[Event "Anna Ushenina"]
[Site "SchemingMind.com"]
[Date "2012.12.12"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Olli Ylönen"]
[Black "white bishop"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C68m"]
[WhiteCountry "FIN"]
[BlackCountry "PHI"]
[WhiteElo "1847"]
[WhiteRD "53"]
[BlackElo "2029"]
[BlackRD "131"]
[GameID "322684"]

1. e4 e5
{
white bishop: Why are you angry in your picture?
}
2. Nf3
{
Olli Ylönen: I haven't notice it.
}
2... Nc6
{
white bishop: You will look more handsome, if you learn to smile in all your photos.
}
3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6
{
white bishop: You seem to be a very aggressive player!
}
5. O-O
{
Olli Ylönen: Because of this variation?
}
5... Bd6
{
white bishop: Yes, precisely because of your choice of variation. As black, I would have preferred the closed variations against higher-rated players.
}
6. d4
{
Olli Ylönen: I think the same way.
}
6... exd4
{
white bishop: Olen juuri saapunut kotiin. Olen takaisin työhuoneeseeni Manilla.
}
{
white bishop: Sinun Englanti on erittäin hyvä!
}
{
white bishop: You have to write back to me in English, as I do not understand Finnish.
}
7. Qxd4
{
Olli Ylönen: Your Finnish is understandable!
}
7... f6 8. Be3
{
white bishop: Hienoa, olet ymmärtänyt minun suomea! Jossa suomalainen etunimi, voin teeskennellä olla suomalainen!
}
{
white bishop: Tietenkin, en tiennyt miksi Manilla oli väärin kirjoitettu kanssa 2 L's sijasta 1 sinun kielelläsi.
}
{
white bishop: Se on 5:29 aamulla. Minun täytyy mennä keittiöön nyt valmistelemaan aamiaista ja herätä lapseni jälkeen. Onko sinulla lapsia?
}
8... Be6 9. Nbd2
{
Olli Ylönen: Ei ole lapsia. Sinulla alkaa päivä(day) aikaisin.
}
9... Ne7
{
white bishop: Ymmärrän! Olet edelleen sinkku? Minun täytyy herätä aikaisin, ei vain valmistaa aamiaista, mutta myös valmistella lounasta ja välipaloja joka lapseni tuovat mukanaan kouluun. Heidän täytyy olla koulussa viimeistään 07:15, muuten he pitivät myöhään, jos he saapuvat kouluun tämän ajan jälkeen.
}
10. Qc3 Qd7
{
white bishop: Olen edelleen epävarmaa linnaan kuningas tai kuningatar puolella.
}
{
white bishop: I'm interested in joining a team. Don't know which team to join, even though there are not many to choose from. Noted that you are in The Chess Warriors and your team has an ongoing match with Scotland the Brave (B Team). You scored 2 points for your team. Observed that The Chess Warriors started to be active in team matches this year and has an impressive track record with matches, i.e. only lost a match and winning the rest. Can I join the team? Although most of the members' ratings are above 2000, they have admitted a new member from Argentina. 
}
{
white bishop: I'm also a new member. I joined last Oct. 31, 2012.
}
11. Nc4
{
Olli Ylönen: Yes, i'm a single. About Chess Warriors. They were recruiting new players last autumn and i was asked to join. They were(i believe still) planning to put up two teams for next league season. You should send private message to Pompey(team captain). Btw in Finland childrens don't need to have food of their own when they're in school, because school gives them lunch.
}
{
white bishop: My children study in a private Christian school. The free lunch the schools in Finland provide -- are these private or public schools? Public (government-run) schools here don't provide free lunch either, as it will drain their budget. Public schools all over the Philippines all have overcrowded classrooms with a teacher handling 60-70 students a class. Public school teachers are normally overworked, and in the past they are underpaid, meaning receiving a salary lower than what private school teachers get. Besides, the quality of teaching or instruction in public schools here is substandard.
