92 games by fispok. Thank you fispok!

"Winning needs no explanation, losing has no alibi." ― Greg Baum.

"A determined soul will do more with a rusty monkey wrench than a loafer will accomplish with all the tools in a machine shop." ― Robert Hughes

"I've never met a checkers player I didn't like; they're all even-tempered. Chess players are egotistical. They think they're intellectuals and that everyone else is beneath them." ― Don Lafferty, draughts grandmaster

"If you can't take (constructive) criticism, consider taking up another game, perhaps solitaire." ― Jeremy Silman

"Where there's a will, there's a way."

"You cannot play at chess if you are kind-hearted." ― French Proverb

"The first principle of attack–Don't let the opponent develop!" ― Reuben Fine

"You may knock your opponent down with the chessboard, but that does not prove you the better player." ― English Proverb

"For a period of ten years--between 1946 and 1956--Reshevsky was probably the best chessplayer in the world. I feel sure that had he played a match with Botvinnik during that time he would have won and been World Champion." ― Bobby Fischer

"I believe that true beauty of chess is more than enough to satisfy all possible demands." ― Alexander Alekhine

"We cannot resist the fascination of sacrifice, since a passion for sacrifices is part of a chessplayer's nature." ― Rudolf Spielmann

"To play for a draw, at any rate with white, is to some degree a crime against chess." ― Mikhail Tal

"Boring? Who's boring? I am Fredthebear. My mind is always active, busy."

"When you see a good move – WAIT! – look for a better one." ― Emanual Lasker

"There are two kinds of idiots - those who don't take action because they have received a threat, and those who think they are taking action because they have issued a threat." ― Paulo Coelho, The Devil and Miss Prym

"It is impossible to keep one's excellence in a glass case, like a jewel, and take it out whenever it is required." ― Adolf Anderssen, 1858

"As one by one I mowed them down, my superiority soon became apparent." ― Jose Raul Capablanca

"I was brought up on the games of Capablanca and Nimzowitsch, and they became part of my chess flesh and blood." ― Tigran Petrosian

"Capablanca possessed an amazing ability to quickly see into a position and intuitively grasp its main features. His style, one of the purest, most crystal-clear in the entire history of chess, astonishes one with its logic." ― Garry Kasparov

"We can compare Capablanca with Mozart, whose charming music appeared to have been a smooth flow. I get the impression that Capablanca did not even know why he preferred this or that move, he just moved the pieces with his hand. If he had worked a lot on chess, he might have played worse because he would have started to try to comprehend things. But Capablanca did not have to comprehend anything, he just had to move the pieces!" ― Vladimir Kramnik

"It's a short trip from the penthouse to the outhouse." ― Paul Dietzel

* Levon Aronian: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6oP...

* Anti-Sicilians for Black: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Ql...

* Basic endgame tips: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_D...

* Bad habits: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ifm...

* Black double fianchetto: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ba1...

* Bishop pair checkmate: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATB...

* Checkmate with 2 bishops in less than 2 minutes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZN7...

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

* Robert Fischer's Best Games by KingG (127 games, a ton of quotes): Game Collection: Robert Fischer's Best Games

* Bobby Fischer Rediscovered/Andrew Soltis (97 games): Game Collection: Bobby Fischer Rediscovered (Andy Soltis)

* 62 Masterpieces: Game Collection: Instructive Games (Chernev)

* 1992: Game Collection: Spassky-Fischer Match 1992

* 21st Century: Game Collection: 0

* 1.b3 MC: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Lm...

* The beast goes 1.b3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HS_...

* 1.b3 works: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9J6...

* Against 1.b3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13P...

* 1.b4 miniature: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0l...

* 1492: Conquest of Paradise: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJa...

* 1. ...a5!? Against the Polish Opening / Orangutan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Ds...

* Big bang: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vsl...

