e4 scores

"Don't Just

Don't just learn, experience.
Don't just read, absorb.
Don't just change, transform.
Don't just relate, advocate.
Don't just promise, prove.
Don't just criticize, encourage.
Don't just think, ponder.
Don't just take, give.
Don't just see, feel.
Don't just dream, do.
Don't just hear, listen.
Don't just talk, act.
Don't just tell, show.
Don't just exist, live."
― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart

Eyes trust themselves, ears trust others. ~ German Proverb

Ye Jiangchuan has won the Chinese Chess Championship seven times.

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

Chess never sleeps. ― morts370

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

"Alexander, Caesar, Charlemagne, and I have founded empires. But on what did we rest the creations of our genius? Upon force. Jesus Christ founded his empire upon love; and at this hour millions of men would die for him." ― Napoleon Bonaparte

Psalm 107:1
Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good; his love endures forever.

"I pray to start my day and finish it in prayer. I'm just thankful for everything, all the blessings in my life, trying to stay that way. I think that's the best way to start your day and finish your day. It keeps everything in perspective." ― Tim Tebow

"A God you understood would be less than yourself." ― Flannery O'Connor

"The journey is its own reward." — Homer

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

* Unleash the Knight: https://cardclashgames.com/blog/che...

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

* Anderssen - Steinitz Match: Anderssen - Steinitz (1866)

* Ataman's Minis: Game Collection: Instructive Chess Miniatures (Ataman)

* Alapins: Game Collection: Alapin

* Bowman's Beginner's Guide:
http://chess.jliptrap.us/BowmanBegi... Not perfect but dedicated, passionate.

* Basic Rules: https://thechessworld.com/basic-che...

* 1.e4 e5 flavor flav: Game Collection: The Open Games: 1.e4 e5

* 21st Century: Game Collection: 0

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

* Passer on the 2nd rank: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/gk1w... nleash the Knight: https://cardclashgames.com/blog/che...

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

* Chessmaster 2000 Classic Games:
Game Collection: Chessmaster '86

* 3.Ba3 Nbd7: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/dtqe...

* 3 billion dummies? https://www.youtube.com/shorts/nz96...

* 3 reasons: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/5pv3...

* POTD 2023: Game Collection: Puzzle of the Day 2023

* 2023 in Review: https://www.chess.com/news/view/202...

Play through a book of traps or miniatures your first year of chess. Tackle Attack and Counterattack in Chess by Fred Reinfeld.

Play though The Art of the Checkmate your second year of chess. Tackle Fred Reinfeld's 1001 Brilliant Ways to Checkmate.

Play through an annotated games collection (individual player or tournament book prior to 1930) your third year of chess. Tackle The Complete Chess Player by Fred Reinfeld.

Study a chess course your fourth year of chess.
Tackle The Complete Chess Course by Fred Reinfeld.

Study a classic general treatise your fifth year of chess. Tackle The Fireside Book of Chess by Irving Chernev and Fred Reinfeld.

* 1.d4 some Panov Attack: Game Collection: Rick Prep

* 1.d4 various: Game Collection: d2-d4 and win

* Starting Out 1d4: Game Collection: Starting Out: 1 d4!

* Winning w/1.d4: Game Collection: Winning with 1 d4!

* Against 1.d4: Game Collection: Against d4 favs

* 4,000 ELO: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/6g2E...

* A45: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvH...

* Alireza Firouzja's 5 Most Brilliant Chess Moves: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwa...

* Fabiano Caruana's 5 Most Brilliant Chess Moves: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoq...

* Top 5 laws: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/CimP...

* Top 6 traps: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYO...

* QGD D06: Queen's Gambit Declined (D06)

* Top 7 aggressive openings: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ib8...

* 7 Mexican songs that you've heard: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9S...

* 7 ways to punish Bg4 pin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbQ...

* 738 days: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/niPh...

* 8 Chess concepts: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRy...

* 0831 history: https://www.msn.com/en-us/video/peo...

* Firouzja Breaks Record: Youngest 2800 Chess Player in History! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHR...

* 9-year-old Bodhana Sivanandan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwK...

* 9 Russian songs that you've heard: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-v...

* Double rook sacrifice in 9 moves: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/KD-F...

* 0920 history: https://www.msn.com/en-us/video/peo...

* Top 10 best Stafford Gambit traps: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIe...

