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“It’s the thrill of the fight; Rising up to the challenge of our rival” “Chess first of all teaches you to be objective.”
Source: "The Soviet School of Chess" Book by Alexander Kotov, p. 42, 2001. “Among a great many other things that chess teaches you is to control the initial excitement you feel when you see something that looks good. It trains you to think before grabbing and to think just as objectively when you’re in trouble.” — Stanley Kubrick “Chess helps you to concentrate, improve your logic. It teaches you to play by the rules, take responsibility for your actions, how to problem solve in an uncertain environment.” — Garry Kasparov “Daring ideas are like chessmen moved forward. They may be beaten, but they may start a winning game.” — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe “To avoid losing a piece, many a person has lost the game.” — Savielly Tartakower “Battles are won by slaughter and maneuver. The greater the general, the more he contributes in maneuver, the less he demands in slaughter.”
― Winston S. Churchill
“Alexander, Caesar, Charlemagne, and I have founded empires. But on what did we rest the creations of our genius? Upon force. Jesus Christ founded his empire upon love; and at this hour millions of men would die for him.”
― Napoleon Bonaparte
Psalm 107:1
Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good; his love endures forever. “A God you understood would be less than yourself.” ― Flannery O'Connor “The journey is its own reward.” — Homer
“People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.” ― George Orwell “In chess, as in life, a man is his own most dangerous opponent.” ― Vasily Smyslov “I always plan for long-term; life to me is a never-ending chess match.” ― James D. Wilson “Tis action moves the world....[in] the game of chess, mind that: ye cannot leave your men to stand unmoving on the board and hope to win. A soldier must first step upon the battlefield if does mean to cross it.”
― Susanna Kearsley, The Winter Sea
“It's an entire world of just 64 squares. I feel safe in it. I can control it; I can dominate it. And it's predictable. So, if I get hurt, I only have myself to blame.”
― Walter Tevis, The Queen's Gambit
“In life, as in chess, it is always better to analyze one's motives and intentions.” ― Vladimir Nabokov “Never play to win a pawn while your development is yet unfinished!” ― Aron Nimzowitsch “Check your moves well, because it can
cost one pawn or losing a lot of just from three moves!” ― Deyth Banger “What is a weak pawn? A pawn that is exposed to attack and also difficult to defend is a weak pawn. There are several varieties: isolated, doubled, too advanced, retarded [backward].”
― Samuel Reshevsky, Art of Positional Play (Note: A weak pawn cannot be defended by another pawn; it's protection must come from a piece of the back rank that might rather be more aggressively active.) “The game gives us a satisfaction that Life denies us. And for the Chess player, the success which crowns his work, the great dispeller of sorrows, is named 'combination'.” ― Emanuel Lasker “The move is there, but you must see it.” ― Savielly Tartakower “Of course, errors are not good for a chess game, but errors are unavoidable and in any case, a game without errors, or as they say 'flawless game' is colorless.” ― Mikhail Tal “Whereas a novice makes moves until he gets checkmated (proof), a Grand Master realizes 20 moves in advance that it’s futile to continue playing (conceptualizing).” ― Bill Gaede “Chess is not a game, it's a war.” ― Joshua the poetic penguin “The King in chess is indeed a symbol of unity and wholeness and the other pieces are not separate entities but rather parts of “the One Thing”, as Campbell put it.” ― Roumen Bezergianov, Character Education with Chess Loveliest Of Trees
By A.E. Housman
Loveliest of trees, the cherry now
Is hung with bloom along the bough,
And stands about the woodland ride
Wearing white for Eastertide.
Now, of my threescore years and then,
Twenty will not come again,
And take from seventy springs a score,
It only leaves me fifty more.
And since to look at things in bloom
Fifty springs are little room,
And about the woodlands I will go,
To see the cherry hung with snow.
“In chess, without the king, the other pieces would all be "dead", so their existence is supported by the king, but they need to serve the king with their capacity for action in order to have a good game.” ― Roumen Bezergianov “When you see a good move – WAIT! – look for a better one.” ― Emanuel Lasker
The Portuguese chess player and author Pedro Damiano (1480–1544) first wrote this in his book "Questo libro e da imparare giocare a scachi et de li partiti" published in Rome, Italy, in 1512. “Capablanca didn't make separate moves - he was creating a chess picture. Nobody could compare with him in this.” ― Mikhail Botvinnik “Whether this advantage is theoretically sufficient to win or not does not worry Capablanca. He simply wins the ending. That is why he is Capablanca!”
― Max Euwe
“He (Capablanca) makes the game look easy. Art lies in the concealment of art.” ― Philip W. Sergeant “It's entirely possible that Capa could not imagine that there could be a better move than one he thought was good and he was usually right.” ― Mike Franett “Capablanca's games generally take the following course: he begins with a series of extremely fine prophylactic maneuvers, which neutralize his opponent's attempts to complicate the game; he then proceeds, slowly but surely, to set up an attacking position. This attacking position, after a series of simplifications, is transformed into a favorable endgame, which he conducts with matchless technique.” ― Aaron Nimzowitsch “What others could not see in a month's study, he (Capablanca) saw at a glance.” ― Reuben Fine “Capablanca invariably chose the right option, no matter how intricate the position.” ― Garry Kasparov. “He (Capablanca) had the totally undeserved reputation of being the greatest living endgame player. His trick was to keep his openings simple and then play with such brilliance that it was decided in the middle game before reaching the ending - even though his opponent didn't always know it. His almost complete lack of book knowledge forced him to push harder to squeeze the utmost out of every position.” ― Bobby Fischer “A passed pawn increase in strength as the number of pieces on the board diminishes.” ― Jose Raul Capablanca “...That is my biography from the first day of my chess life to the present. JOURNALIST. And your plans?
PLAYER. To play!”
― Mikhail Tal, The Life and Games of Mikhail Tal “There had been a few times over the past year when she felt like this, with her mind not only dizzied but nearly terrified by the endlessness of chess.”
― Walter Tevis, The Queen's Gambit
“Но человек существо легкомысленное и неблаговидное и, может быть, подобно шахматному игроку, любит только один процесс достижения цели, а не самую цель.”
― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Notes from Underground [Russian] "But man is a frivolous and unseemly creature and, perhaps, like a chess player, loves only one process of achieving a goal, and not the goal itself."
― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Notes from Underground [English translation] “True religion is real living; living with all one's soul, with all one's goodness and righteousness.” ― Albert Einstein "Le jeu dechec, say the French, n'est pas assez jeu: That is, chess games and others of the same importance, are not Spill, but a Study. Such may be presented to those who have nothing to order, and who fear, out of idleness, for the rust of Hiernen, but not industrious people who seek recreation in Spill and Company." ― Ludvig Holberg, Epistles “An advantage could consist not only in a single important advantage but also in a multitude of insignificant advantages.”
― Emanuel Lasker, “Lasker's Manual of Chess”, p.464 “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 “Giving doesn't always involve money.” ― Charmaine J. Forde “She had heard of the genetic code that could shape an eye or hand from passing proteins. Deoxyribonucleic acid. It contained the entire set of instructions for constructing a respiratory system and a digestive one, as well as the grip of an infant's hand. Chess was like that. The geometry of a position could be read and reread and not exhausted of possibility. You saw deeply into the layer of it, but there was another layer beyond that, and another, and another.” ― Walter Tevis, The Queen's Gambit “Chess, like love, is infectious at any age - Salo Flohr”
― Irving Chernev, The Most Instructive Games of Chess Ever Played: 62 Masterpieces of Chess Strategy <“Life is short, precious, and should not be wasted.
Everyone has a chance at it. We’re equals after all.
There are no pawns, no kings, and no queens.
We’re all humans and we all have the same value.” >
― Cristelle Comby, Blind Chess
“Life is a mysterious and witty intermingling of fate and events.” ― Alexandra Kosteniuk “Zugzwang. It's when you have no good moves. But you still have to move.”
― Michael Chabon
“I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use.” ― Galileo Galilei “Everyone wants to be wanted and if all people wait for someone else to invest in them, the world will be stuck in an eternal stalemate: nobody moves and nobody wins.” ― Laura L. “If, then, you are looking for the way by which you should go, take Christ, because He Himself is the way.” ― Thomas Aquinas “У нас есть шахматы с собой,
Шекспир и Пушкин, с нас довольно.”
― Vladimir Nabokov, Стихотворения [Russian] "We have chess with us,
Shakespeare and Pushkin, we've had enough." [English translation]
― Vladimir Nabokov, Poems
“I put my hand on a bishop, my would be assassin, and thought of my father's heights when he won, how he galloped around. The depths of his despair at losing, I expected, would be equal to the peaks. He'd mope about, his face fallen and miserable, his posture stooped as if his back ached. I took my hand from the piece and leaned back in deliberation.”
― Rion Amilcar Scott, Insurrections: Stories
“We are men who find chess fascinating. Did you expect our lives to be secretly interesting?” ― Noah Boyd, Agent X “I keep on fighting as long as my opponent can make a mistake.” ― Emanuel Lasker “Pick a leader who is strong and confident, yet humble. Intelligent, but not sly. A leader who encourages diversity, not racism. One who understands the needs of the farmer, the teacher, the welder, the doctor, and the environmentalist -- not only the banker, the oil tycoon, the weapons developer, or the insurance and pharmaceutical lobbyist.”
― Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem “Question the answers, I repeated every class. Reevaluate your conclusions when the evidence changes.”
― Craig M. Mullaney, The Unforgiving Minute: A Soldier's Education “O it's Tommy this, and Tommy that, and Tommy 'ow's your soul/But it's thin red line of heroes when the drums begin to roll.”
― Rudyard Kipling, Barrack Room Ballads & Departmental Ditties and Ballads “I am concerned for the security of our great Nation; not so much because of any treat from without, but because of the insidious forces working from within.” ― Douglas MacArthur “America's finest - our men and women in uniform, are a force for good throughout the world, and that is nothing to apologize for.” ― Sarah Palin “I can imagine no more rewarding a career. And any man who may be asked in this century what he did to make his life worthwhile, I think can respond with a good deal of pride and satisfaction: 'I served in the United States Navy.”
― John F. Kennedy
“Civilians are like beans; you buy 'em as needed for any job which merely requires skill and savvy.
But you can't buy fighting spirit.”
― Robert A. Heinlein
“There were many, many times thereafter that Don regretted having enlisted - but so has every man who ever volunteered for military service.”
― Robert A. Heinlein, Between Planets
Alas, heed Lasker's observation: "More chess games are lost by not applying what you already know, than by what you don't know." (FTB is paraphrasing the original quote.) “Heroism doesn’t always happen in a burst of glory. Sometimes small triumphs and large hearts change the course of history. Sometimes a chicken can save a man’s life.” ― Mary Roach, Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War “Remember that there are two kinds of beauty: one of the soul and the other of the body. That of the soul displays its radiance in intelligence, in chastity, in good conduct, in generosity, and in good breeding, and all these qualities may exist in an ugly man. And when we focus our attention upon that beauty, not upon the physical, love generally arises with great violence and intensity. I am well aware that I am not handsome, but I also know that I am not deformed, and it is enough for a man of worth not to be a monster for him to be dearly loved, provided he has those spiritual endowments I have spoken of.”
― Miguel Cervantes
“Customers don’t expect you to be perfect. They do expect you to fix things when they go wrong.” — Donald Porter “It is so much easier to be nice, to be respectful, to put yourself in your customer’s’ shoes and try to understand how you might help them before they ask for help, than it is to try to mend a broken customer relationship.”
— Mark Cuban
“Only once customer service has become habitual will a company realize its true potential.” — Than Merrill “Customers don’t care about your policies. Find and engage the need. Tell the customer what you can do.” — Alice Sesay Pope “Always keep in mind the old retail adage: Customers remember the service a lot longer than they remember the price.” — Lauren Freedman “Here is a powerful yet simple rule. Always give people more than they expect to get.” — Nelson Boswell “Teach us to give and not to count the cost.” — Saint Ignatius “Every contact we have with a customer influences whether or not they’ll come back. We have to be great every time or we’ll lose them.” — Kevin Stirtz “The customer is always right.” — Harry Gordon Selfridge (Not hardly says FTB.) “Once a king or queen of Narnia, always a king or queen of Narnia.”
― C.S. Lewis, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe “Always carry champagne! In victory You deserve it & in defeat You need it!”
― Napoléon Bonaparte
“Be your own Sunshine. Always.” ― Purvi Raniga “Most promises featuring the word 'always' are unkeepable.”
― John Green, The Anthropocene Reviewed
“You should never say never. Just like you should never say always; because, always and never are always never true.” ― J. R. Krol “<Never and Always> Never take advantage of someone whom loves you
Never avoid someone whom needs you
Never betray anyone whom has trust in you
Never forget the people that always remember you Never speak ill of a person who is not present
Never support something you know is wrong or unethical Always speak to your parents on their birthday and anniversary Always defend those who cannot defend themselves Always forgive those you love whom have made mistakes Always give something to those less fortunate than you Always remember to look back at those who helped you succeed Always call your parents and siblings on New Year’s Eve.”
― R.J. Intindola
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Samuel Leeds Allen patented the Flexible Flyer sled in 1889 during his farming equipment company’s off-season. His design included a steering mechanism that allowed riders to control the sled by shifting their weight. The Flexible Flyer became America’s most popular winter toy. Allen’s basic steering design is still used in modern sleds. Place your knights in the center for greater mobility; avoid edges and the corners. Nov-02-12 Infohunter: Larger databases, because less picky about game quality, can be found at these sites:
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http://mychess.com/
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http://www.365chess.com/
And I am sure there must be a host of others.
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"Would you play with a person who cheats and moves his men around when you are not looking?"
"No."
"Well, neither would Bill."
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by William Blake (1757-1827)
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
A Robin Red breast in a Cage
Puts all Heaven in a Rage
A Dove house filld with Doves & Pigeons
Shudders Hell thr' all its regions
A dog starvd at his Masters Gate
Predicts the ruin of the State
A Horse misusd upon the Road
Calls to Heaven for Human blood
Each outcry of the hunted Hare
A fibre from the Brain does tear
A Skylark wounded in the wing
A Cherubim does cease to sing
The Game Cock clipd & armd for fight
Does the Rising Sun affright
Every Wolfs & Lions howl
Raises from Hell a Human Soul
The wild deer, wandring here & there
Keeps the Human Soul from Care
The Lamb misusd breeds Public Strife
And yet forgives the Butchers knife
The Bat that flits at close of Eve
Has left the Brain that wont Believe
The Owl that calls upon the Night
Speaks the Unbelievers fright
He who shall hurt the little Wren
Shall never be belovd by Men
He who the Ox to wrath has movd
Shall never be by Woman lovd
The wanton Boy that kills the Fly
Shall feel the Spiders enmity
He who torments the Chafers Sprite
Weaves a Bower in endless Night
The Catterpiller on the Leaf
Repeats to thee thy Mothers grief
Kill not the Moth nor Butterfly
For the Last Judgment draweth nigh
He who shall train the Horse to War
Shall never pass the Polar Bar
The Beggars Dog & Widows Cat
Feed them & thou wilt grow fat
The Gnat that sings his Summers Song
Poison gets from Slanders tongue
The poison of the Snake & Newt
Is the sweat of Envys Foot
The poison of the Honey Bee
Is the Artists Jealousy
The Princes Robes & Beggars Rags
Are Toadstools on the Misers Bags
A Truth thats told with bad intent
Beats all the Lies you can invent
It is right it should be so
Man was made for Joy & Woe
And when this we rightly know
Thro the World we safely go
Joy & Woe are woven fine
A Clothing for the soul divine
Under every grief & pine
Runs a joy with silken twine
The Babe is more than swadling Bands
Throughout all these Human Lands
Tools were made & Born were hands
Every Farmer Understands
Every Tear from Every Eye
Becomes a Babe in Eternity
This is caught by Females bright
And returnd to its own delight
The Bleat the Bark Bellow & Roar
Are Waves that Beat on Heavens Shore
The Babe that weeps the Rod beneath
Writes Revenge in realms of Death
The Beggars Rags fluttering in Air
Does to Rags the Heavens tear
The Soldier armd with Sword & Gun
Palsied strikes the Summers Sun
The poor Mans Farthing is worth more
Than all the Gold on Africs Shore
One Mite wrung from the Labrers hands
Shall buy & sell the Misers Lands
Or if protected from on high
Does that whole Nation sell & buy
He who mocks the Infants Faith
Shall be mockd in Age & Death
He who shall teach the Child to Doubt
The rotting Grave shall neer get out
He who respects the Infants faith
Triumphs over Hell & Death
The Childs Toys & the Old Mans Reasons
Are the Fruits of the Two seasons
The Questioner who sits so sly
Shall never know how to Reply
He who replies to words of Doubt
Doth put the Light of Knowledge out
The Strongest Poison ever known
Came from Caesars Laurel Crown
Nought can Deform the Human Race
Like to the Armours iron brace
When Gold & Gems adorn the Plow
To peaceful Arts shall Envy Bow
A Riddle or the Crickets Cry
Is to Doubt a fit Reply
The Emmets Inch & Eagles Mile
Make Lame Philosophy to smile
He who Doubts from what he sees
Will neer Believe do what you Please
If the Sun & Moon should Doubt
Theyd immediately Go out
To be in a Passion you Good may Do
But no Good if a Passion is in you
The Whore & Gambler by the State
Licencd build that Nations Fate
The Harlots cry from Street to Street
Shall weave Old Englands winding Sheet
The Winners Shout the Losers Curse
Dance before dead Englands Hearse
Every Night & every Morn
Some to Misery are Born
Every Morn and every Night
Some are Born to sweet delight
Some are Born to sweet delight
Some are Born to Endless Night
We are led to Believe a Lie
When we see not Thro the Eye
Which was Born in a Night to perish in a Night
When the Soul Slept in Beams of Light
God Appears & God is Light
To those poor Souls who dwell in Night
But does a Human Form Display
To those who Dwell in Realms of day
Riddle Question: What invention lets you look right through a wall? In a match between Mason-Mackenzie in London in 1882, there were 72 consecutive Queen Moves. Riddle Answer: A window!
“Funny, funny Jude (The Man in the Red Beret). You play with little pieces all day long, and you know what? You’ll live to be an old, old man someday. And here I am.” — Janis Joplin <Jude Acers> set a Guinness World Record for playing 117 people in simultaneous chess games on April 21, 1973 at the Lloyd Center Mall in Portland, Oregon. On July 2-3, 1976 Jude played 179 opponents at Mid Isle Plaza (Broadway Plaza) in Long Island, New York for another Guinness record. Gambling problem? Call 1-800-GAMBLER
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There once was a website named WTHarvey,
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The brain-teasers so tough,
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But solving them brought us great satisfaction today. There once was a website named WTHarvey
Where chess puzzles were quite aplenty
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You'll sharpen your brain with a yawn
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There once was a site for chess fun,
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“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 “The measure of a society is found in how they treat their weakest and most helpless citizens.” ― Jimmy Carter, 39th U.S. President Connecticut: Windsor
Established in: 1633
Settlers from Plymouth Colony built the first trading house in Windsor in 1633 on an expanse of land they bought from Native Americans who were living there.
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-... * Chess History: https://www.britannica.com/topic/ch... * Three Simple Chess Tips: https://www.premierchesscoaching.co... 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.
“I do not know how old I was when I learned to play chess. I could not have been older than eight, because I still have a chessboard on whose side my father inscribed, with a soldering iron, “Saša Hemon 1972.” I loved the board more than chess—it was one of the first things I owned. Its materiality was enchanting to me: the smell of burnt wood that lingered long after my father had branded it; the rattle of the thickly varnished pieces inside, the smacking sound they made when I put them down, the board’s hollow wooden echo. I can even recall the taste—the queen’s tip was pleasantly suckable; the pawns’ round heads, not unlike nipples, were sweet. The board is still at our place in Sarajevo, and, even if I haven’t played a game on it in decades, it is still my most cherished possession, providing incontrovertible evidence that there once lived a boy who used to be me.” ― Aleksandar Hemon, The Book of My Lives The Miller, His Son, and the Ass
To M. De Maucroix.
Because the arts are plainly birthright matters,
For fables we to ancient Greece are debtors;
But still this field could not be reaped so clean
As not to let us, later comers, glean.
The fiction-world has deserts yet to dare,
And, daily, authors make discoveries there.
I had fain repeat one which our man of song,
Old Malherbe, told one day to young Racan.
Of Horace they the rivals and the heirs,
Apollo's pets, – my masters, I should say, –
Sole by themselves were met, I'm told, one day,
Confiding each to each their thoughts and cares.
Racan begins: 'Pray end my inward strife,
For well you know, my friend, what's what in life,
Who through its varied course, from stage to stage,
Have stored the full experience of age;
What shall I do? It's time I chose profession.
You know my fortune, birth, and disposition.
Ought I to make the country my resort,
Or seek the army, or to rise at court?
There's nothing but mixes bitterness with charms;
War has its pleasures; hymen, its alarms.
it were nothing hard to take my natural bent, –
But I have a world of people to content."
"Content a world!" old Malherbe cries; "who can, sir?
Why, let me tell a story before I answer."
"A miller and his son, I have somewhere read,
The first in years, the other but a lad, –
A fine, smart boy, however, I should say, –
To sell their ass went to a fair one day.
In order there to get the highest price,
They needs must keep their donkey fresh and nice;
So, tying fast his feet, they swung him clear,
And bore him hanging like a chandelier.
Alas! poor, simple-minded country fellows!
The first that sees their load, loud laughing, bellows,
"What farce is this to split good people's sides?
The most an ass is not the one that rides!"
The miller, much enlightened by this talk,
Untied his precious beast, and made him walk.
The ass, who liked the other mode of travel,
Brayed some complaint at trudging on the gravel;
Whereat, not understanding well the beast,
The miller caused his hopeful son to ride,
And walked behind, without a spark of pride.
Three merchants passed, and, mightily displeased,
The eldest of these gentlemen cried out,
"Ho there! dismount, for shame, you lubber lout!
Nor make a foot-boy of your grey-beard sire;
Change places, as the rights of age require."
"To please you, sirs," the miller said, "I ought."
So down the young and up the old man got.
Three girls next passing, "What a shame!" says one,
"That boy should be obliged on foot to run,
While that old chap, on his ass astride,
Should play the calf, and like a bishop ride!"
"Please save your wit," the miller made reply,
"Tough veal, my girls, the calf as old as I."
But joke on joke repeated changed his mind;
So up he took, at last, his son behind.
Not thirty yards ahead, another set
Found fault. "The biggest fools I ever met,"
Says one of them, "such burdens to impose.
The ass is faint, and dying with their blows.
Is this, indeed, the mercy which these rustics
Show to their honest, faithful, old domestics?
If to the fair these lazy fellows ride,
"Twill be to sell thereat the donkey's hide!"
"Zounds!" cried the miller, "precious little brains
Has he who takes, to please the world, such pains;
But since we're in, we'll try what can be done."
So off the ass they jumped, himself and son,
And, like a prelate, donkey marched alone.
Another man they met. "These folks," said he,
"Enslave themselves to let their ass go free –
The darling brute! If I might be so bold,
I had counsel them to have him set in gold.
Not so went Nicholas his Jane to woo,
Who rode, we sing, his ass to save his shoe."
"Ass! ass!" our man replied; "we're asses three!
I do avow myself an ass to be;
But since my sage advisers can't agree,
Their words henceforth shall not be heeded;
I'll suit myself." And he succeeded.
"For you, choose army, love, or court;
In town, or country, make resort;
Take wife, or cowl; ride you, or walk;
Doubt not but tongues will have their talk."
<Chris Chaffin wrote:
master/piece
She moves him ‘round the chess board,
dodging bishops, pawns and rooks.
She coaxes him from square to square
without a second look.
The white knight cannot catch him.
Piece by piece, the foe now yields.
Her king is safe; the game is done.
The queen controls the field.>
The Satyr and the Traveller
Within a savage forest grot
A satyr and his chips
Were taking down their porridge hot;
Their cups were at their lips.
You might have seen in mossy den,
Himself, his wife, and brood;
They had not tailor-clothes, like men,
But appetites as good.
In came a traveller, benighted,
All hungry, cold, and wet,
Who heard himself to eat invited
With nothing like regret.
He did not give his host the pain
His asking to repeat;
But first he blew with might and main
To give his fingers heat.
Then in his steaming porridge dish
He delicately blew.
The wondering satyr said, "I wish
The use of both I knew."
"Why, first, my blowing warms my hand,
And then it cools my porridge."
"Ah!" said his host, "then understand
I cannot give you storage.
"To sleep beneath one roof with you,
I may not be so bold.
Far be from me that mouth untrue
Which blows both hot and cold."
“Life is a tragedy for those who feel, and a comedy for those who think.”
― Jean de La Bruyère
“Most men make use of the first part of their life to render the last part miserable.” ― Jean de La Bruyère “There are only three events in a man’s life; birth, life, and death; he is not conscious of being born, he dies in pain and he forgets to live.”
― Jean de La Bruyère
“Everything has been said, and we are more than seven thousand years of human thought too late.” ― Jean de La Bruyère “The difference between death and taxes is death doesn’t get worse every time Congress meets.” ― Will Rogers “You know, everybody's ignorant, just on different subjects.” ― Will Rogers “The only way to beat the lawyers is to die with nothing.” ― Will Rogers “The best way to make a fire with two sticks is to make sure one of them is a match.” ― Will Rogers “If you can't identify it, don't stick it in your mouth.” ― Will Rogers “Three couples approached the Pearly Gates and asked permission from Saint Peter to enter. To the first husband he responded, “You may not enter heaven. All your life you’ve been obsessed with money. Why, you even married a woman named Penny!” He then turned to the second husband and responded, “You may not enter heaven. All your life you’ve been obsessed with food. Why, you even married a woman named Candy.” Taking his wife gently by the hand and looking very sad, the third husband said, “Come on, Fanny, we might as well get out of here!” ― Kevin Kenworthy, The Best Jokes Minnie Pearl Ever Told: “Kissing a man with a beard is a lot like going to a picnic. You don't mind going through a little bush to get there!” ― Minnie Pearl “Elvis said, Miss Minnie, do you think it would be out of order if I go up and speak to General Stewart? I've always been such a fan of his. So Elvis went up to speak to the Stewarts.” ― Minnie Pearl In Melitopol, terrible terror has been reigning for over a year. It's quiet, you can't see it on the streets - reported CNN. Anyone who has rejected a Russian passport may become a victim of repression. They can't access the hospital, can't function normally. The "incredible" occupant also takes away the land. Arrests and torture, unfortunately, are common practices. Partisans are engaged in attacking Russian logistics and eliminating collaborators and Russian officers. They actively cooperate with Ukrainian military intelligence (HUR) and are ready for sabotage activities in case the front arrives. Before the war, Melitopol had a population of 154,000. The city, located in the southeastern part of Ukraine in the Zaporizhzhia region, was occupied by the Russians on March 1, 2022 Eastern Time. Since then, it has been waiting for liberation, but that does not mean that the inhabitants are idle. From the beginning of the war, there has been a partisan movement in and around the city. “Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.” ― Martin Luther King Jr. “Sometimes the most ordinary things could be made extraordinary, simply by doing them with the right people.” ― Elizabeth Green “Remember Red, hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies.” ― Andy (Tim Robbins), “The Shawshank Redemption” Psalms 31:24 - Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the LORD. Luck never gives; it only lends. ~ Scottish Proverb <CHESS
Meet me then, within this grid,
this little wooden battlefield as equals,
as we forget our bodies to inhabit these pieces,
control these spaces, trade threats and responses,
send our thoughts out into possible positions, our eyes
imagining nothing but sweet forks and lancing fianchettoes.
We chessplayers, pretend enemies, bound to our miniature war
inexplicably & inescapably: when did we find ourselves so obsessed,
insidiously seduced to advances and exchanges, lost inside
this abyss of infinite moves, willing servants of it's rules? - Rael>
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. Bughouse Rules
Bughouse is an outrageously fun team game in which one partner plays White and the other plays Black. As a player captures an opponent's piece, that captured piece is passed to the partner. The partner can either make a regular chess move, or place any one of the pieces passed by the partner anywhere on the board! (well, almost anywhere - there are certain rules to follow that we go over in class). To add to the excitement, Bughouse is played with clocks at a quick pace (5 minutes) and players are allowed to TALK!! In fact, you have to talk in order to effectively communicate strategies with your partner. Of course, your opponents might overhear you and plan their counter strategy. So you could whisper, or even talk in secret codes! But you can't hide captured pieces - they have to stay out in the open where everyone can see them. Not fair pulling a rook out from under your beard! These rules and others are contained in he official USCF Bughouse Rules 5th Edition, which will be posted on the walls for Bughouse events. It was interesting to note, during Grandmaster Nigel Davies' recent instructional clinics, that he greatly encouraged Bughouse as a tool for developing the imagination. IMPORTANT! Because of the high level of noise, Bughouse will be played only on pre-advertised Bughouse tournament days (normally around Halloween, plus or minus a week, and sometimes at other times during the year). BUGHOUSE RULES (adapted from http://raleighchessacademy.com/wp-c... ) 1. Number of Players - There are exactly two players on a team; they are called 'team members,' 'partners' or 'pardners' (Texas only). No substitutions of players are allowed at any time during the tournament. Ya dances with the pardner what brought ya. A Tournament can have many competing teams. 2. Bughouse Game - A 'Bughouse Game' matches one team member against one opponent, and the other team member against that opponent's partner. Play is conducted by the four players on two regulation chess boards, each starting from the normal chess starting position, with white moving first and each using a chess clock (digital takes precedence over analog). One partner plays White; the other Black. The first checkmate or time forfeit on either board ends the Game. If either partner on a team wins their board, then their team wins the Game. Just as in regular chess, there are multiple Games (rounds) per tournament. 3. Colors - For each Game, the team decides which partner is to play white and which is to play black. Once a Game is started, partners may not switch boards (and although you can always give advice to your partner, you cannot touch your partner's pieces). 4. Time control - The time control is Game in 5 minutes. Use 2 second delay when possible. 5. Bring a clock- Each team is responsible for providing a clock. If a team does not have a clock and their opponents do have a clock, the team without a clock forfeits. If neither team has a clock then both teams forfeit. 6. Completion of Move - If a player's hand has released a piece then that move cannot be changed, unless it is an illegal move. A move is not Completed until the piece is released AND the clock is pressed. If the clock has not been pressed then the opponent may not move (this is under review) 8. Illegal moves lose, if they are caught before the next move is made. I. If an opponent makes a move and starts the opponent's clock, they have forfeited the right to claim that illegal move. II. Before play begins both players should inspect the position of the pieces and the setting of the clock, since once each side has made a move all claims for correcting either are null and void. The only exception is if one or both players have more than five minutes on their clock, then the tournament director may reduce the time accordingly. III. Illegal moves, unnoticed by both players, cannot be corrected afterwards, nor can they become the basis for later making an illegal move claim. If the King and Queen are set up incorrectly when the game begins, then you may castle short on the queen side and castle long on the kingside. Once each side has made a move, incorrect setups must stay. 9. Passing pieces - When a piece is captured, the captured piece is passed to the partner only after the move is completed (opponent’s clock is started). 10. Placing or moving pieces- A player has the option of either moving one of their pieces on their board or placing a piece their teammate has captured and passed to them. I. A captured piece may be placed on any unoccupied square on the board, with the exception that a pawn may not be placed on the first or last rank. II. Pieces may be placed to create or interpose check or checkmate. (under review - some variants do not allow "drop mates") III. A promoted pawn, which has been captured, reverts to a pawn and not the promoted piece. 11. Displaying captured pieces- A player may not attempt to hide pieces captured by their partner from the opponent. The first attempt will be a warning and the second attempt will result in forfeiture of the game. 12. Communicating allowed- Partners may verbally communicate throughout a game. It is legal for one partner to make move suggestions to the other partner. It is illegal and grounds for forfeiting the match if one partner physically moves one of their partner's pieces. 13. Clock Hand- Each player must push the clock button with the same hand they use to move their pieces. Exception: only during castling may a player use both hands. When capturing only one hand may be used. The first infraction will get a warning, the second a one minute penalty and the third will result in the loss of the game. 14. Touching a Clock- Except for pushing the clock button neither player should touch the clock except: I. To straighten it; II. If either player knocks over the clock his opponent gets one minute added to their clock; III. If your opponent's clock does not begin you may push their side down and repunch your side; however, if this procedure is unsatisfactory, please call for a director; IV. Each player must always be allowed to push the clock after their move is made. Neither player should keep their hand on or hover over the clock. 15. Define a win- A game is won by the player: I. who has mated their opponent's king; II. If the checking piece is not a knight or is not in contact (on an adjacent square) with the defending king and the defending player does not have any material to block the check, the defending player may wait until his or her partner supplies a piece provided their time does not run out. III. whose opponent resigns; IV. whose opponent's flag falls first, at any time before the game is otherwise ended, provided he/she points it out and neutralizes the clock while their own flag is still up; V. who, after an illegal move, takes the opponent's king or stops the clock; VI. an illegal move doesn't negate a player's right to claim on time, provided he/she does so prior to their opponent's claim of an illegal move. If the claims are simultaneous, the player who made the illegal move loses. 16. Defining a draw- A game is a draw: I. By agreement between the teams during the game only. II. If the flag of one player falls after the flag of the other player has already fallen and a win has not been claimed, unless either side mates before noticing both flags down. Announced checkmate nullifies any later time claims. 17. Replacing pieces- If a player accidentally displaces one or more pieces, he shall replace them on his own time. If it is necessary, his opponent may start the opponent's clock without making a move in order to make sure that the culprit uses his own time while replacing the pieces. Finally, it is unsportsmanlike to knock over any pieces then punch the clock. For the first offense the player will get a warning (unless this causes his flag to fall, in which case the opponent will get one extra minute added to his clock). For a second offense a one minute add-on for the opponent will be imposed. For a third offense the offender shall forfeit the game. Thereafter, the tournament director may use other penalties or expel a player from the event for repeated offenses. 18. Dispute between players - In case of a dispute either player may stop both clocks while the tournament director is being summoned. In any unclear situation the tournament director will consider the testimony of both players and any reliable witnesses before rendering his decision. If a player wishes to appeal the decision of a tournament director, the player must first appeal to the section chief then, if necessary, the player may appeal to the Chief floor director, whose decision in all cases is final. 19. TD touching the clock - The tournament director shall not pick up the clock; except in the case of a dispute. 20. Observer conduct - Spectators and players of another match are not to speak or otherwise interfere in a game. If a spectator interferes in any way, such as by calling attention to the flag fall or an illegal move, the tournament director may cancel the game and rule that a new game be played in its stead, and he may also expel the offending party from the playing room. The tournament director should also be silent about illegal moves, flag falls, etc. (unless there is an agreement with the players, before the game, to call them) as this is entirely the responsibility of the players. 21. Replacing a promoted pawn - If a player promotes a pawn they must leave the pawn on the board and clearly indicate to their opponent to what piece the pawn is being promoted too. The promoted pawn will be laid on it's side to indicate that it is a promoted pawn (MCS&C local rule - to prevent later disagreements about what piece the pawn was promoted to, and to avoid pawns annoyingly rolling about and off the board, a spare piece quickly found from another set should be used and placed in the normal upright position, an upside down rook still signifying a queen. The argument against this is nuclear proliferation of Queens, but I don't think it is a strong argument). 22. Replacement clock - Only a tournament director may determine if a clock is defective and change clocks. 23. Player behavior - Excessive banging of pieces or clock will not be tolerated and the offending player may be penalized with loss of time (Director discretion) 24. Insufficient Losing Chances- Insufficient losing chances claims cannot be made in Bughouse games. 25. Rules Not Covered Above - The Official Rules of Chess, 5th edition, shall be used to resolve any situation not covered by these rules. “At any rate, the principles of a noble manner of life and the ethics of the nobility now take on the clear and uncompromising form known to us from the chivalric epic and lyric. We often find the new members of a privileged group to be more rigorous in their attitude to questions of class etiquette than the born representatives of the group; they are more clearly conscious of the ideas which hold the particular group together and distinguish it from other groups than are men who grew up in those ideas. This is a well-known and often-repeated feature of social history; the novus homo is always inclined to over-compensate for his sense of inferiority and to emphasize the moral qualifications required for the privileges which he enjoys. In the present case, too, we find that the knights who have risen from the ranks of the retainers are stricter and more intolerant in matters of honour than the old aristocrats by birth. What seems to the latter a matter of course, something that could hardly be otherwise than what it is, appears to the newly ennobled an achievement and a problem. The feeling of belonging to the governing class, one of which the old nobility had scarcely been conscious, is for them a great new experience. Where the old-style aristocrat acts instinctively and makes no pretensions about it, the knight finds himself faced with a special task of difficulty, an opportunity for heroic action, a need to surpass himself—in fact to do something extraordinary and unnatural. In matters in which a born grand seigneur takes no trouble to distinguish himself from the rest of mankind, the new knight requires of his peers that they should at all costs show themselves different from ordinary mortals.”
― Arnold Hauser, The Social History of Art, Volume 1: From Prehistoric Times to the Middle Ages During a Friday speech about the September jobs report, President Joe Biden delivered a rapid-fire series of three false or misleading claims – falsely saying that he has cut the debt, falsely crediting a tax policy that didn’t take effect until 2023 for improving the budget situation in 2021 and 2022, and misleadingly saying that he has presided over an “actual surplus.” At a separate moment of the speech, Biden used outdated figures to boast of setting record lows in the unemployment rates for African Americans, Hispanics and people with disabilities. While the rates for these three groups hit record lows earlier in his presidency, he didn’t acknowledge that they have all since increased to non-record levels – and, in fact, are now higher than they were during parts of Donald Trump’s presidency. Chessgames.com will be unavailable October 13, 2023 from 11:30AM through 11:45AM(UTC/GMT) for maintenance. We apologize for this inconvenience. I can always tell, you know, when you've been time tripping. Examine all moves that smite.
Another search and seizure.
Not equitable this inconvenience.
Light, blonde hair is marked by impartiality and honesty: free from self-interest, prejudice, or favoritism. "Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn, and cauldron bubble."
— William Shakespeare, Macbeth
“There are two types of sacrifices: correct ones and mine.” — Tal “Whatever you do, don’t fall asleep.”
— Nancy Thomas, “Nightmare on Elm Street” a smelfod z4alantis mod z french zapzibarn zstole perdi's jwelri a. crimeBot
'Nomen nominandum' a.k.a 'the name to be named' butt zit didn't knowl him. “You have to fight... for your right... to Lombarrdi!” — Travis Kelce Question: What is considered the first reality TV show?
Answer: The Real World
Question: Who was Russia's first elected president?
Answer: Boris Yeltsin
“When in doubt, make plays.” — Travis Kelce <the limerick. Here is one from page 25 of the Chess Amateur, October 1907:A solver, who lived at Devizes,
Had won a great number of prizes –
A dual or cook,
He’d detect at a look,
And his head swelled up several sizes.> “We don't need to share the same opinions as others, but we need to be respectful.” — Taylor Swift “I love having a goal, feeling like I'm on a mission. I love trying to beat what I've done so far.” — Marie Claire “Spiderboy, king of thieves / Weave your little webs of opacity.” — "Karma" from Midnights “The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ,
Moves on”
— The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
As Time Goes By
Songwriters: Max Steiner.
You must remember this
A kiss is just a kiss
A sigh is just a sigh
The fundamental things apply
As time goes by
And when two lovers woo
They still say, "I love you"
On that you can rely
No matter what the future brings
As time goes by
Moonlight and love songs
Never out of date
Hearts full of passion
Jealousy and hate
Woman needs man, and man must have his mate
That no one can deny
It's still the same old story
A fight for love and glory
A case of do-or-die
The world will always welcome lovers
As time goes by
Moonlight and love songs
Never out of date
Hearts full of passion
Jealousy and hate
Woman needs man, and man must have his mate
That no one can deny
It's still the same old story
A fight for love and glory
A case of do-or-die
The world will always welcome lovers
As time goes by
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“When you come to a fork in the road, take it." ― Yogi Berra, 10-time World Series champion According to Chessmetrics, 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. “Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said.” — Voltaire “A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on.” — Winston Churchill “Almost all of our sorrows spring out of our relations with other people.” — Arthur Schopenhauer “Happiness resides not in possessions, and not in gold, happiness dwells in the soul.” — Democritus “Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.” —Buddha <lillia wrote:
CHESS
do you want to play chess?
I would, but it's 11 pm
The connection is bad
ok
i like it when you win
i don't let you win, i don't try my hardest but
even if i did, you'd win
Ok
I like it when you win>
Chess has six different kinds of pieces, and they all interact in myriad ways. Your opponent’s own pieces can often be used against him. While the Queen is the strongest piece, it is the weakest defender; and while the pawn is the weakest piece, it is the strongest defender. José Raúl Capablanca used the principle "Cutting off pieces from the scene of action." <<Like new-laid eggs Chess Problems are,Though very good, they may be beaten;
And yet, though like, they’re different far,
They may be cooked, but never eaten.>
Source: page 58 of Poems and Chess Problems by J.A. Miles (Fakenham, 1882).> Bless Us, O Lord
Traditional Catholic Prayer
Bless us, O Lord,
And these Thy gifts
Which we are about to receive,
Through Thy bounty
Through Christ our Lord we pray.
Amen.
Dec-14-20
Biographer Bistro
Tabanus: chessgames.com chessforum (kibitz #21841) <20/20 Technologies is one of the first web development companies, founded in 1995 by Daniel Freeman and Lee Cummings. In 2001 we were commissioned by Albert Artidiello to create a chess site. Albert had limited-funding but big dreams, so in the early years (2002, 2003) 20/20 agreed to do extensive work on Chessgames in exchange for a stake in the website's business (which at the time was zero, as there wasn't even such a thing as a premium membership, and the advertising didn't even cover the hosting fees.)For a while it seemed like a really fun side-project but not a business per se. But then, around 2004-2005, the site launched its premium membership and turned profitable. At that stage, Chessgames was capable of actually paying for its development work, hiring GM commentators, etc. Chessgames could have gone to any web development company in the world at that point, but obviously it was in everybody's best interest to keep working with 20/20 Technologies. In gratitude for all they've done, Chessgames continues to put a link to 20/20 Technologies at the bottom of every page.> “At the end of the day, I feel like if you're not having fun with what you do, there's really not much of a point to be doing it.” — Travis Kelce z.a
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— Giuseppe Tomasi Di Lampedusa, The Leopard
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Learning from one's losses is all part of the process of improvement. This fellow NN really struggles at times but he keeps coming back for more! Admire NN's persistence, but he needs to read some good fundamental chess books to improve his game. (Always read the same chess book twice, back-to-back.) filipecea says NN is the Latin's "Nomen Nescio" ... Something like "Unknown name"... Say, Gioachino Greco's games are excellent training games for the newbie. Greco clearly was ahead of his time as an instructor: Gioachino Greco Better yet, NN should get a house cat; it made all the difference w/Emanuel Lasker, who reigned as world champion for 27 years. Cats are patient, alert observers, ready to pounce -- just like a good chess player! Get all of Lasker's books too. Many a future GM learned the way from studying Lasker's books. Emanuel Lasker and Edward Lasker have written all-time chess classics for strong players. NN first should read some simpler books by Fred Reinfeld, Irving Chernev and/or I.A. Horowitz to establish a working foundation of chess knowledge before attempting to acquire advanced understanding. It's better to read a chess book that is a bit too easy than one that is too difficult to appreciate. Then read that same book again! Capablanca has his own collection, but a few games are in here. Charousek shares another collection with Anderssen and Blackburne. Carlsen and Caruana now have their own collections as well, but lag behind. Fredthebear thinks chopped salad is still rather tasty! * PGN Language Conversion: http://www.code.gr/chess-converter/... * 68 games between Chigorin and Schiffers:
search "Chigorin vs Schiffers" * Chigorin's 2.Qe2 vs French Defense: http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches... * Petrov's Defense, Cochrane Gambit: http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches... * The "Caribbean Tal": Philip Corbin * The World Championship 2018:
Carlsen - Caruana World Championship Match (2018) * Great Endings: Game Collection: great endings “The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.” ― Lao Tzu “God has given you one face, and you make yourself another.”
― William Shakespeare
“I started chess around the age of seven. I was inspired by the game, but soon legends like Kasparov, Karpov, Fischer, Anand and many other world champions captivated me.” ― Anish Giri “Chess is a game where all different sorts of people can come together, not a game in which people are divided because of their religion or country of origin.” ― Hikaru Nakamura “In chess, you have to bring all the pieces into the game. It is about development. In writing, you have to develop the story.” ― Gza “Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.” ― Albert Einstein “Chess is a lot of fun for me. Football is a physical game, and in chess you can just beat someone mentally - you outwit somebody, outmaneuver them, think ahead of them.” ― Larry Fitzgerald “Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world.” ― Archimedes “The most powerful weapon in chess is to have the next move.”
― David Bronstein
“Young men preen. Old men scheme.” ― Mason Cooley “Chess and me, it's hard to take them apart. It's like my alter ego.”
― Bobby Fischer
“It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see.”
― Henry David Thoreau
“Chess is the art of analysis.” ― Mikhail Botvinnik “Patience is the companion of wisdom.” ― Saint Augustine “Chess is a sport. The main object in the game of chess remains the achievement of victory.” ― Max Euwe “There are no adequate substitutes for father, mother, and children bound together in a loving commitment to nurture and protect. No government, no matter how well-intentioned, can take the place of the family in the scheme of things.” ― Gerald R. Ford “My biggest competitor was my mum. I used to try to beat her at Chinese chequers, chess, carrom, volleyball, badminton, football, wrestling.”
― Sunil Chhetri
“Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and unruffled under all circumstances.” ― Thomas Jefferson “The human element, the human flaw and the human nobility - those are the reasons that chess matches are won or lost.” ― Viktor Korchnoi “In chess, you should be as cool as a cucumber.” ― Yuliya Snigir “O, what a tangled web we weave when first we practise to deceive!”
― Walter Scott
“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 “To give anything less than your best, is to sacrifice the gift.”
― Steve Prefontaine
“I love to play chess. The last time I was playing, I started to really see the board. I don't mean just seeing a few moves ahead - something else. My game started getting better. It's the patterns. The patterns are universal.”
― Forest Whitaker
“God gave you a gift of 86,400 seconds today. Have you used one to say 'thank you?' ” ― William Arthur Ward “It's not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.” ― Epictetus “I think a gentleman is someone who holds the comfort of other people above their own. The instinct to do that is inside every good man, I believe. The rules about opening doors and buying dinner and all of that other 'gentleman' stuff is a chess game, especially these days.” ― Anna Kendrick Never judge a book by its cover.
“You cannot say, 'Go! Go! Rah! Rah! Good move!' People want some emotion. Chess is an art and not a spectator sport.” ― Garry Kasparov “My passions were all gathered together like fingers that made a fist. Drive is considered aggression today; I knew it then as purpose.” ― Bette Davis “We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.”
― Winston Churchill
“I spend hours playing chess because I find it so much fun. The day it stops being fun is the day I give up.” ― Magnus Carlsen “Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter.”
― Mark Twain
“The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.”
― Eleanor Roosevelt
“I may not be where I want to be, but thank God I am not where I used to be.” ― Joyce Meyer “Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment.” ― Jim Rohn “I have a scheme for stopping war. It's this - no nation is allowed to enter a war till they have paid for the last one.” ― Will Rogers Bobby Fischer on Paul Morphy:
“Perhaps the most accurate player who ever lived, he would beat anybody today in a set-match. He had complete sight of the board and seldom blundered even though he moved quite rapidly. I've played over hundreds of his games and am continually surprised and entertained by his ingenuity.” “He (Jose R. Capablanca) makes the game look easy. Art lies in the concealment of art.” ― Philip W. Sergeant “Beautiful, cold, remorseless chess, almost creepy in its silent implacability.”
― Raymond Chandler (on a Capablanca game)
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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!
'A rising tide lifts all boats'
'Don't put the cart before the horse'
“Examine what is said, not who is speaking.” ~ African Proverb Proverbs 29:25
Fear of man will prove to be a snare, but whoever trusts in the Lord is kept safe. New York: Albany
Established in: 1624
Henry Hudson (the Hudson River is named after him) arrived in Albany in 1609, but it was already home to a Dutch trading post and the Haudenosaunee tribe, Iroquois Native Americans. The capital of New York is also its oldest city. Originally founded as Fort Orange by the Dutch settlers in 1624, the city was officially chartered by the British government as Albany in 1686. It didn't become the capital of the state until 1797. Albany was the point of origin for the first long distance airplane flight and the first passenger railroad. * Chess History: https://www.uschesstrust.org/chess-... * World Chess Championship History: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkO... * History of Chess: https://boldchess.com/history/ * Chess Aps: https://www.wired.com/story/best-ch... 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.
Eilfan ywmodryb dda
Meaning: A good aunt is a second mother
“Chess is life in miniature. Chess is a struggle, chess battles.” — Garry Kasparov “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. “Don’t blow your own trumpet.” — Australian Proverb Old Russian Proverb: "Scythe over a stone." (Нашла коса на камень.) The force came over a stronger force. “Continuing to play the victim is a self-fulfilling prophecy. Blaming others for your station in life will indeed make you a victim but the perpetrator will be your own self, not life or those around you.” — Bobby Darnell Here's a poem a dad wrote:
<ODE TO CHESS
Ten times I charged the grim, foreboding walls
and was pitched into the pit of defeat.
But, heedless of humiliating falls,
I clambered bravely back onto my feet
and charged again, again to be down thrust
onto the scrap heap of people who lose
onto the mound of mortifying dust
whilst my opponent sat without a bruise
upon his pedestal. We changed sides
and fought again, but I was defeated
whilst he with arrogant and haughty strides
took the throne upon which I had been seated.
Ha! Win or lose, it's how you play the game.
But I would like to beat him just the same.> “Chess can be described as the movement of pieces eating one another.”
— Marcel Duchamp
“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 “The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them.”
— Ernest Hemingway
“You win some, you lose some, you wreck some.” — Dale Earnhardt “In life, unlike chess the game continues after checkmate.” ― Isaac Asimov “Coincidence is God's way of remaining anonymous.” ― Albert Einstein “When in doubt, don't.” ― Benjamin Franklin Riddle Question: If you drop a yellow hat in the Red Sea, what does it become? The Persian epic Explanation of Chatrang and the Invention of Nard tells the story of chess being introduced to the royal court by an envoy from India. Riddle Answer: Wet, duh!
Ellison wrote:
Kamikaze
Two rows of a faceless infantry
fall into line;
I am their general
for this callous battle.
Overlords awaken;
their mirrored armies in meager shadow
to these giants that have played
the game of winning before.
The front rank advances slowly,
private by private; caressing the
battlefield as if never to return again.
The cavalry cry out into the night,
A horse’s metallic neigh that pierces through
to the other side’s defenses,
and the surrounding warriors join in for the hunt. A piece for a piece;
The desperate deal is made
between the masters of their
horrified soldiers.
Do I dare repeat
such insidious acts within my fleet?
The crown shakes with fear,
for the opposing ranks are drawing near.
Towering higher than the castles upon the deck,
I make my way to the monarch in check;
Swords left littered across the field
as the fires of carnage have dwindled low,
but trampling through grief, groans, and woe,
The other side is forced to yield.
