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Running Essentials
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Good luck honey! You'll do great!ReplyDelete
I do want to get more into running (Seriously, you're really encouraging me to), so your list of things to have is really useful.ReplyDelete
Good luck for sunday!!
Good luck!!! :)ReplyDelete
And yay on the SIGG bottles. :) Love them so much I could literally collect them. But won't. ;)
have an amazing day girl.
YAY! Good luck Sierra! I cannot wait to hear how it goes!!!ReplyDelete
Let's see...my running must-haves??? Definitely any sort of "gu" or shot blocks for the energy. I also am a fan of the pouch that you can clip to your running shorts/pants, but rests on the inside of your clothing. And this is probably TMI, but when running in the summer, my friends and I all swear by body glide!
You're going to be awesome! Congrats on bringing down your time!
this is a great list! thanks for sharing. i can't wait to hear how your race goes! the only thing not on your list was an ipod or some sort of music! i would die without that. :) thanks for all the tips and GOOD LUCK! (p.s. a 10 minute mile is awesome! esp. a jump from a 15 min mile! you go girl)ReplyDelete
Good luck hon, you're going to do awesome!ReplyDelete
haha I can hear you now when I read your blog!! yay!! :)ReplyDelete
Thanks for sharing all that! I love it when you post about running because it ALWAYS keeps me motivated! :)
One must have for me while racing are these lemon chew bursts. When you feel like youre slowing down you pop one in your mouth and it bursts with lemon energy. lol it sounds weird but its awesome!
Good Luck this weekend!! I know you'll do great!XO
I love that you run by the ocean! If only I could have an amazing view to run to:PReplyDelete
Congratulations on the 10 minute mile...good luck!ReplyDelete
I am constantly so impressed at your running adventures! GOOD LUCK!!ReplyDelete
Good luck, dear! You will not only be amazing...but you will LOOK amazing while you're doing it :)ReplyDelete
10 min pace from 15? lady, that is AWESOME!!! great job! you're going to kick that race right in the bum, i know it!ReplyDelete
thanks for the shout out. you flatter me so...i'm actually not that fast. i am just now getting back to my regular 10 min pace.
happy friday and have fun running this weekend!
You have no idea I how jealous I am. Stupid bum knees. Kick some arse lady!!ReplyDelete
Yay for running!ReplyDelete
When I take really long runs, I like to power up midway with Gu!
Good luck at your race!
Ahh, good luck! Sounds like you'll do amazing :) And thanks for recommending some shoes for running, I've been looking for a decent pair for a while!ReplyDelete
Make sure to tell us how it went! :)
GOOD LUCK!!! I'll be cheering for you all the way in Louisiana! I know you will do great and you will get your PR!! :0) I love the Asics by the way...pretty color! I'm a Saucony girl myself! :0)ReplyDelete
Catching up with your blog my dear! I have to thank you, first, for all the sweet words and comments you have left on my blog lately, especially the day I wrote about my confusion! It really made me smile. Good luck on the running, you'll do great!! I love all the ocean things you mention, it's cute how much you like it. My favorite color is turquoise, so I totally loved those shoes!!ReplyDelete
Now I have to go and read the rest of your posts. Hugs!!!
It is hard to read your post because I got stuck on, "I ran 9 miles..."ReplyDelete
Ugh!!! You are awesome!!!
I LOVE those water bottles you featured! So cute!ReplyDelete
Oh, and GOOD LUCK!ReplyDelete
This is such fabulous advice! Thanks for sharing all of your "must have's" I am doing this Disney Princess Half Marathon next month. I found a cute fany {sp} pack for my cell phone which I can't be with out! I am still on the hunt for the perfect shoes which I know I should totally alreay have by now!ReplyDelete
Good for you..what fun and I know you will do just fine. xoxoReplyDelete
Well CLEARLY my favorite essential is #10, but I love 'em all! Those sneakers are so pretty. Maybe I should get some with you next weekend?!ReplyDelete
Have a GREAT marathon lover, you're gonna do great!
And please, do NOT slow down for your friend. It's all about you! Dooo it. :)
Definitely my music to rock out too!!ReplyDelete
Bright Bold and Beautiful weekend wishes sent your way ~~~
We have the same phone!ReplyDelete
Those shoes are adorable, love 'em!
Hey sweetie! Thanks for stopping in - I was just thinking of you actually and posting about what I finally bought over at Ruche w/your gift certificate - come take a peek when you get a chance...ReplyDelete
Also, love all the running gear you showed, I'm not marathon material (well not yet anyway) but I did just add yoga to my 5x /week powerwalks....and yes we MUST have those yummy rewards for all our hard work :>
woohooo!! GOOD LUCK!! You'll kick butt!! ;) Happy Friday!!ReplyDelete
Ah such perfect tips! GOOD LUCK!!! I say leave your friend behind; she'll understand you wanting to do your best time.ReplyDelete
I'm a horrible runner (track for three years was enough for me), but I swim so I know the feeling you have! Unfortunately I cant carry my phone in the pool with me, ha
good luck with your race and thanks for the tips. although i'm walking in my half marathons some of these are great that i hadn't even thought of yet.ReplyDelete
Good luck!!!!!!!!!! I know you'll be amazing. What cute running stuff. I've been really bad about running :( I need to get back into it. I love all the running stuff. So cute! Have an amazing weekend! :)ReplyDelete
yay!! i'm so excited for you :) you are going to totally rock it!! Oh and i love all your running gear. thanks for the shout out..you are such an encouragement to me! Oh and i think as long as you talk to your running buddy before and just agree to run at the pace that feels good then it should be okay. I totally want to start running for causes too. Good luck i will be praying for you!ReplyDelete
Thank you! You're so sweet! I was a runner in high school and hope one day to get back into it- you have some great choices here! Enjoy your weekend! xxeReplyDelete
Congrats!!! Way to go. This post totally pumped up my drive to workout!!!ReplyDelete
Joshley and the Charles is really sweet. I've read her for a while. She's all into her running.ReplyDelete
I wish I was doing it with y'all...maybe one day! I'm proud of you, Sierra.
Oh the best of luck honey, thanks for all the really fab tips too.ReplyDelete
Good Luck!ReplyDelete
I love all the tips!
You'll do amazing, I'm sure.
Good luck and loove it. Very encouraging. :)ReplyDelete
xo. emilyy.
