Koshevarov's collections, combined.

French Nc6 Exchange line: 1.e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. ed ed 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. c3 Bg4 7. 0-0 Nge7 8. Re1 Qd7 9. Nbd2 0-0-0

French Advance, Milner-Barry Gambit: 1. e4 e5 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Bd3 bd7 7.0-0 cd 8.cd Nd4 9. Nd4 Qd4 10.Nc3 Qb6/a6

French 3.Nd2 Tarrasch Line: 1. e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4.e5 c5

"Every master was once a disaster." – T.S. Wood

"It takes a dream to get started, desire to keep going, and determination to finish." ― Eddie Harris, Jr.

What do Alexander the Great and Winnie the Pooh have in common? Same middle name.

"There should be no boundaries to human endeavor. We are all different. However bad life may seem, there is always something you can do, and succeed at. While there's life, there is hope." ― Stephen Hawking

Why is it sad that parallel lines have so much in common? Because they'll never meet.

"Chess is the art of analysis." ― Mikhail Botvinnik

"Chess is imagination." ― David Bronstein

"Chess is as much a mystery as women." ― Cecil John Seddon Purdy

"Take wrong turns. Talk to strangers. Open unmarked doors. And if you see a group of people in a field, go find out what they are doing. Do things without always knowing how they'll turn out." ― Randall Munroe

<First And Last Author
Riddle: What belongs to you, but other people use it more than you?

By 2024 India will overtake China as the world's most populous country

China currently has 1.4 billion inhabitants, closely followed by India with 1.3 billion. Together they make up 37% of the world's population.

Riddle Answer: Your name.>

Is it ignorance or apathy that's destroying the world today? I don't know, and I don't care.

One of Bobby Fischer's famous utterances is that "Chess is life."

"Chess is my life, but my life is not chess." ― Anatoly Karpov

"Mama always said life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get." ― Forrest Gump

"Life is like a game of chess. To win you need to make a move. Knowing which move to make comes with insight and knowledge and by learning the lessons that are accumulated along the way. We become each and every piece within the game called LIFE." ― Alan Rufus

"The struggle you're in today is developing the strength you need for tomorrow. Don't give up." ― Robert Tew

"Life is like a cup of coffee or tea. No matter how bitter it may be, it is always enjoyable." ― Jason Wong

Never criticize someone until you have walked a mile in their shoes. That way, when you criticize them, you'll be a mile away, and you'll have their shoes.

"There is more to life than increasing its speed." ― Mahatma Gandhi

"Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can't help them, at least don't hurt them." ― Dalai Lama

"The game of chess is not just an idle amusement. Several very valuable qualities of the mind, useful in the course of human life, are to be acquired or strengthened by it… Life is a kind of Chess, in which we have often pointed to gain, and competitors or adversaries to contend with." ― Benjamin Franklin

"Chess is played with the mind and not with the hands." ― Renaud & Kahn, The Art of the Checkmate

"Out of difficulties grow miracles." ― Jean de la Bruyere

What do you call a bee that can't make up its mind? A maybe.

"Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid." ― Albert Einstein

What did the swordfish say to the marlin? "You're looking sharp."

"It's not that I'm so smart, it's just that I stay with problems longer." ― Albert Einstein

"Failure is success in progress." ― Albert Einstein

"Failure happens all the time. It happens every day in practice. What makes you better is how you react to it." ― Mia Hamm

How do celebrities stay cool? They have many fans.

"The broader the chess player you are, the easier it is to be competitive, and the same seems to be true of mathematics - if you can find links between different branches of mathematics, it can help you resolve problems. In both mathematics and chess, you study existing theory and use that to go forward." ― Viswanathan Anand

"A quitter never wins and a winner never quits." ― Napoleon Hill

"Tough times never last, but tough people do." ― Robert. H. Schuller

"By perseverance the snail reached the ark." ― Charles Spurgeon

"Don't be discouraged. It's often the last key in the bunch that opens the lock." ― Unknown

"Let me tell you the secret that has led me to my goal. My strength lies solely in my tenacity." ― Louis Pasteur

"All of the real heroes are not storybook combat fighters either. Every single man in this Army play a vital role. Don't ever let up. Don't ever think that your job is unimportant. Every man has a job to do and he must do it. Every man is a vital link in the great chain." ― General George S. Patton, U.S. Army

Which branch of the military accepts toddlers? The infantry.

"Soldiers generally win battles; generals get credit for them." ― Napoleon Bonaparte, French military and political leader

After winning a good game, I always ask myself: "Where did I go right?" ― Tom Wiswell (1910-1988) who made a quote regarding playing checkers worth using in chess circles.

"Life is like a chess. If you lose your queen, you will probably lose the game." — Being Caballero

Why couldn't the bicycle stand on its own? It was two tired.

"Each life is made up of mistakes and learning, waiting and growing, practicing patience and being persistent." — Billy Graham

Why were the teacher's eyes crossed? She couldn't control her pupils.

"Just because someone stumbles and loses their path, doesn't mean they're lost forever." — Professor X

"If you're positive (attitude) you can get through it OK. When you think negatively, you're putting poison in your body. Just smile. They say laughter is the best medicine there is." — Elsa Bailey, athlete, 100 years old

"If plan A doesn't work, the alphabet has 25 more letters – 204 if you're in Japan." — Claire Cook

Exaggerations have become an epidemic. They went up by a million percent last year.