* B20s: Game Collection: Grand Prix (Ginger's Models)

1. e4 c5 2. b4 <B20 Sicilian Defense: Wing Gambit> cxb4 3. Nf3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. c4 bxc3 6. Nxc3 Qd8 7. d4 Nc6 8. d5 Nb4 9. Qa4+ Bd7 10. Qxb4 e6 11. Qxb7 exd5 12. Bb5 Rb8 13. Bxd7+ Ke7 14. Nxd5+ Kd6 15. Ba3# White wins by checkmate. 1-0

* Carlsen's wing gambit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qu5...

* Wing it against the French Defense: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3i...

* Black Defends: Game Collection: Opening repertoire black

* Bridge too far: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRz...

* brucemubayiwa kia: Game Collection: King's Indian Attack Compilation.

* Bruce Brown: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kn5...

* Calculate better: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3z...

* 30 Chess Concepts: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amr...

* C53s: Game Collection: rajat21's italian game

* Cause-Effect: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnz...

* Checkmate: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fA1...

* CFN: https://www.youtube.com/@CFNChannel

* The Chase: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NsR...

* Crazy K Hunt: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7s...

* Cons: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6z5...

* Contenders: Game Collection: Chess Title Contenders (Kopec/Pritchett)

* Castle keep: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwM...

* Castle opposite: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEZ...

* Cold War: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0p...

* Deflection: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTq...

* Destroy 1.d4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWW...

* D40 Semi-Tarrasch defence: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEN...

* Del's: Game Collection: Del's hidden gems

* Develop chess habits: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUJ...

* Don't move the same piece twice in the opening, unless you must re-capture: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Nh...

* Downfall: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YzS...

* Do this - 1.e4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkm...

* Occupy the sweet center with the center pawn duo if when allowed to: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfH...

* Eliminating the Modern/Robatsch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXH...

* Eliminating the Italian Game: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51q...

* English guide: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cX...

* English MC: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mX2...

* No, not like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Fs...

* MC's w/Black: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RN7...

* English symmetrical: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xx1...

* Entrapment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltZ...

* Exchange variation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oP4...

* Arjun Erigaisi: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VR2...

* Again Erigaisi: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHw...

* Fact-based: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ldt...

* Fischer's Rule: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_h4...

* Formosa B: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gV-...

* Game Review Truths: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Ov...

* Gettin' Better: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rm...

* Glossary W: Wikipedia article: Glossary of chess

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

https://archive.org/details/the-gol...

* 1.h4? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2r...

* Have you ever heard of...? https://www.youtube.com/shorts/hxBZ...

* How the hunter gets hunted in the Hungarian defense: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUj...

* His last words: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqh...

* Guide to the Jobava London System: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uR-...

* Dominate as White: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7I9...

* Jobava London System speed run: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFH...

* Jobidn London System games: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ia...

* JLS is perfect for blitz: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Guu...

* Facing Danya's JLS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTG...

* Finegold's JLS lecture: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgE...

* Fred's green 'toes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkX...

* #1s do battle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGx...

* Just a few moves: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3z...

* The Heat is On: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/791_...

* Hornblower: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dM...

* How to do the "W" method w/N&B: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/lx3M...

* Illusion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kun...

* Knight & Bishop checkmate: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Roz...

* Knight & Bishop checkmate: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cki...

* Dominate with the King's Indian Defense: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhW...

* Punish 1.d4 w/the KID: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJ8...

KINGSIDERS:

- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2h...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gN7...
- https://www.youtube.com/results?sea... - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEi...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAz... - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-V7...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDW...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZi...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RI...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zwv...

KIA
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/-qik...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/NWto...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rN...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Af...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T76...

- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zy3...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpT...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hgz...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Ez...

- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wS-...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XP0...

- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zin...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0s...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qhd... - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqZ...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pd...

- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHQ...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCN...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNE... - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wt6...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Si5...

- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHE...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqO...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knR...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4u... - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vgx...

- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Moe...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCh...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVi...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/This...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDS...

- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBg...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3or...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=niK...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FM...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmK...

- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_d...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JN...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JN...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3E...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-k0...

- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/YMnD...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/dd3c...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/x3nE...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJS...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fg6...

- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IV3...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkX...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8L...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bL1...

- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/IAUw...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUK...
- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?li...

* London System vs KID: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKy...

* Farm ELO points like a boss: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9Q...

* London System Traps: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8N...

* London System Middlegame: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgQ...

* Laptopped: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Db...

* Lie Detector: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FoA...

* Majority of math teachers must be bald: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wK4...

* Masterful: Game Collection: FRENCH DEFENSE MASTERPIECES

* Most Common Opening Mistake: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEP...

* Menudo? https://www.msn.com/en-us/foodanddr...

* Mistakes of pawn structures: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYX...

* The Mission: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vxz...

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

* Milk and strawberries: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBA...

* GM miniature sacrifices the rooks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMB...

* novice monk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rag...

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

* More N-Men: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlm...

* "One of my men became restless" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01b...

* Become a pawn watcher: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAM...

* Play this conversational game? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXi...

* Play dumb? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQe...

* Point Break: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7oX...

* Ponziani traps: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxK...

* Giant explains the Ponziani: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPr...

* Out of Mind: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=elX...

* One of the most dangerous lines in the Ponziani: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qz5...

* 100 days: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lC...

* Magnus can win with any opening: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYN...

* Crush the Ponziani: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdT...

* Punish Scholar's Mate: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WB5...

* Prevent your mistakes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMC...

* Punish your opponent's weaknesses: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPb...

* Punish early Q attacks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4s...

* Brilliant Q sacrifice: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocI...

* QGA: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-Q...

* Queen of the desert: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVn...

* Questions from Twitter: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQ1...

* Ranking the 2024 FIDE Candidates: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjI...

* RL Minis: Game Collection: Ruy Lopez Miniatures

* RL checkmate: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jkl...

* 2021 WCC Game 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ov2...

* Rg6: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSA...

* 7.d3 Anti-Marshall Gambit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vE...

* 8 Seconds: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQ5...

* Closest to 29? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHk...

* Rat Patrol: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7_...

* Roger that: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9S...

"The only way to change anything in Russia is a revolution" ― Daniil Dubov https://en.chessbase.com/post/dubov...

* Rubinstein: Game Collection: Rubinstein's Chess Masterpieces

* San Miguel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAs...

* Kamryn's Sarratt Attack: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMc...

* Sarratt Attack/Accelerated LS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dil...

* Smothering Nepo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eue...

* She cannot hide: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJ4...

* Sveshnikov trap: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xO9...

* Kalashnikov or the Sveshnikov? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NeP...

* Sicilian Defense Variations: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mi...

* GK Sicilian: Game Collection: Kasparov - The Sicilian Sheveningen

* Sveshnikov Introduction: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDa...

* Sveshnikov Variation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTJ... The Variation begins 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 b5. This is the beginning setup for the Sveshnikov line. 9.Bxf6 gxf6 (not 9…Qxf6?!) 10.Nd5 attacking f6.

* Sveshnikov pathways: https://chesspathways.com/chess-ope...

* St. Louis Sveshnikov: https://www.bing.com/videos/rivervi...

* Why play the Sveshnikov? https://thechessworld.com/articles/...

* Sveshnikov theory: https://lichess.org/video/vM5KUWXPkbo

* Evgeny Sveshnikov: Wikipedia article: Evgeny Sveshnikov

* GPA: https://chesstier.com/grand-prix-at...

* Can you whip Taimanov's Sicilian? http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches...

* Tactics, tactics! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fM...

* Top 3 attack patterns for newbies: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fg_...

* Tips to avoid Stalemate: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbC...

* Think like a GM: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2D...

* Thought Processes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cv8...

