"The Cambridge Springs Defense of the Queen's Gambit Declined takes its name from this 1904 tournament (held in Cambridge Springs, PA between New York and Chicago). It was played in three games: Marshall–Teichmann, Hodges–Barry and Schlechter–Teichmann. The results were not good as Black only scored a single draw and two losses.
Despite these results and the fact that the variation did not truly originate at Cambridge Springs, the name Cambridge Springs Defense is still used today to refer to this variation."
-- Wikipedia
* 1904 Tournament:
Game Collection: Cambridge Springs 1904
* Photos and more found here: http://cs1904.com/
"Si vis pacem, para bellum" ― Cicero
"Unfortunately, many regard the critic as an enemy, instead of seeing him as a guide to the truth." ― Wilhelm Steinitz
"My passions were all gathered together like fingers that made a fist. Drive is considered aggression today; I knew it then as purpose." ― Bette Davis
"Chess is a matter of vanity." ― Alexander Alekhine
"As a chess player one has to be able to control one's feelings, one has to be as cold as a machine." ― Levon Aronian
"Sometimes it happens that the computer's assessment is very abstract. It's correct, but it's not useful for a practical game. You have to prove the assessment with very strong moves and if you don't find all of these strong moves you may lose very quickly. For a computer this is not a problem, but for humans it is not so easy." ― Vassily Ivanchuk
"A good book is the precious lifeblood of a master spirit." ― John Milton
"Chess is a sport. The main object in the game of chess remains the achievement of victory." ― Max Euwe
"A sport, a struggle for results and a fight for prizes. I think that the discussion about "chess is science or chess is art" is already inappropriate. The purpose of modern chess is to reach a result." ― Alexander Morozevich
"No one man is superior to the game." ― A. Bartlett Giamatti, in reference to Pete Rose, the all-time MLB hits leader banned for gambling.
"To err is human; to forgive, divine." ― Alexander Pope
"I consider Mr. Morphy the finest chess player who ever existed. He is far superior to any now living, and would doubtless have beaten Labourdonnais himself. In all his games with me, he has not only played, in every instance, the exact move, but the most exact. He never makes a mistake; but, if his adversary commits the slightest error, he is lost." ― Adolf Anderssen
"After white's reply to 1.e4 e5 with 2.f4 the game is in its last throes"
― Howard Staunton
"I have added these principles to the law: get the Knights into action before both Bishops are developed." ― Emanuel Lasker
"With opposite coloured bishops the attacking side has in effect an extra piece in the shape of his bishop." ― Mikhail Botvinnik
"A pawn, when separated from his fellows, will seldom or never make a fortune." ― Francois-Andre Danican Philidor
"Be warned! From Satan's viewpoint you are a pawn in his game of cosmic chess." ― Adrian Rogers
"Pawns not only create the sketch for the whole painting, they are also the soil, the foundation, of any position." ― Anatoly Karpov
"The object of the state is always the same: to limit the individual, to tame him, to subordinate him, to subjugate him." ― Max Stirner
"It is a profound mistake to imagine that the art of combination depends only on natural talent, and that it cannot be learned." ― Richard Reti
"A Queen's sacrifice, even when fairly obvious, always rejoices the heart of the chess-lover." ― Savielly Tartakower
"Everyone makes mistakes. The wise are not people who never make mistakes, but those who forgive themselves and learn from their mistakes." ― Ajahn Brahm
"As a rule, so-called "positional" sacrifices are considered more difficult, and therefore more praise-worthy, than those which are based exclusively on an exact calculation of tactical possibilities." ― Alexander Alekhine
"It would be idle, and presumptuous, to wish to imitate the achievements of a Morphy or an Alekhine; but their methods and their manner of expressing themselves are within the reach of all." ― Eugene Znosko-Borovsky
"The most powerful weapon in chess is to have the next move."
― David Bronstein
"If the defender is forced to give up the center, then every possible attack follows almost of itself." ― Siegbert Tarrasch
"Erudition, like a bloodhound, is a charming thing when held firmly in leash, but it is not so attractive when turned loose upon a defenseless and unerudite public." ― Agnes Repplier
"If you watch it, you should watch it with other players and try to find moves, like it was before. Now on many sites you watch together with the computer and the pleasure is gone." ― Boris Gelfand
"I believe that Chess possesses a magic that is also a help in advanced age. A rheumatic knee is forgotten during a game of chess and other events can seem quite unimportant in comparison with a catastrophe on the chessboard."
― Vlastimil Hort
"It's funny, but many people don't understand why I draw so many games nowadays. They think my style must have changed but this is not the case at all. The answer to this drawing disease is that my favorite squares are e6, f7, g7 and h7 and everyone now knows this. They protect these squares not once but four times!" ― Mikhail Tal
"Having spent alarmingly large chunks of my life studying the white side of the Open Sicilian, I find myself asking, why did I bother?" ― Daniel J. King
"Apart from direct mistakes, there is nothing more ruinous than routine play, the aim of which is mechanical development." ― Alexey Suetin
"Not infrequently ... the theoretical is a synonym of the stereotyped. For the 'theoretical' in chess is nothing more than that which can be found in the textbooks and to which players try to conform because they cannot think up anything better or equal, anything original." ― Mikhail Chigorin
"The choice of opening, whether to aim for quiet or risky play, depends not only on the style of a player, but also on the disposition with which he sits down at the board." ― Efim Geller
"Despite the development of chess theory, there is much that remains secret and unexplored in chess." ― Vasily Smyslov
"No matter how much theory progresses, how radically styles change, chess play is inconceivable without tactics." ― Samuel Reshevsky
"Collect as precious pearls the words of the wise and virtuous."
