Bg7 is the Leningrad Dutch.
Bd6 is the Modern Stonewall Dutch.
Be7 is the Classical Dutch (Stonewall or otherwise).
There are many Dutch variation mislabels in the database.
In recent decades, most masters prefer the King's Indian Defense to the Dutch Defense. Both suffer from having a backward pawn in the center that restricts piece communication and gives White a space advantage.
For those who don't like the Classical Be7 Stonewall Defense, the Ilyin-Zhenevsky (A99) might be their answer.
* Brief 1...e6 French Defense:
- Petrosian as Black: Game Collection: Petrosian Victories Playing French w/Black
- Lovely: Game Collection: A love letter to the French
* Brief 1...d6 Pirc/Robatsch Defense:
- Nbd7s: Game Collection: Pirc/Lion/Czech Highlights
* Internet tracking: https://www.studysmarter.us/magazin...
This old photo belongs in my favorites: https://images.chesscomfiles.com/pr...
* Lasker-Pelikan: https://www.expert-chess-strategies...
The Sveshnikov Sicilian is a popular chess variation of the Sicilian Defense and starts as follows: 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 This variation was originally called the Lasker-Pelikan Variation but was researched and revitalized from Evgeny Sveshnikov and Gennadi Timoshchenko and is now named after Sveshnikov.
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St. John
"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
"Old habits die hard, especially for soldiers."
― Jocelyn Murray, The Roman General: A Novel
St. Augustine
‘The Way through the Woods' by Rudyard Kipling
They shut the road through the woods
Seventy years ago.
Weather and rain have undone it again,
And now you would never know
There was once a road through the woods
Before they planted the trees.
It is underneath the coppice and heath,
And the thin anemones.
Only the keeper sees
That, where the ring-dove broods,
And the badgers roll at ease,
There was once a road through the woods.
Yet, if you enter the woods
Of a summer evening late,
When the night-air cools on the trout-ringed pools
Where the otter whistles his mate,
(They fear not men in the woods,
Because they see so few.)
You will hear the beat of a horse's feet,
And the swish of a skirt in the dew,
Steadily cantering through
The misty solitudes,
As though they perfectly knew
The old lost road through the woods.
But there is no road through the woods.
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Trolling is cyberbullying. The troll should be banned from the website for good.
Internet trollz are people who want to provoke and upset others online for their own amusement. Here's how to spot the signz that someone is a troll, and how to handle them.
What Are Internet Trollz?
If you've been on the internet for any period of time, you've likely run into a troll at some point. An internet troll is someone who makes intentionally inflammatory, rude, or upsetting statements online to elicit strong emotional responses in people or to steer the conversation off-topic. They can come in many forms. Most trolls do this for their own amusement, but other forms of trolling are done to push a specific agenda.
Trollz have existed in folklore and fantasy literature for centuries, but online trolling has been around for as long as the internet has existed. The earliest known usage of the term can be traced back to the 1990s on early online message boards. Back then, it was a way for users to confuse new members by repeatedly posting an inside joke. It's since turned into a much more malicious activity.
Trolling is distinct from other forms of cyberbullying or harassment. It is normally not targeted towards any one person and relies on other people paying attention and becoming provoked. Trolling exists on many online platforms, from small private group chats to the biggest social media websites. Here's a list of places online where you're likely to see online trolls:
Anonymous online forums: Places like removed to prevent more trolling are prime real-estate for online trolls. Because there's no way of tracing who someone is, trolls can post very inflammatory content without repercussion. This is especially true if the forum has lax or inactive moderation.
Twitter: Twitter also has the option to be anonymous, and has become a hotbed for internet trolls. Frequent Twitter trolling methods involve hijacking popular hashtags and mentioning popular Twitter personalities to gain attention from their followers.
Comment sections: The comment sections of places such as YouTube and news websites are also popular areas for trolls to feed. You'll find a lot of obvious trolling here, and they frequently generate a lot of responses from angry readers or viewers.
You'll find trollz anywhere online, including on Facebook and on online dating sites. They're unfortunately pretty common.
Signs Someone Is Trolling
It can sometimes become difficult to tell the difference between a troll and someone who just genuinely wants to argue about a topic. However, here are a few tell-tale signs that someone is actively trolling.
