Current board positions of Brandubh 7x7 (Irish Tafl)

 

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mmagari / siegfried. 12 moves.
Brandubh 7x7 (Irish Tafl)
2015-11-25

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

crust / tonythebook. 35 moves.
Brandubh 7x7 (Irish Tafl)
2015-11-26

Go Baduk Weiqi - Hideo Otake vs Masaki Takemiya

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1993第41回NHK杯 大竹英雄-武宮正樹 

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Scacchi esagonali

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Gli scacchi esagonali sono un gruppo di varianti degli scacchi che si giocano su scacchiere esagonali. La variante più popolare degli scacchi esagonali fu ideata nel 1936 da Władysław Gliński. In certi periodi ci furono oltre mezzo milione di giocatori di tale variante, e più di 130 000 scacchiere di questo tipo vennero vendute.^[1] Il gioco era molto popolare nell'Europa dell'Est, specialmente in Polonia, terra natale di Gliński.

Current board positions of Brandubh 7x7 (Irish Tafl)

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mmagari / vonraider. 4 moves.
Brandubh 7x7 (Irish Tafl)
2015-11-25

   








crust / tonythebook. 28 moves.
Brandubh 7x7 (Irish Tafl)
2015-11-25

Rating Top 10 players, November 2015 World Tafl Federation

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2068    Plantagenêt, Champagne-Ardennes, FR (293)
2000    Adam, Tønsberg, Norway (599)
1974    altti, ny, usa (818)
1970    nath, Berlin, Germany (277)
1961    Schachus, Berlin, Germany (69)
1934    crust, somerset, UK (2658)
1893    Sigurd, Pennsylvania, Vinland (51)
1810    Herjan, Formby, UK (46)
1807    arne64, Hamburg, Germany (466)
1769    docbullen, formby, Merseyside (591)

Current board positions of Brandubh 7x7 (Irish Tafl)

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mmagari / crust. 9 moves.
Brandubh 7x7 (Irish Tafl)
2015-11-23

xerxes / animals. 23 moves.
Brandubh line 7x7
2015-11-23

Current board positions of Brandubh 7x7 (Irish Tafl) ...opening...

animals / xerxes. 4 moves.
Brandubh line 7x7
2015-11-22

Professional Players' Go Styles

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This list originally began as a smaller entry by John Fairbairn in 2002. It was collated from pro comments in various resources.^[1] Since then it has been expanded in both players and descriptions by many contributors.

