Just some games that caught my eye.

* Amazing: Game Collection: Amazing Chess Moves (Emms)

* First of each ECO: Game Collection: First of Each ECO

* How to Analyze: https://thechessworld.com/articles/...

* Old Checkmates: Game Collection: As Far as the checkmates go

* Recommendations: https://www.reddit.com/r/chess/wiki...

"Above the clouds I lift my wing
To hear the bells of Heaven ring;
Some of their music, though my fights be wild,
To Earth I bring;
Then let me soar and sing!" ― Edmund Clarence Stedman

* C45s: https://www.chessgames.com/perl/che...

"Life has, indeed, many ills, but the mind that views every object in its most cheering aspect, and every doubtful dispensation as replete with latent good, bears within itself a powerful and perpetual antidote. The gloomy soul aggravates misfortune, while a cheerful smile often dispels those mists that portend a storm." ― Lydia Sigourney

"Faith and joy are the ascensive forces of song." ― Edmund Clarence Stedman

"Genius does not need a special language; it uses newly whatever tongue it finds." ― Edmund Clarence Stedman

"Yes, there's a luck in most things; and in none more than being born at the right time." ― Edmund Clarence Stedman

"The weary August days are long;
The locusts sing a plaintive song,
The cattle miss their master's call
When they see the sunset shadows fall." ― Edmund Clarence Stedman

"Progress comes by experiment, and this from ennui that leads to voyages, wars, revolutions, and plainly to change in the arts of expression; that cries out to the imagination, and is the nurse of the invention whereof we term necessity the mother." ― Edmund Clarence Stedman

"No clouds are in the morning sky,
The vapors hug the stream,
Who says that life and love can die
In all this northern gleam?
At every turn the maples burn,
The quail is whistling free,
The partridge whirs, and the frosted burs
Are dropping for you and me.
Ho! hillyho! heigh O!
Hillyho!
In the clear October morning." ― Edmund Clarence Stedman

"Men are egotists, and not all tolerant of one man's selfhood; they do not always deem the amities elective." ― Edmund Clarence Stedman

It's not the quantity that counts; it's the quality. 880

"Give us a man of God's own mould
Born to marshall his fellow-men;
One whose fame is not bought and sold
At the stroke of a politician's pen.
Give us the man of thousands ten,
Fit to do as well as to plan;
Give us a rallying-cry, and then
Abraham Lincoln, give us a Man." ― Edmund Clarence Stedman

"War! war! war!
Heaven aid the right!
God move the hero's arm in the fearful fight!
God send the women sleep in the long, long night, When the breasts on whose strength they leaned shall heave no more." ― Edmund Clarence Stedman

"Let the winds blow! a fiercer gale
Is wild within me! what may quell
That sullen tempest? I must sail
Whither, O whither, who can tell!" ― Edmund Clarence Stedman

"Natural emotion is the soul of poetry, as melody is of music; the same faults are engendered by over-study of either art; there is a lack of sincerity, of irresistible impulse in both the poet and the, composer." ― Edmund Clarence Stedman

"Poetry is an art, and chief of the fine art; the easiest to dabble in, the hardest in which to reach true excellence." ― Edmund Clarence Stedman

"Is there a rarer being,
Is there a fairer sphere
Where the strong are not unseeing,
And the harvests are not sere;
Where, ere the seasons dwindle
They yield their due return;
Where the lamps of knowledge kindle
While the flames of youth still burn?" ― Edmund Clarence Stedman

"A poet must sing for his own people." ― Edmund Clarence Stedman

"The poet is a creator, not an iconoclast, and never will tamely endeavor to say in prose what can only be expressed in song." ― Edmund Clarence Stedman

"A critic must accept what is best in a poet, and thus become his best encourager." ― Edmund Clarence Stedman

"Worth, courage, honor, these indeed
Your sustenance and birthright are." ― Edmund Clarence Stedman

"The imagination never dies." ― Edmund Clarence Stedman

"Look on this cast, and know the hand That bore a nation in its hold; From this mute witness understand What Lincoln was - how large of mould." ― Edmund Clarence Stedman

"Alas, by what rude fate Our lives, like ships at sea, an instant meet, Then part forever on their courses fleet." ― Edmund Clarence Stedman

"Science has but one fashion-to lose nothing once gained." ― Edmund Clarence Stedman

"Music waves eternal wands,--
Enchantress of the souls of mortals!" ― Edmund Clarence Stedman

"Fashion is a potency in art, making it hard to judge between the temporary and the lasting." ― Edmund Clarence Stedman

"The critic's first labor is the task of distinguishing between men, as history and their works display them, and the ideals which one and another have conspired to urge upon his acceptance." ― Edmund Clarence Stedman

Feb-13-11 keypusher: <scutigera: They give this as one of Myagmarsuren's notable games with 162 others in the database?> notable games are selected based on how many games collections they are in.

<Shakespearean Puns
Perhaps no writer is better known for the use of puns than William Shakespeare. He plays with "tide" and "tied" in Two Gentlemen of Verona:

"Panthino
Away, ass! You'll lose the tide if you tarry any longer.

Launce
It is no matter if the tied were lost; for it is the unkindest tied that ever any man tied.

Panthino
What's the unkindest tide?

Launce
Why, he that's tied here, Crab, my dog."

In the opening of Richard III, the sun refers to the blazing sun on Edward IV's banner and the fact that he is the son of the Duke of York:

"Now is the winter of our discontent
Made glorious summer by this sun of York."

