lunedì 30 gennaio 2017

Brandubh : the power of the center

mmagari (1984) / tonythebook (1550)

Historical Hnefatafl 7x7 (Irish Brandubh)

2017-01-30

domenica 29 gennaio 2017

mmagari (1983) / Tamarisco (1411) Historical Hnefatafl 7x7 (Irish Brandubh)

mmagari / Tamarisco. 10 moves.
Historical Hnefatafl 7x7 (Irish Brandubh)
2017-01-29

sabato 28 gennaio 2017

Chess.. the battle!: T. Petrosian - M. Carlsen. Blitz

World Blitz Championship 2015. Round 5
GM Tigran L. Petrosian - GM Magnus Carlsen. 1/2-1/2
Commentator: GM Sergei Shipov

giovedì 26 gennaio 2017

Bimbi e Baduk

L’uomo che sposta le montagne comincia portando via i sassi più piccoli.

HISTORY

The first known mention of Janggi in Korea is due to Jang Yu (1587-1638) (Chang Yu). At this late time, the game was already identical to the one played today. Therefore, the history of Janggi is still to be written.

The very first author who made Janggi known to westerners has been Stewart Culin in 1895. His book has been reprinted and is highly recommendable for those who love board games with very precious observations. (Culin, Steward, 1991 reprint of an 1895 original: "Korean Games. With Notes on the Corresponding Games of China & Japan". Dover Press. ISBN 0-486-26593-5.).
http://history.chess.free.fr/changgi.htm

한삼인 홍삼커피배 레이디 장기 챔피언십
브레인TV 여류 방송 기전

mercoledì 25 gennaio 2017

black : magari - 14 kyu - vs white ; Eric D. Legare (seki_dgs) - 11 kyu

http://www.dragongoserver.net/

Arte e Scacchi : Peter Svidler

Peter Svidler Vs Shakriyar Mamedyarov | BLITZ Round 18 - Tal Memorial Blitz 2014

mmagari (1980) / tonythebook (1582) Historical Hnefatafl 7x7 (Irish Brandubh)

mmagari / tonythebook. 5 moves.
Historical Hnefatafl 7x7 (Irish Brandubh)
2017-01-25

L'albero più grande nasce da un piccolo germoglio.
La torre più alta nasce da un mucchietto di terra.
Un viaggio di mille miglia comincia con un passo.
- Lao Tzu (Tao Te Ching)

martedì 24 gennaio 2017

Match Ded Fomich / Steiger Historical Hnefatafl 9x9 (Saami Tablut)

Ded Fomich / Steiger. 5 moves.
Historical Hnefatafl 9x9 (Saami Tablut)
2017-01-24

Steiger / Ded Fomich. 6 moves.
Historical Hnefatafl 9x9 (Saami Tablut)
2017-01-24

“L'amicizia comincia dove termina o quando conclude l'interesse.”

lunedì 23 gennaio 2017

Tafl che passione!

szekley - DeviantArt

wéiqí in Cina

Chi trascura lo studio per sette anni, sarà sicuramente ignorante per settanta.

domenica 22 gennaio 2017

【将棋】羽生善治王座-糸谷哲郎八段ハイライト第64期王座戦五番勝負第1局

Lu Shanglei... il lampo! : A. Grischuk - Lu Shanglei. Blitz

Cup of the group of companies "Region" (Moscow, April 5 2015)

Match Ded Fomich / casshern Historical Hnefatafl 9x9 (Saami Tablut)

Ded Fomich / casshern. 2 moves.
Historical Hnefatafl 9x9 (Saami Tablut)
2017-01-22

casshern / Ded Fomich. 3 moves.
Historical Hnefatafl 9x9 (Saami Tablut)
2017-01-22

sabato 21 gennaio 2017

Khmer and Thai Chess 2

wéiqí 围棋

腾讯体育- 腾讯网

Il Maestro apre la porta, ma tu devi entrare da solo.

