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The sweet, whistled song betrays the presence of this ground-loving blackbird. Polytypic. Length 9.5" (24 cm).
Identification Rotund, stocky medium-size icterid with a long bill, short tail, strong legs, and pointed tail feathers. Summer adult: cryptically patterned above; bright yellow below with bold black V on breast. Crown dark brown with white median crown stripe, dark postocular stripe, otherwise yellow supralores stand out on the paler face. Warm buff flanks crisply streaked brown. Back feathers edged white, but have complicated pattern of buff, and darker brown in centers. Fresh birds have a scaly look due to complete pale fringing of feathers. Coverts warm brown with dark bars that widen and meet adjacent dark bars at the feather shaft. Similarly, central tail feathers show confluent dark bars along shaft. Outer 3 tail feathers largely or entirely white. Bill gray with darker culmen and tip, legs dull pink, eyes dark. Winter adult: Pale tips cloud the black V on breast. Slightly more buffy yellow underparts; scaly upperparts. Juvenile: similar to winter adult, but paler yellow below and breast V streaked.
Geographic Variation Fifteen subspecies recognized, 4 in North America. The most distinct, and perhaps a good species, is lilianae, the "Lilian's." Found in the desert Southwest, it is smaller, has longer wings and legs, and is generally paler than typical easterns. It shows pale gray-brown plumage, like a western meadowlark, and separate and narrow bars on tail and greater coverts. It has extensive white on the tail, with the outer 3 rectrices entirely white, and the next in with substantial white. Although the calls are the same as for the eastern, the song of the "Lilian's" is slightly more complex and lower in pitch, somewhat reminiscent of a western.
Similar Species The western meadowlark is very similar. The call of the eastern is diagnostic; the higher-pitched chatter is unlike the dry rattle of a western. The eastern lacks yellow on the malar and is generally darker than a western, showing a saturated brown overall color. The eastern shows largely white outer 3 tail feathers, white is even more extensive on the "Lilian's" meadowlark. The "Lilian's" shows the pale plumage and discrete, separate barring as in western, but it lacks streaking on the pale, thus showing a great deal of contrast with the dark eye line and crown, and whitish supercilium and cheeks.
Voice Call: a buzzy dzert; also a chatter given by both sexes, higher pitched than rattle of the western meadowlark. Flight note: a sweet whistled weeet. Song: three to 5 or more loud, sliding, descending whistles lasting approximately 1.5 seconds, tsweee-tsweee-tsweeeooo.
Status and Distribution Common. Breeding: grasslands and old field habitats; where sympatric with western, takes moister grassland and shrubby edge habitats. "Lilian's" in desert grassland. Migration: diurnal migrant; northern birds move >620 miles, southern ones resident. Spring arrival dependent on snow melt, usually March–April, fall movements peak September–October. Winter: farmland, grasslands, and rangelands. Vagrant: casual to Newfoundland, North Dakota, Colorado, southwestern Arizona, and Manitoba.
Population General declines have been detected from the 1960s to the 1990s due to habitat loss.
—From the National Geographic book Complete Birds of North America, 2006
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This musical egg is reminiscent of the eggs crafted by Peter Carl Fabergé from 1885-1917, and plays Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy from Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite on an 18-note, key-wound musical movement. Hidden inside the egg is a handpainted pewter centerpiece of Clara (non-rotating) holding her nutcracker. The egg is crafted of lustrous, triple-fired porcelain decorated with details including raised relief, 22K gold accents, and 100 hand-set faux jewels and Swarovski crystals. The base of the egg has an artwork panorama in the Russian Palekh black-lacquer technique by master Natalia Zaitseva and depicts dancers at the Stahlbaum's Christmas Eve party. Each egg is numbered and includes a certificate of authenticity. 6" H x 4" W. (11 oz.)
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I wanted to give it as a gift, but will keep it just for display. Later I might order another.Colors are vibrant and beautiful.No movement of the dancer. Disappointed in that. Music is OK.Packaging well done.
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I bought it for a gift, but am disappointed with the quality of the music. It has a poor sound and long pauses every few seconds. Also would be nice if egg opened itself to play. Disappointed and am returning it.
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Ilyumzhinov reconsiders, gives Chernenko one more day (2nd update)
2nd UPDATE: open letter by Rustam Kamsky
Update: No Chernenko money, Iluymzhinov gives Bulgarian Chess Federation another chance.
By now nobody believes the Kamsky-Topalov match will still take place before the end of the year, if at all, but after receiving another letter by Kamsky's manager Chernenko, FIDE President Ilyumzhinov decided to reconsider his personal guarantee and set Mr Chernenko another ultimatum: one more day. Article updated.
2nd update, November 7, 10:02 CET: expectedly, protests would follow Ilyumzhinov's decision to re-opened the bidding for the Kamsky-Topalov match. This morning an open letter (why all these press releases and open letters are necessary beats us - why not have a few conference calls every now and then?) by Rustam Kamsky was published at Chessbase. The most important parts:
Dear chess fans,
It is clear that Mr. Ilyumzhinov personally guaranteed the prize funds of $750,000 for the match to be organized in Lviv, Ukraine and thus undertook specific moral and legal obligations towards both players.
My position towards options available to FIDE is simple. FIDE President, Mr. Ilyumzhinov, can follow the venue and great organization of Anand-Kramnik match in Bonn, Germany.
Unfortunately I do not have any faith in FIDE and Mr. Ilyumzhinov who in front of the whole world breached his word, which is not the first time. Also, I do not have much faith in Mr. Makropoulos, a personal friend of Mr. Danailov.
The foremost important issue that FIDE omitted from its agenda for the technical meeting in Dresden on November 18th, 2008 is to have both players and their attorneys to discuss and negotiate the terms of the contract. During prior months FIDE remained silent to numerous requests for a contract for the Kamsky-Topalov match made by GM Kamsky's attorney. Yet having no contract, FIDE mandated on November 6, 2008, that both players must confirm their participation by November 14, 2008. Before any confirmation can be given a player must know the time, the place and the prize fund for the match. FIDE is trying to use time pressure to force players into confirming to unknown terms that could later become critical. GM Kamsky is asking for the minimum ?¢'Ǩ'Äú an honestly and fairly organized match in neutral location. If that does not occur both players instead of fighting against each other should unify to fight against FIDE in the court of law.
It is clear that FIDE has a direct duty and responsibility to organize the world championship match Kamsky-Topalov. However FIDE's latest response is to place its burden upon players, thus confronting the players even before their battle on a chess board. I anticipate that in these uncertain times Gata's life could be in danger: no person ?¢'Ǩ'Äú no problem.