• Awaji Shuzo: Especially tenacious once behind, likes to fight.
• Cao Dayuan: Solid fundamentals, thick, unhurried play, a little timid but not submissive, perhaps weak at attacking. Similar to Shao Zhenzhong.
• Che Zewu: Sharp and thick.
• Chen Jiarui: Master of attack, good at finding unexpected plays.
• Chen Linxin: Pays special attention to shape; similar to Ma Xiaochun.
• Chen Yaoye: Good at defense and counter-attacking.
• Chen Zude: Daring, main proponent of Chinese fuseki.
• Cheng Xiaoliu: Prefers to take territory and shinogi.
• Chino Tadahiko: Orthodox.
• Cho Chikun: "My game consists in bringing everything together without using set patterns of play. This absence of style is my style." Experiments in the opening. "My failing is that I tend to make extensions that are too wide." Dislikes large-scale josekis.
• Cho Hun-hyeon: Orthodox; master of technique and quick, fighting jabs leading to a roundhouse knockout.
• Cho U: Very territory-oriented player, and it's almost like his weak groups are charmed, they don't die: it's almost impossible to kill a group of his. His reading is extremely deep, better than most of the top players. His specialty is creating small tsume-go problems that are very difficult for even the pros to solve, and he can make them very quickly.
• Choi Cheolhan: Ferocious attacker. Nicknamed "The Poisonous Snake," according to An Younggil.
• Cho Han-seung: Smooth style without overplays. Said about himself in an interview, that he plays: "solidly"(regarding "solidity" similar like Lee Changho).
• Cho Hye-yeon: Nicknamed the female Yi Ch'ang-ho.
• Daigo Hisakichi: Admires Shuei.
• Fujisawa Hideyuki: Idiosyncratic with penchant for large-scale, thick moves. Known for blunders (poka - careless oversights).
• Fujisawa Hosai: Powerful fighter.
• Fukuhara Yoshitora: Orthodox.
• Go Seigen: Devotee of Shusaku 1-3-5 until 5-dan, then switched to fast-paced style, trying to settle corners with a single move. Co-founder of Shinfuseki. Amorphous style, often making trades based on intuitive assessment of the position.
• Gu Li: Powerful fighting. Strong at finding weak points in his opponents' positions and exploiting them, and so naturally very strong at attacking. Great at invasions.
• Guo Tisheng: Natural, flexible and indirect; learned Japanese style.
• Hamajima Hisayoshi: Admires Segoe.
• Hane Yasumasa: Original and large-scale.
• Haruyama Isamu: Fast-paced.
• Hashimoto Shoji: Aggressive and tenacious. Noted for spending bulk of time on opening.
• Hashimoto Yoshimi: Orthodox.
• Hayase Gendo: Likes sharp fighting; admires Shusai.
• Hayase Hiroshi: Orthodox.
• Hayashi Yutaro: Solid; nicknamed Little Shusaku.
• Hisai Keishi: Orthodox.
• Honinbo Genjo: Similar to Takemiya; attacks close to Yasui Senchi; center thickness, powerful attacker; thickness first, then attack.
• Honinbo Shuei: Strong in all departments but preferred, when he had a choice, quiet moves to fighting moves. Especially early in his career, when he had Black, it was noticeable that he won many games by slender margins. Master of miai.
• Hu Yaoyu: Sharp and thick.
• Hua Xueming: Sharp and thick.
• Hua Yigang: Steady, relying on ordinary moves.
• Huang Dexun: Attacking type.
• Huang Jinxian: Sharp and thick.
• Huang Liangyu: Powerful fighting.
• Huang Xiwen: Attacking type.
• Huang Yizhong: Sharp and thick.
• Huang Yongjie?: Fresh and aggressive; good at calculation and steady encroachment, especially concluding the second half of the game.
• Ishida Yoshio: Good at counting game and accurate yose; nicknamed The Computer.
• Ishige Kakuo: Sober (shibui), using thickness to attack.
• Ishigure Ikuro: Large-scale.
• Ishii Kunio: Sharp, famous for brute strength.
• Ishii Mamoru: Power.
• Ito Tomoe: Powerful, "moving mountains" style closest to her teacher, Kita Fumiko.
• Iwamoto Kaoru: Bean-scattering go.
• Iwata Tatsuaki: Solid and tenacious; gentle, aji-leaving style.
• Iyama Yuta: Plays thickly, waits for the opponent to attack, then tries to take the initiative with his counterattack.