Promesse e giovani realtà dello scacchismo russo : IM Esipenko - CM Murzin - Taganrog Blitz

2017-01-12 IM Esipenko - CM Murzin Taganrog Blitz

venerdì 20 gennaio 2017

Citation de maitres d’arts martiaux 19

Katsushika Hokusai: Sparrows and Summer Flowers

Le secret de la sagesse, ce n’est pas la sagesse elle-même, c’est le chemin qui nous y conduit. Le chemin est long, les racines sont amères, mais le fruit est doux.

giovedì 19 gennaio 2017

第51回NHK杯 3回戦第8局依田紀基名人·羽根直樹天元

Shakriyar Mamedyarov Vs Ian Nepomniachtchi - BLITZ Round 14 - Tal Memorial Blitz 2014

mmagari (1974) / Tamarisco (1412) Historical Hnefatafl 7x7 (Irish Brandubh)

mmagari / Tamarisco. Historical Hnefatafl 7x7 (Irish Brandubh), 15 moves, 2017-01-12

mercoledì 18 gennaio 2017

Hnefatafl in Russia

At the present time hnefatafl in Russia is known as “tavlei” — «тавлеи»). Under this title («тавлеи» — “tavlei”, «тавля» — “tavlya”, sometimes in vernacular version «велеи» — “velei”) the game was named in Russian epics, songs and legends, where the Russian epic heroes were playing “German tavlei” (in Russia everything foreign was called German), and was prohibited by Russian orthodox church. In the aftermath of that the game was forgotten and the rules were lost. The word “tavlei” in the late Russian language means a game of checkers.

The word “tavleya” comes from the Greek language (“τάβλαις”) and means “board”. Also from the dictionary of the Constantinople Patriarch Photios it’s known that the word “tavleya” is the equivalent to the word “petteia” (“πεττείαις — παιδιαῖς τάβλαις”, “petteia — the game of tavleya”) which means the ancient Greek game. From petteia developed a Roman war game called “latrunculi” (“ludus latrunculorum”), from which in turn probably developed the game of hnefatafl. Thus, despite the fact that the nature of the game “tavlei” is unclear because of the loss of its rules, it may be assumed that this is an analogue of hnefatafl — the board game of the Vikings.

My acquaintance with hnefatafl happened by accident at the end of August 2016. I helped my friend to find a chess set with figures in the form of the Vikings, on internet request (“Viking chess”) I got the information about tafl games, pretty quickly found the site of Aage Nielsen (aka “Hagbard”) and began to play. Simultaneously I registered for the World Tafl Federation Hnefatafl Championship tournament 2016. Of course the aim wasn’t to win that tournament, the objective was to start learning the game in the most serious circumstances.

The game attracted my attention because of asymmetry in the amount of the attacking forces and defenders, as well as in objectives of the game (each side has its own objectives), and because of its rich historical past. In this game because of the different purposes of playing sides it’s particularly important to think not only for yourself but simultaneously to think like your opponent.

By participating in the tournament, I acquainted myself with the Welsh version of tafl called “Tawlbwrdd”, it was played in the first round of the championship, and at the same time with what is called “historical hnefatafl rules”, I was very impressed and captivated. I began to play Saami tablut, the rules of this game were documented by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus and they are our closest link to the game of the Vikings, they are authentically historical. I fully agree with Damien Walker (aka “Cyningstan”), author of the book “Reconstructing hnefatafl” and the web-site tafl.cyningstan.com: were it not for the increasing popularity of the modern Copenhagen variant among the best hnefatafl players, I'd be calling for tablut to be a standardised game for tournaments on many sizes of board.

At the moment in Russia we have at least two commercial sets of “Tavlei”, which are produced in limited editions, and on the Internet you can find a sufficient number of self-made sets made by Russian craftsmen. There is also an application for smartphones with the same name.

