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"Winning needs no explanation, losing has no alibi." ― Greg Baum.
"A determined soul will do more with a rusty monkey wrench than a loafer will accomplish with all the tools in a machine shop." ― Robert Hughes
"Chess is a fairy tale of 1,001 blunders." ― Savielly Tartakower
"Pawns are the soul of the game." ― François-André Danican Philidor
"The king pawn and the queen pawn are the only ones to be moved in the early part of the game." ― Wilhelm Steinitz
"There is no such thing as an absolutely freeing move. A freeing move in a position in which development has not been carried far always proves illusory, and vice versa, a move which does not come at all in the category of freeing moves can, given a surplus of tempi to our credit, lead to a very free game."
― Aron Nimzowitsch
"The future reshapes the memory of the past in the way it recalibrates significance: some episodes are advanced, others lose purchase."
― Gregory Maguire, A Lion Among Men
"Whoever said the pen is mightier than the sword obviously never encountered automatic weapons." ― Douglas MacArthur
"Sometimes the bad things in life open our eyes to the good things we weren't paying attention to before." ― Diana Elmessiri
"Every day is a good day. There is something to learn, care and celebrate."
― Amit Ray
"Impossible is for the unwilling." ― John Keats
"No pressure, no diamonds." ― Thomas Carlyle
"The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing." ― Walt Disney
"Stay foolish to stay sane." ― Maxime Lagacé
"When nothing goes right, go left." ― Unknown
"Try Again. Fail again, Fail better."
"Don't tell people about your plans. Show them your results." ― Unknown
famous one line movie quotes
"Take the risk or lose the chance." ― Unknown
"Good things happen to those who hustle." ― Anaïs Nin
"He who is brave is free." ― Seneca
"Solitary trees, if they grow at all, grow strong." ― Winston Churchill
"Every noble work is at first impossible." ― Thomas Carlyle
"If you're going through hell, keep going." ― Winston Churchill
"We are twice armed if we fight with faith." ― Plato
"Let him that would move the world first move himself." ― Socrates
"The secret to life is to love who you are – warts and all." ― David DeNotaris
"The story of life is quicker than the wink of an eye." ― Jimi Hendrix
"I am not the King. Jesus Christ is the King. I'm just an entertainer."
― Elvis Presley
"When it comes to health, diet is the Queen, but exercise is the King."
― Jack LaLanne
"Life really does begin at forty. Up until then, you are just doing research." ― Carl Gustav Jung
"In this life we cannot do great things. We can only do small things with great love." ― Mother Teresa
"For both professionals and amateurs, chess is a game that sharpens the mind, tests human faculties and encourages healthy competition. It has captivated the attention of players and spectators world-wide and will continue to do so as long as competition and excellence challenge mankind." — President Gerald R. Ford
"Examine moves that smite! A good eye for smites is far more important than a knowledge of strategical principles." — C.J.S. Purdy
"In chess, as in life, a man is his own most dangerous opponent."
— Vasily Smyslov
"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
"Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile." ― Albert Einstein
"Life is what happens when you're busy making other plans." ― John Lennon
"Go confidently in the direction of your dreams! Live the life you've imagined."
― Henry David Thoreau
"The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall." ― Nelson Mandela
"Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated." ― Confucius
"May you live all the days of your life." ― Jonathan Swift
"Life itself is the most wonderful fairy tale." ― Hans Christian Andersen
"Do not let making a living prevent you from making a life." ― John Wooden
"Keep smiling, because life is a beautiful thing and there's so much to smile about." ― Marilyn Monroe
"Life is ours to be spent, not to be saved." ― D. H. Lawrence
We all want to be successful in life. In fact, success in life is the most desired goal in everyone's life. But remember, success is not accidental. If you want to succeed, you have to be consistent. Consistency is everything. Explore another ― The Best 29 Going The Extra Mile Quotes For Studious Person
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"No guts, no story." ― Chris Brady
"My life is my message." ― Mahatma Gandhi
"Screw it, let's do it." ― Richard Branson
"Boldness be my friend." ― William Shakespeare
"Keep going. Be all in." ― Bryan Hutchinson
"My life is my argument." ― Albert Schweitzer
"Leave no stone unturned." ― Euripides
"Fight till the last gasp." ― William Shakespeare
"If you want it, work for it."
