salamat sir isku! nakaka inspire talaga ang real life stories!
use "iskuba" in a sentence?
<morong,rizal style> oi mareng senyang,paki-"iskuba" itong reng-reng,bana-banayar haneh! 
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Hahaha... no need to use it in a sentece. In fact, you really don't need to mention it. Hehehe... but I like your usage in that sentence!
Kaso parang Russian book ang dating sa akin! Basa ko pero di ko intindi. Ano yang reng-reng at bana-banayar? Hahahaha
very inspiring, indeed! Galing!
Naku po, may halimaw na bumisita!! Si Miegligorich! Salamat po.
halimaw sa chess? hehehe. Kung alam nyo lang Master, patzer lang ako! hahaha
tsamba-tsamba lang panalo ko sa mga malalakas talaga kaya umabot rating ko one-time sa 2000+...
Very nice article indeed. Great story. And great lesson.
Nice article with a great lesson indeed.Dapat yung mga parents na ang mga anak eh may talent sa anumang bagay eh di dapat pigilin ang bata.Maybe someday,that will be a key to harvest green pasture in the near future.The moral lesson here is "Don´t hinder God´s gift!" It will only pass in your life once and for all...
....If you believe in God,then just follow the sign!
Mukhang alam ko na. Solbing taym!
Hmmm parang madali pero parang mahirap ito ah.
Di ko makita ang move ng Black para mablock ang mate next move.
Teka parang hindi ko yata gusto itong puzzle na ito ;)
Saan ang a1? Black's point of view ba ito?
Bro kidlat, since it's White to move, I assumed the POV is White's. Hence, a1 is on left side and one of Black's Knights is at d1 (the other is at g3). Maybe Iskuba should clarify, just to make sure...
Tama si Pulsarovzky. Anyway, it should always be that way unless specified. Hege.... esep esep lang.
Marami ng kinita ito sa Luneta. Hustler pala etong si Iskuba dati...
O taya bente bente lang...hehe
Kung nasa Luneta tayo, laki na sana kinita ko! Wala pa ring nakakasagot!
Sige, taya pa.
try lang, nhxf3
Reply will be Nxh4 to prevent mate
karjapov wrote:
try lang, nhxf3
Akala ko nalintikan na ako! Buti na lang may Nf5!
Ayos, kumita rin!
Sige taya pa.
A free for all forum. Just mention the word Iskuba, or any semblance of it and you are good to go!
For my initial post, I dedicate this to all of us who think that just because we don't have the talent, we are already hopeless. Remember what Princess Leia said? "Obiwan Kenobi, you're my only hope!" It has nothing to do here... I just like saying it.
Anyway, I met this nice fellow in Moscow a long time ago during the Soviet era. His name is Alexander Kostyev, a chess teacher and author. He told a story about this kid who had the passion for chess like no other. In the old Soviet system, kids are tested early in school to see where they excel at and they recommend to the kid and the parents to pursue a class on whichever they are good at. This particular kid was good at soccer... he's no Pele, in fact, he was just regular at best but soccer was the only thing he was good at. So, when they told him and his parents that he was going to soccer class, he refused! He wanted chess. The problem was, among all the kids who were tested for chess, he came last! Cellar dweller... bottom feeder... kulelat... bulok!
He insisted on chess and with the backing of his parents, they let him in for a year thinking that once he learns that it is hopeless for him, he will come to his senses. At the end of the year, they test the kids again. They hold a tournament and from there they can assess who is who. The kid worked hard all year, more than anyone. Still, his result was quite bad. He showed improvement because he was no longer the very last place but he was still among that group. The kid and his parents insisted on continuing with chess and the kid improved year after year because of his hard work. He ended up number one in chess upon graduation. Later on, he won the Soviet Juniors and eventually, the World Juniors! With his hard work, passion and dedication, he qualified for the World Candidates Semi-finals three times! We all know him by the name, GM Artur Yusupov.
Mr, Kostyev was his long time coach; ever since Artur was a seemingly hopeless, soccer kicking boy. I looked up on Kostyev online quickly and found this:
The president of the International school chess union, the director of the Moscow Open festival Alexander Kostyev mentioned that he sees most of the players present here at the festival not the first time. – Among today’s winners of the Moscow Open youth championships there are certainly future world and Europe champions among pupils. And some of them will enter RSSU for chess department and choose the profession of a chess coach, - added Kostyev.
Apparently, he still teaches chess. He gave me an autographed book of his, "Methods of chesswork with children". It was written in Russian. The good news is, I can read it. The bad news is, I do not understand what I'm reading!
Well, except for the diagrams and annotations.
SO, it is not hopeless for anyone! Work on it! I've seen prodigies come and go because of laziness! Enjoy the game.