* 10 historical human blunders: https://www.msn.com/en-us/video/peo...

* 10 to Practice: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psv...

* 10 Italian songs that you've heard: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gt...

* 12th street comes after the 11th: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlr...

* Bradshaw, Brady, and Montana wore #12: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/_yUE...

So did Jim Kelly: https://www.sportscasting.com/news/...

* 18-year-old Gukesh Dommaraju, the World Championship challenger w/the knight pair: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vq...

* B23-B25: Game Collection: Sicilian Closed / Grand Prix Attack nleash the Knight: https://cardclashgames.com/blog/che...

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

* 50 Soviet Attacks: Game Collection: Chernev: The Russians Play Chess

* 107 battles: Game Collection: 107 Great Chess Battles: 1939-45 Alekhine

* 150 Attack: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FH4...

* 2008 POTD: Game Collection: Puzzle of the Day 2008

* 2012-2015 Attacks: Game Collection: 2012-2015 Attacking Games (Naiditsch/Balogh)

* 2016 Stunners: Game Collection: 2016 Stunning Victories (Naiditsch/Balogh/Maze)

* Best Games of 2018: Game Collection: Best Games of 2018

* Johnny Guarnieri plays: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHX...

* Adrian Beltre is the all-time leader in hits, RBI, XBH, and total bases among 3B in MLB 🔥

* Al Khwarizmi: The Father of Algebra from Persia.

An archive as formidable in size as the present-day British Library in London or the Bibliothèque Nationale of Paris, <the House of Wisdom> eventually became an unrivalled centre for the study of humanities and sciences, including mathematics, astronomy, medicine, chemistry, geography, philosophy, literature and the arts – as well as some more dubious subjects such as alchemy and astrology.

The House of Wisdom was destroyed in the Mongol Siege of Baghdad in 1258 (according to legend, so many manuscripts were tossed into the River Tigris that its waters turned black from ink), but the discoveries made there introduced a powerful, abstract mathematical language that would later be adopted by the Islamic empire, Europe, and ultimately, the entire world. ― BBC

* Alan Turing: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/KdwE...

Turochamp: Wikipedia article: Turochamp#:~:text=Alan%20Turing%20was%20an%20English%20mathematician,

* Always know how thy opponent will respond -- s/he does not have to cooperate with your plans: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/JuHR...

* Aliens in chess: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPj...

* R.I.P. Aliens: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4O...

* Alapin Sicilian bait: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/9FO1...

* Animal Crackers, 1930: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zz1...

* Arjun is golden: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kql...

* Archer: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/gJZ7...

* Ask Whats? https://www.youtube.com/shorts/AF6y...

* Bonanza: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBB...

* banjo and ukulele combination: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Io...

* The Babbitt and the Bromide: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mP7...

* Black to move -- find the mate: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/DlQF...

* Blazing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7g...

* Blue suede: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6B...

* Blumenthal is a fraud: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/T640...

* Bobby Baseball: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/7PFd...

* Book: Game Collection: Dismantling the Sicilian (Jesus de la Villa)

* Brutal Bishop's opening gambit: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/7IJQ...

* What was Bernoulli thinking? https://www.youtube.com/shorts/zD8A...

* Boden-Kieseritzky Gambit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HyP...

* Brownies: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ufm...

* Post-Beginners Book: Game Collection: Chess training for post-beginners

* Checkmate patterns: Game Collection: Checkmate: Checkmate Patterns

* Checkmate Art: Game Collection: Art of Checkmate

* Caviar: https://www.chess.com/article/view/...

* Center Game miniatures: http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches...

* Castling into it: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/JiHp...

* Castling opposite: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/uZqm...

* Chaturanga: https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle...

* Chattanooga Choo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hae...

* Chess Olympiad 2024 in Budapest: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Svh...

* Check before you promote -- it might be mate: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/kCpR...

* Cliffe Knechtle's message:

* Creature of habit: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/10ht...

* Danish, Gustavo Fring trap, Greco's Mate: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/joUH...

* Discovered checks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxH...

* Do the Hustle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3k...

* Trash talkin' hustler: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5v...

* Don't throw your time and money away! https://www.youtube.com/shorts/fgRe...

* Don't do this to dear old Dad: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/fCI8...

* Are you driving??? https://www.youtube.com/shorts/OZA6...

* Black ...d6 Resources: Game Collection: 1...d6. A very interesting opening with no name

* Drawn? https://www.youtube.com/shorts/7NLv...

