Saturday, 9 January 2010

@ Work

At work, but not working right now.
I went here to go up and see the CCP, MP Bank chess tournament.


The CCP and MP bank Grandmaster Chess Tournament

On the occasion of the 110th anniversary of Reykjavik Chess Club a very strong chess tournament will be held here at CCP, Saturday afternoon from 13 to 17.30. The event will take place in the dining area. Eight of the strongest Icelandic chess masters will fight it out in this 15 minutes per game, seven round-robin tournament. All games are shown live on the projection screen as well as broadcasted live on the internet.

Our fearless leader Hilmar Veigar Pétursson will play the first move of the tournament!

CCP warmly invite you to this special event!

The participants are:

* Arnar E. Gunnarsson (b. 1978), International Master
* Friðrik Ólafsson (b. 1935), International Grandmaster
* Guðmundur Kjartansson (b. 1988), International Master
* Helgi Áss Grétarsson (b. 1977), International Grandmaster
* Helgi Ólafsson (b. 1956), International Grandmaster
* Jóhann Hjartarson (b. 1963), International Grandmaster
* Jón L. Árnason (b. 1960), International Grandmaster
* Þröstur Þórhallsson (b. 1969), International Grandmaster


I am also installing WOW on my work machine since my internet is quite unstable at home. I have to get a wireless option next week..

D'oh! brought camera but it is out of power. So no flashy pictures of me with the pros.

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Slept until 1300 today!
I guess me and Thomas stayed up a bit late to discuss the longivity of Science Fiction classics.
The 4 who so far have stood the test of time are:
  • Bladerunner
  • Alien
  • 2001
  • The 3 ORIGINAL Star Wars movies

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