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My avatar

daffodil74
| Sep 2, 2010
| 1,813
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I've got some questions about my new avatar. So now I put it here so you can take a better look. Only a Lady infront of the mirrow!

Pyramid Tournament BFH

Pyramid Tournament BFH

daffodil74
| Aug 30, 2010
| 2,112
| 0

Rules: 1. Everyone who joins will be in level 1 at the beginning. 2. Everyone can challenge one game against an available player in the same level or in the level one above. The game name is "Pyramid Tournament BFH".(BFH - Be the First to Hear, ...

Here they paint over the image to Reidun (79)

Here they paint over the image to Reidun (79)

daffodil74
| Aug 20, 2010
| 1,912
| 1

(Sorry for bad English, used Google Translator at this one) Reidun - I'm crushed It's a black day for Reidun Einvika - when you read this, the wall of her white. People across the country (Norway) have reacted sharply after it became known that...

Birthday Party!

Birthday Party!

daffodil74
| Aug 12, 2010
| 1,478
| 2

Our group "Be the first to hear..." is 1 month today!! So here is cake and coffee for everyone. Being a "big" little girl with more than 100 members we think we have something for everyone! Vote Chess, Team Matches, lots of Tournaments, Puzzles ...

Brain Storming!!

Brain Storming!!

daffodil74
| Aug 11, 2010
| 1,120
| 2

How can we make a group a better place to be? I'm not thinking of better in team matches or better chess knowledge, I'm thinking of getting people to really enjoy being a member in a group. In the group I'm trying to build up we now have team ma...

Some different tournaments

Some different tournaments

daffodil74
| Aug 8, 2010
| 951
| 0

At the very moment these tournaments are up for registration: Kings Gambit Open                      2 days/move, 5(1)-1 Kings Gambit <1500                       3 days/move, 5(1)-1, <1500 Honour and Respect to My Brother  3 days/move, 4(...

Woman No. 10b

Woman No. 10b

daffodil74
| Jul 23, 2010
| 1,174
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Alexandra Kosteniuk is at the FIDE list woman No. 11, but with the same rating (2519) as Marie Sebag at No. 10. Alexandra learned to play chess at the age of five after being taught by her father. She has a little sister named Oxana, who is a FID...

Woman No. 10a

Woman No. 10a

daffodil74
| Jul 22, 2010
| 975
| 1

Marie Sebag and Alexandra Kosteniuk have raiting 2519 in July 2010. I do not know why  FIDE has Marie as 10 and Alexandra as 11. But I write about them both! Marie is born in 1986 and is from France. She became GM in 2008. She is often talked of ...

Honour and Respect to My Brother!

Honour and Respect to My Brother!

daffodil74
| Jul 21, 2010
| 626
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In Honour and Respect to My Brother I've created a tournament for players above 2000. Everyone who has a brother you respect please join! How blessed I am, how fortunate I've been That you are my brother and also my friend!   I'm so happy tha...

Woman No. 9

Woman No. 9

daffodil74
| Jul 21, 2010
| 827
| 3

Viktorija Cmilyte (1983) from Lithuania is No. 9 in July 2010 of the best female chessplayers at the FIDE list. Viktorija became WIM in 1999 and IM the year after, now her raiting is 2527. Viktorija started playing chess at the age of 6, she also...

Woman No.8/Girl No.2

Woman No.8/Girl No.2

daffodil74
| Jul 20, 2010
| 833
| 0

Our Woman No.8 in July 2010 is Anna Muzychuk with rating 2527. She is Slovanian and born in 1990. Anna became a WIM in 2004 and IM in 2007. Like so many of the others from our Topp Ten list also Anna has a sister who playes chess. Mariya, born 199...

Bronze Knight 5

Bronze Knight 5

daffodil74
| Jul 19, 2010
| 546
| 1

In Norway we have some metal pins for the young chessplayers. When you have both the bronze and the silver you became in the Metal Gang.  Each pin has 12 tests that you have to prove to an instructur that you manage. Even though the Bronze Knight...

Woman No.7 (July 2010)

Woman No.7 (July 2010)

daffodil74
| Jul 19, 2010
| 689
| 1

Kateryna Lahno is our No.7 in July 2010 with a rating at 2535. Kateryna was born in 1989 in Ukrainia (that time a part of Sovjet Union). She became a WGM at the age of 12 years, and in 2007 she became a GM.  Kateryna is one of those it's a little...

Bronze Knight 4

Bronze Knight 4

daffodil74
| Jul 18, 2010
| 516
| 0

In Norway we have some metal pins for the young chessplayers. When you have both the bronze and the silver you became in the Metal Gang.  Each pin has 12 tests that you have to prove to an instructur that you manage. Even though the Bronze Knight...

The Topp Ten

The Topp Ten

daffodil74
| Jul 16, 2010
| 647
| 1

 1  Polgar, Judit    HUN  2682    1976  2  Koneru, Humpy    IND  2600    1987  3  Hou, Yifan    CHN  2577    1994  4  Kosintseva, Tatiana    RUS  2562    1986  5  Stefanova, Antoaneta    BUL  2560    1979  6  Kosintseva, Nadezhda    RUS  2551    1...

Bronze Knight 3

Bronze Knight 3

daffodil74
| Jul 16, 2010
| 737
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In Norway we have some metal pins for the young chessplayers. When you have both the bronze and the silver you became in the Metal Gang.  Each pin has 12 tests that you have to prove to an instructur that you manage. Even though the Bronze Knight...

To all my friends and friends to be

To all my friends and friends to be

daffodil74
| Jul 15, 2010
| 676
| 0

I would like to invite you all to my new group, but I'm only allowed to invite a few each day so I'm just starting somewhere. Please feel free to join! (some time or other you will get an invitation)

Woman No.6 (in July 2010)

Woman No.6 (in July 2010)

daffodil74
| Jul 15, 2010
| 912
| 2

Today our guest is Nadezhda Kosintseva (born 1985) from Russia. She is the older sister of Tatiana (Woman No.4). Nadezhda is WGM and IM, and her official rating is 2551. A prolific champion of junior chess, she has an enviable history at the Euro...

Woman No. 5 (in July)

Woman No. 5 (in July)

daffodil74
| Jul 14, 2010
| 829
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Our 5th woman in FIDE's list of the 100 best women in July is Antoaneta Stefanova. She was born in Bulgaria in 1979, and became a GM in 2002. It's not easy to find information about Antoaneta, she fighted a time to get support from the Bulgarian C...

Bronze Knight 1

Bronze Knight 1

daffodil74
| Jul 13, 2010
| 1,028
| 1

In Norway we have some metal pins for the young chessplayers. I do remeber how proud I was when coming home with the silver one. When you had both the bronze and the silver you became in the Metal Gang.  Each pin has 12 tests that you have to pro...

Basic chess prinsiples by Susan Polgar

Basic chess prinsiples by Susan Polgar

daffodil74
| Jul 13, 2010
| 1,590
| 1

Instead of writing myself today I've got permission from Susan Polgar (1969, Hungary) to copy an article she wrote last summer. On the July 1984 FIDE Rating List, at age 15, she was the top-ranked woman player in the world. She was the first woman...

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