* Dubov duplicates Blackburne's Mate: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/XxWV...

* Each one saw Jesus risen from the dead: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/yMXq...

* Easiest $150: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/fzod...

* Efficiency: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/KHN8...

* Electronicx: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=us-...

* Dr. Edmund Adam Miniatures: Edmund Adam

* Embarrassing beat down: https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/ot...

* Excuse me, says the lad: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/3mYt... The moral of the story: If you need help, ask for help!

* Extremists: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/9bv0...

* Extinguish the Dragon: Game Collection: 1.e4 explorations

* Engelbert Humperdinck 1968: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2u...

* Basic Endgame principles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6T5...

* No easy fix: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/p4xH...

* f3 & f6 when queenless: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/FUNQ...

* B & N forks in the Center Game: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/HUme...

* "the 50 most beautiful miles in America" https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/tr...

* Capitalist entrepreneurial freedom outperforms Communism: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Ivmb...

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

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

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

* Fort Davis: https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/ne...

* Forth and Back: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/qrIU...

* Forsaken: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4a...

* Forgiveness: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/L38q...

* France: https://www.bing.com/travel/place-s...

* French trickster: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ZJeE...

* Fresh air: https://new.uschess.org/news/take-i...

* GM Endgames: Game Collection: Grandmaster Preparation - Endgame Play

* Great Endings: Game Collection: great endings

* Use your King: Game Collection: ABC Games for Lessons

* Get out of the way: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/vvX2...

* The Goose gave one up: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/xRLp... nleash the Knight: https://cardclashgames.com/blog/che...

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

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

* The Greatest Chess Game Of 2024 (upto mid-May): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmr...

* Grand Can: https://www.msn.com/en-us/video/peo...

* Grand Prix: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jd...

* Hanging: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/HTRP...

* Hazel Simpson hits home: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pc...

* Heavy pieces in action: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/VNeX...

* Heaven or hell? https://www.youtube.com/shorts/nxQY...

* "Help your pieces help you." https://www.youtube.com/shorts/7nEi...

* Hikaru's discovered double attack: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/5h1Z...

* How many times will you watch this? https://www.youtube.com/shorts/3yHZ...

* How did Spassky handle it? Game Collection: 0

* ...h6 is often bad in the opening: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Itek...

* Hush money: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/bOSf...

* If yogurt goes bad, how can you tell?

* ICC: https://www.youtube.com/@chessclubICC

* In Dreams: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTR...

* India World Champs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7AW...

* Interference: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/YNMJ...

* Instead of giving check, quietly threaten mate: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/d5lG...

* It's O.K. to Li: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/6Qw5...

* It's all about love, relationships, not achievements, possessions: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/7eaM...

* Irish resilience: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/gY5G...

* Jitterbug Party: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMQ...

* Jobava London executes: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/aifA...

* Ju Wenjun's chair: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/XTSr...

* The Soul of Johnny Wanderin' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPY...

* Center Counter Unpin: 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5 4.d4 e5 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Bc5 Bb4 7.0-0 NxBc3 8.Bxf7+ KxBf7 9.Ng5+ Ke8 10.QxBg4 Nf6 11.Qe6+ Kd8 12.Nf7# 1-0.

* ICBM deflection: 1.Nf3 d5 2.e4 dxe4 3.Ng5 Nf6 4.d3 exd3 5.Bxd3 h6 6.Nxf7+ KxNf7 7.Bg6+ KxBg6 8.QxQd8 Black resigns, 0-1.

* Tennison Gambit lesson: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yc9...

John 3:16-18 King James Version

16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.

18 He that believeth on Him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.

* 50 move rule: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/cjFW...

* Kadas Gambit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iec...

* King Registration: https://www.kingregistration.com/to...

* A few KIAs: Game Collection: Opening Ideas

* Kid teaches the Italian game: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLk...

* Italian 5.d3: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/lK9V...

Not this: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/TT5P...

* KID (& Pirc) intro: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ap...

* KID by Carlsen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIM...

* KID trapped: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/HonN...

* KID vs Bg5, ...e5 blunder: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/TSvC...

* How dumb is it? Game Collection: Diemer-Duhm Gambit

* KID 0-1s: Game Collection: K.I.D B wins E98

* KID transposes into the 1.e4 Pirc Def: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/3Xaf...

