Less common defenses to the king pawn opening tend to go their own way.
B00 King's pawn Opening without 1... e5, 1... d5, 1... Nf6, 1... g6, 1... d6, 1... c6, 1... c5. (includes Nimzowitsch Defence, St. George Defence, Owen's Defence, Hippopotamus Defence, Fred Defence and others)
B00 King's pawn opening 1. e4
Hippopotamus defense 1. e4 Nh6 2. d4 g6 3. c4 f6
Corn stalk defense 1. e4 a5
Lemming defense 1. e4 Na6
Duras /Fred (not the legendary Fredthebear!) 1.e4 f5
Barnes defense 1. e4 f6
Fried fox defense 1. e4 f6 2. d4 Kf7
Carr's defense 1. e4 h6
Reversed Grob (Borg/Basman defense/macho Grob) 1. e4 g5
St. George (Baker) defense 1. e4 a6
Owen defense 1. e4 b6
Guatemala defense 1. e4 b6 2. d4 Ba6
KP: Nimzovich defense 1. e4 Nc6
KP: Nimzovich defense, Wheeler gambit 1. e4 Nc6 2. b4 Nxb4 3. c3 Nc6 4. d4
KP: Nimzovich defense 1. e4 Nc6 2. Nf3
KP: Colorado counter 1. e4 Nc6 2. Nf3 f5
KP: Nimzovich defense 1. e4 Nc6 2. d4
KP: Nimzovich defense, Marshall gambit 1. e4 Nc6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. Nc3
KP: Nimzovich defense, Bogolyubov variation 1. e4 Nc6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3
KP: Neo-Mongoloid defense 1. e4 Nc6 2. d4 f6
"My passions were all gathered together like fingers that made a fist. Drive is considered aggression today; I knew it then as purpose." ― Bette Davis
"Chess is a sport. The main object in the game of chess remains the achievement of victory." ― Max Euwe
"It is a profound mistake to imagine that the art of combination depends only on natural talent, and that it cannot be learned." ― Richard Reti
"The most powerful weapon in chess is to have the next move." ― David Bronstein
"When you see a good move – WAIT! – look for a better one." ― Emanuel Lasker
The Portuguese chess player and author Pedro Damiano (1480–1544) first wrote this in his book "Questo libro e da imparare giocare a scachi et de li partiti" published in Rome, Italy, in 1512.
"Capablanca didn't make separate moves - he was creating a chess picture. Nobody could compare with him in this." ― Mikhail Botvinnik
"Whether this advantage is theoretically sufficient to win or not does not worry Capablanca. He simply wins the ending. That is why he is Capablanca!"
― Max Euwe
"He (Capablanca) makes the game look easy. Art lies in the concealment of art." ― Philip W. Sergeant
"It's entirely possible that Capa could not imagine that there could be a better move than one he thought was good and he was usually right." ― Mike Franett
"Capablanca's games generally take the following course: he begins with a series of extremely fine prophylactic maneuvers, which neutralize his opponent's attempts to complicate the game; he then proceeds, slowly but surely, to set up an attacking position. This attacking position, after a series of simplifications, is transformed into a favorable endgame, which he conducts with matchless technique." ― Aaron Nimzowitsch
"What others could not see in a month's study, he (Capablanca) saw at a glance." ― Reuben Fine
"Capablanca invariably chose the right option, no matter how intricate the position." ― Garry Kasparov.
"He (Capablanca) had the totally undeserved reputation of being the greatest living endgame player. His trick was to keep his openings simple and then play with such brilliance that it was decided in the middle game before reaching the ending - even though his opponent didn't always know it. His almost complete lack of book knowledge forced him to push harder to squeeze the utmost out of every position." ― Bobby Fischer
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Advanced occupation can become a prison stay for the opposing king.
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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!
'A rising tide lifts all boats'
'Don't put the cart before the horse'
"Examine what is said, not who is speaking." ~ African Proverb
Proverbs 29:25
Fear of man will prove to be a snare, but whoever trusts in the Lord is kept safe.