Thank you
Roustam Kamsky
Update November 6, 17:47 CET: this time also sent to us by email and published on the FIDE website is another statement by FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov. Instead of keeping up to his promise of guaranteeing a US$ 750,000 prize fund, he now gives the Bulgarian Chess Federation another chance, and a prize fund of 250,000 USD plus 50,000 USD as contribution to FIDE is enough. Here's the statement:
Moscow, 6 November 2008
Announcement of the FIDE President concerning the match Topalov - Kamsky
Dear chess friends,
As already known, FIDE had initially reached a decision to award the Challenger's Match Topalov - Kamsky to the Bulgarian Chess Federation which offered a prize fund of 150,000 USD.
Afterwards, and following consultations with both sides, FIDE gave the opportunity to Alexander Chernenko, the manager of GM Gata Kamsky, to bring in an improved bid with Lviv suggested by Mr Chernenko as the host city. The prize fund offered by GM Gata Kamsky's manager was 750,000 USD. Since then, FIDE received several letters, by banks supposed to co-operate with Mr Chernenko, stating that the funds were "on their way". But up to this moment, and despite numerous reminders to Alexander Chernenko, no bank guarantees have been provided and of course no transfer of the prize fund has been made to the bank account of FIDE.
At this point I must say that I have deeply regretted the trust which I had shown to Alexander Chernenko, concerning the reliability of his offer. The actions of Mr Chernenko indicate an abuse of right to invoke my guarantee which was declared after his own request and in good faith to help him secure the necessary funds. Furthermore, I understand the complaints of the Bulgarian Chess Federation concerning the procedure followed, although FIDE was only trying to improve the financial conditions for both players.
In order to restore the procedure towards holding this very important match, FIDE announces the following:
a) The Bulgarian Chess Federation will be re-awarded with the event if it accepts in written form, by 14 November 2008 12:00 GMT, to hold the match with a prize fund of 250,000 USD plus 50,000 USD as contribution to FIDE and all organising expenses covered. In this case, the dates of the match Topalov - Kamsky remain as already announced (29 Nov. - 12 Dec. 2008) and I intend to nominate FIDE Vice President Mr William Kelleher of USA as the FIDE Supervisor of the Organising Committee (*duties of the FIDE Supervisor as annex 1 to this announcement). The confirmation letter of the Bulgarian Chess Federation should be sent by email and by registered post to the FIDE Secreteriat, address: 9 Syggrou Ave, 11743 Athens, Greece.
b) By 14 November 2008, 12:00 GMT, both players have to officially confirm, in written form and in a clear and explicit way, that they will play the match. If GM Topalov refuses to confirm his participation, then GM Kamsky qualifies automatically for the 2009 WCC match. If GM Kamsky refuses to confirm his participation, he will be replaced by GM Shirov (the runner-up of the World Cup 2007). The confirmation letters should be sent by email and by registered post to the FIDE Secreteriat, address: 9 Syggrou Ave, 11743 Athens, Greece.
c) If the Bulgarian Chess Federation will not confirm that it accepts the financial requirements of (a), an open bidding procedure will be launched with a deadline of 31 December 2008. The best bid will be awarded with the event which will then be held in February or March 2009.
The unfortunate handling of the situation by Alexander Chernenko has brought us to a point where the time limits are very tight. With this procedure, FIDE puts the Challengers Match back on track and with a clear timetable. We are all looking forward to a great match which will produce a worthy challenger to World Champion Vishy Anand for the year 2009.
Gens Una Sumus!
Kirsan Ilyumzhinov
FIDE President
Clearly we have to add to this: to be continued...
Original article, published November 4:
After the Bulgarian Chess Federation expressed their worries about the Kamsky-Topalov match at the end of September, again things have been very quiet around the event that should deliver a challenger for a match against world champion Anand.
In a press release on June 1st, FIDE President Iluymzhinov had personally guaranteed the match to be organized for a prize fund of 750,000 USD in Lviv, Ukraine. But there haven't been any signals of an upcoming match in that city, and rumours say that the FIDE President was about to announce the match to be held in Elista.
Today the following, remarkable statement can be read at the FIDE website:
Dear chess friends,
Yesterday 3 November 2008, FIDE received the following message from Alexander Chernienko, the manager of GM Gata Kamsky:
"Due to technical reasons (copy of the banking letter re delay of the transfer was sent by me on the 1st of November 2008), the payment of 935,000 USD according to the BID for the organisation of the Kamsky-Topalov match to the FIDE account, will be effected on the 5th November 2008."
As we have been receiving such letters by Mr Chernienko for a long time now, with yet no transfer made to the FIDE bank account (and we are only one month before the start of the event), this will be the last extension accepted by FIDE as all possible time limits, in order to assist Mr Chernienko with his bid, have been exhausted.
If the amount of 935,000 USD is not transferred to the bank account of FIDE by Wednesday 5 November 2008, FIDE will re-open negotiations with the Bulgarian Chess Federation, the original organiser awarded to hold this match.
FIDE is obliged to take all necessary steps in order to ensure that the Challengers Match shall indeed take place and a worthy challenger for World Champion Vishy Anand will be established. We are all looking forward to this exciting match!
Gens Una Sumus,
Kirsan Ilyumzhinov
FIDE President
The official letter by Chernenko:
Is it possible to turn a big mess into an even bigger mess? Everytime you think the FIDE President is not capable of surprising us anymore, it turns out he still is.
Even if FIDE does receive the money tomorrow, chances are slim that the match will take place during the scheduled period, November 26-December 14. Especially the Bulgarian team can be expected to object strongly, and in fact Veselin Topalov can be found on the Olympiad's website as playing board one for Bulgaria. (The Olympiad ends on November 25.)
And what about Kamsky, who has always stated that he doesn't want to get involved in all his, and only wants to concentrate on chess? Has he been preparing lately?
Chronological list of events:
- June 25, 2007: at the Presidential Board meeting in Tallinn, FIDE accepts a 150,000 USD bid by the Bulgarian Chess Federation to organize a match between Veselin Topalov and the winner of the 2007 World Cup, to be held in Bulgaria in the second half of 2008.
- November 2007: FIDE confirms the accepted bid by the Bulgarians at the 78th FIDE congress in Antalya.
- December 2007: Gata Kamsky wins the World Cup in Khanty-Mansiysk, and with it the right to play a match against Topalov.
- January 2008: Kamsky states that he isn't going to play the match in Bulgaria but prefers neutral grounds.
- February 12, 2008: despite the Bulgarian bid that already stands, FIDE extends the bidding period for the organization of the Kamsky-Topalov until April 11, 2008, "in order to try to improve the financial terms and conditions for both players".