Off-topic remarkz: Completely going off-topic from the subject at hand. This is done to annoy and disrupt other posters.
Refusal to acknowledge evidence: Even when presented with hard, cold factz, they ignore this and pretend like they never saw it.
Dismissive, condescending tone: An early indicator of a troll was that they would ask an angry responder, "Why you mad, bro?" This is a method done to provoke someone even more, as a way of dismissing their argument altogether.
Use of unrelated images or memes: They reply to others with memes, images, and gifs. This is especially true if done in response to a very long text post.
Seeming obliviousness: They seem oblivious that most people are in disagreement with them. Also, trolls rarely get mad or provoked.
The list above is by no means definitive. There are a lot of other ways to identify that someone is trolling. Generally, if someone seems disingenuous, uninterested in a real discussion, and provocative on purpose, they're likely an internet troll.
How Should I Handle Them?
A "Danger: Do not feed the troll" sign on a computer keyboard.
The most classic adage regarding trolling is, "Don't feed the trollz." Trollz seek out emotional responses and find provocation amusing, so replying to them or attempting to debate them will only make them troll more. By ignoring a troll completely, they will likely become frustrated and go somewhere else on the internet.
You should try your best not to take anything trollz say seriously. No matter how poorly they behave, remember these people spend countless unproductive hours trying to make people mad. They're not worth your time of day.
If a troll becomes spammy or begins to clog up a thread, you can also opt to report them to the site's moderation team. Depending on the website, there's a chance nothing happens, but you should do your part to actively dissuade them from trolling on that platform. If your report is successful, the troll may be temporarily suspended or their account might be banned entirely.
* Chicago's Chess Records: https://www.nydailynews.com/ct-musi...
* How to Get Better at Chess: https://www.reddit.com/r/chess/wiki...
* Chicago Chess Foundation: https://chicagochessfoundation.org/
* Bad bishops are...bad: https://lichess1.org/game/export/gi...
* Chess in the Newspaper: https://www.schach-chess.com/chess-...
* C03-C09 miniatures: https://www.chessgames.com/perl/che...
* Internet tracking: https://www.studysmarter.us/magazin...
* TFD: https://chessentials.com/category/l...
* Best Places in Chicago: https://foursquare.com/top-places/c...
* "Uncle Marv": https://www.thechessdrum.net/blog/2...
* "Morris Giles": https://www.thechessdrum.net/blog/2...
* Meet Leroy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JzY...
* American players list: https://www.thefamouspeople.com/ame...
* Collection assembled by Fredthebear.
* Miniatures: Game Collection: 200 Miniature Games of Chess - Du Mont (III)
* Monday Puzzles: Game Collection: Monday Puzzles, 2011-2017
* POTD 2023: Game Collection: Puzzle of the Day 2023
* 2023 in Review: https://www.chess.com/news/view/202...
* Overloaded! Game Collection: OVERLOADED!
* Famous Chess Photos: https://tr.pinterest.com/pin/585256...
* Starting Out: French Defense: Game Collection: Starting out : The French
* Gambits against the French Defense:
Game Collection: alapin gambit -alapin diemer gambit + reti gam
* Common Checkmate Patterns:
http://gambiter.com/chess/Checkmate...
* Caviar: https://www.chess.com/article/view/...
* Glossary P: https://www.peoriachess.com/Glossar...
* Opening Tree: https://www.shredderchess.com/onlin...
* Tic-Tac-Toe is Easy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNF...
* 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 for Beginners: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IU6...
* Learn Chess: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adY...
* Learn Chess: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGu...
* Learn ALL the Rules of the Royal Game: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ej_...
* Ladder Checkmate with Two Rooks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZaQ...
* Checkmate with King and Rook vs lone King: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yf...
* Checkmate with Two Bishops: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZN7...
* Chess Equipment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLA...
* The Opposition: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52y...
* King and Pawn vs King (both kings want to be in front of the pawn to affect it's progress): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvB...
* Three Dog Night: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l52...
* Son of Three Dog Knight: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4N...
* Arabian Checkmate Pattern: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejh...
* Basic Checkmates: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Y-...
* Most Common Opening Mistake (Four Knights, Italian Variation): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xrp...
