Chess never sleeps. ― morts370

"Life is like a game of chess.
To win you have to make a move.
Knowing which move to make comes with IN-SIGHT
and knowledge, and by learning the lessons that are accumulated along the way.

We become each and every piece within the game called life!" ― Allan Rufus, The Master's Sacred Knowledge

"All the adversity I've had in my life, all my troubles and obstacles, have strengthened me... You may not realize it when it happens, but a kick in the teeth may be the best thing in the world for you." ― Walt Disney

"Attack! Always attack!" — Adolph Anderssen

"Chess first of all teaches you to be objective." Source: "The Soviet School of Chess" Book by Alexander Kotov, p. 42, 2001.

"Among a great many other things that chess teaches you is to control the initial excitement you feel when you see something that looks good. It trains you to think before grabbing and to think just as objectively when you're in trouble." — Stanley Kubrick

"Chess helps you to concentrate, improve your logic. It teaches you to play by the rules, take responsibility for your actions, how to problem solve in an uncertain environment." — Garry Kasparov

"Daring ideas are like chessmen moved forward. They may be beaten, but they may start a winning game." — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

"To avoid losing a piece, many a person has lost the game." — Savielly Tartakower

"Battles are won by slaughter and maneuver. The greater the general, the more he contributes in maneuver, the less he demands in slaughter." ― Winston S. Churchill

"A lot of people watching will wonder what does a true Scotsman wear under his kilt? I can tell you a true Scotsman will never tell you what he wears under his kilt. He will show you at the drop of a hat." ― Fred MacCaulay

Q: Why do pipers walk while they play?
A: To get away from the noise.

"The journey is its own reward." — Homer

"People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf." ― George Orwell

"In chess, as in life, a man is his own most dangerous opponent." ― Vasily Smyslov

"I always plan for long-term; life to me is a never-ending chess match." ― James D. Wilson

"Tis action moves the world....in the game of chess, mind that: ye cannot leave your men to stand unmoving on the board and hope to win. A soldier must first step upon the battlefield if does mean to cross it." ― Susanna Kearsley, The Winter Sea

"It's an entire world of just 64 squares. I feel safe in it. I can control it; I can dominate it. And it's predictable. So, if I get hurt, I only have myself to blame." ― Walter Tevis, The Queen's Gambit

"In life, as in chess, it is always better to analyze one's motives and intentions." ― Vladimir Nabokov

"There are no adequate substitutes for father, mother, and children bound together in a loving commitment to nurture and protect. No government, no matter how well-intentioned, can take the place of the family in the scheme of things." ― Gerald R. Ford

"You cannot undermine police authority and then complain about rising crime." ― Thomas Paine

"The game gives us a satisfaction that Life denies us. And for the Chess player, the success which crowns his work, the great dispeller of sorrows, is named 'combination'." ― Emanuel Lasker

"The move is there, but you must see it." ― Savielly Tartakower

"Never play to win a pawn while your development is yet unfinished!" ― Aron Nimzowitsch

"Check your moves well, because it can cost one pawn or losing a lot of just from three moves!" ― Deyth Banger

"What is a weak pawn? A pawn that is exposed to attack and also difficult to defend is a weak pawn. There are several varieties: isolated, doubled, too advanced, retarded backward." ― Samuel Reshevsky, Art of Positional Play (Note: A weak pawn cannot be defended by another pawn; it's protection must come from a piece of the back rank that might rather be more aggressively active.)

"Of course, errors are not good for a chess game, but errors are unavoidable and in any case, a game without errors, or as they say 'flawless game' is colorless." ― Mikhail Tal

"Whereas a novice makes moves until he gets checkmated (proof), a Grand Master realizes 20 moves in advance that it's futile to continue playing (conceptualizing)." ― Bill Gaede

"Chess is not a game, it's a war." ― Joshua the poetic penguin

"Never trust a government that doesn't trust its own citizens with guns." ― Benjamin Franklin

"The King in chess is indeed a symbol of unity and wholeness and the other pieces are not separate entities but rather parts of "the One Thing", as Campbell put it." ― Roumen Bezergianov, Character Education with Chess

"In chess, without the king, the other pieces would all be "dead", so their existence is supported by the king, but they need to serve the king with their capacity for action in order to have a good game." ― Roumen Bezergianov

"...That is my biography from the first day of my chess life to the present.

