Vincent, France

Souvenirs

2011-01-09T16:08:00.000+01:00

Comment dire Noël en ... ?

2010-12-14T19:23:00.005+01:00

Nom du Père Noël dans le monde

Europe et Amérique du Nord

Le Père Noël est généralement reconnu et célébré dans la plupart des pays européens et nord-américains. Ailleurs, celui qui distribue les cadeaux durant les vacances d'hiver, incluant le nom, l'apparence, l'histoire, et la date d'arrivée, varie grandement.

Albanie : Babagjyshi i Krishtlindjeve (« Grand-père Noël ») ; Babadimri (« Grand-père Hiver »)
Allemagne : Weihnachtsmann (« Homme-noël ») ; Christkind au sud du pays
Autriche : Christkind (textuellement « Enfant-Christ », que l'on traduit en fait par l'Enfant Jésus mais qui, paradoxalement, est représenté par une jeune fille portant une couronne)
Arménie : Ձմեռ Պապիկ (Dzmer Papik « Grand-père Hiver »)
Bosnie-Herzégovine : Djeda Mraz (« Grand-père Hiver »)
Bulgarie : Дядо Коледа (« Grand-père Noël »), Дядо Мраз (« Grand-père Frost ») dans le passé
Canada : Santa Claus ; Père Noël
Croatie : Djed Mraz (« Grand-père Frost ») ou Djed Božičnjak (« Grand-père Noël »)
République Tchèque : Svatý Mikuláš (« Saint Nicholas »), il amène les cadeaux le soir du 5 décembre, le jour avant ses vacances. Il donne souvent des fruits et des friandises (aux enfants sages) et des patates et charbons (aux vilains enfants) ; Ježíšek (« Enfant Jésus »)
Danemark : Julemanden
Espagne : Reyes Magos (Biblical Magi)
Estonie : Jõuluvana
États-Unis : Santa Claus ; Kris Kringle ; Papa noël (Dans le sud de la Louisiane), Saint Nicholas ou Saint Nick
Îles Féroé : Jólamaðurin
Finlande : Joulupukki
France : Père Noël
Géorgie : თოვლის ბაბუა, თოვლის პაპა (Tovlis Babua, Tovlis Papa « Grand-père neige »)
Grèce, Chypre : Άγιος Βασίλης (« Saint-Basil »)
Hongrie : Mikulás (« Nicholas ») ; Télapó (« Vieil homme hiver ») ; Jézuska ou Kis Jézus (« Enfant Jésus »)
Islande : Jólasveinn
Irlande : Santa Claus, Santy ou Daidí na Nollaig (« Père Noël »)
Italie : Babbo Natale (« Père Noël ») ; L'uomo vestito di rosso
Lettonie : Ziemassvētku vecītis
Liechtenstein : Christkind
Lituanie : Senis Šaltis ou Kalėdų Senelis (« Grand-père Noël »)
Luxembourg : Kleeschen (« Saint Nicolas »)
Macédoine : Дедо Мраз / Dedo Mraz
Norvège : Julenissen
Pays-Bas & Flandres : Kerstman
Pologne : Święty Mikołaj / Mikołaj (« Saint-Nicolas ») ; Gwiazdor dans certaines régions
Portugal : Pai Natal]
Roumanie, Moldavie : Moș Crăciun (« Père Noël ») ; Moș Nicolae (« Père Nicolas ») ; Moș Gerilă
Royaume-Uni : Father Christmas, Santa Claus, Santa, Siôn Corn
Russie : Дед Мороз (Ded Moroz, « Grandfather Frost »)
Serbie : Дедa Мрaз / Deda Mraz (Ded Moroz) ; Божић Бата / Božić Bata (« Frère Noël »)
Suède : Jultomten
Suisse : Christkind / Babbo Natale / Père Noël
Turquie : Noel Baba (« Père Noël »), bien que les Turcs soient principalement islamiques, certains foyers perpétuent la tradition de « Noel Baba » et de l'arbre de Noël (ou de la nouvelle année).
Turkménistan : Aýaz baba (« Père Noël »)
Ukraine : Svyatyy Mykolay ; Дід Мороз / Did Moroz[12].

Amérique latine

En Amérique latine est généralement désigné sous le vocable « Papá Noel », mais cette appellation subit quelques variations dans certains pays.

Argentine, Bolivie, Colombie, Équateur, Paraguay, Pérou, Uruguay et Venezuela : Papá Noel, Niño Jesús (« Enfant Jésus »)
Brésil : Papai Noel ; Bom Velhinho (« Bon vieil homme »)
Chili : Viejito Pascuero
Mexique : Santo Clós (Saint Nicolas) ; Niño Dios ; Los Reyes Magos (« Les Rois Mages »)

Asie

En Asie, particulièrement dans les pays qui ont adopté la culture orientale, célèbrent également Noël et le distributeur traditionnel de cadeaux. Certains pays perpétuant Noël en tant que tradition (spécialement pendant les vacances) incluent Hong Kong, les Philippines, le Timor oriental, la Corée du Sud, la Malaysie, Singapore, l'Inde, et les communautés chrétiennnes d'Asie central et du Moyen-Orient.

Asie : Santa Claus
Azerbaijan : Şaxta baba
Chine : 聖誕老人 (pinyin)
Hong Kong : 聖誕老人 (jyutping : sing3 daan3 lou5 jan4) Santa Claus, Saint Nicholas, Father Christmas
Inde : Jingal Bell, Santa Clause, Thatha (« Vieil homme de Noël »), Natal Bua
Japon : サンタさん、サンタクロース (santa-san - « Monsieur Noël »), santa kurōsu
Corée : 산타 클로스 (santa kullosu), 산타 할아버지 (« Grand-père Noël »)
Mongolie : Өвлийн өвгөн (Uvliin uvgun - « Grand-père de l'hiver »)
Vietnam : Ông già Noel (« Le vieil homme de Noël »)

Afrique et Moyen-Orient

Les chrétiens d'Afrique et Moyen-Orient perpétuent la tradition de Noël depuis les 19 et 20e siècles. Les descendants d'anciens colonisateurs perpétuent la tradition de leurs ancêtres[13].

Afrique du Sud : Sinterklaas ; Father Christmas ; Santa Claus ; Kersvader
Liban : Papa Noël (Arabe : بابا نويل baba noel)
Égypte : Papa Noël (Arabe : بابا نويل baba noel)

Georgian holidays

2010-10-27T18:17:00.002+02:00

January 1^st - New Year's Day
January 7^st - Orthodox Christmas
January 19^st - Baptism Day of our Lord Jesus Christ
March 3^st - Mother's Day
March 8^st - International Women's Day
May 9^st - Day of Victory over Fascism
April 9^st - Independence day 9 April 1991 (from Soviet Union);
May 26^st -On May 26, 1918 National Council of Georgia declared national independence of Georgian people and creation of Democratic Republic of Georgia.;
November 23^st -Saint George's Day

Some French choirs

2010-10-11T22:18:00.000+02:00

Je sais c'est kitsch mais c'est quand même joli..!!!

Georgian alphabet in video

2010-10-11T21:32:00.001+02:00

Funny movie

2010-10-11T20:55:00.000+02:00

Some trip memories

2010-10-11T20:47:00.000+02:00

Article sur le tournoi International de Tbilissi

2010-05-25T22:03:00.002+02:00

Notre article sur notre tournoi d'échecs du 15 mai au 23 mai 2010 en Géorgie pour la municipalité de Mayet.

Comme dans d'autres sports, il y a la compétition par équipe et les Opens individuels. Nous sommes 5 à Mayet à posséder un classement international permettant de disputer de grands tournois mondiaux. Vincent et Bernard ont choisi la Géorgie et plus précisément sa capitale Tbilissi pour défendre les couleurs de Mayet.

Cet Open d'un fort niveau regroupait des irakiens, azéris, arméniens, géorgiens et nos deux français. Durant 9 jours, à compter d'une partie par jour, nous avons bataillé dur dans ce pays où le niveau est beaucoup élevé qu'en France. Dans les écoles d‘échecs par exemple les enfants sont pris en charge jusqu’à trois par semaine avec certains cours qui sont individuels. Nous avons rencontré Mariam 10 ans, championne de Géorgie des moins de 12 ans, capable de jouer deux parties simultanées en aveugle c'est à dire sans regarder l‘échiquier. L'occasion pour eux-aussi de découvrir la Géorgie comme l'un des plus beaux pays du monde avec ses paysages grandioses et ses nombreuses églises. Le Caucase reste une région politique à l'issue encore incertaine. Nous y retournerons.

Useful Georgian phrases

2010-04-12T23:16:00.003+02:00

Welcome კეთილი იყოს თქვენი / შენი მობრძანება
(kethili iqos tk'veni / sheni mobrdzaneba)

Hello გამარჯობა (gamarjoba)
ალო (alo) / გისმენთ (gismenth) - on phone

How are you?
I'm fine, thanks. And you? როგორა ხარ? (rogora khar)
კარგად ვარ (kargad var)

Long time no see დიდი ხანია არ მინახიხართ
(didi khania ar minakhikharth) - frm

დიდი ხანია არ მინახიხარ
(didi khania ar minakhikhar) - inf
What's your name?

My name is ... თქვენი სახელი? (thk’veni sakheli?) - frm
რა გქვიათ? (ra gk’viath?) - frm
შენი სახელი? (sheni sakheli?) - inf
რა გქვია? (ra gk’via?) - inf
მე მქვია ... (me mk’via ...)
Where are you from?

I'm from ... საიდან ბრძანდებით?
(saidan brdzandebith?) - frm
საიდან ხართ? (saidan kharth?) - frm
საიდან ხარ? (saidan khar?) - inf
მე ვარ ... (me var ...)
Pleased to meet you სასიამოვნოა თქვენი/შენი გაცნობა
(sasiamovnoa tkʼveni/sheni gacnoba)
Good morning/afternoon დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)
Good evening საღამო მშვიდობისა (saghamo mshvidobisa)
Good night ძილი ნებისა (dzili nebisa)
საღამო მშვიდობისა (saghamo mshvidobisa)
Goodbye ნახვამდის (nakhvamdis)
Good luck წარმატებებს გისურვებთ (c’armatebebs gisurvebth) - frm
წარმატებებს გისურვებ (c’armatebebs gisurveb) - inf
Cheers

Good health! გაგიმარჯოთ! (gagimarjoth) - frm
გაგიმარჯოს! (gagimarjos) - inf
ჯანმრთელობას გისურვებთ! (janmrthelobas gisurvebth) - frm
ჯანმრთელობას გისურვებ! (janmrthelobas gisurveb) - inf
Have a nice day წარმატებულ დღეს გისურვებთ
(c’armatebul dghes gisurvebth) - frm
წარმატებულ დღეს გისურვებ
(c’armatebul dghes gisurveb) - inf
Bon appetit

Enjoy your meal გაამოთ! (gaamoth) - frm გაამოს! (gaamos) - inf
გემრიელად მიირთვით! (gemrielad miirthvith) - frm
გემრიელად მიირთვი! (gemrielad miirthvi) - inf
Bon voyage კეთილ მგზავრობას გისურვებთ
(kethil mgzavrobas gisurveb(th))
I don't understand არ მესმის (ar mesmis)
Please speak more slowly თუ შეიძლება უფრო ნელა ილაპარაკე
(thu sheidzleba uphro nela ilaparake)
Please say that again თუ შეიძლება გაიმეორეთ (thu sheidzleba gaimeoreth) - frm
თუ შეიძლება გაიმეორე (thu sheidzleba gaimeore) - inf
Please write it down თუ შეიძლება დაწერეთ (thu sheidzleba dac’ereth) - frm
თუ შეიძლება დაწერე (thu sheidzleba dacere) - inf
Do you speak Georgian?
Yes, a little ქართულად ლაპარაკობთ? (k’arthulad laparakobth?) - frm
ქართული იცით? (k’arthuli icit?) - frm
ქართულად ლაპარაკობ? (k’arthulad laparakob?) - inf
ქართული იცი? (k’arthuli ici?) - inf
დიახ, ცოტა (diakh, cota)

Excuse me/Sorry ბოდიში (bodishi)
How much is this? რა ღირს? (ra ghirs?)
Thank you Response გმადლობთ (gmadlobth) დიდი მადლობა (didi madloba)
არაფერს (araphers)
Where's the toilet? ტუალეტი სად არის (tualeti(sapirpharesho) sad aris)

This gentleman/lady
will pay for everything ეს ქალბატონი გადაიხდის ყველაფერს
(es k’albatoni gadaikhdis qvelaphers) - gentleman
ბატონი გადაიხდის ყველაფერს
(es batoni gadaikhdis qvelaphers) - lady

Would you like to
dance with me? გნებავთ ვიცეკვოთ? (gnebavth vicekvoth?) - frm
გნებავს ვიცეკვოთ? (gnebavs vicekvoth?) - inf
გინდა ვიცეკვოთ? (ginda vicekvoth) - inf

I love you მიყვარხარ (me shen miqvarkhar)

Get well soon მალე გამოჯანმრთელდით (male gamojanmrteldith) - frm
მალე გამოჯანმრთელდი (male gamojanmrteldi) - inf
How do you say ...
in Georgian? როგორ იქნება ქართულად ...? (rogor ik’neba k’artulad ...?)

Leave me alone! თავი დამანებეთ! (thavi damanebeth!) - frm

თავი დამანებე! (thavi damanebe!) - inf
Help!
Fire! Stop! მიშველეთ! (mishveleth!)
ხანძარია! (khandzaria!)
შეჩერდით! (shecherdith!) გაჩერდით! (gacherdith!)
Call the police! პოლიცია გამოიძახეთ! (policia gamoidzakheth!)
პოლიცია გამოიძახე! (policia gamoidzakhe!)

