FCPL Videos
Booktalks - "Molly the Pony"
Marcia Wines of the Fairfax County Public Library introduces us to "Molly the Pony," the true story of a pony rescued after Hurricane Katrina. But that's only the beginning of her story. After losing a leg Molly is fitted with a prosthetic limb, and her story of learning to walk again is truly inspirational. Please note: Fairfax County is not responsible for the content provided on "related" and "promoted" videos that are accessible from this county's YouTube channel. All viewers should ...
Author: FairfaxLibrary; Tags: Fairfax County Public Library BookTalks Molly the Pony
FCPL at Sharjah Ramadan Chess 14
FCPL's Tato Abdullah (left) just after sacrificing his knight for two pawns in his final-round game against FM Georg Magdy of Egypt. Abdullah had to labor hard in an inferior endgame position where he had a knight and a pawn against a knight and three pawns.
Author: jobannie; Tags: FCPL Sharjah Ramadan Chess Open Tato Abdullah Georg Magdy
FCPL at Sharjah Ramadan Chess 13
FCPL's Jobannie C. Tabada in the last few moves of an unfortunate final-round loss to eventual champion and top-seed GM Yuri Drozdovskij of Ukrain. A blunder by Drozdovskij allowed Tabada to go two pawns up in the middlegame, but the FCPL player returned the favor with an inaccurate defensive move that gave Drozdovskij a crushing attack and the championship.
Author: jobannie; Tags: FCPL Sharjah Ramadan Chess Open Jobannie Tabada Yuri Drizdovskij
FCPL at Sharjah Ramadan Chess 13b
FCPL's Marz Marcial (white pieces) vs. UAE's Waleed Ahmed Mohd Shareef in the final round. Marcial won the game.
Author: jobannie; Tags: FCPL Sharjah Ramadan Chess Open Marz Marcial
FCPL at Sharjah Ramadan Chess 12
FCPL's Rocky Pabalan (black pieces) vs. Georgian IM Akaki Shalamberidze in the final round. The Goergian prevailed in this game.
Author: jobannie; Tags: FCPL Sharjah Ramadan Chess Open Rocky Pabalan Akaki Shalamberidze
FCPL at Sharjah Ramadan Chess 11
Marvin Marcos (foreground, white pieces) in a crucial final-round game against Russian GM Roman Ovetchkin. In the other board, GM Elmar Magerramov of Azerbaijan ponders on his game against FCPL's NM Robert Arellano (not in video). Both GMs won their respective games.
Author: jobannie; Tags: FCPL Sharjah Ramadan Chess Open Marvin Marco Robert Arellano Roman Ovetchkin Elmar Magerramov