JOURNALIST. And your plans?
PLAYER. To play!"
― Mikhail Tal, The Life and Games of Mikhail Tal

"There had been a few times over the past year when she felt like this, with her mind not only dizzied but nearly terrified by the endlessness of chess." ― Walter Tevis, The Queen's Gambit

"Но человек существо легкомысленное и неблаговидное и, может быть, подобно шахматному игроку, любит только один процесс достижения цели, а не самую цель." ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Notes from Underground Russian

"But man is a frivolous and unseemly creature and, perhaps, like a chess player, loves only one process of achieving a goal, and not the goal itself." ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Notes from Underground English translation

"Le jeu dechec, say the French, n'est pas assez jeu: That is, chess games and others of the same importance, are not Spill, but a Study. Such may be presented to those who have nothing to order, and who fear, out of idleness, for the rust of Hiernen, but not industrious people who seek recreation in Spill and Company." ― Ludvig Holberg, Epistles

"To refer to the oft mooted question, "Which piece is stronger, the Bishop or the Knight?" it is clear that the value of the Bishop undergoes greater changes than that of the Knight." ― Emanuel Lasker

"A player can sometimes afford the luxury of an inaccurate move, or even a definite error, in the opening or middlegame without necessarily obtaining a lost position. In the endgame ... an error can be decisive, and we are rarely presented with a second chance." ― Paul Keres

"An advantage could consist not only in a single important advantage but also in a multitude of insignificant advantages." ― Emanuel Lasker, "Lasker's Manual of Chess", p.464

"She had heard of the genetic code that could shape an eye or hand from passing proteins. Deoxyribonucleic acid. It contained the entire set of instructions for constructing a respiratory system and a digestive one, as well as the grip of an infant's hand. Chess was like that. The geometry of a position could be read and reread and not exhausted of possibility. You saw deeply into the layer of it, but there was another layer beyond that, and another, and another." ― Walter Tevis, The Queen's Gambit

"Truth derives its strength not so much from itself as from the brilliant contrast it makes with what is only apparently true. This applies especially to Chess, where it is often found that the profoundest moves do not much startle the imagination." ― Emanuel Lasker, Common Sense in Chess

"Chess, like love, is infectious at any age - Salo Flohr" ― Irving Chernev, The Most Instructive Games of Chess Ever Played: 62 Masterpieces of Chess Strategy

"Life is short, precious, and should not be wasted. Everyone has a chance at it. We're equals after all. There are no pawns, no kings, and no queens.
We're all humans and we all have the same value." ― Cristelle Comby, Blind Chess

"Life is a mysterious and witty intermingling of fate and events." ― Alexandra Kosteniuk

"The Soviet Union was an exception, but even there chess players were not rich. Only Fischer changed that." ― Boris Spassky

"Zugzwang. It's when you have no good moves. But you still have to move." ― Michael Chabon

"Everyone wants to be wanted and if all people wait for someone else to invest in them, the world will be stuck in an eternal stalemate: nobody moves and nobody wins." ― Laura L.

"У нас есть шахматы с собой, Шекспир и Пушкин, с нас довольно." ― Vladimir Nabokov, Стихотворения Russian

"We have chess with us,
Shakespeare and Pushkin, we've had enough." English translation ― Vladimir Nabokov, Poems

"The defensive power of a pinned piece is only imaginary." ― Aaron Nimzowitsch

Bobby Fischer on Paul Morphy:
"Perhaps the most accurate player who ever lived, he would beat anybody today in a set-match. He had complete sight of the board and seldom blundered even though he moved quite rapidly. I've played over hundreds of his games and am continually surprised and entertained by his ingenuity."

"So if you think that when you are better, it means that you can smash ahead and mate the guy, you are wrong, that is not what better means. What better means is that your position has the potential, if played correctly, to turn out well. So do not think that when you are better and when you are attacking that you can just force mate. That is not what it is about. Often the way to play best, the way to play within the position, is to maintain it." ― Josh Waitzkin

"I put my hand on a bishop, my would be assassin, and thought of my father's heights when he won, how he galloped around. The depths of his despair at losing, I expected, would be equal to the peaks. He'd mope about, his face fallen and miserable, his posture stooped as if his back ached. I took my hand from the piece and leaned back in deliberation." ― Rion Amilcar Scott, Insurrections: Stories

"We are men who find chess fascinating. Did you expect our lives to be secretly interesting?" ― Noah Boyd, Agent X

"I keep on fighting as long as my opponent can make a mistake." ― Emanuel Lasker

A game of chess, even played by dilettantes, is an austere metaphor of life and a struggle for life, and the chess player's virtues—reason, memory, and invention—are the virtues of every thinking man. The stern rule of chess, according to which a piece that was touched must be moved and it is not permissible to redo a move of which one repents, reproduces the inexorability of the choices of the living. When your king, as a result of your inexperience, lack of attention, imprudence, or the opponent's superiority, is ever more closely threatened … cornered and finally transfixed, you cannot fail to perceive a symbolic shadow beyond the chess board. You are living a death; it is your death, and at the same time it is a death for which you are guilty. —Primo Levi, "The Irritable Chess Players"

"The first place you need to look is the last place you saw it." — Digger Manes, Moonshiners