Trolling is cyberbullying. The troll should be banned from the website for good. Internet trollz are people who want to provoke and upset others online for their own amusement. Here’s how to spot the signz that someone is a troll, and how to handle them. What Are Internet Trollz?
If you’ve been on the internet for any period of time, you’ve likely run into a troll at some point. An internet troll is someone who makes intentionally inflammatory, rude, or upsetting statements online to elicit strong emotional responses in people or to steer the conversation off-topic. They can come in many forms. Most trolls do this for their own amusement, but other forms of trolling are done to push a specific agenda. Trollz have existed in folklore and fantasy literature for centuries, but online trolling has been around for as long as the internet has existed. The earliest known usage of the term can be traced back to the 1990s on early online message boards. Back then, it was a way for users to confuse new members by repeatedly posting an inside joke. It’s since turned into a much more malicious activity. Trolling is distinct from other forms of cyberbullying or harassment. It is normally not targeted towards any one person and relies on other people paying attention and becoming provoked. Trolling exists on many online platforms, from small private group chats to the biggest social media websites. Here’s a list of places online where you’re likely to see online trolls: Anonymous online forums: Places like [removed to prevent more trolling] are prime real-estate for online trolls. Because there’s no way of tracing who someone is, trolls can post very inflammatory content without repercussion. This is especially true if the forum has lax or inactive moderation.
Twitter: Twitter also has the option to be anonymous, and has become a hotbed for internet trolls. Frequent Twitter trolling methods involve hijacking popular hashtags and mentioning popular Twitter personalities to gain attention from their followers. Comment sections: The comment sections of places such as YouTube and news websites are also popular areas for trolls to feed. You’ll find a lot of obvious trolling here, and they frequently generate a lot of responses from angry readers or viewers. You’ll find trollz anywhere online, including on Facebook and on online dating sites. They’re unfortunately pretty common. Signs Someone Is Trolling
It can sometimes become difficult to tell the difference between a troll and someone who just genuinely wants to argue about a topic. However, here are a few tell-tale signs that someone is actively trolling. Off-topic remarkz: Completely going off-topic from the subject at hand. This is done to annoy and disrupt other posters. Refusal to acknowledge evidence: Even when presented with hard, cold factz, they ignore this and pretend like they never saw it. Dismissive, condescending tone: An early indicator of a troll was that they would ask an angry responder, “Why you mad, bro?” This is a method done to provoke someone even more, as a way of dismissing their argument altogether.
Use of unrelated images or memes: They reply to others with memes, images, and gifs. This is especially true if done in response to a very long text post.
Seeming obliviousness: They seem oblivious that most people are in disagreement with them. Also, trolls rarely get mad or provoked.
The list above is by no means definitive. There are a lot of other ways to identify that someone is trolling. Generally, if someone seems disingenuous, uninterested in a real discussion, and provocative on purpose, they’re likely an internet troll. How Should I Handle Them?
A "Danger: Do not feed the troll" sign on a computer keyboard. The most classic adage regarding trolling is, “Don’t feed the trollz.” Trollz seek out emotional responses and find provocation amusing, so replying to them or attempting to debate them will only make them troll more. By ignoring a troll completely, they will likely become frustrated and go somewhere else on the internet. You should try your best not to take anything trollz say seriously. No matter how poorly they behave, remember these people spend countless unproductive hours trying to make people mad. They’re not worth your time of day. If a troll becomes spammy or begins to clog up a thread, you can also opt to report them to the site’s moderation team. Depending on the website, there’s a chance nothing happens, but you should do your part to actively dissuade them from trolling on that platform. If your report is successful, the troll may be temporarily suspended or their account might be banned entirely. In 1996, World Chess Champion Garry Kasparov beat IBM's "Deep Blue" supercomputer 4–2 in a best-of-6 match-up. Man and machine rematched in 1997, and the computer won 3.5–2.5 after unusually poor play by Kasparov. <This poem is dedicated to all members
who have experienced the breaking of a gentleman's agreement.He Know No Honor
Now in yonder obscurity live a bishop called Pork
his tongue protruding like a two-pronged fork.
He say: nova dear, I will play you thirty/thirty
then he quickly run, I say: that be little dirty.
This Pork he say; sweet nova please grant me tie
upon my honor as a holy man I do never lie.
He say: nova dear: I will play you thirty/thirty
but he quickly run: I say that be more than little dirty
to Pork this kindly nova say: I grant you draw
as Pork's time in present game all but gone he saw.
he say: dear nova, I will play you thirty/thirty
as he quickly run: I truly say that be fricken dirty.
now always loudly to this Pork I shall tell
no more play me but evil one who live in hell.> “You need to realize something if you are ever to succeed at chess,’ she said, as if Nora had nothing bigger to think about. ‘And the thing you need to realize is this: the game is never over until it is over. It isn’t over if there is a single pawn still on the board. If one side is down to a pawn and a king, and the other side has every player, there is still a game. And even if you were a pawn – maybe we all are – then you should remember that a pawn is the most magical piece of all. It might look small and ordinary but it isn’t. Because a pawn is never just a pawn. A pawn is a queen-in-waiting. All you need to do is find a way to keep moving forward. One square after another. And you can get to the other side and unlock all kinds of power.' Mrs. Elm”
― Matt Haig, The Midnight Library
Antibiotics
Joseph Lister and Louis Pasteur were the first to start the war against bacteria, but it was Alexander Fleming who propelled the medical world to take a giant leap ahead in the same battle thanks to his discovery – albeit accidental – of the bacteria-inhibiting mold we now call penicillin in 1928. Penicillin proved to be a major step forward in the world of antibiotics and was used widely throughout the 20th century. Although Fleming eventually abandoned his works on penicillin in the 1940s, his findings were further researched at the Radcliffe Infirmary in Oxford by Howard Florey and Ernst Boris Chain, funded by the U.S. and British governments. Penicillin finally entered mass production after the Pearl Harbor bombing. In fact, by 1944, we had enough penicillin to treat all the wounded Allied Forces in World War II. Death by bacterial infection dropped to only 1% in WWII from 20% in the previous war. Penicillin has been found to be effective at fighting all kinds of infections such as influenza, tuberculosis, and some sexually transmitted diseases. InkHarted wrote:
Checkmate.
I started off as an equal
I have everything that they do
my life was one and the same as my foe
childish battles of lesser
I won baring cost of a little
but as time outgrew my conscience
I found that the pieces were moving against me
with time my company reduced
they left one by one
all in time forgetting me
my castles collapsed
my religion dissuaded
my protectors in hiding
I could not run anymore
I have been cornered to a wall
as the queen left silently
without saying goodbye
I could not live any longer
she was most precious to me
I could not win without her by my side
so the king knelt down and died.
“Everyone should know how to play chess.” — José Raúl Capablanca Mark 3:25 And if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand. 'Finders keepers, losers weepers'
No, turn it over to Lost and Found.
Drive sober or get pulled over.
“For surely of all the drugs in the world, chess must be the most permanently pleasurable.” — Assiac (‘Deutsch von Heinrich Fraenkel’) 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) The Words Of Socrates
A house was built by Socrates
That failed the public taste to please.
Some blamed the inside; some, the out; and all
Agreed that the apartments were too small.
Such rooms for him, the greatest sage of Greece! "I ask," said he, "no greater bliss
Than real friends to fill even this."
And reason had good Socrates
To think his house too large for these.
A crowd to be your friends will claim,
Till some unhandsome test you bring.
There's nothing plentier than the name;
There's nothing rarer than the thing.
'Ask no questions and hear no lies
* The Most Instructive Games of Chess Ever Played: 62 Masterpieces of Chess Strategy by Irving Chernev - https://lichess.org/study/KMMrJvE1 * Legendary: Game Collection: The 12 Legendary Games of the Century * Knight Power: https://fmochess.com/the-power-of-t... 'Ask a silly question and you'll get a silly answer 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. Take care of your pennies and your dollars will take care of themselves.
~ Scottish Proverb
<Here's a poem a dad wrote:ODE TO CHESS
Ten times I charged the grim, foreboding walls
and was pitched into the pit of defeat.
But, heedless of humiliating falls,
I clambered bravely back onto my feet
and charged again, again to be down thrust
onto the scrap heap of people who lose
onto the mound of mortifying dust
whilst my opponent sat without a bruise
upon his pedestal. We changed sides
and fought again, but I was defeated
whilst he with arrogant and haughty strides
took the throne upon which I had been seated.
Ha! Win or lose, it's how you play the game.
But I would like to beat him just the same.> Dec-14-20
Biographer Bistro
Tabanus: chessgames.com chessforum (kibitz #21841)
<20/20 Technologies is one of the first web development companies, founded in 1995 by Daniel Freeman and Lee Cummings. In 2001 we were commissioned by Albert Artidiello to create a chess site. Albert had limited-funding but big dreams, so in the early years (2002, 2003) 20/20 agreed to do extensive work on Chessgames in exchange for a stake in the website's business (which at the time was zero, as there wasn't even such a thing as a premium membership, and the advertising didn't even cover the hosting fees.)For a while it seemed like a really fun side-project but not a business per se. But then, around 2004-2005, the site launched its premium membership and turned profitable. At that stage, Chessgames was capable of actually paying for its development work, hiring GM commentators, etc. Chessgames could have gone to any web development company in the world at that point, but obviously it was in everybody's best interest to keep working with 20/20 Technologies. In gratitude for all they've done, Chessgames continues to put a link to 20/20 Technologies at the bottom of every page.> “It is more blessed to give than to receive.” Acts 20:35 George Ezra's hit song <Budapest> My house in Budapest
My hidden treasure chest,
Golden grand piano
My beautiful Castillo...
Give me one good reason
Why I should never make a change
And baby if you hold me
Then all of this will go away
The following acrostic by W. Harris is to be found in another book published in 1882, A Complete Guide to the Game of Chess by H.F.L. Meyer, page ix: Chess is such a noble game,
How it does the soul inflame!
Ever brilliant, ever new,
Surely chess has not its due;
Sad to say, ’tis known to few!
<The grandaddy of all opening principles is "Move every piece once before you move every piece twice unless there is a tactic." In his venerable book Common Sense in Chess, World Champion Emanuel Lasker's rules for development of the pieces #2 is "Do not move any piece twice in the opening, but put it at once upon the right square." I added "...unless there is a tactic", which can be added to almost all "positional" principles, since if you need to move a piece twice to capture a queen that's en prise or avoid capture by a pawn, that's clearly not intended to be a violation of a principle.> It's good for us to have common sense, and to know Emanuel Lasker and Coach Dan Heisman (no, he's not the famous football player): https://www.chess.com/blog/danheism.... Chess Books by Fred Reinfeld:
101 Chess Problems for Beginners (Wilshire, Hollywood, 1960)(ISBN 0879800178)
1001 Brillian Chess Sacrifices and Combinations (Sterling, NY, 1955)
1001 Brilliant Ways to Checkmate (Wilshire Books, Hollywood, 1955)(ISBN 0879801107)
1001 Chess Sacrifices and Combinations (Barnes & Noble, NY, 1959) (ISBN 0879801115)
1001 Ways to Checkmate (Sterling, NY, 1955)
A Chess Primer (Dolphin Books, Garden City, 1962)
A New Approach to Chess Mastery (Hanover House, Garden City, 1959)
A Treasury of British Chess Masterpieces (Chatto & Windus, London, 1950)
A. Alekhine vs. E.D. Bogoljubow : World's Chess Championship 1934 (McKay, Philadelphia, 1934)
An Expert's Guide to Chess Strategy (Hollywood, 1976)
Art of Chess (edited by Reinfeld; written by Mason) (1958) (ISBN 0486204634)
Art of Sacrifice in Chess (ISBN 0486284492)
Attack and Counterattack In Chess (Barnes & Noble, NY, 1958)
Beginner's Guide to Winning Chess (ISBN: 0879802154)
Book of the 1935 Margate Tournament
Book of the 1935 Warsaw International Chess Team Tournament
Book of the 1936-37 Hastings Tournament
Botvinnik the Invincible
Botvinnik's Best Games, 1927-1934
British Chess Masters: Past and Present
Challenge to Chessplayers (McKay, Philadelphia, 1947)
Chess At-A-Glance by Edward Young (Ottenheimer, Baltimore, 1955)
Chess By Yourself (McKay, Philadelphia, 1946)
Chess Combinations and Traps
Chess for Amateurs: How To Improve Your Game (McKay, Philadelphia, 1942)
Chess for Children, with Moves and Positions Pictured in Photo and Diagram (ISBN 0806949058)
Chess for Young People
Chess In A Nutshell (Permabooks, NY, 1958) (ISBN 0671643916)
Chess is an Easy Game
Chess Mastery by Question and Answer (McKay, Philadelphia, 1939)
Chess Quiz (McKay, Philadelphia, 1945)
Chess Secrets Revealed (Wilshire, Hollywood, 1959)
Chess Strategy and Tactics: Fifty Master Games (Black Knight, NY, 1933)
Chess Strategy for Offense and Defense (Barnes & Noble, NY, 1955)
Chess Tactics for Beginners (ISBN 0879800194)
Chess Traps, Pitfalls, and Swindles (ISBN 0671210416)
Chess Victory Move By Move
Chess: Attack and Counterattack (Sterling, NY, 1955)
Chess: Win in 20 Moves or Less (Crowell, NY, 1962)
Complete Chess Course (ISBN 0385004648)
Complete Chess Player (ISBN 0671768956)
Colle's Chess Masterpieces (Black Knight Press, NY, 1936)
Complete Book of Chess Openings (Sterling, NY, 1957)
Complete Book of Chess Stratagems (Sterling, NY, 1958)
Creative Chess (Sterling, NY, 1959)
Development of a Chess Genius, 100 Instructive Games of Alekhine (Dover)
Dr. Lasker's Chess Career, Part I, 1889-1914 (Printingcraft, London, 1935)
E. S. Lowe's Chess In 30 Minutes (E.S. Lowe Co, NY, 1955)
Eighth Book of Chess: How to Play the Queen Pawn Openings and Other Close Games (Sterling, NY, 1957)
Epic Battles of the Chessboard (ISBN 0486293556)
Fifth Book of Chess: How to Win When You're Ahead (Sterling, NY, 1955)
Fifty-one Brilliant Chess Masterpieces (Capitol Pub, NY, 1950)
First Book of Chess (with Horowitz) (Harper & Row, NY 1952)
Fourth Book of Chess: How to Play the Black Pieces (Sterling, NY, 1955)
Games of the 1938 Washington State Chess Association Championship (1938)
Great Brilliancy Prize Games of the Chess Masters (Collier, NY, 1961)(ISBN 0486286142)
Great Chess Upsets (written by Reshevsky; annotated by Reinfeld)
Great Games By Chess Prodigies (Macmillan, NY, 1967)
Great Moments In Chess (Doubleday, NY, 1963)
Great Short Games of the Chess Masters (Collier, NY, 1961)(ISBN 0486292665)
How Do You Play Chess?
How Not to Play Chess (Edited by Reinfeld; authored by Znosko-Borovsky) (ISBN 0486209202)
How To Be A Winner at Chess (Hanover, Garden City, 1954)(ISBN 044991206X)
How To Beat Your Opponent Quickly (Sterling, NY, 1956)
How To Force Checkmate (Dover, NY, 1958) (ISBN 0486204391)
How To Get More Out of Chess (Hanover, Garden City, 1957)
How To Improve Your Chess (with Horowitz) (Collier, NY, 1952)
How To Play Better Chess (Pitman, NY, 1948)
How To Play Chess Like A Champion (Fawcett, Greenwich, 1956)
How To Play Winning Chess (Bantam Books, NY, 1962)
How to Think Ahead in Chess (with Horowitz)
How To Win Chess Games Quickly (Barnes & Noble, NY, 1957)
Hypermodern Chess: As Developed in the Games of its Greatest ExponentAron Nimzovich (Dover, NY, 1948)(ISBN 0486204480)
Immortal Games of Capablanca (ISBN 0486263339)
Improving Your Chess (Barnes & Noble, NY, 1955)
Improving Your Chess (Faber, London, 1954)
Instructive and Practical Endings From Master Chess
Kemeri Tournament, 1937
Keres' Best Games of Chess (1941)
Keres' Best Games of Chess, 1931-1948 (Printed Arts Co., 1949)
Lasker's Greatest Chess Games, 1889-1914 (Dover, NY, 1963)
Learn Chess Fast! (with Reshevsky) (McKay, Philadelphia, 1947)
Learn Chess From the Masters (Dover, NY, 1946)
Modern Fundamentals of Chess
Morphy Chess Masterpieces (with Soltis) (Macmillan, NY, 1974)
Morphy's Games of Chess (by Sergeant; edited by Reinfeld) (ISBN 0486203867)
My System: A Treatise on Chess (by Nimzovich; edited by Reinfeld) (McKay, Philadelphia, 1947)
Nimzovich: The Hypermodern (McKay, Philadelphia, 1948)
Practical End-game Play (Pitman, London, 1940)
Reinfeld Explains Chess (Sterling, NY, 1957)
Reinfeld On The End-Game in Chess (Dover, NY, 1957)
Relax With Chess and Win In 20 Moves (Pitman, NY, 1948)
Second Book of Chess: The Nine Bad Moves, and How to Avoid Them (Sterling, NY, 1953)
Semmering-Baden Tournament of 1937
Seventh Book of Chess: How to Play the King Pawn Openings (Sterling, NY, 1956)
Sixth Book of Chess: How to Fight Back (Sterling, NY, 1955)
Strategy in the Chess Endgame
Tarrasch's Best Games of Chess (Chatto & Windus, London 1947)
The Book of the Cambridge Springs International Tournament 1904 (Black Knight Press, 1935)
The Chess Masters On Winning Chess
The Complete Book of Chess Tactics (Doubleday, Garden City, 1961)
The Complete Chess Course (Doubleday, Garden City, 1959)
The Complete Chessplayer (Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1953)
The Complete Chessplayer by Edward Young (New English Library, London, 1960)
The Great Chess Masters and Their Games (Hanover, Garden City, 1960)
The Easiest Way To Learn Chess (Simon & Schuaster, NY, 1960)
The Elements of Combination Play In Chess (Black Knight, NY, 1935)
The Fireside Book of Chess (with Chernev) (Simon & Schuster, NY, 1949)
The Games of the 1933 Match Between S. Flohr and M. Botvinnik
The Human Side of Chess (Pellegrini & Cudahy, NY 1952)
The Immortal Games of Capablanca
The Joys of Chess (Hanover, Garden City, 1961)
The Macmillan Handbook of Chess
The Secret of Tactical Chess (Crowell, NY, 1958)
The Treasury of Chess Lore (McKay, NY, 1951)
The Unknown Alekhine 1905-1914
The USCF 7th Biennial US Championship of 1948
The Way To Better Chess (Macmillan, NY, 1959)
Third Book of Chess: How to Play the White Pieces (Sterling, NY, 1954)
Thirty Five Nimzowitsch Games, 1904-1927
Two Weeks To Winning Chess
Ventnor City Tournament, 1939 (New York, 1939)
Why You Lose At Chess (Simon & Schustor, NY, 1956)
Win at Chess (Dover, NY, 1958)(ISBN 0486418782)
Winning Chess: How to Perfect your Attacking Play
Winning Chess for Beginners (Grosset, NY, 1959)
Winning Chess Openings (Hanover, Garden City, 1961) How do you stop trolling motor interference?
In order to avoid electrogaming interference, the first thing to do is reduce the sensitivity setting of your fish finder. You don't want to be bothered by small fish who project the image of being a big fish. If you find that reducing it down to 70 or 80% gets rid of most of the interference, while still enabling you to get a good image on the display, this is the easiest way to solve the problem. Secondly, make sure that you post frequently as possible in the morning hours so the trolling motor (ideally on opposite sides of the board) registers much later, to avoid electrogaming interference. Also, make sure to run the transducer cable as far away as possible from coastal waters, for the same reason. Finally, it’s also important to ground the trolling motor properly, as that can help a lot to reduce interference. You may have to ground specific parts of the motor, depending on where the most interference originates. This will reduce trolling problems. phone Durham free or dial the Bureaucrat for assistance: 1-855-662-SAFEE Safe Hotline Features
Allows 24/7/365 anonymous and confidential whistleblower reporting for blitzed employees, board members or other interested parties by web form submission, toll-free phone, or text message. "We do not remember days, we remember moments." ― Cesare Pavese “The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.”
― Martin Luther King Jr.
“Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations become corrupt and vicious, they have more need of masters.” ― Benjamin Franklin “My concern about my reputation is with the people who I respect and my family and my Lord. And I’m perfectly comfortable with my reputation with them, sir.” —John Durham <greersome wrote:
There once was a woman from Mizes
Who had chess sets of two different sizes
One was quite small
Almost nothing at all
But the other was large and won prizes!> * Crafty Endgame Trainer: https://www.chessvideos.tv/endgame-... A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush ― Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, "Don Quixote" Old Russian Proverb: "Measure seven times, cut once. (Семь раз отмерь — один отрежь.)" Be careful before you do something that cannot be changed. “I'm 58 years old and I just went through 8 back surgeries. They started cutting on me in February 2009, and I was basically bed ridden for almost two years. I got a real dose of reality that if you don't have your health, you don't have anything.” — Hulk Hogan 'Don't let the cat out of the bag'
'Don't shut the stable door after the horse has bolted' 'Don't throw good money after bad'
'Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater'
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.
Better be ill spoken of by one before all than by all before one.
~ Scottish Proverb
* Weird is what you're not used to: https://chessentials.com/weird-ches... limerick, entitled ‘The Solver’s Plight’ was by ‘A.J.F.’ [A.J. Fink] and was published on page 22 of Chess Potpourri by Alfred C. Klahre (Middletown, 1931): There was a man from Vancouver
Who tried to solve a two-mover;
But the boob, he said, ‘“Gee”,
I can’t find the “Kee”,
No matter HOW I manouvre.’
Proverbs 14:29-35
29 He who is slow to anger has great understanding, But he who is quick-tempered * exalts folly. 30 A tranquil heart is life to the body, But passion is rottenness to the bones. 31 He who oppresses the poor taunts his Maker, But he who is gracious to the needy honors Him. 32 The wicked is thrust down by his wrongdoing, But the righteous has a refuge when he dies. 33 Wisdom rests in the heart of one who has understanding, But in the hearts of fools it is made known. 34 Righteousness exalts a nation, But sin is a disgrace to any people. 35 The king's favor is toward a servant who acts wisely, But his anger is toward him who acts shamefully. “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. "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 <The Aurora’s Dance
Auroras dance, in the polar night,
A symphony of colors, pure delight.
The sky’s curtain, alive and aglow,
A magical display, a celestial show.>
"The only time my prayers are never answered is on the golf course."
— Billy Graham
"God's mercy and grace give me hope - for myself, and for our world."
— Billy Graham
"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 * Riddle-pee-free: https://www.briddles.com/riddles/ch... “Intelligence plus character-that is the goal of true education.”
― Martin Luther King Jr.
"When you come to a fork in the road, take it."
― Yogi Berra, 10-time World Series champion
from the simpleton poet:
Roses are red.
Violets are blue.
Chess is creative.
And a journey too.
Good in the morning.
Or just before bed.
Play cheater_1, with engine.
Or OTB, all in your head.
“It's not how you start that matters, it's how you finish.” “Old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read.” — Francis Bacon The cat’s play is the mouse’s death. ~ German Proverb “Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground.”
― Theodore Roosevelt
Ah, St. Marher, 1225:
"And te tide and te time þat tu iboren were, schal beon iblescet." 2pry Zeitnot Zshaa-Tichondrius - 601 Disc Priest 226 Ilvl - 27750 RBG zek247 dint undrstnd Ziyatdinov's planto ignore the LSB on deck of the carrier. “Debt is dumb. Cash is king.” — Dave Ramsey A jester, court jester, fool or joker was a member of the household of a nobleman or a monarch employed to entertain guests during the medieval and Renaissance eras. Jesters were also itinerant performers who entertained common folk at fairs and town markets, and the discipline continues into the modern day, where jesters perform at historical-themed events. During the Middle Ages, jesters are often thought to have worn brightly colored clothes and eccentric hats in a motley pattern. Their modern counterparts usually mimic this costume. Jesters entertained with a wide variety of skills: principal among them were song, music, and storytelling, but many also employed acrobatics, juggling, telling jokes (such as puns, stereotypes, and imitation), and performing magic tricks. Much of the entertainment was performed in a comic style. Many jesters made contemporary jokes in word or song about people or events well known to their audiences. Silence is the best reply to a fool. ― Joker
Always Remember, the beginning is the hardest part. ― Joker Did you hear about the mathematician who’s afraid of negative numbers?
He’ll stop at nothing to avoid them.
Praseodymium Pr 59 140.908 1.1
.oo.
“You can only get good at chess if you love the game.” ― Bobby Fischer “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 “Sometimes the most ordinary things could be made extraordinary, simply by doing them with the right people.” ― Elizabeth Green
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France, officially the French Republic, is a sovereign state located in Western Europe. It has an area of 643,801 square km. It has several overseas regions and territories also. Paris is its capital and largest city. French is its official language. Its official currency is Euro (€) (EUR). Its eight bordering countries are Andorra, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, Monaco (a principality), Spain, and Switzerland. More people in Africa speak French than people in France. The Democratic Republic of the Congo has the largest concentration of French speakers in all of Africa. French is an official language in many countries including: Canada, Switzerland, Congo and Luxembourg. It is also the second-most commonly taught language after English, and is the mother tongue of more than 75-million people worldwide. For more than 300 years, French was also the official language of England. The French flag is a tricolor with vertical blue, white, and red bands. France adopted the Tricolor as the national flag on February 15, 1794. Gilbert du Mortier and Jacques-Louis David are responsible for the design. General Mortier, also known as the Marquis de Lafayette, served in the American and French Revolutions. He is known as a hero of two worlds. Meanwhile, David was a neoclassical painter who shunned frivolity and embraced austerity. He was the leading artist of Western Europe in his time. To date, there are a total of 67 Nobel Prize winners from France. The first French national to win the prestigious award was Sully Prudhomme, who won the 1901 prize in Literature. They have the highest number of Nobel Prize winners in the category of literature. It is said that France produces more than 365 types of cheese. Thus, you could enjoy more than one type of cheese for many days during the year. Eating horse and rabbit is quite common in France. You can easily find these items on a restaurant’s menu. The French consume approximately 500 million snails every year. Another fun fact about France is that French fries and French toast are not French inventions. A man in Paris, Jim Haynes, has been inviting total strangers for dinner every week for the past 30 years. You can visit his website to book yourself a seat at an upcoming dinner party. * Alpha Glossary: https://www.chess-poster.com/englis... April Fool’s Day (1st of April) is believed to have originated in France. * Best Games of 2018: Game Collection: Best Games of 2018 * Brevity Attacking Chess collection: Game Collection: Brutal Attacking Chess * Bearly Thinking: https://www.etsy.com/listing/972054... Gummy bears were originally called "dancing bears." * Checkmate Art: Game Collection: Art of Checkmate * Checkmate patterns: Game Collection: Checkmate: Checkmate Patterns * Chess Secrets: Great Attackers by Colin Crouch Game Collection: Chess Secrets - Attackers (Crouch) White-faced capuchin monkeyz greet each other by sticking their fingers up each others’ nosez. Soundz much like web troll behavior. * Dr. Edmund Adam Miniatures: Edmund Adam * Dubov comes in 2nd place to you-know-who: FIDE Online Steinitz Memorial (2020) * Clutch Chess: A new knockout format: Clutch Champions Showdown (2020) The world’s first true department store was opened in Paris in 1838. The word “entrepreneur” was also invented by the French. * The Chain: https://www.bing.com/videos/rivervi... * ChessCafe.com column, The Openings Explained: Abby Marshall * Chess Links: http://www.chessdryad.com/links/ind... The Channel Tunnel, which connects Kent in the U.K. with Coquelles in northern France, has the longest undersea portion of any tunnel in the world. It is 50.5 kilometers long. This tunnel carries passenger and freight trains, and has a speed limit of 160 kilometers per hour. * Common Checkmate Patterns:
http://gambiter.com/chess/Checkmate... * Chessmaster 2000 Classic Games:
Game Collection: Chessmaster '86 * Chess Hotel: https://www.chesshotel.com/
* Cats: Game Collection: Catalan Opening I * Double attack: Game Collection: DOUBLE ATTACK * Dust in the Wind: https://www.bing.com/videos/rivervi... * Epic: Game Collection: Epic Battles of the CB by R.N. Coles - keypusher * Escapes: Game Collection: Defensive Combinations (Perpetual Check) Henri Desgranges, a French journalist and cyclist, is the man behind the Tour de France – an annual, multiple-stage bicycle race. He started the race to promote his newspaper in 1903. Shame was brought to the well-known event when several teams were disqualified for doping in 1998, the same year France won the FIFA World Cup. * French-Dutch-Bird: Game Collection: Opening repertoire key games * Aggressive Gambits: https://thechessworld.com/articles/... * Gain space: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZ7... * Unleash the Knight: https://cardclashgames.com/blog/che... * KP Beauties: Game Collection: Beautiful mates * Morphy Miniatures:
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches... * MC Move-by-Move: Game Collection: Move by Move - Carlsen (Lakdawala) * Neon Moon, smooth and easy: https://www.bing.com/search?q=Neon+... Before the introduction of the Euro, the French Franc was the official currency of France. The Franc was introduced by King John II in 1360. * 4 Miniz: zPonziani, zKieseritzky, zPhilidor, zFrankenstein-Dracula: z
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76c... * Online safety: https://www.entrepreneur.com/scienc... There are more than 1,500 bike stations in Paris. You can rent a bike from any of these stations at a cost of one Euro for one day, and return the bike at any other station. * Pawn Instruction: http://www.logicalchess.com/learn/l... * Puzzles: Tactics Archive * Play for free: https://www.freechess.org/
* Puzzling: https://www.365chess.com/puzzles.php * Roger that: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9S... * Steinitz Attack: Game Collection: STEINITZ ATTACK The Statue of Liberty was a gift from the people of France to the United States of America. It was built by Gustave Eiffel, the man who also constructed the Eiffel Tower. * Tactical Mix: Game Collection: mastering Tactical ideas by minev * The Best of... Game Collection: World Champions' Best Games * Fischer's Brilliance: https://www.chesspuzzler.com/Histor... * Fischer Random: https://www.bing.com/videos/rivervi... * FM Schiller disagrees: https://www.chess.com/article/view/... * Play whatever you like: Opening Explorer * Almost like giving odds: Opening Explorer * Jaenisch Gambit: Opening Explorer * Jambalaya: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nzj... * James' Jedi: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ta... * GM Perelshteyn teaches: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sq3... Louis Pasteur was a French scientist who invented the process of pasteurization, to prevent microbial growth and preserve food items like milk. * Prizes: Game Collection: Brilliancy Prizes (Reinfeld) * QGD D06: Queen's Gambit Declined (D06) * Reasonable book choices: https://www.chess.com/blog/RussBell... * Rubinstein: Game Collection: Rubinstein's Chess Masterpieces * Epic: Game Collection: Battles Royal of the Chessboard by R.N. Coles * Extinguish the Dragon: Game Collection: 1.e4 explorations * Fabulous brilliancies: https://www.chess.com/article/view/... * Fredthebear created this collection.
* GK: Game Collection: Kasparov - The Sicilian Sheveningen * Glossary of Chess Terms: http://www.arkangles.com/kchess/glo... * GOTD Submission Page: Pun Submission Page * KID 0-1s: Game Collection: K.I.D B wins E98 * M60MG: Game Collection: My Sixty Memorable Games (Fischer) * Online safety: https://www.entrepreneur.com/scienc... * RL Minis: Game Collection: Ruy Lopez Miniatures * RU broke like Joe? https://www.bing.com/videos/search?... * Sacs on f7/f2: Game Collection: Demolition of Pawn Structure: Sac on f7 (f2) * Sicilian B23-B25: Game Collection: Sicilian Closed / Grand Prix Attack * Six Ways: https://takelessons.com/blog/6-tips... * Sports Clichés: http://www.sportscliche.com/
* Starting Out 1d4: Game Collection: Starting Out: 1 d4! * Bg2 vs Sicilian: Game Collection: Grand Prix Attack without early Bc4 * Can you whip Taimanov's Sicilian? http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches... * Tal Storms: Game Collection: Tal - The Modern Benoni * Vienna 1903 KG games: Game Collection: Vienna 1903 * Wall's APCT Miniatures:
http://billwall.phpwebhosting.com/c... * Wonders and Curiosities: Game Collection: Wonders and Curiosities of Chess (Chernev) * 21st Century: Game Collection: 21st Century Masterpieces - First decade (2000) The French begin their new year in September (physiologically speaking). It is called “la rentrée.” At this time, many things happen in France: kids start school, businesses receive their tax bills, etc. The French are always in a mood for celebrations and vacations. * Opening Explorer: Opening Explorer * Become a Predator at the Chessboard: https://www.chesstactics.org/ * Famous Chess Photos: https://tr.pinterest.com/pin/585256... * The famous Mona Lisa portrait painting by Italian artist Leonardo da Vinci (15 April 1452 – 2 May 1519) has been at the Louvre Museum in Paris, France since 1797. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louvr... * Until 2012, wearing trousers for women in France was illegal. * POTD 2023: Game Collection: Puzzle of the Day 2023 * Pawn Instruction: http://www.logicalchess.com/learn/l... * Petrosian's Best: Game Collection: P.H.Clarke: Petrosian's Best games * Rare gambits: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_r... * Read The Planet Greenpawn - https://www.redhotpawn.com/ * Scandinavian Miniatures: http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches... * Solitaire: Game Collection: Solitaire Chess by I. A. Horowitz * Stunners: Game Collection: Stunners * Top Chessgames by ECO Code: http://schachsinn.de/gamelist.htm * Top Games by Year: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_... * Terminology: https://www.angelfire.com/games5/ch... The Eiffel Tower is named after its engineer, <‘Gustave Eiffel.’> It is one of the most recognized structures in the world, even though its construction was criticized by some of France’s leading artists and intellectuals. The Eiffel Tower is the most-visited paid monument in the world. It was erected in 1889. It is as high as an 81-story building. The tower was the tallest man-made structure in the world for almost 41 years until the erection of the Chrysler Building in New York City in 1930. It is painted every seven years, taking five tons of paint to complete the job each time. * Trap the Queen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmU... * QGD: Game Collection: QUEEN'S GAMBIT DECLINED * When to Trade: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGa... * UK: https://chesscircuit.substack.com/
* Wishful Thinking, Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlN... * Zukertort System: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcN... * 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 “The measure of a society is found in how they treat their weakest and most helpless citizens.” ― Jimmy Carter, 39th U.S. President Connecticut: Windsor
Established in: 1633
Settlers from Plymouth Colony built the first trading house in Windsor in 1633 on an expanse of land they bought from Native Americans who were living there.
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-... * Chess History: https://www.britannica.com/topic/ch... * Three Simple Chess Tips: https://www.premierchesscoaching.co... * History of Chess: https://boldchess.com/history/ 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.
Eilfan ywmodryb dda
Meaning: A good aunt is a second mother
“I do not know how old I was when I learned to play chess. I could not have been older than eight, because I still have a chessboard on whose side my father inscribed, with a soldering iron, “Saša Hemon 1972.” I loved the board more than chess—it was one of the first things I owned. Its materiality was enchanting to me: the smell of burnt wood that lingered long after my father had branded it; the rattle of the thickly varnished pieces inside, the smacking sound they made when I put them down, the board’s hollow wooden echo. I can even recall the taste—the queen’s tip was pleasantly suckable; the pawns’ round heads, not unlike nipples, were sweet. The board is still at our place in Sarajevo, and, even if I haven’t played a game on it in decades, it is still my most cherished possession, providing incontrovertible evidence that there once lived a boy who used to be me.” ― Aleksandar Hemon, The Book of My Lives The Oak and the Reed
The oak one day addressed the reed:
"To you ungenerous indeed
Has nature been, my humble friend,
With weakness aye obliged to bend.
The smallest bird that flits in air
Is quite too much for you to bear;
The slightest wind that wreathes the lake
Your ever-trembling head does shake.
The while, my towering form
Dares with the mountain top
The solar blaze to stop,
And wrestle with the storm.
What seems to you the blast of death,
To me is but a zephyr's breath.
Beneath my branches had you grown,
That spread far round their friendly bower,
Less suffering would your life have known,
Defended from the tempest's power.
Unhappily you oftenest show
In open air your slender form,
Along the marshes wet and low,
That fringe the kingdom of the storm.
To you, declare I must,
Dame Nature seems unjust."
Then modestly replied the reed:
"Your pity, sir, is kind indeed,
But wholly needless for my sake.
The wildest wind that ever blew
Is safe to me compared with you.
I bend, indeed, but never break.
Thus far, I own, the hurricane
Has beat your sturdy back in vain;
But wait the end." Just at the word,
The tempest's hollow voice was heard.
The North sent forth her fiercest child,
Dark, jagged, pitiless, and wild.
The oak, erect, endured the blow;
The reed bowed gracefully and low.
But, gathering up its strength once more,
In greater fury than before,
The savage blast
Overthrew, at last,
That proud, old, sky-encircled head,
Whose feet entwined the empire of the dead!
Proverbs 29:25
Fear of man will prove to be a snare, but whoever trusts in the Lord is kept safe. 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
“A true knight is fuller of bravery in the midst, than in the beginning of danger.” ― Philip Sidney “At any rate, the principles of a noble manner of life and the ethics of the nobility now take on the clear and uncompromising form known to us from the chivalric epic and lyric. We often find the new members of a privileged group to be more rigorous in their attitude to questions of class etiquette than the born representatives of the group; they are more clearly conscious of the ideas which hold the particular group together and distinguish it from other groups than are men who grew up in those ideas. This is a well-known and often-repeated feature of social history; the novus homo is always inclined to over-compensate for his sense of inferiority and to emphasize the moral qualifications required for the privileges which he enjoys. In the present case, too, we find that the knights who have risen from the ranks of the retainers are stricter and more intolerant in matters of honour than the old aristocrats by birth. What seems to the latter a matter of course, something that could hardly be otherwise than what it is, appears to the newly ennobled an achievement and a problem. The feeling of belonging to the governing class, one of which the old nobility had scarcely been conscious, is for them a great new experience. Where the old-style aristocrat acts instinctively and makes no pretensions about it, the knight finds himself faced with a special task of difficulty, an opportunity for heroic action, a need to surpass himself—in fact to do something extraordinary and unnatural. In matters in which a born grand seigneur takes no trouble to distinguish himself from the rest of mankind, the new knight requires of his peers that they should at all costs show themselves different from ordinary mortals.” ― Arnold Hauser, The Social History of Art, Volume 1: From Prehistoric Times to the Middle Ages “Chess is the gymnasium of the mind.” — Blasie Pascal “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. In God we trust; all others pay cash. ~ American Proverb Trusting in wealth is like looking for feathers on turtles. ~ Senegalese Proverb “Risk” by Anais Nin
And then the day came,
when the risk
to remain tight
in a bud
was more painful
than the risk
it took
to blossom.
Wrangell-St. Elias National Park, Alaska, is the largest national park in the USA, covering 13,000 square miles or 13.2 million acres. Riddle Question: I'm a mobile fortress; straight is my path. When it comes to castling, I’m part of the craft. What am I? The name "coronavirus" is derived from the Latin word "corona," meaning "crown" or "halo." This refers to the appearance of a crown or a solar corona around the virus particles. Riddle Answer: Rook
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."
California's Sequoia National Park is home to the largest living single-stem tree in the world, the wonderfully named General Sherman. The tree is approximately 275 feet tall and weighs approximately 1,900 metric tons. Though much is taken, much abides; and though We are not now that strength which in old days Moved earth and heaven, that which we are, we are; One equal temper of heroic hearts, Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.
— Alfred Lord Tennyson
No amount of evidence will ever persuade an idiot
— Mark Twain
The POSITIVE THINKER sees the INVISIBLE, feels the INTANGIBLE, and achieves the IMPOSSIBLE.
— Winston Churchill
I believe the single most significant decision I can make on a day-to-day basis is my choice of <attitude>. It is more important than my past, my education, my bankroll, my successes or failures, fame or pain, what other people think of me or say about me, my circumstances, or my position.
— Charles R. Swindoll
Positive thinking must be followed by positive doing.
— John C. Maxwell30
Between every two pine trees there is a door leading to a new way of life.
— John Muir
Every day may not be good... but there's something good in every day
— Alice Morse Earle
'A rolling stone gathers no moss'
'Don't shut the stable door after the horse has bolted' “Of my 57 years, I've applied at least 30 to forgetting most of what I've learned or read, and since I succeeded in this I have acquired a certain ease and cheer which I should never again like to be without.” ― Emanuel Lasker “Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and unruffled under all circumstances.”
― Thomas Jefferson
<My heart leaps up when I behold
A rainbow in the sky:
So was it when my life began;
So is it now I am a man;
So be it when I shall grow old,
Or let me die!
The Child is father of the Man;
I could wish my days to be
Bound each to each by natural piety.
— William Wordsworth>
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. A tiny chameleon discovered in northern Madagascar and measuring just 28.9 millimeters is believed to be the smallest reptile on Earth. The itty bitty chameleon was recently discovered and reported in the January 2021 issue of Scientific Reports. 1.Nf3 is the third most popular of the twenty legal opening moves White has, behind only 1.e4 and 1.d4. With an equatorial diameter of 7926 miles (12,760 kilometers), Earth is the biggest of the terrestrial planets and the fifth largest planet in our solar system. Chessgames.com will be unavailable January 16, 2024 from 12:15PM through 12:45PM(UTC/GMT) for maintenance.
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<A Burnt Ship
By John Donne (1572-1631)
Out of a fired ship, which by no way
But drowning could be rescued from the flame,
Some men leap'd forth, and ever as they came
Near the foes' ships, did by their shot decay;
So all were lost, which in the ship were found,
They in the sea being burnt, they in the burnt ship drown'd.> “mãos frias, coração quente“. In English, it means “a cold hand, a warm heart” Drive sober or get pulled over.
“For surely of all the drugs in the world, chess must be the most permanently pleasurable.” — Assiac “mais vale um passarinho na mão do que dois a voar“ No matter what
* Know the five fundamental rules of firearm safety: - Treat every gun as if it is loaded.
- Never point a weapon at anything you don't intend to destroy. - Never put your finger on a gun's trigger until you make a conscious decision to shoot. - Always be sure of your target, what's beyond it, and what's between you and your target. - When not in use, a firearm needs to be locked in some kind of secure container—a gun vault is best. If it cannot be secured in a locked location, then a trigger lock should be applied. A loaded firearm should never be unattended. The Clock
The obelisks, constructed by ancient Egyptians around 3,500 B.C.E., were among the earliest models of shadow clocks. The sundial also came from Egypt about two thousand years after. Both were great representations of the time-keeping instruments we use now. Be prepared
The Weasel In The Granary
A weasel through a hole contrived to squeeze,
(She was recovering from disease,)
Which led her to a farmer's hoard.
There lodged, her wasted form she cherished;
Heaven knows the lard and victuals stored
That by her gnawing perished!
Of which the consequence
Was sudden corpulence.
A week or so was past,
When having fully broken fast.
A noise she heard, and hurried
To find the hole by which she came,
And seemed to find it not the same;
So round she ran, most sadly flurried;
And, coming back, thrust out her head,
Which, sticking there, she said,
"This is the hole, there can't be blunder:
What makes it now so small, I wonder,
Where, but the other day, I passed with ease?"
A rat her trouble sees,
And cries, "But with an emptier belly;
You entered lean, and lean must sally."
What I have said to you
Has eke been said to not a few,
Who, in a vast variety of cases,
Have ventured into such-like places.
Ever tried dropping a raisin in a glass of champagne? Probably not, but someone did – as apparently, the dried fruit will bounce up and down without stopping. 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. Great Smoky Mountains National Park is the most visited USA national park with more than 9 million guests per year, followed by Grand Canyon National Park, which gets more than 4 million visits per year. If the game is well-played, the rook's first move is usually sideways. * Weird is what you're not used to: https://chessentials.com/weird-ches... <limerick, entitled ‘The Solver’s Plight’ was by ‘A.J.F.’ [A.J. Fink] and was published on page 22 of Chess Potpourri by Alfred C. Klahre (Middletown, 1931):There was a man from Vancouver
Who tried to solve a two-mover;
But the boob, he said, ‘“Gee”,
I can’t find the “Kee”,
No matter HOW I manouvre.’>
Results may vary.
<Chess Life> is an active monthly magazine and is the official publication of the United States Chess Federation. <Chess Life> is advertised as the "most widely read chess magazine in the world," and reaches more than a quarter of a million readers each month. <Chess Life> focuses on American chess players and tournaments, instruction, human interest, and US Chess governance matters. The United States Chess Federation also publishes Chess Life Kids, a bimonthly publication covering the same subjects aimed at a younger audience. Publication of <Chess Life> started in 1946 as a bi-weekly newspaper, usually eight or twelve pages long. In 1961, Frank Brady converted Chess Life to a monthly magazine. In 1969, <Chess Life> merged with Chess Review, the other leading U.S. chess magazine. The magazine was published under the title Chess Life & Review starting with the November 1969 issue until 1980 when it returned to its original title <Chess Life>. The Night Sky’s Serenade
In the night sky, the stars serenade,
Their light piercing the darkness, a blade.
The moon shines, in silver brocade.
Silent and serene, the night’s parade,
A celestial spectacle, never to fade.
In the night sky, the stars serenade.
The universe’s secrets, in the open laid,
Under the starlight, fears evade.
The moon shines, in silver brocade.
Night’s symphony, a tranquil serenade,
In its rhythm, our dreams are made.
In the night sky, the stars serenade.
From dusk till dawn, in darkness wade,
Under the night sky, hopes cascade.
The moon shines, in silver brocade.
So, let us cherish the night’s shade,
And in its beauty, let us wade.
In the night sky, the stars serenade,
The moon shines, in silver brocade.
According to Chessmetrics, 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. “Just because you know stuff doesn't mean you are smart... You have to know how to use that information.” ― Josh Keller The sandwich wasn’t a marketing creation but one of convenience. The Earl of Sandwich put together the first of its kind as he needed something quick and easy to eat while gambling! <Fundamental Chess Principles
according to CJS Purdy
On Combinations
One simultaneous double threat is better than a great many successive single threats. That is the main lesson of chess. A double threat is a combination of two threats. (pg. 31) A combination (threat plus restraint or threat plus obstruction) may be called a "net". It is the most important kind of combination because every mate, without exception, is a "net". (pg. 32) Watch out for pieces of limited mobility, especially pieces without retreat. Remember that one retreat may not be enough.(pg. 32 / 33) On Tied Pieces
An important rule for avoiding a trap is this:
Where feasible, avoid using a piece to defend something that is attacked. Either protect the attaced unit with a pawn or move it away. (pg. 34) A knight is the worst defender because he cannot possibly maintain the defense if forced to move. (pg. 34) The best protector is a pawn - for three reasons: There is no possibility of it being attacked by a unit of lesser value;
It is a complete defense against any piece bigger than the one attacked;
above all, a menial task is suited to it, whereas a piece used for defending one particular thing is wasting its talents.
(pg. 35)
If you must use pieces to protect something, perhaps because it cannot move away, try to use one more than necessary! You are then free to moe any one of the protectors; not a single one is absolutely tied to its defensive task. (pg. 35) On Position Play
Position play is the art of improving your position in small ways when no sound combination is possible. (pg. 40) One can say that an endgame has arrived when neither side has more pieces than the equivalent of Queen plus pawn (with of course, the Kings, who are always with us). (pg. 41) Combinations are of primary importance, position play of secondary importance. (pg. 41) Pages refer to where content can be found on Guide to Good Chess.
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An old-timer is one who remembers when it cost more to run a car than to park it. — Unknown An old-timer is someone who can remember when a naughty child was taken to the woodshed instead of to a psychiatrist.
— David Greenberg
Most young dealers of the Silicon Chip Era regard a reference library as merely a waste of space. Old Timers on the West Coast seem to retain a fondness for reference books that goes beyond the practical. Everything there is to know about a given volume may be only a click away, but there are still a few of us who'd rather have the book than the click. A bookman's love of books is a love of books, not merely of the information in them.
— Larry Mcmurtry
The day you become old is the day you're not looking for new experiences anymore.
— Billie Joe Armstrong
Spend time with those you love. One of these days you will say either: "I wish I had" or "I'm glad I did".
— Zig Ziglar
You must do the things you think you cannot do.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
People become really quite remarkable when they start thinking that they can do things. When they believe in themselves they have the first secret of success.
— Norman Vincent Peale
<“The Paradoxical CommandmentsPeople are illogical, unreasonable, and self-centered.
Love them anyway.
If you do good, people will accuse you of selfish ulterior motives.
Do good anyway.
If you are successful, you will win false friends and true enemies.
Succeed anyway.
The good you do today will be forgotten tomorrow.
Do good anyway.
Honesty and frankness make you vulnerable.
Be honest and frank anyway.
The biggest men and women with the biggest ideas can be shot down by the smallest men and women with the smallest minds.
Think big anyway.
People favor underdogs but follow only top dogs.
Fight for a few underdogs anyway.
What you spend years building may be destroyed overnight.
Build anyway.
People really need help but may attack you if you do help them.
Help people anyway.
Give the world the best you have and you'll get kicked in the teeth.
Give the world the best you have anyway.”>
― Kent M. Keith, The Silent Revolution: Dynamic Leadership in the Student Council Magnus Carlsen is a Norwegian chess grandmaster who is the former five-time World Chess Champion, reigning four-time World Rapid Chess Champion, and reigning six-time World Blitz Chess Champion. Arguably the fourth or fifth best chess player of all time (Morphy, Capablanca, Fischer, Kasparov, Karpov, etc.), Carlsen has held the No. 1 position in the FIDE world chess rankings since 1 July 2011 and trails only Garry Kasparov in time spent as the highest-rated player in the world. His peak rating of 2882 is the highest in history. Carlsen also holds the record for the longest unbeaten streak at the elite level in classical chess. <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’.> Parrots will selflessly help each other out.
Parrots may be associated with pirates, but it turns out African gray parrots are nothing like the infamously greedy, treasure-seeking criminals. Instead, researchers have discovered that the colorful birds will "voluntarily help each other obtain food rewards" and perform "selfless" acts, according to a 2020 study published in Current Biology. Study co-author Auguste von Bayern noted, "African gray parrots were intrinsically motivated to help others, even if the other individual was not their friend, so they behaved very 'prosocially.'" Clint Eastwood was a swimming instructor in the U.S. Army. Q: How do poets say hello?
A: "Hey, haven’t we metaphor?"
Clint Eastwood was a mayor of Carmel-by-the-Sea, California. Q: What do you call a cow jumping on a trampoline?
A: A milkshake.
Clint Eastwood has won four Academy Awards.
The bat is the only mammal that can fly.
