This collection of 38 games was compiled by avidfan. Fredthebear copied it from avidfan. Thank you avidfan!
Endings must be mastered in early training. Begin with the end in mind. Tactics, positional sacrifices, king opposition, zugzwang, triangulation may be relevant.
* 100 Best Chess Books of All Time: https://www.shortform.com/best-book...
The list has some excellent recommendations, but it's hardly correct. The order of the books is HORRENDOUS. FTB owns hundreds of chess books and has read many, so here's some help.
01) Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess must be thoroughly mastered by ALL beginners.
02) Silman's book is overrated. Better to read Middlegame books & tournament collections.
03) Chernev's books are excellent for advanced beginners and intermediates.
04) M60MG is a classic, but you should read 59 other books before this one.
05) When you think you're a smart chess player, read Polgar's brick cover-cover.
06) Silman's book is overrated. Better to read Middlegame books & tournament collections.
07) Silman's Complete Endgame Course is useful, perhaps confidence-inspiring.
08) The 48 Laws of Power does not belong on this list whatsoever.
09) Zurich 1953 is a classic. Let this be the 53rd chess book that you read.
10) The Life and Games of Mikhail Tal is a favorite world-wide!!
11) A History of Chess by David Shenk is excellent for history buffs.
12) My System by Aron Nimzovich is a true classic, but very wordy.
13) Art of Attack in Chess by Vladimir Vukovic is a true classic, must read!!
14) Dvoretsky's Endgame Manual is a modern classic for top-level players.
15) Seirawan's Winning Chess Tactics, revised is recommended for beginners.
16) Silman's Complete Book of Chess Strategy is not complete, but useful.
17) I don't recommend reading books about suicidal people. It's not an option.
18) Endgame by Frank Brady. Let's read those 60 other books first, O.K.?
19) Chess Fundamentals by Jose Capablanca is NOT for beginners.
20) Seirawan's Play Winning Chess is much better for beginners.
21) Chess for Dummies is NOT for dummies; read before Capablanca's book.
22) My Great Predecessors, Part 1. Save it back for the next decade.
23) The Art of Learning by Josh Waitzkin. Does the cover match the contents?
24) MCO 15th edition by Nick De Firmian is essential for tournament players.
25) Tal-Botvinnik 1960 highly recommended for tournament players.
26) Think Like A Grandmaster is for GMs. Better to think like Chernev, Reinfeld.
27) Game Changer is a good book for master players and above.
28) Understanding Chess Move by Move is for tournament players.
29) My Great Predecessors, Part IV. Save it back for the next decade.
30) Bobby Fischer Goes to War. Let's read those 60 other books first, O.K.?
31) The Luzhin Defense is a fictional novel. It will not improve your chess game.
32) My Great Predecessors, Part 2. Save it back for the next decade.
33) Pawn Structure Chess by Andrew Soltis. Read it sometime after Nunn.
34) Mammoth Book of the World's Greatest Chess Games, after Polgar's brick.
35) 100 Endgames You Must Know is advanced. There's no rush on this one.
36) Silman's book is overrated. Better to read Middlegame books & tournament collections.
37) There's no need to read Searching for Bobby Fischer, but you can if you like.
38) Seirawan's Winning Chess Strategies is for advanced beginners.
39) My Best Games of Chess, 1908-1937. Read this instead of Silman.
39) My Best Games of Chess, 1908-1937. Read this book again, chess hombre!
40) Pandolfini's Ultimate Guide to Chess helps casual club players improve.
41) FCO Paul Van der Sterren is a useful book for intermediates.
42) How Life Imitates Chess. Garry seems well-informed about matters.
43) How to Beat Your Dad at Chess should be read frequently, grown-ups too!
44) Yusupov's Build up your Chess 1 is a fine series for serious, advanced players.
45) My Great Predecessors, Part 3. Save it back for the next decade.
46) Chess mastery does not come easily. It takes steady studies. Skip this book.
47) My Great Predecessors, Part 5. Save it back for the next decade.
48) Chernev's books are useful. Read at least a dozen books before this one.
49) I prefer Lasker's Manual of Chess over Nimzowitch's System and Silman.
50) 1001 Winning Sacrifices and Combinations. Read Lasker's Manual first.
51) Seirawan's Winning Chess Openings. Get FCO Paul Van der Sterren instead.
52) Pachman's Modern Chess Strategy. Read after Alexander Alekhine's book.
53) Deep Thinking? You need to think like Chernev, Reinfeld, Capa, Alekhine.