* King walk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxg...

* King's Gambit Counter: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OeG...

* Knight vs Bishop: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVd...

* Where's Slick Willie?? https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/worl...

* Woke Liberalism: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/9CbJ...

* This little light of mine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qj3...

* Logical series: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQH... Do read Chernev's book!

* Anti-London System: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9I...

* Her lovely bear: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/iz_b...

* Lukewarm: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Eapi...

* Malagueña: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pz2...

* MC Move-by-Move: Game Collection: Move by Move - Carlsen (Lakdawala)

* Medley of hymns: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EuI...

* Minority Attacks: Game Collection: Minority attack

Game Collection: Anti-minority attack capturing with the Knight.

* Wrong mirror for Black: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/IFpa...

* Mirror counterattack in the Russian Game: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/5ESN...

* Miniatures: Game Collection: 200 Miniature Games of Chess - Du Mont (III)

* Monday Puzzles: Game Collection: Monday Puzzles, 2011-2017

* Mississippi John Hurt: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85B...

* Money facts: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/2yWE...

* They must make real good moola: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/HbBu...

* Moving forward: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/WqwW...

* More popular than the originals: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/qVsw...

* Mozart's Turkish Rondo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-l4...

* Paul Morphy brilliancies: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaG...

* Mr. Sandman: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-c...

* Bill Wall miniatures: Bill Wall

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

* Nuremberg 1896: Nuremberg (1896)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

* Overloaded! Game Collection: OVERLOADED!

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

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

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

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

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

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

* Pawn themes: Game Collection: Aurora

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

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

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

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

* Puzzles: Tactics Archive

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

* QGD: Game Collection: QUEEN'S GAMBIT DECLINED

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

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

* QP Bg2: Queen's Pawn Game (E00)

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

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

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

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

* RL Minis: Game Collection: Ruy Lopez Miniatures

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

* Summertime chess improvement:
billwall

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

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

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

* Short and Quick:
Game Collection: SHORT AND QUICK

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

* Stunners: Game Collection: Stunners

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

* The "Caribbean Tal": Philip Corbin

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

* Underpromotions: Game Collection: Games With Two Knight Promotions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

'A rising tide lifts all boats'

'Don't put the cart before the horse'

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

Rounders

Florida: St. Augustine
Established in: 1565

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

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

* St. Augustine: Wikipedia article: Augustine of Hippo

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

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

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

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

Gerard Welling posts here under the handle <gejewe>

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

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

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

Millions saw the Apple fall, but Newton was the one who asked "Why?". ― Joker

In God we trust; all others pay cash. ~ American Proverb

"Every age wants its playthings." ― French Proverb

"Help that comes with a Price is no Help." ― Honeya

"In life, as in chess, forethought wins." ― Charles Buxton

Don't play what's there, play what's not there. ~ Miles Davis

Concentrate, play your game, and don't be afraid to win. ~ Louisa May Alcott

Just play. Have fun. Enjoy the game. ~ Michael Jordan

The team with the best players wins. ~ Jack Welch

"Champions keep playing until they get it right." ― Billie Jean King

"You must play boldly to win." ― Arnold Palmer

Fred Wellmuth was a strong amateur from California

Those who'll play with cats must expect to be scratched. ~ Miguel De Cervantes

"What we play is life." ― Louis Armstrong

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

Many people can pack the cards; fewer can play the game. ~ Italian Proverbs

It's no time to play chess when the house is on fire. ~ Italian Proverbs

If you must play, decide on three things at the start: the rules of the game, the stakes, and the quitting time. ~ Chinese Proverb

The one who wins plays best. ~ German Proverbs

The ball always looks for the best player. ~ French Proverb

Willful waste makes woeful want. ~ Scottish Proverb

Below is the acrostic poem by Mrs T.B. Rowland:

Tears now we sadly shed apart,
How keenly has death's sudden dart
E'en pierced a kingdom's loyal heart.

Dark lies the heavy gloomy pall
Upon our royal bower,
Kings, queens, and nations bow their heads,
Each mourn for England's flower.

Oh! God, to her speak peace divine,
For now no voice can soothe but thine.

Ah, why untimely snatched away,
Loved Prince – alas, we sigh –
Before thy sun its zenith reached
Athwart the noonday sky.
Noble in heart, in deed, and will,
Years hence thy name we'll cherish still.

