South Africa...37 ..Fiji..20

WELL DONE!! SOUTH AFRICA!!! AGAIN!!!

Ek het natuurlik die wedstryd weer op TV gekyk, maar ai, die spanning!! Hierdie Fijiane is blokke van manne, hulle eet seker meer as net mieliepap daar anderkant! My senuwees was natuurlik gedaan en toe dit nou sommer 20-20 is, toe breek my moed en met 23-20 het ek omtrent nie verder gekyk nie, ek wou nie sien hoe Suid-Afrika begrawe word nie, dit sal darem te erg wees. Maar later weer gekyk....kan ook nie wegbly nie, moet darem my land ondersteun! Sjoe! Dit was darem hittette...ek is net vrek bly ons is deur....ek glo die paadjie nou is sommer maklik, maar Suid-Afrika moet net nie nou op hul loure gaan sit en dink...hulle kan gerus wees nie...hierdie Franse en Engelse is bietjie skuilie, ek dink hulle steek iets weg....

15:54: "Well done Fiji. This has been the best ever World Cup. Rugby is really becoming a world sport now and the quality of play has been very good."MD1
15:51: "Hats off to a good Fiji team. South Africa need to spend this week wisely if they intend to advance any further in this tournament."roomatthetop on 606
80 mins: TRY South Africa 37-20 FijiAfter a series of 5m scrums and forward drives, South Africa end the match with a try from fly-half Butch James, as he comes back on the angle against an exhausted Fiji defence.
Percy Montgomery kicks the conversion, and South Africa get a 17-point win which they barely deserve.
The final whistle goes and South Africa are through to the last four to face either Scotland or Argentina.

77 mins: There's a bad-tempered end to this classic encounter with Fourie du Preez and Schalk Burger both losing their rag as South Africa try to score a clinching try.
South Africa keep on taking 5m scrum after 5m scrum, and it has effectively ended the game.
73 mins: Terrible bad luck for Fiji as flanker Akapusi Qera gets a fingertip to Butch James's attempted drop-goal as he charges it down.
James's effort is always going wide of the posts and long, but Qera's touch means South Africa get a totally undeserved 5m scrum.
Schalk Burger bursts off the back of it, but knocks on in the act of scoring to give Fiji a glimmer of hope.
71 mins: Fiji are still attacking, but a knock-on from Seru Rabeni allows South Africa to clear through Butch James's booming touchfinder.
69 mins: TRY South Africa 30-20 FijiSouth Africa's forwards power their way through for a hard-earned try which should, in theory, win them the match. We've said that before though, haven't we?
A great kick from Fourie du Preez puts Fiji in trouble in their own 22, and their line-out is penalised for not straight.
South Africa take full advantage as just a few phases later, Juan Smith drives over for a desperately needed try.
Percy Montgomery kicks the converison, and South Africa are more than a converted try clear.
67 mins: This is yet another classic quarter-final. Fiji burst up the right flank with a Lomo-esque surge from Vilimoni Delasau, before the ball goes out to the other flank.
A debateable forward pass, unnoticed by the officials, makes its way to Ifereimi Rawaqa but a sublime tackle form JP Pietersen stops the lcok from touching down. One of the best tackles I have ever seen, and you cannot take your eyes off this for a second.

SOURCE: BBC...

Read more... HERE on the BBC website.

South Africa book a semi-final berth

Read more here about it!

Shogi

Shogi, or Japanese chess, is the most popular of a family of chess variants native to Japan.
Objective
Technically the game is won when a king is captured, though in practice defeat is conceded at mate or when mate becomes inevitable.

A traditional (shogi board) displaying a set of koma (pieces).
The pieces on the far side are turned to show their promoted values.
The stands on either side are komadai used to hold captured pieces.
The board itself is raised for the comfort of players seated on tatami mats (background), and is hollowed underneath to produce a pleasing sound when the pieces are moved.
Read more here about Shogi.

Kramnik vs Gelfand round 13

Kramnik played black...this game was a draw!

SA's play rugby for Australia?

Wallabies eye more Bok recruits
2007-9-28 11:58
France - Australia is looking at unearthing more young South Africans like Dan Vickerman and Clyde Rathbone in the build-up to the next Rugby World Cup in 2011, according to reports.
Newly-appointed Australian Rugby Union high performance manager Pat Howard has arrived at the World Cup in France to examine what countries and what systems are producing the best results.
Australia has had great success poaching young Springboks into its ranks, with lock Vickerman a member of the current national squad and outside back Rathbone forced out of World Cup selection reckoning through injury.
"It's a matter of looking at how we, with our very small player base, stay up there at the top end," Howard told Australian media on Friday.
"If we leave it to luck, you might get the Argentine model occasionally coming through, but it's not a consistent model."
Read further...
More SA's to abandon the country to play rugby for Australia!?

Kramnik vs Leko round 12

This is the game of Kramnik vs Leko, round 12, played last night in Mexico. Kramnik played white and he won the game.LinkLink

chess movies

This is really a good site...do VISIT and enjoy!

Chess championship round 11 results

This is the World Chess player, Anand's game played on Tuesday 25th Sept in Mexico. His opponent was Morozevich. Anand played white and won the game.