54) Secrets of Modern Chess Strategy by Watson is a must for master players.
55) Chess Tactics for Champions should be read EVERY six months. Some typos.
56) The Seven Deadly Chess Sins is a good book, but it can wait a few years.
57) Capablanca's Best Chess Endings is a good book, but it can wait a few years.
58) Simple Chess is not so simple. Let it wait at least a year.
59) Mastering the Chess Openings Vol. 1 after FCO Paul Van der Sterren.
60) Practical Chess Exercises will help intermediates and club players.
61) Masters of the Chessboard. Try it after Practical Chess Exercises.
62) Kasparov vs Karpov 1975-1985. This can wait until after the Fischer books.
63) Chess for Kids by Michael Basman is the FIRST BOOK to be read.
64) Chess Praxis, 21st Century edition is understandable, instructive.
65) Re-printed as "How to Play Chess Like a Boss". Recommended.
66) The best way to pump up your rating is to replay complete master games with notes each and every day.
67) Chess for Zebras can wait until you've read all the old classics.
68) Don't rush Best Lessons. Read Seirawan, Polgar, Chernev books first.
69) Read Gelfand's book when you become a grandmaster.
70) Read One Hundred Selected Games after Alekhine and Pachman's books.
70) Read One Hundred Selected Games again. Your competency is elevated.
71) Read How to See 3 Moves Ahead your first year of studies.
72) Studying Chess Made Easy. You should read 3-4 Dan Heisman books first.
73) Shereshevsky's Endgame Strategy is a classic for advanced players.
74) Yusupov's series is for serious, master candidates and beyond.
75) Ideas Behind the Openings for experienced players who know all the names.
76) Fundamental Chess Endings is for masters and grandmasters.
77) The Art of the Middle Game after Alekhine, Pachman, & Botvinnik's books.
78) Chess Master vs. Chess Amateur after you've read the Logical books.
79) Weapons of Chess should be read your first year of playing chess.
80) After Basman & Seirawn, read Traps and Zaps a half-dozen times!!
80) There's a Traps and Zaps II on Semi-Open games. Get that one also.
81) Read Tal's book sometime after The Art of Attack by Vukovic.
82) Garry Kasparov on Garry Kasparov, Part 1 after all the Fischer books.
83) The Flanders Panel - Skip it if you're serious about chess.
84) Pawn Power in Chess sometime after The Art of the Middle Game.
85) The Mammoth Book of Chess shortly after Polgar's tactics, Traps and Zaps.
86) Pandolfini's Endgame Course after The Mammoth Book of Chess.
87) The Middlegame, Book 2 after Pawn Power in Chess.
88) Read Chess for Beginners after Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess at the top.
89) Intermediates must not skip The Game of Chess by Siegbert Tarrasch!!
90) Read Chess: The Art of Logical Thinking after Pandolfini's Endgame Course.
91) Books written by Mark Dvoretsky are for grandmasters.
92) The Queen of Katwe is a real-life success story. Highly recommended!!
93) I have not read this book. Consider the reviews on Amazon.com.
94) 500 Master Games of Chess is an instructive classic! Learn descriptive notation and replay 1-2 games from it each evening.
95) The Turk. Sure, read it if you wish, but don't ever think of cheating.
96) Seirawan's Winning Chess Endings. This is MUST KNOW info for beginners!!
97) Grandmaster Preparation - Calculation. Masters would benefit from this.
98) Don't forget The Immortal Game by David Shenk. It's a history book.
99) Seirawan's Winning Chess Brilliancies. A good read for advanced beginners.
100) Modern Ideas in Chess is a classic for intermediate players and up!
* Top 50 Starter Books Listed in Advancing Study Order:
63 - Chess for Kids by Michael Basman and Mary Ling
01 - Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess by Bobby Fischer, Stuart Margulies, Don Mosenfelder
20 - Play Winning Chess by Yasser Seirawan
43 - How to Beat Your Dad at Chess by Murray Chandler
88 - Chess for Beginners Know the Rules, Choose Your Strategy, and Start Winning by Yelizaveta Orlova
80 - Chess Openings Traps And Zaps by Bruce Pandolfini
15 - Winning Chess Tactics, revised by Yasser Seirawan
03 - Logical Chess Move By Move Every Move Explained New Algebraic Edition by Irving Chernev
79 - Weapons of Chess An Omnibus of Chess Strategies by Bruce Pandolfini
65 - The Complete Idiot's Guide to Chess/Play Like a Boss by Patrick Wolff
99 - Winning Chess Brilliancies by Yasser Seirawan
55 - Chess Tactics for Champions A step-by-step guide to using tactics and combinations the Polgar way by Susan Polgar and Paul Truong
Xtra - More Chess Openings: Traps and Zaps 2 by Bruce Pandolfini
21 - Chess for Dummies by James Eade
96 - Winning Chess Endings by Yasser Seirawan
40 - Pandolfini's Ultimate Guide to Chess by Bruce Pandolfini
96 - Winning Chess Endings by Yasser Seirawan. Read it again; know it!