That poem was published on pages 140-141 of Chess Fruits (Dublin, 1884)

<Is Queen + Knight really stronger than Queen + Bishop? The Queen + Knight does not seem to be an advantage of itself. In order to be considered advantageous, there must always be a second element influencing the position. The most common factors are weakness of the opposing king, passed pawns, and weak squares that can be accessed.

Mr. H. H. Strand wrote: "There is no true answer to this, but here are some general observations that are commonly agreed upon by strong players:

Bishops are stronger in open positions with few pawns on the board, especially if you have the bishop pair and especially in endgames.

Knights are stronger in closed positions, where the pawns are locked against each other.

Having the bishop pair against a knight and a bishop is usually a slight advantage in middle games. Against the knight pair it is less clear.

A knight that can be anchored in the center of the board (protected by a pawn) is often stronger than a bishop.

A knight anchored in an advanced position in the enemy camp (typically on squares like e6, d6, d3 or e3) is often very strong, even as strong as a rook.

A bishop is usually stronger than a knight in an open endgame, especially if the side with the bishop has a passed wing pawn.

A knight is often stronger than a bishop in endgames with static pawn structures. This theme is called "good knight versus bad bishop."

Knights on the edge of the board, or even worse, a corner, can be quite weak. "A knight on the rim is dim."

Bishops on long diagonals are often very strong, especially on an open diagonal.

The value of knights go up in blitz games or in time trouble, as their movements are harder to calculate and predict.

Rooks cooperate better with a bishop than a knight.

Queens cooperate better with a knight than a bishop."

Such hypothetical conceptions are difficult to answer. Chess requires analysis of a specific position to determine who is better. There are simply too many variables to generalize with any degree of accuracy. Thus, the value of the pieces can change during a game.>

The Man In The Glass
Peter Dale Wimbrow Sr.

When you get what you want in your struggle for self And the world makes you king for a day
Just go to the mirror and look at yourself
And see what that man has to say.

For it isn't your father, or mother, or wife
Whose judgment upon you must pass
The fellow whose verdict counts most in your life Is the one staring back from the glass.

He's the fellow to please – never mind all the rest For he's with you, clear to the end
And you've passed your most difficult, dangerous test If the man in the glass is your friend.

You may fool the whole world down the pathway of years And get pats on the back as you pass
But your final reward will be heartache and tears If you've cheated the man in the glass.

This poem was first published in 1934 and is still very popular today.

"Zeitnot" is German for "time pressure."

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

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

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

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

<Fundamental Chess Principles according to CJS Purdy

On Combinations

One simultaneous double threat is better than a great many successive single threats. That is the main lesson of chess. A double threat is a combination of two threats. (pg. 31)

A combination (threat plus restraint or threat plus obstruction) may be called a "net". It is the most important kind of combination because every mate, without exception, is a "net". (pg. 32)

Watch out for pieces of limited mobility, especially pieces without retreat. Remember that one retreat may not be enough.(pg. 32 / 33)

On Tied Pieces

An important rule for avoiding a trap is this:
Where feasible, avoid using a piece to defend something that is attacked. Either protect the attaced unit with a pawn or move it away. (pg. 34)

A knight is the worst defender because he cannot possibly maintain the defense if forced to move. (pg. 34)

The best protector is a pawn - for three reasons:

There is no possibility of it being attacked by a unit of lesser value; It is a complete defense against any piece bigger than the one attacked; above all, a menial task is suited to it, whereas a piece used for defending one particular thing is wasting its talents. (pg. 35)

If you must use pieces to protect something, perhaps because it cannot move away, try to use one more than necessary! You are then free to moe any one of the protectors; not a single one is absolutely tied to its defensive task. (pg. 35)

On Position Play

Position play is the art of improving your position in small ways when no sound combination is possible. (pg. 40)

One can say that an endgame has arrived when neither side has more pieces than the equivalent of Queen plus pawn (with of course, the Kings, who are always with us). (pg. 41)

Combinations are of primary importance, position play of secondary importance. (pg. 41)

Pages refer to where content can be found in Purdy's book "Guide to Good Chess". Posted by Chessbuzz>

Misclick

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.

<The Three Kings By Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Three Kings came riding from far away,
Melchior and Gaspar and Baltasar;
Three Wise Men out of the East were they,
And they travelled by night and they slept by day, For their guide was a beautiful, wonderful star.

