Friday, November 7, 2014

自將死

嗆辣紅椒

Ignoti nulla cupido

René Magritte, Les Amants

Nihil volitum nisi praecognitum.

雷頓教授與最後的時間旅行


È meglio metter la mano in uno sterco di vacca, che nella borsa altrui.

Proverbio italiano

中俄关系

11月7日,中俄国际象棋青少年友谊赛在中国棋院揭幕,侯逸凡与俄罗斯男子特级大师同步上演明星对抗赛。摄影:王亮。

Nomen nescio


Notes by Paul Charles Morphy


N. N. – Serafino Dubois
Rome, 1850
Giuoco Piano C50

Between Signor Dubois of Rome, Italy, and an Amateur.

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 f5 5. Ng5 f4 6. Nf7 Qh4 7. 0-0 Nf6 8. Nxh8 d5 9. Bxd5 Bg4 10. Qe1 f3 11. Bg5 Qxg5 12. g3 Nd4 13. Bb3 Ne2+ 14. Kh1 Bh3 15. Rg1. The only move to save the impending mate. 15. ... Nh5 16. Nf7


16. ... Nhf4. Very pretty; if White take the Knight Black mates in two moves. 17. Nxg5 Bg2+ 18. Rxg2 fxg2 mate. This game was played at Rome in the year 1850. (Paul Charles Morphy, The Chess Monthly, Vol. ii, 1858, page 203).

知道不知道

Artwork: MalvaAlcea

很多时候我们不知道,却假装知道;很多事情我们知道,却假装不知道。
Hěnduō shíhòu wǒmen bù zhīdào, què jiǎzhuāng zhīdào; hěnduō shìqíng wǒmen zhīdào, què jiǎzhuāng bù zhīdào.
Most of the time we don’t know, but pretend to know; many things we know, but pretended not to know.

Thursday, November 6, 2014

Cintura nera

Un viejo que leía novelas de amor


Roba rubata non dura.

Giovanni Verga, “I Malavoglia”

晶体学


Brief notes by King Lear


Boris Abramovich Gelfand – Alexander Igorevich Grischuk
International Tashir Tournament; Moscow, November 5, 2014
Grünfeld Defence D83

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 0-0 6. Rc1 Be6 7. c5 c6 8. Bd3. If 8. b4 may follow 8. ... Nbd7 9. Bd3 Nh5 as in the game Ivanchuk – Grischuk, Elancourt 2013. 8. ... Bc8! A pure Steinitzian move, aiming for a centre break with ... e7-e5. For 8. ... Bg4 9. Qc2 Nfd7 see 王玥 (Wáng Yuè) – Carlsen, 南京 (Nánjīng) 2009. 9. h3. 9. Nf3 Bg4 promises anything but an uninteresting game! 9. ... Nfd7 10. Nf3 e5 11. dxe5 Nxc5 12. Bb1 Nbd7 13. b4. Probably sounder was 13. 0-0 Qb6 14. Qc2 Re8 with a fairly even game. 13. ... Ne6 14. 0-0 Nxf4 15. exf4 Nb6 16. Qd4 f6! Opening up the lane for the dark-square Bishop. 17. b5 Nc4 18. bxc6 bxc6 19. Bd3 fxe5 20. Nxe5 Bxe5! “I played this because I just hadn’t found anything else. It took me a long time to believe in this idea... Very unexpected”, Grischuk said afterwards. 21. fxe5 Nd2 22. Rfd1 Qg5 23. Qe3. 23. Kh1 Nf3! may transpose into the game. 23. ... Nf3+ 24. Kh1 Qxe3 25. fxe3 Nxe5. Black’s position is manifestly superior, and he is furthermore a Pawn ahead. 26. e4. Possibly White’s best practical chance. 26. ... d4 27. Na4 Rb8! Black gives back the Pawn, but in exchange he obtains an overwhelming position. 28. Bc4+ Kg7 29. Rxd4 Rb4 30. Nc5 Rf2 31. a3 Rbb2 32. Na4