― Abdelkader El Djezairi
"Learning is not attained by chance; it must be sought for with ardor and diligence." ― Abigail Adams
"When I was preparing for one term's work in the Botvinnik school I had to spend a lot of time on king and pawn endings. So when I came to a tricky position in my own games, I knew the winning method." ― Garry Kasparov
"As a rule, pawn endings have a forced character, and they can be worked out conclusively." ― Mark Dvoretsky
"It is a gross overstatement, but in chess, it can be said I play against my opponent over the board and against myself on the clock." ― Viktor Korchnoi
"The fact that the 7 hours time control allows us to play a great deep game is not of great importance for mass-media." ― Alexei Shirov
"For me, each game is a new challenge, which has to be dealt with rationally and systematically. At that time, every other thought fades into oblivion."
― Viswanathan Anand
"Any fool can know. The point is to understand." ― Albert Einstein
"One bad move nullifies forty good ones." ― Israel Albert Horowitz
"It is a well-known phenomenon that the same amateur who can conduct the middle game quite creditably, is usually perfectly helpless in the end game. One of the principal requisites of good chess is the ability to treat both the middle and end game equally well." ― Aron Nimzowitsch
"My hard work and excellent training entitled me to be a better actress than some of my competitors." ― Pola Negri
"Endings of one rook and pawns are about the most common sort of endings arising on the chess board. Yet though they do occur so often, few have mastered them thoroughly. They are often of a very difficult nature, and sometimes while apparently very simple they are in reality extremely intricate."
― Jose Raul Capablanca
"Capablanca used to talk calmly and moderately about everything. However, when our conversation turned to the problems of the battle for the world championship, in front of me was a quite different person: an enraged lion, although with the fervour typical only of a southerner, with his temperamental patter, which made it hard to follow the torrent of his indignant exclamations and words." ― Alexander Koblencs
"A player is said to have the opposition when he can place his King directly in front of the adverse King, with only one square between them. This is often an important advantage in ending games." ― Howard Staunton
"A player can sometimes afford the luxury of an inaccurate move, or even a definite error, in the opening or middlegame without necessarily obtaining a lost position. In the endgame ... an error can be decisive, and we are rarely presented with a second chance." ― Paul Keres
"Never trust a government that doesn't trust its own citizens with guns."
― Benjamin Franklin
"The Soviet Union was an exception, but even there chess players were not rich. Only Fischer changed that." ― Boris Spassky
"Chess never has been and never can be aught but a recreation. It should not be indulged in to the detriment of other and more serious avocations - should not absorb or engross the thoughts of those who worship at its shrine, but should be kept in the background, and restrained within its proper province. As a mere game, a relaxation from the severe pursuits of life, it is deserving of high commendation." ― Paul Morphy
"Incidentally, when we're faced with a "prove or disprove," we're usually better off trying first to disprove with a counterexample, for two reasons: A disproof is potentially easier (we need just one counterexample); and nitpicking arouses our creative juices. Even if the given assertion is true, our search for a counterexample often leads to a proof, as soon as we see why a counterexample is impossible. Besides, it's healthy to be skeptical." ― Ronald Graham
"Attackers may sometimes regret bad movez, but it's much worse to forever regret an opportunity you allowed to pass you by." ― Garry Kasparov
"Even the laziest king flees wildly in the face of a double check."
― Aron Nimzowitzch
"When you see a good move – WAIT! – look for a better one." ― Emanuel Lasker
The Portuguese chess player and author Pedro Damiano (1480–1544) first wrote this in his book "Questo libro e da imparare giocare a scachi et de li partiti" published in Rome, Italy, in 1512.
Proverbs 29:25
Fear of man will prove to be a snare, but whoever trusts in the Lord is kept safe.
"Winning is about commitment, discipline, hard work, dedication, determination, courage and sometimes even luck!" ― Susan Polgar
"Every defeat is an opportunity to learn from our mistakes! Every victory is a confirmation of our hard work!" ― Susan Polgar
"A chess player uses his/her knowledge to prepare for next game while a passionate coach preparez for next generation!" ― Susan Polgar
French Proverb: "Ce n'est pas à un vieux singe qu'on apprend à faire la grimace." ― (There's no substitute for experience.)
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...
* Golden Treasury of Chess (Wellmuth/Horowitz): Game Collection: 0
* Glossary NYT: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/13/...
* 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
"Chess is a miniature version of life. To be successful, you need to be disciplined, assess resources, consider responsible choices and adjust when circumstances change." ― Susan Polgar
"I mean a man whose hopes and aims may sometimes lie (as most men's sometimes do, I dare say) above the ordinary level, but to whom the ordinary level will be high enough after all if it should prove to be a way of usefulness and good service leading to no other. All generous spirits are ambitious, I suppose, but the ambition that calmly trusts itself to such a road, instead of spasmodically trying to fly over it, is of the kind I care for."
― Charles Dickens, Bleak House
"Treat your men as you would your own beloved sons. And they will follow you into the deepest valley." ― Sun Tzu, The Art of War
* Basic Rules: https://thechessworld.com/basic-che...
* BFTC: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/1Yq6...
* Attack and Defense: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uc-...
* 10 Tips: https://www.uschess.org/index.php/L...
* 10 Crazy Gambits: https://www.chess.com/blog/yola6655...