* Thriller: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rs...

* Tiebreaker: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2Y...

* Tortured: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Wq...

* The spirit of Edgard Colle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-c...

* The Truth: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MAF...

* Tricks to Win Queen Endgames: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxG...

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

* Vaishali is unstoppable: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGy...

* Vital principles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YU2...

* Wardenclyffe: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMy...

* When you see a good move -- WAIT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78v...

* Will Be Blood: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8H...

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

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

* Your Chess Thinking System: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-av...

* Youngest IMs in history: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qP5...

* Yu Yangyi vs Magnus Carlsen | World Blitz 2019: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RP2...

* Vienna 1909: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYU...

* Vishy in New Zealand: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hpx...

* Zugzwang: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9E...

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

* Reach 1500: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-r...

* 5 levels of increasing difficulty: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1R...

* 0-1600 in six months: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umA...

* From 1600 to 2400: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Em0...

* 2024 Global Threat Report: https://go.crowdstrike.com/global-t...

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

WTHarvey:
There once was a website named WTHarvey,
Where chess puzzles did daily delay,
The brain-teasers so tough,
They made us all huff and puff,
But solving them brought us great satisfaction today.

There once was a website named WTHarvey
Where chess puzzles were quite aplenty
With knight and rook and pawn
You'll sharpen your brain with a yawn
And become a master of chess entry

There once was a site for chess fun,
Wtharvey.com was the chosen one,
With puzzles galore,
It'll keep you in store,
For hours of brain-teasing, none done.

There once was a website named WTHarvey,
Where chess puzzles were posted daily,
You'd solve them with glee,
And in victory,
You'd feel like a true chess prodigy!

"Chess is played with the mind and not with the hands." ― Renaud & Kahn

"Chess is a terrific way for kids to build self-image and self-esteem." ― Saudin Robovic

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

"Life is like a chess. If you lose your queen, you will probably lose the game." ― Being Caballero

"If you wish to succeed, you must brave the risk of failure." — Garry Kasparov

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

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

I have a fear of speed bumps. But I am slowly getting over it.

* Riddle-e-dee: https://chessimprover.com/chess-rid...

I was wondering why the frisbee was getting bigger, then it hit me.

Кто не рискует, тот не пьет шампанского Pronunciation: KTOH ni risKUyet, tot ni pyot shamPANSkava) Translation: He who doesn't take risks doesn't drink champagne Meaning: Fortune favours the brave

"Tal has a terrifying style. Soon even grandmasters will know of this." ― Vladimir Saigin (after losing to 17-year-old Tal in a qualifying match for the master title) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5S...

"I like to grasp the initiative and not give my opponent peace of mind." — Mikhail Tal

The Caesar Salad was invented in Mexico
You may think the Caesar salad comes from Italy, but it was actually created in Tijuana, Mexico by Italian immigrant and restauranteur Caesar Cardini. On the evening of July 4, 1924, Cardini, the owner of Caesar's Place, was under pressure to serve an influx of Californians who were looking for a break from Prohibition. On the fly, he whipped up a salad using romaine lettuce and whatever ingredients he had, including garlic-flavored oil, eggs, Parmesan cheese, lemons and Worchester sauce. Word travelled fast and the Caesar salad became a sensation from coast to coast.

"The chess heroes nowadays should not forget that it was owing to Fischer that they are living today in four- and five-star hotels, getting appearance fees, etc." ― Lev Khariton

"I've come to the personal conclusion that while all artists are not chess players, all chess players are artists." ― Marcel Duchamp

"I've never met a checkers player I didn't like; they're all even-tempered. Chess players are egotistical. They think they're intellectuals and that everyone else is beneath them." ― Don Lafferty, draughts grandmaster

