A00 Sub-variants:

Polish (Sokolsky) opening
1. b4

Polish, Tuebingen variation
1. b4 Nh6

Polish, Outflank variation
1. b4 c6

Benko's opening
1. g3

Lasker simul special
1. g3 h5

Benko's opening, reversed Alekhine
1. g3 e5 2. Nf3

Grob's attack
1. g4

Grob, spike attack
1. g4 d5 2. Bg2 c6 3. g5

Grob, Fritz gambit
1. g4 d5 2. Bg2 Bxg4 3. c4

Grob, Romford counter-gambit
1. g4 d5 2. Bg2 Bxg4 3. c4 d4

Clemenz (Mead's, Basman's or de Klerk's) opening 1. h3

Global opening
1. h3 e5 2. a3

Amar (Paris) opening
1. Nh3

Amar gambit
1. Nh3 d5 2. g3 e5 3. f4 Bxh3 4. Bxh3 exf4

Dunst (Sleipner, Heinrichsen) opening
1. Nc3

Dunst (Sleipner,Heinrichsen) opening
1. Nc3 e5

Battambang opening
1. Nc3 e5 2. a3

Novosibirsk opening
1. Nc3 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. Qxd4 Nc6 4. Qh4

Anderssen's opening
1. a3

Ware (Meadow Hay) opening
1. a4

Crab opening
1. a4 e5 2. h4

Saragossa opening
1. c3

Mieses opening
1. d3

Mieses opening
1. d3 e5

Valencia opening
1. d3 e5 2. Nd2

Venezolana opening
1. d3 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3

Van't Kruijs opening
1. e3

Amsterdam attack
1. e3 e5 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. b3 Nf6

Gedult's opening
1. f3

Hammerschlag (Fried fox/Pork chop opening)
1. f3 e5 2. Kf2

Anti-Borg (Desprez) opening
1. h4

Durkin's attack
1. Na3

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Games featuring the queen's knight start known as the Dunst, Van Geet, Sleipner, or Heinrichsen Opening in various locals. Fredthebear adds such games as our paths cross now and then.

by <Dreamvivus>: Also known in the Netherlands as the Van Geet opening, the Dunst (1.Nc3) is named after Ted Dunst, an American player who used it extensively. It is not widely studied, and has a tendency to transpose into other openings, but there are many original lines.

The main reason for the Dunst's lack of popularity is that White's first move (1.Nc3) stakes no claim in the center of the board. When compared to a similar move on the other side of the board (1.Nf3 - Reti's Opening, which prevents Black from playing the reply 1...e5), it allows Black a completely free hand in choosing his stance in the centre. 1...e5, 1...c5 and 1...d5 are the most common replies, which will be addressed in turn:

1...e5

This move can be replied to by 2.e4, transposing to a Vienna Game, or, if White wants to remain within the Dunst Opening, by 2.Nf3, which leads to an approximately even position after 2...Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Bg5 Bb4 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.Qd4 Be7 8.e4

1...c5

Again, White can immediately transpose to a Closed Sicilian by playing 2.e4, or continue in an independent line with 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Bg5 (or 5.g3, leading to a more positional game). These lines tend to be favourable to White, conferring a long-term initiative which makes the opening popular among correspondence chess players.

1...d5

This is probably the main line, and is Black's most logical reply, taking advantage of the early committal of White's knight to grab space in the center and threaten to grab more (by pushing the pawn to d4, attacking the knight). The most common reply for White is 2.e4, encouraging Black to push the pawn further in the belief that it will become a weakness. A typical line will continue: 2.e4 d4 3.Nce2 c5 4.Ng3 Nf6 5.Bc4 e6 6.d3 Nc6 7.f4 Nf6. White plans to attack on the kingside whether or not Black castles there, but if Black defends correctly he should be able to equalize. The position is similar to those found in the Grand Prix Attack.

Grandmaster Ove Ekebjaerg scored 6/7 with the Dunst Opening in the 14th Correspondence Chess World Championships, demonstrating the opening's viability at the top levels. An underrated and under-analyzed opening.