"Life is like a game of chess. I cannot undue the moves but I can make the next step better." — Edwin Tan

"When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one that has opened for us." — Alexander Graham Bell

I told my physical therapist that I broke my arm in two places. He told me to stop going to those places.

"Nobody can go back and start a new beginning but anyone can start today and make a new ending." — Maria Robinson

"I think I can. I think I can. I think I can. I know I can." – Watty Piper

"The winner of the game is the player who makes the next to last mistake." — Savielly Tartakower

"Part of being a champ is acting like a champ. You have to learn how to win and not run away when you lose." — Nancy Kerrigan

"If I cannot do great things, I can do small things in a great way." — Martin Luther King Jr.

* 15 Life Lessons: https://herculeschess.com/life-less...

"I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn how to do it." — Pablo Picasso

"I stand corrected!" said the man in the orthopedic shoes.

"Whenever you are to do a thing, though it can never be known but to yourself, ask yourself how you would act were all the world looking at you, and act accordingly." — Thomas Jefferson

You're not completely useless. You can always serve as a bad example.

"Work like you don't need the money, love like you've never been hurt and dance like no one is watching." — Satchel Paige

"If you're doing something just to make money, it's easy to quit. Most people do. But if you're doing something because it makes you come alive, then removing the restrictions life throws at you clears the path." — Evan Carmichael

"I believe where there is a will, there is a way. You just can't give up, you have to keep going." — Charmaney Bayton

"Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn." — Harriet Beecher Stowe

"You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream." ― C.S. Lewis

"I hope you live a life you're proud of. If you find that you're not, I hope you have the strength to start all over again." — F. Scott Fitzgerald

"You just can't beat the person who won't give up." — Babe Ruth

I was wondering why the ball was getting bigger, then it hit me.

Don't Quit
Poet: Edgar A. Guest

When things go wrong, as they sometimes will,
When the road you're trudging seems all uphill,
When the funds are low and the debts are high,
And you want to smile but you have to sigh,
When care is pressing you down a bit -
Rest if you must, but don't you quit.

Life is queer with its twists and turns.
As everyone of us sometimes learns.
And many a fellow turns about when he
Might have won had he stuck it out.
Don't give up though the pace seems slow -
You may succeed with another blow.

Often the goal is nearer than it seems
To a faint and faltering man;
Often the struggler has given up when he
Might have captured the victor's cup;
And he learned too late when the night came down, How close he was to the golden crown.

Success is failure turned inside out -
The silver tint of the clouds of doubt,
And when you never can tell how close you are,
It may be near when it seems afar;
So stick to the fight when you're hardest hit -
It's when things seem worst,
You must not quit.

"Rest if you must but don't you quit!" — Anonymous

"Courage doesn't always roar, sometimes it's the quiet voice at the end of the day whispering ‘I will try again tomorrow'." — Mary Anne Radmacher

"The future rewards those who press on. I don't have time to feel sorry for myself. I don't have time to complain. I'm going to press on." — Barack Obama

I saw Usain Bolt sprinting around the track shouting, "Why did the chicken cross the road?" It was a running joke.

$ $ $

"Elon Musk, the world's richest person, recently revealed his strategy for investing alongside record inflation.

According to the WSJ, since February 2020, the Fed increased the nation's money supply by a staggering 40%. To some experts, it explains why the U.S. is experiencing its highest inflation rate since 1981.

The Tesla and SpaceX founder told investors, in his experience, it's "better to own physical things than dollars when inflation is high." That's especially shocking from Musk, who has historically passionately supported cryptocurrencies and other digital goods.

The "physical goods" he mentioned could include oil, metals, and grains, which have all soared in prices…" — Nigel Glenday, Chief Financial Officer

"If you do what you need, you're surviving. If you do what you want, you're living." — Unknown

"Stick to the prepared plan, man. Don't let others down who expect you to do your part. Do no harm. Fools rush in. Be calm, composed, wise; obey boundaries. Control your impulses, urges, your emotions, your words and actions. Respectfully play by the rules, or willful recklessness will burn you soon enough. All God's ambular creatures must stay back off thin ice. Mother Nature and Father Time always have their say. Be safe and sound as you explore." — Anonymous Bear

<Luke 8:16-18 New King James Version The Parable of the Revealed Light

Jesus said:
16 "No one, when he has lit a lamp, covers it with a vessel or puts it under a bed, but sets it on a lampstand, that those who enter may see the light. 17 For nothing is secret that will not be revealed, nor anything hidden that will not be known and come to light. 18 Therefore take heed how you hear. For whoever has, to him more will be given; and whoever does not have, even what he seems to have will be taken from him.">

And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. Luke 2:9, 10.

"You can only get good at chess if you love the game." ― Bobby Fischer

"Be active. I do things my way, like skiing when I'm 100. Nobody else does that even if they have energy. And I try to eat pretty correctly and get exercise and fresh air and sunshine." ― Elsa Bailey, first time skier at age 100

"Don't look at the calendar, just keep celebrating every day." ― Ruth Coleman, carpe diem at age 101

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What sits at the bottom of the sea and twitches? A nervous wreck.

Truth will win out

Two is company, but three's a crowd

There are two sides to every question

Walls have ears

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

When in Rome, do as the Romans do

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

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?