This collection of 38 games was compiled by avidfan. Fredthebear copied it from avidfan. Thank you avidfan!

Endings must be mastered in early training. Begin with the end in mind. Tactics, positional sacrifices, king opposition, zugzwang, triangulation may be relevant.

* 100 Best Chess Books of All Time: https://www.shortform.com/best-book... The list has some excellent recommendations, but it's hardly correct. The order of the books is HORRENDOUS. FTB owns hundreds of chess books and has read many, so here's some help.

01) Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess must be thoroughly mastered by ALL beginners. 02) Silman's book is overrated. Better to read Middlegame books & tournament collections. 03) Chernev's books are excellent for advanced beginners and intermediates. 04) M60MG is a classic, but you should read 59 other books before this one. 05) When you think you're a smart chess player, read Polgar's brick cover-cover. 06) Silman's book is overrated. Better to read Middlegame books & tournament collections. 07) Silman's Complete Endgame Course is useful, perhaps confidence-inspiring. 08) The 48 Laws of Power does not belong on this list whatsoever. 09) Zurich 1953 is a classic. Let this be the 53rd chess book that you read. 10) The Life and Games of Mikhail Tal is a favorite world-wide!! 11) A History of Chess by David Shenk is excellent for history buffs. 12) My System by Aron Nimzovich is a true classic, but very wordy. 13) Art of Attack in Chess by Vladimir Vukovic is a true classic, must read!! 14) Dvoretsky's Endgame Manual is a modern classic for top-level players. 15) Seirawan's Winning Chess Tactics, revised is recommended for beginners. 16) Silman's Complete Book of Chess Strategy is not complete, but useful. 17) I don't recommend reading books about suicidal people. It's not an option. 18) Endgame by Frank Brady. Let's read those 60 other books first, O.K.? 19) Chess Fundamentals by Jose Capablanca is NOT for beginners. 20) Seirawan's Play Winning Chess is much better for beginners. 21) Chess for Dummies is NOT for dummies; read before Capablanca's book. 22) My Great Predecessors, Part 1. Save it back for the next decade. 23) The Art of Learning by Josh Waitzkin. Does the cover match the contents? 24) MCO 15th edition by Nick De Firmian is essential for tournament players. 25) Tal-Botvinnik 1960 highly recommended for tournament players. 26) Think Like A Grandmaster is for GMs. Better to think like Chernev, Reinfeld. 27) Game Changer is a good book for master players and above. 28) Understanding Chess Move by Move is for tournament players. 29) My Great Predecessors, Part IV. Save it back for the next decade. 30) Bobby Fischer Goes to War. Let's read those 60 other books first, O.K.? 31) The Luzhin Defense is a fictional novel. It will not improve your chess game. 32) My Great Predecessors, Part 2. Save it back for the next decade. 33) Pawn Structure Chess by Andrew Soltis. Read it sometime after Nunn. 34) Mammoth Book of the World's Greatest Chess Games, after Polgar's brick. 35) 100 Endgames You Must Know is advanced. There's no rush on this one. 36) Silman's book is overrated. Better to read Middlegame books & tournament collections. 37) There's no need to read Searching for Bobby Fischer, but you can if you like. 38) Seirawan's Winning Chess Strategies is for advanced beginners. 39) My Best Games of Chess, 1908-1937. Read this instead of Silman. 39) My Best Games of Chess, 1908-1937. Read this book again, chess hombre! 40) Pandolfini's Ultimate Guide to Chess helps casual club players improve. 41) FCO Paul Van der Sterren is a useful book for intermediates. 42) How Life Imitates Chess. Garry seems well-informed about matters. 43) How to Beat Your Dad at Chess should be read frequently, grown-ups too! 44) Yusupov's Build up your Chess 1 is a fine series for serious, advanced players. 45) My Great Predecessors, Part 3. Save it back for the next decade. 46) Chess mastery does not come easily. It takes steady studies. Skip this book. 47) My Great Predecessors, Part 5. Save it back for the next decade. 