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Van Geet Opening 1.Nc3

Van Geet Opening: Myers Attack 1.Nc3 g6 2.h4

Van Geet Opening: Battambang Variation 1.Nc3 e5 2.a3

Van Geet Opening: Berlin Gambit 1.Nc3 Nc6 2.d4 d5 3.e4 dxe4 4.d5

Van Geet Opening: Billockus-Johansen Gambit 1.Nc3 e5 2.Nf3 Bc5

Van Geet Opening: Caro-Kann Variation 1.Nc3 d5 2.e4 c6

Van Geet Opening: Damhaug Gambit 1.Nc3 d5 2.f4 e5

Van Geet Opening: Dougherty Gambit 1.Nc3 d5 2.e4 dxe4 3.f3

Van Geet Opening: Duesseldorf Gambit 1.Nc3 c5 2.b4

Van Geet Opening: Dunst-Perrenet Gambit 1.Nc3 d5 2.e4 dxe4 3.d3

Van Geet Opening: Gladbacher Gambit 1.Nc3 e5 2.b3 d5 3.e4 dxe4 4.d3

Van Geet Opening: Gruenfeld Defense 1.Nc3 d5 2.e4 dxe4 3.Nxe4 e5

Van Geet Opening: Gruenfeld Defense, Steiner Gambit 1.Nc3 d5 2.e4 dxe4 3.Nxe4 e5 4.f4

Van Geet Opening: Hector Gambit 1.Nc3 d5 2.e4 dxe4 3.Bc4

Van Geet Opening: Hergert Gambit 1.Nc3 d6 2.f4 e5 3.fxe5 Nc6

Van Geet Opening: Hulsemann Gambit 1.Nc3 e5 2.e3 d5 3.Qh5 Be6

Van Geet Opening: Jendrossek Gambit 1.Nc3 d5 2.f4 d4 3.Ne4 f5 4.Nf2 Nf6 5.Nf3 c5 6.b4

Van Geet Opening: Klüver Gambit 1.Nc3 f5 2.e4 fxe4 3.d3

Van Geet Opening: Laroche Gambit 1.Nc3 b5

Van Geet Opening: Liebig Gambit 1.Nc3 e5 2.e3 d5 3.Qh5 Nf6

Van Geet Opening: Melleby Gambit 1.Nc3 d5 2.f4 d4 3.Ne4 c5

Van Geet Opening: Myers Attack 1. Nc3 g6 h4

Van Geet Opening: Napoleon Attack 1.Nc3 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4

Van Geet Opening: Novosibirsk Variation 1.Nc3 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.Qxd4 Nc6 4.Qh4

Van Geet Opening: Nowokunski Gambit 1.Nc3 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.e4

Van Geet Opening: Pfeiffer Gambit 1.Nc3 d5 2.f4 d4 3.Ne4 e5

Van Geet Opening: Pfeiffer Gambit, Sleipner Countergambit 1.Nc3 d5 2.f4 d4 3.Ne4 e5 4.Nf3

Van Geet Opening: Reversed Nimzowitsch 1.Nc3 e5

Van Geet Opening: Reversed Scandinavian 1.Nc3 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.Qxd4 Nc6 4.Qa4

Van Geet Opening: Sicilian Two Knights 1.Nc3 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4

Van Geet Opening: Sleipner Gambit 1.Nc3 d5 2.e3 e5 3.d4 Bb4

Van Geet Opening: St. George Defense: 1. Nc3 a6

Van Geet Opening: Tuebingen Gambit 1.Nc3 Nf6 2.g4

Van Geet Opening: Twyble Attack 1.Nc3 c5 2.Rb1

Van Geet Opening: Venezolana Variation 1.Nc3 d5 2.d3 Nf6 3.g3

Van Geet Opening: Warsteiner Gambit 1.Nc3 d5 2.f4 g5

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* Bg2 vs Sicilian: Game Collection: Grand Prix Attack without early Bc4

* TWIC: https://theweekinchess.com/

* Tactics course using miniatures:
http://exeterchessclub.org.uk/x/FTP...

* Tactical Games: Game Collection: Yasser Seirawan's Winning Chess Tactics

* Top Festivals: https://chess-site.com/articles/che...