55 - Chess Tactics for Champions A step-by-step guide to using tactics and combinations the Polgar way by Susan Polgar and Paul Truong
38 - Winning Chess Strategies by Yasser Seirawan
90 - Chess: The Art of Logical Thinking From the First Move to the Last by Neil McDonald
16 - Complete Book of Chess Strategy by Jeremy Silman
68 - Best Lessons of a Chess Coach by Sunil Weeramantry, Edward V. Eusebi, Bruce Pandolfini
55 - Chess Tactics for Champions A step-by-step guide to using tactics and combinations the Polgar way by Susan Polgar and Paul Truong
19 - Chess Fundamentals by Jose Capablanca
86 - Pandolfini's Endgame Course by Bruce Pandolfini
85 - The Mammoth Book of Chess by Graham Burgess. Explains 125 games.
71 - Winning Chess How To See Three Moves Ahead by Irving Chernev and Fred Reinfeld. It's descriptive notation, so it dropped here.
78 - Chess Master vs. Chess Amateur by Max Euwe, Walter Meiden
Xtra - The Art of the Checkmate by Renaud & Kahn.
89 - The Game of Chess by Siegbert Tarrasch.
Xtra - 300 Games of Chess by Siegbert Tarrasch.
75 - Ideas Behind the Chess Openings Algebraic Edition by Reuben Fine
71 - Winning Chess How To See Three Moves Ahead by Irving Chernev and Fred Reinfeld. Read it again. Solving tactics should come easy by now.
48 - The Most Instructive Games of Chess Ever Played by Irving Chernev
49 - Lasker's Manual of Chess by Emanuel Lasker
7 - Silman's Complete Endgame Course From Beginner to Master by Jeremy Silman. This should be read at least once a year, every year.
61 - Masters of the Chessboard by Richard Reti, Sam Sloan, Horace Ransom Bigelow
50 - 1001 Winning Chess Sacrifices and Combinations by Fred Reinfeld
94 - 500 Master Games of Chess by Dr. S. Tartakower, J. du Mont
41 - FCO Fundamental Chess Openings by Paul Van der Sterren
58 - Simple Chess New Algebraic Edition by Michael Stean
05 - Chess 5334 Problems, Combinations and Games László Polgár and Bruce Pandolfini. The reader is overly prepared at this point for this challenge.
57 - Capablanca's Best Chess Endings by Irving Chernev.
39 - My Best Games of Chess, 1908-1937 by Alexander Alekhine
24 - Modern Chess Openings 15th edition by Nick De Firmian
100 - Modern Ideas in Chess by Richard Reti.
13 - Art of Attack in Chess by Vladimir Vukovic.
12 - My System by Aron Nimzovich. The reader is ready for Hypermodernism.
64 - Chess Praxis by Aron Nimzowitsch, Ken Artz
60 - Practical Chess Exercises 600 Lessons from Tactics to Strategy by Ray Cheng
52 - Modern Chess Strategy by Ludek Pachman, Allen S. Russell
84 - Pawn Power in Chess by Hans Kmoch
70 - One Hundred Selected Games by Mikhail Botvinnik, Stephen Garry
77 - The Art of the Middle Game by Paul Keres, Alexander Kotov
09 - The Chess Struggle in Practice Candidates Tournament, Zurich 1953 by David Ionovich Bronstein
10 - The Life and Games of Mikhail Tal by Mikhail Tal
"Whatever you are doing in the game of life, give it all you've got."
— Norman Vincent Peale
"What you do today can improve all your tomorrows." — Ralph Marston
Romans 12:2, King James Bible
And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
The laughter of a child lights up the house. ~ Swahili proverb
"Enthusiasm is one of the most powerful engines of success. When you do a thing, do it with all your might. Put your whole soul into it. Stamp it with your own personality. Be active, be energetic, be enthusiastic and faithful, and you will accomplish your object. Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm."
― Ralph Waldo Emerson
"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
All that glitters is not gold – this line can be found in a text from c.1220: ‘ Nis hit nower neh gold al that ter schineth.'
