Very Difficult

See Game Collection: Game of the Day & Puzzle of the Day Collections for complete lists of my Game of the Day and Puzzle of the Day collections.

Missing Entries

A game may appear only once in a collection, so if one is repeazted during the time span covered by a collction, only the first instance will appear. In this collection, the following games are affected:

Carlsen vs C Li, 2015 (Jan-28-17, Nov-04-17)

K Gerasimov vs Smyslov, 1935 (Mar-03-12, Dec-30-17)

"Winning is about commitment, discipline, hard work, dedication, determination, courage and sometimes even luck!" ― Susan Polgar

"Every defeat is an opportunity to learn from our mistakes! Every victory is a confirmation of our hard work!" ― Susan Polgar

"A chess player uses his/her knowledge to prepare for next game while a passionate coach prepares for next generation!" ― Susan Polgar

"I spend around one hour per day on physical exercise. Exercise is a must for every chess player. As the proverb says, 'A sound mind in a sound body'." ― Humpy Koneru

"Nobody is ever convinced by argument, anyway. They just think up new reasons for maintaining old positions and become more defensive." — Louis L'Amour

"Hopeful men do not die so easily ..." — Alexander Dolgun

St. Cecelia

* Top Festivals: https://chess-site.com/articles/che...

* How to Play Chess! http://www.serverchess.com/play.htm...

* Rules: https://www.gamecolony.com/chessrul...

* Juniors might ask: https://www.chessforjuniors.com/

* 1 God in 3 persons: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/4pCN...

* 10 Best to Watch: https://www.chessjournal.com/best-c...

* 23 Opening Traps: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-5...

* 50 Ways: Game Collection: 50 Ways to Win at Chess

* Adolf Anderssen miniatures: http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches...

* A Bridge Too Far: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRz...

* Artful: Game Collection: Art of Checkmate

* Ash Wednesday is the beginning of Lent: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/zBtO... - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/8UZ0...

* Attackers: Game Collection: Chess Secrets - Attackers (Crouch)

* Aggressive Repertoire: Game Collection: Aggressive e4 Repertoire

* Aggressive Women: Game Collection: Agressive Women

* Aggressive Dragons: Game Collection: Aggressive Dragon Tactics

* Abbazia Defense C36: Game Collection: KGA C36 Modern Defense / Abbazia Defense C36

* American Civil War movies: https://www.msn.com/en-us/movies/ne...

* ACB 1946: Game Collection: American Chess Bulletin 1946

* ACM Vol 6: Game Collection: # American Chess Magazine 6

* Attacking Repertoire: Game Collection: BRCC: Attacking Repertoire - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/_Xzf...

* Block phone calls: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/tech...

* 'The Blockade' by Aron Nimzowitsch: Game Collection: Blockade (Nimzowitsch)

* Budapest Gambit bust: Game Collection: Budapest Gambit-Seirawan's "bust."

* Brilliancies book: Game Collection: Yasser Seirawan's Winning Chess Brilliancies

* Beautiful Combos: Game Collection: beautifull attacking combinations - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldG...

* Avoid Blunders: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tis...

* Barbs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95M...

- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zg...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUk...

* The Bear: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJo...

* The Black Stallion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBF...

* Bxf7+ /Bxf2+: Game Collection: Demolition of Pawn Structure: Sac on f7 (f2) - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/CUkA...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/QBLf...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/bhwN...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/1FB2...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ND6l...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/g-EZ...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/NlaQ...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/1ryQ...

* Bruno's Problem: https://chessproblem.my-free-games....

* Champion miniatures: Game Collection: Champions miniature champions

* A Canterbury Tale: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2X... - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/2psT...

* Caligula: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SM1...

- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdz...

* Candid Cam: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvp...

- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FnV...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unI...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3G2...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwW...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p97...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlQ...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLs...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzb...

* Chess in old newspapers: https://www.schach-chess.com/chess-...

* Click Behting: Game Collection: Karl Behting Chess games - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/S5mf...

* Cervenka's favs: Game Collection: Honza Cervenka's favorite games - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/qQjr...

* Chuck Norris' best: https://www.msn.com/en-us/movies/ne...

* Chuck Norris in disguise, like the Lone Ranger: Game Collection: Collection of Chuck Norris's Games

* Club the C-K: Game Collection: CLUB Line (white): Caro-Kann

* Comprehensive CC V2: Game Collection: Comprehensive Chess Course V2 games

* Discovered Attacks: Game Collection: Discovered Attack

* Discover The Tomb Of Ramesses II (aka The Great): https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/ne...

* Doom by constriction: Game Collection: An Advantage in Space - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/zEa-...

* Desmond Doss: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/worl...

* Dos Hermanas 1999: Game Collection: Dos Hermanas 1999

* Double King Pawns: Game Collection: Beginners's Repertoire - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1D...

* Dillinger: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lb... - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/u1ot...

* Duma: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_XJ... - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/kST5...

* Domiano Defense:
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5um...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3n...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOM...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cvm...

* Dr. Edmund Adam Miniatures: Edmund Adam

* Eight Men: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1b2... - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/po2z...

* En Passant Mate: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/tech...

* Earp: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crim...

* Empty vessels make the most noise: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/-UZP...

* English examples: Game Collection: Model English Games

* Entrance Exam: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ald... - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nII...

* Endgame: Wikipedia article: Chess endgame#King and pawn endings

* Fred Reinfeld (1910 - 1964): https://www.chesshistory.com/winter...

* Free Chess Curriculum: https://www.chess.com/article/view/...

* Ferris Bueller's Day Off: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDJ... - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cvm...

* Fabi's idea against the London System: https://www.msn.com/en-us/video/web...

* FIDE Online Arena: https://chessarena.com/pricing?Utm_...

* Formation Attax: https://www.newinchess.com/media/wy... - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FT9...

* Films: https://www.smarthousecreative.com/...

* It's a fake: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8g...

* FICS: https://www.freechess.org/

* Forney's Collection: Game Collection: Brutal Attacking Chess

* Fried Fox is awful: https://allchessopenings.blogspot.c...

