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thanks again loolarge, and thanks sealegs. i'm trying to take all the advice people can give me!
alright i think i'm done working on this for today, that's why i'm posting it now. i really need a better background. that white is killing my eyes. the rest of my practicing today will be in pencil. going from wacom to pencil is such a relieving shift, but i guess that's cause i'm just not used to the wacom yet.
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so bad news... i was always at school for philosophy but always kept art in mind and was considering transferring all freshman year and beyond... now after visiting both pafa and uarts (pafa was so far superior and i loved it!) my parents don't want me attending either. so i guess i'm not transferring. there are other art schools, i know, but i didn't want to leave my school that badly to begin with and only really have friends in philly. art has been shot down to a hobby ...... or has it? i'll find out i guess.
some attempts at painting in color, man i SUCK at it, the colors are so bland and there is no contrast and i even desperately attempting a shoddy photoshop fix to the first one... i tried matching the colors directly from the photoref but i'll be more liberal next time. i'm gonna do studies from life and read on it as well. the pages are from the car ride home, awkward poorly shaded figure and doodles.
Cool stuff, man... your work is clearly improving -- anatomy, drapery, imagination, all of it Carry on!
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so a combination of finally deciding art school is not in my immediate future, taking a week trip to west virginia to help rebuild homes with my church, and just being a lazy bum in the sun smoking cigarettes and drinking tea have caused me not to draw for a damn long time, and it's hard to get back the patience i only now realize i had acquired. now i look at stuff and i'm like f8ck i have to draw that?? oh well. i'll keep on going. hope to start improving again soon.
i also tried a little still life painting with photoshop. color's a bitch. i can't wait to actually get a handle on it
i haven't been drawing regularly for nearly two months now. it wasn't really wasted time, but i mean... that's kindof a while, i'm trying to get back into it now. again.
The last one rocks totally You are gifted, so you will get your juice back in no time.
Ok, I still don't have anything new to post because my scanner hasn't been hooked up or with me for about 3 months, but I was looking through here and started really missing posting so I thought I'd leave a little blurb anyway. I'll try and see if there's anything worth posting of mine...
...well here's a quick portrait study from almost exactly 2 years ago... one of the best things I did back then. Hope I've gotten better.
new sketchbook, been keepin up (sort of!), here's a dump of the best of it, don't really have the patience to scan everything. i'll get back into hours and hours of drawing a day soon, right now i'm only at like 1 or so
some bad pages, i'm so bad from my imagination, but i just have to keep doing it i guess
some studies... it seems all i do is studies because i hate the work i do out of my head. anyone have any advice for me? i feel like i'm learning the face and figure at a good pace, my imagination drawings are improving but they are certainly way less than what i want them to be.
Keep taking what you give to these forums, you're doing great. Have a good new year. Give more priority to the work you do out of your head in the lines, more than the values and shading. The studies you do are building foundation there. When you take your imaginated (lol) work to a finished level with color or grayscale, it'll be worthwhile.
Man, you're talented enough that you can make it without art school but I must say it's rather strange seeing someone of your skill have this on/off affair with art. Love your rendering, love your ballet figures, beautiful work. Follow your bliss my friend!
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matsign: thanks, i realize i don't really think through the work i do from my head, i'll try to work straight through to a finished piece tomorrow, and post it no matter how shitty (it'll work my skills in the right direction anyway, right?)
eon: i'm flattered, and if i want to "make it" drawing (though it's just a hobby at this point, albeit a passion), like you said, i have to stop this on/off thing i've got going. i've been drawing or painting daily since i started these updates, and unless i meet a girl or something (hate to be so weak but that always throws any diligence i have out the window) i plan to continue that way. plz god no girls D: my art is more important
here's a little sandbox pad i started in photoshop while i was reading a bridgman book. i'm far too tired to continue it right now but i hope to do a fully rendered figure from photoref in ps tomorrow.
Cool, I remember that page haha. With the imagination thing, take your time on it man. Elwell ( ) will remind you that to consider when, where, how, who, why. Give whatever your drawing a story in your head. Don't start shading until all the lines are down.