A friend in need is a friend indeed – a proverb from c.1035 say this: ‘Friend shall be known in time of need.'
All's well that ends well – a line from the mid-13th century is similar: ‘Wel is him te wel ende mai.' Meanwhile, Henry Knighton's Chronicle from the late 14th-century one can read: ‘ If the ende be wele, than is alle wele.'
Hay dos maneras de hermosura: una del alma y otra del cuerpo; la del alma campea y se muestra en el entendimiento, en la honestidad, en el buen proceder, en la liberalidad y en la buena crianza, y todas estas partes caben y pueden estar en un hombre feo; y cuando se pone la mira en esta hermosura, y no en la del cuerpo, suele nacer el amor con ímpetu y con ventajas. (There are two kinds of beauty: one of the soul and the other of the body; that of the soul shows and demonstrates itself in understanding, in honesty, in good behavior, in generosity and in good breeding, and all these things can find room and exist in an ugly man; and when one looks at this type of beauty, and not bodily beauty, love is inclined to spring up forcefully and overpoweringly.)
― Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1547-1616)
Cuando una puerta se cierra, otra se abre. (When one door is closed, another is opened.) ― Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1547-1616)
Dijo la sartén a la caldera, quítate allá ojinegra. (The frying pan said to the cauldron, "Get out of here, black-eyed one." This is believed to be the source of the phrase "the pot calling the kettle black.") ― Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
* One of Pandolfini's Best: Game Collection: Solitaire Chess by Bruce Pandolfini
* Two Great Attackers: https://www.chessgames.com/perl/che...
* Capablanca's Double Attack — having the initiative is important: https://lichess.org/study/tzrisL1R
* Anderssen - Steinitz Match: Anderssen - Steinitz (1866)
* Chessmaster 2000 Classic Games:
Game Collection: Chessmaster '86
* Golden Treasury of Chess (Wellmuth/Horowitz): Game Collection: 0
* Glossary: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/13/...
* GK: Game Collection: Kasparov - The Sicilian Sheveningen
* GPA: https://chesstier.com/grand-prix-at...
* B20s: Game Collection: Grand Prix (Ginger's Models)
* How dumb is it? Game Collection: Diemer-Duhm Gambit
* King Registration: https://www.kingregistration.com/to...
* Make a Stand: https://www.history.com/topics/amer...
* MC Move-by-Move: Game Collection: Move by Move - Carlsen (Lakdawala)
* Tactical Games: Game Collection: Yasser Seirawan's Winning Chess Tactics
* More teenage tagging: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pU9...
"In chess as in life, when defending or attacking, a good chess player understands that one rash, ill-conceived, bad move can worsen the position and lose the game." ― John Bain, chess author
"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
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/
Mark 3:25 And if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand.
Drive sober or get pulled over.
"For surely of all the drugs in the world, chess must be the most permanently pleasurable." — Assiac
Once I asked Pillsbury whether he used any formula for castling. He said his rule was absolute and vital: castle because you will or because you must; but not because you can.' — W.E. Napier (1881-1952)
Connecticut: Windsor
Established in: 1633
Windsor was Connecticut's first English settlement, with a perfect location on the water. Today, the city uses its "first town" status to create a historical atmosphere ideal for tourism.
* Chess History: https://www.uschesstrust.org/chess-...
The Kings of Chess: A History of Chess, Traced Through the Lives of Its Greatest Players by William Hartston
William Hartson traces the development of the game from its Oriental origins to the present day through the lives of its greatest exponents - men like Howard Staunton, who transformed what had been a genteel pastime into a competitive science; the brilliant American Paul Morphy, who once played a dozen simultaneous games blindfold; the arrogant and certified insane Wilhelm Steinitz; the philosopher and mathematician Emanual Lasker; Bobby Fischer, perhaps the most brilliant and eccentric of them all; and many other highly gifted individuals. Hartson depicts all their colorful variety with a wealth of rare illustrations.
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
ISBN: 006015358X
ISBN13: 9780060153588
Release Date: January 1985
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Length: 192 Pages
Weight: 1.80 lbs.
Simonides Preserved By The Gods
Three sorts there are, as Malherbe says,
Which one can never overpraise –
The gods, the ladies, and the king;
And I, for one, endorse the thing.
The heart, praise tickles and entices;
Of fair one's smile, it often the price is.
See how the gods sometimes repay it.
