World Tafl Federation Rating Top 10 players, June 2018

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

 

   

2039    casshern, Los Angeles, USA (661) (IM) (Bers.) (Sea)

 

2027    Plantagenet, Châlons-en-Champagne, FR (473) (GM)

 

1911    herjan, Formby, UK (223) (GM)

 
1891    OdinHimself, Kyustendil, Bulgaria (281) (IM)

 
1878    Adam, Tønsberg, Norway (670) (GM)

 
1871    mmagari, Milano, Italia (695)

1842    crust, somerset, UK (3037) (GM)

 
1800    Ded Fomich, Moscow, Russia (302)

1780    edmond-dantes, Kyustendil, Bulgaria (205)

1777    fjorlag, Valhalla, (96)

Chess: Standard Top 10 Girls June 2018

https://ratings.fide.com/top.phtml?list=girls

Aleksandra Goryachkina

Rank	Name	Title	Country	Rating	Games	B-Year
1	Goryachkina, Aleksandra	wg	RUS	2505	9	1998
2	Abdumalik, Zhansaya	m	KAZ	2488	9	2000
3	Mammadzada, Gunay	m	AZE	2442	0	2000
4	Tsolakidou, Stavroula	m	GRE	2421	2	2000
5	Shuvalova, Polina	wm	RUS	2418	8	2001
6	Badelka, Olga	wm	BLR	2407	18	2002
7	Osmak, Iulija	m	UKR	2392	6	1998
8	Tokhirjonova, Gulrukhbegim	wg	UZB	2379	17	1999
9	Nomin-Erdene, Davaademberel	m	MGL	2371	0	2000
10	Yu, Jennifer	f	USA	2358	0	2002

21st Female Kisei Tournament, Round 1: Aoki Kikuyo (B) vs Osawa Narumi (W).

第二十一期 ドコモ杯 女流棋聖戦 本戦トーナメント 1回戦 第1局 青木喜久代八段 vs 大沢奈留美四

FM Murzin - GM Matlakov by Sergey Sorokhtin Nesis Cup Blitz

Game Boards in Kasuti Embroidery

The Kasuti of Karnataka state seems like an all embracing world, the motifs range from architecture to a cradle, from an elephant to a squirrel, the tulsi platform, nandi - the sacred bull etc.

Stitches in kasuti have to be vertical, horizontal or diagonal and the lines or the motifs have to be completed on the return journey filling the blank partitions. It is done in two types of stitches, the gavanti line (double running stitch) and murgi (zig zag) done within the darning stitch, akin to gavanti. In both, the two sides are neat and identical. Neyge (weaving in kannada) is the ordinary running stitch which is used for large designs and the overall effect is of a woven design by weft threads.Kasuti shows up best on thick materials against dark shades.

Excerpts from Handicrafts of India

by Kamala Devi chattopadhyaya

The designers at RKP have used raw silk cloth and 80gms of silk cloth with woven borders incorporating both gavanti and murgi technique to create these embroidered game boards.

http://kreedaakaushalya.blogspot.com/2008/05/game-boards-in-kasuti-embroidery.html

GM Alekseenko - WGM Bodnaruk

GM Alekseev - FM Murzin Sergey Sorokhtin Nesis Cup Blitz