Your renders kick major ass, so I think you have the patience. Yeah and girls are only good ar distracting you. Love is fleeting, knowledge is forever! haha.
alright, started off with bridgman studies which, even though my figures are looking WAY TOO MUCH like his now i think that's a very good start on getting the form down from my head alone. every drawing on every page, except for the first one, is from my imagination.
matsign, i followed through and made a fairly finished thing out of my imagination, i scanned both the line drawing and the rendered thing and cropped it.
when, where, how, who, why? those will be explained in my up coming metal gear solid 3 slash fic
then i started a little photoref study in wacom of some guy laying on a bed but i cut out the bed. i've had enough male bodies for now though, i think i'm gonna work on something else tomorrow
thanks again mat, i think your advice helped a lot.
cool stuff here!
indeed studies are very important, i must have over a hundred papers around with that kind of things, well most of them 10 years old, but it works, when i now start a creation, it helps a lot to have done these steps before...
keep it up!
today i felt like studying legs and feet so i stayed in a room with a huge mirror in only my undies and sketched a lot. not much else to say about this update... thanks for stoppin by fantasio, i'll be checking your work out regularly so i hope to see more great stuff!
Just wanted to say your work is looking really good. I like those characters that you have midway here on the second page with those masks over there faces. Nasty! =)
Have a look at my sketchbook at:
Seems like you've improved alot since you first started this sketchbook
Your figures seem alot more distinct if you know what I mean
HOLY CRAP! those torsos and faces are amazing! why the heck does this sketchbook not have any stars?!?
these are sooo good, man. ur awesome
Incessant Doodlings of a Wandering Mind (my sketchbook)
"Avoidance of what you can't draw well doesn't stimulate growth." -Cory Trego-Erdner
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Lege1: thanks, and i saw your massive graffiti dump, really awesome stuff, i like to do drunken stenciling here and there but you have real skills with a can. i'll leave a comment at your sb sometime
JFierce: heh yeah i had to get out of my block figure stage sometime... still trying to make them what i want (ultra real and stuff)
Ignominious: thanks for the , haha it's encouraging.
not much of an update, did more bridgman stuff and tried to make a figure out of my head and paint it on wacom. it's all muddy and the anatomy is weird but i'm just gonna keep trying. i'll dump what's been going on in my physical sketchbook soon, i just don't think any of it is quite worth scanning yet.
Great sb man ive just looked through the whole thing, i find it hard working from my head aswell just something to keep trying and trying i reckon! keep it up!
My Sketchbook http://www.conceptart.org/forums/sho...d.php?t=109607
Please dump from the physical sketchbook. I'm sure most around here would agree it's worth it. As for the girls...
Draw them! They love it. Plus you get to learn anatomy... Great way to meet up with girls at random places too. I carry a small sketchpad in my back pocket for that very reason. Try it, with your portrait ability you''ll have fun with it.
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great stuff man, keep this shit up!
Thanks for stopping by my sketchbook I realised I hadn't checked out yours yet. Those anatomy studies look great, and just remind me once more to do those studies myself as well. Bridgmans books seem to be a good buy.
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Dude, your from philly? Thats cool, I haven't really seen too many people around here from that area.
Your stuff is great, I like that guy with the metal gear solid helmet (Can't remember which boss that was?) It's good to see you drawing so much.
I'm in a similar position to where you were a few months ago. I'm trying to decide if I want to go to school for engineering or art...and my parents are of course pushing for engineering, while I'm kinda leaning the other way.
Keep up your drawing, whether it stays as only a hobby, or you decide to push it further.
wow great stuff, i really like your scans from your sketchbooks... your good oh and by the way, hot rats is a great album...
If you have time i would be honored if you come by my sketchbook
Heyhey, it's nice to meet another dude from college :] Looks like I've got a way to go to catch up - keep it up!
AHA! i see your sketchbook has stars now....it's about time
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4.16/5 rDev -5.9%
look: 3 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4.25
On tap at Woodshop 8 held at The Hermosillo in Los Angeles, CA.
Pours a murky light orange with a foamy bone head that fades to nothing. No lacing on the drink down. Smell is sour and tart with malt, peach, nectarine, and acidic aromas. Taste is much the same with sour and tart peach and apricot flavors on the finish. There is a medium amount of acidity on the palate with each sip. This beer has a lower level of carbonation with a slightly crisp mouthfeel. Overall, this is a very good beer with some great aromas making for a tasty and super easy to drink beer.
Serving type: on-tap
10-29-2013 04:56:09 | More by UCLABrewN84
4.38/5 rDev -0.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Thanks to whoever brought this one to the Hill Farmstead CW pre share.
A - Pours a hazy golden peach color with a nice one finger tall white head, dissipating down to a light film, leaving small trails of lace on the glass.
S - Smells of fresh peaches, mild funk, woody oak, lactic sourness, some basement must and a bit of sweet pale malt. Lots of funky peaches, love it.