}
{
white bishop: I would like to add that it is substandard or unacceptable, except if it is a "science high school". Public school teachers are always asked or required to help out in elections, because all the public schools become voting precincts or centers during election time.
}
{
white bishop: In a private school, they have a lower teacher-student ratio per class, such as 1 teacher:about 40-45 students. Also, each subject is taught by a different teacher, unlike in public schools, normally a teacher has to teach all the subjects in elementary, but I think their teachers have subject specializations in public high schools. My 2 daughters are now in high school, but in their school, since elementary, their different teachers teach in the subjects they specialize in, so during Parents-Teachers Conference (PTC) time each quarter, I have to see and talk with several teachers. 
}
{
white bishop: I know in Scandinavia, the taxation rate is very high. In exchange for the high taxation, the citizens get education, hospitalization and a lot of services for FREE. Here, the government does provide a lot of things for free, but they are quite limited, sometimes only for the poor. They define poor as having an annual income less than a apecified figure. 
}
11... O-O-O
{
Olli Ylönen: I don't know how many private schools is in Finland, at least is rare. But lunch is free anyhow. One teacher has about 15-25 students.
}
12. g3 Bxc4
{
white bishop: First of all, I want to greet you "Hyvää joulua!" I see that class sizes are small there in Finland compared to ours here in Philippines.
}
13. Qxc4
{
Olli Ylönen: Happy New Year!
}
13... Qg4
{
white bishop: Have you attended a lot of Christmas parties and received a lot of gifts?
}
14. Nd4
{
Olli Ylönen: No parties and no gifts received, but give some. Did you?
}
14... Qxe4
{
white bishop: Have so far attended 2 parties, i.e. my company's Christmas party and another one from the couples cell group in our church. I won a box of chocolates and some cash (totaling P2000) in raffles prizes from our company's Christmas party, whereas in the other party, we exchanged gifts. An aunt used to hold a party every year on Dec. 24, but this year she didn't had one. There's another party I'm looking forward to that my parents are having every year on Dec. 31 in their home, but this year it will be held in a Chinese restaurant inside a well-known hotel a day earlier (Dec. 30), for the 1st time. I think I gave out more gifts than I received. I have to prepare gifts also for my children's classmates. 
}
{
white bishop: Happy New Year to you and your family!
}
15. Rfe1
{
Olli Ylönen: Happy this year!
}
15... Nf5 16. Rad1 Rhe8
{
white bishop: Mitä muita harrastuksia sinulla on syrjään shakista? Rakastan lukea, kirjoittaa mitään lyrics kappaleita, runoja, kirjeitä ja artikkeleita.
}
{
white bishop: Jotkut näytteitä lyrics kirjoitin ja käännetty suomeksi:

Mitä maailma voi antaa
Mietimme jos tiedät
Koskaan tyydyttää, jos saat kiinni nyt
Se tekee sinut niin siistiä, juoksu elämäsi päämäärättömästi
Vapaaehtoisesti, haluamme todistaa teille
}
17. Qb3
{
white bishop: Täällä on 2-säkeistö runo alunperin kirjoitin Pilipino, meidän kansallinen kieli, mutta piti kääntää ensin mainitun Englanti ennen kuin voin kääntää sen suomeksi sinulle:

Aika kulkee niin nopeasti /
Että en voi tuoda takaisin menneisyydestäni /
Siksi aion heittää elämäni pois /
Käsiin suuria aaltoja

Kuulen lintujen laulun ilmassa /
Näen katkaravut tanssia merissä /
Jos en olisi ihminen, jos olisin nyt? /
Kukaan ei tiedä, paitsi meidän Kaikkivaltias Jumala
}
{
white bishop: I cannot make the ends of the phrases rhyme in Finnish nor in English, but all its lines end in rhyming words in the original Pilipino language.
}
17... Nxe3 18. Rxe3
{
Olli Ylönen: Maybe only reading is my only hobby besides chess, but hard to focus on it, because i think chess "all" the time. You shoul upload your song to youtube.com
}
18... Qd5 19. Rxe8 Rxe8
{
white bishop: You think chess all the time because you are actively playing in 106 Standard Chess games and 37 different Variant Chess games. If I have that much games, it would be too stressful for me as I will have difficulty in keeping track of the games! 
