Home Alone

That's right...Bridget has taken Rowen and gone to her mother's...!

OK, OK, OK...before you start drawing conclusions, allow me to elaborate...!

This week is Bridget's Fall break in her school system. As it is, the teachers got the shaft and had Teacher Planning Days on Monday and Tuesday.

Bridget wanted to go to Florida to spend the remainder of the week with her parents at their new home near Amelia Island. Unfortunately, I had work commitments and could not go along.

They will be back on Sunday.

So, for the balance of that time period, I am coming home to an empty house and having to fend for myself. In a way it is cool, because I have no "curfew", so to speak. I am not restricted by domestic duties like I have been deluged with for the past months.

Anyway, I am looking to catch up on a few personal tasks this weekend...maybe visit with my sister and her husband in Atlanta...maybe see a friend or two...it should be good!

Regards,

Bill

Update - World Chess Championship 2006

The score for the World Chess Championship Title (and title reunification) match between Veslin Topalov and Vladimir Kramnik is tied with a score of 6:6. A series of tiebreak games will begin tomorrow (Friday October 13th - Yikes!).

The match has been frought with controversy, with the instigation of "Pottygate", et al. For all the gory details, visit the Chessbase news page at www.chessbase.com and click on the various headlines.

It seems likely that FIDE, the World Chess Federation, is going to be sued by Vladimir Kramnik, regardless of the match result, for their poor handling of the "Pottygate" issue. Maybe it will cause enough of a shakeup in FIDE that they will finally get a clue and get their act together. Wishful thinking!

I am not "rooting" for any particular player per se, but I definately side with Kramnik in regards to what happened during the match. FIDE really botched things up, and then made things (initally) worse by trying to "fix" things and also allowing Game Five to be started and forcing a forfeit win for Topalov (a BIG sticking point in the lawsuit if Topalov actually wins the match).

Once again, bad behavior away from the board puts top-level chess in the mainstream headlines, and not the games over-the-board themselves. When will it ever end?