T - Starts off with fresh picked ripe peaches slowly giving way to oak tannins, basement must, light funk, greek yogurt, white wine and a bit of sweetness from the malt. Finish is quite dry, lingering long after the finish. Lots of flavor, just with the peaches came through a bit more.
M - Medium body with moderate carbonation. Smooth, tart feel with a nice dry ending. Quite easy drinking all things considered.
O - This was an awesome peach sour. It was going up against a bunch of other Peach and Stone Fruit sours and really held its own, it was in my top three. I would love to have this again in the future.
Serving type: bottle
08-12-2013 02:44:42 | More by orangesol
4/5 rDev -9.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
From notes. Poured from a 750 mL bottle into a tulip.
A very hazy golden color with a ton of carbonation out of the bottle.
Sour peach and oak come rise above a blonde base beer aroma. There is a bit of vinegar as well.
Peach, light malts, crisp, tart, fairly sour during the flavor with a lingering sourness. There is a little bit of lemon zest and some oaky white wine notes. The peaches are not as full as I would have hoped. The depth is kind of lacking in the flavor.
Veritas 010 is very crisp, and the medium body borders on over-carbonated.
This is a nice beer, but my expectations are very high for a beer in the Veritas series.
Serving type: bottle
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- The Bank of Indonesia's holdings have plunged a record 18% in 2013, while the rupiah has dropped 12%. The Reserve Bank of India's holdings have fallen 4% as the rupee has dropped 12%.
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- "We only have a mandate to concern ourselves with the interest of the United States," Dennis Lockhart said.
- "They were complaining about us easing too much," James Bullard said. "Now when we start to talk about taper they're complaining about too tight of a policy. They have an independent monetary policy and they have to use that to manage" their own economies.
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- Emerging-market currencies have continued to suffer losses following the release of the latest FOMC minutes yesterday, which provided little clarity about when the Fed might start tapering its QE program but left the market expecting that it will be next month.
- Ten-year Treasury yields are +2 bps at 2.916%. The recent spike in U.S. debt yields has caused borrowing costs to rise globally, which, along with the rising dollar, has not been healthy for emerging markets with large current account deficits, such as India.
- USD-INR is +0.5% at 65.045 Indian rupees, with the currency hitting a new low of 65.55 earlier.
- USD-TRY +0.4% at 1.9861 Turkish lira, with the currency hitting a new low of 1.9886 earlier.
- USD-IPR +2.1% at 11,050 Indonesian rupiah.
- USD-MYR +0.6% at 3.3102 Malaysian ringgit.
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- Maybe more worrisome is the move down in emerging market currencies, writes Enis Taner. In the last 5 such episodes, the S&P (SPY) also fell by at least 7.5% "Ignore the continued weakness in EM currencies at your own risk."
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Thursday, Mar 292012, 12:05 PMWith risk poking its head out again, emerging market currencies slide, led today by South Africa's rand (SZR) and the Hungarian forint. Both country's kept interest rates on hold last night, with South Africa's central bank sounding a bit dovish. Also hit are the Mexican peso (FXM) and India's rupee (ICN) |Thursday, Mar 292012, 12:05 PM| 1 Comment
Monday, Mar 262012, 10:39 AMCapital in search of returns is pouring into frontier market currencies, sending a host of them up more than double digits against the greenback this year. Many of these countries have not just high interest rates, but also hard commodities which get more dear as the balance sheets of Western central banks power upward. |Monday, Mar 262012, 10:39 AM| Comment!
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Tuesday, Nov 292011, 9:04 AMEurope's issues are secular and global, writes Bill Gross, "reflecting worldwide delevering and growth dynamics that began in 2008." In this environment, 5% long term portfolio growth will put investors near the top of the class. Focus on the "cleanest dirty shirts" - U.S., Canada, U.K., and Oz - as well as a resource-rich EMs like Brazil. |Tuesday, Nov 292011, 9:04 AM| Comment!


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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Olympic ski champion Bode Miller and his ex-girlfriend agreed Monday to share custody of their young son following a year of legal battles that have played out in two states and raised questions about the rights of women to move while pregnant.
Miller, 36, and ex-girlfriend Sara McKenna, 27, told a New York City Family Court referee on Monday they had settled on a temporary order that gives them each specific blocks of time with their 9-month-old son. The agreement will remain in place while they seek a permanent custody arrangement.
Fiordaliza Rodriguez, the court attorney referee, accepted the plan and said it "appears to be in the best interest of the child."
After the hearing, Miller told reporters, "We're psyched about the co-parenting plan."
He said his son will be able to accompany him to the 2014 Olympic games in Sochi in February. It will be Miller's fifth Olympics.