48) Chernev's books are useful. Read at least a dozen books before this one. 49) I prefer Lasker's Manual of Chess over Nimzowitch's System and Silman. 50) 1001 Winning Sacrifices and Combinations. Read Lasker's Manual first. 51) Seirawan's Winning Chess Openings. Get FCO Paul Van der Sterren instead. 52) Pachman's Modern Chess Strategy. Read after Alexander Alekhine's book. 53) Deep Thinking? You need to think like Chernev, Reinfeld, Capa, Alekhine. 54) Secrets of Modern Chess Strategy by Watson is a must for master players. 55) Chess Tactics for Champions should be read EVERY six months. Some typos. 56) The Seven Deadly Chess Sins is a good book, but it can wait a few years. 57) Capablanca's Best Chess Endings is a good book, but it can wait a few years. 58) Simple Chess is not so simple. Let it wait at least a year. 59) Mastering the Chess Openings Vol. 1 after FCO Paul Van der Sterren. 60) Practical Chess Exercises will help intermediates and club players. 61) Masters of the Chessboard. Try it after Practical Chess Exercises. 62) Kasparov vs Karpov 1975-1985. This can wait until after the Fischer books. 63) Chess for Kids by Michael Basman is the FIRST BOOK to be read. 64) Chess Praxis, 21st Century edition is understandable, instructive. 65) Re-printed as "How to Play Chess Like a Boss". Recommended. 66) The best way to pump up your rating is to replay complete master games with notes each and every day. 67) Chess for Zebras can wait until you've read all the old classics. 68) Don't rush Best Lessons. Read Seirawan, Polgar, Chernev books first. 69) Read Gelfand's book when you become a grandmaster. 70) Read One Hundred Selected Games after Alekhine and Pachman's books. 70) Read One Hundred Selected Games again. Your competency is elevated. 71) Read How to See 3 Moves Ahead your first year of studies. 72) Studying Chess Made Easy. You should read 3-4 Dan Heisman books first. 73) Shereshevsky's Endgame Strategy is a classic for advanced players. 74) Yusupov's series is for serious, master candidates and beyond. 75) Ideas Behind the Openings for experienced players who know all the names. 76) Fundamental Chess Endings is for masters and grandmasters. 77) The Art of the Middle Game after Alekhine, Pachman, & Botvinnik's books. 78) Chess Master vs. Chess Amateur after you've read the Logical books. 79) Weapons of Chess should be read your first year of playing chess. 80) After Basman & Seirawn, read Traps and Zaps a half-dozen times!! 80) There's a Traps and Zaps II on Semi-Open games. Get that one also. 81) Read Tal's book sometime after The Art of Attack by Vukovic. 82) Garry Kasparov on Garry Kasparov, Part 1 after all the Fischer books. 83) The Flanders Panel - Skip it if you're serious about chess. 84) Pawn Power in Chess sometime after The Art of the Middle Game. 85) The Mammoth Book of Chess shortly after Polgar's tactics, Traps and Zaps. 86) Pandolfini's Endgame Course after The Mammoth Book of Chess. 87) The Middlegame, Book 2 after Pawn Power in Chess. 88) Read Chess for Beginners after Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess at the top. 89) Intermediates must not skip The Game of Chess by Siegbert Tarrasch!! 90) Read Chess: The Art of Logical Thinking after Pandolfini's Endgame Course. 91) Books written by Mark Dvoretsky are for grandmasters. 92) The Queen of Katwe is a real-life success story. Highly recommended!! 93) I have not read this book. Consider the reviews on Amazon.com. 94) 500 Master Games of Chess is an instructive classic! Learn descriptive notation and replay 1-2 games from it each evening. 95) The Turk. Sure, read it if you wish, but don't ever think of cheating. 96) Seirawan's Winning Chess Endings. This is MUST KNOW info for beginners!! 97) Grandmaster Preparation - Calculation. Masters would benefit from this. 98) Don't forget The Immortal Game by David Shenk. It's a history book. 99) Seirawan's Winning Chess Brilliancies. A good read for advanced beginners. 100) Modern Ideas in Chess is a classic for intermediate players and up!