"He examined the chess problem and set out the pieces. It was a tricky ending, involving a couple of knights. 'White to play and mate in two moves.'
Winston looked up at the portrait of Big Brother. White always mates, he thought with a sort of cloudy mysticism. Always, without exception, it is so arranged. In no chess problem since the beginning of the world has black ever won. Did it not symbolize the eternal, unvarying triumph of Good over Evil? The huge face gazed back at him, full of calm power. White always mates." ― George Orwell, 1984

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

<<<The Winds of Fate> Ella Wheeler Wilcox >

One ship drives east and another drives west
With the selfsame winds that blow.
Tis the set of the sails
And not the gales
Which tells us the way to go.
Like the winds of the seas are the ways of fate, As we voyage along through the life:
Tis the set of a soul
That decides its goal,
And not the calm or the strife.>

"May your jib never luff"

Riddle Question: If you drop me I'm sure to crack, but give me a smile and I'll always smile back. What am I? Fredthebear created this collection
Riddle Answer: A mirror

King Tutankhamun had lots of cool toys, but one of his most intriguing may have been a dagger, discovered in his tomb in 1925, made of meteoric metal. It wasn't until recently that scientists were able to confirm the material, using a technique called portable X-ray fluorescence spectrometry. They determined that the dagger's composition of iron, nickel, and cobalt "strongly suggests an extraterrestrial origin."

* Riddle-zeez-piddle: https://www.briddles.com/riddles/ch...

Immortal jellyfish
There is a species of jellyfish that never dies. Known as Turritopsis dohrnii—or colloquially, the immortal jellyfish—this sea creature is able to revert back into its adolescent state after going through adulthood, a "process that looks remarkably like immortality."

"Never give in. Never give in. Never, never, never, never—in nothing, great or small, large or petty—never give in, except to convictions of honour and good sense. Never yield to force. Never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy." ― Winston Churchill, Never Give In! The Best of Winston Churchill's Speeches

"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 trust everything you see. Even salt looks like sugar." — Unknown

<Sarah wrote:

checkmate
It's like we're playing chess.
Moving strategically, testing boundaries,
all while watching each other's expression.

We all know how this games ends…
The queen destroys you and steals your heart.>

- The longest a chess game could possibly be is 5,949 moves.

* The Most Instructive Games of Chess Ever Played: 62 Masterpieces of Chess Strategy by Irving Chernev = https://lichess.org/study/KMMrJvE1

* Legendary: Game Collection: The 12 Legendary Games of the Century

There's only one human organ that naturally regenerates. Of all the organs in the human body, the liver is the only that can regenerate on its own. As researcher Richard Bowen explains, "The liver has a remarkable capacity to regenerate after injury and to adjust its size to match its host. Within a week after partial hepatectomy, which, in typical experimental settings entails surgical removal of two-thirds of the liver, hepatic mass is back essentially to what it was prior to surgery."

* Know the five fundamental rules of firearm safety:

- Treat every gun as if it is loaded.

- Never point a weapon at anything you don't intend to destroy.

- Never put your finger on a gun's trigger until you make a conscious decision to shoot.

- Always be sure of your target, what's beyond it, and what's between you and your target.

- When not in use, a firearm needs to be locked in some kind of secure container—a gun vault is best. If it cannot be secured in a locked location, then a trigger lock should be applied. A loaded firearm should never be unattended.

<<Tips to calm down> Here are some helpful, actionable tips you can try the next time you need to calm down.>

1. Breathe
"Breathing is the number one and most effective technique for reducing anger and anxiety quickly," says Scott Dehorty, LCSW-C, of Delphi Behavioral Health.

When you're anxious or angry, you tend to take quick, shallow breaths. Dehorty says this sends a message to your brain, causing a positive feedback loop reinforcing your fight-or-flight response. That's why taking long, deep calming breaths disrupts that loop and helps you calm down.

There are various breathing techniques to help you calm down. One is three-part breathing. Three-part breathing requires you to take one deep breath in and then exhale fully while paying attention to your body.

