11 Feb 2012

What does your heart say now



A beautiful song by Ilse de Lange - Dutch artist - I think!

7 Jan 2012

Another one bites the dust


I completed this game today. I played white in the game and like how the game finished. I first thought my opponent - an American teacher - was going to have a complete different plan with her knight, but then sadly she lost it with the checkmate.

24 Dec 2011

Chess for the birds






In Chess you get different openings and the 'Bird opening' is one of  many openings. In this first game - vs one of my American chess friends - the Bird opening was played. I played black in this game. In the next image you can see the end position.







Before Christmas - a chess game - or two!
Game 2 - I played white and in game 3 I played black - both games  were played against the same player. I always play for the fun of it and don't really put too much effort in my games, as I really want to relax only. So, you might decide it's not good play from my side either, but that's all for the fun of chess - if you're not a serious player. I really have time only for 2-3 games during holidays and therefore see it as time to catch-up with chess friends and their comings and goings. 
Merry Christmas!







Talking about birds - this is one of my favourite smaller birds of South Africa - the Mossie - or a sparrow. This photo is from Flickr:Ruslou/6239953222
Female Cape Sparrow (Passer melanurus)

Click HERE to play one of my most recent games on chess.com. This is a game against one of my favourite players and he normally beats me up. This time, with black, I was in the winning position.This is the end position - we've decided to start a new game, hopefully I will not allow him to beat me up in this next game too! :)






Play Chess Online where I play!

30 Nov 2011

Quick Chess game


A quick game played today, whilst at home due to ...'industrial action'...In this game I played black. It was played on the chesscube site.



Play Chess Online where I play!

2 Jul 2011

Tired and old



Tired and old - some say she even looks 50 on some of these pics... well, not quite the bridesmaid of a few months ago.Link:

http://uk.specials.lifestyle.yahoo.com/style-it-light/hot-topics-detail/game-set-and-style-match-to-pippa-2672