<"From this day to the ending of the world, But we in it shall be remembered-
We few, we happy few, we band of brothers;
For he to-day that sheds his blood with me
Shall be my brother; be he ne'er so vile,
This day shall gentle his condition;
And gentlemen in England now-a-bed
Shall think themselves accurs'd they were not here,

And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks

That fought with us upon Saint Crispin's day."> ― William Shakespeare, Henry V

"There are two seasons in Scotland: June and Winter." ― Billy Connolly

"Win with grace, lose with dignity!" ― Susan Polgar

"What does it take to be a champion? Desire, dedication, determination, personal and professional discipline, focus, concentration, strong nerves, the will to win, and yes, talent!" ― Susan Polgar

"No matter how successful you are (or will be), never ever forget the people who helped you along the way, and pay it forward! Don't become arrogant and conceited just because you gained a few rating points or made a few bucks. Stay humble and be nice, especially to your fans!" ― Susan Polgar

"Nobody thought Mel Gibson could play a Scot but look at him now! Alcoholic and a racist!" ― Frankie Boyle

Fredthebear is not in a hurry on this one. Two swell fellows in my book, American champions.

* Annotated Games: Game Collection: Annotated Games

* Art of Scholar's Mate: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IR...

* Alekhine's Defense intro: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPm...

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

* Assorted Good Games: Game Collection: assorted Good games

* A07 Reti, King's Indian attack (Barcza system): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3p...

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

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

* Brilliant games: Game Collection: Brilliant games

* BOOMING Balestra Mate: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/7NxA...

* Best tactics: https://thechessworld.com/articles/...

* Best Scottish players: https://www.chessjournal.com/best-s...

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

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

* Bond, James Bond: https://yourdiy.com/bond-girls/3/

* Charlotte CC: https://www.charlottechesscenter.or...

* Caruana vs Praggnanandhaa || World Blitz Chess 2023 - R18: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZ7...

* Charousek vs Wollner 1893: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=so0...

* Chess Prehistory: Game Collection: Chess Prehistory

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

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

* Classic games by great players: Game Collection: Guinness Book - Chess Grandmasters (Hartston)

* Copy Capablanca: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62u...

* Cybersecurity: https://hbr.org/2020/06/youre-not-p...

* Case Number 34: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/rhAt...

* Check this out sometime: https://allwebgames.com/

* Ding Delivers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wzu...

* Dual Survival: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxV...

* ECC: https://en.chessbase.com/post/edinb...

* Elementary mates form a barrier to contain the King within: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/GaBx...

* elmubarak: my fav games: Game Collection: elmubarak: my fav games

* Fooled Fast: https://www.chess.com/article/view/...

* Famous brilliancies: Game Collection: brilliacies

* Figures of History: https://livestly.com/cl/historical-...

* Fire Baptisms: Game Collection: Fire Baptisms

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

* Fried Liver Counterattack: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/22eM...

* Pseudo Fried Liver on the queenside: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Zdsg...

* "Foggy Mountain Breakdown" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=af9...

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

* The Greek Gift: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QF...

* The Greek Gift/IM Kostya Kavutskiy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndt...

* The Greek Gift/Magnus: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2F...

* The Greek Gift/NM Jonathan Schrantz: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yB7...

* The Greek Gift/NM Ramirez: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAa...

* The Greek Gift/GM Finegold: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JlD...

* The Invincible Army: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPN...

* The Kalashnikov Steamroller | Raghav vs Buscara | Chennai 2024: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1H...

* The Valley of Light: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1M...

* Three Most Important Chess Principles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_y...

* JonathanJ's favorite games 4: Game Collection: JonathanJ's favorite games 4

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

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

* Guides: https://www.chessworld.net/chessclu...

God Is Great
Traditional

God is great!

God is good!

Let us thank Him

For our food.
Amen.

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

* Great Combinations: Game Collection: Combinations

* Greatest Q sacrifice of 2016: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sR...

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

"In Scotland we have mixed feelings about Global Warming. Because we all get to sit on the mountains and watch the English drown." ― Frankie Boyle

* Kasparov's best: https://thechessworld.com/articles/...

* Kofman vs Kogan 1945: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spz...

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

"Know thy self, know thy enemy. A thousand battles, a thousand victories." ― Sun Tzu, The Art of War

6th century – The game chaturanga probably evolved into its current form around this time in India.

569 – A Chinese emperor wrote a book of xiangqi, Xiang Jing, in AD 569.

c. 600 – The Karnamuk-i-Artakhshatr-i-Papakan contains references to the Persian game of shatranj, the direct ancestor of modern Chess. Shatranj was initially called "Chatrang" in Persian (named after the Indian version), which was later renamed to shatranj.

c. 720 – Chess spreads across the Islamic world from Persia.

c. 840 – Earliest surviving chess problems by Caliph Billah of Baghdad.

c. 900 – Entry on Chess in the Chinese work Huan Kwai Lu ('Book of Marvels').

