Ajedrez.....

Way way back on this blog I wrote about following your interests in Spanish... almost anything you might possibly be interested in will be out there in SpanishLand...books, videos, music, blogs, films and so on.

To show you what I mean, I am interested in ( amongst other things) chess... and there's loads of that in Spanish ( but not quite so much as there is in German!).

There's loads of Spanish-language chess books for a start... including the best chess book ever, My 60 Memorable Games by Bobby Fisher... yes, there is a Spanish version....MIS 60 Mejores Partidas... and lots of others.



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Here's an odd little Spanish chess book...



Odd because it uses a very strange notation for the ( short) games... it took me a while to sort out how it worked.

There is also "The Flanders Panel" which I have mentioned beofre... a spanish mystery novel based on an ancient chess position.... gripping stuff if you like Peres-Reverte.

For more immediate gratification, there are lots of Spanish-language videos on the net... from Instrucional videos to reports of top-level games, to coverage of important 9 or not so important) tournaments... and even if you aren't interested in chess, the spanish is interesting to listen to ( mostly)... for example..

Here’s a short but nice clip about a simultaneous display where lots of young people get to play against a top player…


This next one is an instructional video about playing a famous chess opening with a Spanish name… the Ruy Lopez!


Here’s a video about Traps in the Opening…

This is one of a massive set of instructional videos called “ Las Pasion del Ajedrez


If you want to, you can play chess online against Spanish-language players... there are numerous sites, and you can simply choose opponents who display the flag of a spanish-speaking country.... it is quite normal to write about all sorts of things while the game progresses.

And as for the music, it's a song by Elli Noise called TuRbiNa.... probably aimed at the younger end of the audience...



here's them words..

No pienso creer en algo
q no puedo ni mirar
q esta lejos de mi comprensión,
De repente t apareces tan distinta
y diferente creo q no puedo confiarme
Llevo tanto tanto tiempo así
y es por ti terminaste con la luz
nanana nananara

He encontrado una razón en mi camino
y se va alejando como lo hago yo
Basta con tener conciencia de quien soy
y q me espera
esa es nuestra diferencia hoy
Llevo tanto tanto tiempo así
Find More lyrics at www.sweetslyrics.com
y es por ti terminaste con la luzz
basta ya de indiferencia

Y es por ti que emprendo este viaje hoy
falta mucho por recorrer
solo quiero alejarme de una vez
Llevo tanto tanto tiempo así
y es por ti terminaste con la luz,
basta ya de indiferencia y es por ti
es mejor dejarte a ti

Por q lejos de tanto dolor
poder ser, tener mejor
la distancia, todo cambia de color.

Hey... I've bought a ( very cheap) MP3 player! It works!