* 25 Opening Traps: https://www.chess.com/blog/ChessLor...
* 150 Attack: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FH4...
* QGD D06: Queen's Gambit Declined (D06)
* Best Games of 2018: Game Collection: Best Games of 2018
* Be aggressive! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFl...
* Checkmate patterns: Game Collection: Checkmate: Checkmate Patterns
* Bill Wall miniatures: Bill Wall
* Puzzles: Tactics Archive
* Play for free: https://www.freechess.org/
* Short and Quick:
Game Collection: SHORT AND QUICK
* How to Play Chess! http://www.serverchess.com/play.htm...
* Chess in old newspapers: https://www.schach-chess.com/chess-...
* Assorted good games: Game Collection: assorted Good games
* Brutal Attacking Chess: Game Collection: Brutal Attacking Chess
* Pawns Attack: https://www.bing.com/videos/search?...
* Anna's mother Pia Cramling: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/0wLw...
* Pia got GothamChess: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/6J8o...
* A07, B23-B25: Game Collection: Sicilian Closed / Grand Prix Attack
* Ataman's Minis: Game Collection: Instructive Chess Miniatures (Ataman)
* 107 battles: Game Collection: 107 Great Chess Battles: 1939-45 Alekhine
* Best Games of 2018: Game Collection: Best Games of 2018
* Bearly Thinking: https://www.etsy.com/listing/972054...
* Borg burglar: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/37Hr...
* Buddies: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Y0A_...
* Checkmate patterns: Game Collection: Checkmate: Checkmate Patterns
* Caviar: https://www.chess.com/article/view/...
* Sports Clichés: http://www.sportscliche.com/
* Starting Out 1d4: Game Collection: Starting Out: 1 d4!
* Del's: Game Collection: Del's hidden gems
* Decoy: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/vi4_...
* The Donner Party of Misery: https://www.chessgames.com/perl/che...
* Don't mess up: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3L...
* Don't Steal: https://www.openbible.info/topics/s...
* Don't oblige your opponent: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Cx8R...
* Don't trick yourself: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMI...
* CGs ignores Etiquette: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92F...
* French According to... Game Collection: The French According to ...
* Fried Fox is awful: https://allchessopenings.blogspot.c...
* Alpha Glossary: https://www.chess-poster.com/englis...
* Common Gambits Video: https://saintlouischessclub.org/blo...
* ...h6 is bad: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/4F-2...
‘May your Departures equal your Landfalls!'
* Notable Games: Game Collection: List of Notable Games (wiki)
* Opening Ideas/Novelties: Game Collection: Great opening ideas
* Online safety: https://www.entrepreneur.com/scienc...
* Pause button upper left: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/BORf...
* Prizes: Game Collection: Brilliancy Prizes (Reinfeld)
* Post-Beginners Book: Game Collection: Chess training for post-beginners
* Reasonable book choices: https://www.chess.com/blog/RussBell...
* Rubinstein: Game Collection: Rubinstein's Chess Masterpieces
* Random Zs: Game Collection: ZHVNE
* Spassky could bring the heat: Game Collection: 0
* Short history: Game Collection: A history of chess
* Sacs on f7/f2: Game Collection: Demolition of Pawn Structure: Sac on f7 (f2)
* 21st Century: Game Collection: 0
* She's a Stonewaller: Eneida Astolfi Perez
* Six Ways: https://takelessons.com/blog/6-tips...
* Secrets of Combination: Game Collection: Secrets of the Russian Chess Masters Volume II
* tacticmania - Game Collection: tacticmania
* Tate lecture: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zyh...
* Top Chessgames by ECO Code: http://schachsinn.de/gamelist.htm
* The Unthinkable: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9z...
* Understanding the Chess Openings: https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/Bo...
* Universal studios: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7C...
* VP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncH...
* Wall's APCT Miniatures:
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* Will Power: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9S...
* Wonders and Curiosities: Game Collection: Wonders and Curiosities of Chess (Chernev)
* You should be: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/zMcK...
* 960Chess: https://lichess.org/variant/chess960
* 1967: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/PiFW...
* Z Vol 105: Game Collection: 0ZeR0's collected games volume 105
* 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
"Stick a fork in him. He's done." ― Leo Durocher
"The pin is mightier than the sword." ― Fred Reinfield
"A sacrifice is best refuted by accepting it." ― Wilhelm Steinitz
"As day is to a sword, night is to a shield." ― Anthony Liccione
New Hampshire: Dover
Established in: 1623
Dover was originally settled in 1623 by fishermen and traders. Dover is the seventh oldest settlement in the United States. It was once known as Northam, and in 1692, Northam became part of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. The Cocheco River in Dover was the first place water power was used, when a sawmill was built in 1642.
* Short history: Game Collection: A history of chess
* Chess History: https://www.britannica.com/topic/ch...
* Chess History: https://www.uschesstrust.org/chess-...
* Pride and Sorrow: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/hist...
* History of Chess: https://www.chess.com/article/view/...
* World Chess Championship History: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkO...
* World's Youngest GM: https://www.chess.com/blog/CMCoachQ...
* Magnus Carlsen's 5 tips for beginners: https://www.bing.com/videos/search?...
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.
Proverbs 29:25
Fear of man will prove to be a snare, but whoever trusts in the Lord is kept safe.
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
Here's a poem a dad wrote:
<ODE TO CHESS
Ten times I charged the grim, foreboding walls
and was pitched into the pit of defeat.