That's right. The bat is the only flying mammal. While some people may be tempted to put flying squirrels on the list, the truth is those guys can only glide for short distances. Meanwhile, the long, flexible skin that extends over a bat's wings, combined with their many movable joints, make bats great fliers. In fact, these critters are much more comfortable in the air than on land. Because their leg bones are so thin, only two out of the 1,100 species of bats can walk on the ground. <Page 166 of The Personality of Chess by I.A. Horowitz and P.L. Rothenberg (New York, 1963) gave ‘a hitherto unpublished limerick-acrostic:Caissa, the goddess of Chess,
Has this task, no more and no less;
Every game, match and damn bit,
Sicilian and gambit
She must ever be ready to bless.>
“Chess is the gymnasium of the mind.” — Blasie Pascal “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. In God we trust; all others pay cash. ~ American Proverb Trusting in wealth is like looking for feathers on turtles. ~ Senegalese Proverb The Man and the Wooden God
A pagan kept a god of wood, –
A sort that never hears,
Though furnished well with ears, –
From which he hoped for wondrous good.
The idol cost the board of three;
So much enriched was he
With vows and offerings vain,
With bullocks garlanded and slain:
No idol ever had, as that,
A kitchen quite so full and fat.
But all this worship at his shrine
Brought not from this same block divine
Inheritance, or hidden mine,
Or luck at play, or any favour.
Nay, more, if any storm whatever
Brewed trouble here or there,
The man was sure to have his share,
And suffer in his purse,
Although the god fared none the worse.
At last, by sheer impatience bold,
The man a crowbar seizes,
His idol breaks in pieces,
And finds it richly stuffed with gold.
"How's this? Have I devoutly treated,"
Says he, "your godship, to be cheated?
Now leave my house, and go your way,
And search for altars where you may.
You're like those natures, dull and gross,
From, which comes nothing but by blows;
The more I gave, the less I got;
I'll now be rich, and you may rot."
Nehemiah 8:10
Go, eat rich foods and drink sweet drinks, and allot portions to those who had nothing prepared; for today is holy to our Lord. Do not be saddened this day, for rejoicing in the Lord is your strength! Gambling problem? Call 1-800-GAMBLER
"You must play boldly to win." ― Arnold Palmer "Champions keep playing until they get it right." ― Billie Jean King Fred Wellmuth was a strong amateur from California Sir, if you could beat me, I would know you. – Jose Raul Capablanca (to an unknown player who had rejected Capablanca's offer of queen odds, on the grounds that Capablanca didn't know him, and might lose) Proverbs 29:25
Fear of man will prove to be a snare, but whoever trusts in the Lord is kept safe. <Pastime with good company
I love and shall, until I die.
Grudge who list, but none deny!
So God be pleased, thus live will I.
― Henry VIII of England>
French Proverb: “Il ne faut rien laisser au hasard.” ― (Nothing should be left to chance.) Deuteronomy 6:6-9: "These commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts. Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. Write them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates." 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." Matthew 19:26
But Jesus looked at them and said, 'With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.' InkHarted wrote:
Checkmate.
I started off as an equal
I have everything that they do
my life was one and the same as my foe
childish battles of lesser
I won baring cost of a little
but as time outgrew my conscience
I found that the pieces were moving against me
with time my company reduced
they left one by one
all in time forgetting me
my castles collapsed
my religion dissuaded
my protectors in hiding
I could not run anymore
I have been cornered to a wall
as the queen left silently
without saying goodbye
I could not live any longer
she was most precious to me
I could not win without her by my side
so the king knelt down and died.
“Everyone should know how to play chess.” — José Raúl Capablanca Mark 3:25 And if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand. 'Finders keepers, losers weepers'
No, turn it over to Lost and Found.
Drive sober or get pulled over.
“For surely of all the drugs in the world, chess must be the most permanently pleasurable.” — Assiac (‘Deutsch von Heinrich Fraenkel’) 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) The Words Of Socrates
A house was built by Socrates
That failed the public taste to please.
Some blamed the inside; some, the out; and all
Agreed that the apartments were too small.
Such rooms for him, the greatest sage of Greece! "I ask," said he, "no greater bliss
Than real friends to fill even this."
And reason had good Socrates
To think his house too large for these.
A crowd to be your friends will claim,
Till some unhandsome test you bring.
There's nothing plentier than the name;
There's nothing rarer than the thing.
'Ask no questions and hear no lies
* The Most Instructive Games of Chess Ever Played: 62 Masterpieces of Chess Strategy by Irving Chernev - https://lichess.org/study/KMMrJvE1 * Legendary: Game Collection: The 12 Legendary Games of the Century * Knight Power: https://fmochess.com/the-power-of-t... 'Ask a silly question and you'll get a silly answer <greersome wrote:
There once was a woman from Mizes
Who had chess sets of two different sizes
One was quite small
Almost nothing at all
But the other was large and won prizes!> * Crafty Endgame Trainer: https://www.chessvideos.tv/endgame-... A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush ― Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, "Don Quixote" Old Russian Proverb: "Measure seven times, cut once. (Семь раз отмерь — один отрежь.)" Be careful before you do something that cannot be changed. “I'm 58 years old and I just went through 8 back surgeries. They started cutting on me in February 2009, and I was basically bed ridden for almost two years. I got a real dose of reality that if you don't have your health, you don't have anything.” — Hulk Hogan 'Don't let the cat out of the bag'
'Don't shut the stable door after the horse has bolted' 'Don't throw good money after bad'
'Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater'
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.
Better be ill spoken of by one before all than by all before one.
~ Scottish Proverb
“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
There are more than five million people of Arab and African descent living in France. In the past, France was a colony where people from various regions from across the world came and settled. <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/ France is the most-visited country in the world. France welcomed 90 million foreign tourists in 2019. And the French are expecting to increase the annual figure to 100 million by the end of 2030. 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.
France is the largest country (by surface area) in the European Union and Malta the smallest. It comprises almost 1/5th of the total EU area. Nov-27-22
petemcd85: <From this moment onwards , whenever <zed> follows you around and harasses you on different pages , post those instances here and then I and you would collaborate and ask admins to ban <zed> on the basis of that evidence>
Do post these instances and I will review the problem and act accordingly “I prefer to lose a really good game than to win a bad one.” – David Levy “A bad plan is better than none at all.” – Frank Marshal Note that France resembles the shape of a hexagon. Hence, it is also known as ‘the hexagon.’ The Cat, the Weasel, and the Young Rabbit
John Rabbit's palace under ground
Was once by Goody Weasel found.
She, sly of heart, resolved to seize
The place, and did so at her ease.
She took possession while its lord
Was absent on the dewy sward,
Intent on his usual sport,
A courtier at Aurora's court.
When he had browsed his fill of clover
And cut his pranks all nicely over,
Home Johnny came to take his drowse,
All snug within his cellar-house.
The weasel's nose he came to see,
Outsticking through the open door.
"You gods of hospitality!"
Exclaimed the creature, vexed sore,
"Must I give up my father's lodge?
Ho! Madam Weasel, please to budge,
Or, quicker than a weasel's dodge,
I'll call the rats to pay their grudge!"
The sharp-nosed lady made reply,
That she was first to occupy.
The cause of war was surely small –
A house where one could only crawl!
And though it were a vast domain,
Said she, "I had like to know what will
Could grant to John perpetual reign, –
The son of Peter or of Bill, –
More than to Paul, or even me."
John Rabbit spoke – great lawyer he –
Of custom, usage, as the law,
Whereby the house, from sire to son,
As well as all its store of straw,
From Peter came at length to John.
Who could present a claim, so good
As he, the first possessor, could?
"Now," said the dame, "let's drop dispute,
And go before Raminagrobis, [23]
Who'll judge, not only in this suit,
But tell us truly whose the globe is."
This person was a hermit cat,
A cat that played the hypocrite,
A saintly mouser, sleek and fat,
An arbiter of keenest wit.
John Rabbit in the judge concurred,
And off went both their case to broach
Before his majesty, the furred.
Said Clapperclaw, "My kits, approach,
And put your noses to my ears:
I'm deaf, almost, by weight of years."
And so they did, not fearing anything.
The good apostle, Clapperclaw,
Then laid on each a well-armed paw,
And both to an agreement brought,
By virtue of his tusked jaw.
This brings to mind the fate
Of little kings before the great.
1 Corinthians 13
King James Version
13 Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. 2 And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing. 3 And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing. 4 Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, 5 Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil; 6 Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; 7 Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things. 8 Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away. 9 For we know in part, and we prophesy in part.
10 But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away. 11 When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things. 12 For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known. 13 And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity. A town in France could have been the Holy See and the headquarters of the Pope and the Catholic Church. In 1309, the headquarters of the Catholic Church was moved by <Pope Clement V> from Rome to Avignon in France. It was later returned to Rome in 1377. 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. St. Paul
French Proverb: “Ce n’est pas à un vieux singe qu’on apprend à faire la grimace.” ― (There’s no substitute for experience.) American flags left on the moon will eventually get bleached white by the sun. While they are hibernating, bears do not urinate. Their bodies convert waste into protein. “Be your own Sunshine. Always.” ― Purvi Raniga “Luckily, there is a way to be happy. It involves changing the emphasis of our thinking from what we want to what we have.” ― Richard Carlson “Most promises featuring the word 'always' are unkeepable.”
― John Green, The Anthropocene Reviewed
“You should never say never. Just like you should never say always; because, always and never are always never true.” ― J. R. Krol <“Never and Always
Never take advantage of someone whom loves you
Never avoid someone whom needs you
Never betray anyone whom has trust in you
Never forget the people that always remember you
Never speak ill of a person who is not present
Never support something you know is wrong or unethical Always speak to your parents on their birthday and anniversary Always defend those who cannot defend themselves Always forgive those you love whom have made mistakes Always give something to those less fortunate than you Always remember to look back at those who helped you succeed Always call your parents and siblings on New Year’s Eve.”
― R.J. Intindola>
'April showers bring forth May flowers
'An army marches on its stomach
'As thick as thieves
'As you make your bed, so you must lie upon it
'As you sow so shall you reap
'Ashes to ashes dust to dust
'Ask a silly question and you'll get a silly answer 'Ask no questions and hear no lies
'Attack is the best form of defence
People believe what they want to believe, truth or not. “Search for the grain of truth in other opinions.” ― Richard Carlson The Bear
~ Author Unknown ~
Here is a cave, (make a fist)
Inside is a bear. (put a thumb inside fist)
Now he comes out
To get some fresh air. (pop out thumb)
He stays out all summer
In sunshine and heat.
He hunts in the forest
For berries to eat. (move thumb in circle)
When snow starts to fall,
He hurries inside
His warm little cave,
And there he will hide. (put thumb back inside fist)
Snow covers the cave
Like a fluffy white rug.
Inside the bear sleeps
All cozy and snug. (cover fist with other hand)
Old Russian Proverb:
Чему́ быть, того́ не минова́ть
Pronunciation: ChiMU BYT’, taVOH ni mihnoVAT’
Translation: You can’t avoid that which is meant to happen
Meaning: Whatever shall be, will be.
<King Tutankhamun had lots of cool toys, but one of his most intriguing may have been a dagger, discovered in his tomb in 1925, made of meteoric metal. It wasn't until recently that scientists were able to confirm the material, using a technique called portable X-ray fluorescence spectrometry. They determined that the dagger's composition of iron, nickel, and cobalt "strongly suggests an extraterrestrial origin."* Riddle-zeez-piddle: https://www.briddles.com/riddles/ch... Immortal jellyfish
There is a species of jellyfish that never dies.
Known as Turritopsis dohrnii—or colloquially, the immortal jellyfish—this sea creature is able to revert back into its adolescent state after going through adulthood, a "process that looks remarkably like immortality."> The Tide Rises, the Tide Falls
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1807-1882
The tide rises, the tide falls,
The twilight darkens, the curlew calls;
Along the sea-sands damp and brown
The traveller hastens toward the town,
And the tide rises, the tide falls.
Darkness settles on roofs and walls,
But the sea, the sea in darkness calls;
The little waves, with their soft, white hands,
Efface the footprints in the sands,
And the tide rises, the tide falls.
The morning breaks; the steeds in their stalls
Stamp and neigh, as the hostler calls;
The day returns, but nevermore
Returns the traveller to the shore,
And the tide rises, the tide falls.
“There are good ships, and there are wood ships, ships that sail the sea, but the best ships are friendships, and may they always be.” — Anonymous France is one of the largest producers of wine in the world. They produce between 7-8 billion bottles every year. Many of these wines are sold internationally at hefty prices, while the rest are consumed locally in the country. The figurehead on the dime, the United States’ 10-cent coin, is <Franklin Delano Roosevelt>, the 32nd president. FDR’s portrait is on the dime because of his association with the March of Dimes charity. What began in 1938 with President Roosevelt's personal struggle with polio led to the creation of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, better known as March of Dimes. The MOD pioneered the vaccine research leading to the eradication of polio in the U.S., and later expanded their mission to address issues of birth defects. In most recent decades, their mission shifted focus to healthy pregnancy and ending the preterm birth crisis, with innovations like folic acid, newborn screening and surfactant therapy. The Turks call the turkey an “American bird.” H.T. Bland. On page 207 of the December 1929 American Chess Bulletin he exalted the challenger in that year’s world championship match: Bravo ‘Bogol’, you’ve shown pluck.
One and all we wish you luck.
Gee, some thought you’d barged between
Other players who’d have been
Less likely straightaway to lose
Just as friend Alekhine might choose;
Undaunted, ‘Bogol’, you went in
Believing you’d a chance to win.
Or failing that, to make a fight,
Which you are doing as we write.
The license plates that we see today on automobiles were first introduced in France. 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
The parachute, the hot air balloon, the motion picture camera, the bicycle and inflatable tires for cars are all French inventions. The French are obviously very intelligent people! 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. The luckiest person in history could easily be one of France’s former presidents. <President Charles de Gaulle> has gone down in history to be the person who has survived the most assassination attempts in the world. President Gaulle survived 32 attempts on his life earning himself a place in the Guinness Book of World Records. Question: What is considered the first reality TV show?
Answer: The Real World
On every continent there is a city called Rome.
Question: Who was Russia's first elected president?
Answer: Boris Yeltsin
When a king receives the reign of power, it is expected that he will serve for a very long time. But did you know that one of the shortest reigns for a king was in France? If you did not know then King Louis XIX’s reign as the leader of France lasted for only 20 minutes. <the limerick. Here is one from page 25 of the Chess Amateur, October 1907:A solver, who lived at Devizes,
Had won a great number of prizes –
A dual or cook,
He’d detect at a look,
And his head swelled up several sizes.> For many people, the thought of even staying in the same room with a dead body is pure torture. But in France, you are legally allowed to marry a dead person. 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 Did you know that the longest confirmed human lifespan on record belongs to a French woman, Jeanne Calment, who lived for 122 years and 164 days? Calment was born on February 21st, 1875, and died on August 4th, 1997. Interestingly, she outlived both her daughter and grandson by several decades. Z is for Zipper (to the tune of “Mary Had a Little Lamb”) Zipper starts with letter Z,
Letter Z, letter Z,
Zipper starts with Letter Z,
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White places the f-pawn on the best square for the king's knight. Why? To support a unit on e4 or g4. Perhaps f3 is best used to prevent Black from the pawn advance f4-f3. “Si vis pacem, para bellum” ― Cicero
“Unfortunately, many regard the critic as an enemy, instead of seeing him as a guide to the truth.” ― Wilhelm Steinitz “My passions were all gathered together like fingers that made a fist. Drive is considered aggression today; I knew it then as purpose.” ― Bette Davis “Chess is a matter of vanity.” ― Alexander Alekhine “As a chess player one has to be able to control one's feelings, one has to be as cold as a machine.” ― Levon Aronian “Sometimes it happens that the computer's assessment is very abstract. It's correct, but it's not useful for a practical game. You have to prove the assessment with very strong moves and if you don't find all of these strong moves you may lose very quickly. For a computer this is not a problem, but for humans it is not so easy.” ― Vassily Ivanchuk “A good book is the precious lifeblood of a master spirit.” ― John Milton “Chess is a sport. The main object in the game of chess remains the achievement of victory.” ― Max Euwe “A sport, a struggle for results and a fight for prizes. I think that the discussion about "chess is science or chess is art" is already inappropriate. The purpose of modern chess is to reach a result.” ― Alexander Morozevich “No one man is superior to the game.” ― A. Bartlett Giamatti, in reference to Pete Rose, the all-time MLB hits leader banned for gambling. “To err is human; to forgive, divine.” ― Alexander Pope “I consider Mr. Morphy the finest chess player who ever existed. He is far superior to any now living, and would doubtless have beaten Labourdonnais himself. In all his games with me, he has not only played, in every instance, the exact move, but the most exact. He never makes a mistake; but, if his adversary commits the slightest error, he is lost.” ― Adolf Anderssen “After white's reply to 1.e4 e5 with 2.f4 the game is in its last throes”
― Howard Staunton
“I have added these principles to the law: get the Knights into action before both Bishops are developed.” ― Emanuel Lasker “With opposite coloured bishops the attacking side has in effect an extra piece in the shape of his bishop.” ― Mikhail Botvinnik “A pawn, when separated from his fellows, will seldom or never make a fortune.” ― Francois-Andre Danican Philidor “Be warned! From Satan's viewpoint you are a pawn in his game of cosmic chess.” ― Adrian Rogers “Pawns not only create the sketch for the whole painting, they are also the soil, the foundation, of any position.” ― Anatoly Karpov “The object of the state is always the same: to limit the individual, to tame him, to subordinate him, to subjugate him.” ― Max Stirner “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 “A Queen's sacrifice, even when fairly obvious, always rejoices the heart of the chess-lover.” ― Savielly Tartakower “Everyone makes mistakes. The wise are not people who never make mistakes, but those who forgive themselves and learn from their mistakes.” ― Ajahn Brahm “As a rule, so-called "positional" sacrifices are considered more difficult, and therefore more praise-worthy, than those which are based exclusively on an exact calculation of tactical possibilities.” ― Alexander Alekhine “It would be idle, and presumptuous, to wish to imitate the achievements of a Morphy or an Alekhine; but their methods and their manner of expressing themselves are within the reach of all.” ― Eugene Znosko-Borovsky “The most powerful weapon in chess is to have the next move.”
― David Bronstein
“If the defender is forced to give up the center, then every possible attack follows almost of itself.” ― Siegbert Tarrasch “Erudition, like a bloodhound, is a charming thing when held firmly in leash, but it is not so attractive when turned loose upon a defenseless and unerudite public.” ― Agnes Repplier “If you watch it, you should watch it with other players and try to find moves, like it was before. Now on many sites you watch together with the computer and the pleasure is gone.” ― Boris Gelfand “I believe that Chess possesses a magic that is also a help in advanced age. A rheumatic knee is forgotten during a game of chess and other events can seem quite unimportant in comparison with a catastrophe on the chessboard.”
― Vlastimil Hort
“It's funny, but many people don't understand why I draw so many games nowadays. They think my style must have changed but this is not the case at all. The answer to this drawing disease is that my favorite squares are e6, f7, g7 and h7 and everyone now knows this. They protect these squares not once but four times!” ― Mikhail Tal “Having spent alarmingly large chunks of my life studying the white side of the Open Sicilian, I find myself asking, why did I bother?” ― Daniel J. King “Apart from direct mistakes, there is nothing more ruinous than routine play, the aim of which is mechanical development.” ― Alexey Suetin “Not infrequently ... the theoretical is a synonym of the stereotyped. For the 'theoretical' in chess is nothing more than that which can be found in the textbooks and to which players try to conform because they cannot think up anything better or equal, anything original.” ― Mikhail Chigorin “The choice of opening, whether to aim for quiet or risky play, depends not only on the style of a player, but also on the disposition with which he sits down at the board.” ― Efim Geller “Despite the development of chess theory, there is much that remains secret and unexplored in chess.” ― Vasily Smyslov “No matter how much theory progresses, how radically styles change, chess play is inconceivable without tactics.” ― Samuel Reshevsky “Collect as precious pearls the words of the wise and virtuous.”
― Abdelkader El Djezairi
“Learning is not attained by chance; it must be sought for with ardor and diligence.” ― Abigail Adams “When I was preparing for one term's work in the Botvinnik school I had to spend a lot of time on king and pawn endings. So when I came to a tricky position in my own games, I knew the winning method.” ― Garry Kasparov “As a rule, pawn endings have a forced character, and they can be worked out conclusively.” ― Mark Dvoretsky “It is a gross overstatement, but in chess, it can be said I play against my opponent over the board and against myself on the clock.” ― Viktor Korchnoi “The fact that the 7 hours time control allows us to play a great deep game is not of great importance for mass-media.” ― Alexei Shirov “For me, each game is a new challenge, which has to be dealt with rationally and systematically. At that time, every other thought fades into oblivion.”
― Viswanathan Anand
“Any fool can know. The point is to understand.” ― Albert Einstein “One bad move nullifies forty good ones.”
― Israel Albert Horowitz
“It is a well-known phenomenon that the same amateur who can conduct the middle game quite creditably, is usually perfectly helpless in the end game. One of the principal requisites of good chess is the ability to treat both the middle and end game equally well.” ― Aron Nimzowitsch “My hard work and excellent training entitled me to be a better actress than some of my competitors.” ― Pola Negri “Endings of one rook and pawns are about the most common sort of endings arising on the chess board. Yet though they do occur so often, few have mastered them thoroughly. They are often of a very difficult nature, and sometimes while apparently very simple they are in reality extremely intricate.”
― Jose Raul Capablanca
“Capablanca used to talk calmly and moderately about everything. However, when our conversation turned to the problems of the battle for the world championship, in front of me was a quite different person: an enraged lion, although with the fervour typical only of a southerner, with his temperamental patter, which made it hard to follow the torrent of his indignant exclamations and words.” ― Alexander Koblencs “A player is said to have the opposition when he can place his King directly in front of the adverse King, with only one square between them. This is often an important advantage in ending games.” ― Howard Staunton “A player can sometimes afford the luxury of an inaccurate move, or even a definite error, in the opening or middlegame without necessarily obtaining a lost position. In the endgame ... an error can be decisive, and we are rarely presented with a second chance.” ― Paul Keres “Never trust a government that doesn't trust its own citizens with guns.”
― Benjamin Franklin
“The Soviet Union was an exception, but even there chess players were not rich. Only Fischer changed that.” ― Boris Spassky “Chess never has been and never can be aught but a recreation. It should not be indulged in to the detriment of other and more serious avocations - should not absorb or engross the thoughts of those who worship at its shrine, but should be kept in the background, and restrained within its proper province. As a mere game, a relaxation from the severe pursuits of life, it is deserving of high commendation.” ― Paul Morphy “Incidentally, when we're faced with a "prove or disprove," we're usually better off trying first to disprove with a counterexample, for two reasons: A disproof is potentially easier (we need just one counterexample); and nitpicking arouses our creative juices. Even if the given assertion is true, our search for a counterexample often leads to a proof, as soon as we see why a counterexample is impossible. Besides, it's healthy to be skeptical.” ― Ronald Graham “Attackers may sometimes regret bad movez, but it’s much worse to forever regret an opportunity you allowed to pass you by.” ― Garry Kasparov “Even the laziest king flees wildly in the face of a double check.”
― Aron Nimzowitzch
“When you see a good move – WAIT! – look for a better one.” ― Emanuel Lasker
The Portuguese chess player and author Pedro Damiano (1480–1544) first wrote this in his book "Questo libro e da imparare giocare a scachi et de li partiti" published in Rome, Italy, in 1512. Proverbs 29:25
Fear of man will prove to be a snare, but whoever trusts in the Lord is kept safe. “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 preparez for next generation!” ― Susan Polgar French Proverb: “Ce n’est pas à un vieux singe qu’on apprend à faire la grimace.” ― (There’s no substitute for experience.) <<<When You Are Old>
by William Butler Yeats (13 June 1865 – 28 January 1939)>When you are old and grey and full of sleep,
And nodding by the fire, take down this book,
And slowly read, and dream of the soft look
Your eyes had once, and of their shadows deep;
How many loved your moments of glad grace,
And loved your beauty with love false or true,
But one man loved the pilgrim soul in you,
And loved the sorrows of your changing face;
And bending down beside the glowing bars,
Murmur, a little sadly, how Love fled
And paced upon the mountains overhead
And hid his face amid a crowd of stars. > Anne Boleyn Thought She Caught the Prize in King Henry the 8th
by PinkFaerie5
Anne Boleyn, you set your sights high, you deviously bold sly fox
Your interest was the end of Catherine’s head and locks
Mary was declared a bastard, Henry the Eighth’s wife slain.
You were singing prettily through this torment, a refrain. Anne Boleyn, you enticed a dangerous king, indeed.
Henry the Eighth, who smashed wives like a mustard seed.
You thought you would give him sons but alas, it did not happen.
So now here you are in the tower, being visited by a chaplain. Anne Boleyn, your three years as a queen was not a record.
Although Henry’s next wife Jane will not last assured Sir Rutherford.
All of Catherine’s sons died in infancy, and you were beheaded too.
Your French fashions and pretty singing voice could not save the likes of you. * Checkmate brevities: Game Collection: Art of Checkmate * Crouch's book: Game Collection: Chess Secrets - Attackers (Crouch) * French tutorial: https://chessklub.com/french-defense/ * KID 0-1s: Game Collection: K.I.D B wins E98 * Dr. Edmund Adam Miniatures: Edmund Adam * First one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yyo... * I'm only one: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/E1nl... * I'm the one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRS... * One minute: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3N... * Round 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0i2... * 2...f5?! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3a... * Animal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8u... * The Brown Bomber: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPe... * Looked harmless: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/H-C2... * Golden: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/avSA... * Bird swoop: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/2leD... * Ponziani Gambit: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/9gKN... * Vienna Sacrifice: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/jD53... * Advantage of the 2 Bishops: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dG... * BC Dumb: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2I... * So she did this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGq... * Kiddie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKS... * 3 Kiddie Traps: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jP... * KID killer: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/3Xaf... * 3 Wise men: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ws0... * What about trams? https://www.youtube.com/shorts/SzMQ... * Circulations: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTw... * Come Jesus Come:
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* Crazy Rook trick: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/kLM3... * Double Rook Lift: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNQ... * Jaw Dropper: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0o... * C-K in 3 EZ steps: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtP... * Never say 3 things: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3i... * 3 months to live: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPm... * 3 Viral: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7n... * 3 for Black vs 1.e4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXM... * 4 mantras: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4w... * Knightly MG: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/XRP3... * 4 seasons: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Kt... * 5 Owls of NA: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdE... * Five in '25: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wp1... * Let 'em have it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Wi... * Furious Attack: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpd... * Dominate the LS in 5 minutes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iro... * Do the Hustle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3k... * 5 Rare gambits: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_r... * 5 middlegame minutes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLA... * 5 embarrassments: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdM... * Endgame tactics in 5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LA9... * 5 occurrences AD: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eJ... * Yes, they do: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mi... * Get better in 5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mc... * Tigran's Top 5 Exch Sacs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xc-... * 6 Essential Structures: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zu... * Freedom is not Free: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89P... * Deflection on f7: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/S1em... * Punish Common Traps: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsD... * H2P the Delay: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9a... * Pink Elephants: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVK... * Scary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gh6... * 7 Deadliest: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Scz... * 7 realities: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/20AY... * 7 truths: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/4LfX... * 7 Endings to know: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrL... * 8 Q tactics: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Amz... * 8 min time lapse: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ih2... * 9 ways to defeat: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/aaHZ... * A10 Warthog: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMI... * Top 10 Dog Coms: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlV... * 10 Recent discoveries: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePj... * 10 min of Ukranian Hell: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-l_... * 10 Common Traps in the Sicilian: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzu... * Facts? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQi... * Fraction equation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMK... * RP knows 'em well: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZw... * GPA short: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3q_... * FM GPA: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5Y... * Model GPA: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Glm... * Win w/the GPA: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ae... * Anti-GPA trap #645: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyN... * Annoying line: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_L... * GPA refuted: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uqr... * Extinguish the GPA: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6P... * Agadmator: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JoE... * Quick either way: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Z0... * Special Pete: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCi... * Fuzzy Wuzzy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=scU... * The Government forbid Church attendance during COVID-19, so we did this instead: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krU... * Of course, JT set our example back in the day: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmH... * BGs sort of ran together: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/JCQO... * Before that... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cgv... * C-K stabs f7: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/MFoo... * How to be brave: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/cQI3... * Get Discipline: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/l3EI... * Going out in style: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMf... * Greats: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDU... * The Lesson: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MAA... * lIke: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5W... * Joel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4L... * Now the day bleeds... https://www.youtube.com/shorts/4wVC... * Own key squares: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0x-... * Promise: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/u-sY... * Prophylaxis: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Qj... * 12 smells Verminters hate: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Eh... * Don't poke your eye out! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkD... * Week 13 of '67: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPJ... * RR on King Tut: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k59... * RPO invention: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/9FOb... * Ridicule: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEH... * F14: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2d... * 15 Home Depot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlB... * A lot of shoveling: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OoO... * Senator asks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKO... * September: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/UFmU... * 20 Fox facts: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iu3... * French b3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxV... * C00 French Defense: Horwitz Attack, Papa-Ticulat Gambit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1k1... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTS...
* Unique: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWY... * Wooden stick: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/JUQD... * Won't ever forget: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4L5... * Caro-Kann Defense: Maroczy Variation (B12) Beauty | Reykjavik Open 2024: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtU... * 50-year-old tips: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_0... * Owls attack! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oq-... H.T. Bland. On page 207 of the December 1929 American Chess Bulletin he exalted the challenger in that year’s world championship match: Bravo ‘Bogol’, you’ve shown pluck.
One and all we wish you luck.
Gee, some thought you’d barged between
Other players who’d have been
Less likely straightaway to lose
Just as friend Alekhine might choose;
Undaunted, ‘Bogol’, you went in
Believing you’d a chance to win.
Or failing that, to make a fight,
Which you are doing as we write.
Question: In terms of production volume, what is the most popular fruit in the world?
Answer: Tomato – yes, tomato is a fruit.
Question: Who is the oldest man to win People Magazine’s sexiest man alive?
Answer: Sean Connery – 59.
Uncle Sam Reshevsky was hit with Biden's Mate (crossways Catholic bishops) in a St. Louis (now the USA chess capital of sorts) department store, but business is booming back. https://clipartcraft.com/download.h...
The Elephant in the Room is obviously the GOP's Donald J. Trump, already man of the decade. Although the bar was very low, and personal cost very, very high, fighter Trump has returned to office less than two months and already accomplished more than bumbling Joe Biden did in four awful years. The Deep State has been exposed, the Woke agenda is being erased from children's books and women's locker rooms, hostages are returning to their homes, trespassers are staying south of the border, and the Washington D.C. Swamp is being drained. Mighty America is Great Again!!
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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
Best Jean De La Bruyere Quotes
“Those who make the worst use of their time are the first to complain of its brevity.” ― Jean de La Bruyère “The unnamed should not be mistaken for the nonexistent.” ― Jean de La Bruyère “If poverty is the mother of all crimes, lack of intelligence is their father.”
― Jean de La Bruyère
“As favor and riches forsake a man, we discover in him the foolishness they concealed, and which no one perceived before.” ― Jean de La Bruyère “Two persons cannot long be friends if they cannot forgive each other’s little failings.” ― Jean de La Bruyère “Life is a tragedy for those who feel, and a comedy for those who think.”
― Jean de La Bruyère
“We are afraid of the old age which we may never attain.” ― Jean de La Bruyère “Most men make use of the first part of their life to render the last part miserable.” ― Jean de La Bruyère “The pleasure of criticizing takes away from us the pleasure of being moved by some very fine things.” ― Jean De La Bruyere “Such a great misfortune, not to be able to be alone.” ― Jean de La Bruyère “A person’s worth in this world is estimated according to the value they put on themselves.” ― Jean de La Bruyère “Generosity lies less in giving much than in giving at the right moment.”
― Jean de La Bruyère
“To laugh at men of sense is the privilege of fools.” ― Jean de La Bruyère “If some persons died and others did not die death would indeed be a terrible affliction.” ― Jean de La Bruyère “Out of difficulties, grow miracles” ― Jean de La Bruyère “Not to be able to bear with all bad-tempered people with whom the world is crowded, shows that a man has not a good temper himself.”
― Jean de La Bruyère
“The same principle leads us to neglect a man of merit that induces us to admire a fool.” ― Jean de La Bruyère “There are only three events in a man’s life; birth, life, and death; he is not conscious of being born, he dies in pain and he forgets to live.”
― Jean de La Bruyère
“Those who make the worst use of their time are the first to complain of its shortness. ” ― Jean de La Bruyère “The most exquisite pleasure is giving pleasure to others.” ― Jean de La Bruyère “A man is rich whose income is larger than his expenses, and he is poor if his expenses are greater than his income.” ― Jean de La Bruyère “Grief at the absence of a loved one is happiness compared to life with a person one hates.” ― Jean de La Bruyère “Many people perceive the merit of a manuscript which is read to them, but will not declare themselves in its favor until they see what success it has in the world when printed, or what intelligent men will say about it. They do not like to risk their opinion, and they want to be carried away by the crowd and dragged along by the multitude. Then they say that they were amongst the first who approved of that work, and the general public shares their opinion.
Such men lose the best opportunities of convincing us that they are intelligent, clever, and first-rate critics, and can really discover what is good and what is better. A fine work falls into their hands; it is an author’s first book before he has got any great name; there is nothing to prepossess anyone in his favor, and by applauding his writings one does not court or flatter the great. Zelotes, you are not required to cry out: “This is a masterpiece; human intelligence never went farther; the human speech cannot soar higher; henceforward we will judge of no one’s taste but by what he thinks of this book.” Such exaggerated and offensive expressions are only employed by postulants for pensions or benefices and are even injurious to what is really commendable and what one wishes to praise. Why not merely say—“That’s a good book?” It is true you say it when the whole of France has approved of it, and foreigners as well as your own countrymen, when it is printed all over Europe and has been translated into several languages, but then it is too late.” ― Jean de La Bruyère “Time, which strengthens friendship, weakens love.” ― Jean de La Bruyère “If it is true that one is poor on account of all the things one wants, the ambitious and the avaricious languish in extreme poverty.” ― Jean de La Bruyère “A wise man is cured of ambition by ambition itself; his aim is so exalted that riches, office, fortune, and favor cannot satisfy him.” ― Jean de La Bruyère “There is no road too long to the man who advances deliberately and without undue haste; there are no honors too distant to the man who prepares himself for them with patience.” ― Jean de La Bruyère “The great charm of conversation consists less in the display of one’s own wit and intelligence than in the power to draw forth the resources of others; he who leaves you after a long conversation, pleased with himself and the part he has taken in the discourse, will be your warmest admirer. Men do not care to admire you, they wish you to be pleased with them; they do not seek for instruction or even amusement from your discourse, but they do wish you to be made acquainted with their talents and powers of conversation, and the true man of genius will delicately make all who come in contact with him feel the exquisite satisfaction of knowing that they have appeared to advantage.”
― Jean de La Bruyère
“We can recognize the dawn and the decline of love by the uneasiness we feel when alone together.” ― Jean de La Bruyère “A fool is an automaton, a machine with springs which turn him about always in one manner and preserve his equilibrium. He is ever the same and never changes. If you have seen him once you have seen him at every moment and period of his life. He is at best but as the lowing ox or the whistling blackbird. He is fixed and obstinate, I may say, by nature. What appears least in him is his soul; that has neither activity nor energy; it reposes.” ― Jean de La Bruyère “That man is good who does good to others; if he suffers on account of the good he does, he is very good; if he suffers at the hands of those to whom he has done good, then his goodness is so great that it could be enhanced only by greater sufferings; and if he should die at their hands, his virtue can go no further: it is heroic, it is perfect” ― Jean de La Bruyère “The very essence of politeness is to take care that by our words and actions we make other people pleased with us as well as with themselves.” ― Jean de La Bruyère “Everything has been said, and we are more than seven thousand years of human thought too late.” ― Jean de La Bruyère “One seeks to make the loved one entirely happy, or, if that cannot be, entirely wretched.” ― Jean de La Bruyère “We should only endeavor to think and speak correctly ourselves, without wishing to bring others over to our taste and opinions; this would be too great an undertaking.” ― Jean de La Bruyère “That we seldom repent of talking too little and very often of talking too much is a … maxim that everybody knows and nobody practices” ― Jean de La Bruyère “We keep a special place in our hearts for people who refuse to be impressed by us.” ― Jean de La Bruyère “Sudden love takes the longest time to be cured.” ― Jean de La Bruyère “Novice exists which does not pretend to be more or less like some virtue, and which does not take advantage of this assumed resemblance.” ― Jean de La Bruyère “When a book raises your spirit and inspires you with noble and manly thoughts, seek for no other test of its excellence. It is good and made by a good workman.” ― Jean de La Bruyère “If you want to be successful, it's just this simple. Know what you are doing. Love what you are doing. And believe in what you are doing.” ― Will Rogers “The quickest way to double your money is to fold it in half and put it in your back pocket.” ― Will Rogers “Half our life is spent trying to find something to do with the time we have rushed through life trying to save.” ― Will Rogers “Some people try to turn back their odometers. Not me, I want people to know “why” I look this way. I’ve traveled a long way and some of the roads weren’t paved.” ― Will Rogers “Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment.” ― Will Rogers “Ten men in our country could buy the whole world and ten million can't buy enough to eat.” ― Will Rogers “The more you observe politics, the more you've got to admit that each party is worse than the other.” ― Will Rogers “It takes a lifetime to build a good reputation, but you can lose it in a minute.”
― Will Rogers
“An onion can make people cry, but there has never been a vegetable invented to make them laugh.” ― Will Rogers “I am not a member of any organized political party — I am a Democrat.”
― Will Rogers
“You know horses are smarter than people. You never heard of a horse going broke betting on people.” ― Will Rogers “The difference between death and taxes is death doesn’t get worse every time Congress meets.” ― Will Rogers “Be thankful we're not getting all the government we're actually paying for.”
― Will Rogers
“There are three kinds of men. The one that learns by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves.” ― Will Rogers “The problem ain't what people know. It's what people know that ain't so that's the problem.” ― Will Rogers “If you want to be successful, it's just this simple. Know what you are doing. Love what you are doing. And believe in what you are doing.” ― Will Rogers “Buy land. They ain't making any more of the stuff.” ― Will Rogers “What the country needs is dirtier fingernails and cleaner minds.” ― Will Rogers “If you feel the urge, don't be afraid to go on a wild goose chase. What do you think wild geese are for anyway?” ― Will Rogers “There are men running governments who shouldn't be allowed to play with matches.” ― Will Rogers “There is no trick to being a humorist when you have the whole government working for you.” ― Will Rogers “Most men are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.” ― Will Rogers “The income tax has made more liars out of the American people than golf has.”
― Will Rogers
“Lord, the money we do spend on Government and it's not one bit better than the government we got for one-third the money twenty years ago.” ― Will Rogers “You can't say civilization don't advance, in every war they kill you in a new way.” ― Will Rogers “Personally, I have always felt that the best doctor in the world is the Veterinarian. He can't ask his patients what is the matter...he's just got to know.” ― Will Rogers “It is better for some one to think you're a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.” ― Will Rogers “If you find yourself in a hole, stop digging.” ― Will Rogers “Give her a day, and then in return Momma gives you the other 364.”
― Will Rogers
“It's not what we don't know that hurts. It's what we know that ain't so.”
― Will Rogers
“Even if you are on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there.”
― Will Rogers
“Never miss a good chance to shut up.” ― Will Rogers “If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went.”
― Will Rogers
“Too many people spend money they haven't earned, to buy things they don't want, to impress people that they don't like.” ― Will Rogers “There are three kinds of men. The ones that learn by readin’. The few who learn by observation.
The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves.” ― Will Rogers “Everything is funny as long as it is happening to somebody else.” ― Will Rogers “There are two theories to arguing with a woman. Neither works.” ― Will Rogers “All I know is just what I read in the papers, and that's an alibi for my ignorance.”
― Will Rogers
“Rumor travels faster, but it don't stay put as long as truth.” ― Will Rogers “I never met a man that I didn't like.” ― Will Rogers “Don't let yesterday take up too much of today.” ― Will Rogers “The road to success is dotted with many tempting parking spaces.” ― Will Rogers “Common sense ain't common.” ― Will Rogers “Everyone is ignorant, only on different subjects.” ― Will Rogers “Live in such a way that you would not be ashamed to sell your parrot to the town gossip.” ― Will Rogers “You know, everybody's ignorant, just on different subjects.” ― Will Rogers “When you find yourself in a hole, quit digging.” ― Will Rogers “Do the best you can, and don't take life too serious.” ― Will Rogers “When I die, I want to die like my grandfather who died peacefully in his sleep. Not screaming like all the passengers in his car.” ― Will Rogers “The minute you read something that you can't understand, you can almost be sure that it was drawn up by a lawyer.” ― Will Rogers “The short memories of the American voters is what keeps our politicians in office.” ― Will Rogers “We can't all be heroes because somebody has to sit on the curb and clap as they go by.” ― Will Rogers “A man only learns in two ways, one by reading, and the other by association with smarter people.” ― Will Rogers “If pro is the opposite of con, what is the opposite of Congress?” ― Will Rogers “If stupidity got us in this mess, how come it can't get us out.” ― Will Rogers “A fool and his money are soon elected.” ― Will Rogers “I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts.”
― Will Rogers
“Always drink upstream from the herd.” ― Will Rogers “Lead your life so you wouldn't be ashamed to sell the family parrot to the town gossip.” ― Will Rogers “The trouble with practical jokes is that very often they get elected.”― Will Rogers “When you're through learning, you're through.” ― Will Rogers “I'll bet you the time ain't far off when a woman won't know any more than a man.” ― Will Rogers “Things ain't what they used to be and probably never was.” ― Will Rogers “Get all the good laughs you can.” ― Will Rogers “Liberty doesn’t work as well in practice as it does in speeches.” ― Will Rogers “Even if you are on the right track, but just sit there, you will still get run over.”
― Will Rogers
“The only way to beat the lawyers is to die with nothing.” ― Will Rogers “This country has come to feel the same when Congress is in session as when the baby gets hold of a hammer.” ― Will Rogers “A man that don’t love a horse, there is something the matter with him.”
― Will Rogers
“People's minds are changed through observation and not through argument.”
― Will Rogers
“Ignorance lies not in the things you don't know, but in the things you know that ain't so.” ― Will Rogers “The best way to make a fire with two sticks is to make sure one of them is a match.” ― Will Rogers “I'm not a member of any organized political party, I'm a Democrat.”
― Will Rogers
“Plans get you into things but you've got to work your way out.” ― Will Rogers “Don't let yesterday use up too much of today.” ― Will Rogers “There’s only one thing that can kill the movies, and that’s education.”
― Will Rogers
“Heroing is one of the shortest-lived professions there is.” ― Will Rogers “Everything is funny as long as it is happening to someone else.” ― Will Rogers “Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there.”
― Will Rogers
“An ignorant person is one who doesn't know what you have just found out.”
― Will Rogers
“If you ever injected truth into politics you would have no politics.” ― Will Rogers “Lord, let me live until I die.” ― Will Rogers “Democrats never agree on anything, that's why they're Democrats. If they agreed with each other, they would be Republicans.” ― Will Rogers “I like to hear a man talk about himself because then I never hear anything, but good.” ― Will Rogers “When you find youself in a hole - stop digging.” ― Will Rogers “If you can't identify it, don't stick it in your mouth.” ― Will Rogers “You never get a second chance to make a first impression.” ― Will Rogers “The only difference between death and taxes is that death doesn’t get worse every time Congress meets.” ― Will Rogers “It's almost been worth this depression to find out how little our big men know.”
― Will Rogers
“I never met a person that I did not want to like.” ― Will Rogers “Three couples approached the Pearly Gates and asked permission from Saint Peter to enter. To the first husband he responded, “You may not enter heaven. All your life you’ve been obsessed with money. Why, you even married a woman named Penny!” He then turned to the second husband and responded, “You may not enter heaven. All your life you’ve been obsessed with food. Why, you even married a woman named Candy.” Taking his wife gently by the hand and looking very sad, the third husband said, “Come on, Fanny, we might as well get out of here!” ― Kevin Kenworthy, The Best Jokes Minnie Pearl Ever Told: “A couple was celebratin’ their fiftieth wedding anniversary with a reception. They were standin’ in line greetin’ their friends and about halfway through, she hauled off and hit him! He looked surprised and said, “What was that for?” She said, “For fifty years of bad sex!” He thought about that a minute and then hauled off and hit her. Now it was her turn to look surprised and she said, “What on earth was that for?” And he answered, “For knowing the difference!”
― Kevin Kenworthy, The Best Jokes Minnie Pearl Ever Told: “God has a plan for all of us, but He expects us to do our share of the work.”
― Minnie Pearl
“So often when you start talking about kindness to animals someone comments that starving and mistreated children should come first. The issue can't be divided like that. It isn't a choice between children and animals. It's our duty to care for both. Kindness is the important thing. Kids and animals are our responsibility.”
― Minnie Pearl
“Take the back roads instead of the highways.” ― Minnie Pearl “Kissing a man with a beard is a lot like going to a picnic. You don't mind going through a little bush to get there!” ― Minnie Pearl “The doctor must have put my pacemaker in wrong. Every time my husband kisses me, the garage door goes up.” ― Minnie Pearl “Once you've gotten used to performing, you can't give it up.” ― Minnie Pearl “Show business is made up of disappointments, and it's through life's disappointments that you grow.” ― Minnie Pearl “Since religion was so much a part of my life as a child, and since my childhood was so happy and so full of laughter and joy, I associate the two. Even my concept of Jesus goes along with this association of happiness and religion.”
― Minnie Pearl
“Watch out fer these fellers around here. It ain't safe fer a pretty girl. Why, I had one just now tell me I looked like a breath of spring. Well, he didn't use them words, exactly. He said I looked like the end of a hard winter.” ― Minnie Pearl “Marriage is like a hot bath; once you get used to it, it ain't so hot.”
― Minnie Pearl
“We have boys now, and men, in the rock and roll business and all the show business, who have this reaction on women. They scream. They yell. They do all sorts of wild things.” ― Minnie Pearl “It's the most unglamourous glamour business in the world.” ― Minnie Pearl “Elvis said, Miss Minnie, do you think it would be out of order if I go up and speak to General Stewart? I've always been such a fan of his. So Elvis went up to speak to the Stewarts.” ― Minnie Pearl “When we got to the hotel, the Hawaiian Village, there were 500 screaming women there. The police were trying to keep the crowd back. It was very dangerous.” ― Minnie Pearl “They were taking pictures and everything. When we got down off the plane, the minute Elvis made his appearance at the door of the plane, the screaming got even worse.” ― Minnie Pearl “My husband was a pilot. He flew Elvis when Elvis first started making appearances around the country.” ― Minnie Pearl “I think Elvis loved his fans - I think that's why they loved him and still love him. Fans are very conscious and sensitive to the fact that performers love them.” ― Minnie Pearl “I knew about Elvis. Of course, everybody knew about him then.” ― Minnie Pearl “Colonel Parker asked Henry and me to come to Elvis' suite and have breakfast. There were at least five policemen stationed up there. He was talking on the telephone.” ― Minnie Pearl “Elvis couldn't leave the hotel except under heavy guard. It was incredible how they went wild over him.” ― Minnie Pearl “I've been with certain stars; some are caring and pay attention to their fans and to their fellow performers and some are too busy. Elvis never seemed too busy.” ― Minnie Pearl “That's what life is all about: remembering someone and smiling!” ― Minnie Pearl “Getting married is a lot like getting into a tub of hot water. After you get used to it, it ain't so hot.” ― Minnie Pearl Wordzys:
38cry Peepy iz's perfume fumed up the room enough for three adults Moe, Larry, and Kurley fries liver attack of the three headed monster trucks stay to the right. “When you see a good move – WAIT! – look for a better one.” ― Emanuel Lasker
The Portuguese chess player and author Pedro Damiano (1480–1544) first wrote this in his book "Questo libro e da imparare giocare a scachi et de li partiti" published in Rome, Italy, in 1512. “Capablanca didn't make separate moves - he was creating a chess picture. Nobody could compare with him in this.” ― Mikhail Botvinnik “Whether this advantage is theoretically sufficient to win or not does not worry Capablanca. He simply wins the ending. That is why he is Capablanca!”
― Max Euwe
“He (Capablanca) makes the game look easy. Art lies in the concealment of art.” ― Philip W. Sergeant “It's entirely possible that Capa could not imagine that there could be a better move than one he thought was good and he was usually right.” ― Mike Franett “Capablanca's games generally take the following course: he begins with a series of extremely fine prophylactic maneuvers, which neutralize his opponent's attempts to complicate the game; he then proceeds, slowly but surely, to set up an attacking position. This attacking position, after a series of simplifications, is transformed into a favorable endgame, which he conducts with matchless technique.” ― Aaron Nimzowitsch “What others could not see in a month's study, he (Capablanca) saw at a glance.” ― Reuben Fine “Capablanca invariably chose the right option, no matter how intricate the position.” ― Garry Kasparov. “He (Capablanca) had the totally undeserved reputation of being the greatest living endgame player. His trick was to keep his openings simple and then play with such brilliance that it was decided in the middle game before reaching the ending - even though his opponent didn't always know it. His almost complete lack of book knowledge forced him to push harder to squeeze the utmost out of every position.” ― Bobby Fischer “A passed pawn increase in strength as the number of pieces on the board diminishes.” ― Jose Raul Capablanca * Read The Planet Greenpawn - https://www.redhotpawn.com/ * 10 Best to Watch: https://www.chessjournal.com/best-c... * 23 Opening Traps: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-5... * CFN: https://www.youtube.com/@CFNChannel
In Melitopol, terrible terror has been reigning for over a year. It's quiet, you can't see it on the streets - reported CNN. Anyone who has rejected a Russian passport may become a victim of repression. They can't access the hospital, can't function normally. The "incredible" occupant also takes away the land. Arrests and torture, unfortunately, are common practices. Partisans are engaged in attacking Russian logistics and eliminating collaborators and Russian officers. They actively cooperate with Ukrainian military intelligence (HUR) and are ready for sabotage activities in case the front arrives. Before the war, Melitopol had a population of 154,000. The city, located in the southeastern part of Ukraine in the Zaporizhzhia region, was occupied by the Russians on March 1, 2022 Eastern Time. Since then, it has been waiting for liberation, but that does not mean that the inhabitants are idle. From the beginning of the war, there has been a partisan movement in and around the city. “Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.” ― Martin Luther King Jr. “Sometimes the most ordinary things could be made extraordinary, simply by doing them with the right people.” ― Elizabeth Green “Remember Red, hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies.” ― Andy (Tim Robbins), “The Shawshank Redemption” Psalms 31:24 - Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the LORD. Luck never gives; it only lends. ~ Scottish Proverb FTB didn't know that Joe actually read books, but we'll give a listen: https://www.blinkist.com/n/magazine... FTB hasn't watched all of this video yet, but the shorts seem to indicate that married MC is less guarded, more detailed than typical interviews: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybu... <America>
by Walt Whitman
Centre of equal daughters, equal sons,
All, all alike endear’d, grown, ungrown, young or old,
Strong, ample, fair, enduring, capable, rich,
Perennial with the Earth, with Freedom, Law and Love,
A grand, sane, towering, seated Mother,
Chair’d in the adamant of Time.
