Chess... Andamento "lento" : Rauf Mamedov vs Hikaru Nakamura Moskow 2010

mmagari (1950) / tonythebook (1599) Historical Hnefatafl 7x7 (Irish Brandubh)

 Historical Hnefatafl 7x7 (Irish Brandubh), 11 moves, 2016-10-30

Hagbard vs Adam. World Tafl Federation Championship Tournament 2016 Copenhagen Hnefatafl 11x11

Hagbard vs Adam. World Tafl Federation Championship Tournament 2016 Copenhagen Hnefatafl 11x11, 46 moves, 2016-10-01

Herjan vs Crust. World Tafl Federation Championship Tournament 2016 Copenhagen Hnefatafl 11x11

Herjan vs Crust. World Tafl Federation Championship Tournament 2016 Copenhagen Hnefatafl 11x11, 62 moves, 2016-10-30

Verso una conclusione per Exit forts?

mmagari vs tonythebook. Historical Hnefatafl 7x7 (Irish Brandubh)

mmagari / tonythebook. Historical Hnefatafl 7x7 (Irish Brandubh), 6 moves, 2016-10-29

Citation de maitres d’arts martiaux 10

Nul ne peut m'enlever ma force puisque je ne m'en sers pas.

Sigurd vs Crust. World Tafl Federation Championship Tournament 2016 Copenhagen Hnefatafl 11x11

Sigurd / Crust. World Tafl Federation Championship Tournament 2016 Copenhagen Hnefatafl 11x11, 45 moves, 2016-10-29

Ded Fomich / Oddur. Historical Hnefatafl 9x9 (Saami Tablut)

Ded Fomich / Oddur. Historical Hnefatafl 9x9 (Saami Tablut), 11 moves, 2016-10-27

Herjan / Crust. World Tafl Federation Championship Tournament 2016 Copenhagen Hnefatafl 11x11

   Herjan / Crust. World Tafl Federation Championship Tournament 2016 Copenhagen Hnefatafl 11x11, 56 moves, 2016-10-27

The 64th NHK igo tournament 2nd round (● Iyama Yuta vs ○ Kobayashi Satoru) commentator Yamashita Keigo

第64回nhk囲碁（井山裕太vs小林覚） 解説　山下敬吾

mmagari (1947) / tonythebook (1588). Historical Hnefatafl 7x7 (Irish Brandubh)

mmagari / tonythebook. Historical Hnefatafl 7x7 (Irish Brandubh), 18 moves, 2016-10-27

Match Crust vs Herjan. World Tafl Federation Championship Tournament 2016 Copenhagen Hnefatafl 11x11

 Crust / Herjan. World Tafl Federation Championship Tournament 2016 Copenhagen Hnefatafl 11x11, 44 moves, 2016-10-26 

Herjan / Crust. World Tafl Federation Championship Tournament 2016 Copenhagen Hnefatafl 11x11, 49 moves, 2016-10-26

Miniature of Tafl! : tonythebook

"tonythebook" Higginson with the new king carved for Formby's giant tafl set by Russell Smith

(Picture: Debera Smith)

 https://www.facebook.com/worldtaflfederation/

Sul sito della World Tafl Federation il giocatore inglese tonythebook mostra di essere in strepitosa forma. In pochi giorni ha vinto nella versione Tafl denominata Copenhagen Hnefatafl 11x11 contro Plantagenêt, attuale n°1 del rating della World Tafl Federation e grandissimo esperto di tale versione. Successivamente ha battuto il n°2 del rating...Crust nel Historical Hnefatafl 9x9 (Saami Tablut) di cui lo sconfitto è indiscutibilmente il massimo esperto. Infine segnaliamo che ha raggiunto una posizione presubilmente vincente con l'attuale n°3 del rating della World Tafl Federation Mmagari. nella versione Historical Hnefatafl 7x7 (Irish Brandubh). Vincere in pochi giorni con gli attuali primi tre giocatori  in testa al rating generale e sopratutto nelle versioni in cui sono esperti in modo del tutto particolare non è certo cosa da tutti...

Congratulations Tony!

M.G.

 final position of  tonythebook vs Plantagenêt. Copenhagen Hnefatafl 11x11,

  tonythebook / Plantagenêt. Copenhagen Hnefatafl 11x11, 11 moves, 2016-10-17

 White won.

Match crust vs tonythebook. Historical Hnefatafl 9x9 (Saami Tablut)

 crust / tonythebook. Historical Hnefatafl 9x9 (Saami Tablut), 17 moves, 2016-10-24

 

  tonythebook / crust. Historical Hnefatafl 9x9 (Saami Tablut), 20 moves, 2016-10-24

Interview with world's youngest IM - R. Praggnanandhaa

R. Praggnandhaa won his ninth round game at the KIIT Open against Al Muthaiah. This win secured him his third IM norm and as he had already surpassed 2400 on the rating list, he became the youngest International Master in the World at the age of 10 years and 10 months. Immediately after the round ended Rupali Mullick went to his room and did an interview with Praggnanandhaa for ChessBase India. My aim is to reach 3000 Elo is what Praggnanandhaa says!

