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9 Sudgon's Scandis [White]
Compiled by Sergio X Garcia

"Si vis pacem, para bellum" ― Cicero

Thank you Chessmaster, Sudgon, Gabon, and Fredthebear!

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The Two Mules

Two mules were bearing on their backs,
One, oats; the other, silver of the tax.
The latter glorying in his load,
Marched proudly forward on the road;
And, from the jingle of his bell,
It was plain he liked his burden well.
But in a wild-wood glen
A band of robber men
Rushed forth on the twain.
Well with the silver pleased,
They by the bridle seized
The treasure-mule so vain.
Poor mule! in struggling to repel
His ruthless foes, he fell
Stabbed through; and with a bitter sighing,
He cried, "Is this the lot they promised me?
My humble friend from danger free,
While, weltering in my gore, I'm dying?"
"My friend," his fellow-mule replied,
"It is not well to have one's work too high.
If you had been a miller's drudge, as I,
You would not thus have died."

Riddle: What breaks yet never falls, and what falls yet never breaks?

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FACTRETRIEVER: Monarch caterpillars breathe through holes in the sides of their bodies.

Riddle Answer: Day, and night

The Hog, the Goat, and the Sheep

A goat, a sheep, and porker fat,
All to the market rode together.
Their own amusement was not that
Which caused their journey there.
Their coachman did not mean to "set them down"
To see the shows and wonders of the town.
The porker cried, in piercing squeals,
As if with butchers at his heels.
The other beasts, of milder mood,
The cause by no means understood.
They saw no harm, and wondered why
At such a rate the hog should cry.
"Hush there, old piggy!" said the man,
"And keep as quiet as you can.
What wrong have you to squeal about,
And raise this devilish, deafening shout?
These stiller persons at your side
Have manners much more dignified.
Pray, have you heard
A single word
Come from that gentleman in wool?
That proves him wise." "That proves him fool!"
The testy hog replied;
"For did he know
To what we go,
He'd cry almost to split his throat;
So would her ladyship the goat.
They only think to lose with ease,
The goat her milk, the sheep his fleece:
They're, maybe, right; but as for me,
This ride is quite another matter.
Of service only on the platter,
My death is quite a certainty.
Adieu, my dear old piggery!"
The porker's logic proved at once
Himself a prophet and a dunce.

Hope ever gives a present ease,
But fear beforehand kills:
The wisest he who least foresees
Inevitable ills.

"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.

The Fly and the Ant

A fly and ant, on a sunny bank,
Discussed the question of their rank.
"O Jupiter!" the former said,
"Can love of self so turn the head,
That one so mean and crawling,
And of so low a calling,
To boast equality shall dare
With me, the daughter of the air?
In palaces I am a guest,
And even at your glorious feast.
Whenever the people that adore you
May immolate for you a bullock,
I'm sure to taste the meat before you.
Meanwhile this starveling, in her hillock,
Is living on some bit of straw
Which she has laboured home to draw.
But tell me now, my little thing,
Do you camp ever on a king,
An emperor, or lady?
I do, and have full many a play-day
On fairest bosom of the fair,
And sport myself on her hair.
Come now, my hearty, rack your brain
To make a case about your grain."
"Well, have you done?" replied the ant.
"You enter palaces, I grant,
And for it get right soundly cursed.
Of sacrifices, rich and fat,
Your taste, quite likely, is the first; –
Are they the better off for that?
You enter with the holy train;
So enters many a wretch profane.
On heads of kings and asses you may squat;
Deny your vaunting I will not;
But well such impudence, I know,
Provokes a sometimes fatal blow.
The name in which your vanity delights
Is owned as well by parasites,
And spies that die by ropes – as you soon will By famine or by ague-chill,
When Phoebus goes to cheer
The other hemisphere, –
The very time to me most dear.
Not forced abroad to go
Through wind, and rain, and snow,
My summer's work I then enjoy,
And happily my mind employ,
From care by care exempted.
By which this truth I leave to you,
That by two sorts of glory we are tempted,
The false one and the true.
Work waits, time flies; adieu:
This gabble does not fill
My granary or till."