* Top games by ECO Code: http://schachsinn.de/gamelist.htm

* Top 100: https://ratings.fide.com/top.phtml

* Useful: https://usefulchess.com/

* USCF: https://new.uschess.org/

* Looking for Unorthodox? Game Collection: 6 GumboG's Unorthodox Games-Names (ECO=A,D,

* Looking for Redemption? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykH...

* Vienna 1903 KG games: Game Collection: Vienna 1903

* VP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncH...

* Wall's APCT Miniatures:
http://billwall.phpwebhosting.com/c...

* Six Ways: https://takelessons.com/blog/6-tips...

* Women: https://www.thefamouspeople.com/wom...

Кто не рискует, тот не пьет шампанского Pronunciation: KTOH ni risKUyet, tot ni pyot shamPANSkava) Translation: He who doesn't take risks doesn't drink champagne Meaning: Fortune favours the brave

"Tal has a terrifying style. Soon even grandmasters will know of this." - Vladimir Saigin (after losing to 17-year-old Tal in a qualifying match for the master title) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5S...

"I like to grasp the initiative and not give my opponent peace of mind." — Mikhail Tal

* Mr. Harvey's Puzzle Challenge: https://wtharvey.com/

WTHarvey:
There once was a website named WTHarvey,
Where chess puzzles did daily delay,
The brain-teasers so tough,
They made us all huff and puff,
But solving them brought us great satisfaction today.

There once was a website named WTHarvey
Where chess puzzles were quite aplenty
With knight and rook and pawn
You'll sharpen your brain with a yawn
And become a master of chess entry

There once was a site for chess fun,
Wtharvey.com was the chosen one,
With puzzles galore,
It'll keep you in store,
For hours of brain-teasing, none done.

There once was a website named WTHarvey,
Where chess puzzles were posted daily,
You'd solve them with glee,
And in victory,
You'd feel like a true chess prodigy!

"Chess can be described as the movement of pieces eating one another." — Marcel Duchamp

"Life is like a chess. If you lose your queen, you will probably lose the game." — Being Caballero

"If you wish to succeed, you must brave the risk of failure." — Garry Kasparov

"The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them." — Ernest Hemingway

"Coincidence is God's way of remaining anonymous." ― Albert Einstein

"You win some, you lose some, you wreck some." — Dale Earnhardt

"Chess is played with the mind and not with the hands." ― Renaud & Kahn

"Chess is a terrific way for kids to build self-image and self-esteem." ― Saudin Robovic

"In life, unlike chess the game continues after checkmate." ― Isaac Asimov

"When in doubt, don't." ― Benjamin Franklin

Sleeper straddle "Try again. Fail again. Fail better." ― Samuel Beckett

Indiana: Vincennes
Established in: 1732

Vincennes was founded in 1732 along the Wabash River by French military officer Francois Marie Bissot-Sieur de Vincennes, and was once a French fur trading post. It was part of New France and a military post was built there to keep the British away. Once the fur trade died down, agriculture took over.

* Chess History: https://www.britannica.com/topic/ch...

* Chess Aps: https://www.wired.com/story/best-ch...

* Short history: Game Collection: A history of chess

Picture History of Chess
by Fred Wilson

This classic photo-history offers up hundreds of photos of all the great players along with many outstanding adversaries who helped fashion the immortals. Excellent captions throughout. Hours of fascinating reading and a book I return to again and again. Many of these photos are quite old and hard to find, but collected here under one cover, in an oversized (10x12") format, printed on high-quality glossy paper.

Publisher‏: ‎ Dover Pubns; First Edition (January 1, 1981) Language: ‎ English
Paperback: ‎ 182 pages
ISBN-10: ‎ 0486238563
ISBN-13: ‎ 978-0486238562
Item Weight: ‎ 1.23 pounds
Dimensions: ‎ 8.75 x 0.5 x 11.5 inches

Eilfan ywmodryb dda
Meaning: A good aunt is a second mother

Here's a poem a dad wrote:

<ODE TO CHESS

Ten times I charged the grim, foreboding walls

and was pitched into the pit of defeat.

But, heedless of humiliating falls,

I clambered bravely back onto my feet

and charged again, again to be down thrust

onto the scrap heap of people who lose

onto the mound of mortifying dust

whilst my opponent sat without a bruise

upon his pedestal. We changed sides

and fought again, but I was defeated

whilst he with arrogant and haughty strides

took the throne upon which I had been seated.