* 1908 WC Match: Game Collection: Lasker vs Tarrasch WCM 1908

* Frank Marshall - Edward Lasker 1923 Match:
Game Collection: Marshall -- Ed. Lasker 1923 match

* Frankie Ford: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5t... - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9M...

* Gadgets: https://www.techgadgetrend.com/?utm...

* Games annotated by Capa: games annotated by Capablanca

* Glossary P: https://www.peoriachess.com/Glossar...

* Goulash: https://www.msn.com/en-us/video/web...

* "Gurgenidze System" B06/B15 by Whiteshark: Game Collection: 98_G00_ The Gurgenidze Setup (B06/B15)

* Greats: Game Collection: These were the greatest...

* Good Historical Links: https://www.saund.co.uk/britbase/in...

* Great Attacks: Game Collection: great attack games

* GOTD 2016: Game Collection: Game of the Day 2016

* GOTD Submission Page: Pun Submission Page

* Gladiator: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wjq...

* Gettysburg: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Vu...

* Glossary P: https://www.peoriachess.com/Glossar...

* Hatfields and McCoys: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VX6... - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/lpLp...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/txXn...

* Herrstrom Gambit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gaO...

* h-file attacks: Game Collection: h-file Attacks, some Greek Gifts by Fredthebear

* HOF: https://worldchesshof.org/

* Homecoming: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_n7... - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lX...

* Imagination: Game Collection: Imagination in Chess

* Immortal Games: Game Collection: Immortal games

* Indians: Wikipedia article: List of Indian chess players

* 1.Nf3 Reti/English: Repertoire Explorer: Richard Reti (white)

* Instructive endings: Game Collection: Instructive chess endgames I

* Just Keep Ascending: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Xnzs...

* Jacob and Joseph: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mW...

* Karpov - Kasparov: Game Collection: Karpov - Kasparov WCC Draws

* Kramnik: Game Collection: Kramnik Draw Champion

* Kramnik: Game Collection: Draw with each Opening (Kramnik)

* Kyrgyzstan: https://www.thechessschach.com/2021...

* K-19: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osw...

* King's Pawn Theory and Practice: Game Collection: Chess Openings: Theory and Practice, Section 1

* Surprise Knockouts: Game Collection: quick knockouts of greats

* Collection assembled by Fredthebear and vandalized by the dirty rotten underhanded CGs operator who deserves banishment.

* Learn these and burn them! https://herculeschess.com/chess-tac...

* The Lion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Jx...

- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPf...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ibn...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZl...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iaz...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3r2...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMA...

* The Long Riders: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a53...

* Long Long Time: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nK...

* Linsanity: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpT...

* Last Rulers: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/worl...

* Lone Pine, CA: Game Collection: Lone Pine USA (Louis D. Statham Tournament )

* My Maria: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewy...

* Morphy Miniatures:
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches...

* Manchester 1890: Game Collection: Manchester 1890

* 'Lasker's Manual of Chess': Game Collection: Manual of Chess (Lasker)

* Mississippi Fred: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKP...

* More than capable: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tf0...

* 'Soviet Chess 1917-1991': Game Collection: Soviet Chess (Soltis)

* "Match of the Century" 1970: https://www.chess.com/blog/Makeev_K...

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

* Mechanics' Institute: https://www.milibrary.org/content/s...

* Meran D48: Game Collection: D48 Semi-Slav: Meran (Black)

* Most analyzed line (Semi-Slav): https://www.msn.com/en-us/video/web...

* Miniatures: Game Collection: 200 Miniature Games of Chess - Du Mont (III)

* Monday Puzzles: Game Collection: Monday Puzzles, 2011-2017

* More Fawn Pawns on the 6th vs 7th: Game Collection: More Fawn Pawns

* Maslow's Hierarchy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQ5...

* Nuremberg 1896: Nuremberg (1896)

* Nunn's Course: Game Collection: Lasker JNCC

* Nakhmanson Gambit: https://chesstier.com/nakhmanson-ga...

* Naka on guitar: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKo... - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/tZ15...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psv...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3z-...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/yHRq...

* Najdorf's Sicilian B90-B99: https://www.chessgames.com/perl/che...

* Nimzowitsch Sicilian Busted: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OxS...

* NM Dan Heisman: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBk...

* No JuCo: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/MIUJ...

- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/CYdz...

* Not Bad: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/PsGh...

- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/379p...
- A https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Zgqo... - B https://www.youtube.com/shorts/cOvD...

* Notable Games: Notable Chess Games

* Perpetuals: Game Collection: Defensive Combinations (Perpetual Check)

* Pioneers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOG...

* Pirc Defense performed by Valeri Beim: https://www.chessgames.com/perl/che...

* Promotion Stalemate or Zugzwang: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/al3u...

* The Punisher: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZ0...

* Pride: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Fi67... - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/VGGv...

* Q sacrifices: Game Collection: Games Involving Queen Sacrifices - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/NkWB...

* Random: Game Collection: Random Stuff

* Read The Planet Greenpawn - https://www.redhotpawn.com/

* Reverse Scholar's Mate: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/1Uw9... - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Tgaz...

* Reti vs Spielmann: search "Reti vs Spielmann"

* R & P vs R endgame: Wikipedia article: Rook and pawn versus rook endgame

* Rook endings practice: https://blitztactics.com/rook-endga...

* Robin Hood: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lfb...

* Robinson Crusoe: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syX... - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3K4...

* Who is ChessBrah Eric Hansen?

* Rose Hill: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1p... - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1i...

* Rain Man: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCE... - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aU4...

* Recommendations: https://chess-site.com/
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxL...

* Scandinavian Minis: http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches...

- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/XWbC...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ND6l...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/P8Iw...

* Scam phone calls: https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/oth...

* Seal the deal: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/worl...

* Short bursts: https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/ot...

* Shelby the Swamper: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wvj...

- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Htu...

* She's a Stonewaller: Eneida Astolfi Perez

* Slay the Sicilian: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEi...

* Sicilian Surprise: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0B...

