27 Apr 2008

Chess Masters play football!






Chess players in Baku...- where the Grand Prix of chess is taking place..- had a free day yesterday and on this video - from the Fide.com-site - you can see how they spent their free time...enjoy! On THIS LINK you can read more about round 6 that was played today.




23 Apr 2008

Baku Chess




The Grand Prix Chess Tournament is currently taking place in Baku, Azerbaijan. On this video you can follow events of round 2. On my Wordpress-blog you will find a link on the side bar to follow the games LIVE.
Please click on THIS LINK to read more about the results of round 3 and pairings for round 4 and 5.

22 Apr 2008

Chess Grand Prix 2008





Follow THIS LINK for results and pairings in this grand prix tournament in Baku. Read HERE more about Baku in Azerbaijani.

16 Apr 2008

Chess puzzle



Can you solve this puzzle? Checkmate in about 4 moves. White to move first.

Please click
HERE for the solution.

11 Apr 2008

Boys/Girls...and Chess


What do you think about female/male chess players...who's the best...or do you think chess is only a game for boys...read an interesting research/study that was conducted...
Click HERE to read on my Wordpress-blog the article. You can also on this link see who the artist is of this beautiful piece of art! There is also a game I played on a chess site to play through. Enjoy!

8 Apr 2008

Chess game 22



Follow THIS LINK to see more games I played recently....on two chess sites. The moves are also available.

Boesmanland/Karoo


Click HERE to visit beautiful places in South Africa...the North Western part of the country which is a bit barren...close to the border of Namibia...but with beautiful spots...like the Augrabies-Waterfall...places like Springbok, Pofadder...etc...and also Namaqualand...very famous for the Namaqualand Daisy...tourists love to visit this area during Spring...follow the link to see and read more!

Snow



See more snow pics.. HERE and HERE ....