Ha! Win or lose, it's how you play the game.

But I would like to beat him just the same.>

Ever wanted to be able to clean your ears with your tongue? Then you'd probably fancy being a giraffe. They're able to do this thanks to having tongues which are around 21 inches long!

Riddle Question: I have no feet and no hands and no wings, but I climb to the sky. What am I?

Earth is the only planet that has a single moon. Our Moon is the brightest and most familiar object in the night sky. In many ways, the Moon is responsible for making Earth such a great home. It stabilizes our planet's wobble, which has made the climate less variable over thousands of years.

Riddle Answer: Smoke

California and Alaska each have eight national parks in the USA. The lowest point in the western hemisphere: Badwater Basin in Death Valley, California, is 282 feet below sea level.

Ellison wrote:

Kamikaze
Two rows of a faceless infantry
fall into line;
I am their general
for this callous battle.

Overlords awaken;
their mirrored armies in meager shadow
to these giants that have played
the game of winning before.

The front rank advances slowly,
private by private; caressing the
battlefield as if never to return again.
The cavalry cry out into the night,
A horse's metallic neigh that pierces through
to the other side's defenses,
and the surrounding warriors join in for the hunt.

A piece for a piece;
The desperate deal is made
between the masters of their
horrified soldiers.
Do I dare repeat
such insidious acts within my fleet?

The crown shakes with fear,
for the opposing ranks are drawing near.
Towering higher than the castles upon the deck,
I make my way to the monarch in check;
Swords left littered across the field
as the fires of carnage have dwindled low,
but trampling through grief, groans, and woe,
The other side is forced to yield.

Fourth street

<Fundamental Chess Principles according to CJS Purdy

On Combinations

One simultaneous double threat is better than a great many successive single threats. That is the main lesson of chess. A double threat is a combination of two threats. (pg. 31)

A combination (threat plus restraint or threat plus obstruction) may be called a "net". It is the most important kind of combination because every mate, without exception, is a "net". (pg. 32)

Watch out for pieces of limited mobility, especially pieces without retreat. Remember that one retreat may not be enough.(pg. 32 / 33)

On Tied Pieces

An important rule for avoiding a trap is this:
Where feasible, avoid using a piece to defend something that is attacked. Either protect the attaced unit with a pawn or move it away. (pg. 34)

A knight is the worst defender because he cannot possibly maintain the defense if forced to move. (pg. 34)

The best protector is a pawn - for three reasons:

There is no possibility of it being attacked by a unit of lesser value; It is a complete defense against any piece bigger than the one attacked; above all, a menial task is suited to it, whereas a piece used for defending one particular thing is wasting its talents. (pg. 35)

If you must use pieces to protect something, perhaps because it cannot move away, try to use one more than necessary! You are then free to moe any one of the protectors; not a single one is absolutely tied to its defensive task. (pg. 35)

On Position Play

Position play is the art of improving your position in small ways when no sound combination is possible. (pg. 40)

One can say that an endgame has arrived when neither side has more pieces than the equivalent of Queen plus pawn (with of course, the Kings, who are always with us). (pg. 41)

Combinations are of primary importance, position play of secondary importance. (pg. 41)

Pages refer to where content can be found in Purdy's book "Guide to Good Chess". Posted by Chessbuzz>

by W.A. Ballantine given on page 153 of the American Chess Journal, September 1878:

Charming as the sweetest music;
High above the common reach,
Easy to the bright and wise;
Splendid in the hands of genius;
Such the royal game of chess.

The Eraser
Although Joseph Priestly discovered the erasing capabilities of rubber, the accreditation for developing and marketing the concept was given to Edward Nairne, a British engineer. As an idea or concept, the eraser is marvelous. It comes in all sorts of shapes, such as the delete button, white tape, black tape, and the more literal rubber-eraser. This simple thing allows you to make revisions, correct inaccurate measurements, make constitutional amendments, change identities, modify a structure, or alter an existing order. The ability to go back and correct previous mistakes, build the foundation of scientific methods, improves regulations, develop cultures, and even rewrite history.