New York: Albany
Established in: 1624
Henry Hudson (the Hudson River is named after him) arrived in Albany in 1609, but it was already home to a Dutch trading post and the Haudenosaunee tribe, Iroquois Native Americans.
The capital of New York is also its oldest city. Originally founded as Fort Orange by the Dutch settlers in 1624, the city was officially chartered by the British government as Albany in 1686. It didn't become the capital of the state until 1797. Albany was the point of origin for the first long distance airplane flight and the first passenger railroad.
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The Kings of Chess: A History of Chess, Traced Through the Lives of Its Greatest Players by William Hartston
William Hartson traces the development of the game from its Oriental origins to the present day through the lives of its greatest exponents - men like Howard Staunton, who transformed what had been a genteel pastime into a competitive science; the brilliant American Paul Morphy, who once played a dozen simultaneous games blindfold; the arrogant and certified insane Wilhelm Steinitz; the philosopher and mathematician Emanual Lasker; Bobby Fischer, perhaps the most brilliant and eccentric of them all; and many other highly gifted individuals. Hartson depicts all their colorful variety with a wealth of rare illustrations.
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
ISBN: 006015358X
ISBN13: 9780060153588
Release Date: January 1985
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Length: 192 Pages
Weight: 1.80 lbs.
Eilfan ywmodryb dda
Meaning: A good aunt is a second mother
<Maximo wrote:
My Forking Knight's Mare
Gracefully over the squares, as a blonde or a brunette,
she makes moves that not even a queen can imitate.
Always active and taking the initiative,
she likes to fork.
She does it across the board,
taking with ease not only pawns, but also kings,
and a bad bishop or two.
Sometimes she feels like making
quiet moves,
at other times, she adopts romantic moods,
and makes great sacrifices.
But, being hers a zero-sum game,
she often forks just out of spite.
An expert at prophylaxis, she can be a swindler,
and utter threats,
skewering men to make some gains.
Playing with her risks a conundrum,
and also catching Kotov's syndrome.
Nonetheless, despite having been trampled
by her strutting ways
my trust in her remains,
unwavering,
until the endgame.>
"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
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.>
"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
"You win some, you lose some, you wreck some." — Dale Earnhardt
"In life, unlike chess the game continues after checkmate." ― Isaac Asimov
"Coincidence is God's way of remaining anonymous." ― Albert Einstein
"When in doubt, don't." ― Benjamin Franklin
<There once was a fly on the wall, I wonder why didn't it fall.
Because its feet stuck,
Or was it just luck,
Or does gravity miss things so small?>
Little strokes fell great oaks. ~ Swiss Proverb
The devil hides himself in details. ~ Swiss Proverb
Big fish eat little fish. ~ Swiss Proverb
The apple does not fall far from the tree. ~ Swiss Proverb
Think first, start later. ~ Swiss Proverb
<Sep-12-21 offramp:
"Yeah I'm sorry,
I can't afford a Ferrari,
But that don't mean
I can't get you there
I guess he's an X-box,
and I'm more Aryan Tari
But the way you play
your game ain't fair.">
* CG Biography: Aryan Tari
* English-Kiswahili translation
Never judge a book by its cover. Usihukumu kitabu kwa kifuniko chake.
Riddle Question: If you drop a yellow hat in the Red Sea, what does it become?
The Persian epic Explanation of Chatrang and the Invention of Nard tells the story of chess being introduced to the royal court by an envoy from India.
Riddle Answer: Wet, duh!
<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.>
A flea can jump 350 times its body length, the equivalent of a human jumping the length of a football field.
French was the official language of England for over 600 years.
The tongue is the strongest muscle in the human body.
Q: How does the ocean say hi, hello? A: It waves!
An example of how American champion Frank James Marshall (August 10, 1877 – November 9, 1944) liked to shock his opponents:
John R. Orton – Frank James Marshall Wikipedia article: Frank Marshall (chess player)
Montreal, date?
