Friday, February 20, 2015
Thursday, February 19, 2015
Attorney-at-law
Do you know a woman by the name of Silvia who says she is an attorney-at-law, and whose office is temporarily hosted at a public library in Florence? |
Wednesday, February 18, 2015
1970年代
Robert James Fischer, New York City, 1971
Photo: David Attie/RockPaperPhoto
Photo: David Attie/RockPaperPhoto
Robert James Fischer, New York City, 1971
Photo: David Attie/RockPaperPhoto
Photo: David Attie/RockPaperPhoto
Attie photographed the elusive and eccentric Fischer for America Illustrated, a U.S. government-sponsored magazine that was distributed solely in the Soviet Union, less than a year before he beat Boris Spassky to become the only American ever to win the World Chess Championship. Attie’s fellow Alexey Brodovitch protege Richard Avedon was originally supposed to do this shoot. But Fischer saw Avedon as a “fashion photographer” and rejected the choice at the eleventh hour as demeaning to him. After viewing Attie’s work, Fischer approved the substitution. Oddly, he showed up completely unshaven, and Attie ended up shaving him while Attie’s wife filmed the proceedings with an 8mm camera. [Read more].
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1960年代
Robert James Fischer
Photo by Herbert Kronfeld/ullstein bild via Getty Images
Photo by Herbert Kronfeld/ullstein bild via Getty Images
Robert James Fischer
Photo by Herbert Kronfeld/ullstein bild via Getty Images
Photo by Herbert Kronfeld/ullstein bild via Getty Images
The Only One
New In Chess 2015/1
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Funny Games
Viswanathan Anand – Hikaru Nakamura
4th Zürich Chess Challenge; Zürich, February 17, 2015
Queen’s Gambit Declined D37
4th Zürich Chess Challenge; Zürich, February 17, 2015
Queen’s Gambit Declined D37
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bf4 0-0 6. e3 Nbd7 7. c5 Nh5 8. Bd3 Nxf4 9. exf4 b6 10. b4 a5 11. a3 c6 12. 0-0 Qc7 13. g3 Ba6 14. Re1 Bf6 15. Kg2. For 15. Bc2 Bc4 16. Qd2 Ra7 17. Ne5 see Nakamura – Nielsen, Amsterdam 2010. 15. ... Bxd3. Not convincing would have been instead 15. ... bxc5? 16. bxc5 Nxc5 17. dxc5 Bxc3 18. Bxh7+! with advantage to White. 16. Qxd3 Rfb8 17. h4! Qa7 18. Ne2 g6? Both players blamed this move during the press conference. “As soon as I played the move 18. ... g6 I realized I had completely blundered it. I couldn’t recover after this move. The worst thing in chess is missing a good move and having to continue the game as though nothing happened”, then Nakamura said. Also 18. ... axb4 19. axb4 Qxa1 20. Rxa1 Rxa1 21. b5 appears to be in White’s favour, but it might be worth considering 18. ... Qb7 (Deviatkin), aiming to one of the thematic plans of either doubling along the a-file or exchanging all the Rooks. 19. Rab1 axb4 20. axb4 Qa2
21. Rec1 bxc5. 21. ... Ra3? 22. Qd1! would not have been any better. 22. bxc5 h5. A questionable move, which precludes the possibility of ... f7-f6 for Black. 23. Ne5! Nxe5. “If Black takes with the Bishop that is what I meant: the d7-Knight is now dead”, then Anand said. 24. fxe5 Bg7? A clear error. As Anand pointed out, 24. ... Bd8 would have been far better. During the press conference, Nakamura was not able to explain why he didn’t play it.
