Aggie87 Posted September 5, 2008 Report Posted September 5, 2008 IM Lilith Mkrtchian of Armenia I'd like to buy her a vowel... Quote
T.D. Posted September 5, 2008 Report Posted September 5, 2008 IM Lilit Mkrtchian of Armenia I'd like to buy her a vowel... She just advanced to the quarterfinals, which might entail enough prize money to buy a vowel or two... Quote
T.D. Posted September 26, 2008 Report Posted September 26, 2008 WGM Regina Pokorna (SVK, 2357) Just won a tournament in Croatia. Quote
Hardbopjazz Posted January 11, 2009 Report Posted January 11, 2009 World chess queen plots her next move The women's world chess champion is a 24-year-old Russian aspiring model who lives with her husband and baby in Key Biscayne. Grandmaster Alexandra Kosteniuk: 2008 Women's World Chess Champion 2008 Women's World Chess Champion Alexandra Kosteniuk, a 24-year-old grandmaster and aspiring model, talks about chess and life in Miami with her husband and their new baby. THE MIAMI HERALD BY EVAN S. BENN ebenn@MiamiHerald.com The best women's chess player in the world flipped a dirty diaper into the trash as she pondered her next move after a dominating year. ''I want to open a chess academy online, keep training, doing the podcast,'' South Floridian Alexandra Kosteniuk said during a recent stroll with her baby, Francesca. ``But right now, my priority is being a mommy.'' story Quote
T.D. Posted February 16, 2009 Report Posted February 16, 2009 From the Chessbase site (courtesy Frederic Friedel): [Cuban GM] Leinier Dominguez with his girlfriend Yisel Martinez I had the following exchange with this young lady: "So where are you from, Yisel?" – "Cuba. Actually from the same village as Leinier." – "And what do you do? What is your profession?" – "I am an atomic physicist." – "You are a WHAT?" – "You know, Frederic: atom? Boom!" – "Yes, I know what an atomic or nuclear physicist is. But are you really one?" – "Sure, why not?" – "Okay, sorry to do this, but can you tell me what a Large Hadron Collider is?" – "You mean the LHC? Well, I actually worked at CERN..." There followed an intense exchange in which I told her about my fears that the LHC might be a deadly threat to humankind. "No, no, don't worry," she said. "On the one hand it is highly unlikely – practically impossible – that dangerous black holes will be produced, the kind that last longer than microseconds before they evaporate due to Hawking radiation. And secondly they will never get it to run. The whole machine is too complicated, it will keep failing until they give up." Yep, she is the real thing. Later that evening I told a friend about this conversation. "Why didn't I know this?" he groaned. "They were sitting at the next table at the closing dinner and I did not join them! I could have spent hours discussing particle physics with her, and instead had an evening listening to missed chances in an Open Catalan." Quote
Swinging Swede Posted March 18, 2009 Report Posted March 18, 2009 WFM Yuliya Yakovich, Russia, 2125 Quote
Swinging Swede Posted March 18, 2009 Report Posted March 18, 2009 WIM Sopiko Guramishvili, Georgia, 2281 Quote
connoisseur series500 Posted March 18, 2009 Author Report Posted March 18, 2009 Interesting stuff at this year's Melody Amber. Kramnik currently in the lead. Quote
T.D. Posted March 18, 2009 Report Posted March 18, 2009 (edited) I always follow and enjoy Amber. The occasional hung pieces (including a couple of Queens so far this year) in the blindfold games can be off-putting, but some "blind" games are incredibly good. [Added] After 4 rounds, Kramnik's leads the combined by only 1/2 point due to his 3.5/4 in the blindfold, in which he's the perennial favorite. He's 50% in the rapids. Edited March 18, 2009 by T.D. Quote
connoisseur series500 Posted March 18, 2009 Author Report Posted March 18, 2009 I always follow and enjoy Amber. The occasional hung pieces (including a couple of Queens so far this year) in the blindfold games can be off-putting, but some "blind" games are incredibly good. It's humbling to know that these guys could play us blindfold and kick our asses! They are that good. Quote
Jazzmoose Posted March 19, 2009 Report Posted March 19, 2009 Don't feel bad; I'm sure you could kick my ass with a blindfold and gloves... Quote
T.D. Posted March 20, 2009 Report Posted March 20, 2009 More from Saint Petersburg: WGM Cherednichenko, Svetlana UKR 2367 WIM Majdan, Joanna POL 2351 IM Khurtsidze, Nino GEO 2421 Quote
T.D. Posted March 25, 2009 Report Posted March 25, 2009 Don't feel bad; I'm sure you could kick my ass with a blindfold and gloves... Well, the World Champion (Anand Viswanathan) hung his Queen on the 25th move of one of today's blindfold games, which should give hope to us mere mortals ...Unfortunately, even with sight of the board against a blindfold Anand, I'd probably have gotten into a totally lost position by that time. Quote
Swinging Swede Posted April 19, 2009 Report Posted April 19, 2009 IM/WGM Maia Lomineishvili, Georgia, 2447 Quote
Swinging Swede Posted April 19, 2009 Report Posted April 19, 2009 Ulker Gasanova, Iceland, 1639 Quote
T.D. Posted May 12, 2009 Report Posted May 12, 2009 http://photos.chessdom.com/carmen-kass-chess Quote
jazzbo Posted May 12, 2009 Report Posted May 12, 2009 She's beautiful, but she needs to eat. Quite a few meals! Quote
JohnJ Posted May 13, 2009 Report Posted May 13, 2009 She's beautiful, but she needs to eat. Quite a few meals! Have to disagree there! She is gorgeous just the way she is, but then again my taste in women is one of the reasons I am still in Tokyo! Quote
T.D. Posted May 19, 2009 Report Posted May 19, 2009 http://reports.chessdom.com/news-2009/nata...ogonina-website "Chessdom.com presents Natalia Pogonina's website Chess Kamasutra top secret project ... Natalia Pogonina revealed to [Chessdom.com] her "top secret" project - Chess Kamasutra. It is a book that teaches chess using analogies from sex, and vice versa. More info will be published later on Chessdom." Hubba hubba... [i couldn't access the home page] Quote
Swinging Swede Posted August 13, 2009 Report Posted August 13, 2009 WFM Anastasia Gavrilova, Switzerland, 2082 Quote
Swinging Swede Posted August 13, 2009 Report Posted August 13, 2009 Sheila Dines, England, 1936 Quote
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