambo

Dio ha dato per penitenza all’avaro che né del poco né dell’assai si contenti. Proverbio toscano

上尉的妻子

Chi porta la sua moglie a ogni festa, e dà bere al cavallo a ogni fontana, in capo all’anno il cavallo è bolso e la moglie puttana. He who brings his wife to all parties, and gives his horse drink in every fountain, within an year he’s gonna get a flabby horse and a whore wife. Tuscan proverb

留面子

IN THAIDEM Nulli, Thai, negas, sed si te non pudet istud,      hoc altem pudeat, Thai, negare nihil. A TÀIDE Tàide, tu non ti neghi a nessuno. E se non ti vergogni,      di questo almeno vergognati: che non ti neghi a nulla.

Marco Valerio Marziale, Epigrammi, iv, 12

The Sleepwalker

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Just two lines by 布鲁托

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Bala Chandra Prasad Dhulipala – Marco Codenotti
53rd World Junior Chess Championship; Pune, October 11, 2014
Romi System A45

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 c5 3. e3 Qb6 4. Nc3 d6. On 4. ... Qxb2 5. Nb5 Nd5 6. Rb1 Qxa2= ½ : ½ Gurschler – Olivetti, Ortisei 2013. 5. Rb1 g6 6. h3 Bg7 7. Nf3 0-0 8. Be2 Nbd7 9. 0-0 a6 10. d5 Qc7 11. a4 Ne5 12. Nd2 e6 13. dxe6 Bxe6 14. Bxe5 dxe5 15. Bc4 Bd7 16. Qe2 e4!? Enterprising play! 17. Rfd1. 17. Ndxe4 (idem to say 17. Ncxe4) 17. ... Nxe4 18. Nxe4 Bxa4 doesn’t seem to accomplish anything. 17. ... Rfe8 18. Nb3 Re5 19. Rd2 Rae8 20. Rbd1 Qc8 21. Nd5

21. ... Bxh3! The sacrifice is sound. Black obtains two Pawns and a bubbly initiative. 22. gxh3 Qxh3 23. Nxf6+ Bxf6 24. Rd5 Rxd5 25. Rxd5 Be5 26. f4?? A blunder, which finishes the game at once; but even 26. Qd2 could not have saved it, for Black would have played 26. ... b5!? 27. axb5 axb5 28. Bxb5 Bh2+ 29. Kh1 Bc7+ 30. Kg1 Re6! 31. Nxc5 Rf6 with a strong attack. 26. ... exf3 27. Qf2 Qg4+. Or 27. Qd2 Bg3 with an easy win. 28. Kh1 Bg3 29. Qd2 Qh3+ 0 : 1. For if 30. Kg1 then 30. ... Rxe3! finis.

不受歡迎人物

汉语水平考试

简洁的

L’é megio avei e braghe sguaræ ’nto cù che o cù sguaròu ’nte brâghe. Proverbio genovese

吶喊

牛排佛罗伦萨风格

Porco pulito ’un fu ma’ grasso. Proverbio fiorentino

搬家

西安 (Xī’ān). 搬家 (Moving).
Photo: UsaKhi

荷兰 (Netherlands)

Pentala Harikrishna – 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán)
75th Tata Steel Chess Tournament; Wijk aan Zee, January 23, 2013
Sicilian Defence B81

Notes by Jan van Reek.

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g4 h6 7. h4 e5 8. Nf5 Nc6 9. Bg2 g6 10. Ne3 Be6!? 11. Ncd5! Bxd5 12. exd5 Ne7 13. Qe2 Bg7 14. Qb5+ Qd7 15. Qxd7+ Nxd7 16. Bd2 Rc8 17. Bb4!? Nc5 18. 0-0-0 0-0 19. h5 Bf6! 20. Kb1 Kg7 21. Nf1!? Bg5 22. Ng3 b6. Black has equalised.
23. Bxc5 bxc5 24. Ne4 Rcd8 25. hxg6 fxg6 26. Rh3 Rf4. She takes the initiative.
27. Ra3 Rxg4 28. Bf3 Rf4 29. Rxa7 Rxf3 30. Nxg5 hxg5 31. Rxe7+ Kf6 32. Re6+! Kf5 33. Rd2. White has saved Pawn f2.
33. ... g4 34. c3? Correct is 34. a4! c4 35. Re2 Rh3 36. Kc1 c3 37. bxc3 Rxc3 (Ftáčnik) 38. Re7 and Black has little advantage.
34. ... Kg5?! 34. ... Rh8 35. Rxd6 Rh2 wins for Black.
35. Re2 Rdf8 36. Rxd6 Rxf2!? 37. Rxe5+ R8f5 38. Re3 R5f3 39. Re5+ Rf5 40. Re3 R2f3!? 41. Ree6 Rf6 42. Re5+ R3f5 43. Rxf6 Rxe5 44. Rf1 Rxd5 45. Kc2