25. Rb6! “I just started to get excited after this”, then Anand said. 25. ... Rc8. After 25. ... Rxb6 26. cxb6 the powerful passed b-Pawn leaves Black without any hope. 26. Nc3 Qa7
27. Rcb1. Now White easily penetrates into the hostile camp, surrounding and targeting the c6-Pawn. 27. ... Qd7 28. R1b4 Bh6 29. Na4 Qd8 30. Ra6 Kg7 31. Rb7 Rxa6 32. Qxa6 g5
33. Qe2! g4 34. Qa6 Qg8 35. Nb6 Rf8 36. Nd7 Qh7. The last ditch try was 36. ... Ra8 (Anand) setting a pretty trap: 37. Qxc6? Ra2 38. Nf6 Be3! 39. Nxg8? Rxf2+ with a draw by perpetual check. However, Vishy was ready to play 37. Ra7! Rxa7 38. Qxa7 with an easy win (as 38. ... Qh7 is met by 39. Nf6). 37. Nxf8 Qe4+ 38. Kh2 Kxf8
39. Rb8+ Kg7 40. Qc8 Kg6 41. Qh8 1 : 0. Black’s King is doomed: 41. ... Qf3 42. Rg8+ Kf5 43. Qh7 mate.
Viswanathan Anand
Photo: Evgeny Surov
Photo: Evgeny Surov
Tuesday, February 17, 2015
Carnivalesque
IN SAENIAM
A latronibus esse te fututam
dicis, Saenia: sed negant latrones.
A SENIA
Senia, tu dici d’esser stata
dai banditi violentata. Ma rispondon risentiti che ciò è falso quei banditi.
给塞尼亚
塞尼亚，你说土匪强奸了你，
但自己被冤枉了。 |
Marco Valerio Marziale, Epigrammi, Lib. xii, 27
Traduzione di 莫东科 (Mò Dōngkē)
Traduzione di 莫东科 (Mò Dōngkē)
All in the Family
Viswanathan Anand – Levon Grigori Aronian
4th edition of the “Zürich Chess Challenge”; Zürich, February 16, 2015
Grünfeld Defence D97
4th edition of the “Zürich Chess Challenge”; Zürich, February 16, 2015
Grünfeld Defence D97
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4
0-0 7. e4 Na6 8. Be2 c5 9. d5 e6 10. 0-0 exd5 11. exd5 Re8
12. Rd1 Bf5 13. d6 h6 14. Be3. Another way is 14. Bf4 Nd7 15. Rd2 Nb4 16. Qb3 Be6 17. Bc4 Nb6 18. Bxe6 Rxe6
19. Na4 Re4 20. Bg3 Nc4 21. Nxc5 Nxd2 22. Nxd2 Re2 23. Qxb4 a5
24. Qxb7 Rxd2 25. d7 Rxb2 26. Qd5 Rb5 27. Rd1 Bf8 28. Bd6 Bxd6
29. Qxd6 Rab8 30. h3 Rb1 31. Rxb1 Rxb1+ 32. Kh2 Rb6 33. Qe5 Kf8
34. Qh8+ Ke7 35. Qe5+ Kf8 36. f4 h5 37. Qd5 h4 38. Qe5 g5 39. Qh8+
Ke7 40. Qe5+ Kf8 41. fxg5 1 : 0 Piket – Kasparov, 9th Euwe Memorial, Amsterdam 1995. For a very interesting article about this game we especially recommend “A Walk with Garry Kasparov” (1995) by Tim Krabbé. 14. ... Ng4. The most forcing reply. The colourless alternative was 14. ... Bd7 15. Rd2 Qa5 16. Rad1 Rad8 as in the game Reilly – Tukmakov, Antwerpen 1993. 15. Bf4 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Re4
17. Qb5 Rxf4 18. Qxb7 Ra4. Why a professional ends up buying the Mega Database? Just to prevent wasting time re-analyzing already analyzed positions!? So maybe Aronian was expecting White to fall into the variation contemplated by the archivists, that is 19. Bxa6?? Rb8 19. Qc6 Bd7 and Black wins.
