Jul-31-18

jrredfield: from Wikipedia:
Co-founder and longtime webmaster Daniel Freeman died on July 24, 2018, at the age of 51. The site is currently being administered on an interim basis by a user with the handle "Sargon", a longtime friend and business partner of Freeman's who had assisted him with management of the site at various times.

Feb-10-06 CapablancaFan: The four books you absolutely NEED to pick up to improve your overall chess game:

1. "Alekhine's Best Games Of Chess" by Alexander Alekhine. (For opening theory and new age middle game tactics).

2. "The Life and Games Of Mikhail Tal" by Mikhail Tal. ( For improved attacking play, teaches you how to maintain the pressure, and how to exert killing blows to your opponent).

3."Tigran Petrosian Master Of Defence" by P.H. Clarke. (You won't be attacking all the time more often than not YOUR side will come under assault in some form or fashion. This collection of games Petrosian shows us how to relax and that virtually ANY position can be defended. Here he gives you the tools and shows you a few techniques that will frustrate any opponent.

4."Capablanca's Best Chess Endings" by Irving Chernev. (Inevitably most chess games will come down to and ending with only a few pieces and pawns the board. You would be surprised how many people are unskilled in the endgame. Capablanca's games take you by the hand and shows you how to conduct these).

These books taken together will raise your rating at least by 50. Guarantee it!

Feb-10-06 CapablancaFan: Honorable mention books:

2. "Logical Chess Move by Move" by Irving Chernev. (What good is playing over a GM game if you don't know why they made the moves they did to achieve success? This book breaks down every move, NO, I MEAN IT EVERY MOVE EXPLAINED as to why they made be it a good or bad move. Good book to sort of get into the head of GM thinking).

1. "My System" by Aron Nimzowitsch. Thanks <jackmandoo>. (This book has been read by almost every GM of notable significance. It familiarizes that reader with concepts such as the double bishop pair, backwards pawns, blockade, open files, etc. Concepts every chess player MUST KNOW if he/she wants to go far).

3. "My 60 memorable games of Chess" by Bobby Fischer. (Wanna just win games? Bobby shows you how the no nonsense way! He shows you how to identify smokescreens, tricky, and not to be intimidated because your opponent has sacrificed. If your position is sound it will soon tell. "Every move must have a purpose" says Bobby Fischer. He teaches that every move you make even from the opening must have meaning, always keep your opponent on his toes. Give him something to constantly think about. "Make him mentally work".

Adding to the books in my CapablancaFan earlier post these books will round off your game.

"He examined the chess problem and set out the pieces. It was a tricky ending, involving a couple of knights. 'White to play and mate in two moves.'
Winston looked up at the portrait of Big Brother. White always mates, he thought with a sort of cloudy mysticism. Always, without exception, it is so arranged. In no chess problem since the beginning of the world has black ever won. Did it not symbolize the eternal, unvarying triumph of Good over Evil? The huge face gazed back at him, full of calm power. White always mates." ― George Orwell, 1984

<"Funny, funny Jude (The Man in the Red Beret). You play with little pieces all day long, and you know what? You'll live to be an old, old man someday. And here I am." — Janis Joplin

Jude Acers set a Guinness World Record for playing 117 people in simultaneous chess games on April 21, 1973 at the Lloyd Center Mall in Portland, Oregon. On July 2-3, 1976 Jude played 179 opponents at Mid Isle Plaza (Broadway Plaza) in Long Island, New York for another Guinness record.

"The First Book of Chess" by Joseph Leeming from the local public library ignited Jude's chess journey as a boy. The joy of reading this clear, easy book changed his entire life forever!

Clear explanations of the rules of chess are complemented by numerous diagrams and by practice games illustrating standard chess openings

Format: 78 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1953 by Franklin Watts, Inc. Language: English>

The Winds of Fate
Ella Wheeler Wilcox

One ship drives east and another drives west
With the selfsame winds that blow.
Tis the set of the sails
And not the gales
Which tells us the way to go.
Like the winds of the seas are the ways of fate, As we voyage along through the life:
Tis the set of a soul
That decides its goal,
And not the calm or the strife.

* Robert Fischer's Best Games by KingG (127 games, a ton of quotes): Game Collection: Robert Fischer's Best Games

* Bobby Fischer Rediscovered/Andrew Soltis (97 games): Game Collection: Bobby Fischer Rediscovered (Andy Soltis)

* 1992: Game Collection: Spassky-Fischer Match 1992

St. Michael

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

* Common Phrases and Terms: https://www.ragchess.com/chess-basi...

* One of Pandolfini's Best: Game Collection: Solitaire Chess by Bruce Pandolfini

* Two Great Attackers: https://www.chessgames.com/perl/che...

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

* Anderssen's Opening: Opening Explorer

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

* Capablanca - Alekhine: https://search.aol.com/aol/video;_y...

* Chess is cold-steel calculation, not emotion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-T...

* CFN: https://www.youtube.com/@CFNChannel

* 10 Tips: https://www.uschess.org/index.php/L...

* 10 Crazy Gambits: https://www.chess.com/blog/yola6655...

* 25 Opening Traps: https://www.chess.com/blog/ChessLor...

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

* Rajnish Das Tips: https://enthu.com/blog/chess/chess-...

* Lekhika Dhariyal Chess Ops: https://www.zupee.com/blog/category... Zucci

* It takes me back where, when and who: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wh2...

* Everyday people should play tabletop games: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUU...

* Erroneous Piece Trades: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fC...

* Favorite Son: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9S...

* Fundamentals: Game Collection: Chess Fundamentals (Capablanca)

* Fischer's Unbreakable Record: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgP...

* Flip the Finish: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWH...

Place your knights in the center for greater mobility; avoid edges and the corners.

* Get better: https://www.wikihow.com/Become-a-Be...