Cntr Cntr 3...Qa5 (B01) 1-0 Pin Nc6 & Discovery traps Q w/Nxc7+
G Abrahams vs W R Thomas, 1923
(B01) Scandinavian, 7 moves, 1-0
Cntr Cntr 3...Qa5 5.Be2 not Main Lines (B01) 1-0 Nc7+ Royal fam
C Ramirez vs C Hernandez, 2005
(B01) Scandinavian, 10 moves, 1-0
Cntr Cntr 3...Qa5 Mieses Var (B01) 1-0 12...Bxc2 backfires
Chandler vs I Rogers, 1984
(B01) Scandinavian, 25 moves, 1-0
3...Qa5 Main Lines (B01)1/2-1/2 P expansion leaves weak squares
Psakhis vs M Wahls, 1992
(B01) Scandinavian, 45 moves, 1/2-1/2
Cntr Cntr ML 8.Nd5 Mieses Var (B01) 1-0 Rxg7!
Shirov vs Salov, 1997
(B01) Scandinavian, 29 moves, 1-0
3...Qa5 Classical 7.Ne5 e6 8.g4 Bg6 (B01) 1-0Ignoring threats
Anand vs Lautier, 1997
(B01) Scandinavian, 25 moves, 1-0
3...Qa5 Main Lines (B01) 1-0 Central pin, R harrasses Q
Aronian vs C Seel, 2002
(B01) Scandinavian, 29 moves, 1-0
3...Qa5 Bc4, d3, Nge2 (B01) 1-0White is active; Dbld Rs strike
N Starr vs C Oquendo Serrano, 2004
(B01) Scandinavian, 42 moves, 1-0
3...Qa5 Main Lines (B01) 1-0 Careful rook shuffle for activity
Short vs D Liu, 2004
(B01) Scandinavian, 53 moves, 1-0
3...Qa5 Main Lines (B01) 1-0 Isolated pawns
Short vs A Cherniaev, 2008
(B01) Scandinavian, 30 moves, 1-0
Scandinavian Defense: General (B01) 1-0 Simul; hogs to the 7th
Lasker vs Ewers, 1909
(B01) Scandinavian, 34 moves, 1-0
D Moody vs A Hubbard, 2014
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 27 moves, 1-0
Suba vs J Schwertel, 2011
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 34 moves, 1-0
Nakamura vs I Krush, 2011
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 25 moves, 1-0
T Soraas vs A Cardenas Romo, 2007
(B01) Scandinavian, 14 moves, 1-0
A A Ivanov vs A Kislinsky, 2006
(B01) Scandinavian, 55 moves, 1-0
S Ritvin vs E Z Rabin, 2006
(B02) Alekhine's Defense, 10 moves, 1-0
A Young vs L Davis, 2005
(B02) Alekhine's Defense, 24 moves, 1-0
A van den Berg vs K H Bondick, 2005
(B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 50 moves, 1-0
Chiburdanidze vs Short, 1983
(B16) Caro-Kann, Bronstein-Larsen Variation, 28 moves, 1-0
A Spice vs S Nyysti, 2005
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 33 moves, 1-0
J Rudd vs F N Stephenson, 2001
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 37 moves, 1-0
Nakamura vs J W Loyte, 2001
(B01) Scandinavian, 30 moves, 1-0
C Haessler vs E Astrachan, 2001
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 34 moves, 1-0
J Havenaar vs R Von Saldern, 2001
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 7 moves, 1-0
O Ekebjaerg vs P Buj, 1994
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 35 moves, 1-0
I Rogers vs P Lukacs, 1991
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 30 moves, 1-0
French Defense: Winawer. Advance (C18) 1-0 Now that's a catch!
D Derakhshani vs D Andersen, 2014
(C18) French, Winawer, 11 moves, 1-0
A Hoffmann vs A Wojtkiewicz, 1989
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 34 moves, 1-0
D van Geet vs F Brglez, 1986
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 21 moves, 1-0
French Def. Rubinstein. Fort Knox (C10) 1-0 Nxf7 sac exposes K
A Fier vs N Getz, 2011
(C10) French, 13 moves, 1-0
Game 62 in Chernev's 1000 Best Short Games of Chess
F S Blackall vs Christian, 1942
(C10) French, 10 moves, 1-0
French Defense: Classical. Tartakower Var (C13) 1-0 Greek Gift
Yates vs V Marin y Llovet, 1930
(C13) French, 11 moves, 1-0
Game 14: "Logical Chess: Move by Move" by Irving Chernev
Tarrasch vs J Mieses, 1916
(C10) French, 20 moves, 1-0
French Defense: Rubinstein. Fort Knox (C10)1-0 R sac for promo
K Spraggett vs R Hamilton, 2004
(C10) French, 53 moves, 1-0
E Moser vs A L Schnegg, 2013
(C15) French, Winawer, 21 moves, 1-0
Hodgson vs I Rogers, 1985
(C15) French, Winawer, 53 moves, 1-0
Game 36 in Chernev's 1000 Best Short Games of Chess
A Dake vs F R DiPaula, 1935
(C15) French, Winawer, 9 moves, 0-1
French Def. Winawer. Winckelmann-Riemer Gambit (C15) 1-0 Nxf7
