This file is a potpourri of openings. It has some less popular gambits and whatever KP extras get tossed in. Fredthebear has a broad casual/blitz repertoire and a narrower tournament/slow time controls repertoire.

FTB wants to take a last look at some of these QP/flank defenses.

Some of the stuff in here includes:
A00 Van Geet (Dunst)
A07 King's Indian Attack
B00 Nimzowitsch Defense: Scandinavian Variation
B00 Nimzowitsch Defense: Williams Variation
B01 Cntr Cntr Declined 2.Nc3
B03 Alekhine Defense: Exchange
B06 Modern Defense: Standard Defense
B06 Pterodactyl Defense: Eastern. Pterodactyl
B08 Pirc Classical Quiet System
B12 Caro-Kann Def Maroczy 3.f3
B12 Caro-Kann Def, Advance. Tal Var
B12 C-K Def Adv 3...c5 Botvinnik-Carls Def
B15 C-K Def. Rasa-Studier Gambit
B15 Caro-Kann Defense: Forgacs Variation
B15 Caro-Kann Defense: Tartakower Variation
B20 Sicilian Wing Gambit
B20 Sicilian, Lasker-Dunne Attack
B20 Sicilian Defense: Chameleon
B23 Sicilian unClosed. Chameleon Variation
B52 Sicilian Defense: Canal Attack. Main Line
B78 Sicilian Dragon. Yugoslav Attack
B80 Sicilian Scheveningen. English Attack
B90 Sicilian Najdorf. English Attack
C00 French Defense, Various
C21 Center Game: Halasz-McDonnell Gambit
C22 Center Game: Berger Variation
C22 Center Game: Paulsen Attack
C27 Bishop's Opening: Boden-Kieseritsky Gambit
C28 Bishop's Opening: Vienna Hybrid
C42 Russian Game: Nimzowitsch Attack
C48 Four Knights Game: Spanish. Classical
C66 Spanish Berlin Defense. Tarrasch Trap

St. Mark

War Pigs:

Generals gathered in their masses
Just like witches at black masses
Evil minds that plot destruction
Sorcerer of death's construction

In the fields, the bodies burning
As the war machine keeps turning
Death and hatred to mankind
Poisoning their brainwashed minds
Oh lord, yeah!

Politicians hide themselves away
They only started the war
Why should they go out to fight?
They leave that role to the poor, yeah

Time will tell on their power minds
Making war just for fun
Treating people just like pawns in chess
Wait till their judgement day comes, yeah!

Now in darkness, world stops turning
Ashes where their bodies burning
No more war pigs have the power
Hand of God has struck the hour

Day of judgement, God is calling
On their knees, the war pigs crawling
Begging mercy for their sins
Satan laughing, spreads his wings
Oh lord, yeah!

* H2P Chess: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Pq... - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IU6... - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6b...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKx...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXz... - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQR...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZr... - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lym...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUE... - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rs6...

* H2 Do Better: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARx... - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UoF...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ces... - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oj8...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=waA... - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpe...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xb...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSE...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkX... - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdU... - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpL... - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/jxxl...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/I2RH...

* Annotated Games: Game Collection: Annotated Games

* Alekhine, Exchange variation:
Game Collection: tpstar AD

* Assorted good games: Game Collection: assorted Good games - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VS...

* Back rank mating tactics: Game Collection: 610_Back rank mating tactics - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aaq...

* Bangers and mash with Guinness gravy

* Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess by Bobby Fischer, Stuart Margulies, Don Mosenfelder, et al. Publisher: Bantam, 1982
ISBN: 0553263153
ISBN13: 9780553130539

* 5 Biggest Mistakes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjW... - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UaT...

* Brutal Attacking Chess: Game Collection: Brutal Attacking Chess

* Best (Old) Games of All Time: Game Collection: Best Games of All Time

* Best of the British: Game Collection: Best of the British

* The Best Chess Games (part 2): Game Collection: The Best Chess Games (part 2)

* Black Storms: Game Collection: Tal - The Modern Benoni - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXm...

* Brilliant games: Game Collection: Brilliant games - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uC5...

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

* Caviar: https://www.chess.com/article/view/...

* Control the Center: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIZ... - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmG...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gps...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0S4...

* Center Game miniatures: http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches...

* C-K, 2 Knts games:
Game Collection: Caro-Kann Two Knights

* Checker's Twist: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Uik0...

* Basic Rules: https://thechessworld.com/basic-che...

* Capablanca's Double Attack — having the initiative is important: https://lichess.org/study/tzrisL1R

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

* Back rank mating tactics: Game Collection: 610_Back rank mating tactics

* 10 Tips: https://www.uschess.org/index.php/L...

* 10 Crazy Gambits: https://www.chess.com/blog/yola6655...

* 25 Opening Traps: https://www.chess.com/blog/ChessLor...

* Alpha Glossary: https://www.chess-poster.com/englis...

* Aggressive Gambits: https://thechessworld.com/articles/...

* List of gambits: https://detailedpedia.com/wiki-List...

* Artful Mates: Game Collection: Art of Checkmate

* Annotated Games: Game Collection: Annotated Games

* Assorted good games: Game Collection: assorted Good games

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

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

* ChessCafe.com column, The Openings Explained: Abby Marshall

* Basics of the Caro-Kann Defense: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8a...

