Hvor hyggeligt at få besøg af mine norske keyboardkolleger - som selvfølgelig har fortjent alle de Carlsberg og Tuborg de kan drikke :)

Så efter at have gennmelevet rogges
ferienirvana er spørgsmålet også : hvordan var din ferie <Bureacrat> ?

Tænkte ofte på den melding om at Juli er din favotitmåned,bl.a. på grund af den store ro.Hvilket faktisk var med til at gøre mig mere opmærksom på dette,ikke mindst i byen hvor jeg altid har nydt når pulsen går ned.

Konen blev sagt op på arbejde for 3 måneder siden,så Juli var også vores generalprøve på at være mere sammen og det gik helt forbløffende godt.Så jo,en dejlig ferie med godt vejr og små afstikkere til midtjydske byer og besøg af og hos gode venner.Et skur i haven tog 3 dage at få malet,men så er det også næsten nyt igen:)

Time flies,Christmas is lurking...

Det har vært en utmerket ferie, takk! Sommerværet var veldig bra i Norge, og det passet fint da vi tilbrakte mesteparten av ferien på hytta. Jeg er uthvilt og klar for jobb, levering og henting av unger, oppussing, og alt det andre som venter utover høsten, ikke minst alle sjakkbegivenhetene, med VM-matchen som årets desiderte høydepunkt.

<Konen blev sagt op på arbejde for 3 måneder siden,så Juli var også vores generalprøve på at være mere sammen og det gik helt forbløffende godt.>

Så leit med jobben. Har hun noen ny jobb i sikte? Uansett er det jo bra, at livet sammen med kona ikke er så verst! :-D

Så klar til et nyt spændende år !?

3 CG´s all med en god ferie - det er sgu et højt bundnivea :)...Well,vi skal selvfølgelig have <rogge> hjem i god tilstand først,men helt galt kan det jo næppe gå.Der er f.eks mange gode cykelpumper i Danmark ;)

Nej <B> ikke noget nyt job i vente,men en god optimisme og et godt netværk,og god til al holde fri er hendes trumfer p.t..

We're on a four-week holiday this summer, and spend a fortnight in lovely Denmark. Back to Norway on Sunday, and then we'll have to wait until October for a week in Crete.

Tak <rogge>! And safe return to good old Bergen.

Your kindness was very appreciated!

It has been a few weeks since Dad passed,

but things are still very difficult for my mother in particular.

TY again!

Bit tingly in the stomach on the eve of the Big Clash??!!

For me I'm in fact quite excited, and looking forward to it immensely... After Lars' passing I now have a new pup in my home, Timmie (18 and 1/2 weeks now), and these are our predictions:

Timmie thinks Carlsen all the way, but I feel certain Anand has in fact very good chances in this fairly short 12-game match.

Perhaps a few nerves at start, but I expect very high quality chessical clashes for just about every single game. If Anand draws first blood we will be in for some "drama" even, I predict/expect. Anand will have two Whites in a row - games # 6 & 7 - and his aim must be to get in the lead by then, at the latest. That's one scenario. If not then I think Carlsen will have by then taken a rather firm grip on proceedings, also energy-wise, and mentally, if he has put some seeds of doubt or fatigue in Anand, who otherwise will not be toppled in a relatively short match like this.

How good to see you are dropping by and as always you tell a lot on and between the lines.

Yes,I am really looking forward to this big match,which we are many who have awatited for a long time.And now so close to pawn off..

I love the idea,the image,the fact ,that so many people of all kind of strenghts are folloing this event,move by move and everyone will have an opinion of what is going on...The best part of all this hype reminds me very much about the times when I was in my teens and went to see footballmatches: train arriving at the stations and groups of people going in the same direction with a lot of tension in the air.
We may live,in a way, in our daily bubbles,but for a while we are focused on the same event..

But the biggest risk is also IMO,that it will be over in 7-8 games with Carlsen on something like +2 and in control.

So my dreamscenario is Carlsen as winner( roughly same reasons as Garry Kasparov) after an even match.

I had a long talk/interview with a certain Peter Heine 4 years ago,shortly before the Topalov match and without me asking anything in this direction he mentioned Anands aging as something which should be taking seriously in account.That was 4 years ago and will in IMO play a great difference I stick with what I stated on an earlier occasion and say 80% Carlsen.

But all the Carlsen-favourit-talk may well have fired Vishy up till one last outstanding performance ...as well as it can backfire on Magnus.. who by the way looked totally fit on yesterdays pressconference.

Well,almost all the arguments pro and cons are nearly exhausted..all is left to let the pieces do the talking.

Your Timmie sounds like a wonderfull companion and I could imagine you enjoy that he has left his puppyhood !? :)

See you around <achieve>,perhaps tomorrow!? And take care.

All in all I am doing fine,despite some minor healthissues.,thank you !

And you !? your life in Romenia ?..

Yes there is really a big match comming up :) If it only lwill live up to half the expectations,right ? ;)

I like your new avatar,as the the first one you had.Never really got familar with the keyboard-but I sometimes wanted to ask if it did symbolise a particulaer interest in music ? Our first visitor today <achieve> is very deep into music as you may already know..

Take care and let us enjoy :)

Will Carlsen (team Carlsen) spring their opening novelties on Anand in the first 4 or 5 games?

Then of course there is a chance that Carlsen may leap ahead... But my question then is: what are the chances that C will be able to play a prepared line early on?

Small-ish imo - therefore I don't see Carlsen running away with anything early on, except when Anand is very nervous or blunders, and the chances of that happening are rather minute also. Everything has been prepared optimally, also the mental condition, so this will be like iron trying to fracture solid granite rock.

But for how long?