Merry Christmas
and a Happy New Year გილოცავთ შობა-ახალ წელს (gilocavth shoba-akhal c’els) - frm
გილოცავ შობა-ახალ წელს (gilocav shoba-akhal c’els) - inf

Happy Easter გილოცავთ აღდგომას (gilocavth aghdgomas) - frm
გილოცავ აღდგომას (gilocav aghdgomas) - inf
ქრისტე აღდგა (kʻriste aghdga)

Happy Birthday გილოცავთ დაბადების დღეს (gilocavth dabadebis dghes) - frm
გილოცავ დაბადების დღეს (gilocav dabadebis dghes) - inf
One language is never enough ერთი ენა არასოდეს არაა საკმარისი
(erhti ena arasodes ar aris sakmarisi)

Some news

2010-02-15T22:16:00.006+01:00

Miracle my blog is not dead!

So first of my interest now, russian language I started to look more carefully.. :
Tchebourachka (Чебурашка) is an anime hero from a russian cartoon. My russian friend teacher explained me it is very famous in Russia.

Some vocabulary :
ЗДРАВСТВУЙТЕ : ZDRAVSTVUJTE : hello Mister/Miss
Наталия : Nataliya : Natalia
как y Bac дела ? : kak u vac dela ?: how are you Mister/Miss?

Then the prelude of Bach, BMW 846 I'm studying currently :

And to finish :

Let's find a prophylactic move for white :)

Russian Alphabet

2010-01-10T21:29:00.002+01:00

Ahora que he muerto…

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Ahora que he muerto…

Que sucede? no entiendo, solo sentí un dolor fuerte en la cabeza, mareos... y ahora estoy tan confundido. Que pasa? porque mi esposa corre y llora ?
Dicen que morí, pero no, estoy aquí pero ellos no me ven y no puedo abrazarlos …
OH ! ya veo, están trasladando a alguien en una carroza fúnebre, soy yo mismo, que extraño. Veo a mi familia con gran dolor, todos lloran, pero yo solo veo, ya no siento dolor ni tristeza, es como ser un espectador …
Pasan los días, mi familia regresa a casa sin mi, les he dejado un gran vacío…
Ya alguien ocupa mi puesto de trabajo, todo vuelve a ser como antes, corren, atienden llamadas, hacen pagos, envían documentos, firman planillas, en fin es como si nunca hubiese faltado yo, que bien, algunos compañeros se acuerdan de mi a ratos y lamentan que ya no esté…

Sin embargo en mi familia, el vacío persiste, mi esposa llora, está confundida, no sabe como hacer sin mi, mi hija pequeña pregunta: Donde esta papa? y mi esposa le dice que en el Cielo …

Mi hija mayor acaba de comprender dolorosamente lo que es la muerte, no deja de llorar, no quiere ir a clases, no se puede concentrar, tampoco come…
Mi perro se paro en la puerta y de ahí no hay quien lo saque, come, bebe agua y regresa a su puesto de espera …

Pasa el tiempo, mi hijo cumple cuatro años y yo no estoy, el se aferra a su mama, se ha vuelto tímido y retraído, no hay una figura paterna para el, ya papá no está...
Mi hija ya de 11 años casi no habla, a veces su mamá la encuentra llorando, bajó mucho las notas y no muestra interés por nada…

Mi querida esposa, con toda la carga sobre sus hombros, la responsabilidad de los hijos pequeños, tiene que sonreír a los niños para darles fortaleza…
Ya paso un año y todo sigue igual, en casa el vacío, la tristeza, en la empresa donde trabajaba ya nadie me nombra y todo sigue igual sobre la marcha …
¿Sabes que dijo el forense? Que morí por stress, en mi cerebro reventó una vena por una subida de tensión que me dio, cuando me llamaron de mi trabajo y me dijeron que de los 10 camiones que solicite solo llegaron 7. …
Y todo acabo... Ahora me doy cuenta que para la empresa que trabajas siempre serás uno mas, completamente reemplazable en cualquier momento, pero que para mi familia era único e irreemplazable…

Ahora me he dado cuenta que mi mejor empresa siempre fue mi familia… Mi querida familia…
POR FAVOR DEDICATE A LO QUE DE VERDAD ES IMPORTANTE, TODOS NECESITAMOS UN TRABAJO QUE NOS PERMITA CUBRIR NUESTRAS NECESIDADES BASICAS, PERO NO TE ENTREGUES A UNA EMPRESA, ENTREGATE A TUS SERES QUERIDOS... ABRAZA A TUS HIJOS, VISITA A TUS PADRES, BESA A TU ESPOSA, LLAMA A TUS AMIGOS, ES A ESTOS SERES A QUIENES DE VERDAD LE HARAS FALTA CUANDO YA NO ESTES...
No esperes a que sea demasiado tarde...

Orthodoxy songs

2009-11-16T19:47:00.002+01:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIPdTiYEC9c

France - Georgia today in Chess European Championship^^

2009-10-23T13:46:00.001+02:00

France - Géorgie
Bacrot, E (2709) - Jobava, B (2696) | Edouard, R (2620) - Mchedlishvili, M (2613)
Cornette, M (2577) - Pantsulaia, L (2600) | Feller, S (2570) - Sanikidze, T (2600)

http://www.chess-results.com/tnr24908.aspx?art=2&rd=1&lan=1&turdet=YES&flag=30&m=-1&wi=1000

Nice spectacle^^

Funny they speak of Vincent^^

2009-10-21T22:36:00.001+02:00

How my passion for Georgia was born

2009-08-31T21:27:00.003+02:00

Hey friends, it's a long time ago I didn't post. I guess my work is taking me a lot of my time. I was taking a look at my emails and I found this one back, I exchanged with Sopiko and it made me smile :)

Me : P.S : I start work on 15th december, so I could go to Georgia for some days in remaning free days =) (it's half a joke, half serious...)

Sopiko : and about your journey in georgia you know that you are always welcome :) It will be a big pleasure to show you my country's beautiness :)

And one year, many friends and many stories later, I'm glad to remember how my passion for this country was born :)

Funny interview of Barack Obama:)

2009-08-14T19:41:00.002+02:00

Callista en la playa :)

2009-08-10T21:47:00.007+02:00

Isn't she so cute^^? God she changed so much in only few months :)

Some movies about Georgia

2009-08-09T21:44:00.002+02:00

Pornic chess tournament pictures

2009-08-06T22:37:00.003+02:00

Hello folks!! It's pictures from the chess tournament I played last week-end, in North-West of France, in Pornic, near Nantes.

Georgian very! bad words

2009-08-05T19:31:00.005+02:00

Hey people!! I found some funny words in Georgian, however I will only give a soft translation as they are really bad words:)))))

Sheni deda movtkan, shen dedas shevetsi : I did dirty things with your mom'
Dedamotkhnulis'shvilo : Son of a 'bad' mom
Kle : Male organ
mutlis mcovela : About licking something
tavkle : Your head looks like a male organ

A bit of Georgian geography

2009-08-03T18:44:00.004+02:00

Hello people! This a map of the regions of Georgia.

P.S. : I have just known some very bad words in Georgian but I dunno if I can share them with you:) It's really bad words^^

Romantic Georgian words

2009-07-30T18:20:00.003+02:00

Hello people!!! I found some romantic sentences you can tell to a Georgian lady :)
So let's start :

-Miyvarxar : I love you (classical^^)
- Chemi guli marto shentvis tsems : My heart beats only for you
- Pirvelive danakhvidan shemiyvardi : It was love at first sight
- Shenze vgizhdebi : I'm crazy about you

An important word : 'sheyavebuli' : boyfriend/girlfriend.
Ok tell me the result next time you try ! :)

Funny pic from Andorra

2009-07-30T13:05:00.001+02:00

It seems like there are some people I know on that picture. Try to find who :)

ეჭვები...

2009-07-28T19:59:00.004+02:00

გამარჯობა.
დღეს ცოთა სევდიანი ვარ და გულახდილად ლაპარაკის ვსაჭიროებ.

ზოგჯერ ვშიშობ რომ ბოროტება ვარ...
ყველა ეს სიზმარები, ჩლუნგი არ არის?
მინდოდა მარტო ახალი მეგობრები და რომ ჩემი სიცოცხლე უფრო ბედნიერი გახდომა, მაგრამ იქნებ მოუმწიფარი ვარ.

სად მივდივარ?!.. მსგავსი მე არ ვიჩი.
ბოდიშს ვიხდი თუ ბურღვა გავხდები... ზრდა ვინახულებ.

Gogoebi loool

2009-07-19T22:02:00.001+02:00

Terrible !!!!

მიყვარს გოგოების თვალები,
მიყვარს გოგოების ტუჩები,
მიყვარს გოგოების ხელები,
მიყვარს გოგოები, არ ვბერდები.

მიყვარს გოგოების ფიქრები,
მიყვარს გოგოები, შენი ვიქნები
მიყვარს გოგოები, გოგოები.

გვიყვარს გოგოები - თბილისში,
გვიყვარს გოგოები - პარიზში,
გვიყვარს გოგოები - ინგლისში,
გვიყვარს გოგოები - მანგლისში.

გვიყვარს გოგოები ზამთარში.
გვიყვარს გოგოები საბანში,
გვიყვარს გოგოები.

Tbiliso song (by Franco Tenelli)

2009-07-19T18:25:00.010+02:00

Hey people I met a Georgian friend today in Paris, Tata. She helped me to find the lyrics of 'Tbiliso'. I took the translation from Tenelli's video, but on the remaining part I still didn't understand some words.

It' s a great Georgian classic song :) Enjoy !

ეტავ სად არის კიდევ ცა,
netav sad aris kidev ca,
Where else one can find such a sky,

უძირო, ლურჯი, ხალასი,
uZirod lurji xalasi
Bottomless, blue, golden carpet like,

სწორედ ისეთი, როგორც შენია,
swored iseTi rogorc Senia,
exactly like yours

ნაიარევი წარსული,
naiarevi warsulis,
rich past,

ნანგრევი ნარიყალასი,
nangrevi narikalasi,
With remains of Narikala Fortress

ჭაღარასავით შემოგრევია
ch'aRarasaviT SemorCenila,
surrounded city like a grey hair

Refrain
თბილისო, მზის და ვარდების მხარეო
Tbiliso, mzis da vardebis mxareo,
Tbilisi, you are the place of sun and roses

უშენოდ სიცოცხლეც არ მინდა
uSenod sicsocxlec ar minda,
without you, I don't want to live

სად არის სხვაგან ახალი ვარაზი
sad aris sxvagan axali varazi,
Where there are other new ...

სად არის ჭაღარა მთაწმინდა
sad aris ch'arara mTawminda!
Where there is the gray Mtatsminda ('sacred mountain', located in Tbilisi)

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ჩაივლი მტკვართან ხეივანს
Caivli mtkvarTan xeivans,
xeivan : avenue.. Mtkvari : name of the river of Tbilisi

და გაზაფხულის ჭადრები,
da gazafxulis chadrebi
and brings the spring

გეგებებიან, როგორც მაყრები.
gegebebian, rogorts mayrebi
brings us...

აქ არ იმღერო ძნელია,
aq ar imrero, znelia,
Here it is difficult not to sing

აქ ხომ ფოთლებიც მღერიან
aq xom foTlebic mRerian,
Here where even leaves sing

და ცას ფირუზზე ლურჯი ფერი აქვს.
da cas firuzze lurji feria.
and the sky is deeper blue than turquoise is.

Refrain
თბილისო, მზის და ვარდების მხარეო
Tbiliso, mzis da vardebis mxareo,
Tbilisi, you are the place of sun and roses

უშენოდ სიცოცხლეც არ მინდა
uSenod sicsocxlec ar minda,
without you, I don't want to live

სად არის სხვაგან ახალი ვარაზი
sad aris sxvagan axali varazi,
Where there are other new ...

სად არის ჭაღარა მთაწმინდა
sad aris ch'arara mTawminda!
Where there is the gray Mtatsminda ('sacred mountain', located in Tbilisi)

A pray from Iavana movie

2009-07-18T23:38:00.005+02:00

Some words are in old Georgian. (The 'i' character endings and the 'ni' plural forms).

ქრისტე, ღმერთო

qriste, RmerTo

Christ, our lord

მშვიდობაი სოფელსა მოანიწე

mSvidobai sofelsa moaniWe

Grant peace to the world

ბრძოლანი დაამშვიდე

brZolani daamSvide

Stop all wars

მეთევზურნი თევზითა განაძღე

meTevzurni TevziTa ganaZRe

Give fish to those fishing

ნაყოფითა ქვეყანაი აღავსე

nayofiTa qveyanai aRavse

Give fruit to the country

სნეულნი განკურნე

sneulni gankurne

Heal sicks

ეშმაკეულნი განათავისუფლე

eSmakeulni ganaTavisufle

Release evil spirits

ბრმათა ნათელი მიანიწე

brmaTa naTeli mianiWe

Bring the light to blind

განრღვნეულნი აღმართე

ganrRvneulni aRmarTe

Raise destroyed

ქვრივითა მიჰხედე
qvrivTa mihxede

ჩვილნი განზარდე
Cvilni ganzarde

Take care of widows and orphans

P.S. : Thanks for the help Keti

Music of my American friend, Charles.