I Marks vs A Berlin, 1990
(C15) French, Winawer, 12 moves, 1-0
French Defense: Winawer (C15) 1-0 Bxh7+ Greek gift
Capablanca vs F C Hoffman, 1922
(C15) French, Winawer, 13 moves, 1-0
D van Geet vs O Sande, 1983
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 6 moves, 1-0
D van Geet vs A Sandklef, 1982
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 16 moves, 1-0
J Bellon Lopez vs Gligoric, 1981
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 30 moves, 1-0
Belke vs Looper, 1978
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 8 moves, 1-0
Suba vs J Bellon Lopez, 1978
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 30 moves, 1-0
K Czrenner vs Gyula, 1969
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 10 moves, 1-0
D van Geet vs Guyt, 1967
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 15 moves, 1-0
D van Geet vs W Litmanowicz, 1964
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 16 moves, 1-0
D van Geet vs Myagmarsuren, 1958
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 31 moves, 1-0
Game 4: Instructive Modern Chess Masterpieces by Stohl
Adams vs S Agdestein, 1994
(B02) Alekhine's Defense, 40 moves, 1-0
Scandinavian Defense 2.Nc3 (B01) 1-0 W gets connected passers
A Muzychuk vs V Schneider, 2006
(B01) Scandinavian, 68 moves, 1-0
Scandinavian Defense: General (B01) 1-0Removed his own defender
H R Jung vs M Piccinin, 2010
(B01) Scandinavian, 31 moves, 1-0
Scandinavian Defense: General (B01) 1-0 Early h-pawn lever
A Pridorozhni vs A Nadanian, 2013
(B01) Scandinavian, 34 moves, 1-0
Van Geet (Dunst) Opening Bc4 (A00) 1-0 N fork robs the pinned P
H R Jung vs D Raats, 2010
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 12 moves, 1-0
Van Geet (Dunst) Opening Bc4 (A00) 1-0 Play on the f-file
G Pilavov vs S G Vasiliev, 2007
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 26 moves, 1-0
Van Geet (Dunst) Opening Bc4 (A00) 1-0 Play along f-file
W Degen vs R Schut, 2001
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 41 moves, 1-0
Van Geet (Dunst) Opening Bc4 (A00) 1-0 h-bomb fizzles
J Mellado Trivino vs R Magnelli Miranda, 2005
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 24 moves, 1-0
Van Geet (Dunst) Opening Bc4 (A00) 1-0 early h-pawn lever
D Andreikin vs Mamedyarov, 2013
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 31 moves, 1-0
Scandinavian Defense: General (B01) 1-0 Exchange when cramped
A Kassis vs A El Jawish, 2001
(B01) Scandinavian, 43 moves, 1-0
Scandinavian Defense: General (B01) 1-0 Capture-Recapture-Fork+
N Fairley vs K Ramirez Jimenez, 2006
(B01) Scandinavian, 43 moves, 1-0
Scandinavian Defense: Eventual Nc4 (B01) 1-0 SCB ending
F Bistric vs P Darini, 2006
(B01) Scandinavian, 38 moves, 1-0
Scandinavian Defense: c3-c4 (B01) 1-0 P sac for open file
T Soraas vs C Wustefeld, 2006
(B01) Scandinavian, 47 moves, 1-0
Van Geet (Dunst) Opening (A00) 1-0 White opens diagonals
J Kotrc vs H Prochazka, 1910
(B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 30 moves, 1-0
Van Geet (Dunst) Opening: Bc4 (A00) 1-0 Heavies on the 7th
Bogoljubov vs N Zubarev, 1925
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 37 moves, 1-0
Van Geet (Dunst) Opening: Bc4-Bxf7+ (A00) 1-0 Penetration
G Underhill vs W H Rawlings, 1937
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 21 moves, 1-0
Van Geet (Dunst) Opening (A00) 1-0 Black forces issue on Kside
L Hanke vs E Diemer, 1950
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 27 moves, 1-0
Van Geet (Dunst) Opening: General (A00) 1-0 No EZ task
O Ekebjaerg vs Y Neishtadt, 1967
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 54 moves, 1-0
Van Geet (Dunst) Opening vs f6 chain (A00) 1-0Open g-file, QxN?
G Welling vs J Kleindouwel, 1987
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 41 moves, 1-0
Van Geet (Dunst) Opening 0-0 vs 0-0-0 (A00) 1-0 Slow expansions