“Tavlei” in modern Russian form is a variant played on a 9×9 board. However, in contrast to the historical rules the purpose of the king is to reach one of the four corners of the board. Moreover, the range of king’s movement is limited to three squares (optional, sometimes the game is played without this rule). In my opinion historical Saami tablut rules represent a very balanced game, why it was necessary to upgrade them in that way — I don’t understand.

In any case, all numerous tafl variants somehow bring all of us closer to the hnefatafl renaissance. As the chairman of the World Tafl Federation (WTF) Tim Millar (aka “Crust”) likes to say: “The heroes of the hnefatafl renaissance spread the word”. Let us hope that this renaissance is not long to wait.

Alexander Fomichev (aka “Ded Fomich”) especially for the blog of Marco Gandolfo (aka “Mmagari”) “Bellezza e Armonia nei Giochi strategici”

(http://bellezzaearmonianeigiochistrategici.blogspot.it)

15.01.2017
Moscow, Russia

Match Ded Fomich / bigwurm91. Historical Hnefatafl 9x9 (Saami Tablut)

Ded Fomich / bigwurm91

Move 7

bigwurm91 / Ded Fomich

Move 7

Historical Hnefatafl 9x9 (Saami Tablut) 2017-01-02

martedì 17 gennaio 2017

Go: Tamarisco (6 kyu) vs magari (15 kyu)

http://www.dragongoserver.net/game.php?gid=1142172

lunedì 16 gennaio 2017

The 64th NHK igo tournament 3rd round (● Ichiriki Ryo vs ○ Takao Shinji) commentator Ryu Shikun

第64回nhk囲碁（一力遼vs高尾伸路）解説柳時熏

mmagari (1971) / Tamarisco (1413) Historical Hnefatafl 7x7 (Irish Brandubh)

Ab Jove principium. (Virgilio, Ecl. III, 60)

domenica 15 gennaio 2017

堪忍は一生の宝

« la patience est un trésor de la vie »

[かんにんはいっしょうのたから, kannin wa isshou no takara] la patience est une vertue, 堪忍 – kannin – signifiant patience ; dans le langage courant nous entendrons souvent 我慢 [がまん, gaman] pour parler de patience.

Hippopotamus Attak : Van der Haak Vs Steinitz , una partita storica - di Marco Gandolfo

Una partita storica sul particolare pachidermico sviluppo...

La presente partita sembra essere uno dei primi esempi in cui il B adotta l'Hippopotamus Attak che tanto apprezziamo. Purtroppo il B dopo avere disposto i propri pezzi secondo i tipici canoni dell'impianto tentenna, iniziando a subire l'iniziativa del più blasonato avversario fino a cadere in una posizione insostenibile. l'Hippopotamus è una formazione solo apparentemente passiva ma di fatto estremamente elastica, del tutto giocabile a qualsiasi livello. Lo dimostrano le due partite (1) del campionato mondiale del 1966 in cui Spassky la adottà contro Petrosjan. Naturalmente l'impianto, visto con sospetto dai "neoclassici" fedeli custodi dell'ortodossia, può essere utilizzato profittevolmente a patto che il giocatore che lo impiega sia in grado di padroneggiarlo nel modo più completo possibile mediante un lavoro di effettiva assimilazione e non di semplice memorizzazione. Ma questo vale evidentemente per qualsiasi apertura, dunque anche di quelle definite "regolari"...

Una doverosa precisazione: la partita in questione ha un valore principalmente storico. Dal punto di vista scacchistico rappresenta invece una singolare esemplificazione di come non vada utilizzata la formazione Hippopotamus...