* GM Avetik Grigoryan: https://chessmood.com/blog/improve-...

* How to Study: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kEQ...

* How IM Rosen does it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGd...

* How Molton does it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zE...

* IECC: https://www.chess-iecc.com/

* ICA Youth Resources: https://www.il-chess.org/index.php?...

* Mr. Harvey provided JHB puzzles: http://wtharvey.com/blacpe.html

* Javed's way: https://www.bing.com/videos/search?...

* 149 JHB games w/annotations: http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches...

* Kasparov: https://www.chessgames.com/perl/che...

* King walk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0C...

* Kingpin magazine: https://www.kingpinchess.net/

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

* Tips for Knights & More: http://www.chesssets.co.uk/blog/tip...

* Miniatures of the Champs: Game Collection: Champions miniature champions

* Mistakes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3L...

* Miles Ahead: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvk...

* NE: https://metrowestchess.org/

* Notable Games: Game Collection: List of Notable Games (wiki)

* Online safety: https://www.entrepreneur.com/scienc...

* Overloaded! Game Collection: OVERLOADED!

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

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

* Pawn Instruction: http://www.logicalchess.com/learn/l...

* Pawn structures: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPr...

* Poisoned pawns: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGV...

* Pawn actions: Game Collection: the pawns decide

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

* Promotion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bym...

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

* Perfect game: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWS...

* Peter, Paul, and Mary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JD-... Troubling times, it was.

* Ponziani Games: Game Collection: PONZIANI OPENING

* Rublevsky: https://www.chessgames.com/perl/che...

* Rossolimo & Moscow: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4a...

* Chess Records: https://timkr.home.xs4all.nl/record...

* Reasonable book choices: https://www.chess.com/blog/RussBell...

* Red States: https://www.redhotpawn.com/

* RL Minis: Game Collection: Ruy Lopez Miniatures

* Russian Ruys: Game Collection: Chess in the USSR 1945 - 72, Part 2 (Leach)

* Read The Planet Greenpawn - https://www.redhotpawn.com/

* Chess Records: https://timkr.home.xs4all.nl/record...

* Crazy Rook: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KQ...

* Richard's Rap: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htJ...

* Riddles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=be9...

* Rubber band in hand: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=001...

* Scandinavian Minis: http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches...

* Sidewalk playin': https://www.bing.com/videos/search?...

* Skewers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Kl...

* Seoul 1988: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3X...

* "a stupendous tactician": Game Collection: Tigran V. Petrosian - A Stupendous Tactician

* Smash the castle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZR...

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

* Spruce Variety: https://www.thesprucecrafts.com/che...

* Stunners: Game Collection: Stunners

* Visually Appealing Tutorial: https://simplifychess.com/openings/...

* Some Scotch: https://www.chessvideos.tv/chess-op...

* Knotty Scotch: Game Collection: Scotch Openings

* Mieses & More: Game Collection: Scotch Collection

* Garry plays the Scotch:
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches...

* Kibitzed (C45): http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches...

* Black scores w/4...Qh4: Opening Explorer

* Sports Clichés: http://www.sportscliche.com/

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

* Sicilian Face Plants:
Game Collection: sicilian defense(opening traps)

* BF playing White against the Sicilian: http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches...

* Sicilian Closed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xp_...

* Sicilians: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PX0...

* Sir Isaac Newton's Third Law of Motion states "For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction."

* Tactics by a different Gary: https://chessdelights.com/chess-tac...

* Sharper Tactics: Sharpen Your Tactics C 849-999 (chessgames.com)

* Ten books for aspiring masters: http://chessskill.blogspot.com/2023...

* Tips: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGF...

* tacticmania - Game Collection: tacticmania

* Thinking ahead: https://chess-teacher.com/chess-tips/

* TWIC: https://theweekinchess.com/

Fredthebear loves coconuts.

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

* 100: Game Collection: 100 Soviet Chess Miniatures

* Glossary NYT: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/13/...

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

* GToC Book: https://archive.org/details/the-gol...

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

* Happy Days! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slv...

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

* London System Combos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1b5...

* Make a Stand: https://www.history.com/topics/amer...

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

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

* Nuremberg 1896: Nuremberg (1896)

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

* No Hope: https://www.chess.com/clubs/forum/v...

* People on Another Level: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7V...

* Become a Predator at the Chessboard: https://www.chesstactics.org/

* Queen vs Rook Ending: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJn...

* Rubinstein: Game Collection: Rubinstein's Chess Masterpieces

* Tactical Games: Game Collection: Yasser Seirawan's Winning Chess Tactics

* The Regulators: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAn...

* Real Swag: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgY...

* Smyslov/Niemann Crash Through: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fc...

* The Unthinkable: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9z...

* Vital principles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXy...

* Volo plays the KP faithfully: Volodymyr Onyshchuk

* Wonders and Curiosities: Game Collection: Wonders and Curiosities of Chess (Chernev)

* Edward Winter: https://www.chesshistory.com/winter...

* WR Chess Masters 2023: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2Y...

* Walter Browne, American Champ: Game Collection: Six by Mr. Six Time

* 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

Illinois: Peoria
Established in: 1680

French settlers Robert Cavalier Sieur de LaSalle and Henri de Tonti built Fort Crevecoeur on the bank of the Illinois River in 1680. Soon, a village grew around it. Peoria's history goes back further than that. Archaeologists can trace signs of men there as far back as 10,000 B.C.E. thanks to the evidence of artifacts and burial mounds as evidence of a Native American civilization.