* Scotch Game, Four Knights Variation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zcn...
* Top 4 Traps in the Center Game: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8f...
* Top 4 Vienna Traps: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kb7...
* Top 4 Scholar's Mates: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jr4...
* More Scholar's Mates: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUN...
* Top 4 Fishing Pole Traps: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11N...
* Top 4 Excellent Traps: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTS...
* 1.d4 Response: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJ-...
* Top 3 Versions of the Italian Game: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CP...
* Top 5 Versions of the Italian Game Traps: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-2...
* Top 4 Aggressive 1.e4 e5 Openings: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Tm...
* Top 5 Traps after 1.e4 e5 for White: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YW...
* 5 Chess traps in Giuoco Piano Opening: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ny7...
* Italian Game Variations: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Xh...
* Garry Kasparov's Checkmate: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuP...
* 5 Best Traps for White: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5t...
* Max Lange Attack instead of the Fried Liver Attack: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mI7...
* Top 5 Traps in the Bishop's Opening: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9l...
* Top 5 King Pawn Traps: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TS2...
* King's Gambit critique: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrW...
* Top 5 More Traps: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ar9...
* Top 5 Famous Traps: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJU...
* Top 5 Fastest Traps to Know: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=veZ...
* Top 5 Underrated Openings Against the Sicilian Defense: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hsh...
* 1.d4 d5 Ryder Gambit, Halosar Trap: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZq...
* Top 6 Opening Checkmates: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRu...
* Top 7 Aggressive Chess Openings: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ib8...
* Wing Gambit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODK...
* Mengarini Gambit?! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecd...
* MC plays the Mengarini: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XH...
* Top 8 Versions of the Scotch Trap: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbu...
* Underrated Scotch Gambit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8n...
* Scotch Gambit for White: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYP...
* Scotch Gambit Trap for White: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XC-...
* Learn the Scotch Gambit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Nr...
* Scotch, Goring Gambit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0F...
* Haxo Gambit vs Nge7?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kgm...
* Haxo Gambit hammer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3om...
* Top 10 Fastest Checkmates: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctP...
* Find Mate-in-One: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOa...
* 10 Well-Known Traps: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yf8...
* 10 Most Deadly Opening Traps to Know: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RyE...
* 10 Ruy Lopez Traps: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ztm...
* Common Mistakes in the Ruy Lopez Opening: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y96...
* You are going to lose a lot of chess games: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_W4...
* Don't Hang Your Piece! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hz...
* DGT North American Chess Clock: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qkh...
* Electronic chessboard isn't necessary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOn...
* Elements of Chess: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2C...
* Easy to Learn: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--D...
* No such thing as "Best Opening": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agU...
* Endgame Fundamentals: King & Pawn vs King: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLy...
* Types of Opposition of the Kings: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3o...
* Pillsbury's Greek Gift: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNC...
* Punish Opening Errors: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkL...
* A Thought Process: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rZ...
* A Practical Thought: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZ-...
* Quick Smothered Mate in the Budapest Gambit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpe...
* Tips for Knights & More: http://www.chesssets.co.uk/blog/tip...
* Beautiful Knight Traps: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_3...
* Knight's Tour: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ab_...
* Knight vs Pawn Endgame: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4f...
* Trompowsky Attack: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrK...
* Trompowsky vs Naroditsky: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILY...
* Top 10 Tactics: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bpl...
* Rajnish Das Tips: https://enthu.com/blog/chess/chess-...
* Removing the Defender: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6Y...
* Decoy onto the square for ambush there: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdI...
* All 54 Tactics: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZY8...
* Alapin Sicilian for Beginners: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DY-...
* Alapin Sicilian Traps: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ezy...
* Alapin Sicilian Never Disappoints: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tzd...
* Chess Rules: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pk1...
* Chess Clock: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a10...
* Crazy Ending: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NM_...
* Cultural History of Chess: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWN...
* First Chess Game Ever: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OC4...
* Nelson explains his thought process: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KN...
* How the Chess Clock Works: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tgg...
* How to Handle Losing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vrg...
* His First OTB Chess Tournament: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUi...
* How Not to Blunder: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8Y...
* A Thought Process: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rZ...