But, heedless of humiliating falls,
I clambered bravely back onto my feet
and charged again, again to be down thrust
onto the scrap heap of people who lose
onto the mound of mortifying dust
whilst my opponent sat without a bruise
upon his pedestal. We changed sides
and fought again, but I was defeated
whilst he with arrogant and haughty strides
took the throne upon which I had been seated.
Ha! Win or lose, it's how you play the game.
But I would like to beat him just the same.>
Abraham Lincoln: The Wrestling President
Abraham Lincoln is remembered for many things. People know him for his distinctive appearance, being shot at in Ford's Theatre, and being the president during the Civil War. However, before all this, he was actually an accomplished wrestler.
Lincoln engaged in approximately 300 matches and lost only one. His wrestling prowess — and a bet — earned him a spot in the National Wrestling Hall of Fame. While working as a storekeeper, Lincoln's boss bet another man that his soon-to-be-president could beat the toughest member of a local gang, and he did!
"Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe." — Abraham Lincoln
Don't trust the smile of your opponent. ~ Babylonian Proverbs
Trust me, but look to thyself. ~ Irish Proverbs
Trust in God, but tie your camel. ~ Saudi Arabian Proverb
Don't trust your wife until she has borne you ten sons. ~ Chinese Proverb
If someone puts their trust in you, don't sever it. ~ Lebanese Proverb
Trust your best friend as you would your worst enemy. ~ Mexican Proverbs
poem by B.H. Wood which appeared in the following issues of the Chess Amateur: March 1930 (page 127).
The Chess Cafe III – The Spectator
Quiet in the corner sitting, not a word
He utters, but, his eyes glued on their board,
Where in oblivion the players brood,
He spends his lifetime's dearest hours.
His food
Is cold, his lighted pipe goes slowly out ….
Yet when the game ends, when they talk about
Its ins and outs, its characteristic twist,
He's seen that winning line a master missed!
You ask him for a game – ‘I never play
Myself – hardly a game a year', he'll say.
Hans Berliner was a trailblazer in the field of computer chess:
* https://en.chessbase.com/post/hans-...
* https://www.smh.com.au/national/han...
* https://cacmb4.acm.org/news/212263-...
* https://www.chess.com/video/player/...
* His System: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show...
* Backgammon: https://bkgm.com/articles/Berliner/...
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The Cloud
By Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822)
I bring fresh showers for the thirsting flowers,
From the seas and the streams;
I bear light shade for the leaves when laid
In their noonday dreams.
From my wings are shaken the dews that waken
The sweet buds every one,
When rocked to rest on their mother's breast,
As she dances about the sun.
I wield the flail of the lashing hail,
And whiten the green plains under,
And then again I dissolve it in rain,
And laugh as I pass in thunder.
I sift the snow on the mountains below,
And their great pines groan aghast;
And all the night 'tis my pillow white,
While I sleep in the arms of the blast.
Sublime on the towers of my skiey bowers,
Lightning my pilot sits;
In a cavern under is fettered the thunder,
It struggles and howls at fits;
Over earth and ocean, with gentle motion,
This pilot is guiding me,
Lured by the love of the genii that move
In the depths of the purple sea;
Over the rills, and the crags, and the hills,
Over the lakes and the plains,
Wherever he dream, under mountain or stream,
The Spirit he loves remains;
And I all the while bask in Heaven's blue smile,
Whilst he is dissolving in rains.
The sanguine Sunrise, with his meteor eyes,
And his burning plumes outspread,
Leaps on the back of my sailing rack,
When the morning star shines dead;
As on the jag of a mountain crag,
Which an earthquake rocks and swings,
An eagle alit one moment may sit
In the light of its golden wings.
And when Sunset may breathe, from the lit sea beneath,
Its ardours of rest and of love,
And the crimson pall of eve may fall
From the depth of Heaven above,
With wings folded I rest, on mine aëry nest,
As still as a brooding dove.
That orbèd maiden with white fire laden,
Whom mortals call the Moon,
Glides glimmering o'er my fleece-like floor,
By the midnight breezes strewn;
And wherever the beat of her unseen feet,
Which only the angels hear,
May have broken the woof of my tent's thin roof,
The stars peep behind her and peer;
And I laugh to see them whirl and flee,
Like a swarm of golden bees,
When I widen the rent in my wind-built tent,
Till calm the rivers, lakes, and seas,
Like strips of the sky fallen through me on high,
Are each paved with the moon and these.
I bind the Sun's throne with a burning zone,
And the Moon's with a girdle of pearl;
The volcanoes are dim, and the stars reel and swim,
When the whirlwinds my banner unfurl.
From cape to cape, with a bridge-like shape,
Over a torrent sea,
Sunbeam-proof, I hang like a roof,
The mountains its columns be.
The triumphal arch through which I march
With hurricane, fire, and snow,
When the Powers of the air are chained to my chair,
Is the million-coloured bow;
The sphere-fire above its soft colours wove,
While the moist Earth was laughing below.
I am the daughter of Earth and Water,
And the nursling of the Sky;
I pass through the pores of the ocean and shores;
I change, but I cannot die.
For after the rain when with never a stain
The pavilion of Heaven is bare,
And the winds and sunbeams with their convex gleams
Build up the blue dome of air,
I silently laugh at my own cenotaph,
And out of the caverns of rain,
Like a child from the womb, like a ghost from the tomb,
I arise and unbuild it again.
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The longest wedding veil was the same length as 63.5 football fields.