- April 10, 2008: FIDE extends the deadline for receiving bids once more, until April 23, 2008, as was asked for by the Kamsky team. The Bulgarian Chess Federation publishes a protest, urging FIDE "to follow the decisions of its governing body - the Congress."
- April 11, 2008: Gata Kamsky's manager Alexander Chernenko tells Yuri Vasiliev, journalist for Sports Express, that "the match will be held in Lviv, Ukraine for a prize fund of US$ 750,000."
- May 15, 2008: Russian chess website Chesspro publishes an interview with Chernenko and chess media report the Lviv bid as "confirmed".
- May 18, 2008: Macauley Peterson, in a piece for Chess Life Online, makes clear that both Chernenko and FIDE rebut Vasiliev's account that "the financial guarantees have now been received by FIDE, at their Swiss bank account." Things remain highly unclear.
- May 29, 2008: Alexei Shirov, who lost the World Cup final in December 2007 to Kamsky, loses his patience and publishes an open letter, stating that by now he should be the one to play Topalov.
- May 30, 2008: The Kamsky team responds, also in an open letter, and obviously not amused.
- June 1, 2008: after discussing the Kamsky-Topalov match at a Presidential Board Meeting, FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov personally guarantees the prize fund of US$ 750,000 for the match Topalov-Kamsky.
- September 26, 2008: Stefan Sergiev, President of the Bulgarian Chess Federation, protests once more against FIDE's actions - or non-actions, this time.
- November 3, 2008: Ilyumzhinov receives a letter by Chernenko that states that the payment of 935,000 USD will be effected on November 5, 2008. FIDE accepts this date as the last ultimatum.
- November 6, 2008: instead of keeping up to his promise of guaranteeing a US$ 750,000 prize fund, Ilyumzhinov gives the Bulgarian Chess Federation another chance, and a prize fund of 250,000 USD plus 50,000 USD as contribution to FIDE is enough.
- November 7, 2008: an open letter Rustam Kamsky, protesting.
Relevant posts:
- "Bulgarian Chess Federation: ?¢'Ǩ?ìMr Ilymzhinov, please inform us?¢'Ǩ?" (September 26, 2008)
- "FIDE: Lviv it will be" (June 1, 2008)
- "Shirov speaks" (May 29, 2008)
- "Kamsky-Topalov bid still not confirmed" (May 18, 2008)
- ?¢'Ǩ?ìKamsky-Topalov in Lviv, Ukraine?¢'Ǩ? (April 11, 2008)
- "Kamsky-Topalov: End of November" (February 12, 2008)
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Good summary, but you should write the last post like this:
"FIDE accepts this date as the last last ultimatum."
he he.
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6 years 1 month ago
Very good update for a very sad situation xD
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What does Kamsky want to qualify for? The World Chess Championship 2009 against Anand?
Ridicoulous! He is only no. 22 in the world, didn't play for 8 years and qualified in a one-time knock-out tournament. That was a lottery, no tournament! His Miss Piggy behavior shows me that he doesn't believe in this whole thing himself.
I came up with a simple conclusion: He does not deserve this match. Skip it!
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He deserves it because he won the needed World Cup to do that, Carlsen played there too.
If it was Carlsen and not Kamsky , would you consider things diferent?
Kamsky defeated at least 2 times Anand after his comeback , and at that time i think he was less than 22 in the world.
Kamsky is a top player with a lot of match experience, and he seems wiser and happier than before, let the man play.
Im afraid they will end playing in Bulgaria if Kamsky's team dont hurry a little.
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@thorex, I suppose your argument "he's only no. 22 in the world" implies that you think only players with certain world-rankings are entitled to participate in a world championship cycle at all. Well, then why not just use the FIDE rating list to decide who's world champion and skip all matches and tournaments! But wait, if we don't have matches and tournaments, we will never have any changes in the list anymore ... what to do .. well, perhaps we shouldn't use this flawed argument and just accept that whoever qualified, actually is entitled to participate in the cycle :-)
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yes, ratings and the world championship cycle arent connected in such a way. if they were, there would be no need for a match in the first place, because there would be a world champion four times a year (potentially, every time there is a new ratings list).
but obviously the rating system isnt perfect enough to actually say which of the best players in the world is the best. its well known that to get a good rating you have to play the ones with the highest rating and avoid playing anyone with a lower. so that would be pretty much an idiotic thing, to make ratings such an extremely big factor. they are already being over valued as it is (when it is a matter of a single point who has the highest rating, how can it matter? You have to maintain a much higher rating over a long time to actually use ratings to say that you are the best, Kasparov can claim such a thing, but on one else can at the minute.)
knock-out system is a lottery, but at least it is a lottery that everyone (who counts) can participate in. it is so incredibly stupid to have a world champion cycle-system that is formed out of closed tournaments....it should be more like golf, open tourmanets where there are majors that everyone wants to win, and if you do win them then you are basicly the best player that year., Tiger woods was the best for a long time because he continuously won tournaments. seriously, chess has such idiotic systems that it isnt even funny. I understand it needs finance, but as a sport it is beurocratic and corrupt.
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What a joke...
To bad for Kamsky, but nobody needs this match. Anand is now the TRUE world champ and everybody respects him.
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It's clear that FIDE failed with match either. Like the poor oranization in Topalov - Kramnik match.
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More challenging matches more fun and attention to chess! Rock N Roll
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It's funny how people claim that FIDE knockouts were just a lotery.
If thats true, the Anand has to be one of the luckiest person on the planet since in 3 atempts he won "the lotery" twice (in 1997 and 2000) and came close to winning it for the third straight time too (semi-finals in 2002).
I don't know if a person can be that lucky. There has to something else too. I don't know, something like world-class maybe?
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@Theo ; nobody needs this match?
You are confused pal , we need new chalengers for our champion, we need to make this qualifiers work .
Topalov?Ǭ¥s choice of not playing in Corus is a clever one , if the match with kamsky gets cancelled he can sue FIDE.
Things are great now (compared than a few years ago) , we have a terrific champion who is not afraid of anyone , Anand will play by the rules and defend his title with whoever qualifies.
The best method to improve the way we select the chalengers is to not put a stop to any other matches , time will make things better.
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I agree with Theo. Nobody needs this match, really. If Anand needs a challenger, he has the winner of the World Cup 2007, and that's Kamsky. The idea that Topalov would get a free admission in a qualifier final for losing his match against Kramnik was quite odd, to say the least. Too bad Topalov trusted Dainalov who trusted Ilioumjinov. They should have known better. Who needs a new toilet-gate anyway?