* Brief Caro-Kann Defense Variations: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZ-...

* Black stops losing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgX...

* Use the Caro-Kann Defense: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtP...

* Three Caro-Kann Traps: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNp...

* The Caro-Kann Defense: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3H...

* Beat the Caro-Kann Quickly: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhj...

* Crush the Caro-Kann: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXv...

* The Caro-Kann, Advance Variation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npq...

* Gokerkan vs Niemann 2023: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gw...

* Classical Caro-Kann Defense: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QA1...

* Main Ideas of the Caro-Kann Defense: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pN...

* Magnus plays the Caro-Kann Defense: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDa...

* Karpov's Caro-Kann Defense: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aa4...

* ...c6 against all by Hansen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCZ...

* ...c6 speedrun by Hansen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDU...

* Instructive Caro-Kann: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLp...

* Dangerous Caro-Kann: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QI_...

* C-K Advance, Botvinnik-Carls Variation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWb...

* Caro-Kann, Fantasy Variation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4e...

* Caro-Kann, Korchnoi Variation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GF3...

* Complete Caro-Kann: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmZ...

* Chessbase: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZl...

* Chessbase: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mS_...

* Champion miniatures: Game Collection: Champions miniature champions - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/sN7Q...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/RcsP...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/2LtW...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/aaVc...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/6_0Z...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/XoeA...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/BGPf...

* Candidates 2014: World Championship Candidates (2014)

* Carlsen's Minis: Game Collection: Carlsen's winning miniatures

* Diagrammed Checkmate Patterns: Game Collection: Checkmate: Checkmate Patterns - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxJ... - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbA...

* Disastrous: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HY8... - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/lK2H...

* Accelerated Dragons:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csd...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jf...

* A great decade of chess: Game Collection: Mil y Una Partidas 1950-1959

* A41: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8Y...

* The 1.d4 e5 Englund Gambit:
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWe...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWe...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gb1...

* Expanded Edition:
Game Collection: 125 Greatest Chess Games - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/KFq8...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91L...

* Extraordinary: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/cNdC... - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/iQw5...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/MKXr...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/sBCP...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/j7e0...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/MJNC...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/0B75...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/W0zw...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/fzOH...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/SgEg...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/OM0V...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/9VZN...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/TiRe...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/sTGl...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/fAlR...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/eiwP...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/qZ6S...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/-aeG...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/DQAj...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/KboE...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/5bux...

* elmubarak's favorites: Game Collection: elmubarak: my fav games

* Famous brilliancies: Game Collection: brilliacies

* Fire Baptisms: Game Collection: Fire Baptisms

* The Fireside Book of Chess by Irving Chernev and Fred Reinfeld: Game Collection: Fireside Book of Chess

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

* Feeling Punny? Don't tell Fredthebear. Use the Submission Page: Pun Submission Page - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/iPgh...

* Forgive Them: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Ph2V... - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/GPBA...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/7APr...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Wb2B...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ZsLm...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/vSdO...

* Fried Fox is awful: https://allchessopenings.blogspot.c...

* Good Friday: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/K6gS...

* Gambits by ECO code: https://www.jimmyvermeer.com/openin...

* List of gambits: https://detailedpedia.com/wiki-List...

* Games of famous masters: Game Collection: bengalcat47's favorite games

* G7: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/48Kj... - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/bttx...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/3uj5...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/3jJO...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRc...

* 8 Middlegame plans: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJC... - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkO...

* GoY's 40 Favs: Game Collection: GoY's favorite games

* Greco's Mate: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nk0...

* Good Historical Links:
https://www.saund.co.uk/britbase/in...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/2gn7...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/y6Dj...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/GtIL...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/98Sd...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/BB9-...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/AZtF...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/19w2...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/6aD0...

* 'Great Brilliancy Prize Games of the Chess Masters' by Fred Reinfeld: Game Collection: 0

* Great Combinations: Game Collection: Combinations

* Hastings 1895: Hastings (1895)

* Impact of Genius: 500 years of Grandmaster Chess: Game Collection: Impact of Genius : 500 years of Grandmaster Ches

* The Immortal Game: A History of Chess, or How 32 Carved Pieces on a Board Illuminated Our Understanding of War, Art, Science and the Human Brain By David Shenk
Publisher: Vintage, 2007
ISBN: 1400034086
ISBN13: 9781400034086

* I see why: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/M3lg... - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZw...

* JonathanJ's favorites: Game Collection: JonathanJ's favorite games 4 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJ1...

* jorundte's favorites: Game Collection: jorundte's favorite games

* Weapons of Chess: An Omnibus of Chess Strategies (Fireside Chess Library) By Bruce Pandolfini (every move is explained in words) Publisher: Touchstone Books, 1989
ISBN: 0671659723
ISBN13: 9780671659721

* Learn Chess: A Complete Course by C.H. O'D Alexander and TJ Beach Publisher: Everyman Chess, 1994
ISBN: 185744115X
ISBN13: 9781857441154

* RUSSIAN CHESS (Fireside Chess Library) By Bruce Pandolfini Publisher: Touchstone Books, 1987
ISBN: 0671619845
ISBN13: 9780671619848

* Chess for the Gifted & Busy: A Short But Comprehensive Course from Beginner to Expert by Lev Alburt and Al Lawrence Publisher: Chess Information and Research Center, 2011 ISBN: 1889323241
ISBN13: 9781889323244
Release Date: October 2011

The Winning Way: The How What and Why of Opening Strategems (Fireside Chess Library) By Bruce Pandolfini Publisher: Fireside Books, 1998
ISBN: 0684839490
ISBN13: 9780684839493

* Logical Chess: Move By Move: Every Move Explained New Algebraic Edition By Irving Chernev
Publisher: Batsford, 2003
ISBN: 0713484640
ISBN13: 9780713484649

* The Six Power Moves Of Chess, 3rd Edition The Missing Key To Finding Good Chess Moves From Any Position! by William G. Karneges https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2v...
- https://archive.org/details/the-six...