<My Country 'Tis of Thee> (America)
Composed in 1831 by Samuel Francis Smith
My country, 'tis of thee,
Sweet land of liberty,
Of thee I sing;
Land where my fathers died,
Land of the pilgrims' pride,
From ev'ry mountainside
Let freedom ring!
My native country, thee,
Land of the noble free,
Thy name I love;
I love thy rocks and rills,
Thy woods and templed hills;
My heart with rapture thrills,
Like that above.
Let music swell the breeze,
And ring from all the trees
Sweet freedom's song;
Let mortal tongues awake;
Let all that breathe partake;
Let rocks their silence break,
The sound prolong.
Our fathers' God to Thee,
Author of liberty,
To Thee we sing.
Long may our land be bright,
With freedom's holy light,
Protect us by Thy might,
Great God our King.
“When the past no longer illuminates the future, the spirit walks in darkness.”
– Alexis de Tocqueville
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. “Many have become chess masters, no one has become the master of chess.” ― Siegbert Tarrasch 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."
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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The 29 games of Glek 4 Knights was copied from Bowen Island. Thank you Bowen Island! Song of the Red War-Boat
by Rudyard Kipling
Shove off from the wharf-edge! Steady!
Watch for a smooth! Give way!
If she feels the lop already
She'll stand on her head in the bay.
It's ebb-it's dusk-it's blowing
The shoals are a mile of white,
But (snatch her along!) we're going
To find our master to-night.
For we hold that in all disaster
Of shipwreck, storm, or sword,
A Man must stand by his Master
When once he has pledged his word.
Raging seas have we rowed in
But we seldom saw them thus,
Our master is angry with
Odin-Odin is angry with us!
Heavy odds have we taken,
But never before such odds.
The Gods know they are forsaken
We must risk the wrath of the Gods!
Over the crest she flies from,
Into its hollow she drops,
Cringes and clears her eyes from
The wind-torn breaker-tops,
Ere out on the shrieking shoulder
Of a hill-high surge she drives.
Meet her! Meet her and hold her!
Pull for your scoundrel lives!
The thunders bellow and clamour
The harm that they meant to do!
There goes Thor's own Hammer
Cracking the dark in two!
Close! But the blow has missed her,
Here comes the wind of the blow!
Row or the squall'll twist her
Broadside on to it!-Row!
Heark'ee, Thor of the Thunder!
We are not here for a jest
For wager, warfare, or p]under,
Or to put your power to test.
This work is none of our wishing-
We would house at home if we might
But our master is wrecked out fishing.
We go to find him to-night.
For we hold that in all disaster
As the Gods Themselves have said
A Man must stand by his Master
Till one of the two is dead.
That is our way of thinking,
Now you can do as you will,
While we try to save her from sinking
And hold her head to it still,
Bale her and keep her moving,
Or she'll break her back in the trough
Who said the weather's improving,
Or the swells are taking off ?
Sodden, and chafed and aching,
Gone in the loins and knees
No matter-the day is breaking,
And there's far less weight to the seas!
Up mast, and finish baling
In oars, and out with the mead
The rest will he two-reef sailing.
That was a night indeed!
But we hold that in all disaster
(And faith. we have found it true.
If only you stand by your Master,
The Gods will stand by you!
Dum spiro, spero
“The game might be divided into three parts: the opening, the middle-game and the end-game. There is one thing you must strive for, to be equally efficient in the three parts.” ― Jose Raul Capablanca “Unfortunately, many regard the critic as an enemy, instead of seeing him as a guide to the truth.” ― Wilhelm Steinitz “My passions were all gathered together like fingers that made a fist. Drive is considered aggression today; I knew it then as purpose.” ― Bette Davis “Chess is a matter of vanity.” ― Alexander Alekhine “As a chess player one has to be able to control one's feelings, one has to be as cold as a machine.” ― Levon Aronian “Sometimes it happens that the computer's assessment is very abstract. It's correct, but it's not useful for a practical game. You have to prove the assessment with very strong moves and if you don't find all of these strong moves you may lose very quickly. For a computer this is not a problem, but for humans it is not so easy.” ― Vassily Ivanchuk “A good book is the precious lifeblood of a master spirit.” ― John Milton “Chess is a sport. The main object in the game of chess remains the achievement of victory.” ― Max Euwe “A sport, a struggle for results and a fight for prizes. I think that the discussion about "chess is science or chess is art" is already inappropriate. The purpose of modern chess is to reach a result.” ― Alexander Morozevich “No one man is superior to the game.” ― A. Bartlett Giamatti, in reference to Pete Rose, the all-time MLB hits leader banned for gambling. “To err is human; to forgive, divine.” ― Alexander Pope “I consider Mr. Morphy the finest chess player who ever existed. He is far superior to any now living, and would doubtless have beaten Labourdonnais himself. In all his games with me, he has not only played, in every instance, the exact move, but the most exact. He never makes a mistake; but, if his adversary commits the slightest error, he is lost.” ― Adolf Anderssen “After white's reply to 1.e4 e5 with 2.f4 the game is in its last throes”
― Howard Staunton
“I have added these principles to the law: get the Knights into action before both Bishops are developed.” ― Emanuel Lasker “With opposite coloured bishops the attacking side has in effect an extra piece in the shape of his bishop.” ― Mikhail Botvinnik “A pawn, when separated from his fellows, will seldom or never make a fortune.” ― Francois-Andre Danican Philidor Though much is taken, much abides; and though We are not now that strength which in old days Moved earth and heaven, that which we are, we are; One equal temper of heroic hearts, Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.
— Alfred Lord Tennyson
“Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and unruffled under all circumstances.” ― Thomas Jefferson “The human element, the human flaw and the human nobility - those are the reasons that chess matches are won or lost.” ― Viktor Korchnoi “Faulty execution of a winning combination has lost many a game on the very brink of victory. In such cases, a player sees the winning idea, plays the winning sacrifice, and then inverts the order of their follow-up moves or misses the really clinching point of their combination.” ― Fred Reinfeld “In chess, you should be as cool as a cucumber.” ― Yuliya Snigir “Be warned! From Satan's viewpoint you are a pawn in his game of cosmic chess.” ― Adrian Rogers “Pawns not only create the sketch for the whole painting, they are also the soil, the foundation, of any position.” ― Anatoly Karpov “The object of the state is always the same: to limit the individual, to tame him, to subordinate him, to subjugate him.” ― Max Stirner “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 “A Queen's sacrifice, even when fairly obvious, always rejoices the heart of the chess-lover.” ― Savielly Tartakower “Everyone makes mistakes. The wise are not people who never make mistakes, but those who forgive themselves and learn from their mistakes.” ― Ajahn Brahm “As a rule, so-called "positional" sacrifices are considered more difficult, and therefore more praise-worthy, than those which are based exclusively on an exact calculation of tactical possibilities.” ― Alexander Alekhine “It would be idle, and presumptuous, to wish to imitate the achievements of a Morphy or an Alekhine; but their methods and their manner of expressing themselves are within the reach of all.” ― Eugene Znosko-Borovsky “The most powerful weapon in chess is to have the next move.”
― David Bronstein
“It's never too late to lose.” ― GM Benjamin Finegold “Get there firstest with the mostest.” ― Nathan Bedford Forrest “If the defender is forced to give up the center, then every possible attack follows almost of itself.” ― Siegbert Tarrasch “Erudition, like a bloodhound, is a charming thing when held firmly in leash, but it is not so attractive when turned loose upon a defenseless and unerudite public.” ― Agnes Repplier “If you watch it, you should watch it with other players and try to find moves, like it was before. Now on many sites you watch together with the computer and the pleasure is gone.” ― Boris Gelfand “I believe that Chess possesses a magic that is also a help in advanced age. A rheumatic knee is forgotten during a game of chess and other events can seem quite unimportant in comparison with a catastrophe on the chessboard.”
― Vlastimil Hort
“It's funny, but many people don't understand why I draw so many games nowadays. They think my style must have changed but this is not the case at all. The answer to this drawing disease is that my favorite squares are e6, f7, g7 and h7 and everyone now knows this. They protect these squares not once but four times!” ― Mikhail Tal “Having spent alarmingly large chunks of my life studying the white side of the Open Sicilian, I find myself asking, why did I bother?” ― Daniel J. King “Apart from direct mistakes, there is nothing more ruinous than routine play, the aim of which is mechanical development.” ― Alexey Suetin “Not infrequently ... the theoretical is a synonym of the stereotyped. For the 'theoretical' in chess is nothing more than that which can be found in the textbooks and to which players try to conform because they cannot think up anything better or equal, anything original.” ― Mikhail Chigorin “The choice of opening, whether to aim for quiet or risky play, depends not only on the style of a player, but also on the disposition with which he sits down at the board.” ― Efim Geller “Despite the development of chess theory, there is much that remains secret and unexplored in chess.” ― Vasily Smyslov “No matter how much theory progresses, how radically styles change, chess play is inconceivable without tactics.” ― Samuel Reshevsky “Collect as precious pearls the words of the wise and virtuous.”
― Abdelkader El Djezairi
“Learning is not attained by chance; it must be sought for with ardor and diligence.” ― Abigail Adams “A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on.” ― Winston Churchill “When I was preparing for one term's work in the Botvinnik school I had to spend a lot of time on king and pawn endings. So when I came to a tricky position in my own games, I knew the winning method.” ― Garry Kasparov “As a rule, pawn endings have a forced character, and they can be worked out conclusively.” ― Mark Dvoretsky “It is a gross overstatement, but in chess, it can be said I play against my opponent over the board and against myself on the clock.” ― Viktor Korchnoi “The fact that the 7 hours time control allows us to play a great deep game is not of great importance for mass-media.” ― Alexei Shirov “For me, each game is a new challenge, which has to be dealt with rationally and systematically. At that time, every other thought fades into oblivion.”
― Viswanathan Anand
Ne kadar bilirsen bil, o kadar azdır.
“Any fool can know. The point is to understand.” ― Albert Einstein “To be content with what we possess is the greatest and most secure of riches.” ― Marcus Tullius Cicero “One bad move nullifies forty good ones.”
― Israel Albert Horowitz
“It is a well-known phenomenon that the same amateur who can conduct the middle game quite creditably, is usually perfectly helpless in the end game. One of the principal requisites of good chess is the ability to treat both the middle and end game equally well.” ― Aron Nimzowitsch “My hard work and excellent training entitled me to be a better actress than some of my competitors.” ― Pola Negri “Endings of one rook and pawns are about the most common sort of endings arising on the chess board. Yet though they do occur so often, few have mastered them thoroughly. They are often of a very difficult nature, and sometimes while apparently very simple they are in reality extremely intricate.”
― Jose Raul Capablanca
“Capablanca used to talk calmly and moderately about everything. However, when our conversation turned to the problems of the battle for the world championship, in front of me was a quite different person: an enraged lion, although with the fervour typical only of a southerner, with his temperamental patter, which made it hard to follow the torrent of his indignant exclamations and words.” ― Alexander Koblencs “A player is said to have the opposition when he can place his King directly in front of the adverse King, with only one square between them. This is often an important advantage in ending games.” ― Howard Staunton “A player can sometimes afford the luxury of an inaccurate move, or even a definite error, in the opening or middlegame without necessarily obtaining a lost position. In the endgame ... an error can be decisive, and we are rarely presented with a second chance.” ― Paul Keres “Never trust a government that doesn't trust its own citizens with guns.”
― Benjamin Franklin
“The Soviet Union was an exception, but even there chess players were not rich. Only Fischer changed that.” ― Boris Spassky “Chess never has been and never can be aught but a recreation. It should not be indulged in to the detriment of other and more serious avocations - should not absorb or engross the thoughts of those who worship at its shrine, but should be kept in the background, and restrained within its proper province. As a mere game, a relaxation from the severe pursuits of life, it is deserving of high commendation.” ― Paul Morphy “Incidentally, when we're faced with a "prove or disprove," we're usually better off trying first to disprove with a counterexample, for two reasons: A disproof is potentially easier (we need just one counterexample); and nitpicking arouses our creative juices. Even if the given assertion is true, our search for a counterexample often leads to a proof, as soon as we see why a counterexample is impossible. Besides, it's healthy to be skeptical.” ― Ronald Graham “Even though chess isn't the toughest thing that computers will tackle for centuries, it stood as a handy symbol for human intelligence. No matter what human-like feat computers perform in the future, the Deep Blue match demands an indelible dot on all timelines of AI progress.” ― Steven Levy “Attackers may sometimes regret bad movez, but it’s much worse to forever regret an opportunity you allowed to pass you by.” ― Garry Kasparov “Even the laziest king flees wildly in the face of a double check.”
― Aron Nimzowitzch
“When you see a good move – WAIT! – look for a better one.” ― Emanuel Lasker
The Portuguese chess player and author Pedro Damiano (1480–1544) first wrote this in his book "Questo libro e da imparare giocare a scachi et de li partiti" published in Rome, Italy, in 1512. Proverbs 29:25
Fear of man will prove to be a snare, but whoever trusts in the Lord is kept safe. “The only reason they come to see me is that I know that life is great - and they know I know it.” ― Clark Gable “A hot dog at the game beats roast beef at the Ritz.” ― Humphrey Bogart “Chess, just as life, is a constant test. It is a test of many things – of our convictions, our decision making skill, our patience, our self control, our resilience, our determination, our focus, and our will to succeed, etc.”
― Susan Polgar
“Don’t train for 2nd place! Don’t play for 2nd place! And don’t be happy with 2nd place! Champions play to win while others are happy with participation medals!” ― Susan Polgar “In my lifetime, I have often heard from many people that my brain is too small, I only win because I am lucky (both as a player & now coach), I am too ugly, I have no talent, I am too stupid, etc. I am very thankful for all these nice people for motivating me every single day!♟” ― Susan Polgar “Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it.”
— Charles R. Swindoll
Alas, heed Lasker's observation: "More chess games are lost by not applying what you already know, than by what you don't know." (FTB is paraphrasing the original quote.) “Heroism doesn’t always happen in a burst of glory. Sometimes small triumphs and large hearts change the course of history. Sometimes a chicken can save a man’s life.”
― Mary Roach, Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War “Remember that there are two kinds of beauty: one of the soul and the other of the body. That of the soul displays its radiance in intelligence, in chastity, in good conduct, in generosity, and in good breeding, and all these qualities may exist in an ugly man. And when we focus our attention upon that beauty, not upon the physical, love generally arises with great violence and intensity. I am well aware that I am not handsome, but I also know that I am not deformed, and it is enough for a man of worth not to be a monster for him to be dearly loved, provided he has those spiritual endowments I have spoken of.”
― Miguel Cervantes
“Customers don’t expect you to be perfect. They do expect you to fix things when they go wrong.” — Donald Porter “It is so much easier to be nice, to be respectful, to put yourself in your customer’s’ shoes and try to understand how you might help them before they ask for help, than it is to try to mend a broken customer relationship.”
— Mark Cuban
“Only once customer service has become habitual will a company realize its true potential.” — Than Merrill “Customers don’t care about your policies. Find and engage the need. Tell the customer what you can do.” — Alice Sesay Pope “Always keep in mind the old retail adage: Customers remember the service a lot longer than they remember the price.” — Lauren Freedman “Here is a powerful yet simple rule. Always give people more than they expect to get.” — Nelson Boswell “Teach us to give and not to count the cost.” — Saint Ignatius “Every contact we have with a customer influences whether or not they’ll come back. We have to be great every time or we’ll lose them.” — Kevin Stirtz “The customer is always right.” — Harry Gordon Selfridge (Not hardly says FTB.) “Once a king or queen of Narnia, always a king or queen of Narnia.”
― C.S. Lewis, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe “Always carry champagne! In victory You deserve it & in defeat You need it!”
― Napoléon Bonaparte
“Be your own Sunshine. Always.” ― Purvi Raniga * Arabian Checkmate Pattern: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejh... * Back rankers: Game Collection: Back Rank Mate Examples * Basic Checkmates: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Y-... * Blowing Away the Castled King: Game Collection: Attack The King's Pocket * KingG has collected brilliant miniatures:
Game Collection: Brilliant Miniatures * H2B Black Bart: Game Collection: tpstar KG * Black Licorice: Game Collection: repertorio gaston * Black B-G Gambit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAI... * More slow QP answers for Black: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EK2... * Diagrammed Checkmate Patterns Game Collection: Checkmate: Checkmate Patterns * Deflection/Undermining the Defender: Game Collection: Deflection/Undermining Tactics-- OTB Examples * Devin's Doughnuts: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=goK... * Dutch Defense: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAo... * Short Draws: Game Collection: Short Forced Draws * For now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fik... * Gambits & stuff: https://gambitchessplayer.com/page/3/ * More Gs: https://saintlouischessclub.org/blo... * King's English: https://www.chessgames.com/perl/che... * Reti/English 0-1: Game Collection: Reti/English systems: Black's viewpoint * Bg2 vs Bg7 English: Game Collection: Inglesa 3 * Common Mistakes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LI1... * Snipe Hunting: https://temposchlucker.blogspot.com... * Zwischenzug! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-q... * A Brief History of Chess: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YeB... * A Brief History of the Game of Chess: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2a... * Chess for Beginners: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IU6... * Learn Chess: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adY... * Learn Chess: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGu... * Learn ALL the Rules of the Royal Game: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ej_... * Ladder Checkmate with Two Rooks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZaQ... * Checkmate with King and Rook vs lone King: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yf... * Checkmate with Two Bishops: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZN7... * Chess Equipment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLA... * Common Checkmate Patterns:
http://gambiter.com/chess/Checkmate... * Famous Chess Photos: https://tr.pinterest.com/pin/585256... * Glossary P: https://www.peoriachess.com/Glossar... * Malaguena: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxD... * Nimzowitsch Defense: https://www.chessable.com/blog/nimz... * The Opposition: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52y... * King and Pawn vs King (both kings want to be in front of the pawn to affect its progress): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvB... * Overworked! Game Collection: Overworked Piece * 10 Best to Watch: https://www.chessjournal.com/best-c... * 23 Opening Traps: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-5... * Champion miniatures: Game Collection: Champions miniature champions * Chess Step-by-Step: https://www.chess.com/learn-how-to-... * Common Checkmate Patterns:
http://gambiter.com/chess/Checkmate... * Caviar: https://www.chess.com/article/view/... * CFN: https://www.youtube.com/@CFNChannel
* Diagrammed Checkmate Patterns:
Game Collection: Checkmate: Checkmate Patterns * Bill Wall should have been on beer commercials crushing empty beer cans with his bare hands:
Bill Wall "Why don't you play checkers with Bill anymore?"
"Would you play with a person who cheats and moves his men around when you are not looking?"
"No."
"Well, neither would Bill."
* Candidates 2014: World Championship Candidates (2014) * Carlsen's Minis: Game Collection: Carlsen's winning miniatures * Defend Your Pieces, Kids! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uc-... * A great decade of chess: Game Collection: Mil y Una Partidas 1950-1959 * Expanded Edition:
Game Collection: 125 Greatest Chess Games * Feeling Punny? Don't tell Fredthebear. Use the Submission Page: Pun Submission Page * Find Forcing Moves: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHO... * Fried Fox is awful: https://allchessopenings.blogspot.c... * Gambits by ECO code: https://www.jimmyvermeer.com/openin... * Glossary P: https://www.peoriachess.com/Glossar... * Andre the Giant: Game Collection: Defensa Philidor, ese campo de minas * Good Historical Links:
https://www.saund.co.uk/britbase/in...
* Happy Days! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slv... * h-file attacks: Game Collection: h-file Attacks, some Greek Gifts by Fredthebear * How to Play Chess! http://www.serverchess.com/play.htm... * Imagination: Game Collection: Imagination in Chess * Immortal Games: Game Collection: Immortal games * Jackpot History: https://www.megamillions.com/About/... * Surprise Knockouts: Game Collection: quick knockouts of greats * Collection assembled by Fredthebear.
* Lasker's Manual: Game Collection: Manual of Chess (Lasker) * MC Move-by-Move: Game Collection: Move by Move - Carlsen (Lakdawala) * Miniatures: Game Collection: 200 Miniature Games of Chess - Du Mont (III) * Monday Puzzles: Game Collection: Monday Puzzles, 2011-2017 * CW Myths: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Nt... * Nunn's Course: Game Collection: Lasker JNCC * Occupy the Open File: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_w... * Overloaded! Game Collection: OVERLOADED! * Opening Explorer: Opening Explorer * Become a Predator at the Chessboard: https://www.chesstactics.org/ * Famous Chess Photos: https://tr.pinterest.com/pin/585256... * POTD 2023: Game Collection: Puzzle of the Day 2023 * Pawn Instruction: http://www.logicalchess.com/learn/l... * Petrosian's Best: Game Collection: P.H.Clarke: Petrosian's Best games * Read The Planet Greenpawn - https://www.redhotpawn.com/ * Results: https://chess-results.com/TurnierSu... * Queen vs Rook Ending: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJn... * Simple EG: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ejj... * Solitaire: Game Collection: Solitaire Chess by I. A. Horowitz * Stunners: Game Collection: Stunners * Top Chessgames by ECO Code: http://schachsinn.de/gamelist.htm * Top Games by Year: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_... * Terminology: https://www.angelfire.com/games5/ch... * Trap the Queen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmU... * When to Trade: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGa... * UK: https://chesscircuit.substack.com/
* 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
“The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them.”
— Ernest Hemingway
“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 “Coincidence is God's way of remaining anonymous.” ― Albert Einstein “In life, unlike chess the game continues after checkmate.” ― Isaac Asimov “The measure of a society is found in how they treat their weakest and most helpless citizens.” ― Jimmy Carter, 39th U.S. President Connecticut: Windsor
Established in: 1633
Settlers from Plymouth Colony built the first trading house in Windsor in 1633 on an expanse of land they bought from Native Americans who were living there.
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-... * Chess History: https://www.britannica.com/topic/ch... * Three Simple Chess Tips: https://www.premierchesscoaching.co... 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.
Sailing to Byzantium
by William Butler Yeats
That is no country for old men. The young
In one another’s arms, birds in the trees
—Those dying generations—at their song,
The salmon-falls, the mackerel-crowded seas,
Fish, flesh, or fowl, commend all summer long
Whatever is begotten, born, and dies.
Caught in that sensual music all neglect
Monuments of unageing intellect.
An aged man is but a paltry thing,
A tattered coat upon a stick, unless
Soul clap its hands and sing, and louder sing
For every tatter in its mortal dress,
Nor is there singing school but studying
Monuments of its own magnificence;
And therefore I have sailed the seas and come
To the holy city of Byzantium.
O sages standing in God’s holy fire
As in the gold mosaic of a wall,
Come from the holy fire, perne in a gyre,
And be the singing-masters of my soul.
Consume my heart away; sick with desire
And fastened to a dying animal
It knows not what it is; and gather me
Into the artifice of eternity.
Once out of nature I shall never take
My bodily form from any natural thing,
But such a form as Grecian goldsmiths make
Of hammered gold and gold enamelling
To keep a drowsy Emperor awake;
Or set upon a golden bough to sing
To lords and ladies of Byzantium
Of what is past, or passing, or to come.
“So if you think that when you are better, it means that you can smash ahead and mate the guy, you are wrong, that is not what better means. What better means is that your position has the potential, if played correctly, to turn out well. So do not think that when you are better and when you are attacking that you can just force mate. That is not what it is about. Often the way to play best, the way to play within the position, is to maintain it.”
― Josh Waitzkin
Ephesians 6:4: "Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord." Deuteronomy 6:6-9: "These commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts. Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. Write them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates." Ecclesiastes 9:9: "Enjoy life with the wife whom you love, all the days of your vain life that he has given you under the sun, because that is your portion in life and in your toil at which you toil under the sun." “The participation of women in some armies in the world is in reality only symbolic. The talk about the role of Zionist women in fighting with the combat units of the enemy in the war of 5 June 1967 was intended more as propaganda than anything real or substantial. It was calculated to intensify and compound the adverse psychological effects of the war by exploiting the backward outlook of large sections of Arab society and their role in the community. The intention was to achieve adverse psychological effects by saying to Arabs that they were defeated, in 1967, by women.”
― Saddam Hussein, The Revolution and Woman in Iraq Chess
Aimee Nezhukumatathil
Exactly four different men have tried
to teach me how to play. I could never
tell the difference between a rook
or bishop, but I knew the horse meant
knight. And that made sense to me,
because a horse is night: soot-hoof
and nostril, dark as a sabled evening
with no stars, bats, or moon blooms.
It’s a night in Ohio where a man sleeps
alone one week and the next, the woman
he will eventually marry leans her body
into his for the first time, leans a kind
of faith, too—filled with white crickets
and bouquets of wild carrot. And
the months and the honeyed years
after that will make all the light
and dark squares feel like tiles
for a kitchen they can one day build
together. Every turn, every sacrificial
move—all the decoys, the castling,
the deflections—these will be both
riotous and unruly, the exact opposite
of what she thought she ever wanted
in the endgame of her days.
blogger cinephilia once said: >"The flawless game is impossible. Feed off your opponent's mistakes like a leech."> “There’s always a hidden owl in knowledge.” – E.I. Jane “If you open it, close it. If you turn it on, turn it off. If you take it out, put it back. If you empty it, fill it. If you fill it, empty it.” — Kathryn Malter, St. Paul, MN “Human decency is not derived from religion. It precedes it.”
— Christopher Hitchens
“What are you willing to give up, in order to become who you really need to be?” — Elizabeth Gilbert English-Kiswahili translation
Actions speak louder than words. Ada ya mja hunena, mwungwana ni kitendo. Riddle Question: If fish lived on land, where would they live? English-Kiswahili translation
Clothes don’t make the man. Nguo hazifanyi mtu huyo Riddle Answer: In Finland.
English-Kiswahili translation
Many hands make light work. Umoja ni nguvu, utengano ni udhaifu Sumdudenametone wrote:
Board Roll
Beautiful sunrise
Covered the clouds tears
As birds
fly and sing
cover songs from the 80s
75 degrees outside
Perfect weather
executing my game plan
Drawing my thoughts out
On a chessboard
Memorizing each step
Like my mother recording
My 1st bday
Didn't blow out candles
Didn't make a wish
Witness my hero being present
Daily
My lifelong gift
My forever
My queen protects the family
Appointed me king
Because my father played checkers
Fast money
Living life in the fast lane
But crap out when the dice didn't roll in his favor
Excuse my behavior
<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.> The Swarm
by Sylvia Plath
Somebody is shooting at something in our town --
A dull pom, pom in the Sunday street.
Jealousy can open the blood,
It can make black roses.
Who are they shooting at?
It is you the knives are out for
At Waterloo, Waterloo, Napoleon,
The hump of Elba on your short back,
And the snow, marshaling its brilliant cutlery
Mass after mass, saying Shh!
Shh! These are chess people you play with,
Still figures of ivory.
The mud squirms with throats,
Stepping stones for French bootsoles.
The gilt and pink domes of Russia melt and float off In the furnace of greed.
Clouds, clouds.
So the swarm balls and deserts
Seventy feet up, in a black pine tree.
It must be shot down.
Pom! Pom!
So dumb it thinks bullets are thunder.
It thinks they are the voice of God
Condoning the beak, the claw, the grin of the dog
Yellow-haunched, a pack-dog,
Grinning over its bone of ivory
Like the pack, the pack, like everybody.
The bees have got so far.
Seventy feet high!
Russia, Poland and Germany!
The mild hills, the same old magenta
Fields shrunk to a penny
Spun into a river, the river crossed.
The bees argue, in their black ball,
A flying hedgehog, all prickles.
The man with gray hands stands under the honeycomb
Of their dream, the hived station
Where trains, faithful to their steel arcs,
Leave and arrive, and there is no end to the country. Pom! Pom! They fall
Dismembered, to a tod of ivy.
So much for the charioteers, the outriders, the Grand Army!
A red tatter, Napoleon!
The last badge of victory.
The swarm is knocked into a cocked straw hat.
Elba, Elba, bleb on the sea!
The white busts of marshals, admirals, generals
Worming themselves into niches.
How instructive this is!
The dumb, banded bodies
Walking the plank draped with Mother France's upholstery
Into a new mausoleum,
An ivory palace, a crotch pine.
The man with gray hands smiles --
The smile of a man of business, intensely practical. They are not hands at all
But asbestos receptacles.
Pom! Pom! 'They would have killed me.
' Stings big as drawing pins!
It seems bees have a notion of honor,
A black intractable mind.
Napoleon is pleased, he is pleased with everything. O Europe! O ton of honey!
In 2016, the iconic sparkly dress that Marilyn Monroe wore to serenade President John F. Kennedy on his birthday sold for a staggering $4.8 million at auction. This remains the world record for the most expensive article of clothing ever sold, beating out the record previously held by… another one of Monroe's dresses, her costume from The Seven Year Itch. “Fancy what a game of chess would be if all the chessmen had passions and intellects, more or less small and cunning; if you were not only uncertain about your adversary's men, but a little uncertain also about your own; if your knight could shuffle himself on to a new square by the sly; if your bishop, at your castling, could wheedle your pawns out of their places; and if your pawns, hating you because they are pawns, could make away from their appointed posts that you might get checkmate on a sudden. You might be the longest-headed of deductive reasoners, and yet you might be beaten by your own pawns. You would be especially likely to be beaten, if you depended arrogantly on your mathematical imagination, and regarded your passionate pieces with contempt. Yet this imaginary chess is easy compared with the game a man has to play against his fellow-men with other fellow-men for his instruments.”
― George Eliot, Felix Holt: The Radical
“When you have the better of it, play simply. When the game is going against you, look for complications.” — Frank J. Marshall * Pawn Endgames: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUq... * Crafty Endgame Trainer: https://www.chessvideos.tv/endgame-... A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush ― Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, "Don Quixote" Cajun: Joie de vivre (Jhwa da veev) – Joy of living. Compiled by Fredthebear
“When in doubt, don't.” ― Benjamin Franklin Moot Court
Moot court is a common activity in law school, in which students prepare arguments and present them before "judges" who are typically their professors or other established lawyers. In moot court, students are exposed to both sides of an argument, and generally argue whatever position is assigned to them. By definition, the issues explored in moot court are "open to debate" (in the sense that students are debating them), but moot court debate is of little overall significance because the moot court case is only hypothetical. <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/ Gambling problem? Call 1-800-GAMBLER
Dreamers
by Siegried Sassoon
Soldiers are citizens of death's grey land,
Drawing no dividend from time's to-morrows.
In the great hour of destiny they stand,
Each with his feuds, and jealousies, and sorrows.
Soldiers are sworn to action; they must win
Some flaming, fatal climax with their lives.
Soldiers are dreamers; when the guns begin
They think of firelit homes, clean beds and wives. I see them in foul dug-outs, gnawed by rats,
And in the ruined trenches, lashed with rain,
Dreaming of things they did with balls and bats,
And mocked by hopeless longing to regain
Bank-holidays, and picture shows, and spats,
And going to the office in the train.
<Five Preliminary Endgame Rules
according to CJS Purdy
1. Before even beginning to think of making a passed pawn, put all your pieces into as good positions as possible. 2. Avoid pawn-moves while you are getting your pieces well positioned because pawn-moves create lasting weaknesses and thus make your task harder. 3. Try to free your position from weaknesses; and if possible, make it hard for the opponent to do likewise. 4. When trying to win, keep pawns on both wings. When trying to draw, play to eliminate all the pawns on one wing. With pawns on one wing only, a pawn plus is usually insufficient for a win. 5. If you are a pawn up or more, exchange pieces (not pawns) wherever you can do so without losing in position. Exception: do not rush an exchange that will leave you with a single bishop running on the opposite color to the enemy's single bishop. Also, refrain from exchanging if it will give your opponent two bishops against bishop and knight.
Posted by Chessbuzz>
“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 <"De Ludo Scachorum" was first translated into French in 1347. In 1474, 2 years before it was printed in French, William Caxton translated the text from the French (of Jean de Vignay) into English and printed it under the title, "The Game of Chess."
"The Game of Chess" was the second book ever printed in the English language. The first book, also printed by Claxton was "The Recuyell of the Historyes of Troye," also translated from French (of Raoul le Fèvre) and also in 1474. Caxton printed almost 100 books, and of these 20 were translations from French or Dutch into English.>
— batgirl, chess.com
Centenarian Adrine Lee's key to longevity lies in four simple steps: 01. “Keep going and never give up.”
02. “Make yourself walk.”
03. “I drink the faucet water.”
04. “Don’t just die all because you want to.” Acts 20:35 “It is more blessed to give than to receive.” Old Russian Proverb: "Measure seven times, cut once. (Семь раз отмерь — один отрежь.)" Be careful before you do something that cannot be changed. “Chess can be described as the movement of pieces eating one another.”
— Marcel Duchamp
The Children's Hour
The Children's Hour was first published in 1860 in The Atlantic Monthly. The 3 children in the poem are Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's own daughters.
In the early 1900's this poem was frequently taught in schools to young children. It is about the father child relationship and the enduring love of a father for his children. Between the dark and the daylight,
When the night is beginning to lower,
Comes a pause in the day's occupations,
That is known as the Children's Hour.
I hear in the chamber above me
The patter of little feet,
The sound of a door that is opened,
And voices soft and sweet.
From my study I see in the lamplight,
Descending the broad hall stair,
Grave Alice, and laughing Allegra,
And Edith with golden hair.
A whisper, and then a silence:
Yet I know by their merry eyes
They are plotting and planning together
To take me by surprise.
A sudden rush from the stairway,
A sudden raid from the hall!
By three doors left unguarded
They enter my castle wall!
They climb up into my turret
O'er the arms and back of my chair;
If I try to escape, they surround me;
They seem to be everywhere.
They almost devour me with kisses,
Their arms about me entwine,
Till I think of the Bishop of Bingen
In his Mouse-Tower on the Rhine!
Do you think, O blue-eyed banditti,
Because you have scaled the wall,
Such an old mustache as I am
Is not a match for you all!
I have you fast in my fortress,
And will not let you depart,
But put you down into the dungeon
In the round-tower of my heart.
And there will I keep you forever,
Yes, forever and a day,
Till the walls shall crumble to ruin,
And moulder in dust away!
“There is no such thing as fun for the whole family.” ― Jerry Seinfeld <>The Essential Sosonko<: Collected Portraits and Tales of a Bygone Chess Era
by Genna Sosonko
<Genna Sosonko> is widely acclaimed as the most prominent chronicler of a unique era in chess history. In the Soviet Union chess was developed into an ideological weapon that was actively promoted by the country’s leadership during the Cold War. Starting with Mikhail Botvinnik, their best chess players grew into symbols of socialist excellence. Sosonko writes from a privileged dual perspective, combining an insider’s nostalgia with the detachment of a critical observer. He grew up with legendary champions such as Mikhail Tal and Viktor Korchnoi and spent countless hours with most of the other greats and lesser chess mortals he portrays. Sosonko was born in Leningrad, where he lived for 29 years and worked as a chess coach. After emigrating to the Netherlands, he became a world-class chess grandmaster, participating in the strongest competitions around the globe. In the late 1980s he began to write about the champions he knew and their remarkable lives in New In Chess Magazine. First, he wrote primarily about Soviet players and personalities, and later, he also began to portray other chess celebrities with whom he had crossed paths. They all vividly come to life as the reader is transported to their time and world. Once you’ve read Sosonko, you will feel you know Capablanca, Max Euwe and Tony Miles. And you will never forget Sergey Nikolaev. This monumental book is a collection of the portraits and profiles Genna Sosonko wrote for New in Chess magazine. The stories have been published in his books: Russian Silhouettes, The Reliable Past, Smart Chip From St. Petersburg and The World Champion I Knew. They are supplemented with further writings on legends such as David Bronstein, Garry Kasparov and Boris Spassky. They paint an enthralling and unforgettable picture of a largely vanished age and, indirectly, a portrait of one of the greatest writers on the world of chess. Garry Kasparov wrote the Foreword.> ― Amazon Near the surface, Earth has an atmosphere that consists of 78% nitrogen, 21% oxygen, and 1% other gases such as argon, carbon dioxide, and neon. The atmosphere affects Earth's long-term climate and short-term local weather and shields us from much of the harmful radiation coming from the Sun. It also protects us from meteoroids, most of which burn up in the atmosphere, seen as meteors in the night sky, before they can strike the surface as meteorites. A Game of Chess -
by T. S. Eliot
II. A GAME OF CHESS
The Chair she sat in, like a burnished throne,
Glowed on the marble, where the glass
Held up by standards wrought with fruited vines
From which a golden Cupidon peeped out
(Another hid his eyes behind his wing)
Doubled the flames of sevenbranched candelabra
Reflecting light upon the table as
The glitter of her jewels rose to meet it,
From satin cases poured in rich profusion;
In vials of ivory and coloured glass
Unstoppered, lurked her strange synthetic perfumes,
Unguent, powdered, or liquid — troubled, confused
And drowned the sense in odours; stirred by the air
That freshened from the window, these ascended
In fattening the prolonged candle-flames,
Flung their smoke into the laquearia,
Stirring the pattern on the coffered ceiling.
Huge sea-wood fed with copper
Burned green and orange, framed by the coloured stone,
In which sad light a carved dolphin swam.
Above the antique mantel was displayed
As though a window gave upon the sylvan scene
The change of Philomel, by the barbarous king
So rudely forced; yet there the nightingale
Filled all the desert with inviolable voice
And still she cried, and still the world pursues,
" Jug Jug " to dirty ears.
And other withered stumps of time
Were told upon the walls; staring forms
Leaned out, leaning, hushing the room enclosed.
Footsteps shuffled on the stair.
Under the firelight, under the brush, her hair
Spread out in fiery points
Glowed into words, then would be savagely still.
" My nerves are bad to-night. Yes, bad. Stay with me.
" Speak to me. Why do you never speak. Speak.
— " What are you thinking of? What thinking? What?
" I never know what you are thinking. Think. "
I think we are in rats' alley
Where the dead men lost their bones.
" What is that noise? "
The wind under the door.
" What is that noise now? What is the wind doing? "
Nothing again nothing.
" Do
" You know nothing? Do you see nothing? Do you remember
" Nothing? "
— I remember
Those are pearls that were his eyes.
" Are you alive, or not? Is there nothing in your head? "
But
O O O O that Shakespeherian Rag —
It's so elegant
So intelligent
" What shall I do now? What shall I do? "
" I shall rush out as I am, and walk the street
" With my hair down, so. What shall we do to-morrow?
" What shall we ever do? "
The hot water at ten.
And if it rains, a closed car at four.
And we shall play a game of chess,
Pressing lidless eyes and waiting for a knock upon the door. When Lil's husband got demobbed, I said —
I didn't mince my words, I said to her myself,
H URRY UP PLEASE ITS TIME
Now Albert's coming back, make yourself a bit smart.
He'll want to know what you done with that money he gave you
To get yourself some teeth. He did, I was there.
You have them all out, Lil, and get a nice set,
He said, I swear, I can't bear to look at you.
And no more can't I, I said, and think of poor Albert,
He's been in the army four years, he wants a good time,
And if you don't give it him, there's others will, I said.
Oh is there, she said. Something o' that, I said.
Then I'll know who to thank, she said, and give me a straight look.
H URRY UP PLEASE ITS TIME
If you don't like it you can get on with it, I said.
Others can pick and choose if you can't.
But if Albert makes off, it won't be for lack of telling.
You ought to be ashamed, I said, to look so antique.
(And her only thirty-one.)
I can't help it, she said, pulling a long face,
It's them pills I took, to bring it off, she said.
(She's had five already, and nearly died of young George.)
The chemist said it would be all right, but I've never been the same.
You are a proper fool, I said.
Well, if Albert won't leave you alone, there it is, I said,
What you get married for if you don't want children?
H URRY UP PLEASE ITS TIME
Well, that Sunday Albert was home, they had a hot gammon,
And they asked me in to dinner, to get the beauty of it hot —
H URRY UP PLEASE ITS TIME
H URRY UP PLEASE ITS TIME
Goonight Bill. Goonight Lou. Goonight May. Goonight.
Ta ta. Goonight. Goonight.
Good night, ladies, good night, sweet ladies, good night, good night. Of the eight planets in the Solar System, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn were observed by Babylonian astronomers as early as the 2nd millennium BC. The Greek Aristarchus of Samos (310–230 bc) also correctly observed the position of Earth in relation to the planets – known as the heliocentric model. Sailboat
by Heather Allen, from Leaving a Shadow
Strange flight, the body
Held at a threshold
And never quite freed
Or quite revealed—
One wing taut with wind,
One wing concealed
Until the wind grows calm
And it shimmers in a shadow-world,
The shape of a sail, yet softer—
The drifting boat
A bird half in air,
Half in water.
Nuclear power provides nearly half of America's clean energy
Nuclear energy provided 47% of America’s carbon-free electricity in 2022, making it the largest domestic source of clean energy. Nuclear power plants do not emit greenhouse gases while generating electricity. They produce power by boiling water to create steam that spins a turbine. The water is heated by a process called fission, which makes heat by splitting apart uranium atoms inside a nuclear reactor core. <Is Queen + Knight really stronger than Queen + Bishop? The Queen + Knight does not seem to be an advantage of itself. In order to be considered advantageous, there must always be a second element influencing the position. The most common factors are weakness of the opposing king, passed pawns, and weak squares that can be accessed.Mr. H. H. Strand wrote: "There is no true answer to this, but here are some general observations that are commonly agreed upon by strong players: Bishops are stronger in open positions with few pawns on the board, especially if you have the bishop pair and especially in endgames. Knights are stronger in closed positions, where the pawns are locked against each other. Having the bishop pair against a knight and a bishop is usually a slight advantage in middle games. Against the knight pair it is less clear. A knight that can be anchored in the center of the board (protected by a pawn) is often stronger than a bishop. A knight anchored in an advanced position in the enemy camp (typically on squares like e6, d6, d3 or e3) is often very strong, even as strong as a rook. A bishop is usually stronger than a knight in an open endgame, especially if the side with the bishop has a passed wing pawn. A knight is often stronger than a bishop in endgames with static pawn structures. This theme is called "good knight versus bad bishop.” Knights on the edge of the board, or even worse, a corner, can be quite weak. "A knight on the rim is dim.” Bishops on long diagonals are often very strong, especially on an open diagonal. The value of knights go up in blitz games or in time trouble, as their movements are harder to calculate and predict. Rooks cooperate better with a bishop than a knight. Queens cooperate better with a knight than a bishop." Such hypothetical conceptions are difficult to answer. Chess requires analysis of a specific position to determine who is better. There are simply too many variables to generalize with any degree of accuracy. Thus, the value of the pieces can change during a game.> Underface
By Shel Silverstein
Underneath my outside face
There's a face that none can see.
A little less smiley,
A little less sure,
But a whole lot more like me
“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 Let's pause so free pie thief can look up who Alexander Kotov is. free pie thief will research it and be an expert on Kotov tomorrow. Will we get another lecture on Philidor's Gate? A penguin achieved knighthood.
In 2008, a penguin living in the Edinburgh Zoo was knighted. The penguin is the mascot of the King of Norway's Guard, making it a special figure for the country's military—and the knighting of this particular one, named Nils Olav III, was an opportunity to celebrate the relations between Norway and Scotland. The knighting went over so well that in 2016, he was promoted to Brigadier. <Nothing Gold Can Stay
By Robert Frost
Nature's first green is gold,
Her hardest hue to hold.
Her early leaf's a flower;
But only so an hour.
Then leaf subsides to leaf.
So Eden sank to grief,
So dawn goes down to day.
Nothing gold can stay.>
The total number of children fathered by Genghis Khan is unknown, but estimates range from several hundred to over a thousand. DNA evidence has suggested that one in every 200 people in the world today is a descendant of Genghis Khan. That’s around 16 million people. This Little Piggy
This little piggy went to market,
(Wiggle the "big" toe)
This little piggy stayed home,
(Wiggle the "long" toe)
This little piggy had roast beef,
(Wiggle the "middle" toe)
This little piggy had none,
(Wiggle the "ring" toe)
This little piggy cried "Wee! Wee! Wee!" all the way home.
(Wiggle the "little" toe and tickle the bottom of the foot) Driving too fast is linked to the majority of all traffic accidents. About one-third of all traffic fatalities are caused, in part, due to driving too fast. Drive sober or get pulled over.
“For surely of all the drugs in the world, chess must be the most permanently pleasurable.” — Assiac Switch your pawn insurance to Promotion and you could save hundreds. “There are more adventures on a chessboard than on all the seas of the world.”
― Pierre Mac Orlan
“Chess is an infinitely complex game, which one can play in infinitely numerous & varied ways.” ― Vladimir Kramnik <Psalm 8 King James Version> 8 O Lord, our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy glory above the heavens. 2 Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger. 3 When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained; 4 What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him? 5 For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour. 6 Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet: 7 All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field; 8 The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, and whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas. 9 O Lord our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! The Human Seasons
by John Keats
Four Seasons fill the measure of the year;
There are four seasons in the mind of man:
He has his lusty Spring, when fancy clear
Takes in all beauty with an easy span:
He has his Summer, when luxuriously
Spring’s honied cud of youthful thought he loves To ruminate, and by such dreaming high
Is nearest unto heaven: quiet coves
His soul has in its Autumn, when his wings
He furleth close; contented so to look
On mists in idleness—to let fair things
Pass by unheeded as a threshold brook.
He has his Winter too of pale misfeature,
Or else he would forego his mortal nature.
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. <by W.A. Ballantine given on page 153 of the American Chess Journal, September 1878:Charming as the sweetest music;
High above the common reach,
Easy to the bright and wise;
Splendid in the hands of genius;
Such the royal game of chess.>
God our Father, Lord, and Savior
Thank you for your love and favor
Bless this food and drink we pray
And all who share with us today.
In Jesus Name we pray,
Amen.
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? Proverbs 29:25
Fear of man will prove to be a snare, but whoever trusts in the Lord is kept safe. 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. “God has given us two hands, one to receive with and the other to give with.”
— Billy Graham
“My home is in Heaven. I'm just traveling through this world.” — Billy Graham “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 This poem is dedicated to Harris my chessplayer friend and literary commentator. <Chess The Final MetaphorIt was in a cesspool behind the place of his cousin Nick That in this pool of sewage, was born the freak called frick. On dark nights he hysterically wailed in his pool of slimy mess: "Oh why oh why, can't I play the game that humans call chess"? As the morning sun rose, begged the queen of the mighty king: Sire, can you not order the death of this awful filthy thing"? Wisely he replied: "no, I'll let frick live forever in distress While he must watch others enjoy themselves playing chess."> Ah, St. Marher, 1225:
"And te tide and te time þat tu iboren were, schal beon iblescet." xp ah zuppy needz a land turn to find hiz way a square checka bored aza poka danca weight sting hiz turn turn turn. 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 Z is for Zipper (to the tune of “Mary Had a Little Lamb”) Zipper starts with letter Z,
Letter Z, letter Z,
Zipper starts with Letter Z,
/z/, /z/, /z/, /z/!
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The True Knight - Poem by Stephen Hawes
FOR knighthood is not in the feats of warre,
As for to fight in quarrel right or wrong,
But in a cause which truth can not defarre:
He ought himself for to make sure and strong,
Justice to keep mixt with mercy among:
And no quarrell a knight ought to take
But for a truth, or for the common's sake.
* Underpromotion-for-Mate!! https://www.bing.com/videos/search?... * Notable Games: Game Collection: List of Notable Games (wiki) * Knights of Medieval Europe: https://www.bing.com/videos/search?... “The funny thing is, on the outside, I was an honest man, straight as an arrow. I had to come to prison to be a crook.”
― Andy Dufresne (Timothy Robbins) in prison for a murder he did not commit in the movie "Shawshank Redemption" “Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.” ― Aristotle “The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.” ― Socrates “The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.” ― Isaac Asimov “Hold fast to dreams,
For if dreams die
Life is a broken-winged bird,
That cannot fly.”
― Langston Hughes
“Count your age by friends, not years. Count your life by smiles, not tears.”
― John Lennon
“In a good bookroom you feel in some mysterious way that you are absorbing the wisdom contained in all the books through your skin, without even opening them.” ― Mark Twain “It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.” ― Aristotle, Metaphysics “Any fool can know. The point is to understand.” ― Albert Einstein “The secret of life, though, is to fall seven times and to get up eight times.”
― Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist
“If you're reading this...
Congratulations, you're alive.
If that's not something to smile about,
then I don't know what is.”
― Chad Sugg, Monsters Under Your Head
“There is neither happiness nor misery in the world; there is only the comparison of one state with another, nothing more. He who has felt the deepest grief is best able to experience supreme happiness. We must have felt what it is to die, Morrel, that we may appreciate the enjoyments of life.
" Live, then, and be happy, beloved children of my heart, and never forget, that until the day God will deign to reveal the future to man, all human wisdom is contained in these two words, 'Wait and Hope.” ― Alexandre Dumas “Think before you speak. Read before you think.”
― Fran Lebowitz, The Fran Lebowitz Reader
“The best index to a person's character is how he treats people who can't do him any good, and how he treats people who can't fight back.”
― Abigail Van Buren
“Turn your wounds into wisdom.” ― Oprah Winfrey “The simple things are also the most extraordinary things, and only the wise can see them.” ― Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist “There are three things all wise men fear: the sea in storm, a night with no moon, and the anger of a gentle man.”
― Patrick Rothfuss, The Wise Man's Fear
“Angry people are not always wise.” ― Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice “By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest.” ― Confucious by W.A. Ballantine given on page 153 of the American Chess Journal, September 1878: Charming as the sweetest music;
High above the common reach,
Easy to the bright and wise;
Splendid in the hands of genius;
Such the royal game of chess.
Axioms are the same as assumptions, or basic intuitive knowledge, which are most of the time independent from each other. In the game of chess, the moves of the pieces are independent from each other. The move of the bishops has nothing to do with the move of the rooks. The Ass Loaded With Sponges, and the Ass Loaded With Salt A man, whom I shall call an ass-eteer,
His sceptre like some Roman emperor bearing,
Drove on two coursers of protracted ear,
The one, with sponges laden, briskly faring;
The other lifting legs
As if he trod on eggs,
With constant need of goading,
And bags of salt for loading.
Over hill and dale our merry pilgrims passed,
Till, coming to a river's ford at last,
They stopped quite puzzled on the shore.
Our asseteer had crossed the stream before;
So, on the lighter beast astride,
He drives the other, spite of dread,
Which, loath indeed to go ahead,
Into a deep hole turns aside,
And, facing right about,
Where he went in, comes out;
For duckings two or three
Had power the salt to melt,
So that the creature felt
His burdened shoulders free.
The sponger, like a sequent sheep,
Pursuing through the water deep,
Into the same hole plunges
Himself, his rider, and the sponges.
All three drank deeply: asseteer and ass
For boon companions of their load might pass;
Which last became so sore a weight,
The ass fell down,
Belike to drown,
His rider risking equal fate.
A helper came, no matter who.
The moral needs no more ado –
That all can't act alike, –
The point I wished to strike.
The More You Take, The More You Leave Behind Riddle
Riddle Question: The more you take, the more you leave behind. "What am I?" Thank you Qindarka!