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

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

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

The Kings of Chess: A History of Chess, Traced Through the Lives of Its Greatest Players by William Hartston William Hartson traces the development of the game from its Oriental origins to the present day through the lives of its greatest exponents - men like Howard Staunton, who transformed what had been a genteel pastime into a competitive science; the brilliant American Paul Morphy, who once played a dozen simultaneous games blindfold; the arrogant and certified insane Wilhelm Steinitz; the philosopher and mathematician Emanual Lasker; Bobby Fischer, perhaps the most brilliant and eccentric of them all; and many other highly gifted individuals. Hartson depicts all their colorful variety with a wealth of rare illustrations.

Format: Hardcover
Language: English
ISBN: 006015358X
ISBN13: 9780060153588
Release Date: January 1985
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Length: 192 Pages
Weight: 1.80 lbs.

Eilfan ywmodryb dda
Meaning: A good aunt is a second mother

<chess writer and poet Henry Thomas Bland.

Another example of his way with words is the start of ‘Internal Fires', a poem published on page 57 of the March 1930 American Chess Bulletin:

I used to play chess with the dearest old chap,
Whom naught could upset whatever might hap.
He'd oft lose a game he might well have won
But made no excuse for what he had done.
If a piece he o'erlooked and got it snapped up

He took it quite calmly and ne'er ‘cut up rough'.>

"You cannot swim for new horizons until you have courage to lose sight of the shore." ― William Faulkner

"Sometimes in life, and in chess, you must take one step back to take two steps forward." — IM Levy Rozman, GothamChess

So much, much, much better to be an incurable optimist than deceitful and untrustworthy.

Old Russian Proverb: "Scythe over a stone." (Нашла коса на камень.) The force came over a stronger force.

"It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things." ― Leonardo da Vinci

<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.>

His bark is worse than his bite. ~ Canadian proverb

Do not yell "dinner" until your knife is in the loaf. ~ Canadian proverb

Easier said than done. ~ Canadian proverb

All Hallows moon, witches soon. ~ Canadian proverb

You can't catch skunks with mice. ~ Canadian proverb

Waste not want not. ~ Canadian proverb

Easter, 1916 by William Butler Yeats
I have met them at close of day
Coming with vivid faces
From counter or desk among grey
Eighteenth-century houses.
I have passed with a nod of the head
Or polite meaningless words,
Or have lingered awhile and said
Polite meaningless words,
And thought before I had done
Of a mocking tale or a gibe
To please a companion
Around the fire at the club,
Being certain that they and I
But lived where motley is worn:
All changed, changed utterly:
A terrible beauty is born.

That woman's days were spent
In ignorant good-will,
Her nights in argument
Until her voice grew shrill.
What voice more sweet than hers
When, young and beautiful,
She rode to harriers?
This man had kept a school
And rode our winged horse;
This other his helper and friend
Was coming into his force;
He might have won fame in the end,
So sensitive his nature seemed,
So daring and sweet his thought.
This other man I had dreamed
A drunken, vainglorious lout.
He had done most bitter wrong
To some who are near my heart,
Yet I number him in the song;
He, too, has resigned his part
In the casual comedy;
He, too, has been changed in his turn,
Transformed utterly:
A terrible beauty is born.

Hearts with one purpose alone
Through summer and winter seem
Enchanted to a stone
To trouble the living stream.
The horse that comes from the road.
The rider, the birds that range
From cloud to tumbling cloud,
Minute by minute they change;
A shadow of cloud on the stream
Changes minute by minute;
A horse-hoof slides on the brim,
And a horse plashes within it;
The long-legged moor-hens dive,
And hens to moor-cocks call;
Minute by minute they live:
The stone's in the midst of all.

Too long a sacrifice
Can make a stone of the heart.
O when may it suffice?
That is Heaven's part, our part
To murmur name upon name,
As a mother names her child
When sleep at last has come
On limbs that had run wild.
What is it but nightfall?
No, no, not night but death;
Was it needless death after all?
For England may keep faith
For all that is done and said.
We know their dream; enough
To know they dreamed and are dead;
And what if excess of love
Bewildered them till they died?
I write it out in a verse -
MacDonagh and MacBride
And Connolly and pearse
Now and in time to be,
Wherever green is worn,
Are changed, changed utterly:
A terrible beauty is born.

I'm a Pirate
by Annette Wynne

I'm a pirate in the grass—
Hear ye people as ye pass;
I'm a pirate bad and bold,
Taking dandelion gold—
All my hands and ships can hold.
I'm a pirate—how the sun
Glitters on the gold I've won;
I shall buy you house and land
And a castle silver-grand
With the gold within my hand.

Drive sober or get pulled over.

"For surely of all the drugs in the world, chess must be the most permanently pleasurable." — Assiac

Feb-23-23 FSR: Thanks, Susan. I never saw Albert after my freshman year of high school (he and his family moved to the Chicago suburbs, where he went to a different school and played for a different chess team). Super nice guy. I was very surprised many years later to learn that he and your son had started this site.

* Jan-29-22 MissScarlett: There are no rules, only guidelines. Premium members such as User: chrisowen get extra leeway.

Song of the Storm-Swept Plain
William D. Hodjkiss

The wind shrills forth
From the white cold North
Where the gates of the Storm-god are;
And ragged clouds,
Like mantling shrouds,
Engulf the last, dim star.

Through naked trees,
In low coulees,
The night-voice moans and sighs;
And sings of deep,
Warm cradled sleep,
With wind-crooned lullabies.

He stands alone
Where the storm's weird tone
In mocking swells;
And the snow-sharp breath
Of cruel Death
The tales of its coming tells.

The frightened plaint
Of his sheep sound faint
Then the choking wall of white—
Then is heard no more,
In the deep-toned roar,
Of the blinding, pathless night.

No light nor guide,
Save a mighty tide
Of mad fear drives him on;
‘Till his cold-numbed form
Grows strangely warm;
And the strength of his limbs is gone.