32. ... Bxh3! A most elegant sacrifice. 33. Nxb2 Bxg2+ 34. Kh2 Rxb2 35. Kg3 g5! Threatening simply ... h7-h5-h4 mate. 36. Rcd1. No better is 36. Bf1 Bxf1 37. Rxf1 h5, e.g. 38. Rb4 h4+ 39. Kh3 Rc2 40. Rb7+ Kg6 41. Rxa7 Rc3+ 42. Kh2 Nf3+ 43. Kh1 g4 (Deviatkin’s analysis). 36. ... h5 37. R4d2 Rxd2 38. Rxd2 Bxe4 39. Re2 h4+ 40. Kf2 Ng4+ 41. Kg1 Nf6. There was a simpler win: 41. ... h3 42. Rxe4 h2+ 43. Kg2 h1=Q+ 44. Kxh1 Nf2+ 45. Kg2 Nxe4-+. The text move, however, lets Grischuk display his superb endgame technique. 42. Be6 Kg6 43. Re1 Bf3. As they say, the rest is a question of technique. Black’s connected passed Pawns are unstoppable. 44. Re5 g4 45. Bf5+ Kh6 46. Bd3 Bd5 47. Bf1 g3 48. Bh3 Ne4 49. Be6 Nf2 50. Bxd5 cxd5 51. Kg2. On 51.Rxd5 h3 wins outright. 51. ... d4. Another way was 51. ... Nd3! 52. Rf5 Ne1+ 53. Kh3 g2 54. Kh2 h3-+ (Deviatkin’s analysis). 52. Rd5 d3 53. a4 a5 54. Kf3 Kg6 55. Rd8 Kf7 56. Rd4 Kf8 57. Rd5 Ke8 58. Rd4 Ke7 59. Rd5 Kf6 60. Rd6+ Kf5 61. Rd4 Ke6 62. Rd8 Ke5 63. Rd7 h3! 64. Kxg3 Ne4+ 65. Kf3. Else 65. Kxh3 d2 64. Rd3 (otherwise ... Ne4-d6) 64. ... Nf2+ winning. 65. ... h2 66. Kg2 d2 0 : 1. A very pretty finish: if 66. Rd3 (otherwise ... Ne4-d6) then 66. ... h1=Q+! 67. Kxh1 Nf2+ finis.

乱世佳人

Artwork: DarkCrissus

毕竟,明天又是另外一个新的一天。
Bìjìng, míngtiān yòu shì lìngwài yīgè xīn de yītiān.
After all, tomorrow is another day.

玛格丽特·米切尔 (Margaret Mitchell)

罗马斗兽场


Notes by Paul Charles Morphy


Serafino Dubois – Marmaduke Wyvill
Rome, 1845
Evans Gambit C51

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Bc5 6. d4 exd4 7. cxd4 Bb4+ 8. Kf1 Nf6 9. e5 d5 10. exf6 dxc4 11. fxg7 Rg8 12. Bg5 Qd6 13. Nbd2 Bf5 14. Nxc4 Qd5 15. Qe2+ Kd7 16. Nce5+ Kc8 17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. Qa6+ Kb8 19. Ne5 Be4. If Black plays 19. ... Qb5+ White wins a piece by 20. Qxb5+ followed by Ne5xc6+.


20. Rb1 Bxb1. Black has no better move. 21. Nxc6+ Qxc6 22. Qxc6 Bd3+ 23. Kg1 a5 24. Bf4 Ra7 25. Be5 Rb7 26. h3 Rd8 27. Kh2 Bb5 28. Bxc7+ Rxc7 29. Qxb5+ Rb7 30. Qe5+. And White wins. 1 : 0. The game was played at Rome in 1845. For it and for other many favors we are indebted to the kindness of Mr. Centurini of Genoa. (Paul Charles Morphy, The Chess Monthly, Vol. ii, 1858, pages 201-202).

Nembo Kid



马多·弗林的主意
(Da un’idea di Mado Flynn)

Wednesday, November 5, 2014

父亲的脚步



马多·弗林的心血结晶
(Da un’idea di Mado Flynn)

价格标签

1855年9月5日


Notes by Serafino Dubois


Jules Arnous de Rivière – Serafino Dubois
Paris, September 5, 1855
Scandinavian Defence B01

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+. Inferior; the best reply, according to the books, is now 4. Bc4, and the game is followed up thus: 4. Bc4 b5 5. Bb3 Bg4 6. Nf3 Nxd5 7. Nc3 Nxc3 8. Ne5 Be6 9. Bxe6 fxe6 10. Qh5+ g6 11. Nxg6 Qd5 12. Qxd5 (or 12. Ne5+ Kd8 13. Nf7+ Kd7 14. Qxd5+ Nxd5 15. Nxh8 Ke8 winning the Knight as before) 12. ... Nxd5 13. Nxh8 Bg7 and Black has the advantage. 4. ... Qxd7 5. c4 c6 6. dxc6 Nxc6 7. Nf3 e5 8. 0-0 e4. The proper move. 9. Re1 0-0-0 10. Ng5


10. ... Qf5. Black purposely leaves the King’s Bishop’s Pawn en prise and proffers the Exchange in order to commence his attack on the adversary’s King with Queen, Knight and Bishop. 11. Nxf7 Bc5 12. Rf1 Ng4 13. Nxh8 Nxf2 14. Qe1 Rf8. The winning move. 15. d4 Bxd4. [Ed. Note: A palpable slip. Black wins simply with 15. ... exd3]. 16. Nd2. The only move to avoid the threatened mate. [Ed. Note: A grave disappointment (for Black) would result from 16. Be3]. 16. ... Nd3+ 17. Kh1 Nxe1 18. Rxf5 Rxf5 19. h3 e3 20. Ne4 Rf1+ 21. Kh2 Be5+ 22. g3 Nd4 23. h4 h5 24. Ng5 Nef3+ 25. Nxf3 Rf2+ 26. Kh3 Nxf3 0 : 1. This unplublished game was played at the Café de la Régence, September 5th 1855. During the visit of Mr. Dubois to Paris he contested thirty-three games with Mr. Rivière, the score standing, Dubois 22, Rivière 8, drawn 3. The notes to the present contest are by Mr. Dubois. (The Chess Monthly, Vol. ii, 1858, pages 331-332).