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@guillaume ,
Theo says Kamsky is too low rated , you say Topalov (number one in ratings at this time) dont deserve this match...
Im not sure which one of you is making sense.
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Okay, you're right. I missed the point with my reference to his rating. I took a look at his performance in the last years and his comeback is quite impressive. If he is 1st or 100th on the list and if he won every tournament before or non at all... it doesen't matter. You call something a WCC, you let the players qualify for it and then you have to accept the result.
But I confirm my statement to this knock-out system. Just look at this years WCC. Anand won convincingly, but he also lost one game. This can happen to anyone, anytime. What matters in my opinion is the constancy on a high level over a long time. And this is by no means reflected through a knock-out system.
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@Guillaume: don't forget Kramnik received the same present from FIDE! He officially lost the title in Mexico but got another shot for it in that match. I see no reason why Topalov should not get the same treatment. Besides that Topa is really one of the best 5 players in the world and currently number one in the list.
Funny thing I read in Susan Polgar's blog was that non of the games in that WC match could even come close the match Kramnik - Topalov in terms of interest from the people ... here is the exact quote:
"Final number: 64,127 unique users joined us for the live blogging of game 9. It is the highest number of this match so far but still only about half of each of the final two games of the Kramnik - Topalov WC match in Elista."
that's from game 9. So I think a match Anand - Topalov would be really good for chess :).
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@Manu: I never said Kamsky is too low rated! I only said that it's a shame for him if the match won't happen.
If one person deserves to be the challenger it's indeed Kamsky (winner World Cup 2007)
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@pete: Kramnik didn't receive his WC title from FIDE. He got it when he defeated Kasparov in a match. Now Anand has the title. He didn't get it from FIDE either, mind you. He got it by defeating Kramnik. It's that simple. Everybody understand that Anand has to be defeated in a match now. Would you trust Ilioumjinov with the WC title in his hands? I wouldn't. What if he suddenly declares tomorrow that Anand must defend his title in a tournament? Ilioumjinov has repeatedly shown that kind of volte-face in the past (and the Kamsky-Topalov bid issue is just the latest).
The media coverage during Kramnik-Topalov may have been bigger, but that was most probably for the wrong reason: the toilet-gate was everywhere in the news. As interesting as an Anand-Topalov match would be, I don't think I'd like to watch another shameless stunt from the Dainalov-Topalov duo.
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"I came up with a simple conclusion: He [Kamsky] does not deserve this match. Skip it!"
Unlike Topalov, Kamsky actually QUALIFIED for this match, if you manage to remember as far back as a year.
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Guillaume: all I am saying is that the match should take place. Fair or not, Topalov has his chance now and he should use it. He, along with Kramnik and Anand is the heavy artillery in the chess world now ... with Carlsen, Chucky and Moro following them pretty close.
No comments about FIDE .... non needed, we all see what's happening.
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@Peter: I think you should remove fide's email adress.
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Christos (Greece)
6 years 1 month ago
?¢'Ǩ?ìI came up with a simple conclusion: He [Kamsky] does not deserve this match. Skip it!?¢'Ǩ?
He won the 128 player tournament in Khanty-Mansiysk, where many great players participated. He personally knocked out Svidler, Carlsen, Ponomariov and Shirov (among others). It was a great achievement.
Topalov is the one who does not deserve this match. The only think he did to "qualify" for it was to lose the match with Kramnik and they had agreed, after Topalov's proposal, that the loser would be out of the cycle for the next W.C.
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Well, not out of the cycle. Topalov could have played in the World Cup just like Kamsky did. He certainly would not have been less likely to win. But why bother when you can lobby/buy your way through?
Imagine if FIDE right now decided that the Topalov-Kamsky winner would not play Anand for the title -- but first had to play Kramnik for the right to play Anand for the title. That would be just as outrageous as it was when they first changed the rules to give Topalov this special privilege.
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@christos Kramnik lost in mexico so way should he have the right for the match in bonn.
The whole situation is a prove of the total incompetence and corruption of the fide.
I do not see why the chessplayers in europe(without italy and greece since corruption is an big issue there to) and america do nt head for fide presidency as this would be safer and more professional institution.
please start a poll whether one think that our incumbent president is good or not.
, whether the fide is optimally organized.
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@christos Kramnik lost in mexico so way(WHY SORRY)
should he have the right for the match in bonn.
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Polls are only interesting when you don't know what people think.
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Popuscu (Bulgaria)
6 years 1 month ago
If I well understood the statment (b) of FIDE letter, then the following is correct:
" If BOTH players Topalov and Kamsky do not sign before the 14th November 2008 then Shirov will be the challenger of Anand in 2009."
What happens if Shirov does not accept???
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Few months ago Shirov already tried to claim the right to fight Topalov, so it is quite possible he won't have problems with challenging WC himself.
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Dikke Deur
6 years 1 month ago
"...Gata's life could be in danger...."
Hahahahahahahahahahahahaha HAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHA HAAAHAAAHAAAHAAAAA
Still as silly as in the old days
Hahahahahahahahahahahahaha HAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHA HAAAHAAAHAAAHAAAAA
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6 years 1 month ago
Personally, I'd rather see Topalov-Shirov. Shirov-Anand is even better (I'm no fan of Topalov anymore after Elista). Anyway, I'd really like to see Shirov get his shot at the World Championship, he really deserves it. If Kamsky feels Fide threatens his life, he better leave chess. He's going nowhere without Fide.
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Shirov the challenger for Anand in 2009?!?
This sounds like a sweet fairytale in my ears!!!
Let's do it!!!!
Or play Shirov-Kamsky as a semi-final!
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6 years 1 month ago
Guillaume wrote: "Kramnik didn?¢'Ǩ'Ñ¢t receive his WC title from FIDE. He got it when he defeated Kasparov in a match. Now Anand has the title. He didn?¢'Ǩ'Ñ¢t get it from FIDE either, mind you. He got it by defeating Kramnik. It?¢'Ǩ'Ñ¢s that simple."
Exactly right, and well said!
The letter from Kamsky's father presents an (unfortunately common) view to the contrary, that Kramnik was fighting instead for the FIDE trinket. Without some personal retraction, it will be hard to hold much warm regard for Kamsky.
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Topalov was out of Mexico which was stupid. That mess up the things. All the top players should be able to play in the WC tourney. That's good for legitimization of the winner and chess at all.
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pete I fully agree with you Anand - Topalov would be great for chess. After this Moro, Carlsen and Chucky also should have their shot.