"You can if you think you can." ― George Reeves
"Accept life as it is. Then work to make it the way you want it to be." ― Cindy Francis
"Parenting is a lifetime assignment." ― Ken Robinson
"Life is accepting what is and working from that." ― Gloria Naylor
"Life is a long lesson in humility." ― J.M. Barrie
"Persist while others are quitting." ― William Arthur Ward
"Where there is love there is life." ― Gandhi
"Mornings contain the secret to an extraordinarily successful life." ― Hal Elrod
"Life is a long lesson in humility." ― James M. Barrie
"The purpose of our lives is to be happy." ― Dalai Lama
"In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on." ― Robert Frost
"Love the life you live. Live the life you love." ― Bob Marley
"Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all." ― Helen Keller
"You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose." ― Dr. Seuss
"Life is a question and how we live it is our answer." ― Gary Keller
"Life is made of ever so many partings welded together." ― Charles Dickens
"You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough." ― Mae West
"Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air." ― Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Life is a question and how we live it is our answer." ― Gary Keller
"Accept life as it is. Then work to make it the way you want it to be." ― Cindy Francis
"Parenting is a lifetime assignment." ― Ken Robinson
"Life is accepting what is and working from that." ― Gloria Naylor
"Life is a long lesson in humility." ― J.M. Barrie
"Chess is a game that benefits people of all ages, especially kids, in any area of life, business, problem solving, and social skills. Chess has the unique ability to combine focus, concentration, imagination, coordination, teamwork, and leadership all at the same time." ― Dustin Diamond, Actor
"Chess is a sport. The main object in the game of chess remains the achievement of victory." ― Max Euwe
"You win some, you lose some, and your losses are never made up to you. She will simply have to do without; like it or not, she must face her losses and her helplessness to undo them." — Sheldon B. Kopp
"Life is like a chess game. Every decision, just like every move, has consequences. Therefore, decide wisely!" ― Susan Polgar
"When people insult and disrespect you, the best revenge is to continue to win, and win, and win…." ― Susan Polgar
"The mind has no restrictions. The only restriction is what you believe you cannot do. So go ahead and challenge yourself to do one thing every day that scares you." ― Susan Polgar
Confessed faults are half mended. ~ Scottish Proverb
broad interpretation of the asymmetrical pawn structure
Tal,M-Segal
Riga Team Tournament 1952 A96/08 (1-0)
1.c4 f5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 d6 4.d4 e6 5.Bg2 Be7 6.0-0 0-0
7.Nc3 c6 8.Qc2 a5 9.e4 fe4 10.Ne4 Bd7 11.h4 Na6
12.Nfg5 g6 13.Bh3 Qc8 14.Rd1 e5 15.Bd7 Nd7 16.h5 Qe8
17.Ne6 gh5 18.Nf8 Qf8 19.c5 Nb4 20.Qb3 d5 21.a3 Kh8
22.Nd6
(1-0)
Baumgartner-Ambrosewicz,C
Corres 1983 A96/10 (1-0)
1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 f5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3 0-0 6.0-0 d6
7.d4 a5 8.Re1 Ne4 9.Qc2 Nc3 10.bc3 Qe8 11.e4 fe4
12.Qe4 Qf7 13.Ng5 Qf2 14.Kh1 Bg5 15.Bg5 Qf5 16.Qh4 h6
17.Be7 Re8 18.Rf1 Qd3 19.Be4 Qc4 20.Qf4
(1-0)
Vasquez,J-Bravo,H
Lima Peru 1989 A98/03 (0-1)
1.c4 f5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 e6 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3 0-0 6.0-0 d6
7.d4 Qe8 8.Qc2 Qh5 9.e4 e5 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.Nd5 Nxd5
12.cxd5 Bd6 13.Qc3 Nd7 14.exf5 Rxf5 15.Nd2 Nf6 16.Ne4 Nxe4
17.Bxe4 Rf6 18.Be3 Bh3 19.Rfc1 Raf8 20.Qb3 Rf3 21.Qd1 Bg4
22.Bxf3 Bxf3 23.Qd3 Rf5 24.Rc4 e4 25.Qf1 Be2
(0-1)
‘May your Departures equal your Landfalls!'