Riddle Answer: Footsteps.
* Diagrammed Checkmate Patterns: Game Collection: Checkmate: Checkmate Patterns * Morphy Miniatures:
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches... * Chessmaster 2000 Classic Games:
Game Collection: Chessmaster '86 * Epic: Game Collection: Epic Battles of the CB by R.N. Coles - keypusher * B23-B25: Game Collection: Sicilian Closed / Grand Prix Attack * Brilliancies: Game Collection: Brilliancy Prizes (Reinfeld) * Chess Links: http://www.chessdryad.com/links/ind... * Checkmate Art: Game Collection: Art of Checkmate * Attack: Game Collection: Chess Secrets - Attackers (Crouch) * Dr. Edmund Adam Miniatures: Edmund Adam * Malaguena: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxD... * KID 0-1s: Game Collection: K.I.D B wins E98 “A passed pawn increase in strength as the number of pieces on the board diminishes.” ― Jose Raul Capablanca * Read The Planet Greenpawn - https://www.redhotpawn.com/ * 10 Best to Watch: https://www.chessjournal.com/best-c... * 23 Opening Traps: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-5... * 4 Miniz: zPonziani, zKieseritzky, zPhilidor, zFrankenstein-Dracula: z https://www.bing.com/videos/search?... * 29 traps: https://www.chessonly.com/chess-ope... * Best Games of 2018: Game Collection: Best Games of 2018 * B23-B25: Game Collection: Sicilian Closed / Grand Prix Attack * Brilliancies: Game Collection: Brilliancy Prizes (Reinfeld) * Center Fork Trick is very common: https://lichess.org/study/tzrisL1R * Checkmate patterns: Game Collection: Checkmate: Checkmate Patterns * Morphy Miniatures:
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches... * Chessmaster 2000 Classic Games:
Game Collection: Chessmaster '86 * Chess Links: http://www.chessdryad.com/links/ind... * Danish treats: Game Collection: 200 Miniature Games of Chess - Du Mont (I) * 1.d4: Game Collection: Winning with 1 d4! * Glossary W: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gloss... * Glossary P: https://www.peoriachess.com/Glossar... * Golden Treasury of Chess (Wellmuth/Horowitz):
Game Collection: Golden Treasury of Chess (Wellmuth/Horowitz) https://archive.org/details/the-gol... * Greatest Hits: Game Collection: Mammoth Book-Greatest Games (Nunn/Burgess/Emms) * Epic: Game Collection: Epic Battles of the CB by R.N. Coles - keypusher * Extinguish the Dragon: Game Collection: 1.e4 explorations * “Messi of Chess”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0w... * RL Minis: Game Collection: Ruy Lopez Miniatures * Roger that: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9S... “The only way to change anything in Russia is a revolution” ― Daniil Dubov
https://en.chessbase.com/post/dubov... * Sacs on f7/f2: Game Collection: Demolition of Pawn Structure: Sac on f7 (f2) * Sicilian Alapin Miniature: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLk... * Can you whip Taimanov's Sicilian? http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches... * GK Sheveningen: Game Collection: Kasparov - The Sicilian Sheveningen * Bg2 vs Sicilian: Game Collection: Grand Prix Attack without early Bc4 * 21st Century: Game Collection: 21st Century Masterpieces - First decade (2000) * Wall's APCT Miniatures:
http://billwall.phpwebhosting.com/c... * 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 Proverbs 29:25
Fear of man will prove to be a snare, but whoever trusts in the Lord is kept safe. 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
Nevada: Genoa
Established in: 1851
Geoa was founded back in 1851 as a trading post and provisioning station meant to serve passing wagon trains. It was originally known as Mormon Station because the first settlers were Mormon, and was part of Utah. It was renamed Genoa in 1855 by Mormon leader Orson Hyde, who named it in honor of Christopher Columbus's birthplace of Genoa, Italy. Genoa is a tiny town — according to its website, just 250 people live there. * Chess History: https://www.uschesstrust.org/chess-... * World Chess Championship History: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkO... 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.
Eilfan ywmodryb dda
Meaning: A good aunt is a second mother
<<<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 Why not give credit to the book that made you the player that you are? Your First Move: Chess For Beginners by Alexei Sokolsky defines Al. https://archive.org/details/yourfir... Sokolsky also wrote one of the all-time great opening manuals: https://archive.org/details/moderno... 1.b4? Not so much: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/UK1b... Edmar Mednis espoused the Caro-Kann for the ordinary player, because it was structurally sound and a lot less memorization. If a player is patient and has a strong endgame, the Caro-Kann is a good choice, but one must know all those opening traps (often relying upon ...Qe2 or ...h6) that lean toward White. Yep, Fredthebear took up Bobby Fischer's studious habit years ago and is extremely well-read, although Fischer gave bad advice to "read" MCO not once, but twice. (Of course, BF had a photographic memory, so the affect on him would be pronounced.) Before the internet, there were no great chess instructors in FTB's area that I knew of. The no-nonsense writing of Edmar Mednis certainly helped my endgame. If a player is theoretically lazy, the Sicilian Najdorf is a bad choice. This opening is for professional players IMHO. “Know your enemy and know yourself, and in a hundred battles, you will never be in peril.” — Sun Tzu Perhaps the best advice an aspiring FTB received from an older master that he competed against was to read Fred Reinfeld's Complete Chess Course: https://archive.org/details/complet...
In fact, the master walked over to the selection of books, pulled out Reinfeld's brick out, and handed it to me saying "By this one. It explains what you need to know to be successful." The course really does cover so many aspects of chess in an applied way. Unfortunately, FTB never grew to love the book, saw it more as laborious. The Complete Chess PLAYER by Reinfeld has more appeal. Smaller in size, yet 300 pages packed plenty of information: https://archive.org/details/complet... The contemporary player might prefer this complete course dandy by Antonio Gude: https://archive.org/details/complet...
A "Gude" book (in algebraic notation), but not better than Reinfeld's complete course. Fredthebear got great mileage out of Learn Chess: A Complete Course by Alexander and Beach: https://archive.org/details/learnch...
Unfortunately, the diagrams in some of the older editions (two separate books) were a bit faded, but FTB had young, fresh eyes back then and such was not bothersome. For a novice struggling to understand what to do in chess, this beginner's book by Reinfeld (written for his wife as I recall) certainly fills the bill: https://archive.org/details/howtobe...
No, it's not a complete course by any means, but it will set your chess mind on the straight and narrow path of search and seizer. Fredthebear has not read the algebraic edition, but it looks to have included more diagrams than the original. The novice (player or instructor) might want to read A.J. Gillam's book first of all: https://archive.org/details/startin... This Batsford book provides some good game examples once the fundamentals are learned elsewhere: https://archive.org/details/batsfor...
Having a diagram in every column is very helpful. To be clear, FTB prefers the other mentioned books above before this one of application. A complimentary follow up to Alexander and Beach is The Art of Mastering Chess: A Complete Course for Beginners
by radio shack/GM Eduard Gufeld : https://archive.org/details/artofma...
The strength of this book is the famous complete game examples worthy of memorization and technical opening theory not emphasized by Alexander and Beach. Beware that Gufeld's book has been published in English Descriptive and Algebraic notation. The serious student would be wise to read both forms without hesitation. Here's Larry Evan's practical openings puzzle book that uses both forms of notation: https://archive.org/details/whatsbe...
Instead of trying to figure it out as you go from the very beginning, wouldn't your chances dramatically improve if you got off to a good start every game by following the tried-and-true paths of a master? These miniatures are more advanced, but it's arranged by opening making it easy to compare with Evan's puzzle book: https://archive.org/details/modernc... Raymond Keene's meaty book is also useful for intermediates (far too much work for the novice): https://archive.org/details/keeneon...
Keene recommends the King's Indian Attack for White ala Bobby Fischer. Is this Keene's most popular book? https://archive.org/details/duelsof... Here's twelve more brilliant games where Yasser Seirawan explains every move: https://archive.org/details/winning... The study of tactics through complete game examples has great appeal: https://archive.org/details/acourse... Perhaps the single most famous chess book: https://archive.org/details/my-syst... This instructive book is hard to beat: https://archive.org/details/capabla...
Solve some tactical puzzles and rehearse one game per night and you're done in two months (60 games). Rinse and repeat. Nunn's monster is for experienced players after the above-mentioned books have been read at least a few times: https://archive.org/details/johnnun... All about American champion Frank J. Marshall: https://archive.org/details/marshal... A great broad games collection of an aggressive world champion: https://archive.org/details/mybestg... If you go ape crazy over miniatures: https://archive.org/details/1000bes... No - Haste, they great enemy! Slow down, look around - be disciplined, use your checklist and consider ALL the possibilities: https://archive.org/details/movefir...
Masterful combinations with interesting commentary. Fredthebear likes those words of wisdom: https://archive.org/details/2013The... Who's Mark Reinfeld? https://archive.org/details/30minut... Sign up for free there at the archives, and you can read/reference the entire book(s) on-line. Newcomers, don't take this post lightly. Much improvement goes to the student that follows through on the recommended books above, and they are free to read if you sign up for free! An all-time introductory best seller: https://archive.org/details/beginch...
One might need to zoom in on the mini diagrams, but they do serve as excellent example of the subject at hand. This beginner book (English Descriptive notation) gives easy lessons until Lesson 9 on Combinations: https://archive.org/details/chessin...
The Giuoco Piano opening is discussed on page 71. Some of the best chess advice you will ever receive is on page 73, followed by your first theoretical openings. This beginner book (English Descriptive notation) is not well known, but it gives good introductions to staples like control of the center, the Giuoco Piano, Ruy Lopez, tactics, the Opposition, and passing pawns, so it's rather useful: https://archive.org/details/chessba... Printed in 1846, ten years after the Battle of the Alamo and before the gold rush near Sacramento, California: https://archive.org/details/chessfo...
FTB looked at a few positions, but has not read the entire book. Garry gives good chess lessons for beginners: https://archive.org/details/lessons... A robust book for advanced beginners that already understand moves and captures:
https://archive.org/details/frombeg... Here's robust Volume I that starts from scratch: https://archive.org/details/learnch... One for the coaches: https://archive.org/details/1997Che...
Does this move along too slow for youthful attentions? For those who'd rather watch a beginner's video: https://archive.org/details/cosmaca...
Joe Payne has provided additional videos below on the initial page. Don't wait back and play passively -- become an attacker searching for checkmate! Does your kid like Fried Liver? I wouldn't move that knight twice so soon when so many other soldiers are itching to get into the game. Still, it's a plan of action.
https://archive.org/details/firstch... This book looks like overkill, but the associated on-line videos are useful: https://archive.org/details/the-six... 75 brief lessons for intermediate players: https://archive.org/details/betterc...
Don't be one of those common people who learn the moves and rules but never study again after they've started playing. Teach yourself better chess, and you'll have much more success! For experienced players who well understand the 75 lessons given above: https://archive.org/details/practic... Understanding the Sicilian Defense 1.P-K4 P-QB4 for serious intermediates and candidate masters: https://archive.org/details/practic... For players with strong combinational skills: https://archive.org/details/chessle...
Don't hurry; get the answer correct! Far better to be right than fast. One incorrect move is all it takes.
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“No one has ever won a game of chess by taking only forward moves (What about Scholar's Mate?). Sometimes you have to move backwards in order to be able to take better steps forward. That is life.” — Anonymous Drive sober or get pulled over.
“For surely of all the drugs in the world, chess must be the most permanently pleasurable.” — Assiac “I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have.”
― Thomas Jefferson, chess player
“The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.”
― Mahatma Gandhi
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High Flight
BY JOHN GILLESPIE MAGEE JR.
Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth
And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;
Sunward I've climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth
of sun-split clouds,—and done a hundred things
You have not dreamed of—wheeled and soared and swung
High in the sunlit silence. Hov'ring there,
I've chased the shouting wind along, and flung
My eager craft through footless halls of air .... Up, up the long, delirious, burning blue
I've topped the wind-swept heights with easy grace
Where never lark nor ever eagle flew—
And, while with silent lifting mind I've trod
The high untrespassed sanctity of space,
Put out my hand, and touched the face of God.
Riddle Question: What word is always pronounced wrong? A dog that barks all the time gets little attention. ~ Argentine proverb Riddle Answer: Wrong!
Thank you Qindarka!
Caissa, The Chess Lord.
Lord, I play three hundred hours of chess,
indeed, Lord, in thirty days more or less.
I have done my best under gruelling stress,
Yet I'm not happy with my snailing progress.
Yes, Lord. Caissa, to you I sadly do confess:
my constant losing has put me in distress.
I beg of you, Lord, Caissa, help me to re-assess
so I can beat those who keep me in this mess.
Lord, with your blessing and your skills I guess
I would always win and so powerfully aggress,
that all my opponents would humbly express:
hark here cometh the unbeatable king of chess.
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Don’t trust the smile of your opponent. ~ Babylonian Proverbs Trust me, but look to thyself. ~ Irish Proverbs
Trust in God, but tie your camel. ~ Saudi Arabian Proverb Don’t trust your wife until she has borne you ten sons. ~ Chinese Proverb If someone puts their trust in you, don’t sever it. ~ Lebanese Proverb Trust your best friend as you would your worst enemy. ~ Mexican Proverbs <A Word To Husbands by Ogden NashTo keep your marriage brimming
With love in the loving cup,
Whenever you’re wrong, admit it;
Whenever you’re right, shut up.>
"Zeitnot" is German for "time pressure."
“....his countrymen, Kolisch and Steinitz, are greatly indebted for their later success to their having enjoyed early opportunities of practicing with the departed amateur whose death is also greatly deplored amongst all who knew him personally.” — Wilhelm Steinitz, regarding Karl Hamppe The first appearance of the (John) Cochrane gambit against Petrov's defense C42 was in the year 1848 against an Indian master Mohishunder Bannerjee. “Sorry don't get it done, Dude!” — John Wayne, Rio Bravo “Gossip is the devil’s telephone. Best to just hang up.” — Moira Rose The Chess Poem by Ayaan Chettiar
8 by 8 makes 64
In the game of chess, the king shall rule
Kings and queens, and rooks and knights
Bishops and Pawns, and the use of mind
The Game goes on, the players think
Plans come together, form a link
Attacks, checks and capture
Until, of course, we reach a mate
The Pawns march forward, then the knights
Power the bishops, forward with might
Rooks come together in a line
The Game of Chess is really divine
The Rooks move straight, then take a turn
The Knights on fire, make no return
Criss-Cross, Criss-Cross, go the bishops
The Queen’s the leader of the group
The King resides in the castle
While all the pawns fight with power
Heavy blows for every side
Until the crown, it is destroyed
The Brain’s the head, The Brain’s the King,
The Greatest one will always win,
For in the game of chess, the king shall rule,
8 by 8 makes 64!
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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/ Gambling problem? Call 1-800-GAMBLER
Dreamers
by Siegried Sassoon
Soldiers are citizens of death's grey land,
Drawing no dividend from time's to-morrows.
In the great hour of destiny they stand,
Each with his feuds, and jealousies, and sorrows.
Soldiers are sworn to action; they must win
Some flaming, fatal climax with their lives.
Soldiers are dreamers; when the guns begin
They think of firelit homes, clean beds and wives. I see them in foul dug-outs, gnawed by rats,
And in the ruined trenches, lashed with rain,
Dreaming of things they did with balls and bats,
And mocked by hopeless longing to regain
Bank-holidays, and picture shows, and spats,
And going to the office in the train.
"Those who bring sunshine to the lives of others cannot keep it from themselves"- J.M. Barrie (1860 - 1937) A man who spent his life delighting the masses with his words, perfectly understood that you reap what you sow, and that when we make other people happy, we often find happiness ourselves. "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 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. 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!
In Melitopol, terrible terror has been reigning for over a year. It's quiet, you can't see it on the streets - reported CNN. Anyone who has rejected a Russian passport may become a victim of repression. They can't access the hospital, can't function normally. The "incredible" occupant also takes away the land. Arrests and torture, unfortunately, are common practices. Partisans are engaged in attacking Russian logistics and eliminating collaborators and Russian officers. They actively cooperate with Ukrainian military intelligence (HUR) and are ready for sabotage activities in case the front arrives. Before the war, Melitopol had a population of 154,000. The city, located in the southeastern part of Ukraine in the Zaporizhzhia region, was occupied by the Russians on March 1, 2022 Eastern Time. Since then, it has been waiting for liberation, but that does not mean that the inhabitants are idle. From the beginning of the war, there has been a partisan movement in and around the city. “Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.” ― Martin Luther King Jr. “Sometimes the most ordinary things could be made extraordinary, simply by doing them with the right people.” ― Elizabeth Green “Remember Red, hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies.” ― Andy (Tim Robbins), “The Shawshank Redemption” Psalms 31:24 - Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the LORD. Mercury is the smallest planet in the solar system, approximately 3000 miles (4850 km) in diameter, hardly larger than the moon. Despite being the smallest, it’s extremely dense. In fact, it’s the second densest planet after Earth. It’s also the closest planet to the sun, making it dangerous to explore. Mercury is 48 million miles from the earth. When are you going to deliver your concession speech perjury?? After all, you expected Kamera Harris to win all 57 states that did not require voter ID w/Barry Soetoro's (Who dat? https://www.bing.com/videos/rivervi...) full endorsement: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpG... Do you morph, hoop, or just spread rumors? https://www.bing.com/videos/rivervi... Let's not leave out Michelle Obama's lies: https://wbhm.org/npr-story/michelle... Of course, it's not racist to suggest that all Blacks should vote for Harris because she is somewhat Black. Nor is it sexist to suggest that all women should vote for Harris because she is female. I mean, a White male like yourself voting for Senile Joe Biden because he is https://www.bing.com/videos/rivervi... a vanilla pervert like you is not at all racist or sexist, it's just a fact, right? You are not alone in your gilt: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/poli... I must say it's so nice to be a versatile bear, for we bears come in all colors, shapes and sizes, play all openings, so we fit in here, there, and everywhere, all demographics: https://unsplash.com/images/animals... Considering your concession speech, it doesn't really matter when or if you speak to the masses, for you are neither humorous nor honest, so nobody cares what you have to say, but you have the right to say it, especially on this page intended for dishonest stalkers who are big time losers: https://www.gettyimages.com/photos/... Anyway, thanks for the compliment! We do laugh at your halfwit comments, blunders (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySV...), fabrications, and mischaracterizations too. If you https://www.facebook.com/1000042462... desire to live in the light, self-correct, side with a winner, you can put on a bumper sticker or three (https://www.bing.com/images/search?...) and vote for Trump in 2028!! And let us all remember this moral (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQq... If the dog hadn't stopped to take a dump she would have caught the rabbit. 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. 1.Nf3 is the third most popular of the twenty legal opening moves White has, behind only 1.e4 and 1.d4. “Many have become chess masters, no one has become the master of chess.” ― Siegbert Tarrasch FTB didn't know that Joe actually read books, but we'll give a listen: https://www.blinkist.com/n/magazine... FTB hasn't watched all of this video yet, but the shorts seem to indicate that married MC is less guarded, more detailed than typical interviews: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybu... <My Country 'Tis of Thee> (America)
Composed in 1831 by Samuel Francis Smith
My country, 'tis of thee,
Sweet land of liberty,
Of thee I sing;
Land where my fathers died,
Land of the pilgrims' pride,
From ev'ry mountainside
Let freedom ring!
My native country, thee,
Land of the noble free,
Thy name I love;
I love thy rocks and rills,
Thy woods and templed hills;
My heart with rapture thrills,
Like that above.
Let music swell the breeze,
And ring from all the trees
Sweet freedom's song;
Let mortal tongues awake;
Let all that breathe partake;
Let rocks their silence break,
The sound prolong.
Our fathers' God to Thee,
Author of liberty,
To Thee we sing.
Long may our land be bright,
With freedom's holy light,
Protect us by Thy might,
Great God our King.
“When the past no longer illuminates the future, the spirit walks in darkness.”
– Alexis de Tocqueville
Winter strategy: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/h20Z...
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Psalm 32:8 (KJV): “I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye.” “Intelligence plus character-that is the goal of true education.”
― Martin Luther King Jr.
"It ain't over 'til it's over, no matter how over it looks." ― Yogi Berra “I’ve come to the personal conclusion that while all artists are not chess players, all chess players are artists.” ― Marcel Duchamp 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 99z Zoran saw z buffoons eatin z macaroonz with spponz at noon but Zhukova prefrrrd to play out of the way of the harmful rayz that sunny day. Q: Why did the turkey cross the road?
A: To prove he wasn’t chicken!
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344 games, 1620-2023 - No Phummelin' Dhutch Ghames SP
Bg7 is the Leningrad Dutch.
Bd6 is the Modern Stonewall Dutch.
Be7 is the Classical Dutch (Stonewall or otherwise).
There are many Dutch variation mislabels in the database.In recent decades, most masters prefer the King's Indian Defense to the Dutch Defense. Both suffer from having a backward pawn in the center that restricts piece communication and gives White a space advantage. For those who don't like the Classical Be7 Stonewall Defense, the Ilyin-Zhenevsky (A99) might be their answer. * Brief 1...e6 French Defense:
- Petrosian as Black: Game Collection: Petrosian Victories Playing French w/Black
- Lovely: Game Collection: A love letter to the French * Brief 1...d6 Pirc/Robatsch Defense:
- Nbd7s: Game Collection: Pirc/Lion/Czech Highlights * Internet tracking: https://www.studysmarter.us/magazin... This old photo belongs in my favorites: https://images.chesscomfiles.com/pr... * Lasker-Pelikan: https://www.expert-chess-strategies...
The Sveshnikov Sicilian is a popular chess variation of the Sicilian Defense and starts as follows: 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 This variation was originally called the Lasker-Pelikan Variation but was researched and revitalized from Evgeny Sveshnikov and Gennadi Timoshchenko and is now named after Sveshnikov. <Feb-24-21 slow freeze ok tie:
Hideously I'n involved in seperal on-going "conloversies" hear on <RG>, so tick my admission with a grail of soup.> St. John
“Life is like a chess game. Every decision, just like every move, has consequences. Therefore, decide wisely!” ― Susan Polgar “When people insult and disrespect you, the best revenge is to continue to win, and win, and win….” ― Susan Polgar “The mind has no restrictions. The only restriction is what you believe you cannot do. So go ahead and challenge yourself to do one thing every day that scares you.” ― Susan Polgar “Old habits die hard, especially for soldiers.”
― Jocelyn Murray, The Roman General: A Novel
St. Augustine
‘The Way through the Woods’ by Rudyard Kipling They shut the road through the woods
Seventy years ago.
Weather and rain have undone it again,
And now you would never know
There was once a road through the woods
Before they planted the trees.
It is underneath the coppice and heath,
And the thin anemones.
Only the keeper sees
That, where the ring-dove broods,
And the badgers roll at ease,
There was once a road through the woods.
Yet, if you enter the woods
Of a summer evening late,
When the night-air cools on the trout-ringed pools
Where the otter whistles his mate,
(They fear not men in the woods,
Because they see so few.)
You will hear the beat of a horse’s feet,
And the swish of a skirt in the dew,
Steadily cantering through
The misty solitudes,
As though they perfectly knew
The old lost road through the woods.
But there is no road through the woods.
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Tetraites
Trolling is cyberbullying. The troll should be banned from the website for good. Internet trollz are people who want to provoke and upset others online for their own amusement. Here’s how to spot the signz that someone is a troll, and how to handle them. What Are Internet Trollz?
If you’ve been on the internet for any period of time, you’ve likely run into a troll at some point. An internet troll is someone who makes intentionally inflammatory, rude, or upsetting statements online to elicit strong emotional responses in people or to steer the conversation off-topic. They can come in many forms. Most trolls do this for their own amusement, but other forms of trolling are done to push a specific agenda. Trollz have existed in folklore and fantasy literature for centuries, but online trolling has been around for as long as the internet has existed. The earliest known usage of the term can be traced back to the 1990s on early online message boards. Back then, it was a way for users to confuse new members by repeatedly posting an inside joke. It’s since turned into a much more malicious activity. Trolling is distinct from other forms of cyberbullying or harassment. It is normally not targeted towards any one person and relies on other people paying attention and becoming provoked. Trolling exists on many online platforms, from small private group chats to the biggest social media websites. Here’s a list of places online where you’re likely to see online trolls: Anonymous online forums: Places like [removed to prevent more trolling] are prime real-estate for online trolls. Because there’s no way of tracing who someone is, trolls can post very inflammatory content without repercussion. This is especially true if the forum has lax or inactive moderation.
Twitter: Twitter also has the option to be anonymous, and has become a hotbed for internet trolls. Frequent Twitter trolling methods involve hijacking popular hashtags and mentioning popular Twitter personalities to gain attention from their followers. Comment sections: The comment sections of places such as YouTube and news websites are also popular areas for trolls to feed. You’ll find a lot of obvious trolling here, and they frequently generate a lot of responses from angry readers or viewers. You’ll find trollz anywhere online, including on Facebook and on online dating sites. They’re unfortunately pretty common. Signs Someone Is Trolling
It can sometimes become difficult to tell the difference between a troll and someone who just genuinely wants to argue about a topic. However, here are a few tell-tale signs that someone is actively trolling. Off-topic remarkz: Completely going off-topic from the subject at hand. This is done to annoy and disrupt other posters. Refusal to acknowledge evidence: Even when presented with hard, cold factz, they ignore this and pretend like they never saw it. Dismissive, condescending tone: An early indicator of a troll was that they would ask an angry responder, “Why you mad, bro?” This is a method done to provoke someone even more, as a way of dismissing their argument altogether.
Use of unrelated images or memes: They reply to others with memes, images, and gifs. This is especially true if done in response to a very long text post.
Seeming obliviousness: They seem oblivious that most people are in disagreement with them. Also, trolls rarely get mad or provoked.
The list above is by no means definitive. There are a lot of other ways to identify that someone is trolling. Generally, if someone seems disingenuous, uninterested in a real discussion, and provocative on purpose, they’re likely an internet troll. How Should I Handle Them?
A "Danger: Do not feed the troll" sign on a computer keyboard. The most classic adage regarding trolling is, “Don’t feed the trollz.” Trollz seek out emotional responses and find provocation amusing, so replying to them or attempting to debate them will only make them troll more. By ignoring a troll completely, they will likely become frustrated and go somewhere else on the internet. You should try your best not to take anything trollz say seriously. No matter how poorly they behave, remember these people spend countless unproductive hours trying to make people mad. They’re not worth your time of day. If a troll becomes spammy or begins to clog up a thread, you can also opt to report them to the site’s moderation team. Depending on the website, there’s a chance nothing happens, but you should do your part to actively dissuade them from trolling on that platform. If your report is successful, the troll may be temporarily suspended or their account might be banned entirely. * Chicago's Chess Records: https://www.nydailynews.com/ct-musi... * How to Get Better at Chess: https://www.reddit.com/r/chess/wiki... * Chicago Chess Foundation: https://chicagochessfoundation.org/ * Bad bishops are...bad: https://lichess1.org/game/export/gi... * Chess in the Newspaper: https://www.schach-chess.com/chess-... * C03-C09 miniatures: https://www.chessgames.com/perl/che... * Internet tracking: https://www.studysmarter.us/magazin... * TFD: https://chessentials.com/category/l... * Best Places in Chicago: https://foursquare.com/top-places/c... * "Uncle Marv": https://www.thechessdrum.net/blog/2... * "Morris Giles": https://www.thechessdrum.net/blog/2... * Meet Leroy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JzY... * American players list: https://www.thefamouspeople.com/ame... * Collection assembled by Fredthebear.
* Miniatures: Game Collection: 200 Miniature Games of Chess - Du Mont (III) * Monday Puzzles: Game Collection: Monday Puzzles, 2011-2017 * POTD 2023: Game Collection: Puzzle of the Day 2023 * 2023 in Review: https://www.chess.com/news/view/202... * Overloaded! Game Collection: OVERLOADED! * Famous Chess Photos: https://tr.pinterest.com/pin/585256... * Starting Out: French Defense: Game Collection: Starting out : The French * Gambits against the French Defense:
Game Collection: alapin gambit -alapin diemer gambit + reti gam * Common Checkmate Patterns:
http://gambiter.com/chess/Checkmate... * Caviar: https://www.chess.com/article/view/... * Glossary P: https://www.peoriachess.com/Glossar... * Opening Tree: https://www.shredderchess.com/onlin... * Tic-Tac-Toe is Easy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNF... * A Brief History of Chess: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YeB... * A Brief History of the Game of Chess: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2a... * Chess for Beginners: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IU6... * Learn Chess: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adY... * Learn Chess: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGu... * Learn ALL the Rules of the Royal Game: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ej_... * Ladder Checkmate with Two Rooks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZaQ... * Checkmate with King and Rook vs lone King: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yf... * Checkmate with Two Bishops: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZN7... * Chess Equipment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLA... * The Opposition: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52y... * King and Pawn vs King (both kings want to be in front of the pawn to affect it's progress): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvB... * Three Dog Night: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l52... * Son of Three Dog Knight: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4N... * Arabian Checkmate Pattern: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejh... * Basic Checkmates: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Y-... * Most Common Opening Mistake (Four Knights, Italian Variation): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xrp... * Scotch Game, Four Knights Variation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zcn... * Top 4 Traps in the Center Game: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8f... * Top 4 Vienna Traps: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kb7... * Top 4 Scholar's Mates: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jr4... * More Scholar's Mates: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUN... * Top 4 Fishing Pole Traps: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11N... * Top 4 Excellent Traps: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTS... * 1.d4 Response: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJ-... * Top 3 Versions of the Italian Game: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CP... * Top 5 Versions of the Italian Game Traps: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-2... * Top 4 Aggressive 1.e4 e5 Openings: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Tm... * Top 5 Traps after 1.e4 e5 for White: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YW... * 5 Chess traps in Giuoco Piano Opening: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ny7... * Italian Game Variations: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Xh... * Garry Kasparov's Checkmate: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuP... * 5 Best Traps for White: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5t... * Max Lange Attack instead of the Fried Liver Attack: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mI7... * Top 5 Traps in the Bishop's Opening: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9l... * Top 5 King Pawn Traps: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TS2... * King's Gambit critique: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrW... * Top 5 More Traps: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ar9... * Top 5 Famous Traps: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJU... * Top 5 Fastest Traps to Know: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=veZ... * Top 5 Underrated Openings Against the Sicilian Defense: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hsh... * 1.d4 d5 Ryder Gambit, Halosar Trap: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZq... * Top 6 Opening Checkmates: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRu... * Top 7 Aggressive Chess Openings: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ib8... * Wing Gambit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODK... * Mengarini Gambit?! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecd... * MC plays the Mengarini: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XH... * Top 8 Versions of the Scotch Trap: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbu... * Underrated Scotch Gambit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8n... * Scotch Gambit for White: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYP... * Scotch Gambit Trap for White: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XC-... * Learn the Scotch Gambit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Nr... * Scotch, Goring Gambit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0F... * Haxo Gambit vs Nge7?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kgm... * Haxo Gambit hammer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3om... * Top 10 Fastest Checkmates: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctP... * Find Mate-in-One: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOa... * 10 Well-Known Traps: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yf8... * 10 Most Deadly Opening Traps to Know: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RyE... * 10 Ruy Lopez Traps: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ztm... * Common Mistakes in the Ruy Lopez Opening: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y96... * You are going to lose a lot of chess games: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_W4... * Don't Hang Your Piece! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hz... * DGT North American Chess Clock: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qkh... * Electronic chessboard isn't necessary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOn... * Elements of Chess: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2C... * Easy to Learn: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--D... * No such thing as "Best Opening": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agU... * Endgame Fundamentals: King & Pawn vs King: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLy... * Types of Opposition of the Kings: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3o... * Pillsbury's Greek Gift: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNC... * Punish Opening Errors: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkL... * A Thought Process: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rZ... * A Practical Thought: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZ-... * Quick Smothered Mate in the Budapest Gambit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpe... * Tips for Knights & More: http://www.chesssets.co.uk/blog/tip... * Beautiful Knight Traps: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_3... * Knight's Tour: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ab_... * Knight vs Pawn Endgame: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4f... * Trompowsky Attack: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrK... * Trompowsky vs Naroditsky: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILY... * Top 10 Tactics: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bpl... * Rajnish Das Tips: https://enthu.com/blog/chess/chess-... * Removing the Defender: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6Y... * Decoy onto the square for ambush there: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdI... * All 54 Tactics: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZY8... * Alapin Sicilian for Beginners: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DY-... * Alapin Sicilian Traps: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ezy... * Alapin Sicilian Never Disappoints: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tzd... * Chess Rules: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pk1... * Chess Clock: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a10... * Crazy Ending: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NM_... * Cultural History of Chess: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWN... * First Chess Game Ever: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OC4... * Nelson explains his thought process: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KN... * How the Chess Clock Works: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tgg... * How to Handle Losing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vrg... * His First OTB Chess Tournament: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUi... * How Not to Blunder: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8Y... * A Thought Process: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rZ... * Analysis Made Easy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Y4... * Attack the Fianchetto: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aF6... * Destroy g6, Bg7 Modern Robatsch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yv_... * The Modern Defense: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moder... * Attack w/the London System: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmq... * London System vs KID: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XU2... * Rosen's London System vs KID: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4W2... * Anti-London System: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUB... * Beat the London System: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0U-... * Crush the London System: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qg... * London System Traps: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTu... * Beginner Guide: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uR-... * Don't Blunder: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jO... * Blunder Less: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYy... * Nimzo-Larsen Attack: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwC... * 1.b3: Game Collection: Nimzo Larsen attack (1. b3!) - Opening Ideas * Black against 1.b3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpw... * Owen's Defense: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkf... * Owen's Defense: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oF7... * Queen's Fianchetto for White and Black: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O24... * IM Lawrence Trent (not speaking) advocates 1...b6 against ALL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlW... * More ...b6 against ALL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKn... * Naselwaus Gambit vs Owen's Defense: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBv... * Botvinnik System: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qmi... * Basics of the Caro-Kann Defense: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8a... * Brief Caro-Kann Defense Variations: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZ-... * Black stops losing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgX... * Use the Caro-Kann Defense: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtP... * Three Caro-Kann Traps: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNp... * The Caro-Kann Defense: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3H... * Beat the Caro-Kann Quickly: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhj... * Crush the Caro-Kann: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXv... * The Caro-Kann, Advance Variation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npq... * Gokerkan vs Niemann 2023: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gw... * Classical Caro-Kann Defense: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QA1... * Main Ideas of the Caro-Kann Defense: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pN... * Magnus plays the Caro-Kann Defense: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDa... * Karpov's Caro-Kann Defense: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aa4... * ...c6 against all by Hansen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCZ... * ...c6 speedrun by Hansen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDU... * Instructive Caro-Kann: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLp... * Dangerous Caro-Kann: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QI_... * C-K Advance, Botvinnik-Carls Variation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWb... * Caro-Kann, Fantasy Variation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4e... * Caro-Kann, Korchnoi Variation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GF3... * Complete Caro-Kann: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmZ... * Chessbase: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZl... * Chessbase: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mS_... * Chess Evolution: Game Collection: # Chess Evolution Volumes 1-50 * Faster Learning: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClS... * Flashcards Fix Your Failures by reminding you of the right way to go: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvH... * Flashcard Converter: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1B4... * Flashcard Tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Isy... * Free Tools: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-n... * French Defense, Rubinstein Variation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jR... * Five Gambits: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48W... * King's Gambit, Queen's Gambit in Style: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-w... * Halloween Gambit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XK... * Icelandic Gambit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gj... * Improvement is COMMITTMENT, DEDICATION, DESIRE, and PERSEVERENCE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCB... * Improvement Book Review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Up... This book appears to be for advanced players who already know the material listed above. * Solve Puzzles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWz... * How to Solve (Don't immediately look for your next move -- survey the board instead!): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUr... * Save the Game: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGz... * Magnus sees a way: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xkq... * Amazing Stafford Gambit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uh... * Killer Stafford Gambit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUL... * Stafford Gambit Tricks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6q2... * Stafford Gambit lines: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFb... * Best Stafford Gambit Traps: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIe... * Improved Stafford Gambit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_p... * The Bob Ross of Chess: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ag0... * The Pride of the Yankees: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPy... * The detailed history of chess: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show... * Englund Gambit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSh... * Crush the Englund Gambit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABg... * Crush the Englund Gambit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5q... * Englund Gambit Queen Sacrifice: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcM... * Englund Gambit Famous? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXX... * Englund Gambit Stockholm Variation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tx2... * Oh no, my knight! Trap: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oks... * One Year 0-1700: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYC... * Find the Best Move: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmF... * Three Most Common: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6x... * d4 Disclaimer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5z... * Fundamentals: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSv... * Alireza Firouzja Attacks with the Jobava London System! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wG... * Facing ...Bf5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6p... * Learn Danya's: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLb... * Magnus sends g4 early: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNE... * Hansen has a go: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTG... * Roswell, GA: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgE... * Sidelines: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-T... * Slav Lines: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3s... * 3...a6 Defense: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFS... * 3...g6 Defense: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3S... * Naroditsky's Lab: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qN8... * New JLo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnG... * Rapport System: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBj... * Nutty Tips: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAF... * No such thing as Free ELO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMt... * Rapport Speedrun: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGb... * Run to 2000: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBn... * Romanian Traps: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8p... * Benoni Indian ...c5, ...Qb6: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2P... * KID: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKy... * KID: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4O... * Na6 Defense: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhF... * Middlegame: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=261... * Jim's Middlegame Series: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vC... * What happens if...? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnS... * Queen Endgames: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxG... * Hubner vs Kasparov 1992: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwR... * Karpov's Immortal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUd... * Queen's Gambit Complete: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfO... * Queen's Gambit Fast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEm... * Queen's Gambit According to BoJanglles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXM... * Top 5 Queen's Gambit Traps: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqI... * Queen's Gambit Accepted Tricks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hx2... * Magnus opens classically: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbs... * Kostya's QGD: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ie_... * Queen's Gambit Concepts: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYB... * Queen's Gambit Tips: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAt... * QGD, Slav D: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HT... * The Slav D in 10 minutes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cs5... * Slav Main Line dxc4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnH... * 4...Bf5? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDY... * 4...a6 Slav: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcp... * Beginner Mistakes in the Slav: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTL... * Cheery Slav: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bq-... * Chessbase Slav: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Suk... * Chameleon Slav: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rW... * ...a6 Slav: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsD... * Beat the Slav: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SeY... * MC plays the Slav: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAT... * Defeat the Slav: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQX... * Lifetime Slav: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGD... * Unbreakable Slav: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBN... * Ben's QGD lecture: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOW... * Fundamentals of the Semi-Slav: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFc... * Kevin's Semi-Slav: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ll... * Kostya's Semi-Slav: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgy... * MC plays the Semi-Slav: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqT... * Semi-Slav Pathways: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OB7... * Semi-Slav, Meran Action: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykn... * Last Play of Every Super Bowl: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9J... * Learn the Stonewall: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_b... * Pillsbury's Stonewall Attack: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TR5... * The Stonewall Sucks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwv... * Stonewall Alteration: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzI... * Against the Stonewall: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33M... * Black Stonewall: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZeW... * Simon's Classical Dutch w/d6, not d5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lt8... * 2.Bg5 Hopton Attack vs the Dutch Defense: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dr... * Another 2.Bg5 destroys the Dutch Defense: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cvo... * Crush 2.Bg5 with the Dutch Defense: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YeK... * Prep for a Tournament: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dpv... * Never Do This: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9b1... * Unnecessary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dz0... * IM Rosen Stalemate Traps: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YB_... * How to Sicilian Taimanov: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iiv... * MC goes nuclear: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLo... * Regrettable Pawn Moves: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fI0... * Shortcuts: Game Collection: 21+ Too Fast French Kisses * Esserman examples of the S-M Gambit: Game Collection: smithmorra by M.Esserman as white * Esserman's S-M Gambit explained: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOZ... * She's right, but there are plenty of others: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dw5... * Space Advantages: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLL... * Time Controls: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljp... * Tricks to Turn It Around: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxV... * Trading Pieces: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Wg... * Trade Queens? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIG... * Evaluate Exchanges: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNG... * When to Exchange: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6D2... * What is YOUR study plan? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6Y... * Wild Africa: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dlk... * The Opposition and Outflanking: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9X1... * King and Pawn vs King: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z52... * Knight and Pawn Endgames: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHW... * Queen vs Knight Endgames: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ex1... * Principles of Rook and Pawn Endgames: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXl... * Unusual Openings: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJQ... * A trap in Grob's Opening: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P50... * Pulverize Grob's Opening: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTs... * Tricks in Grob's Attack: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESt... * The Grob is TERRIBLE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wB... * Basman's / Borg's Defense: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThK... * Mike explains Borg's Defense: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Res... * Last Play of the World Series 1943-1973: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dzt... * Last Play of Every Modern World Series: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkD... * Tricks to Trap the Queen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmU... * Tricks to Win a Queen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfS... * Queen Traps in the Scandinavian D: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syr... * Trap the Queen in the Tennison Gambit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZt... * Top 10 Traps of the Queens: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZh... * White, Black Trap the Queen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olz... * Win the Queen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQ8... * More Tricks to Trap the Queen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zd0... * Qxb2 Poisoned Pawn: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74h... * Levy shows us more traps: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fot... * Richard Reti Does It Again: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9z... * Richard Réti's Best Games by Golombek: Game Collection: Richard Réti's Best Games by Golombek * Raymond Keene's favorite games: Game Collection: ray keene's favorite games * Reasonable book choices: https://www.chess.com/blog/RussBell... * Rubinstein: Game Collection: Rubinstein's Chess Masterpieces * Roger that: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9S... “The only way to change anything in Russia is a revolution” ― Daniil Dubov
https://en.chessbase.com/post/dubov... * Steinitz collection:
Game Collection: Steinitz Gambits * Secrets of the Russian Chess Masters Volume II: Game Collection: Secrets of the Russian Chess Masters Volume II * sapientdust's favorite games: Game Collection: sapientdust's favorite games * shakman's favorite games – 2: Game Collection: shakman's favorite games - 2 * Three-minute pastry: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIa... * Trappy game: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gC... * tacticmania - Game Collection: tacticmania * Tactical Mix: Game Collection: mastering Tactical ideas by minev * The Best of... Game Collection: World Champions' Best Games * Best Games of 2018: Game Collection: Best Games of 2018 * The Unthinkable: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9z... * Three-minute pastry: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIa... * Trappy game: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gC... * Vladimir Bagirov Attacks: http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches... * Women: https://www.thefamouspeople.com/wom... * Will Power: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9S... * Wonders and Curiosities: Game Collection: Wonders and Curiosities of Chess (Chernev) * Z Vol 105: Game Collection: 0ZeR0's collected games volume 105 * 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!
'A rising tide lifts all boats'
'Don't put the cart before the horse'
“Examine what is said, not who is speaking.” ~ African Proverb Illinois: Peoria
Established in: 1680
French settlers Robert Cavalier Sieur de LaSalle and Henri de Tonti built Fort Crevecoeur on the bank of the Illinois River in 1680. Soon, a village grew around it. Peoria's history goes back further than that. Archaeologists can trace signs of men there as far back as 10,000 B.C.E. thanks to the evidence of artifacts and burial mounds as evidence of a Native American civilization. * Chess History: https://www.uschesstrust.org/chess-... * World Chess Championship History: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkO... * Chess History: https://www.britannica.com/topic/ch... 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.
Eilfan ywmodryb dda
Meaning: A good aunt is a second mother
<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 <The Man In The Glass
Peter Dale Wimbrow Sr.
When you get what you want in your struggle for self
And the world makes you king for a day
Just go to the mirror and look at yourself
And see what that man has to say.
For it isn’t your father, or mother, or wife
Whose judgment upon you must pass
The fellow whose verdict counts most in your life
Is the one staring back from the glass.
He’s the fellow to please – never mind all the rest
For he’s with you, clear to the end
And you’ve passed your most difficult, dangerous test
If the man in the glass is your friend.
You may fool the whole world down the pathway of years
And get pats on the back as you pass
But your final reward will be heartache and tears
If you’ve cheated the man in the glass.
This poem was first published in 1934 and is still very popular today.> jnpope: User: gifflefunk
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Just add the @ between the two
Feb-02-21 fisayo123: As can be seen, the chessgames.com database is not the end all and be all database for "vs" matchups. In fact, its known for not really being as complete as some other game databases, especially for modern era games. https://2700chess.com/ On the river
Reuben Fine can show you the not-so-easy way. Sign up for free and you can read books for free: https://archive.org/details/chessea... * CFN: https://www.youtube.com/@CFNChannel
The Hare and the Frogs
Once in his bed deep mused the hare,
(What else but muse could he do there?)
And soon by gloom was much afflicted; –
To gloom the creature's much addicted.
"Alas! these constitutions nervous,"
He cried, "how wretchedly they serve us!
We timid people, by their action,
Can't eat nor sleep with satisfaction;
We can't enjoy a pleasure single,
But with some misery it must mingle.
Myself, for one, am forced by cursed fear
To sleep with open eye as well as ear.
"Correct yourself," says some adviser.
Grows fear, by such advice, the wiser?
Indeed, I well enough descry
That men have fear, as well as I."
With such revolving thoughts our hare
Kept watch in soul-consuming care.
A passing shade, or leaflet's quiver
Would give his blood a boiling fever.
Full soon, his melancholy soul
Aroused from dreaming doze
By noise too slight for foes,
He scuds in haste to reach his hole.
He passed a pond; and from its border bogs,
Plunge after plunge, in leaped the timid frogs,
"Aha! I do to them, I see,"
He cried, "what others do to me.
The sight of even me, a hare,
Suffices some, I find, to scare.
And here, the terror of my tramp
Has put to rout, it seems, a camp.
The trembling fools! they take me for
The very thunderbolt of war!
I see, the coward never skulked a foe
That might not scare a coward still below."
Question: What’s the brightest star in the sky?
Answer: Sirius – also known as the Dog Star or Sirius A, Sirius is the brightest star in Earth’s night sky. The star is outshone only by several planets and the International Space Station. Question: What’s the difference between a cemetery and a graveyard?
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* Miniatures: Game Collection: 200 Miniature Games of Chess - Du Mont (III) * Monday Puzzles: Game Collection: Monday Puzzles, 2011-2017 * POTD 2023: Game Collection: Puzzle of the Day 2023 * 2023 in Review: https://www.chess.com/news/view/202... * Sicilian Wing Gambit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMe... * Tartakower Defense: https://www.chess.com/blog/MatBobul... * Seven Minutes: French Defense: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRU... <A game of chess, even played by dilettantes, is an austere metaphor of life and a struggle for life, and the chess player’s virtues—reason, memory, and invention—are the virtues of every thinking man. The stern rule of chess, according to which a piece that was touched must be moved and it is not permissible to redo a move of which one repents, reproduces the inexorability of the choices of the living. When your king, as a result of your inexperience, lack of attention, imprudence, or the opponent’s superiority, is ever more closely threatened … cornered and finally transfixed, you cannot fail to perceive a symbolic shadow beyond the chess board. You are living a death; it is your death, and at the same time it is a death for which you are guilty.
—Primo Levi, “The Irritable Chess Players”> “The first place you need to look is the last place you saw it.”
— Digger Manes, Moonshiners
H.T. Bland. On page 207 of the December 1929 American Chess Bulletin he exalted the challenger in that year’s world championship match: Bravo ‘Bogol’, you’ve shown pluck.
One and all we wish you luck.
Gee, some thought you’d barged between
Other players who’d have been
Less likely straightaway to lose
Just as friend Alekhine might choose;
Undaunted, ‘Bogol’, you went in
Believing you’d a chance to win.
Or failing that, to make a fight,
Which you are doing as we write.
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. 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.
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.
Straight flush
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? Fools look to tomorrow. Wise men use tonight. ~ Scottish Proverb Better be ill spoken of by one before all than by all before one.
~ Scottish Proverb
* Weird is what you're not used to: https://chessentials.com/weird-ches... <limerick, entitled ‘The Solver’s Plight’ was by ‘A.J.F.’ [A.J. Fink] and was published on page 22 of Chess Potpourri by Alfred C. Klahre (Middletown, 1931):There was a man from Vancouver
Who tried to solve a two-mover;
But the boob, he said, ‘“Gee”,
I can’t find the “Kee”,
No matter HOW I manouvre.’>
Proverbs 14:29-35
29 He who is slow to anger has great understanding, But he who is quick-tempered * exalts folly. 30 A tranquil heart is life to the body, But passion is rottenness to the bones. 31 He who oppresses the poor taunts his Maker, But he who is gracious to the needy honors Him. 32 The wicked is thrust down by his wrongdoing, But the righteous has a refuge when he dies. 33 Wisdom rests in the heart of one who has understanding, But in the hearts of fools it is made known. 34 Righteousness exalts a nation, But sin is a disgrace to any people. 35 The king's favor is toward a servant who acts wisely, But his anger is toward him who acts shamefully. Chess Squares Riddle
Riddle Question: How many squares are in a chessboard? “Intelligence plus character-that is the goal of true education.”
― Martin Luther King Jr.
"It ain't over 'til it's over, no matter how over it looks." ― Yogi Berra Riddle Answer: 204 squares: 64 one-by-one squares, 49 two-by-two, 36 three-by-three, 25 four-by-four, 16 five-by-five, 9 six-by-six, 4 seven-by-seven, and 1 eight-by-eight 64All Zajogin cldnt login but sumhou managd tosign outr space, force, time, android K safety b4 Zamikhovsky started the clock o' time: https://24timezones.com/#/map * https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/oth... Phone scammers are getting smarter with their tactics like AI voice scams. And if you’re not careful, they could make big bucks off of you, the unsuspecting caller. Aside from hanging up if you hear this four-word phrase, there's something else you can do to avoid becoming a victim and to keep up with your smartphone security and privacy. Certain area codes can warn potential targets that the call isn't safe, according to Joseph Steinberg, CEO of SecureMySocial. Although scam callers once used a 900 number, they’ve changed their methods as the general public became aware of their tactic. Now, many scam phone numbers have different area codes, including 809, which originates in the Caribbean. Another area code to look out for may look like it's coming from the United States, but isn't. "Criminals have been known to use caller IDs with the area code 473, which appears to be domestic, but is actually the area code for the island of Grenada," Steinberg says. Watch out for these phone call scams that could steal your money, too. By the way, those calls add up fast. You could be charged for taking a call from any of these foreign countries, according to AARP. Plus, scammers can swindle you out of your money through phony vacation scams and fake stories about danger or money problems. iPhone scams and Uber scams are also on the rise, making Apple fans and Uber users alike more wary. Make sure you know how to avoid Uber scams and how to stop spam texts on your phone. To play it extra safe, Steinberg recommends never answering or returning a call from a number you don't recognize. If you actually know the person, they can always leave a voicemail. "Remember that it's unlikely that someone you do not know—who is in distress at a location with which you are not familiar—would dial a random number in another country and ask you to help them," he says. "They would call the police." It can't hurt to be wary of possible scam phone numbers with the following international area codes. And watch out for these Facebook Marketplace scams before you go shopping. Scam phone numbers: International Area Codes with a +1 Country Code 232—Sierra Leone
242 — Bahamas
246 — Barbados
268 — Antigua
284 — British Virgin Islands
345 — Cayman Islands
441 — Bermuda
473 — Grenada, Carriacou, and Petite Martinique 649 — Turks and Caicos
664 — Montserrat
721 — Sint Maarten
758 — St. Lucia
767 — Dominica
784 — St. Vincent and Grenadines
809, 829, and 849 — The Dominican Republic
868 — Trinidad and Tobago
869 — St. Kitts and Nevis
876 — Jamaica
It's important to note that scammers can create scam phone numbers by spoofing numbers from many area codes, not just the ones listed above. Remember, a good rule of thumb is if you don't recognize the phone number, don't pick up your phone and let it go to voicemail. This can help you avoid falling for common phone scams, such as those pesky car extended warranty calls. By the way—if you are charged for picking up a scam call, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) recommends contacting your phone company to try and take care of the matter. You can also file a complaint about the scam call with the FCC. Next, read about these online scams you need to be aware of and how to avoid them. Also, read up on what doxxing is and how it sets you up to be hacked. Question: What’s the brightest star in the sky? Answer: Sirius – also known as the Dog Star or Sirius A, Sirius is the brightest star in Earth’s night sky. The star is outshone only by several planets and the International Space Station. Listenin' to the Radio
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“My guiding principles in life are to be honest, genuine, thoughtful and caring.”