Yeah! It is here! It sounds like you have been training hard! I did the Vegas Marathon about 5 years back & the one thing I can tell you is to run ahead. Yeah maybe your running partner might get her feelings hurt a little but maybe if you talk about it ahead of tinme it will help. I ran with a girl & she actually ended up getting sick & having to stop at all the port-a-potties. I seriously think running with her added a good 20+ minutes to my time but I just didn't want to hurt her feelings...I always wonder what I could have gotten without her. I wasn't pounding out 10 minute minles though! That is awesome! I finished in 4:50 but I know I could have made it in 4:30 if I had just kept going ...so do what YOU can do...GO, run, fly! Best wishes & I can't wait to read about how it went!ReplyDelete
Hi! Just discovered your blog:) Good luck on everything:)ReplyDelete
You amaze me!!! Wow!!ReplyDelete
1st- run ahead. It shouldn't hurt her feelings... you're both working hard and doing your best and it's cool you can "run together" for support, but I think she'd understand.
2nd- those oceany shoes. Wow!!! So you! Love 'em to pieces!
3rd- Did I mention you amaze me?? So proud of you for working so hard at this!! Run like the wind sweet girl.. straight into the ocean :)
4th- No running for me. Too many knee surgeries and awful asthma- a bad combination. So since I don't get to do it, I am extra amazed at people who can run... run a few extra miles for me, will ya??
I can't wait to read about the race. My race is in April!!!ReplyDelete
Oooh good luck! I'm sure you'll do great. Molskin is good but theres this soothing gel pad things that are even better! I've broken in many a stiff pair of shoes with them.ReplyDelete
Great job sweetie! I love your gears... and those water bottles are so cute.ReplyDelete
Good luck darling! I'm sure you will do great...ReplyDelete
Much love: Evi
well done on all the running! im awful at it! get bored after 5 mins! LOL xoxoxReplyDelete
Good luck sweetie. I would love to get back into running. It was my passion a long long time ago. I was a 4 yr. varsity cross-country and track runner in H.S. I have tons of metals. I was top 3 on our team for 4 yrs. I ran 10k races in college and was on the Rowing team one year at CSUS. We won the WestCoast Championships. I used to run 10 miles a day in addition to rowing 6 hrs. a day. I was extreme!!!ReplyDelete
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Woah good luck, lovely!! I used to run a lot but I stopped cuz I am lazy :)ReplyDelete
Best wishes! Hope you have loads of fun!ReplyDelete
Good luck with the race!ReplyDelete
Hope it went well!xReplyDelete
Good luck!! Hope it went well for you! I am going to take up running soon (I begrude paying money to use the gym) so I may well ask you for some advice!! xReplyDelete
You are awesome!ReplyDelete
Oh, I can't wait to see how it went! I hope you ran the race at your own pace, your friend should understand and it will encourage her in the future.ReplyDelete
I love moleskin, used to use it all the time in my hiking and backpacking days. Lovin' those shoes and comfy socks are the best.
I'll be waiting for the next post……
Love your training regimen. I will surely follow suit...should I ever become a runner :) I'd actually love that.ReplyDelete
I cannot wait to hear how it goes!!!ReplyDelete
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wow, i'm totally impressed. i think i'd pass out after one mile!ReplyDelete
Great post darling, I'm proud of you.ReplyDelete


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Did Memorex experiment with CD-i before or after they started with VIS?
>> Monday, July 6, 2009
Perhaps just a few of you remember that (Silicon Valley based) Memorex released a CD-i (buy for resale) version of the Philips 910/205 player in 1991/1992. Interesting because Memorex (at that time owned by Tandy, struggled with their Videogame console named VIS (Tandy Memorex Visual Information System (VIS) was an interactive, multimedia CD-ROM player produced by the Tandy Corporation starting in 1992. It was similar in function to the Philips CD-i. The VIS systems were sold only at Radio Shack, under the Memorex brand, both of which Tandy owned at the time.)
At one point the company was "Memorex Telex" as outlined in a dizzying tour-de-force of the development of disk drives, holding close lines with Philips who was producing home computers at that time. Memorex Telex N.V., a corporation based in The Netherlands, survived as an entity of the original Memorex until the middle 1990s[1]. Unisys spun out the media, communications and IBM end user sales and service organization as Memorex. Subsequently Memorex merged with Telex. The company evolved into a provider of information technology solutions. One of those solutions was to bring CD-i to places in the US as a OEM project. As far as I know the Memorex CD-i activities were limited to a OEM license. The fact Memorex standed out as a dutch company is a possible reason to expain the contacts with Philips.
One Question I'd like to know: Did Memorex experiment with CD-i before or after they decided to start with VIS? It's interesting to see Memorex was bidding on two horses: VIS was based on Windows and CD-ROM; CD-i was a direct competitor of CD-ROM. On the other hand, Philips also produced both CD-ROM and CD-i. It's too bad the history of Memorex and Philips seem to be faded on the Internet...


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½ cup shredded vegan cheese
½ teaspoon turmeric
¼ teaspoon tamari, plus more to taste
1/8 teaspoon sea salt
Fresh pepper
Place a bread slice on a cutting board. Cut a hole in the center of the bread, about 3 inches in diameter, using a bread knife or cookie cutter. Continue with all slices of bread. (Save the bread "middles" for making breadcrumbs).
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1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/8 teaspoon sea salt
1 cup raisins
½ cup raw pumpkin seeds
1 ½ cups fresh apple purée (see note)
1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
1 teaspoon lemon zest
1/3 cup maple syrup
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What an amazing party, all the details are fantastic!! Did you design all the signs and labels? They look so authentic! :)
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Oops - just saw the printables source on your party helpers. Great job!
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Serendipity Soiree, designed our awesome Hogwarts Express Train Ticket invites and the cupcake toppers that I used in the Sorting hat ceremony as buttons. Chickabug created THE perfect custom border in a variety of sizes for me. I then added the text for all the signs and labels. Both Catherine of Serendipity and Heather of Chickabug, are amazing girls to work with !!!
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LOVED your party decorations! Wondering how you made the checkered banners? Or, did you order them? If so, would love to know your source. I'm organizing a Harry Potter party for my son's 6th birthday.
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Hi Michelle Thanks for your kind words! I made those banners myself : ) If you'd like I can totally explain to u how I made them ... let me know !