Fauland,A-Schneiders,A
San Bernardino 1989 A90/01 (1-0)
1.c4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 e6 4.d4 d5 5.Nh3 c6 6.0-0 Bd6
7.Qc2 0-0 8.Bf4 Qe7 9.Nd2 Ne4 10.Ne4 fe4 11.f3 Bf4
12.gf4 Qf6 13.e3 ef3 14.Rf3 Qf5 15.Qe2 Qh5 16.Raf1 Na6
17.f5 ef5 18.cd5 f4 19.Rf4 g6
(1-0)
Fauland,A-Schneiders,A
San Bernardino Open 1989 A90/01 (1-0)
1.c4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 e6 4.d4 d5 5.Nh3 c6 6.0-0 Bd6
7.Qc2 0-0 8.Bf4 Qe7 9.Nd2 Ne4 10.Nxe4 fxe4 11.f3 Bxf4
12.gxf4 Qf6 13.e3 exf3 14.Rxf3 Qf5 15.Qe2 Qh5 16.Raf1 Na6
17.f5 exf5 18.cxd5 f4 19.Rxf4 g6
(1-0)
Piasetski-Kovacevic,V
Kerlovac 1977 A86/09 (0-1)
1.c4 f5 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.g3 d6 5.Bg2 c6 6.Nh3 Bg7
7.d5 0-0 8.Nf4 Qe8 9.Qb3 e5 10.Ne6 Be6 11.Qb7 Nbd7
12.de6 Qe6 13.Bc6 Nb6 14.b3 e4 15.0-0 Rf7 16.Qa6 Rc8
17.Bb5 Ng4 18.Bb2 f4 19.c5 Rc5 20.Na4 Nh2 21.Nc5 Qh3
22.Bc4 Ng4 23.Bf7 Kh8
(0-1)
Litvinov-Veresov,G
Minsk 1958 A85/15 (0-1)
1.c4 f5 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e6 4.Nf3 Bb4 5.Qc2 0-0 6.e3 b6
7.Be2 Bb7 8.0-0 Bc3 9.Qc3 Ne4 10.Qc2 Rf6 11.Nd2 Rh6
12.g3 Qh4 13.Nf3 Ng5
(0-1)
Najdorf,M-Shocron,R
Argentinia Championship 1955 A85/09 (1-0)
1.c4 f5 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e6 4.e3 b6 5.Be2 Bb7 6.Bf3 Nc6
7.Nge2 Be7 8.b3 Qc8 9.0-0 g5 10.Bb2 Nd8 11.Bb7 Qb7
12.d5 0-0 13.e4 fe4 14.Ng3 b5 15.de6 Ne6 16.Nf5 Rae8
17.Nd5 Bd8 18.Qh5 Ng7 19.Qg5 Nh5 20.Nh6
(1-0)
Maccioni,A-Castillo,M
ch-Chili 1947 A85/10 (0-1)
1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 f5 3.d4 Nf6 4.e3 Bb4 5.Bd3 b6 6.Ne2 Bb7
7.0-0 c5 8.dc5 Bc5 9.a3 a5 10.b3 0-0 11.Bb2 Ng4
12.Qd2 Qh4 13.h3 Rf6 14.Nf4 Rh6 15.Nce2 Nf6 16.b4 Bd6
17.c5 bc5 18.bc5 Bc7 19.Qc3 Nc6 20.Rab1 Ne5 21.Qb3 Nf3
22.gf3 Bf3 23.Bf6 Qg4 24.Ng3 Rh3 25.Ng2 Rh1
(0-1)
Smyslov,V-Van der Weide,P
Linz 1980 A85/01 (1-0)
1.c4 f5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.d4 d6 4.Bg5 Nbd7 5.Qc2 g6 6.Nf3 Bg7
7.Rd1 0-0 8.g3 c6 9.Bg2 Qc7 10.d5 Nc5 11.0-0 e5
12.de6 Be6 13.Bf4 Rad8 14.Ng5 Qe7 15.b4 Na6 16.b5 Nb8
17.Qb3 Ng4 18.bc6 bc6 19.Ne6 Qe6 20.Rd6 Rd6 21.Bd6 Rd8
22.Bb8 Bc3 23.Ba7
(1-0)
"Drawing is rather like playing chess. Your mind races ahead of time that you eventually make." ― David Hockney
"In life, as in chess, one's own pawns block one's way. A man's very wealth, ease, leisure, children, books, which should help him to win, more often checkmate him." ― Charles Buxton
"Chess is all about stored pattern recognition. You are asking your brain to spot a face in the crowd that it has not seen." ― Sally Simpson
7.d4 is a tiny plus for White: https://www.chessgames.com/perl/che...
* Blitz Surprise: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvF...
* Checkmate Patterns You Must Recognize Instantly: https://chessfox.com/checkmate-patt...