Simonides – the ancients say it –
Once undertook, in poem lyric,
To write a wrestler's panegyric;
Which, before he had proceeded far in,
He found his subject somewhat barren.
No ancestors of great renown;
His sire of some unnoted town;
Himself as little known to fame,
The wrestler's praise was rather tame.
The poet, having made the most of
Whatever his hero had to boast of,
Digressed, by choice that was not all luck's,
To Castor and his brother Pollux;
Whose bright career was subject ample,
For wrestlers, sure, a good example.
Our poet fattened on their story,
Gave every fight its place and glory,
Till of his panegyric words
These deities had got two-thirds.
All done, the poet's fee
A talent was to be.
But when he comes his bill to settle,
The wrestler, with a spice of mettle,
Pays down a third, and tells the poet,
"The balance they may pay who owe it.
The gods than I are rather debtors
To such a pious man of letters.
But still I shall be greatly pleased
To have your presence at my feast,
Among a knot of guests select,
My kin, and friends I most respect."
More fond of character than coffer,
Simonides accepts the offer.
While at the feast the party sit,
And wine provokes the flow of wit,
It is announced that at the gate
Two men, in haste that cannot wait,
Would see the bard. He leaves the table,
No loss at all to "ts noisy gabble.
The men were Leda's twins, who knew
What to a poet's praise was due,
And, thanking, paid him by foretelling
The downfall of the wrestler's dwelling.
From which ill-fated pile, indeed,
No sooner was the poet freed,
Than, props and pillars failing,
Which held aloft the ceiling
So splendid over them,
It downward loudly crashed,
The plates and flagons dashed,
And men who bore them;
And, what was worse,
Full vengeance for the man of verse,
A timber broke the wrestler's thighs,
And wounded many otherwise.
The gossip Fame, of course, took care
Abroad to publish this affair.
"A miracle!" the public cried, delighted.
No more could god-beloved bard be slighted.
His verse now brought him more than double,
With neither duns, nor care, nor trouble.
Whoever laid claim to noble birth
Must buy his ancestors a slice,
Resolved no nobleman on earth
Should overgo him in the price.
From which these serious lessons flow:
Fail not your praises to bestow
On gods and godlike men. Again,
To sell the product of her pain
Is not degrading to the Muse.
Indeed, her art they do abuse,
Who think her wares to use,
And yet a liberal pay refuse.
Whatever the great confer on her,
They're honoured by it while they honour.
Of old, Olympus and Parnassus
In friendship heaved their sky-crowned masses.
Psalm 31:24
Be strong, and let your heart take courage, all you who wait for the Lord!
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.
"Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers." ― Voltaire
"The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy."
― Martin Luther King Jr.
"Forget the past – the future will give you plenty to worry about." — George Allen
"Luckily, there is a way to be happy. It involves changing the emphasis of our thinking from what we want to what we have." ― Richard Carlson
Q: What do you call something that goes up when the rain comes down?
A: An umbrella.
Q: What do you call a doctor who fixes websites?
A: A URL-ologist.
Q: What do you call a sleeping dinosaur?
A: A dinosnore.
Q: What do you call a Christmas tree that knows karate
A: Spruce Lee.
Q: What does a triangle call a circle?
A: Pointless.
Q: What do you call a piece of sad cheese?
A: Blue cheese.
Q: What do you call a cow in an earthquake?
A: A milkshake.
Q: What do you call an M&M that went to college?
A: A smarty.
* Riddle-xp-freee: https://chessimprover.com/chess-rid...
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.
"When you're lonely, when you feel yourself an alien in the world, play Chess. This will raise your spirits and be your counselor in war" ― Aristotle
"The habit of holding a Man in the hand, and moving it first to one square and then to another, in order to engage the assistance of the eye in deciding where it shall actually be placed, is not only annoying to the adversary but a practical infraction of the touch-and-move principle." ― Howard Staunton
"A bad plan is better than none at all." ― Frank Marshall
A New England June
by Bliss Carman
These things I remember
Of New England June,
Like a vivid day-dream
In the azure noon,
While one haunting figure
Strays through every scene,
Like the soul of beauty
Through her lost demesne.
Gardens full of roses
And peonies a-blow
In the dewy morning,
Row on stately row,
Spreading their gay patterns,
Crimson, pied and cream,
Like some gorgeous fresco
Or an Eastern dream.
Nets of waving sunlight
Falling through the trees;
Fields of gold-white daisies
Rippling in the breeze:
Lazy lifting groundswells,
Breaking green as jade
On the lilac beaches,
Where the shore-birds wade.