― Prince William
Romans 8:38-39
For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord. “It is atheism and blasphemy to dispute what God can do: good Christians content themselves with His will revealed in His Word.” ― King James I 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 420Rpm Slow down Louisa loserz excuses buttr Zhukova shinez. Fentanyl killz !
BAA BAA BLACK SHEEP
Baa Baa Black Sheep
Have you any wool?
Yes sir, yes sir, three bags full.
One for the master
And one for the dame.
And one for the little boy
Who lives down the lane.
Q: What do you call a bacon-wrapped comet?
A: A meat-eor.
Q: What do stars say when they apologize to one another?
A: I’m starry.
Q: Why did the star decide to take a vacation?
A: It needed some space.
Q: What’s Donkey’s favorite film?
A: Star Shrek.
Q: What was the tree’s favorite thing about Star Trek?
A: The Captain’s log.
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75 games, 1905-2019 - No Pins More ECO Aced Fredthebear's Test
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A pin can take place along a rank, file, or diagonal occupied simultaneously by three or more units; one aims through two opposing units. A pin occurs when a long range attacker (queen, rook, or bishop) aims through two opposing units, with the less valuable unit threatened with capture in front of the more valuable unit. The less valuable unit is caught in the middle of a pickle between the attacker and it's more valuable teammate. A short range attacker (king, knight, or pawn) in unable to set a pin. An Absolute Pin of a lesser unit that shields the king cannot move out-of-the-way by rule (the king cannot be exposed to check). A Relative Pin means the lesser unit in front can move, but should not move else loss of material is the result. A Terminal Pin is against a checkmate threat, such as a unit pinned to the back rank mating square. To take advantage of a pin, maintain the pin as long as possible. Don't relieve the pin prematurely by capturing too soon. Force the opponent to make an effort/use a tempo to get out of the pin. If the opponent remains stuck in the pin, then pile up on the pinned unit with addition attackers, especially attackers of less value such as an advancing pawn. However, in a practical sense, when a bishop sets a pin along the diagonal, the rooks are often used to pile up on the pinned unit to arrange discovered attacks because the rooks can get there quicker than a less valuable unit. This was the case in Paul Morphy's famous Opera House game, where Morphy maintained an Absolute Pin by his bishop and piled up on the pin with rooks after 0-0-0. “The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.” ― Lao Tzu “God has given you one face, and you make yourself another.”
― William Shakespeare
“I started chess around the age of seven. I was inspired by the game, but soon legends like Kasparov, Karpov, Fischer, Anand and many other world champions captivated me.” ― Anish Giri “Chess is a game where all different sorts of people can come together, not a game in which people are divided because of their religion or country of origin.” ― Hikaru Nakamura “In chess, you have to bring all the pieces into the game. It is about development. In writing, you have to develop the story.” ― Gza “Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.” ― Albert Einstein Richard the Lionheart only spent six months of his ten-year reign in England. “Chess is a lot of fun for me. Football is a physical game, and in chess you can just beat someone mentally - you outwit somebody, outmaneuver them, think ahead of them.” ― Larry Fitzgerald “Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world.” ― Archimedes “The most powerful weapon in chess is to have the next move.”
― David Bronstein
“Young men preen. Old men scheme.” ― Mason Cooley “Chess and me, it's hard to take them apart. It's like my alter ego.”
― Bobby Fischer
“It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see.”
― Henry David Thoreau
“Chess is the art of analysis.” ― Mikhail Botvinnik “Patience is the companion of wisdom.” ― Saint Augustine “Chess is a sport. The main object in the game of chess remains the achievement of victory.” ― Max Euwe “There are no adequate substitutes for father, mother, and children bound together in a loving commitment to nurture and protect. No government, no matter how well-intentioned, can take the place of the family in the scheme of things.” ― Gerald R. Ford “My biggest competitor was my mum. I used to try to beat her at Chinese chequers, chess, carrom, volleyball, badminton, football, wrestling.”
― Sunil Chhetri
“Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and unruffled under all circumstances.” ― Thomas Jefferson “Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.” ― Alan Dundes “The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits.” ―
Albert Einstein
“The human element, the human flaw and the human nobility - those are the reasons that chess matches are won or lost.” ― Viktor Korchnoi “In chess, you should be as cool as a cucumber.” ― Yuliya Snigir “O, what a tangled web we weave when first we practise to deceive!”
― Walter Scott
“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 “To give anything less than your best, is to sacrifice the gift.”
― Steve Prefontaine
“I love to play chess. The last time I was playing, I started to really see the board. I don't mean just seeing a few moves ahead - something else. My game started getting better. It's the patterns. The patterns are universal.”
― Forest Whitaker
“God gave you a gift of 86,400 seconds today. Have you used one to say 'thank you?' ” ― William Arthur Ward “It's not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.” ― Epictetus “I think a gentleman is someone who holds the comfort of other people above their own. The instinct to do that is inside every good man, I believe. The rules about opening doors and buying dinner and all of that other 'gentleman' stuff is a chess game, especially these days.” ― Anna Kendrick Never judge a book by its cover.
“You cannot say, 'Go! Go! Rah! Rah! Good move!' People want some emotion. Chess is an art and not a spectator sport.” ― Garry Kasparov “My passions were all gathered together like fingers that made a fist. Drive is considered aggression today; I knew it then as purpose.” ― Bette Davis “We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.”
― Winston Churchill
“I spend hours playing chess because I find it so much fun. The day it stops being fun is the day I give up.” ― Magnus Carlsen “Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter.”
― Mark Twain
Napoleon took 187,600 horses with his army as he rode into Russia in 1812, only 1,600 came back. “The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.”
― Eleanor Roosevelt
“I may not be where I want to be, but thank God I am not where I used to be.” ― Joyce Meyer “Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment.” ― Jim Rohn “I have a scheme for stopping war. It's this - no nation is allowed to enter a war till they have paid for the last one.” ― Will Rogers “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 * Ataman's Minis: Game Collection: Instructive Chess Miniatures (Ataman) * Alpha Glossary: https://www.chess-poster.com/englis... * Best Games of 2018: Game Collection: Best Games of 2018 * Black attack!
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Game Collection: Golden Treasury of Chess (Wellmuth/Horowitz) * 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... * Malaguena: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxD... * Notable Games: Game Collection: List of Notable Games (wiki) * Online safety: https://www.entrepreneur.com/scienc... * Opening Ideas/Novelties: Game Collection: Great opening ideas * Post-Beginners Book: Game Collection: Chess training for post-beginners * RL Minis: Game Collection: Ruy Lopez Miniatures * Starting Out 1d4: Game Collection: Starting Out: 1 d4! * Sports Clichés: http://www.sportscliche.com/
* Sacs on f7/f2: Game Collection: Demolition of Pawn Structure: Sac on f7 (f2) * Six Ways: https://takelessons.com/blog/6-tips... * 107 battles: Game Collection: 107 Great Chess Battles: 1939-45 Alekhine * 21st Century: Game Collection: 21st Century Masterpieces - First decade (2000) * Can you whip Taimanov's Sicilian? http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches... * Bg2 vs Sicilian: Game Collection: Grand Prix Attack without early Bc4 * Extinguish the Dragon: Game Collection: 1.e4 explorations * She's a Stonewaller: Eneida Astolfi Perez * VP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncH... * Wall's APCT Miniatures:
http://billwall.phpwebhosting.com/c... * Mr. Harvey's Puzzle Challenge: https://wtharvey.com/ >Proverbs 29:25
Fear of man will prove to be a snare, but whoever trusts in the Lord is kept safe. ‘May your Departures equal your Landfalls!’
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
In 1913 Stalin, Hitler, Trotsky, Tito all lived in Vienna for a couple of months. Alabama: Mobile
Established in: 1702
The city of Mobile is a port city on the Gulf Coast in Alabama that has a lot of French influence (which makes sense, since it was founded by the French). Mardi Gras celebrations originated there, and you can experience the history of the holiday at the Mobile Carnival Museum. * Chess History: https://www.britannica.com/topic/ch... * Short history: Game Collection: A history of chess * Chess Aps: https://www.wired.com/story/best-ch... Here's a poem a dad wrote:
<ODE TO CHESS
Ten times I charged the grim, foreboding walls
and was pitched into the pit of defeat.
But, heedless of humiliating falls,
I clambered bravely back onto my feet
and charged again, again to be down thrust
onto the scrap heap of people who lose
onto the mound of mortifying dust
whilst my opponent sat without a bruise
upon his pedestal. We changed sides
and fought again, but I was defeated
whilst he with arrogant and haughty strides
took the throne upon which I had been seated.
Ha! Win or lose, it's how you play the game.
But I would like to beat him just the same.> “Chess can be described as the movement of pieces eating one another.”
— Marcel Duchamp
“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
“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 “The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them.”
— Ernest Hemingway
“You win some, you lose some, you wreck some.” — Dale Earnhardt “In life, unlike chess the game continues after checkmate.” ― Isaac Asimov “Coincidence is God's way of remaining anonymous.” ― Albert Einstein “When in doubt, don't.” ― Benjamin Franklin A Fallen Leaf
By Ella Wheeler Wilcox
A trusting little leaf of green,
A bold audacious frost;
A rendezvous, a kiss or two,
And youth for ever lost.
Ah, me!
The bitter, bitter cost.
A flaunting patch of vivid red,
That quivers in the sun;
A windy gust, a grave of dust,
The little race is run.
Ah, me!
Were that the only one.
Of the eight planets in the Solar System, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn were observed by Babylonian astronomers as early as the 2nd millennium BC. The Greek Aristarchus of Samos (310–230 bc) also correctly observed the position of Earth in relation to the planets – known as the heliocentric model. H.T. Bland. On page 207 of the December 1929 American Chess Bulletin he exalted the challenger in that year’s world championship match: Bravo ‘Bogol’, you’ve shown pluck.
One and all we wish you luck.
Gee, some thought you’d barged between
Other players who’d have been
Less likely straightaway to lose
Just as friend Alekhine might choose;
Undaunted, ‘Bogol’, you went in
Believing you’d a chance to win.
Or failing that, to make a fight,
Which you are doing as we write.
<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.> The Swarm
by Sylvia Plath
Somebody is shooting at something in our town --
A dull pom, pom in the Sunday street.
Jealousy can open the blood,
It can make black roses.
Who are the shooting at?
It is you the knives are out for
At Waterloo, Waterloo, Napoleon,
The hump of Elba on your short back,
And the snow, marshaling its brilliant cutlery
Mass after mass, saying Shh!
Shh! These are chess people you play with,
Still figures of ivory.
The mud squirms with throats,
Stepping stones for French bootsoles.
The gilt and pink domes of Russia melt and float off In the furnace of greed.
Clouds, clouds.
So the swarm balls and deserts
Seventy feet up, in a black pine tree.
It must be shot down.
Pom! Pom!
So dumb it thinks bullets are thunder.
It thinks they are the voice of God
Condoning the beak, the claw, the grin of the dog
Yellow-haunched, a pack-dog,
Grinning over its bone of ivory
Like the pack, the pack, like everybody.
The bees have got so far.
Seventy feet high!
Russia, Poland and Germany!
The mild hills, the same old magenta
Fields shrunk to a penny
Spun into a river, the river crossed.
The bees argue, in their black ball,
A flying hedgehog, all prickles.
The man with gray hands stands under the honeycomb
Of their dream, the hived station
Where trains, faithful to their steel arcs,
Leave and arrive, and there is no end to the country. Pom! Pom! They fall
Dismembered, to a tod of ivy.
So much for the charioteers, the outriders, the Grand Army!
A red tatter, Napoleon!
The last badge of victory.
The swarm is knocked into a cocked straw hat.
Elba, Elba, bleb on the sea!
The white busts of marshals, admirals, generals
Worming themselves into niches.
How instructive this is!
The dumb, banded bodies
Walking the plank draped with Mother France's upholstery
Into a new mausoleum,
An ivory palace, a crotch pine.
The man with gray hands smiles --
The smile of a man of business, intensely practical. They are not hands at all
But asbestos receptacles.
Pom! Pom! 'They would have killed me.
' Stings big as drawing pins!
It seems bees have a notion of honor,
A black intractable mind.
Napoleon is pleased, he is pleased with everything. O Europe! O ton of honey!
Riddle Question: If you drop a yellow hat in the Red Sea, what does it become? The Persian epic Explanation of Chatrang and the Invention of Nard tells the story of chess being introduced to the royal court by an envoy from India. Riddle Answer: Wet, duh!
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.
In 2016, the iconic sparkly dress that Marilyn Monroe wore to serenade President John F. Kennedy on his birthday sold for a staggering $4.8 million at auction. This remains the world record for the most expensive article of clothing ever sold, beating out the record previously held by… another one of Monroe's dresses, her costume from The Seven Year Itch. The Wolf Turned Shepherd
A wolf, whose gettings from the flocks
Began to be but few,
Bethought himself to play the fox
In character quite new.
A shepherd's hat and coat he took,
A cudgel for a crook,
Nor even the pipe forgot:
And more to seem what he was not,
Himself on his hat he wrote,
"I'm Willie, shepherd of these sheep."
His person thus complete,
His crook in upraised feet,
The impostor Willie stole on the keep.
The real Willie, on the grass asleep,
Slept there, indeed, profoundly,
His dog and pipe slept, also soundly;
His drowsy sheep around lay.
As for the greatest number,
Much blessed the hypocrite their slumber,
And hoped to drive away the flock,
Could he the shepherd's voice but mock.
He thought undoubtedly he could.
He tried: the tone in which he spoke,
Loud echoing from the wood,
The plot and slumber broke;
Sheep, dog, and man awoke.
The wolf, in sorry plight,
In hampering coat bedight,
Could neither run nor fight.
There's always leakage of deceit
Which makes it never safe to cheat.
Whoever is a wolf had better
Keep clear of hypocritic fetter.
Is Queen + Knight really stronger than Queen + Bishop? The Queen + Knight does not seem to be an advantage of itself. In order to be considered advantageous, there must always be a second element influencing the position. The most common factors are weakness of the opposing king, passed pawns, and weak squares that can be accessed. Mr. H. H. Strand wrote: "There is no true answer to this, but here are some general observations that are commonly agreed upon by strong players: Bishops are stronger in open positions with few pawns on the board, especially if you have the bishop pair and especially in endgames. Knights are stronger in closed positions, where the pawns are locked against each other. Having the bishop pair against a knight and a bishop is usually a slight advantage in middle games. Against the knight pair it is less clear. A knight that can be anchored in the center of the board (protected by a pawn) is often stronger than a bishop. A knight anchored in an advanced position in the enemy camp (typically on squares like e6, d6, d3 or e3) is often very strong, even as strong as a rook. A bishop is usually stronger than a knight in an open endgame, especially if the side with the bishop has a passed wing pawn. A knight is often stronger than a bishop in endgames with static pawn structures. This theme is called "good knight versus bad bishop.” Knights on the edge of the board, or even worse, a corner, can be quite weak. "A knight on the rim is dim.” Bishops on long diagonals are often very strong, especially on an open diagonal. The value of knights go up in blitz games or in time trouble, as their movements are harder to calculate and predict. Rooks cooperate better with a bishop than a knight. Queens cooperate better with a knight than a bishop." Such hypothetical conceptions are difficult to answer. Chess requires analysis of a specific position to determine who is better. There are simply too many variables to generalize with any degree of accuracy. Thus, the value of the pieces can change during a game. Underface
By Shel Silverstein
Underneath my outside face
There's a face that none can see.
A little less smiley,
A little less sure,
But a whole lot more like me
“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 Let's pause so free pie thief can look up who Alexander Kotov is. free pie thief will research it and be an expert on Kotov tomorrow. Will we get another lecture on Philidor's Gate? A penguin achieved knighthood.
In 2008, a penguin living in the Edinburgh Zoo was knighted. The penguin is the mascot of the King of Norway's Guard, making it a special figure for the country's military—and the knighting of this particular one, named Nils Olav III, was an opportunity to celebrate the relations between Norway and Scotland. The knighting went over so well that in 2016, he was promoted to Brigadier. <The Man In The Glass
Peter Dale Wimbrow Sr.
When you get what you want in your struggle for self
And the world makes you king for a day
Just go to the mirror and look at yourself
And see what that man has to say.
For it isn’t your father, or mother, or wife
Whose judgment upon you must pass
The fellow whose verdict counts most in your life
Is the one staring back from the glass.
He’s the fellow to please – never mind all the rest
For he’s with you, clear to the end
And you’ve passed your most difficult, dangerous test
If the man in the glass is your friend.
You may fool the whole world down the pathway of years
And get pats on the back as you pass
But your final reward will be heartache and tears
If you’ve cheated the man in the glass.
This poem was first published in 1934 and is still very popular today.> "Zeitnot" is German for "time pressure."
“....his countrymen, Kolisch and Steinitz, are greatly indebted for their later success to their having enjoyed early opportunities of practicing with the departed amateur whose death is also greatly deplored amongst all who knew him personally.” — Wilhelm Steinitz, regarding Karl Hamppe The first appearance of the (John) Cochrane gambit against Petrov's defense C42 was in the year 1848 against an Indian master Mohishunder Bannerjee. “Sorry don't get it done, Dude!” — John Wayne, Rio Bravo “Gossip is the devil’s telephone. Best to just hang up.” — Moira Rose limerick, entitled ‘The Solver’s Plight’ was by ‘A.J.F.’ [A.J. Fink] and was published on page 22 of Chess Potpourri by Alfred C. Klahre (Middletown, 1931): There was a man from Vancouver
Who tried to solve a two-mover;
But the boob, he said, ‘“Gee”,
I can’t find the “Kee”,
No matter HOW I manouvre.’
Zwischenschach is German for in-between-check which is an important technique in the rook endgame. You can't make bricks without straw
You can't run with the hare and hunt with the hounds You can't take it with you [when you die]
You can't teach an old dog new tricks
You can't judge a book by its cover
You can't win them all
You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar You pays your money and you takes your choice
You reap what you sow
You win some, you lose some
Youth is wasted on the young
Psalm 107:1
Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good; his love endures forever. “A God you understood would be less than yourself.” ― Flannery O'Connor Psalms 31:24 - Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the LORD. * Red States: https://www.redhotpawn.com/
* The Most Instructive Games of Chess Ever Played: 62 Masterpieces of Chess Strategy by Irving Chernev - https://lichess.org/study/KMMrJvE1 * Legendary: Game Collection: The 12 Legendary Games of the Century FACTRETRIEVER: Even though dragonflies have six legs, they cannot walk. 'A stitch in time saves nine'
"You can't hold with the hare and run with the hounds." "Those who bring sunshine to the lives of others cannot keep it from themselves"- J.M. Barrie (1860 - 1937) A man who spent his life delighting the masses with his words, perfectly understood that you reap what you sow, and that when we make other people happy, we often find happiness ourselves. "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 Psalm 96: 1-3
Sing to the Lord a new song; sing to the Lord, all the earth. Sing to the Lord, praise his name; proclaim his salvation day after day. Declare his glory among the nations, his marvelous deeds among all peoples. High Flight
BY JOHN GILLESPIE MAGEE JR.
Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth
And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;
Sunward I've climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth
of sun-split clouds,—and done a hundred things
You have not dreamed of—wheeled and soared and swung
High in the sunlit silence. Hov'ring there,
I've chased the shouting wind along, and flung
My eager craft through footless halls of air .... Up, up the long, delirious, burning blue
I've topped the wind-swept heights with easy grace
Where never lark nor ever eagle flew—
And, while with silent lifting mind I've trod
The high untrespassed sanctity of space,
Put out my hand, and touched the face of God.
“No one has ever won a game of chess by taking only forward moves (What about Scholar's Mate?). Sometimes you have to move backwards in order to be able to take better steps forward. That is life.” — Anonymous Drive sober or get pulled over.
“For surely of all the drugs in the world, chess must be the most permanently pleasurable.” — Assiac “I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have.”
― Thomas Jefferson, chess player
“The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.”
― Mahatma Gandhi
According to Chessmetrics, 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. “The great thing about chess is it's a game for oneself. You don't work on what you can't control, you just work on yourself. And I think if more people did that, we'd all be a lot better off.” — Daniel Naroditsky <Writing from his experience of the devastation of World War I, Edwardian poet Alfred Noyes' well-known "On the Western Front" speaks from the perspective of soldiers buried in graves marked by simple crosses, asking that their deaths not be in vain. Praise of the dead was not what the dead needed, but peace made by the living. An excerpt:We, who lie here, have nothing more to pray.
To all your praises we are deaf and blind.
We may not ever know if you betray
Our hope, to make earth better for mankind.> “Rooks need each other in the middlegame. This is why one should keep their rooks connected until the opposing queen is off the board. She'll snare 'em (usually from a centralized square on an open diagonal or perhaps a poisoned pawn approach of the unprotected b2/b7 and g2/g7 square next to the occupied corner) if the two rooks aren't protecting each other.” ― Fredthebear “In baseball, my theory is to strive for consistency, not to worry about the numbers. If you dwell on statistics you get shortsighted; if you aim for consistency, the numbers will be there at the end.” ― Tom Seaver This is ten percent luck, twenty percent skill
Fifteen percent concentrated power of will
Five percent pleasure, fifty percent pain
And a hundred percent reason to remember the name!
― Fort Minor
Deuteronomy 6:6-9: "These commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts. Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. Write them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates." 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." Matthew 19:26
But Jesus looked at them and said, 'With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.' 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 * Bowman's Beginner's Guide:
http://chess.jliptrap.us/BowmanBegi...
Not perfect but dedicated, passionate.
* Capablanca's Double Attack — having the initiative is important: https://lichess.org/study/tzrisL1R * Red States: https://www.redhotpawn.com/
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5zshhz! fish spawn
Ah, St. Marher, 1225:
"And te tide and te time þat tu iboren were, schal beon iblescet." “All the adversity I've had in my life, all my troubles and obstacles, have strengthened me... You may not realize it when it happens, but a kick in the teeth may be the best thing in the world for you.” ― Walt Disney “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 The Use Of Knowledge
Between two citizens
A controversy grew.
The one was poor, but much he knew:
The other, rich, with little sense,
Claimed that, in point of excellence,
The merely wise should bow the knee
To all such moneyed men as he.
The merely fools, he should have said;
For why should wealth hold up its head,
When merit from its side has fled?
"My friend," said Bloated-purse,
To his reverse,
"You think yourself considerable.
Pray, tell me, do you keep a table?
What comes of this incessant reading,
In point of lodging, clothing, feeding?
It gives one, true, the highest chamber,
One coat for June and for December,
His shadow for his sole attendant,
And hunger always in the ascendant.
What profits he his country, too,
Who scarcely ever spends a sou –
Will, haply, be a public charge?
Who profits more the state at large,
Than he whose luxuries dispense
Among the people wealth immense?
We set the streams of life a-flowing;
We set all sorts of trades a-going.
The spinner, weaver, sewer, vender,
And many a wearer, fair and tender,
All live and flourish on the spender –
As do, indeed, the reverend rooks
Who waste their time in making books."
These words, so full of impudence,
Received their proper recompense.
The man of letters held his peace,
Though much he might have said with ease.
A war avenged him soon and well;
In it their common city fell.
Both fled abroad; the ignorant,
By fortune thus brought down to want,
Was treated everywhere with scorn,
And roamed about, a wretch forlorn;
Whereas the scholar, everywhere,
Was nourished by the public care.
Let fools the studious despise;
There's nothing lost by being wise.
Question: What is the oldest authenticated age ever for a human?
Answer: 122
Question: Which two cities represent letters in the phonetic alphabet?
Answer: Lima and Quebec
“Above all, be the heroine of your life, not the victim.” ― Nora Ephr “The Seven Social Sins are:
Wealth without work.
Pleasure without conscience.
Knowledge without character.
Commerce without morality.
Science without humanity.
Worship without sacrifice.
Politics without principle.
From a sermon given by Frederick Lewis Donaldson in Westminster Abbey, London, on March 20, 1925.”
― Frederick Lewis Donaldson
* Crafty Endgame Trainer: https://www.chessvideos.tv/endgame-... A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush ― Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, "Don Quixote" Old Russian Proverb: "Measure seven times, cut once. (Семь раз отмерь — один отрежь.)" Be careful before you do something that cannot be changed. “I'm 58 years old and I just went through 8 back surgeries. They started cutting on me in February 2009, and I was basically bed ridden for almost two years. I got a real dose of reality that if you don't have your health, you don't have anything.” — Hulk Hogan 'Don't let the cat out of the bag'
'Don't shut the stable door after the horse has bolted' 'Don't throw good money after bad'
'Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater'
InkHarted wrote:
Checkmate.
I started off as an equal
I have everything that they do
my life was one and the same as my foe
childish battles of lesser
I won baring cost of a little
but as time outgrew my conscience
I found that the pieces were moving against me
with time my company reduced
they left one by one
all in time forgetting me
my castles collapsed
my religion dissuaded
my protectors in hiding
I could not run anymore
I have been cornered to a wall
as the queen left silently
without saying goodbye
I could not live any longer
she was most precious to me
I could not win without her by my side
so the king knelt down and died.
“Everyone should know how to play chess.” — José Raúl Capablanca Mark 3:25 And if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand. 'Finders keepers, losers weepers'
No, turn it over to Lost and Found.
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) 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. “Many have become chess masters, no one has become the master of chess.” ― Siegbert Tarrasch 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."
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 32Rp Zukharmony Zeppa XL sent Ziryab past zydeco5 Dzagnidze Zhongyi fantastic Ezzy Whooz ben eeting mia poorage?
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<Soaring Dreams by Maya Anthony> This poem is about the metaphorical flight of dreams and ambitions. It’s a celebration of the human spirit’s ability to rise above challenges and aim for the stars. In the realm of dreams, I take my flight,
Through starry skies, in the quiet night.
Each dream a wing, each hope a feather,
In my aspirations, I’m untethered.
Over obstacles, past doubts so high,
In the world of dreams, I effortlessly fly.
Above the clouds of fear and plight,
In my dreams, I find the light.
Landing on the grounds of reality,
With dreams in heart, I face my destiny.
In my soaring dreams, I find my might,
Guided by their endless flight.
Compiled by KingG, inflated by Fredthebear
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“The game might be divided into three parts: the opening, the middle-game and the end-game. There is one thing you must strive for, to be equally efficient in the three parts.” ― Jose Raul Capablanca “Unfortunately, many regard the critic as an enemy, instead of seeing him as a guide to the truth.” ― Wilhelm Steinitz “My passions were all gathered together like fingers that made a fist. Drive is considered aggression today; I knew it then as purpose.” ― Bette Davis “Chess is a matter of vanity.” ― Alexander Alekhine “As a chess player one has to be able to control one's feelings, one has to be as cold as a machine.” ― Levon Aronian “Sometimes it happens that the computer's assessment is very abstract. It's correct, but it's not useful for a practical game. You have to prove the assessment with very strong moves and if you don't find all of these strong moves you may lose very quickly. For a computer this is not a problem, but for humans it is not so easy.” ― Vassily Ivanchuk “A good book is the precious lifeblood of a master spirit.” ― John Milton “Chess is a sport. The main object in the game of chess remains the achievement of victory.” ― Max Euwe “A sport, a struggle for results and a fight for prizes. I think that the discussion about "chess is science or chess is art" is already inappropriate. The purpose of modern chess is to reach a result.” ― Alexander Morozevich “No one man is superior to the game.” ― A. Bartlett Giamatti, in reference to Pete Rose, the all-time MLB hits leader banned for gambling. “To err is human; to forgive, divine.” ― Alexander Pope “I consider Mr. Morphy the finest chess player who ever existed. He is far superior to any now living, and would doubtless have beaten Labourdonnais himself. In all his games with me, he has not only played, in every instance, the exact move, but the most exact. He never makes a mistake; but, if his adversary commits the slightest error, he is lost.” ― Adolf Anderssen “After white's reply to 1.e4 e5 with 2.f4 the game is in its last throes”
― Howard Staunton
“I have added these principles to the law: get the Knights into action before both Bishops are developed.” ― Emanuel Lasker “With opposite coloured bishops the attacking side has in effect an extra piece in the shape of his bishop.” ― Mikhail Botvinnik “A pawn, when separated from his fellows, will seldom or never make a fortune.” ― Francois-Andre Danican Philidor “Be warned! From Satan's viewpoint you are a pawn in his game of cosmic chess.” ― Adrian Rogers “Pawns not only create the sketch for the whole painting, they are also the soil, the foundation, of any position.” ― Anatoly Karpov “The object of the state is always the same: to limit the individual, to tame him, to subordinate him, to subjugate him.” ― Max Stirner “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 “A Queen's sacrifice, even when fairly obvious, always rejoices the heart of the chess-lover.” ― Savielly Tartakower “Everyone makes mistakes. The wise are not people who never make mistakes, but those who forgive themselves and learn from their mistakes.” ― Ajahn Brahm “As a rule, so-called "positional" sacrifices are considered more difficult, and therefore more praise-worthy, than those which are based exclusively on an exact calculation of tactical possibilities.” ― Alexander Alekhine “It would be idle, and presumptuous, to wish to imitate the achievements of a Morphy or an Alekhine; but their methods and their manner of expressing themselves are within the reach of all.” ― Eugene Znosko-Borovsky “The most powerful weapon in chess is to have the next move.”
― David Bronstein
“If the defender is forced to give up the center, then every possible attack follows almost of itself.” ― Siegbert Tarrasch “Erudition, like a bloodhound, is a charming thing when held firmly in leash, but it is not so attractive when turned loose upon a defenseless and unerudite public.” ― Agnes Repplier “If you watch it, you should watch it with other players and try to find moves, like it was before. Now on many sites you watch together with the computer and the pleasure is gone.” ― Boris Gelfand “I believe that Chess possesses a magic that is also a help in advanced age. A rheumatic knee is forgotten during a game of chess and other events can seem quite unimportant in comparison with a catastrophe on the chessboard.”
― Vlastimil Hort
“It's funny, but many people don't understand why I draw so many games nowadays. They think my style must have changed but this is not the case at all. The answer to this drawing disease is that my favorite squares are e6, f7, g7 and h7 and everyone now knows this. They protect these squares not once but four times!” ― Mikhail Tal “Having spent alarmingly large chunks of my life studying the white side of the Open Sicilian, I find myself asking, why did I bother?” ― Daniel J. King “Apart from direct mistakes, there is nothing more ruinous than routine play, the aim of which is mechanical development.” ― Alexey Suetin “Not infrequently ... the theoretical is a synonym of the stereotyped. For the 'theoretical' in chess is nothing more than that which can be found in the textbooks and to which players try to conform because they cannot think up anything better or equal, anything original.” ― Mikhail Chigorin “The choice of opening, whether to aim for quiet or risky play, depends not only on the style of a player, but also on the disposition with which he sits down at the board.” ― Efim Geller “Despite the development of chess theory, there is much that remains secret and unexplored in chess.” ― Vasily Smyslov “No matter how much theory progresses, how radically styles change, chess play is inconceivable without tactics.” ― Samuel Reshevsky “Collect as precious pearls the words of the wise and virtuous.”
― Abdelkader El Djezairi
“Learning is not attained by chance; it must be sought for with ardor and diligence.” ― Abigail Adams “When I was preparing for one term's work in the Botvinnik school I had to spend a lot of time on king and pawn endings. So when I came to a tricky position in my own games, I knew the winning method.” ― Garry Kasparov “As a rule, pawn endings have a forced character, and they can be worked out conclusively.” ― Mark Dvoretsky “It is a gross overstatement, but in chess, it can be said I play against my opponent over the board and against myself on the clock.” ― Viktor Korchnoi “The fact that the 7 hours time control allows us to play a great deep game is not of great importance for mass-media.” ― Alexei Shirov “For me, each game is a new challenge, which has to be dealt with rationally and systematically. At that time, every other thought fades into oblivion.”
― Viswanathan Anand
Ne kadar bilirsen bil, o kadar azdır.
“Any fool can know. The point is to understand.” ― Albert Einstein “One bad move nullifies forty good ones.”
― Israel Albert Horowitz
“It is a well-known phenomenon that the same amateur who can conduct the middle game quite creditably, is usually perfectly helpless in the end game. One of the principal requisites of good chess is the ability to treat both the middle and end game equally well.” ― Aron Nimzowitsch “My hard work and excellent training entitled me to be a better actress than some of my competitors.” ― Pola Negri “Endings of one rook and pawns are about the most common sort of endings arising on the chess board. Yet though they do occur so often, few have mastered them thoroughly. They are often of a very difficult nature, and sometimes while apparently very simple they are in reality extremely intricate.”
― Jose Raul Capablanca
“Capablanca used to talk calmly and moderately about everything. However, when our conversation turned to the problems of the battle for the world championship, in front of me was a quite different person: an enraged lion, although with the fervour typical only of a southerner, with his temperamental patter, which made it hard to follow the torrent of his indignant exclamations and words.” ― Alexander Koblencs “A player is said to have the opposition when he can place his King directly in front of the adverse King, with only one square between them. This is often an important advantage in ending games.” ― Howard Staunton “A player can sometimes afford the luxury of an inaccurate move, or even a definite error, in the opening or middlegame without necessarily obtaining a lost position. In the endgame ... an error can be decisive, and we are rarely presented with a second chance.” ― Paul Keres “Never trust a government that doesn't trust its own citizens with guns.”
― Benjamin Franklin
“The Soviet Union was an exception, but even there chess players were not rich. Only Fischer changed that.” ― Boris Spassky “Chess never has been and never can be aught but a recreation. It should not be indulged in to the detriment of other and more serious avocations - should not absorb or engross the thoughts of those who worship at its shrine, but should be kept in the background, and restrained within its proper province. As a mere game, a relaxation from the severe pursuits of life, it is deserving of high commendation.” ― Paul Morphy “Incidentally, when we're faced with a "prove or disprove," we're usually better off trying first to disprove with a counterexample, for two reasons: A disproof is potentially easier (we need just one counterexample); and nitpicking arouses our creative juices. Even if the given assertion is true, our search for a counterexample often leads to a proof, as soon as we see why a counterexample is impossible. Besides, it's healthy to be skeptical.” ― Ronald Graham “Attackers may sometimes regret bad movez, but it’s much worse to forever regret an opportunity you allowed to pass you by.” ― Garry Kasparov “You cannot play at chess if you are kind-hearted.” ― French Proverb “The first principle of attack–Don’t let the opponent develop!” ― Reuben Fine “You may knock your opponent down with the chessboard, but that does not prove you the better player.” ― English Proverb “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
“I believe that true beauty of chess is more than enough to satisfy all possible demands.” ― Alexander Alekhine “We cannot resist the fascination of sacrifice, since a passion for sacrifices is part of a chessplayer's nature.” ― Rudolf Spielmann “To play for a draw, at any rate with white, is to some degree a crime against chess.” ― Mikhail Tal “Boring? Who's boring? I am Fredthebear. My mind is always active, busy. If you're bored here, then go follow your sister around.” “Chess is a matter of vanity.” ― Alexander Alekhine “As a chess player one has to be able to control one's feelings, one has to be as cold as a machine.” ― Levon Aronian Though much is taken, much abides; and though We are not now that strength which in old days Moved earth and heaven, that which we are, we are; One equal temper of heroic hearts, Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.
— Alfred Lord Tennyson
“It's never too late to lose.” ― GM Benjamin Finegold “Get there firstest with the mostest.” ― Nathan Bedford Forrest “Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and unruffled under all circumstances.” ― Thomas Jefferson “The human element, the human flaw and the human nobility - those are the reasons that chess matches are won or lost.” ― Viktor Korchnoi “Faulty execution of a winning combination has lost many a game on the very brink of victory. In such cases, a player sees the winning idea, plays the winning sacrifice, and then inverts the order of their follow-up moves or misses the really clinching point of their combination.” ― Fred Reinfeld “In chess, you should be as cool as a cucumber.” ― Yuliya Snigir “I believe that chess possesses a magic that is also a help in advanced age. A rheumatic knee is forgotten during a game of chess and other events can seem quite unimportant in comparison with a catastrophe on the chessboard.”
― Vlastimil Hort
“It's funny, but many people don't understand why I draw so many games nowadays. They think my style must have changed but this is not the case at all. The answer to this drawing disease is that my favorite squares are e6, f7, g7 and h7 and everyone now knows this. They protect these squares not once but four times!” ― Mikhail Tal “Having spent alarmingly large chunks of my life studying the white side of the Open Sicilian, I find myself asking, why did I bother?” ― Daniel J. King “Apart from direct mistakes, there is nothing more ruinous than routine play, the aim of which is mechanical development.” ― Alexey Suetin “Not infrequently ... the theoretical is a synonym of the stereotyped. For the 'theoretical' in chess is nothing more than that which can be found in the textbooks and to which players try to conform because they cannot think up anything better or equal, anything original.” ― Mikhail Chigorin “The choice of opening, whether to aim for quiet or risky play, depends not only on the style of a player, but also on the disposition with which he sits down at the board.” ― Efim Geller “Despite the development of chess theory, there is much that remains secret and unexplored in chess.” ― Vasily Smyslov “No matter how much theory progresses, how radically styles change, chess play is inconceivable without tactics.” ― Samuel Reshevsky “Collect as precious pearls the words of the wise and virtuous.”
― Abdelkader El Djezairi
"Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn, and cauldron bubble."
— William Shakespeare, Macbeth
“There are two types of sacrifices: correct ones and mine.” — Tal “Whatever you do, don’t fall asleep.”
— Nancy Thomas, “Nightmare on Elm Street” “Before you marry a person, you should first make them use a computer with slow Internet to see who they really are.” — Will Ferrell “It's easy for me to get along with chess players. Even though we are all very different, we have chess in common.” — Magnus Carlsen Ne kadar bilirsen bil, o kadar azdır.
“Any fool can know. The point is to understand.” ― Albert Einstein “To be content with what we possess is the greatest and most secure of riches.” ― Marcus Tullius Cicero “With great space comes great responsibility. If you push pawns you have to be sure you can back them up. That takes a lot of calculation.”
― GM David Howell, Chess.com analyst
“One bad move nullifies forty good ones.” ― Israel Albert Horowitz “Customers don’t expect you to be perfect. They do expect you to fix things when they go wrong.” — Donald Porter “It is so much easier to be nice, to be respectful, to put yourself in your customer’s’ shoes and try to understand how you might help them before they ask for help, than it is to try to mend a broken customer relationship.”
— Mark Cuban
“Only once customer service has become habitual will a company realize its true potential.” — Than Merrill “Customers don’t care about your policies. Find and engage the need. Tell the customer what you can do.” — Alice Sesay Pope Collection assembled by Fredthebear, vandalized by the underhanded CGs operator like so many other collections. * A Brief History of Chess: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YeB... * A Brief History of the Game of Chess: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2a... * Chess for Beginners: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IU6... * Learn Chess: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adY... * Learn Chess: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGu... * Learn ALL the Rules of the Royal Game: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ej_... * Ladder Checkmate with Two Rooks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZaQ... * Checkmate with King and Rook vs lone King: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yf... * Checkmate with Two Bishops: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZN7... * Colle System: Game Collection: The Colle System: Koltanowski, Phoenix, Zukertor * Colle book Introduction: Game Collection: Games from "The Ultimate Colle" by Gary Lane * Copy the Colle 5.c3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3N... * Club 1.d4 Nf6 2...e6 3...as you please. Symmetrical English ...c5, Qc7, a6, form a hut/small center. Much the same w/the QGA dxc4 and cxd4: D Kryakvin vs Evgeni Kuligin, 2008 * Chess Equipment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLA... * Chess Step-by-Step: https://www.chess.com/learn-how-to-... * Common Checkmate Patterns:
http://gambiter.com/chess/Checkmate... * Caviar: https://www.chess.com/article/view/... * Capablanca's Double Attack — having the initiative is important: https://lichess.org/study/tzrisL1R * Black Defends: Game Collection: Opening repertoire black * Famous Chess Photos: https://tr.pinterest.com/pin/585256... * Robert Fischer's Best Games by KingG (127 games, a ton of quotes):
Game Collection: Robert Fischer's Best Games * Bobby Fischer Rediscovered/Andrew Soltis (97 games):
Game Collection: Bobby Fischer Rediscovered (Andy Soltis) * 1992: Game Collection: Spassky-Fischer Match 1992 * Lekhika Dhariyal Chess Ops: https://www.zupee.com/blog/category... * King's English: https://www.chessgames.com/perl/che... * Reti/English 0-1: Game Collection: Reti/English systems: Black's viewpoint * Bg2 vs Bg7 English: Game Collection: Inglesa 3 * Aggressive Gambits: https://thechessworld.com/articles/... * Gambits & stuff: https://gambitchessplayer.com/page/3/ * More Gs: https://saintlouischessclub.org/blo... * Snipe Hunting: https://temposchlucker.blogspot.com... * Common Mistakes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LI1... * Masterful: Game Collection: FRENCH DEFENSE MASTERPIECES * Malaguena: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxD... * Nimzowitsch Defense: https://www.chessable.com/blog/nimz... * Nakhmanson Gambit: https://chesstier.com/nakhmanson-ga... * The Opposition: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52y... * King and Pawn vs King (both kings want to be in front of the pawn to affect its progress): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvB... * Overworked! Game Collection: Overworked Piece * 10 Best to Watch: https://www.chessjournal.com/best-c... * 10 Crazy Gambits: https://www.chess.com/blog/yola6655... * 23 Opening Traps: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-5... * 30 Concepts: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amr... * 50 Games to Know: https://en.chessbase.com/post/50-ga... * Champion miniatures: Game Collection: Champions miniature champions * CFN: https://www.youtube.com/@CFNChannel
* Diagrammed Checkmate Patterns:
Game Collection: Checkmate: Checkmate Patterns * Bill Wall should have been on beer commercials crushing empty beer cans with his bare hands:
Bill Wall "Why don't you play checkers with Bill anymore?"
"Would you play with a person who cheats and moves his men around when you are not looking?"
"No."
"Well, neither would Bill."
* Chessmaster 2000 Classic Games:
Game Collection: Chessmaster '86 * Candidates 2014: World Championship Candidates (2014) * Carlsen's Minis: Game Collection: Carlsen's winning miniatures * Defend Your Pieces, Kids! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uc-... * A great decade of chess: Game Collection: Mil y Una Partidas 1950-1959 * Expanded Edition:
Game Collection: 125 Greatest Chess Games * Feeling Punny? Don't tell Fredthebear. Use the Submission Page: Pun Submission Page * Find Forcing Moves: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHO... * French-Dutch-Bird: Game Collection: Opening repertoire key games * Fried Fox is awful: https://allchessopenings.blogspot.c... * Gambits by ECO code: https://www.jimmyvermeer.com/openin... * Glossary P: https://www.peoriachess.com/Glossar... * Good Historical Links:
https://www.saund.co.uk/britbase/in...
* Happy Days! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slv... * h-file attacks: Game Collection: h-file Attacks, some Greek Gifts by Fredthebear * How to Play Chess! http://www.serverchess.com/play.htm... * Imagination: Game Collection: Imagination in Chess * Immortal Games: Game Collection: Immortal games * Jackpot History: https://www.megamillions.com/About/... * Surprise Knockouts: Game Collection: quick knockouts of greats * Collection assembled by Fredthebear, vandalized by CGs. * Jupiter, Pluto, or Mars? https://www.urduchess.com/chess-gra... * Move-by-Move book: Game Collection: Move by Move - Carlsen (Lakdawala) * This MC collection is better than mine: Game Collection: The Carlsen Chronicles Part I - Wonderboy * Eat like a champion: https://tartajubow.blogspot.com/201... * 2013 WCC: Game Collection: Anand-Carlsen WC November 2013 * Today's Titans: search "Sergey Karjakin vs Magnus Carlsen" * FIDE Laws of Chess (2018): https://www.schachschiri.de/fide_18... * Golden Treasury of Chess (Wellmuth/Horowitz):
Game Collection: Golden Treasury of Chess (Wellmuth/Horowitz) https://archive.org/details/the-gol... * GM Endgames: Game Collection: Grandmaster Preparation - Endgame Play * Hotel: https://www.chesshotel.com/
* How to catch a Spanish Rabbit: https://fi.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esp... * ICC: https://www.chessclub.com/
* Use your King: Game Collection: ABC Games for Lessons * Lasker's Manual: Game Collection: Manual of Chess (Lasker) * MC Move-by-Move: Game Collection: Move by Move - Carlsen (Lakdawala) * Miniatures: Game Collection: 200 Miniature Games of Chess - Du Mont (III) * Monday Puzzles: Game Collection: Monday Puzzles, 2011-2017 * Nunn's Course: Game Collection: Lasker JNCC * Occupy the Open File: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_w... * Overloaded! Game Collection: OVERLOADED! * Opening Explorer: Opening Explorer * Become a Predator at the Chessboard: https://www.chesstactics.org/ * Common Phrases and Terms: https://www.ragchess.com/chess-basi... * Play: https://poki.com/en/chess?msockid=2... * POTD 2023: Game Collection: Puzzle of the Day 2023 * Pawn Instruction: http://www.logicalchess.com/learn/l... * Petrosian's Best: Game Collection: P.H.Clarke: Petrosian's Best games * Read The Planet Greenpawn - https://www.redhotpawn.com/ * Results: https://chess-results.com/TurnierSu... * Queen vs Rook Ending: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJn... * Simple EG: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ejj... * Solitaire: Game Collection: Solitaire Chess by I. A. Horowitz * Stunners: Game Collection: Stunners * Top Chessgames by ECO Code: http://schachsinn.de/gamelist.htm * Top Games by Year: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_... * Terminology: https://www.angelfire.com/games5/ch... * Triangulation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oH3... * Trap the Queen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmU... * When to Trade: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGa... * Winning 1.d4: Game Collection: Winning with 1 d4! * 1.d4 Response: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJ-... * UK: https://chesscircuit.substack.com/
* Use your king in the endgame! Game Collection: King Power In The Endgame * Zwischenzug! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-q... * 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
“The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them.”
— Ernest Hemingway
“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 “Coincidence is God's way of remaining anonymous.” ― Albert Einstein “In life, unlike chess the game continues after checkmate.” ― Isaac Asimov “The measure of a society is found in how they treat their weakest and most helpless citizens.” ― Jimmy Carter, 39th U.S. President Connecticut: Windsor
Established in: 1633
Settlers from Plymouth Colony built the first trading house in Windsor in 1633 on an expanse of land they bought from Native Americans who were living there.
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-... * Chess History: https://www.britannica.com/topic/ch... * Three Simple Chess Tips: https://www.premierchesscoaching.co... 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.
<<<<The Man In The Glass >
Peter Dale Wimbrow Sr. >
When you get what you want in your struggle for self
And the world makes you king for a day
Just go to the mirror and look at yourself
And see what that man has to say.
For it isn’t your father, or mother, or wife
Whose judgment upon you must pass
The fellow whose verdict counts most in your life
Is the one staring back from the glass.
He’s the fellow to please – never mind all the rest
For he’s with you, clear to the end
And you’ve passed your most difficult, dangerous test
If the man in the glass is your friend.
You may fool the whole world down the pathway of years
And get pats on the back as you pass
But your final reward will be heartache and tears
If you’ve cheated the man in the glass.> This poem was first published in 1934 and is still very popular today.> I have a fear of speed bumps. But I am slowly getting over it. * Riddle-e-dee: https://chessimprover.com/chess-rid... I was wondering why the frisbee was getting bigger, then it hit me. 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
Riddle Question: With pointed fangs I sit and wait; with piercing force I crunch out fate; grabbing victims, proclaiming might; physically joining with a single bite. What am I? "May your jib never luff"
Riddle Answer: A stapler
“Ponder and deliberate before you make a move.” — Sun Tzu “Concentration is the secret of strengths in politics, in war, in trade, in short in all management of human affairs.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson “Old habits die hard, especially for soldiers.”
― Jocelyn Murray, The Roman General: A Novel
“To avoid mistakes is the beginning, as it is the end, of mastery in chess.”
— Eugene A. Znosko-Borovsky
“[Chess] is the finest mental exercise. It develops concentration and logical reasoning; and it is one of the few games in which you cannot rectify a mistake. If you make a mistake, you lose, unless your opponent makes a worse mistake.” — José Raúl Capablanca “Few things are as psychologically brutal as chess.” — Garry Kasparov “Inclined to simplicity, I always play carefully and try to avoid unnecessary risks. I consider my method to be right as any superfluous “daring” runs counter to the essential character of chess, which is not a gamble but a purely intellectual combat conducted in accordance with the exact rules of logic.” — Capablanca “Oh! this opponent, this collaborator against his will, whose notion of Beauty always differs from yours and whose means (strength, imagination, technique) are often too limited to help you effectively! What torment, to have your thinking and your fantasy tied down by another person!” — Alexander Alekhine “Independence of thought is a (most) valuable quality in a chess-player, both at the board and when preparing for a game.” — David Bronstein “I claim that nothing else is so effective in encouraging the growth of chess strength as such independent analysis, both of the games of the great players and your own.” — Mikhail Botvinnik “Analysis is a glittering opportunity for training: it is just here that capacity for work, perseverance and stamina are cultivated, and these qualities are, in truth, as necessary to a chess player as a marathon runner.” — Lev Polugaevsky “Your body has to be in top condition. Your chess deteriorates as your body does. You can't separate body from mind.” — Bobby Fischer “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
“Your practical results will improve when you play what you know, like and have confidence in.” — Edmar Mednis “Pawns: they are the soul of this game, they alone form the attack and defense.” — François-André Danican Philidor “The most important feature of the chess position is the activity of the pieces. This is absolutely fundamental in all phases of the game: Opening, Middlegame and especially Endgame. The primary constraint on a piece’s activity is the Pawn structure.” — Michael Stean “The first principle of attack - Don't let the enemy develop!” — Rueben Fine “...only the player with the initiative has the right to attack.” — William Steinitz “Weak points or holes in the opponent’s position must be occupied by pieces not pawns.” — Siegbert Tarrasch “Do you realize Fischer almost never has any bad pieces? He exchanges them, and the bad pieces remain with his opponents.” — Yuri Balashov “Any material change in a position must come about by mate, a capture, or a Pawn promotion.” – C.J.S. Purdy (Thus, search for a mate-in-two, a beneficial capture, or the creation of a passed pawn that can be protected, pushed.) “A Threat is more powerful than its execution.” — Savielly Tartakower or Aron Nimzowitsch? “A chess game is a dialogue, a conversation between a player and his opponent. Each move by the opponent may contain threats or be a blunder, but a player cannot defend against threats or take advantage of blunders if he does not first ask himself: What is my opponent planning after each move?” — Bruce A. Moon “Examine moves that smite! A good eye for smites is far more important than a knowledge of strategical principles.” — C.J.S. Purdy “Concentrate on material gains. Whatever your opponent gives you take, unless you see a good reason not to.” — Bobby Fischer “The combination player thinks forward; he starts from the given position, and tries the forceful moves in his mind.” — Emanuel Lasker “Combinations have always been the most intriguing aspect of chess. The masters look for them, the public applauds them, the critics praise them. It is because combinations are possible that chess is more than a lifeless mathematical exercise. They are the poetry of the game; they are to chess what melody is to music. They represent the triumph of mind over matter.”