In this line from Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare plays on the different meanings of heavy (which also means sad) and light:

"Give me a torch: I am not for this ambling; Being but heavy I will bear the light."

Later in Romeo and Juliet, a morbid pun comes from a fatally-stabbed Mercutio, where grave means serious, but also alludes to his imminent death:

"Ask for me tomorrow, you shall find me a grave man."

If you open any Shakesperean play, you're likely to find at least one pun on the page! Keep an eye out for a clever play on words example the next time you read Hamlet or watch As You Like It on the stage.>

"In chess the most unbelievable thing for me is that it's a game for everybody: rich, poor, girl, boy, old, young. It's a fantastic game which can unite people and generations! It's a language which you'll find people "speak" in every country. If you reach a certain level you find a very rich world! Art, sport, logic, psychology, a battlefield, imagination, creativity not only in practical games but don't forget either how amazing a feeling it is to compose a study, for example (unfortunately that's not appreciated these days but it's a fantastic part of chess!)." ― Judit Polgar

"Nowadays tournaments are for nurseries. Look at those kiddies." ― Miguel Najdorf

"Young players calculate everything, a requirement of their relative inexperience." ― Samuel Reshevsky

"When I start to play a game I try to forget about previous games and try to concentrate on this game. This game is now the most important to me. But of course I am not a computer and you cannot simply press a button, delete, and everything you want to forget disappears automatically. But if you want to play well, it's important to concentrate on the now." ― Vassily Ivanchuk

"The pawns are the soul of chess." ― Francois-Andre Danican Philidor

"A pawn, when separated from his fellows, will seldom or never make a fortune." ― Francois-Andre Danican Philidor

"It so often happens that, after sacrificing a pawn, a player aims not to obtain the initiative for it, but to regain sacrificed material." ― Efim Geller

"Discovered check is the dive-bomber of the chessboard." — Reuben Fine

"We can compare classical chess and rapid chess with theatre and cinema - some actors don't like the latter and prefer to work in the theatre." ― Boris Spassky

"In my opinion, the style of a player should not be formed under the influence of any single great master." ― Vasily Smyslov

"Almost immediately after Kasparov played the magic move g4, the computer started to self destruct." — Sam Sloan

"In the endgame, it's often better to form a barrier to cut-off the lone king and keep shrinking the barrier than to give check. The mistaken check might give the lone king a choice move toward the center when the idea is to force the lone king to the edge of the board and then checkmate." — Fredthebear

THE HOOSIER'S NEST
by John Finley, Mayor of Richmond, Indiana from 1852 - 1866

Untaught the language of the schools,
Nor versed in scientific rules,
The humble bard may not presume
The literati to illume;
Or classic cadences indite,
Attuned "to tickle ears polite;"
Contented if his strains may pass
the ordeal of the common mass,
And raise an anti-critic smile,
The brow of labor to beguile.

But ever as his mind delights
To follow fancy's airy flights,
Some object of terrestrial mien
Uncourteously obtrudes between,
And rudely scatters to the winds
The tangled threads of thought he spins.
Yet why invoke imagination
To picture out a new creation,
When nature, with a lavish hand,
Has formed a more than fairy land
For us - an El Dorado real,
Surpassing even the idea?
Then who can view the glorious West,
With all her hopes for coming time,
And hoard his feelings unexpressed
In poetry or prose, or rhyme?
What mind and matter, unrevealed;
Shall unborn ages her disclose!
What latent treasures, long concealed,
Be disinterred from dark repose!
Here Science shall impel her car*
O'er blended valley, hill, and plain;
While Liberty's bright natal star
Shines twinkling on her own domain.
Yes, land of the West! thou art happy and free! And thus evermore may thy hardy sons be,
Whist thy ocean-like prairies are spread far and wide, Or a tree of thy forests shall tower in pride.
Blest Indiana! in thy soil
Are found the sure rewards of toil,
Where honest poverty and worth
May make a Paradise on earth.
With feelings proud we contemplate
The rising glory of our State;
Nor take offense by application
Of its good-natured appellation.
Our hardy yeomanry can smile
At tourists of "the sear-girt isle,"
Or wits who traveled at the gallop,
Like Basil Hall or Mrs. Trollope.
'T is true among the crowds that roam
To seek for fortune or a home,
It happens that we often find
Empiricism of a kind.
A strutting fop, who boasts of knowledge,
Acquired at some far eastern college,
Expects to take us by surprise,
And dazzle our astonished eyes.
He boasts of learning, skill, and talents
Which, in the scale, would Andes balance;
Cuts widening swaths from day to day,
And in a month he runs away.
Not thus the honest son of toil,
Who settles here to till the soil,
and with intentions just and good,
Acquires an ample livelihood:
He is (and not the little-great)
The bone and sinew of the State.
With six-horse team to one-horse cart,
We hail here from every part;
And some you'll see, sans shoes or socks on,
With snake-pole and a yoke of oxen;
Others with pack-horse, dog, and rifle,
Make emigration quite a trifle.
The emigrant is soon located-
In Hoosier life initiated:
Erects a cabin in the woods,
Wherein he stows his household goods.
At first, round logs and clapboard roof,
With puncheon floor, quite carpet proof,
And paper windows, oiled and neat,
His edifice is then complete.
When four clay balls, in form of plummet,
Adorn his wooden chimney's summit.
Ensconced in this, let those who can
Find out a truly happier man.
The little youngsters rise around him,
So numerous they quite astound him;
Each with an ax or wheel in hand,
And instinct to subdue the land.
Erelong the cabin disappears,
A spacious mansion next he rears;
His fields seem widening by stealth,
An index of increasing wealth;
and when the hives of Hoosiers swarm,
To each is given a noble farm.
These are the seedlings of the State,
The stamina to make the great.
'T is true, her population, various,
Find avocations multifarious;
But having said so much, 't would seem
No derogation to my theme,
Were I to circumscribe the space,
To picture but a single case:
And if my muse be not seraphic,
I trust you'll find her somewhat graphic.

