A00
Clemenz Opening 1.h3

etc.

etc.

A00
Grob's Attack 1.g4

Spike Attack 1.g4 d5 2.Bg2 c6 3.g5

Fritz Gambit 1.g4 d5 2.Bg2 Bxg4 3.c4

Romford Counter-Gambit 1.g4 d5 2.Bg2 Bxg4 3.c4 d4

The Grob Opening 1.g4?! is an unorthodox, unsound opening, with many amusing miniatures to prove it. Watch your step! Black seems to have an easy game in control of the center but then finds himself snared upside-down. There are opening traps and creative middlegames, but matters are usually resolved prior to an endgame. Henri Grob was an excellent tactician, perhaps the equal of Clint Eastwood on the draw!!

The games herein are mostly sorted by the White player or specific defense. (Yes, there are some label variation errors, which occurs in all openings.)

Grob Gambit refers to 1.g4 d5 2.Bg2. Black may accept or decline the pawn. Like most White gambits, accepting the pawn tends to be riskier for Black in the early going. If White is not up to the task of offering the g-pawn gambit in response to 1...d5, s/he can play 2.h3 or 2.g5 instead of 2.Bg2.

Note that Basman's version of the Grob plays out much slower, usually from closed positions in a creepy, crawly fashion, reluctant to initiate exchanges. (Basman is tremendous at seizing control of open lines when they finally do occur.) Most players would probably prefer Claude Bloodgood's more active style developing the queenside immediately. Both players delay castling, if at all.

Index:
- Fool's Mate
- Various
- Grob Opening 2.h3 (20)
- Grob Opening 2.g5 (50)
- Grob Gambit. Declined 3.g5 Bloodgood (60)
- Grob Gambit. Declined (80)
- Grob Opening: Spike. Hurst Attack (200)
- Grob Gambit d5, e6 (230)
- Grob Gambit d5, c5 (240)
- Grob Gambit. Fritz Gambit (250)
- Grob Gambit. Fritz Gambit Romford Countergambit (280) - Grob Opening 2...Bc5 (300)
- Grob Opening 1...e5 2.d3 (330)
- Grob Opening 1...e6 2.d3 (340)
- Grob, pseudo Sicilian, English, etc. (400)
- Grob Opening 2...h5 (555)
- Grob Opening: Keene Defense (750)
- Indian Game: Gibbins-Weidenhagen Gambit. Maltese Falcon (A45) - Wedding games, various
- Welling games, various
- Unsorted games, various

* Brief Intro: https://www.chessonly.com/grob-open...

Grob Opening 1.g4

Grob Opening: Alessi Gambit 1.g4 f5

Grob Opening: Double Grob 1.g4 g5

Grob Opening: Double Grob, Coca-Cola Gambit 1.g4 g5 2.f4

Grob Opening: Grob Gambit 1.g4 d5 2.Bg2

Grob Opening: Grob Gambit, Basman Gambit 1.g4 d5 2.Bg2 h5 3.gxh5

Grob Opening: Grob Gambit, Declined 1.g4 d5 2.Bg2 c6

Grob Opening: Grob Gambit, Fritz Gambit 1.g4 d5 2.Bg2 Bxg4 3.c4

Grob Opening: Grob Gambit, Fritz Gambit Romford Countergambit 1.g4 d5 2.Bg2 Bxg4 3.c4 d4 4.Bxb7 Nd7 5.Bxa8 Qxa8

Grob Opening: Grob Gambit, Keres Gambit 1.g4 d5 2.Bg2 e5 3.d4 exd4 4.c3

Grob Opening: Grob Gambit, Richter-Grob Gambit 1.g4 d5 2.Bg2 c6 3.c4 dxc4 4.b3

Grob Opening: Keene Defense 1.g4 d5 2.h3 e5 3.Bg2 c6

Grob Opening: Keene Defense, Main Line 1.g4 d5 2.h3 e5 3.Bg2 c6 4.d4 e4 5.c4 Bd6 6.Nc3 Ne7