* Analysis Made Easy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Y4...
* Attack the Fianchetto: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aF6...
* Destroy g6, Bg7 Modern Robatsch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yv_...
* The Modern Defense: Wikipedia article: Modern Defense
* Attack w/the London System: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmq...
* London System vs KID: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XU2...
* Rosen's London System vs KID: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4W2...
* Anti-London System: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUB...
* Beat the London System: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0U-...
* Crush the London System: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qg...
* London System Traps: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTu...
* Beginner Guide: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uR-...
* Don't Blunder: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jO...
* Blunder Less: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYy...
* Nimzo-Larsen Attack: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwC...
* 1.b3: Game Collection: Nimzo Larsen attack (1. b3!) - Opening Ideas
* Black against 1.b3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpw...
* Owen's Defense: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkf...
* Owen's Defense: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oF7...
* Queen's Fianchetto for White and Black: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O24...
* IM Lawrence Trent (not speaking) advocates 1...b6 against ALL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlW...
* More ...b6 against ALL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKn...
* Naselwaus Gambit vs Owen's Defense: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBv...
* Botvinnik System: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qmi...
* Basics of the Caro-Kann Defense: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8a...
* Brief Caro-Kann Defense Variations: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZ-...
* Black stops losing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgX...
* Use the Caro-Kann Defense: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtP...
* Three Caro-Kann Traps: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNp...
* The Caro-Kann Defense: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3H...
* Beat the Caro-Kann Quickly: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhj...
* Crush the Caro-Kann: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXv...
* The Caro-Kann, Advance Variation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npq...
* Gokerkan vs Niemann 2023: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gw...
* Classical Caro-Kann Defense: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QA1...
* Main Ideas of the Caro-Kann Defense: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pN...
* Magnus plays the Caro-Kann Defense: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDa...
* Karpov's Caro-Kann Defense: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aa4...
* ...c6 against all by Hansen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCZ...
* ...c6 speedrun by Hansen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDU...
* Instructive Caro-Kann: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLp...
* Dangerous Caro-Kann: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QI_...
* C-K Advance, Botvinnik-Carls Variation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWb...
* Caro-Kann, Fantasy Variation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4e...
* Caro-Kann, Korchnoi Variation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GF3...
* Complete Caro-Kann: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmZ...
* Chessbase: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZl...
* Chessbase: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mS_...
* Chess Evolution: Game Collection: # Chess Evolution Volumes 1-50
* Faster Learning: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClS...
* Flashcards Fix Your Failures by reminding you of the right way to go: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvH...
* Flashcard Converter: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1B4...
* Flashcard Tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Isy...
* Free Tools: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-n...
* French Defense, Rubinstein Variation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jR...
* Five Gambits: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48W...
* King's Gambit, Queen's Gambit in Style: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-w...
* Halloween Gambit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XK...
* Icelandic Gambit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gj...
* Improvement is COMMITTMENT, DEDICATION, DESIRE, and PERSEVERENCE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCB...
* Improvement Book Review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Up... This book appears to be for advanced players who already know the material listed above.
* Solve Puzzles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWz...
* How to Solve (Don't immediately look for your next move -- survey the board instead!): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUr...
* Save the Game: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGz...
* Magnus sees a way: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xkq...
* Amazing Stafford Gambit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uh...
* Killer Stafford Gambit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUL...
* Stafford Gambit Tricks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6q2...
* Stafford Gambit lines: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFb...
* Best Stafford Gambit Traps: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIe...
* Improved Stafford Gambit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_p...
* The Bob Ross of Chess: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ag0...
* The Pride of the Yankees: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPy...
* The detailed history of chess: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show...
* Englund Gambit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSh...
* Crush the Englund Gambit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABg...
* Crush the Englund Gambit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5q...
* Englund Gambit Queen Sacrifice: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcM...
* Englund Gambit Famous? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXX...
* Englund Gambit Stockholm Variation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tx2...
* Oh no, my knight! Trap: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oks...
* One Year 0-1700: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYC...
* Find the Best Move: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmF...
* Three Most Common: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6x...
* d4 Disclaimer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5z...
* Fundamentals: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSv...
* Alireza Firouzja Attacks with the Jobava London System! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wG...