2009-07-14T20:58:00.004+02:00

Hello people how are you?
So what's up ? Me I made a little to Barcelona and then I came back to France.
I got the pleasure to see Ana, Sopiko, Levan and Zurab. Shame I could not see Daniel :) A little problem of communication :)
Oh also I met Pau in Barbera. Hmm After all that I went to Barceloneta beach where I got a lot of sunburns.. Also I saw Sagrada Familia which where so highhhhh !
So as the title of my article I wish to share the songs of one my friend, Charles Wagner , from America, who is playing music and singing very good :)

01. Give up

02. Best bahavior

03. Don't let me

04. Where we are

05. Melody

06. Patterns

Special dedicate to Keti :)

2009-07-05T22:11:00.002+02:00

He he I found the partition Keti :)

A bit of my piano playing :)

2009-07-04T14:46:00.004+02:00

Hey people :) This a bit of my piano playing. I made it fast so it's not perfect but it is becoming interesting.

1000 visits on my blog

2009-07-03T18:33:00.001+02:00

Hey just to say thank you for visiting my blog! I wish I can interest you in the different passions I have in life. C U all very soon ;)

Difference between men and women :)

2009-07-01T12:58:00.001+02:00

Interesting isn't it : http://susanpolgar.blogspot.com/2009/07/mens-and-womens-brains.html ? ;)

Some news from Turkey ;)

2009-06-29T18:51:00.007+02:00

Hey people!! This is a translation of an article published on the Georgian Chess Federation website :) We got some news from Georgian friends.

Georgian characters :
ქართველი მოჭადრაკეები თურქულ ლიგაში ჩაებნენ

თურქეთის ქალაქ ბურსაში 26 ივნისს სტარტი აიღო და 2 ივლიამდე გასტანს ქვეყნის 2009 წლის ჭადრაკში საკლუბო ჩემპიონატის II ეტაპი.

თურქულ ლიგაში ერთ წრედ 16 გუნდი ეპაექრება ერთმანეთს და ბრძოლა

10 დაფაზე მიმდინარეობს(4 მამაკაცის, 1 ქალის, 1– 20წლ. ჭაბუკი, 1–1 16წ.გოგონა და ჭაბუკი; 1–1 14წ.გოგონა და ჭაბუკი)

თითოეულ გუნდს მატჩის დროს ერთდროულად ,მხოლოდ 3 ლეგიონერის გამოყვანა შეუძლია

ქართველი მოჭადრაკეები შემდეგ გუნდებში ასპარეზობენ:

YEŞİLKÖY SPOR KULÜBÜ

დავით არუთინიანი – I დაფა (4,5 ქულა 7–დან – I ეტაპის შედეგი)

თორნიკე სანიკიძე – II დაფა (6ქ. – 7 –დან)

მაია ლომინეიშვილი – ქალის დაფა (1,5ქ. –4–დან)

TURK HAVA YOLLARI S.K.

მერაბ გაგუნაშვილი – I დაფა (4ქ. – 7–დან)

სალომე მელია – ქალის დაფა (5,5ქ. – 7–დან)

მარიამ დანელია – 16წ. გოგონათა დაფა (7ქ. – 7–დან!)

TARSUS ZEKA SATRANÇ

მიხეილ მჭედლიშვილი - I დაფა (4ქ. – 7–დან)

ანა მათნაძე - –ქალის დაფა ( 4,5 ქ.– 5–დან)

ქეთი წაწალაშვილი 16წ. გოგონათა დაფა (3ქ. –3–დან)

ER-BAKIR SPOR KÜLTÜR

თამაზ გელაშვილი – I დაფა (3,5ქ. – 7–დან)

ლევან აროშიძე – II დაფა (5 ქულა – 7–დან)

ნინო ხურციძე – ქალის დაფა (არ მიუღია 1 ეტაპზე მონაწილეობა)

ნაზი პაიკიძე – 16წ. გოგონათა დაფა (არ მიუღია 1 ეტაპზე მონაწილეობა)

BESIKTAS JIMNASTIK KULUBU

ლევან ფანცულაია – I დაფა (2,5ქ. – 5–დან)

ANTALYA CALLISPOR

კონსტანტინე შანავა – II დაფა (5ქ. – 7–დან)

ANTAKYA SATRANC VE BRIC S.K.

ბაჩანა მორჩიაშვილი – IVდაფა (5,5ქ. – 7–დან)

ANTALYA RAMAZAN SAVAŞ SPOR KULÜB

ბელა ხოტენაშვილი – ქალის დაფა (5ქ. –7–დან)

ISTANBUL DOBRUCA S.K.

სოფიკო ტყეშელაშვილი – ქალის დაფა (6ქ. – 7–დან )

Latin characters and translation :

kartveli moch’adrak’eebi turkul ligashi chaebnen

(Georgian chess players are playing in the turkish ligue)

turketis kalak bursashi 26 ivniss st’art’i aigho da 2 ivliamde gast’ans kveq’nis 2009 ts’lis ch’adrak’shi sak’lubo chemp’ionat’is II et’ap’i.

(In the turkish city of Bursa from 26th June to the 2nd of July is organizing the second part of the National Chess Championship).

turkul ligashi ert ts’red 16 gundi ep’aekreba ertmanets da brdzola

(16 clubs are competing in the turkish ligue) Not sure for 'gundi'...

10 dapaze mimdinareobs(4 mamak’atsis, 1 kalis, 1– 20ts’l. ch’abuk’i, 1–1 16ts’.gogona da ch’abuk’i; 1–1 14ts’.gogona da ch’abuk’i)

(On 10 different boards (4 mixte boards, one female board, , 1 under 20 years old board, one under 16 years old mixte and feminine and one under 14 years old mixte and feminine)).

titoeul gunds mat’chis dros ertdroulad ,mkholod 3 legioneris gamoq’vana sheudzlia

(During every match, only 3 players can simultaneously ..) What is 'gamoq'vana' ?

kartveli moch’adrak’eebi shemdeg gundebshi asp’arezoben:

(The Georgian chess players after the first part got these results :)

YEŞİLKÖY SPOR KULÜBÜ (name of the clubs) SORRY I DON'T SPEAK TURKISH :)

dapa : board

dan : to

k. : points

kalis dapa : female board

davit arutiniani – I dapa (4,5 kula 7–dan – I et’ap’is shedegi)

(first board, 4,5 points on 7, after the 1st part of the championship)

tornik’e sanik’idze – II dapa (6k. – 7 –dan)

maia lomineishvili – kalis dapa (1,5k. –4–dan)

TURK HAVA YOLLARI S.K.

merab gagunashvili – I dapa (4k. – 7–dan)

salome melia – kalis dapa (5,5k. – 7–dan)

mariam danelia – 16ts’. gogonata dapa (7k. – 7–dan!)

TARSUS ZEKA SATRANÇ

mikheil mch’edlishvili - I dapa (4k. – 7–dan)

ana matnadze - –kalis dapa ( 4,5 k.– 5–dan)

keti ts’ats’alashvili 16ts’. gogonata dapa (3k. –3–dan)

ER-BAKIR SPOR KÜLTÜR
tamaz gelashvili – I dapa (3,5k. – 7–dan)
levan aroshidze – II dapa (5 kula – 7–dan)
nino khurtsidze – kalis dapa (ar miughia 1 et’ap’ze monats’ileoba)

(has not participated to the first part of the championship)
nazi p’aik’idze – 16ts’. gogonata dapa (ar miughia 1 et’ap’ze monats’ileoba)

(has not participated to the first part of the championship)

BESIKTAS JIMNASTIK KULUBU
levan pantsulaia – I dapa (2,5k. – 5–dan)

ANTALYA CALLISPOR
k’onst’ant’ine shanava – II dapa (5k. – 7–dan)

ANTAKYA SATRANC VE BRIC S.K.
bachana morchiashvili – IVdapa (5,5k. – 7–dan)

ANTALYA RAMAZAN SAVAŞ SPOR KULÜ
bela khot’enashvili – kalis dapa (5k. –7–dan)

ISTANBUL DOBRUCA S.K.
sopik’o t’q’eshelashvili – kalis dapa (6k. – 7–dan )

Chess tournament today :)

2009-06-21T20:53:00.003+02:00

Hello !!
I won a rapid chess tournament today :) Okay I was a favorite.. I was number 3 at the beginning of the tournament with my rapid ranking of 1990 and I finished with 6,5/7 points and a performance of 2284. God it's gonna be my next ranking, crazy :) It will be tough to assume it then..

Georgian news

2009-06-20T22:47:00.002+02:00

Hey guys! What's up?
For tonight I wanted to speak of some details about Georgian language which I found interesting :)

In Georgian grammar, we express the direct object and indirect object inside of the verbs themselves. For instance when you say 'I see you', you will say in Georgian, 'gkhedav' which is g+khedav where, 'g' is a preradical prefix for 'you' as direct object and 'khedav' is the present root of the verb 'see'.

You can express, with that kind of prefixes, all pronoms
- 'm' : me
- 'g' : you
- nothing or 'h' or 's' : him, her, them
- g + t (suffix) : you (plural)

A crazy instance is 'gagidebt' which has 4 different meanings :
- I understand you all
- We understand you
- We understand you all
- He understands you all
Hey Georgian you like the complexity!!!

Oh also I learnt how to say please : 'gtkhov'. How I can say : 'Gogoebi, mkocnit, gtkhovt !!'.
Okay that's all folks !

Map of Georgia : CPA's infiltration plan :)

2009-06-18T20:46:00.006+02:00

Hello friends!! I have studied some of the Georgian geography and I wish to share that map with you. I transliterated in Latin characters and when needed in English. We can get interesting information on some CPA's members^^

Map of Georgia

On why we cannot understand women ..

2009-06-14T13:21:00.003+02:00

Following the topic of Sopiko I was considering the same question.. And finally I got the conclusion it was impossible to catch what girls have in mind.

For instance when we (men) worry for them, they say we should relax.

When we let them some freedom they say we don't care of them but on the other hand, when we want to get some news from them, we are scared to bother them.

When we offer a gift they believe we have something to make forgiven for^^
And if we don't we are rascals !

The most destabilizing is that one day you have the feeling you understand them perfectly well but the next day it's like you are discovering a new person.

Hmm also they say we should not ask us too much questions ! Oups too late !!

Ok perhaps I act a bit in bad faith : without girls would life deserve to be lived ?..

Thursday news

2009-06-06T15:33:00.004+02:00

On thursday morning we went to Sioni church when we have listened to very nice songs and then we went to the History museum of Tbilissi closed to it, where we saw very nice views of old Tbilissi. On the afternoon we got the paroxysmal moment of our trip with an afternoon spent in Guramishvili's house. We got there a representation of all the Georgian culture with songs, piano, delicious food : all the elements of a supra were there. It's something you have to see in your life:)

Ana's mom, Nino, my mom and me
(They are in the kitchen teaching my mom how to cook a Khinkali :))

Miammmmmmmmm!!!

Tako, Sopiko (hidden :P) and Keti

Sopiko, gizhi gogo !!

Let's start to drink !!

Magnificent songs :)

Songs part 2 ^^

Brilliant :)

Update : you can access to the photos of my trip on my Picasa album : http://picasaweb.google.com/vincs72

Wednesday news

2009-06-06T15:17:00.005+02:00

I will continue my diary, a bit late, sorry for the delay:)
On wednesday my mom and me have been taken in photos by Karlo, the chess photograph:) It was like being a famous actor in Chess Palace and Vera Park :) These are some of them :

Me and my mom

Angel of the nature ^^

Me and Varlam Vepkhishvili (main referee)

Monday and Tuesday news

2009-06-02T17:54:00.004+02:00

Gamarjoba Rogor Khart!!!!
So, yesterday we went to Narikala Fortress on the morning with a look to Saint Nicolas Church. It remembered me my tour there last year with Keti;)
On the afternoon my mother tested the sulfuric baths and then I went to Chess Palace. With Varlam we spoke of the Georgian language and it told me that there were 16 vowels in each stanzas of Vepkhistqaosani :)

Today I got the pleasure to meet Keti Tsatsalashvili. She invited me to visit her in Tel Avi next time I come to Georgia :)
Then I went with my mom to Saint Pantelemoni Church with a very impressive cimetery..

P.S. : Ana, for the pictures I took my camera but not the wire to put in on the computer. So I will put them when I will come back:). For the pictures with your mom I hope to see her tomorrow.

Reiner : You know to test the night life I need someone to push me out when the evening comes^^

Sunday in Tbilissi

2009-05-31T19:48:00.009+02:00

This morning we went to visit Mtskheta with Keti, Sopiko and Tamaz who drove us. Mtskheta is the cradle of christianism in Georgia, as it's from there that Nino started to convert people. We saw really nice churches with really beautiful icons. We saw 3 differents churches, Svetitskhoveli Cathedral is one of them. We got a really nice view with the Confluence of the rivers Aragvi and Kura.

On the afternoon my mom and me went to Georgian Museum of Modern Art. We saw a exposition on Pirosmani and also the treasures of Georgia with very beautiful crosses and icons. Georgia has, indeed, the most beautiful icons in the world.
Then I played chess at Chess Palace with a Georgian girl chess player. Result . 1-1 :)

P.S. : later I will try to meet Keti Tsatsalashvili;) Ana I will try to take the photo with your mom:)

Me with the traditional Papakhi hat

Sopiko, my mom and me (a bit taller:))

Sopiko, my mom and Keti

Cathedral in Mtskheta

Our first days in Tbilissi

2009-05-30T16:14:00.009+02:00

Gamardjobat !!!

Me and my mom arrived to Tbilissi yesterday evening and we have already seen many great things :)

Yesterday evening, we have met Sopiko, her mom (Nino) and her father (Tamaz) at the airport. They picked us to our hotel, Kolkhi, and then we went to Guramishvili's home.

They had prepared for us such a great dinner with so many plates :) Then we got the chance to listen to Sopiko, Tako and Keti singing the Georgian song 'Tbilisso' while Keti was also playing piano. It was ..... magical !

