A very early zugzwang!

Zugzwang: “Compulsion to move.” A German term referring to a situation in which a player would like to do nothing (pass), since any move will damage his game.

Well, in this case, my oponent spent most of the game in this situation. Pretty much everything after move 10!

Game 13 (23-03-2007) Division 5

My best game! until the next one..

A game for the Club Championship, against a 120+ rated oponent.
After a normal opening (rather clumsy on the black side) an underdeveloped oponent wasted valuable tempi by manouvering his queen and tempted his luck by castling long.

I think it represents my best game so far, look out for the cool knight sacrifice (19.Nb5) that can not be refuted! I also think that the timing of the sacrifice is quite unique, less chances of being effective if played sooner or later than the given moment.

They're back!!

Portishead delighted fans in Bristol on Sunday night by playing a surprise show and previewing material from their forthcoming album. Geoff Barrow, Adrian Uttley and Beth Gibbons were billed as 'Grumpy Man DJ's', but surprised everybody by performing live as Portishead for the first time since 2005 at the tsunami support concert alongside Massive Attack (By the way.. I was there! Not Sunday though..).