* Charming: Game Collection: 0
* c4 games of Norway: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1D...
* 1908 WC Match: Game Collection: Lasker vs Tarrasch WCM 1908
* En Passant Mate: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/tech...
* Frank Marshall - Edward Lasker 1923 Match:
Game Collection: Marshall -- Ed. Lasker 1923 match
* Chess in old newspapers: https://www.schach-chess.com/chess-...
* Glossary P: https://www.peoriachess.com/Glossar...
* Chessmaster 2000 Classic Games:
Game Collection: Chessmaster '86
* The games of chess author Bill Wall; many are miniatures: Bill Wall
* Rip 'em to shreds! https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/m...
* How dumb is it? Game Collection: Diemer-Duhm Gambit
* KIDs: Game Collection: Kasparov on The King's Indian
* Chess w/the Masters: Game Collection: Beheim, M _Chess With the Masters_ NY: ARCO 1963
* Greats: Game Collection: Chess Mastery
* Pick a path: https://zoboko.com/text/gwyv84v5/ba...
* Black Defends: Game Collection: Opening repertoire black
* It's his idea: https://www.chessgames.com/perl/che...
* Connected pawns on the 7th (12 games):
Game Collection: Pretty Maids All in a Row: 3 Connected Ps on 7th
* FTB thought it was impossible - see Sally's Mar-05-19 and Mar-06-19 posts: Geoff Chandler
* Glossary P: https://www.peoriachess.com/Glossar...
* Hans/St. Louis 2024: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vol...
* Hellfire: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/EQx7...
* Hold the line: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/QQW0...
* Horse with No Name: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/yb0k...
* Houska Castle: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/MqXE...
* Hurricane: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Yi5t...
* Knights: https://chessily.com/learn-chess/kn...
* Knights: https://www.chessjournal.com/chess-...
* Knights: https://www.chess.com/blog/IM_Chess...
* Knights: https://www.chessstrategyonline.com...
* Knights: https://www.masterclass.com/article...
* Tips for Knights & More: http://www.chesssets.co.uk/blog/tip...
* Unleash the Knight: https://cardclashgames.com/blog/che...
* Malaguena: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxD...
* MC Move-by-Move: Game Collection: Move by Move - Carlsen (Lakdawala)
* Most common mistakes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GA...
* Overloaded! Game Collection: OVERLOADED!
* Online safety: https://www.entrepreneur.com/scienc...
* Pawn Instruction: http://www.logicalchess.com/learn/l...
* Pawn Structures: Game Collection: Chess Structures: A Grandmaster Guide
* Pirc Defense, Classical: Game Collection: Pirc, Classical Variation
* The Chess Portal will broaden your horizons: http://schackportalen.nu/English/es...
* Passive, but playable in the Russian Game: Game Collection: Alpha Russian (White)
* Promotion Tactics: Game Collection: Promotion Tactics
* Three promotions: Game Collection: Promotion: Three
* Queening Combinations: Game Collection: Queening Combinations
* Queen Pawn Games: Game Collection: ANIL RAJ.R'S QUEEN PAWN GAMES
* QGD: Game Collection: QUEEN'S GAMBIT DECLINED
* Reasonable 1.d4 Repertoire: Game Collection: d4 repertoire for white
* Rajnish Das Tips: https://enthu.com/blog/chess/chess-...
* Sacrifices to generate passers (182 games): Game Collection: Passed Pawns
* Wedgie swindle: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/r6Kg...
* 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!
* Mr. Harvey's Puzzle Challenge: https://wtharvey.com/
Taking Your Eyes off the Road for 5 Seconds at 55 mph Is Equivalent to Traveling the Length of a Football Field Without Looking
Many drivers do not realize how far they can travel even when distracted for a brief period. The reality is, motorists can drive the equivalent of an entire football field blind if they take their eyes off the road for just five seconds when they are traveling at 55 mph. With so much ground covered, it's not a surprise that the risks of a crash are high when motorists lose focus.
Apr-27-23 WTHarvey:
There once was a chess player keen
He studied each move he had seen
With tactics so clever
His games were a pleasure
His passion for chess was extreme!
There once was a chess player bright
Whose moves were a beautiful sight
He never lost hope
Or his skill, he would mope
For he believed in fighting the good fight.
There once was a chess player so keen
Whose passion for the game was extreme
He'd study and strategize
And often would visualize
His victories, in every daydream.