}
20. Qxd5
{
Olli Ylönen: Also i play in Gameknot.com, chess.com, chessworld.net and few others, but this and others are just childs play comparing to ICCF where i have almost 100 games ongoing and those ICCF games are the ones which makes me think of chess almost all the time.
}
20... cxd5
{
white bishop: I currently have 7 ongoing games and 2 more about to begin today.
}
21. Nf5
{
white bishop: Wow, since you also play in a lot of other chess sites, that multiplies the number of games you play. No wonder you think chess all the time! Does it affect you in your work? By this I meant that because your mind is so preoccupied with chess, you forgot to do some important things on your patients. Maybe chess will also surface in your dreams, as you may dream of positions, analyze them, and dream about your best possible move. 
}
{
white bishop: What I showed you is only 1 stanza from my song "Life in Christ". The entire song is much longer, as it is a full-length song.
}
{
white bishop: As for my poem, that was the entire 2 stanzas which I wrote many years ago, when I was younger. Se oli kirjoitettu huipulla minun masennus!
}
21... Bf8
{
white bishop: You are a very good and strong player, maybe you should also try OTB chess competitions/tournaments, so you will win some prizes.
}
{
white bishop: I will try to check out the other chess sites you mentioned, to see if I like them. My youngest daughter has played on chess.com, but she kept most of the time. The only problem with chess.com is that you have made your move and sent it, but the server still showed that it's your turn because it's still your clock that's moving, so you might lose on the time factor. You often get stuck that way.
}
22. Rxd5
{
Olli Ylönen: I would need practise first, but too busy now with cc games.
}
{
Olli Ylönen: gameknot.com is good
}
22... Re1+
{
white bishop: The cc games you play are already good practice for OTB games, especially the ICCF ones!
}
{
white bishop: I find cc very addicting. Every time I am free, I always think and tell my daughters that I must use the computer to check if my opponents have made their moves.
}
23. Kg2
{
Olli Ylönen: First thing in the morning to do :)
}
23... Rb1
{
white bishop: Early morning times are the most quiet and I am able to concentrate better. Right now, it's Sunday morning here, so I have to go prepare something in the kitchen first for everyone, then we all prepare to attend worship services in our church. Are you a Christian and do you also go to church?
}
24. b3
{
Olli Ylönen: Yes i'm Christian, but it's long time ago when i was last time in church.
}
24... Rb2
{
white bishop: Oh, do you pray and read your Bible?
}
25. Nd4
{
Olli Ylönen: Sure.
}
25... g6
{
white bishop: Are both your parents still in good health? Both my parents are not in excellent health. My dad has a heart pacemaker, suffers from hypertension and is anemic, no matter how much iron supplements he takes and injects into himself. My mom became diabetic during her senior years and now also has hypertension. She walks very slowly now.
}
{
white bishop: My Blood Pressure ranges from a low of 90/60 to a high of 110/70. Still good! Still within the normal range. In 2010 my Blood Pressure dropped to 80/50. I was hospitalized for pneumonia for a little over a week because I kept coughing and the medicine my doctor prescribed does not seem to have any effect on my cough. After I was released from the hospital, I lost a lot of weight and became weak. My lowest recorded Blood Pressure is 70/50 also in 2010.
}
26. a4
{
Olli Ylönen: My parents are both under 60 of age, so they are still in good shape and i'm health too. I've raed from somewhere, that liquorice raises blood pressure, have you ever try it?
}
26... c6
{
white bishop: Yes, I've read about it before. My concern now is not to raise my blood pressure, as it's within the normal range. If I try to raise my blood pressure, I may end up having hypertension like my parents. I look after my parents, and I do research into anti-aging, health & wellness, and longevity. I don't like to have the same health conditions they suffer.  