Me I tried to play a bit piano but just my "Godfather" song was not bad:)

I received a magnificent bracelet for gift where there it is written in Old Georgian characters and my mom got a wonderful necklace.

Then I played chess with Nino and then Sopiko, herself. Hmm my level is a bit better than last time but still far to be enough for disturbing her play.. Finally we made a little Tbilissi's tour at night with Keti and Tamaz who drived us.

Keti, Nino, my mom, me and Tako.
(guess who took the pic :))

Today we went to Chess Palace, in Vera Park and I saw back all the friends I first met in last December. It's funny that, like last time, I was called for some help for a computer science issue. And like last time it was finally working but I have the impress I did anything :)
So I met there Lela, Varlam and also Levan Bregadze with you I spoke a little. Varlam showed us a very funny Russian movie, named "The 12th chairs". Ah yes crazy, I played a game with the Georgian minister of the Energy.
Oh also I got the pleasure to meet the mother of Ana Matnadze :)

Lesson on the Georgian food

A little round table :)

Georgia tomorrow...!!

2009-05-28T19:31:00.013+02:00

Hello all:) This day finally arrived... I decided to put some pictures of Georgia for this special day.

Tbilissi at night

Tbilissi and its river the Koura

The Knight in the Tiger Skin

Shota Rustaveli

No need for comment :P

The Knight in the Tiger Skin

Shota Rustaveli

The Icon of Trinity in Tbilissi - draw by Ilia II Georgian Patriach

My preparation against a Georgian chess player :)

2009-05-27T21:53:00.011+02:00

Hello everybody. I'm preparing my openings for playing "a Georgian chess player". I let you find who is it ;)
So I have prepared my King-Indian opening with the special h3 move for white.

It looks like it :
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. h3

After some moves more : 6. ... e5 7. d5 a5 8. Bg5

He there is one first variant played by the opponent of S.. . hmm during the game :
8. ... Qe8

9. Be2 Na6 10. Nd2 Nd7 11. g4 Ndc5 12. h4 f6 13. Be3 f5

And then :
14. exf5 gxf5 15. h5 e4 16. gxf5 Kh8 17. Rg1 Bf6 18. Nf1 Bxf5 19. Ng3 Bd7 20. Qb1 Rg8 21. Rh1

And now a nice move with 21. ... Rxg3 :)

The other variant is : 8 ... Na6

9. Nd2 c6 10. Be2 h6 11. Be3 Nd7 12. g4 Ndc5 13. Nb3 Bd7 14. Nxc5 Nxc5 15. h4

a4 16. Qd2 cxd5 17. cxd5 Kh7 18. h5 g5

And we have an equal position. Hmm I'm not very logical because I'm publishing my preparations... It should remain secret normally :)

Chicken police:)

2009-05-27T20:12:00.003+02:00

A very efficient intervention :)

Some chess openings

2009-05-25T22:23:00.011+02:00

Bonsoir à tous!!! How are you my dear friends?
Tonight I wish to show some of the chess openings I'm working on.. More precisely the h3 variant on Najdorf style opening, developped by Fischer. Exactly it looks like it :

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3

It exists 3 main variants for black : e6, g6 and e5.

The most common one is e6 :

7. g4 Nc6 8. Bg2 Qc7 9. O-O Be7 10. g5 Nd7 11. Nce2 O-O 12. f4 Re8 13. c3 Bf8 14. a4

In this position it is '+=' and white have a little advantage .

Another variant is g6 :

In this position it gets back to a Dragon variation but with an advantage for white that they don't need to make f3 anymore.
7. Be3 Bg7 8.Qd2 O-O 9. O-O-O b5 10. Bh6 b4 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. Nd5 Nxe4 13. Qe3 Nf6 14. Nxf6 exf6 15. Bc4

Nice to play for white.

The last variation with e5 :

In this position, the idea is to use the fact that our bishop is not in e2, so we can put our attacked Knight to this case and then deploy our pieces efficiently with g4, Fg2, Ng3.

7. Nde2 Be6 8. g4 h6 9. Bg2 Nbd7 10. Ng3 Qc7 11. O-O Rc8 12. a4 Be7 13. Be3 O-O 14. a5 Rfd8 15. Kh1 b5 16. axb6 Nxb6 17. Nd5 Nbxd5 18. exd5 Bd7 19. c3 Qb7 20. Qd2

'+=' position.

Reggae man ^^

2009-05-24T11:10:00.003+02:00

Hello!! Yesterday evening was a party in my place and my friends offered a Raggae style wig. Let's take a look how it looks like:)

Some photos of Callista :)

2009-05-22T22:59:00.006+02:00

Hello my friends, I wish to share with you these pictures I find very beautiful and full of hapiness;)

Callista with Odette and Frédérique, family

Fabien, Rocio and Callista

Georgian crazy ^^

2009-05-21T17:12:00.025+02:00

Hello everybody!! Today was a free day for me so I decided to make a nice work on Georgian language and culture. I have translated a text on Tbilissi's history. I hope you will like it:)

First my hand-writing :

Then the computer Georgian characters :

თბილისი

თბილისის უძველესი ქალაქია. ის ძალიან დაწინაურდა მეოთხე-მეხუთე საუკუნეებში. მეექვსე საუკუნეში თბილისი ქართლის დედაქალაქად გადაიქცო, მანამდის კი დედაქალაქად მცხეთა ითვლებოდა.

თბილისის ზრდას მისმა მდებარეობამაც შეუწყო ხელი. აქ გადიოდა სამხედრო და სავაჭრო გზები.
ბევრი მტერი ჰყავდა თბილისს, ყველა ცდილობდა მის ხელში ჩაგდებას.
მეშვიდე საუკუნეში არაბებმა(1) დაიპყრეს ქართლი და თბილისიც აიღეს.

მერვე საუკუნეში ქართველები აუჯანყდნენ არაბებს, მაგრამ ვერაფერს გახდნენ. არაბთა სარდალმა მურვან ყრუმ(2) ააოხრა საქართველო და მთელი კავკასია დაიპყრო. 853 წელს ბუღა თურქმა(3) დაწვა თბილისი და 50 ათასი კაცი გაჟლიტა.

თბილისი უცხოელი დამპყრობლების ხელში დიდხანს იტანჯებოდა და მხოლოდ მეთორმეტე საუკუნეში გათავისუფლდა მტრებისაგან.
მეცამეტე საუკუნეში ხვარაზმელებმა(4) აიღეს თბილისი. ერთი წლის შემდეგ ქართველებმა განდებნეს ხვარაზმელები, მაგრამ ისინი 1227 წელს კვლავ წამოვიდნენ თბილისზე. ქართველემა დაცალეს თავიანთი დედაქალაქი და დაწვეს.

ხვარაზმელების შემდეგ მონღოლებმა(5) აიკლეს თბილისი, მერე სპარსელებმა(6) ააოხრეს ჯერ შაჰ-აბასისა(7) და შემდეგ აღა-მაჰმად-ხანის(8) მეთაურობით. ქართველი ხალხი მედგრად ებრძოდა სპარსელებს.

1.არაბები : არაბეთის ნახევარკუნძულზე მოსაზლე ხალხი.
2.მურვან ყრუ : არაბების სარდალი, რომელმაც 736-8 წლებში გამოალაშქრა საქართველოს წინააღმდეგ და სასტიკად ააოხრა იგი.
3.ბუღა თურქი : მონღოლების სარდალი, რომელიც 853 წელს თავს დაესხა საქართველოს.
4. ხვარაზმელები : ხვარაზმი უძველესი სახელმწიფო შუა აზიაში.
5.მონღოლები : ეხლანდელი მონღოლეთის ტერიტორიაზე მცხოვრები ძველი მომთაბარე ტომები.
6.სპარსელები : (ირანელები) აზიის ცენტრალურ ნაწილში მცხოვრებნი.
7.შაჰ-აბასი : ირანის მეფე, საქართველოს დაუძინებელი მტერი, რომელმაც 1616 წელს კახეთი ააოხრა.
8. აღა-მაჰმად-ხანი : ირანის მეფე, რომელიც 1795 წელს დაესხა საქართველოს.

Then the latin characters and translation :

tbilisi

tbilisis udzvelesi kalakia. is dzalian dats’inaurda meotkhe-mekhute sauk’uneebshi. meekvse sauk’uneshi tbilisi kartlis dedakalakad gadaiktso, manamdis k’i dedakalakad mtskheta itvleboda.
(Tbilissi is a very ancient city. It progressed a lot during the fourth and fifth centuries. In the sixth century Tbilissi has became the capital of Kartli, however until then the capital had been Mtskheta.)

tbilisis zrdas misma mdebareobamats sheuts’q’o kheli. ak gadioda samkhedro da savach’ro gzebi.
bevri mt’eri hq’avda tbiliss, q’vela tsdilobda mis khelshi chagdebas.
meshvide sauk’uneshi arabebma(1) daip’q’res kartli da tbilisits aighes.
(Tbilissi's growth was helped by it's location. Here was a passing road for militaries and merchants. Tbilissi had a lot of enemies and all tried to capture Kartli and Tbilissi. In the seventh century the arabs(1) conquered Kartli and captured Tbilissi.)

merve sauk’uneshi kartvelebi aujanq’dnen arabebs, magram verapers gakhdnen. arabta sardalma murvan q’rum(2) aaokhra sakartvelo da mteli k’avk’asia daip’q’ro. 853 ts’els bugha turkma(3) dats’va tbilisi da 50 atasi k’atsi gazhlit’a.
(During the eighth century, Georgian people revolted against the arabs, but they couldn't accomplish anything. The commander of the arabs, Murvan the deaf(2) destroyed Georgia and conquered all Caucasia. In the year 853, Bugha the Turk burned Tbilissi and slaughtered 50 thousands people.)

tbilisi utskhoeli damp’q’roblebis khelshi didkhans it’anjeboda da mkholod metormet’e sauk’uneshi gatavisuplda mt’rebisagan.
metsamet’e sauk’uneshi khvarazmelebma(4) aighes tbilisi. erti ts’lis shemdeg kartvelebma gandebnes khvarazmelebi, magram isini 1227 ts’els k’vlav ts’amovidnen tbilisze. kartvelema datsales tavianti dedakalaki da dats’ves.
(Tbilissi suffered during a long time of the conquests of foreigners and it's only during the twelfth century that it freed from its enemies. During the thirteenth century the Khorezms(4) conquered Tbilissi. One year later the Georgian exiled them, but they will come back in 1227. This time Georgian evacuated their own capital and burned it.)

khvarazmelebis shemdeg mongholebma(5) aik’les tbilisi, mere sp’arselebma(6) aaokhres jer shah-abasisa(7) da shemdeg agha-mahmad-khanis(8) metaurobit. kartveli khalkhi medgrad ebrdzoda sp’arselebs.
(Khorezms and later Mongols(5) destroyed Tbilissi, then Persian also with first the Shah Abas(7) and then Mohamed Ahga Khan(8) for commander. Georgian people fighted resolutely the Persians. )

1.arabebi : arabetis nakhevark’undzulze mosazle khalkhi.
(1. arabs : inhabitants of the arabic peninsula)

2.murvan q’ru : arabebis sardali, romelmats 736-8 ts’lebshi gamoalashkra sakartvelos ts’inaaghmdeg da sast’ik’ad aaokhra igi.
(Murvan the deaf : arab general, who fighted against Georgia during the years 736, 737, and 738 and cruelly destroyed it).

3.bugha turki : mongholebis sardali, romelits 853 ts’els tavs daeskha sakartvelos.
(Bugha the Turk : mongol commander, who overran Georgia during the year 853).

4. khvarazmelebi : khvarazmi udzvelesi sazelmts’ipo shua aziashi.
(4. Khorezms : from Khanate, a very old state of the center of Asia.)

5.mongholebi : ekhlandeli mongholetis t’erit’oriaze mtskhovrebi dzveli momtabare t’omebi.
(5. Mongols : inhabitants of an old nomadic tribe of the current Mongolia's territory.)

6.sp’arselebi : (iranelebi) aziis tsent’ralur nets’ilshi mtskhovrebni.
(6.Persian (Iranian) inhabitants of a part of central Asia.)

7.shah-abasi : iranis mepe, sakartvelos daudzinebeli mt’eri, romelmats 1616 ts’els k’akheti aaokhra.
(Shah Abas : Iranian king, unsleeping Georgian enemy, who destroyed Kakheti during the year 1616)

8. agha-mahmad-khani : iranis mepe, romelits 1795 ts’els daeskha sakartvelos.
(Mohamed Agha Khan : Iranian king, who conquered Georgia during the year 1795)

My level at piano;)

2009-05-20T10:34:00.003+02:00

Hello my friends;) Tonight I wish to show you the piano partitions I am working on. There are two songs I'm mastering well : 'The Godfather' 's movie song (Le Parrain in French) and 'Celine' a song of a French composer. Also I have added a Georgian lullaby song, 'Shen Khar Venakhi'. It has been composed by a Georgian King, "Demetre I" and was then used for composing an English song. This last one I don't master it but I found it interesting to share it;)

The Godfather movie's song

Celine's song

'Shen khar venakhi' part 1

'Shen khar venakhi' part 2

'Shen khar venakhi' part 3

My first Georgian article ;)

2009-05-13T20:40:00.001+02:00

Hello my friends!! Tonight I will try to make something quite difficult : write my first own Georgian article. Sorry for the many mistakes I will certainly make, Georgian grammar can be quite tough sometimes^^ So let's start.

გამარჯობათ ჩემო ძვირფასო მეგობრებო. როგორ ხართ საღამოში?