* More Chess Openings: Traps and Zaps 2 (Fireside Chess Library) By Bruce Pandolfini
Publisher: Touchstone Books, 1993
ISBN: 067179499X
ISBN13: 9780671794996

* Capablanca: My Chess Career, Chess Fundamentals & A Primer of Chess (3 books in 1 volume) By José Raúl Capablanca Publisher: Everyman Chess, 2017
ISBN: 1781943966
ISBN13: 9781781943960

Pandolfini's Chess Complete: The Most Comprehensive Guide to the Game from History to Strategy (Fireside Chess Library) By Bruce Pandolfini and E.J. Koh 540 Questions and Answers
Publisher: Touchstone Books, 1992
ISBN: 067170186X
ISBN13: 9780671701864

* Chess: 5334 Problems, Combinations and Games by László Polgár Publisher: Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, 2013 ISBN: B00509COPK
ISBN13: 9781579125547

* Chess Thinking: The Visual Dictionary of Over 1000 Moves, Rules, Strategies, and Concepts (Fireside Chess Library) By Bruce Pandolfini Publisher: Touchstone, 1995
ISBN: 0671795023
ISBN13: 9780671795023

* Ideas Behind the Chess Openings: Algebraic Edition by Reuben Fine Publisher: Random House Puzzles & Games, 1990
ISBN: 0812917561
ISBN13: 9780812917567

* The Woodpecker Method by Hans Tikkanen and Axel Smith Publisher: Quality Chess, 2019
ISBN: 1784830542
ISBN13: 9781784830540

* The Art of Positional Play by Samuel Reshevsky Publisher: Random House Puzzles & Games, 1980
ISBN: 0679141014
ISBN13: 9780679141013

* Mil y Una Partidas 1914-1931: Game Collection: Mil y Una Partidas 1914-1931

* Chess Training Pocket Book: 300 Most Important Positions and Ideas By Lev Alburt
Publisher: Chess Information and Research Center, 2010 ISBN: 1889323225
ISBN13: 9781889323220

* My System - 21st Century Edition by Aron Nimzowitsch, edited by Lou Hayes Publisher: Hays Publishing, 1992
ISBN: 1880673851
ISBN13: 9781880673850

* Chess Praxis: The Praxis of My System - 21st Edition by Aron Nimzowitsch, edited by Lou Hayes Publisher: Hays Publishing

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

* Essential Chess Endings by GM James Howell

* Capablanca's Best Chess Endings: 60 Complete Games By José Raúl Capablanca and Irving Chernev
Publisher: Dover Publications, 1982
ISBN: 0486242498
ISBN13: 9780486242491
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91L...

* The World Champions Teach Chess by Yakov Estrin and Isaac Romanov Publisher: A & C Black, 1988
ISBN: 0713655968
ISBN13: 9780713655964

* Moscow 1951 World Championship Match: Botvinnik v. Bronstein By Mikhail Botvinnik (Progress in Chess series)
Publisher: Edition Olms, 2004
ISBN: 3283004595
ISBN13: 9783283004590

* Tal-Botvinnik, 1960 by Mikhail Tal
Publisher: Russell Enterprises, 2016
ISBN: 1941270425
ISBN13: 9781941270424

* My 60 Memorable Games by Bobby Fischer
Publisher: Batsford, 2009
ISBN: 190638830X
ISBN13: 9781906388300

* Second Piatigorsky Cup
Introduction by Gregor Piatigorsky. Edited by Isaac Kashdan with a new foreword by Sam Sloan.

* 'The Mammoth Book of the World's Greatest Chess Games' by Graham Burgess, John Nunn and John Emms. New expanded edition-now with 125 games. Game Collection: Mammoth Book-Greatest Games (Nunn/Burgess/Emms)

* maxruen's favorites: Game Collection: maxruen's favorite games III

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

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

* Miniatures: Game Collection: 200 Miniature Games of Chess - Du Mont (III)

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

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

* Pinch of... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oU_...

* POTD 2023: Game Collection: Puzzle of the Day 2023

* Nicodemus was confused: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Buxu...

* Ol' Man River: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=df4... - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/DSiJ...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/wvlW...

* OCB incredibility: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7T...

* Oskar plays 1e4: Oskar Oglaza

* Outsmart 'em: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0v... - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/5diI...

* 'Chess Praxis' by Aron Nimzowitsch: Game Collection: Chess Praxis (Nimzowitsch)

* Pawn Instruction: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPr... - http://www.logicalchess.com/learn/l... - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VS...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9o...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skh...

* Petrosian's Best: Game Collection: P.H.Clarke: Petrosian's Best games

* Q vs P ending: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/jzxs...