When Maria Paraskeva, a woman from Cyprus, got married in August 2018, her goal wasn't just to say "I do." She was also determined to set a record.
"My dream as a child has always been to break the Guinness World Record title for the longest wedding veil," she explained. She fulfilled her dream by wearing a lace veil that stretched 22,843 feet and 2.11 inches, or as long as 63.5 football fields.
* Weird is what you're not used to: https://chessentials.com/weird-ches...
<limerick, entitled ‘The Solver's Plight' was by ‘A.J.F.' A.J. Fink and was published on page 22 of Chess Potpourri by Alfred C. Klahre (Middletown, 1931):There was a man from Vancouver
Who tried to solve a two-mover;
But the boob, he said, ‘"Gee",
I can't find the "Kee",
No matter HOW I manouvre.'>
"Chess is the gymnasium of the mind." — Blasie Pascal
"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.
In God we trust; all others pay cash. ~ American Proverb
Trusting in wealth is like looking for feathers on turtles. ~ Senegalese Proverb
<A Burnt Ship
By John Donne (1572-1631)
Out of a fired ship, which by no way
But drowning could be rescued from the flame,
Some men leap'd forth, and ever as they came
Near the foes' ships, did by their shot decay;
So all were lost, which in the ship were found,
They in the sea being burnt, they in the burnt ship drown'd.>
An Irish Blessing:
May we all feel…
happy and contented,
healthy and strong,
safe and protected
and living with ease…
~
<"Every time I coach people, I <emphasize> the following key concepts:^Develop your pieces at the beginning of the game (Extremely underrated by beginners)
^Control the center (Chess pieces control a lot more squares from the center of the board)
^Make sure your king is safer than the opponent's
Every opening in chess is based on these fundamental principles. Thus, if you can understand such concepts and put them into practice, your chess strength will skyrocket!" ― IM Luis Torres>
> Protect your pieces. Loose Pieces Drop Off. Your middlegame position generally tends to be in good standing as long as you have a grip on the center, the king is castled and rooks connected, your pieces are active, and you don't drop material. Know all the possible ways of responding to a threat of capture.<Gambling problem? Call 1-800-GAMBLER
The Battle of Agincourt was a major English victory in the Hundred Years' War. The battle took place on Friday, 25 October 1415 (Saint Crispin's Day), near modern-day Azincourt, in northern France. Wikipedia article: Battle of Agincourt
<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'.>
Q: What do you call a cat that likes to eat beans?
A: Puss 'n' Toots!
Q: What do you call a clown who's in jail?
A: A silicon!
Q: What do you call a deer with no eyes?
A: No eye deer!!
Q: What do you call a three-footed aardvark?
A: A yardvark!
Q: What do you call a dancing lamb?
A: A baaaaaa-llerina!
Q: What do you call a meditating wolf?
A: Aware wolf!
Q: What do you call a witch who lives at the beach?
A: A sand-witch!
Q: What do you call an avocado that's been blessed by the pope?
A: Holy Guacamole!
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‘The Unchecked Pawn': A Chess Poem by Julian Woodruff
The Unchecked Pawn
Quickly Black castled king-side and planned his attack.
White then countered with confidence, primed for a sack,
with the sneakiest strategy he could contrive:
nonchalantly he pushed his f-pawn to rank 5.
I'll just nab it, thought Black, but wait … what's going on?
Devil take it, I'm sure that's a poisonous pawn!
Black surveyed the board carefully. Ah, yes! I see,
that white bishop is poised to attack from c3.
Black was pleased with himself: he was using his head
in advancing his own pawn to g5 instead.
In response White paused briefly to stifle a yawn,
then dispatched the black bishop with his cheeky pawn.
Now White's move left that pawn hanging, out on e6,
over-ripe for the picking; but oh, what a fix
Black was in, with a troublingly weakened back rank,
and good reason, besides, to beware his left flank.
Delay now, and the chance to fight back will be gone.
Black played rook to a5, disregarding White's pawn.
Well, there's pawn to b4 … White considered a while.
An attack on Black's rook would be showing some style.
No, it's better I simply play pawn to e7:
Remember <Alekhine> in 1911!
What a nuisance! thought Black, frowning. Oh, how I long
To be rid of that confounded d7 pawn!
But there's also White's queen, lurking there … what a fright!
I'll block her with the bishop while threatening his knight.
With a faint smile, White then replied, sealing Black's fate:
pawn takes knight and promotes to queen—instant checkmate!
Black stared down at the board, his face pallid and drawn;
he'd been crushed through ignoring White's bantam-weight pawn.
Alekhine: Alexander Alekhine (1892-1946) was a Russian and French chess World Champion.
"He who takes the Queen's Knight's pawn will sleep in the streets!" ― anonymous
Proverbs 26 Berean Standard Bible
1 Like snow in summer and rain at harvest,
honor does not befit a fool.
2 Like a fluttering sparrow or darting swallow,
an undeserved curse does not come to rest.
3 A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey,
and a rod for the backs of fools!
4 Do not answer a fool according to his folly,
or you yourself will be like him.
5 Answer a fool according to his folly,
lest he become wise in his own eyes.
6 Like cutting off one's own feet or drinking violence
is the sending of a message by the hand of a fool.
7 Like lame legs hanging limp
is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.
8 Like binding a stone into a sling
is the giving of honor to a fool.
9 Like a thorn that falls into the hand of a drunkard
is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.
10 Like an archer who wounds at random
is he who hires a fool or passerby.
11 As a dog returns to its vomit,
so a fool repeats his folly.