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I hope justice wins and following things happen:
1.) Bulgarians get to organize the match (they are the only ones who are willing to do it, and should have already received it after the original deadline passed without any other bid)
2.) Kamsky disqualifies himself from the cycle (he is responsible for all this mess around this match - he is 100% responsible for actions of his delegation like managers, lawyers, etc.)
3.) Shirov beats Topalov to get a shot at the title (he deserved it 10 years ago)
4.) Anand beats Shirov (because he is just a better and more complete player)
5.) No more free passes in the future. The challenger has to qualify through the World Championship cycle (Grand Prix, World Cup, Challenger match)
The justice is slow, but it will prevail in the end.
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@me: the only problem with that reasoning is that the objection of Kamsky is perfectly valid -- after Topalov's antics in Elista, he and a possible match organization in his home country raise suspicion. The match should really be held somewhere else.
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Actually, I retract that statement. It's no ideal that the match is in Bulgaria, but there's no rule against it. It's time the chess world starts following its rules.
Accepted bid is accepted bid, if Kamsky doesn't want to play it's over to Shirov.
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Mmm... R . Kamsky is like the caos master , im not sure if he is helping his son with the letter.
I read that some people think that Topalov was parachuted into this match, this is not true.
After Elista Topalov's team challenged Kramnik for a rematch , and they did that by folowing FIDE rules to the letter.
That rules said that any ex-world champ (or top player , cant remember but Topalov was included) had the right to claim a match to the title IF he provides the money and conditions.
Topalov's team traded this challenge to his right to play the winner of the cup for a shot to the title.
A very important thing to keep in mind is that every player that participated in that world cup knew this , i mean Kamsky played the cup knowing that Topalov was waiting.
There is a lot to say about this and Kramniks rematch too, i also think as many that Topalov should have played in Mexico , but was done is done and i believe this match is a must for the chessworld.
Another thing that was not apreciated were Shirov's comments.
Shirov said that because he wanted things to get solved, not just for personal interests.
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no, shirov probably wanted mainly to push his rights, but IMO he was right to do so. His position is if anything worse than that of Kamsky and Topalov, because oviously he wants to play the match if Kamsky jumps off the train, but he also has to plan his own 2009 calender and prepare if he is to play, so...
about Topalov and parachutes, I guess the whole point behind that claim is that it basicly stinks that the loser could re-challenge if they just pay for it. It issuch a strange thing, that you can just buy yourself a match, and not play the rest. Especially since only so many matches can be played, its not reasonable to think there can be more than one WC match/player/year (or maybe longer than a year). so if someone pays therest have to wait even if they qualified through play.
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Don't fool yourselves anti-Topalov maniacs. This is clearly Kamsky's inability to honour his offer. Or he must say publicly that his manager Chernenko deceived him as Chessdom reports here: http://www.chessdom.com/news/kamsky-topalov-back-at-the-beginning "His manager also deceived him by claiming that money was sent to FIDE but it kept bouncing back!?"...
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Kramnik after losing the title in Mexico gets a free match with the world champion
while Topalov after Elista shouldn't even get an invitation to Mexico nor a qualification match with Kamsky.
Fide made the whole unification a mess.Topalov should have played in Mexico 2007. he would have won that like he did at Bilbao
Kamsky should be the challenger a bit weird he only won world cup. in which many of the top players (Anand, Kramnik, Leko, Morozevich, Topalov, Gelfand) didn't participate.
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I think a problem was created when it was decided before Kramnik-Topalov Elista 2006, that the player losing that match wouldn't be allowed to play in Mexico 2007.
@Peter: Do you know what was the reason for that, anyway?
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Jeans, I think this rule was reasonable enough. Imagine Topalov losing the match against Kramnik and then winning the Mexico 2007 with half a point margin (or Kramnik doing the same). WC title earned in this way would be taken seriously by no one: people would demand at least a repetition of the match.
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It is logical to have the very best players competing for the crown. Excluding the losing player of a worldchampionshipsmatch just doesn't make sense. And if one does think that, then why give him a second chance 2 years later for excluding him in the first place?
I find it strange that the player who won the previous Wch tournament (2005) was excluded from Mexico (2007). The same would aply if Kramnik would have lost in 2006.
Maybe already 7 places were promised to the other players and only one spot was still available for Mexico.
What was FIDE's official reason?
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If we focus on chess itself we should forget about: 1) FIDE's unadquate behaviour during last several years; 2) Danailov's undecent toilet-gate scandal; 3) Kramnik's boring chess style (he would never ever appear winning among the top players)
Just imagine who may create interesting, still high quality, games - these are Anand, Topalov and Carlsen only. These players should be given a chance to play each other and to advertise chess as no one else can do it.
Lots of systems can be created for WChampionship matches/tournaments. These just have to be stable for many years and not to deprive the best players from participating. Anything else is just lobbysts' noise...
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Monday, November 8, 2010
How Will Open d6 End Up?
I don't want to paint the picture that everything was rosy; we know the old West End Games had troubles, and of the scattershot, uneven history of d6 for more than past decade. Many of us also became extremely tired of the uncertain nature and on again/off again changes and plans of Eric Gibson's WEG for the past two years, and took a bit of a break from considering or thinking about d6.
I don't want to relive the past, but d6 was already pretty minor when people thought about generic systems, having been eclipsed by active, well-supported systems such as Savage Worlds. But there's still a fan base out there that knew about d6, and probably played some Star Wars back in the day. And now we have Open d6, and resultant projects such Mini Six, which I think is the cleanest version of d6 we've had in quite a bit.
But what else is going to come out of Open d6? Looking here, we can see there's a lot of folks planning to create products for 2011. How far it'll go, who knows, but I have to be encouraged that as many people as are listed even want to try.
I think it's going to be very interesting to see if projects like the D6 Magazine that's been floated about or the dark fantasy RPG Destiny6 have legs. Those might be good bellweather indicators.
So, I don't know. I don't think d6 is going to take over the hobby, but I don't think it's quite finished yet. Obviously, judging from the forums, it still has a dedicated core, perhaps not unlike FUDGE or Fuzion. To see if it goes past that is up to the creative minds of the Open d6 movement, and just how active they are, and what sort of audience they're able to pull back in.
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- sycarion said...
Maybe a Red Box OpenD6?
Just kidding, mostly. Still, seeing a box set with the MiniSix cover and other stuff in Target...
I think MiniSix and the D6 Resurrection wiki did a lot to get things rolling. I never played the system, but liked it enough to make the Fantasy SRD. There's something about the magic system that reminds me of EABA in how effects are built.
I see OpenD6 as a toolkit. Maybe with a great setting, it can get some traction. You think it can handle steampunk-y, clockwork-y type of stuff?
