ES wrote a book for beginners with opening gambits. Fredthebear has used it with a few students privately (along with internet videos), but not school groups.

"Winning is about commitment, discipline, hard work, dedication, determination, courage and sometimes even luck!" ― Susan Polgar

"Every defeat is an opportunity to learn from our mistakes! Every victory is a confirmation of our hard work!" ― Susan Polgar

"A chess player uses his/her knowledge to prepare for next game while a passionate coach prepares for next generation!" ― Susan Polgar

* 1610 Again: Games Like Polerio vs Domenico, 1610

* Here's a link to some Two Knights games: Game Collection: Two Knights

* 4 Miniz: zPonziani, zKieseritzky, zPhilidor, zFrankenstein-Dracula: z https://www.bing.com/videos/search?...

* A good way to lose for White? Opening Explorer

* Krejcik Variation: Opening Explorer

* Game Collection: Checkmate: Checkmate Patterns This link has a good, concise collection of diagrammed checkmate patterns by name. The new reader may wish to consult it initially to the point of memorization.

* How to Play Chess! http://www.serverchess.com/play.htm...

* Garry Kasparov Teaches Chess (Batsford 1986): Game Collection: Garry Kasparov Teaches Chess

* Rare but playable: https://www.chessable.com/blog/ches...

* Internet tracking: https://www.studysmarter.us/magazin...

Below is the acrostic poem by Mrs T.B. Rowland:

Tears now we sadly shed apart,
How keenly has death's sudden dart
E'en pierced a kingdom's loyal heart.

Dark lies the heavy gloomy pall
Upon our royal bower,
Kings, queens, and nations bow their heads,
Each mourn for England's flower.

Oh! God, to her speak peace divine,
For now no voice can soothe but thine.

Ah, why untimely snatched away,
Loved Prince – alas, we sigh –
Before thy sun its zenith reached
Athwart the noonday sky.
Noble in heart, in deed, and will,
Years hence thy name we'll cherish still.

That poem was published on pages 140-141 of Chess Fruits (Dublin, 1884)

101 Best Riddles

Easy Riddles
1. Riddle: What has to be broken before you can use it? Scroll down for Riddle Answer...

Riddle Answer: An egg

2. Riddle: I'm tall when I'm young, and I'm short when I'm old. What am I? Scroll down for Riddle Answer...

Riddle Answer: A candle

3. Riddle: What month of the year has 28 days?
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Riddle Answer: All of them

4. Riddle: What is full of holes but still holds water? Scroll down for Riddle Answer...

Riddle Answer: A sponge

5. Riddle: What question can you never answer yes to? Scroll down for Riddle Answer...

Riddle Answer: Are you asleep yet?

6. Riddle: What is always in front of you but can't be seen? Scroll down for Riddle Answer...

Riddle Answer: The future

7. Riddle: There's a one-story house in which everything is yellow. Yellow walls, yellow doors, yellow furniture. What color are the stairs? Scroll down for Riddle Answer...

Riddle Answer: There aren't any—it's a one-story house.

8. Riddle. What can you break, even if you never pick it up or touch it? Scroll down for Riddle Answer...

Riddle Answer: A promise

9. Riddle: What goes up but never comes down?
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Riddle Answer: Your age

10. Riddle: A man who was outside in the rain without an umbrella or hat didn't get a single hair on his head wet. Why? Scroll down for Riddle Answer...

Riddle Answer: He was bald.

11. Riddle: What gets wet while drying?
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Riddle Answer: A towel

12. Riddle: What can you keep after giving to someone? Scroll down for Riddle Answer...

Riddle Answer: Your word

13. Riddle: I shave every day, but my beard stays the same. What am I? Scroll down for Riddle Answer...

Riddle Answer: A barber

14. Riddle: You see a boat filled with people, yet there isn't a single person on board. How is that possible? Scroll down for Riddle Answer...

Riddle Answer: All the people on the boat are married.

15. Riddle: You walk into a room that contains a match, a kerosene lamp, a candle and a fireplace. What would you light first? Scroll down for Riddle Answer...

Riddle Answer: The match

16. Riddle: A man dies of old age on his 25 birthday. How is this possible? Scroll down for Riddle Answer...

Riddle Answer: He was born on February 29.

17. Riddle: I have branches, but no fruit, trunk or leaves. What am I? Scroll down for Riddle Answer...

Riddle Answer: A bank

18. Riddle: What can't talk but will reply when spoken to? Scroll down for Riddle Answer...

Riddle Answer: An echo

19. Riddle: The more of this there is, the less you see. What is it? Scroll down for Riddle Answer...

Riddle Answer: Darkness

Riddles for Kids
20. Riddle: David's parents have three sons: Snap, Crackle, and what's the name of the third son? Scroll down for Riddle Answer...

