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At the Classics - 7 days ago
Results: Round 4 – Saturday 12th DecemberOn the way to the Olympia Centre – where the London Chess Classic is being heldBlack bird in a treeHammersmith-area – traffic and weatherThe players…Kramnik looked away shyly when I winked.. Topics: Carlsen, Chess, Chess at the Olympia centre, Chess Grandmasters, chess masters, chess news, chess of the London 8, Denise Frick, Kramnik, London Chess 2009, London Chess Classic, London Chess Classic round 4, McShane, Michael Adams, Nigel Short
Hello Friday - 17 days ago
Wish I could stay at home and just sit around playing chess!I’m having champagne – for spending three months sorting out Dida-(ICT) rubbish of my predecessor and for meeting the deadline of 1st December with all those rubbish sorted. Now... Topics: General
Afrikaans! Jy is skerp! – Afrikaans! You are sharp! - 20 days ago
English readers: The second half of this entry is for you. Afrikaans is the most humorous langauge that I know. If there is a joke about something, it’s always out in Afrikaans first. I work amongst English (Britons) for almost ten years now and... Topics: Afrikaans, Afrikaans is sharp, Fanus Rautenbach, fun, General, how sharp is your memory, how smart are you
Have a ball - 29 days ago
Alexandra Kosteniuk: The current Woman’s World Chess Champion – see her blog-link on my blog’s sidebar. A nurse playing chess with a patient – WWIWomen at Chess in LondonLondon, June 24 – The fourth round of the... Topics: Alexandra Kosteniuk, Billy Forest, books about chess openings, Chess, chess books, chess openings, Chess pdf, chess players, classical music, General, golden oldies, Greek music, Helloh-A, Mantovani, Modern Chess Openings, music files, Skaters Waltz, South African pop music, Strauss music, timeline women in chess, women and chess
Noddy – BBC and SA - 34 days ago
This news article caught my eye immediately. As a qualified library teacher (too), part of my job was to make sure only quality books were available for the kiddies to read in the school’s library. In our schools in South Africa, we used to have... Topics: banned books, books, Children's stories, Enid Blyton, General, Noddy
































