If you don’t know the opening theory…

…play something else.

A really weird game I played just now:

“US” – Ralph Diehlmann, Russian game, blitz (4+0):

1.e4…e5,
2.Sf3…Sf6,
3.d4…Sxe4,
4.dxe5…d5,
5.Nbd2…Bc5?
6.Nxe4…dxe4,
7.Qxd8+…Kxd8,
8.Ng5…Ke7,
9.Nxe4…Bb6,
10.Bg5+…Ke6,
11.f4…h6,
12.Bc4+…Kf5,
13.Ng3+…Kg4??,
14.Be2++

Two funny things about this game: 1) My opponent had a rating more than 100 above my own. He wasn’t exactly a beginner. 2) In the analysis after the game I realized that every single one of my moves were either Fritz’ first or second choice of moves.

The end position:

The Kareem-case revisited

The Free Kareem campaign has organized world-wide rallies for Kareem Friday. Rallies will take place in Washington, New York, London, Brussels, Rome, Stockholm, Prague, Bucharest, Berlin, Amsterdam, Athens, Mexico City, São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro.

No events in Denmark, something for which I am partly to blame. I have not followed the campaign very carefully the last months, and thus I have not made any attempt to organize anything as I didn’t know about the rallies before now. As it is, I don’t have time to participate in anything Friday, and I certainly have no chance to go to Copenhagen (where the Egyptian embassy in Denmark is located – the address, if you don’t already know it, can be found here).

If you feel like organizing something in Copenhagen, I’m not sure it’s too late though: Contact the free-kareem people here, as well as friends and people you know who might be interested, ASAP – and remember to tell the police (and perhaps a few local medias) beforehand.

More good news from the Ron Paul campaign

If you hadn’t noticed: Ron Paul has now passed Fred Thompson in the probability of winning the Republican nomination.

Fundraising is going very well too.