"Ma kaotasin selle partii," ütles Alehhin häbelikult naeratades."Madalalt lendab. Tuleb vist vihmane ilm," lisas ta.
Monday, October 21, 2024
ALEHHIN JA TEMA KASSID
Monday, June 24, 2024
PAUL KERES IS TOO EXPENSIVE
Famous Estonian chess grandmaster Paul Keres has been hardcovered. Four volumes. Four thousand pages. Eight kilograms.
Adams, Jimmy
"Paul Keres"
2024
https://mailchi.mp/newinchess.com/paul-keres-4-volume-set?e=c3c0e02253
As an Estonian chessplayer and an admirer of Paul Keres and his talent, I should be happy. But I am not.
The work is too expensive for me. The retail price is 250 euros, and even the pre-order price of 200 euros is too expensive.
I am also worried about the politicization of chess.
I have seen too many nasty tricks in the attempts to convince the publicity that now, finally, it has been scientifically proven and without reasonable doubt that the Soviet regime blocked Paul Keres from becoming the world champion. Up to outright forgeries.
And now, I have seen too much of how sports, including chess, have been heavily politicized, in the most biased manner, concerning the ongoing Russia/Ukraine war. I have also seen how, in Estonia, during that war, in a hurry, one more movie was made about Paul Keres and the Soviet regime.
Therefore, excuse me, but I will not pay 200 euros to check the quality and objectivity of the four volumes.
I am prepared to pay some money only if I know beforehand that it is not yet another work containing political propaganda and demagoguery.
Tuesday, May 14, 2024
PAUL KERES DID NOT MAKE IT
In the 1962 game Keres—Benko, Benko made a grave mistake 30...Bb8xg3??, and the following position was on the board (see below). Then, Keres also blundered, and Benko again made a mistake. Finally, Keres still won the game.
Can you win the position after 30...Bxg3??
Keres - Benko 1962. White to move. |
If you are not a grandmaster, you may expect that if you do not move the pieces on the board and if you try to spend only 10 minutes on the solution, you will fail somewhere.
Thus, relax and take it as a correspondence chess position: PUZZLE.
On Chesstempo's tactics section, this puzzle has the number 143468.
A HINT: After the obvious 31 Qxg3! consider the replies 31...Qd5 and 31...Qe4.
In the present post, the Apronus chess software was used.
Thursday, October 26, 2023
DELFI BANDIIDID: TUNDMATU VIGA
Lauri Laugen
"Iisraeli suursaadik ÜRO-s Gilad Erdan peab nähtavasti kuritegevuse PÕHJUSTE selgitamist kuriteo ÕIGUSTAMISEKS. Seeläbi kasutab ta väljendit 'õigustama' kahetähenduslikult.Tegelikult mõistis ÜRO peasekretär Guterres Hamasi terrorirünnaku hukka ja tema jutt oli täiesti kooskõlaline. Tuleb originaalis kogu tema kõne teksti lugeda."