Miller and McKenna, who dated briefly in San Diego in 2012, have been fighting for primary legal custody of the boy since before he was born. McKenna, a former Marine, relocated from California to New York last December while seven months pregnant to attend Columbia University.
Shortly after the child was born, Rodriguez heard the case and lambasted McKenna for moving while pregnant, calling the decision to relocate while custody was at play "reprehensible."
Rodriguez sent the case back to California, and a judge there stripped McKenna of primary custody, handing the baby over to Miller and his new wife, professional volleyball player Morgan Beck-Miller, in September.
McKenna's attorneys appealed, and a five-judge panel ruled in November that her rights had been violated and that jurisdiction belongs in New York because the baby, born February 23, was a resident of the state.
Sonia Ossorio, president of the New York chapter of the National Organization for Women, said the original family court ruling had set a "dangerous" precedent for pregnant women who need to move.
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McKenna and Miller have both said they had ultimately hoped to find a co-parenting agreement.
During Monday's hearing, McKenna said she thought the shared plan was "absolutely" in the best interest of the child.
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I decided to focus my research on the relationships of mothers and their daughters in Spain and how Francisco Franco's dictatorship shaped that relationship. During Franco's regime, women were given a very strict Catholic upbringing, which instilled in them certain conservative beliefs. On the other hand, their daughters who have grown up in a mostly democratic government have had a much more liberal upbringing. This different kind of atmosphere shape the way in which both women think and view not only the world but most importantly their role as women in the world.
In interviewing these women I came across many different standpoints, which surprised me. As a scholar, I made the mistake of going into the field with a certain expectation; for example, I thought that all the mothers would have Catholicism very internalized to the point that it would cause conflict with their daughters that are not as religious. However, that was not always the case; one of the mothers in particular expressed how much she not only hated the regime, for her family always believed in democracy which was the system of government in Spain before Franco, but she hated religion studies as well. She, like I expected the daughters to be, hated the norms that women needed to follow to be "good citizens", which was being a good wife under any circumstance, being religious and being nationalistic. Those where the three characteristics Spanish women needed to conform to, wifehood/ motherhood, Catholicism and patriotism. So I learned that as a researcher, the most important aspect and perhaps the hardest thing to do, is to go into the field without any expectations, that is the smart way of conducting research.
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Critz, a member of the House Small Business Committee, said during a tour of Gross Bros. Welding & Fabrication in Somerset that he is trying to determine how the federal government can help small businesses become more effective. Critz and his staff plan to visit 100 small businesses in Somerset, Allegheny, Armstrong, Cambria, Fayette, Greene, Indiana, Washington and Westmoreland counties by the end of the week.
"What I'm trying to do is get some ideas to help make you more effective," he said.
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"It's nice to hear," he said. "We are always looking for something to fall back on. It never hurts to have other ideas."
Critz said that one of the issues he sees is that small business owners are busy working in their own shops and may not have the time to research all available opportunities.
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Critz, along with Johnstown Area Regional Industries and the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown, hosted a jobs summit Tuesday evening called "The Manufacturing and Medical Promise of Prosperity" at the UPJ campus. Critz and his staff were scheduled to visit about 45 small businesses by the end of Tuesday.


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Viswanathan Anand has arrived in Sofia. In the last days he and his team travelled for 40 hours by bus, from Frankfurt to the Bulgarian capital. "You can imagine he's very tired, so at the moment he's sleeping," delegation leader Hans-Walter Schmitt told us. In the meantime FIDE Deputy President Georgios Makropoulos has spoken out. Update: the organizing committee sticks to their initial response, and refused postponement in a new statement.
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After a long and tough travel, which took 40 hours, Anand and his team have reached Sofia, delegation leader Hans-Walter Schmitt told us by phone. Schmit had arrived in Sofia last Thursday, taking one of the last flights possible from Germany to Sofia, before the volanic ash closed almost all of Europe's airports.
"Going through Austria and Hungary went smoothly," Schmitt says. "However, after that the team encountered some problems with visas. And the roads in Romania are very bad, I can tell you." The World Champion's team had arranged a bus to make the long trip, for which the theoretical 18.5 hours of travelling time given by Google Maps proved much too optimistic, especially when the whole of Europe is travelling by train or car. "The organizers said it was easy to reach Sofia, but I can tell you that it was not, under these circumstances," Schmitt added.
The Bulgarian organizers were surprised that they were informed only on Sunday about the travel problems of the Anand team. "But you have to realize that on Friday and Saturday it was completely unclear what the volcano was going to do," says Schmitt. "At first we decided to wait, but then on Sunday morning we decided to go over land. Then we immediately informed them and FIDE."