* Top 50 Starter Books Listed in Advancing Study Order: 63 - Chess for Kids by Michael Basman and Mary Ling 01 - Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess by Bobby Fischer, Stuart Margulies, Don Mosenfelder 20 - Play Winning Chess by Yasser Seirawan
43 - How to Beat Your Dad at Chess by Murray Chandler 88 - Chess for Beginners Know the Rules, Choose Your Strategy, and Start Winning by Yelizaveta Orlova 80 - Chess Openings Traps And Zaps by Bruce Pandolfini 15 - Winning Chess Tactics, revised by Yasser Seirawan 03 - Logical Chess Move By Move Every Move Explained New Algebraic Edition by Irving Chernev 79 - Weapons of Chess An Omnibus of Chess Strategies by Bruce Pandolfini 65 - The Complete Idiot's Guide to Chess/Play Like a Boss by Patrick Wolff 99 - Winning Chess Brilliancies by Yasser Seirawan 55 - Chess Tactics for Champions A step-by-step guide to using tactics and combinations the Polgar way by Susan Polgar and Paul Truong Xtra - More Chess Openings: Traps and Zaps 2 by Bruce Pandolfini 21 - Chess for Dummies by James Eade
96 - Winning Chess Endings by Yasser Seirawan
40 - Pandolfini's Ultimate Guide to Chess by Bruce Pandolfini 96 - Winning Chess Endings by Yasser Seirawan. Read it again; know it! 55 - Chess Tactics for Champions A step-by-step guide to using tactics and combinations the Polgar way by Susan Polgar and Paul Truong 38 - Winning Chess Strategies by Yasser Seirawan 90 - Chess: The Art of Logical Thinking From the First Move to the Last by Neil McDonald 16 - Complete Book of Chess Strategy by Jeremy Silman 68 - Best Lessons of a Chess Coach by Sunil Weeramantry, Edward V. Eusebi, Bruce Pandolfini 55 - Chess Tactics for Champions A step-by-step guide to using tactics and combinations the Polgar way by Susan Polgar and Paul Truong 19 - Chess Fundamentals by Jose Capablanca
86 - Pandolfini's Endgame Course by Bruce Pandolfini 85 - The Mammoth Book of Chess by Graham Burgess. Explains 125 games. 71 - Winning Chess How To See Three Moves Ahead by Irving Chernev and Fred Reinfeld. It's descriptive notation, so it dropped here. 78 - Chess Master vs. Chess Amateur by Max Euwe, Walter Meiden Xtra - The Art of the Checkmate by Renaud & Kahn. 89 - The Game of Chess by Siegbert Tarrasch.
Xtra - 300 Games of Chess by Siegbert Tarrasch.
75 - Ideas Behind the Chess Openings Algebraic Edition by Reuben Fine 71 - Winning Chess How To See Three Moves Ahead by Irving Chernev and Fred Reinfeld. Read it again. Solving tactics should come easy by now. 48 - The Most Instructive Games of Chess Ever Played by Irving Chernev 49 - Lasker's Manual of Chess by Emanuel Lasker
7 - Silman's Complete Endgame Course From Beginner to Master by Jeremy Silman. This should be read at least once a year, every year. 61 - Masters of the Chessboard by Richard Reti, Sam Sloan, Horace Ransom Bigelow 50 - 1001 Winning Chess Sacrifices and Combinations by Fred Reinfeld 94 - 500 Master Games of Chess by Dr. S. Tartakower, J. du Mont 41 - FCO Fundamental Chess Openings by Paul Van der Sterren 58 - Simple Chess New Algebraic Edition by Michael Stean 05 - Chess 5334 Problems, Combinations and Games László Polgár and Bruce Pandolfini. The reader is overly prepared at this point for this challenge. 57 - Capablanca's Best Chess Endings by Irving Chernev. 39 - My Best Games of Chess, 1908-1937 by Alexander Alekhine 24 - Modern Chess Openings 15th edition by Nick De Firmian 100 - Modern Ideas in Chess by Richard Reti.
13 - Art of Attack in Chess by Vladimir Vukovic. 12 - My System by Aron Nimzovich. The reader is ready for Hypermodernism. 64 - Chess Praxis by Aron Nimzowitsch, Ken Artz
60 - Practical Chess Exercises 600 Lessons from Tactics to Strategy by Ray Cheng 52 - Modern Chess Strategy by Ludek Pachman, Allen S. Russell 84 - Pawn Power in Chess by Hans Kmoch
70 - One Hundred Selected Games by Mikhail Botvinnik, Stephen Garry 77 - The Art of the Middle Game by Paul Keres, Alexander Kotov 09 - The Chess Struggle in Practice Candidates Tournament, Zurich 1953 by David Ionovich Bronstein 10 - The Life and Games of Mikhail Tal by Mikhail Tal

