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Chess problem

Thursday, December 6th, 2007

White moves.

White moves.
Unfortunately I was black… A couple moves before, with arrogance I chose not to do N. … c1 N+1. …, with promotion of the pawn, hunting for a nice checkmate. I should have promoted the pawn, because we saw only the following lines:
1. Qe8+, Kf6 2. Qf8+, Kg6 3. Qe8+, Kh7 4. Qh8+, […]

The Same Old Song for the Same Old Fart

Saturday, January 13th, 2007

Happy birthday to meee,
happy birthday to meeee,
happy birthday dear Pietrooo,
happy birthday to meeeeeee!
I gave myself as a present another 30/30 in an exam… So good!

Quote of Today and a thanksgiving

Monday, January 8th, 2007

You should emulate your heros, but don’t carry it too far, especially if they are dead
And thanks to the 1402 unique visitors of this week…

Vacuum

Sunday, November 12th, 2006

Higgs… Noether… Symmetries… SU(3)… Flavour… Color… Crap… Neutrinos… Neutralinos… Standard Model And Beyond…
Why Pisa and Roma universities have a quality of teaching surely NOT better than Padova University, but have plenty of money to send their undergraduates some months in America during the thesis?
Why Pisa and Roma universities consider the Summer Student as an exam […]

Go Italian Cup

Sunday, May 14th, 2006

Yesterday I played at the Go Italian Squad Cup!!!
I started to play not much time ago in the Kiseido Go Server, and some players convinced me to participate to the cup (they said that playing in a tournament with stronger opponents is the better way to learn: and they are right).
I had to subscribe myself […]

Honor

Friday, May 5th, 2006

We will never forget our soldiers who died while accomplishing their oaths taken to our Fatherland.
Addio ragazzi, possiate riposare in pace, voi che per la pace e la libertà siete morti

Improving chessness

Saturday, March 18th, 2006

Ok ok, “chessness” is a word that does not exist… But I like it =)
In my childhood I learned the very basic rules of chess, and played with my relatives with an aggressive and rough style of playing (in spite of that, I rarely lost a match… My relatives are not champions, or they let […]

Rambling through a Goban

Saturday, March 18th, 2006

Yesterday I played Go in Kiseido Go Server, a server that allows people to register and play Go without any fee.
It is a very nice community, with kind people that is happy to help a beginner like me!
So, yesterday I found two guys that played with me a “teaching match” (basically a match in which […]

Chuck Norris forever

Sunday, February 26th, 2006

Here are some claims from
http://www.chucknorrisfacts.com
They are surely all true. If you even think that they are false, Chuck Norris will roundhouse-kick you through the monitor of your computer.
# In the beginning there was nothing…then Chuck Norris Roundhouse kicked that nothing in the face and said “Get a job”. That is the story of the universe.
# […]