Schmitt added that he couldn't say too much yet, because Aruna Anand was preparing an official statement which would be published on the All Indian Chess Federation's website later today. This has been published by now:
World champion Viswanathan Anand has reached Sofia, the Bulgarian capital after a 40-hour road journey from Germany as flights were cancelled due to the volcanic ash floating across European airspace resulting in cancellation of flights.
The 40-year old world champion and his wife are obviously very tired after such a long journey by road and hoped the organisers would accept their reasonable request of postponement of the game by three days. Anand is not used to travelling such distances on road and not giving a three day postponement could give challenger Veselin Topalov a significant advantage.
Anand had planned to reach the venue on April 16 which is one week before the first game on April 23. Now he arrived four days behind due to factors beyond his control and has wanted a three day postponement.The road route selected to reach Sofia was done after a look into the visas they had on their passport.
Anand might miss the press conference but will attend the opening ceremony according to his wife Aruna Anand. Not rescheduling the games will mean Topalov could have the same advantage which Anatoly Karpov enjoyed in the World Title match at Lausanne in 1998.
"The news from us is that we reached here safely," said Aruna Anand on the phone.
Had Alexander Alekhine been in Anand's place, he would have sought a postponement of atleast a week as world champions ruled and challengers were at the mercy of champions. Such natural calamities had not occurred during world championships.
Sometimes a handicap is a better way to start a match and Anand can turn the disadvantage into a driving force in the 12-game series.
Yesterday FIDE Deputy President Georgios Makropoulos spoke to Chessdom about the recent developments. On Anand's travelling problems, and request for a postponement, Makropoulos said:
Of course, we understand that this creates big problems for his preparation because in such matches you need to be there several days before the start. You cannot just go the day before and start playing. You come with your people, you start to adjust to the conditions, and you try to be organized in order to play the match. I understand this very well, he needs several days, therefore in the contract it says that he can come 7 days before (last Friday). And he was preparing to come last Friday via Madrid - Frankfurt - Sofia flight. He could not get the connection from Frankfurt because it was cancelled.
I believe we have very good understanding, with all sides helping resolve the situation. Sergiev is very cooperative, Danailov as well, Aruna and Anand too. Everybody understands and cooperates. They see the problems of the other side. The one of Anand is obvious, this is force majeure. But on the other side, to postpone the match for three days will create very big problems for the organizers because they already have their contracts with TV, people that are involved with the organization, hotels, transportation agencies and they have already published the brochures and posters, the original schedule is everywhere. The politicians and everyone who want to attend the opening ceremony or will come for the first move of the first round, knows the schedule, they have arranged their time, so everybody will be forced to make radical changes if we go for postponement. All of us understand very well what is going on and we have good communication.
Having "good communication" is something, but what really becomes clear is that FIDE is reluctant to take a decision on the postponement at this point. We'll have to await further developments.
Update 17:19 CET: the organizing committee sticks to their initial response, and refused postponement in a new statement:
Communication from the Organizing Committee
The Organizing Committee responsible for the organization of the FIDE World Chess Championship Match in Sofia got acquainted with the arising situation regarding the beginning of the match, because the world champion Mr. Anand arrived late in the city.
During the official FIDE congress in Kallithea (Greece) in November 2009, the World Championship match between Viswanathan Anand and Veselin Topalov was scheduled for 5th of April 2010. At the instance of Mr. Anand the starting date was changed to 21st of April 2010.
This chess event has exceptional meaning not only for the chess community all over the world but also for Bulgaria as a country. Therefore the whole organization of this event is under the direct leadership of the Bulgarian Prime Minister - Mr. Boyko Borisov who is also the Chairman of the Organizing Committee.
All official guests and sponsors of the event have made their travel arrangements and plans so they can participate at the official Opening Ceremony on April 21st, 2010 and also at the first game on April 23rd, 2010. Possible change of these dates would deprive them of this opportunity.
For those reasons, is unacceptable to us to make any postponement of the match and change the program for its implementation.
20 April 2010 Organizing Committee
In the mean time we'll embed an interview Anand gave last year to Al-Jazeera's Riz Khan, in the April 10, 2009 show One on one.
People stop answering chessfans post, he is obviosuly a troll and you all know:
The official website says "On April 21st the official Opening Ceremony will be broadcasted live starting at 17.45 EEST ",
Does anybody know if the games (video) will be live?
Will chessvibes be recording the full video of all games?