The Ingratitude And Injustice Of Men Towards Fortune

A trader on the sea to riches grew;
Freight after freight the winds in favour blew;
Fate steered him clear; gulf, rock, nor shoal
Of all his bales exacted toll.
Of other men the powers of chance and storm
Their dues collected in substantial form;
While smiling Fortune, in her kindest sport,
Took care to waft his vessels to their port.
His partners, factors, agents, faithful proved;
His goods – tobacco, sugar, spice –
Were sure to fetch the highest price.
By fashion and by folly loved,
His rich brocades and laces,
And splendid porcelain vases,
Enkindling strong desires,
Most readily found buyers.
In short, gold rained wherever he went –
Abundance, more than could be spent –
Dogs, horses, coaches, downy bedding –
His very fasts were like a wedding.
A bosom friend, a look his table giving,
Inquired whence came such sumptuous living.
"Whence should it come," said he, superb of brow, "But from the fountain of my knowing how?
I owe it simply to my skill and care
In risking only where the marts will bear."
And now, so sweet his swelling profits were,
He risked anew his former gains:
Success rewarded not his pains –
His own imprudence was the cause.
One ship, ill-freighted, went awreck;
Another felt of arms the lack,
When pirates, trampling on the laws,
Overcame, and bore it off a prize.
A third, arriving at its port,
Had failed to sell its merchandize, –
The style and folly of the court
Not now requiring such a sort.
His agents, factors, failed; – in short,
The man himself, from pomp and princely cheer,
And palaces, and parks, and dogs, and deer,
Fell down to poverty most sad and drear.
His friend, now meeting him in shabby plight,
Exclaimed, "And whence comes this to pass?"
"From Fortune," said the man, "alas!"
"Console yourself," replied the friendly wight:
"For, if to make you rich the dame denies,
She can't forbid you to be wise."

What faith he gained, I do not wis;
I know, in every case like this,
Each claims the credit of his bliss,
And with a heart ingrate
Imputes his misery to Fate.

According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), two out of three motorists will be involved in an injury accident during their life!

Drive sober or get pulled over.

"For surely of all the drugs in the world, chess must be the most permanently pleasurable." — Assiac

Switch your pawn insurance to Promotion and you could save hundreds.

"There are more adventures on a chessboard than on all the seas of the world." ― Pierre Mac Orlan

"Chess is an infinitely complex game, which one can play in infinitely numerous & varied ways." ― Vladimir Kramnik

A GAME OF CHESS
by T S (Thomas Stearns) Eliot

The Chair she sat in, like a burnished throne, Glowed on the marble, where the glass
Held up by standards wrought with fruited vines From which a golden Cupidon peeped out 80 (Another hid his eyes behind his wing)
Doubled the flames of sevenbranched candelabra Reflecting light upon the table as
The glitter of her jewels rose to meet it,
From satin cases poured in rich profusion;
In vials of ivory and coloured glass
Unstoppered, lurked her strange synthetic perfumes, Unguent, powdered, or liquid— troubled, confused And drowned the sense in odours; stirred by the air That freshened from the window, these ascended 90 In fattening the prolonged candle-flames,
Flung their smoke into the laquearia,
Stirring the pattern on the coffered ceiling.

Huge sea-wood fed with copper
Burned green and orange, framed by the coloured stone, In which sad light a carved dolphin swam.

Above the antique mantel was displayed
As though a window gave upon the sylvan scene
The change of Philomel, by the barbarous king
So rudely forced; yet there the nightingale 100 Filled all the desert with inviolable voice
And still she cried, and still the world pursues, "Jug Jug" to dirty ears.

And other withered stumps of time
Were told upon the walls; staring forms
Leaned out, leaning, hushing the room enclosed.

Footsteps shuffled on the stair.

Under the firelight, under the brush, her hair Spread out in fiery points
Glowed into words, then would be savagely still. 110

"My nerves are bad to-night.
Yes, bad.
Stay with me.

"Speak to me.
Why do you never speak.
Speak.

"What are you thinking of? What thinking? What? "I never know what you are thinking.
Think.
"

I think we are in rats' alley
Where the dead men lost their bones.

"What is that noise?"
The wind under the door.