* Queen taker: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ljB1... - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/auHf...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syr...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IfQ...

* QGD: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCz... - Game Collection: QUEEN'S GAMBIT DECLINED - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEQ...

- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sF4... - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwP...

- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYy... - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=poD...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/MPu6...

* 500 Assorted: Game Collection: assorted Good games

* QGD D06: Queen's Gambit Declined (D06)

* Secrets of the Russian Chess Masters Volume II: Game Collection: Secrets of the Russian Chess Masters Volume II

* Ray Keene's favorite games: Game Collection: ray keene's favorite games

* Reti Opening: Game Collection: Reti Opening

* Veliki majstori saha 16 RETI (Slavko Petrovic): Game Collection: Veliki majstori saha 16 RETI (Petrovic)

* Richard Réti's Best Games by Golombek: Game Collection: Richard Réti's Best Games by Golombek

* Smothered steak: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZp...

* Small talk: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/yXCx... - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/3OeO...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Z289...

* sapientdust's favorites: Game Collection: sapientdust's favorite games

* shakman's favorites: Game Collection: shakman's favorite games - 2

* Stunners: Game Collection: Stunners - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/CI49...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/FnDB...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/W3JH...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/CJYL...

* Solitaire: Game Collection: Solitaire Chess by I. A. Horowitz

* Stop doubting: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/1gfu... - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/qO-M...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/6lxm...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/rp8c...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/OfPm...

* Stone dumb: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXl...

* The Soviet School of Chess by A. Kotov; M. Yudovich https://archive.org/details/kotov-s...

* tacticmania - Game Collection: tacticmania

* Tate lecture: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zyh...

* Terminology: https://www.angelfire.com/games5/ch...

* Two enemies: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/LCQu...

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

* Secrets of Combination: Game Collection: Secrets of the Russian Chess Masters Volume II - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/zCYn...

* Top 8 chess mistakes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzG...

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

* Top Games by Year: Wikipedia article: List of chess games

* The Unthinkable: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9z... - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/qE9j...

* Understanding the Chess Openings: https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/Bo...

* Universal studios: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7C... - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/3jJO...

* Variety pack: Game Collection: KID games

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

* Waltzing Matilda: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p67... - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/JAps...

* Wall's APCT Miniatures:
http://billwall.phpwebhosting.com/c... - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/M67w...

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

* Williams Gambit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cw3...

* Wolf's Bane: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Op... - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Ryha...

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

* Word gets around.

* Exchange sacs: Game Collection: Exchange sacs - 1 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYG...

* You should be: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/zMcK...

* 960Chess: https://lichess.org/variant/chess960

* 1967: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/PiFW...

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

* Zwischenzug: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6U9...

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

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"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

The Two Mules

Two mules were bearing on their backs,
One, oats; the other, silver of the tax.
The latter glorying in his load,
Marched proudly forward on the road;
And, from the jingle of his bell,
It was plain he liked his burden well.
But in a wild-wood glen
A band of robber men
Rushed forth on the twain.
Well with the silver pleased,
They by the bridle seized
The treasure-mule so vain.
Poor mule! in struggling to repel
His ruthless foes, he fell
Stabbed through; and with a bitter sighing,
He cried, "Is this the lot they promised me?
My humble friend from danger free,
While, weltering in my gore, I'm dying?"
"My friend," his fellow-mule replied,
"It is not well to have one's work too high.
If you had been a miller's drudge, as I,
You would not thus have died."

Riddle Question: What two words, added together, contain the most letters?

The Krebs cycle is the second of three stages necessary for cellular respiration; the other two stages are glycolysis (the first stage) and electron transport/oxidative phosphorylation (the third stage). In animals, the Krebs cycle occurs in the mitochondria, inside the cells; in plants, it occurs in the chloroplasts. Traveling via the bloodstream, glucose (good sugar, not man-made sugar) is what stokes the mitochondrial furnaces responsible for your brainpower. And glucose in the only fuel our brain knows how to use!

Riddle Answer: Post office.

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.

"A man is but the product of his thoughts. What he thinks, he becomes." — Mahatma Gandhi

"Never be bullied into silence, never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life, define yourself." — Robert Frost

"An eye for an eye will only make the whole world blind." — Mahatma Gandhi

"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.

'As you make your bed, so you must lie upon it

<<Vukovic's Guidelines for Attack:>

01) If you attack the king, make sure that either your opponent cannot counterattack, or at least that your attack is more quick or more dangerous.

02) So, you must look at the whole board, and the chances for both sides, when deciding whether to attack or not.

03) Security in the centre lends support to a wing attack. A central pawn blockade prevents or limits counter-attacks, and makes a pawn attack easier.

04) This is particularly true of attacks with pawns, which must creep forward more slowly than other pieces. If you can make an attack with pieces alone, leave your pawns at home.

05) If you already have a pawn advanced, e.g. to f5, which may block your bishop on the diagonal b1-h7, then you might be better off going for a pawn storm by advancing the g-pawn.

06) As a rule, it is difficult to break through with pawns against the unweakened castled king's position. This is because the pawn wave can be blockaded.

07) So, it is usually important to weaken the castled position first (e.g. by ganging up on h7 you might force ...g6 or ...h6).

08) Pawns don't half get in the way of rooks. If you cannot open a file, you can often get your rooks into action in front of your pawns, for example, by playing them to the third rank.

