This opening is called Brazilian Defense. I've tried a few times with good results. Also 2...Qe7 idea "The Câmara Defense"

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Hunting accident
Two hunters are out in the woods when one of them collapses. He's not breathing, and his eyes are glazed. The other guy whips out his cell phone and calls 911.

"I think my friend is dead!" he yells. "What can I do?"

The operator says, "Calm down. First, let's make sure he's dead."

There's a silence, then a shot. Back on the phone, the guy says, "Okay, now what?"

— Submitted by Gerald Doka

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<Principles of Chess

01. Develop your pieces quickly.
02. Control the center.
03. Try to put your pieces on squares that give them maximum space.

04. Try to develop your knights towards the center.

05. A knight on the rim is dim.
06. Don't take unnecessary chances.
07. Play aggressive.
08. Calculate forced moves first.
09. Always ask yourself, "Can he put me in check or win a piece?"

10. Have a plan. Every move should have a purpose.

11. Assume your opponent's move is his best move.

12. Ask yourself, "why did he move there?" after each opponent move.

13. Play for the initiative and controlling the board.

14. If you must lose a piece, get something for it if you can.

15. When behind, exchange pawns. When ahead, exchange pieces.

16. If you are losing, don't give up fighting. Look for counterplay.

17. Don't play unsound moves unless you are losing badly.

18. Don't sacrifice a piece without good reason.

19. If you are in doubt of an opponent's sacrifice, accept it.

20. Attack with more that just one or two pieces.

21. Do not make careless pawn moves. They cannot move back.

22. Do not block in your bishops.
23. Bishops of opposite colors have the greatest chance of drawing.

24. Try not to move the same piece twice or more times in a row.

25. Exchange pieces if it helps your development.

26. Don't bring your queen out early.
27. Castle soon to protect your king and develop your rook.

28. Develop rooks to open files.
29. Put rooks behind passed pawns.
30. Study rook endgames. They are the most common and most complicated.

31. Don't let your king get caught in the center.

32. Don't castle if it brings your king into greater danger from attack.

33. After castling, keep a good pawn formation around your king.

34. If you only have one bishop, put your pawns on its opposite color.

35. Trade pawns pieces when ahead in material or when under attack.

36. If cramped, free your game by exchanging material.

37. If your opponent is cramped, don't let him get any freeing exchanges.

38. Study openings you are comfortable with.
39. Play over entire games, not just the opening.

40. Blitz chess is helpful in recognizing chess patterns. Play often.

41. Study annotated games and try to guess each move.

42. Stick with just a few openings with White, and a few openings with Black.

43. Record your games and go over them, especially the games you lost.

44. Show your games to higher rated opponents and get feedback from them.

45. Use chess computers and databases to help you study and play more.

46. Everyone blunders. The champions just blunder less often.

47. When it is not your move, look for tactics and combinations.

48. Try to double rooks or double rook and queen on open files.

49. Always ask yourself, "Does my next move overlook something simple?"

50. Don't make your own plans without the exclusion of the opponent's threats.

51. Watch out for captures by retreat of an opponent's piece.

52. Do not focus on one sector of the board. View thw whole board.

53. Write down your move first before making that move if it helps.

54. Try to solve chess puzzles with diagrams from books and magazines.

55. It is less likely that an opponent is prepared for off-beat openings.

56. Recognize transposition of moves from main-line play.

57. Watch your time and avoid time trouble.
58. Bishops are worth more than knights except when they are pinned in.

59. A knight works better with a bishop than another knight.

60. It is usually a good idea to trade down into a pawn up endgame.

61. Have confidence in your game.
62. Play in as many rated events as you can.
63. Try not to look at your opponent's rating until after the game.

64. Always play for a win.
(If a win is no longer possible, then play for a draw.)>

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The eagle loves the mountain. Caucasian

Eagles fly alone. English

In the land where there are no eagles the sparrow pretends he is an eagle. Dyak

Tales are the food of the ear. Sudanic

"Come and I'll tell you" tickles the ear. Sudanic

The ear has one hole.
(i.e. the capacity of the listener is limited.) Sudanic

The hollow of the ear is never full.
(i.e. never tired of hearing.) Sudanic

Gifted ears sprout on a gifted head.
(i.e. an intelligent man makes use of all he hears.) Hamitic

To get up early for three mornings is equal to one day of time. Chinese

The early hour has gold in its mouth. Estonian

Any place in the yellow earth will do to bury a man. Chinese

It is very savory to eat scot free. Spanish

There is no economy in going to bed early to save candles if the result be twins. Chinese

He who holds an eel by the tail does not have it. Latin

Holding an eel too fast is the way to let it go. English

It is hard to shave an egg. English

Some look for hair in a new-laid egg. Italian

The egg hurls itself against the stone. Chinese

You will find it out when you want to fry the eggs. Spanish

"An egg's an egg" said the boor, and took the goose egg. German

Guess how many eggs are in the basket and you shall have the whole seven. German

From twelve eggs he gets thirteen chickens.
(i.e. he is lucky.) German

I'll break the eggs in your pocket.
(i.e. will ruin your plans.) English

Eggs must not quarrel with stones. Chinese

The riches of Egypt are for the foreigners therein. Egyptian

There is no elbow that bends outward. Chinese

All are weak to the elephant. Indian

An elephant dies, but no one finds his trunk; a tiger dies, but no one finds his stripes. (i.e. crime often goes unpunished.) Malayan

An elephant does not die of one broken rib. Bantu

If you kill, kill an elephant; if you rob, rob a treasury. Indian

The elephant is not weighed down by his tusks.
(i.e. the rich are not burdened by their wealth.) Bantu

If it is a real tusk of the elephant, it will never be eaten up by insects. Burmese

Embraces and kisses don't make children but they ring for vespers. (i.e. are the forerunners.) Spanish

628. He is so full of himself that he is quite empty. English

629. He that endures is not overcome. English

630. Have not too many enemies: a fierce serpent may be killed by a swarm of insects. Burmese

631. If you have no enemies, it's a sign fortune has forgot you. English

Many enemies, much honor. German

633. He who has three enemies must agree with two. German

634. It is better to decide a difference between enemies than friends; for one of our friends will certainly become an enemy, and one of our enemies a friend. English

635. He is above his enemies that despises their injuries. English

636. If an enemy does good things, they are evil. Greek

637. For a flying enemy make a silver bridge. English

638. Out of a secret enemy one must make an open one. German

639. An enemy to a man are his possessions. Welsh

If we are bound to forgive an enemy, we are not bound to trust him. English

He is your enemy who is of your trade. Spanish

The root may become a palm, but our enemy will never be our friend. Kurdish

He lingers like English colonization.
(i.e. a guest who has outstayed his welcome.) Arabic

Enlightened men pronounce sentence on themselves. Chinese

Enough is as good as a feast. English

Enough is better than too much. French

Where there is more than enough, more than enough is wasted. Bantu

He who seeks the entrance should also think of the exit. German

Envy is the sorrow of fools. German

Always leave some way of escape for the erring. Chinese

An old error has more friends than a new truth. Danish

An error no wider than a hair will lead a hundred miles away From the goal. German

The man is not escaped who still drags his chain after him. French

Be not an esquire where you were a page. Spanish

I am an esquire, you are an esquire, who will harness the horses? Turkish

He esteems the crow and nightingale alike. Turkish

Everybody says it, nobody does it. German

Example is a great orator. Czech

A good example is like a bell that calls many to church. Danish

He is a bad shot who cannot find an excuse. German

He who excuses himself, accuses himself. English

The executioner is a clean shaver. German

Exiles subsist on hope. Slovakian

All's but lip-wit that wants experience. Scottish

You must look at the country of the one-eyed with one eye. India

The eye believes itself, the ear other people. German

A small hurt in the eye is a great one.

He that hath but one eye must be afraid to lose it. English

The eye of the master fattens the steed. French

The eye that sees all things else sees not itself. English

He who has only one eye wipes it well. German

It is no use applying ­eye-medicine from a two-story window. (i.e. to give advice from afar.) Japanese

For that which interests one, one has open eyes. Sudanic

With the eyes a woman asks, takes, despises and kills. Spanish

When the eyes are closed the world is dark. India

Two eyes are for ornament, one is enough for seeing. Bantu

Eyes concealed mean a wound to the heart. Indian

Eyes feel shame from eyes.
(better to reprimand in person than in writing.) Afghanistan

The eyes have one language everywhere. English

What I see with my eyes I can guess with my fingers. Spanish

Nowhere in the world do eyes look satisfied. Russian

The eyes serve for ears to the deaf. Italian

All are not asleep who have their eyes shut. German

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