* Solitaire: Game Collection: Solitaire Chess by I. A. Horowitz - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZt...

* Somebody's prep: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Mq... - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41a...

* Soviet Miniatures: Game Collection: 100 Soviet Chess Miniatures by Benzol

* Sports Clichés: http://www.sportscliche.com/

* So True: https://www.thesprucecrafts.com/gre...

* Solitaire Chess: Game Collection: Solitaire Chess by I. A. Horowitz

* St. Louis-style: https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/1...

* Storms: Game Collection: Storming The Barricades

* Stunners: Game Collection: Stunners

* Dr. Siegbert Tarrarsch playing his QGD Tarrasch Defense! http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches...

* Tactics by a different Gary: https://chessdelights.com/chess-tac...

* Tactical Favs: Game Collection: Mating Net's Tactical Favorites

Кто не рискует, тот не пьет шампанского Pronunciation: KTOH ni risKUyet, tot ni pyot shamPANSkava) Translation: He who doesn't take risks doesn't drink champagne Meaning: Fortune favours the brave

"Tal has a terrifying style. Soon even grandmasters will know of this." - Vladimir Saigin (after losing to 17-year-old Tal in a qualifying match for the master title) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5S...

"I like to grasp the initiative and not give my opponent peace of mind." — Mikhail Tal

* 1610 Two Knights Defense C57: Games Like Polerio vs Domenico, 1610

* The Best of... Game Collection: World Champions' Best Games

* The Manhattan Defense: Opening Explorer

* The Way Back: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRP... - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIK...

* TWIC: https://theweekinchess.com/

* Top 100: https://ratings.fide.com/top.phtml

* Top Chessgames by ECO Code: http://schachsinn.de/gamelist.htm

* Top Games by Year: Wikipedia article: List of chess games

* Dr. Petar Trifuović (31 August 1910, Dubrovnik - 8 December 1980, Belgrade) was ann International Grandmaster and five-times Yugoslav Champion of chess. https://gambiter.com/chess/players/...

* Terminology: https://www.angelfire.com/games5/ch...

* Threefold and Fivefold repetition: Wikipedia article: Threefold repetition

* That's a lot of counting: https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/st... - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/QMOk...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/CSN1...

* Tyrants: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/worl...

* Understanding: Game Collection: John Nunn - Understanding Chess Move by Move - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pII...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bF-...

* Underpromotions: Game Collection: Underpromotions - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/2JA5...

* USCF: https://new.uschess.org/

* Useful: https://usefulchess.com/
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/thME...

* VK plays P-Q4: http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches...

* 1872 Vienna Game (C25) Immortal Draw: Games Like K Hamppe vs P Meitner, 1872

* Washington Square Park: https://greenwichvillagehistory.wor...

* Wedgiez: Game Collection: Fawn Pawns

* Winning Chess Tactics book: Game Collection: Yasser Seirawan's Winning Chess Tactics

* 0ZeR0's Favs Vol 185: Game Collection: 0ZeR0's collected games volume 185

* Mr. Harvey's Puzzle Challenge: https://wtharvey.com/

WTHarvey:
There once was a website named WTHarvey,
Where chess puzzles did daily delay,
The brain-teasers so tough,
They made us all huff and puff,
But solving them brought us great satisfaction today.

There once was a website named WTHarvey
Where chess puzzles were quite aplenty
With knight and rook and pawn
You'll sharpen your brain with a yawn
And become a master of chess entry

There once was a site for chess fun,
Wtharvey.com was the chosen one,
With puzzles galore,
It'll keep you in store,
For hours of brain-teasing, none done.

There once was a website named WTHarvey,
Where chess puzzles were posted daily,
You'd solve them with glee,
And in victory,
You'd feel like a true chess prodigy!

"Chess is played with the mind and not with the hands." ― Renaud & Kahn

"Chess is a terrific way for kids to build self-image and self-esteem." ― Saudin Robovic

"Chess is a sport. The main object in the game of chess remains the achievement of victory." ― Max Euwe

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

"If you wish to succeed, you must brave the risk of failure." — Garry Kasparov

"You win some, you lose some, you wreck some." — Dale Earnhardt

"In life, unlike chess the game continues after checkmate." ― Isaac Asimov

Sleeper straddle "Try again. Fail again. Fail better." ― Samuel Beckett

Idaho: Franklin
Established in: 1860

Franklin was founded in the spring of 1860 by a small group of Mormon pioneers and was named for Apostle Franklin D. Richards. As early settlers began building cabins and farming, they believed they were still in Utah. It wasn't until 1872 that an official boundary survey placed a border between the two states.

* Chess History: https://www.britannica.com/topic/ch...

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

* World Chess Championship History: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkO...

* Chess Timeline: https://wegochess.com/an-easy-to-re...

Picture History of Chess
by Fred Wilson

This classic photo-history offers up hundreds of photos of all the great players along with many outstanding adversaries who helped fashion the immortals. Excellent captions throughout. Hours of fascinating reading and a book I return to again and again. Many of these photos are quite old and hard to find, but collected here under one cover, in an oversized (10x12") format, printed on high-quality glossy paper.

Publisher‏: ‎ Dover Pubns; First Edition (January 1, 1981) Language: ‎ English
Paperback: ‎ 182 pages
ISBN-10: ‎ 0486238563
ISBN-13: ‎ 978-0486238562
Item Weight: ‎ 1.23 pounds
Dimensions: ‎ 8.75 x 0.5 x 11.5 inches

Eilfan ywmodryb dda
Meaning: A good aunt is a second mother

Jonathan Moya wrote:
The King's Rumination

Befuddled with thought
the king sought the oracle.

"Count the sands,
calculate the seas,"
she said.

Of the king's future,
she spoke nothing.

Henceforth he
contented only
in his nightmares.

Can you still daydream at night?
We know you have some great ideas for your nighttime dreaming. But if you're awake and trying to give your brain some suggestions for dream time, is it daydreaming or just backseat driving?

Riddle: What word is always pronounced wrong?