09) Pawn advances loosen your position, and may be a disadvantage in the ending.

10) Although you must be careful before starting an attack, once you have started you must go in as hard and fast as you can. This is even more important if you realize you shouldn't have started the attack quite yet - if you try to back out you will only make things worse.>

According to Chessmetrics, Emanuel 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

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1737 – Philipp Stamma (Syria) publishes Essai sur le jeu des échecs. The book features an early form of algebraic notation (for example, '1. e4 e5' in modern notation would be written as 'p e 4 | p e 5' in Stamma's). The first half primarily concerns opening theory, with particular emphasis on various opening gambits, and the second half gives the first detailed exploration of endgame theory.

1744 – François-André Danican Philidor (France) plays two opponents blindfolded in Paris.

1745 – Philipp Stamma's work is translated from French to English, and published as 'The Noble Game of Chess'.

1747 – Philidor decisively defeats Stamma in 8/9 games while visiting London, instantly gaining international fame.

1763 – Sir William Jones invents Caïssa, the chess muse.

1769 – Baron Wolfgang von Kempelen builds the Mechanical Turk, a fake chess-playing humanoid "machine" in fact operated secretly by a human.

1783 – Philidor plays as many as three games simultaneously without seeing the board.

<Pastime with good company I love and shall, until I die.
Grudge who list, but none deny!
So God be pleased, thus live will I.>
― Henry VIII of England

1.Nf3 is the third most popular of the twenty legal opening moves White has, behind only 1.e4 and 1.d4.

"In baseball, my theory is to strive for consistency, not to worry about the numbers. If you dwell on statistics you get shortsighted; if you aim for consistency, the numbers will be there at the end." ― Tom Seaver

"Rooks need each other in the middlegame. This is why one should keep their rooks connected until the opposing queen is off the board. She'll snare 'em (usually from a centralized square on an open diagonal or perhaps a poisoned pawn approach of the unprotected b2/b7 and g2/g7 square next to the occupied corner) if the two rooks are not protecting each other." ― Fredthebear

"If you want happiness for an hour—take a nap. If you want happiness for a day—go fishing. If you want happiness for a year—inherit a fortune. If you want happiness for a lifetime—help someone else." ~ Chinese Proverb

<Writing from his experience of the devastation of World War I, Edwardian poet <Alfred Noyes>' well-known "On the Western Front" speaks from the perspective of soldiers buried in graves marked by simple crosses, asking that their deaths not be in vain. Praise of the dead was not what the dead needed, but peace made by the living. An excerpt:

We, who lie here, have nothing more to pray.
To all your praises we are deaf and blind.
We may not ever know if you betray
Our hope, to make earth better for mankind.>

You can't make bricks without straw

You can't run with the hare and hunt with the hounds

You can't take it with you when you die

You can't teach an old dog new tricks

You can't judge a book by its cover

You can't win them all

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar

You pays your money and you takes your choice

You reap what you sow

You win some, you lose some

Youth is wasted on the young

This is ten percent luck, twenty percent skill
Fifteen percent concentrated power of will
Five percent pleasure, fifty percent pain
And a hundred percent reason to remember the name! ― Fort Minor

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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 (‘Deutsch von Heinrich Fraenkel')

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)

Feb-09-12
ray keene: nimzos best endgames
v lasker zurich 1934
v spielmann carlsbad 1929
v lundin stockholm 1934
v maroczy bled 1931
v henneberger winterthur 1931
v thomas frankfurt 1930
v sultan khan liege 1930
v marshall berlin 1928
v reti berlin 1928
v alehine ny 1927
v tchigorin carlsbad 1907
and for a joke entry duras v nimzo san sebastian 1912 !!

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

"You must play boldly to win." — Arnold Palmer

"Champions keep playing until they get it right." — Billie Jean King

Fred Wellmuth was a strong amateur from California

"Sir, if you could beat me, I would know you." — José Raúl Capablanca (to an unknown player who had rejected Capablanca's offer of queen odds, on the grounds that Capablanca didn't know him, and might lose)

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!

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Slow Down
Kimberley Hamilton

Slow down life is not a race,
Slow down and give God space,
Slow down and take things at His pace,
Just slow down.

Slow down embrace the morning sunrise,
Slow down and look into a child's eyes,
Slow down life is full of surprise,
Just slow down.

Slow down and listen to a robin sing,
Slow down see the chicks gather in their mother's wing, Slow down acknowledge Christ as King,
Just Slow down.

Slow down and watch the stars at night,
Slow down as they twinkle oh so bright,
Slow down everything will turn out right,
If you just Slow down.

'Don't look a gift horse in the mouth'

"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.

"Win any way as long as you can get away with it. Nice guys finish last." ― Leo Durocher

"Never chase love, affection, or attention. If it isn't given freely by another person, it isn't worth having." ― Unknown

"In order to improve your game, you must study the endgame before everything else. For whereas the endings can be studied and mastered by themselves, the middle game and opening must be studied in relation to the end game." ― José Raúl Capablanca

'A problem shared is a problem halved'

"To bear trials with a calm mind robs misfortune of its strength and burden." ― Seneca

<<<Analysis of The Coming Of Winter> Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin (1799 – 1837)>

_Stanzas from 'Onegin'_

Our Northern Winter's fickle Summer,
Than Southern Winter scarce more bland--
Is undeniably withdrawing
On fleeting footsteps from the land.
Soon will the Autumn dim the heavens,
The light of sunbeams rarer grown--
Already every day is shorter,
While with a smitten hollow tone
The forest drops its shadow leafage;
Upon the fields the mists lie white,
In lusty caravans the wild geese
Now to the milder South take flight;
Seasons of tedium draw near,
Before the door November drear!

From shivering mist ascends the morning,
The bustle, of the fields declines,
The wolf walks now upon the highway,
In wolfish hunger howls and whines;
The traveller's pony scents him, snorting--
The heedful wanderer breathless takes
His way in haste beyond the mountains!
And though no longer when day breaks
Forth from their stalls the herd begins
To drive the kine,--his noon-day horn recalls.
The peasant maiden sings and spins,
Before her crackling, flaming bright
The pine chips,--friend of Winter night.

And see! The hoar frost colder sparkles
And spreads its silver o'er the fields,
Alas! the golden days are vanished!
Reluctant Nature mournful yields.
The stream with ice all frozen over
Gleams as some fashionable parquet,
And thronging hordes of boyish skaters
Sweep forward on its crystal way.
On her red claws despondent swimming,
The plump goose parts the water cold,
Then on the ice with caution stalking
She slips and tumbles,--ah behold!
Now the first snowflake idling down
Stars the depressing landscape brown.

At such a season in the country,
What can a man's amusements be?
Walk? And but more of empty highway
And of deserted village see?
Or let him through the far Steppes gallop,
His horse can scarcely stand at all--
His stamping hoofs in vain seek foothold,
The rider dreading lest he fall!
So then remain within thy paling,
Read thou in Pradt or Walter Scott,
Compare thy varying editions,
Drink, and thy scoffing mood spare not!
As the long evenings drag away
So doth the Winter too delay.

Sometimes he read aloud with Olga
A latter day romance discreet,
Whose author truly painted nature,
With cunning plot, insight complete;
Oft he passed over a few pages,
Too bald or tasteless in their art--
And coloring, began on further,
Not to disturb the maiden heart.
Again, they sat for hours together,
With but a chess board to divide;
She with her arms propped on the table,
Deep pondering, puzzled to decide--
Till Lenski from his inward storm
Captured her castle with his pawn!

Love condescends to every altar,
Ah when in hearts of youth it springs,
Its coming brings such glad refreshment
As May rain o'er the pasture flings!
Lifted from passion's melancholy
The life breaks forth in fairer flower,
The soul receives a new enrichment--
Fruition sweet and full of power.
But when on later altars arid
It downward sweeps, about us flows--
Love leaves behind such deathly traces
As Autumn tempests where it blows
To strip the woods with ruthless hand,
And turn to soggy waste the land!

How sad to me is thine appearing,
O Springtime, hour of love's unrest!
Within the soul what nameless languors!
What passions hid within the breast!
With what a heavy, heavy spirit
From the earth's rustic lap I feel

That once could make my spirit reel!
No more for me such pleasures thrilling,

All that exults,--brings but despondence
To one past passion as past strife,

Wearied unto satiety.

That which in Autumn drooped and pined,
Now radiant in verdure springing,

As with a tortured soul we realize
In Nature's glad awakening,

Who evermore are withering.
Perchance there haunts us in remembrance,

Another long forgotten Springtime--
And trembling neath this pang supreme,
The heart faints for a distant country
And for a night beside the sea!>

Без труда́ не вы́тащишь и ры́бку из пруда́ Pronunciation: bez truDAH ni VYtashish i RYBku iz pruDAH Translation: Without hard work, one wouldn't even get a fish out of a pond Meaning: No pain, no gain

Any Russian child knows that fishing involves hard work, all thanks to this popular proverb which was even included in the official school curriculum during the Soviet years.

"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 Tide Rises, the Tide Falls
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1807-1882

The tide rises, the tide falls,
The twilight darkens, the curlew calls;
Along the sea-sands damp and brown
The traveller hastens toward the town,
And the tide rises, the tide falls.

Darkness settles on roofs and walls,
But the sea, the sea in darkness calls;
The little waves, with their soft, white hands,
Efface the footprints in the sands,
And the tide rises, the tide falls.

The morning breaks; the steeds in their stalls
Stamp and neigh, as the hostler calls;
The day returns, but nevermore
Returns the traveller to the shore,
And the tide rises, the tide falls.

"There are good ships, and there are wood ships, ships that sail the sea, but the best ships are friendships, and may they always be." — Anonymous

"Life is what you make it: If you snooze, you lose; and if you snore, you lose more." — Phyllis George

Galatians 6:7 in the Bible "Be not deceived, God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap."

"those who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones" is often cited as originating in Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde written in 1385.

"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 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

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'Ask a silly question and you'll get a silly answer

<<Page 166 of The Personality of Chess by <I.A. Horowitz and P.L. Rothenberg> (New York, 1963) gave ‘a hitherto unpublished limerick-acrostic:>

Caissa, the goddess of Chess,
Has this task, no more and no less;
Every game, match and damn bit,
Sicilian and gambit
She must ever be ready to bless.>

Riddle Question: The one who has it does not keep it. It is large and small. It is any shape.

Bears like 'em too.

Riddle Answer: A gift.