997 – Versus de scachis is the earliest known work mentioning chess in Christian Western Europe.2

10th century – As-Suli writes Kitab Ash-Shatranj, the earliest known work to take a scientific approach to chess strategy. late 10th century – Dark and light squares are introduced on a chessboard. ― Wikipedia

* Larry the other guy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9LD...

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

* '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)

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

* 1966 US Championship: United States Championship (1966/67)

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

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

* Moonwalking during the day: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/WKxC...

* Niemann goes all out to beat Praggnanandhaa: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5H...

* Necessary: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/5_b3...

* Nuremberg 1896: Nuremberg (1896)

* NYC 1900: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UER...

* Never resign if you still have mating material: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ktJc...

* Never without: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/se3E...

* Numbers Boogie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhF...

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

* Opening Ideas/Novelties: Game Collection: Great opening ideas

* Octo and the scuba: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/CQBY...

* Old P-K4 Miniatures: Game Collection: Games for Classes

* Old-timey Scotch games: https://thechessworld.com/articles/...

* Introduction to the Scotch game: https://www.chess.com/openings/Scot...

* Online chess: https://www.247chess.com/news/chess...

* On the attack: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/2uuL...

* Othello: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LY...

* Overloaded! Game Collection: OVERLOADED!

* Overstimulated: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/vLHB...

* Overworked by pigs on the 7th: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/JFBX...

* Paid in full: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/C82G...

* Paganini: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHw...

* Pawn manipulations: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/E15Y...

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

* Pawn themes: Game Collection: Aurora

* Pepper spray: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/WiWz...

* Perfect: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QR...

* Amazing Pins: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aP9...

* The Chess Portal will broaden your horizons: http://schackportalen.nu/English/es...

* Puzzles: Tactics Archive

* Play for free: https://www.freechess.org/

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

* Pirc Defense: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYE...

* Carlsen plays the Pirc: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WE7...

* Pirc Defense, Classical: Game Collection: Pirc, Classical Variation

* Pirc Defense refutation? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JC...

* Put pressure on the pinned piece: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/xIDi...

* Puzzlers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXI...

* Prevent the opponent's best response, then do your combination: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/VXom...

* Little Pragg: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Sw6b...

* Psalm 46:1 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/K3n8...

* Praggnanandhaa blitzes Amruta Mokal, the co-founder of ChessBase India: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzN...

* Principle of the least active piece: https://chess-teacher.com/best-ches...

* Physical Activities: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCQ...

* Albin Planinc A00: http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches... * The Chess Portal will broaden your horizons: http://schackportalen.nu/English/es...

* Passive, but playable in the Russian Game: Game Collection: Alpha Russian (White)

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

* Queen Pawn Games: Game Collection: ANIL RAJ.R'S QUEEN PAWN GAMES

* Defensive Replies to the Queen's Pawn: Game Collection: e6 after 1.d4

* Quash the Queen's Hack Terrorist Attack 2.Qh5?! Game Collection: The Monticelli Trap

* QGA: https://www.bing.com/videos/rivervi...

* QGA: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jy6...

* QGD: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETG...

* QGD: Game Collection: QUEEN'S GAMBIT DECLINED

* Reasonable 1.d4 Repertoire: Game Collection: d4 repertoire for white

* ...Qg4! https://www.youtube.com/shorts/XObS...

* QP Bg2: Queen's Pawn Game (E00)

* Queens and Pawns ending: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/mjf_...

* Racing: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/0ggJ...

* Rare for a reason: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDL...

* 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

* Rhapsody In Blue: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAu...

* RL Minis: Game Collection: Ruy Lopez Miniatures

* The Austrian Ratpack: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jx0...

* Release point consistency: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/6FMM...

* Resonance: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/n9dp...

* Django Reinhardt clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZ3...

* Rousseau Gambit, Nxc2 sac: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/DjMU...

Win as Black: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMv...

Learn from Levy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Usg...

* Routine: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/FT1H...

* Rook the King: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/o0HT...

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

* Scandinavian Nbd7 is the last to develop AFTER both bishops: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/0rke...

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

* Stop Scholar's Mate w/the pony: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ssmX...

...g4 extended variation: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/VIom...

* Beyond the Sea: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZT...

* See the difference? https://www.youtube.com/shorts/KmxQ...

* See, See Rider: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jzc...

