My Chess Blog

  Glory is like a circle in the water, Which never ceaseth to enlarge itself, Till by broad spreading it disperses to naught.                                                                                                          -  William Shakespeare   " Men at sometime, are the masters of their fate " said William Shakespeare!  This Indian Chess team glorified this "sometime" of their collective living - thriving in the cold of a remote corner of this world called "Tromso" - a cold city of Norway, which forms a part of the "Arctic Circle".   L-R: Parimarjan Negi; R.B.Ramesh; K.Sasikiran; B.Adhiban; S.P.Sethuraman; M.R.Lalith Babu     The " aurora borealis " or the commonly called " northern lights ", prevalent in this part of the world, found its equal in the bronze medal won by this young lions, in terms of sheen and quality!   Aurora Borealis in Tromso   How do you 'quantify&#

" Off the board" - reading their thoughts!?   Thought of writing on the recently concluded Olympiad and its moments, under the broad heading " Off the board "! Before getting into writing about the historic medal winning performance by our young lion hearted boys, thought of reading the thought of certain faces - starting with this fabulous shot by the official photographer in Trompso. This is hell of a way to distract your opponent from concentrating on the position on board!  ___________ Can horror strike so early!?   1) e4 d6; 2) d4 Nf6 and she is horrified at white's third move (which is out of frame for us!) ___________ How about this one for a pose!? ___________ Is that denoting a knight move!? ___________ Certainly not about the handshake! ___________ Flank attack!!! ___________ ....and what do they see!!? ___________