I'm told, in riding somewhere West,
A stranger found a Hoosier's Nest -
In other words, a buckeye cabin,
Just big enough to hold Queen Mab in;
Its situation, low but airy,
Was on the borders of a prairie;
And fearing he might be benighted,
He hailed the house, and then alighted.
The Hoosier met him at the door -
Their salutations soon were o'er.
He took the stranger's horse aside,
And to a sturdy sapling tied;
Then having stripped the saddle off,
He fed him in a sugar-trough.
The stranger stooped to enter in -
The entranced closing with a pin -
And manifested strong desire
To seat him by the log-heap fire,
Where half-a-dozen Hoosieroons,
With mush-and-milk, tin-cups, and spoons,
White heads, bare feet, and dirty faces,
Seemed much inclined to keep their places.
But Madam, anxious to display
Her rough but undisputed sway,
Her offspring to the ladder led,
And cuffed the youngsters up to bed.
Invited shortly to partake
Of venison, milk, and johnny cake,
The stranger made a hearty meal,
And glances round the room would steal.
One side was lined with divers garments,
The other spread with skins of varmints;
Dried pumpkins overhead were strung,
Where venison hams in plenty hung;
Two rifles placed above the door;
Three dogs lay stretched upon the floor -
In short, the domicile was rife
With specimens of Hoosier life.
The host, who centered his affections
On game, and range, and quarter sections,
Discoursed his weary guests for hours,
Till Somnus' all-composing powers
Of sublunary cares bereft 'em;
And then -
No matter how the story ended;
The application I intended
Is from the famous Scottish poet,
Who seemed to feel as well as know it,
That "buirdley chiels and clever hizzies
Are bred in sic' a way as this is."

*Railroads were problematical in 1830, when this was written.

"The weak are always anxious for justice and equality. The strong pay no heed to either." — Aristotle

"A species that enslaves other beings is hardly superior — mentally or otherwise." — Captain Kirk

"Now, I don't pretend to tell you how to find happiness and love, when every day is a struggle to survive. But I do insist that you do survive, because the days and the years ahead are worth living for!" — Edith Keeler

"Live long and prosper!" — Spock

"The most important thing in life is to stop saying 'I wish' and start saying 'I will.' Consider nothing impossible, then treat possibilities as probabilities." — Charles Dickens

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A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men

Waste not want not

A watched pot never boils

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

What goes up must come down

When the going gets tough, the tough get going

While there's life there's hope

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

"No clouds are in the morning sky,
The vapors hug the stream,
Who says that life and love can die
In all this northern gleam?
At every turn the maples burn,
The quail is whistling free,
The partridge whirs, and the frosted burs
Are dropping for you and me.
Ho! hillyho! heigh O!
Hillyho!
In the clear October morning." ― Edmund Clarence Stedman

Predator at the Chessboard: A Field Guide to Chess Tactics (Book I) (Book #1 in the A Field Guide to Chess Tactics Series) by Ward Farnsworth Chess tactics explained in English: the websitewww.chesstactics.org in book form. This volume is the first in a two-part set. The two books together contain over a thousand examples organized in unprecedented detail. Every position is accompanied by a commentary describing a train of thought that leads to the solution; these books thus are the ideal learning tool for those who prefer explanations in words to long strings of notation. This first volume provides an introduction to tactics and explains forks and discovered attacks. (Book II covers pins and skewers, removal of the guard, and mating patterns.)

Predator at the Chessboard: A Field Guide to Chess Tactics (Book II) (Book #2 in the A Field Guide to Chess Tactics Series) by Ward Farnsworth Chess tactics explained in English: the second volume of material (in a two-volume set) fromwww.chesstactics.org. The two books together contain over a thousand examples organized in unprecedented detail. Every position is accompanied by a commentary describing a train of thought that leads to the solution; these books thus are the ideal learning tool for those who prefer explanations in words to long strings of notation. Book II -- the present volume -- covers pins and skewers, removal of the guard, and mating patterns. (The first book in the set provides an introduction to tactics and explains forks and discovered attacks.)

Apr-16-07 JustAFish: I actually don't own Polgar's books A World Champion's Guide to Chess: Step-by-step instructions for winning chess the ♙olgar way by Susan ♙olgar and ♙aul Truong, Chess Tactics for Champions: A Step-♗y-Step Guide to Using Tactics and Combinations the ♙olgar Way by Susan ♙olgar and ♙aul Truong, Chess: 5334 ♙roblems, Combinations, and Games by László ♙olgár or De La Mazza's book ♖apid Chess Improvement by Michael de la Maza. The former is too big to read at lunch, the latter can be fairly summarized on the back of a post card. For tactics study, I use CT-ART 3.0, mostly. For the trivial stuff, I fall back on Anatoly Lein's tactics book Sharpen Your Tactics: 1125 ♗rilliant Sacrifices, Combinations, and Studies by ♗oris Archangelsky and Anatoly Lein, of which the first 200 or so puzzles are extremely easy.