* Facing ...Bf5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6p...
* Learn Danya's: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLb...
* Magnus sends g4 early: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNE...
* Hansen has a go: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTG...
* Roswell, GA: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgE...
* Sidelines: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-T...
* Slav Lines: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3s...
* 3...a6 Defense: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFS...
* 3...g6 Defense: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3S...
* Naroditsky's Lab: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qN8...
* New JLo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnG...
* Rapport System: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBj...
* Nutty Tips: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAF...
* No such thing as Free ELO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMt...
* Rapport Speedrun: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGb...
* Run to 2000: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBn...
* Romanian Traps: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8p...
* Benoni Indian ...c5, ...Qb6: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2P...
* KID: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKy...
* KID: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4O...
* Na6 Defense: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhF...
* Middlegame: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=261...
* Jim's Middlegame Series: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vC...
* What happens if...? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnS...
* Queen Endgames: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxG...
* Hubner vs Kasparov 1992: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwR...
* Karpov's Immortal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUd...
* Queen's Gambit Complete: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfO...
* Queen's Gambit Fast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEm...
* Queen's Gambit According to BoJanglles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXM...
* Top 5 Queen's Gambit Traps: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqI...
* Queen's Gambit Accepted Tricks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hx2...
* Magnus opens classically: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbs...
* Kostya's QGD: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ie_...
* Queen's Gambit Concepts: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYB...
* Queen's Gambit Tips: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAt...
* QGD, Slav D: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HT...
* The Slav D in 10 minutes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cs5...
* Slav Main Line dxc4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnH...
* 4...Bf5? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDY...
* 4...a6 Slav: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcp...
* Beginner Mistakes in the Slav: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTL...
* Cheery Slav: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bq-...
* Chessbase Slav: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Suk...
* Chameleon Slav: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rW...
* ...a6 Slav: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsD...
* Beat the Slav: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SeY...
* MC plays the Slav: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAT...
* Defeat the Slav: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQX...
* Lifetime Slav: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGD...
* Unbreakable Slav: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBN...
* Ben's QGD lecture: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOW...
* Fundamentals of the Semi-Slav: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFc...
* Kevin's Semi-Slav: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ll...
* Kostya's Semi-Slav: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgy...
* MC plays the Semi-Slav: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqT...
* Semi-Slav Pathways: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OB7...
* Semi-Slav, Meran Action: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykn...
* Last Play of Every Super Bowl: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9J...
* Learn the Stonewall: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_b...
* Pillsbury's Stonewall Attack: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TR5...
* The Stonewall Sucks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwv...
* Stonewall Alteration: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzI...
* Against the Stonewall: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33M...
* Black Stonewall: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZeW...
* Simon's Classical Dutch w/d6, not d5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lt8...
* 2.Bg5 Hopton Attack vs the Dutch Defense: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dr...
* Another 2.Bg5 destroys the Dutch Defense: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cvo...
* Crush 2.Bg5 with the Dutch Defense: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YeK...
* Prep for a Tournament: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dpv...
* Never Do This: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9b1...
* Unnecessary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dz0...
* IM Rosen Stalemate Traps: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YB_...
* How to Sicilian Taimanov: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iiv...
* MC goes nuclear: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLo...
* Regrettable Pawn Moves: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fI0...
* Shortcuts: Game Collection: 21+ Too Fast French Kisses
* Esserman examples of the S-M Gambit: Game Collection: smithmorra by M.Esserman as white
* Esserman's S-M Gambit explained: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOZ...
* She's right, but there are plenty of others: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dw5...
* Space Advantages: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLL...
* Time Controls: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljp...
* Tricks to Turn It Around: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxV...
* Trading Pieces: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Wg...
* Trade Queens? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIG...
* Evaluate Exchanges: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNG...
* When to Exchange: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6D2...
* What is YOUR study plan? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6Y...
* Wild Africa: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dlk...
* The Opposition and Outflanking: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9X1...
* King and Pawn vs King: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z52...
* Knight and Pawn Endgames: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHW...
* Queen vs Knight Endgames: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ex1...
* Principles of Rook and Pawn Endgames: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXl...
* Unusual Openings: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJQ...