"What is that noise now? What is the wind doing?" Nothing again nothing. 120
"Do "You know nothing? Do you see nothing? Do you remember "Nothing?"

I remember
Those are pearls that were his eyes.

"Are you alive, or not? Is there nothing in your head?" But O O O O that Shakespeherian Rag—
It's so elegant
So intelligent 130 "What shall I do now? What shall I do?"
I shall rush out as I am, and walk the street
"With my hair down, so.
What shall we do to-morrow?
"What shall we ever do?"
The hot water at ten.

And if it rains, a closed car at four.

And we shall play a game of chess,
Pressing lidless eyes and waiting for a knock upon the door.

When Lil's husband got demobbed, I said—
I didn't mince my words, I said to her myself, 140 HURRY UP PLEASE ITS TIME
Now Albert's coming back, make yourself a bit smart.

He'll want to know what you done with that money he gave you To get yourself some teeth.
He did, I was there.

You have them all out, Lil, and get a nice set, He said, I swear, I can't bear to look at you.

And no more can't I, I said, and think of poor Albert, He's been in the army four years, he wants a good time, And if you don't give it him, there's others will, I said.

Oh is there, she said.
Something o' that, I said.
150
Then I'll know who to thank, she said, and give me a straight look.

HURRY UP PLEASE ITS TIME
If you don't like it you can get on with it, I said.

Others can pick and choose if you can't.

But if Albert makes off, it won't be for lack of telling.

You ought to be ashamed, I said, to look so antique.

(And her only thirty-one.
) I can't help it, she said, pulling a long face, It's them pills I took, to bring it off, she said.

(She's had five already, and nearly died of young George. ) 160
The chemist said it would be alright, but I've never been the same.

You are a proper fool, I said.

Well, if Albert won't leave you alone, there it is, I said, What you get married for if you don't want children? HURRY UP PLEASE ITS TIME
Well, that Sunday Albert was home, they had a hot gammon, And they asked me in to dinner, to get the beauty of it hot— HURRY UP PLEASE ITS TIME
HURRY UP PLEASE ITS TIME
Goonight Bill.
Goonight Lou.
Goonight May.
Goonight.
170
Ta ta.
Goonight.
Goonight.

Good night, ladies, good night, sweet ladies, good night, good night.

Mar-07-13 Abdel Irada: In case anyone wonders who Kermit Norris is/was, he's an expert in Santa Cruz against whom I used to play a great deal of blitz. His specialty, when a particularly complex position arose (especially in his pet Owen's Defense), was to lean forward, fix his opponent with a scowl and a withering stare, and say, in a deep and solemn tone, "Chicken parts!"

Dec-12-20 MissScarlett: My advice to <acapo> is to close the pop-up ads by clicking on the little <x> in the top right corner.

poem by ‘Judy' on page 53 of the Westminster Chess Club Papers, 1 August 1868:

A Game of Chess

Life's something like a game of Chess,
The board our little sphere;
Alternate bright and darker spots,
Like our existence here.
At first, like ‘pawns', we quickly move,
No checks we meet from Time;
And then the ‘bishops' cross our path
Ere yet we've reached our prime.

Onward, like ‘kings', our duty done
On our appointed square;
Alas! to find our cherish'd hopes
Are ‘castled' in the air!

Like ‘knights', right boldly we advance,
So firm at first our aim;
Then turn aside away from good,
Afraid to combat shame.

Our heart's ‘queen' lost! do not despair,
Nor shrink in heartfelt pain;
By breaking thro' our manhood's foes,
We'll win her back again!

And having tried our best to win,
We're ‘mated' p'r'aps at last!
With hopes fulfill'd and duty done,
May our life's game be past.

The struggle closed; with all we find
A common resting-place,
Where foes can meet without recoil,
And friends without embrace.

So life is like a game of Chess,
The board our little sphere;
Alternate bright and darker spots,
Like our existence here.

"Chess is life in miniature. Chess is a struggle, chess battles." — Garry Kasparov

"Sometimes in life, and in chess, you must take one step back to take two steps forward." — IM Levy Rozman, GothamChess

So much, much, much better to be an incurable optimist than deceitful and untrustworthy.