12 Do you see a man who is wise in his own eyes?
There is more hope for a fool than for him.
13 The slacker says, "A lion is in the road!
A fierce lion roams the public square!"
14 As a door turns on its hinges,
so the slacker turns on his bed.
15 The slacker buries his hand in the dish;
it wearies him to bring it back to his mouth.
16 The slacker is wiser in his own eyes
than seven men who answer discreetly.
17 Like one who grabs a dog by the ears
is a passerby who meddles in a quarrel not his own.
18 Like a madman shooting firebrands
and deadly arrows,
19 so is the man who deceives his neighbor
and says, "I was only joking!"
20 Without wood, a fire goes out;
without gossip, a conflict ceases.
21 Like charcoal for embers and wood for fire,
so is a quarrelsome man for kindling strife.
22 The words of a gossip are like choice morsels
that go down into the inmost being.
23 Like glaze covering an earthen vessel
are burning lips and a wicked heart.
24 A hateful man disguises himself with his speech,
but he lays up deceit in his heart.
25 When he speaks graciously, do not believe him,
for seven abominations fill his heart.
26 Though his hatred is concealed by deception,
his wickedness will be exposed in the assembly.
27 He who digs a pit will fall into it,
and he who rolls a stone will have it roll back on him.
28 A lying tongue hates those it crushes,
and a flattering mouth causes ruin.
"Chacun voit midi à sa porte." ― (Everyone sees noon at his own door, or Everyone sees things their own way.)
'A stitch in time saves nine'
* Crafty Endgame Trainer: https://www.chessvideos.tv/endgame-...
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush ― Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, "Don Quixote"
Old Russian Proverb: "The elbow is close but you cannot bite it. (Близок локоток, да не укусишь.)" Close is no cigar.
Ya might be ah redneck if'n ya thunk "lol" means low on liquor.
"If you ain't the lead dog, the view never changes."
"Here's a two-step formula for handling stress...
Step number one: Don't sweat the small stuff.
Step number two: Remember it's all small stuff."
― Tony Robbins
Zhou Youguang The Father of Pinyin:
* https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo...
* https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia...
"You can't hold with the hare and run with the hounds."
An Experts Guide to Chess Strategy by Fred Reinfeld
ISBN 100879802219
ISBN 139780879802219
Fred Reinfeld (January 27, 1910 – May 29, 1964) from New York city was a well-known American writer on chess and many other subjects. His first chess book, co-authored with Isaac Kashdan, was an account of the Bled 1931 master tournament. He was also a strong chess master (USCF rated 2593), often among the top ten American players from the early 1930s to the early 1940s, as well as a college chess instructor.
Reinfeld twice won the New York State Championship, in 1931 and 1933. In 1933, he finished all eleven rounds undefeated, ahead of Reuben Fine, Anthony Santasiere, and Arnold Denker.
Reinfeld wrote over 100 chess books in his lifetime, and perhaps over 260 books total. His prolific writings were known for deceptive simplicity and clarity, tinged with warmth and humor. He also wrote about geology, history, numismatics, checkers, and astronomy. Like Bobby Fischer, Reinfeld was said to have a photographic memory and could remember nearly every game he played through.
Generations of chess players have grown up on Fred Reinfeld's books. He has a way of reducing the most intricate, complicated positions and ideas to their basic components. After Reinfeld explains to the reader, the game makes sense.
Reinfeld also used the pen names Robert V. Masters and Edward Young. In 1996, Reinfeld became the 26th person inducted into the U.S. Chess Hall of Fame, and the first inducted primarily for his writing.
Article by <Bill Wall>: https://www.chess.com/article/view/...
"Fred Reinfeld", by <Alex Dunne>, 2019, McFarland & Company, Jefferson, North Carolina, ISBN 978-1-4766-7654-8.
"One-Two-Three-Four!"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkb...
"One for the money..." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6B...
A lone fool ha ha ahaus
along comes his lap dawg
barking mightily as a cricket
with its head in a fog
Sunny izn't so funny
So Sunny laughed alone
Sunny iz so use to that
E.T. never ever phoned
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhG...
Lichess has all the same basic offerings as Chess.com: a large community, many game types, tutorials, puzzles, and livestreams. The site has a simple appearance, and it seems built to get you where you want to go in as few clicks as possible. You can create an account, but if you're not concerned with tracking your games and finding other players at your level, there's no need to log in. Just fire up a new game, try some puzzles, or watch a chess streamer play three-minute games while listening to techno and chatting with the comments section.
FTB has a few jokes about unemployed people, but none of them work.
"There are more adventures on a chessboard than on all the seas of the world."
― Pierre Mac Orlan
"You can only get good at chess if you love the game." ― Bobby Fischer
"As long as you can still grab a breath, you fight." — The Revenant
Blogger: J. Delarosa
Some say the first American chess champion of the world was Paul Morphy of New Orleans. He was clearly the strongest player of his day, though his "reign" was brief.
If you are interted in reading more about Morphy, I suggest Paul Morphy: The Pride and Sorrow of Chess, by David Lawson.
I think the case can be made that the first "American" world champion was Wilhem Steinitz! "American" can describe anyone who lives in the Americas. And the United States is a country of immigrants.
Steinitz, a Bohemian by birth (Prague, 1836), was sent to the 1862 London tournament as the representative of the Austrian Empire. He stayed there, married, and eventual became a British subject.