* Summertime chess improvement:
billwall

Well, my advice is to play as much as you can, write the moves down, and when you have time, go over your games. I am not a fan of playing the computer or solving chess problem, but since you have the Polgar book called Chess, I would recommend studying the short games and miniatures in that book (one of my games is in there). Here atwww.chess.com, I would recommend you play email chess. Take two to four challenges or games. Play 2 games as White and 2 games as Black. Try to play a gambit and tactical in one game as White, and positional in the other game as White, and do the same for Black. Pick two openings you want to study as White, and two as Black. 99% of the players need to improve their opening, so get comfortable with some openings that you like or are successful at. Go over your games every month and see if there is progress, either in future games, or analyzing the games you already played and found more ideas. If you have anyone stronger to look at the game, that would help. Otherwise, after a game, try to run it against a strong chess program. If you have Chessmaster 10, I guess I would play the first 10-15 moves, rather than the whole game to get in more time understanding the openings. Take advantage of the free downloads here and study the games. For a 2-week vacation, get a book on openings or the Polgar book, and study the openings or the shorter games. Try to guess the next move after each line and try to understand why your move was good or not or why the book move was the recommended move. Finally, make it enjoyable. If you are getting too burned out, stay away from the game for a while, or just play over your old games for fun, and perhaps rotate the board to see the opponent's point of view.

* Sheridan: https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/tr...

* Shielding from behind: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/l6fO...

* Short and Quick:
Game Collection: SHORT AND QUICK

* Sinatra: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/IwA-...

* Skip James: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYA...

* Solve these 5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDp...

* So that's what takes place: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/xs12...

* Spanish Berlin, Anastasia's Mate: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/iAOy...

* Spank kids with the Spanish Berlin Fishin' Pole: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/XHI2...

Replay: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/dVZM...

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

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

* Simplified Scotch: https://simplifychess.com/openings/...

* Scotch Gambit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_J...

* Scotland's winning Glorney team (juniors): https://www.thenational.scot/news/2...

* Scotland Clubs and Leagues: https://www.chessscotland.com/clubs...

* Seven tips to break bad habits: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTI...

* Steinitz collection:
Game Collection: Steinitz Gambits

* Street Chess - Battery is a Blast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BL...

* Exchange sacs: Game Collection: Exchange sacs - 1

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

* Stunning Queen Sacrifice: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrO...

* Space and the outside passer: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/WxQH...

* Summertime: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5x...

* Sun rise, sunset: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/UWmP...

* St. Louis 1965: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvY...

* Royal Skewer: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/8Hpa...

* Starting Out: French Defense: Game Collection: Starting out : The French

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

* Stunners: Game Collection: Stunners

* Stable equilibrium: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/4rKm...

* Steinitz rule in pawn endgames: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/vUv5...

* Swing the mood: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iD...

* Traps in the Sicilian Defense: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0A...

* Traps in the Smith-Morra Gambit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cO...

* Troll Chess is Disgusting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0A...

* Tactics and Combinations are not strategy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EkE...

Is there a Q+ and fork, a Nc6 hitting c2 or Nf6 hitting f2? Count the coverage, attackers vs defenders and their relative value of exchange. Develop your minor pieces rapidly. Blunder check: How will this piece be hit on its new square? Can it be pinned? Don't expose your royalty. Reinforce the center and the bishop's aim. Seize open lines and form batteries with your long-range pieces. Protect your pieces and prevent penetration. Unpin & untie immediately. Blockade weak pawns and penetrate weak squares. Put pigs on the 2nd/7th.

* Take it down a notch: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ZlkX...

* Tal sacrifices: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ngM5...

* That's how it is done: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/4Tn2...

* The "Caribbean Tal": Philip Corbin

* Timely: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ov...

* Today is the day: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ZESv...

* Terrible: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Vz8U...

* Chess Titles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULy...

* Triangular hole: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Qm64...

* Triangulation changes the move: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/AGjc...

* Trimmin': https://www.youtube.com/shorts/tddb...

* Trumpeters: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZO1...

* Tromp the Indians: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmY...

* Tarrasch vs Romberg 1893: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/BfnD...

* To-do: https://www.explore.com/1097372/thi...

* two-time U.S. No.1 single: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnc...

* Teks bawaan: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/lZsS...

* Traxler Counter-Attack: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1j...

* Unchained: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0E...

* Underpromotions: Game Collection: Games With Two Knight Promotions

* Untenable: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/MW90...

* Union Square Hustle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDA...

* Saavedra Underpromotion 1895: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/pWeo...

* Variety show in December 1969: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2o8...

* Vegan bacon, or Fried Liver? https://www.youtube.com/shorts/xeRI...

* Viva La Vida... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSk...

* Vienna Gambit, Heisenberg trap: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/O1Oi...

* Vietnam traps: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Xrji...

* Variety pack: Game Collection: KID games

* Various: Game Collection: TacticalArchives

* Vishy Anand's Immortal Game: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPj...

* Bill Wall miniatures: Bill Wall

* WCC 1984-85, Karpov vs Kasparov, Game 11, Double Fianchettoes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cG3...

* Who you won't see in heaven: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/xhYo...

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

* Waiting for the Paris train: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipP...