მე ძალიან კარგად ვარ : ორი კვირაში საქართველოში ვიყნები!!! ვაიმეეეეეე!!!
ყველა ჩემი ქართველი მეგობრების ვხედავ. ღმერთო ჩემო ... გიჟია... გიჟი ვარ..
სოფიკოს წყალობით (ან გამო^^), საქართველო ასეთივე შეყვარს...
არ ვიცი რამდენი დრო კვლავ მაგრამ იმედია არასოდეს დამთავრებს.

აღარ ვიცი რათომ საქართველო მიყვარს. ყველა ეს ახალი მეგობრები, ან ლამაზი გოგოები შესაძლოა არიან :P:P ასეთი ბევრი სიყვარულები ახლა მაყვს : პიანინო, ქართული, ჭადრაკი . ყველა ეს გაყოფასთვის :)
რა არის ჩემი მიზანი?

მე თომ სრულყოფილად ქართულს ვლაპარაკობდე, ასეთივე გაასწორებოდი !!
შემდეგ ჭადრაკიში : სოფიკოს ცემას (დამარცხებას is better lol) ^^ hmm შეუძლება კი, მაგრამ ძალიან სასაცილოა ცდათვის :)

კაი, იმედია ყველაფრის გაიგედით

ნახვამდის, და თბილისიში გნახავთ !!!
გკოცნით ბევრსსსსსსსს !!

A new marriage !!

2009-05-11T19:49:00.001+02:00

Big news !! One of my friend, Yueyue, who is from China, got married with one my work collegue, Antoine. Let's see some pictures :)

Exchange of the wedding ring

During the wedding

The champagne flow

Marriage cakes hmmmm

Results of my tournament:)

2009-05-10T22:56:00.002+02:00

Hey my friends! How are you?:)

So I just finished my chess tournament. I dunno if I played well but at least I have been taken in photos^^ I will add it soon.

So for the results, I finished 7th on 57 (I was number 13 at the beginning) with 4,5 points on 6 and a performance of 1930. hmmm I lost 5 FIDE points...
I will wait the advice of my teacher on my games to make the final conclusion :)

Update : with the photos

My price : 30€ :)

Against a 1680 player (mate in 8 moves^^)

Against a 1530 player (you can see on my face i'm struggling :P)

Against a 1971 player (I don't like when the clock is misplaced!!!)

Cute picture, isn't it?

Chess tournament this week-end

2009-05-07T18:57:00.002+02:00

Hello everybody!!
I'm going to make a tournament these next 3 days in a city closed to Paris. It's since so long time I competed in a real long tournament. Many years...
I hope my chess lessons since 2 months and half will be useful. Now I know a bit better the openings and some basic strategies so I hope it will work well.

A bientôt !

P.S. : for fun, a bit of my Georgian hand-writing :)

Sopiko champion !!

2009-05-04T19:30:00.001+02:00

Hey everybody!! I found some interesting articles on the Georgian Chess Federation : they are speaking of Sopiko and Keti in the Georgian female championship 18 years old and of Zurab and Levan in male championship. I found some articles talking about it. I translated from the most recent to the oldest one.

First article posted on the 3rd May 2009.

Georgian characters

გურამიშვილი ჩემპიონია!

სოფიკო გურამიშვილმა ფინიშამდე ერთი ტურით ადრე მოიპოვა საქართველოს ჩემპიონის ტიტული 18წ. ასაკის მოჭადრაკე გოგონათა შორის!

IX ტური

დანელია – გურამიშვილი (4,5 – 7,5)

წაწალაშვილი – ჯალაბაძე (6 – 4,5)

ბერიძე – უგულავა (5 – 4,5)

კობეშავიძე – თევზაძე

ჩაკვეტაძე – შამათავა

რიჟამაძე – სულამანიძე

ფარჯიანი – ანაკიძე

გოგლიძე – კეკელიძე

იმნაძე – მელაძე

გამოკვეთილი ლიდერი ვაჟთა ჩემპიონატსაც ჰყავს ლუკა პაიჭაძის სახით.რომელიც, ჩემპიონატს 6,5 ქულით ლიდერობს.

ნახევარი ქულით ნაკლები დააგროვეს:დავით ბენიძემ და ნიკა ვოლკოვმა.

IX ტური

პაიჭაძე – არაბიძე (6,5–5)

ბრეგაძე – ბენიძე (5,5 – 6)

ნიკოლაშვილი – ვოლკოვი (5,5 – 6)

ლომსაძე – ფაცია

ჯანიაშვილი – ხურციძე

ჯავახაძე – კაშია

ბერაძე – ბურდული

ფიფია – მანგიაშვილი

ერვანდიანი – ხვიტია

ხიზანიშვილი – წერეთელი

ლომიძე – ებრალიძე

ქერაშვილი – ქოსაშვილი

ცირეკიძე – დვალიშვილი

ახალაძე – ტრაპაიძე

ზუმბულიძე – დარასელია

ჭკუასელი – ხახუტაშვილი

იარაჯული – მორგოშია

გაგუა – მღვდელაძე

ბაღდასაროვი – ნადირაშვილი

Latin characters and translation :

guramishvili chemp’ionia! (Guramishvili is champion!)

sopik’o guramishvilma pinishamde erti t’urit adre moip’ova sakartvelos chemp’ionis t’it’uli 18ts’. asak’is moch’adrak’e gogonata shoris!

(Sopiko Guramishvili has won the title, one round before the end, of Georgian champion in 18th years old female category).

IX t’uri (IXth round)

danelia – guramishvili (4,5 – 7,5)

ts’ats’alashvili – jalabadze (6 – 4,5)

beridze – ugulava (5 – 4,5)

k’obeshavidze – tevzadze

chak’vet’adze – shamatava

rizhamadze – sulamanidze

parjiani – anak’idze

goglidze – k’ek’elidze

imnadze – meladze

gamok’vetili lideri vazhta chemp’ionat’sats hq’avs luk’a p’aich’adzis sakhit. romelits, chemp’ionat’s 6,5 kulit liderobs.

(Luka Paichadze is clear leader of the male championship with 6.5 points.)

nakhevari kulit nak’lebi daagroves:davit benidzem da nik’a volk’ovma.

(With one half point less : Davit Benidze and Nika Volkovma)

IX t’uri (IXth round)

p’aich’adze – arabidze (6,5–5)

bregadze – benidze (5,5 – 6)

nik’olashvili – volk’ovi (5,5 – 6)

lomsadze – patsia

janiashvili – khurtsidze

javakhadze – k’ashia

beradze – burduli

pipia – mangiashvili

ervandiani – khvit’ia

khizanishvili – ts’ereteli

lomidze – ebralidze

kerashvili – kosashvili

tsirek’idze – dvalishvili

akhaladze – t’rap’aidze

zumbulidze – daraselia

ch’k’uaseli – khakhut’ashvili

iarajuli – morgoshia

gagua – mghvdeladze

baghdasarovi – nadirashvili

Second article posted on the 2nd May 2009

Georgian characters

ლიდერი გამოიკვეთა

საქართველოს გოგონათა ჩემპიონატზე ფინიშამდე 2 ტურით ადრე ტურნირის აშკარა ლიდერი გამოიკვეთა.

სოფიკო გურამიშვილი 6,5 ქულით დამაჯერებლად ლიდერობს ტურნირს.

1 ქულით ნაკლები აქვს უახლოეს მდევარს ქეთი წაწალაშვილს.4,5 ქულით III–IV ადგილებს ლიკა კობეშავიძე და თიკო ბერიძე ინაწილებენ.

VIII ტური

გურამიშვილი – კობეშავიძე (6,5 – 4,5)

თევზაძე – წაწალაშვილი (4 – 5,5)

ჯალაბაძე – ბერიძე (4 – 4,5)

შამათავა – უგულავა (4 –4)

კეკელიძე – დანელია (3,5 – 3,5)

ანაკიძე – რიჟამაძე (3,5 – 3,5)

გოგლიძე – იმნაძე (2 – 3,5)

სულამანიძე – ჩაკვეტაძე (3 –3 )

ფარჯიანი – ჩაკვეტაძე (3 – 0,5)

გოგონათა ტურნირის მსგავსად ვაჟებსაც გამოკვეთილი ლიდერი ჰყავთ ლუკა პაიჭაძის სახით, რომელიც ტურნირს 6 ქულით ლიდერობს. ნახევარი ქულით ნაკლები აქვს დავით ბენიძეს დავით ლომსაძეს.

VIII ტური

ფაცია – პაიჭაძე (5 – 6)

ბენიძე – ნიკოლაშვილი (5,5 – 5)

ვოლკოვი – ლომსაძე (5 – 5,5)

ბრეგაძე – ერვანდიანი (4,5 – 4,5)

არაბიძე – ჯავახაძე (4,5 – 4,5)

ჯანიაშვილი – ფიფია (4 – 4,5)

ხურციძე – წერეთელი (4 – 4)

ბურდული – ხვიტია (3,5 – 4)

დვალიშვილი – ბერაძე (3,5 – 3,5)

კაშია – ქერაშვილი (3,5 – 3,5)

მანგიაშვილი – ლომიძე (3,5 – 3,5)

ხახუტაშვილი – ებრალიძე (3–3)

ქოსაშვილი – ახალაძე (3–3)

მორგოშია – ხიზანიშვილი (3–3)

მღვდელაძე – ცირეკიძე (2,5 – 2,5)

დარასელია – ნადირაშვილი (2,5 – 2,5)

ტრაპაიძე – ჭკუასელი (2,5 – 2,5)

ზუმბულიძე – ბაღდასაროვი (2,5 – 0,5)

გაგუა – იარაჯული (1,5 – 0,5)

Latin characters and translation :

lideri gamoik’veta (a leader is clear)

sakartvelos gogonata chemp’ionat’ze pinishamde 2 t’urit adre t’urniris ashk’ara lideri gamoik’veta.

(2 rounds before the end, in the Georgian youth female championship, a leader is now clear)

sopik’o guramishvili 6,5 kulit damajereblad liderobs t’urnirs.

(Sopiko Guramishvili, with 6.5 points, leads convincingly the tournament)

1 kulit nak’lebi akvs uakhloes mdevars keti ts’ats’alashvils.4,5 kulit III–IV adgilebs lik’a k’obeshavidze da tik’o beridze inats’ileben.

(With one point less, the closest follower is Keti Tsatsalashvili. With 4,5 points the IIIrd and IVth places are shared between Lika Kobeshavidze and Tiko Beridze).

VIII t’uri (VIIIth round)

guramishvili – k’obeshavidze (6,5 – 4,5)

tevzadze – ts’ats’alashvili (4 – 5,5)

jalabadze – beridze (4 – 4,5)

shamatava – ugulava (4 –4)

k’ek’elidze – danelia (3,5 – 3,5)

anak’idze – rizhamadze (3,5 – 3,5)

goglidze – imnadze (2 – 3,5)

sulamanidze – chak’vet’adze (3 –3 )

parjiani – chak’vet’adze (3 – 0,5)

gogonata t’urniris msgavsad vazhebsats gamok’vetili lideri hq’avt luk’a p’aich’adzis sakhit, romelits t’urnirs 6 kulit liderobs. nakhevari kulit nak’lebi akvs davit benidzes davit lomsadzes.
(Like for the female championship, the male championship has a clear leader now, with Luka Paichadze, who leads the tournament with 6 points. One half point less Davit Benidze and Davit Lomsadze)

VIII t’uri (VIIIth round)

patsia – p’aich’adze (5 – 6)

benidze – nik’olashvili (5,5 – 5)

volk’ovi – lomsadze (5 – 5,5)

bregadze – ervandiani (4,5 – 4,5)

arabidze – javakhadze (4,5 – 4,5)

janiashvili – pipia (4 – 4,5)

khurtsidze – ts’ereteli (4 – 4)

burduli – khvit’ia (3,5 – 4)

dvalishvili – beradze (3,5 – 3,5)

k’ashia – kerashvili (3,5 – 3,5)

mangiashvili – lomidze (3,5 – 3,5)

khakhut’ashvili – ebralidze (3–3)

kosashvili – akhaladze (3–3)

morgoshia – khizanishvili (3–3)

mghvdeladze – tsirek’idze (2,5 – 2,5)

daraselia – nadirashvili (2,5 – 2,5)

t’rap’aidze – ch’k’uaseli (2,5 – 2,5)

zumbulidze – baghdasarovi (2,5 – 0,5)

gagua – iarajuli (1,5 – 0,5)

Family day today

2009-05-03T00:10:00.002+02:00

Hello my friends? What's up? I hope life is going well for all of you:)

Today I was with all my family, about 40 people. It was a commeration day, organised by my mum for my father. So many people there, it was really good to see them. Callista and Rocio were there and also Rocio's parents. They are in Europe for 2 months.

First we went to the grave of my father and then we went back to home where we listened to a recording of a horal directed by my father. We also heard him speaking a bit on this recording.
After that we went to my chess club where there is a commemorative plaque in his honour as it's him who created the club. Then we made some tourism around my hometown (Mayet) and we saw some Gallo-Roman ruins. After that we visited a mill of the XVI century.

In conclusion it was really a touching day. The sun was there and I'm happy of its success for me and for my mum.

PS : chkara Sakartveloshi viknebi... ghmerto chemo !!

Callista at chess club

At chess club

Commemorative plaque in honour of my father

Elisabeth, Rocio's mum

Some French lullaby

Some Georgian filmography

2009-04-26T23:26:00.001+02:00

I have begun to interest me to the Georgian filmography and I have already seen some awesome ones.

First of all is 'iavana', it means lullaby in English, that's the songs parents sing to their children. The vocals in this movie are incredibly beautiful. You can feel such a great emotion through it...
This is the story of a family, the father, Nino the mother and the children Aleksi and Keto. The beginning is really idyllic as the members of the family are all together in hapiness. But the second part of the movie is so sad as Aleksi died and Keto get kidnapped.
It's very impressive to see the physical transformation of the parents between the beginning and the end of the movie. They past from light to darkness and get 20 years older in only some months... To finally come back to life with the coming back of Keto.

Poster of the movie Iavnana

The second movie is 'Natvris Khe' which means the 'Wishing Tree'. In this movie we are immediatly impressed by the main actress, Lika Kavjaradze, which has been considered by many as the most beautiful Georgian lady of all time. (reincarnation of Queen Tamar^^?).

The story is about Marita (Lika) and Gedya his boy friend who starts to fall in love with each other. But a lord of the region decides to take Marita for his wife. Finally Gedya decides to come back to see her but they get caught and Marita is going to be killed for her punishment.
The final scene of Martita's death is really impressive. It's a bit like Jesus crucifix for a woman...

Lika Kavjaradze, main character of the movie Natvris Khe

The last movie I have seen is 'Pesvebi' which means 'roots'. It touched me a lot because the story takes place in France. It's the story of a Georgian man who is coming to France for working but is still very attached to his Georgia. It's funny to see that my country appears in Georgian movies;)

The movie Pesvebi

A bit of Georgian ;)

2009-04-26T20:58:00.001+02:00

Hello all. A little Georgian exercice tonight;)
I wanted to show you some of the Georgian sentences I'm working on yet.

So the Georgian characters writing :
მასწავლებელი თეკლეს ცუდ სტუდენად თვლის, თუმცა თეკლე მუდამ ბეჯითად სწავლობს ეკონომიკის გაკვეთილს. აკაკი კი ძალიან კარგ სტუდენტად ითვლება

In latin characters :
masts’avlebeli tek’les tsud st’udenad tvlis, tumtsa tek’le mudam bedjitad sts’avlobs ek’onomik’is gak’vetils. ak’ak’i k’i dzalian k’arg st’udent’ad itvleba

My translation :
The teacher considers Tekle (female proper name) as bad student, although she always seriously learn her economic lessons. Where as Akaki (male proper name), is considered as a very good student.

Conclusion : male student better considered than female ones?! , It's stupid ! Should be the opposite ^^

Some Georgian on Las Palmas;)

2009-04-16T20:44:00.001+02:00

Las Palmas, San Telmo parc

Hello everybody ! It's since a long time I didn't post on some Georgian language exercice. So as I wanted to test my level, I decided to translate the article posted on Georgian Chess Federation about the tournament Anna just made in Las Palmas last week. Let's see if I have improved^^

In Georgian characters :

2009-04-13

ლას–პალმასი

ლას–პალმას–დე–გრან–კანარიაში დასრულდა II Torneo Open internacional de Ajedres Memorial Pedro Lezcano Montalvo 2009.

ტურნირში 4 ქართველი მოჭადრაკე მონაწილეობდა:საერთაშორისო დიდოსტატი ანა მათნაძე, ფიდეს ოსტატი ლევან ბრეგაძე,ეროვნული ოსტატები ზურაბ ჯავახაძე და ნათია ჯალაბაძე.

I ადგილი 8,5 ერთპიროვნულად დაიკავა ანა მათნაძემ, მას ნახევარი ქულით ჩამორჩა ლევან ბრეგაძე.ზურაბ ჯავახაძე 5,5 ქულით IX ადგილი დაიკავა ხოლო ნათია ჯალაბაძემ ასევე 5,5 ქულით XIII იყო.

ტურნირში ქართველი მოჭადრაკეების მონაწილეობას ორგანიზება გაუწია საერთაშორისო,საქველმოქმედო ორგანიზაციამ „ჭადრაკი–მშვიდობის ელჩი“ .

ლას–პალმას–დე–გრან–კანარია – ესპანეთის ლას პალმას პროვინციის ადმინისტრაციული ცენტრი, 210 კილომეტრითაა დაშორებული აფრიკის ჩრდილო–დასავლეთ სანაპიროს.

1478 წლის 24 ივნისს კანარის კუნძულების მკვიდრი მოსახლეობის გუანჩების დამარცხების შემდგომ ქალაქი დაარსა ხუან რეხონმა კასტილიელი ჯარისკაცების დახმარებით. ამერიკაში თავისი პირველი გამგზავრების წინ ლას–პლმასში შეჩერდა 1492 წელს ქრისტოფორე კოლუმბი და ვეგეტას კვარტალში დღემდე არსებობს მისი სახელობის მუზეუმი.

ლას–პალმასი მრავალეროვანი საპორტო ქალაქია, ცნობილი საერთაშორისო კინოფესტივალით და ყოველწლიური კარნავალით.

In Latin characters :

2009-04-13
las–p’almasi

las–p’almas–de–gran–k’anariashi dasrulda II Torneo Open internacional de Ajedres Memorial Pedro Lezcano Montalvo 2009.

t’urnirshi 4 kartveli moch’adrak’e monats’ileobda:saertashoriso didost’at’i ana matnadze, pides ost’at’i levan bregadze,erovnuli ost’at’ebi zurab javakhadze da natia jalabadze.

I adgili 8,5 ertp’irovnulad daik’ava ana matnadzem, mas nakhevari kulit chamorcha levan bregadze.zurab javakhadze 5,5 kulit IX adgili daik’ava kholo natia jalabadzem aseve 5,5 kulit XIII iq’o.

t’urnirshi kartveli moch’adrak’eebis monats’ileobas organizeba gauts’ia saertashoriso,sakvelmokmedo organizatsiam „ch’adrak’i–mshvidobis elchi“ .

las–p’almas–de–gran–k’anaria – esp’anetis las p’almas p’rovintsiis administ’ratsiuli tsent’ri, 210 k’ilomet’ritaa dashorebuli aprik’is chrdilo–dasavlet sanap’iros.

1478 ts’lis 24 ivniss k’anaris k’undzulebis mk’vidri mosakhleobis guanchebis damartskhebis shemdgom kalaki daarsa khuan rekhonma k’ast’ilieli jarisk’atsebis dakhmarebit. amerik’ashi tavisi p’irveli gamgzavrebis ts’in las–p’lmasshi shecherda 1492 ts’els krist’opore k’olumbi da veget’as k’vart’alshi dghemde arsebobs misi sakhelobis muzeumi.

las–p’almasi mravalerovani sap’ort’o kalakia, tsnobili saertashoriso k’inopest’ivalit da q’ovelts’liuri k’arnavalit.

My translation :

2009-04-13
las–p’almasi (Las Palmas)

las–p’almas–de–gran–k’anariashi dasrulda II Torneo Open internacional de Ajedres Memorial Pedro Lezcano Montalvo 2009.

(The II Torneo Open international de Ajedres Memorial Pedro Lezcano Montalvo 2009 just finished in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.)

t’urnirshi 4 kartveli moch’adrak’e monats’ileobda : saertashoriso didost’at’i ana matnadze, pides ost’at’i levan bregadze,erovnuli ost’at’ebi zurab javakhadze da natia jalabadze.

(In that tournament, 4 Georgian people have participated : the international Grand Master Ana Matnadze, the FIDE Master Levan Bregadze, the national Master Zurab Javakhadze and Natia Jalabadze).

I adgili 8,5 ertp’irovnulad daik’ava ana matnadzem, mas nakhevari kulit chamorcha levan bregadze.zurab javakhadze 5,5 kulit IX adgili daik’ava kholo natia jalabadzem aseve 5,5 kulit XIII iq’o.

(The first place in individual with 8,5 points has been gained by Ana Matnadze, her half point has been done against Levan Bregadze. Zurab Javakhadze, with 5,5 points has got the 9th place where as Natia Jalabadzem with also 5,5 points has got the 13th place).

t’urnirshi kartveli moch’adrak’eebis monats’ileobas organizeba gauts’ia saertashoriso,sakvelmokmedo organizatsiam „ch’adrak’i–mshvidobis elchi“ .

(During the tournament, the Georgian players were members of an international organization, a philantropic organization named "Chess Peace Ambassador").

las–p’almas–de–gran–k’anaria – esp’anetis las p’almas p’rovintsiis administ’ratsiuli tsent’ri, 210 k’ilomet’ritaa dashorebuli aprik’is chrdilo–dasavlet sanap’iros.

(Las Palmas de Grand Canaria is the capital of the Spanish administrative province of Las Palmas, 210 kilometers far from the north of Afrika, with beaches on its west.)

1478 ts’lis 24 ivniss k’anaris k’undzulebis mk’vidri mosakhleobis guanchebis damartskhebis shemdgom kalaki daarsa khuan rekhonma k’ast’ilieli jarisk’atsebis dakhmarebit. amerik’ashi tavisi p’irveli gamgzavrebis ts’in las–p’lmasshi shecherda 1492 ts’els krist’opore k’olumbi da veget’as k’vart’alshi dghemde arsebobs misi sakhelobis muzeumi.

(On 24th June 1478, the Canaris Island inhabitants were defeated and the city established.
After I don't know.. it seems like it is speaking of 'jarikastebi cast'.

Before his first trip in America, Christoph Colomb made a stop in Last Palmas in 1492 and, since this day, exists in the nature his home museum.)

las–p’almasi mravalerovani sap’ort’o kalakia, tsnobili saertashoriso k’inopest’ivalit da q’ovelts’liuri k’arnavalit.

(Las Pasmas is a cosmopolitic port city, famous for its international cinema festival and its yearly carnaval.)

Don't hesitate to correct me if I made mistakes ;)

Back to France ;)

2009-04-13T18:40:00.001+02:00

I'm back to home! Barca was quite short but really nice;) I wish to go back there this summer. Now that I see better how the city is I can enjoy it even better next time.
I will just finish with a funny adventure which has closed my trip there. During my flight back I got the chance to continue my spanish lessons as I was near Daniela, a Chilian lady and Maria an Argentinan. Daniela is journalist and is working on the topic of building and was in Barcelona to follow an exposition this topic. She just finished it and was going to Paris to visit the city for some days. It's funny she had many 'post-its' on her map of Paris and one there were a mistake, it was written Centre Georges 'Pompadiu' instead of Georges Pompidou^^
Maria is a political researcher and she studies the European politic. She is in France since many years and was speaking a perfect French;) It was really funny to talk with them. But when she was talking together in Spanish I couldn't understand anything!!!

P.S : I promise I will put my pictures as soon as possible and I hope tomorrow !!
Hasta luego Amigos!
A little word game : Bar-cel-ona = night life + blue sky + sea;)

My birthday tomorrow

2009-04-12T17:32:00.002+02:00

This night I am going to get a bit older... 25.

25 years ago, a baby had got the greatest gift he would ever receive of all his life. A new existence, a new soul, a son, a younger brother, a nephew, a cousin. He was all that at the same time. But he didn´t know that on that time. I needed to grow up, discover the life, first my family, then friends, and finally new cultures and countries..

The life made me like I am now. Through so many experiences, many happy, some sad I forged this personality, sensibility, way of being. But who knows the great things I´m gonna find later?

And that´s what is so interesting : I don´t know it! Up to me to use, in the best way, the opportunities I will get.

Sunday in Barca : MACBA and souvenirs

2009-04-12T16:42:00.001+02:00

Today morning has given me the opportunity to get my first real visit as I have gone with my German friend Benjamin, to MACBA, the Museum of Modern Art of Barca. We have seen there two different expositions, one of Thomas Bayrle a German artist of the second part of the 20th century and another one of Cirdo Meireles a Brazilian artist of the same period.

Front of MACBA (built in 1995 by Richard Meier, a German architect)

Front of MACBA

Hmm, interesting ..

The artworks of that Brazilian artist were very impressive with for instance one room full of broken glasses on the floor and where we had to sign a discharge in case of injury before entering inside.

Dangerous!!

Mix of sport and moon relief ?!

Another one, was a very strange room with a lot red objects, and on back of it another room in the darkness with only a tap from where was sinking red liquid looking like blood. In fact the floor of that room was also stained in a way that it was looking like a blood stain... It was like entering in an horror movie.

Some other artworks were really disturbing with many erotic topics and also a mix of sex and religion. Quite special...

On the afternoon we bought some souvenirs and we went to a typical spanish restaurant in Barri Xino area, not so attracting but authentic. I took there some tortilla con queso. We got a very interesting talk about different languages as he knows a bit Spanish, and good German and French. Me I showed my some knowledges in Georgian ;)

It´s funny when it was time to ask the bill, I almost said ´angarishi´ instead of ´la cuenta´...

Saturday evening in Barca

2009-04-11T22:41:00.002+02:00

I know that I post perhaps a bit too much messages but it´s also for me not to forget my trip;)

So this evening I went with Benjamin, my German Friend to Barric Gotic, to see a bit the Cathedral, and then we went to Barceloneta Beach where I tried to touch the sea.
The main difficulties was not to wet my shoes and pant ! It was quite tough as there were like a gap before the sea;,,)

Smile Vincent..!!!!

No don't close the eyes lol

Benjamin my German Friend
(Mont-Juic in background)

Time for surfing!

So after that we went to ´Los Angelitos´ pub and we took some drinks;) I liked the decoration there, a bit retro...

Inside 'Los Angelitos' Bar

Inside of 'Los Angelitos' Bar

When we were coming back we past by Colomb statue, it´s funny like in Tbilissi, there is a statue beginning a big avenue, like St George statue beginning the Rustaveli Kutcha, in Barca it´s Colomb statue beginning Las Ramblas.

Another common characteristic is that Jordi is the most used name in Catalalonia, corresponding to Giorgi in Georgia..

In front of Colomb tower

Ok I hope I am not overwriting lately:) Wish you all the best!