Once you get comfortable with deep breathing, you can change the ratio of inhalation and exhalation to 1:2 (you slow down your exhalation so that it's twice as long as your inhalation).

Practice these techniques while calm so you know how to do them when you're anxious.

2. Admit that you're anxious or angry
Allow yourself to say that you're anxious or angry. When you label how you're feeling and allow yourself to express it, the anxiety and anger you're experiencing may decrease.

3. Challenge your thoughts
Part of being anxious or angry is having irrational thoughts that don't necessarily make sense. These thoughts are often the "worse-case scenario." You might find yourself caught in the "what if" cycle, which can cause you to sabotage a lot of things in your life.

When you experience one of these thoughts, stop and ask yourself the following questions:

Is this likely to happen?
Is this a rational thought?
Has this ever happened to me before?
What's the worst that can happen? Can I handle that?
After you go through the questions, it's time to reframe your thinking. Instead of "I can't walk across that bridge. What if there's an earthquake, and it falls into the water?" tell yourself: "There are people that walk across that bridge every day, and it has never fallen into the water."

4. Release the anxiety or anger
Dehorty recommends getting the emotional energy out with exercise. "Go for a walk or run. Engaging in some physical activity releases serotonin to help you calm down and feel better."

However, you should avoid physical activity that includes the expression of anger, such as punching walls or screaming.

"This has been shown to increase feelings of anger, as it reinforces the emotions because you end up feeling good as the result of being angry," Dehorty explains.

5. Visualize yourself calm
This tip requires you to practice the breathing techniques you've learned. After taking a few deep breaths, close your eyes and picture yourself calm. See your body relaxed, and imagine yourself working through a stressful or anxiety-causing situation by staying calm and focused.

By creating a mental picture of what it looks like to stay calm, you can refer back to that image when you're anxious.

6. Think it through
Have a mantra to use in critical situations. Just make sure it's one that you find helpful. Dehorty says it can be, "Will this matter to me this time next week?" or "How important is this?" or "Am I going to allow this person/situation to steal my peace?"

This allows the thinking to shift focus, and you can "reality test" the situation.

"When we're anxious or angry, we become hyper-focused on the cause, and rational thoughts leave our mind. These mantras give us an opportunity to allow rational thought to come back and lead to a better outcome," Dehorty explains.

7. Change your focus
Leave the situation, look in another direction, walk out of the room, or go outside. Bee-nado is coming!

Dehorty recommends this exercise so you have time for better decision making. "We don't do our best thinking when anxious or angry; we engage in survival thinking. This is fine if our life is really in danger, but if it isn't life threatening, we want our best thinking, not survival instincts," he adds.

8. Have a centering object
When you're anxious or angry, so much of your energy is being spent on irrational thoughts. When you're calm, find a "centering object" such as a small stuffed animal, a polished rock you keep in your pocket, or a locket you wear around your neck.

Tell yourself that you're going to touch this object when you're experiencing anxiety or frustration. This centers you and helps calm your thoughts. For example, if you're at work and your boss is making you anxious, gently rub the locket around your neck.

9. Relax your body
When you're anxious or angry, it can feel like every muscle in your body is tense (and they probably are). Practicing progressive muscle relaxation can help you calm down and center yourself.

To do this, lie down on the floor with your arms out by your side. Make sure your feet aren't crossed and your hands aren't in fists. Start at your toes and tell yourself to release them. Slowly move up your body, telling yourself to release each part of your body until you get to your head.

10. Drop your shoulders
If your body is tense, there's a good chance your posture will suffer. Sit up tall, take a deep breath, and drop your shoulders. To do this, you can focus on bringing your shoulder blades together and then down. This pulls your shoulders down. Take a few deep breaths.

You can do this several times a day.

11. Identify pressure points to calm anger and anxiety Going for a massage or getting acupuncture is a wonderful way to manage anxiety and anger. But it's not always easy to find time in your day to make it happen. The good news is, you can do acupressure on yourself for instant anxiety relief.