Grob Opening: London Defense 1.g4 e5 2.h3 Nc6

Grob Opening: Romford Countergambit 1.g4 d5 2.Bg2 Bxg4 3.c4 d4

Grob Opening: Spike Attack 1.g4 d5 2.Bg2 c6 3.g5

Grob Opening: Spike, Hurst Attack 1.g4 e5 2.Bg2 d5 3.c4

Grob Opening: Zilbermints Gambit 1.g4 d5 2.e4 dxe4 3.Nc3

Grob Opening: Zilbermints Gambit, Schiller Defense 1.g4 d5 2.e4 dxe4 3.Nc3 h5

Grob Opening: Zilbermints Gambit, Zilbermints-Hartlaub Gambit 1.g4 d5 2.e4 dxe4 3.Nc3 e5 4.d3

Fredthebear collected all this but does not recommend playing it.

No Man Is An Island
By John Donne
1624

John Donne (1572-1631) was an English poet whose time spent as a cleric in the Church of England often influenced the subjects of his poetry. In 1623, Donne suffered a nearly fatal illness, which inspired him to write a book of meditations on pain, health, and sickness called Devotions upon Emergent Occasions. "No Man is an Island" is a famous section of "Meditation XVII" from this book.

Modern Version
No man is an island entire of itself; every man
is a piece of the continent, a part of the main; if a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe
is the less, as well as if a promontory were, as well as any manner of thy friends or of thine
own were; any man's death diminishes me,
because I am involved in mankind.
And therefore never send to know for whom
the bell tolls; it tolls for thee.

Early Modern English Version
No man is an Iland, intire of itselfe; every man is a peece of the Continent, a part of the maine; if a Clod bee washed away by the Sea, Europe
is the lesse, as well as if a Promontorie were, as well as if a Manor of thy friends or of thine
owne were; any mans death diminishes me,
because I am involved in Mankinde;
And therefore never send to know for whom
the bell tolls; It tolls for thee.

"We are all travelers in the wilderness of this world, and the best we can find in our travels is an honest friend." ― Robert Louis Stevenson

"Friends and good manners will carry you where money won't go." ― Margaret Walker

"Life doesn't run away from nobody. Life runs at people." ― Joe Frazier

"Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn." ― Xunzi

"There are three kinds of men. The one that learns by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves." ― Will Rogers

"The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits." ― Albert Einstein

"The wind cannot shake a mountain. Neither praise nor blame moves the wise man." ― Gautama Buddha

"Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently." ― Henry Ford

"In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure." ― Bill Cosby

"Failure is not the opposite of success; it's part of success." ― Arianna Huffington

"You build on failure. You use it as a stepping stone. Close the door on the past. You don't try to forget the mistakes, but you don't dwell on it. You don't let it have any of your energy, or any of your time, or any of your space." ― Johnny Cash

"All my life through, the new sights of Nature made me rejoice like a child." ― Marie Curie

"Perception precedes reality." ― Andy Warhol

"Always stand on principle even if you stand alone." ― John Adams

"Everyone who does not agree with me is a traitor and a scoundrel." ― King George III

"To disarm the people... was the best and most effectual way to enslave them." ― George Mason

"You know why there's a Second Amendment (to the Constitution)? In case the government fails to follow the first one." ― Rush Limbaugh

"Courage is the first virtue that makes all other virtues possible." ― Aristotle

"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." ― Edmund Burke

"History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, but if faced with courage, need not be lived again." ― Maya Angelou

"Issue the orders, sir, and I will storm hell!" ― "Mad" Anthony Wayne

"Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the president." ― Theodore Roosevelt

"Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom." ― Francis Bacon

"Discipline is wisdom and vice versa." ― M. Scott Peck

"It's on the strength of observation and reflection that one finds a way. So we must dig and delve unceasingly." ― Claude Monet

"Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone." ― Pablo Picasso

"The soldier, above all other people, prays for peace, for he must suffer and bear the deepest wounds and scars of war." ― Douglas MacArthur