Queen's Gambit Declined
1 d4 d5 2 c4 e6 3 Nc3 c5 4 e3 Nc6 5 Nf3 Nf6 6 a3 cxd4 7 exd4 dxc4 8 Bxc4 Be7 9 Be3 O-O 10 O-O a6 11 Qc2 b5 12 Bd3 Bb7 13 Rfd1 Rc8 14 d5 exd5 15 Nxd5
15…Qxd5 (‘Done, no doubt, in a spirit of adventure, which at all times moves the United States champion to place his head in the lion's mouth. By rights the jaws should have snapped upon him, but he escaped by the skin of his own teeth. Instead of the text, he should have played 15…Nxd5.') 16 Bxh7+ Nxh7 17 Rxd5 Nb4 18 Qxc8 Rxc8 19 Rd7 Bxf3 20 axb4 Bxb4 21 gxf3 Nf6 22 Ra7 a5 23 Rb7 Rc2 24 Rb1 Nd5 25 Rxb5 Nxe3 26 fxe3 Re2 27 e4 Bd2 28 h3 f6 29 Rf1 Kh7 Drawn.
Source: American Chess Bulletin, February 1920, page 35.
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Stop pretending to be offended, troll. You have read/said so much, much, much worse on Kibitzer and Rogoff.
An hour of play discovers more than a year of conversation does. ~ Portuguese Proverb
"You don't play against opponents; you play against the game of basketball." ― Bobby Knight
"The chess pieces are the block alphabet which shapes thoughts; and these thoughts, although making a visual design on the chess-board, express their beauty abstractly, like a poem." ― Marcel Duchamp
The Two Friends — Bidpai
Two friends, in Monomotapa,
Had all their interests combined.
Their friendship, faithful and refined,
Our country can't exceed, do what it may.
One night, when potent Sleep had laid
All still within our planet's shade,
One of the two gets up alarmed,
Runs over to the other's palace,
And hastily the servants rallies.
His startled friend, quick armed,
With purse and sword his comrade meets,
And thus right kindly greets:
"You seldom com'st at such an hour;
I take you for a man of sounder mind
Than to abuse the time for sleep designed.
Have lost your purse, by Fortune's power?
Here's mine. Have suffered insult, or a blow,
I have here my sword – to avenge it let us go."
"No," said his friend, "no need I feel
Of either silver, gold, or steel;
I thank you for your friendly zeal.
In sleep I saw you rather sad,
And thought the truth might be as bad.
Unable to endure the fear,
That cursed dream has brought me here."
Which think you, reader, loved the most!
If doubtful this, one truth may be proposed:
There's nothing sweeter than a real friend:
Not only is he prompt to lend –
An angler delicate, he fishes
The very deepest of your wishes,
And spares your modesty the task
His friendly aid to ask.
A dream, a shadow, wakes his fear,
When pointing at the object dear.
"The cat has nine lives: three for playing, three for straying, three for staying." ― English Proverb
"We do not stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing." ― Author Unknown
"Eat food, not too much, mostly plants." ― Michael Pollan
Q: What do birds give out on Halloween? A: Tweets.
"The cat's play is the mouse's death." ― German Proverb
In the 1960s, the CIA tried to spy on the Kremlin and Russian embassies by turning cats into listening devices. The program, called Acoustic Kitty, involved surgically implanting batteries, microphones and antennae inside cats.
"Many people can pack the cards; fewer can play the game." ― Italian Proverbs
"Self-conquest is the greatest of victories." — Plato
"The only victory that counts is the one over yourself." — Jesse Owens
"It's no time to play chess when the house is on fire." ― Italian Proverbs
"If you must play, decide on three things at the start: the rules of the game, the stakes, and the quitting time." ― Chinese Proverb
"The one who wins plays best." ― German Proverbs
"The ball always looks for the best player." ― French Proverb
"At a young age winning is not the most important thing… the important thing is to develop creative and skilled players with good confidence." ― Arsene Wenger
"If you whoop and holler all the time, the players just get used to it." ― Paul Bryant
"Just because Fate doesn't deal the right cards doesn't mean you should give up… it just means you have to play the cards you get to their maximum potential." ― Les Brown
"Victory belongs to the most persevering." — Napoleon Bonaparte
Rule of Thumb #135 is
"Recognize five characteristics of a critical position:
When the game changes from known theory into unknown territory, from opening to middlegame, or from middlegame to endgame.
When any pieces are exchanged, especially queens.
When there is any change, or possible change in the pawn structure—especially in the center.
When you have a tactical (short-lived) advantage which will disappear if not exploited now.
When you see a move which seems to win."
Their very next Rule of Thumb, #136, is:
"A critical position is one about which you should think long and hard."
A critical position is one where if the best move(s) are not chosen, then the likely outcome of the game is affected.
‘Some of Marshall's most sparkling moves look at first like typographical errors.'
― W.E. Napier (1881-1952)
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"I regard Bobby Fischer as a mythological combination of sorts, a centaur if you will, a synthesis between man and chess." ― Garry Kasparov
* Know the five fundamental rules of firearm safety:
- Treat every gun as if it is loaded.
- Never point a weapon at anything you don't intend to destroy.
- Never put your finger on a gun's trigger until you make a conscious decision to shoot.
- Always be sure of your target, what's beyond it, and what's between you and your target.
- When not in use, a firearm needs to be locked in some kind of secure container—a gun vault is best. If it cannot be secured in a locked location, then a trigger lock should be applied. A loaded firearm should never be unattended.
Leonardo da Vinci could write with one hand and draw with the other at the same time.
1.Nf3 is the third most popular of the twenty legal opening moves White has, behind only 1.e4 and 1.d4.
"Whatever you are doing in the game of life, give it all you've got."
— Norman Vincent Peale
"What you do today can improve all your tomorrows." — Ralph Marston
"A wise man never knows all; only a fool knows everything." — African Proverb
<<<IF
Poet: Rudyard Kipling>
If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you;
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting, too:
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting.
Or being lied about, don't deal in lies,
Or being hated, don't give way to hating.
And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise:
If you can dream — and not make dreams your master;
If you can think — and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two imposters just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truths you've spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools.
Or watch the things you gave your life to broken.
And stoop and build'em up with worn-out tools;
If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it on one turn of pitch and toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breathe a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone.
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will, which says to them: "Hold on";
If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with Kings — nor lose the common touch,
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you;
If all men count with you, but none too much;
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds' worth of distance run,
Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it.
And — which is more — you'll be a Man, my son.>
About the poem, If by Rudyard Kipling, Joseph Morris wrote: "The central idea of this poem is that success comes from self-control and a true sense of the values of things. In extremes lies danger. A man must not lose heart because of doubts or opposition, yet he must do his best to see the grounds for both. He must not be deceived into thinking either triumph or disaster final; he must use each wisely--and push on. In all things he must hold to the golden mean. If he does, he will own the world, and even better, for his personal reward he will attain the full stature of manhood.">
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.
Oct-04-23 HeMateMe: I play 3/2 blitz occasionally on Lichess. I find it an excellent site, none of the delays/cancellations that ruined chess.com (for me).
Oct-04-23 Cassandro: Yes, lichess is by far the best site for online chess. And you never know, apparently you may even get to play against a living legend like the highly esteemed Leonard Barden there!
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Ye Jiangchuan has won the Chinese Chess Championship seven times.
"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
"If there is no struggle, there is no progress." ― Frederick Douglass
FACTRETRIEVER: Gummy bears were originally called "dancing bears."
Sea otters have the thickest fur of any mammal, at 1 million hairs per square inch.
"You need to realize something if you are ever to succeed at chess,' she said, as if Nora had nothing bigger to think about. ‘And the thing you need to realize is this: the game is never over until it is over. It isn't over if there is a single pawn still on the board. If one side is down to a pawn and a king, and the other side has every player, there is still a game. And even if you were a pawn – maybe we all are – then you should remember that a pawn is the most magical piece of all. It might look small and ordinary but it isn't. Because a pawn is never just a pawn. A pawn is a queen-in-waiting. All you need to do is find a way to keep moving forward. One square after another. And you can get to the other side and unlock all kinds of power.'
Mrs. Elm"
― Matt Haig, The Midnight Library
Antibiotics
Joseph Lister and Louis Pasteur were the first to start the war against bacteria, but it was Alexander Fleming who propelled the medical world to take a giant leap ahead in the same battle thanks to his discovery – albeit accidental – of the bacteria-inhibiting mold we now call penicillin in 1928. Penicillin proved to be a major step forward in the world of antibiotics and was used widely throughout the 20th century. Although Fleming eventually abandoned his works on penicillin in the 1940s, his findings were further researched at the Radcliffe Infirmary in Oxford by Howard Florey and Ernst Boris Chain, funded by the U.S. and British governments.
Penicillin finally entered mass production after the Pearl Harbor bombing. In fact, by 1944, we had enough penicillin to treat all the wounded Allied Forces in World War II. Death by bacterial infection dropped to only 1% in WWII from 20% in the previous war. Penicillin has been found to be effective at fighting all kinds of infections such as influenza, tuberculosis, and some sexually transmitted diseases.
<The Words Of <Socrates>A house was built by <Socrates>
That failed the public taste to please.
Some blamed the inside; some, the out; and all
Agreed that the apartments were too small.
Such rooms for him, the greatest sage of Greece!
"I ask," said he, "no greater bliss
Than real friends to fill even this."
And reason had good <Socrates>
To think his house too large for these.
A crowd to be your friends will claim,
Till some unhandsome test you bring.
There's nothing plentier than the name;
There's nothing rarer than the thing.>
'Ask no questions and hear no lies
* The Most Instructive Games of Chess Ever Played: 62 Masterpieces of Chess Strategy by Irving Chernev - https://lichess.org/study/KMMrJvE1
* Legendary: Game Collection: The 12 Legendary Games of the Century
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'Ask a silly question and you'll get a silly answer
<greersome wrote:
There once was a woman from Mizes
Who had chess sets of two different sizes
One was quite small
Almost nothing at all
But the other was large and won prizes!>
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A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush ― Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, "Don Quixote"
Old Russian Proverb: "Measure seven times, cut once. (Семь раз отмерь — один отрежь.)" Be careful before you do something that cannot be changed.
"I'm 58 years old and I just went through 8 back surgeries. They started cutting on me in February 2009, and I was basically bed ridden for almost two years. I got a real dose of reality that if you don't have your health, you don't have anything." — Hulk Hogan
<"Hold fast to dreams,
For if dreams die
Life is a broken-winged bird,
That cannot fly.">
― Langston Hughes
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* What happens AFTER the capture? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQG...
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"In blitz, the knight is stronger than the bishop." — Vlastimil Hort (1944- )
"He who takes the Queen's Knight's pawn will sleep in the streets!" — anonymous
Old Russian Proverb: "Ride slower, advance further." (Тише едешь — дальше будешь.) Don't hurry up, you will reach further distances by going slower.
"The truest wisdom is a resolute determination." — Napoleon Bonaparte
Proverbs 26
Berean Standard Bible
1 Like snow in summer and rain at harvest,
honor does not befit a fool.
2 Like a fluttering sparrow or darting swallow,
an undeserved curse does not come to rest.
3 A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey,
and a rod for the backs of fools!
4 Do not answer a fool according to his folly,
or you yourself will be like him.
5 Answer a fool according to his folly,
lest he become wise in his own eyes.
6 Like cutting off one's own feet or drinking violence
is the sending of a message by the hand of a fool.
7 Like lame legs hanging limp
is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.
8 Like binding a stone into a sling
is the giving of honor to a fool.
9 Like a thorn that falls into the hand of a drunkard
is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.
10 Like an archer who wounds at random
is he who hires a fool or passerby.
