03 February 2009

Bluetooth band on airplane? Think again

I was searching for an article on effect of Bluetooth on airplane CNS system, and encounter this article. Now it prove me right! ;)

Aircraft Safety Report for Bluetooth

02 February 2009

January My Dawn of Chess


Holla. I was a bit skeptical at the beginning of new year, how my life would change through out the 2009 and so on but after a month, I am a bit impress on my new life. First, I just started my new career in January 2009 and what make me happy is I am now working in an industry that I can only dream off as a child. 

Quote: "A man need to crawl, stand, walk and jump. Then he can learn to fly.", Anonymous 

A wise man once said that, to learn anything, you need to learn constructively. From a basic to more advance. Learning without a plan is just worthless. I am taking this advice for my guidance in everything I do. 

The Graph above is my chess performance indicator in Gameknot (GK) site. During end of December I manage to get my highest rating in GK (=1769) and during the same period, I was joining 1 Open tournament in my country with 85% were rated players (>50% are >2000 in FIDE rating). Although my performance on paper was not good enough, I managed to get 5 draws out of 9 (including 2 draws with rated players). All my games were equal and at some point of analysis my position was even better and could be winning. Furthermore, it was my 1st comeback in chess since 2006!! I am more flexible now and my game is maturing. I think I will stop here before my article look bragging on me :p I can't stop it, my ego is so high right now. Can you blame me for it? :)




Petroff Defense - Petrified of the black Rooks.
knazmi (1632) vs. ashera (1851), 5d+2d, 7d max
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(white to move)
1.e4e5
2.Nf3Nf6
3.Nxe5d6
4.Nf3Nxe4
5.Nc3Nf6
6.Bc4d5
7.Qe2+Be7
8.Bb3Nc6
9.O-OO-O
10.d4Bg4
11.a3Nxd4
12.Qd3Nxf3+
13.gxf3Bh3
14.f4Qd7
15.Re1Bf5
16.Rxe7Qxe7
17.Qxf5Qe1+
18.Kg2c6
19.Rb1d4
20.Be3Qxb1
21.Nxb1dxe3
22.fxe3Rae8
23.Kf3Ne4
24.Qd7Nc5
25.Bxf7+Kh8
26.Qxe8