"What we know is a drop, what we don't know is an ocean." ― Isaac Newton

"We receive three educations: one from our parents, one from our school-masters, and one from the world. The third contradicts all that the first two teach us." ― Baron de Montesquieu

"It has been said, 'time heals all wounds.' I do not agree. The wounds remain. In time, the mind, protecting its sanity, covers them with scar tissue and the pain lessens. But it is never gone." ― Rose Kennedy

"Without a correct strategy the victory is impossible. But even the most correct strategy cannot give the victory under unfavorable objective conditions." ― Leon Trotsky

"If it can be solved, there's no need to worry, and if it can't be solved, worry is of no use." ― Dalai Lama

"Society will develop a new kind of servitude which covers the surface of society with a network of complicated rules, through which the most original minds and the most energetic characters cannot penetrate. It does not tyrannise but it compresses, enervates, extinguishes, and stupefies a people, till each nation is reduced to nothing better than a flock of timid and industrious animals, of which the government is the shepherd." ― Alexis de Tocqueville

"The greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it." ― Michelangelo

"Life's most persistent and urgent question is, 'What are you doing for others?'" ―Martin Luther King, Jr.

"Criticism is something we can avoid easily by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing." ― Aristotle

"A person may cause evil to others not only by his actions but by his inaction, and in either case he is justly accountable to them for the injury." ― John Stuart Mill

"An injustice committed against anyone is a threat to everyone." ― Baron de Montesquieu

"Was not necessity the plea of every illegal exertion of power or exercise of oppression?...Necessity is the plea for very infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves." ― William Pitt

"There is no justification for taking away individuals' freedom in the guise of public safety." ― Thomas Jefferson

"The plea of necessity, that eternal argument of all conspirators." ― William Henry Harrison

"Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery." ― Winston Churchill

"A friend to all is a friend to none." ― Aristotle

1.g4 Grob's Trap: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P50...

It's the Worst: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTi...

Levy faces the Grob: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHN...

It's BAD: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8e...

Bad in any language: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPo...

It's Unexpected: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ej4...

It's Terrible: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wB...

Not the Best Available: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXW...

* Kid's Guide: https://www.playgroundequipment.com...

* Annotated Games: https://gameknot.com/

* Brilliancies: Game Collection: Brilliancy Prizes (Reinfeld)

* B&N Checkmate in the corner of the bishop's color: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BV...

* bazinga! http://billwall.phpwebhosting.com/

* 101 Brevities: Game Collection: 7

* 1 God in 3 persons: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/4pCN...

* Sacs on f7/f2: Game Collection: Demolition of Pawn Structure: Sac on f7 (f2)

* 10 Best to Watch: https://www.chessjournal.com/best-c...

* 23 Opening Traps: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-5...

* 50 Games to Know: https://en.chessbase.com/post/50-ga...

* 50 Ways: Game Collection: 50 Ways to Win at Chess

* Adolf Anderssen miniatures: http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches...

* A Bridge Too Far: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRz...

* Artful: Game Collection: Art of Checkmate

* Ash Wednesday is the beginning of Lent: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/zBtO... - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/8UZ0...

* Attackers: Game Collection: Chess Secrets - Attackers (Crouch)

* Aggressive Repertoire: Game Collection: Aggressive e4 Repertoire

* Aggressive Women: Game Collection: Agressive Women

* Aggressive Dragons: Game Collection: Aggressive Dragon Tactics

* Abbazia Defense C36: Game Collection: KGA C36 Modern Defense / Abbazia Defense C36

* Common Checkmate Patterns:
http://gambiter.com/chess/Checkmate...

* Checkmate with Two Bishops: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZN7...

* Champion miniatures: Game Collection: Champions miniature champions

* Chessmaster 2000 Classic Games:
Game Collection: Chessmaster '86

* Chess Links: http://www.chessdryad.com/links/ind...