}
{
white bishop: I still lack physical exercise. I used to join aerobics classes years ago, and to force myself to go to the gym for some exercise. Since last year, I have been busy with my studies. So now I am doing more mental exercise than physical exercise, like reading & writing papers for my class, and playing chess. Do you workout in the gym or play any sport?
}
27. Nxc6
{
Olli Ylönen: Summer time i go to work with bicycle, it's 8 kilometres to one way. Winter time i have to walk, but it depends on how the bus is going, but i say enough of walking.
}
27... bxc6
{
white bishop: Did you just sacrifice a knight for nothing? At first, I thought you blundered, but since you are a very experienced player, that may not be likely be the case. I looked again at the board and saw the position of both our pieces, and I could only guess what you are planning to do with no certainty until I see your next move.
}
{
white bishop: Bicycling and walking are very good exercises, especially if done on a daily basis. It strengthens your heart. I've read before when I was young that sauna bath was popular in Finland. It said that in almost every household, the Finns have the facilities for it and usually invite friends over for sauna, or go to their friends' homes for sauna. Is that still true? I think that was a popular social activity, for a country as cold as Finland.
}
{
Olli Ylönen: My rook was threatened and only place to move it out was a5, but you could move Bb4. Better was again to trust first impression and play 26.Ne6 threatening mate, but after 26...Be7 i would have lose a-pawn, so i move a-pawn and didn't see how nasty c-pawn you have.
}
{
Olli Ylönen: Almost every house in Finland has a sauna and it's still common to use with friends. I have my own sauna too.
}
28. Rd2 c5
{
white bishop: Wow! I had to go to a spa to have my first sauna many years ago. 
}
{
white bishop: Now about cell phones, since Nokia is a Finnish company, its products must be very cheap there. At present, I still use my Nokia N95 8GB. What model is your, I presume, Nokia cell phone? 
}
{
white bishop: I've been seeing the names of a lot of Chess Variants in this site which I am not familiar with. I see that you have organized an Advanced Chess mini-tournament. Maybe after my OTB tournament next month, I'll try to explore some Chess Variants. What is your favorite Chess Variant? Please advise.
}
29. f4
{
Olli Ylönen: Nokia is my cell phone right now. earlier it was Sonyericson for almost 10 years. Stanley random chess is fun game. Double Fischer random is my favourite.
}
29... c4
{
white bishop: I am thinking of buying a videocam. Have you used any particular brand and model you can recommend?
}
{
white bishop: After my OTB tournament is over, as it's about to begin next month, maybe you can teach me some of these chess variants you enjoy playing, if you are not tied up with too many games. It would be fun to learn something new! :)
}
30. bxc4
{
Olli Ylönen: I can try, but i'm not a good teacher in chess, or variants, because i'm still quite a beginner myself after 4 years of play.
}
{
Olli Ylönen: About video cameras i don't know much. I have only used them with my pocket camera, which are not high quality.
}
30... Ra2
{
white bishop: I have a Canon PowerShot A620 digital camera which I bought in 2006. Although it can also shoot some video, I needed a gadget to be able to record something longer. I am trying to save money to buy myself a Canon VIXIA FS400, which is the cheapest unit in the VIXIA line. I could still wait for the price to drop.
}
31. Kf3
{
Olli Ylönen: How expensive is it?
}
31... Rxa4
{
white bishop: Right now, the cheapest price I can find for a unit of this Canon VIXIA FS400 camcorder is P9998.00 (US$246.16 or 184 euros) and the most expensive price for it is P12950.00 (US$318.84 or 238.28 euros) here in Philippines. I do not have the exchange rate for your country's currency, but trust that you can easily work it out from the euros or US$.
}
{
Olli Ylönen: Well played!
}
{
Olli Ylönen: We use euros. My pocket cameras has always been somewhat 99euros.
}
{
white bishop: What happened? Did you resign? When I saw "Black win", I thought I must be mistaken, because you still had plenty of time. 
}
{
white bishop: Thanks for the game and our chats, both of which I enjoyed! 
}
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