Punishing Nd7 Compiled by takchess

* Lasker Matters: Game Collection: Why Lasker Matters by Andrew Soltis

"Reading can take you places you have never been before." — Dr. Seuss

(to the tune of "Did I Remember," hit song from 1936) by beatgiant

Did I remember to tell you I play chess,
and I am livin' to kibitz alone?
Did I remember to say I'm here all day,
and just how carried away with GMs' play?
Chess was on my screen and that was all I knew,
Posting a mate in 2, what did I say to you?
Did I remember to tell you I play chess,
And pray forever more the site's online?

"I went frantically mad with chess. I bought a chess-board. I bought Il Calabrese. I shut myself up in my room and spent days and nights there with a will to learn all the games by heart, to cram them into my head willy-nilly, to play alone without end or remission. After two or three months working in that fine way, and after unimaginable endeavours, I went to the Cafe with a lean and sallow face, and nearly stupid. I made a trial, playing with Monsieur Bagueret again. He beat me once, twice, twenty times." — Jean-Jacques Rousseau