O Ekebjaerg vs S Webb, 1994
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 74 moves, 1-0
Van Geet (Dunst) Opening (A00) 1-0Qside play; exchange favors W
W Degen vs P van der Borgt, 2001
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 30 moves, 1-0
Van Geet (Dunst) Opening c3-b4 vs f6 chain (A00) 1-0 Pin
B Pel vs E Dalsrud, 2005
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 18 moves, 1-0
Van Geet (Dunst) Opening Be2 (A00) 1-0 White Rs will strike 1st
A Milovic vs E Bamber, 2010
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 42 moves, 1-0
Van Geet (Dunst)/Cntr Cntr Declined 2.Nc3 d4 (A00) 1-0 No 0-0
Hydra vs Fritz, 2004
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 47 moves, 1-0
Alekhine Defense: Scandinavian 3.e5 (B02) 1-0Fast movin' posse!
K Foster vs J M Lanz Calavia, 2013
(B02) Alekhine's Defense, 19 moves, 1-0
Cntr Cntr 2.Nc3 3.Ne2 (B01) KIA/Closed Siciln (A07) 1-0 Passers
A Rodrigues vs A Silva, 2001
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 58 moves, 1-0
Cntr Cntr Declined 2.Nc3 (B01) KIA/Closed Sicilian (A07) 1-0 No
M Krajnak vs M Horvath, 2001
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 42 moves, 1-0
Nimzowitsch Defense: French Connection (B00) 1-0 Q trap
J Curdo vs S Rabinowitz, 1996
(B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 12 moves, 1-0
FR Winawer. Advance (C18) 1-0 Overworked pawn crumbles chain
Fischer vs W Hook, 1970
(C18) French, Winawer, 28 moves, 1-0
French Winawer. Delayed Exchange (C01) 1-0 2 hanging pieces
H van Steenis vs T Wechsler, 1947
(C01) French, Exchange, 7 moves, 1-0
French Defense: Winawer. Poisoned Pawn (C18) 1-0 Greek gift
R Oortwijn vs A Pope, 1997
(C18) French, Winawer, 13 moves, 1-0
Falkbeer, Ernst (1819-1885) of Austria
Falkbeer vs Anderssen, 1851
(C27) Vienna Game, 30 moves, 1-0
Vienna Gambit. Kaufmann Var (C29) 1-0 Notes by Stockfish
Fleischhauer vs O Valentiner, 1913
(C29) Vienna Gambit, 23 moves, 1-0
Vienna Gambit (C29) 1-0 Rudolf Spielmann (1883-1942)
Spielmann vs Flamberg, 1914
(C29) Vienna Gambit, 15 moves, 1-0
K Pawn Game: Damiano Def (C40) 1-0 Bring out ALL your minors
J Joguet vs J Walid, 1992
(C40) King's Knight Opening, 11 moves, 1-0
King's Indian Attack/Big Clamp (A07) 1-0 Open f-file
A Muzychuk vs A Ushenina, 2013
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 39 moves, 1-0
KIA/Closed Sicilian vs Reversed Botvinnik System (A07) 1/2-1/2
Adams vs Kramnik, 1999
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 78 moves, 1/2-1/2
Sicilian Closed Variation (B26) 0-1 Fine Defense!
Adams vs Kasparov, 1999
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 59 moves, 0-1
KIA (A07) 0-1 Black destroys base of pawn chain, penetrates
Fedorov vs Kasparov, 2001
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 25 moves, 0-1
Sicilian, Closed Variation (B23) Miniature: 0-0 or Capture??
P A Ursell vs A T Watson, 1953
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 9 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Closed. Chameleon Var (B23)0-1 A brawl from the start
T Rakic vs I Nemet, 1966
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 28 moves, 0-1
Sicilian Closed 9.Be3 (B25) 1-0 Astonishing central battle!
Navara vs Sasikiran, 2009
(B25) Sicilian, Closed, 25 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Defense: Grand Prix Attack (B23) · 1-0
G Kasparian vs Bronstein, 1947
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 34 moves, 1-0
Grand Prix Attack (B23) Q decoy sac then discovery ala Harrwitz
K Thompson vs F Rhine, 1992
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 28 moves, 0-1
Euwe vs Colle, 1924
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 53 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Closed. Chameleon (B23) 0-1 Smothered Mate
NN vs Dowd, 1984
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 9 moves, 0-1
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