45. ... Rf5?! 45. ... g3! 46. b4 cxb4 47. cxb4 Kg4 wins for Black.
46. Rg1 c4 47. Kd2 Rf2+! 48. Ke3 Rxb2 49. Ra1 g3! 50. Kf3 g2 51. Kg3 Rxa2! 52. Rb1 Kf5 53. Kh2 Ke4 54. Rd1 Kf3 55. Rd6 Ra5! 0–1. The [...] world champion among women played a fine Rook ending.

Quelli che non benpensano

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Notes by Johann Jacob Löwenthal

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Marchese Gondi – Gerolamo Tassinari
Florence, a day in the life
Queen’s Gambit Accepted D20

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4. Heydebrandt and other authorities consider it better to decline the gambit by playing 2. ... e6. We believe that the gambit may be accepted with safety. The style of the player, however, must in a great measure guide him as to the course he should adopt. If he has a predilection for close games, he will do well to decline the gambit, but if he prefers an open or attacking he may accept it boldly. 3. Nc3. 3. e3 is generally recommended. 3. ... Nf6 4. e4. 4. e3 is given in the Handbook. 4. ... e6 5. Bxc4 c6 6. Nge2 Be7 7. 0-0 b5 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. a3 Nbd7 10. Be3 0-0 11. f4 Ng4 12. Rf3 a6 13. Rc1 c5. A good move, as the sequel shows. 14. d5. Taking Pawn with Pawn would have been bad, Black wou’d have replied with 14. ... Nxe3, following it up with ... Be7xc5, winning, at least, the Exchange. 14. ... c4 15. Bb1 Nxe3 16. Rxe3 Bc5 17. Nd4 Qb6 18. Nce2 exd5 19. e5 f6 20. e6 Rae8 21. Kh1. Necessary, as Black threatened to capture the advanced Pawn. 21. ... Nb8 22. Rh3 f5 23. b4. 23. Bxf5 would have been preferable. 23. ... cxb3 24. Nxb3 Bxa3 25. Ned4. A useless sacrifice, which turns the tables in favour of Black. White should have played 25. Rcc3, maintaining the attack. 25. ... Bxc1 26. Qh5 h6 27. Bxf5

27. ... Nd7. Black conducts the attack with great ability. 28. Qg6 Nf6 29. Rxh6 Bxf4 30. Rh7 Re7 31. Bc2 Ne4. After this White’s game was past redemption. 32. Bxe4 dxe4 33. Nf5 Rxf5 34. Qxf5 Qf2 0 : 1. And White surrenders. (Johann Jacob Löwenthal, The Chess Player’s Magazine, 1865, pages 88-89).

As The British Chess Magazine says in its January 1948 issue, at page 16, the Marchese Gondi was the maternal grandfather of Stefano Rosselli del Turco.

Physique du rôle

Testa di lucertola, collo di gru, gambe di ragno, pancia di vacca, groppa di baldracca. Proverbio italiano

A Pain That I’m Used To

Artwork: MateuszPisarski

只因为我习惯了，不代表不痛了。
Zhǐ yīnwèi wǒ xíguànle, bù dàibiǎo bù tòngle.
Just because I’m used to it, doesn’t mean it doesn’t hurt anymore.

Rotogravure

Artwork: 劉勃麟 (Liú Bólín)

操作系统

鐵娘子

橄欖

秘密地方
Photo: Isadora Duncan

The Right Kind of Wrong

永无止尽

Rome, April 12, 2014. Andrea protecting Deborah.