Through the storm and night
A strange, soft light
O'er the sleeping shepherd gleams;
And he hears the word
Of the Shepherd Lord
Called out from the bourne of dreams.

Come, leave the strife
Of your weary life;
Come unto Me and rest
From the night and cold,
To the sheltered fold,
By the hand of love caressed.

The storm shrieks on,
But its work is done—
A soul to its God has fled;
And the wild refrain
Of the wind-swept plain,
Sings requiem for the dead.

Riddle Question: What word is always pronounced wrong?

Riddle Answer: Wrong!

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.

* First Games: Game Collection: First of Each ECO

* The Most Instructive Games of Chess Ever Played: 62 Masterpieces of Chess Strategy by Irving Chernev - https://lichess.org/study/KMMrJvE1

* Legendary: Game Collection: The 12 Legendary Games of the Century

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

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

* Top Chessgames by ECO Code: http://schachsinn.de/gamelist.htm

* Great T&Ts: Game Collection: Greatest Tricks and Traps (Lane)

* Riddle-free-fried: https://chessimprover.com/chess-rid...

A Dialogue conteinyng the nomber in effect of all the Proverbes in the Englishe tongue, 1562:

Some hear and see him whom he heareth nor seeth not But fields have eyes and woods have ears, ye wot And also on my maids he is ever tooting.
Can ye judge a man, (quoth I), by his looking?
What, a cat may look on a king, ye know!
My cat's leering look, (quoth she), at first show, Showeth me that my cat goeth a caterwauling;
And specially by his manner of drawing
To Madge, my fair maid.

Proverbs 1:7 "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction."

Eilfan ywmodryb dda
Meaning: A good aunt is a second mother

"Nothing ventured, nothing gained." ~ Portuguese Proverb

'Attack is the best form of defence

Oct-04-23 HeMateMe: I play 3/2 blitz occasionally on Lichess. I find it an excellent site, none of the delays/cancellations that ruined chess.com (for me). Oct-04-23 Cassandro: Yes, lichess is by far the best site for online chess. And you never know, apparently you may even get to play against a living legend like the highly esteemed Leonard Barden there!

FTB plays all about but has always been happy with FICS: https://www.freechess.org/

Gambling problem? Call 1-800-GAMBLER

<There are distinct situations where a bishop is preferred (over a knight). For example, two bishops are better than two knights or one of each. Steven Mayer, the author of Bishop Versus Knight, contends, "A pair of bishops is usually considered to be worth six points, but common sense suggests that a pair of active bishops (that are very involved in the formation) must be accorded a value of almost nine under some circumstances." This is especially true if the player can plant the bishops in the center of the board, as two bishops working in tandem can span up to 26 squares and have the capacity to touch every square.

Bishops are also preferable to knights when queens have been exchanged because, Grandmaster Sergey Erenburg, who is ranked 11th in the U.S., explains, "Bishops and rooks complement each other, and when well-coordinated, act as a queen." Conversely, a knight is the preferred minor piece when the queen survives until the late-middlegame or the endgame. Mayer explains, "The queen and knight are able to work together smoothly and create a greater number of threats than the queen and bishop."

When forced to say one is better than the other, most anoint the bishop. Mayer concludes, "I think it's true that the bishops are better than the knights in a wider variety of positions than the knights are better than the bishops."

He continues, "Of course, I'm not sure this does us much good, as we only get to play one position at a time.">

"Believe in yourself. Have faith in your abilities. Without humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers, you cannot be successful or happy." ― Norman Vincent Peale

"Intelligence plus character-that is the goal of true education." ― Martin Luther King Jr.

"My concern about my reputation is with the people who I respect and my family and my Lord. And I'm perfectly comfortable with my reputation with them, sir." —John Durham

The Words Of Socrates

A house was built by Socrates
That failed the public taste to please.
Some blamed the inside; some, the out; and all
Agreed that the apartments were too small.
Such rooms for him, the greatest sage of Greece!

"I ask," said he, "no greater bliss
Than real friends to fill even this."
And reason had good Socrates
To think his house too large for these.
A crowd to be your friends will claim,
Till some unhandsome test you bring.
There's nothing plentier than the name;
There's nothing rarer than the thing.

"My guiding principles in life are to be honest, genuine, thoughtful and caring." ― Prince William

Romans 8:38-39
For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

"It is atheism and blasphemy to dispute what God can do: good Christians content themselves with His will revealed in His Word." ― King James I

"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

'Ashes to ashes dust to dust

'A place for everything and everything in its place'

<Amanda Kay wrote:

Checkmate
You were my knight
Shining armor
Chess board was our home
Queen's fondness you garnered
A kiss sweeter than honeycomb>

'A poor workman always blames his tools'

'A problem shared is a problem halved'

"Chess is an infinitely complex game, which one can play in infinitely numerous & varied ways." ― Vladimir Kramnik

"Sometimes the most ordinary things could be made extraordinary, simply by doing them with the right people." ― Elizabeth Green

Proverbs 29:25
Fear of man will prove to be a snare, but whoever trusts in the Lord is kept safe.

'April showers bring forth May flowers

Chessgames.com will be unavailable September 10, 2024 from 2:30PM through 3:00PM(UTC/GMT) for maintenance. We apologize for this inconvenience.

Dick Cavitt: "And you like that moment of just crushing the guy?"

RJ Fischer: "Right *nodding and smiling*, yeah."

"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.

"Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations become corrupt and vicious, they have more need of masters." ― Benjamin Franklin

"My concern about my reputation is with the people who I respect and my family and my Lord. And I'm perfectly comfortable with my reputation with them, sir." —John Durham

"I've never met a checkers player I didn't like; they're all even-tempered. Chess players are egotistical. They think they're intellectuals and that everyone else is beneath them." ― Don Lafferty, draughts grandmaster

1.Nf3 is the third most popular of the twenty legal opening moves White has, behind only 1.e4 and 1.d4.