— Rueben Fine
“It has been stated that a characteristic mark of a combination is surprise; surprise for the defender, not for the assailant, since otherwise the combination will probably be unsound.” — Eugene A. Znosko-Borovsky “The pleasure to be derived from a chess combination lie in the feeling that a human mind is behind the game, dominating the inanimate pieces ... and giving them breath of life.” — Richard Reti “According to such great attacking players as Bronstein and Tal, most combinations are inspired by the player's memories of earlier games.”
— Pal Benko
“… in chess – as in any conflict – success lies in the attack.” — Max Euwe “A player surprised is half beaten.” — Chess Proverb “What would chess be without silly mistakes?” — Kurt Richter “You need not play well - just help your opponent to play badly.”
— Genrikh Chepukaitis
“The task of the positional player is systematically to accumulate slight advantages and try to convert temporary advantages into permanent ones, otherwise the player with the better position runs the risk of losing it.”
— Wilhelm Steinitz
“It is not a move, even the best move that you must seek, but a realizable plan.” — Eugene A. Znosko-Borovsky “A bad plan is better than none at all.” — Frank J. Marshall “It is better to follow out a plan consistently even if it isn't the best one than to play without a plan at all. The worst thing is to wander about aimlessly.”
— Alexander Kotov
“In almost any position the boundless possibilities of chess enable a new or at least a little-studied continuation to be found.” — Tigran Petrosian “Playing for complications is an extreme measure that a player should adopt only when he cannot find a clear and logical plan.” — Alexander Alekhine “No matter how much theory progresses, how radically styles change, chess play is inconceivable without tactics.” — Samuel Reshevsky “Strategy requires thought, tactics require observation.” — Max Euwe “Strategy without tactics is the slowest route to victory. Tactics without strategy is the noise before defeat.” — Sun Tzu “Strategically important points should be overprotected. If the pieces are so engaged, they get their regard in the fact that they will then find themselves well posted in every respect.” — Aaron Nimzowitsch “The best form of defense is attack.” — Karl von Clausewitz “It is dangerous to maintain equality at the cost of placing the pieces passively.” — Anatoly Karpov “Nothing so easily ruins a position as pawn moves.” — Siegbert Tarrasch “To avoid losing a piece, many a person has lost the game.”
— Savielly Tartakover
“Once we have chosen the right formation in the centre we have created opportunities for our pieces and laid the foundation of subsequent victory.”
— Alexander Kotov
“Chess is a terrible game. If you have no center, your opponent has a freer position. If you do have a center, then you really have something to worry about!” — Siegbert Tarrasch “He who has a slight disadvantage plays more attentively, inventively and more boldly than his antagonist who either takes it easy or aspires after too much. Thus a slight disadvantage is very frequently seen to convert into a good, solid advantage.” — Emanuel Lasker “You have to have the fighting spirit. You have to force moves and take chances.” — Bobby Fischer “Later, ... I began to succeed in decisive games. Perhaps because I realized a very simple truth: not only was I worried, but also my opponent.” — Mikhail Tal “In chess, as in life, a man is his own most dangerous opponent.”
— Vasily Smyslov
“The older I grow, the more I value pawns.” — Paul Keres “One charming characteristic of many flank attacks I could mention is that they do not very often lead to simplification: if the attack is parried, there usually are still opportunities left for initiating action in another sector.” — Bent Larsen “… the old aphorism holds good, that after the attack has been repulsed, the counterattack is generally decisive.” — Richard Reti “Though most people love to look at the games of the great attacking masters, some of the most successful players in history have been the quiet positional players. They slowly grind you down by taking away your space, tying up your pieces, and leaving you with virtually nothing to do!” — Yasser Seirawan “ … a 'quiet' move is the epitome of finesse. A soft answer turns away wrath, but its subdued quality makes it no less efficient.” — Hans Kmoch “If your opponent cannot do anything active, then don't rush the position; instead you should let him sit there, suffer, and beg you for a draw.”
— Jeremy Silman
“A passed pawn increases in strength as the number of pieces on the board diminishes.” — José Raúl Capablanca “In the endgame, the most common errors, besides those resulting from ignorance of theory, are caused by either impatience, complacency, exhaustion, or all of the above.” — Pal Benko “The technical phase can be boring because there is little opportunity for creativity, for art. Boredom leads to complacency and mistakes.”
— Garry Kasparov
“I am trying to beat the guy sitting across from me and trying to choose the moves that are most unpleasant for him and his style.” — Magnus Carlsen “Chess is infinite, and one has to make only one ill-considered move, and one`s opponent`s wildest dreams will become reality.” — David Bronstein “People who want to improve should take their defeats as lessons, and endeavor to learn what to avoid in the future. You must also have the courage of your convictions. If you think your move is good, make it.” — Jose Capablanca “Winning is not a secret that belongs to a very few, winning is something that we can learn by studying ourselves, studying the environment and making ourselves ready for any challenge that is in front of us.” — Garry Kasparov “No one ever won a game by resigning.” — Savielly Tartakower “Winning isn't everything... but losing is nothing.”
— Edmar Mednis, on the importance of fighting for a draw “All obvious moves look dubious in analysis after the game.” — Viktor Korchnoi “It is hardly useful if you trustingly play through variation after variation from a book. It is a great deal more useful and more interesting if you take part actively in the analysis, find something yourself, and try to refute some of the author's conclusions.” — Mark Dvoretsky “The key to ultimate success is the determination to progress day by day.”
— Edmar Mednis
<Oscar Chajes> (pronounced "HA-yes") (December 14, 1873 – February 28, 1928) was an American chess player. Chajes was Jewish and was born in Brody, Galicia, Austria-Hungary, in what is now Ukraine. Chajes was the last person to defeat José Raúl Capablanca, at New York 1916, prior to Capablanca's eight-year undefeated stretch from 1916 to 1924. Mar-07-13 Abdel Irada: In case anyone wonders who Kermit Norris is/was, he's an expert in Santa Cruz against whom I used to play a great deal of blitz.
His specialty, when a particularly complex position arose (especially in his pet Owen's Defense), was to lean forward, fix his opponent with a scowl and a withering stare, and say, in a deep and solemn tone, "Chicken parts!" "Here's to being in a boat with a drink on the rocks rather than being in the drink with a boat on the rocks" Riddle Question: The one who has it does not keep it. It is large and small. It is any shape. What is it? Bears like 'em too.
Riddle Answer: A gift.
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.
“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
“Intelligence plus character-that is the goal of true education.”
― Martin Luther King Jr.
“My concern about my reputation is with the people who I respect and my family and my Lord. And I’m perfectly comfortable with my reputation with them, sir.” — John Durham 110 pounds of ketamine found in traveler's baggage at Detroit Airport
CBS News
GABRIELLE DAWSON, ALIZA CHASAN
December 21, 2023 at 5:42 PM
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
ROMULUS, Mich. (CBS DETROIT) - Officers found 110 pounds of ketamine in a traveler's baggage at the Detroit Metropolitan Airport, U.S. Customs and Border Protection said Wednesday. The traveler, a citizen of the United Kingdom, arrived on a flight from France on Dec. 13, authorities said. He was selected for a second inspection. Officers performed an X-ray scan and physical search of the man's two large suitcases, which he claimed were given to him by a family member, customs officials said. The search revealed plastic bags filled with large white crystals, which according to field tests, were ketamine. At $90 per gram, the ketamine has a street value of over $4 million, authorities said. Customs and Border Protection officers seized the ketamine. Under federal law, the agency is required to destroy most seized drugs and retain samples as evidence for criminal prosecutions. Officers didn't let the traveler enter and he was returned to France, according to a news release. The amount of ketamine seized by law enforcement has steadily increased over the past seven years according to research published in May 2023 in JAMA Psychiatry. From 2017 to 2022, the research found the number of law enforcement seizures increased from 55 to 247 – more than 300% – with most activity reported in Tennessee, Florida, and California. According to the Drug Enforcement Administration, most of the ketamine illegally distributed in the U.S. has been diverted or stolen from legitimate sources, including veterinary clinics, or smuggled into the country from Mexico. Ketamine, a Schedule III controlled substance, has been approved by the FDA as an anesthetic since the 1970s. It is accepted for medical use, but the drug — which has been abused for its hallucinogenic effects — is known for its use in nightclub and party culture. A ketamine overdose can cause unconsciousness and dangerously slowed breathing, the federal Drug Enforcement Agency has warned. "Friends" actor Matthew Perry died in October from the acute effects of ketamine, according to the results of an autopsy released earlier this month by the Los Angeles County medical examiner. Before his death, Perry received ketamine infusion therapy for depression and anxiety, the autopsy report said. Perry's last treatment was a week and a half before his death. Based on the levels of ketamine in his blood, the coroner determined that his cause of death was not from his prior infusion therapy, but rather from ketamine taken in some other manner. Ketamine is usually metabolized in a matter of hours. <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.> 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. Acts 20:35 “It is more blessed to give than to receive.” 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.
Q: What do you call a magician on a plane?
A: A flying sorcerer.
Q: What do you call fruit playing the guitar?
A: A jam session.
Q: What do you call the shoes that all spies wear?
A: Sneakers.
<"Greetings, students. Today you will learn to transform a king into a rook. Which of course means you will transform a chess piece into a noble relative of crows and ravens. Today's lesson is no joke, but I will not mark you down for appreciating my wordplay. Watch closely as I demonstrate..."
— Professor McGonagall teaching King to Rook to seventh-years[src]A rook is a bird related to crows and ravens.
History
During the 1990–1991 school year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Professor Minerva McGonagall taught her seventh-year students in Transfiguration how to transform king chess pieces into rooks with the King to Rook spell.> The Rook Cancelled: https://tvline.com/news/the-rook-ca... H.T. Bland. On page 207 of the December 1929 American Chess Bulletin he exalted the challenger in that year’s world championship match: Bravo ‘Bogol’, you’ve shown pluck.
One and all we wish you luck.
Gee, some thought you’d barged between
Other players who’d have been
Less likely straightaway to lose
Just as friend Alekhine might choose;
Undaunted, ‘Bogol’, you went in
Believing you’d a chance to win.
Or failing that, to make a fight,
Which you are doing as we write.
Don’t trust the smile of your opponent. ~ Babylonian Proverbs Trust me, but look to thyself. ~ Irish Proverbs
Trust in God, but tie your camel. ~ Saudi Arabian Proverb Don’t trust your wife until she has borne you ten sons. ~ Chinese Proverb If someone puts their trust in you, don’t sever it. ~ Lebanese Proverb Trust your best friend as you would your worst enemy. ~ Mexican Proverbs “The greatest compliment one can pay a master is to compare him with [Jose] Capablanca.” — Irving Chernev “I believe that it is best to know a 'dubious' opening really well, rather than a 'good' opening only slightly.” ― Simon Williams “There is no such thing as an absolutely freeing move. A freeing move in a position in which development has not been carried far always proves illusory, and vice versa, a move which does not come at all in the category of freeing moves can, given a surplus of tempi to our credit, lead to a very free game.”
― Aron Nimzowitsch
“A good player is always lucky.” ― Jose Raul Capablanca 2 Corinthians 4:16-18
So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day. For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. The Blossom
by William Blake
Merry, merry sparrow!
Under leaves so green
A happy blossom
Sees you, swift as arrow,
Seek your cradle narrow,
Near my bosom.
Pretty, pretty robin!
Under leaves so green
A happy blossom
Hears you sobbing, sobbing,
Pretty, pretty robin,
Near my bosom.
“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
“If you’re too open-minded; your brains will fall out.” ― Lawrence Ferlinghetti “Intelligence plus character-that is the goal of true education.”
― Martin Luther King Jr.
“My concern about my reputation is with the people who I respect and my family and my Lord. And I’m perfectly comfortable with my reputation with them, sir.” — John Durham <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.> “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 Switch your pawn insurance to Promotion and you could save hundreds. “In chess, as in life, the best moves are often the ones you don’t play.”
― Savielly Tartakower
“A wise man will know what game to play to-day, and play it. We must not be governed by rigid rules, as by the almanac, but let the season rule us. The moods and thoughts of man are revolving just as steadily and incessantly as nature's. Nothing must be postponed. Take time by the forelock. Now or never! You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each moment. Fools stand on their island opportunities and look toward another land. There is no other land; there is no other life but this, or the like of this. Where the good husbandman is, there is the good soil. Take any other course, and life will be a succession of regrets. Let us see vessels sailing prosperously before the wind, and not simply stranded barks. There is no world for the penitent and regretful.” — Henry David Thoreau “If you open it, close it. If you turn it on, turn it off. If you take it out, put it back. If you empty it, fill it. If you fill it, empty it.” — Kathryn Malter, St. Paul, MN * Dec-12-20 MissScarlett: My advice to <acapo> is to close the pop-up ads by clicking on the little <x> in the top right corner. <“From this day to the ending of the world,
But we in it shall be remembered-
We few, we happy few, we band of brothers;
For he to-day that sheds his blood with me
Shall be my brother; be he ne’er so vile,
This day shall gentle his condition;
And gentlemen in England now-a-bed
Shall think themselves accurs’d they were not here,
And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks
That fought with us upon Saint Crispin’s day.”
― William Shakespeare, Henry V>
“They made us many promises, but they kept only one. They promised to take our land -- and they did.” — Chief Red Cloud, Oglala-Lakota Sioux, 1822-1909. “There are two kinds of people in this world: Those who believe there are two kinds of people in this world and those who are smart enough to know better.”
― Tom Robbins, Still Life with Woodpecker
2 Corinthians 4:16-18
So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day. For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. Patience is a virtue.
Dec-26-23 hemy: I sent email messages to <jessicafischerqueen> and <Tabanus>. I was contacted by email to both of them for many years. Responses from the mail servers were:
"Sorry, your message to <her email address> cannot be delivered. This mailbox is disabled" and "Recipient address rejected: Access denied".
Credits for Robert Bergersen aka <Tabanus>, include his picture, for his contribution to "Lithuanian chess history" project, you can find on page 45 of this project. He also mentioned on page 141 (with one more picture), pages 166, 1315, 1383-1386, 1823, 2807 and 3423. “Make peace with imperfection.” ― Richard Carlson Matthew 19:26
But Jesus looked at them and said, 'With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.' * The Most Instructive Games of Chess Ever Played: 62 Masterpieces of Chess Strategy by Irving Chernev - https://lichess.org/study/w2JcfP5K * Legendary: Game Collection: The 12 Legendary Games of the Century The Sofia Rules forbid agreed draws before 30 moves. The "Bilbao" scoring system awards 3 points for a win, 1 for a draw and 0 for a loss. “You must learn to be still in the midst of activity and to be vibrantly alive in repose.” ― Indira Gandhi Psalm 96: 1-3
Sing to the Lord a new song; sing to the Lord, all the earth. Sing to the Lord, praise his name; proclaim his salvation day after day. Declare his glory among the nations, his marvelous deeds among all peoples. “To a large degree, the measure of our peace of mind is determined by how much we are able to live in the present moment.” — Richard Carlson * Crafty Endgame Trainer: https://www.chessvideos.tv/endgame-... A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush ― Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, "Don Quixote" Old Russian Proverb: "The elbow is close but you cannot bite it. (Близок локоток, да не укусишь.)" Close is no cigar. Ya might be ah redneck if'n ya thunk "lol" means low on liquor. “If you ain’t the lead dog, the view never changes.” “Here’s a two-step formula for handling stress...
Step number one: Don’t sweat the small stuff.
Step number two: Remember it’s all small stuff.”
― Tony Robbins
Q: What do you call the lights on Noah’s Ark?
A: Flood lights.
Q: What do you call a snobby criminal walking down the steps?
A: A condescending con descending!
Q: What do you call a dollar frozen in a block of ice?
A: Cold hard cash.
Proverbs 3:5-6
Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths. “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 “To what greater inspiration and counsel can we turn than to the imperishable truth to be found in this treasure house, the Bible?” — Queen Elizabeth II “Many have become chess masters, no one has become the master of chess.”
― Siegbert Tarrasch
“Don’t ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you come alive and then go do that. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.” ― Howard Thurman 'A stitch in time saves nine'
“You can't hold with the hare and run with the hounds.” Ah, St. Marher, 1225:
"And te tide and te time þat tu iboren were, schal beon iblescet." wordsyfun
48xp L Zaid Tacocchio peeked up eza wally's pride b4 HOCF askd CIOD to open athe zodiacaleon bad zappasta gaspd last requested Dzagnidze instead of Dzindzi's line of playday. Psalm 96: 1-3
Sing to the Lord a new song; sing to the Lord, all the earth. Sing to the Lord, praise his name; proclaim his salvation day after day. Declare his glory among the nations, his marvelous deeds among all peoples. Matthew 19:26
But Jesus looked at them and said, 'With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.' HUMPTY DUMPTY
Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall.
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.
All the King's horses
And all the King's men
Couldn't put Humpty
Together again.
Q: What is money called in space?
A: Star bucks.
Q: Where do the stars go to get their milk?
A: The Milky Way.
Q: Why didn’t the Dog Star laugh at the joke?
A: It was too Sirius.
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103 games, 1912-2018 - Nolan's Road Crew
No Man Is An Island
By John Donne
1624
John Donne (1572-1631) was an English poet whose time spent as a cleric in the Church of England often influenced the subjects of his poetry. In 1623, Donne suffered a nearly fatal illness, which inspired him to write a book of meditations on pain, health, and sickness called Devotions upon Emergent Occasions.
“No Man is an Island” is a famous section of “Meditation XVII” from this book. Modern Version
No man is an island entire of itself; every man
is a piece of the continent, a part of the main;
if a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe
is the less, as well as if a promontory were, as
well as any manner of thy friends or of thine
own were; any man's death diminishes me,
because I am involved in mankind.
And therefore never send to know for whom
the bell tolls; it tolls for thee.
Early Modern English Version
No man is an Iland, intire of itselfe; every man
is a peece of the Continent, a part of the maine;
if a Clod bee washed away by the Sea, Europe
is the lesse, as well as if a Promontorie were, as
well as if a Manor of thy friends or of thine
owne were; any mans death diminishes me,
because I am involved in Mankinde;
And therefore never send to know for whom
the bell tolls; It tolls for thee.
“We are all travelers in the wilderness of this world, and the best we can find in our travels is an honest friend.” ― Robert Louis Stevenson “Friends and good manners will carry you where money won't go.”
― Margaret Walker
“Life doesn't run away from nobody. Life runs at people.” ― Joe Frazier “Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.”
― Xunzi
“There are three kinds of men. The one that learns by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves.” ― Will Rogers “The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits.”
― Albert Einstein
“The wind cannot shake a mountain. Neither praise nor blame moves the wise man.” ― Gautama Buddha “Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.”
― Henry Ford
“In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure.” ― Bill Cosby “Failure is not the opposite of success; it's part of success.” ― Arianna Huffington “You build on failure. You use it as a stepping stone. Close the door on the past. You don't try to forget the mistakes, but you don't dwell on it. You don't let it have any of your energy, or any of your time, or any of your space.”
― Johnny Cash
“All my life through, the new sights of Nature made me rejoice like a child.”
― Marie Curie
“Perception precedes reality.” ― Andy Warhol “Always stand on principle even if you stand alone.” ― John Adams “Everyone who does not agree with me is a traitor and a scoundrel.”
― King George III
“To disarm the people... was the best and most effectual way to enslave them.” ― George Mason “You know why there's a Second Amendment (to the Constitution)? In case the government fails to follow the first one.” ― Rush Limbaugh “Courage is the first virtue that makes all other virtues possible.” ― Aristotle “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” ― Edmund Burke “History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, but if faced with courage, need not be lived again.” ― Maya Angelou “Issue the orders, sir, and I will storm hell!” ― "Mad" Anthony Wayne “Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the president.” ― Theodore Roosevelt “Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom.” ― Francis Bacon “Discipline is wisdom and vice versa.” ― M. Scott Peck “It's on the strength of observation and reflection that one finds a way. So we must dig and delve unceasingly.” ― Claude Monet “Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone.”
― Pablo Picasso
“The soldier, above all other people, prays for peace, for he must suffer and bear the deepest wounds and scars of war.” ― Douglas MacArthur “What we know is a drop, what we don't know is an ocean.” ― Isaac Newton “We receive three educations: one from our parents, one from our school-masters, and one from the world. The third contradicts all that the first two teach us.” ― Baron de Montesquieu “It has been said, 'time heals all wounds.' I do not agree. The wounds remain. In time, the mind, protecting its sanity, covers them with scar tissue and the pain lessens. But it is never gone.” ― Rose Kennedy “Without a correct strategy the victory is impossible. But even the most correct strategy cannot give the victory under unfavorable objective conditions.”
― Leon Trotsky
“If it can be solved, there's no need to worry, and if it can't be solved, worry is of no use.” ― Dalai Lama “Society will develop a new kind of servitude which covers the surface of society with a network of complicated rules, through which the most original minds and the most energetic characters cannot penetrate. It does not tyrannise but it compresses, enervates, extinguishes, and stupefies a people, till each nation is reduced to nothing better than a flock of timid and industrious animals, of which the government is the shepherd.” ― Alexis de Tocqueville “The greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it.” ― Michelangelo “Life's most persistent and urgent question is, 'What are you doing for others?'” ―Martin Luther King, Jr. “Criticism is something we can avoid easily by saying nothing, doing nothing,
and being nothing.” ― Aristotle
“A person may cause evil to others not only by his actions but by his inaction, and in either case he is justly accountable to them for the injury.”
― John Stuart Mill
“An injustice committed against anyone is a threat to everyone.”
― Baron de Montesquieu
“Was not necessity the plea of every illegal exertion of power or exercise of oppression?...Necessity is the plea for very infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves.” ― William Pitt “There is no justification for taking away individuals' freedom in the guise of public safety.” ― Thomas Jefferson “The plea of necessity, that eternal argument of all conspirators.”
― William Henry Harrison
“Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery.” ― Winston Churchill “A friend to all is a friend to none.” ― Aristotle * Retis: Game Collection: 0 * White against the Dutch Defense: Game Collection: Dutch Defense ( white) * English/Reti: Game Collection: English b3 System and Nimzo-Larsen Attack * Englishes: Game Collection: 0 * Spassky as White: Game Collection: 0 * Garry gets 'em quick: http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches... * Starting G: Game Collection: Starting Out: The Grunfeld * Do you get emotional about the Gruenfeld Defense?
Game Collection: Grunfeld emotions 2 * If they try to speed things up with the King Pawn: Game Collection: Caro-Kann * Kid's Guide: https://www.playgroundequipment.com... * Annotated Games: https://gameknot.com/
* Brilliancies: Game Collection: Brilliancy Prizes (Reinfeld) * B&N Checkmate in the corner of the bishop's color: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BV... * Chessmaster 2000 Classic Games:
Game Collection: Chessmaster '86 * Chess Links: http://www.chessdryad.com/links/ind... * Chess TV: https://www.twitch.tv/tcec_chess_tv * Chessclub.com (ICC): https://www.chessclub.com/ * Chess in old newspapers: https://www.schach-chess.com/chess-... * Diagrammed Checkmate Patterns: Game Collection: Checkmate: Checkmate Patterns * Dumb Parents: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Xl... * Elementary Checkmate with two Bishops: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zaR... * Epic: Game Collection: Epic Battles of the CB by R.N. Coles - keypusher * FIDE: https://www.fide.com/
* Morphy Miniatures:
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches... * Nikki's Defenses: Game Collection: nikkiurbz's favorite games * Online safety: https://www.entrepreneur.com/scienc... * On the Road: https://ontheroadtochessmaster.com/ * Riddle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCk... * Logic Puzzles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ToI... * Legends of the last century: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/QjUR... * Perpetual podcast: https://www.perpetualchesspod.com/n... * Chess Puzzles: https://chesspuzzle.net/
* Prodigy Yağız Kaan Erdoğmuş: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tkk... * GK retires: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1b... * Riddle-e-dee: https://chessimprover.com/chess-rid... * Rockets' red glare: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/K88H... * Roger that: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9S... * Rollin': https://www.youtube.com/shorts/AbIA... * Chess Records: https://timkr.home.xs4all.nl/record... * RL Greek gift: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/AeY8... * Rowdy Rousseau Gambit: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/AqaD... “The only way to change anything in Russia is a revolution” ― Daniil Dubov
https://en.chessbase.com/post/dubov... * No time: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/UsUz... * No Matthew Stafford: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2t... * Play: https://play.chessbase.com/en/
* Tactics: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EI6... * Spider's Weave: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_C... * USCF: https://new.uschess.org/
* POTD 2023: Game Collection: Puzzle of the Day 2023 * Pawn Instruction: http://www.logicalchess.com/learn/l... * Petrosian's Best: Game Collection: P.H.Clarke: Petrosian's Best games * Read The Planet Greenpawn - https://www.redhotpawn.com/ * Scandinavian Minis: http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches... * Sharper Tactics: Sharpen Your Tactics C 849-999 (chessgames.com) * Solitaire: Game Collection: Solitaire Chess by I. A. Horowitz * Stunners: Game Collection: Stunners * Steinitz Attack: Game Collection: STEINITZ ATTACK * Submit a PGN: https://www.chessgames.com/nodejs/u... * Tactical Mix: Game Collection: mastering Tactical ideas by minev * The Best of... Game Collection: World Champions' Best Games * Fischer's Brilliance: https://www.chesspuzzler.com/Histor... * Fischer Random: https://www.bing.com/videos/rivervi... * FM Schiller disagrees: https://www.chess.com/article/view/... * Play whatever you like: Opening Explorer * Top Chessgames by ECO Code: http://schachsinn.de/gamelist.htm * Top Games by Year: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_... * Terminology: https://www.angelfire.com/games5/ch... * Trap the Queen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmU... * When to Trade: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGa... * 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 “I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions.”
― Stephen Covey
Kentucky: Harrodsburg
Established in: 1774
Harrodsburg was established by James Harrod in 1774.
Harrodsburg is the oldest permanent settlement west of the Alleghenies and was originally called Harrodstown. There is still a replica of the original fort where Daniel Boone once lived, as well as the Lincoln Marriage Temple, where Abraham Lincoln's parents got married. This poem is dedicated to Harris my chessplayer friend and literary commentator. <Chess The Final Metaphor> It was in a cesspool behind the place of his cousin Nick That in this pool of sewage, was born the freak called frick. On dark nights he hysterically wailed in his pool of slimy mess: "Oh why oh why, can't I play the game that humans call chess"? As the morning sun rose, begged the queen of the mighty king: Sire, can you not order the death of this awful filthy thing"? Wisely he replied: "no, I'll let frick live forever in distress While he must watch others enjoy themselves playing chess."> “Chess is life in miniature. Chess is a struggle, chess battles.” — Garry Kasparov “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. “Don’t blow your own trumpet.” — Australian Proverb Old Russian Proverb: "Scythe over a stone." (Нашла коса на камень.) The force came over a stronger force. “Continuing to play the victim is a self-fulfilling prophecy. Blaming others for your station in life will indeed make you a victim but the perpetrator will be your own self, not life or those around you.” — Bobby Darnell “Most folks are as happy as they make up their minds to be.”
— Abraham Lincoln
“When you rise in the morning, give thanks for the light, for your life, for your strength. Give thanks for your food and for the joy of living. If you see no reason to give thanks, the fault lies in yourself.” — Tecumseh Anna Kournikova
<There once was a fly on the wall, I wonder why didn't it fall.
Because its feet stuck,
Or was it just luck,
Or does gravity miss things so small?> Little strokes fell great oaks. ~ Swiss Proverb
The devil hides himself in details. ~ Swiss Proverb Big fish eat little fish. ~ Swiss Proverb
The apple does not fall far from the tree. ~ Swiss Proverb Think first, start later. ~ Swiss Proverb
“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 <<Henry Wadsworth Longfellow>: "I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day"
Bombardment of Fort Fisher, near Wilmington, New York, 1865The poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, in the middle of the Civil War, wrote this poem which has more recently been adapted as a modern Christmas classic. Longfellow wrote this on Christmas Day in 1863, after his son had enlisted in the Union's cause and had returned home, seriously wounded. The verses which he included and are still generally included, speak of the despair of hearing the promise of "peace on earth, goodwill to men" when the evidence of the world is clearly that war still exists.> And in despair I bowed my head;
"There is no peace on earth," I said;
"For hate is strong,
And mocks the song
Of peace on earth, good-will to men!"
Then pealed the bells more loud and deep:
"God is not dead, nor doth He sleep;
The Wrong shall fail,
The Right prevail,
With peace on earth, good-will to men."
The original also included several verses referring specifically to the Civil War. Before that cry of despair and answering cry of hope, and after verses describing the long years of hearing of "peace on earth, goodwill to men" (a phrase from the Jesus birth narratives in the Christian scriptures), Longfellow's poem includes, describing the black cannons of the war: Then from each black, accursed mouth
The cannon thundered in the South,
And with the sound
The carols drowned
Of peace on earth, good-will to men!
It was as if an earthquake rent
The hearth-stones of a continent,
And made forlorn
The households born
Of peace on earth, good-will to men!
*At some time or other tournament player learns a few opening lines, some tactical ideas, the most basic mating patterns, and a few elementary endgames. As he gets better and more experienced, he significantly adds to this knowledge. However, the one thing that just everybody has problem is planning. From Z to class E (under 1200) D to Master, I get blank stares when asking what plan they had in mind in a particular position. Usually the choice of a plan (if they had any plan at all) is based on emotional rather than chess-specific considerations. By emotional, I mean that the typical player does what he feels like doing rather than the board "telling him what to do. This is somewhat cryptic sentence leads us to the following extremely important concept: if you want to be successful, you have to base your moves and plans on the specific imbalance-oriented criteria that exist in that given position, not your mood, taste and/or feared. Literally every non-master's games are filled with examples of "imbalance avoidance". Beginners, of course, simply don't know what imbalances are. Most experienced players have heard of the term and perhaps even tried to make use of them from time to time, however once the rush of battle takes over, isolated moves and raw aggression (or terror, if you find yourself defending) push any and all thoughts of imbalances out the door. In this case, chess becomes empty move-by-move, threat-by-threat (either making them or responding to them) affair. What is this mysterious allusion of the chessboard's desires (i.e., doing what the chess board wants you to do)? What is this "imbalance-oriented criteria? ― How To Reassess Your Chess by Jeremy Silman “To a good listener, half a word is enough”
– Portuguese Proverb
<<<Fire and Ice >
by Robert Frost>
Some say the world will end in fire,
Some say in ice.
From what I've tasted of desire
I hold with those who favour fire.
But if it had to perish twice,
I think I know enough of hate
To say that for destruction ice
Is also great
And would suffice. >
"Fire and Ice" is a popular poem by American poet Robert Frost (1874-1963). It was written and published in 1920, shortly after WWI, and weighs up the probability of two differing apocalyptic scenarios represented by the elements of the poem's title. The speaker believes fire to be the more likely world-ender of the two, and links it directly with what he or she has "tasted" of "desire." In an ironically conversational tone, the speaker adds that ice—which represents hate and indifference—would "also" be "great" as a way of bringing about the end of the world. There are two reported inspirations for the poem: the first of these is Dante's Inferno, which is a poetic and literary journey into Hell written in the 14th century. The other is a reported conversation Frost had with an astronomer in which they talked about the sun exploding or extinguishing—fire or ice. 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. Zwickmuhle: to be in a quandry/predicament/ double bind/catch-22 situation, to be in a dilemma Eyes trust themselves, ears trust others. ~ German Proverb Ye Jiangchuan has won the Chinese Chess Championship seven times. “Great wisdom is generous; petty wisdom is contentious.” ― Zhuangzi “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 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!
My Wage
by Jessie Belle Rittenhouse
I bargained with Life for a penny,
And Life would pay no more,
However I begged at evening
When I counted my scanty store;
For Life is a just employer,
He gives you what you ask,
But once you have set the wages,
Why, you must bear the task.
I worked for a menial’s hire,
Only to learn, dismayed,
That any wage I had asked of Life,
Life would have paid.
Question: Which two cities represent letters in the phonetic alphabet?
Answer: Lima and Quebec
Question: What did clocks never have before 1577?
Answer: Minute hands – it was eventually invented by Jost Burgi for, it is believed, Tycho Brahe, an astronomer who needed an accurate clock for stargazing. 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.> The Lion and the Gnat
"Go, paltry insect, nature's meanest brat!"
Thus said the royal lion to the gnat.
The gnat declared immediate war.
"Think you," said he, "your royal name
To me worth caring for?
Think you I tremble at your power or fame?
The ox is bigger far than you;
Yet him I drive, and all his crew."
This said, as one that did no fear owe,
Himself he blew the battle charge,
Himself both trumpeter and hero.
At first he played about at large,
Then on the lion's neck, at leisure, settled,
And there the royal beast full sorely nettled.
With foaming mouth, and flashing eye,
He roars. All creatures hide or fly, –
Such mortal terror at
The work of one poor gnat!
With constant change of his attack,
The snout now stinging, now the back,
And now the chambers of the nose;
The pigmy fly no mercy shows.
The lion's rage was at its height;
His viewless foe now laughed outright,
When on his battle-ground he saw,
That every savage tooth and claw
Had got its proper beauty
By doing bloody duty;
Himself, the hapless lion, tore his hide,
And lashed with sounding tail from side to side.
Ah! bootless blow, and bite, and curse!
He beat the harmless air, and worse;
For, though so fierce and stout,
By effort wearied out,
He fainted, fell, gave up the quarrel.
The gnat retires with verdant laurel.
Now rings his trumpet clang,
As at the charge it rang.
But while his triumph note he blows,
Straight on our valiant conqueror goes
A spider's ambuscade to meet,
And make its web his winding-sheet.
We often have the most to fear
From those we most despise;
Again, great risks a man may clear,
Who by the smallest dies.
Riddle: The leaves are on the fruit; The fruit is on the leaves. What is it? A shark is the only known fish that can blink with both eyes. Answer: A pineapple.
Below is the acrostic poem by Mrs T.B. Rowland:
Tears now we sadly shed apart,
How keenly has death’s sudden dart
E’en pierced a kingdom’s loyal heart.
Dark lies the heavy gloomy pall
Upon our royal bower,
Kings, queens, and nations bow their heads,
Each mourn for England’s flower.
Oh! God, to her speak peace divine,
For now no voice can soothe but thine.
Ah, why untimely snatched away,
Loved Prince – alas, we sigh –
Before thy sun its zenith reached
Athwart the noonday sky.
Noble in heart, in deed, and will,
Years hence thy name we’ll cherish still.
That poem was published on pages 140-141 of Chess Fruits (Dublin, 1884) The 20-40-40 rule in chess is a rule for players rated below 2000 that states 20% of your study should be dedicated to openings, 40% to the middlegame, and 40% to the endgame. Short, slightly whimsical and yet, very accurate chess poem: Chess is such a noble game,
How it does the soul inflame!
Ever brilliant, ever new,
Surely chess has not its due;
Sad to say, ’tis known to few!
Poem written by W. Harris and printed in the book, “A Complete Guide to the Game of Chess”(1882). By the way, the poem is also an acrostic. * Most common mistakes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GA... < <<Charlotte Chess Center Tuesday Night Action>Charlotte Chess Center
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“The chess heroes nowadays should not forget that it was owing to Fischer that they are living today in four- and five-star hotels, getting appearance fees, etc.” ― Lev Khariton “Most people work just hard enough to not get fired and get paid just enough money not to quit.” ― George Carlin “Money isn't the most important thing in life, but it's reasonably close to oxygen on the "gotta have it" scale.” ― Zig Ziglar “Time is the ultimate currency.” ― Elon Musk Drive sober or get pulled over.
“For surely of all the drugs in the world, chess must be the most permanently pleasurable.” — Assiac Atterdag: Geoff - are you a descendant of Wordsworth?:
There was a time when meadow, grove, and stream, The earth, and every common sight,
To me did seem
Apparell'd in celestial light,
The glory and the freshness of a dream.
It is not now as it hath been of yore;—
Turn wheresoe'er I may,
By night or day,
The things which I have seen I now can see no more.
:-)
Sally Simpson: Hi Atterdag,
This is my tribute to Wordsworth. (Daffodils.)
I wandered lonely as a pawn,
o'er a field coloured brown and cream,
When suddenly I ran out of squares
and discovered I was now a Queen.
“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. Riddle: What breaks yet never falls, and what falls yet never breaks? FACTRETRIEVER: Dolphins usually breathe through their blowhole, but, in 2016, scientists discovered a dolphin with a damaged bowhole that could breath through its mouth Riddle Answer: Day, and night
The Boy and the Schoolmaster
Wise counsel is not always wise,
As this my tale exemplifies.
A boy, that frolicked on the banks of Seine,
Fell in, and would have found a watery grave,
Had not that hand that plants never in vain
A willow planted there, his life to save.
While hanging by its branches as he might,
A certain sage preceptor came in sight;
To whom the urchin cried, "Save, or I'm drowned!"
The master, turning gravely at the sound,
Thought proper for a while to stand aloof,
And give the boy some seasonable reproof.
"You little wretch! this comes of foolish playing,
Commands and precepts disobeying.
A naughty rogue, no doubt, you are,
Who thus requite your parents" care.
Alas! their lot I pity much,
Whom fate condemns to watch over such."
This having coolly said, and more,
He pulled the drowning lad ashore.
This story hits more marks than you suppose.
All critics, pedants, men of endless prose, –
Three sorts, so richly blessed with progeny,
The house is blessed that does not lodge any, –
May in it see themselves from head to toes.
No matter what the task,
Their precious tongues must teach;
Their help in need you ask,
You first must hear them preach.
<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.> Dick Cavitt: "And you like that moment of just crushing the guy?" RJ Fischer: "Right *nodding and smiling*, yeah." “Today a reader, tomorrow a leader.” ― Margaret Fuller “A great man is hard on himself; a small man is hard on others.” ― Confucius “Everyone should be respected as an individual, but no one idolized.”
― Albert Einstein
“Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence.” ― George Washington <A tutor who taught on the flute, tried to teach two young tooters to toot.
Said the two to the tutor,
"Is it harder to toot or,
to tutor two tooters to toot?">
“A mind is like a parachute. It doesn't work if it is not open.” ― Frank Zappa “For things to reveal themselves to us, we need to be ready to abandon our views about them.” ― Nhat Hanh “Forgiveness is setting the prisoner free, only to find out that the prisoner was me.” ― Corrie Ten Boom “Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.” ― Thomas A. Edison <There was a young man from Lahore Whose limericks stopped at line four.
When asked why this was,
He responded, "Because.">
"Only those who want everything done for them are bored." — Billy Graham "My home is in Heaven. I'm just traveling through this world." — Billy Graham “A happy marriage is the union of two good forgivers.” ― Ruth Graham “A man should never neglect his family for business.” ― Walt Disney “There is no greater happiness for a man than approaching a door at the end of a day knowing someone on the other side of that door is waiting for the sound of his footsteps.” ― Ronald Reagan * Riddle-zapapa-pe: https://www.briddles.com/riddles/ch... “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
“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.”
― Martin Luther King Jr.
“Always go to other people's funerals, otherwise they won't come to yours.”
― Yogi Berra, one of the greatest Yankees of all time “At the end of your life, you will never regret not having passed one more test, not winning one more verdict or not closing one more deal. You will regret time not spent with a husband, a friend, a child, or a parent.” ― Barbara Bush “Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.”
― Mark Twain
The Man And His Image
To M. The Duke De La Rochefoucauld.
A man, who had no rivals in the love
Which to himself he bore,
Esteemed his own dear beauty far above
What earth had seen before.
More than contented in his error,
He lived the foe of every mirror.
Officious fate, resolved our loverFrom such an illness should recover,
Presented always to his eyes
The mute advisers which the ladies prize; –
Mirrors in parlours, inns, and shops, –
Mirrors the pocket furniture of fops, –
Mirrors on every lady's zone,[13]
From which his face reflected shone.
What could our dear Narcissus do?
From haunts of men he now withdrew,
On purpose that his precious shape
From every mirror might escape.
But in his forest glen alone,
Apart from human trace,
A watercourse,
Of purest source,
While with unconscious gaze
He pierced its waveless face,
Reflected back his own.
Incensed with mingled rage and fright,
He seeks to shun the odious sight;
But yet that mirror sheet, so clear and still,
He cannot leave, do what he will.
Before this, my story's drift you plainly see.
From such mistake there is no mortal free.
That obstinate self-lover
The human soul does cover;
The mirrors follies are of others,
In which, as all are genuine brothers,
Each soul may see to life depicted
Itself with just such faults afflicted;
And by that charming placid brook,
Needless to say, I mean your Maxim Book.
This is one of La Fontaine's most admired fables, and is one of the few for which he did not go for the groundwork to some older fabulist. The Duke de la Rochefoucauld, to whom it was dedicated, was the author of the famous "Reflexions et Maximes Morales," which La Fontaine praises in the last lines of his fable. La Rochefoucauld was La Fontaine's friend and patron. The "Maximes" had achieved a second edition just prior to La Fontaine's publication of this first series of his Fables, in 1668. "The Rabbits" (Book 10, Fable 15.), published in the second collection, in 1678-9, is also dedicated to the Duke, who died the following year, 1680. God Is Great (Extended Version)
Traditional
God is great and God is good,
Let us thank Him for our food;
By His blessings, we are fed,
Give us Lord, our daily bread.
Amen.
“There just isn’t enough televised chess.” — David Letterman “Do the things that interest you and do them with all your heart. Don't be concerned about whether people are watching you or criticizing you. The chances are that they aren't paying any attention to you. It's your attention to yourself that is so stultifying. But you have to disregard yourself as completely as possible. If you fail the first time then you'll just have to try harder the second time. After all, there's no real reason why you should fail. Just stop thinking about yourself.” — Eleanor Roosevelt “Many have become chess masters, no one has become the master of chess.”
— Siegbert Tarrasch
“True power is expressed in quiet confidence; it was the sea's very calmness that epitomized its mighty force.” ― Emile Habiby “Remember that there are two kinds of beauty: one of the soul and the other of the body. That of the soul displays its radiance in intelligence, in chastity, in good conduct, in generosity, and in good breeding, and all these qualities may exist in an ugly man. And when we focus our attention upon that beauty, not upon the physical, love generally arises with great violence and intensity. I am well aware that I am not handsome, but I also know that I am not deformed, and it is enough for a man of worth not to be a monster for him to be dearly loved, provided he has those spiritual endowments I have spoken of.”
― Miguel Cervantes
4$drivz u nokt mee crazy wheelr. 4$fare iz fair evn 4all hairy bearz no shirts no shoez still get servd biden court 2appear b4 congress 2testify on internet caught see lionz zandi drownd outta noiz. So sad. “Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not: nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not: the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.”
— Calvin Coolidge
Psalm 96: 1-3
Sing to the Lord a new song; sing to the Lord, all the earth. Sing to the Lord, praise his name; proclaim his salvation day after day. Declare his glory among the nations, his marvelous deeds among all peoples. Proverbs 3:5-6
Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths. A TISKET A TASKET
A tisket, a tasket
A green and yellow basket.
I wrote a letter to my love
And on the way I dropped it.
I dropped it, I dropped it
And on the way I dropped it.
A little boy he picked it up
And put it in his pocket.
16 yellow #2 pencilz
St. Mary
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497 games, 1834-2018 - North Sea is Rough Sailin' but the Fishin's Good
Thank you parisattack!
* B06
1.e4 g6 Robatsch:
2.d4 Nf6 Robatsch: Norwegian
2.d4 d6 Robatsch: Lizard
2.d4 Bg7 3.f4 Robatsch: Three Pawns
2.d4 Bg7 3.Nf3 b6 Robatsch: Mongrédien
2.d4 Bg7 3.Nf3 d6 Robatsch: Small Center
2.d4 Bg7 3.Nf3 d6 4.c3 Robatsch: Geller
2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.Nf3 Robatsch: Two Knights
2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.Nf3 c6 Robatsch: Two Knights (Suttles) 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.f4 Robatsch: Austrian
2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.Bc4 c6 5.Qe2 Robatsch: Anti-Modern B07
1.e4 d6 Pirc:
2.d4 Nf6 3.Nf3 Pirc: Roscher
2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 c6 Pirc: Czech
2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Bc4 Pirc: Kholmov
2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Be2 Bg7 5.g4 Pirc: Chinese
2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Be2 Bg7 5.h4 Pirc: Mariotti
2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.g3 Pirc: Sveshnikov
2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Bg5 Pirc: Byrne
2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Be3 c6 5.Qd2 Pirc: 150 Attack
2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nbd7 4.f4 e5 Pirc: Jansen
B08
1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Nf3 Pirc: Two Knights 4…Bg7 5.h3 Pirc: Two Knights (Schlechter)
4…Bg7 5.Be2 Pirc: Two Knights (Quiet)
B09
1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.f4 Pirc: Austrian
4…Bg7 5.Bc4 Pirc: Austrian (Ljubojevic)
4…Bg7 5.Nf3 c5 Pirc: Austrian (Dragon)
4…Bg7 5.Nf3 0-0 6.Be3 Pirc: Austrian (Kurajica) 4…Bg7 5.Nf3 0-0 6.e5 Pirc: Austrian (Unzicker)
4…Bg7 5.Nf3 0-0 6.Bd3 Pirc: Austrian (Weiss)
Thank you Qindarka!
“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 * Diagrammed Checkmate Patterns:
Game Collection: Checkmate: Checkmate Patterns * Chessmaster 2000 Classic Games:
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http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches... Tips to calm down
Here are some helpful, actionable tips you can try the next time you need to calm down. 1. Breathe
“Breathing is the number one and most effective technique for reducing anger and anxiety quickly,” says Scott Dehorty, LCSW-C, of Delphi Behavioral Health. When you’re anxious or angry, you tend to take quick, shallow breaths. Dehorty says this sends a message to your brain, causing a positive feedback loop reinforcing your fight-or-flight response. That’s why taking long, deep calming breaths disrupts that loop and helps you calm down. There are various breathing techniques to help you calm down. One is three-part breathing. Three-part breathing requires you to take one deep breath in and then exhale fully while paying attention to your body. Once you get comfortable with deep breathing, you can change the ratio of inhalation and exhalation to 1:2 (you slow down your exhalation so that it’s twice as long as your inhalation). Practice these techniques while calm so you know how to do them when you’re anxious. 2. Admit that you’re anxious or angry
Allow yourself to say that you’re anxious or angry. When you label how you’re feeling and allow yourself to express it, the anxiety and anger you’re experiencing may decrease. 3. Challenge your thoughts
Part of being anxious or angry is having irrational thoughts that don’t necessarily make sense. These thoughts are often the “worse-case scenario.” You might find yourself caught in the “what if” cycle, which can cause you to sabotage a lot of things in your life. When you experience one of these thoughts, stop and ask yourself the following questions: Is this likely to happen?
Is this a rational thought?
Has this ever happened to me before?
What’s the worst that can happen? Can I handle
that?
After you go through the questions, it’s time to reframe your thinking. Instead of “I can’t walk across that bridge. What if there’s an earthquake, and it falls into the water?” tell yourself: “There are people that walk across that bridge every day, and it has never fallen into the water.” 4. Release the anxiety or anger
Dehorty recommends getting the emotional energy out with exercise. “Go for a walk or run. [Engaging] in some physical activity [releases] serotonin to help you calm down and feel better.” However, you should avoid physical activity that includes the expression of anger, such as punching walls or screaming. “This has been shown to increase feelings of anger, as it reinforces the emotions because you end up feeling good as the result of being angry,” Dehorty explains. 5. Visualize yourself calm
This tip requires you to practice the breathing techniques you’ve learned. After taking a few deep breaths, close your eyes and picture yourself calm. See your body relaxed, and imagine yourself working through a stressful or anxiety-causing situation by staying calm and focused. By creating a mental picture of what it looks like to stay calm, you can refer back to that image when you’re anxious. 6. Think it through
Have a mantra to use in critical situations. Just make sure it’s one that you find helpful. Dehorty says it can be, “Will this matter to me this time next week?” or “How important is this?” or “Am I going to allow this person/situation to steal my peace?” This allows the thinking to shift focus, and you can “reality test” the situation. “When we’re anxious or angry, we become hyper-focused on the cause, and rational thoughts leave our mind. These mantras give us an opportunity to allow rational thought to come back and lead to a better outcome,” Dehorty explains. 7. Change your focus
Leave the situation, look in another direction, walk out of the room, or go outside. Dehorty recommends this exercise so you have time for better decision making. “We don’t do our best thinking when anxious or angry; we engage in survival thinking. This is fine if our life is really in danger, but if it isn’t life threatening, we want our best thinking, not survival instincts,” he adds. 8. Have a centering object
When you’re anxious or angry, so much of your energy is being spent on irrational thoughts. When you’re calm, find a “centering object” such as a small stuffed animal, a polished rock you keep in your pocket, or a locket you wear around your neck. Tell yourself that you’re going to touch this object when you’re experiencing anxiety or frustration. This centers you and helps calm your thoughts. For example, if you’re at work and your boss is making you anxious, gently rub the locket around your neck. 9. Relax your body
When you’re anxious or angry, it can feel like every muscle in your body is tense (and they probably are). Practicing progressive muscle relaxation can help you calm down and center yourself. To do this, lie down on the floor with your arms out by your side. Make sure your feet aren’t crossed and your hands aren’t in fists. Start at your toes and tell yourself to release them. Slowly move up your body, telling yourself to release each part of your body until you get to your head. 10. Drop your shoulders
If your body is tense, there’s a good chance your posture will suffer. Sit up tall, take a deep breath, and drop your shoulders. To do this, you can focus on bringing your shoulder blades together and then down. This pulls your shoulders down. Take a few deep breaths. You can do this several times a day.