11 As a dog returns to its vomit,a
so a fool repeats his folly.
12 Do you see a man who is wise in his own eyes?
There is more hope for a fool than for him.
13 The slacker says, "A lion is in the road!
A fierce lion roams the public square!"
14 As a door turns on its hinges,
so the slacker turns on his bed.
15 The slacker buries his hand in the dish;
it wearies him to bring it back to his mouth.
16 The slacker is wiser in his own eyes
than seven men who answer discreetly.
17 Like one who grabs a dog by the ears
is a passerby who meddles in a quarrel not his own.
18 Like a madman shooting firebrands
and deadly arrows,
19 so is the man who deceives his neighbor
and says, "I was only joking!"
20 Without wood, a fire goes out;
without gossip, a conflict ceases.
21 Like charcoal for embers and wood for fire,
so is a quarrelsome man for kindling strife.
22 The words of a gossip are like choice morsels
that go down into the inmost being.
23 Like glaze covering an earthen vessel
are burningb lips and a wicked heart.
24 A hateful man disguises himself with his speech,
but he lays up deceit in his heart.
25 When he speaks graciously, do not believe him,
for seven abominations fill his heart.
26 Though his hatred is concealed by deception,
his wickedness will be exposed in the assembly.
27 He who digs a pit will fall into it,
and he who rolls a stone will have it roll back on him.
28 A lying tongue hates those it crushes,
and a flattering mouth causes ruin.
"The wind cannot defeat a tree with strong roots." — The Revenant
"It is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, that is poor." — Seneca
"The best index to a person's character is how he treats people who can't do him any good, and how he treats people who can't fight back." ― Abigail Van Buren
Dec-14-20
Biographer Bistro
Tabanus: chessgames.com chessforum (kibitz #21841) <20/20 Technologies is one of the first web development companies, founded in 1995 by Daniel Freeman and Lee Cummings. In 2001 we were commissioned by Albert Artidiello to create a chess site. Albert had limited-funding but big dreams, so in the early years (2002, 2003) 20/20 agreed to do extensive work on Chessgames in exchange for a stake in the website's business (which at the time was zero, as there wasn't even such a thing as a premium membership, and the advertising didn't even cover the hosting fees.)For a while it seemed like a really fun side-project but not a business per se. But then, around 2004-2005, the site launched its premium membership and turned profitable. At that stage, Chessgames was capable of actually paying for its development work, hiring GM commentators, etc. Chessgames could have gone to any web development company in the world at that point, but obviously it was in everybody's best interest to keep working with 20/20 Technologies.
In gratitude for all they've done, Chessgames continues to put a link to 20/20 Technologies at the bottom of every page.>
InkHarted wrote:
Checkmate.
I started off as an equal
I have everything that they do
my life was one and the same as my foe
childish battles of lesser
I won baring cost of a little
but as time outgrew my conscience
I found that the pieces were moving against me
with time my company reduced
they left one by one
all in time forgetting me
my castles collapsed
my religion dissuaded
my protectors in hiding
I could not run anymore
I have been cornered to a wall
as the queen left silently
without saying goodbye
I could not live any longer
she was most precious to me
I could not win without her by my side
so the king knelt down and died.
"Everyone should know how to play chess." — José Raúl Capablanca
Mark 3:25 And if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand.
'Finders keepers, losers weepers'
No, turn it over to Lost and Found.
Drive sober or get pulled over.
"For surely of all the drugs in the world, chess must be the most permanently pleasurable." — Assiac
Once I asked Pillsbury whether he used any formula for castling. He said his rule was absolute and vital: castle because you will or because you must; but not because you can.' — W.E. Napier (1881-1952)
Riddle Question: People make me, save me, change me, raise me. What am I?
According to statistics, the average American spends roughly 17,600 minutes behind the wheel annually. That's equivalent to over 293 hours or nearly 12 days!