* What does the pawn structure say? https://www.youtube.com/shorts/q4Bf...

* Wishbone playaction: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yci...

* When castling is bad: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSE...

* Wooly is the way of unorthodox play: Game Collection: woollybear's favorite games

* Word police: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/rjhA...

* Chair yoga: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/tMSH...

* You aint nothin' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNY...

* Yugoslavia 1957 Attack: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZW...

* Zugzwang: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3I3...

* 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!

'A rising tide lifts all boats'

'Don't put the cart before the horse'

"Examine what is said, not who is speaking." ~ African Proverb

Rounders

Florida: St. Augustine
Established in: 1565

Not only is St. Augustine the oldest city in Florida, it's also known as the first settled city in the United States. It was founded in September 1565 by Pedro Menéndez de Avilés, a Spanish solider who chose the name based on the date he first spotted it: it was the feast day of St. Augustine.

* St. Augustine: https://www.visitstaugustine.com/

* St. Augustine: Wikipedia article: Augustine of Hippo

* Chess History: https://www.uschesstrust.org/chess-...

* World Chess Championship History: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkO...

* Chess History: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show...

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

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

* Cybersecurity: https://hbr.org/2020/06/youre-not-p...

* Golden Treasury of Chess (Wellmuth/Horowitz): Game Collection: Golden Treasury of Chess (Wellmuth/Horowitz)

* History: https://chesshistory.com/winter/ext...

* Lewis Chessmen: https://www.chessjournal.com/lewis-...

* Tables, Tafl and Mill: https://www.digitscotland.com/unear...

* Greats: Game Collection: These were the greatest...

* Greats: Game Collection: Chess Mastery

Gerard Welling posts here under the handle <gejewe>

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

'Don't count your chickens before they are hatched'

"Fancy what a game of chess would be if all the chessmen had passions and intellects, more or less small and cunning; if you were not only uncertain about your adversary's men, but a little uncertain also about your own; if your knight could shuffle himself on to a new square by the sly; if your bishop, at your castling, could wheedle your pawns out of their places; and if your pawns, hating you because they are pawns, could make away from their appointed posts that you might get checkmate on a sudden. You might be the longest-headed of deductive reasoners, and yet you might be beaten by your own pawns. You would be especially likely to be beaten, if you depended arrogantly on your mathematical imagination, and regarded your passionate pieces with contempt. Yet this imaginary chess is easy compared with the game a man has to play against his fellow-men with other fellow-men for his instruments." ― George Eliot, Felix Holt: The Radical

Sick
By Shel Silverstein

"I cannot go to school today,"
Said little Peggy Ann McKay.
"I have the measles and the mumps,
A gash, a rash and purple bumps.
My mouth is wet, my throat is dry,
I'm going blind in my right eye.
My tonsils are as big as rocks,
I've counted sixteen chicken pox
And there's one more--that's seventeen,
And don't you think my face looks green?
My leg is cut--my eyes are blue--
It might be instamatic flu.
I cough and sneeze and gasp and choke,
I'm sure that my left leg is broke--
My hip hurts when I move my chin,
My belly button's caving in,
My back is wrenched, my ankle's sprained,
My ‘pendix pains each time it rains.
My nose is cold, my toes are numb.
I have a sliver in my thumb.
My neck is stiff, my voice is weak,
I hardly whisper when I speak.
My tongue is filling up my mouth,
I think my hair is falling out.
My elbow's bent, my spine ain't straight,
My temperature is one-o-eight.
My brain is shrunk, I cannot hear,
There is a hole inside my ear.
I have a hangnail, and my heart is--what?
What's that? What's that you say?
You say today is. . .Saturday?
G'bye, I'm going out to play!"

Fools look to tomorrow. Wise men use tonight. ~ Scottish Proverb

"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

<The Aurora's Dance

Auroras dance, in the polar night,
A symphony of colors, pure delight.
The sky's curtain, alive and aglow,
A magical display, a celestial show.>

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.

"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

Matthew 17:20
Our faith can move mountains.

'Finders keepers, losers weepers'
No, turn it over to Lost and Found.

Glasgow's underground railway system is known as ‘The Clockwork Orange' Glasgow's subway system is the third-oldest underground train system in the world, and began to welcome passengers in 1896. The bright orange carriages and regular service mean that it is often dubbed ‘The Clockwork Orange'.

Drive sober or get pulled over.

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

What is the difference between a Scottish sheep farmer and a Rolling Stones song? "One says, 'Hey you, get off of my cloud!", and the other says, 'Hey McCloud, get off of my ewe!"

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.

Q: Why did the dinosaur cross the road?

A: Because chickens didn't exist yet.
(Neither did roads. But we'll let that slide for humor purposes!)