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First I have to say what a great feeling it is to still be getting WOW's from a party you did almost a year ago !!! AMAZING! THANK YOU ! So, as for the wand boxes, those i made following a tutorial I found online. Let me see if I can find it again and I will post the link. I will say they are VERY time consuming, but the end result is extremely worth it : ) The Olivander stickers I found by doing a google search, I'll look for that also. As for the banner, super easy to make ... I did a search in google images for the colors of each HOUSE. I down loaded the image into paint and printed it out FULL PAGE. Turn the paper landscape and cut into 3 even columns. I slightly bent the paper in half and cut a small angle at the bottom. Using twine I had found at the $ store, I folded the top of the paper over it, glued it and POOF ... my banner ! LOL LOL LOL I will try and gather up some of these links and will post them. Thanks again girls ! Sue
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Hi Sue! I was wondering if you had been able to track down the tutorial for the Ollivander's Wands boxes? Fantastic party!! My son's Harry Potter birthday is coming up soon, I am so excited! - Pam
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The Arduum Challenge is back this year with a vengeance. Last year's race was an absolute mudfest, and an absolute blast. In a short amount of time we organized a race and pulled off a very exciting event. I don't know of anyone that didn't get worked over riding the course and still come out grinning from ear to ear. Check out last year's race coverage.
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Cisco Live 2012 Short Take: Techtorials, FCoE, and Customers
I'm here at Cisco Live 2012 in San Diego, and coming off of a high of being able to talk to about 60 CCIE networking rock stars about the next generation Data Center.
In case you aren't familiar, a Techtorial is an 8-hour continuous spray from the firehose (yes, 8 hours!), on top of the normal Cisco Live fare, that goes into the ultra deep technical weeds. These guys are the ones who are planning, designing, and implementing the data centers that we at Cisco only talk about. Truly stellar group of people who know what they're talking about.
Our session (I was one of 5 speakers during the day) was a non-stop barrage of some of the most technical networking material you can imagine. We covered everything from Hadoop to VPCs to FabricPath to QoS to VM-FEX, and of course storage.
More and more often, questions from the networking teams are looking at storage requirements as they are planning to accommodate consolidated IO. Not just FCoE, but also iSCSI, NAS, and even Hadoop environments, and they need to know what could come and bite them when they weren't looking.
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As I've said before, in my world I have a rather skewed perspective. Since I live, eat, breathe, drink storage – particularly FCoE – I see the adoption at all levels in the data center.
And now you can too. I'm going to be giving specific examples of customer deployments at the Expo World of Solutions in Intel's booth today (Monday, June 11) at 5 p.m., and again in NetApp's booth on Wednesday, June 13, at 3:00 p.m.
Of course, you can come here it straight from the customer's mouth, at "Voice of the Customer: FCoE", where Bart Falzarano, Chief Information Security Officer from Walz Group, will be talking about how his company has deployed FCoE with great success. That session is WoS5030, at the Cisco Main Theatre on Tuesday, June 12 at 12:15 p.m.
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Aerospace Suppliers Take Heed of the Operational Impacts of AS9100 Rev. C
Announced early in 2011, the latest revision to AS9100—a standard first introduced in 1999 by SME and the European Association of Aerospace Industries—includes the widest scope of changes ever made to the standard. Of the 15,000 aerospace and defense suppliers certified to Rev. B, less than one-third of them (as of this writing) have completed their Rev. C certification.
Consequences are dire for those companies that do not achieve Rev. C compliance by the deadline of July 1, 2012. Aerospace and defense suppliers that fail to comply will be suspended from approved supplier lists, including the Online Aerospace Supplier Information System (OASIS). In addition to losing future business by being removed from such lists, companies failing to comply by July 1 also place their existing business in jeopardy. OEMs face their own consequences if they maintain noncertified companies within their supply chain, so they may choose to change suppliers as needed.
Its wide scope of changes, aggressive deadline and dangerous consequences of noncompliance have made Rev. C a critical area of focus across the entire aerospace and defense industry.
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For example, Rev. C requires that documents be stored within a manufacturer's Quality Management System (QMS). Manufacturers must be able to immediately produce real-time records and documentation. Also, the manner in which records are stored must be secure and well-documented. Auditors will seek to identify what each company documents, how it documents information, how it retrieves records, who has access to records and how the company protects its QMS when data and records of external origin are introduced into the system. This includes records created or maintained by suppliers.
Rev. C also requires that manufacturers be able to identify and trace all steps in their manufacturing processes, from start to finish; record any issues that occur at any step of the process; and prevent problems before they cause nonconformances or require rework.
With Rev. C, the manufacturer must be able to identify the steps involved in every manufacturing process, such as the inspection of tooling, materials and machinery. For example, suppliers must be able to identify steps describing how tools are inspected, maintained and replaced at prescribed intervals.
Customer Satisfaction a Focal Point
Rev. C is more demanding than Rev. B when it comes to documenting and measuring customer satisfaction. For example, Rev. C requires aerospace suppliers to develop, deploy and maintain a customer-satisfaction improvement plan; track its performance to that plan; initiate corrective actions in response to negative trends; and report on the results of any corrective actions.
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• Customer disruptions, including field returns;
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• Customer notifications related to quality or delivery issues.
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While many aerospace and defense companies already had, prior to the introduction of Rev. C, transitioned from paper-based to electronic document-management processes, this transition is now an urgent need for those who have not. Cloud-based ERP systems that automate data collection and maintenance provide immediate accessibility to real-time data. Many systems can be deployed quickly and without significant upfront cost.
Aerospace suppliers should seek cloud ERP systems that integrate traditional ERP functions with plant-floor functions, the company's QMS, supply-chain management capabilities and other critical business and operational functions. A fully integrated system eliminates the need for redundant data entry, patches between systems and any delays in pulling and sharing real-time reports and documentation.
Burden or Opportunity?
Manufacturers often view new regulations as a burden that will consume time and resources. While it's true that, for those companies that have relied on paper-based processes and disparate or out-of-date systems, the changes needed to meet Rev. C will require a great deal of work, the long-term benefits should outweigh the short-term investment.
Those that use the latest cloud-based ERP technologies experience streamlined operations, increased productivity, reduced scrap and other benefits. Not only does it make it easy for manufacturers to meet the tough requirements of Rev. C, but they're also well-positioned for improved competitiveness and growth. MF
Francis Louis Charbonneau and John Lundy have produced a series of webinars discussing the impacts of Rev. C. The webinars have been recorded and are available from Plex Systems, on demand, at erp.plex.com/forms/operational-impacts-revc-charbonneau.
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We realize we're about 30 years too late, but better late than never; the English Beat is coming to town this weekend, and we are there, dude. So what if Dave Wakeling's the only remaining member of the band? (Well, this incarnation, anyway – Ranking Roger leads the Beat on the other side of the pond.) It's Dave singing songs by the Beat. We're in.
