Until the big clash, there's also Tal memorial starting on Sept. 24, I forgot about it, with some very big guns participating. Oh and my guess on the big November match...let's say 27%-73%. Yes, Karjakin's got almost a quarter chances in my eyes lately, for some reason.

All is well here, and as by you, autum is approaching.In its own silent way.But the danes have been gratefull to the unexpected semi heatwawe we have had during the last 3 weeks.Especially due to the summer who almost wasn´t there.

Dont know either about which guns at the Tal Memorial,but it feels like time to watch a chesstournament.

Corn and chicken are waiting to be done and this was just a brief hello with the hope, that all is fine at your place.

Just saw the most wonderful blitzgame on CB.Threats and counterthreats everywere.And a very deep combo at the end.And then I felt like cheering and clapping.I almost shrew coins at the computer.

600§ profit coins was what the bookies threw after me wednesday night.The key game was Barca-AtMa.I have never had so many small walks around the house ;).But all went well and together with a good friend we celibrated yesterday in town !

So just all the best wishes for the weekend(Yeah I know, time flies-weekends come faster that they used too ;)And I hope you are fine.

Tomorrow we go again to Onesti, as it's the birthday of my father in law - 85 years. We will probably return same evening. Cool weather since quite a few days here, but tollerable. And about time for me to get back on track with the job duties - on Monday.

Just a short notice before they start in Moscow.It is a very intersting field IMHO that could promise a tournamnet which is not settled before the last round.My best pick is Aronian,byt many has got a chance.

A fine wekend it was.A couple of small trips to the countryside where we were treated with the best of weather.The late summer that will never die !...And some small todo things which went well.

Hope you have had the best trip to Onesti and that your father in law,was having a fine birthday.85 is quite somehing,n´est pas !?

And for a good return to your job duties I beg you farwell og på gensyn !

p.s.:The bookies have odds on Carlsen-Karjakin

Trip to Onesti went well and we all celebrated my father in law. He is since almost an year in an institution for ill elders, with a sort of senile dementia, but he can communicate rather normally and until some months ago, even played chess with me.

Undecided if to operate a thyroid nodule they found some months ago - the doctor says I should as she finds it rather suspect. Will see about that, so far it doesn't annoy me.

Just an hour before CHL starts.Nice and always a shure sign of autumn approaching.

Forgot to answer about "The old Town"(Den gamle By).It is a recon struction,a rebuilding of old houses,brick by brick, which are set in excactly the same way as they were,but comming from all over the country and raised on the same place.In the span from 1600 something till early 1970.A very charming thing,much to the deligh for the tourists and the danes.E.g. yours truly who from 89-94 lived very close to it.And also benefitted from jogging in the neighbouring park.Like going with a time machine :)..

Hope this thyroid will be resolved and you(with the doctor) may find the best solution.Tried to google yesterday and did´t understand it all.But I think I got that 95% percent of the cases are not dangerous at all.So from here : all the best wishes and energies !

And you were also caught by Svidler-Kramnik !? An excellent save as I saw it.

Will return soon,but the dinner doesn´t make itself and a chief is a chief is a chief :)

Take care and hugs to your wife as well.

Kramnik-Nepomniachtchi today could be interesting but of course could also be a quick draw. Any odds for either, what do you think? I say 77% "quick" draw...

Just a short notice before going to town, with,hopefully one of these magig days with JWH.Indeed looking forward to it,as you can hear.

Somehing telling me there gonna be some fighting going on in Nepo-Kramnik. So only 40% for "quick" draw IMHO.But you may easily be proven right.Compatriots and all that stuff.Rest day yesterday.Nepo may have too much respect for the Big Vlad..

Autum sets in now.Mild but rainy.Leafes are about to leave.At least some of them.It is getting dark very soon,though the summer was almost here a few days ago.Strange and charming.And I hope that Carlsen-Karjakin will be brodcasted in decent time so that you can follow from Romania...I have warned the wife that we gonna watch a lot of norwegian televison:)And so far she seems to agree.So far:)

<Until then, kindest greetings to you and your wife.> Thank you very much and the same to you.And may you enjoy Moscow while I am in town.

How did you succeed with the job ?

Yes we are brothers in arms and legs for the moment being :) But I have 1000 on Aronian,so the party may be over ): Unless...Anyway nice reading so far it is.

And your avatar is very good IMHO.You and user <twinlark> should breed :)

And you were right, Kramnik-Nepomniachtchi was not a quick draw, quite the contrary! OK, the ext day Kramnik took revenge on Anand, while the latter won yesterday against poor Gelfand - who's having a nightmare tournament so far.

I hope you've enjoyed your meeting with JWH, as always. Oh, indeed the broadcast from New-York will probably take place at an inconvenient time for me here, so I will have to do something about it: either press on the organisers to put the start of the rounds as earlier as possible; or go to New York and follow for the first time a WCC match at its venue. I'll have to decide which option is cheaper ;)

Tonite we will go at our local opera and watch Swan Lake. This should conclude a peaceful weekend. Oh, I forgot to tell you that a week ago we had an earthquake here, which awakened us at 2 am. It was 5.3 on Richter scale but I've perceived it as stronger and got scared a bit.

And going to the Swan Lake sounds great and to booth on top of a beautifull weekend!(You should bring Aronian with you.He loves music and sometimes feel music,or some kind of, at the table.As he turned the tables today and blew the whole tournament open again.