* Chess TV: https://www.twitch.tv/tcec_chess_tv

* Chessclub.com (ICC): https://www.chessclub.com/

* Chess in old newspapers: https://www.schach-chess.com/chess-...

* Diagrammed Checkmate Patterns: Game Collection: Checkmate: Checkmate Patterns

* Dumb Parents: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Xl...

* Elementary Checkmate with two Bishops: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zaR...

* Epic: Game Collection: Epic Battles of the CB by R.N. Coles - keypusher

* FIDE: https://www.fide.com/

* Morphy Miniatures:
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches...

"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.

"When you have the better of it, play simply. When the game is going against you, look for complications." — Frank J. Marshall

* bazinga! http://billwall.phpwebhosting.com/

* 101 Brevities: Game Collection: 7

* 1 God in 3 persons: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/4pCN...

* Sacs on f7/f2: Game Collection: Demolition of Pawn Structure: Sac on f7 (f2)

* 10 Best to Watch: https://www.chessjournal.com/best-c...

* 23 Opening Traps: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-5...

* 50 Games to Know: https://en.chessbase.com/post/50-ga...

* 50 Ways: Game Collection: 50 Ways to Win at Chess

* Adolf Anderssen miniatures: http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches...

* A Bridge Too Far: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRz...

* Artful: Game Collection: Art of Checkmate

* Ash Wednesday is the beginning of Lent: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/zBtO... - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/8UZ0...

* Attackers: Game Collection: Chess Secrets - Attackers (Crouch)

* Aggressive Repertoire: Game Collection: Aggressive e4 Repertoire

* Aggressive Women: Game Collection: Agressive Women

* Aggressive Dragons: Game Collection: Aggressive Dragon Tactics

* Abbazia Defense C36: Game Collection: KGA C36 Modern Defense / Abbazia Defense C36

* Common Checkmate Patterns:
http://gambiter.com/chess/Checkmate...

* Checkmate with Two Bishops: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZN7...

* Champion miniatures: Game Collection: Champions miniature champions

* King's Pawn Theory and Practice: Game Collection: Chess Openings: Theory and Practice, Section 1

* Surprise Knockouts: Game Collection: quick knockouts of greats

* Lasker's Manual: Game Collection: Manual of Chess (Lasker)

* Middlegame Combinations by Peter Romanovsky: Game Collection: Middlegame Combinations by Peter Romanovsky

* Monday Puzzles: Game Collection: Monday Puzzles, 2011-2017

* Masterful: Game Collection: FRENCH DEFENSE MASTERPIECES

* '500 Master Games of Chess' by Savielly Tartakower and Julius Du Mont: Game Collection: 500 Master Games of Chess

* Malaguena: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxD...

* Nimzowitsch Defense: https://www.chessable.com/blog/nimz...

* Nuremberg 1896: Nuremberg (1896)

* Nakhmanson Gambit: https://chesstier.com/nakhmanson-ga...

* Nunn's Chess Course: Game Collection: Lasker JNCC

* Fork Overload (Remove the Defender): Game Collection: FORK-OVERLOAD OR HOOK-AND-LADDER TRICK

* Opening Tree: https://www.shredderchess.com/onlin...

* Old Man: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E43...

- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GH2...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/8-ti...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/BQKV...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/SHkR...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/yeBf...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/bY2L...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/8mw_...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/qubP...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-S4...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/TLlU...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/sv11...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ga3K...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/XFKh...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Y0ph...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/n9Xn...

* Oh brother! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8j...

* Oliver Twist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAe...

* Occupy the Open File: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_w...

* Over the Top: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05R...

* Overloaded! Game Collection: OVERLOADED!

* Pawn Structures: Game Collection: Chess Structures: A Grandmaster Guide

* The Package: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVW... - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/zAMc...

* Petrov Defense: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqw...

- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DyD...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/zmjg...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMo...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSW...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8o...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tg7...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8X...

- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/QBLf...

* Perpetuals: Game Collection: Defensive Combinations (Perpetual Check)

* On the Road: https://ontheroadtochessmaster.com/

* Riddle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCk...

