Wednesday, November 19, 2014
Herr Professor
Quando la bocca prende e i’culo rende, si va in culo alle medicine e a chi le vende.
Proverbio fiorentino
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Tuesday, November 18, 2014
立体主义
生活是一种艺术，要在不充足的前提下得出充足的结论。
Shēnghuó shì yī zhǒng yìshù, yào zài bù chōngzú de qiántí xià dé chū chōngzú de jiélùn. Life is the art of drawing sufficient conclusions from insufficient premises. |
I’m only sleeping
Viswanathan Anand – Magnus Carlsen
World Chess Championship; match game 8; Sochi, November 17, 2014
Queen’s Gambit Declined D37
World Chess Championship; match game 8; Sochi, November 17, 2014
Queen’s Gambit Declined D37
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 0-0 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. a3 Nc6 9. Qc2 Re8. “9. ... Re8 is rather an unusual move. I don’t know it, despite 30+ years experience in this variation”, tweeted Nigel Short. Well, it is from Showalter – Janowski, New York 1898, match game 1. 10. Bg5 Be7. Possibly a novelty. For 10. ... d4 11. 0-0-0 e5 see the above mentioned game Showalter – Janowski, New York 1898, match game 1. 11. Rd1 Qa5 12. Bd3 h6 13. Bh4 dxc4 14. Bxc4 a6 15. 0-0. Someone has suggested the immediate 15. Ba2 as “trickier” for after the innocent-looking 15. ... b5 16. Bb1 Bb7?? 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Qh7+ Kf8 19. Rd7 White wins (Erwin l’Ami’s analysis), but 16. ... g6 17. 0-0 Bb7 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Rd7 Qb6! 20. Ne4 Be7 21. Nd6 Bxd6 22. Rxd6 Rad8 is roughly even, as shown by Grandmaster Alejandro Tadeo Ramírez Álvarez.
15. ... b5 16. Ba2 Bb7 17. Bb1 Rad8. Fearless. After 17. ... g6 18. Ne4 Nxe4 19. Qxe4 Rad8 20. Bxe7 Rxe7 21. Qh4 White’s attack is just like a rollerball. 18. Bxf6. “[...] 18. Rxd8 Rxd8 19. Ne4 Nxe4 20. Qxe4 Bxh4 21. Nxh4 Kf8 22. Qh7 Qa4!! and holds. Spacebaring is fun!”, Jan Gustafsson tweeted. 18. ... Bxf6 19. Ne4. If 19. Qh7+ Kf8 20. Ne4 then 20. ... Rxd1 21. Rxd1 Rd8 holding his own well. 19. ... Be7. 19. ... Rxd1 is decidedly a bad move because of 20. Nxf6+ gxf6 21. Qh7+ Kf8 22. Rxd1. 20. Nc5. If 20. Rc1 then 20. ... g6. 20. ... Bxc5 21. Qxc5 b4. “21. ... b4. Magnus is well prepared. White has not much here, symmetrical Pawns. A peaceful ending expected”, Zsuzsa Polgár said. 22. Rc1 bxa3 23. bxa3 Qxc5 24. Rxc5 Ne7 25. Rfc1 Rc8 26. Bd3 Red8 27. Rxc8 Rxc8 28. Rxc8+ Nxc8 29. Nd2 Nb6 30. Nb3 Nd7 31. Na5 Bc8 32. Kf1 Kf8 33. Ke1. “33. Ke1. It’s right for Vishy to play a few more moves, but unfortunately he’s a yank short of a nibble. Draw extremely likely”, Jonathan Rowson said. 33. ... Ke7 34. Kd2 Kd6 35. Kc3 Ne5 36. Be2 Kc5 37. f4 Nc6 38. Nxc6 Kxc6 39. Kd4 f6 40. e4 Kd6 41. e5+ ½ : ½. “A very dull game. Anand was surprised and ducked the critical continuations at an early stage. Not fatal, but tempus fugit”, Short said.
Magnus: I’m only sleeping... Photo: Chess-News.ru.
Monday, November 17, 2014
Elixir vitae
Mum’s move: Vishy plays a partie sans façon with his mother Susheela in 1987.
