Thursday, September 18, 2008

Take a break....


As mentioned by many site, "preserved Chinese dates" in special pot which Hou Yifan take during all her games in Nalchik ( and others tournaments infact!) is said to be one of her secret succes .


Hou Yifan with he preserved date pot on her left in 2008 İş Bankası – Atatürk International Women Masters Chess Tournament in Istanbul, Turkey


However in the press conference after the finalgame with Kosteniuk , the organiser prepare a wine toast for both players and organisers. In most country, "drinking age" (alcohols) is around 18 - 21 years but for Chinese i'm not sure whether there are any clear guidelines about it...so....

........ cheeeeerrrrssss..............

....After 3 weeks of preserves dates....and chess.....

photos from Official site and chessbase.com

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