On a totally unrelated note, I saw the add here on ChessVibes for the book "Play Chess Like the PROs" by Danny Gormally. ROTFLMAO! It should have been titled "How to Punch Aronian Like a Sissy Over His Girlfriend"!
"People stop answering chessfans post, he is obviosuly a troll and you all know:
Well I cheesfan oblige to immediately stopped posting but chessfan obviously is not a troll. One bulgarian but not a troll too left the friendly "chessvibes" site.
If I can fly, I'll try to create daily videos, based on the games and the press conferences afterwards and hopefully interviews with interesting people. However, it's quite unclear to what extent the media will be allowed to film during the game. E.g. during Topalov-Kamsky this was not allowed. Besides, the organizers request 15,000 Euros (!) for using the official material, including the right to transmit the games live. Yes, there we go again...
I wonder who will pay the (unprecedented!!??) 15,000 Euros, and who will transmit the live games without official permission and payment ... more scandals to come I predict.
Harish Srinivasan has a good point that others also have trouble reaching Sofia - taken from the Makropoulos interview, while the organizers for the time being pretend that Anand is the only one, hence it must be his own fault ... . But I don't see Ilyumzhinov travelling overland from Elista to Sofia.
BTW, there is coverage by Hans-Walter Schmitt (in German) at www.chess-tigers.com . I won't translate much, just one sentence: "They [the organizers] put economic advantages for the country and city of Sofia above the interest of the world champion and the entire chess world to see a fair match with equal conditions." He is obviously biased (so am I !?) but I agree with him.
Final point: Barcelona lost their Champions League match in Milan - will there be renewed discussions about their bus trip now?
ChessDom will get "permission" (without having to pay the 15.000), ChessBase will not get the "permission", unless they pay the 15.000.
We went over this already on this blog. They don't have a legal leg to stand on in this regard, but most sites probably will not "dare" or prefer to avoid more "scandal", just like the last time they did this, Mtel if I remember correctly.
(I'm taking poetic license with the quotes. ;))
Here's the link: Copyright on chess moves – shadows on the wall?
Apparently it was the Topalov - Kamsky match. But I believe they started this with the Mtel tournament.
it is a pity for a great player like Topalov to be associated with such people.
leaving the OC arguments(?) aside, the mere tone of their statements and total disrespect towards the World Champion is a scandal.
no one outside bulgaria will be happy if Topalov wins the match, because chess deserves a more decent man as World Champion.
@ bulgarian friends
no one has a reason to dislike bulgarians in general, the topalov team provokes these feelings though.
just stop for a moment to think why everyone is rooting for Anand, despite Topalov being such a fascinating chess player.
i used to be a big topalov fan, but after the toiletgate and his behavior after the match i just despise the guy like everyone else.
We don't mind travelling a long distance for some weekend tournament we play in, knowing we will be exhausted before the tournament ends. But we do mind people demanding the same from a participant in a World Championship match. So the inhospitable Bulgarian organizers and unscrupulous ministers as well as the incompetent FIDE executives can kiss our asses and lick our balls, for we want respect for our game and demand fair treatment of our worldchampion. And when not, then Anand remains our champion and Topalov can go play poker.
Did FC Barcelona ask to postpone the game against FC Inter? No, they did not, and they took buses to go to Italy. They played the game today and they lost, but they won't blame anybody for that! All the best and hope that helps!
I wonder what the reaction would be if Topalov and Danailov -due to a an unforeseeable natural disaster- were arriving late in Dehli for a WC match organized by the All Indian Association and being refused a 3-day postponement.
that would not happen.
because Anand is a gentleman and he would personally arrange that the postponement was granted
I wonder if the hot water will be working at Anand's hotel. Seriously, is it too late to tell the organizers to stay classy? Because they really need it.
I really would like to believe you, but I am inclined to SanChess. And it's not Anand that would be making the decision but the Organisers and AICF.
As an interested fan, I'd be completely satisfied if, before the first game, two "simple" things happened:
1. The two sides showed some public understanding of the other part, and apologize for any disrespectful/insulting it may have produced.
2. In spite of the inconvenients, the two sides felt in absolutely no disadvantage, and also happily made that public.
If posible, that's what I wish for both of them --- Anand and Topalov --- and for all of us.
Then we'd have chess again, not vain polemics and ashgates.
Money, childishness, fear and hate: Small dosis of those in the chess kindom, please!
@SanChess, my guess would be that whether postponement actually happens or not, they (AICF or any other organizer for that matter) wouldn't resort to the sort of personal attacks the BCF camp so gleefully indulge themselves in.