The first American Chess Congress, organized by Daniel Willard Fiske and held in New York, October 6 to November 10, 1857, was won by Paul Morphy. It was a knockout tournament in which draws did not count. The top sixteen American players were invited (William Allison, Samuel Robert Calthrop, Daniel Willard Fiske, William James Fuller, Hiram Kennicott, Hubert Knott, Theodor Lichtenhein, Napoleon Marache, Hardman Philips Montgomery, Alexander Beaufort Meek, Paul Morphy, Louis Paulsen, Frederick Perrin, Benjamin Raphael, Charles Henry Stanley, and James Thompson). First prize was $300. Morphy refused any money, but accepted a silver service consisting of a pitcher, four goblets, and a tray. Morphy's prize was given to him by Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. ― Wikipedia

Riddle Answer: Wrong!

Checkmate by treecards

In front of the king,
white moves his pawn.
The opponent begins,
with a sign and yawn.

White Bishop from C,
moves to F five.
Followed by adrenaline,
Queen is more than alive.

Black moves his pawn,
foolishly to B four.
It looks tragically close,
to the end of his war.

The white Queen glides,
elegantly to the right side.
Shocks her opponent,
and rips out his pride.

It was a beautifully executed,
and efficient checkmate.
Opponent lacked caution,
and now rest with his fate.

This wonderful game,
that we all call chess.
Your odds are reduced,
each time you guess.

Remember to follow,
your strategy and tact.
When you see opportunity,
make sure you act.

At the end of the day,
hope you enjoy.
Many sweet games,
it's much more than a toy.

"Chess is a sea in which a gnat may drink and an elephant may bathe." ― Indian Proverb

"For beginning chess players, studying a Carlsen game is like wanting to be an electrical engineer and beginning with studying an iPhone." ― Garry Kasparov

"All warfare is based on deception." ― Sun Tzu, The Art of War

"Opportunities multiply as they are seized." ― Sun Tzu, The Art of War

Adapt on the fly. "A good plan, violently executed now, is better than a perfect plan next week." ― General George S. Patton

This poem is dedicated to all Caissa's members who understand that chess is but a game.

Chess is but a Game

As he secretly rode his knight out of the castle's gate, still believing that he could escape this inevitable fate, the sky broke open with an array of incredible light. and there smitten to the earth lay nova under his knight. I am who I am and always am, spoke this thundering voice and you, my friend nova, do not at all have another choice but to go forth south and north, west and east
loudly proclaiming the good Word to man and beast. Thus beset by the compelling voice from the broken sky nova set about explaining through the word the how and why. He travelled north and south, west and east never losing aim to let all Caissa's members know: chess is but a game.

"There are more adventures on a chessboard than on all the seas of the world." ― Pierre Mac Orlan

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

Ravenna
by Oscar Wilde

To my friend George Fleming author of 'The Nile Novel' and 'Mirage')

I.

A year ago I breathed the Italian air, -
And yet, methinks this northern Spring is fair,- These fields made golden with the flower of March, The throstle singing on the feathered larch,
The cawing rooks, the wood-doves fluttering by,
The little clouds that race across the sky;
And fair the violet's gentle drooping head,
The primrose, pale for love uncomforted,
The rose that burgeons on the climbing briar,
The crocus-bed, (that seems a moon of fire
Round-girdled with a purple marriage-ring);
And all the flowers of our English Spring,
Fond snowdrops, and the bright-starred daffodil.

Up starts the lark beside the murmuring mill,
And breaks the gossamer-threads of early dew;
And down the river, like a flame of blue,
Keen as an arrow flies the water-king,
While the brown linnets in the greenwood sing.

A year ago! - it seems a little time
Since last I saw that lordly southern clime,
Where flower and fruit to purple radiance blow,
And like bright lamps the fabled apples glow.

Full Spring it was - and by rich flowering vines, Dark olive-groves and noble forest-pines,
I rode at will; the moist glad air was sweet,
The white road rang beneath my horse's feet,
And musing on Ravenna's ancient name,
I watched the day till, marked with wounds of flame, The turquoise sky to burnished gold was turned.

O how my heart with boyish passion burned,
When far away across the sedge and mere
I saw that Holy City rising clear,
Crowned with her crown of towers! - On and on
I galloped, racing with the setting sun,
And ere the crimson after-glow was passed,
I stood within Ravenna's walls at last!

II.

How strangely still! no sound of life or joy
Startles the air; no laughing shepherd-boy
Pipes on his reed, nor ever through the day
Comes the glad sound of children at their play:
O sad, and sweet, and silent! surely here
A man might dwell apart from troublous fear,
Watching the tide of seasons as they flow
From amorous Spring to Winter's rain and snow,
And have no thought of sorrow; - here, indeed,
Are Lethe's waters, and that fatal weed
Which makes a man forget his fatherland.

Ay! amid lotus-meadows dost thou stand,
Like Proserpine, with poppy-laden head,
Guarding the holy ashes of the dead.

For though thy brood of warrior sons hath ceased, Thy noble dead are with thee! - they at least
Are faithful to thine honour:- guard them well,
O childless city! for a mighty spell,
To wake men's hearts to dreams of things sublime, Are the lone tombs where rest the Great of Time.

III.

Yon lonely pillar, rising on the plain,
Marks where the bravest knight of France was slain, - The Prince of chivalry, the Lord of war,
Gaston de Foix: for some untimely star
Led him against thy city, and he fell,
As falls some forest-lion fighting well.

Taken from life while life and love were new,
He lies beneath God's seamless veil of blue;
Tall lance-like reeds wave sadly o'er his head,
And oleanders bloom to deeper red,
Where his bright youth flowed crimson on the ground.

Look farther north unto that broken mound, -
There, prisoned now within a lordly tomb
Raised by a daughter's hand, in lonely gloom,
Huge-limbed Theodoric, the Gothic king,
Sleeps after all his weary conquering.

Time hath not spared his ruin, - wind and rain
Have broken down his stronghold; and again
We see that Death is mighty lord of all,
And king and clown to ashen dust must fall

Mighty indeed THEIR glory! yet to me
Barbaric king, or knight of chivalry,
Or the great queen herself, were poor and vain,
Beside the grave where Dante rests from pain.