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A new study published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences by an international team of researchers, including Z. Jack Tseng, a Frick Postdoctoral Fellow in the Museum's Division of Paleontology, identifies a newly discovered 3- to 5-million-year-old Tibetan fox from the Himalayan Mountains, Vulpes qiuzhudingi, as the oldest close relative of the living Arctic fox Vulpes lagopus.
The finding lends support to the idea that the evolution of present-day animals of the Arctic region is intimately connected to ancestors that first became adapted for life in cold regions in the high-altitude environments of the Tibetan plateau.
"These fascinating fossil discoveries continue to change our collective knowledge about how current-day distributions of animals may have been dramatically different from extinct ecological communities as recent as 3 million years ago, " says Dr. Tseng. "They also demonstrate what research on both the geographic origin and subsequent dispersal of megafaunal species can reveal about biological response to climate change."
For the last 2.5 million years, our planet has experienced cold and warm, millennia-long cycles that collectively have become known as the Ice Age. During cold periods, continental-scale ice sheets blanketed large tracts of the northern hemisphere. As the climate warmed up, these colossal glaciers receded, leaving Yosemite-like valleys and other majestic geologic features behind.
The advance and retreat of the ice sheets had a profound influence on the evolution and geographic distribution of many animals, including those that live today in the Arctic regions.
On an expedition led by Xiaoming Wang of the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Tseng, along with researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the Page Museum at the La Brea Tar Pits, and the Gansu Provincial Museum, uncovered the fossil specimens in the Zanda Basin in southern Tibet in 2010. In addition to the arctic fox, the team also uncovered extinct species of a woolly rhino, three-toed horse, Tibetan bharal (also known as blue sheep), chiru (Tibetan antelope), snow leopard, badger, and 23 other mammals.
The origin of the cold-adapted Pleistocene megafauna has usually been sought either in the arctic tundra or in the cool steppes elsewhere. But the team's new fossil assemblage boosts an alternative scenario, which the authors call the "out of Tibet" hypothesis.
It argues that some of the Ice Age megafauna (which in North America include the woolly mammoth, saber-toothed cat, giant sloths, and others) used ancient Tibet as a "training ground" for developing adaptations that allowed them to cope with the severe climatic conditions. These Tibetan ancestors were thus already adapted to cold climates by the start of the Ice Age (2.6-.01 million years ago).


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Yes, three coaches from Jon Gruden's former Tampa Bay Buccaneers staff have been added to Jason Garrett's current Dallas Cowboys' current staff. No, this does not mean the path is being cleared for Gruden to eventually take Garrett's job.
One Cowboys source told ESPN's Ed Werder that rumors linking Gruden to Dallas are "ridiculous."
Monte Kiffin (defensive coordinator), Rod Marinelli (defensive line coach) and Rich Bisaccia (special teams coach) now are all Cowboys employees with Gruden ties. New offensive coordinator Bill Callahan was on Gruden's Oakland Raiders staff. Tim Brown recently reminded us of this.
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The United States, China, Russia, Brazil, India, Germany and the United Kingdom are responsible for more than 60 percent of the 0.74 degree Celsius rise in global average temperature observed from 1906 to 2005, a new report shows.
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Maritime Safety: Commission requests Italy to comply with new standards for equipment placed on board ships
Brussels, 31 May 2012 - The European Commission has today asked Italy to adopt national legislation implementing the latest marine equipment standards, as introduced by EU law. The Commission's request takes the form of a reasoned opinion under EU infringement procedures. If Italy fails to inform the Commission within two months of the measures it has taken to ensure full compliance with EU law, the Commission could refer the case to the European Court of Justice.
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The marine equipment directive aims at reaching a uniform application of international standards on marine equipment in the EU and facilitating free movement of marine equipment within the internal market. It applies to items such as lifesaving appliances, fire protection or radio communication equipment on board European ships, guaranteeing a high level of quality and safety. In 2010, the Commission updated the existing rules on marine equipment1.
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Europe has a strong marine equipment manufacturing industry and is a net exporter to the world. The European marine industry is a high value added sector and employs directly more than 287,000 people in around 5500 companies. Together with Germany, the United Kingdom, The Netherlands and France, Italy is one of the key European players for marine equipment production.
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Home Page Chess Life Online 2014 August And Then There Were Two (Americans): GM Rogers on Tromso
|And Then There Were Two (Americans): GM Rogers on Tromso
|By GM Ian Rogers
|August 16, 2013
Six days into the Tromso World Cup and three-quarters of the field are heading home.
Some are more content than others.
Ray Robson could look back on a breakthrough tournament where the US teenager crushed Andrey Volokitin 2-0 in the first round and, despite being heavily beaten by Vassily Ivanchuk in his second match, Robson felt that he played fairly well in all games. "The problem was that Ivanchuk played better," Robson said.
Tromso World Cup Round 2 Game 1
White: R.Robson
Black: V.Ivanchuk
Opening: Petroff's Defence
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4
In his first World Cup match Robson had beaten Volokitin using 3.Nxe5 but Robson admitted "if I play the same way as I did against Volokitin with Qc1 he would be prepared and he can make a draw."
3...Nxe4 4.dxe5 d5 5.Nbd2 Nxd2 6.Bxd2 Be7 7.c4 Nc6 8.Qc2
8.Qb3 was a better try. "This was probably my one chance to play for advantage and it is only something small," said Robson.
8...Be6 9.Rd1 Qd7 10.Bc3 0-0-0 11.Be2
Neglecting to secure the queen with a3 once too often. Both players had used over an hour to reach this point and normally the plan of pushing Ivanchuk into time trouble would be an excellent one, but Black's position is much easier to play.
11...Nb4! 12.Qd2 Qa4! 13.b3 Qa3 14.c5
An unfortunate necessity.
14...Bxc5 15.0-0 d4! 16.Bxb4
Played after another long think. 16.Bxd4 Bxd4 17.Nxd4 Nc6 18.Qc3 Rxd4 19.Rxd4 Nxd4 20.Qxd4 Rd8 21.Qc3 Qxa2 is too easy for Black.
16...Bxb4 17.Qc2 Bc3 18.Ng5 Kb8 19.f4 g6 20.Bc4 Qc5 21.Qd3 Bf5 22.Qf3
22...f6! 23.Nf7
Once again trying to keep the position complicated rather than stay a pawn down via 23.exf6 d3+ 24.Kh1 Bxf6 25.Bxd3 Bxd3 26.Rxd3 Bxg5 27.fxg5 Qxg5.