* A trap in Grob's Opening: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P50...
* Pulverize Grob's Opening: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTs...
* Tricks in Grob's Attack: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESt...
* The Grob is TERRIBLE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wB...
* Basman's / Borg's Defense: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThK...
* Mike explains Borg's Defense: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Res...
* Last Play of the World Series 1943-1973: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dzt...
* Last Play of Every Modern World Series: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkD...
* Tricks to Trap the Queen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmU...
* Tricks to Win a Queen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfS...
* Queen Traps in the Scandinavian D: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syr...
* Trap the Queen in the Tennison Gambit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZt...
* Top 10 Traps of the Queens: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZh...
* White, Black Trap the Queen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olz...
* Win the Queen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQ8...
* More Tricks to Trap the Queen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zd0...
* Qxb2 Poisoned Pawn: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74h...
* Levy shows us more traps: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fot...
* Richard Reti Does It Again: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9z...
* Richard Réti's Best Games by Golombek: Game Collection: Richard Réti's Best Games by Golombek
* Raymond Keene's favorite games: Game Collection: ray keene's favorite games
* Reasonable book choices: https://www.chess.com/blog/RussBell...
* Rubinstein: Game Collection: Rubinstein's Chess Masterpieces
* Roger that: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9S...
"The only way to change anything in Russia is a revolution" ― Daniil Dubov
https://en.chessbase.com/post/dubov...
* Steinitz collection:
Game Collection: Steinitz Gambits
* Secrets of the Russian Chess Masters Volume II: Game Collection: Secrets of the Russian Chess Masters Volume II
* sapientdust's favorite games: Game Collection: sapientdust's favorite games
* shakman's favorite games – 2: Game Collection: shakman's favorite games - 2
* Three-minute pastry: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIa...
* Trappy game: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gC...
* tacticmania - Game Collection: tacticmania
* Tactical Mix: Game Collection: mastering Tactical ideas by minev
* The Best of... Game Collection: World Champions' Best Games
* Best Games of 2018: Game Collection: Best Games of 2018
* The Unthinkable: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9z...
* Three-minute pastry: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIa...
* Trappy game: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gC...
* Vladimir Bagirov Attacks: http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches...
* Women: https://www.thefamouspeople.com/wom...
* Will Power: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9S...
* Wonders and Curiosities: Game Collection: Wonders and Curiosities of Chess (Chernev)
* 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.
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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.>
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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
Reuben Fine can show you the not-so-easy way. Sign up for free and you can read books for free: https://archive.org/details/chessea...
* CFN: https://www.youtube.com/@CFNChannel
The Hare and the Frogs
Once in his bed deep mused the hare,
(What else but muse could he do there?)
And soon by gloom was much afflicted; –
To gloom the creature's much addicted.
"Alas! these constitutions nervous,"
He cried, "how wretchedly they serve us!
We timid people, by their action,
Can't eat nor sleep with satisfaction;
We can't enjoy a pleasure single,
But with some misery it must mingle.
Myself, for one, am forced by cursed fear
To sleep with open eye as well as ear.
"Correct yourself," says some adviser.
Grows fear, by such advice, the wiser?
Indeed, I well enough descry
That men have fear, as well as I."
With such revolving thoughts our hare
Kept watch in soul-consuming care.
A passing shade, or leaflet's quiver
Would give his blood a boiling fever.
Full soon, his melancholy soul
Aroused from dreaming doze
By noise too slight for foes,
He scuds in haste to reach his hole.
He passed a pond; and from its border bogs,
Plunge after plunge, in leaped the timid frogs,
"Aha! I do to them, I see,"
He cried, "what others do to me.
The sight of even me, a hare,
Suffices some, I find, to scare.
And here, the terror of my tramp
Has put to rout, it seems, a camp.
The trembling fools! they take me for
The very thunderbolt of war!
I see, the coward never skulked a foe
That might not scare a coward still below."
Question: What's the brightest star in the sky?
Answer: Sirius – also known as the Dog Star or Sirius A, Sirius is the brightest star in Earth's night sky. The star is outshone only by several planets and the International Space Station.
Question: What's the difference between a cemetery and a graveyard?