Steinitz was widely considerd the strongest active player in the world after he defeat the German Aldof Anderssen in 1866. But so long as Morphy was alive, Steinitz never claimed a world chanionship.
In 1882, Steinitz was invited to Philadelphia by the chess patron, David Thompson. Steintiz, feeling somewhat ostracized in England (feeling a "foreigner for 20 years"), relocared to the United States. He took up residence in New York City, which remained his home for the rest of his life.
After Morphy passed away in 1884, a match between the two strongest recognized players at the time, was organized between Steinitz and Zucktort. The match was adverized and widely recognized as for the World Championship.
The 1886 match was played in New York, St. Louis, and New Orleans. New York resident Wilhelm Steinitz secured the title with 10 wins, 5 draws, and 5 losses.
Wilhelm Steinitz - first American world champion of chess.
National Chess Day! Former U.S.A. <President Gerald Ford> announced and designated National Chess Day on October 9, 1976.
What did the roof say to the shingle? This one's on the house.
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H.T. Bland. On page 207 of the December 1929 American Chess Bulletin he exalted the challenger in that year's world championship match:
Bravo ‘Bogol', you've shown pluck.
One and all we wish you luck.
Gee, some thought you'd barged between
Other players who'd have been
Less likely straightaway to lose
Just as friend Alekhine might choose;
Undaunted, ‘Bogol', you went in
Believing you'd a chance to win.
Or failing that, to make a fight,
Which you are doing as we write.
Moravian Dinner Prayer
Traditional Moravian Prayer
Come, Lord Jesus, our guest to be
And bless these gifts
Bestowed by Thee.
And bless our loved ones everywhere,
And keep them in Your loving care.
Amen.
* Don't mess up: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3L...
* Don't walk under a ladder: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/902P...
* Engines: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcY...
* New Engine Battles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vxc...
* Establish the habit: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/NORD...
* Flops: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_G...
* Distress: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/WtXV...
* Ding Liren Vs Gukesh Dommaraju first time | Italian Game, Giuoco Piano: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1M4...
* Grandma's phrases: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RF...
* If at first you don't succeed... https://www.youtube.com/shorts/opSN...
* Knight unpin for Legall's Mate: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Qtlg...
* Knights are tricky: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPQ...
* Jesus heals: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/xv05...
* Larry goes down... https://www.youtube.com/shorts/xBwr...
* Move Forward Idea: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/wASn...
* No laugher: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGV...
* Prizes: Game Collection: Brilliancy Prizes (Reinfeld)
* Promotion moving downstairs: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/FCDl...
* Queen vs Pawn ending: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZoJ...
* H2P Rook and Pawns endgames: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAe...
* Reasonable book choices: https://www.chess.com/blog/RussBell...
* Rubinstein: Game Collection: Rubinstein's Chess Masterpieces
* Random Zs: Game Collection: ZHVNE
* Secrets of Combination: Game Collection: Secrets of the Russian Chess Masters Volume II
* Short side/Long side defense: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xk...
* Smooth Operator: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/J2wu...
* Mato explains: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Reg...
* 1980s sugar: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/5bQo...
* 76th US Open miniature: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSk...
* Hook Up: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/REhc...
* Under pressure: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/7Ieu...
* Unhinged: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VsH...
* Vancura: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2D...
* GM Huschenbeth explains: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjf...
* GM Alex Ipatov explains: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lot...
* Wham! https://www.youtube.com/shorts/xgEa...
* Hou Yifan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CH6...
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<Five Preliminary Endgame Rules
according to CJS Purdy
1. Before even beginning to think of making a passed pawn, put all your pieces into as good positions as possible.
2. Avoid pawn-moves while you are getting your pieces well positioned because pawn-moves create lasting weaknesses and thus make your task harder.
3. Try to free your position from weaknesses; and if possible, make it hard for the opponent to do likewise.
4. When trying to win, keep pawns on both wings. When trying to draw, play to eliminate all the pawns on one wing. With pawns on one wing only, a pawn plus is usually insufficient for a win.
5. If you are a pawn up or more, exchange pieces (not pawns) wherever you can do so without losing in position.
Exception: do not rush an exchange that will leave you with a single bishop running on the opposite color to the enemy's single bishop. Also, refrain from exchanging if it will give your opponent two bishops against bishop and knight.
Posted by Chessbuzz>
Never let your feet run faster than your shoes. ~ Scottish Proverb
* Pawn Endgames: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUq...
* Crafty Endgame Trainer: https://www.chessvideos.tv/endgame-...
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush ― Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, "Don Quixote"
Cajun: Joie de vivre (Jhwa da veev) – Joy of living.
Take care of your pennies and your dollars will take care of themselves.
~ Scottish Proverb
"Fire and Ice" by Robert Frost
Some say the world will end in fire,
Some say in ice.
From what I've tasted of desire
I hold with those who favor fire.
But if it had to perish twice,
I think I know enough of hate
To say that for destruction ice
Is also great
And would suffice.
Psalm 27:1
The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?
Proverbs 29:25
Fear of man will prove to be a snare, but whoever trusts in the Lord is kept safe.
1 John 4:18
There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love.
"God has given us two hands, one to receive with and the other to give with."
— Billy Graham
"My home is in Heaven. I'm just traveling through this world." — Billy Graham
"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
This poem is dedicated to Harris my chessplayer friend and literary commentator.
<Chess The Final MetaphorIt was in a cesspool behind the place of his cousin Nick
That in this pool of sewage, was born the freak called frick.