23...fxe5 24.fxe5 Bc2 25.Nxd8 Rxd8 26.Qf6 d3+ 27.Kh1 Qd4 28.Rf4 Qd7 29.Be6 Qe8 30.Rdf1 d2 31.Bg4
The last difficult move for Ivanchuk. Now for Black it is just a matter of negotiating the move 40 time control safely and then reeling in the point.
32.Rxf5 gxf5 33.Bf3 Bxe5 34.Qxf5 Qe7 35.Qe4 c6 36.Rd1 Qg5 37.g3 h6 38.Kg2 a6 39.Qb4 Rd4 40.Qf8+ Rd8 41.Qb4 Rd4 42.Qf8+ Kc7 43.Qc5 Qe3 44.b4 Bd6 45.Qa5+ Kc8 46.b5 axb5 47.Qa8+ Bb8 48.Rf1 d1Q! 49.Bxd1 Rd2+ 50.Kh3 Rxh2+! 51.Kg4 Qxg3+ 52.Kf5 Qe5+ 53.Kg6 Rg2+ 0-1
Tromso World Cup Round 2 Game 2
White: V.Ivanchuk
Black: R.Robson
Opening: Irregular
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 b6 3.c4 Bb7 4.g3 g6 5.Bg2 Bg7 6.0-0 0-0 7.d5
Unorthodox play but "I had to try to create something with Black," said Robson.
8.Nc3 Nc5 9.Re1 Nfe4 10.Nxe4 Nxe4 11.Qc2 f5 12.Ng5 Nd6 13.Bf4 h6 All the tactics work for White after 13...Ba6 14.Rac1! so Robson decides that he must go for something much riskier.
14.Nf3 b5 15.c5 Nc4
Effectively the refutation of Black's set-up. The exchange sacrifice is amply compensated by the holes around Black's king's position.
16...g5 17.bxc4 Bxa1 18.Rxa1 gxf4 19.Rd1 bxc4 20.Qxc4 fxg3 21.hxg3
An automatic recapture, especially with both players running short of time, but the silicon oracle informs us that 21.c6!, with d6+ soon to follow, would have been devastating.
21...Kh7 22.Nd4 Qe8 23.e3
Now Black is living in a counterplay-free zone and Ivanchuk's only problem is how best to improve his position.
23...Qh5 24.Bf3 Qg6
25.c6 dxc6 26.Ne6 Rf6 27.dxc6 Ba6! 28.Qxa6 Rxe6 29.Qb7 Rxe3! 30.Bg2! was probably strong also, but rather too messy for Ivanchuk's liking.
Resourceful defence, losing a pawn but eliminating one pair of pieces.
26.Bxd5 c6 27.Bxc6 dxc6 28.Nxc6 Qe8 29.Qb7 Rf7 30.Ne5 Rg7 31.c6 Rb8 32.Qxa7
"I might have been able to hold a draw after 32...Rb2," said Robson, "but of course that would not have been enough anyway. "Play could continue 33.Qd4 Qh5! 34.Qxb2 Qxd1+ 35.Kg2 Qd5+ 36.f3 (36.Kh2 Rg5!) 36...Rg8 when White's king is too exposed for him to make progress.
33.Qd7 Qh5 34.Kg2 Rxa2 35.c7 Rxf2+
On 35...Qg5 36.Rd2! kills the ...Qxg3 threat.
36.Kxf2 Qh2+ 37.Kf1 Qh3+ 38.Ke2 Qg2+ 39.Kd3 Qe4+ 40.Kd2 Qb4+ 41.Ke2 Qb2+ 42.Rd2 1-0
"I didn't have too many chances - that's why he's a top player," said Robson."He's hard to beat," sympathized the press room chief. "Actually, he's hard even to draw with!" Robson responded with a rueful smile.
The other US player eliminated in the second round was Alexander Onischuk, running into a red-hot Lenier Dominguez.
Tromso World Cup Round 2 Game 1
White: L.Dominguez Perez
Black: A.Onischuk
Opening: Ruy Lopez
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Bc5 6.c3 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.a4
"I thought that perhaps I would get this," said the Cuban. "since Alexander played this line against me before, though it was five years ago." 8.d4 is supposed to be the major test of Black's system.
8...Bg4 9.axb5 axb5 10.Rxa8 Qxa8 11.h3 Bxf3!?
"In the earlier game Alex played 11...Bh5," explained Dominguez, "and at first I didn't understand his point [when playing 11...Bxf3]. But in fact Black is quite solid."
(Spanish GM Paco Vallejo was less complimentary about Onischuk's choice - "Why would anyone give up the bishop pair like that?" he asked no one in particular.)
12.Qxf3 Nb8
11...Bxf3 had a bad reputation since an early game which continued 12...0-0 13.d3 Qa1?! 14.Qe2!! when Black's queen turns out to be misplaced.
13.d3 0-0 14.Nd2 Nbd7
"This 15.Qd1 and 16.Nf3 manoeuvre is quite important," said Dominguez. "At first sight it looks natural to play Rd1 or Re1 and then Nf1-g3, but then he is in time to play ...b4, ...bxc3 and ...Rb8 with counterplay - I think that was his idea. With my knight on d2 ...b4 is not dangerous because I have the c4 square." 15...Bb6 16.Nf3 Nc5 17.Bc2
"I was trying to play carefully. I felt if I kept my bishops I would always be slightly better," explained Dominguez.
17...Ne6 18.Ng5! Nxg5!?
"I was expecting 18...h6 19.Nxe6 fxe6," said Dominguez, "when I have 20.d4!. Then 20...Nxe4 21.Qg4 and 20...exd4 21.cxd4 Nxe4 22.Qg4 d5 23.Qxe6+ Kh8 24.Be3 should be good for me though maybe he can try something like 20...c5!. But it is never equal."
19.Bxg5 Qd8 20.Qf3 h6 21.Bd2 Qe7 22.Ra1 Qe6 23.b4 Rd8 24.Ra3 Nd7?!
"Too passive. I was expecting 24...d5 25.exd5 Qxd5 26.Qxd5 Nxd5 and now I was thinking about 27.Kf1 with the idea of 28.g3 and 29.Ke2 when it is clear that White is better. So I was looking at 27...e4!? when after 28.d4 Re8 he is alive so perhaps(28.Ke2 exd3+ 29.Bxd3 was the best.)
25.Bb3 Qf6 26.Qg3 Nf8 27.Be3! Ne6
"If he takes on e3 my rook will come to a7 and I will win this pawn on b5 somehow," said Dominguez.
28.Bxb6 cxb6 29.Qe3 Nf4
"Now he is completely lost [on the queenside] and can only play for tricks," said Dominguez.
