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Not everyone knows that mastering the queen's gambit declined is essential for anyone wanting to become a strong positional player. But I realized it and I will continue to play it until I become a strong player. It is based mostly on Matthew Sadler's book 'The Queen's Gambit Declined', except for chapter 3 where I did a bit of research on the internet and with the chessgames.com opening explorer. Specialists of the Queen's Gambit Declined that you will follow are Nigel Short, Efim Geller and Alexander Beliavsky 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 It's the idea of <Geller> to play this move. It stops any exchange variation with Bg5, notably the most dangerous for black of them all. I) Queen's Gambit Declined Exchange Variation <4. cxd5 exd5> 
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II) Queen's Gambit Declined Bf4
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III) Queen's Gambit Declined Tartakower Variation Main Line <4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. e3 0-0 7. Bh6 b6> 
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IV) Playing against d pawn rare systems
a) Stonewall attack.
click for larger viewA Abdul Rahman vs M Aboudi, 2010 is a very concrete example of the risks for white in this (too) slow opening b) Colle-Zukertort system
click for larger viewThe white player wants to hack your kings but as usual central counterplay is the key answer W John vs A Nimzowitsch, 1910 c) Pure Colle System <2. e3 Nf6 3. Bd3 e6> 
click for larger view "The deadly pawn triangle", as Kingscrusher says, is not that deadly but is certainly to be considered seriously E El Gindy vs S Halkias, 2003, E P Nirmal vs P Mohana, 2008 d) Levitsky attack <2. Bg5 Nf6> 
click for larger viewA favorite of Hodgson that aims to bring unusual positions to the board * <3. Bxf6>
Van der Wiel vs Timman, 1990 R Djurhuus vs Carlsen, 2006, I Rogers vs Kasparov, 2001, H Borchgrevink vs V Akobian, 1996 e) The Blackmar-Diemer Gambit < 2. e4 dxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. f3 exf3 5. Nxf3 Bg4 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 c6> dx 
click for larger viewA crazy opening that it quite unsound. Castling queenside will annoy white over-agressive players. A Patience Worth Blessing
by Patience Worth
This hour, this hour, a chalice. Unto its golden cup
We have poured our love, for there be not one man
Who may honestly disclaim that he hath taken within
His heart, God. Mayhap to refuse Him an abiding place;
But His shadow hath rested upon him.
Behold, from this instant we disperse and His shadow
Shall follow thee. I say that tomorrow at some instant
Of time, each of thee shall stop, and I, like a moth
Shall flit thee, and thou shalt remember Him.
I charge thee; it shall be!
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* Crisis of Character: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWE... * Tips for 100-1000: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCb... * Sacrifice on f7: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGk... * Most common errors below 1200: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mmw... * EZ C-K traps: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCw... * 1908 WC Match: Game Collection: Lasker vs Tarrasch WCM 1908 * En Passant Mate: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/tech... * Frank Marshall - Edward Lasker 1923 Match:
Game Collection: Marshall -- Ed. Lasker 1923 match * Chess in old newspapers: https://www.schach-chess.com/chess-... * Glossary P: https://www.peoriachess.com/Glossar... * 15,000,000 disappeared? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fn0... * Tips for 1100-2000: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIE... * Top 5 C-K traps: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yB8... * 3 Tips to reach 2000: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzB... * The Bob Fischer Story collection: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0A8... * Fireworks in the Ruy Lopez: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIO... * Deflect the Defender of the mating square w/a Pin: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/axBq... * Trap the bishop: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQG... * Boo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzC... * Budapest Gambit Trap: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/xWC3... * Englund Gambit beat: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rL0... * Soller Gambit: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/jB5M... * Learn the Q's Gambit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWH... * Tips for the Q's Gambit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAt... * 5 Traps Against 1.d4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jkd... * Meet Old Ben: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34N... * Jim's Modern Benoni: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ts8... * Daaron opened the same way: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqA... * Benoni Defense Blunder: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/8cpd... * Benoni trap for Black: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/0hQP... * Blitz Benoni Defense: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nue... * A65 by RJ Fischer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Op... * Fischer's Trap: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTC... * Transpose to a Benoni: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZ0... * Kasparov breaks the Benoni: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_1... * Fantastic attack: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kuw... * Benoni Traps Against 1.d4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsb... * Benoni is back! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40e... * Benoni Masterclass: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6x... * Simplified Benoni: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tv5... * How to play against the Benoni: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Mz... * How to beat the Benoni: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhG... * Beat the Benoni: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIa... * Beat the Benoni: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M25... * Benoni Plans: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZq... * Crush the Benoni: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yuy... * Destroy the Benoni: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUr... * GMAC likes the Benoni: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNm... * MC plays the Benoni: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzo... * Online Benoni victory: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUN... * The Benoni is a Joke? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5aT... * Almost a refutation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Otb... * Is the Modern Benoni in trouble? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYW... * Black tries the Czech Benoni: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIt... * 9 Ideas in the Q's Gambit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONB... * 10 Ideas in the Q's Gambit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYB... * Simple but vital habit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CX... * Complete Chess EG series: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cc2... * Naroditsky's EG series: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhU... * Win R&P endings: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkG... * Mental Endgame Mastery: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvv... * Scut'in: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iO7... 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 King James Version 16 Rejoice evermore.
17 Pray without ceasing.
18 In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you. French Proverb: "Il ne faut rien laisser au hasard." ― (Nothing should be left to chance.) Deuteronomy 6:6-9: "These commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts. Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. Write them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates." Isaiah 66:24
24 "And they will go out and look on the dead bodies of those who rebelled against me; the worms that eat them will not die, the fire that burns them will not be quenched, and they will be loathsome to all mankind." Matthew 19:26
But Jesus looked at them and said, 'With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.' <chess writer and poet Henry Thomas Bland.Another example of his way with words is the start of ‘Internal Fires', a poem published on page 57 of the March 1930 American Chess Bulletin: I used to play chess with the dearest old chap,
Whom naught could upset whatever might hap.
He'd oft lose a game he might well have won
But made no excuse for what he had done.
If a piece he o'erlooked and got it snapped up He took it quite calmly and ne'er ‘cut up rough'.> "You cannot swim for new horizons until you have courage to lose sight of the shore." ― William Faulkner "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. Old Russian Proverb: "Scythe over a stone." (Нашла коса на камень.) The force came over a stronger force. "It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things." ― Leonardo da Vinci Q: How do poets say hello?
A: "Hey, haven't we metaphor?"
Thank you, Qindarka!
Q: What do you call a cow jumping on a trampoline?
A: A milkshake.
'Ask no questions and hear no lies
* The Most Instructive Games of Chess Ever Played: 62 Masterpieces of Chess Strategy by Irving Chernev - https://lichess.org/study/KMMrJvE1 5 stars
Chess to Enjoy!
Irving Chernev is, along with Fred Reinfeld, Edward Lasker, and Al Horowitz, one of the great popularizers of chess. None of these fine chess writers have much to teach the elite classes of players rated 1900 and above, although even strong players will enjoy the sparkling wit and breezy style for which these authors are admired. What these writers offer is their infectious enthusiasm, and their talent to entertain, inform, and instruct painlessly. It has been pointed out by other readers that this book falls short in the accuracy and bias of its annotations. If accuracy and unbiased annotation is what you need, then perhaps you should pass on this title. But, if you are like me and enjoy a little drama and color and yes, even one-sided praise for the winner, then this book should delight you. Monsieur Chernev writes for the average player, and he understands the fine art of chess annotation. He doesn't burden his reader with deep ramified variations. Such ponderous analysis tends to do little more than suggest to the reader that the Master is omniscient. Instead, this author strives to present only the salient points; the strategic themes, the immediate tactical considerations, and sometimes the missed opportunities in the game. By sticking to the main ideas, the reader is better able to grasp the material and to enjoy it, for enjoyment is the real point, and Chernev never loses sight of that fact. The games in this collection are chosen especially for their strategic instructional value. Strategy implies a closed game (usually a d-pawn or hypermodern opening). Consequently, these games are not fulminating with wild tactics and dazzling combinations. The tactics tend to lie under the surface but nonetheless influence the play. To call any of these games boring is to miss the whole point. From a strategic viewpoint all these games are beautiful, exciting, and instructive. The introductory text for each game gives a sense of the human element; a mix of history, personality profiles, time, place, and event, and an overall description of the struggle about to commence. I have a lot of games collections in my chess library, but I have not been able to finish many of them. I couldn't put this one down. Have fun while you improve. Read this book. Rated 5 stars
Gem of a book!
