A woman cries as she holds her baby near their home, which was damaged by shelling in Horlivka (Горлівка), eastern Ukraine. After several months of a fragile ceasefire, the country has seen the most violence since February, prompting fears of a resumption of full-blown conflict in the region. Photo: Mstyslav Chernov/AP.
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“佳佳” (Jiā Jiā) was born in 四川 (Sìchuān), China, in 1978 and was given to 香港 (Hong Kong) in 1999 to mark the handover by Britain two years earlier. Photo: AFP/Philippe Lopez.
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Hong Kong (AFP) – It may not be considered a landmark birthday for humans, but turning 37 on Tuesday made Hong Kong’s Jiā Jiā the oldest-ever giant panda in captivity, and she celebrated in style.
The equivalent of more than 100 years old in human terms, Jiā Jiā was presented with a towering birthday cake made from ice and fruit juice with the number 37 carved on top in her enclosure at the city’s Ocean Park theme park. [Read more]. |
“Chess is beyond politics, but there is an exception to every rule”, FIDE President Kirsan Nikolayevich Ilyumzhinov said. Photo: Chess-News.ru.
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Běijīng has won the battle to host the 2022 Winter Olympics after the Chinese president, Xí Jìnpíng, made a last-minute vow to lay on a “fantastic, extraordinary and excellent” event. Běijīng defeated its rival Almaty in Kazakhstan by 44 votes to 40, with one IOC member abstaining.
International Olympic Committee delegates handed the 2022 Olympic and Paralympic events to Běijīng on Friday afternoon following a secret ballot in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. [Read more]. |
Participants holding Chinese national flags and 北京 (Běijīng) 2022 Olympic flags walk past the 鸟巢 (Bird’s Nest), also known as the National Stadium, to attend a rehearsal of a performance in 北京 (Běijīng), China, July 30, 2015. Photo: Reuters/China Daily.
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Visitors crowd the “Sea of Death” tourist resort in 遂宁 (Sùiníng) as high temperatures hit China. Photo: ChinaFotoPress/Getty Images.
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Pietrasanta, Italy, July 30, 2015. “Il Canto delle Sirene | The Mermaids’ Song”, an outdoor exhibition of sculptures by Luigi Galligani. Photo: Mado Flynn.
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Pietrasanta, Italy, July 30, 2015. “Il Canto delle Sirene | The Mermaids’ Song”, an outdoor exhibition of sculptures by Luigi Galligani. Photo: Mado Flynn.
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Rare AP Archive footage from 1971 Candidates final between Robert James Fischer and Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian. The clip shows the audience of the Teatro San Martín in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on October 26, 1971, giving Fischer a standing ovation when Petrosian resigned the 9th game.
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我们飞得越高，我们在那些不能飞的人眼中的形象就越渺小。
Wǒmen fēi dé yuè gāo, wǒmen zài nàxiē bùnéng fēi de rén yǎnzhōng de xíngxiàng jiù yuè miǎoxiǎo.
The higher we soar the smaller we appear to those who cannot fly.
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Attendants check the place settings after the opening session of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (中国人民政治协商会议). Photo: 王钊 (Wáng Zhāo)/AFP.
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So, it has finally been decided: the rematch between current World Chess Champion, Ukrainian Mariya Muzychuk and contender Hóu Yìfán from China to be held at Mariya’s home town of Lviv.
Frankly, this is a kind of political solution. Lviv was opposed by Běijīng, whose members not only filed their bid in good time under the rules, but also reinforced it with a bank guarantee for the transfer of part of the prize fund. The Ukrainian side has not complied with all the formalities. And yet, I insisted on making a decision in favor of the city. Why is that? In short, my visit to the city allowed me to see with my own eyes that this is a magnificent city, calm and friendly. There is a very strong chess tradition and chess school. The Lviv Chess Federation today has 20 grandmasters. It has such masters as Adrian Mikhalchishin, Vassily Ivanchuk and Alexander Beliavsky, and it produced brought up Mariya Muzychuk. However, the last major competition held in Lvov was in 1984 – it was the USSR Chess Championship. Since then 31 (!) years have passed. In my opinion, this is too unfair on the city, whose residents so appreciate and love chess. [Read more]. |
给我一首歌的时间
周杰倫 (Zhōu Jiélún) 雨淋濕了天空 毀得很講究 妳說妳不懂 為何在這時牽手 我曬乾了沉默 悔得很衝動 就算這是做錯 也只是怕錯過 在一起叫夢 分開了叫痛 是不是說 沒有做完的夢最痛 迷路的後果 我能承受 這最後的出口在愛過了才有 能不能給我一首歌的時間 緊緊的把那擁抱變成永遠 在我的懷裡妳不用害怕失眠 哦如果妳想忘記我也能失憶 能不能給我一首歌的時間 把故事聽到最後才說再見 妳送我的眼淚 讓它留在雨天 哦越過妳劃的線我定了勇氣 的終點 妳說我不該不該 不該在這時候說了愛妳 要怎麼證明我沒力氣 告訴我暫停算不算放棄 妳說我不該不該 不該在這時候才說愛妳 要怎麼證明我沒有力氣 我只有一天的回憶 Dammi il tempo di una canzone Jay Chou Il cielo fradicio di pioggia Come un arazzo strappato Dici di non sapere Perché allora ci tenessimo la mano Ho asciugato il silenzio Pentendomene subito Anche se è stato uno sbaglio Ho avuto paura di perdere tutto Insieme lo chiamiamo sogno Separati lo chiamiamo dolore Potremmo ben dire Che i sogni incompiuti sono i più lancinanti Le conseguenze di perdermi Posso sopportarle Quando hai amato Sai anche come uscire Dammi il tempo di una canzone Un abbraccio eterno In cui fugherai ogni paura di notti insonni Se vorrai dimenticare, anch’io perderò la memoria Dammi il tempo di una canzone Dimmi addio solo dopo averla ascoltata Le lacrime che hai pianto per me Le terrò per i giorni di pioggia Varcando il limite che hai tracciato Ho deciso dove il mio coraggio si arrenderà Dici che quel giorno ho sbagliato Che mai avrei dovuto dirti ti amo Come dimostrarti che non ho più Una stilla di energia Come dimostrarti che non ho più forze Ti prego dimmi se un momento di oblio Può significare un distacco definitivo Non ho ricordi che di quel giorno |
“Swan Lake” at the Lviv Theatre of Opera and Ballet, where “most probably, we will organize the match between Mariya Muzychuk and Hóu Yìfán”, FIDE President Kirsan Nikolayevich Ilyumzhinov said. Photo: Lviv Theatre of Opera and Ballet.