On dark nights he hysterically wailed in his pool of slimy mess:
"Oh why oh why, can't I play the game that humans call chess"?
As the morning sun rose, begged the queen of the mighty king:
Sire, can you not order the death of this awful filthy thing"?
Wisely he replied: "no, I'll let frick live forever in distress
While he must watch others enjoy themselves playing chess.">
* Riddle-ziggy-bean: https://www.briddles.com/riddles/ch...
"Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that." ― Martin Luther King Jr.
"Never reply to an anonymous letter." ― Yogi Berra, MLB Hall of Fame catcher
"Even Napoleon had his Watergate."
― Yogi Berra, 10-time World Series champion
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<Listen To The Wind
by Betty Harp Butler
Listen to the wind
As it ruffles through the trees.
God is blowing his breath.
When the storms come,
Could it be He sneezed?>
"One more dance along the razor's edge finished. Almost dead yesterday, maybe dead tomorrow, but alive, gloriously alive, today."
― Robert Jordan, Lord of Chaos
"Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace, and gratitude." ― Denis Waitley
Psalm 31:24
Be strong, and let your heart take courage, all you who wait for the Lord!
"The wind cannot defeat a tree with strong roots." — The Revenant
Feb-09-12
ray keene: nimzos best endgames
v lasker zurich 1934
v spielmann carlsbad 1929
v lundin stockholm 1934
v maroczy bled 1931
v henneberger winterthur 1931
v thomas frankfurt 1930
v sultan khan liege 1930
v marshall berlin 1928
v reti berlin 1928
v alehine ny 1927
v tchigorin carlsbad 1907
and for a joke entry duras v nimzo san sebastian 1912 !!
The Dancing Bear
by James Russell Lowell
Far over Elf-land poets stretch their sway,
And win their dearest crowns beyond the goal
Of their own conscious purpose; they control
With gossamer threads wide-flown our fancy's play,
And so our action. On my walk to-day,
A wallowing bear begged clumsily his toll,
When straight a vision rose of Atta Troll,
And scenes ideal witched mine eyes away.
'Merci, Mossieu!' the astonished bear-ward cried,
Grateful for thrice his hope to me, the slave
Of partial memory, seeing at his side
A bear immortal. The glad dole I gave
Was none of mine; poor Heine o'er the wide
Atlantic welter stretched it from his grave.
A quote from the link: https://www.libertarianism.org/what...
"Modern day politicians on the left and right sometimes pay lip service to these ideas, but in practice they reject them. Legislation is all about imposing an order from above, rather than letting one emerge from below. And in creating their schemes, politicians all too often fail to give citizens their due as people, treating them as pawns and running roughshod over their rights to decide and plan for themselves."
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.'
The Tide Rises, the Tide Falls
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1807-1882
The tide rises, the tide falls,
The twilight darkens, the curlew calls;
Along the sea-sands damp and brown
The traveller hastens toward the town,
And the tide rises, the tide falls.
Darkness settles on roofs and walls,
But the sea, the sea in darkness calls;
The little waves, with their soft, white hands,
Efface the footprints in the sands,
And the tide rises, the tide falls.
The morning breaks; the steeds in their stalls
Stamp and neigh, as the hostler calls;
The day returns, but nevermore
Returns the traveller to the shore,
And the tide rises, the tide falls.
"There are good ships, and there are wood ships, ships that sail the sea, but the best ships are friendships, and may they always be." — Anonymous
"Life is what you make it: If you snooze, you lose; and if you snore, you lose more." — Phyllis George
Galatians 6:7 in the Bible "Be not deceived, God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap."
"those who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones" is often cited as originating in Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde written in 1385.
"Friend, you don't have to earn God's love or try harder. You're precious in His sight, covered by the priceless blood of Jesus, and indwelt by His Holy Spirit. Don't hide your heart or fear you're not good enough for Him to care for you. Accept His love, obey Him, and allow Him to keep you in His wonderful freedom." — Charles F. Stanley
from the simpleton poet:
Roses are red.
Violets are blue.
Chess is creative.
And a journey too.
Good in the morning.
Or just before bed.
Play cheater_1, with engine.
Or OTB, all in your head.
"It's not how you start that matters, it's how you finish."
"Old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read." — Francis Bacon
The cat's play is the mouse's death. ~ German Proverb
"Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground."
― Theodore Roosevelt
Ah, St. Marher, 1225:
"And te tide and te time þat tu iboren were, schal beon iblescet."
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"Debt is dumb. Cash is king." — Dave Ramsey
Z is for Zaccheus
Zaccheus was a wee little man,
And a wee little man was he.
He climbed up in a sycamore tree
For the Lord he wanted to see.
And when the Savior passed that way
He looked up in the tree.
And he said, "Zaccheus, you come down!
For I'm going to your house today!
For I'm going to your house today!"
Zaccheus was a wee little man,
But a happy man was he.
For he had seen the Lord that day,
And a happy man was he.
And a very happy man was he!
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A Windsong by Ray Paquette (1984):
As you set sail for new horizons
May a brisk fair wind be with you
May your journey provide that mixture of
Joy, contentment, love and excitement
That gives rise to zestful anticipation
Of new adventures together.
May you cheerfully weather
the unavoidable storms together
And steer as clear of all obstacles
As the currents allow
May God Bless and keep you
Bon Voyage
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This Fredthebear collection was slashed by the underhanded CGs operator who has vandalized hundreds of FTB's collections for kicks. What will that @#$%*@! do to your collections on a whim?
Kibitzing