{Books for amateurs include: Chess for Children by Ted Nottingham- Bob Wade- Al Lawrence, Learn/How to Play and Win at Chess: History, Rules, Skills and Tactics by John Saunders, The Chess Kid's Book of Tactics/My First Book of Tactics by David MacEnulty, Winning Chess Tactics and Strategy by Ted Nottingham- Bob Wade- Al Lawrence, Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess by Stuart Margulies- Bobby Fischer- Don Mosenfelder, et al., Winning Chess Tactics by Bill Robertie, Chess Tactics and Combinations Workbook: Winning the Battles Between the Pieces by Todd Bardwick, Chess Tactics for Students by John A. Bain, Lessons in Chess by Garry Kasparov, Checkmate Tactics by Garry Kasparov, The Chess Tactics Workbook by Al Woolum, Chess Tactics for Kids by Murray Chandler, Everyone's First Chess Workbook: Fundamental Tactics and Checkmates for Improvers - 738 Practical Exercises by Peter Giannatos, London 2.Bf4 Tactics: 200 Winning Chess Positions for White by Tim Sawyer, Simple Chess Tactics and Checkmates by A.J. Gillam, Chess Tactics For Scholastic Players by Dean Joseph Ippolito, Learn Chess Tactics by John Nunn, Chess Tactics Workbook for Kids by John Nunn, 1001 Deadly Checkmates by John Nunn, Everyone's 2nd Chessbook by Dan Heisman, A Parent's Guide to Chess by Dan Heisman, Back to Basics: Tactics by Dan Heisman, A Guide to Chess Improvement: The Best of Novice Nook by Dan Heisman, Looking for Trouble: Recognizing and Meeting Threats in Chess by Dan Heisman, The Improving Chess Thinker by Dan Heisman, Chess Tactics by Paul Littlewood, Sharpen Your Chess Tactics in 7 Days by Gary Lane, The Winning Way: The How What and Why of Opening Strategems by Bruce Pandolfini, Beginning Chess: Over 300 Elementary Problems for Players New to the Game by Bruce Pandolfini, Chess Target Practice: Battle Tactics for Every Square on the Board by Bruce Pandolfini, Pandolfini's Chess Challenges: 111 Winning Endgames by Bruce Pandolfini, Kasprov's Winning Chess Tactics by Bruce Pandolfini, Chessercizes: New Winning Techniques for Players of All Levels by Bruce Pandolfini, Chess Thinking: The Visual Dictionary of Chess Moves, Rules, Strategies and Concepts by Bruce Pandolfini, Chess Puzzles For Students, Volume 1 by Mark C Donlan, Fundamental Chess Tactics by Antonio Gude, Winning Chess Traps for Juniors: Tactics in the Opening by Robert M. Snyder, Thinkers' Chess Academy with Grandmaster Thomas Luther - Volume 1 First Steps in Tactics by Thomas Luther, 1001 Chess Exercises for Beginners: The Tactics Workbook That Explains the Basic Concepts, Too by Roberto Messa and Franco Masetti, 1001 Chess Endgame Exercises for Beginners: The Tactics Workbook That Also Improves Your Endgame Skills by Thomas Willemze, 1001 Chess Exercises for Club Players: The Tactics Workbook That Also... by Frank Erwich, How to Be a Winner at Chess by Fred Reinfeld, Chess Tactics for Beginners (Chess Lovers' Library) edited by Fred Reinfeld, Chess Tactics: Puzzles for Beginners by Robert Graham Wade and Stanley Morrison, How To Win Chess Games Quickly by Fred Reinfeld, How to Force Checkmate by Fred Reinfeld, Winning Chess by Irving Chernev and Fred Reinfeld, Attack and Counterattack in Chess by Fred Reinfeld, How to Improve Your Chess by I.A. Horowitz and Fred Reinfeld, Great Short Games of the Chess Masters by Fred Reinfeld, Chess Mastery by Questions and Answers by Fred Reinfeld, 1001 Brilliant Ways to Checkmate by Fred Reinfeld, Winning Chess Traps by Irving Chernev, Chess Tactics and Attacking Techniques by Raymond Edwards, What's the Best Move? by Larry Evans, Win in 20 Moves or Less by Fred Reinfeld, Win at Chess (300 puzzles) by Fred Reinfeld, The Immortal Games of Capablanca by Fred Reinfeld, Chess Traps, Pitfalls and Swindles: How to Set Them and How to Avoid Them by I.A. Horowitz and Fred Reinfeld, Modern Chess Tactics by Luděk Pachman, The Fireside Book of Chess by Fred Reinfeld and Irving Chernev, 1001 Brilliant Ways to Checkmate by Fred Reinfeld, The Complete Chess Course by Fred Reinfeld, Point Count Chess by I.A. Horowitz and Geoffrey Mott-Smith, Winning Chess Combinations by Hans Bouwmeester, Chess: The Complete Self Tutor by Edward Lasker, The Tactics of End-Games by Jenö Bán, Tal's Winning Chess Combinations by Mikhail Tal and Victor Khenkin, Chess Tactics for Improvers - Volume 1: Improve your tactical radar to step up your game by Carsten Hansen, Take My Rooks by Yasser Seirawan and Nikolay Minev, Chess Training by Nigel Povah, A Course in Chess Tactics by Vladimir Georgiev and Dejan Bojkov, Chess Concepts Made Easy: Strategy and Tactics of Opening, Middlegame and Endgame by FM Bill Jordan, Chess Exam and Training Guide: Tactics: Rate Yourself and Learn How to Improve! by Igor Khmelnitsky, Better Chess for Average Players by Tim Harding, Chess Tactics for the Tournament Player by GM Sam Palatnik and GM Lev Alburt, The King in Jeopardy (Book #4 in the Comprehensive Chess Course Series) by Sam Palatnik and Lev Alburt, Chess Training Pocket Book: 300 Most Important Positions and Ideas by Lev Alburt, Attack! The Subtle Art of Winning Brilliantly by Neil McDonald, Why You Lose at Chess, 2nd Edition by Tim Harding, Chess Endgame Quiz by Larry Evans, Chess Tactics from Scratch: Understanding Chess Tactics by Martin Weteschnik, Mastering Tactical Ideas by Nikolay Minev, Queen Sacrifice by Iakov Neishtadt and Yakov Neishtadt, Catastrophes & Tactics in the Chess Opening - Volume 3: Flank Openings: Winning in 15 Moves or Less: by Carsten Hansen, Winning Chess Tactics for Juniors by Lou Hays, Killer Chess Tactics: World Champion Tactics and Combinations by Raymond D. Keene- Leonid Shamkovich- Eric Schiller, Progressive Tactics: 1002 Progressively Challenging Chess Tactics by Dave Couture, Strike Like Judit!: The Winning Tactics of Chess Legend Judit Polgar by Charles Hertan, Tactics Time 1001 Chess Tactics from the Real Games of Everyday Players by Anthea Carson and Tim Brennan, 10 Most Common Chess Mistakes...and How to Avoid Them, 2nd Edition by Larry Evans, French Tactics: Chess Opening Combinations and Checkmates by Tim Sawyer, How Good Is Your Chess? by Larry Evans, Forcing Chess Moves: The Key to Better Calculation by Charles Hertan, How to Calculate Chess Tactics by Valeri Beim, Tactical Chess Exchanges by Gennady Nesis, The Chess Toolbox: Practical Techniques Everyone Should Know by Thomas Willemze, Improve Your Chess Tactics: 700 Practical Lessons & Exercises by Yakov Neishtadt, Attacking the King by Yakov Neishtadt and Iakov Neishtadt, A to Z Chess Tactics: Every chess move explained by George Huczek, Tactics in the King's Indian (Batsford Chess Library) by Gennady Nesis, The Complete Chess Workout: Train your brain with 1200 puzzles! by Richard Palliser, Exchanging to Win in the Endgame by Gennady Nesis, Chess Tactics by Alexander Kotov, Your Jungle Guide to Chess Tactics: Sharpen Your Tactical Skills by Peter Prohaszka, Tactics in the Sicilian by Gennady Nesis and Igor Blekhtsin, The Chess Tactics Detection Workbook by John Emms and Volker Schleputz, Combination Tactics: Best 500 Ways to Win Material from Sawyer Chess Tactics by Tim Sawyer, 1001 Deadly Chess Puzzles by James Rizzitano, King's Indian Defense: Tactics, Ideas, Exercises by Nikolay Minev, Tactics in the Chess Opening 3: French Defence and Other Half-Open Games by Geert Van Stricht- Friso Nijboer- Geert Van Der Stricht, Tactical Play by Mark Dvoretsky, Training with Moska: Practical Chess Exercises - Tactics, Strategy, Endgames by Viktor Moskalenko,