"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
"I have always a slight feeling of pity for the man who has no knowledge of chess, just as I would pity the man who has remained ignorant of love. Chess, like love, like music, has the power to make men happy." — Siegbert Tarrasch
* Mankind's Savior said it, proved it: https://www.crosswalk.com/faith/bib...
* A Brief History of Chess: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YeB...
* A Brief History of the Game of Chess: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2a...
"Chess is a sport. The main object in the game of chess remains the achievement of victory." — Max Euwe
"Life is like chess. If you lose your queen, you will probably lose the game."
— Being Caballero
"The soldier is the Army. No army is better than its soldiers. The Soldier is also a citizen. In fact, the highest obligation and privilege of citizenship is that of bearing arms for one's country." ― George S. Patton Jr.
"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
"Only the rocks live forever," said Gray Wolf.
― James A. Michener, Centennial
I S A A C wrote:
Hindsight
I was used to the abuse, used to the towers
I was used to being used, used to your power
it makes me sad looking back, I was in the present accepting presents
while you were hiding in the black, keeping secrets, turning your back
on me and everything I offered, I thought you were better than you were
guess it's my first mistake to think you wouldn't put me up at the stake
watch my ivory skin be engulfed in flames
watch your baby burn away
if it means that you can survive by the skin of your teeth
tried to run and run with my tired feet
tried to undo all you have done to me
tried to keep the door open in case you came running back to me
I like broken birds, I like empty words
I like chess pieces, I like idealistic worlds
you fit my trauma like a glove, manipulation to get my love
but you had another, arguably better
older, more secure, not a country over
but in turn, you made me feel insecure
a tragic mess continuing to dismantle
unravel like ribbons, uncovered the truth due to visions
I received, the seeds I reaped
protection is given to me by deities
I am not one for fighting but refuse to wave the white flag
you shot me and now I must burn down your creations in a red flash
every web of lies, web of secrets
I set ablaze and sit back like the grim reaper
Acts 20:35 "It is more blessed to give than to receive."
* Top Chessgames by ECO Code: http://schachsinn.de/gamelist.htm
Proverbs 1:7 "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction."
* Opening Tree: https://www.shredderchess.com/onlin...
<Sep-21-18 AylerKupp: If anything this game should more properly be referred to as a Semi-Tarrasch (ECO D40). The Tarrasch proper (ECO D42) arises after 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 when after 4.cxd5 Black can only recapture with the e-pawn, 4...exd5, leading to positions where Black typically has either hanging pawns at c4 and d5 or an IQP at d5.
But the interposition of ...Nf6 prior to ...c5 as in the game allows, after 1.d4 d5 2.e3 Nf6 3.Nf3 c5 4.c4 e6 5.cxd5(or, more typically, 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 c5 5.cxd5), the recapture 5..Nxd5 avoiding the IQP and (typically) the hanging pawns.But what's in a name? After all, a rose by any other name would smell as sweet. The reason for my nit-picking is because it is still classified as a Colle system even though a correction slip was submitted by <Boomie> (admittedly just yesterday) to reclassify it as a Tarrasch. Which is my segue into one of my favorite stories:
A small town wanted to honor one of its returning war veterans and organized an event to do so. The local newspaper publicized the event and referred to the returning war veteran as a "battle scared" veteran. Several readers pointed out the mistake and the local newspaper acknowledged out the error along with an apology and a retraction saying "We apologize. Our local war veteran should have been clearly identified as a 'bottle scarred' veteran." Sometimes you just can't win with these "corrections".>
morfishine: "I like the Schliemann Defense, along with the Falkbeer counter-gambit and other chancy openings. Enterprising chess is the most fun, even if one meets with disaster from time-to-time. I'd rather go down swinging."
An Animal In The Moon
While one philosopher affirms
That by our senses we're deceived,
Another swears, in plainest terms,
The senses are to be believed.
The twain are right. Philosophy
Correctly calls us dupes whenever
On mere senses we rely.
But when we wisely rectify
The raw report of eye or ear,
By distance, medium, circumstance,
In real knowledge we advance.
These things has nature wisely planned –
Whereof the proof shall be at hand.
I see the sun: its dazzling glow
Seems but a hand-breadth here below;
But should I see it in its home,
That azure, star-besprinkled dome,
Of all the universe the eye,
Its blaze would fill one half the sky.
The powers of trigonometry
Have set my mind from blunder free.
The ignorant believe it flat;
I make it round, instead of that.
I fasten, fix, on nothing ground it,
And send the earth to travel round it.