- November 8, 2010 at 8:05 AM
- kensanoni said...
Absolutely. The wonderful thing about the D6 system is how open it is to accepting new ideas and 'plug in' systems that work with it's core assumptions.
I highly recommend picking up D6 Adventures and D6 Space to get as many of the systems that you'd want to acquire for the approach. It'll take a bit of crafting, but I can't see it not being able to handle such a thing.
- November 8, 2010 at 10:19 AM
- AD&D Grognard said...
I'm still not certain of the legal status of the material. My understanding is that after the financial problems began is when the products were declared 'open'. What exactly does that mean?
If my house is being taken back by the bank I can't just give it away. Is there anywhere to find a document on the status that would hold up in court about the d6 properties and who owns them?
I would love to develop/port something over to it but it seems very murky...
- November 8, 2010 at 12:20 PM
D6 is my favorite system ever, though we don't really play it today. Back when I was younger WEG's Star Wars was played as often as D&D (those being our top 2). It's probably the simplest and most elegant major RPG system ever, and I prefer it over modern systems like Savage Worlds, which are close but no cigar when it comes to my ideal in this type of game system. D6 works well with any "cinematic" style setting, and was a thing of beauty matched with the Star Wars license. Damn shame how they messed up and lost that, right before the new movies, too.
- November 8, 2010 at 12:32 PM
- earl said...
I think releasing Open D6 as planned is such a great undertaking than they can hardly explain...
- November 8, 2010 at 8:28 PM
- sycarion said...
@AD&D Grognard
D6 Fantasy, D6 Adventure, D6 Space (and other D6 titles) were released under the OGL.
Here the complete list:
- November 8, 2010 at 11:33 PM
- The Red DM said...
I am also a huge fan of D6, though I was totally unaware of Open D6 (I just assumed everything died with WEG). Thanks for sharing, I'll have to look in to it.
- November 8, 2010 at 11:37 PM
- Mondbuchstaben said...
It is right that the OGL was added to D6 Fantasy, D6 Space, and D6 Adventure - but I understand AD&D Grognard's question as: was that addition an act that was legally possible at that time, or were those rights somehow bound in the financial troubles of WEG?
Who would have reason (and the means) to challenge the status of the D6?
- November 9, 2010 at 11:08 AM
- Tobacco Magnate said...
There is no need to worry about the legality of Eric releasing the D6 system under the OpenD6 banner. His company Purgatory Publishing purchased all rights to the D6 system, Torg, Junta, Masterbook, and all other WEG properties.
For a variety of reasons both personal and professional which I know no more about than what Eric has shared publicly he decided to release the D6 system under the OpenD6 banner so that the fans and community could keep the beloved system alive. He has sold Torg to another company, and might have sold Junta as well, but on that I do not know.
There was nothing preventing him from releasing the system as he did own it free and clear. Once put out under the OGL it was released to the public. At first he was going to request that the OpenD6.org be used as a central repository of OpenD6 material to use the logo, but he later amended the OGL license in D6 Adventure to allow it to be freely used with the product.
I hope this answers a couple of your questions and puts your mind at ease with regards to the legality.
- November 9, 2010 at 10:05 PM
- ancientvaults said...
I really like Mini6 and as soon as playtesting and editing are done with the .vs Monsters edition of my blog I am planning on releasing a Mini6 set of rules as well.
- November 10, 2010 at 6:34 PM
I've looked around but can't find a clear cut answer on my question. At one point I had found the Open D6 license but can't find it either so hopefully someone here could provide me an answer.
Is it legal to make a video game out of Open D6 system? I know with the D20 open license you were restricted pretty bad, so if it possible, are there any restrictions (ie can't show character creation, etc)?
- November 18, 2010 at 10:42 AM
- Zachary Houghton said...
Hi there!
You may want to check with the people at the WEG Fan Forums, as I think some of the legalities are still up in the air. It's my understanding everything from the WEG d6 books (Fantasy, Adventure, Space, etc.) is OGL.
- November 20, 2010 at 11:15 AM
- Blue Max Studios said...
What makes D6 great is that it can really handle any genre of game you throw at it. The D6 game TORG was all about shifting from different realities, which included magic/fantacy, cyberpunk,pulp fiction superheroes, gothic horror, all on one planet. It's worth a look just to see what D6 is capable of.
We here at Blue Max Studios have a Hard SF game in development. The beauty of using OpenD6 is, we are already putting out spacecraft and other source material for the game...and the game won't hit the market until Spring! Thanks to D6 Space being open content, gamers who want to use our stuff can, despite the core rules of the game (The Black Desert) not being available yet. It's this kind of versatility, familiarity and open source accessibility that I believe will keep D6 in the running as a viable rules engine in the future. To use an analogy, If D20 is Microsoft and GURPS is Mac OS, then D6 is totally Linux.
- December 4, 2010 at 1:46 PM
- Grimace said...
Hey, I'm putting out some freebie material for use with OpenD6. I've got two Quick Hits, which are adventure introductions that people can use to plug into their D6 games.
Quick Hit #2 can be found here: http://dimfuture.net/d6universe/?p=168
And Quick Hit #1 can be found here: http://dimfuture.net/d6universe/?p=153
Check them out and let me know what you think.
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1977: For the 2nd year in succession' the Yankees score in the 9th inning of the 5th game to beat the Royals in the LCS. Reggie Jackson,
who had been benched, delivers a key RBI single as a pinch hitter in the 8th, and then Mickey Rivers gets the game-winning hit. The final score is New York 5' Kansas City 3, to give the Yankees their 30th AL pennant.
1961: Super-subs John Blanchard and Hector Lopez spark a 5-run first inning and 13-5 win for New York over Cincinnati. Both benchmen hit HRs' and Lopez drives in 5 runs. Bud Daley's long relief effort wraps up the Series' as Ralph Houk becomes the third rookie manager to guide a WS winner, the Yankees' 19th overall.
1958: The Yankees wrap up the World Series, the key blow coming on Moose Skowron's 3-run home run off Lew Burdette in the 8th that puts the game on ice, 6-2. The win completes a comeback from a 3-1 deficit, making the Yanks the first team since the 1925 Pirates to accomplish the feat. Eddie Matthews strikes out for the 11th time' a record that will stand until l980 when broken by Willie Wilson of Kansas City. The Braves' 53 whiffs are also a new WS record. This is Casey Stengel's 7th championship' tying him with Joe McCarthy for the most Series won, and the team's 18th title overall.
1949: The Yankees pound the Dodgers 10-6 to win the WS in 5 games, for the 12th championship in franchise history. Pinch hitter and third baseman Bobby Brown is the hitting hero' batting .500 and driving in 5 runs.
