现在甸的最爱是：国际象棋/变形金刚/薯片巧克力。合称“吉祥三宝”。
其中，国际象棋是甸的最最爱。说他沉溺于此也不为过。每天不是玩电脑上的象棋游戏就是自己摆局：趴在地上，黑白轮番上，嘴里还喃喃自语，呵呵最后的结果总是千军万马指向敌方孤零零仓皇无处躲藏四面楚歌的KING，甸军疯狂大胜：“Checkmate!!”“Checkmate!!!” 孩子式的意淫哈哈。还喜欢缠着我们下，小子一赖二输不起三爱哭鼻子，我和猪见他下棋都要绕道走。不过从最初的他哭，发展到猪慢慢的有些招架不住到现在猪恼羞成怒气急败坏猪急跳墙了#@&……目前我家的chess军事战略局势是：甸曾经是我的手下败将，猪是甸的手下败将，同理，推理。。。哈哈，开个玩笑损一下猪
最近甸的象棋老师布兰登在他的博里狠狠的夸了甸，我看后，忍不住的一阵狂喜，以前一直以为他夸他只是外国人夸张的礼貌（可能事实上现在仍然是吖吖），忍不住大笑三声
其实倒应该好好谢谢他的老师布兰登，一个好的启蒙老师对一个孩子是多么的重要（想当初墨学棋——墨的智力在甸之上，因为没有谁看出他潜在的天分，也没谁引导鼓励，就那么不了了之了，很多孩子的很多天分都这么不了了之的），给他自信，给他开启一扇通向神奇世界的门。。。
老师的一句鼓励或一个不耐烦的眼神，能让孩子，或颠尖或谷底。谢谢布兰登
还要谢谢燕JACK
，哈哈怎么感觉象在颁奖礼上明星的感谢词，对了，忘记感谢国家了哈哈
将爱。将对象棋的爱好进行到底，将自信进行到底。
独自偷着乐，如衣锦夜行，总不那么爽，窃喜不如大笑，转发一下。
以下是BRANDAN的博
Golden Coaching Moments #1
This will be a column dedicated to those moments for a chess coach when work doesn’t really seem difficult, when a coach fully understands why he does what he does…The times he enjoys the “Golden Moments”.
His name is Dian Dian and having turned 5 in April, to me he was a bright little guy with huge charisma and energy, affection and a happy personality…basically, a normal 5 year old.
His parents brought him to me to test if he will like chess and with the hope to also give him an avenue to channel his enormous energy into and maybe develop his patience and thinking skills.
It was clear from the start that Dian was enraptured with chess and he soaked up everything he was taught and usually finished his homework before even leaving my house.
I found also that it was clear that this boy is extremely smart and talented and absorbs the concepts quickly…that is, when his quick mind isn’t racing ahead of the current position trying to show me a “good move”! 
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Here is an example of Dian’s talent:
In the position above, it is clear to any experienced player that the game is already over and that black is lost, but Dian had learnt how to move the pieces one or two weeks before this game and was playing the white pieces against his Dad! (ok, I admit Dian made white AND blacks first 15 odd moves, giving his father a lost position to start with).
From the diagrammed position Dian played 1.Qxa7 which to the naked eye and any beginner seems to just “forget” about the unprotected knight on d6.
His father thought for only a couple of seconds and said “hmm, can I just take this?” And captured the “unprotected” knight on d6 with his rook (as we see below) 1…Rxd6.
Dian now thought for a few seconds while giving his usual lively and cute commentary and played 2.Bc5 before announcing to his Dad “You’re in BIG trouble now!”, and indeed he is…
This move forks (attacks two or more pieces at once) the two black rooks and leads to a crushing victory in the near future (although Dian’s technique in winning requires work haha).
Now the use of a simple fork might not seem breath-taking, but coming from a boy who has just learnt to move the pieces two weeks before and now develops his pieces, castles the king and knows how to attack,capture AND checkmate,AND has just turned 5, is a sign of true talent and a future potential star.
I sent him home armed with a chess set, his homework and a copy of the great “Fritz and Chesster” software, and his mother has reported to me that he seems to have channelled all of his energy into chess and spend hours on Fritz and Chesster between lessons, draws chess related pictures and even plays games against himself.
Here is one such masterpiece of his “chess art”: 
And here is Dian caught in the act of creating it:
Another thing I found very cute and interesting was that Dian likes to read my chess books when he comes over and as he cant read too well yet, reads them like story books and looks at the pictures and diagrams before saying something like “The bishop can eat the PAWN!!”, or “Brendan,look there’s a PIN!”.
This gives me confidence that in the future with this type of mind, Dian will not need to be pushed but will be instead nurtured towards becoming a very strong player….he already has the talent AND the enthusiasm.
Above is Dian browsing over the “San Louis 2005” chess tournament book while watching cartoons, I HAD to get a picture! .
Teaching Dian has been a very satisfying experience thus far and I have watched him change from a constantly moving “jitterbug”, into a still high energy little boy, but who can sit quietly and listen now, and more importantly….is learning how to think!.
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生日快乐！！！
过这日子，想那日子。。。 