* Logic Puzzles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ToI...

* Play: https://play.chessbase.com/en/

* Tactics: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EI6...

* Spider's Weave: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_C...

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

* Submit: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/YjU5...

* 15-year search: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzH...

* 21st Century: Game Collection: 0

* Tricks aplenty: https://lichess.org/study/topic/Tri...

* Tricks on video: https://www.youtube.com/@chess_trick

* Type A or B? https://www.youtube.com/shorts/KSgi...

* Underpromotion N+ w/a gain of tempo: https://thechessworld.com/articles/...

* Unstoppable: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKT...

* Vladimir Bagirov Attacks: http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches...

* Vincent, the fearless one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npo...

* Vincent, FIDE World Cup 2023: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVA...

* Vishy Anand's immortal game! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5r4...

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

* World Rapid 2021 Round 10: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omW...

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

* Will Power: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9S...

* Wonders and Curiosities: Game Collection: Wonders and Curiosities of Chess (Chernev)

* Illinois youth: https://www.il-chess.org/youth-ches...

* Z Vol 105: Game Collection: 0ZeR0's collected games volume 105

* 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 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

"Chess is a sport. The main object in the game of chess remains the achievement of victory." ― Max Euwe

"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

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

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

"I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions." ― Stephen Covey

Kentucky: Harrodsburg
Established in: 1774

Harrodsburg was established by James Harrod in 1774. Harrodsburg is the oldest permanent settlement west of the Alleghenies and was originally called Harrodstown. There is still a replica of the original fort where Daniel Boone once lived, as well as the Lincoln Marriage Temple, where Abraham Lincoln's parents got married.

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."

"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

"Most folks are as happy as they make up their minds to be." — Abraham Lincoln

"When you rise in the morning, give thanks for the light, for your life, for your strength. Give thanks for your food and for the joy of living. If you see no reason to give thanks, the fault lies in yourself." — Tecumseh

Anna Kournikova

<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

<Fire and Ice by Robert Frost

Some say the world will end in fire,
Some say in ice.
From what I've tasted of desire
I hold with those who favour fire.
But if it had to perish twice,
I think I know enough of hate
To say that for destruction ice
Is also great
And would suffice.

"Fire and Ice" is a popular poem by American poet Robert Frost (1874-1963). It was written and published in 1920, shortly after WWI, and weighs up the probability of two differing apocalyptic scenarios represented by the elements of the poem's title. The speaker believes fire to be the more likely world-ender of the two, and links it directly with what he or she has "tasted" of "desire." In an ironically conversational tone, the speaker adds that ice—which represents hate and indifference—would "also" be "great" as a way of bringing about the end of the world. There are two reported inspirations for the poem: the first of these is Dante's Inferno, which is a poetic and literary journey into Hell written in the 14th century. The other is a reported conversation Frost had with an astronomer in which they talked about the sun exploding or extinguishing—fire or ice.>

In 2016, a Michigan-based priest named Gerald Johnson suffered a heart attack. He says he had a near-death experience that sent him somewhere he never thought he'd visit: Hell.

Johnson says that immediately after his heart attack in February 2016, his spirit left his physical body and went down to hell, entering through "the very center of the Earth." Though he says "the things I saw there are indescribable," he did his best.

Johnson claims he saw a man walking on all fours like a dog and getting burned from head to toe:

"His eyes were bulging and worse than that: He was wearing chains on his neck. He was like a hellhound. There was a demon holding the chains."

<Steinitz's Theory

1. At the beginning of the game, Black and White are equal.

2. The game will stay equal with correct play on both sides.

3. You can only win by your opponent's mistake.

4. Any attack launched in an equal position will not succeed, and the attacker will suffer.

5. You should not attack until an advantage is obtained.

6. When equal, do not seek to attack, but instead, try to secure an advantage.

7. Once you have an advantage, attack or you will lose it.>

Dick Cavitt: "And you like that moment of just crushing the guy?"