30.Ra7 Qg5 31.Qf3 Rc8
"At first I thought that 32.g3 was winning on the spot," said Dominguez, " but then I saw 32...Rxc3 33.h4 Qf6 . The computer says that this is +3 for White so there must be some way to play now, but I didn't see it."
32...Kh7 33.c4 Qf6 34.Qg4 Rf8
34...Nxd3 allows 35.Bg6+! Qxg6 36.Qxc8.
35.Qf5+! Qxf5 36.exf5 Nxd3 37.Bg6+ Kg8 38.f6! 1-0
Tromso World Cup Round 2 Game 2
White: A.Onischuk
Black: L.Dominguez Perez
Opening: Bogo-Indian Defence
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Bxd2+ 5.Qxd2 d5 6.Nc3 0-0 7.e3 Qe7 8.cxd5 exd5 9.Bd3 Nbd7 10.0-0 c6 11.Qc2 Re8 12.Rab1 Ne4
Now the players have transposed to a Queen's Gambit exchange variation, though with an extra tempo for White. (White has lost a tempo with his queen but gained two by Black being the player who exchanges on d2 rather than White playing Bg5xe7.) Onischuk was perhaps hoping for 12...g6 which Dominguez played against Bacrot a month earlier at the Thessaloniki Grand Prix tournament. Then after 13.b4 b6 14.a4 a5 Black held a draw, but only after long and arduous defence.
13.b4 Ndf6 14.Ne5
14.Rfc1 looks like a better use of the extra move. The knight looks good on e5 but gives Black chances to reply to b5 with ...c5.
14...Nxc3 15.Qxc3 Ne4 16.Qc2 g6! 17.Rfc1 Bf5 18.Rb3 a6 19.a4 Nd6! 20.Bxf5 Nxf5
21.h3 Draw Agreed
"If 21.b5 axb5 22.axb5 c5! and now if he takes twice on c5 there is a mate on a1," explained Dominguez. "That's what he missed. So now I can put a knight on d6 as it is nothing for White."
Peter Leko and Michael Adams were the biggest names to fall at the second hurdle, though Kramnik, Aronian and Svidler needed rapid playoffs before progressing.
For Leko, a second round exit was, he said, something of an achievement since he had lost in the first round to Sam Shankland two years ago at the previous World Cup. Leko also pointed out that he had played many of these World cups and KO World Championships and never survived beyond the third round - an incredibly poor record for a player who loses only a handful of games every year.
Adams' record in KO events has been impressive - he missed out on the FIDE World KO title by losing the final to Rustam Kasimdzhanov in 2004 - but he was well beaten in the second game of a rapid playoff by the previously unheralded Ukrainian Yuri Kryvoruchko.
One player, eliminated in the first round, had reason to be more unhappy than most. 17-year-old Peruvian GM Jorge Cori was in tears after he misheard the starting time of a key playoff game against former Candidate Teimour Radjabov and forfeited the game.
After finishing the first set of playoff games 1-1 against Radjabov, Cori thought he was told a start time of 6.50 instead of the correct 6.15.
Just to be sure, Cori, whose English is poor, checked with an arbiter; "Is the start time 6.50?" said Cori. "Yes," replied the arbiter, expecting and therefore hearing 6.15.
Cori only realised his mistake when he saw the players seated for the next round on his computer screen. He raced down to the playing hall but arrived two minutes late. (In fact Radjabov had made 100% sure of the point by stopping the clocks one second after they started and then making himself scarce.)
Cori wrote out an appeal but then discovered that it would cost $500 to submit it, a small fortune for him.
Commentator Susan Polgar stepped in to sponsor the appeal but it was unanimously dismissed by the three FIDE officials on the Appeals Committee, one member later saying that he didn't believe that Cori's English was bad and that he probably just forgot to turn up.
But winners are grinners, and the top 2 US players proceeded, though again in vastly differing styles.
Nakamura simply overwhelmed Azeri GM Eltaj Safarli in their first game and left nothing to chance in the second.
Tromso World Cup Round 2 Game 1
White: H.Nakamura
Black: E.Safarli
Opening: Anti-Grunfeld
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.f3
The latest attempt to try to defuse White's anti-Grunfeld system, one which has worked well for Maxime Vachier Lagrave but looks simply weird.
4.Nc3 d5 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 Be7 7.Qd2 Nbd7 8.Bg3
Preparing 9.e4, which if played immediately could have been met with 8.e4 Nxe4!.
Now White gets the big centre he wants, but 8...0-0 allows 9.Qxh6 - the defect of having an extra ...g6 in a Queen's Gambit position, while; 8...c5 is well met by 9.Nb5; However the text move is inferior to 8...a6 (or 8...dxc4 and then 9..a6), preparing ...c5 or ...dxc4 and ...b5.
9.e4 dxe4 10.fxe4 Bb4 11.Bd3 e5 12.a3 Ba5 13.d5 cxd5 14.cxd5 Nc5
Black had relied on this tactical idea for relief but after Nakamura's simple reply, Black will have problems with his e5 pawn.
15.b4! Nxd3+
15...Nb3 16.Qb2 Nxa1 17.bxa5 is dreadful for Black; as usual two pieces are far better than rook and pawn in a middlegame position.
16.Qxd3 Bb6
Deciding to sacrifice the e pawn, a brave and probably correct practical decision given White's coming king problems.
17.Nf3 0-0 18.Nxe5 a5
18...Re8 19.0-0-0 Nh5 was the main alternative but there does not seem to be an obvious follow-up after 20.Nc4.
19.b5 a4 20.Nc4 Bc5 21.0-0-0 Bg4 22.Rd2 Qe7
22...Rc8 23.Kb1 is safe enough for White.
23.d6 Qe6 24.Nd5! Nxd5 25.Qxd5 Rac8 26.Kb1 Qxd5 27.Rxd5
The temptation of material gain proves too attractive. After [27...Rfd8 Black is still in the game.
28.Rhd1! Bxd5 29.Rxd5 Bxd6
Black is already regretting his 27th move, but this is pure desperation. In any case 30.d7 followed by 31.Bc7 was a winning threat.
30.Nxd6 Rc3 31.Kb2 Rb3+ 32.Ka2 Rd8 33.Rd4 h5 34.Bh4 Rd7 35.Bf6 Kh7 36.e5 1-0
Not too early - 37.Rxa4-a8 is coming. The next day Nakamura, playing Black, gave Safarli nothing in an Open Ruy Lopez, and the comfortable draw sent the American number one through to the third round.