肉毒



Chi ha rubato la vacca, può rubare il vitello.

Proverbio toscano

1855年8月19日


Notes by Paul Charles Morphy


Serafino Dubois – S. Lécrivain
Paris, August 19, 1855
Giuoco Piano C54

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. 0-0 0-0 7. d4 exd4 8. cxd4 Bb6 9. d5 Ne7 10. Nc3 Ng6 11. Bg5 Bg4 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Ne5 14. Qe2 Qe7 15. Rae1 Rae8 16. Kh1 h6 17. Bh4 g5 18. Bg3 Ng6 19. f4. From this move, for which White has been long preparing, the game is very spirited. 19. ... Nh7 20. Qh5 Kg7 21. Bb5 Rd8


22. e5 dxe5 23. fxe5 Bd4 24. e6 f5 25. Bc4 f4 26. Bd3 Ne5 27. Rxe5 Bxe5 28. Qg6+ Kh8 29. Be1 Rf6 30. Qe4 Bd6 31. Nb5. In order to play Be1-c3. 31. ... Rff8 32. Bc3+ Nf6 33. Nxd6 cxd6 34. Qg6 1 : 0. This game was played at Paris, August 19th 1855. It may be proper to state that all the contests of Signor Dubois, which are published in the pages of this Magazine, now appear in print for the first time. We are indebted for them to the kindness of Mr. Centurini, of Genoa. (Paul Charles Morphy, The Chess Monthly, Vol. ii, 1858, pages 238-239).

傘兵

Artwork: eyeqandy

别告诉他人你的梦想。证明给他们看。
Bié gàosù tārén nǐ de mèngxiǎng. Zhèngmíng gěi tāmen kàn.
Don’t tell people your dreams. Show them.

Tuesday, November 4, 2014

世界主义


Notes by Paul Charles Morphy


Serafino Dubois – S. Lécrivain
Paris, July 23, 1855
Bishop’s Opening C23

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Bc5 3. b4 Bxb4 4. f4 exf4. The proper play is 4. ... d5. (See Staunton’s Handbook p. 208). 5. Nf3 Nc6. Staunton here makes Black play 5. ... Qe7. 6. c3 Bc5 7. d4 Bb6 8. Bxf4 d6 9. 0-0 Nge7. This is fatal. 10. Ng5 0-0 11. Qh5 h6 12. Nxf7 Rxf7


13. Bxh6 gxh6 14. Qxf7+ Kh8 15. Rf6 Ng8 16. Rg6. And Black resigns. 1 : 0. The above game was played at Paris July 23, 1855. (Paul Charles Morphy, The Chess Monthly, Vol. ii, 1858, pages 239-240).

Dell’elmo di Scipio s’è cinto la testa


Dov’è la Vittoria?

等级制度


《大红灯笼高高挂》

剧情
大红燈籠高高掛的時代背景是中國1920年代北洋军阀混战至第一次國共內戰前夕之间的幾年。19歲的女主角頌蓮(鞏俐 飾),在父親去世後家道中落,被迫嫁給某富有人家陈姓家族作四太太,如同家族中的第四個女主人。剛嫁進這個富有的大宅院時,她受著有如王室的待遇,接受舒適的鎚腳,當她的丈夫,大宅院的主人,夜晚留宿她的房間時,門前便會掛著紅燈籠。然而,頌蓮很快的發現,並非所有的太太們都能接受到同樣的奢華待遇。事實上,是主人每天決定要在哪一個太太的房間過夜,在哪個房間前點燈籠,享受腳底按摩,讓這位太太決定餐點,讓她得到僕人們的尊敬與服侍。這裡的競爭不斷,四位妻子不斷去爭奪丈夫對自己的注意和感情,雖然大太太的競爭沒有這麼多。
在這大家族,陈老先生每晚都找不同的太太過夜,以大紅燈籠為標。「點燈的選擇」代表那位太太受寵幸,她也因此得勢,會受到其他人的尊重。在現代角度,這也代表古代女性地位的不平等。
[From Wikipedia].

Artwork: starlightx

裝配線



马多·弗林的心血结晶
(Da un’idea di Mado Flynn)

11月2日

Photo: 艾莎道拉·邓肯