Answer: Graveyards are attached to churches while cemeteries are stand-alone.
Patty Loveless "You'll Never Leave Harlan Alive" https://www.bing.com/videos/rivervi...
* Checkmate brevities: Game Collection: Art of Checkmate
* Crouch's book: Game Collection: Chess Secrets - Attackers (Crouch)
* KID 0-1s: Game Collection: K.I.D B wins E98
* Dr. Edmund Adam Miniatures: Edmund Adam
* CG Biography: Aryan Tari
* h-file attacks: Game Collection: h-file Attacks, some Greek Gifts by Fredthebear
* How to Play Chess! http://www.serverchess.com/play.htm...
* Imagination: Game Collection: Imagination in Chess
* Immortal Games: Game Collection: Immortal games
* King's Pawn Theory and Practice: Game Collection: Chess Openings: Theory and Practice, Section 1
* Surprise Knockouts: Game Collection: quick knockouts of greats
* Lasker's Manual: Game Collection: Manual of Chess (Lasker)
* Nuremberg 1896: Nuremberg (1896)
* Nunn's Chess Course: Game Collection: Lasker JNCC
* Become a Predator at the Chessboard: https://www.chesstactics.org/
* Scandinavian Miniatures: http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches...
* Collection assembled by Fredthebear.
* Miniatures: Game Collection: 200 Miniature Games of Chess - Du Mont (III)
* Monday Puzzles: Game Collection: Monday Puzzles, 2011-2017
* POTD 2023: Game Collection: Puzzle of the Day 2023
* 2023 in Review: https://www.chess.com/news/view/202...
* Sicilian Wing Gambit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMe...
* Tartakower Defense: https://www.chess.com/blog/MatBobul...
* Seven Minutes: French Defense: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRU...
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
H.T. Bland. On page 207 of the December 1929 American Chess Bulletin he exalted the challenger in that year's world championship match:
Bravo ‘Bogol', you've shown pluck.
One and all we wish you luck.
Gee, some thought you'd barged between
Other players who'd have been
Less likely straightaway to lose
Just as friend Alekhine might choose;
Undaunted, ‘Bogol', you went in
Believing you'd a chance to win.
Or failing that, to make a fight,
Which you are doing as we write.
Snow White & the Huntsman by Evan Daugherty
"Who will you be when faced with the end?
The end of a kingdom,
The end of good men,
Will you run?
Will you hide?
Or will you hunt down evil with a venomous pride?
Rise to the ashes,
Rise to the winter sky,
Rise to the calling,
Make heard the battle cry.
Let it scream from the mountains
From the forest to the chapel,
Because death is a hungry mouth
And you are the apple.
So who will you be when faced with the end?
When the vultures are circling
And the shadows descend
Will you cower?
Or will you fight?
Is your heart made of glass?
Or a pure Snow White?"
― Lily Blake, Snow White & the Huntsman
Lichess has all the same basic offerings as Chess.com: a large community, many game types, tutorials, puzzles, and livestreams. The site has a simple appearance, and it seems built to get you where you want to go in as few clicks as possible. You can create an account, but if you're not concerned with tracking your games and finding other players at your level, there's no need to log in. Just fire up a new game, try some puzzles, or watch a chess streamer play three-minute games while listening to techno and chatting with the comments section.
The Dog That Dropped The Substance For The Shadow
This world is full of shadow-chasers,
Most easily deceived.
Should I enumerate these racers,
I should not be believed.
I send them all to Aesop's dog,
Which, crossing water on a log,
Espied the meat he bore, below;
To seize its image, let it go;
Plunged in; to reach the shore was glad,
With neither what he hoped, nor what he'd had.
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
Can you still daydream at night?
We know you have some great ideas for your nighttime dreaming. But if you're awake and trying to give your brain some suggestions for dream time, is it daydreaming or just backseat driving?
Fools look to tomorrow. Wise men use tonight. ~ Scottish Proverb
Better be ill spoken of by one before all than by all before one.
~ Scottish Proverb
* 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
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Phone scammers are getting smarter with their tactics like AI voice scams. And if you're not careful, they could make big bucks off of you, the unsuspecting caller. Aside from hanging up if you hear this four-word phrase, there's something else you can do to avoid becoming a victim and to keep up with your smartphone security and privacy.