Round 11 Results:
Gelfand ½ - ½ Svidler
Leko ½ - ½ Aronian
Grischuk ½ - ½ Kramnik
Anand 1 - 0 Morozevich


Standings after Round 11:
Anand 7.5
Gelfand 6.0
Aronian 5.5
Kramnik 5.5
Leko 5.5
Grischuk 5.0
Morozevich 4.5
Svidler 4.5

Pairings for Round 12
Svidler - Anand
Kramnik - Leko
Morozevich - Grischuk
Aronian - Gelfand



This game is Leko and Aronian's game...a draw! Leko played white.

World Youth Championships Nov 2007!

The World Youth Chess championship 2007 in Turkey Nov. 2007.

The Government of Turkey and the Turkish Chess Federation (TCF), have the honour to invite all the FIDE member Chess Federations around the world to participate in the World Youth Chess Championship 2007 (under 8, under 10, under 12, under 14, under 16 and under 18 years old - girls and boys) which will take place in Kemer-Antalya, Turkey, between November the 17th, 2007 (arrival) and November the 29th, 2007 (departure).

Mexico chess....world chess championship!

World chess championship in Mexico and watch the world champs in action...click on the right for live games when the page opens up!

SA Rugby...hall of fame

SA rugby, hall of fame!

Chess game 2

I played black in this game - as a friendly game -against a player with a rating about 350 more than my own. It was a tough game- especially from move 20 onwards...- and I made at one point a simple mistake and lost my one rook!....(move 42/43) and in move 66 I sacrificed my queen, knowing that I have a couple of pawns.....he resigned due to the "gay pawn that was about to get a sex change"...hahaha...that was HIS words afterwards and I found it very funny.....I must add that he crushed me in our first game ....and now....he's taking revenge in our third game! ......chess is really not a dull game like some people think! Feel welcome to leave comments on the game!

Enjoy these quotes about chess and by following the link at the end..you can even read more....

“Chess is played with the mind and not with the hands!”(Renaud and Kahn)
“Chess is mental torture”(Garry Kasparov)
“Methodical thinking is of more use in Chess than inspiration”(C. J. S. Purdy)
“What would Chess be without silly mistakes?”(Kurt Richter)
“Chess is a beautiful mistress”(Bent Larsen)
“A Chess game is divided into three stages: the first, when you hope you have the advantage, the second when you believe you have advantage, and the third... when you know you're going to lose!”(Savielly Tartakower)
“Chess is everything: art, science and sport”(Anatoly Karpov)
“If Chess is a science, it's a most inexact one. If Chess is an art, it is too exacting to be seen as one. If Chess is a sport, it's too esoteric. If Chess is a game, it's too demanding to be just a game. If Chess is a mistress,she's a demanding one. If Chess is a passion, it's a rewarding one. If Chess is life, it's a sad one” (Unknown)
“Becoming successful at Chess allows you to discover your own personality. That's what I want for the kids I teach”(Saudin Robovic)
“Chess, like any creative activity, can exist only through the combined efforts of those who have creative talent, and those who have the ability to organize their creative work”(Mikhail Botvinnik)
Vladimir Kramnik "For us chess players the language of artist is something natural."
German artist Ugo Dossi. "For me art and chess are closely related, both are forms in which the self finds beauty and expression ..."
Kramnik: "The development of beauty in chess never depends on you alone. No matter how much imagination and creativity you invest, you still do not create beauty. Your opponent must react at the same .... To a certain extent it is like a dance. Both dancers must be creative, in order to keep the creativity flowing.
Tarrasch :"Chess, like love, like music, has the power to make men happy" Alexander Alekhine:"Chess is a beautiful mistress."
Garry Kasparov:"Chess is mental torture"
Wilhelm Steinitz:"Chess is not for timid souls. "
G Kasparov:"Chess is an art."

Follow THIS LINK to read more interesting quotes about chess.

Anand...world chess championship

Round 6....Anand and Leko live chess.

Cricket...South Africa/England

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SA beat England in the Twenty20worldcup Group E match in Newlands, Cape Town today.

and read here....about the Twenty20 world cup cricketin South Africa.

World Chess championship round 1&2

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Click to see the end of the Champs' games...round 3 in progress....Saturday 15th September...






Follow this link to the World Chess championship... Mexico

Chess Links

EnglishChess Federation2007


Sussex Junior Chess here

British Colombia Canada with Steinitz information and rules for Juniors.

British Chess clubs

British Chess club links

World Cup!!

SA rugby HEREwith all the rugby news too...

Visit...OuGrote to update yourself with the worldcup!! Let's cross fingers for SOUTH AFRICA!!!

Chessville

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Just found this extensive chess site... to check out later!

SA Women ...talk of the town..

The 2007 South African Women’s Open Chess Championship was the talk of the town.
13-year-old Melissa Greeff from Cape Town, who successfully defended her title. Click

here to see US Woman Grand Master, Jennifer Shahade, with more winners.

Read more here about Melissa and how she won the "Woman Internation Master" in 2006in Botswana.

Chess champions, poems, Jacaranda trees and class tools!

World champions

and

a chess poem

Class Tools

Chess in a South African school as subject

Wow! I hope they are still having it! Well done! Hennopspark is a school in Centurion, just outside Pretoria.