19. d7! But Vishy had prepared this opening novelty at home. The obvious threat is Qb7xa8. Now Aronian began to think. As they say, “too little, too late”. 19. ... Be4. Grandmaster Alejandro Tadeo Ramírez Álvarez suggests 19. ... Nc7! 20. h3! Nf6 21. Ne5∞ – “The position will need more practical tests”. 20. Qb3 Bc6? With 20. ... Ra5 Black would be able to put up a stubborn resistance. After 21. Nd2! White stands clearly better, but the position is still very complex. 21. Rd6. Now it is all over. 21. ... Bxd7. Or 21. ... Rb8 22. Qd1! Bxf3 23. Bxf3 with an easy win.
22. Rad1 Qb8 23. Rxd7 Qxb3 24. axb3 Ra2 25. Bc4 Rf8 26. R7d6
Kg7 27. Rxa6 Rxf2 28. Re1 1 : 0.
Vishy Anand: All in the family
Photo: Evgeny Surov
Photo: Evgeny Surov
狮子王
Wolfgang Uhlmann – Viktor Lvovich Kortschnoi
Clash of the Legends; match game 3; Zürich, February 16, 2015
English Opening A29
Clash of the Legends; match game 3; Zürich, February 16, 2015
English Opening A29
“I’m satisfied with the third game, although it seems he had some chances for a draw at the end of it. Earlier, he had compensation for a Pawn”, then Kortschnoi said. 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nde7 7. 0-0 g6 8.
b4 a6 9. Rb1 Bg7 10. a4 0-0 11. d3 Nd4 12. Nd2 c6 13. e3 Ne6 14. Qe2. It was preferable 14. Nc4 Nd5 as in the game Sarno – Martorelli, 55th Italian Chess Championship, Verona 1995, after which International Master Sagar Shah suggests 15. Bb2! Nxb4?! 16. Ba3! and White gets the upper-hand. 14. ... Nd5 15.
Nxd5 cxd5 16. f4 exf4 17. gxf4 Re8 18. Nb3 Qd6 19. Qf3 Qxb4 20. f5 gxf5 21.
Qxf5 Nd8 22. Qxd5 Qxa4 23. Nc5 Qc2 24. Rb6 Be6 25. Qh5 Bg4? This is a bad tactical slip. 26. Qg5? Uhlmann missed his golden chance! After 26. Qxg4! Qxc5 27. Bb2! Qxe3+ 28. Kh1 Black is busted. 26. ... Re5 27. Qxg4
Qxc5 28. Rb4 Rg5 29. Qf4 Rg6 30. Re4 Qb5 31. Ba3 Rf6 32. Qh4 Rxf1+ 33. Bxf1 Ne6
34. d4 Qb1. 34. ... Qb3! looks much more powerful, threatening both ... Qb3xa3 (winning the Bishop) and ... f7-f5 (trapping the Rook). 35. Rg4 Kh8 36. d5 Nf8
37. Be7?? A palpable blunder which loses the Exchange. 37. Qe7 looks much more to the point, e.g. 37. ... Ng6 38. Qxf7 Rg8 with a double-edged position. 37. ... Ng6 38. Rxg6. White has no choice as 38. Qg5 is refuted by 38. ... h6. 38. ... Qxg6+ 39. Bg2 Rc8 40.
Qh3 Rc1+ 41. Kf2 Qc2+ 42. Kf3 Qd1+ 43. Kf4 Rc4+ 44. e4 Qxd5 0 : 1.
Viktor Lvovich Kortschnoi
Photo: Zürich Chess Challenge 2015
Photo: Zürich Chess Challenge 2015
Monday, February 16, 2015
Red Ocean
Artwork: aeon-100
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson certified Quaker, it’s pointless to build walls between you and words and the whooziness of the sister ready for your unlickely swooning. Strength inserts itself in strength the spade into the earth. Emily Dickinson Emily Dickinson patentata quacquera, inutile mettere muri tra te e le parole e le svenevolezze della sorella pronte ai tuoi inverosimili deliqui. La forza si immette nella forza la spada dentro la terra. |
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