• Izutani Minoru: Orthodox; admires Shuei.
• Jiang Mingjiu: Good at managing the centre.
• Jiang Zhujiu: Sharp, stubborn fighter. Forte is the middle game.
• Jin Qianqian: Brave fighter, willing to take risks.
• Kada Katsuji: Famous for taking a long time in the opening.
• Kageyama Toshiro: Solid and good at counting.
• Kaji Kazutame: Fast-paced.
• Kajiwara Takeo: Best player for sharpness of local perception. Famous for Drill Strategy and direction of play. Proponent of kyudo - "seeking the way" school of go.
• Kamimura Kunio: Orthodox.
• Kang Dongyun: territory oriented style
• Kano Yoshinori: Steady, and good in large-scale positions.
• Kataoka Satoshi: steady yoritsuki (using thickness to harass enemy groups and so make profit). Maybe too laid back.
• Kato Masao: Nicknamed "The Assassin"; powerful attacker, especially early in his career. About 1990 changed to a style that earned the nickname "Endgame Kato".
• Kim In: Slow thick moves like his teacher Kitani.
• Kim Jiseok: Plays aggressively and roughly; a genuine infighter, especially good at local battles.
• Kinoshita Takao: Admires Shusai.
• Kitani Minoru: Most startling changes in style of any player. Originally powerful fighter. Then as co-founder of Shinfuseki emphasised centre. Shortly after switched to favouring territory and like most things, experimented it to the extremes. Did not like knight's moves. Ultra-stubborn.
• Kobayashi Izumi: Initially closer in style to her father Kobayashi Koichi, now shifting towards her husband Cho U's style.
• Kobayashi Koichi: Ferocious in attack (1976), precise "knows what he wants" style. A territory oriented player.
• Kobayashi Satoru: Changed in 1997 to a more territorial game but still underpinned by his original placid/broadminded (ooraka na) style.
• Kodama Kunio: Orthodox.
• Kong Jie: Balanced and solid
• Kono Yukio: Admires Jowa.
• Kuroda Yukio: Admires Segoe and Iwamoto.
• Kusaka Kaneo: Thick.
• Kuwahara Munehisa: Theoretical.
• Liu Xiaoguang: Fierce "straight-line" fighter, tight-rope walker, admires Kato Masao, deep and accurate calculator.
• Ma Xiaochun: Light and floating style and so hard to attack, but will slug it out if opponent picks a fight. Richly imaginative.
• Matsumoto Tokuji: Orthodox.
• Matsuoka Teruo: Severe.
• Matsuura Yoshihiro: Rich in originality.
• Mimura Tomoyasu: Attacking from thickness.
• Miwa Yoshiro: Good at powerful fighting.
• Miyamoto Yoshihisa: Thick style, preferring to catch up from behind after the middle game.
• Miyashita Shuyo: Fond of direct attacks.
• Miyazawa Goro: Violent style leading to wild fighting makes him popular with go fans.
• Mori Toyokazu: Admires Shuei.
• Nakagawa Shinji: Nimble.
• Nakamura Yutaro: Solid; nicknamed New Stars Killer.
• Nakaoka Jiro: Territorial.
• Nie Weiping: All-round player but especially good at fighting, likes sharp, double-edged contests and attacks strongly.
• O Meien: Famous for original opening moves, called "meienisms"
• O Rissei: Plays overly tight with Black.
• Oeda Yusuke: Orthodox.
• Ohira Kenji: Admires Jowa.
• Ohira Shuzo: Known as especially strong on the side.
• Okubo Ichigen: Flexible.
• Otake Hideo: Quick to see things, best player for sharpness of perception; stability increasing with experience (1976). Fond of good shape and abhors vulgar style. His style has been called the "Otake Aesthetic". Superb at fast play. Most games prefers komoku, but occasionally tries sanrensei.
• Ozaki Harumi: Admires Shuho.
• Ozawa Mitsugoro: Very similar to Honinbo Shuho.
• Park Junghwan: well balanced; something of an all rounder.
• Park Yeonghun: Peaceful, with a very strong endgame and positional judgment.
• Qian Yuping: Good at luring opponent into traps. Does not let up even when ahead. More peaceful later in career.
• Rin Kaiho: Originally a territory-oriented player, but later became more aggressive and influence oriented. Said to have become less accurate/confident in counting game late in his career.
• Rui Naiwei: Aggressive fighter. Prefers the Mini-Chinese opening.
• Sakai Michiharu: Solid.