Riddle Answer: Money
<<<Five Preliminary Endgame Rules>
according to CJS Purdy>
1. Before even beginning to think of making a passed pawn, put all your pieces into as good positions as possible.
2. Avoid pawn-moves while you are getting your pieces well positioned because pawn-moves create lasting weaknesses and thus make your task harder.
3. Try to free your position from weaknesses; and if possible, make it hard for the opponent to do likewise.
4. When trying to win, keep pawns on both wings. When trying to draw, play to eliminate all the pawns on one wing. With pawns on one wing only, a pawn plus is usually insufficient for a win.
5. If you are a pawn up or more, exchange pieces (not pawns) wherever you can do so without losing in position.
Exception: do not rush an exchange that will leave you with a single bishop running on the opposite color to the enemy's single bishop. Also, refrain from exchanging if it will give your opponent two bishops against bishop and knight.>
Posted by Chessbuzz
"Zeitnot" is German for "time pressure."
"....his countrymen, Kolisch and Steinitz, are greatly indebted for their later success to their having enjoyed early opportunities of practicing with the departed amateur whose death is also greatly deplored amongst all who knew him personally." — Wilhelm Steinitz, regarding Karl Hamppe
The first appearance of the (John) Cochrane gambit against Petrov's defense C42 was in the year 1848 against an Indian master Mohishunder Bannerjee.
"Sorry don't get it done, Dude!" — John Wayne, Rio Bravo
"Gossip is the devil's telephone. Best to just hang up." — Moira Rose
Proverbs 14:29-35
29 He who is slow to anger has great understanding, But he who is quick-tempered * exalts folly.
30 A tranquil heart is life to the body, But passion is rottenness to the bones.
31 He who oppresses the poor taunts his Maker, But he who is gracious to the needy honors Him.
32 The wicked is thrust down by his wrongdoing, But the righteous has a refuge when he dies.
33 Wisdom rests in the heart of one who has understanding, But in the hearts of fools it is made known.
34 Righteousness exalts a nation, But sin is a disgrace to any people.
35 The king's favor is toward a servant who acts wisely, But his anger is toward him who acts shamefully.
This poem is dedicated to Harris my chessplayer friend and literary commentator.
Chess The Final Metaphor
It was in a cesspool behind the place of his cousin Nick
That in this pool of sewage, was born the freak called frick.
On dark nights he hysterically wailed in his pool of slimy mess:
"Oh why oh why, can't I play the game that humans call chess"?
As the morning sun rose, begged the queen of the mighty king:
Sire, can you not order the death of this awful filthy thing"?
Wisely he replied: "no, I'll let frick live forever in distress
While he must watch others enjoy themselves playing chess."
"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
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.
Isolated pawns require a very expensive therapy, for keeping them alive.
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.
Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star
Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
How I wonder what you are!
Up above the world so high,
Like a diamond in the sky.
When the blazing sun is gone,
When he nothing shines upon,
Then you show your little light,
Twinkle, twinkle, all the night.
Then the trav'ller in the dark,
Thanks you for your tiny spark,
He could not see which way to go,
If you did not twinkle so.
In the dark blue sky you keep,
And often thro' my curtains peep,
For you never shut your eye,
Till the sun is in the sky.
'Tis your bright and tiny spark,
Lights the trav'ller in the dark,
Tho' I know not what you are,
Twinkle, twinkle, little star.
"Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that." ― Martin Luther King Jr.
"Intelligence plus character-that is the goal of true education."
― Martin Luther King Jr.
"It ain't over 'til it's over, no matter how over it looks." ― Yogi Berra
An Irish Blessing:
May we all feel…
happy and contented,
healthy and strong,
safe and protected
and living with ease…
~
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
"Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not: nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not: the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent." — Calvin Coolidge
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.
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.
Philippians 4:7
7 And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
Never Let Success Get To Your Head And Never Let Failure Get To Your Heart
JOE AND JILL
Joe and Jill
Went up the hill
To fetch a pail of water.
Joe fell down
And broke his crown
And Jill came tumbling after.
16 yellow #2 pencilz
No one is perfect. That's whiy pencils have erasers.
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Road apples
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