Ah, St. Marher, 1225:
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"As you make your bed, so you must lie on it." ~ Portuguese Proverb

Ecclesiastes 9:9: "Enjoy life with the wife whom you love, all the days of your vain life that he has given you under the sun, because that is your portion in life and in your toil at which you toil under the sun."

Proverbs 29:25
Fear of man will prove to be a snare, but whoever trusts in the Lord is kept safe.

Psalm 96: 1-3
Sing to the Lord a new song; sing to the Lord, all the earth. Sing to the Lord, praise his name; proclaim his salvation day after day. Declare his glory among the nations, his marvelous deeds among all peoples.

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.

JACK BE NIMBLE
Jack be nimble
Jack be quick
Jack jump over
The candlestick

That would be Andy Jackson Browne this time around the rosy pocket full of posey.

Z is for Zipper (to the tune of "Mary Had a Little Lamb")

Zipper starts with letter Z,
Letter Z, letter Z,
Zipper starts with Letter Z,
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'A bad penny always turns up'

'A fool and his money are soon parted'

'A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step'

'A leopard cannot change its spots'

'A man is known by his friends'

'A man who is his own lawyer has a fool for a client'

'A miss is as good as a mile'

'A new broom sweeps clean'

'A nod's as good as a wink to a blind horse'

'A penny saved is a penny earned'

'A person is known by the company he keeps'

'A picture paints a thousand words'

'A place for everything and everything in its place'

'A poor workman always blames his tools'

'A problem shared is a problem halved'

'A prophet is not recognized in his own land'

'A rising tide lifts all boats'

'A rolling stone gathers no moss'

'A soft answer turneth away wrath'

'A stitch in time saves nine'

'Don't keep a dog and bark yourself'

'Don't cast your pearls before swine'

'Don't change horses in midstream'

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

'Don't let the cat out of the bag'

'Don't look a gift horse in the mouth'

'Don't put the cart before the horse'

'Don't shut the stable door after the horse has bolted'

'Don't throw good money after bad'

'Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater'

"What goes around, comes around."

"You can't hold with the hare and run with the hounds."

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'A thing of beauty is a joy forever

'There's a time and a place for everything

'A trouble shared is a trouble halved

'A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men

'A watched pot never boils

'A woman is only a woman, but a good cigar is a smoke

'A woman's place is in the home

'A woman's work is never done

'A word to the wise is enough

'Absence makes the heart grow fonder

'Absolute power corrupts absolutely

'Accidents will happen (in the best-regulated families).

'Actions speak louder than words

'Adversity makes strange bedfellows

'After a storm comes a calm

'It ain't over till the fat lady sings

'All good things come to he who waits

'All good things must come to an end

'All is grist that comes to the mill

'All publicity is good publicity

'All roads lead to Rome

'All that glitters is not gold

'All the world loves a lover

'All things come to those that wait

'All things must pass

'All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy

'All you need is love

'All's fair in love and war

'All's for the best in the best of all possible worlds

'All's well that ends well

'A miss is as good as a mile

'An apple a day keeps the doctor away

'An army marches on its stomach

'An Englishman's home is his castle

'There's an exception to every rule

'There's always more fish in the sea

'An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth

'It's an ill wind that blows no one any good

'An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure

'Another day, another dollar

'Any port in a storm

'Appearances can be deceptive

'An apple a day keeps the doctor away

'The apple never falls far from the tree

'April is the cruelest month

'April showers bring forth May flowers

'An army marches on its stomach

'As thick as thieves

'As you make your bed, so you must lie upon it

'As you sow so shall you reap

'Ashes to ashes dust to dust

'Ask a silly question and you'll get a silly answer

'Ask no questions and hear no lies

'Attack is the best form of defence

'Bad money drives out good

'Bad news travels fast

'A bad penny always turns up

'A barking dog never bites

'Be careful what you wish for

'Beat swords into ploughshares

'Beauty is in the eye of the beholder

'Beauty is only skin deep

'Beggars should not be choosers

'Behind every great man there's a great woman

'The best defence is a good offence

'The best is the enemy of the good

'The best-laid schemes of mice and men gang aft agley

'The best things in life are free

'Better late than never

'Better safe than sorry

'Better the Devil you know than the Devil you don't

'It's best to be on the safe side

'It's better to give than to receive

'It's better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all

'It's better to light a candle than to curse the darkness

'Better to remain silent and be thought a fool that to speak and remove all doubt

'It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive

'Between two stools one falls to the ground

'Beware of Greeks bearing gifts

'Beware the Ides of March

'Big fish eat little fish

'Big fleas have little fleas upon their back to bite 'em

'The bigger they are, the harder they fall

'A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush

'Birds of a feather flock together

'Blessed are the peacemakers

'Blood is thicker than water

'Blue are the hills that are far away

'The bottom line is the bottom line

'The boy is father to the man

'Boys will be boys

'Bread always falls buttered side down

'Brevity is the soul of wit

'Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door

'Business before pleasure

'Caesar's wife must be above suspicion

'Carpe diem (Pluck the day; Seize the day)