Photo: Scorp News
Photo: Scorp News
Susheela, Vishy’s mother:
“I’d Show Him A Few Games... He’d Show Me Some” As a child, Anand was very normal. I introduced him to chess. When the family would play, he’d come and join us. He used to play other sports as well – tennis, table tennis, badminton etc. – but he developed a flair and interest in chess. He never had a coach or anything; he learnt the game really on his own, practising vigorously and reading books etc. That’s the other thing about him. His focus and concentration level in almost anything he does is great. If he read a book, whatever the book may be, he had the ability to completely absorb and immerse himself in it. Nobody and nothing could distract him. He was good at academics as well. He managed to do both, quite effortlessly. If he can do it, I’m sure so can others. He is also a very calm person. I don’t think you need aggression to play chess. What you need is a good memory, positive attitude and the ability to plan your moves ahead. I used to play chess with him when he was young – I’d show him a few games and he, in turn, would show me some; now I just watch his moves. I don’t think there’s really a set formula for success and yet there are some ingredients like hard work, focus, determination etc. that go into the making of a champion. I think the one thing about Anand is, even when he was young, he was very respectful of elders and very humble. [Read more]. |
- Akhila Krishnamurthy, “What’s Essential Is To Keep Your Love Of The Game Alive”, Outlook, June 18, 2012
The White Tiger
Magnus Carlsen – Viswanathan Anand
World Chess Championship; match game 7; Sochi, November 17, 2014
Spanish Game C67
World Chess Championship; match game 7; Sochi, November 17, 2014
Spanish Game C67
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. 0-0 Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Ke8 10. Nc3 h5 11. Bf4 Be7 12. Rad1 Be6 13. Ng5 Rh6 14. g3 Bxg5 15. Bxg5 Rg6 16. h4 f6 17. exf6 gxf6 18. Bf4 Nxh4 19. f3 Rd8 20. Kf2 Rxd1 21. Nxd1 Nf5 22. Rh1 Bxa2 23. Rxh5 Be6 24. g4. Another try is 24. Bxc7 Rh6 25. Rxh6 Nxh6
26. g4 Nf7 27. Ke3 Kd7 28. Bb8 a5 29. Nc3 b5 30. Ne4 Ke7
31. Bc7 a4 32. Ba5 Ne5 33. Bc3 Nd7 34. Kd4 c5+ 35. Nxc5 Nxc5
36. Kxc5 Bc4 37. b3 axb3 38. cxb3 Bxb3 39. Bxf6+ Kxf6 40. g5+
Kxg5 41. f4+ Kxf4 42. Kxb5 Ke5 ½ : ½ Solak – Bacrot, 15th European Individual Chess Championship, Yerevan 2014. 24. ... Nd6 25. Rh7 Nf7. Possibly an improvement over 25. ... f5 26. g5 (much more to the point is 26. Rxc7! Nb5 27. gxf5 Bxf5 28. Rxb7 Bxc2 29. Ne3 Bb3 30. Ng4 with advantage to White) 26. ... Nf7
27. Rh5 Rg8 28. Kg3 Rh8 29. Rxh8+ Nxh8 30. Bxc7 Ng6 31. Nc3
Kd7 32. Bb8 a5 33. Na4 Kc8 34. Bf4 b5 35. Nc5 Ba2 36. c3 a4
37. Bd6 Bd5 38. f4 Kd8 39. Kf2 Nh4 40. Ke3 Ke8 41. Nd3 Be4
42. Nf2 Bd5 43. Ba3 Kf7 44. Kd4 Ke6 45. Nd3 Ng6 46. Nc5+ Kf7
47. Na6 Nxf4 48. Ke5 Nd3+ 49. Kxf5 c5 50. g6+ Kg8 51. Nxc5
Nxc5 52. Bxc5 ½ : ½ Giri – Radjabov, FIDE Grand Prix, Tashkent 2014. 26. Ne3 Kd8 27. Nf5 c5 28. Ng3. “Magnus is playing safe and solid – slight edge and a bit of suffering for Black, but usually this ends in a draw”, Fabiano Caruana tweeted. 28. ... Ne5. “28. ... Ne5 is a bold solution from Vishy. After 29. Bxe5 fxe5 30. Rh5 his idea might be 30. ... Bxg4 drawing, but 30. Ne4!? looks unpleasant”, Jonathan Rowson tweeted. 29. Rh8+ Rg8 30. Bxe5 fxe5 31. Rh5. The Climax.
31. ... Bxg4! “I called the piece sacrifice correctly about 20 mins. ago. Now I don’t know whether a win for Magnus or draw is more likely”, Nigel Short tweeted. 32. fxg4 Rxg4 33. Rxe5 b6 34. Ne4. “Interesting option for Magnus was to play 34. Re4 where 34. ... Rxe4 is dangerous, otherwise White plays Re4-a4 forcing a7-a5 wich is very good for White”, Sergey Karjakin tweeted. 34. ... Rh4 35. Ke2 Rh6 36. b3 Kd7 37. Kd2 Kc6 38. Nc3 a6 39. Re4 Rh2+ 40. Kc1 Rh1+ 41. Kb2 Rh6 42. Nd1 Rg6 43. Ne3 Rh6 44. Re7 Rh2 45. Re6+ Kb7 46. Kc3 Rh4 47. Kb2 Rh2 48. Nd5 Rd2 49. Nf6 Rf2 50. Kc3 Rf4. “White has made no progress at all, but at any moment he may set up a disguised threat. Black must not be lulled into sleeping”, Short said. 51. Ne4 Rh4 52. Nf2 Rh2 53. Rf6 Rh7 54. Nd3 Rh3 55. Kd2 Rh2+ 56. Rf2 Rh4 57. c4 Rh3 58. Kc2 Rh7 59. Nb2 Rh5 60. Re2 Rg5 61. Nd1 b5 62. Nc3 c6 63. Ne4 Rh5 64. Nf6. “I am also expecting Magnus will eventually play on with R+N v. R. It is pretty drawn, but why not go for the 5% chance?”, asked Short. 64. ... Rg5 65. Re7+ Kb6 66. Nd7+ Ka5 67. Re4 Rg2+ 68. Kc1. Perhaps Vishy was hoping for 68. Kc3 b4+ 69. Kd3 Rd2+! 70. Kxd2 stalemate. The text doesn’t look better. 68. ... Rg1+. A way even more direct is 68. ... Kb4! 69. cxb5+ Kc3! 70. Re3+ Kd4 71. Re5 cxb5 72. Rxc5 a5 73. Rxb5 Kc3! with a draw in sight. 69. Kd2 Rg2+ 70. Ke1 bxc4! 71. Rxc4 (71. bxc4 Kb4=) 71. ... Rg3! 72. Nxc5 Kb5! 73. Rc2 a5 74. Kf2 Rh3 75. Rc1 Kb4 76. Ke2 Rc3 77. Nd3+ Kxb3 78. Ra1 Kc4 79. Nf2 Kb5 80. Rb1+ Kc4 81. Ne4 Ra3 82. Nd2+ Kd5 83. Rh1 a4 84. Rh5+ Kd4 85. Rh4+ Kc5 86. Kd1 Kb5 87. Kc2 Rg3 88. Ne4 Rg2+ 89. Kd3 a3 90. Nc3+ Kb6 91. Ra4 a2 92. Nxa2 Rg3+ 93. Kc2 Rg2+ 94. Kb3 Rg3+ 95. Nc3 Rh3 96. Rb4+ Kc7 97. Rg4 Rh7 98. Kc4 Rf7 99. Rg5 Kb6 100. Na4+ Kc7 101. Kc5 Kd7 102. Kb6 Rf1 103. Nc5+ Ke7 104. Kxc6 Rd1 105. Rg6 Kf7 106. Rh6 Rg1 107. Kd5 Rg5+ 108. Kd4 Rg6 109. Rh1 Rg2 110. Ne4 Ra2 111. Rf1+ Ke7 112. Nc3 Rh2 113. Nd5+ Kd6 114. Rf6+ Kd7 115. Nf4 Rh1 116. Rg6 Rd1+ 117. Nd3 Ke7 118. Ra6 Kd7 119. Ke4 Ke7 120. Rc6 Kd7 121. Rc1 Rxc1 122. Nxc1 ½ : ½. A monumental defence by Anand!
开心果 (Pistachio)
Meaning: You can describe someone as 开心果 (kāi xīn guǒ) – pistachio and it means she (he) is a very happy, high mood person who makes other people happy.
The reason is that in Chinese, pistachio is 开心果 (kāi xīn guǒ). 开心 (kāi xīn) is to be happy and 果 (guǒ) implies the nut. So quite literally works as referring to someone as a happy nut. Also interesting that 开心 kāi xīn is close to 开 (kāi) open/start your 心 (xīn) heart. |
麦克白夫人的心血结晶
(Da un’idea di Lady Macbeth)
(Da un’idea di Lady Macbeth)
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