Riddle Answer: David

21. Riddle: I follow you all the time and copy your every move, but you can't touch me or catch me. What am I? Scroll down for Riddle Answer...

Riddle Answer: Your shadow

22. Riddle: What has many keys but can't open a single lock? Scroll down for Riddle Answer...

Riddle Answer: A piano

23. Riddle: What can you hold in your left hand but not in your right? Scroll down for Riddle Answer...

Riddle Answer: Your right elbow

24. Riddle: What is black when it's clean and white when it's dirty? Scroll down for Riddle Answer...

Riddle Answer: A chalkboard

25. Riddle: What gets bigger when more is taken away? Scroll down for Riddle Answer...

Riddle Answer: A hole

26. Riddle: I'm light as a feather, yet the strongest person can't hold me for five minutes. What am I? Scroll down for Riddle Answer...

Riddle Answer: Your breath

27. Riddle: I'm found in socks, scarves and mittens; and often in the paws of playful kittens. What am I? Scroll down for Riddle Answer...

Riddle Answer: Yarn

28. Riddle: Where does today come before yesterday? Scroll down for Riddle Answer...

Riddle Answer: The dictionary

29. Riddle: What invention lets you look right through a wall? Scroll down for Riddle Answer...

Riddle Answer: A window

30. Riddle: If you've got me, you want to share me; if you share me, you haven't kept me. What am I? Scroll down for Riddle Answer...

Riddle Answer: A secret

31. Riddle: What can't be put in a saucepan?
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Riddle Answer: It's lid

32. Riddle: What goes up and down but doesn't move? Scroll down for Riddle Answer...

Riddle Answer: A staircase

33. Riddle: If you're running in a race and you pass the person in second place, what place are you in? Scroll down for Riddle Answer...

Riddle Answer: Second place

34. Riddle: It belongs to you, but other people use it more than you do. What is it? Scroll down for Riddle Answer...

Riddle Answer: Your name

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Funny Riddles
35. Riddle: What has lots of eyes, but can't see? Scroll down for Riddle Answer...

Riddle Answer: A potato

36. Riddle: What has one eye, but can't see?
Riddle Answer: A needle

37. Riddle: What has many needles, but doesn't sew? Scroll down for Riddle Answer...

Riddle Answer: A Christmas tree

38. Riddle: What has hands, but can't clap?
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Riddle Answer: A clock

39. Riddle: What has legs, but doesn't walk?
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Riddle Answer: A table

40. Riddle: What has one head, one foot and four legs? Scroll down for Riddle Answer...

Riddle Answer: A bed

41. Riddle: What can you catch, but not throw?
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Riddle Answer: A cold

42. Riddle: What kind of band never plays music? Scroll down for Riddle Answer...

Riddle Answer: A rubber band

43. Riddle: What has many teeth, but can't bite? Scroll down for Riddle Answer...

Riddle Answer: A comb

44. Riddle: What is cut on a table, but is never eaten? Scroll down for Riddle Answer...

Riddle Answer: A deck of cards

45. Riddle: What has words, but never speaks?
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Riddle Answer: A book

46. Riddle: What runs all around a backyard, yet never moves? Scroll down for Riddle Answer...

Riddle Answer: A fence

47. Riddle: What can travel all around the world without leaving its corner? Scroll down for Riddle Answer...

Riddle Answer: A stamp

48. Riddle: What has a thumb and four fingers, but is not a hand? Scroll down for Riddle Answer...

Riddle Answer: A glove

49. Riddle: What has a head and a tail but no body? Scroll down for Riddle Answer...

Riddle Answer: A coin

50. Riddle: Where does one wall meet the other wall? Scroll down for Riddle Answer...

Riddle Answer: On the corner

51. Riddle: What building has the most stories?
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Riddle Answer: The library

52. Riddle: What tastes better than it smells?
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Riddle Answer: Your tongue

53. Riddle: What has 13 hearts, but no other organs? Scroll down for Riddle Answer...

Riddle Answer: A deck of cards

54. Riddle: It stalks the countryside with ears that can't hear. What is it? Scroll down for Riddle Answer...

Riddle Answer: Corn

55. Riddle: What kind of coat is best put on wet? Scroll down for Riddle Answer...

Riddle Answer: A coat of paint

56. Riddle: What has a bottom at the top?
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Riddle Answer: Your legs

57. Riddle: What has four wheels and flies?
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Riddle Answer: A garbage truck

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Math Riddles
58. Riddle: I am an odd number. Take away a letter and I become even. What number am I? Scroll down for Riddle Answer...