'A cat may look at a king

'A chain is only as strong as its weakest link

'A change is as good as a rest

'Charity begins at home

'Charity covers a multitude of sins

'Cheaters never win and winners never cheat

'Cheats never prosper

'The child is father to the man

'Children and fools tell the truth

'Children should be seen and not heard

'Christmas comes but once a year

'Cleanliness is next to godliness

'Clothes maketh the man

'The cobbler always wears the worst shoes

'Cold hands, warm heart

'Comparisons are odious

'Count your blessings

'The course of true love never did run smooth

'Cowards may die many times before their death

'Crime doesn't pay

'Curiosity killed the cat

'The customer is always right

'Cut your coat to suit your cloth

'The darkest hour is just before the dawn

'Dead men tell no tales

'The devil is in the details

'The devil looks after his own

'The devil makes work for idle hands to do

'The devil take the hindmost

'Different strokes for different folks

'Discretion is the better part of valour

'Distance lends enchantment to the view

'Do as I say, not as I do

'Do as you would be done by

'Do unto others as you would have them do to you

'A dog is a man's best friend

'Don't bite the hand that feeds you

'Don't burn your bridges behind you

'Don't cast your pearls before swine

'Don't change horses in midstream

'Don't count your chickens before they are hatched

'Don't cross the bridge till you come to it

'Don't cut off your nose to spite your face

'Don't get your knickers in a twist

'Don't keep a dog and bark yourself

'Don't leave your manners on the doorstep

'Don't let the bastards grind you down

'Don't let the cat out of the bag

'Don't let the grass grow under your feet

'Don't look a gift horse in the mouth

'Don't meet troubles half-way

'Don't mix business with pleasure

'Don't put all your eggs in one basket

'Don't put the cart before the horse

'Don't put new wine into old bottles

'Don't rock the boat

'Don't shoot the messenger

'Don't spoil the ship for a ha'porth of tar

'Don't shut the stable door after the horse has bolted

'Don't sweat the small stuff

'Don't throw pearls to swine

'Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs

'Don't throw good money after bad

'Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater

'Don't trust anyone over thirty

'Don't try to run before you can walk

'Don't try to walk before you can crawl

'Don't upset the apple-cart

'Don't wash your dirty linen in public

'Doubt is the beginning not the end of wisdom

'A drowning man will clutch at a straw

'Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise

'Each to their own

'The early bird catches the worm

'East is east, and west is west

'East, west, home's best

'Easy come, easy go

'It's easy to be wise after the event

'Eat, drink and be merry, for tomorrow we die

'Empty vessels make the most noise

'The end justifies the means

'The English are a nation of shopkeepers

'An Englishman's home is his castle

'Enough is as good as a feast

'Enough is enough

'Even a worm will turn

'Every cloud has a silver lining

'Every dog has its day

'Every little bit helps

'Every man for himself, and the Devil take the hindmost

'Every man has his price

'Every picture tells a story

'Every stick has two ends

'Everyone wants to go to heaven but nobody wants to die

'Everything comes to him who waits

'The exception which proves the rule

'Failing to plan is planning to fail

'Faint heart never won fair lady

'Fair exchange is no robbery

'Faith will move mountains

'Familiarity breeds contempt

'The fat is in the fire

'Feed a cold and starve a fever

'The female of the species is more deadly than the male

'Fight fire with fire

'Fight the good fight

'Finders keepers, losers weepers

'Fine words butter no parsnips

'Fire is a good servant but a bad master

'First come, first served

'First impressions are the most lasting

'First things first

'Fish always stink from the head down

'Fish and guests smell after three days

'Flattery will get you nowhere

'A fool and his money are soon parted

'Fools rush in where angels fear to tread

'For everything there is a season

'For want of a nail the shoe was lost; for want of a shoe the horse was lost; and for want of a horse the man was lost

'Forewarned is forearmed

'Forgive and forget

'Fortune favours the brave

'A friend in need is a friend indeed

'From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step

'Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains

'Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration

'Give a man a fish and you will feed him for a day...

'Give a dog a bad name and hang him

'Give a man enough rope and he will hang himself

'Give credit where credit is due

'Give the Devil his due

'Go the extra mile

'God helps those who help themselves

'A Golden key can open any door

'A good beginning makes a good ending

'Good fences make good neighbours

'A good man is hard to find

'Good talk saves the food

'Good things come in small packages

'Good things come to those that wait

'The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence

'Great minds think alike

'Great oaks from little acorns grow

'Half a loaf is better than no bread

'Hand that rocks the cradle rules the world - The

'Handsome is as handsome does

'Hard cases make bad law

'Hard work never did anyone any harm

'Haste makes waste

'He that goes a-borrowing, goes a-sorrowing

'He who can does, he who cannot, teaches Link to proverb

'He who fights and runs away, may live to fight another day

'He who hesitates is lost

'He who laughs last laughs longest

'He who lives by the sword shall die by the sword

'He who pays the piper calls the tune

'He who sups with the devil should have a long spoon Link to proverb

'Hear all, see all, say nowt, tak' all, keep all, gie nowt, and if tha ever does owt for nowt do it for thysen

'Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned

'Hindsight is always twenty-twenty

'History repeats itself

'Hold with the hare and run with the hounds - You can't

'Home is where the heart is

'Honesty is the best policy

'Honey catches more flies than vinegar

'Honour among thieves - There's

'Hope springs eternal

'Horses for courses

'A house divided against itself cannot stand

'A house is not a home

'The Husband is always the last to know

'If anything can go wrong, it will

'If a job is worth doing it is worth doing well

'If at first you don't succeed try, try and try again

'If God had meant us to fly he'd have given us wings

'If ifs and ands were pots and pans there'd be no work for tinkers

'If it ain't broke, don't fix it

'If life deals you lemons, make lemonade

'If the cap fits, wear it

'If the mountain won't come to Mohammed, then Mohammed must go to the mountain

'If the shoe fits, wear it

'If wishes were horses, beggars would ride

'If you build it they will come

'If you can't be good, be careful

'If you can't beat em, join em

'If you can't stand the heat get out of the kitchen

'If you lie down with dogs, you will get up with fleas

'If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys

'If you want a thing done well, do it yourself

'Ignorance is bliss

'Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery

'In for a penny, in for a pound

'In the kingdom of the blind the one eyed man is king

'In the midst of life we are in death

'Into every life a little rain must fall

'It ain't over till the fat lady sings

'It never rains but it pours

'It takes a thief to catch a thief

'It takes all sorts to make a world

'It takes one to know one

'It takes two to tango

'It's all grist to the mill

'It's an ill wind that blows no one any good

'It's best to be on the safe side

'It's better to give than to receive

'It's better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all

'It's better to light a candle than curse the darkness

'It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive

'It's easy to be wise after the event

'It's never too late

'It's no use crying over spilt milk

'It's no use shutting the stable door after the horse has bolted

'It's the early bird that catches the worm

'It's the empty can that makes the most noise

'It's the singer not the song

'It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease

'Jack of all trades, master of none

'Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today

'Journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step - A

'Judge not, that ye be not judged

'Keep your chin up

'Keep your friends close and your enemies closer

'Keep your powder dry

'Know which side your bread is buttered

The labourer is worthy of his hire

'Laugh and the world laughs with you, weep and you weep alone

'Laughter is the best medicine

'Least said, soonest mended

'A leopard cannot change its spots

'Less is more

'Let bygones be bygones

'Let not the sun go down on your wrath

'Let sleeping dogs lie

'Let the buyer beware

'Let the dead bury the dead

'Let the punishment fit the crime

'Let well alone

'Life begins at forty

'Life is just a bowl of cherries

'Life is what you make it

'Life's not all beer and skittles

'Lightning never strikes twice in the same place

'Like father, like son

'Little knowledge is a dangerous thing - A

'Little learning is a dangerous thing - A

'Little of what you fancy does you good - A

'Little pitchers have big ears

'Little strokes fell great oaks

'Little things please little minds

'Live and learn

'Live and let live

'Live for today for tomorrow never comes

'Longest journey starts with a single step - The

'Look before you leap

'Love of money is the root of all evil

'Love is blind

'Love makes the world go round

'Love thy neighbour as thyself

'Love will find a way

'Make hay while the sun shines

'Make haste slowly

'Man does not live by bread alone

'A man is known by his friends

'A man who is his own lawyer has a fool for his client

'Manners maketh man

'Many a good tune played on an old fiddle - There's

'Many a little makes a mickle

'Many a mickle makes a muckle

'Many a slip 'twixt cup and lip - There's

'Many a true word is spoken in jest

'Many are called but few are chosen

'Many hands make light work

'March comes in like a lion, and goes out like a lamb

'March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers

'Marriages are made in heaven

'Marry in haste, repent at leisure

'Might is right

'Mighty oaks from little acorns grow

'Misery loves company

'Miss is as good as a mile - A

'Moderation in all things

'Monday's child is fair of face

'Money doesn't grow on trees

'Money is the root of all evil

'Money isn't everything

'Money makes the world go round

'Money talks

'More haste, less speed

'The more the merrier

'The more things change, the more they stay the same

'Music has charms to soothe the savage breast

'Nature abhors a vacuum

'Necessity is the mother of invention

'Needs must when the devil drives

'Ne'er cast a clout till May be out

'Never give a sucker an even break

'Never go to bed on an argument

'Never judge a book by its cover

'Never let the sun go down on your anger

'Never look a gift horse in the mouth

'Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today

'Never rains but it pours - It

'Never speak ill of the dead

'Never tell tales out of school

'It's never too late

'A new broom sweeps clean

'Nine tailors make a man

'There's no accounting for tastes

'There's no fool like an old fool

'No man can serve two masters

'No man is an island

'No names, no pack-drill

'No news is good news

'No one can make you feel inferior without your consent

'No pain, no gain

'There's o place like home

'No rest for the wicked

'There's no smoke without fire

'There's no such thing as a free lunch

'There's no such thing as bad publicity

'There's no time like the present

'It's no use crying over spilt milk

'A nod's as good as a wink to a blind horse

'There's none so blind as those who will not see

'There's none so deaf as those who will not hear

'Nothing new under the sun

'Nothing is certain but death and taxes

'Nothing succeeds like success

'Nothing ventured, nothing gained

'Oil and water don't mix

'Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

'Once a thief, always a thief

'Once bitten, twice shy

'One good turn deserves another

'One half of the world does not know how the other half lives

'One hand washes the other

'One man's meat is another man's poison

'One might as well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb

'One law for the rich and another law for the poor

'One swallow does not make a summer

'One volunteer is worth ten pressed men

'One year's seeding makes seven years weeding

'Only fools and horses work

'Opera ain't over till the fat lady sings - The

'Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door

'Opposites attract but they don't stay together

'An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure

'Out of sight, out of mind

'Out of the frying pan into the fire

'Paddle your own canoe

'Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil

'Patience is a virtue

'Pearls of wisdom

'The pen is mightier than sword

'A penny saved is a penny earned

'Penny wise and pound foolish

'People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones

'A person is known by the company he keeps

'Physician, heal thyself

'A picture paints a thousand words

'A place for everything and everything in its place

'A Poor workman always blames his tools

'Possession is nine points of the law

'Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely

'Practice makes perfect

'Practice what you preach

'Prevention is better than cure

'The price of liberty is eternal vigilance

'Pride comes before a fall

'Procrastination is the thief of time

'A problem shared is a problem halved

'The proof of the pudding is in the eating

'A prophet is not recognized in his own land

'Put the cart before the horse

'Put your best foot forward

'Put your shoulder to the wheel

'Quid pro quo

'Rain before seven, fine before eleven

'Red sky at night shepherd's delight; red sky in the morning, shepherd's warning

'Revenge is a dish best served cold

'A rising tide lifts all boats

'The road to hell is paved with good intentions

'Rob Peter to pay Paul

'A rolling stone gathers no moss

'Rome wasn't built in a day

'See a pin and pick it up, all the day you'll have good luck; see a pin and let it lie, bad luck you'll have all day