"Don't blow your own trumpet." — Australian Proverb

Old Russian Proverb: "Scythe over a stone." (Нашла коса на камень.) The force came over a stronger force.

"Continuing to play the victim is a self-fulfilling prophecy. Blaming others for your station in life will indeed make you a victim but the perpetrator will be your own self, not life or those around you." — Bobby Darnell

The Jay In The Feathers of the Peacock

A peacock moulted: soon a jay was seen
Bedecked with Argus tail of gold and green,
High strutting, with elated crest,
As much a peacock as the rest.
His trick was recognized and bruited,
His person jeered at, hissed, and hooted.
The peacock gentry flocked together,
And plucked the fool of every feather.
Nay more, when back he sneaked to join his race, They shut their portals in his face.

There is another sort of jay,
The number of its legs the same,
Which makes of borrowed plumes display,
And plagiary is its name.
But hush! the tribe I'll not offend;
It's not my work their ways to mend.

"We are what we repeatedly do; excellence, then, is not an act but a habit." — Aristotle

"Do the difficult things while they are easy and do the great things while they are small. A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step." — Lao Tzu

"Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere." — Albert Einstein

"You have enemies? Good; that means you have stood up for something, sometime in your life." — Winston Churchill

"Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle." — Plato

"Happiness is like a butterfly. The more you chase it, the more it eludes you. But if you turn your attention to other things, it comes and sits softly on your shoulder." — Henry David Thoreau

"Normal is getting dressed in clothes that you buy for work and driving through traffic in a car that you are still paying for – in order to get to the job you need to pay for the clothes and the car, and the house you leave vacant all day so you can afford to live in it." — Ellen Goodman

"What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us." — Ralph Waldo Emerson

"If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow." — Ancient Chinese Proverb

Psalm 8
King James Version

8 O Lord, our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy glory above the heavens.

2 Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.

3 When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;

4 What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him?

5 For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour.

6 Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet:

7 All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field;

8 The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, and whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas.

9 O Lord our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth!

H.T. Bland. On page 207 of the December 1929 American Chess Bulletin he exalted the challenger in that year's world championship match:

Bravo ‘Bogol', you've shown pluck.
One and all we wish you luck.
Gee, some thought you'd barged between
Other players who'd have been
Less likely straightaway to lose
Just as friend Alekhine might choose;
Undaunted, ‘Bogol', you went in
Believing you'd a chance to win.
Or failing that, to make a fight,
Which you are doing as we write.

Come, Lord Jesus, our guest to be

And bless these gifts

Bestowed by Thee.

And bless our loved ones everywhere,

And keep them in Your loving care.

Amen.

The Coach and the Fly

On a sandy, uphill road,
Which naked in the sunshine glowed,
Six lusty horses drew a coach.
Dames, monks, and invalids, its load,
On foot, outside, at leisure trode.
The team, all weary, stopped and blowed:
Whereon there did a fly approach,
And, with a vastly business air.
Cheered up the horses with his buzz, –
Now pricked them here, now pricked them there,
As neatly as a jockey does, –
And thought the while – he knew It was so –
He made the team and carriage go, –
On carriage-pole sometimes alighting –
Or driver's nose – and biting.
And when the whole did get in motion,
Confirmed and settled in the notion,
He took, himself, the total glory, –
Flew back and forth in wondrous hurry,
And, as he buzz'd about the cattle,
Seemed like a sergeant in a battle,
The files and squadrons leading on
To where the victory is won.
Thus charged with all the commonweal,
This single fly began to feel
Responsibility too great,
And cares, a grievous crushing weight;
And made complaint that none would aid
The horses up the tedious hill –
The monk his prayers at leisure said –
Fine time to pray! – the dames, at will,
Were singing songs – not greatly needed!
Thus in their ears he sharply sang,
And notes of indignation ran, –
Notes, after all, not greatly heeded.
Erelong the coach was on the top:
"Now," said the fly, "my hearties, stop
And breathe; – I have got you up the hill;
And Messrs. Horses, let me say,
I need not ask you if you will
A proper compensation pay."

Thus certain ever-bustling noddies
Are seen in every great affair;
Important, swelling, busy-bodies,
And bores It's easier to bear
Than chase them from their needless care.