只要做一次别人说你不能完成的事，以后别人说你的极限为何，你都不会在意。 Zhǐyào zuò yīcì biérén shuō nǐ bùnéng wánchéng de shì, yǐhòu biérén shuō nǐ de jíxiàn wéi hé, nǐ dōu bù huì zàiyì. Do just once what others say you can’t do, and you will never pay attention to their limitations again.

Meteoropathy

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Just two lines by Miss Lonelyhearts

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Baadur Jobava – Jan H. Timman
Match Game 2; Hoogeveen, October 13, 2014
Queen’s Indian Defence E12

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Ba6 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. Nc3 c5 7. e4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Nc6 9. Nxc6 Bxc6 10. Bf4 Nh5 11. Bd2. All over the world nearly everyone recalled 11. Be3 Bd6?? (for 11. ... Qb8 12. g3 f5 see Lutz – Karpov, Dortmund 1993) 12. Qd1 1 : 0 Christiansen – Karpov, Wijk aan Zee 1993, match game 1. 11. ... Qc7 12. g3. Departing from 12. Nd5 Qb7 13. Bd3 Bd6 14. 0-0 Qb8 15. g3 exd5 16. exd5 Bb7 17. Rfe1+ Kd8 18. Bc3 Nf6 19. b4 Qc7 20. Qb2 Kc8 21. Bxf6 gxf6 22. Qxf6 Rd8 23. Rac1 Bf8 24. c5 bxc5 25. bxc5 a5 26. c6 dxc6 27. dxc6 Ba6 28. Bf5+ Kb8 29. Qxd8+ Qxd8 30. c7+ 1 : 0 Jobava – Iturrizaga Bonelli, Khanty-Mansiysk 2009. Jobava said: “I tried to remember that game but of course I couldn’t”. 12. ... Bc5 13. Bg2 0-0 14. 0-0 Rac8 15. Rac1 Nf6 16. b4 Be7 17. Qd3 Qb8 18. h3 Rfd8. Jobava said afterwards that 18. ... d6 would have been better. 19. Rfe1 Bb7 20. e5 Ne8 21. Ne4 d6 22. exd6 Bxd6. The alternative was 22. ... Nxd6 in order to answer 23. Bf4 by 23. ... Qa8. 23. Qe2 Be5. Worth considering and possibly better was 23. ... Be7!? (Jobava). 24. c5. Sharper was 24. Ng5! Bxg2 25. Qh5 with a promising attack. 24. ... bxc5 25. bxc5 Bc6 26. Ba5 Rd7. Jobava: “Perhaps 26. ... Rd4 was better. The Rook may go to a4 and on 27. Bc3 you can go 27. ... Rd7 28. Bxe5 Qxe5. Ah, no, White wins material with 29. Nd6!”. 27. Ng5 Bxg2 28. Kxg2 Bf6 29. c6!? “I wanted to try something”, Jobava said. On 29. Ne4 Qa8 leads nowhere. 29. ... Rd5?? Oblivious to the danger! Grandmaster Kevin Spraggett comments: “Here Black should play 29. ... Rd6! with a perfectly reasonable game. White will lose his c-Pawn but remain with enough ‘tricks’ to keep the game roughly balanced”.

30. Nxf7!! Rxa5 31. Qxe6 Kf8 32. Rcd1? White could have won on the run with 32. Qd7! Rxa3 (or 32. ... Rc7 33. Rxe8+ Qxe8 34. Qxc7 Rxa3 35. Nd6+-) 33. Rb1 Qa8 34. Rb7+-, as originally shown by Grandmaster Kevin Spraggett. 32. ... Qc7? “32. ... Qa8! is unclear”, Spraggett says. We give a sample variation: 32. ... Qa8! 33. Nd6! Nxd6 34. Qxd6+ Kg8 35. Re6 Rd8 36. Rxf6! Rxd6 37. Rfxd6 and most probably White will survive. 33. Nd8! Rxd8 34. Rd7! 1 : 0. “Incredibly stupid”, Timman moaned.