1938: The Yankees become the first team to win 3 successive World Championships' defeating the Cubs by a score of 8-3' as Red Ruffing and the Yankees finish off the sweep. The title is the 7th in the history of the franchise.
1928: After a rainout, Waite Hoyt and Bill Sherdel do battle in game 4. After 6 innings, the Cards hold a 2-1 lead. With one out in the 7th, Babe Ruth hits a home run, his 2nd of the game, after seeming to take a third strike on a quick pitch from Sherdel, who took the catcher's relay with his foot on the rubber and fired back. The umpires huddle to discuss the quick pitch, allowed in the NL but not in the junior circuit, and rule it will not be counted. Two pitches later, Lou Gehrig goes long as well. When Bob Meusel singles, in comes Grover Cleveland Alexander to face… Tony Lazzeri. This time, Lazzeri doubles and later scores the 4th run of the inning. In the 8th, Cedric Durst, subbing for Earle Combs (who is out with a broken finger) hits one out of the park, and Ruth follows with his 3rd round-tripper of the game. The final score is 7-3 and the Yanks sweep their 2nd straight World Series for the club's third championship of the decade. Ruth's WS BA of .625 is still unmatched; with Gehrig following closely behind at .545, with a record 9 RBI, The duo also set individual and team offensive records for hits, HRs, total bases, and at bats in a game.
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2010: For the second straight year, the Yankees complete a 3-game sweep of the Minnesota Twins in the divisional round. Marcus Thames and Nick Swisher deliver bombs for the Bombers as the homesiders roll at the Stadium, 6-1.
2009: In game two of their Division Series, A.J. Burnett and Nick Blackburn pitch their respective sides to a 1-1 tie through six, but Minnesota reach Phil Hughes for two runs in the eighth. Alex Rodriguez gets his postseason started in earnest with a two-run blast off closer Joe Nathan in the ninth to send it into extras. Things get tense in the 11th when Minnesota's first three batters single off David Robertson, but a liner, then a grounder, to first base and a fly out get the Yanks out of the jam. In the home half of the inning, Mark Teixeira sends a line drive just over the wall in left for a 4-3 Yankee win, and a two-games-to-none lead in the series.
2005: The Yankees down the Angels 3-2 to even their Division Series. Al Leiter gets in the win for NY in relief of Shawn Chacon.
2004: The Yankees finish off the Twins with a come-from-behind 6-5 win in 11 innings to win their Division Series. Ruben Sierra's 3-run HR ties the game in the 8th inning and A-Rod scores the winning run on a wild pitch. Henry Blanco homers for Minnesota.
2003: The Yankees even their series with the Red Sox by defeating Boston behind Andy Pettitte' 6-2. Nick Johnson hits a 2-run dinger for New York while Jason Varitek hits a solo homer for Boston.
1999: The Yankees defeat the Rangers' 3-0' to sweep their League Division Series. Roger Clemens hurls 7 shutout innings for the win' as Darryl Strawberry's 3-run homer in the 1st provides all the scoring in the game.
1998: Cleveland take a 6-1 victory over the Yankees, and a 2-1 lead in the ALCS, on the strength of 4 HRs: 2 by Jim Thome, and 1 each by Manny Ramirez and Mark Whiten. Andy Pettitte gives up 3 of the homers in a rocky 5th inning.
1996: The Jeffrey Maier Incident.
Bernie Williams' 11th-inning homer gives the Yankees a 5-4 win over Baltimore in the opening game of the ALCS. Williams' shot was made possible when 12-year-old Jeffrey Maier reached over the left field fence in the 8th inning' interfering with a ball hit by Derek Jeter. It was ruled a HR, which tied the game' 4-4.
1981: The Brewers' facing elimination in their Divisions Series with the Yanks, win 5-3. Paul Molitor's solo home run in the 8th inning is the go-ahead blow. Ted Simmons clubs a 2-run homer and Randy Lerch pitches 6 solid innings for the win.
1980: KC win again to take a 2-0 lead in the ALCS' but this time they have to tag out Willie Randolph in a close play at the plate in the 8th inning. Yankee 3rd base coach Mike Ferraro will be fired after the series for having waved Randolph around. Dennis Leonard gets the 3-2 win.
1976: The Yankees beat the Royals 4-1 in the ALCS opener. George Brett's 2 first-inning errors allow 2 unearned runs' and that is all Catfish Hunter needs to go the distance on.
1960: Vern Law wins again' thanks to his own RBI single and Bill Virdon's 2-run safety. Roy face retires the final 8 Yankees in order. Pittsburgh's 3-2 win evens the WS at 2 games each.
1957: The Yankees stay alive as Hank Bauer homers off the left field at the Stadium to give his team a 3-2 win behind the 4-hit pitching of Bob Turley. The World Series is even at 3 apiece.
1956: The Dodgers bounce back. Clem Labine, normally a member of the Brooklyn relief corps, comes out of the bullpen to pitch a 1-0 complete game shutout in 10 innings. The Dodgers' only run (against Bob Turley, who scatters 4 hits in going the distance as well) is unearned – Enos Slaughter misjudges a Jackie Robinson fly ball' and Jim Gilliam scores from second with the winning run.
1951:Gil McDougald becomes the first rookie to hit a grand slam in the World Series' as the Yankees win in a romp' 13-1. Ed Lopat wins his 2nd game, as the Bombers take a 3-2 lead over the Giants.
1950: Casey Stengel signs a new 2-year pact estimated at between $65'000 and $80'000 a year.
1940: Joe Pepitone is born Happy 71st, Pepi!
1937: Carl Hubbell staves off a Yankee sweep with a 6-hit' 7-3 victory. The Giants score 6 runs in the 2nd inning. Lou Gehrig hits a 9th inning home run to give him a record 34 postseason RBI' breaking Babe Ruth's record of 33. The Yankees make no errors in the series' setting a record; the next team to match them will be Baltimore' in a 4-game set in 1966.
1926: Grover Cleveland Alexander scatters 8 hits in game 6 while the Cards tee off on Bob Shawkey (8-6)' Urban Shocker and Myles Thomas for 13 hits in a 10-2 romp.
1921: After a rainout, a Sunday crowd of 36,371 watches Carl Mays and Phil Douglas square off for game 4. Mays works 5 hitless innings, while a run-scoring triple by Wally Schang gives the Yanks a 1-0 lead. Mays then apparently tires and the Giants deliver a volley of 7 hits in the last 2 innings for 4 runs.Babe Ruth's first World Series home run comes in the 9th, but the Giants win 4-2 to pull even at 2 games each. A group of Prohibition agents cause a near-riot by trying to gatecrash the game with a claim of 'official business.' When ticket takers refuse to let them in the police are called to forcibly remove the agents from the line, 'as angry fans look on' (New York Herald). Tomorrow, Federal Prohibition Commissioner Roy Haynes will issue orders barring agents from using their badges to gain admission to places of amusement.