Orchards full of blossom,
Where the bob-white calls
And the honeysuckle
Climbs the old gray walls;
Groves of silver birches,
Beds of roadside fern,
In the stone-fenced pasture
At the river's turn.
Out of every picture
Still she comes to me
With the morning freshness
Of the summer sea, —
A glory in her bearing,
A sea-light in her eyes,
As if she could not forget
The spell of Paradise.
Thrushes in the deep woods,
With their golden themes,
Fluting like the choirs
At the birth of dreams.
Fireflies in the meadows
At the gate of Night,
With their fairy lanterns
Twinkling soft and bright.
Ah, not in the roses,
Nor the azure noon,
Nor the thrushes' music,
Lies the soul of June.
It is something finer,
More unfading far,
Than the primrose evening
And the silver star;
Something of the rapture
My beloved had,
When she made the morning
Radiant and glad,—
Something of her gracious
Ecstasy of mien,
That still haunts the twilight,
Loving though unseen.
When the ghostly moonlight
Walks my garden ground,
Like a leisurely patrol
On his nightly round,
These things I remember
Of the long ago,
While the slumbrous roses
Neither care nor know.
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."
"Believe in yourself. Have faith in your abilities. Without humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers, you cannot be successful or happy."
― Norman Vincent Peale
"Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that." ― Martin Luther King Jr.
When didi FIDE ruling?
Ellison wrote:
Kamikaze
Two rows of a faceless infantry
fall into line;
I am their general
for this callous battle.
Overlords awaken;
their mirrored armies in meager shadow
to these giants that have played
the game of winning before.
The front rank advances slowly,
private by private; caressing the
battlefield as if never to return again.
The cavalry cry out into the night,
A horse's metallic neigh that pierces through
to the other side's defenses,
and the surrounding warriors join in for the hunt.
A piece for a piece;
The desperate deal is made
between the masters of their
horrified soldiers.
Do I dare repeat
such insidious acts within my fleet?
The crown shakes with fear,
for the opposing ranks are drawing near.
Towering higher than the castles upon the deck,
I make my way to the monarch in check;
Swords left littered across the field
as the fires of carnage have dwindled low,
but trampling through grief, groans, and woe,
The other side is forced to yield.
Stop and go
Hay dos maneras de hermosura: una del alma y otra del cuerpo; la del alma campea y se muestra en el entendimiento, en la honestidad, en el buen proceder, en la liberalidad y en la buena crianza, y todas estas partes caben y pueden estar en un hombre feo; y cuando se pone la mira en esta hermosura, y no en la del cuerpo, suele nacer el amor con ímpetu y con ventajas. (There are two kinds of beauty: one of the soul and the other of the body; that of the soul shows and demonstrates itself in understanding, in honesty, in good behavior, in generosity and in good breeding, and all these things can find room and exist in an ugly man; and when one looks at this type of beauty, and not bodily beauty, love is inclined to spring up forcefully and overpoweringly.)
― Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1547-1616)
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"Love Is A Place" by E.E. Cummings
Love is a place
& through this place of
love move
(with brightness of peace)
all places
yes is a world
& in this world of
yes live
(skilfully curled)
all worlds
Q: What do you call something that goes up when the rain comes down?
A: An umbrella.
Q: What do you call a doctor who fixes websites?
A: A URL-ologist.
Q: What do you call a sleeping dinosaur?
A: A dinosnore.
Q: What do you call a Christmas tree that knows karate
A: Spruce Lee.
Q: What does a triangle call a circle?
A: Pointless.
Q: What do you call a piece of sad cheese?
A: Blue cheese.
Q: What do you call a cow in an earthquake?
A: A milkshake.
Q: What do you call an M&M that went to college?
A: A smarty.
Q: What do you call a baby polar bear?
A: An ice cub.
Q: What do you call a witch that lives at the beach?
A: A sand witch.
Q: What do you call a key that opens the door on Thanksgiving?
A: A turkey.
Q: What do you call a cheese that doesn't belong to you?
A: Nacho cheese!
Q: What do you call a cow that plays a musical instrument?
A: A moosician.
Q: What do you call shorts that clouds wear?
A: Thunderwear.
Q: What do you call milk that gets anything it wants?
A: Spoiled milk.
Q: What do you call a dog magician?
A: A labracadabrador.
Q: What do you call a funny mountain?
A: Hill-arious.
Q: What do you call a cute door?
A: Adorable.