'See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil

'Seeing is believing

'Seek and you shall find

'Set a thief to catch a thief

'Share and share alike

'The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot

'Shrouds have no pockets

'Silence is golden

'Slow but sure

'A soft answer turneth away wrath

'Softly, softly, catchee monkey

'Spare the rod and spoil the child

'Speak as you find

'Speak softly and carry a big stick

'The squeaky wheel gets the grease

'Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me

'Still waters run deep

A stitch in time saves nine

'Strike while the iron is hot

'Stupid is as stupid does

'Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan

'Take care of the pennies and the pounds will take care of themselves

'It takes a thief to catch a thief

'Takes all sorts to make a world

'Takes one to know one

'Talk is cheap

'Talk of the Devil, and he is bound to appear

'Tell the truth and shame the Devil

'That which does not kill us makes us stronger

'The age of miracles is past

'The apple never falls far from the tree

'The best defense is a good offence

'The best is the enemy of the good

'The best-laid schemes of mice and men gang aft agley

'The best things in life are free

'The bigger, the better

'The bigger they are, the harder they fall

'The bottom line is the bottom line

'The boy is father to the man

'The bread always falls buttered side down

'The child is father to the man

'The cobbler always wears the worst shoes

'The course of true love never did run smooth

'The customer is always right

'The darkest hour is just before the dawn

'The Devil has all the best tunes

'The Devil is in the details

'The Devil looks after his own

'The Devil makes work for idle hands to do

'The Devil take the hindmost

'The early bird catches the worm

'It's the empty can that makes the most noise

'The end justifies the means

'The English are a nation of shopkeepers

'The exception which proves the rule

'The fat is in the fire

'The female of the species is more deadly than the male

'The good die young

'The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence

'The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world

'The husband is always the last to know

'The labourer is worthy of his hire

'The law is an ass

'The leopard does not change his spots

'The longest journey starts with a single step

'The more the merrier

'The more things change, the more they stay the same

'The opera ain't over till the fat lady sings

'The pen is mightier than sword

'The price of liberty is eternal vigilance

'The proof of the pudding is in the eating

'The rich get richer and the poor get poorer

'The road to hell is paved with good intentions

'The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot

'The singer not the song - It's

'The squeaky wheel that gets the grease - It's

'The truth will out

'The wages of sin is death

'The way to a man's heart is through his stomach

'The whole is greater than the sum of the parts

'There are more ways of killing a cat than choking it with cream

'There are none so blind as those, that will not see

'There are two sides to every question

'There but for the grace of God, go I

'There's a sucker born every minute

'There's a time and a place for everything

'There's an exception to every rule

'There's always more fish in the sea

'There's honour among thieves

There's many a good tune played on an old fiddle

There's many a slip 'twixt cup and lip

There's more than one way to skin a cat

There's no accounting for tastes

There's no fool like an old fool

There's no place like home

There's no smoke without fire

There's no such thing as a free lunch

There's no such thing as bad publicity

There's no time like the present

There's none so blind as those who will not see

There's none so deaf as those who will not hear

There's nowt so queer as folk

There's one born every minute

There's one law for the rich and another law for the poor

There's safety in numbers

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind

Thing of beauty is a joy forever - A

Third time lucky

Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it

Those who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas

Trouble shared is a trouble halved - A

Thou shalt not kill

Time and tide wait for no man

Time flies

Time is a great healer

Time is money

Time will tell

'tis better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all

To err is human; to forgive divine

To every thing there is a season

To the victor go the spoils

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive

Tomorrow is another day

Tomorrow never comes

Too many cooks spoil the broth

Truth is stranger than fiction

Truth will out

Two blacks don't make a white

Two heads are better than one

Two is company, but three's a crowd

Two sides to every question - There are

Two wrongs don't make a right

Variety is the spice of life

Virtue is its own reward

Volunteer is worth twenty pressed men - A

Wages of sin is death - The

Walls have ears

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs

Waste not want not

Watched pot never boils - A

Way to a man's heart is through his stomach - The

What can't be cured must be endured

What goes up must come down

What you lose on the swings you gain on the roundabouts

What's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander

When in Rome, do as the Romans do

When the cat's away the mice will play

When the going gets tough, the tough get going

When the oak is before the ash, then you will only get a splash; when the ash is before the oak, then you may expect a soak

What the eye doesn't see, the heart doesn't grieve over

Where there's a will there's a way

Where there's muck there's brass

Wherever you wander, there's no place like home

While there's life there's hope

Whole is greater than the sum of the parts - The

Whom the Gods love die young

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Woman is only a woman, but a good cigar is a smoke - A

Woman's place is in the home - A

Woman's work is never done

Women and children first

Wonders will never cease

Word to the wise is enough - A

Work expands so as to fill the time available

Worrying never did anyone any good

You are never too old to learn

You are what you eat

You can catch more flies with honey than with vinegar

You can choose your friends but you can't choose your family

You can have too much of a good thing

You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink

You can't have your cake and eat it too

You can't get blood out of a stone

You can't get blood out of a turnip

You can't hold with the hare and run with the hounds

You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear

You can't make an omelette without breaking eggs

You can't make bricks without straw

You can't run with the hare and hunt with the hounds

You can't take it with you when you die

You can't teach an old dog new tricks

You can't judge a book by its cover

You can't win them all

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar

You pays your money and you takes your choice

You reap what you sow

You win some, you lose some

Youth is wasted on the young

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

"Whatever you are doing in the game of life, give it all you've got." — Norman Vincent Peale

"What you do today can improve all your tomorrows." — Ralph Marston

Psalm 96: 1-3
Sing to the Lord a new song; sing to the Lord, all the earth. Sing to the Lord, praise his name; proclaim his salvation day after day. Declare his glory among the nations, his marvelous deeds among all peoples.