Let us put the question a different way, with the same organizers, let us say, it was Topalov who got stuck stuck somewhere for some unforeseen reason - just imagine how they would approach the issue - regardless of the outcome.
There are 2 points that I can see that the organizers are peeved about from the Anand camp:
1. Someone from Anand's team occupied the rooms 1 day earlier than they thought.
2. A request from the organizers for the exact time/details of arrival, sent on Apr 15 did not get a response (when Anand was apparently in travel between Madrid-Frankfurt) - in their own words they received prompt and timely response 100% up until that time.
With these 2 points they have constructed a story and looked for all possible ways to indulge in personal attacks.
Make no mistake, in the "good old days" of chess, the champion would have had the organizer/challenger pay dearly for throwing such unwarranted trash at him.
We are however, thankfully in the era of gentlemen champions like Kramnik/Anand and thank goodness for that!
ChessBase has a report of Anand's 40 hour trip to Sofia. Interesting preparation by Anand! http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=6269
Well, I Believe Anand has to forget about this "unkind" behaviour and lack of understanding of the bulgarians, otherwise this can start influencing the match itself.
He has to rest and concentrate on his chess. His preparation has already finished ...so in reality he starts in good conditions...
I am just finishing the book Bobby Fischer goes to war ... a fairly recent book about the 1972 match conditions ... well the behaviour of the danailov maffia gang isnt much compared to the one of Fischer haha
It is very interesting to read the article published in the chess base about the adventurous journey of Anand's team from Frankfurt to Sofia.
Let's hope now Anand crushes topalov and the sinister danailov and bag millions of $$ from bulgarian treasury!
You read a book that was written recently. There will be few recent books about Fischer with a positive angle. All of his chess life has been covered and all that is left is negative overtones of his post-1972 life. I'll have to read my copy, but I would imagine the write may be influenced by Fischers more recent pronoucements.
The adventurous journey was fascinating to read. Very well written as well I should say. Although they have made it sound nice, boy that must have been quite an ordeal. The number of people who had to come, so many bags, computers, and then the visa problems, road conditions... the list goes on.
But I like the way the article does not really whine so much about the difficulties but makes sure they are all mentioned and takes a liter tone mentioning the trilogy. But as a reader even to imagine such a journey and to arrive just 3 days before the match is crazy, not to mention the mental tension of getting there.
Very nice report about the journey to Sofia. Anand has won the batle of the public opinion by a large margin already even if he loses the match. The organizers are cornered. A PR disaster for the organizers if they dont delay game 1 for at least one day. Anand has made a perfect opening move, lets see how team Topalov reacts.
I bet someone in the car joked that Anand was Frodo, and that they were on a journey through Romania (almost an anagram of Moria) to cast the Ring of power into Mount Doom. Kramnik would be Bilbo Baggins, and I can very well picture Topalov shouting "Thief, thief, thief! Baggins! We hates it, we hates it, we hates it for ever!" and whispering in the dark "my prrrrecious!"...
@kfan "the organizers are cornered".
dont underestimate Danailov. He is capable of switching the story around to something like "Anand's team planned all this to corner the organizers. He had a Mercedes Sprinter already prebooked and was always planning on a road trip. The volcano worked in his favor and he has put forward his case as though everything was natural and is exerting pressure on us".
dosnt that sound so much like Danailov.
LOL! brilliant! Dont forget - Danilov as Sarumon and Nazgul played by the BCF
I agree with Haris Srinivasan, that fellow is capable to switch the story around, just like what happened between Short-Chaperinov's shake hand issue.
Ha. ha. ha.
@ Rajeshv ["Make no mistake, in the "good old days" of chess, the champion would have had the organizer/challenger pay dearly for throwing such unwarranted trash at him.
We are however, thankfully in the era of gentlemen champions like Kramnik/Anand and thank goodness for that!]
You're very right. Fischer or Kasparov would have already given the organizers and FIDE a good round of blows by now. Anyway, I hope Anand doesn't tire of being bigger than those circumstances and defeats Topalov as comprehensibly as he should. No longer being the No. 1 player or the challenger Mr Topalov will save us all the crap centered in and around him for longer than we have preferred.