GM endorsement or not, there is some scientific basis to the idea of "chunking" as the means by which one acquires great skill in a realm like chess. The idea is that repetition reinforces the pathways in the brain that deal with that activity. The more repetition, the more reinforcement and with greater reinforcement, comes speedier and more "intuitive" recall Moreover it allows a range of of related concepts to be brought together under one 'unit" which is easier to manage than its individual constituents. For instance, one can chunk the idea of "pawn on f2, g3, h2 and bishop on g2" into the single unit "fianchettoed bishop". This saves time and thought. One can then chunk the idea of "fianchettoed bishop" and pawns on c4, d4 etc. under a broader topic like "Catalan Formation". Each of these "chunks" has its own characteristics, and aids in figuring out the nuances of larger chunks. Better players have more and more kinds of "chunks."

Certainly, chunking must help. If one, for instance, has (as Silman says) the "Lucena" position in 'muscle memory' (that is, so entirely memorized and reinforced that one can win it almost unconsciously) then one needn't waste effort dealing with its nuances when calculating positions earlier in the game. If one simply knows, intuitively, that a position is (or will be) Lucena, and one perform it easily, then no calculation of that part of a long chain of moves is necessary. Given infinite time, this would not be an issue. OTB chess, however, has limited time.

Similarly, with middlegame tactics, if one simply, because of chunking, has a feeling that a given position is laden with tactical possibilities, then one skips the process (and time) of having to figure this out. Over time, as my chess has improved from "pathetic" to "middling" I've found myself, more and more, encountering positions that simply 'feel' ready for a combination or a certain type of positional move. This sense, brought about by countless tactical exercises I suspect, is extremely useful. It doesn't absolve me of the need to calculate, from time to time, but it certainly nudges me in the right direction much of the time.