"Happiness is not something ready-made. It comes from your own actions." — Dalai Lama

"The winner is the one who makes the next-to-last mistake." ― Savielly Tartakower

"If knowledge and foresight are too penetrating and deep, unify them with ease and sincerity." ― Xunzi

"Man conquers the world by conquering himself." ― Zeno of Citium (Founder of Stoicism)

"Why leave your success up to dumb luck or accident when you can take a stand, make a plan, and be proactive in your pursuits and possibilities?" ― Susan C. Young

"When someone is properly grounded in life, they shouldn't have to look outside themselves for approval." ― Epictetus

"To be kind to all, to like many and love a few, to be needed and wanted by those we love, is certainly the nearest we can come to happiness." — Mary Stuart

<<<Nothing Gold Can Stay> By Robert Frost>

Nature's first green is gold,
Her hardest hue to hold.
Her early leaf's a flower;
But only so an hour.
Then leaf subsides to leaf.
So Eden sank to grief,
So dawn goes down to day.
Nothing gold can stay.>

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

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.'

POTUS 31. Herbert Hoover
"Be patient and calm; no one can catch a fish with anger."

The Oak and the Reed

The oak one day addressed the reed:
"To you ungenerous indeed
Has nature been, my humble friend,
With weakness aye obliged to bend.
The smallest bird that flits in air
Is quite too much for you to bear;
The slightest wind that wreathes the lake
Your ever-trembling head does shake.
The while, my towering form
Dares with the mountain top
The solar blaze to stop,
And wrestle with the storm.
What seems to you the blast of death,
To me is but a zephyr's breath.
Beneath my branches had you grown,
That spread far round their friendly bower,
Less suffering would your life have known,
Defended from the tempest's power.
Unhappily you oftenest show
In open air your slender form,
Along the marshes wet and low,
That fringe the kingdom of the storm.
To you, declare I must,
Dame Nature seems unjust."
Then modestly replied the reed:
"Your pity, sir, is kind indeed,
But wholly needless for my sake.
The wildest wind that ever blew
Is safe to me compared with you.
I bend, indeed, but never break.
Thus far, I own, the hurricane
Has beat your sturdy back in vain;
But wait the end." Just at the word,
The tempest's hollow voice was heard.
The North sent forth her fiercest child,
Dark, jagged, pitiless, and wild.
The oak, erect, endured the blow;
The reed bowed gracefully and low.
But, gathering up its strength once more,
In greater fury than before,
The savage blast
Overthrew, at last,
That proud, old, sky-encircled head,
Whose feet entwined the empire of the dead!

CHESS WORDS of WISDOM
The Principles, Methods and
Essential Knowledge of Chess
MIKE HENEBRY
2011

You should not trade pieces if you have the initiative

Opening the position helps to exploit weak squares

The best number of pawn islands to have is two

Exchanges increase the chances of mobilizing the majority wing

When behind in pieces, trade pawns, but not pieces

Calculate wide, not deep

Space is usually more important than time (Fredthebear disagrees)

Releasing the tension reduces your options

The player playing against the IQP should usually exchange all of the knights

You should not mobilize pawn structures that have doubled pawns

If a move looks bad on general principles, the plan is probably bad

The side with a positional advantage has no need to complicate

Knights are often better than bishops in blitz

A plan is made up of ideas, not moves

Trying to play the best move and playing to win are not the same

When faced with a critical position, you have to calculate variations

A gambited pawn is equal to three tempi

With the initiative, miracles can happen

Do not ignore your intuition

The weak point of the fianchetto position is the h3 (h6) square

Complications are good for the side that is losing

Long analysis, wrong analysis

If the move feels wrong, it usually is

The fianchettoed bishop is not as good as a pawn is in guarding holes

Do not win a pawn if it costs you more than two tempi

Sharp openings are best in blitz

The initiative is especially important in blitz

To play chess at a strong level, it is essential to play according to sound principles

To increase the influence of your fianchettoed bishop, open the center

A temporary advantage must be exploited at once

When you fianchetto one bishop, the other bishop automatically loses a little of its mobility

Rooks attack best from a distance

You should not change openings because the opponent is higher-rated

Passive defense can work against rook and knight pawns, but it does not work against inner pawns

An imbalance is a double-edged sword

Pawns gain in strength as the power of the pieces left on the board decreases

There is a difference between blitz and time-trouble

Exchange your redundant rook for your opponent's only rook

When ahead pieces, trade pieces, when behind pieces, trade pawns

When you are ahead on pieces, trade pieces (but not necessarily pawns)

Connected passed pawns on the 6th rank beat a Rook

The more redundant two pieces are, generally the weaker they are together

A lead in development is less important in closed positions

An advantage in development leads to other advantages

Poor development is a key breeding ground for opening traps

It is usually a good strategy to put your pawns on the color opposite of your bishop

He who fears an isolated queen's pawn should give up chess

Space is not an advantage unless you can use it beneficially for maneuvering and for piece play

A three-to-two majority is easier to convert into a passed pawn than is a four to-three majority

Plan your action on the side of your pawn majority

A central pawn majority favors the attacker

The fewer pawn islands you have the stronger the structure is

The square in front of the backward pawn is the main factor

Having a rook on the seventh rank is worth about a pawn

It is best to leave active pieces where they are

The initiative is above everything

Tactics flow from superior positions

Only calculate when it is essential

Bishops gain in strength as the endgame approaches

Calculate the moves that are forcing and tactical first

The player with an advantage must attack

Only the player with the initiative has the right to attack

If an attack can succeed with pieces alone, then leave the pawns where they are

It is usually better to have the rook in front of the queen when playing on an open file

If there are no weaknesses, you do not have an attack

Queen exchanges are usually better for the player who is attacking on the queenside

Take the minimum risk and use the maximum in economy to stop an attack

Only defend against direct threats

Bishops and knights rarely coordinate well with each other (Fredthebear says the knight can pile on the diagonal aim of the bishop for a numbers advantage, such as the Fried Live Attack striking together on f7. The bishop lurking behind the knight makes for excellent discovered attacks.)