In contrast Gata Kamsky was relieved just to survive against 20-year-old Russian Aleksandr Shimanov. ("I got lucky," Kamsky kept saying after the playoffs were completed.)
The match looked to be going safely to the higher rated Kamsky after a smooth first game win.
Tromso World Cup Round 2 Game 1
White: G.Kamsky
Black: A.Shimanov
Opening: French Defence
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be3 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Qb6 9.Qd2 Qxb2
The French Poisoned Pawn variation, first offered, with success, by the US tournament supremo Bill Goichberg in 1974 and now highly trendy.
10.Rb1 Qa3 11.Bb5 Nxd4 12.Bxd4 a6 13.Bxd7+ Bxd7 14.Rb3 Qe7 15.Rxb7 Qh4+ 16.Bf2 Qd8 17.Bb6 Qc8 18.Rc7 Qd8 19.Qd4 Ba3
The immediate 19...Rc8 earned a draw for Nakamura against Anand early in 2013 but a subsequent game showed that 20.Rc6!? Qh4+ 21.g3 Qe7 22.Rxc8+ Bxc8 23.Kd2 is not easy for Black. In a later game Nakamura tested 19...Ba3 against Leko and also drew.
20.Nb1 Be7 21.c4
21...Rc8! 22.Rb7 Bb4+ 23.Kf2
On 23.Ke2 Qh4! survives for Black.
23...Qxb6! 24.Rxb6 Bc5 25.Rd1 Bxd4+ 26.Rxd4 dxc4 27.Nc3 Rc7 28.Rxa6 Ke7 29.Rb6 Ra8 30.Ke3 Ra3
Up until this point Shimanov had barely paused for thought, his home preparation having told him that he has no problems in this position. However Kamsky stays cool and keeps probing; the position is still a long way from a forced draw.
31.Kd2 Ra5 32.g3 f6 33.exf6+ gxf6 34.Kc1 h5 35.Kb2 h4 36.g4 h3 37.Re4 f5 38.gxf5 Rxf5 39.a4
Black has liquidated a couple more pawns but he cannot wait around because White is threatening Ka3-b4 when the a pawn might become dangerous.
39...Rc6 40.Rb7 Rd6 41.Rxc4!
41...Rd2+ 42.Kc1 Rxh2 is impossible due to 43.Rd4.
42.fxe5 Rd2+?!
The wrong rook. After 42...Rf2+ 43.Ka3 Rd3 Black should be able to hold, e.g. 44.a5 Rxh2 45.a6 Rc2 46.Kb3 Rdxc3+! 47.Rxc3 Rxc3+ 48.Kxc3 h2 49.Rb1 Bc6 with a draw.
43.Ka3 Rxe5 44.Ne4! Rxh2?! 45.Rd4 Ke6
This was Shimanov's plan, meeting either capture on d7 with ...Rxe4. However he has missed Kamsky's tricky response.
46.Rd6+! Kf5 47.Ng3+! Kf4
Suddenly Shimanov understood what he had done - the multiple skewers on the f file mean that he will lose his bishop and cannot capture White's knight. Shimanov thought for over half an hour but could not find a saving idea and the game concluded
48...Rg2 might have been a better try but after 49.Rbxd7 Re1 50.Rd1 Rxd1 51.Rxd1 it is difficult to prevent the White knight sacrificing itself for the h pawn at a suitable moment, e.g. 51...h2 52.Rd4+! Kg5 53.Nxh2 Rxh2 54.a5 and wins.
49.Rdxd7 h2 50.Rh7 Rf3+ 51.Kb4 Re4+ 52.Ka5 Ra3 53.Rb4 1-0
Then Shimanov threw caution to the wind in the second game and the most entertaining game of the World Cup so far ensued. Both players missed plenty of chances before Shimanov finally triumphed, but it was Kamsky's missed queen sacrifice that left many pundits shaking their heads in amazement.
Tromso World Cup Round 2 Game 2
White: A.Shimanov
Black: G.Kamsky
Opening: King's Gambit
1.e4 e5 2.f4
This move and the follow-up apparently came as something of a shock to Kamsky, who spent considerable time over his next few moves.
2...exf4 3.Bc4 d5
3...Qh4+ 4.Kf1 is usually what White is hoping for when playing this line.; 3...Nf6 4.Nc3 c6 is Black's preferred defence nowadays but Kamsky's choice is also considered playable.
4.Bxd5 Nf6 5.Nc3 Bb4 6.Nf3 0-0 7.0-0 c6 8.Bc4!? b5?!
Shimanov, by avoiding the main line 8.Bb3, has succeeded in his aim of moving Kamsky away from his comfort zone, and the Russian would not have been unhappy to see Kamsky's risky response. 8...Nbd7 was reasonable, only playing ...b5 after 9.d3 .
9.Bb3 a5 10.a4! Nbd7 11.axb5 cxb5 12.Nd5! Nxd5 13.Bxd5 Ra6 14.d3 Nf6 15.Ba2 Nh5 16.c3 Bc5+ 17.d4 Ba7 18.Ne5
An hour behind on the clock and with a dodgy position, Kamsky stakes everything on a caveman attack, one which almost succeeds beyond his wildest dreams....
19.Qd3 Rh6 20.Rf2?
"When I played this move I immediately went to the toilet," admitted Shimanov, who saw that he had just allowed a forced win and did not want his face to give that information away. If White wished to play safe the right way was 20.Nf3, but in fact White already has a winning continuation 20.Nxf7! Rxf7 21.Qxb5 when Black must abandon his attack and retreat and after 21...Qe7 22.Bxf7+ Qxf7 23.Rxa5 the wheels are falling off for Black.
"Are you serious? Come on." said Kamsky when informed after the game that he had missed 20...Qxh2+!! , with the idea 21.Kxh2 Ng3+ 22.Kg1 Rh1# His opponent just had a sheepish grin - he knew that he was following Svidler's dictum about needing good play and good luck to do well in a World Cup, but luck being more important.
21.Nf3 Qg4 22.hxg3 Qh5! 23.Kf1?
23.Nh4 was simple and safe.
Now Black is right back in the game and Shimanov was also now joining Kamsky in time trouble.
Taking a walk on the wild side, since 24.Bxh6 Qh1+ 25.Ng1 gxf2 26.Kxf2 Qh4+ 27.Qg3 Qxh6 offers no real hopes for the win which could overturn his first game deficit.
24...Qh1+ 25.Ke2 Rf6 26.Ke3 Qh6+ 27.Ke2 Qh1 28.Qd1!? Qxg2+ 29.Ke3 Qh3
29...Rxf3+! 30.Qxf3 Qxc2 31.Qxg3 Bb7 was much simpler and would leave only Black with winning chances.