?Aingle Pack - u r too good :-)
these bulgarians doesnt understand what sportsmanship is ...
keep on harping anand will make lot of money , BCF organized this event for 3M $ etc etc .... I think this comes from pedigree .....
total lack of morality , most of the comments seems lack of understanding of the problem ...... they are hosting an prestigious event , whole world is looking at this scandal now , these people dont know how to treat your guest , specially when he is world champion .... Any other player would have refused to play in bulgaria apart from Anand, he took the challenge ..... I still dont think it is a mistake on his part ......... most of the bloggers are non indian here , and it is quiete heartening to see everyone thinks the say i do .......... it is of great satisfaction to see your idol is a true sportsperson ... whatever topalov achieves in terms of winning prizes he will never have this in his life ...................... wish u all the best vishy ..........
The Bulgarian Chess Federation, and the organisers simply showed how ill-minded they are (sorry for chosing this word). They think that everyone is like them, and feel so free to make such ugly accusations. Someone from Anand's team got the room keys already.. and this shows that they are already in Sofia!! The journey report published on Chessbase is genious from Anand's side: It shows they have spirit, morale and humor.. and it details all the facts about the journey, so the organisers really owe an excuse now.. I wonder if they have such an understanding at least. Anyway, I wish the match will start peacefully and the better one will win. Cheers.
Anand has a contractual obligation to play a match at a set time and place for which he will be very handsomely paid. A hotel room was made available for him a week before the start of the event, but how and when he travels is of course completely at his own risk and responsability.
The Dainalov-clan may not be the most sympathetic people of history, they did manage to secure funds where everybody else failed. No doubt because he will be getting a big chunk of this money Anand accepted to play in Sofia in a match organized by the Bulgarians.
Anand should now slowly count to ten, take a hot bath, a good sleep and then start playing great chess.
May the games begin!
"they did manage to secure funds where everybody else failed"
There were competing bids for the WCh match, albeit with a somewhat lower prize fund!? In any case, I don't think that providing the money gives the organizers (to avoid the term "Bulgarians") the right to (mis)behave in any way they want to ... .
@Dikke Deur: "they did manage to secure funds where everybody else failed"
The point is it was "their necessity" to get a sponsor. Topalaov is a challenger. It is always the challenger's need. Anand doesn' give a damn if nobody sponsors the match. He will be happy as a World Champ. He has earned enough (and earning enough by playing in super-tournaments) to live a lavish life.
hmmm "had alekhine been in anands shoes" .... harish, anands' team need not reach so far back into global chess chronicles to uncover examples of flagrant favoritism: "when world champions ruled (kasparov) and challengers (anand, shirov, kramnik)) were at the mercy (or whim) of the world champion". besides, most young chess players (people) probably never heard of alexander alekhine.
had the late great garry kasparov been in anands shoes...!? i'm curious to know gk"s take on this fiasco.
after all is said and done vishy will prevail. so all you anand fans keep the nerve, keep the nerve.
Fide just announced game 1 delayed one day, to be played on Saturday. Opening ceremony does not change. Very reasonable decision.
there is always something to complain about.
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Mike Tyson's new book "Undisputed Truth" reveals the good and bad of "Kid Dynamite's" career, which included a cocaine addiction, seafood behind bars and an illicit affair with the woman charged with helping him get clean. Sounds legit.
From our on-field leader's acclaimed autobiography, Carlo Ancelotti: The Beautiful Games of an Ordinary Genius. "... only once in my life have I felt like I needed a psychiatrist … I was looking...
There has been a Didier Drogba sighting. And guess what, he's doing something commendable. Crazy, I know. Friday, Drogs was in Abidjan promoting his new book to donate a hefty monetary amount to...
I'm always looking for guests to appear on my sports show so when I discovered that sports journalist/author Scoop Malinowski had written a book about former ATP World Number One Marcelo Rios I contacted him about appearing on the program to talk all about the book….he said yes and you can listen to the show here. Scoop was also kind enough to send me a digital copy of Marcelo Rios: The Man We Barely Knew and even though I don't have all that much time for extra reading I decided to give this book a whirl.
The Ultimate Warrior's full length shoot interview about Hulk Hogan is a damp squib. Most of his best material was shown in his 7 minute preview video last week.
Last week we gave you a few excerpts from Brock Lesnar's new book "Death Clutch". Now you can read several more pages for free, as Harper Collins gives us an in-depth preview from 10 chapters of the book that comes out next week. HT: MMAMania
Brock Lesnar's new book called "Death Clutch" will be coming out this month. You can read a few excerpts here.
Video of UFC superstar Brock Lesnar announcing his upcoming book.
Forrest Griffin and Erich Krauss' second book, "Be Ready When The Sh*t Goes Down: A Survival Guide to the Apocalypse" made the New York Times Best-Seller list and debuted at #9. This week it drops down to #11. HT: Lolly
The NFL added rules to protect defenseless players and the umpires.
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