11. Identify pressure points to calm anger and anxiety
Going for a massage or getting acupuncture is a wonderful way to manage anxiety and anger. But it’s not always easy to find time in your day to make it happen. The good news is, you can do acupressure on yourself for instant anxiety relief. This method involves putting pressure with your fingers or your hand at certain points of the body. The pressure releases the tension and relaxes your body. One area to start with is the point where the inside of your wrist forms a crease with your hand. Press your thumb on this area for two minutes. This can help relieve tension. 12. Get some fresh air
The temperature and air circulation in a room can increase your anxiety or anger. If you’re feeling tense and the space you’re in is hot and stuffy, this could trigger a panic attack. Remove yourself from that environment as soon as possible and go outside — even if it’s just for a few minutes. Not only will the fresh air help calm you down, but also the change of scenery can sometimes interrupt your anxious or angry thought process. 13. Fuel your body
Being hangry never helps. If you’re hungry or not properly hydrated, many relaxation techniques won’t work. That’s why it’s important to slow down and get something to eat — even if it’s just a small snack. Try nibbling on some dark chocolate. ResearchTrusted Source shows it can help boost brain health and reduce stress. Wash it down with a cup of green tea and honey. Studies show green tea can help reduce the body’s stress response. Research has found that honey can help relieve anxiety. 14. Chew gum
Chewing on a piece of gum can help reduce anxiety (and even boost mood and productivity). In fact, research shows people who chew gum regularly are typically less stressed than non-gum chewers. 15. Listen to music
The next time you feel your anxiety level cranking up, grab some headphones and tune in to your favorite music. Listening to music can have a very calming effect on your body and mind. 16. Dance it out
Get moving to your favorite tunes. Dancing has traditionally been used as a healing art. ResearchTrusted Source shows it’s a great way to combat depression and anxiety and increase quality of life. 17. Watch funny videos
Sometimes laughter really is the best medicine. Research has found that laughing provides therapeutic benefits and can help relieve stress and improve mood and quality of life. Do a quick internet search to find funny videos for an instant mood boost. 18. Write it down
If you’re too angry or anxious to talk about it, grab a journal and write out your thoughts. Don’t worry about complete sentences or punctuation — just write. Writing helps you get negative thoughts out of your head. 19. Squeeze a stress ball
When you’re feeling stress come on, try interacting with a stress-relief toy. Options include: stress ball
magnetic balls
sculpting clay
puzzles
Rubik’s cube
fidget spinner
20. Try aromatherapy
Aromatherapy, or the use of essential oils, may help alleviate stress and anxiety and boost mood. Those commonly used in aromatherapy include: bergamot
cedarwood
chamomile
geranium
ginger
lavender
lemon
tea tree
Add a few drops of essential oil to a diffuser, or mix it with a carrier oil (like coconut oil) and apply to your skin for quick relief. 21. Seek social support
Venting to a trusted friend, family member, or coworker can do wonders. Even if you don’t have time for a full play-by-play phone call, a quick text exchange can help you let it all out and help you feel heard. Bonus points if you engage with a funny friend who can help you laugh for added stress relief. 22. Spend time with a pet
Interacting with your favorite furry friend can decrease levels of the stress hormone cortisol and lower blood pressure. Quality time with a pet can also help you feel less alone and boost your overall mood. <The Man In The Glass
Peter Dale Wimbrow Sr.
When you get what you want in your struggle for self
And the world makes you king for a day
Just go to the mirror and look at yourself
And see what that man has to say.
For it isn’t your father, or mother, or wife
Whose judgment upon you must pass
The fellow whose verdict counts most in your life
Is the one staring back from the glass.
He’s the fellow to please – never mind all the rest
For he’s with you, clear to the end
And you’ve passed your most difficult, dangerous test
If the man in the glass is your friend.
You may fool the whole world down the pathway of years
And get pats on the back as you pass
But your final reward will be heartache and tears
If you’ve cheated the man in the glass.
This poem was first published in 1934 and is still very popular today.> "Zeitnot" is German for "time pressure."
“....his countrymen, Kolisch and Steinitz, are greatly indebted for their later success to their having enjoyed early opportunities of practicing with the departed amateur whose death is also greatly deplored amongst all who knew him personally.” — Wilhelm Steinitz, regarding Karl Hamppe The first appearance of the (John) Cochrane gambit against Petrov's defense C42 was in the year 1848 against an Indian master Mohishunder Bannerjee. “Sorry don't get it done, Dude!” — John Wayne, Rio Bravo “Gossip is the devil’s telephone. Best to just hang up.” — Moira Rose The Head and the Tail of the Serpent
Two parts the serpent has –
Of men the enemies –
The head and tail: the same
Have won a mighty fame,
Next to the cruel Fates; –
So that, indeed, hence
They once had great debates
About precedence.
The first had always gone ahead;
The tail had been for ever led;
And now to Heaven it prayed,
And said,
"O, many and many a league,
Dragged on in sore fatigue,
Behind his back I go.
Shall he for ever use me so?
Am I his humble servant;
No. Thanks to God most fervent!
His brother I was born,
And not his slave forlorn.
The self-same blood in both,
I'm just as good as he:
A poison dwells in me
As virulent as does
In him. In mercy, heed,
And grant me this decree,
That I, in turn, may lead –
My brother, follow me.
My course shall be so wise,
That no complaint shall rise."
With cruel kindness Heaven granted
The very thing he blindly wanted:
To such desires of beasts and men,
Though often deaf, it was not then.
At once this novel guide,
That saw no more in broad daylight
Than in the murk of darkest night,
His powers of leading tried,
Struck trees, and men, and stones, and bricks,
And led his brother straight to Styx.
And to the same unlovely home,
Some states by such an error come.
“To sense this world of waters known to the creatures of the sea we must shed our human perceptions of length and breadth and time and place, and enter vicariously into a universe of all-pervading water.” (From 1937)
— Rachel L. Carson
“No one has ever won a game of chess by taking only forward moves (What about Scholar's Mate?). Sometimes you have to move backwards in order to be able to take better steps forward. That is life.” — Anonymous Drive sober or get pulled over.
“For surely of all the drugs in the world, chess must be the most permanently pleasurable.” — Assiac “I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have.”
― Thomas Jefferson, chess player
“The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.”
― Mahatma Gandhi
pages 24-25 of The Year Book of the United States Chess Federation 1944 (Chicago, 1945), which published ‘Brave Heart’, Anthony Santasiere’s tribute to Frank J. Marshall. Written in August 1942 for Marshall’s 65th birthday, it began: Brave Heart –
We salute you!
Knowing neither gain nor loss,
Nor fear, nor hate –;
But only this –
To fight – to fight –
And to love.
Santasiere then gushes on in a similar vein for another 40 lines or so, and we pick up the encomium for its final verse: For this – dear Frank –
We thank you.
For this – dear Frank –
We love you!
Brave heart –
Brave heart –
We love you!
The Wolf Accusing The Fox Before The Monkey
A wolf, affirming his belief
That he had suffered by a thief,
Brought up his neighbour fox –
Of whom it was by all confessed,
His character was not the best –
To fill the prisoner's box.
As judge between these vermin,
A monkey graced the ermine;
And truly other gifts of Themis
Did scarcely seem his;
For while each party plead his cause,
Appealing boldly to the laws,
And much the question vexed,
Our monkey sat perplexed.
Their words and wrath expended,
Their strife at length was ended;
When, by their malice taught,
The judge this judgment brought:
"Your characters, my friends, I long have known,
As on this trial clearly shown;
And hence I fine you both – the grounds at large
To state would little profit –
You wolf, in short, as bringing groundless charge,
You fox, as guilty of it."
Come at it right or wrong, the judge opined
No other than a villain could be fined.
According to Chessmetrics, 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. “Just because you know stuff doesn't mean you are smart... You have to know how to use that information.” ― Josh Keller The Three Kings By Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Three Kings came riding from far away,
Melchior and Gaspar and Baltasar;
Three Wise Men out of the East were they,
And they travelled by night and they slept by day,
For their guide was a beautiful, wonderful star. The star was so beautiful, large and clear,
That all the other stars of the sky
Became a white mist in the atmosphere,
And by this they knew that the coming was near
Of the Prince foretold in the prophecy.
Three caskets they bore on their saddle-bows,
Three caskets of gold with golden keys;
Their robes were of crimson silk with rows
Of bells and pomegranates and furbelows,
Their turbans like blossoming almond-trees.
And so the Three Kings rode into the West,
Through the dusk of the night, over hill and dell,
And sometimes they nodded with beard on breast,
And sometimes talked, as they paused to rest,
With the people they met at some wayside well. “Of the child that is born,” said Baltasar,
“Good people, I pray you, tell us the news;
For we in the East have seen his star,
And have ridden fast, and have ridden far,
To find and worship the King of the Jews.”
And the people answered, “You ask in vain;
We know of no King but Herod the Great!”
They thought the Wise Men were men insane,
As they spurred their horses across the plain,
Like riders in haste, who cannot wait.
And when they came to Jerusalem,
Herod the Great, who had heard this thing,
Sent for the Wise Men and questioned them;
And said, “Go down unto Bethlehem,
And bring me tidings of this new king.”
So they rode away; and the star stood still,
The only one in the grey of morn;
Yes, it stopped—it stood still of its own free will,
Right over Bethlehem on the hill,
The city of David, where Christ was born.
And the Three Kings rode through the gate and the guard,
Through the silent street, till their horses turned
And neighed as they entered the great inn-yard;
But the windows were closed, and the doors were barred,
And only a light in the stable burned.
And cradled there in the scented hay,
In the air made sweet by the breath of kine,
The little child in the manger lay,
The child, that would be king one day
Of a kingdom not human, but divine.
His mother Mary of Nazareth
Sat watching beside his place of rest,
Watching the even flow of his breath,
For the joy of life and the terror of death
Were mingled together in her breast.
They laid their offerings at his feet:
The gold was their tribute to a King,
The frankincense, with its odor sweet,
Was for the Priest, the Paraclete,
The myrrh for the body’s burying.
And the mother wondered and bowed her head,
And sat as still as a statue of stone,
Her heart was troubled yet comforted,
Remembering what the Angel had said
Of an endless reign and of David’s throne.
Then the Kings rode out of the city gate,
With a clatter of hoofs in proud array;
But they went not back to Herod the Great,
For they knew his malice and feared his hate,
And returned to their homes by another way.
The first chess legend, called the wheat and chessboard problem, illustrates the power of exponential growth. The first chess movie, called Chess Fever, was a silent comedy released in 1925 in the Soviet Union. The word checkmate comes from the Persian phrase shah mat, meaning "the king is helpless". The Lion Beaten By The Man
A picture once was shown,
In which one man, alone,
On the ground had thrown
A lion fully grown.
Much gloried at the sight the rabble.
A lion thus rebuked their babble:
"That you have got the victory there,
There is no contradiction.
But, gentles, possibly you are
The dupes of easy fiction:
Had we the art of making pictures,
Perhaps our champion had beat yours!"
Fools look to tomorrow. Wise men use tonight. ~ Scottish Proverb “Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.” ― Martin Luther King Jr. “Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace, and gratitude.” ― Denis Waitley The Ass Loaded With Sponges, and the Ass Loaded With Salt A man, whom I shall call an ass-eteer,
His sceptre like some Roman emperor bearing,
Drove on two coursers of protracted ear,
The one, with sponges laden, briskly faring;
The other lifting legs
As if he trod on eggs,
With constant need of goading,
And bags of salt for loading.
Over hill and dale our merry pilgrims passed,
Till, coming to a river's ford at last,
They stopped quite puzzled on the shore.
Our asseteer had crossed the stream before;
So, on the lighter beast astride,
He drives the other, spite of dread,
Which, loath indeed to go ahead,
Into a deep hole turns aside,
And, facing right about,
Where he went in, comes out;
For duckings two or three
Had power the salt to melt,
So that the creature felt
His burdened shoulders free.
The sponger, like a sequent sheep,
Pursuing through the water deep,
Into the same hole plunges
Himself, his rider, and the sponges.
All three drank deeply: asseteer and ass
For boon companions of their load might pass;
Which last became so sore a weight,
The ass fell down,
Belike to drown,
His rider risking equal fate.
A helper came, no matter who.
The moral needs no more ado –
That all can't act alike, –
The point I wished to strike.
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Thank you zr1100.
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Scotch Game
Goring Gambit – C44 – 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.c3
Relfsson Gambit – C44 – 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Bb5
Scotch Gambit – C44 – 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Bc4 C44 Sub-variants:
King's pawn game
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6
Irish (Chicago) gambit
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nxe5 Nxe5 4. d4
Konstantinopolsky opening
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. g3
Dresden opening
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c4
Inverted Hungarian
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Be2
Inverted Hanham
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Be2 Nf6 4. d3 d5 5. Nbd2
Tayler opening
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Be2 Nf6 4. d4
Ponziani opening
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3
Ponziani, Caro variation
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 d5 4. Qa4 Bd7
Ponziani, Leonhardt variation
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 d5 4. Qa4 Nf6
Ponziani, Steinitz variation
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 d5 4. Qa4 f6
Ponziani, Jaenisch counter-attack
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6
Ponziani, Fraser defence
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. d4 Nxe4 5. d5 Bc5 Ponziani, Reti variation
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nge7
Ponziani, Romanishin variation
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Be7
Ponziani counter-gambit
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 f5
Ponziani counter-gambit, Schmidt attack
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 f5 4. d4 d6 5. d5
Ponziani counter-gambit, Cordel variation
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 f5 4. d4 d6 5. d5 fxe4 6. Ng5 Nb8 7. Nxe4 Nf6 8. Bd3 Be7 Scotch opening
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4
Scotch, Lolli variation
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 Nxd4
Scotch, Cochrane variation
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 Nxd4 4. Nxe5 Ne6 5. Bc4 c6 6. O-O Nf6 7. Nxf7 Scotch, Relfsson gambit ('MacLopez')
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bb5
Scotch, Goering gambit
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. c3
Scotch, Sea-cadet mate
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. c3 dxc3 5. Nxc3 d6 6. Bc4 Bg4 7. O-O Ne5 8. Nxe5 Bxd1 9. Bxf7+ Ke7 10. Nd5+ Scotch, Goering gambit
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. c3 dxc3 5. Nxc3 Bb4 Scotch, Goering gambit, Bardeleben variation
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. c3 dxc3 5. Nxc3 Bb4 6. Bc4 Nf6 Scotch gambit
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4
Scotch gambit, Anderssen (Paulsen, Suhle) counter-attack
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. c3 Bg4 Scotch gambit
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Bc5 5. Ng5 Scotch gambit, Cochrane-Shumov defence
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Bc5 5. Ng5 Nh6 6. Nxf7 Nxf7 7. Bxf7+ Kxf7 8. Qh5+ g6 9. Qxc5 d5 Scotch gambit, Vitzhum attack
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Bc5 5. Ng5 Nh6 6. Qh5 Scotch gambit
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Bb4+
Scotch gambit, Hanneken variation
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Bb4+ 5. c3 dxc3 6. O-O cxb2 7. Bxb2 Nf6 8. Ng5 O-O 9. e5 Nxe5 Scotch gambit
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Bb4+ 5. c3 dxc3 6. bxc3 Scotch gambit, Cochrane variation
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Bb4+ 5. c3 dxc3 6. bxc3 Ba5 7. e5 Scotch gambit, Benima defence
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Be7
Scotch gambit, Dubois-Reti defence
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Nf6
* The lines above are FYI only. It does not serve as an index of games in this collection. * Scotch Gambit w/transposals: Game Collection: ANTI MAX LANGE * C45 Scotch Game: http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches... * Scotch 5.Nb3 games (28 games):
Game Collection: Scotch 5. Nb3 * Chess in old newspapers: https://www.schach-chess.com/chess-... “Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom.” ― Francis Bacon “Discipline is wisdom and vice versa.” ― M. Scott Peck <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.> St. Thomas
This poem is dedicated to all members who strive to become Masters of chess. yakisoba's combination
in the middle of a cold Canadian winter night
a phantom creature was riding a stallion knight
but lo and behold it is the man called yakisoba
together with a bishop and queen chasing nova.
though the old bishop was getting pooped out
the merry queen in her glory was bouncing about
while riding hard yakisoba grinningly thought
"I know what to do with that nova when caught."
there on top of the castle was nova in hiding
strapped to a kite for a quick get-away gliding,
then trembling he realized to his consternation:
he was being killed by the bishop-queen combination. * Weird is what you're not used to: https://chessentials.com/weird-ches... limerick, entitled ‘The Solver’s Plight’ was by ‘A.J.F.’ [A.J. Fink] and was published on page 22 of Chess Potpourri by Alfred C. Klahre (Middletown, 1931): There was a man from Vancouver
Who tried to solve a two-mover;
But the boob, he said, ‘“Gee”,
I can’t find the “Kee”,
No matter HOW I manouvre.’
Proverbs 14:29-35
29 He who is slow to anger has great understanding, But he who is quick-tempered * exalts folly. 30 A tranquil heart is life to the body, But passion is rottenness to the bones. 31 He who oppresses the poor taunts his Maker, But he who is gracious to the needy honors Him. 32 The wicked is thrust down by his wrongdoing, But the righteous has a refuge when he dies. 33 Wisdom rests in the heart of one who has understanding, But in the hearts of fools it is made known. 34 Righteousness exalts a nation, But sin is a disgrace to any people. 35 The king's favor is toward a servant who acts wisely, But his anger is toward him who acts shamefully. Mercury is the smallest planet in the solar system, approximately 3000 miles (4850 km) in diameter, hardly larger than the moon. Despite being the smallest, it’s extremely dense. In fact, it’s the second densest planet after Earth. It’s also the closest planet to the sun, making it dangerous to explore. Mercury is 48 million miles from the earth. Z is for Zookeeper (to the tune of “Do You Know the Muffin Man?”) Oh do you know the zookeeper,
The zookeeper, the zookeeper?
Oh, do you know the zookeeper
Who works down at the zoo?
Q: Why did the cow cross the road?
A: To get to the udder side.
Question: What was the first patented service uniform in the United States?
Answer: Playboy Bunny
Question: What is the oldest authenticated age ever for a human?
Answer: 122
My Tree
By Lenore Hetrick
Now I will plant this little tree!
Forever and ever it belongs to me.
When it’s grown up I will lift my eyes
To see my tree against the skies.
A great, tall, living thing I shall see.
And how glad I’ll feel that it’s my tree.
The Old Orchard Trees
By Kate Slaughter McKinney
Why cut them away? The dear old trees,
They never did aught of harm,
But scattered their perfume out to the breeze,
And sheltered the birds from the storm.
For an age, they have stood on the town’s outer meads, The skirmish and battle have braved;
Alike they have gazed on the war’s bloody deeds, And the white flag of peace as it waved.
But you cut them away! My pleading is vain!
In their shade moves the carpenter’s hands,
I watched him today as he leveled his plane,
And he spoke of the architect’s plans.
Then a wave of distress in my heart flowed anew, For dearly I love each old tree;
Ah me! Many secrets are hidden from you
That the apple tree whispered to me.
I used to go by, and the sweet morning air,
Like incense, arose from the spot,
It would crowd from my heart some pain gnawing there, While the world with its care was forgot.
Here, I’ve heard the first news of the blue bird and dove, And the round, silver note of the thrush,
A concert, with sweet variation of love,
Seemed pouring from the tree and from brush.
I walked there today; as an accent profane
That falls on the heart and the ear,
I heard the harsh echo of hammer and plane,
And the pant of a mill in the ear.
So I muffled my face with the veil that I wore,
Time, that moment of pain can’t appease;
Unlike the birds from the scene I can soar,
And like them, forget the old trees.
Trees
By Harry Behn
Trees are the kindest thing I know,
They do not harm, they simply grow.
And spread a shade for sleepy Cow,
And gather birds among their bows.
They give us fruit in leaves above,
And wood to make our houses of,
And leaves to burn on Halloween
And in the spring new buds of green.
They are first when day’s begun
To tough the beams of morning sun,
They are the last to hold the light
When evening changes into night.
And when a moon floats on the sky
They hum a drowsy lullaby
Of sleepy children long ago.
Trees are the kindest thing I know.
Firwood
By John Clare
The fir trees taper into twigs and wear
The rich blue green of summer all the year,
Softening the roughest tempest almost calm
And offering shelter ever still and warm
To the small path that towels underneath,
Where loudest winds–almost as summer’s breath– Scarce fan the weed that lingers green below
When others out of doors are lost in frost and snow. And sweet music trembles on the ear
As the wind suthers through each tiny spear
Makeshifts for leaves; and yet, so rich they show, Winter is almost summer where they grow.
Come And Plant A Tree
By Aunt Mary
Plant a tree to save the world,
Plant a tree to save the earth.
Tree provides the shelter and food,
Cleans up the air and makes it good.
Trees saves us from hot sun rays,
Cools up the ground and cools up the ways.
Bring clouds and trees bring rain,
Let them flourish on our land.
Trees add beauty to our place.
With its goodness and its grace.
Come on children, where have you been?
Plant a tree and just go green.
Loveliest Of Trees
By A.E. Housman
Loveliest of trees, the cherry now
Is hung with bloom along the bough,
And stands about the woodland ride
Wearing white for Eastertide.
Now, of my threescore years and then,
Twenty will not come again,
And take from seventy springs a score,
It only leaves me fifty more.
And since to look at things in bloom
Fifty springs are little room,
And about the woodlands I will go,
To see the cherry hung with snow.
Tree, Dear Tree
By Jonathan George
Tree, Dear Tree,
In the spring, you give the birds a place to rest. On your lovely branches, I can hear a family of Robbins, Singing in their nest.
Some trees are short, some trees are tall,
But all the trees are lovely as their leaves change in the fall. I love to see your red and browns, but your golden Yellow are the best of all.
How beautiful you are covered in winter white,
As you stand in the snow and your branches are frozen in ice. Then again comes the spring so crisp and clean,
Waking you out of your slumbering sleep.
Joyfully telling you another year has gone by,
“Look up dear tree you have grown one inch more closer to the sky. Under The Greenwood Tree
By William Shakespeare
Under the greenwood tree
Who loves to lie with me,
And turn his merry note
Unto the sweet bird’s throat,
Come hither, come hither, come hither:
Here shall he see
No enemy
But winter and rough weather.
Who doth ambition shun,
And loves to live i’ the sun,
Seeking the food he eats,
And pleased what he gets
Come hither, come hither, come hither:
He shall he see
No enemy
But winter and rough weather.
Poet’s Tree
By Shel Silverstein
Underneath the poet tree
Come and rest awhile with me,
And watch the way the word-web weaves
Between the shady story leaves.
The branches of the poet tree
Reach from the mountains to the sea.
So come and dream, or come and climb
Just don’t get hit by falling rhymes.
My Pretty Rose Tree
By William Blake
A flower was offered to me;
Such a flower as May never bore.
But I said I’ve a pretty rose tree
And I passed the sweet flower o’er.
Then, I went to my pretty rose tree;
To tend her by day and by night
But my rose turned away with jealousy.
And her thorns were my only delight.
Friendly Tree, This Is Your Day
By Annette Wynne
Friendly tree, this is your day,
So we’ll stop our work and play
And talk of you,
And all the things that you do.
Standing still and quiet there,
Sending branches into air,
Making pleasant shade around,
Delving far beneath the ground,
Holding all year safe from harm
Little nest within your arm,
Keeping firmly where you are,
Reaching up to touch a star,
Growing, working, just as I,
Seeking God within the sky.
<Page 166 of The Personality of Chess by I.A. Horowitz and P.L. Rothenberg (New York, 1963) gave ‘a hitherto unpublished limerick-acrostic:Caissa, the goddess of Chess,
Has this task, no more and no less;
Every game, match and damn bit,
Sicilian and gambit
She must ever be ready to bless.>
“In order to improve your game, you must study the endgame before everything else. For whereas the endings can be studied and mastered by themselves, the middle game and opening must be studied in relation to the end game.” ― Jose Raul Capablanca I always play carefully and try to avoid unnecessary risks. I consider my method to be right as any superfluous ‘daring' runs counter to the essential character of chess, which is not a gamble but a purely intellectual combat conducted in accordance with the exact rules of logic. ― Jose Raul Capablanca 2 Corinthians 4:16-18
So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day. For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. “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. Isolated pawns require a very expensive therapy, for keeping them alive. * Riddle-ziggy-bean: https://www.briddles.com/riddles/ch... “Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.” ― Martin Luther King Jr. “Never reply to an anonymous letter.” ― Yogi Berra, MLB Hall of Fame catcher “Even Napoleon had his Watergate.”
― Yogi Berra, 10-time World Series champion
<"The Chess Players" was a film written and directed by Satyajit Ray in 1977, based on Munshi Premchand’s short story of the same name. Two chess-mad noblemen, Mir and Mirza, are so obsessed with their game that they refuse to notice the turmoil of the British incursions seething around them, not to mention the disintegration of their marriages. Despite these catastrophes, Ray’s touch in the film is light, as is Howard Altmann’s in the poem of the same name.> 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 worbdftun:
R18 Editor Steinitz perjury iz worse than danidze surgery becuz an op fixes yu up ore downtown Freddie Browning bolt-action 4gets thur a tension 4honorable mention but most women donut. * https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/oth... Phone scammers are getting smarter with their tactics like AI voice scams. And if you’re not careful, they could make big bucks off of you, the unsuspecting caller. Aside from hanging up if you hear this four-word phrase, there's something else you can do to avoid becoming a victim and to keep up with your smartphone security and privacy. Certain area codes can warn potential targets that the call isn't safe, according to Joseph Steinberg, CEO of SecureMySocial. Although scam callers once used a 900 number, they’ve changed their methods as the general public became aware of their tactic. Now, many scam phone numbers have different area codes, including 809, which originates in the Caribbean. Another area code to look out for may look like it's coming from the United States, but isn't. "Criminals have been known to use caller IDs with the area code 473, which appears to be domestic, but is actually the area code for the island of Grenada," Steinberg says. Watch out for these phone call scams that could steal your money, too. By the way, those calls add up fast. You could be charged for taking a call from any of these foreign countries, according to AARP. Plus, scammers can swindle you out of your money through phony vacation scams and fake stories about danger or money problems. iPhone scams and Uber scams are also on the rise, making Apple fans and Uber users alike more wary. Make sure you know how to avoid Uber scams and how to stop spam texts on your phone. To play it extra safe, Steinberg recommends never answering or returning a call from a number you don't recognize. If you actually know the person, they can always leave a voicemail. "Remember that it's unlikely that someone you do not know—who is in distress at a location with which you are not familiar—would dial a random number in another country and ask you to help them," he says. "They would call the police." It can't hurt to be wary of possible scam phone numbers with the following international area codes. And watch out for these Facebook Marketplace scams before you go shopping. Scam phone numbers: International Area Codes with a +1 Country Code 232—Sierra Leone
242 — Bahamas
246 — Barbados
268 — Antigua
284 — British Virgin Islands
345 — Cayman Islands
441 — Bermuda
473 — Grenada, Carriacou, and Petite Martinique 649 — Turks and Caicos
664 — Montserrat
721 — Sint Maarten
758 — St. Lucia
767 — Dominica
784 — St. Vincent and Grenadines
809, 829, and 849 — The Dominican Republic
868 — Trinidad and Tobago
869 — St. Kitts and Nevis
876 — Jamaica
It's important to note that scammers can create scam phone numbers by spoofing numbers from many area codes, not just the ones listed above. Remember, a good rule of thumb is if you don't recognize the phone number, don't pick up your phone and let it go to voicemail. This can help you avoid falling for common phone scams, such as those pesky car extended warranty calls. By the way—if you are charged for picking up a scam call, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) recommends contacting your phone company to try and take care of the matter. You can also file a complaint about the scam call with the FCC. Next, read about these online scams you need to be aware of and how to avoid them. Also, read up on what doxxing is and how it sets you up to be hacked. "It's time to go."
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401 games, 1512-2022 - Novice4 Nips & Old Descriptive Books FTB Read
Cogito, ergo sum
“A passed pawn increases in strength as the number of pieces on the board diminishes.” ― Jose Raul Capablanca “Unfortunately, many regard the critic as an enemy, instead of seeing him as a guide to the truth.” ― Wilhelm Steinitz “My passions were all gathered together like fingers that made a fist. Drive is considered aggression today; I knew it then as purpose.” ― Bette Davis “Chess is a matter of vanity.” ― Alexander Alekhine “As a chess player one has to be able to control one's feelings, one has to be as cold as a machine.” ― Levon Aronian “Sometimes it happens that the computer's assessment is very abstract. It's correct, but it's not useful for a practical game. You have to prove the assessment with very strong moves and if you don't find all of these strong moves you may lose very quickly. For a computer this is not a problem, but for humans it is not so easy.” ― Vassily Ivanchuk “A good book is the precious lifeblood of a master spirit.” ― John Milton “Chess is a sport. The main object in the game of chess remains the achievement of victory.” ― Max Euwe “A sport, a struggle for results and a fight for prizes. I think that the discussion about "chess is science or chess is art" is already inappropriate. The purpose of modern chess is to reach a result.” ― Alexander Morozevich “No one man is superior to the game.” ― A. Bartlett Giamatti, in reference to Pete Rose, the all-time MLB hits leader banned for gambling. “To err is human; to forgive, divine.” ― Alexander Pope “I consider Mr. Morphy the finest chess player who ever existed. He is far superior to any now living, and would doubtless have beaten Labourdonnais himself. In all his games with me, he has not only played, in every instance, the exact move, but the most exact. He never makes a mistake; but, if his adversary commits the slightest error, he is lost.” ― Adolf Anderssen “After white's reply to 1.e4 e5 with 2.f4 the game is in its last throes”
― Howard Staunton
“I have added these principles to the law: get the Knights into action before both Bishops are developed.” ― Emanuel Lasker “With opposite coloured bishops the attacking side has in effect an extra piece in the shape of his bishop.” ― Mikhail Botvinnik “A pawn, when separated from his fellows, will seldom or never make a fortune.” ― Francois-Andre Danican Philidor “Be warned! From Satan's viewpoint you are a pawn in his game of cosmic chess.” ― Adrian Rogers “Pawns not only create the sketch for the whole painting, they are also the soil, the foundation, of any position.” ― Anatoly Karpov “The object of the state is always the same: to limit the individual, to tame him, to subordinate him, to subjugate him.” ― Max Stirner “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 “A Queen's sacrifice, even when fairly obvious, always rejoices the heart of the chess-lover.” ― Savielly Tartakower “Everyone makes mistakes. The wise are not people who never make mistakes, but those who forgive themselves and learn from their mistakes.” ― Ajahn Brahm “As a rule, so-called "positional" sacrifices are considered more difficult, and therefore more praise-worthy, than those which are based exclusively on an exact calculation of tactical possibilities.” ― Alexander Alekhine “It would be idle, and presumptuous, to wish to imitate the achievements of a Morphy or an Alekhine; but their methods and their manner of expressing themselves are within the reach of all.” ― Eugene Znosko-Borovsky “The most powerful weapon in chess is to have the next move.”
― David Bronstein
“Get there firstest with the mostest.” ― Nathan Bedford Forrest “If the defender is forced to give up the center, then every possible attack follows almost of itself.” ― Siegbert Tarrasch “Erudition, like a bloodhound, is a charming thing when held firmly in leash, but it is not so attractive when turned loose upon a defenseless and unerudite public.” ― Agnes Repplier “If you watch it, you should watch it with other players and try to find moves, like it was before. Now on many sites you watch together with the computer and the pleasure is gone.” ― Boris Gelfand “I believe that Chess possesses a magic that is also a help in advanced age. A rheumatic knee is forgotten during a game of chess and other events can seem quite unimportant in comparison with a catastrophe on the chessboard.”
― Vlastimil Hort
“It's funny, but many people don't understand why I draw so many games nowadays. They think my style must have changed but this is not the case at all. The answer to this drawing disease is that my favorite squares are e6, f7, g7 and h7 and everyone now knows this. They protect these squares not once but four times!” ― Mikhail Tal “Having spent alarmingly large chunks of my life studying the white side of the Open Sicilian, I find myself asking, why did I bother?” ― Daniel J. King “Apart from direct mistakes, there is nothing more ruinous than routine play, the aim of which is mechanical development.” ― Alexey Suetin “Not infrequently ... the theoretical is a synonym of the stereotyped. For the 'theoretical' in chess is nothing more than that which can be found in the textbooks and to which players try to conform because they cannot think up anything better or equal, anything original.” ― Mikhail Chigorin “The choice of opening, whether to aim for quiet or risky play, depends not only on the style of a player, but also on the disposition with which he sits down at the board.” ― Efim Geller “Despite the development of chess theory, there is much that remains secret and unexplored in chess.” ― Vasily Smyslov “No matter how much theory progresses, how radically styles change, chess play is inconceivable without tactics.” ― Samuel Reshevsky “Collect as precious pearls the words of the wise and virtuous.”
― Abdelkader El Djezairi
“Learning is not attained by chance; it must be sought for with ardor and diligence.” ― Abigail Adams “A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on.” ― Winston Churchill “When I was preparing for one term's work in the Botvinnik school I had to spend a lot of time on king and pawn endings. So when I came to a tricky position in my own games, I knew the winning method.” ― Garry Kasparov “As a rule, pawn endings have a forced character, and they can be worked out conclusively.” ― Mark Dvoretsky “It is a gross overstatement, but in chess, it can be said I play against my opponent over the board and against myself on the clock.” ― Viktor Korchnoi “The fact that the 7 hours time control allows us to play a great deep game is not of great importance for mass-media.” ― Alexei Shirov “For me, each game is a new challenge, which has to be dealt with rationally and systematically. At that time, every other thought fades into oblivion.”
― Viswanathan Anand
Ne kadar bilirsen bil, o kadar azdır.
“Any fool can know. The point is to understand.” ― Albert Einstein “One bad move nullifies forty good ones.”
― Israel Albert Horowitz
“It is a well-known phenomenon that the same amateur who can conduct the middle game quite creditably, is usually perfectly helpless in the end game. One of the principal requisites of good chess is the ability to treat both the middle and end game equally well.” ― Aron Nimzowitsch “My hard work and excellent training entitled me to be a better actress than some of my competitors.” ― Pola Negri “Endings of one rook and pawns are about the most common sort of endings arising on the chess board. Yet though they do occur so often, few have mastered them thoroughly. They are often of a very difficult nature, and sometimes while apparently very simple they are in reality extremely intricate.”
― Jose Raul Capablanca
“Capablanca used to talk calmly and moderately about everything. However, when our conversation turned to the problems of the battle for the world championship, in front of me was a quite different person: an enraged lion, although with the fervour typical only of a southerner, with his temperamental patter, which made it hard to follow the torrent of his indignant exclamations and words.” ― Alexander Koblencs “A player is said to have the opposition when he can place his King directly in front of the adverse King, with only one square between them. This is often an important advantage in ending games.” ― Howard Staunton “A player can sometimes afford the luxury of an inaccurate move, or even a definite error, in the opening or middlegame without necessarily obtaining a lost position. In the endgame ... an error can be decisive, and we are rarely presented with a second chance.” ― Paul Keres “Never trust a government that doesn't trust its own citizens with guns.”
― Benjamin Franklin
“The Soviet Union was an exception, but even there chess players were not rich. Only Fischer changed that.” ― Boris Spassky “Chess never has been and never can be aught but a recreation. It should not be indulged in to the detriment of other and more serious avocations - should not absorb or engross the thoughts of those who worship at its shrine, but should be kept in the background, and restrained within its proper province. As a mere game, a relaxation from the severe pursuits of life, it is deserving of high commendation.” ― Paul Morphy “Incidentally, when we're faced with a "prove or disprove," we're usually better off trying first to disprove with a counterexample, for two reasons: A disproof is potentially easier (we need just one counterexample); and nitpicking arouses our creative juices. Even if the given assertion is true, our search for a counterexample often leads to a proof, as soon as we see why a counterexample is impossible. Besides, it's healthy to be skeptical.” ― Ronald Graham “Even though chess isn't the toughest thing that computers will tackle for centuries, it stood as a handy symbol for human intelligence. No matter what human-like feat computers perform in the future, the Deep Blue match demands an indelible dot on all timelines of AI progress.” ― Steven Levy “Attackers may sometimes regret bad movez, but it’s much worse to forever regret an opportunity you allowed to pass you by.” ― Garry Kasparov “Even the laziest king flees wildly in the face of a double check.”
― Aron Nimzowitzch
“When you see a good move – WAIT! – look for a better one.” ― Emanuel Lasker
The Portuguese chess player and author Pedro Damiano (1480–1544) first wrote this in his book "Questo libro e da imparare giocare a scachi et de li partiti" published in Rome, Italy, in 1512. Proverbs 29:25
Fear of man will prove to be a snare, but whoever trusts in the Lord is kept safe. “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 preparez for next generation!” ― Susan Polgar French Proverb: “Ce n’est pas à un vieux singe qu’on apprend à faire la grimace.” ― (There’s no substitute for experience.) * Organized Steinitz collection:
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The brain-teasers so tough,
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But solving them brought us great satisfaction today. There once was a website named WTHarvey
Where chess puzzles were quite aplenty
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You'll sharpen your brain with a yawn
And become a master of chess entry
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For hours of brain-teasing, none done.
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You'd feel like a true chess prodigy!
The 20-40-40 rule in chess is a rule for players rated below 2000 that states 20% of your study should be dedicated to openings, 40% to the middlegame, and 40% to the endgame. 110 pounds of ketamine found in traveler's baggage at Detroit Airport
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GABRIELLE DAWSON, ALIZA CHASAN
December 21, 2023 at 5:42 PM
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
ROMULUS, Mich. (CBS DETROIT) - Officers found 110 pounds of ketamine in a traveler's baggage at the Detroit Metropolitan Airport, U.S. Customs and Border Protection said Wednesday. The traveler, a citizen of the United Kingdom, arrived on a flight from France on Dec. 13, authorities said. He was selected for a second inspection. Officers performed an X-ray scan and physical search of the man's two large suitcases, which he claimed were given to him by a family member, customs officials said. The search revealed plastic bags filled with large white crystals, which according to field tests, were ketamine. At $90 per gram, the ketamine has a street value of over $4 million, authorities said. Customs and Border Protection officers seized the ketamine. Under federal law, the agency is required to destroy most seized drugs and retain samples as evidence for criminal prosecutions. Officers didn't let the traveler enter and he was returned to France, according to a news release. The amount of ketamine seized by law enforcement has steadily increased over the past seven years according to research published in May 2023 in JAMA Psychiatry. From 2017 to 2022, the research found the number of law enforcement seizures increased from 55 to 247 – more than 300% – with most activity reported in Tennessee, Florida, and California. According to the Drug Enforcement Administration, most of the ketamine illegally distributed in the U.S. has been diverted or stolen from legitimate sources, including veterinary clinics, or smuggled into the country from Mexico. Ketamine, a Schedule III controlled substance, has been approved by the FDA as an anesthetic since the 1970s. It is accepted for medical use, but the drug — which has been abused for its hallucinogenic effects — is known for its use in nightclub and party culture. A ketamine overdose can cause unconsciousness and dangerously slowed breathing, the federal Drug Enforcement Agency has warned. "Friends" actor Matthew Perry died in October from the acute effects of ketamine, according to the results of an autopsy released earlier this month by the Los Angeles County medical examiner. Before his death, Perry received ketamine infusion therapy for depression and anxiety, the autopsy report said. Perry's last treatment was a week and a half before his death. Based on the levels of ketamine in his blood, the coroner determined that his cause of death was not from his prior infusion therapy, but rather from ketamine taken in some other manner. Ketamine is usually metabolized in a matter of hours. 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. * History of the Internet: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Histo... * 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.
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."
Around the World
Riddle: What travels around the world but stays in one spot? FACTRETRIEVER: Even though dragonflies have six legs, they cannot walk. Riddle Answer: A stamp.
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.
“Chess is the gymnasium of the mind.” — Blasie Pascal “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. “Don’t trust everything you see. Even salt looks like sugar.” – Unknown The Use Of Knowledge
Between two citizens
A controversy grew.
The one was poor, but much he knew:
The other, rich, with little sense,
Claimed that, in point of excellence,
The merely wise should bow the knee
To all such moneyed men as he.
The merely fools, he should have said;
For why should wealth hold up its head,
When merit from its side has fled?
"My friend," said Bloated-purse,
To his reverse,
"You think yourself considerable.
Pray, tell me, do you keep a table?
What comes of this incessant reading,
In point of lodging, clothing, feeding?
It gives one, true, the highest chamber,
One coat for June and for December,
His shadow for his sole attendant,
And hunger always in the ascendant.
What profits he his country, too,
Who scarcely ever spends a sou –
Will, haply, be a public charge?
Who profits more the state at large,
Than he whose luxuries dispense
Among the people wealth immense?
We set the streams of life a-flowing;
We set all sorts of trades a-going.
The spinner, weaver, sewer, vender,
And many a wearer, fair and tender,
All live and flourish on the spender –
As do, indeed, the reverend rooks
Who waste their time in making books."
These words, so full of impudence,
Received their proper recompense.
The man of letters held his peace,
Though much he might have said with ease.
A war avenged him soon and well;
In it their common city fell.
Both fled abroad; the ignorant,
By fortune thus brought down to want,
Was treated everywhere with scorn,
And roamed about, a wretch forlorn;
Whereas the scholar, everywhere,
Was nourished by the public care.
Let fools the studious despise;
There's nothing lost by being wise.
Question: Which US President was the only bachelor when he was in office?
Answer: James Buchanan
Question: On which planet is a year longer than a day?
Answer: Venus has the longest day of any planet in our solar system. Venus is unusual because it spins the opposite direction of Earth and most other planets and it’s extremely slow. It takes about 243 Earth days to spin around just once. Because it’s so close to the sun, a year goes by fast. Therefore, a day on Venus is nearly 20 Earth days longer than its year. Fredthebear got carried away writing this for another collection, but it might be of use to diligent students and instructors... Before attempting the classic chess book Logical Chess: Move by Move by Irving Chernev, FTB recommends that true beginners read the following books three times each (yes, at least three times because it gets clearer -- easier, smoother with each reading as information is assimilated with prior understanding). Successful chess is PATTERN RECOGNITION from prior experience. Proper repetition is very beneficial. Such books will teach and reinforce basic fundamental patterns s/he must consistently recognize to win the game. With each additional reading, the beginner gets better, quicker, smoother at recognizing the reoccurring patterns in chess such as forks, pins, skewers, discovered attacks, batteries/outnumbering, and forced checkmate arrangements. One reading will not suffice for mastery! The point is, if the chess beginner struggles with the book list below, Logical Chess will prove too difficult as well. There's little or no value in reading a chess book that is too difficult to comprehend. One's playing ability and understanding must approach the same level as the book is written for. A grammar school student does not read textbooks written for the senior high school! (The written word of Logical Chess is easy enough to understand, but the combinations and alternate moves are a bit much for newbies.) Note: Obtain these books from your local library. Each can be requested through interlibrary loan. It's a good idea to purchase the puzzle books (3 or more diagrams per page) to have at home/backpack for constant review of 1,000 to 3,000 puzzles. Most used chess books can be purchased on-line for $10 or less w/a $4 shipping & handling fee. New books, out-of-print books, and hardbacks cost more. 0) Easy Guide to Chess by B.H. Wood. A good first book for adult readers, but probably not children. The Amazing Book of Chess by Gareth Williams is a large, colorful, entertaining hardback with clear chess diagrams. 1) Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess by Fischer's friends (Various checkmates on the back rank that must not be overlooked. This book uses stars and arrows instead of move notation. This self-guided book has one puzzle per page; it's an easy read that must be understood. It does not explain openings, middlegames, or endgames. It drills, drills, drills, how to perform checkmate in many different but simple ways such as pinning or deflecting the defender, or outnumbering the defender w/more attackers!!) Most of these are long-lasting chess books still in some form of circulation written in descriptive notation: 2) First Book of Chess by I.A. Horowitz and Fred Reinfeld (More comprehensive than Fischer's puzzle book; introduction to descriptive notation, various openings, tactics, and endgames that promote pawns to queen or knight.) 3) Reshevsky Teaches Chess by GM Samuel Reshevsky. (Further explanations of moves, rules, concepts with good games examples.) "Learn Chess Fast" by Reshevsky and Reinfeld is also good. 4) Chess Tactics for Beginners by Fred Reinfeld (Practice basic captures piece by piece; it includes but does not over-emphasize checkmates. Strong chess players master tactics with a high degree of speed and accuracy! Perfect practice makes perfect.) 5) An Invitation to Chess by Kenneth Harkness and Irving Chernev. (This classic teaches various concepts and builds up to chess movies...games with a diagram shown after each side has moved. White moves, Black moves; there's another diagram showing the correct position, etc.) 6) How to be a Winner at Chess by Fred Reinfeld. (Vital guidelines of the thinking process for the novice in the opening, middlegame, and endgame. This is the basic foundation of planning ahead -- what to think about and look for -- that should clear up any misconceptions.) 7) Chess For Beginners by I.A. Horowitz (white cover). The endgame chapter is must-know. The combinations are a bit too challenging for beginners. This book is highly recommended by a well-known chess coach. 8) How to Win Chess Games Quickly by Fred Reinfeld. Mostly short games of 16 moves or less. This is a fairly easy book that could have been read sooner, but a focus on the opening phase should be delayed in the learning process. 9) Chess in an Hour, revised 2nd edition by Frank J. Marshall and Irving Chernev. (Brief lessons on opening traps, middlegame combinations, and pawn endgames. The puzzle examples from GM games are more challenging than the previous books.) 10) A Primer of Chess by Fred Reinfeld.
10) How to Force Checkmate by Fred Reinfeld (300 famous checkmate puzzles in 1-3 moves; it starts off easy but gets more difficult. Read this book three times back-to-back-to-back!!!) 11) Let's Play Chess by Anthony Hansford. Thin hardcover, visually appealing and informative. This serves as an excellent summary of what's been learned so far. Contains more grandmaster games than most beginner books to usher the reader further along. 12) How to Improve Your Chess by I.A. Horowitz and Fred Reinfeld. (This book has 16 games fully explained move-by-move. It is a simpler version of Logical Chess; it holds the reader's hand each turn. The headline and initial paragraph outlines the theme of that particular game.) 13) Chess in Ten Easy Lessons by Larry Evans is well-known; the level of difficulty jumps dramatically toward the end of the book. It includes an excellent jump start on mainstream openings. Unfortunately, the binding tends to be weak, so keep a rubber band wrapped around the middle so the pages don't fall out. 14) Combinations by Julius Du Mont. (A forgotten gem that will raise one's level of analysis. It will prepare you to identify the combinations shown in Logical Chess. Only one move can be played at a time; it's done so after carefully calculating and eliminating other less useful possibilities.) 15) Logical Chess, Move by Move by Irving Chernev. This is the book you've been preparing for! 16) Lasker's How to Play Chess: An Elementary Text Book for Beginners. This book is not as simple as the title sounds. 17) Attack and Counterattack in Chess by Fred Reinfeld. This book is an excellent introduction to multiple openings with emphasis on rapid development and central control. Most games last 20-30 moves explained over 3-4 pages w/a diagram at the key moment. 19) Win at Chess by Irving Chernev and Fred Reinfeld (A MUST READ! This renowned book on tactics explains step-by-step how to find the best move to capture your opponent's piece.) 18) How Not to Play Chess by Eugene A. Znosko-Borovsky. This small book is an oldie but goodie that explains twenty five "do not" principles that span general planning and bad habits, opening traps, middlegame combinations, and stopping the passed pawn. Many advanced beginners and intermediates do not realize that they repeat the same types of mistakes over and over. 20) The Logical Approach to Chess by Dr. Max Euwe. This teaches concepts and fundamentals. It addresses the pawn's role. 20) A New Approach to Chess Mastery by Fred Reinfeld. This book uses a question and answer format. It contains just eight games and serves as a fairly brief self-test. 20) The Art of the Checkmate by Renaud & Kahn (A delightful classic...one of my all-time favorites. Students must know how to go about finishing off their opponents.) 21) Common Sense in Chess by Emanuel Lasker. Another classic. 21) Great Short Games of the Chess Masters by Fred Reinfeld. 22) Chess: the way to win by Edward Young. It's loaded with Rules, Opening Traps, Attacking Motifs, and a chapter on the Endgame. 22) What's the Best Move? by Larry Evans.
23) Chess Made Simple by Milton L. Hanauer. Highly instructional, but prior chess understanding helps one to appreciate the usefulness of the material. If you read it once, you'll read it again because you want to. 25) The Game of Chess by Harry Golombek.
25) Win in 20 Moves or Less by Fred Reinfeld (73 short games with light notes and more variety in the openings.) 25) Endgames: Essential Knowledge by Averbakh.
27) Chess Quiz/Challenge to Chess Players by Fred Reinfeld. Puzzle book. Re-printed in algebraic notation as How to Win at Chess. 28) Chess the Easy Way by Reuben Fine. Not as easy as it sounds, but it will be easily understood if you've done your reading assignments! 29) Chess Strategy and Tactics by Chernev and Reinfeld. 50 thematic games. 30) Chess Fundamentals by Jose R. Capablanca. The general principles and game examples are good, but this book requires prior understanding of basic fundamentals to get use from it. 31) The Complete Chess Player by Fred Reinfeld. Compare this book to Capablanca's book. 23) A Primer of Chess by Jose R. Capablanca. It's a bit much for a novice. 31) Chess Master vs Chess Amateur by Dr. Max Euwe and Walter Meiden. This dense book takes a month to read... it's not for beginners, but it does explain everything very well! 32) The King Hunt in Chess by W.H. Cozens. This list constantly hones the reader's ability to strike hard and fast without mercy! “If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him” (James 1:5). - Strategy and Tactics in Chess Play by Dr. Max Euwe.
- The Road to Chess Mastery by Dr. Max Euwe and Walter Meiden.
- The Game of Chess by Dr. Siegbert Tarrasch.
- The Middlegame by Reuben Fine.
- Three Hundred Games of Chess by Dr. Siegbert Tarrasch.
- Ludek Pachman's Modern Chess Strategy by Ludek Pachman.
- 1001 Brilliant Ways to Checkmate by Fred Reinfeld
- One Thousand and One Winning Chess Sacrifices and Combinations by Fred Reinfeld.
- The Complete Chess Course by Fred Reinfeld. Eight books in one!
- Lasker's Manual of Chess by Emanuel Lasker.
- Morphy's Games of Chess by Philip W. Sergeant.
- Capablanca's Best Games by Harry Golombek.
- Capablanca's Best Chess Endings by Irving Chernev.
- The Tactics of the End Games by Jeno Ban
- Chess for Fun and Chess for Blood by Edward Lasker
- 500 Master Games of Chess by Tartakower & du Mont
- Masters of the Chessboard by Richard Reti
- Modern Ideas in Chess by Richard Reti
- Réti's Best Games of Chess by Richard Réti, Harry Golombek
- Dynamic Chess: The Modern Style of Aggressive Play by R. N. Coles
- How to Play The Middle Game in Chess by John Littlewood - Basic Chess Endings by Reuben Fine.
- Ideas Behind the Chess Openings by Reuben Fine.
- Modern Chess Miniatures by Barden & Heidenfeld.
- The Most Instructive Games of Chess Ever Played: 62 Masterpieces of Chess Strategy by Irving Chernev.
- Art of Attack in Chess by Vladimir Vukovic
- Art of Sacrifice in Chess by R. