“𝐻𝒶𝓋𝑒 𝓉𝓌𝑜 𝒷𝒶𝓈𝓀𝑒𝓉𝓈, 𝓌𝒾𝓁𝓁 𝓉𝓇𝒶𝓋𝑒𝓁.” 🚴Paul Keres. Grandmaster chess player. Always the bridesmaid, never the bride. Missed being the Grand Champion on five separate occasions. Many chess historians consider him to be one of the greatest players in history, and the strongest player never to become world champion. He was born in Narva. Hence, the sculpture, the plaque, and … I happen to live on the street named after him. Needless to say, on this past Saturday, he remained number two. I beat him handily. Sorry, Paul. You can’t win ‘em all. Obviously. “…𝚋𝚎 𝚊 𝚕𝚘𝚗𝚎𝚛, 𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚟𝚎𝚕, 𝚝𝚊𝚕𝚔 𝚝𝚘 𝚠𝚊𝚒𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚜, 𝚠𝚊𝚕𝚔 𝚊𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍, 𝚗𝚘 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚏-𝚒𝚖𝚙𝚘𝚜𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚐𝚘𝚗𝚢…𝚒𝚝’𝚜 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚔 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚠𝚊𝚝𝚌𝚑 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚔𝚎𝚎𝚙 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚌𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚊𝚌𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚊𝚏𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚠𝚑𝚘𝚕𝚎 𝚜𝚞𝚛𝚏𝚊𝚌𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚕𝚍 𝚊𝚜 𝚠𝚎 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠 𝚒𝚝 𝚗𝚘𝚠 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚋𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚒𝚕𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚊 𝚋𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚢𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚜 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎.” . ― 𝙹𝚊𝚌𝚔 𝙺𝚎𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚊𝚌, “𝙱𝚒𝚐 𝚂𝚞𝚛”We follow the rules in Narva.
From Reuters in 2018: “The largest spray-painted mural in the world was completed on a wall of an old industrial building in the Estonian city of Narva on the border with Russia on Sunday by ‘Albert’ – a spray-painting robot. With an area of around 200 square metres (2,153 square feet approx.) and using more than 30 litres of spray-paint, the mural, featuring Soviet-era musician Jaak Joala, was ‘Albert’s’ greatest challenge to date. ‘Albert’ is composed of two parts, lead inventor Mikhel Joala (who is not related the subject of the painting) explains – a stationary part remains on the ground and unwinds cables to move the printer head over the surface of the wall, painting the design line by line. The printer head carries cans of spray-paint and fires small dots in precise combinations at specific times, all controlled by a wireless device from the ground. Hand-painting the mural would take “weeks or even months” says Joala – but ‘Albert’ completed the design in just 11 hours. Spray-painter, the company that developed ‘Albert’, wants to use him in future printing projects and says the potential size of a ‘canvas’ for the little robot is almost unlimited. The mural of Jaak Joala was commissioned by a poster of an upcoming play about the musician’s life, opening at a theatre in Tartu, Estonia’s second-largest city.” ——- . It’s like a big inkjet, right? And, I don’t agree that it would take “weeks or months” to complete it the traditional way. Narva, Estonia 🇪🇪 3sep21