Dec-12-16 DrGridlock: Q: When is a pin not a pin? A: When the piece is:
(i) not pinned to the king
and
(ii) in moving the piece threatens either mate or greater material gain than what it was pinned to. (iii) in moving the piece now defends the unit it was pinned to, such as Nf3xd4 and protects the Be2 that was behind the knight.

Riddle Question: The more of this there is, the less you see. What is it?

The word millionaire was first used by Benjamin Disraeli in his 1826 novel Vivian Grey.

Riddle Answer: Darkness

Riddle Question: David's parents have three sons: Snap, Crackle, and what's the name of the third son?

If you stack one million US$1 bills, it would be 110m (361 ft) high and weight exactly 1 ton.

Riddle Answer: David

SIX REASONS WHY CHESS IS SO FUN!

01) Hardly any luck is involved in chess.

02) Chances of the same exact game being repeated is highly unlikely.

03) Chess can be played anytime, anywhere.

04) There is no age, gender, or language barrier in chess.

05) Chess takes your mind away from your problems.

06) Playing chess makes you feel special.

Cold water weighs more than hot water.
There are 118 chemical elements.
The word "science" comes from the Latin word "scientia," meaning knowledge. The Nobel Peace Prize is the highest scientific honor. Over 7 million people in the world have careers in science.

The word millionaire was first used by Benjamin Disraeli in his 1826 novel Vivian Grey.

If you stack one million US$1 bills, it would be 110m (361 ft) high and weight exactly 1 ton.

"It's not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters." ― Epictetus

"I think a gentleman is someone who holds the comfort of other people above their own. The instinct to do that is inside every good man, I believe. The rules about opening doors and buying dinner and all of that other 'gentleman' stuff is a chess game, especially these days." ― Anna Kendrick

Never judge a book by its cover.

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"Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power." ― Abraham Lincoln

It's no time to play chess when the house is on fire. ~ Italian Proverbs

If you must play, decide on three things at the start: the rules of the game, the stakes, and the quitting time. ~ Chinese Proverb

The one who wins plays best. ~ German Proverbs

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

"Above the clouds I lift my wing
To hear the bells of Heaven ring;
Some of their music, though my fights be wild,
To Earth I bring;
Then let me soar and sing!" ― Edmund Clarence Stedman

"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 foot feels the foot when it feels the ground." ― Buddha

"If your opponent cannot do anything active, then don't rush the position. Instead you should let him sit there, suffer, and beg you for a draw." ― Jeremy Silman

"If you're going to make your mark among masters, you've to work far harder and more intensively, or, to put it more exactly, the work is far more complex than that needed to gain the title of Master." ― Mikhail Botvinnik

"I have seen two geniuses in my time. One was Tal. The other was Fischer." ― Russian GM Yuri Averbakh

"Encouragement is like water to the soul, it makes everything grow." ― Chris Burkmenn

Be slow in choosing a friend but slower in changing him. ~ Scottish Proverb

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

Conceive a man by nature and misfortune prone to a pallid hopelessness, can any business seem more fitted to heighten it than that of continually handling these dead letters and assorting them for the flames? For by the cart-load they are annually burned. Sometimes from out the folded paper the pale clerk takes a ring: - the finger it was meant for, perhaps, moulders in the grave; a bank-note sent in swiftest charity: - he whom it would relieve, nor eats nor hungers any more; pardon for those who died despairing; hope for those who died unhoping; good tidings for those who died stifled by unrelieved calamities. On errands of life, these letters speed to death. Ah Bartleby! Ah humanity! — Herman Melville

"Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up." ― Thomas A. Edison

harrylime's TOP FIVE FLY ON A WALL MOMENTS IN CHESS

1 .. 1896 ... Bardelbum leaves his game v STEINITZ Hastings

2. PILLSBURY in 1896 Becomes the best player in the World at Hastings

3. CAPA in Havana 1921

4. BOBBY 1972

5. MORPHY in Paris at the Opera 1858

2 Timothy 1:7
For God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control.

Psalm 28:7
The Lord is my strength and my shield; in him my heart trusts, and I am helped; my heart exults, and with my song I give thanks to him.

"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

John 16:33
"I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world."

Psalm 37:4
Delight yourself in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart.

"God gave us the gift of life; it is up to us to give ourselves the gift of living well." ― Voltaire

"It's not how you start that matters, it's how you finish."

"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

Psalm 27:1
The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?

1 John 4:18
There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love.

If the game is well-played, the rook's first move is usually sideways.

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"Many have become chess masters, no one has become the master of chess." ― Siegbert Tarrasch

"In the end, it is important to remember that we cannot become what we need to be by remaining what we are." — Max De Pree

<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.">

807 zem: move 21. zooter Frit z drip drip drip Kh4? partly sunny is mostly cloudy or Steinitz foot.

When you die, what part of the body dies last? The pupils… they dilate.

"Some endgames are more equal than others." — Antonio Radić a.k.a. agadmator Antonio Radić (born 16 June 1987), better known as agadmator ( Serbo-Croatian pronunciation: agad'mator̩ 2 ), is a Croatian YouTuber and chess player. He has one of the most popular chess channels on YouTube, and he previously had the most subscribers of any YouTube chess channel from 2018 until late 2021 when he was surpassed by GothamChess.

Isaiah 26:19 "Your dead shall live; their bodies shall rise. You who dwell in the dust, awake and sing for joy! For your dew is a dew of light, and the earth will give birth to the dead."

Daniel 12:2 "And many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt."

Psalm 16:9-11 "Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: my flesh also shall rest in hope. For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption. Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore."

New Testament Resurrection Scriptures

Matthew 12:40 For just as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

1 Thessalonians 4:14 For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so, through Jesus, God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep.

Romans 8:11 If the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit who dwells in you.

John 11:25-26 Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live, and everyone who lives and believes in me shall never die. Do you believe this?"

Romans 6:4 We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life.

Phillippians 3:10-11 That I may know him and the power of his resurrection, and may share his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, that by any means possible I may attain the resurrection from the dead.

1st Peter 1:3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, He has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.

The Shepherd
by William Blake
1757 (Soho) – 1827 (London)

How sweet is the shepherd's sweet lot!
From the morn to the evening he strays;
He shall follow his sheep all the day,
And his tongue shall be filled with praise.

For he hears the lambs' innocent call,
And he hears the ewes' tender reply;
He is watchful while they are in peace,
For they know when their shepherd is nigh.

If you add up the numbers 1-100 consecutively (1+2+3+4+5 etc) the total is 5050.

Hydrogen gas is the least dense substance in the world, at 0.08988 g/cc. Hydrogen solid is the most dense substance in the world, at 70.6 g/cc. Cold water weighs more than hot water.

According to Einstein's Special Theory of Relativity, it is possible to go slower than light and faster than light, but it is impossible to go at the speed of light.

In July 1849, Hippolyte Fizeau became the first person to measure the speed of light on Earth.

All humans are 99.9% genetically identical and 98.4% of human genes are the same as the genes of a chimpanzee. The genetic similarity between a human and a cat is 90%, with a mouse 85%, a dog 84%, a cow 80%, a pumpkin 75%, a banana 60% and with a cabbage 57%.

A pipe 2 feet (60 cm) in diameter will allow 4 times more fluid to pass through it than a pipe 1 foot (30 cm) in diameter.

Helium is the second most abundant element in the Universe but it's exceedingly rare on Earth. Helium used for industrial purposes is a byproduct of natural gas production. 75% is produced in the USA.

The chemical formula for Rubidium Bromide is RbBr, the only chemical formula palindrome.

Moisture, not air, causes superglue to dry.

Water is 830 times denser than air.

1 HP is the equivalent of 33,000 ft/lbfs per minute.

If you cut up a hologram, the entire image is retained in each piece.

Physicist Murray Gell-Mann named the sub-atomic particles known as quarks for a random line in James Joyce's "Three quarks for Muster Mark."

Carbonated water, with nothing else in it, can dissolve limestone, talc, and many other low-hardness minerals. Carbonated water, by the way, is the main ingredient in soda pop.

20.9% of the gas in the atmosphere is oxygen.

A cesium atom in an atomic clock beats over 9 billion times a second.

The 111th element is known as "unnilenilenium."

Due to gravitational effects, you weigh slightly less when the moon is directly overhead.

Extremely high-pressured water can easily cut through a steel beam.

Forensic scientists can determine a person's sex, age, and race by examining a single strand of hair.

Sound travels through water 3 times faster than through air.

A square piece of dry paper cannot be folded in half more than 7 times.

If you could fold a piece of paper in half 50 times, its thickness will be 3/4 the distance from the Earth to the Sun (71 million miles).

Air becomes liquid at about minus 190 degrees Celsius.

Liquid air looks like water with a bluish tint.

The thin line of cloud that forms behind an aircraft at high altitudes is called a contrail.

Radio waves travel so much faster than sound waves that a broadcast voice can be heard sooner 18,000 km away than in the back of the room in which it originated.

Most of the air is about 78% nitrogen gas. Only 21% consists of oxygen. The remaining 1% consists of carbon dioxide, argon, neon, helium, krypton, hydrogen, xenon and ozone.

Argon is used to fill the space in most light bulbs. Neon is used in fluorescent signs. Fluorescent lights are filled with mercury gas.

Hydrogen gas is the least dense substance in the world.

A US ton is equivalent to 900 kg (2000 pounds). A British ton is 1008 kg (2240 pounds), called a gross ton.

Industrial hemp contains less than 1% of THC, the psychoactive component of marijuana.

Since space is essentially empty it cannot carry sound. Therefor there is no sound in space, at least not the sort of sound that we are used to.

Water expands by about 9% as it freezes.

The surface of hot water freezes faster than cold water but the rest of the water will remain liquid longer than in a cold sample.

The smallest transistor is 50-nanometres wide – roughly 1/2000 the width of a human hair.

A compass does not point to the geographical North or South Pole, but to the magnetic poles.

The double-helix structure of DNA was discovered in 1953 by James Watson and Francis Crick. The length of a single human DNA molecule, when extended, is 5'5″ (1.7 m).

In a desert, a mirage is caused when air near the ground is hotter than air higher up. As light from the sun passes from cooler to warmer air, it speeds up and is refracted upward, creating the image of water.

The typical bolt of lightning heats the atmosphere to 50,000 degrees Fahrenheit.

An electric oven uses one kilowatt-hour of electricity in about 20 minutes, but one kilowatt-hour will power a TV for 3 hours, run a 100-watt bulb for 12 hours, and keep an electric clock ticking for 3 months.

Urea is found in human urine and dalmatian dogs and nowhere else.

If the chemical sodium is dropped into water it will immediately and violently explode.