Riddle Answer: Seven

59. Riddle: If two's company, and three's a crowd, what are four and five? Scroll down for Riddle Answer...

Riddle Answer: Nine

60. Riddle: What three numbers, none of which is zero, give the same result whether they're added or multiplied? Scroll down for Riddle Answer...

Riddle Answer: One, two and three

61. Riddle: Mary has four daughters, and each of her daughters has a brother. How many children does Mary have? Scroll down for Riddle Answer...

Riddle Answer: Five—each daughter has the same brother.

62. Riddle: Which is heavier: a ton of bricks or a ton of feathers? Scroll down for Riddle Answer...

Riddle Answer: Neither—they both weigh a ton.

63. Riddle: Three doctors said that Bill was their brother. Bill says he has no brothers. How many brothers does Bill actually have? Scroll down for Riddle Answer...

Riddle Answer: None. He has three sisters.

64. Riddle: Two fathers and two sons are in a car, yet there are only three people in the car. How? Scroll down for Riddle Answer...

Riddle Answer: They are a grandfather, father and son.

65. Riddle: The day before yesterday I was 21, and next year I will be 24. When is my birthday? Scroll down for Riddle Answer...

Riddle Answer: December 31; today is January 1.

66. Riddle: A little girl goes to the store and buys one dozen eggs. As she is going home, all but three break. How many eggs are left unbroken? Scroll down for Riddle Answer...

Riddle Answer: Three

67. Riddle: A man describes his daughters, saying, "They are all blonde, but two; all brunette but two; and all redheaded but two." How many daughters does he have? Scroll down for Riddle Answer...

Riddle Answer: Three: A blonde, a brunette and a redhead

68. Riddle: If there are three apples and you take away two, how many apples do you have? Scroll down for Riddle Answer...

Riddle Answer: You have two apples.

69. Riddle: A girl has as many brothers as sisters, but each brother has only half as many brothers as sisters. How many brothers and sisters are there in the family? Scroll down for Riddle Answer...

Riddle Answer: Four sisters and three brothers

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Word Riddles
70. Riddle: What five-letter word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it? Scroll down for Riddle Answer...

Riddle Answer: Short

71. Riddle: What begins with an "e" and only contains one letter? Scroll down for Riddle Answer...

Riddle Answer: An envelope

72. Riddle: A word I know, six letters it contains, remove one letter and 12 remains. What is it? Scroll down for Riddle Answer...

Riddle Answer: Dozens

73. Riddle: What would you find in the middle of Toronto? Scroll down for Riddle Answer...

Riddle Answer: The letter "o"

74. Riddle: You see me once in June, twice in November and not at all in May. What am I? Scroll down for Riddle Answer...

Riddle Answer: The letter "e"

75. Riddle: Two in a corner, one in a room, zero in a house, but one in a shelter. What is it? Scroll down for Riddle Answer...

Riddle Answer: The letter "r"

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76. Riddle: I am the beginning of everything, the end of everywhere. I'm the beginning of eternity, the end of time and space. What am I? Scroll down for Riddle Answer...

Riddle Answer: Also the letter "e"

77. Riddle: What 4-letter word can be written forward, backward or upside down, and can still be read from left to right? Scroll down for Riddle Answer...

Riddle Answer: NOON

78. Riddle: Forward I am heavy, but backward I am not. What am I? Scroll down for Riddle Answer...

Riddle Answer: The word "not"

79. Riddle: What is 3/7 chicken, 2/3 cat and 2/4 goat? Scroll down for Riddle Answer...

Riddle Answer: Chicago

80. Riddle: I am a word of letters three; add two and fewer there will be. What word am I? Scroll down for Riddle Answer...

Riddle Answer: Few

81. Riddle: What word of five letters has one left when two are removed? Scroll down for Riddle Answer...

Riddle Answer: Stone

82. Riddle: What is the end of everything?
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Riddle Answer: The letter "g"

83. Riddle: What word is pronounced the same if you take away four of its five letters? Scroll down for Riddle Answer...

Riddle Answer: Queue

84. Riddle: I am a word that begins with the letter "i." If you add the letter "a" to me, I become a new word with a different meaning, but that sounds exactly the same. What word am I? Scroll down for Riddle Answer...

Riddle Answer: Isle (add "a" to make "aisle")

85. Riddle: What word in the English language does the following: The first two letters signify a male, the first three letters signify a female, the first four letters signify a great, while the entire world signifies a great woman. What is the word? Scroll down for Riddle Answer...

Riddle Answer: Heroine

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Really Hard Riddles for Adults
86. Riddle: What is so fragile that saying its name breaks it? Scroll down for Riddle Answer...

Riddle Answer: Silence.

87. Riddle: What can run but never walks, has a mouth but never talks, has a head but never weeps, has a bed but never sleeps? Scroll down for Riddle Answer...

Riddle Answer: A river

88. Riddle: Speaking of rivers, a man calls his dog from the opposite side of the river. The dog crosses the river without getting wet, and without using a bridge or boat. How? Scroll down for Riddle Answer...

Riddle Answer: The river was frozen.

89. Riddle: What can fill a room but takes up no space? Scroll down for Riddle Answer...

Riddle Answer: Light

90. Riddle: If you drop me I'm sure to crack, but give me a smile and I'll always smile back. What am I? Scroll down for Riddle Answer...

Riddle Answer: A mirror

91. Riddle: The more you take, the more you leave behind. What are they? Scroll down for Riddle Answer...

Riddle Answer: Footsteps

92. Riddle: I turn once, what is out will not get in. I turn again, what is in will not get out. What am I? Scroll down for Riddle Answer...

Riddle Answer: A key

93. Riddle: People make me, save me, change me, raise me. What am I? Scroll down for Riddle Answer...

Riddle Answer: Money

94. Riddle: What breaks yet never falls, and what falls yet never breaks? Scroll down for Riddle Answer...

Riddle Answer: Day, and night

95. Riddle: What goes through cities and fields, but never moves? Scroll down for Riddle Answer...

Riddle Answer: A road

96. Riddle: I am always hungry and will die if not fed, but whatever I touch will soon turn red. What am I? Scroll down for Riddle Answer...

Riddle Answer: Fire

97. Riddle: The person who makes it has no need of it; the person who buys it has no use for it. The person who uses it can neither see nor feel it. What is it? Scroll down for Riddle Answer...

Riddle Answer: A coffin

98. Riddle: A man looks at a painting in a museum and says, "Brothers and sisters I have none, but that man's father is my father's son." Who is in the painting? Scroll down for Riddle Answer...

Riddle Answer: The man's son

99. Riddle: With pointed fangs I sit and wait; with piercing force I crunch out fate; grabbing victims, proclaiming might; physically joining with a single bite. What am I? Scroll down for Riddle Answer...

Riddle Answer: A stapler

100. Riddle: I have lakes with no water, mountains with no stone and cities with no buildings. What am I? Scroll down for Riddle Answer...

Riddle Answer: A map

101. Riddle: What does man love more than life, hate more than death or mortal strife; that which contented men desire; the poor have, the rich require; the miser spends, the spendthrift saves, and all men carry to their graves? Scroll down for Riddle Answer...

Riddle Answer: Nothing

Romans 8:38-39
For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Lamentations 3:22-23
The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.

2 Corinthians 4:16-18
So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day. For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen.

Ephesians 3:20
Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us.

Romans 15:13
May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

Bibles Verses About Fear

Deuteronomy 31:6
Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or terrified because of them, or the Lord your God goes with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you.

Psalm 27:1
The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?

1 John 4:18
There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love.

Romans 8:31
What, then, shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?

Psalm 31:24
Be strong, and let your heart take courage, all you who wait for the Lord!

Isaiah 41:10
Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.

Isaiah 40:31
But they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.

John 15:13
Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one's life for one's friends.

Bible Verses About Possibilities

Mark 10:27
Jesus looked at them and said, 'With man it is impossible, but not with God. For all things are possible with God.'

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

Philippians 4:13
I can do all things through him who strengthens me.

Bible Verses About Faith & Strength

1 Corinthians 15:58
Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain.

Proverbs 3:5-6
Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.

1 Corinthians 16:13-14
Be watchful, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong. Let all that you do be done in love.

Matthew 17:20
Our faith can move mountains.

Proverbs 31:28
Her children rise up and call her blessed; Her husband also, and he praises her.

Bible Verses That Celebrate God's Love

Psalm 107:1
Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good; his love endures forever.

Jeremiah 29:11
"For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future."

Psalm 34:8
Taste and see that the Lord is good; blessed is the one who takes refuge in him.

Romans 8:28
And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.

Nehemiah 8:10
Go, eat rich foods and drink sweet drinks, and allot portions to those who had nothing prepared; for today is holy to our Lord. Do not be saddened this day, for rejoicing in the Lord is your strength!

Psalm 96: 1-3
Sing to the Lord a new song; sing to the Lord, all the earth. Sing to the Lord, praise his name; proclaim his salvation day after day. Declare his glory among the nations, his marvelous deeds among all peoples.

Seek God's Comfort

1 Peter 5:7
Cast all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you.

Proverbs 29:25
Fear of man will prove to be a snare, but whoever trusts in the Lord is kept safe.

Isaiah 66:13⁣
As a mother comforts her child, so will I comfort you; and you will be comforted over Jerusalem.

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