In short, I contradict my eyes,
And sift the truth from constant lies.
The mind, not hasty at conclusion,
Resists the onset of illusion,
Forbids the sense to get the better,
And never believes it to the letter.
Between my eyes, perhaps too ready,
And ears as much or more too slow,
A judge with balance true and steady,
I come, at last, some things to know.
Thus when the water crooks a stick,
My reason straightens it as quick –
Kind Mistress Reason – foe of error,
And best of shields from needless terror!
The creed is common with our race,
The moon contains a woman's face.
True? No. Whence, then, the notion,
From mountain top to ocean?
The roughness of that satellite,
Its hills and dales, of every grade,
Effect a change of light and shade
Deceptive to our feeble sight;
So that, besides the human face,
All sorts of creatures one might trace.
Indeed, a living beast, I believe,
Has lately been by England seen.
All duly placed the telescope,
And keen observers full of hope,
An animal entirely new,
In that fair planet, came to view.
Abroad and fast the wonder flew; –
Some change had taken place on high,
Presaging earthly changes nigh;
Perhaps, indeed, it might betoken
The wars that had already broken
Out wildly over the Continent.
The king to see the wonder went:
(As patron of the sciences,
No right to go more plain than his.)
To him, in turn, distinct and clear,
This lunar monster did appear. –
A mouse, between the lenses caged,
Had caused these wars, so fiercely waged!
No doubt the happy English folks
Laughed at it as the best of jokes.
How soon will Mars afford the chance
For like amusements here in France!
He makes us reap broad fields of glory.
Our foes may fear the battle-ground;
For us, it is no sooner found,
Than Louis, with fresh laurels crowned,
Bears higher up our country's story.
The daughters, too, of Memory, –
The Pleasures and the Graces, –
Still show their cheering faces:
We wish for peace, but do not sigh.
The English Charles the secret knows
To make the most of his repose.
And more than this, he'll know the way,
By valour, working sword in hand,
To bring his sea-encircled land
To share the fight it only sees today.
Yet, could he but this quarrel quell,
What incense-clouds would grateful swell!
What deed more worthy of his fame!
Augustus, Julius – pray, which Caesar's name
Shines now on story's page with purest flame?
O people happy in your sturdy hearts!
Say, when shall Peace pack up these bloody darts,
And send us all, like you, to softer arts?
"Chess is life in miniature. Chess is a struggle, chess battles." — Garry Kasparov
"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.
<"Love all, trust a few,
Do wrong to none: be able for thine enemy
Rather in power than use; and keep thy friend
Under thy own life's key: be check'd for silence,
But never tax'd for speech."
― William Shakespeare, All's Well That Ends Well>
* Here are 14 of the greatest tournaments of all time:
London 1851, Adolf Anderssen 15/21
Hastings 1895, Harry Nelson Pillsbury 16.5/21
St. Petersburg 1914, Emanuel Lasker 13.5/18
New York 1924, Emanuel Lasker 16.0/20
AVRO 1938, Paul Keres & Reuben Fine 8.5/14
FIDE World Championship 1948, Mikhail Botvinnik 14.0/20
Zurich Candidates 1953, Vasily Smyslov 18.0/28
Santa Monica 1966, Boris Spassky 11.5/18
Montreal 1979, Mikhail Tal & Anatoly Karpov 12.0/18
Linares 1994, Anatoly Karpov 11.0/13
Wijk Aan Zee 1999, Garry Kasparov 10.0/13
Mexico City FIDE World Championship 2007, Viswanathan Anand 9.0/14
London Candidates 2013, Magnus Carlsen (& Vladimir Kramnik) 8.5/14
Yektarinburg Candidates 2021, <GM Ding Liren> went through an entire tournament with 99% CAPS accuracy.
The Two Cocks
Two cocks in peace were living, when
A war was kindled by a hen.
O love, you bane of Troy! It was thine
The blood of men and gods to shed
Enough to turn the Xanthus red
As old Port wine!
And long the battle doubtful stood:
(I mean the battle of the cocks;)
They gave each other fearful shocks:
The fame spread over the neighbourhood,
And gathered all the crested brood.
And Helens more than one, of plumage bright,
Led off the victor of that bloody fight.
The vanquished, drooping, fled,
Concealed his battered head,
And in a dark retreat
Bewailed his sad defeat.
His loss of glory and the prize
His rival now enjoyed before his eyes.
While this he every day beheld,
His hatred kindled, courage swelled:
He whet his beak, and flapped his wings,
And meditated dreadful things.