Van der Haak, B. -- Steinitz, Wilhelm
The Hague 1873 Hippopotamus Attak A00

1.g3 e5 2.Ag2 d5 3.e3 f5 4.d3 Cf6 5.b3 Ad6 6.Ab2 O-O 7.Cd2 c6 8.Ce2

f4 ( un sacrificio piuttosto spontaneo ) 9.exf4 ( 9.gxf4 exf4 10.Cxf4 Axf4 11.exf4 Ag4 ) 9..exf4 10.O-O ( il tratto corretto per replicare al seguito messo in atto da Steinitz dovrebbe essere 10.Cf3 ) 10...Ag4 11.f3? ( davvero brutta, si comprende da questa infelice scelta che Mr.Van der Haak non è un geniale precursore dell'Hippopotamus, quanto un giocatore che crede di potersela cavare affidandosi a un solido sistemino... questo tratto è la radice dei futuri guai del B. Andava giocato 11.Cf3 )11...Ah5 12.g4 ( 12.Cxf4 per quanto brutta avrebbe consentito al B di reggere ) 12...Ag6 13.c4? ( siamo quasi al disastro. Si poteva giocare 13.Te1 anche se la posizione del B rimane compromessa ) 13...Axd3 14.Te1 Ca6 15.h3 dxc4 16.Cxc4 Ac5+ 17.Rh2 Cxg4+ 18.hxg4 Dh4+ 19.Ah3 Axe2 20.Txe2 Dg3+ 21.Rh1 Dxf3+ 22.Ag2 Dxg4 23.Ad5+ cxd5 24.Dxd5+ Rh8 25.Tg2 Dh3+ 26.Th2 Df5 27.Dxb7 Df7 28.De4 Df5 29.Db7 Df7 30.De4 Df5 31.Db7 Cc7 32.Tg1 Axg1 33.Dxc7 Ad4 34.Axd4 De4+ 35.Tg2 Dxd4 36.Ce5 Dd1+ 37.Rh2 Dh5+ 38.Rg1 g5 39.Th2 Dd1+ 40.Rf2 Dd2+ 41.Rg1 De3+ 42.Tf2 Tac8 0-1

Marco Gandolfo

Note: Ecco i link alle due partite entrambe finite con la divisione del punto:

Tigran Petrosian - Boris Spassky - World Championship Match (1966) (12)

Tigran Petrosian - Boris Spassky - World Championship Match (1966) (16)

Il presente articolo è una rielaborazione di un contributo apparso su LUDUS il 26 novembre 2014

Saami Tablut: Match Ded Fomich / bigwurm91

Ded Fomich / bigwurm91. 20 moves.
Historical Hnefatafl 9x9 (Saami Tablut)
2017-01-15

bigwurm91 / Ded Fomich. 21 moves.
Historical Hnefatafl 9x9 (Saami Tablut)
2017-01-15

sabato 14 gennaio 2017

World Tafl Federation Rating Top 10 players, January 2017

Dal sito della WTF http://aagenielsen.dk/

2000    Plantagenêt, Châlons-en-Champagne, FR (404)
1980    herjan, Formby, UK (94) (GM)
1969    mmagari, Milano, Italia (503)
1961    Adam, Tønsberg, Norway (649) (GM)
1898    crust, somerset, UK (3037) (GM)
1867    OdinHimself, Kyustendil, Bulgaria (174)
1865    altti, ny, usa (1095) (NM)
1862    Sigurd, Pennsylvania, Vinland (93)
1794    Siegfried, Formby, UK (96)
1786    fjorlag, Valhalla, (44)

Xiangqi 象棋

Foto: Marco Gandolfo

路遥知马力，日久见人心。
Lù yáo zhī mǎ lì, rì jiǔ jiàn rén xīn.
Comme la distance met à l'épreuve la force d'un cheval, le temps révèle la vraie nature d'une personne.

venerdì 13 gennaio 2017

WTF sfida al vertice : Herjan / Plantagenêt

Plantagenêt e Herjan attuali n°1 e n°2 nel rating della WTF hanno iniziato un match nella versione tafl Historical Hnefatafl 9x9 (Saami Tablut)...

PS: Herjan non ha mai giocato una partita sul sito della WTF,
di Historical Hnefatafl 9x9 (Saami Tablut)...
E' assai improbabile che accetti la sfida...