Le Jeu des échecs moralisé by Jacobus Cessolis 2

Xerxes vs Herjan. World Tafl Federation Championship Tournament 2016 Copenhagen Hnefatafl

Xerxes / Herjan. World Tafl Federation Championship Tournament 2016 Copenhagen Hnefatafl 11x11, 40 moves, 2016-10-01

Ded Fomich vs crust. Historical Hnefatafl 9x9 (Saami Tablut)

 

Move  5

 Move  10 

 Move  14

 Move  20

The 64th NHK igo tournament 2nd round (● Takao Shinji vs ○ Rin Kanketsu) commentator Ishida Syuho

第64回nhk囲碁（高尾紳路vs林漢傑）　解説　石田秀芳

mmagari (1947) / tonythebook (1535) Historical Hnefatafl 7x7 (Irish Brandubh)

mmagari / tonythebook. Historical Hnefatafl 7x7 (Irish Brandubh), 6 moves, 2016-10-21

King Arthur plays a game of chess with sir Bedivere

King Arthur plays a game of chess with sir Bedivere. Roman de Giron le Courtois, dated 1370-1380.  

Bibliotheque National de France, Manuscript NAF 5243, folio, 3v.

Adam / Sigurd. World Tafl Federation Championship Tournament 2016 Copenhagen Hnefatafl 11x11

 Adam / Sigurd. World Tafl Federation Championship Tournament 2016 Copenhagen Hnefatafl 11x11, 17 moves, 2016-10-01

Sigurd / Adam. World Tafl Federation Championship Tournament 2016 Copenhagen Hnefatafl 11x11, 15 moves, 2016-10-01

Tavoliere di Tafl 11x11

Realizzazione e foto : Marco Gandolfo

mmagari (1947) / Marcin (1575) Historical Hnefatafl 7x7 (Irish Brandubh)

mmagari / Marcin. Historical Hnefatafl 7x7 (Irish Brandubh), 19 moves, 2016-10-14

Le Jeu des échecs moralisé by Jacobus Cessolis

Le Jeu des échecs moralisé by Jacobus Cessolis, University of Chicago Library MS 392, images from folio 1r and 32r.
 The original text was written in the 13th century; this manuscript is dated around 1365 and made in France.
 Note that they play on a 6 by 6 and a 6 by 5 chequered board.

Crust / Herjan. World Tafl Federation Championship Tournament 2016 Copenhagen Hnefatafl 11x11

 Crust / Herjan. World Tafl Federation Championship Tournament 2016 Copenhagen Hnefatafl 11x11, 15 moves, 2016-10-01

 Herjan / Crust. World Tafl Federation Championship Tournament 2016 Copenhagen Hnefatafl 11x11, 16 moves, 2016-10-01

Gioventù e Scacchi

Adam / Crust. World Tafl Federation Championship Tournament 2016 Copenhagen Hnefatafl 11x11

Adam / Crust. World Tafl Federation Championship Tournament 2016 Copenhagen Hnefatafl 11x11, 49 moves, 2016-10-01

World Tafl Federation Rating Top 10 players, October 2016

Dal sito della WTF

http://aagenielsen.dk/

2035    Plantagenêt, Champagne-Ardenne, FR (396)

1945    mmagari, Milano, Italia (451)

1945    crust, somerset, UK (2968)

1940    Adam, Tønsberg, Norway (626)

1927    Sigurd, Pennsylvania, Vinland (79)

1906    herjan, Formby, UK (80)

1841    altti, ny, usa (1074)

1818    OdinHimself, Kyustendil, Bulgaria (149)

1777    fjorlag, Valhalla, (38)

1738    animals, Peterborough, UK (348)

( I numeri tra parentesi sono relativi alle partite giocate nel sito della World Tafl Federation ) 

Citation de maitres d’arts martiaux 9

Si l’on commence à se battre, il faut gagner. Mais se battre n’est pas le but, l’art martial est l’art de la paix,
l’art de la paix est le plus difficile, il faut gagner sans se battre.

 

mmagari (1945) / tonythebook (1583). Historical Hnefatafl 7x7 (Irish Brandubh)

 mmagari / tonythebook. Historical Hnefatafl 7x7 (Irish Brandubh), 7 moves, 2016-10-14

Riuscirà il Re a liberarsi?...

Six chess and other gaming pieces

Six chess and other gaming pieces from Egypt and Persia, 9th-12th century

Adam vs Herjan. World Tafl Federation Championship Tournament 2016 Copenhagen Hnefatafl 11x11

Adam / Herjan. World Tafl Federation Championship Tournament 2016 Copenhagen Hnefatafl 11x11, 11 moves, 2016-10-01

Herjan / Adam. World Tafl Federation Championship Tournament 2016 Copenhagen Hnefatafl 11x11, 12 moves, 2016-10-01

http://aagenielsen.dk/

Chess, Super blitz : gm Richard Rapport, vs gm Ian Nepomniachtchi

Chess... by Marco Gandolfo

Chess... by Marco Gandolfo

elaborazione grafica

( 2009 ? )