His gilded shrine lies open to the air;
And cunning sculptor's hands have carven there
The calm white brow, as calm as earliest morn,
The eyes that flashed with passionate love and scorn, The lips that sang of Heaven and of Hell,
The almond-face which Giotto drew so well,
The weary face of Dante; - to this day,
Here in his place of resting, far away
From Arno's yellow waters, rushing down
Through the wide bridges of that fairy town,
Where the tall tower of Giotto seems to rise
A marble lily under sapphire skies!

Alas! my Dante! thou hast known the pain
Of meaner lives, - the exile's galling chain,
How steep the stairs within kings' houses are,
And all the petty miseries which mar
Man's nobler nature with the sense of wrong.

Yet this dull world is grateful for thy song;
Our nations do thee homage, - even she,
That cruel queen of vine-clad Tuscany,
Who bound with crown of thorns thy living brow,
Hath decked thine empty tomb with laurels now,
And begs in vain the ashes of her son.

O mightiest exile! all thy grief is done:
Thy soul walks now beside thy Beatrice;
Ravenna guards thine ashes: sleep in peace.

IV.

How lone this palace is; how grey the walls!
No minstrel now wakes echoes in these halls.

The broken chain lies rusting on the door,
And noisome weeds have split the marble floor:
Here lurks the snake, and here the lizards run
By the stone lions blinking in the sun.

Byron dwelt here in love and revelry
For two long years - a second Anthony,
Who of the world another Actium made!
Yet suffered not his royal soul to fade,
Or lyre to break, or lance to grow less keen,
'Neath any wiles of an Egyptian queen.

For from the East there came a mighty cry,
And Greece stood up to fight for Liberty,
And called him from Ravenna: never knight
Rode forth more nobly to wild scenes of fight!
None fell more bravely on ensanguined field,
Borne like a Spartan back upon his shield!
O Hellas! Hellas! in thine hour of pride,
Thy day of might, remember him who died
To wrest from off thy limbs the trammelling chain: O Salamis! O lone Plataean plain!
O tossing waves of wild Euboean sea!
O wind-swept heights of lone Thermopylae!
He loved you well - ay, not alone in word,
Who freely gave to thee his lyre and sword,
Like AEschylos at well-fought Marathon:

And England, too, shall glory in her son,
Her warrior-poet, first in song and fight.

No longer now shall Slander's venomed spite
Crawl like a snake across his perfect name,
Or mar the lordly scutcheon of his fame.

For as the olive-garland of the race,
Which lights with joy each eager runner's face,
As the red cross which saveth men in war,
As a flame-bearded beacon seen from far
By mariners upon a storm-tossed sea, -
Such was his love for Greece and Liberty!

Byron, thy crowns are ever fresh and green:
Red leaves of rose from Sapphic Mitylene
Shall bind thy brows; the myrtle blooms for thee, In hidden glades by lonely Castaly;
The laurels wait thy coming: all are thine,
And round thy head one perfect wreath will twine.

V.

The pine-tops rocked before the evening breeze
With the hoarse murmur of the wintry seas,
And the tall stems were streaked with amber bright; - I wandered through the wood in wild delight,
Some startled bird, with fluttering wings and fleet, Made snow of all the blossoms; at my feet,
Like silver crowns, the pale narcissi lay,
And small birds sang on every twining spray.

O waving trees, O forest liberty!
Within your haunts at least a man is free,
And half forgets the weary world of strife:
The blood flows hotter, and a sense of life
Wakes i' the quickening veins, while once again
The woods are filled with gods we fancied slain.

Long time I watched, and surely hoped to see
Some goat-foot Pan make merry minstrelsy
Amid the reeds! some startled Dryad-maid
In girlish flight! or lurking in the glade,
The soft brown limbs, the wanton treacherous face Of woodland god! Queen Dian in the chase,
White-limbed and terrible, with look of pride,
And leash of boar-hounds leaping at her side!
Or Hylas mirrored in the perfect stream.

O idle heart! O fond Hellenic dream!
Ere long, with melancholy rise and swell,
The evening chimes, the convent's vesper bell,
Struck on mine ears amid the amorous flowers.

Alas! alas! these sweet and honied hours
Had whelmed my heart like some encroaching sea,
And drowned all thoughts of black Gethsemane.

VI.

O lone Ravenna! many a tale is told
Of thy great glories in the days of old:
Two thousand years have passed since thou didst see Caesar ride forth to royal victory.

Mighty thy name when Rome's lean eagles flew
From Britain's isles to far Euphrates blue;
And of the peoples thou wast noble queen,
Till in thy streets the Goth and Hun were seen.

Discrowned by man, deserted by the sea,
Thou sleepest, rocked in lonely misery!
No longer now upon thy swelling tide,
Pine-forest-like, thy myriad galleys ride!
For where the brass-beaked ships were wont to float, The weary shepherd pipes his mournful note;
And the white sheep are free to come and go
Where Adria's purple waters used to flow.

O fair! O sad! O Queen uncomforted!
In ruined loveliness thou liest dead,
Alone of all thy sisters; for at last
Italia's royal warrior hath passed
Rome's lordliest entrance, and hath worn his crown In the high temples of the Eternal Town!
The Palatine hath welcomed back her king,
And with his name the seven mountains ring!

And Naples hath outlived her dream of pain,
And mocks her tyrant! Venice lives again,
New risen from the waters! and the cry
Of Light and Truth, of Love and Liberty,
Is heard in lordly Genoa, and where
The marble spires of Milan wound the air,
Rings from the Alps to the Sicilian shore,
And Dante's dream is now a dream no more.

But thou, Ravenna, better loved than all,
Thy ruined palaces are but a pall
That hides thy fallen greatness! and thy name
Burns like a grey and flickering candle-flame
Beneath the noonday splendour of the sun
Of new Italia! for the night is done,
The night of dark oppression, and the day
Hath dawned in passionate splendour: far away
The Austrian hounds are hunted from the land,
Beyond those ice-crowned citadels which stand
Girdling the plain of royal Lombardy,
From the far West unto the Eastern sea.