This method involves putting pressure with your fingers or your hand at certain points of the body. The pressure releases the tension and relaxes your body.

One area to start with is the point where the inside of your wrist forms a crease with your hand. Press your thumb on this area for two minutes. This can help relieve tension.

12. Get some fresh air
The temperature and air circulation in a room can increase your anxiety or anger. If you're feeling tense and the space you're in is hot and stuffy, this could trigger a panic attack.

Remove yourself from that environment as soon as possible and go outside — even if it's just for a few minutes.

Not only will the fresh air help calm you down, but also the change of scenery can sometimes interrupt your anxious or angry thought process.

13. Fuel your body
Being hangry never helps. If you're hungry or not properly hydrated, many relaxation techniques won't work. That's why it's important to slow down and get something to eat — even if it's just a small snack.

Try nibbling on some dark chocolate. ResearchTrusted Source shows it can help boost brain health and reduce stress.

Wash it down with a cup of green tea and honey. Studies show green tea can help reduce the body's stress response. Research has found that honey can help relieve anxiety.

14. Chew gum
Chewing on a piece of gum can help reduce anxiety (and even boost mood and productivity). In fact, research shows people who chew gum regularly are typically less stressed than non-gum chewers.

15. Listen to music
The next time you feel your anxiety level cranking up, grab some headphones and tune in to your favorite music. Listening to music can have a very calming effect on your body and mind.

16. Dance it out
Get moving to your favorite tunes. Dancing has traditionally been used as a healing art. ResearchTrusted Source shows it's a great way to combat depression and anxiety and increase quality of life.

17. Watch funny videos
Sometimes laughter really is the best medicine. Research has found that laughing provides therapeutic benefits and can help relieve stress and improve mood and quality of life. Do a quick internet search to find funny videos for an instant mood boost.

18. Write it down
If you're too angry or anxious to talk about it, grab a journal and write out your thoughts. Don't worry about complete sentences or punctuation — just write. Writing helps you get negative thoughts out of your head.

19. Squeeze a stress ball
When you're feeling stress come on, try interacting with a stress-relief toy. Options include:

stress ball
magnetic balls
sculpting clay
puzzles
Rubik's cube
fidget spinner

20. Try aromatherapy
Aromatherapy, or the use of essential oils, may help alleviate stress and anxiety and boost mood. Those commonly used in aromatherapy include:

bergamot
cedarwood
chamomile
geranium
ginger
lavender
lemon
tea tree
Add a few drops of essential oil to a diffuser, or mix it with a carrier oil (like coconut oil) and apply to your skin for quick relief.

21. Seek social support
Venting to a trusted friend, family member, or coworker can do wonders. Even if you don't have time for a full play-by-play phone call, a quick text exchange can help you let it all out and help you feel heard.

Bonus points if you engage with a funny friend who can help you laugh for added stress relief.

22. Spend time with a pet
Interacting with your favorite furry friend can decrease levels of the stress hormone cortisol and lower blood pressure. Quality time with a pet can also help you feel less alone and boost your overall mood.

"....his countrymen, Kolisch and Steinitz, are greatly indebted for their later success to their having enjoyed early opportunities of practicing with the departed amateur whose death is also greatly deplored amongst all who knew him personally." — Wilhelm Steinitz, regarding Karl Hamppe

The first appearance of the (John) Cochrane gambit against Petrov's defense C42 was in the year 1848 against an Indian master Mohishunder Bannerjee.

"Sorry don't get it done, Dude!" — John Wayne, Rio Bravo

"Gossip is the devil's telephone. Best to just hang up." — Moira Rose

<pages 24-25 of The Year Book of the United States Chess Federation 1944 (Chicago, 1945), which published ‘Brave Heart', Anthony Santasiere's tribute to Frank J. Marshall. Written in August 1942 for Marshall's 65th birthday, it began:

Brave Heart –
We salute you!
Knowing neither gain nor loss,
Nor fear, nor hate –;
But only this –
To fight – to fight –
And to love.