Glasgow was founded by Saint Mungo, patron saint of salmon According to local stories, the city of Glasgow was founded by 6th-century Christian missionary St Mungo. However, in reality, there had been a settlement on the banks of the River Clyde since prehistoric times, and even the Romans built a number of outposts in the area now known as Glasgow, designed to keep out the unruly Celts and Picts to the north.

However, Saint Mungo (also called Kentigern) did establish a missionary settlement in what is now the city centre of Glasgow. This small village quickly grew to be an important bishopric and trading centre in the early medieval period.

Nov-27-22
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Man walks into a Glasgow pub and asks for a pint of lager with a dash of lime.

"We don't do cocktails," replies the barman.

Glasgow is Scotland's largest city by area and population, with over 590,000 residents. The city has a rich cultural heritage, with stunning architecture and a thriving music scene.

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

"If you're too open-minded; your brains will fall out." ― Lawrence Ferlinghetti

"Remember Red, hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies." ― Andy (Tim Robbins), "The Shawshank Redemption"

"In Glasgow, ‘how' means ‘why'? You do not ponder why. You demand HOW?" ― Kevin Bridges

The Council Held By The Rats

Old Rodilard, a certain cat,
Such havoc of the rats had made,
It was difficult to find a rat
With nature's debt unpaid.
The few that did remain,
To leave their holes afraid,
From usual food abstain,
Not eating half their fill.
And wonder no one will
That one who made of rats his revel,
With rats passed not for cat, but devil.
Now, on a day, this dread rat-eater,
Who had a wife, went out to meet her;
And while he held his caterwauling,
The unkilled rats, their chapter calling,
Discussed the point, in grave debate,
How they might shun impending fate.
Their dean, a prudent rat,
Thought best, and better soon than late,
To bell the fatal cat;
That, when he took his hunting round,
The rats, well cautioned by the sound,
Might hide in safety under ground;
Indeed he knew no other means.
And all the rest
At once confessed
Their minds were with the dean's.
No better plan, they all believed,
Could possibly have been conceived,
No doubt the thing would work right well,
If any one would hang the bell.
But, one by one, said every rat,
"I'm not so big a fool as that."
The plan, knocked up in this respect,
The council closed without effect.

And many a council I have seen,
Or reverend chapter with its dean,
That, thus resolving wisely,
Fell through like this precisely.

To argue or refute
Wise counsellors abound;
The man to execute
Is harder to be found.

Man lost in Edinburgh says to a policeman, "Excuse me is there a B&Q in Leith?"

Policeman replies, "No sir, but there are two Ds and two Es in Dundee."

In 1939, Glasgow had 114 cinemas, with more seats per head than any other UK city.

<Around the World
Riddle Question: What travels around the world but stays in one spot?

FACTRETRIEVER: Even though dragonflies have six legs, they cannot walk.

Riddle Answer: A stamp.>

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

"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.

'Attack is the best form of defence

Glasgow is Home to the World's Oldest Surviving Music Hall Among the most surprising Glasgow fun facts is that the city boasts the world's oldest surviving music hall. The Britannia Panopticon, built in 1857, still stands in Glasgow's Merchant City and remains a key piece of the city's entertainment history. It was here that famous performers like Stan Laurel got their start in show business, setting the stage for what would become a lasting legacy in comedy and theatre.

The music hall is now preserved as a heritage site, offering visitors a glimpse into Glasgow's rich cultural past. This fun fact reflects the city's longstanding love for the performing arts, and how Glasgow has maintained its status as a vibrant cultural destination. Whether you're a fan of live performances or curious about its historical significance, the Britannia Panopticon is a must-visit spot for anyone exploring Glasgow fun facts.

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!

FTB plays all about but has always been happy with FICS: https://www.freechess.org/

Gambling problem? Call 1-800-GAMBLER

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The Hog, the Goat, and the Sheep

A goat, a sheep, and porker fat,
All to the market rode together.
Their own amusement was not that
Which caused their journey there.
Their coachman did not mean to "set them down"
To see the shows and wonders of the town.
The porker cried, in piercing squeals,
As if with butchers at his heels.
The other beasts, of milder mood,
The cause by no means understood.
They saw no harm, and wondered why
At such a rate the hog should cry.
"Hush there, old piggy!" said the man,
"And keep as quiet as you can.
What wrong have you to squeal about,
And raise this devilish, deafening shout?
These stiller persons at your side
Have manners much more dignified.
Pray, have you heard
A single word
Come from that gentleman in wool?
That proves him wise." "That proves him fool!"
The testy hog replied;
"For did he know
To what we go,
He'd cry almost to split his throat;
So would her ladyship the goat.
They only think to lose with ease,
The goat her milk, the sheep his fleece:
They're, maybe, right; but as for me,
This ride is quite another matter.
Of service only on the platter,
My death is quite a certainty.
Adieu, my dear old piggery!"
The porker's logic proved at once
Himself a prophet and a dunce.