RJ Fischer: "Right *nodding and smiling*, yeah."

"Today a reader, tomorrow a leader." ― Margaret Fuller

"A great man is hard on himself; a small man is hard on others." ― Confucius

"Everyone should be respected as an individual, but no one idolized." ― Albert Einstein

"Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence." ― George Washington

<A tutor who taught on the flute,

tried to teach two young tooters to toot.

Said the two to the tutor,

"Is it harder to toot or,

to tutor two tooters to toot?">

"A mind is like a parachute. It doesn't work if it is not open." ― Frank Zappa

"For things to reveal themselves to us, we need to be ready to abandon our views about them." ― Nhat Hanh

"Forgiveness is setting the prisoner free, only to find out that the prisoner was me." ― Corrie Ten Boom

"Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time." ― Thomas A. Edison

<There was a young man from Lahore

Whose limericks stopped at line four.

When asked why this was,

He responded, "Because.">

"Only those who want everything done for them are bored." — Billy Graham

"My home is in Heaven. I'm just traveling through this world." — Billy Graham

"A happy marriage is the union of two good forgivers." ― Ruth Graham

"A man should never neglect his family for business." ― Walt Disney

"There is no greater happiness for a man than approaching a door at the end of a day knowing someone on the other side of that door is waiting for the sound of his footsteps." ― Ronald Reagan

* Riddle-zapapa-pe: https://www.briddles.com/riddles/ch...

"Believe in yourself. Have faith in your abilities. Without humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers, you cannot be successful or happy." ― Norman Vincent Peale

"The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy." ― Martin Luther King Jr.

"Always go to other people's funerals, otherwise they won't come to yours." ― Yogi Berra, one of the greatest Yankees of all time

"At the end of your life, you will never regret not having passed one more test, not winning one more verdict or not closing one more deal. You will regret time not spent with a husband, a friend, a child, or a parent." ― Barbara Bush

"Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life." ― Mark Twain

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Q: What do you call something that goes up when the rain comes down? A: An umbrella.

Q: What do you call a doctor who fixes websites? A: A URL-ologist.

Q: What do you call a sleeping dinosaur?
A: A dinosnore.

Q: What do you call a Christmas tree that knows karate A: Spruce Lee.

Q: What does a triangle call a circle?
A: Pointless.

Q: What do you call a piece of sad cheese?
A: Blue cheese.

Q: What do you call a cow in an earthquake?
A: A milkshake.

Q: What do you call an M&M that went to college? A: A smarty.

An <"anagram"> is a rearranging of all of the letters in a word or a group of words to make a new word or word grouping that still makes some sense. In the 1990s, when the Internet was just getting off the ground and really gaining its identity, the builders of this new communications medium sometimes called it the "information superhighway" to help explain it to people. There was a big push for everyone to spend money investing in the Internet, the information superhighway, to get it launched, so all people could be connected.

At that time, people had fun coming up with this list of the Top Ten Anagrams for "Information Superhighway":

10. Enormous, hairy pig with fan.
9. Hey, ignoramus – win profit? Ha!
8. Oh-oh, wiring snafu: empty air.
7. When forming, utopia's hairy.
6. A rough whimper of insanity.
5. Oh, wormy infuriating phase.
4. Inspire humanity, who go far.
3. Waiting for any promise, huh?
2. Hi-ho! Yow! I'm surfing Arpanet!

And the number-one anagram for "Information Superhighway":

1. New utopia? Horrifying sham

Do not go gentle into that good night
Dylan Thomas
1914 –1953

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1.g4 Grob's Trap: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P50...

It's the Worst: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTi...

Levy faces the Grob: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHN...

It's BAD: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8e...

Bad in any language: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPo...

It's Unexpected: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ej4...

It's Terrible: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wB...

Not the Best Available: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXW...

I call

Bless Us, O Lord
Traditional Catholic Prayer

Bless us, O Lord,

And these Thy gifts

Which we are about to receive,

Through Thy bounty

Through Christ our Lord we pray.
Amen.