Santasiere then gushes on in a similar vein for another 40 lines or so, and we pick up the encomium for its final verse:

For this – dear Frank –
We thank you.
For this – dear Frank –
We love you!
Brave heart –
Brave heart –
We love you!>

Why are lethal injections sterilized?
Is this a question of protocol to ensure the same people who administer the lethal injection don't forget that step when administering a remedy to someone else? Or is it to prevent a zombie uprising?

From "Gladiator":
<Maximus: They fought for you and for Rome.

Marcus Aurelius: And what is Rome, Maximus?

Maximus: I've seen much of the rest of the world. It is brutal and cruel and dark, Rome is the light. God is light.

Marcus Aurelius: Yet you have never been there. You have not seen what it has become. I am dying, Maximus. When a man sees his end… he wants to know there was some purpose to his life. How will the world speak my name in years to come? Will I be known as the philosopher? The warrior? The tyrant…? Or will I be the emperor who gave Rome back her true self? There was once a dream that was Rome. You could only whisper it. Anything more than a whisper and it would vanish… it was so fragile. And I fear that it will not survive the winter.>

* One for the Italians: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLZ...

* King of the one-liners: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dbb...

* The King's the thing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cV...

* King Louis XIV had a twin brother: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0Z...

* Battle of World Champions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bp...

* The Big Dipper would be composite drafted #1 every time: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Ws...

* Black makes three Queens: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMt...

* Four Queens: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5W...

* Five Stalemates in the same tournament?!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4q3...

* FIDE disallowed this Russian draw: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVa...

* Focus or get hustled: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5v...

* Magical: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7r...

* Tal's Top 5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKy...

* Greatest performance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEA...

* Gold, Silver, and Bronze: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpW...

* The female GOAT shows us why and why he isn't: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYx...

* Greatest Q sacrifice in history: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G90...

* How to spot cheaters: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4L...

* Immortal blitz game: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8b4...

* It is in the pudding? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ss8...

* It was no illusion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wzu...

* MC interview in Paris: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdp...

* No fear: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMI...

* No ordinary pawn pusher: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bAU...

* 1984: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWZ...

* Not cool: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65R...

* Ooops! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kp6...

* Original Immortal Game: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AaK...

* Original Hood: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lfb...

* Unknown Sultan Khan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Jh...

* Chess Champion of the British Empire: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PN8...

* 9-year-old prodigy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b76...

* Bodhana Sivanandan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqb...

* "The Most Beautiful Bullet Game Ever Played!" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsg...

* Big Vlad vs Little Pragg: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGo...

* Epic encounter: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5g...

* He knows first-hand: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfL...

* Good, Bad, Ugly: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4r...

* Gukesh sees: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oqr...

* When Gukesh caught fire: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fs1...

* Gukesh sacs Carlsen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uME...

* Simple life: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=At6...

* Shocked again: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1T...

* Stockfish Repeats Nezhmetdinov's IMMORTAL Queen Sacrifice! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uyN...

* Training camp: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pn9...

* War of Archimedes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcN...

* Winning: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jd-...

* Youngest Ever: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w__...

* Alpha Zero's "Immortal Zugzwang Game": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFX...

<<<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

"Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers." ― Voltaire

"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

<<A Friend's A Bloom> In the garden of life, a friend's a bloom,
Through sunshine and storms, a comforting room.
With laughter and support, they light the way,
In friendship's embrace, we cherish each day.> — Unknown

"Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not: nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not: the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent." — Calvin Coolidge

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

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

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

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RING AROUND THE ROSIE
Ring around the rosie
A pocket full of posies
Ashes! Ashes!
We all fall down.

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

Q: What do you call a train carrying bubblegum?
Fredthebear created this collection and then a CGs operator chopped it up. A: A chew-chew train.