Some fun facts about the chess game

- The number of possible moves of a knight is 122 million.

- During the Second World War, many code breakers were chess players. So it is a question of arithmetic in both fields.

- The expression "checkmate" comes from the Persian expression "Shah mate", which literally means "the king is dead".

- In theory, the longest chess game has 5,949 possible moves. In practice, the longest game of all time was played in 1989 by Nikolic and Arsovic. It lasted 269 moves and ended in a draw. 

- According to the American Chess Association, there are 169,518,829,100,544,000,000.00 0,000,000 ways to play the first 10 moves of a game, which gives you many opportunities to surprise your opponent

-Chess legend Nona Gaprindashvili is suing Netflix for $5 million, accusing the production of lying about her story in the series The Queen's Game.

- Russia's first tsar, Ivan the Terrible, died in front of a chessboard in 1584 while preparing to fight Boris Godunov. This story is known thanks to the English ambassador of the time who reported the fact to Queen Elizabeth I, herself a great chess player.

Plates are not only made to put on the table, they can also be used as an ornament for interior decoration. Offer a painting from the history of Art revisited in a beautiful decorative object. A plate is a refined decoration to embellish the dining room, guest room or entrance hall. A beautiful plate decorated with a well-known work is certainly a good gift idea for art lovers. Therefore, if you want to decorate your living room in an elegant and distinguished way, you can choose between ten works of art from famous paintings: Mona Lisa, The Creation of Adam, Girl with a Pearl Earring, The Night Watch, Guernica, The Scream, The Starry Night, Water Lilies, The Persistence of Memory and the Kiss, all works by famous painters. You want to declare your love, offer the Kiss. Your friend loves nature and will appreciate the Water Lilies. It's up to you to choose according to the recipient. It is, therefore, an unusual gift, an original gift idea to offer for the birthday of your love, a gift for a wedding anniversary or for any other birthday or party. Unless you wish to treat yourself by choosing the work, you prefer to embellish your home. Remark It is possible that the artwork on the plate may be very slightly distorted because the plate we offer is not flat. It is likely that some of the paintings will be cut off due to the round shape of the plate and the format of the artwork: too high, too wide, etc.

History of the cup

Mugs (and cups)

Synonyms

Mug, cup, bowl, bowl, container, tumbler...

Different definitions

- Cup: A cup is a small container with a handle, often made of earthenware or porcelain, designed to hold a hot drink (coffee, tea, chocolate, milk, herbal tea, etc.).  

- Mug: A large cylindrical cup with a handle. A mug is usually simpler in shape and somewhat larger than a cup. Because of this shape, the mug is a popular object to put an image on.

 Expressions : 

French expression “Boire la tasse” : When swimming, it sometimes happens that you involuntarily swallow water. This is called drinking the cup. The expression is a variant of the old expression "to drink from a big cup" and appeared towards the end of the 18th century and its figurative meaning is "to fail".  

- It's not my cup of tea: it's not my favourite thing to do, it's not my favourite activity; this expression is a literal translation of the same expression in French ("Ce n'est pas ma tasse de thé"). Dat is niet mijn meug in Dutch.

Etymology cup 

Old English cuppe, , from Late Latin cuppa "cup" (source of Italian coppa, Spanish copa, Old French coupe "cup"), from Latin cupa "tub, cask, tun, barrel," which is thought to be cognate with Sanskrit kupah "hollow, pit, cave," Greek kype "gap, hole; a kind of ship," Old Church Slavonic kupu, Lithuanian kaupas "heap," Old Norse hufr "ship's hull," Old English hyf "beehive." (etymonline.com)

A special Father's Day gift mug is the most essential for this unique occasion to give an unique Father's Day gift. You can select a background dedicated to fathers and decorate this mug with your personal message for your father who supports you and helps you in everyday life.

Long, long ago in a galaxy far, far away, the X-wings were the most representative fighter planes of the New Republic and the Rebel Alliance. In the Star Wars universe, the X-Wing (a fighter plane) is a class of cosmic fighters. The X in the name comes from its X-shaped appearance.

Over the course of the episodes, there have been many versions of this flying warplane.

T-65, T-70, AC-4 and many other variants of the X-Wing, so X-Wing is its generic name.

The designers of this fighter initially worked for the Empire however all the engineers changed camp to join the Rebel Alliance carrying in their luggage all the already elaborated prototypes. Each version of the X-Wing has different armaments, however many are the common points and all are able to travel in hyperspace.  Today the aircraft of the future that can be found in the boxes of real companies such as Dassault are called:”Future Combat Air System” or FCAS which is an international project of a combination of interconnected military air assets. 

It is therefore a latest-generation fighter aircraft supported by UAVs whose interconnection is via a combat cloud (internet).

Obviously, it is only a project for land fighter aircraft. 

For interstellar fighters, we can continue to dream thanks to the X-wing teddy bear from the Star Wars saga. The X-wing cuddly toy is therefore more than ever a great birthday present for everyone or as a gift for the end of the year. A collector's item, a must for fans of Star Wars.