The name for fungal remains found in coal is sclerotinite.

Parthenogenesis is the term used to describe the process by which certain animals are able to reproduce themselves in successive female generations without intervention of a male of the species. At least one species of lizard is known to do so.

The first fossilized specimen of Austalopithecus afarenisis was named Lucy after the palentologists' favorite song, Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds, by the Beatles.

A type specimen is used in paleontology as the best example of that species. The type specimen for the human species is the skull of Edward Drinker Cope, an American paleontologist of the late 1800's.

Human birth control pills work on gorillas.

A woman's sense of smell is most sensitive during ovulation.

Cellophane is not made of plastic. It is made from a plant fiber, cellulose, which has been shredded and aged.

A cubic yard of air weighs about 2 pounds at sea level.

The infinity sign is called a lemniscate.

Rene Descartes came up with the theory of coordinate geometry by looking at a fly walk across a tiled ceiling.

The number Zero was invented by Aryabhatta.

Oceanography, the study of oceans, is a mixture of biology, physics, geology and chemistry.

In extremely rare instances, cosmic rays have sufficient energy to alter the states of circuit components in electronic integrated circuits, causing soft errors. Cosmic rays were suspected as a possible cause of an in-flight incident in 2008 where an Airbus A330 airliner of Qantas twice plunged hundreds of feet after an unexplained malfunction in its flight control system.

More than 60 million people annually visit France, a country of 60 million people.

The oldest inhabited city is Damascus, Syria.

The first city in the world to have a population of more than one million was Rome.

In the great fire of London in 1666 half of London was burnt down but only 6 people were injured.

The Canadian province of Newfoundland has its own time zone, which is half an hour behind Atlantic standard time.

The most eastern part of the western world is located in Ilomantsi, Finland.

The Stelvio Pass in the Italian Alps has 75 hairpin corners. The pass is a popular place to test cars and bikes.

There is a dangerous corner on the Dalton Highway called "Oh @#$% Corner."

The Pacific entrance of the Panama Canal is farther East than the Atlantic entrance.

Iceland has no railway system or army.

The country of Brazil is named after the brazil nut.

There is a city called Rome on every continent.

Mexico City is built on top of an underground resevoir and is sinking at a rate of 18 inches (45 cm) per year.

The most populated city in the world – when major urban areas are included – is Tokyo, with more than 37 million residents.

Tokyo was once known as Edo.

In England, the Queen, the Church of England and Trinity College, Cambridge are some of the largest landowners in the country.

Madrid is the only European capital city not situated on a river.

Antarctica is the only land on our planet that is not owned by any country.

Istanbul, Turkey is the only city in the world located on two continents, Europe and Asia. It is connected by bridges.

It is said that if you take a raccoon's head to the Henniker, New Hampshire town hall, you are entitled to receive $.10 from the town.

Jericho is the oldest walled city in the world.

The city name "Dublin" comes from the Irish Dubh Linn which means Blackpool.

Ontario is the only Canadian Province that borders the Great Lakes.

Tasmania is said to have the cleanest air in the world.

All the dirt from the foundation to build the World Trade Center in NYC was dumped into the Hudson River to form the community now known as Battery City Park.

The first mention of Mecca was made by the geographer Ptolemy in the 2nd century AD as Macoraba. It was a place of religious and commercial pilgrimage long before Muhammad returned there in 630. Christians have been forbidden to visit Mecca since the time of Muhammad.

Martha's Vineyard once had its own dialect of Sign Language. One deaf person arrived in 1692 and after that there was a relatively large genetically deaf population that had their own particular dialect of sign language. From 1692-1910 nearly all hearing people on the island were bilingual in sign language and English.

The Canary Islands were not named after a bird called the canary; they were named after the latin name for dogs.

Sochi, Russia is the longest city in the world, at 90 miles (145 km) long. Sydney, Australia is the second longest city.

At their closest point, the Russian and US borders are less than two miles apart.

Beat! Beat! Drums!
BY WALT WHITMAN (1819-92)

Beat! beat! drums!—blow! bugles! blow!
Through the windows—through doors—burst like a ruthless force, Into the solemn church, and scatter the congregation, Into the school where the scholar is studying,
Leave not the bridegroom quiet—no happiness must he have now with his bride, Nor the peaceful farmer any peace, ploughing his field or gathering his grain, So fierce you whirr and pound you drums—so shrill you bugles blow.

Beat! beat! drums!—blow! bugles! blow!
Over the traffic of cities—over the rumble of wheels in the streets; Are beds prepared for sleepers at night in the houses? no sleepers must sleep in those beds, No bargainers' bargains by day—no brokers or speculators—would they continue? Would the talkers be talking? would the singer attempt to sing? Would the lawyer rise in the court to state his case before the judge? Then rattle quicker, heavier drums—you bugles wilder blow.

Beat! beat! drums!—blow! bugles! blow!
Make no parley—stop for no expostulation,
Mind not the timid—mind not the weeper or prayer, Mind not the old man beseeching the young man,
Let not the child's voice be heard, nor the mother's entreaties, Make even the trestles to shake the dead where they lie awaiting the hearses, So strong you thump O terrible drums—so loud you bugles blow.

"Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win." ― Sun Tzu, The Art of War

"I won't be lectured on gun control by an administration that armed the Taliban." ― voter

"Age wrinkles the body. Quitting wrinkles the soul." ― General of the Army, Douglas MacArthur

Romans 6:4 We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life.