La Granja and funny meeting

2009-04-11T17:39:00.001+02:00

This afternoon I went to a little ´troquet´, named La Granja, my guide was telling about that it was a very authentic place. I took a pastry there, it was quite good;) The funny situation is that I have met the girl of ´Spanish hotel´ : Julie, German lady in Erasmus in Barcelona for 6 months and being in flat sharing ^^ Amusing detail is that when I asked her if she was speaking German as I saw it was written in German on her cigarette box, she answered me in French ´Oui´. In fact she can speak also French as her father is French.

Funny meeting.... A bit what we are looking for in a trip : unexpected events that we have to enjoy in the strongest way we can.

Inside of La Granja

Some news from Barca ;)

2009-04-11T11:43:00.001+02:00

Update : what I put in italic is not essential but I keep it as a diary;)

I arrived yesterday night to Barca and I went to my hotel by the night bus who led me to Plaza de la Catalunya and after I walked to Carrer Hospital where is my hotel. In the bus I talked with a girl from Argentina and a guy called Mario who was Chilian who tried to talked to me in Catalan!. Also with another guy whose name was Otto;) lol I think they were a bit drunk but it was funny^^

I asked my road to some girls and we talked together during 5 minutes in English to finally discover they were French also!!! lol It was so stupid ^^
Finally I arrived to Las Remblas.... me who was thinking of French Champs Elysees it was not exactly that! In fact I must confess that Anna already explained me how was that place at night lol. Perhaps a bit dangerous.

Then I arrived to my youth hotel, and to my room there. It was a bit strange when I came inside the room where there were 9 strangers sleeping in the dark.... I didn´t want to take the wrong bed and sit down on someone :PPP

So in my room I met an Argentinian guy and a German Guy named Benjamin who is speaking very good French. Perhaps we will go together to make fiestaaa tonight,) Oh to Keti, (Sopiko´s sister), I learnt how to say ´nice to meet you in German´ : ´Schön dich kennen zu lernen´.

To have a little idea of the different areas of Barca downtown, there is Las Ramblas who divided it in two parts on West and East and on the West there are El Raval in North and Barri Xino in South (Anna told me many interesting things could happen to me there at night!!), and on the East Barri Gotic where is La Catedral. I wish to take a look there this afternoon as it´s Pascual period there will be many processions.

For my planning of what to see in Barca I decided to make it original and to interest me at least for today to some little shops and some details and not the famous places lol. As I´m a lazy guy I decided to visit first the places closed to my hotel and so I went to ´Casa Bethoveen´ it´s a very cute place who is keeping a lot of music partitions of all countries in the World.

Front of 'Casa Beethoven'

Inside of 'Casa Beethoven'

Some piano partitions

Also I went to Christian Escriba confectionery. Inside of the shop there is very nice ´art deco´ decoration. I got the chance to taste the "bunyol camaras":) It is made only during the "Lent" period. (la Carême in French) A bit the same kind of donut we can find in Vichy in France during Februar.

Front of 'Christian Escriba' confectionery

Inside of the confectionery

Bunyols de caramas

Inside of the confectionery

P.S. : I have taken some photos and I think that I will put them on Monday when I will be back to France.

Hello from Roissy, Paris aiport :P

2009-04-10T21:52:00.001+02:00

Hello all!! I'm waiting for the flight to Barca^^ I have some time to write you a little message before the boarding;) It's funny because as there were a problem for taking the bus from train station to airport, I asked to some people who were with me if they wanted to take a taxi;)
So finally, we all together took a taxi and we went through Paris to Roissy Airport. Thus we got a free tour of Paris and we have seen 'Carroussel du Louvre', 'Opera';)
One of the person in the taxi was from Ireland and went for some work in France. The two others were French and one was going to Uzbekistan:)
Hmm, next time perhaps I should speak of Barcelona as it's my destination normally;)

Barcelona tomorrow !!

2009-04-09T22:16:00.002+02:00

So that's it;) It's time for going to vacation tomorrow night. :)
I will go to the famous city of Barcelona for 2 days, as I come back on Monday. I have taken some ideas from a guide book but it was quite theorical.
Some artists named Gaudi, Miro, Picasso or Dali, 'paseo' of Las Remblas where is my hotel or some famous area like Eixample where are all the modernist architectures, Barceloneta with beautiful beaches... Ohh..... it seems so messy !
How the city of 'fiesta' can also be interesting under an architectural point of view.. Hmm I will see, it will be the surprise.

Ah... holidays.

Update : Oh I forgot but Monday is a special day for me;)

Let's guess :P

Dear Georgia..

2009-04-03T23:45:00.001+02:00

For this article I didn't know so much what to write, so I decided to speak a bit of my passion for this culture, language and country;)

It's since more than 4 months from now that I went to Georgia. I didn't know at all this country when I decided to go there on 5th December 2008. The only Georgian person I was knowing was Sopiko Guramishvili, a Georgian strong chess player. Going there was a bit an adventure for me, my geography is quite approximative and at the beginning when I proposed to Sopiko to visit her country it was a bit a joke. I didn't know exactly where it was on a world map. It could have been in Siberia it was the same for me^^
But finally her and her family welcomed me in the greatest way a guest can be received... This trip enthousiasted me so much that I decided to continue my study of Georgian language, I started a bit before going there. Me who sucks usually in foreign language, I have been able to learn a new alphabet and I begin to master a complicated grammar;)
The simplest conclusion I can give of this trip is that it has 'reactivated' many passions in my life. My chess level was in stand-by since some years and I have begun GM lessons, I had the idea to study music one day and I have now my own piano and for Georgian language every new expressions I can use with my new Georgian friends is always like a new treasure I can share with them. Someway I can be considered like a romantic guy, thinking to foreign countries and being quite too much in his dreams. However I would say that being able to keep dreams in mind to make the daily life more beautiful is a gift this trip gave me..

Joke' day today ;)

2009-04-01T21:11:00.002+02:00

Hello evebody!! How are you? I hope you got a good day;)

So today is a special day as on first April it's joke's day. In France today's jokes are called "Poisson d'Avril", as 'April Fish'. The idea is to put a little paper fish on the back of your friends:)
It exists also in many other contries, like in Germany with Aprilscherz, in Great Britain with April Fool’s Day or in Spain with el día de los santos inocentes on 28th December.

Ah yes, I didn't say but in fact I'm a spy and I have been sent to infiltrate the secret CPA organisation :P

Dog saying "I love you"

2009-03-27T20:39:00.001+01:00

A bit stupid but so funny!

A bit of poesy

2009-03-27T20:25:00.001+01:00

I want to share with you my preferred poem, a French one, of Louis Aragon, "Il n'y a pas d'amour heureux" which can be translated : there is no happy love. It's a bit melancolic but really deep.

The English translation :

Man never truly possesses anything
Neither his strength, nor his weakness, nor his heart
And when he opens his arms
His shadow is that of a cross
And when he tries to embrace happiness
He crushes it
His life is a strange and painful divorce

There is no happy love

His life resembles those soulless soldiers
Who have been groomed for a different fate
Why should they rise in the morning
When nighttime finds them disarmed, uncertain
Say these words and hold back your tears

There is no happy love

My beautiful love, my dear love, my torn heart
I carry you in me like a wounded bird
Those who unknowingly watch us walk by
Repeat after me my words and sigh
They have already died in your bright eyes

There is no happy love

By the time we learn to live
It's already too late
Our hearts cry in unison at night
It takes many a misfortune for the simplest song
Many regrets to pay for a thrill
Many a tear for a guitar's melody

There is no happy love

There is no love which is not pain
There is no love which does not bruise
There is no love which does not fade
And none that is greater than your love for your country
There is no love which does not live from tears

There is no happy love
But it is our own love

The French translation :

Rien n'est jamais acquis à l'homme Ni sa force
Ni sa faiblesse ni son coeur Et quand il croit
Ouvrir ses bras son ombre est celle d'une croix
Et quand il croit serrer son bonheur il le broie
Sa vie est un étrange et douloureux divorce
Il n'y a pas d'amour heureux

Sa vie Elle ressemble à ces soldats sans armes
Qu'on avait habillés pour un autre destin
A quoi peut leur servir de se lever matin
Eux qu'on retrouve au soir désoeuvrés incertains
Dites ces mots Ma vie Et retenez vos larmes

Il n'y a pas d'amour heureux

Mon bel amour mon cher amour ma déchirure
Je te porte dans moi comme un oiseau blessé
Et ceux-là sans savoir nous regardent passer
Répétant après moi les mots que j'ai tressés
Et qui pour tes grands yeux tout aussitôt moururent

Il n'y a pas d'amour heureux

Le temps d'apprendre à vivre il est déjà trop tard
Que pleurent dans la nuit nos coeurs à l'unisson
Ce qu'il faut de malheur pour la moindre chanson
Ce qu'il faut de regrets pour payer un frisson
Ce qu'il faut de sanglots pour un air de guitare

Il n'y a pas d'amour heureux

Il n'y a pas d'amour qui ne soit à douleur
Il n'y a pas d'amour dont on ne soit meurtri
Il n'y a pas d'amour dont on ne soit flétri
Et pas plus que de toi l'amour de la patrie
Il n'y a pas d'amour qui ne vive de pleurs

Il n'y a pas d'amour heureux
Mais c'est notre amour à tous les deux

My piano (digital ^^)

2009-03-27T20:16:00.001+01:00

I bought me a piano one week ago. It's a digital one but in some time, perhaps one or two years I could buy me a real one^^

Callista's birth announcement

2009-03-27T20:02:00.001+01:00

Hello everybody! How are you? It's since some time I didn't post. I have been quite busy;) I wish to share with you this very cute announcement :)
On this it is written : "At the end of the winter, Callista is arrived the 16th Februar, as shining as the sun"

Commemoration : today is one year since my father died ..

2009-03-23T17:07:00.001+01:00

Hello everybody. Some melancoly in this article... For me today it's a special day as my dad died one year ago, on 24th March 2008, he was 69.

My father with one of my nephew

My father on right with a scrabble friend

Us four dad, mum, Fabien and me

Un blog n'est peut-être pas l'endroit le plus approprié pour rendre un hommage. Papa aurait sûrement rigolé de se voir sur Internet.
L'idée c'est d'essayer de se souvenir des bons moments passés ensemble... La douleur est toujours là mais la différence est qu'on a fini par l'accepter. Par accepter que la vie nous prenne les gens qu'on aime autant qu'elle nous apporte de nouveaux amis et que de nouvelles personnes fassent partie de la famille, comme récemment Callista.

And what's up with Callista? ;)

2009-03-15T10:53:00.001+01:00

Good Sunday for everybody;)
I didn't say but I saw Callista in Paris yesterday ^^ I took pictures and you can see some of them here :) Oh also you can take a look to her blog : http://callista.monbebeblog.com where there are also many pictures !

Callista in her cradle^^

Callista in her cradle

Time for bath! :P

Spiritual beauties this time ;)

2009-03-14T21:46:00.002+01:00

Hey people ;) I hope you are enjoying your week-end.
For tonight I wish to share some pics of the church which is just near my apartment. In French, "Eglise de la Couture", from "ad culturam Dei" in latin. She was built during the 7th century by Saint "Bertrand" and is really nice ^^

Eglise de la Couture

Entry of the church
(the apostles can be seen on the side of the door)

Some paintings inside the church
Saint Bertrand crypt
Saint Bertrand's crypt
(stairs leading to Saint Bertrand sepulche)
Saint Bertrand's sepulchre

Some news from Saint-Petersburg :)

2009-03-13T16:09:00.002+01:00

Hello everybody. A quick message for today!! ^_^
I have seen some interesting pics on Saint Petersburg European Chess Championship official website (http://wiecc2009.com) : there are some people I know.
I can't resist to the temptation to put these photos on my blog :P

Sopiko

Keti (Sopiko's eldest sister)
( and some Georgians I saw in ches Palace ;))

Some of my Georgian hand-writing;)

2009-03-07T17:10:00.002+01:00

Hello everybody!! Rogora khart?
It's since a week I didn't post so this week-end I decided to make some work on my blog;)
I have written some Georgian, more precisely, the third stanza of "Vepkhistqaosani", the Knight in the Tiger Skin. As I have already showed you the first one, I continue on the same literary. I chose that stanza as I found it very romantic : we can get a description of the Queen Tamar by Rustaveli.

Queen Tamar(reign : 1184-1213)

My hand-writing of the third stanza

Now this stanza in computer writing :

ვის ჰშვენის, - ლომსა, - ხმარება შუბისა, ფარ-შიმშერისა,
- მეფისა მზის -თამარისა, ღაწვ-ბადახშ, თმა-გიშერისა,
- მას, არა ვიცი, შევჰკადრო შესხმა ხოტბისა, შე - რისა,
მისთა მჭვრეტელთა ყანდისა მირთმა ხამს მიმართ, შერისა.

Now in latin characters :
vis hshvenis, lomsa, xmareba shubisa, par-shimsherisa,
mepisa mzis tamarisa, ghac'v-balaxsh, tma-gisherisa,
mas, ara vici, shevhk'adro shesxma xot'bisa, she, risa,
mista mch'vret'elta q'andisa mirtma xams mart, mi sherisa.

Now the words I can translate :
vis(who + génitif ? : whom) hshvenis, lomsa, xmareba shubisa, par-shimsherisa,
mepisa(queen)mzis(sun+génitive form : of sun) tamarisa(Tamar), ghac'v-balaxsh, tma(hair)-gisherisa,
mas(her), ara vici('I don't know'), shevhk'adro(strange time form for the verb "to be able to"^^)) shesxma xot'bisa, she, risa,
mista(her+postposition?) mch'vret'elta q'andisa mirtma xams mart, mi sherisa.