"Seven Steps to Success:
1) Make a commitment to grow daily.
2) Value the process more than events.
3) Don't wait for inspiration.
4) Be willing to sacrifice pleasure for opportunity. 5) Dream big.
6) Plan your priorities.
7) Give up to go up."
— John C. Maxwell

According to Chessmetrics, Lasker was #1 for longer than anyone else in history: 292 different months between June 1890 and December 1926. That's a timespan of 36 1/2 years, in which Lasker was #1 for a total of 24 years and 4 months. Lasker was 55 years old when he won New York 1924.

"The great thing about chess is it's a game for oneself. You don't work on what you can't control, you just work on yourself. And I think if more people did that, we'd all be a lot better off." — Daniel Naroditsky

"Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful." — John Wooden

In 2002 Sergey Karjakin became a grandmaster at the age of 12 years and 7 months, a record at that time.

Acts 20:35 "It is more blessed to give than to receive."

Lichess has all the same basic offerings as Chess.com: a large community, many game types, tutorials, puzzles, and livestreams. The site has a simple appearance, and it seems built to get you where you want to go in as few clicks as possible. You can create an account, but if you're not concerned with tracking your games and finding other players at your level, there's no need to log in. Just fire up a new game, try some puzzles, or watch a chess streamer play three-minute games while listening to techno and chatting with the comments section.

"Friend, you don't have to earn God's love or try harder. You're precious in His sight, covered by the priceless blood of Jesus, and indwelt by His Holy Spirit. Don't hide your heart or fear you're not good enough for Him to care for you. Accept His love, obey Him, and allow Him to keep you in His wonderful freedom." ― Charles F. Stanley

"The Bible is the best of books, and I wish it were in the hands of everyone. It is indispensable to the safety and permanence of our institutions. A free government cannot exist without religion and morals, and there cannot be morals without religion. Especially should the Bible be placed in the hands of the young. It is the best school book in the world. I would that all our people were brought up under the influence of that holy book." ― Zachary Taylor

Deuteronomy 6:6-9: "These commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts. Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. Write them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates."

Isaiah 66:24
24 "And they will go out and look on the dead bodies of those who rebelled against me; the worms that eat them will not die, the fire that burns them will not be quenched, and they will be loathsome to all mankind."

Matthew 19:26
But Jesus looked at them and said, 'With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.'

CHESS

Meet me then, within this grid,
this little wooden battlefield as equals,
as we forget our bodies to inhabit these pieces, control these spaces, trade threats and responses, send our thoughts out into possible positions, our eyes imagining nothing but sweet forks and lancing fianchettoes. We chessplayers, pretend enemies, bound to our miniature war inexplicably & inescapably: when did we find ourselves so obsessed, insidiously seduced to advances and exchanges, lost inside this abyss of infinite moves, willing servants of it's rules?

- Rael

"Many have become chess masters, no one has become the master of chess." ― Siegbert Tarrasch

"In the end, it is important to remember that we cannot become what we need to be by remaining what we are." — Max De Pree

"Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that." ― Martin Luther King Jr.

"Don't ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you come alive and then go do that. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive." ― Howard Thurman

Ztown Robert Zelcic or Urich? Not in the district of Zangilan.

<"Here's to you and here's to me, Wherever we may roam;
And here's to the health and happiness
Of the ones who are left at home"
– Anonymous>

French Proverb: "Il ne faut rien laisser au hasard." ― (Nothing should be left to chance.)

"There are more adventures on a chessboard than on all the seas of the world." ― Pierre Mac Orlan

"You can only get good at chess if you love the game." ― Bobby Fischer

"As long as you can still grab a breath, you fight." — The Revenant

St. Marher, 1225:
"And te tide and te time þat tu iboren were, schal beon iblescet."

Z is for Zaccheus

Zaccheus was a wee little man,
And a wee little man was he.
He climbed up in a sycamore tree
For the Lord he wanted to see.

And when the Savior passed that way
He looked up in the tree.
And he said, "Zaccheus, you come down!
For I'm going to your house today!
For I'm going to your house today!"

Zaccheus was a wee little man,
But a happy man was he.
For he had seen the Lord that day,
And a happy man was he.
And a very happy man was he!

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Salus populi suprema lex esto

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