Nationals,5 more rounds

     Here I am ,in Calimanesti,Romania,playing the Nationals U20,girls.There are 6 participants,so we play 10 rounds (yeah... a lot of games...) with 3 double rounds and no rest days.It is a tough schedule,but I'm doing pretty well.I have 4p out of 5 (with a stupid loss in the first round,blunders can happen). You can follow the results here: http://www.chess-results.com/tnr47471.aspx?art=2&lan=11&wi=1000

    Calimanesti is a beautiful place,surrounded by mountains,with many monasteries. As far,we were not so lucky with the weather,it's raining almost every day...but it doesn't stop us from being in a great mood :) We (and by we I mean : my sister,Roxana,Ioana and Georgiana and me) went to a short trip to the Cozia monastery. Of course,it rained :D Here are some blurry pictures :D
     My round will start at 4 pm today,I've already prepaired,ready to give a fight! :)
    I'll keep you updated with the results and news :)

Nationals coming up!

    I haven't updated my blog for a bit and I can't find any worthy excuses. I guess there were just too much things happening (even though it sounds like a cliche).
    I'm going to leave for the National Junior Championship in 2 days,so keep your fingers crossed for me!But I'm really looking forward for the European Women Chess Championship! I don't have big expectations from Tbilisi,but I just hope it will be nicer than the last time I was in Georgia (in 2006).
    Unless I will find any entertaining subject to talk about,let's speak about weather! :D It was a joke (lol)
    I had a lot of  'routine' stuff to do lately,like going to school, practicing chess,hanging between Iasi and Chisinau...So, a little competition spirit is welcomed!
   My fingers don't obey to me anylonger,so I guess I'll just take some sleep, dreaming about summer... (indeed-where the hell it is?????) :)))))

  

Late night writting...

   I've never been so sure that I live the right way.
   I'm not the sweet,little girl you've got used to see.Life's not as easy as it seems.Some times,good girls become bad girls.I'm not pretending to be the bad one,I think I'm somewhere in the middle and I don't regret anything I've done to come here. It was always my choice,no matter what anyone would say,no one has ever manipulated me. I've always done only the things I wanted,no one has ever forced me... (well,may be except my mom with doing my homework :P )
   It's not easy-recognizing I've changed and I'm not the girl everybody thinks I am,or,may be,I'm not the girl I think I am...Who knows? Life will put everything on it's place,I'm sure about it.
   I just want to live my life elegant and with no regrets.
   It's my choice and it has always been.

What about ear piercings?

     I've been thinking so much about an ear piercing the last few days... So,today,I entered a beauty saloon very determined to get it! But,surprise- " we don't offer these kind of services,but you can try going to a hospital if you're not able to make it by yourself" answered miss "Barbie", from the reception. WTF???? Ok,breath Irina,just keep breathing... And Irina went out that saloon without any incidents. Ok.What to do? I still want that ear piercing. Well,I got home and decided that maybe I should really try to make it by myself. It was proved to be a wrong decision. I got nothing but a red ear and a terrible ear ache.
    And here the smart Irina wakes up! Oh,maybe I should google it and see if making an ear pearcing by myself isn't dangerous ( you know,an infection or anything else ...). The first picture I found on google was disgusting! Then,I did some reading on the theme: "dangers of ear piercings".As a result, I got totaly scared! So,now, I keep doing all kind of desinfectioning things.
  The funny thing is that I could just buy a magnetic pierce and be happy without doing all this crazy stuff....
   Well,I hope I will have my ear healed soon and here is my advice: Don't try to make a piercing by yourself,just go to a specialist,or,even better- buy  a magnetic pierce!
    Now,nothing else can be done but keeping your fingers crossed for my ear healing!

Merry Christmas to all of you!!!!

    I've been so excited these days about coming home,meeting the old friends that I literally couldn't find any time to write anything here... Now,I'm finally back on the earth and ready to write,write and write :D  

   So,let's start with the news ;) 

   I had a great time in Germany! We won our matches ( "we" means:Deimante Daulyte,Adriana Nikolova,Lyubka Genova,Melinda Goczo and Lili Toth) . I won both games,the first one from a german player with 2125 Elo and the second one also against a weaker opponent,with an 1947 Elo. It was kind of very funny because we couldn't help laughing every day,before the round,we were such in a good mood that in the second round we just wipped our opponents from the board with a 6:0 score! 

  After each game,I used to play friendly blitz games with Adriana,it was my preparation for the Romanian Women Rapid & Blitz Chess Championships that started few days later.... :D 

   It was also a funny story about our shirts.We all had these white shirts which you can see on the pictures and we were asked by our sponsors to wear white trousers at the first round,so I put on a pair of white jeans and I was quite surprised when arriving at the playing hall ,there was no one but me in such an "uniform" =)))

   Then,I had some great time of shopping  in Frankfurt!!! There was an amazing Christmas market in the center of the city with a lot of sweets and souvenirs... Ok,shopping is great until getting at the airport,waiting in the "tax free" zone,hopping to get back the 16 % from the money I spent on shopping ,among all that crazy people....Somehow,I managed to catch my plane...I even had some 3 minutes for duty free!!!

  

Part II

I arrived to Bucharest  a Sunday evening and the next day I was going to have an exam at biology,so I took the first train to Iasi and at about 4 a.m. I finally arrived... I was so lucky to manage getting a 10 at my exam! The same evening we ( my friend Smaranda,our coach Vlad and me) had a  5 hours ride to Brasov where the Romanian Women Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships were going to take place. I was so excited about the wonderful weather ( it was a real winter with a lot of ice and snow!) and about the first time of visiting this beautiful city that I couldn't allow myself to feel tired ;) So,not without luck I won both rapid and blitz Championships without doing anything special,just being in a great mood and playing for my pleasure!

 We had also some free time for sight-seeing and for drinking a cappuccino  & a glass of boiled wine :P ( for the first time!)

   Now,I am just happy about being home,with my familly and I can't wait tomorrow to give all the gifts!!!!! 

   I'd like to wish " Merry Christmas!!!!!!" to everybody and I hope you'll spend it with the people you love!!!!! 

  

   

Ganduri...

   Era dezgustata crancen de toate calitatile ei,de toate lucrurile pe care le iubise cu ardoare; in aceasta stare de "imaginatie rasturnata",incerca sa judece viata cu imaginatia ei.
   Nu o data ii veni ideea sa se sinucida,si imaginea mortii era pentru ea plina de farmec,ca o odihna placuta,ca un pahar de apa rece ca gheata,oferit nenorocitului ce rataceste prin desert murind de sete si de arsita.
   Dar suferinta pe care i-ar fi provocat-o ar fi fost o pedeapsa prea cruda. Dispretul cu care il tortura ii facea placere. Orgoliul ei era multumit- il infrunta cu virtute.Prin repicile-i acide,pline de o ironie iscusita, il indeparta tot mai mult,arzand toate podurile, nelasandu-si cale de intoarcere. Bucuria pe care i-o provocau suferintele lui o facea sa se simta invingatoare,chiar incepea sa creada ca nu-l mai iubeste.

Prime impresii din Germania

   Azi dimineata am aterizat in aeroportul din Frankfurt.Prima  diferenta dintre germani si noi nu s-a lasat prea mult asteptata.Dupa ce am trecut controlul de pasapoarte,am trecut in sala de asteptare a bagajelor si pe panoul numarul 14 a aparut exact timpul peste care se vor da valizele:11 minute.Astfel, am putut sa merg la baie linistita,fara a ma stresa ca poate cand vin nu-mi mai gasesc bagajele. Mereu am admirat punctualitatea nemtilor,dar chiar nu-mi pot imagina de unde stiau ei ca vor descarca valizele in 11 si nu in 13 minute...Spre surprinderea mea,exact cand cronometrul a aratat 0.00,a aparut si prima valiza! Nu e de mirare ca Germania este una dintre cele mai dezvoltate tari din Europa,chiar daca a fost si cea mai afectata dupa cel de-al doilea Razboi Mondial! Aici,fiecare om parca ar avea un cronometru montat in sine.Notiunea de intarziere nu are dreptul nici macar la o existenta teoretica.

   Drumul din Frankfurt pana in Echzell nici nu l-am simtit! Aici drumurile sunt atat de bune,incat pe autostrazi poti vedea doar semne de circulatie  pe care se indica viteza minima,nu cea maxima. :P

   Dupa amiaza vom merge la o scoala din oras,unde coechipiera mea,Daulyte Deimante va da un simultan copiilor. Runda se joaca maine,la 14.00.Jucam cu echipa Medizin Erfurt, suntem favorite si speram sa le batem cu un scor frumos ;). Eu voi juca cu o rusoaica stabilita de ceva timp in Germania- Anisheva Varvara,wfm,2127.

   Abia astept lunea viitoare,cand voi avea ocazia  de a  savura o luuuuunga tura de shopping  prin Frankfurt! (Of,fetele astea,rafturile le sunt pline de haine,dar tot nu au niciodata cu ce sa se imbrace! :D)