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Hostesses jump on 天安门广场 (Tiān’ānmén Square) near the Great Hall of the People (人民大会堂) in 北京 (Běijīng). Photo: Fred Dufour/AFP.
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+- Morphy – Paulsen, New York, November 8, 1857. 5. ... Bb6 6. Nc3 Ne7
7. Bf4 0-0? This indifferent move leads to a very cramped position. Correct was 7. ... d5! 8. exd5 exd5 with a playable game for Black. 8. Bd6! f5 9. e5 a6. If 9. ... Nbc6 might follow 10. Qd2 f4 11. 0-0-0 Rf7 12. Bd3 Nf5
13. Rhe1 Qh4 14. Ne4 Bd8 15. g3 Qh6 16. gxf4 Nxd6 17. Nxd6 Rxf4
18. Kb1 Bc7 19. Bb5 Bb6 20. Nc1 Qh4 21. Nd3 Rf3 22. Re4 Qh5 23. c3
a6 24. Ba4 Ba7 25. Rg1 Qxh2 26. Qg5 g6 27. Rh4 Qxg1+ 28. Qxg1 Rxd3
29. Qh2 1 : 0 Timman – Basman, 49th International Chess Congress, Hastings 1973/1974. Géza Maróczy suggests instead 9. ... Bc7 10. Nb5 Na6. 10. Be2. Morphy plays nonchalantly. Grandmaster Valeri Beim rightly recommends 10. Qd2 Nbc6 11. f4 followed by Queenside castling. 10. ... Nbc6 11. 0-0. Again Beim prefers 11. f4, but Morphy probably didn’t suit 11. ... Be3. 11. ... Rf7 12. Kh1 f4!? Paulsen sharply speculates on the weakness of the White e-Pawn. A more circumspet way to play was 12. ... Bc7 13. f4 b6 followed by ... Bc8-b7 (Maróczy’s analysis). 13. Ne4 Nf5 14. Bh5 g6 15. Bg4 Ng7? This is a gross error. After 15. ... Nxd6! 16. exd6 (else 16. Nxd6 Rf8 and Black is fine) 16. ... Ba7 (or even 16. ... Ne5) Black’s position is perfectly playable. 16. Qf3 h5? This is already the decisive mistake. Nolens volens, Black now should have played 16. ... Bc7 17. Qc3 Ne8 (Beim’s analysis). 17. Bh3 Qh4. 17. ... g5 is met by 18. g4! (Beim’s analysis). 18. Nf6+
Kh8 19. Qe4 Qg5 20. g3 f3. If 20. ... fxg3 there follows 21. fxg3 Nf5 22. Bxf5 gxf5 23. Qe2 h4 24. Rf4! hxg3 25. hxg3+- (Beim’s analysis). 21. Nd2! Not difficult, but very pretty. 21. ... Bd8. Obviously 21. ... Qxd2?? 22. Qxg6 would lead to mate in short order. If, instead, 21. ... Nxe5 22. Bxe5 Rxf6 then 23. Rae1! d5 24. Nxf3 and White must win. 22. Nxf3 Qh6
+-) 28. Ng5! Nxf2+ 29. Kg2 Rf6 30. Rgf1+- (Maróczy’s analysis). 27. Qxc8+ Rxc8 28. gxf4
Rxc2 29. Rac1! Morphy’s impressive technique triumphs. 29. ... Rxf2 30. Rc8+ Ng8 31. Ne5 Rg7 32. Nxg6+ Kh7 33. Nf8+
Kh6 34. Nxd7 Rxd7 35. Rcxg8 Rxf4 36. Bxe6 Re7 37. R8g6+ Kh7 38. Bg8+ Kh8 39. Rh6+ Rh7 40. Rxh7 mate.
Hostesses jump on 天安门广场 (Tiān’ānmén Square) during the opening session of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (中国人民政治协商会议). Photo: (Fred Dufour/AFP).
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Catalan Bay, Gibraltar, February 6, 2014. Award ceremony of the 12th Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival.
From left: 谭中怡 (Tán Zhōngyí), Raymond Dennis Keene, Mariya Muzychuk, and Lela Javakhishvili. Photo: John Saunders.
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Visitors walk in an ice maze at the China Ice and Snow World on January 4, 2015 on the eve of the opening ceremony of the 16th Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival in 哈尔滨 (Hā’ĕrbīn), northeast China’s 黑龙江省 (Hēilóngjiāng) province. Photo: AFP/Fred Dufour.
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An investor walks past a screen that shows share prices in a security firm in 杭州 (Hángzhōu), east China’s 浙江 (Zhèjiāng) province, today. Photo: STR/AFP/Getty Images.
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