• Sakai Yasuo: Admires Suzuki Tamejiro.
• Sakakibara Shoji: Powerful.
• Sakamaki Kosuke: Admires Shuho.
• Sakata Eio: Sees so many variations that it gives him the confidence to play lines out even in complex situations. Often effects trades based on calculation. Good at getting out of tight situations and so likes to grab territory and then play shinogi.
• Sanno Hirotaka: Admires Shusaku.
• Segawa Yoshio: Thick.
• Sekiyama Riichi: Shibui.
• Seo Pong-su: A gambler, enjoys even the most nerve-wracking fights, does not worry about pure shape. Is regarded for playing kind of "pure korean fighting style" because he never trained in Japan.
• Seo Hisashi: Thick.
• Shao Zhenzhong: Pragmatic and patient, willing to ignore standard go theory, cool and detached, friendly style. Good at guiding the game and grasping opportunities. Flexible. Quiet style emphasising full-board vision and positional judgement to counter attacks.
• Shi Ding'an: Seizes the initiative by retaliation then keeps up pressure.
• Shimamura Toshihiro: moderate, style called ibushi-gin (oxidised silver = shibui).
• Shirai Matsumi: Admires Sakai Michiharu.
• Shiraishi Yutaka: Will never make an overplay even when behind.
• Sometani Kazuo: No showing off.
• Song Xuelin: Good at turning games around; reserved.
• Sugiuchi Masao: Theoretical.
• Sumino Tsunehiro: Territorial; admires Shuho.
• Suzuki Tamejiro: Slow player in the opening; shibui.
• Suzuki Goro: Territorial.
• Takagawa Kaku: Changed from powerful "rustic go" (Shusai's term) in early career to beautifully balanced style, with fondness for simple moves such as caps. Liked thick play even though this led to thick games.
• Takeda Hiroyoshi: Straightforward, no tricks.
• Takemiya Masaki: Famous for Cosmic (he prefers Natural) style, accentuating moyos (not necessarily deliberately). Has best understanding of play in the four or five lines round the centre point.
• Tanimiya Teiji: Highly flexible.
• Tozawa Akinobu: Hard fighter.
• Tsujii Ryosuke: Orthodox.
• Ukita Masayuki: Admires Shuwa.
• Ushinohama Satsuo: Natural and poised.
• Wimmer, Manfred: Grinding power go.
• Wu Songsheng: Original thinker, gentle Taiji style, creates many original lines in standard openings.
• Wu Yulin: Honest, good at shape but nervous in tournaments.
• Xie Yimin:Aggressive style
• Yamabe Toshiro: Free-running, naturally gifted.
• Yamada Kimio: Solid, no showiness, plays a long game. Perhaps not greedy enough. Similar to Yamashiro Hiroshi.
• Yamashiro Hiroshi: Rin Kaiho said in 1992 that Yamashiro's old style "was a steady, territorial player, but recently he sets up large moyos, and he's also flexible enough to switch from moyos to territory." (Tournament Go 1992)
• Yamazaki Masuo: Powerful.
• Yang Hui: Likes high positions that favour fighting.
• Yang Jinhua: Solid fundamentals, thick play.
• Yasui Chitoku: Shibui/ibushigin (refined, quiet, sober) but in a novel way, self confident, slow thickness, esp. good at the endgame; accurate reading made opponents avoid fighting games; good at shinogi; makes territory first then plays shinogi.
• Ye Gui - Sharp and thick.
• Yi Ch'ang-ho: Sober, emphasises sabaki while taking territory; accurate at counting game. Natural (that is, no unnatural moves).
• Yoda Norimoto: Had to overcome a certain brittleness to reach the top.
• Yoshida Yoichi: Focuses on influence.
• Yu Ch'ang-hyeok: Artistic, attacks using thickness.
• Yu Meiling: Variable.
• Yuan Xi?: Natural.
• Zhang Wendong: Sharp and thick.
• Zhang Xin: Sharp and thick.
• Zhang Xuan: Light and elegant.
• Zhang Yingting?: Powerful fighting.
• Zheng Hong: Sharp and thick.
• Zhou Heyang: Plays the percentages, good at counting; once he gets ahead, not even Yi Ch'ang-ho can overtake him; stubborn and cool; orthodox. Solid "goalkeeper."
• Zhou Junxun: Difficult to define but forte is the middle game, forceful moves backed up by accurate and deep reading.
• Zhu Baoxun?: Stresses the overall view but lacks finesse in local positions.
• Zhu Songli: Sharp and thick.
• Zou Junjie: Sharp and thick.