A sudden change into an endgame can throw an attacker off his game

Three useable diagonals are worth a pawn

Plans are usually made for just a few moves at a time

Any imbalance should give the stronger player an edge

Wing pawns become more valuable relative to central pawns as material diminishes

There is no room for mistakes in a king and pawn endgame

It is usually a mistake to move a pawn on the side where your opponent is attacking

Try to meet short-term threats with long-term moves

The first player in an open position to control an open central file will generally get the initiative

It is usually wrong to remove a piece from an open file to avoid exchanges

Play where you have the advantage

You can usually allow weaknesses in your position in return for good piece activity

The move g3 is usually a more weakening move than h3

A weak square for one player is potentially a strong square for the other

You cannot consider the white and black squares in isolation when analyzing a position

Color Complex weaknesses are not as important when the minor pieces are gone

A support point is only valuable if it is near the action When your pieces are coordinated, they develop extraordinary power

If you have the bishop pair, put your pawns on the same color as your opponent's remaining bishop

If you are facing a double fianchetto, try to close the position and gain control of the center

The knight pair is not a good combination

Never use a rook to defend a pawn
(Never say never.)

If you have a dynamic advantage, but a static weakness, it might be better to keep your queen

If the rooks cannot penetrate, it is often worth the sacrifice of the ex-change to force penetration

Zollner Gambit: 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be2 Bg7 7.Be3 Nc6 8.0-0 0-0 9.f4 Qb6 10.e5

Question: What is considered the first reality TV show?

Answer: The Real World

Thank you, Qindarka!

Question: Who was Russia's first elected president?

Answer: Boris Yeltsin

A quote from the link: https://www.libertarianism.org/what...

"Modern day politicians on the left and right sometimes pay lip service to these ideas, but in practice they reject them. Legislation is all about imposing an order from above, rather than letting one emerge from below. And in creating their schemes, politicians all too often fail to give citizens their due as people, treating them as pawns and running roughshod over their rights to decide and plan for themselves."

<<<High Flight> BY JOHN GILLESPIE MAGEE JR.>

Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth
And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings; Sunward I've climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth of sun-split clouds,—and done a hundred things You have not dreamed of—wheeled and soared and swung High in the sunlit silence. Hov'ring there,
I've chased the shouting wind along, and flung
My eager craft through footless halls of air ....

Up, up the long, delirious, burning blue
I've topped the wind-swept heights with easy grace Where never lark nor ever eagle flew—
And, while with silent lifting mind I've trod
The high untrespassed sanctity of space,
Put out my hand, and touched the face of God.>

Zechariah 3:9 - See, the stone I have set in front of Joshua! There are seven eyes on that one stone, and I will engrave an inscription on it,' says the LORD Almighty, 'and I will remove the sin of this land in a single day.

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.

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

"The Lord is first, my friends are second, and I am third." ― Gale Sayers

"To what greater inspiration and counsel can we turn than to the imperishable truth to be found in this treasure house, the Bible?" — Queen Elizabeth II

"Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations become corrupt and vicious, they have more need of masters." ― Benjamin Franklin

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

"Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace, and gratitude." ― Denis Waitley

Luck never gives; it only lends. ~ Scottish Proverb

"The harder you fall, the heavier your heart; the heavier your heart, the stronger you climb; the stronger you climb, the higher your pedestal." — Criss Jami

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.

"God's mercy and grace give me hope - for myself, and for our world." — Billy Graham

"Man has two great spiritual needs. One is for forgiveness. The other is for goodness." — Billy Graham

Proverbs 1:7 "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction."

<from the simpleton poet:

Roses are red.
Violets are blue.

Chess is creative.
And a journey too.

Good in the morning.
Or just before bed.

Play cheater_1, with engine.
Or OTB, all in your head.>

"There just isn't enough televised chess." — David Letterman

"Do the things that interest you and do them with all your heart. Don't be concerned about whether people are watching you or criticizing you. The chances are that they aren't paying any attention to you. It's your attention to yourself that is so stultifying. But you have to disregard yourself as completely as possible. If you fail the first time then you'll just have to try harder the second time. After all, there's no real reason why you should fail. Just stop thinking about yourself." — Eleanor Roosevelt

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

"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

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"Stay sharp, play smart, and take care." ― NM Nelson Lopez

Z is for Zookeeper (to the tune of "Do You Know the Muffin Man?")

Oh do you know the zookeeper,
The zookeeper, the zookeeper?
Oh, do you know the zookeeper
Who works down at the zoo?

Q: Why did the rubber chicken cross the road?
A: To stretch her legs.

Sing it Frankie! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEc...