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Last weekend (05.02.2005) at the PCCP Clubhouse a chess tournament took place ... AND I WON!

It was a great experience to play against many different people with different skills and I had to fight really tough to win this title.
First game against SQL Peter I was loosing my knight really soon and my rook too, but I managed to win after breaking in his backdoor.
Second game against my girlfriend Elisabeth was very hard, I knew that she plays well but she made a few mistakes and so I was able to win this game too.
I won my next two games, against Bertl and Alfi, and so I had to play in the quarterfinals against Wolfi - he played concentrated but I was the better player - next win and now against my litte brother Jakob.
This was my hardest game, he played great and without a mistake I was one bishop short - but after a long game my pawns made the difference for my win.
So I played the final against Max and I was controlling this game from the beginning not giving him a chance to play with his queen and managed to win the tournament.

Links: Results on the PCCP Homepage
Impressions on the PCCP Homepage

The final Checkmatt

Fun with a microsoft programm - is this possible?
Yeah it is, but it's a Open Source program (not from Microsoft) which emulates good old Dos. The Program is called DosBox and there is a good, free Front-End called D-Fend.

So I play my old dos games (especially adventures and pinball fantasy) once again - having fun with them in the breaks during my work for my diploma thesis.
Try and enjoy it!

I have read many articles about how Google is spying on its users and that Google is working together with the U.S. Government.
One example how Google is ignorating your personal rights is that the site sets a cookie which expires in the year 2038 (why so late?) and stores your search habits.

Links related to this topic:
Google Watch
Report on FM4

How can I stop Google from spying on me?
If you use a modern, safe browser (like Firefox), disallow google.com and all it's local undersites to set cookies on your PC - for more details read The famous cookie.

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By the way, it was unbelievable and I'm not able to describe it - go and see it by yourself!