The star was so beautiful, large and clear,
That all the other stars of the sky
Became a white mist in the atmosphere,
And by this they knew that the coming was near
Of the Prince foretold in the prophecy.

Three caskets they bore on their saddle-bows,
Three caskets of gold with golden keys;
Their robes were of crimson silk with rows
Of bells and pomegranates and furbelows,
Their turbans like blossoming almond-trees.

And so the Three Kings rode into the West,
Through the dusk of the night, over hill and dell, And sometimes they nodded with beard on breast, And sometimes talked, as they paused to rest,
With the people they met at some wayside well.

"Of the child that is born," said Baltasar, "Good people, I pray you, tell us the news;
For we in the East have seen his star,
And have ridden fast, and have ridden far,
To find and worship the King of the Jews."

And the people answered, "You ask in vain;
We know of no King but Herod the Great!"
They thought the Wise Men were men insane,
As they spurred their horses across the plain,
Like riders in haste, who cannot wait.

And when they came to Jerusalem,
Herod the Great, who had heard this thing,
Sent for the Wise Men and questioned them;
And said, "Go down unto Bethlehem,
And bring me tidings of this new king."

So they rode away; and the star stood still,
The only one in the grey of morn;
Yes, it stopped—it stood still of its own free will, Right over Bethlehem on the hill,
The city of David, where Christ was born.

And the Three Kings rode through the gate and the guard, Through the silent street, till their horses turned And neighed as they entered the great inn-yard; But the windows were closed, and the doors were barred, And only a light in the stable burned.

And cradled there in the scented hay,
In the air made sweet by the breath of kine,
The little child in the manger lay,
The child, that would be king one day
Of a kingdom not human, but divine.

His mother Mary of Nazareth
Sat watching beside his place of rest,
Watching the even flow of his breath,
For the joy of life and the terror of death
Were mingled together in her breast.

They laid their offerings at his feet:
The gold was their tribute to a King,
The frankincense, with its odor sweet,
Was for the Priest, the Paraclete,
The myrrh for the body's burying.

And the mother wondered and bowed her head,
And sat as still as a statue of stone,
Her heart was troubled yet comforted,
Remembering what the Angel had said
Of an endless reign and of David's throne.

Then the Kings rode out of the city gate,
With a clatter of hoofs in proud array;
But they went not back to Herod the Great,
For they knew his malice and feared his hate,
And returned to their homes by another way.>

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

"Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that." ― Martin Luther King Jr.

"Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace, and gratitude." ― Denis Waitley

<The Aurora's Dance

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

"My home is in Heaven. I'm just traveling through this world." — Billy Graham

"The only time my prayers are never answered is on the golf course." — Billy Graham

* Riddle-stolen-peek: https://www.briddles.com/riddles/ch...

"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

"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.

"Always go to other people's funerals, otherwise they won't come to yours." ― Yogi Berra, one of the greatest Yankees of all time.

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.

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.

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."

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:
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"Debt is dumb. Cash is king." — Dave Ramsey

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Not by much.

* Frank's way: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQz...

The longest decisive FIDE-rated game is Billy Fellowes vs Peter Lalić, London 2024, which lasted for 272 moves, at the Third Kingston Invitational.

The longest game played in a world championship is the 6th game of the 2021 World Chess Championship between Magnus Carlsen and Ian Nepomniachtchi, which Carlsen won in 136 moves by resignation. The game lasted for 8 hours, 15 minutes and 40 seconds.

'Attack is the best form of defence

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* Know the five fundamental rules of firearm safety:

- Treat every gun as if it is loaded.

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

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

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

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

The 20-40-40 rule in chess is a rule for players rated below 2000 that states 20% of your study should be dedicated to openings, 40% to the middlegame, and 40% to the endgame.

Learn young, learn fair; learn old, learn more. ~ Scottish Proverb

Q: What do you call someone who draws funny pictures of cars? A: A car-toonist.

Q: What do you call a magician on a plane?
A: A flying sorcerer.

Q: What do you call fruit playing the guitar?
A: A jam session.

Q: What do you call the shoes that all spies wear? A: Sneakers.

Q: What do you call something you can serve, but never eat? A: A volleyball.

Q: What did the alien say to the garden?
A: Take me to your weeder.

Q: What do you call a skeleton who went out in freezing temperatures? A: A numb skull.

Q: What do you call a farm that grows bad jokes? A: Corny.