This book, along with Chernev's "Logical Chess Move by Move" is clearly the authors Magnum Opus. The book features 62 chapters (i.e. games) played by the "older masters" like Tarrasch, Lasker, Capablanca, Rubenstein, Fischer (I know - not that old), Botvinnik, Nimzowitsch, Petrosian, etc. etc. The games are dissected at a level comfortable for club level players. Each game focuses on a theme (i.e. outpost, weak square, bishop pair, rook ending, Occupation of 7th rank, isolated pawn, etc. I highly recommend this book (along with the other book mentioned) to anyone rated between 1100 - 1600. I can think of few other titles that will return as much value for the modest time investment to read them! Chernev has an infectious love for the game of chess paralleled by few (if any) chess writers, past or present. He was probably around International Master Playing strength. Each game hammers on one particular positional theme. This book is incredibly instructive. * Legendary: Game Collection: The 12 Legendary Games of the Century * Knight Power: https://fmochess.com/the-power-of-t... * Knights strike: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/I2Xm... * POTD 2023: Game Collection: Puzzle of the Day 2023 'Ask a silly question and you'll get a silly answer The Words Of Socrates
A house was built by Socrates
That failed the public taste to please.
Some blamed the inside; some, the out; and all
Agreed that the apartments were too small.
Such rooms for him, the greatest sage of Greece! "I ask," said he, "no greater bliss
Than real friends to fill even this."
And reason had good Socrates
To think his house too large for these.
A crowd to be your friends will claim,
Till some unhandsome test you bring.
There's nothing plentier than the name;
There's nothing rarer than the thing.
"Funny, funny Jude (The Man in the Red Beret). You play with little pieces all day long, and you know what? You'll live to be an old, old man someday. And here I am." — Janis Joplin Jude Acers set a Guinness World Record for playing 117 people in simultaneous chess games on April 21, 1973 at the Lloyd Center Mall in Portland, Oregon. On July 2-3, 1976 Jude played 179 opponents at Mid Isle Plaza (Broadway Plaza) in Long Island, New York for another Guinness record. Gambling problem? Call 1-800-GAMBLER
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<The Chess Player
by Howard Altmann
They've left. They've all left.
The pigeon feeders have left.
The old men on the benches have left.
The white-gloved ladies with the Great Danes have left.
The lovers who thought about coming have left.
The man in the three-piece suit has left.
The man who was a three-piece band has left.
The man on the milkcrate with the bible has left.
Even the birds have left.
Now the trees are thinking about leaving too.
And the grass is trying to turn itself in.
Of course the buses no longer pass.
And the children no longer ask.
The air wants to go and is in discussions.
The clouds are trying to steer clear.
The sky is reaching for its hands.
Even the moon sees what's going on.
But the stars remain in the dark.
As does the chess player.
Who sits with all his pieces
In position.>
The closest relative to bears are seals.
Proverbs 29:25
Fear of man will prove to be a snare, but whoever trusts in the Lord is kept safe. "Intelligence plus character-that is the goal of true education."
― Martin Luther King Jr.
"It ain't over 'til it's over, no matter how over it looks." ― Yogi Berra
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