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There were top ten times in Saturday's qualifying for the Indian GP for Nico Hulkenberg and both Sergio Perez and Jenson Button...
Nico Hulkenberg: "Overall it was quite a good qualifying. P7 is a good position for tomorrow, and I expect a close battle with the McLarens. They chose a different approach by qualifying on the hard tyre, we qualified on the soft, so it will be interesting to see who comes out on top. In the race we have to see how we get on with the soft tyres, as they didn't look too good in free practice yesterday. Since then we have improved the car, so they should last a bit longer. The long runs on the medium tyre looked good."
Esteban Gutierrez: "Today, I think, we had good pace and managed to fix the issues we had yesterday. However, I struggled to feel comfortable with the track. It's very slippery. Overall, it has been a complicated weekend, but we managed a good Q1. The car was handling really well and we were in a good shape for Q2. Then went over the kerb and the hit was quite hard, that distracted me quite a bit. My neck started to hurt a lot and now I have to take care of that to be ready for the race tomorrow."
Sergio Perez: "Ninth was probably the best we could have achieved this afternoon. It was always going to be difficult to beat Fernando [Alonso], but I might have been able to achieve it if I'd done one more lap on the Prime. But we need to look after the tyres for tomorrow, so that wouldn't have been the right thing to do. Clearly, we're on a different strategy to most of the other cars, so it'll be very interesting to see what we can do on the Prime tomorrow. There are four other cars inside the top 10 starting on the Prime, so we'll be looking to take the advantage if the Option-runners pit during the early laps tomorrow. I think we have a good chance in the race. Our long-run pace looks pretty strong - so, with a good strategy, I think we can do well tomorrow."
Jenson Button: "Running the Prime in Q3 was probably the best strategy call for the race. Of course, that hurt, because my heart was telling me that I ought to be out there [in Q3] on the Option. Our qualifying runs on the Option looked really good - I was quickest in Q1 - but the Prime tyre didn't work as well for us. I found it more difficult because I couldn't get any temperature into the tyre, so I was about half a second off in the first sector on my run in Q3. Still, running the Prime was probably the right thing to do, and I'm sure it's the best tyre for tomorrow. I'm looking forward to an exciting, eventful and unpredictable race."
Toro Rosso:
Daniel Ricciardo: "Honestly, when I crossed the line, my engineer came on the radio and told me I was currently P9 and I thought this could be good, but a few corners later I had dropped to P11. So I was a bit disappointed, even if I think I probably got the most out of it. We had a pretty intense morning, after I went off and damaged the car on Friday, which meant I didn't do a long run. So we tried to do that today and as a result, we had to neglect our short run work a little bit. All the same, we did a good job in qualifying and being eleventh, I get a free tyre choice for the start, although I know some of the top ten opted to do their final runs on the Prime."
Jean-Eric Vergne: "I can be reasonably pleased with my fastest lap, as it was pretty clean, even if I lost a little bit of time on a kerb, but nothing too serious. It's very close in our part of the field and we did a good job overnight and this morning to improve the car and there's only a few tenths between a whole group of us. I think tomorrow in the race, with the Option tyre not lasting very long, there are plenty of choices we can make relating to strategy and I feel confident we can fight for a points position finish."
Force India:
Paul di Resta: "I think we can be satisfied with the job we've done today. My lap in Q2 was very good, although I made a small mistake in the second to last corner, so I was maybe a couple of tenths away from the perfect lap. It definitely feels like we've made some progress recently and my confidence is growing with the way the car is working at the moment. Going into our home race we are only a couple of places away from points, so we're in the mix and if we can deliver the right strategy we should be able to come away with something."
Adrian Sutil: "P13 is more or less the position I expected today. The balance was not perfect for my last run and I was suffering with some understeer, so maybe I could have been a couple of tenths quicker. As a team we are P12 and P13 so I think we're still in with a good chance of scoring points. The strategy options are quite limited because the medium tyre is a very good race tyre, more so than the soft. It's our home race and I really enjoy this track so I hope we can put on a good show tomorrow in front of the Indian fans."
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Kentucky Derby Museum's New Urban Bourbon Exhibit Presented by Four Roses Distillery
Two pillars of Kentucky heritage, Bourbon and Derby, will come together in Louisville on March 5, 2012 when a new exhibit: Urban Bourbon at the Kentucky Derby Museum presented by Four Roses opens to the public. The Urban Bourbon exhibit is a direct tie to the city of Louisville's Urban Bourbon Trail passport program which encourages visitors to sample the culture of Bourbon at various establishments in the metro area.
Located at the historic Churchill Downs race track, the Kentucky Derby Museum will showcase the history and heritage of Louisville's involvement in the bourbon industry as it grew along with the horse industry and the Kentucky Derby. With bourbon roots in the city dating back to the early 1800s, a large number of whiskey blending houses became established as Louisville developed into a major trade city along the river. As distilleries popped up all over the commonwealth, Louisville grew as a major shipping port expanding the reach of bourbon bottlers on historic Main Street downtown. Later access to railroad lines, further aided in the distribution of Kentucky's treasured spirit where bottling, advertising and the recognition of "Whiskey Row" grew.
Urban Bourbon at the Kentucky Derby Museum presented by Four Roses will run on the second floor of the museum in the Matt Winn Gallery from March 5, 2012- December 31, 2012. Exhibit is included in general daily admission for the Kentucky Derby Museum.
The design for the exhibit will have an upscale, urban loft feel and is being created as a dimensional space that will not only provide information in a fun, upscale presentation but will also be available as event space for bourbon tastings. Four Roses Distillery, LLC located near Lawrenceburg, KY is the presenting sponsor of the exhibit and will be showcased in a variety of ways within the context of the exhibit.
The Derby Café will offer select tastings of bourbon flights including a "Run of Roses" to guests daily during the week from Mon.-Fri. and on occasional weekends during peak season.
The Kentucky Derby Museum is a 501(c)3 non-profit museum in Louisville, KY dedicated to sharing the fun of the Kentucky Derby experience. www.derbymuseum.org
Event Details
Date: Mar 5, 2012
Starts: 7:00 PM | Ends: 7:00 PM
Kentucky Derby Museum at Churchill Downs
704 Central Avenue
Website: www.derbymuseum.org


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