Fuseki

Le fuseki (布石) est le mot japonais utilisé et conservé tel quel dans les langues occidentales pour désigner l'ouverture d'une partie de go. Il fait référence à l'établissement des premières pierres sur le goban avec comme aboutissement une occupation grossière du plateau (le fuseki pouvant en vérité se poursuivre après une première séquence approfondie si une zone du goban est restée vierge).

Définition et principes du fuseki

Bien que la durée du fuseki soit très variable selon les parties, on peut le délimiter entre le premier coup du jeu et le moment, plus flou, où il n'est plus possible de poser une pierre sans déclencher un combat immédiat, parce que les espaces libres ne sont plus suffisants pour que cette pierre ne soit pas en danger.

Le fuseki étant une phase du jeu relativement compliquée, un certain nombre de proverbes existent pour guider le joueur :

• "Le coin est d'or, le bord est d'argent, le centre est un terrain vague" : il faut d'abord occuper les endroits où l'on peut faire le plus facilement des points, soit le coin, le bord, le centre.
• "Jouer les coups urgents avant les gros coups" : un coup est notamment "urgent" s'il menace ou permet la vie d'un groupe.
• "On joue la troisième ligne pour faire des points, la quatrième pour faire de l'influence"

Liubo

Liubo (Chinese: 六博; pinyin: liù bó; Wade–Giles: liu po; literally: "six sticks") is an ancient Chinese board game played by two players. For the rules, it is believed that each player had six game pieces that were moved around the points of a square game board that had a distinctive, symmetrical pattern. Moves were determined by the throw of six sticks, which performed the same function as dice in other race games.

The game was invented no later than the middle of the 1st millennium BCE, and was immensely popular during the Han Dynasty (202 BCE – 220 CE). However, after the Han Dynasty it rapidly declined in popularity, possibly due to the rise in popularity of the game of Go, and it eventually became almost totally forgotten. Knowledge of the game has increased in recent years with archeological discoveries of Liubo game boards and game equipment in ancient tombs, as well as discoveries of Han Dynasty picture stones and picture bricks depicting Liubo players.....

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Current board positions of Brandubh 7x7 (Irish Tafl)

mmagari / tonythebook. 8 moves.
Brandubh 7x7 (Irish Tafl)
2015-11-20

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Chess in Russia: Alexander Riazantsev vs Ian Nepomniachtchi - Moscow Chess Blitz 2015

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8GagPTIoHk

Children and Shogi

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHxVRwQgfp4

Chess in Russia: Daniil Dubov vs Dmitry Andreikin - Moscow Chess Blitz 2015

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGe4v3GyCys

Petit lexique du Go

 Fonte:http://arras.jeudego.org/

Petit lexique du Go, ne contenant que les termes usuels à l’AGA. Vous pouvez trouver des lexiques plus complet sur Internet, par exemple sur wikipedia.

Matériel

• Goban [go-banne] = plateau de Go.
• Hoshi = étoile. C’est le nom donné aux points qui servent de repère sur la grille.
• Tengen [tène-guène] = soleil (j’ai déjà lu « origine du ciel »). C’est le nom du hoshi central, celui en position 10,10.
• San-san [sanne-sanne] = trois-trois. Ce sont les points 3-3 sur le goban, il y en a 4, un dans chaque coin.
• Nord, Sud, Est, Ouest = les 4 bords d’un goban, haut, bas, droite, gauche. Ce sont des indications couramment utilisées pendant les commentaires de parties.
• Pierre. C’est le nom des pions qui servent à jouer au Go !
• Bol. C’est le récipient qui sert à ranger les pierres !!