I know, indeed, that sons of thine have died
In Lissa's waters, by the mountain-side
Of Aspromonte, on Novara's plain, -
Nor have thy children died for thee in vain:
And yet, methinks, thou hast not drunk this wine From grapes new-crushed of Liberty divine,
Thou hast not followed that immortal Star
Which leads the people forth to deeds of war.

Weary of life, thou liest in silent sleep,
As one who marks the lengthening shadows creep,
Careless of all the hurrying hours that run,
Mourning some day of glory, for the sun
Of Freedom hath not shewn to thee his face,
And thou hast caught no flambeau in the race.

Yet wake not from thy slumbers, - rest thee well, Amidst thy fields of amber asphodel,
Thy lily-sprinkled meadows, - rest thee there,
To mock all human greatness: who would dare
To vent the paltry sorrows of his life
Before thy ruins, or to praise the strife
Of kings' ambition, and the barren pride
Of warring nations! wert not thou the Bride
Of the wild Lord of Adria's stormy sea!
The Queen of double Empires! and to thee
Were not the nations given as thy prey!
And now - thy gates lie open night and day,
The grass grows green on every tower and hall,
The ghastly fig hath cleft thy bastioned wall;
And where thy mailed warriors stood at rest
The midnight owl hath made her secret nest.

O fallen! fallen! from thy high estate,
O city trammelled in the toils of Fate,
Doth nought remain of all thy glorious days,
But a dull shield, a crown of withered bays!

Yet who beneath this night of wars and fears,
From tranquil tower can watch the coming years;
Who can foretell what joys the day shall bring,
Or why before the dawn the linnets sing?
Thou, even thou, mayst wake, as wakes the rose
To crimson splendour from its grave of snows;
As the rich corn-fields rise to red and gold
From these brown lands, now stiff with Winter's cold; As from the storm-rack comes a perfect star!

O much-loved city! I have wandered far
From the wave-circled islands of my home;
Have seen the gloomy mystery of the Dome
Rise slowly from the drear Campagna's way,
Clothed in the royal purple of the day:
I from the city of the violet crown
Have watched the sun by Corinth's hill go down,
And marked the 'myriad laughter' of the sea
From starlit hills of flower-starred Arcady;
Yet back to thee returns my perfect love,
As to its forest-nest the evening dove.

O poet's city! one who scarce has seen
Some twenty summers cast their doublets green
For Autumn's livery, would seek in vain
To wake his lyre to sing a louder strain,
Or tell thy days of glory; - poor indeed
Is the low murmur of the shepherd's reed,
Where the loud clarion's blast should shake the sky, And flame across the heavens! and to try
Such lofty themes were folly: yet I know
That never felt my heart a nobler glow
Than when I woke the silence of thy street
With clamorous trampling of my horse's feet,
And saw the city which now I try to sing,
After long days of weary travelling.

VII.

Adieu, Ravenna! but a year ago,
I stood and watched the crimson sunset glow
From the lone chapel on thy marshy plain:
The sky was as a shield that caught the stain
Of blood and battle from the dying sun,
And in the west the circling clouds had spun
A royal robe, which some great God might wear,
While into ocean-seas of purple air
Sank the gold galley of the Lord of Light.

Yet here the gentle stillness of the night
Brings back the swelling tide of memory,
And wakes again my passionate love for thee:
Now is the Spring of Love, yet soon will come
On meadow and tree the Summer's lordly bloom;
And soon the grass with brighter flowers will blow, And send up lilies for some boy to mow.

Then before long the Summer's conqueror,
Rich Autumn-time, the season's usurer,
Will lend his hoarded gold to all the trees,
And see it scattered by the spendthrift breeze;
And after that the Winter cold and drear.

So runs the perfect cycle of the year.

And so from youth to manhood do we go,
And fall to weary days and locks of snow.

Love only knows no winter; never dies:
Nor cares for frowning storms or leaden skies
And mine for thee shall never pass away,
Though my weak lips may falter in my lay.

Adieu! Adieu! yon silent evening star,
The night's ambassador, doth gleam afar,
And bid the shepherd bring his flocks to fold.

Perchance before our inland seas of gold
Are garnered by the reapers into sheaves,
Perchance before I see the Autumn leaves,
I may behold thy city; and lay down
Low at thy feet the poet's laurel crown.

Adieu! Adieu! yon silver lamp, the moon,
Which turns our midnight into perfect noon,
Doth surely light thy towers, guarding well
Where Dante sleeps, where Byron loved to dwell.

Q: What do you call a cat that likes to eat beans? A: Puss 'n' Toots!

Q: What do you call a clown who's in jail?
A: A silicon!

Q: What do you call a deer with no eyes?
A: No eye deer!!

Q: What do you call a three-footed aardvark?
A: A yardvark!

Q: What do you call a dancing lamb?
A: A baaaaaa-llerina!

Q: What do you call a meditating wolf?
A: Aware wolf!

Q: What do you call a witch who lives at the beach? A: A sand-witch!

Q: What do you call an avocado that's been blessed by the pope? A: Holy Guacamole!

<<<chess writer and poet <Henry Thomas Bland>

Another example of his way with words is the start of ‘Internal Fires', a poem published on page 57 of the March 1930 American Chess Bulletin:>

I used to play chess with the dearest old chap,
Whom naught could upset whatever might hap.
He'd oft lose a game he might well have won
But made no excuse for what he had done.
If a piece he o'erlooked and got it snapped up

He took it quite calmly and ne'er ‘cut up rough'.>

"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

Annabel Lee
by Edgar Allan Poe

It was many and many a year ago,
In a kingdom by the sea,
That a maiden there lived whom you may know
By the name of Annabel Lee;
And this maiden she lived with no other thought
Than to love and be loved by me.

I was a child and she was a child,
In this kingdom by the sea,
But we loved with a love that was more than love— I and my Annabel Lee—
With a love that the wingèd seraphs of Heaven
Coveted her and me.