Waste rage! His rival flew on a roof
And crowed to give his victory proof. –
A hawk this boasting heard:
Now perished all his pride,
As suddenly he died
Beneath that savage bird.
In consequence of this reverse,
The vanquished sallied from his hole,
And took the harem, master sole,
For moderate penance not the worse.
Imagine the congratulation,
The proud and stately leading,
Gallanting, coaxing, feeding,
Of wives almost a nation!
It's thus that Fortune loves to flee
The insolent by victory.
We should mistrust her when we beat,
Lest triumph lead us to defeat.
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<poem by <B.H. Wood>, entitled ‘The Drowser':Ah, reverie! Ten thousand heads I see
Bent over chess-boards, an infinity
Of minds engaged in battle, fiendishly,
Keenly, or calmly, as the case may be:
World-wide, the neophyte, the veteran,
The studious problemist, the fairy fan ...
"What's that? – I'm nearly sending you to sleep?
Sorry! – but this position's rather deep."
Source: Chess Amateur, September 1929, page 268.>
A game of chess, even played by dilettantes, is an austere metaphor of life and a struggle for life, and the chess player's virtues—reason, memory, and invention—are the virtues of every thinking man. The stern rule of chess, according to which a piece that was touched must be moved and it is not permissible to redo a move of which one repents, reproduces the inexorability of the choices of the living. When your king, as a result of your inexperience, lack of attention, imprudence, or the opponent's superiority, is ever more closely threatened … cornered and finally transfixed, you cannot fail to perceive a symbolic shadow beyond the chess board. You are living a death; it is your death, and at the same time it is a death for which you are guilty.
—Primo Levi, "The Irritable Chess Players"
"The first place you need to look is the last place you saw it."
— Digger Manes, Moonshiners
Bearly Thinking: https://www.etsy.com/listing/972054...
The thought crossed my gentle mind that CGs needs some additional avatar variance of figures like Emory and Andrew Tate, Tani Adewumi, James Black Jr., Ambakisye Osayaba, Tom "Murph" Murphy, and Pontus Carlsson, Taahir Levi, Praggy and Pentala Harikrishna, Nihal Sarin, Adhiban Baskaran, Manuel Aaron, and Juan Carlos González Zamora, María Teresa Mora Iturralde, Daniela De la Parra, Alejandra Guerrero Rodríguez, Azarya Jodi Setyaki, Medina Warda Aulia, Errol Tiwari, Elshan Moradiabadi, Joey Razo, Collette McGruder, Diamond Shakoor, Phiona Mutesi, Jessica Hyatt, Jean-Pierre and Koneru Humpy, Tania Sachdev, Rout Padmini and Hou Yifan and Zhao Xue, Medhat Moheb, Yao Ming and Awonder Liang, Jeffery Xiong and Liem Le, Li Chao and the like. Our avatars are rather lily silly; not everybody looks like Smith, Jones, Thomas, or Mikhail.
On the other hand, we definitely need some redheads too (Anna Rudolf, Isla Fisher, Jude Acers, Prince Harry, Ed Sheeran)!! I'd say at least a dozen redheads, some with and without beards. Some Canadians too!
St. Elmo
The following acrostic by W. Harris is to be found in another book published in 1882, A Complete Guide to the Game of Chess by H.F.L. Meyer, page ix:
Chess is such a noble game,
How it does the soul inflame!
Ever brilliant, ever new,
Surely chess has not its due;
Sad to say, 'tis known to few!
* 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.'>
Proverbs 14:29-35
29 He who is slow to anger has great understanding, But he who is quick-tempered * exalts folly.
30 A tranquil heart is life to the body, But passion is rottenness to the bones.
31 He who oppresses the poor taunts his Maker, But he who is gracious to the needy honors Him.
32 The wicked is thrust down by his wrongdoing, But the righteous has a refuge when he dies.
33 Wisdom rests in the heart of one who has understanding, But in the hearts of fools it is made known.
34 Righteousness exalts a nation, But sin is a disgrace to any people.
35 The king's favor is toward a servant who acts wisely, But his anger is toward him who acts shamefully.
Chess Squares Riddle
Riddle Question: How many squares are in a chessboard?
"Intelligence plus character-that is the goal of true education."
― Martin Luther King Jr.
"It ain't over 'til it's over, no matter how over it looks." ― Yogi Berra
Riddle Answer: 204 squares: 64 one-by-one squares, 49 two-by-two, 36 three-by-three, 25 four-by-four, 16 five-by-five, 9 six-by-six, 4 seven-by-seven, and 1 eight-by-eight
Vladislav Artemiev
(Russian Chess Player and Former Chess Prodigy)
Birthdate: March 5, 1998
Birthplace: Omsk, Russia
Abhimanyu Mishra
(American Chess Grandmaster Who Is the Youngest Player Ever to Qualify for the Grandmaster Title)
Birthdate: February 5, 2009
Birthplace: New Jersey, United States
"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.
Koneru Humpy
(Indian Chess Player and the Youngest Woman Ever to Achieve the Title of Grandmaster)
Birthdate: March 31, 1987
Birthplace: Gudivada, Andhra Pradesh, India
Koneru Humpy is an Indian chess player and the current women's world rapid champion. At the age of 15, Humpy became the youngest female chess player to achieve the prestigious Grandmaster title. In 2003, she was honored with India's second-highest sporting honor, the Arjuna Award. In 2007, Koneru Humpy was honored with the Padma Shri Award.
Nodirbek Abdusattorov
(Chess player)
Birthdate: September 18, 2004
Birthplace: Tashkent, Uzbekistan
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Just add the @ between the two
Feb-02-21 fisayo123: As can be seen, the chessgames.com database is not the end all and be all database for "vs" matchups. In fact, its known for not really being as complete as some other game databases, especially for modern era games. https://2700chess.com/
On the river
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Jonathan Moya wrote:
The King's Rumination
Befuddled with thought
the king sought the oracle.
"Count the sands,
calculate the seas,"
she said.
Of the king's future,
she spoke nothing.
Henceforth he
contented only
in his nightmares.
Straight flush
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A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush ― Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, "Don Quixote"
Old Russian Proverb: "Measure seven times, cut once. (Семь раз отмерь — один отрежь.)" Be careful before you do something that cannot be changed.
"I'm 58 years old and I just went through 8 back surgeries. They started cutting on me in February 2009, and I was basically bed ridden for almost two years. I got a real dose of reality that if you don't have your health, you don't have anything." — Hulk Hogan
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The Land of Counterpane
by Robert Louis Stevenson 1850 –1894
When I was sick and lay a-bed,
I had two pillows at my head,
And all my toys beside me lay
To keep me happy all the day.
And sometimes for an hour or so
I watched my leaden soldiers go,
With different uniforms and drills,
Among the bed-clothes, through the hills;
And sometimes sent my ships in fleets
All up and down among the sheets;
Or brought my trees and houses out,
And planted cities all about.
I was the giant great and still
That sits upon the pillow-hill,
And sees before him, dale and plain,
The pleasant land of counterpane.
"He who is brave is free." ― Seneca
"Solitary trees, if they grow at all, grow strong." ― Winston Churchill
"Every noble work is at first impossible." ― Thomas Carlyle
"If you're going through hell, keep going." ― Winston Churchill
"We are twice armed if we fight with faith." ― Plato
"Let him that would move the world first move himself." ― Socrates
"The secret to life is to love who you are – warts and all." ― David DeNotaris
"The story of life is quicker than the wink of an eye." ― Jimi Hendrix
"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
"I am not the King. Jesus Christ is the King. I'm just an entertainer."
― Elvis Presley
"When it comes to health, diet is the Queen, but exercise is the King."
― Jack LaLanne
"Life really does begin at forty. Up until then, you are just doing research."
― Carl Gustav Jung
"In this life we cannot do great things. We can only do small things with great love." ― Mother Teresa
"Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile." ― Albert Einstein
"Life is what happens when you're busy making other plans." ― John Lennon
<by W.A. Ballantine given on page 153 of the American Chess Journal, September 1878:Charming as the sweetest music;
High above the common reach,
Easy to the bright and wise;
Splendid in the hands of genius;
Such the royal game of chess.>
"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
"Many have become chess masters, no one has become the master of chess."
― Siegbert Tarrasch
"In the end, it is important to remember that we cannot become what we need to be by remaining what we are." — Max De Pree
Don't Let Your Past Determine Your Future
"Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not: nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not: the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent."
— Calvin Coolidge
Proverbs 3:5-6
Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.
Philippians 4:7
7 And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
Romans 8:28
And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.
LONDON BRIDGE
London Bridge is falling down
Falling down
Falling down
London Bridge is falling down
My Fair Lady.
Made in China. Shipped to the USA.
Kibitzing