Pendant la partie

• Sente [scène-thé]. Obtenir ou conserver l’initiative.
• Gote [go-thé]. Perte de de l’initiative = perte du sente.
• Chaîne. Ensemble de pierres en contact direct, formant une ligne continue.
• Groupe. Ensemble de pierres ou de chaînes proches les unes des autres.
• Couper. Action de division d’un groupe.
• Point de coupe. Endroit où il est possible d’effectuer une coupe
• Pierre de coupe. Pierre qui effectue la coupe.
• Connecter. Rendre la coupe impossible.

• Territoire. Espace délimité par les pierres d’un joueur.
• Prisonnier. Pierre capturée et mise de coté, vaut 1 point.
• Pierre morte. Pierre en territoire ennemie ne pouvant plus être sauvée. -1 point.
• Aji [adji] = arrière goût. Potentielle de nuisance d’une pierre morte.
• Ko = ‘éternité’. Combat pour la capture d’une seule pierre.
• Menace de ko. Coup joué pour empêcher l’adversaire de terminer le ko.

• Atari. Quand une pierre ou une chaîne de pierre n’a plus qu’une seule liberté.
• Seki [c'est-qui]. Situation d’équilibre où les pierres ne peuvent être capturée.
• Tesuji [t'es-sous-d'ji]. Coup astucieux, permettant d’obtenir plus que le coup normal.
• Dame [damé]. Point de territoire neutre, n’appartenant à personne.

• Fuseki [fou-c'est-qui]. Début de partie.
• Chuban [chou-banne] Milieu de partie.
• Yose [yo-c'est]. Fin de partie.
• Tsumego [t'sous-mes-go]. Problème de vie ou de mort, peuvent se rencontrer pendant une partie, mais sont surtout des exercices d’entraînement à part entière.

• Nigiri [ni-gui-riz]. Tirage au sort pour attribuer les couleurs pour les parties à égalité.
• Komi. Points donnés à Blanc pour faire une partie à égalité.
• Handicap. Pierre d’avance donné au joueur le plus faible.
• Byo-yomi. Période de temps supplémentaire, pour les parties limitées en temps.
• Kyu [qui-où]. Niveau de joueur, allant de 30ème à 1er.
• Dan [danne]. Niveau de joueur, allant de 1er à 9 ème.

Les noms indiqués sont ceux que nous utilisons ‘le plus souvent’ à l’AGA, parfois nous utilisons le terme japonais, parfois une traduction, rien n’est gravé sur les pierres À noter que le ponuki [peau-nous-qui] = fleur, implique la capture d’une pierre en son centre. Sans la capture, ce n’est pas un ponuki.

Chess in Russia : Alexander Morozevich vs Grigoriy Oparin - Moscow Chess Blitz 2015

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Chess, Super Bltz! : Daniil Dubov vs Dmitry Andreikin - Moscow Chess Blitz 2015

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Baduk Weiqi Igo documentary : Go, The Mind Sport that Attracts the World-Korea Amateur Baduk Association

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Chess in China - Men: Top 30 - november 2015

https://ratings.fide.com/topfed.phtml?tops=0&ina=1&country=CHN

China  (Active players)  