需求分析 (Requirements analysis)

Sergey Anatoliyovych Fedorchuk – 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán)

18th Corsican Circuit; final game 2 (time control: 15 minutes plus 3 seconds per move); Ajaccio, October 22, 2014

Sicilian Defence B72

Notes by Grandmaster Alejandro Tadeo Ramírez Álvarez.

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6!? 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) is well versed in her Sicilians, but it is not so common for her to start the game like this. 3. Nc3. An anti-Sveshnikov move, but I doubt the World Champion was planning to play that with the Black pieces. 3. ... g6. The accelerated Dragon becomes more feasible for top-GMs to play once the Maróczy has been avoided. 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Be2. An old but relatively quiet line, Black is not supposed to have too many problems in this variation. 7. Bc4 0-0 8. Bb3 is still the most theoretically challenging line. Black has a few options at her disposal. 7. ... 0-0 8. f4. 8. 0-0 d5 is already known to be equal. 8. ... d6 9. Nb3. This line has fallen out of popularity for a long time now. Black has more than one continuation that promises good play. 9. ... a6. 9. ... Be6 10. g4 d5 11. f5 Bc8 12. exd5 Nb4 13. Bf3 is a famous and old game between Fischer – Reshevsky, [New York 1961, match game 2]. 9. ... a5! is more assertive. 9. ... e5!?. 10. g4. White’s attack on the Kingside in these kinds of situations is usually somewhat slow. It is more visually impactful than dangerous. 10. ... b5 11. g5 Nd7 12. Qd2 Nb6. Black quickly transfers the Knight to the Queenside, hoping to put pressure there quickly. 13. 0-0-0 Na4! This is the point. Now c3 is under attack and Black already has concrete threats. 14. Nd4 Bb7?! 14. ... Nxc3! 15. Qxc3 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 e5!∓ would have been a perfect way to continue the game. White’s structure is falling apart. 15. Nd5 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 e5 17. fxe5 Bxd5! An important strategical decision. White’s Knight on d5 is far more useful for White than the Bishop as Black is embarking on a dark-attack. 18. exd5 dxe5 19. Be3 Qd6?! Letting Fedorchuk slightly off the hook. 19. ... e4! 20. Bd4 (20. c3 b4 is not a position that White can survive) 20. ... Qxd5∓ is a clean Pawn up. 20. Kb1 Rac8. Black still keeps some initiative. Notice that White has not had time to develop anything on the other flank. 21. h4?

21. ... e4?! Missing a brilliant finish. 21. ... Rc3!! This unusual move wins on the spot. The point is that b4 is now clear for the Queen, making the attack on the Queenside far more dangerous. The Rook is clearly taboo. 22. Ka1 (22. bxc3 Qa3 with unstoppable mate following up) 22. ... e4 23. Rb1 Ra3!. 22. Bd4 Qxd5 23. Qe3 Bxd4 24. Rxd4 Qc5 25. c3 Rfd8 26. Rhd1 Rxd4 27. Rxd4 Re8. At the end of the day White has survived the attack. He is down a Pawn but can regain it in the next move, though he would still be a little worse. 28. h5? (28. Bf3! Qf5 29. Bxe4 Qf1+ 30. Qc1 Qf2⩱) 28. ... Qe5 29. h6 Nc5? Already with both players in time pressure both players miss an important resource here. 30. Bg4? 30. c4! White has the strong threat of Rd4-d5, and its surprisingly difficult to stop! 30. ... Kf8 31. a3 Ne6 32. Bxe6 Qxe6 33. a4 Qf5. Black is now up a Pawn. It is difficult to convert, but it helps when all you need is a draw. 34. a5 Qf3! 35. Qxf3 exf3 36. Rf4 Re1+ 37. Kc2 Re2+ 38. Kb3 f2 39. Ka3 (39. Rf6◻=) 39. ... f5! A nice move. This clears the path for Black’s King as the Pawn cannot be taken. 40. b3 (40. gxf6 g5−+) 40. ... Ke7 41. Rf3 Ke6 42. Kb4 Kd5 43. Rf4 Re4+ 0 : 1. 44. c4+ bxc4 45. Rxf2 cxb3+ 46. Kxb3 f4 is very hopeless.

侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) won a historic victory in the 18th Corsican Circuit. Photo: corse-echecs.com.

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語言教育 (Language education)

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