Hope ever gives a present ease,
But fear beforehand kills:
The wisest he who least foresees
Inevitable ills.

<Atterdag: Geoff - are you a descendant of Wordsworth?: There was a time when meadow, grove, and stream, The earth, and every common sight, To me did seem
Apparell'd in celestial light,
The glory and the freshness of a dream.
It is not now as it hath been of yore;—
Turn wheresoe'er I may,
By night or day,
The things which I have seen I now can see no more. :-)

Sally Simpson: Hi Atterdag,
This is my tribute to Wordsworth. (Daffodils.)

I wandered lonely as a pawn,
o'er a field coloured brown and cream,
When suddenly I ran out of squares
and discovered I was now a Queen.>

Q: What's the difference between an outlaw and an in-law?

A: Outlaws are wanted.

The Sweet South-Wind
by Oscar Fay Adams

Over the fields and the waters there suddenly swept in mid-April Something that seemed like a breath that was blown from far coasts of the sunlands. Languorous was it and sweet as are lilies or odorous spices, Laden with delicate hints of a summer not far in the distance. Over the meadows and fields that, embrowned by the cold of the winter, Lay as if dead to the spring and with never a hope of a harvest, Silently passed the south-wind, and there suddenly sprang into being Millions of grass blades that tossed like an emerald sea in the sunshine, Daffodils fair as were those that gained Pluto a consort in Hades, Buttercups golden and gleaming like gems on the hands of a maiden, Daisies that grew near the ground and yet ever and always gazed upward, Violets azure and yellow and white and of wonderful fragrance.

Over the trees in the orchard and forest it breathed in its progress, Bringing the sap from the roots to the near and the farthermost branches, Swelling the buds till the willow was hid in a verdurous mist-cloud, Touching the boughs of the maple that reddened with joy at the meeting, Leaving wherever it lingered assurance and promise of summer. Over the streams the beneficent breeze from the south-land swept gently, Filled all the waters with quick-darting life that rejoiced in the springtime, Sent all the rivers, now freed from the grasp of the winter, exultant, Moving in shimmering, glittering, sinuous curves that led seaward. So on its way passed the wonderful wakening wind from the sunlands, Driving before it the frost and the cold of the winter, reluctant, While in their stead came the warmth and the re-aroused life of the springtide, For in the wake of the life-giving breeze flew the jubilant swallows, Twittered the robins and wrens, while the azure-hued wing of the bluebird Cut through the air like the scintillant blade that is famed of Toledo.

Thus in mid-April the heart of another springtide was awakened; Faster the blood ran along through the veins in the glorious weather, Generous impulses quickened and waxed in the glow of the season. Winter was banished, and with him the cold and the afternoon twilight, And, as the wail of his storms in the north passed at last into silence, May could be seen in the distance approaching, her lap full of blossoms.

"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.

"When you come to a fork in the road, take it." ― Yogi Berra, 10-time World Series champion

<limerick, entitled ‘The Solver's Plight' was by ‘A.J.F.' A.J. Fink and was published on page 22 of Chess Potpourri by Alfred C. Klahre (Middletown, 1931):

There was a man from Vancouver
Who tried to solve a two-mover;
But the boob, he said, ‘"Gee",
I can't find the "Kee",
No matter HOW I manouvre.'>

Charles Macintosh created his first waterproof coat in a Glasgow textiles factory in 1823.

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.

"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

The Queen hosts a garden party in Scotland. When the Scottish waiter arrives with a tray of cakes, she asks, "Is that a scone, or a meringue?" The waiter replies: "Naw, yer quite right, that's a scone."

Isolated pawns require a very expensive therapy, for keeping them alive.

Compiled by Fredthebear

Amanda Kay wrote:

Checkmate
You were my knight
Shining armor
Chess board was our home
Queen's fondness you garnered
A kiss sweeter than honeycomb

"It's not how you start that matters, it's how you finish."

"Old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read." — Francis Bacon

The cat's play is the mouse's death. ~ German Proverb

"Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground." ― Theodore Roosevelt

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

Weord Fuun:
2pry Zeitnot Zshaa-Tichondrius - 601 Disc Priest 226 Ilvl - 27750 RBG zek247 dint undrstnd Ziyatdinov's planto ignore the LSB on deck of the carrier.

Q: What's the difference between a lawn mower and a bagpipe?

A: You can tune a lawn mower.

Fossil Grove, in Glasgow's Victoria Park, is home to eleven very special trees. These fossilised tree stumps date to the Carboniferous Period, making them 330 million years old, twice as old as the dinosaurs. The trees were discovered in 1887 during excavations to make a new park from an old quarry.

It is thought that they would have been Lepidodendron trees, that once grew in a swamp-like environment back when Scotland's climate was hot and tropical – a far cry from the cold, drizzly weather it is known for today!