During the 1972 World Chess Championship — the so-called Match of the Century — in Reykjavík, Iceland, Bobby Fischer went to a tailor to buy two suits. In the shop, there was a photograph of Rudolph Valentino, the silent screen star. Photo © Harry Benson. Courtesy of The New York Times.
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And so Saša Martinović finished half a point ahead of Brkić, Kožul, Hrvoje Stević, and Robert Zelčić. Photo: Croatian Chess Federation.
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The AI robot Erica cast in the upcoming sci-fi film b. Courtesy of Life Productions Inc./The Hollywood Reporter.
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With only one round to go, Ante Brkić is in the lead by half a point over Saša Martinović and Robert Zelčić.
Photo: Croatian Chess Federation.
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Emperor’s New Clothes: Bobby Fischer and his tailor in Yugoslavia 1970. Photos: Dragoslav Andrić. Courtesy of Antiquariat A. Klittich, Braunschweig.
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After nine rounds,
Ante Brkić is now in the lead by half a point over Robert Zelčić. Photo:
Croatian Chess Federation.
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And today, finally, Lilia, too, retook her throne seat in the secretariat of the Associazione Culturale “Il Delta della Luna” — as written in the Hippocratic Oath, a doctor never really retires!
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In the last four months, Matilde showed her talent as a photographer with a series of black and white pictures documenting life in lockdown, but maybe she did not rehearse her dance.
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Aurora is thinking about the next ten years, as she is still undecided about where she will go this summer.
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All was well that ended well and finally Aurora and Matilde sat together in the living room of the Associazione Culturale “Il Delta della Luna”, surrounded by Mado Flynn’s knots.
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Today, after nearly four months of enforced lockdown, Aurora and Matilde — who, in the meantime, has passed her matura exam — finally got back on their feet again. So we welcomed them as they made a pit stop for frozen yogurt on their way back to the Associazione Culturale “Il Delta della Luna”.
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Saepius ad palmam Prasinus post fata Neronis
pervenit et victor praemia plura refert. I nunc, livor edax, die te cessisse Neroni; vicit nimirum non Nero, sed Prasinus. Oftener after Nero’s death the green charioteer reaches the goal, And as winner bears off more prizes. Go to now, grudging envy, say you yielded to Nero. ’Twas not Nero, I wot, who won, but the Green. |
Duane Michals, Dr. Heisenberg’s Magic Mirror of Uncertainty, 1998. Shot for French Vogue. Photo: Duane Michals/Courtesy DC Moore Gallery, New York.
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Back to reality. The 53rd Biel International Chess Festival, one of the most prestigious Swiss classic, has been announced to be staged offline from July 18–29, 2020 in Biel/Bienne, Switzerland, in compliance with all health and hygiene protocols outlined by the Federal Council. Eight players will take part in the Grandmaster Triathlon (GMT) feauring 28 games as 3 sets of round-robin: 7 classical games (100 minutes for the first 40 moves + 50 minutes for the next 20 moves + 15 minutes for the rest of the game with an addition of 30 seconds per move starting from move one), 7 rapid games with reversed colours (15 minutes + 5 seconds increment per move), and 14 two-way blitz games (3 minutes + 2 seconds increment per move). Three years after the triumph of 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) in the 50th anniversary (2017), no woman will take part in it. The eight participants are (in rating order): Pentala Harikrishna, Radosław Wojtaszek, David Antón Guijarro, Michael Adams, Romain Édouard, Arkadij Mikhailovich Naiditsch, Noël Oliver Studer, and Vincent Keymer.
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After six rounds, Zdenko Kožul is still in the lead, only half a point ahead of Zelčić. Screenshot from the live stream. Courtesy of Patrick Nikić.
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Olga, like a courageous captain, would rather go down with her ship than surrender it to an alien sea.
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Due to the impossibility to share a dressing room — that’s the humanity coming out of a pandemic — the valiant dancers of the Associazione Culturale “Il Delta della Luna” have to leave their personal belongings scattered around the hall.
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Three-time Women’s World Chess Champion 居文君 (Jū Wénjūn) wishes eveyone a very happy Olympic Day on its 33rd anniversary Tuesday, June 23, 2020.
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The novelist author, Charles Webb, passed away last June 16, 2020 at 81 years of age in Eastbourne, East Sussex, England — he was born June 9, 1939 in San Francisco, California, United States. He found worldwide fame — but no financial fortune — after his 1963 novel “The Graduate” was made into a film of the same name (1967), starring Anne Bancroft (as Mrs. Robinson) and Dustin Hoffman (as Benjamin Braddock).
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Minions maintain distancing between spectators at a reopened MK2 cinema in Paris, France. Photo: Benoît Tessier/Reuters.
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Despite today’s draw, Kožul maintains one point lead after round four. Screenshot from the live stream. Courtesy of Patrick Nikić.
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Nursery plants in seats during a rehearsal at the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona, Spain. The opera is reopening its doors with a concert for plants to raise awareness about the importance of an audience after the lockdown. Photo: Nacho Doce/Reuters.
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Nikki Hefko, Artistic Director of the New Orleans School of Ballet performs during the school’s joint performance with Magnolia Dance & Company in celebration of Juneteenth, a holiday that marks the end of slavery in the United States (dating back to June 19, 1865), in New Orleans, Louisiana, June 19, 2020. Photo: Kathleen Flynn/Reuters.
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Indeed, it might be said that Kožul’s opponent took a bit too seriously health guidelines about social distancing. Photo: Croatian Chess Federation.
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