Here we are enjoying a very quite and cousy sunday.My old body feels good and wellrested so all is fine.Later a good neighbour come to watch a serie were we are on second chapter with 8 more to go.

Doie doie and to a good evening with the dancers,the musicians and your wife.

Following is another game I played last night. I missed a couple of ocasions for a quicker finish (reviewed with Fritz) but finally managed to succesfully end the attack.

Today they restart in Moskow, after a well deserved break - what a round it was two days ago! Nepo looks determined to get his highest rating.

See you around!

[Event "Friendly Game, 15m + 5s"]
[Site "Café"]
[Date "2016.10.03"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Guest8355196"]
[Black "Guest8355457"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C44"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2016.10.03"]
[TimeControl "900+5"]

This night around 2:30 I woke up to 3 loud knocks in my head, as if someone was knocking at the door - there was nobody. It happened a couple times before.

Here's another one, if you don't mind (please tell me if you find this posting of my games excessive): [Event "Friendly Game, 15m + 5s"]
[Site "Café"]
[Date "2016.10.05"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Guest8643001"]
[Black "Guest8643012"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C50"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2016.10.05"]
[TimeControl "900+5"]

Brrr it is very cold here too.The coldest October in my memory as well.Has just used the old trick:taking a long and warm shower and turning oon the heat.Hesitating ,but necessary :)But then we have the final round in moscow to provide some warmth,nes´t pas ? Or are you able to follow it?

No it is absolutely fine you post some of your games,but it may take a couple of days before I find the pieces and the board.

I have no experience about "door knocking" in the head,but have tried(and a GF at that time had the same experience) that the phone was ringing,also a couple of times.Inside the head.Except from there wasnt any physically phone.Weird,but harmless.Also to her.

So all the best and now it is time for lunch and soon to Moscow !

Nepo a deserving but rather unexpected winner in Moskow. Hardly watched any of the games though. I preferred playing myself over the net. Health is good, knock on wood, hopefully yours too.

Here's a Two Knights Wilkes-Barre Traxler, which my opponent didn't know but managed to survive for a while. I thought I knew it, only to be reminded by Fritz that no, I was wrong. Still managed to win it, due to some further innacuracies by black. [Event "Friendly Game, 15m + 5s"]
[Site "Café"]
[Date "2016.10.06"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Guest8849891"]
[Black "Guest8833553"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C57"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2016.10.06"]
[TimeControl "900+5"]

1. e4 2 e5 3 2. Nf3 2 Nc6 2 3. Bc4 2 Nf6 2 4. Ng5 2 d5 2 5. exd5 2 Nxd5 2 6. Nxf7 4 Kxf7 8 7. Qf3+ 2 Ke6 11 8. Nc3 4 Ncb4 34 9. O-O 20 c6 43 10. d4 6 Nxc2 14 11. Qe4 23 Nxd4 25 12. Re1 15 Qf6 19 13. Qxd4 7 Kd7 71 14. Rxe5 15 Kc7 25 15. Bxd5 13 Bd6 28 16. Bf4 87 Re8 51 17. Rae1 23 Bf5 82 18. Nb5+ 176 cxb5 50 19. Qc3+ 13 Kd7 23 20. Rxe8 40 Qxc3 23 21. bxc3 5 Rxe8 3 22. Rxe8 2 Kxe8 2 23. Bxd6 Guest8833553 resigns (Lag: Av=0.66s, max=5.5s) 3 1-0

All the best and toute a l´heure.

The operation went well and after,luckily,a good nights sleep, she´s in good spirits and we are having a cousy time.A bit of pain as expected,but nowhere near as much as it could be.

So pizzas in the oven and a good serie is awating and hereby just a short summary,while I send you all the best wishes!

Thank you <virginmind> I´ll try to do my best :) And the same with you against Kazakstan.After your convincing victory last weekend.

The healing of the hand proceeds and it
is all good under the circumstances,while we are enjoying each others company these days.

And how are your perparing for the symposium going ?

Chessactivities are also low here.It feels fine to have some breaks now and then.

All the best !

What happened against Montenegro in football WC qualifiers? I guess it was just one of those days, eh?

Tomorrow we leave again for Onesti/Bacau and return Sunday evening. Pretty cold here in the past days and I hear it's getting worse (we had some heavy raining also). Health OK so far, with the innevitable headaches getting a bit longer to stop.

"All quiet on the eastern front". Any news worth mentioning from your part?

Nothing remarkable,but wifes healing is going well,so far and we are still enjoying each others company.Kind of unexpected vacation:)

Had 2 trips to town last week.E.g. to say au revoir to JWH who is on a 2 weeks trip to New York,which is a big deal for him.

And yeah,kudos to Nepomniachtchi.It must be a tremendous feeling to a chessplayerlike him,to finish ahead of all these big names. While we are waitng for the biggger event in less than a month time.I think,that eather we like it or not,there gonna be some notes from the cold war...

It is cold and windy here.Very Octoberish,or more Novemberish..But I saw in the daily newspaper that Bucarest is 2 degrees lower than Copenhagen !?

Close to standing ovations ! Sounds like your are satisfied with the outcome,nést pas !? Have you tried the mix : ibuprofen and paracetamol(just one of each,and best not on an empty stomach)against headache? It works very well for me and many others I have heard about.

So left is to wish you(both) a good trip to Onesti/Bacau and (again!!):All the best for the weekend.

About footbal,I am afraid we are not better for the moment.But if only we could "screw" the time one week back ):