30.Ng1 Qh1 31.Bd5
The obvious move, but it meets a strong reply. The right way to threaten ...Rf1 was 31...Bh3! after which White is in trouble.
Yet again in a topsy-turvy game, the tables have turned and this time Kamsky is not given a way back.
32...Rg6 33.Kd3 Bg4 34.Qe1 Bb8 35.Bf4
In time trouble Shimanov plays safe. 35.Rxa5! Bg3 36.Rxf7! would have been immediately winning.
35...Bxf4 36.Rxf4 Be6 37.Bxe6 Rxe6 38.Rxa5 f5 39.e5 g5 40.Rf2 f4
The Black pawns look scary but, the time control reached, Shimonov had time to calm down and work out the best way to neutralize any counterplay.
41.Ra1 Rh6 42.Qe4 Rh3+ 43.Kc2 Re3 44.Qxg2 Qh5 45.Qd5+ Kh8 46.Ra8 Qg6+ 47.Kb3 Rxa8 48.Qxa8+ Kg7 49.Qb7+ Qf7+ 50.Qxf7+ Kxf7 51.Kc2 h5 52.Kd2 Ke6 53.Nf3 g4 54.Nh4 Re4 55.Re2 1-0
For many players such a defeat would be devastating, but Kamsky looked remarkably unstressed, even after he was told about the missed chance. Since coming back from his eight year layoff, Kamsky has taken Rudyard Kipling's famous poem If to heart - "If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster, and treat those two impostors just the same..."
The next day, Kamsky conducted the playoffs like a man without a care in the world and Shimanov fell 2-0.
Tromso World Cup Round 2 Game 3
White: A.Shimanov
Black: G.Kamsky
Opening: Scotch Game
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5 5.Nb3 Bb6 6.Nc3 Nge7 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bh4 d6 9.Qd2 Be6 10.Nd5 Bxd5 11.exd5 Ne5 12.f4 N5g6 13.Bb5+ Kf8 14.Bf2 Bxf2+ 15.Qxf2?! Nxd5 16.g3 c6 17.Bc4 Qe7+ 18.Kd2 Nb6 19.Bd3 Qf6
"This was a strange game," said Kamsky. "First I was just a pawn up..."
20.c3 Ne5 21.Be2 Nec4+ 22.Kc2 g6 23.a4 Re8 24.Bxc4 Nxc4 25.Rae1 Kg7 26.Qxa7
26...Qf5+ 27.Kc1 b6 is crushing.
"...and then I [just missed] 27.Qd7 after which I think White was better. Then I got lucky."
27...Ne3+ 28.Kd2 Nc4+ 29.Kc1 Ra8 30.Nd4 Rxa4 31.Qxc6 Rha8 32.Kc2 b5 33.Qxb5 Qd8 34.Qb7 Kg8 35.b3 Ra2+ 36.Kd3 Nb2+ 37.Ke3 Rc8 38.c4 Rb8 39.Qd5 Ra5 40.Qg2 Qe7+ 41.Qe4 Nxc4+! 42.bxc4 Ra3+ 43.Kf2 Rb2+ 44.Nc2 Qxe4 45.Rxe4 Rxc2+ 46.Re2 Rxc4 47.Rd1 Rc6
This endgame should be drawable but in a rapid game defence is difficult and Kamsky manages to make progress little by little.
48.Red2 Raa6 49.Rb1 Kg7 50.Rb7 h5 51.Re2 Rc5 52.Rd7 Rf5 53.Rd2 Rf6 54.Rd3 Ra2+ 55.Kf3 Ra6 56.Re3 [56.h4!] 56...g5! 57.Rd3 g4+ 58.Ke4 Re6+ 59.Kd5 Ra5+ 60.Kc6 Ra2 61.R7xd6 Rxd6+ 62.Kxd6 Rxh2 63.Ke5 Ra2
If there is still a draw, it would involve trying 64.Rd5!! Ra3 65.Ke4! Kg6 66.Rg5+ Kh6 67.Kf5 Rxg3 68.Rg8! when the two extra pawns are not enough, but such a line is hardly likely to be found by a player with only a few seconds per move.
64...Ra5+ 65.Ke4 Kg6 66.Ke3 Kf5 67.Rb3 f6! 68.Rc3 Ra2 69.Rc5+ Kg6 70.Rc3 Rg2 71.Kd4 h4! 72.gxh4 Kf5 73.Kd5 Rd2+ 0-1
The next game Shimanov played extremely provocatively with Black. Kamsky took up the challenge with a piece sacrifice and eventually overwhelmed his gutsy opponent to win the playoff 2-0.
This writer is another who is leaving Tromso, leaving behind the remaining 32 Grandmasters, the efficient team of Norwegian organisers having their trial run for the 2014 Tromso Chess Olympiad and the security guards - finally allowed to search spectators as well as players. Leaving also the remarkable town of Tromso itself; above the Arctic Circle resulting in bright sun at 4am, a city library that looks like the Sydney Opera House, a labyrinth of mountain tunnels including three roundabouts and of course the $30 hamburgers and $60 pizzas.
Thanks to North Sea oil and gas, Norway has become an exceedingly wealthy country and thanks to Magnus Carlsen's rise, some of it is being spent on top chess tournaments.
World Cup third round pairings:
Gata Kamksy v Jon-Ludwig Hammer
Kamsky takes on the home town favorite who so far has looked untouchable. Kamsky will be looking to exploit his opponent's time trouble so that when Hammer exceeds the time limit he can utter the immortal words, "Stop, Hammer. Time."
Hikara Nakumura v Baskaran Adhiban
Adhiban turned 21 in style two days ago on Indian Independence Day, beating Argentianin GM Fier, having already caused a big upset by knocking out Alekseev in the first round. Nakamura will be heavy favorite in this match but Adhiban has the sensible, unbluffable style to keep Nakamura honest.
The player that most neutral fans will be looking out for is 14-year-old Wei Yi, who has already beaten Nepomniachtchi and Shirov and now takes on Mamdeyarov.
So impressive has Wei's play been that it has already been suggested by a GM on Facebook that Wei is matching Houdini's moves too closely. But Wei's explanation in the commentary room of his win over Shirov, the game in question, left no doubt that Wei was thinking for himself.
Round 3 games will begin at 9am AEST time on Saturday and can be viewed with commentary by Susan Polgar and Laurence Trent on the official tournament web site http://www.chessworldcup2013.com/


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