Sandeep Dhir - White
Steve Baker - Black
1 d4 d5
2 h3 Bf5
3 a3 e6
4 g4 Be4
5 f3 Qh4
6 Kd2 Bg6
7 Bg2 Bd6
8 e3 Qf2
9 Qe2 QxQ
10 Nxe2 f5
11 Nc3 Nf6
12 Ke1 a6
13 b4 Nd7
14 Rb1 f5xg4
15 f3xg4 Bxc2
16 Rb2 Bg6
17 Nf4 Bxf4
18 e3xB o-o-o
19 Re2 c6
20 Rxe6 Rd8e8
21 Rxe8 Rxe8
22 Kf2 Be4
23 Nxe4 Nxe4
24 Kf3 g6
25 h4 Nd6
26 Be3 Nc4
27 Bc1 Re4
28 Rd1 Nb6
29 Kg3 Na4
30 BxR Nc3
31 Re1 Nxe4
32 Kg2 Kd7
33 h5 Ke6
34 h5xg6 h7xg6
35 Kh3 Kf6
36 Kh4 b6
37 Kh3 Draw
Sunday 27 September 2009
Jo Nesbo - The Dark Star
A couple of people have told me that if I like Scandinavian crime fiction, and I do, then I should try Jo Nesbo. So as i'm giving a talk "Wallander and Beyond" I thought I had better catch up with this Norwegian writer.
Nesbo's main character is Harry Hole a Detective with a drink problem (why do fictional detectives always have a drink problem are all real detectives alcoholics as well?). Harry is bit old school unashamed of acting on hunches and intuition but he is extremely intelligent and joins dots that his colleagues don't even realize are dots.
The Devil's Star, on the face of it, is the story of the hunt for a serial killer but it is in fact much deeper and cleverer than that simple premise suggests.
Nesbo is very good storyteller and I would highly recommend this series.
I've read a few Norwegian writers now and unlike Swedish writers they don't seem to place a great emphasis on a sense of place and atmosphere. These stories are set in Oslo but it could be London or Paris or any European city. For Norwegian writers the story rather than the place seems to be the important element.
On to the second one in the series now
Nesbo's main character is Harry Hole a Detective with a drink problem (why do fictional detectives always have a drink problem are all real detectives alcoholics as well?). Harry is bit old school unashamed of acting on hunches and intuition but he is extremely intelligent and joins dots that his colleagues don't even realize are dots.
The Devil's Star, on the face of it, is the story of the hunt for a serial killer but it is in fact much deeper and cleverer than that simple premise suggests.
Nesbo is very good storyteller and I would highly recommend this series.
I've read a few Norwegian writers now and unlike Swedish writers they don't seem to place a great emphasis on a sense of place and atmosphere. These stories are set in Oslo but it could be London or Paris or any European city. For Norwegian writers the story rather than the place seems to be the important element.
On to the second one in the series now
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