#	Name	Title	Fed	Rating	G	B-Year
1	Ding, Liren	g	CHN	2781	8	1992
2	Li, Chao b	g	CHN	2750	7	1989
3	Wei, Yi	g	CHN	2737	10	1999
4	Yu, Yangyi	g	CHN	2734	19	1994
5	Wang, Yue	g	CHN	2729	7	1987
6	Bu, Xiangzhi	g	CHN	2710	0	1985
7	Wang, Hao	g	CHN	2700	13	1989
8	Ni, Hua	g	CHN	2696	2	1983
9	Hou, Yifan	g	CHN	2683	15	1994
10	Zhou, Weiqi	g	CHN	2643	0	1986
11	Wen, Yang	g	CHN	2625	4	1988
12	Zhao, Jun	g	CHN	2623	2	1986
13	Lu, Shanglei	g	CHN	2615	6	1995
14	Zhou, Jianchao	g	CHN	2604	11	1988
15	Ma, Qun	g	CHN	2602	0	1991
16	Zhang, Pengxiang	g	CHN	2572	0	1980
17	Xiu, Deshun	g	CHN	2565	0	1989
18	Ju, Wenjun	g	CHN	2547	9	1991
19	Gao, Rui	g	CHN	2536	9	1992
20	Yu, Ruiyuan	g	CHN	2533	0	1991
21	Wang, Chen	m	CHN	2529	0	1993
22	Xu, Jun	g	CHN	2526	0	1962
23	Zhao, Xue	g	CHN	2524	0	1985
24	Lin, Chen	m	CHN	2520	0	1988
25	Li, Shilong	g	CHN	2518	0	1977
26	Liu, Qingnan	g	CHN	2515	0	1992
27	Zeng, Chongsheng	g	CHN	2514	9	1993
28	Bai, Jinshi	g	CHN	2500	0	1999
29	Tan, Zhongyi	wg	CHN	2492	0	1991
30	Wan, Yunguo	m	CHN	2490	0	1990

Gli svantaggi di giocare a Brandubh senza conoscere l'inglese...

Chi poteva immaginare che la non comprensione dell'espressione: "This means that the king is captured against a corner square by one attacker." avrebbe comportato la seguente spiacevolissima conseguenza...

White:  mmagari, Milano, Italia
Black:  Tamarisco, ,
Brandubh 7x7 (Irish Tafl)
Black won.
2015-06-08

Chess in Russia top 30 - November 2015

Russia  (Active players)  https://ratings.fide.com/topfed.phtml?ina=1&country=RUS

#	Name	Title	Fed	Rating	G	B-Year
1	Kramnik, Vladimir	g	RUS	2796	11	1975
2	Karjakin, Sergey	g	RUS	2766	22	1990
3	Grischuk, Alexander	g	RUS	2750	13	1983
4	Svidler, Peter	g	RUS	2745	21	1976
5	Tomashevsky, Evgeny	g	RUS	2743	12	1987
6	Jakovenko, Dmitry	g	RUS	2735	14	1983
7	Andreikin, Dmitry	g	RUS	2732	15	1990
8	Vitiugov, Nikita	g	RUS	2724	9	1987
9	Nepomniachtchi, Ian	g	RUS	2705	12	1990
10	Morozevich, Alexander	g	RUS	2695	9	1977
11	Malakhov, Vladimir	g	RUS	2693	6	1980
12	Rublevsky, Sergei	g	RUS	2692	4	1974
13	Matlakov, Maxim	g	RUS	2684	8	1991
14	Artemiev, Vladislav	g	RUS	2676	4	1998
15	Najer, Evgeniy	g	RUS	2674	16	1977
16	Inarkiev, Ernesto	g	RUS	2668	18	1985
17	Fedoseev, Vladimir	g	RUS	2664	8	1995
18	Zvjaginsev, Vadim	g	RUS	2662	5	1976
19	Lysyj, Igor	g	RUS	2660	22	1987
20	Bukavshin, Ivan	g	RUS	2657	2	1995
21	Dubov, Daniil	g	RUS	2655	5	1996
22	Khismatullin, Denis	g	RUS	2654	11	1984
23	Motylev, Alexander	g	RUS	2653	4	1979
24	Grachev, Boris	g	RUS	2652	8	1986
25	Popov, Ivan	g	RUS	2650	7	1990
26	Khairullin, Ildar	g	RUS	2647	5	1990
27	Sjugirov, Sanan	g	RUS	2646	2	1993
27	Riazantsev, Alexander	g	RUS	2646	0	1985
29	Dreev, Aleksey	g	RUS	2644	0	1969
30	Alekseev, Evgeny	g	RUS	2642	6	1985