And this was the reason that, long ago,
In this kingdom by the sea,
A wind blew out of a cloud, chilling
My beautiful Annabel Lee;
So that her highborn kinsmen came
And bore her away from me,
To shut her up in a sepulchre
In this kingdom by the sea.

The angels, not half so happy in Heaven,
Went envying her and me—
Yes!—that was the reason (as all men know,
In this kingdom by the sea)
That the wind came out of the cloud by night,
Chilling and killing my Annabel Lee.

But our love it was stronger by far than the love Of those who were older than we—
Of many far wiser than we—
And neither the angels in Heaven above
Nor the demons down under the sea
Can ever dissever my soul from the soul
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee;

For the moon never beams, without bringing me dreams Of the beautiful Annabel Lee;
And the stars never rise, but I feel the bright eyes Of the beautiful Annabel Lee;
And so, all the night-tide, I lie down by the side Of my darling—my darling—my life and my bride, In her sepulchre there by the sea—
In her tomb by the sounding sea.

<Steinitz's Theory

1. At the beginning of the game, Black and White are equal.

2. The game will stay equal with correct play on both sides.

3. You can only win by your opponent's mistake.

4. Any attack launched in an equal position will not succeed, and the attacker will suffer.

5. You should not attack until an advantage is obtained.

6. When equal, do not seek to attack, but instead, try to secure an advantage.

7. Once you have an advantage, attack or you will lose it.>

Matthew 13:24-43
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"Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom." ― Francis Bacon

"Discipline is wisdom and vice versa." ― M. Scott Peck

Snow White & the Huntsman by Evan Daugherty

"Who will you be when faced with the end?
The end of a kingdom,
The end of good men,
Will you run?
Will you hide?
Or will you hunt down evil with a venomous pride?

Rise to the ashes,
Rise to the winter sky,
Rise to the calling,
Make heard the battle cry.
Let it scream from the mountains
From the forest to the chapel,
Because death is a hungry mouth
And you are the apple.

So who will you be when faced with the end?
When the vultures are circling
And the shadows descend
Will you cower?
Or will you fight?
Is your heart made of glass?
Or a pure Snow White?"
― Lily Blake, Snow White & the Huntsman

Lichess has all the same basic offerings as Chess.com: a large community, many game types, tutorials, puzzles, and livestreams. The site has a simple appearance, and it seems built to get you where you want to go in as few clicks as possible. You can create an account, but if you're not concerned with tracking your games and finding other players at your level, there's no need to log in. Just fire up a new game, try some puzzles, or watch a chess streamer play three-minute games while listening to techno and chatting with the comments section.

According to Chessmetrics, Emanuel Lasker was #1 for longer than anyone else in history: 292 different months between June 1890 and December 1926. That's a timespan of 36 1/2 years, in which Lasker was #1 for a total of 24 years and 4 months. Lasker was 55 years old when he won New York 1924.

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

<<<Apparently With No Surprise> by Emily Dickinson>

Apparently with no surprise,
To any happy flower,
The frost beheads it at its play,
In accidental power.
The blond assassin passes on.
The sun proceeds unmoved,
To measure off another day,
For an approving God.>

<<Below is a Morphy acrostic by C.V. Grinfield from page 334 of the Chess Player's Chronicle, 1861:>

Mightiest of masters of the chequer'd board,
Of early genius high its boasted lord!
Rising in youth's bright morn to loftiest fame,

Princeliest of players held with one acclaim;
Host in thyself – all-conquering in fight: –

Yankees exult! – in your great champion's might.>

Confessed faults are half mended. ~ Scottish Proverb

They that will not be counselled cannot be helped. ~ Scottish Proverb

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind. ~ Scottish Proverb

Luck never gives; it only lends. ~ Scottish Proverb

Better be ill spoken of by one before all than by all before one. ~ Scottish Proverb

Take care of your pennies and your dollars will take care of themselves. ~ Scottish Proverb

<<<The Dancing Bear> by James Russell Lowell>

Far over Elf-land poets stretch their sway,
And win their dearest crowns beyond the goal
Of their own conscious purpose; they control
With gossamer threads wide-flown our fancy's play, And so our action. On my walk to-day,
A wallowing bear begged clumsily his toll,
When straight a vision rose of Atta Troll,
And scenes ideal witched mine eyes away.
'Merci, Mossieu!' the astonished bear-ward cried, Grateful for thrice his hope to me, the slave
Of partial memory, seeing at his side
A bear immortal. The glad dole I gave
Was none of mine; poor Heine o'er the wide
Atlantic welter stretched it from his grave.>

<<Alireza Firouzja> (Persian: علی‌رضا فیروزجا, Persian pronunciation: æliːɾeˈzɑː fiːɾuːzˈdʒɑː; born 18 June 2003) is an Iranian and French chess grandmaster. Firouzja is the youngest ever 2800-rated player, beating the previous record set by <Magnus Carlsen> by more than five months.

A chess prodigy, Firouzja won the Iranian Chess Championship at age 12 and earned the Grandmaster title at 14. At 16, Firouzja became the second youngest 2700-rated player and won a silver medal at the 2019 World Rapid Chess Championship. In November 2021, at 18, he won the FIDE Grand Swiss tournament and an individual gold medal at the European Team Chess Championship. He won a bronze medal at the 2021 World Blitz Chess Championship. In 2022, Firouzja won the Grand Chess Tour.

Firouzja left the Iranian Chess Federation in 2019 because of the country's longstanding policy against competing with Israeli players. He played under the FIDE flag until mid-2021, when he became a French citizen and began representing France, where he had already been living.> — Wikipedia - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/z7sO...

The City Rat and the Country Rat

A city rat, one night,
Did, with a civil stoop,
A country rat invite
To end a turtle soup.

On a Turkey carpet
They found the table spread,
And sure I need not harp it
How well the fellows fed.

The entertainment was
A truly noble one;
But some unlucky cause
Disturbed it when begun.

It was a slight rat-tat,
That put their joys to rout;
Out ran the city rat;
His guest, too, scampered out.