King Richard I of England
Richard I was shot through the shoulder with a crossbow outside of Chalus Castle in France in March 1199. The injury was serious, but survivable—but the infection that followed it was not. He died two weeks later on April 6. His heart was buried separately from the rest of his body.
As for the arrow that brought down Richard the Lionheart? It was a lucky shot over the side of the castle from a young boy. It became immortalized as "the lion by the ant was slain."
Richard I pardoned the archer who shot him.
"Holy Sonnet 10: Death, Be Not Proud"
by John Donne (1572-1631)
Death, be not proud, though some have called thee
Mighty and dreadful, for thou art not so;
For those whom thou think'st thou dost overthrow
Die not, poor Death, nor yet canst thou kill me.
From rest and sleep, which but thy pictures be,
Much pleasure; then from thee much more must flow,
And soonest our best men with thee do go,
Rest of their bones, and soul's delivery.
Thou art slave to fate, chance, kings, and desperate men,
And dost with poison, war, and sickness dwell,
And poppy or charms can make us sleep as well
And better than thy stroke; why swell'st thou then?
One short sleep past, we wake eternally
And death shall be no more; Death, thou shalt die.
"They made us many promises, but they kept only one. They promised to take our land -- and they did." — Chief Red Cloud, Oglala-Lakota Sioux, 1822-1909.
"There are two kinds of people in this world: Those who believe there are two kinds of people in this world and those who are smart enough to know better."
― Tom Robbins, Still Life with Woodpecker
<<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>
"My guiding principles in life are to be honest, genuine, thoughtful and caring."
― Prince William
Romans 8:38-39
For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
"It is atheism and blasphemy to dispute what God can do: good Christians content themselves with His will revealed in His Word." ― King James I
"Remember Red, hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies." ― Andy (Tim Robbins), "The Shawshank Redemption"
<<by W.A. Ballantine given on page 153 of the American Chess Journal, September 1878:>Charming as the sweetest music;
High above the common reach,
Easy to the bright and wise;
Splendid in the hands of genius;
Such the royal game of chess.>
* Common Sense: Game Collection: Common Sense in Chess (Lasker)
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/2Cne...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/t9qi...
* Crafty Endgame Trainer: https://www.chessvideos.tv/endgame-...
* Not So Good: Game Collection: The St. George Defense
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Plmf...
* Shirov's Best: Game Collection: Fire on Board 1 (Shirov)
* Handy Tricks: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/i7pe...
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A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush ― Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, "Don Quixote"
"I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have."
― Thomas Jefferson, chess player
Old Russian Proverb: "Every sandpiper praises its own swamp. (Всяк кулик свое болото хвалит.)" People tend to have high opinion about the place where they live.
I have many jokes about rich kids — sadly none of them work.
"The beginning of love is the will to let those we love be perfectly themselves, the resolution not to twist them to fit our own image. If in loving them we do not love what they are, but only their potential likeness to ourselves, then we do not love them: we only love the reflection of ourselves we find in them"
― Thomas Merton, No Man Is an Island
"<Love all, trust a few,
Do wrong to none: be able for thine enemy
Rather in power than use; and keep thy friend
Under thy own life's key: be check'd for silence,
But never tax'd for speech.>"
― William Shakespeare, All's Well That Ends Well
"I am no longer cursed by poverty because I took possession of my own mind, and that mind has yielded me every material thing I want, and much more than I need. But this power of mind is a universal one, available to the humblest person as it is to the greatest." ― Andrew Carnegie Andrew Carnegie
"Luckily, there is a way to be happy. It involves changing the emphasis of our thinking from what we want to what we have." ― Richard Carlson
Lord Dunsany wrote what is perhaps the finest chess poem ever written. It marked the death of R.H.S. Stevenson and was published on page 74 of the April 1943 BCM:
One art they say is of no use;
The mellow evenings spent at chess,
The thrill, the triumph, and the truce
To every care, are valueless.
And yet, if all whose hopes were set
On harming man played chess instead,
We should have cities standing yet
Which now are dust upon the dead.
Actions speak louder than words.
Mark 3:25 And if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand.
"An eye for an eye will only make the whole world blind." — Mahatma Gandhi
"If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow." ― Ancient Chinese Proverb
"Where there's a will, there's a way."