Now the English translation :
I sing of the lion whom the use of lance, shield and sword adorns,
Of Tamar, the Queen of Queens, the ruby-cheeked and jet-haired.
How shall I dare pay tribute to her in praiseworthy verses,
Whom to look upon is to feast upon the choicest of honey?

Now all the words I can translate (thanks to 'translate.ge' website;)) :
vis(whom) hshvenis, lomsa('lomi' means 'lion' + isa : 'of lion'), xmareba(usage) shubisa('shubi':lance + isa : 'of lance'), par-shimsherisa,
mepisa mzis tamarisa(Tamar, the queen of sun) , ghac'v(cheek)-balaxsh(ruby), tma(hair)-gisherisa(agate),
mas(her), ara vici(I don't know), shevhk'adro(I should) shesxma(inspire) xot'bisa(xot'ba : panegyric ), she, risa,
mista(whom) mch'vret'elta q'andisa mirtma(verb 'mirtmeba' : to present?) xams mart, mi sherisa.

Callista, Rocio and Fabien :)

2009-03-01T20:07:00.001+01:00

Hello all!! How are you? Rogor khart?
So today I have gone to Paris and I have seen my niece Callista. I have taken some photos of course;) I have driven the baby car!! I was so scared as I didn't want to awake her:) In Paris jungle it was tough^^

Callista in the baby car^_^

Fabien, Callista and Rocio:)

Fabien and Callista

Me and Callista

What to know before a rendez-vous in restaurant with a Georgian lady:)

2009-02-23T22:12:00.003+01:00

For tonight I decided to make a bit of fun with some vocabulary which can be useful for such an interesting event like a date ^^

So let's start it :
To say :
- A table for two, please : Magida or katsdze, tu sheidzleba.
- What would you like : Ras inebebt?
- I would like : minda ...

For the different kinds of food there are :
- a bottle of red wine : erti botli tziteli ghvino
- a beer : ludi

- meat : khortsi
- beef : dzrokhis khortsi
- chichen : qatmis khortsi
- fish : tevzi
- break : puri
- cheese : kveli

To say : "good appetite" : miirtvit.

And finally : "Can I have the bill, please" : Angarishi, tu sheidzleba.

Now it's you to play^_^

A bit of georgian today:) V2

2009-02-21T17:59:00.001+01:00

Bonjour !! Comment allez-vous tous ce samedi?
So today I decided to show you some Georgian ^^ More precisely I will present the first stanza of Rustaveli's most important poem, The Knight in the Tiger Skin, or Vephistqaosini in Georgian.

Update version 2 : : pass the pointer on Georgian words to see the latin writing;)

Shota Rustaveli
Edition of 1888 of The Knight in the Tiger Skin
So let's go :

First written in Georgian characters.

რომელმან შექმნა სამყარო ძალითა მით ძლიერითა,
ზეგარდმო არსნი სულითა ყვნა ზეცით მონაბერითა,
ჩვენ, კაცთა, მოგვცა ქვეყანა, გვაქვს უთვალავი ფერითა,
და მისგან არს ყოვლი ხელმწიფე სახითა მის მიერითა.

Then translated in latin characters.
Romelman shekmna samqaro dzalita mit dzlierita,
zegardmo arsni sulita qvna zecit monaberita,
chven, kacta, mogvca kveqana, gvakvs utvalavi perita,
da misgan ars qovli khelmcipe sakhita mis mierita.

For pleasure you can get the translation in latin characters by passing the pointer of the mouse on the word (still have a little bug to correct;))

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Now I translate the words I know ^^:
Romelman(Who) shekmna samqaro dzalita mit dzlierita, (dzlier strong so strength?)
zegardmo arsni sulita(soul) qvna zecit monaberita,
chven(us), kacta, mogvca kveqana, gvakva utvaliva perita(peri : foot?^^),
da (and)misgan ars qovli khelmcipe sakhita mis mierita.

Now translated in English :
He who created the firmament, by that mighty power
made beings inspired from on high with souls celestial ;
to us men He has given the world, infinite in variety we
possess it ; from Him is every monarch in His likeness.

Now trying to translate all the Georgian words : (with the help of the translator 'translate.ge':P)

Romelman(Who) shekmna(create) samqaro(universe) dzalita(strength also?) mit dzlierita(strength),
zegardmo arsni sulita(soul) qvna zecit(zeca : sky) monaberita,
chven(us), kacta(men), mogvca(has given [to them]) kveqana(the world), gvakvs(possess [it]) utvalavi(infinite) perita(colors?),
da misgan ars qovli(every) khelmcipe(monarch) sakhita(in the form of) mis(his) mierita(from him).

So in conclusion^^ Still a lot of work is needed :P Next stanza another day;)

Chess lesson tonight with a GM;)

2009-02-20T21:39:00.004+01:00

Privettt Kak dela all? ("hello, how are you ?" in russian). Today I got a chess lesson with Mikhail KOZAKOV a chess Grand Master. It's really great to get courses from such a strong player. What is funny is that we have played some games as he wanted to know my level and the craziest is that I succeed to win two games!!
In fact it was a Gambit Marshall game and a strange Scottish beginning^^ Me who is quite strong in tactic it was moves played by heart...
In conclusion it's really a sashinlad great lesson;)

P.S. : Callista has quit the maternity and is now at her parents' home;)

New photos of Callista :)

2009-02-19T21:38:00.001+01:00

Bonsoir tout le monde^^
Hey Rocio (Fabien's girlfriend) sent me new pictures of Callista:) Ghmerto chemo! She is so cute..

Callista the new celebrity;)

My brother is learning the work of father ;)

Callista

My niece is born this morning^^

2009-02-16T23:51:00.001+01:00

Big news!! My niece is born this morning at 5:30 am;) Her name is Callista. It means "very beautiful" in greek.
I have seen her tonight at the maternity. I have taken some photos;)

Callista
Callista again:)
Callista and the dady, my brother Fabien

Me and Callista. Eeeee.. how to carry a baby ?? :P:P:P

Georgian, piano, moving out, chess^^

2009-02-15T20:45:00.001+01:00

Salut à tous;) : Hello all in French
So today I have moved out all my stuff from Nantes to Le Mans. So my bed, tables, sofa..^^ A lot. A big thanks to my friend Yann for his great help.
Also I am continuing to take piano lessons. I really like it and I begin to have fun in trying some funny variations. I wish to become stronger soon but piano is a long and tough work:)
On another point I am working my Georgian with the book Georgian, a reading grammar, a very complete book. I have seen the cities of Georgia like Batumi, Gori, Poti.. that I had to write in Georgian characters and also I have studied the name of Georgian writers like "Batarashvili or "Ilia Chavchavdze" Hopeful many family names finish with "shvili":)
Oh also it's funny to see that they write Paris, "Parizi" and Victor Hugo : "Hiugo". Soon I will work on the translation of the beginning of Vepkhistqaosani, the Knight in the Tiger skin. It will be passionating!
In addition, I am going to take some internet chess lessons with a GM whose name is Mikhail Kozakov. I wish to become stronger thanks to these lessons:P

P.S : for the baby it's going to be very soon. Tomorrow or Tuesday perhaps^^

A Georgian song (Lazuri exactly) I'm loooving!!

Some bad words in georgian ^^

2009-02-13T23:37:00.001+01:00

Hello everybody;)
So tonight I wish to show my knowledge in some familiar georgian words. After all it's also a part of Georgian culture:)
So let's go !!!!!

To say "fucking" you can use two words : 'datskevlili' or 'sashinlad'.
To say "Fucking shit" you can say 'eshmakma tsaigos'.
And finally to say "bitch" you can say 'dzukna'.

P.S : I change of subject but for the baby it should be on sunday:)^^

Soon a new member in my family:)

2009-02-11T20:42:00.001+01:00

Hello all^^
Soon there will be someone new in my family^^ : I will be an uncle as my brother Fabien is going to be dady at the end of this week:) I will give you some news and try to take pictures!!

A little message :)

2009-02-09T21:51:00.001+01:00

Hello all. I give some news of me^^
So I am now with my work team in my job. We are 5 people whom one is the chief.
I really like the philosophy of this work cos we have to imagine all the possible solutions as we are software architects. We don't have to be so strong in one precise technology but we have to know a lot of them in an enough precise way. It's really creative and I'm lucky to be there and to able to share with my collegues on the different technologies of Internet, computer science and Information Systems. If someone know a bit programming i'm working a bit on Groovy, a langage quite close to Java:)

I put a picture of how can look a diagram of logical architecture^^
I know it will look quite complicated but just to have an idea;)

A logical architecture diagram

My job in MMA (Mutuelles du Mans Assurances : Le Mans Insurancy)

2009-01-29T20:33:00.002+01:00

Hello all^^
I started really my work today in Le Mans. I will have to manage a project of data collecting on the architecture of the Information System of MMA. Quite a large program!:) I will have 6 months for finishing that. It's my first time to be in a real ingeneer project. I hope to be up to this task:)

MMA's Logo

My passion for chess

2009-01-24T17:46:00.001+01:00

I am playing chess since I am 8. It's my father who taught me and who was the president of the chess club. It was a big rivality between me and my brother to know who is the best;) Now we have quite the same level in fact:) I won cups in local tournament and some for department and regional trophies.

The two most important cups for me are :
- the trophy dedicated to my father (the big one with some blue on the top of the photo)
- my home town's one (in stone in middle of the photo)

My chess trophies

My job

2009-01-23T22:08:00.001+01:00

As I have written previously, I was following a training in Paris for my job of ingeneer in computer science. It has finished today!!:) We were 14 following this formation. All of us are going to begin the work in Le Mans next Monday.

My work collegues

My trip in Georgia (last December)

2009-01-07T21:25:00.001+01:00

I have gone to Georgia for one week, last December and I was so impressed that I have decided to give you a little resume^^

My trip in Georgia has been seen through two main points : the city of Tbilissi and the Guramishvili family.
Firstly, the city of Tbilissi is a very beautiful city with a lot of things to see, for instance churches like Sameba and Sioni, Narikala Fortress with a very nice landscape or Koura river which divides Tbilissi in two part, north and south.
The weather in Tbilissi was really pleasant with 10-15 degrees on afternoon and fresh on night. A lot better than French weather in winter!!

Then I will speak of the Georgian language. You must consider the fact that there are 33 letters in Georgian alphabet and all these letters look very different from Latin alphabet. However it was finally not so difficult to learn this alphabet and some basis of this language.
I can say hello : “Gamardjoba”, to that you answer “Gagimardjot”, thank you is “madloba”, thanks a lot is “didi madloba”. For good-bye it's “Naxvamdis” (x pronounces like “rrrrrrr”:)).
To give an idea, this is the correspondences between Latin and Georgian alphabet. The “ ' ” character means that you must use the throat to say the letter.

A :ა
B :ბ
G : გ
D :დ
E : ე
V :ვ
Z :ზ
T :თ
I: ი
K' : კ
L : ლ
M :მ
N :ნ
O :ო
P' : პ
J :ჟ
R :რ
S : ს
T ': ტ
U :უ
P :ფ
K :ქ
GH : ღ
Q : ყ
CH :შ
TCH :ჩ
TS :ც
DZ : ძ
TCH' : წ
TS' : ჭ
X : ხ
DJ :ჯ
H :ჰ
So to conclude I will speak of the family who has been my hostess during this week, the Guramishvilis. I have really been impressed by each member of it. They all have been so nice to me and were so cultivated, it was exceptional...It was a perfect mix between the Georgian hospitality and a great level of culture.

Sopik'o, as I am a chess player, was already a master for me in this domain - she has been female world chess champion under 16 in 2006. Keti and Tako are language master as English and Spanish translator respectively and that Keti can speak German. Anyway all of three had a perfect English accent. (I have to go back to English lessons I think^^).
The parents were also very nice, the mother has played many chess games with me and it was really a great pleasure:)
I got the joy to play with Sopik'o, also. An honour for such a little player like me:)!
Also what impressed me is that all of the mother and sisters were able to play piano very good.

So finally, it was a really dreaming week with many things to do and see, and great people I have met. To conclude I would use the French expression : “Ce n'est qu'un au revoir”, as I really wish to come back soon.

Here the link for the picassa photo album of my trip: http://picasaweb.google.com/vincs72/PhotosGeorgie.

Me playing Sopik'o at Guramishvilis' home

De Photos Georgie

Le Mans, the city where I was born

2009-01-06T21:28:00.001+01:00

Le Mans is a city of 150 000 inhabitants and was born there on Friday, the 13th,1984. Mayet is 25 km south of there.
The most famous thing of Le Mans is the car racing "24 heures du Mans". It is an endurance championship which takes place from 4pm on saturday to 4 pm sunday every year on a week-end in middle of June.
I will work there for one year from the end of this month. I'm currently finishing my training in Paris.

P.S. : It's really cold yet in Paris. The ground is a real rink^^

Mayet, my home town

2009-01-05T21:57:00.001+01:00

My parents' place is in Mayet, a village of 2000 inhabitants near Le Mans, between Paris and Nantes.
I have lived there until my 18 years old. I have gone to primary school and secondary school there. My parents were working as professors in the secondary school and I got my mom as Latin teacher.
One interesting architecture in Mayet is the TV tower, the highest tower in France (even higher than Eiffel Tower^^).
I will be back to Mayet for one month in Februar as I will work in Le Mans from end of January in MMA Insurancy as computer scientist ingeneer.

P.S. : tonight I got a fu** nice sms from Keti, a Georgian girl friend I met during my trip in Georgia last December. დიდი მადლობა !!!!!!!!

TV Tower of Mayet

Creation of my blog

2009-01-04T12:15:00.001+01:00

I did it...!!
Creating a blog. So now I will have to full it with interesting stuff:)
Anyway the idea is to give some news to my friends and that they can keep in touch with me.

C U All Soon
Vincent