"Whatever you are doing in the game of life, give it all you've got." — Norman Vincent Peale

"What you do today can improve all your tomorrows." — Ralph Marston

Romans 12:2, King James Bible
And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

The laughter of a child lights up the house. ~ Swahili proverb

"Enthusiasm is one of the most powerful engines of success. When you do a thing, do it with all your might. Put your whole soul into it. Stamp it with your own personality. Be active, be energetic, be enthusiastic and faithful, and you will accomplish your object. Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm." ― Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Win with grace, lose with dignity!" ― Susan Polgar

"What does it take to be a champion? Desire, dedication, determination, personal and professional discipline, focus, concentration, strong nerves, the will to win, and yes, talent!" ― Susan Polgar

"No matter how successful you are (or will be), never ever forget the people who helped you along the way, and pay it forward! Don't become arrogant and conceited just because you gained a few rating points or made a few bucks. Stay humble and be nice, especially to your fans!" ― Susan Polgar

All that glitters is not gold – this line can be found in a text from c.1220: ‘ Nis hit nower neh gold al that ter schineth.'

A friend in need is a friend indeed – a proverb from c.1035 say this: ‘Friend shall be known in time of need.'

All's well that ends well – a line from the mid-13th century is similar: ‘Wel is him te wel ende mai.' Meanwhile, Henry Knighton's Chronicle from the late 14th-century one can read: ‘ If the ende be wele, than is alle wele.'

Hay dos maneras de hermosura: una del alma y otra del cuerpo; la del alma campea y se muestra en el entendimiento, en la honestidad, en el buen proceder, en la liberalidad y en la buena crianza, y todas estas partes caben y pueden estar en un hombre feo; y cuando se pone la mira en esta hermosura, y no en la del cuerpo, suele nacer el amor con ímpetu y con ventajas. (There are two kinds of beauty: one of the soul and the other of the body; that of the soul shows and demonstrates itself in understanding, in honesty, in good behavior, in generosity and in good breeding, and all these things can find room and exist in an ugly man; and when one looks at this type of beauty, and not bodily beauty, love is inclined to spring up forcefully and overpoweringly.) ― Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1547-1616)

Cuando una puerta se cierra, otra se abre. (When one door is closed, another is opened.) ― Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1547-1616)

Dijo la sartén a la caldera, quítate allá ojinegra. (The frying pan said to the cauldron, "Get out of here, black-eyed one." This is believed to be the source of the phrase "the pot calling the kettle black.") ― Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

* One of Pandolfini's Best: Game Collection: Solitaire Chess by Bruce Pandolfini

* Two Great Attackers: https://www.chessgames.com/perl/che...

* Capablanca's Double Attack — having the initiative is important: https://lichess.org/study/tzrisL1R

* Anderssen - Steinitz Match: Anderssen - Steinitz (1866)

* Chessmaster 2000 Classic Games:
Game Collection: Chessmaster '86

* Golden Treasury of Chess (Wellmuth/Horowitz): Game Collection: 0

* Glossary: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/13/...

* GK: Game Collection: Kasparov - The Sicilian Sheveningen

* GPA: https://chesstier.com/grand-prix-at...

* B20s: Game Collection: Grand Prix (Ginger's Models)

* How dumb is it? Game Collection: Diemer-Duhm Gambit

* King Registration: https://www.kingregistration.com/to...

* Make a Stand: https://www.history.com/topics/amer...

* MC Move-by-Move: Game Collection: Move by Move - Carlsen (Lakdawala)

* Tactical Games: Game Collection: Yasser Seirawan's Winning Chess Tactics

"In chess as in life, when defending or attacking, a good chess player understands that one rash, ill-conceived, bad move can worsen the position and lose the game." ― John Bain, chess author

"For a period of ten years--between 1946 and 1956--Reshevsky was probably the best chessplayer in the world. I feel sure that had he played a match with Botvinnik during that time he would have won and been World Champion." ― Bobby Fischer

Oct-04-23 HeMateMe: I play 3/2 blitz occasionally on Lichess. I find it an excellent site, none of the delays/cancellations that ruined chess.com (for me). Oct-04-23 Cassandro: Yes, lichess is by far the best site for online chess. And you never know, apparently you may even get to play against a living legend like the highly esteemed Leonard Barden there!

FTB plays all about but has always been happy with FICS: https://www.freechess.org/

Mark 3:25 And if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand.

Drive sober or get pulled over.

"For surely of all the drugs in the world, chess must be the most permanently pleasurable." — Assiac

Once I asked Pillsbury whether he used any formula for castling. He said his rule was absolute and vital: castle because you will or because you must; but not because you can.' — W.E. Napier (1881-1952)

Connecticut: Windsor
Established in: 1633

Windsor was Connecticut's first English settlement, with a perfect location on the water. Today, the city uses its "first town" status to create a historical atmosphere ideal for tourism.

* Chess History: https://www.uschesstrust.org/chess-...

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.

Q: What do you call something that goes up when the rain comes down? A: An umbrella.

Q: What do you call a doctor who fixes websites? A: A URL-ologist.

Q: What do you call a sleeping dinosaur?
A: A dinosnore.

Q: What do you call a Christmas tree that knows karate A: Spruce Lee.

Q: What does a triangle call a circle?
A: Pointless.

Q: What do you call a piece of sad cheese?
A: Blue cheese.

Q: What do you call a cow in an earthquake?
A: A milkshake.

Q: What do you call an M&M that went to college? A: A smarty.

* Riddle-xp-freee: https://chessimprover.com/chess-rid...

Maximo wrote:

My Forking Knight's Mare
Gracefully over the squares, as a blonde or a brunette, she makes moves that not even a queen can imitate. Always active and taking the initiative,
she likes to fork.
She does it across the board,
taking with ease not only pawns, but also kings, and a bad bishop or two.
Sometimes she feels like making
quiet moves,
at other times, she adopts romantic moods,
and makes great sacrifices.
But, being hers a zero-sum game,
she often forks just out of spite.
An expert at prophylaxis, she can be a swindler, and utter threats,
skewering men to make some gains.
Playing with her risks a conundrum,
and also catching Kotov's syndrome.
Nonetheless, despite having been trampled
by her strutting ways
my trust in her remains,
unwavering,
until the endgame.

"When you're lonely, when you feel yourself an alien in the world, play Chess. This will raise your spirits and be your counselor in war" ― Aristotle

"The habit of holding a Man in the hand, and moving it first to one square and then to another, in order to engage the assistance of the eye in deciding where it shall actually be placed, is not only annoying to the adversary but a practical infraction of the touch-and-move principle." ― Howard Staunton

"A bad plan is better than none at all." ― Frank Marshall

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.

Isaiah 66:24
24 "And they will go out and look on the dead bodies of those who rebelled against me; the worms that eat them will not die, the fire that burns them will not be quenched, and they will be loathsome to all mankind."

"Believe in yourself. Have faith in your abilities. Without humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers, you cannot be successful or happy." ― Norman Vincent Peale

"Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that." ― Martin Luther King Jr.

Game Collection: New York 1916 (Rice Memorial)