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"
Proverbs 14:29-35
29 He who is slow to anger has great understanding, But he who is quick-tempered * exalts folly.
30 A tranquil heart is life to the body, But passion is rottenness to the bones.
31 He who oppresses the poor taunts his Maker, But he who is gracious to the needy honors Him.
32 The wicked is thrust down by his wrongdoing, But the righteous has a refuge when he dies.
33 Wisdom rests in the heart of one who has understanding, But in the hearts of fools it is made known.
34 Righteousness exalts a nation, But sin is a disgrace to any people.
35 The king's favor is toward a servant who acts wisely, But his anger is toward him who acts shamefully.
Friendly Tree, This Is Your Day
By Annette Wynne
Friendly tree, this is your day,
So we'll stop our work and play
And talk of you,
And all the things that you do.
Standing still and quiet there,
Sending branches into air,
Making pleasant shade around,
Delving far beneath the ground,
Holding all year safe from harm
Little nest within your arm,
Keeping firmly where you are,
Reaching up to touch a star,
Growing, working, just as I,
Seeking God within the sky.
Prayer for Your Children
Lord, I release my children to Your care and protection, and I relinquish my will for them in favor of Your will. I know I can't go everywhere my child goes, but I know you do. Please protect them.Give us wisdom for how to parent well. Give us peace in Your goodness toward our children and your love for us.
In Jesus' Name, Amen.
"It's a great huge game of chess that's being played—all over the world—if this is the world at all, you know. Oh, what fun it is! How I wish I was one of them! I wouldn't mind being a Pawn, if only I might join—though of course I should like to be a Queen, best."
— Lewis Carroll Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (1832–1898)
Aristotle once asked "What is it about a thing that makes a thing what it is?"
"To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born, is to remain always a child." ― Cicero
<<Care And Happiness>
You came as a ray of light,
Made my life cheerful and bright,
Showering your affection over me
So that my face was full of glee.
Taking away my complete loneliness
And giving me back all the happiness
With a Midas touch of your care
To keep me away from despair.
I'll never leave you midway,
And tales of our bond people will say.>
— Shishir
Lord Dunsany wrote what is perhaps the finest chess poem ever written. It marked the death of R.H.S. Stevenson and was published on page 74 of the April 1943 BCM:
One art they say is of no use;
The mellow evenings spent at chess,
The thrill, the triumph, and the truce
To every care, are valueless.
And yet, if all whose hopes were set
On harming man played chess instead,
We should have cities standing yet
Which now are dust upon the dead.
Actions speak louder than words.
Mark 3:25 And if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand.
"An eye for an eye will only make the whole world blind." — Mahatma Gandhi
"If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow." ― Ancient Chinese Proverb
"Where there's a will, there's a way."
<<Us Two>
So wherever I am, there's always Pooh,
There's always Pooh and Me.
"What would I do?" I said to Pooh,
"If it wasn't for you," and Pooh said: "True,
It isn't much fun for One, but Two,
Can stick together, says Pooh, says he. "That's how it is," says Pooh.>
— A. A. Milne
I have a fear of speed bumps. But I am slowly getting over it.
* Riddle-e-dee: https://chessimprover.com/chess-rid...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/-A4T...
I was wondering why the frisbee was getting bigger, then it hit me.
<<<Harry Golombek (1 March 1911 – 7 January 1995) was a British chess player, chess author, and wartime codebreaker. He was three times British chess champion, in 1947, 1949, and 1955 and finished second in 1948.* https://en.chessbase.com/post/harry...
* https://www.chesshistory.com/winter...
* https://www.youtube.com/shorts/CnLH...
* https://www.goodreads.com/author/li...
* https://www.365chess.com/players/Ha...>
>>
"The first place you need to look is the last place you saw it."
— Digger Manes, Moonshiners
<A wise old owl sat on an oak,The more he saw the less he spoke,
The less he spoke the more he heard,
Why aren't we like that wise old bird?>
Give a HOOT -- don't pollute!!
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This poem is dedicated to all female chessplayers on Caissa's Web.
Sweet Caissa
Oh, Sweet Caissa, Goddess of chess
in the name of this holistic game
I pray Thee: bless my noble aim
to render all my opponents lame
in my holy quest for worldly fame,
to be Supreme no more no less.
In awe I heard this Sweet Caissa say
"Daughter go forth and smite them all,
stoutly charge your knight sitting tall
while flying over the castle's wall
to slay all men in your deadly call."
Now in fear I hide and will no longer play.
"Believe in yourself. Have faith in your abilities. Without humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers, you cannot be successful or happy."
― Norman Vincent Peale
"Intelligence plus character-that is the goal of true education."
― Martin Luther King Jr.
"My concern about my reputation is with the people who I respect and my family and my Lord. And I'm perfectly comfortable with my reputation with them, sir." — John Durham
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KIA
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