Certain area codes can warn potential targets that the call isn't safe, according to Joseph Steinberg, CEO of SecureMySocial. Although scam callers once used a 900 number, they've changed their methods as the general public became aware of their tactic. Now, many scam phone numbers have different area codes, including 809, which originates in the Caribbean.
Another area code to look out for may look like it's coming from the United States, but isn't. "Criminals have been known to use caller IDs with the area code 473, which appears to be domestic, but is actually the area code for the island of Grenada," Steinberg says. Watch out for these phone call scams that could steal your money, too.
By the way, those calls add up fast. You could be charged for taking a call from any of these foreign countries, according to AARP. Plus, scammers can swindle you out of your money through phony vacation scams and fake stories about danger or money problems. iPhone scams and Uber scams are also on the rise, making Apple fans and Uber users alike more wary. Make sure you know how to avoid Uber scams and how to stop spam texts on your phone.
To play it extra safe, Steinberg recommends never answering or returning a call from a number you don't recognize. If you actually know the person, they can always leave a voicemail. "Remember that it's unlikely that someone you do not know—who is in distress at a location with which you are not familiar—would dial a random number in another country and ask you to help them," he says. "They would call the police."
It can't hurt to be wary of possible scam phone numbers with the following international area codes. And watch out for these Facebook Marketplace scams before you go shopping.
Scam phone numbers: International Area Codes with a +1 Country Code
232—Sierra Leone
242 — Bahamas
246 — Barbados
268 — Antigua
284 — British Virgin Islands
345 — Cayman Islands
441 — Bermuda
473 — Grenada, Carriacou, and Petite Martinique
649 — Turks and Caicos
664 — Montserrat
721 — Sint Maarten
758 — St. Lucia
767 — Dominica
784 — St. Vincent and Grenadines
809, 829, and 849 — The Dominican Republic
868 — Trinidad and Tobago
869 — St. Kitts and Nevis
876 — Jamaica
It's important to note that scammers can create scam phone numbers by spoofing numbers from many area codes, not just the ones listed above. Remember, a good rule of thumb is if you don't recognize the phone number, don't pick up your phone and let it go to voicemail. This can help you avoid falling for common phone scams, such as those pesky car extended warranty calls.
By the way—if you are charged for picking up a scam call, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) recommends contacting your phone company to try and take care of the matter. You can also file a complaint about the scam call with the FCC.
Next, read about these online scams you need to be aware of and how to avoid them. Also, read up on what doxxing is and how it sets you up to be hacked.
Question: What's the brightest star in the sky?
Answer: Sirius – also known as the Dog Star or Sirius A, Sirius is the brightest star in Earth's night sky. The star is outshone only by several planets and the International Space Station.
Listenin' to the Radio
Long-distance radio transmission is an essential piece of technology for modern life. The communication system resulted from continuous development by many people, but the first workable radio apparatus was the brainchild of a single Italian, Guglielmo Marconi. He devised this wireless telegraph system in 1895.
Question: What's the difference between a cemetery and a graveyard?
Answer: Graveyards are attached to churches while cemeteries are stand-alone.
Patty Loveless "You'll Never Leave Harlan Alive" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqD...
This old photo belongs in my favorites: https://images.chesscomfiles.com/pr...
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Tetraites
"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
French Proverb: "Il ne faut rien laisser au hasard." ― (Nothing should be left to chance.)
"There are more adventures on a chessboard than on all the seas of the world."
― Pierre Mac Orlan
"You can only get good at chess if you love the game." ― Bobby Fischer
"As long as you can still grab a breath, you fight." — The Revenant
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BAA BAA BLACK SHEEP
Baa Baa Black Sheep
Have you any wool?
Yes sir, yes sir, three bags full.
One for the master
And one for the dame.
And one for the little boy
Who lives down the lane.
Q: What do you call a bacon-wrapped comet?
A: A meat-eor.
Q: What do stars say when they apologize to one another?
A: I'm starry.
Q: Why did the star decide to take a vacation?
A: It needed some space.
Q: What's Donkey's favorite film?
A: Star Shrek.
Q: What was the tree's favorite thing about Star Trek?
A: The Captain's log.
Kibitzing
