“On March 13, 2020, the last coronavirus patient in 铁岭 (Tiělíng), 辽宁省 (Liáoníng province), China, was discharged from hospital. I was walking on a street with few pedestrians, when a spring breeze suddenly blew, wiping away the mask I had worn for a long time”. Caption and photo: 桥窝居士 (Qiáoāo Jūshì).
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First, Mado Flynn’s handmade emoji: Letizia (red hair), Olga (blue hair) Sofia (pink hair), and Viola (green hair). And then store-bought calendula and lavender hand sanitiser gel by Wally Cosmetici.
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In the end, all’s well that ends well, and there are small gifts for everyone too.
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In the meantime, Sofia gladly continued being both a woman and a mother to her family.
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Tonight was the last day of non-school at Associazione Culturale “Il Delta della Luna”, and we — very few good people — celebrated it as a secular miracle of sobriety. Thus, while Letizia and Olga brought home-cooked dishes, Viola instead emptied her family’s artisanal ice cream shop Caffè delle Carrozze.
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Thus, in the end, all the glory went to Wojtaszek, who, by winning his last round game with Studer, succeeded in keeping Harikrishna and Adams (both winning their games as well) at a distance, finally securing the first prize. Photo: Simon Bohnenblust.
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Thanks to their victories in today’s games, both Pentala Harikrishna and Michael Adams can still hope to overtake Radosław Wojtaszek with only one round to go. Photo: Simon Bohnenblust.
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Once back to a classical time control, Keymer has regained his luster. Photo: Simon Bohnenblust.
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After his Sunday débâcle in the Blitz Tournament, Harikrishna scored a much-needed “Classical” win against Wojtaszek, thus reducing the gap to three points with two rounds to go. Photo: Simon Bohnenblust.
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Four-time Women’s World Chess Champion and Rhodes Scholar 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán), and other Chinese chess celebrities, starring in a videoclip for the International Chess Day celebration which falls on July 20 — “No matter what age, or gender, we are to ignite our passion for chess through a board”.
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Natalie Duran, dressed as Catwoman, wears a mask while hanging from a street light in SoHo, Manhattan, New York City, United States. Outdoor arts and entertainment, sporting events without fans and media production are being allowed under phase 4 of the city’s reopening from coronavirus lockdown. Photo: Alexi Rosenfeld/Getty Images.
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Pictured above (foreground) is Adams playing his last round game against Noël Oliver Studer. Photo: Simon Bohnenblust.
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Teams from 163 countries will take part in the first ever Online Chess Olympiad to be held online at chess.com from July 25 to August 30, 2020 under the auspices of the Fédération Internationale des Échecs (FIDE) in partnership with Gazprom.
Most of the world’s chess stars are due to represent their countries, but there will be two notable absentees in Magnus Carlsen and Fabiano Caruana. The Olympic Tournament is composed by a group stage followed by a knockout stage. Each team consists of six mixed players, with a minimum quota of three females and two juniors. Teams may have up to six reserves, plus a captain. Time control is 15 minutes + 5 seconds increment per move. Four-time Women’s World Chess Champion and Rhodes Scholar 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán)’s début will be in a few weeks — namely, from August 21, when the Top Division group stage takes off. |
After yesterday’s eclipse, the sun shined today for Keymer. Photo: Simon Bohnenblust.
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A superb positional game by Adams and a setback for Keymer. Photo: Simon Bohnenblust.
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Four-time Women’s World Chess Champion and Rhodes Scholar 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) takes the floor at the virtual celebration of the first ever International Chess Day held online at the United Nations Headquarters on Monday, July 20, 2020, as she delivers a passionate speech about the highly educational role of chess in a post-pandemic world. Videoclip courtesy of Chinese Mission to UN. The whole video can be viewed at UN Web TV.
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From top left to bottom right: Sofia, Viola, Letizia, and Olga rehearsing for a non-virtual show yet to come at Associazione Culturale “Il Delta della Luna”.
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After a week in Naples and its environs, Letizia was back at Associazione Culturale “Il Delta della Luna” tonight, presenting her fellow dancers and friends with a tray of delicious sfogliatelle.
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And so, in the end, 14th Women’s World Chess Champion Anna Yuriyivna Ushenina is the absolute winner of the 1st Online Women’s Speed Chess Championship, jointly organised by FIDE and chess.com. In today’s super-final she beat 12th Women’s World Chess Champion Alexandra Konstantinovna Kosteniuk 14½–13½ after a fight to the last bullet.
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