Our rats but fairly quit,
The fearful knocking ceased.
"Return we," cried the cit,
To finish there our feast.

"No," said the rustic rat;
"Tomorrow dine with me.
I'm not offended at
Your feast so grand and free, –

"For I have no fare resembling;
But then I eat at leisure,
And would not swap, for pleasure
So mixed with fear and trembling."

"First I play for equality (as Black), then I start to play for a win." ― Artur Yusupov

"It is a profound mistake to imagine that the art of combination depends only on natural talent, and that it cannot be learned." ― Richard Reti

"Once there is the slightest suggestion of combinational possibilities on the board, look for unusual moves. Apart from making your play creative and interesting it will help you to get better results." ― Alexander Kotov

"I guess it comes down to a simple choice, really. Get busy living, or get busy dying." ― Andy (Tim Robbins), "The Shawshank Redemption"

Grzegorz

Machgielis "Max" Euwe
Fifth World Chess Champion from 1935 to 1937
Birthdate: May 20, 1901
Birthplace: Amsterdam, Netherlands
Died: November 26, 1981
Max Euwe scripted history when he became the first chess Grandmaster from the Netherlands. A PhD in math, he also taught both math and computer programming, apart from publishing a mathematical analysis of chess. A chess world champion, he also served as the president of FIDE. * Wikipedia: Wikipedia article: Max Euwe

Tanitoluwa Adewumi
(American Chess Player)
Birthdate: September 3, 2010
Birthplace: Nigeria
* Wikipedia: Wikipedia article: Tanitoluwa Adewumi

"Life is what you make it: If you snooze, you lose; and if you snore, you lose more." — Phyllis George

Galatians 6:7 in the Bible "Be not deceived, God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap."

"those who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones" is often cited as originating in Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde written in 1385.

This poem is dedicated to all female chessplayers on Caissa's Web...

Sweet Caissa

Oh, Sweet Caissa, Goddess of chess
in the name of this holistic game
I pray Thee: bless my noble aim
to render all my opponents lame
in my holy quest for worldly fame,
to be Supreme no more no less.
In awe I heard this Sweet Caissa say
"Daughter go forth and smite them all,
stoutly charge your knight sitting tall
while flying over the castle's wall
to slay all men in your deadly call."
Now in fear I hide and will no longer play.

Koneru Humpy
(Indian Chess Player and the Youngest Woman Ever to Achieve the Title of Grandmaster) Birthdate: March 31, 1987
Birthplace: Gudivada, Andhra Pradesh, India
<Koneru Humpy> is an Indian chess player and the current women's world rapid champion. At the age of 15, Humpy became the youngest female chess player to achieve the prestigious Grandmaster title. In 2003, she was honored with India's second-highest sporting honor, the Arjuna Award. In 2007, Koneru Humpy was honored with the Padma Shri Award.

* Bio: https://www.rightrasta.com/koneru-h...

* Wikipedia: Wikipedia article: Koneru Humpy

* USCF: https://uschesschamps.com/player/hu...

Carissa Yip
(American Chess Player and a Former U.S. Women's Chess Champion) Birthdate: September 10, 2003
Birthplace: Boston, Massachusetts, United States * Wikipedia: Wikipedia article: Carissa Yip

"He who sees the face does not see the heart." — Portuguese Proverb

When Moses asked God, "Who shall I tell Pharaoh has sent me?" God said, "I AM THAT I AM." Jehovah or Yahweh is the most intensely sacred name to Jewish scribes and many will not even pronounce the name. When possible, they use another name." https://www.biblestudytools.com/bib...

Psalm 107:1
Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good; his love endures forever.

"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

"Someday, somewhere – anywhere, unfailingly, you'll find yourself, and that, and only that, can be the happiest or bitterest hour of your life." ― Pablo Neruda

"Within the covers of the Bible are the answers for all the problems men face." ― Ronald Reagan, 40th U.S. President

Philippians 4:7
7 And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

"Prayer does not change God, but it changes him who prays." — Soren Kierkegaard

Our Heavenly Father, kind and good,

We thank Thee for our daily food.

We thank Thee for Thy love and care.

Be with us Lord, and hear our prayer.
Amen.

The Pawn Who Had to Go

The little pawn screamed: "I cannot hold it anymore, get me a pot or I will do exactly what I did before." Everybody laughed with the exception of the opposing king who guessed what was on the mind of this filthy thing. But nobody had time to fetch a pot or even a plastic bag They were too busy to ensure that the game became a drag. The guys in white kept running back and forth but no change. The guys in black stayed also within the very same range. Suddenly the unhappy pawn who had screamed for a pot, did a weird little dance while moving up one slot. Now standing near the king he simply pulled his pants down and peed straight up against the king's beautiful crown.

"Create the highest, grandest vision possible for your life, because you become what you believe." — Oprah Winfrey

"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

"A wise man never knows all; only a fool knows everything." — African Proverb

Question: What is the oldest authenticated age ever for a human? Answer: 122

Thank you, Qindarka!

Question: Which two cities represent letters in the phonetic alphabet? Answer: Lima and Quebec

<To See
To see a world in a grain of sand,
And a heaven in a wild flower,
Hold infinity in the palm of your hand
And eternity in an hour.>
― William Blake

French Proverb: "Il ne faut rien laisser au hasard." ― (Nothing should be left to chance.)

"There are more adventures on a chessboard than on all the seas of the world." ― Pierre Mac Orlan

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

"As long as you can still grab a breath, you fight." — The Revenant

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Zaccheus was a wee little man,
And a wee little man was he.
He climbed up in a sycamore tree
For the Lord he wanted to see.

And when the Savior passed that way
He looked up in the tree.
And he said, "Zaccheus, you come down!
For I'm going to your house today!
For I'm going to your house today!"

Zaccheus was a wee little man,
But a happy man was he.
For he had seen the Lord that day,
And a happy man was he.
And a very happy man was he!

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Q: Why is Chubby Checker so bad at telling jokes?

A: Because when there's a twist it doesn't surprise anybody.

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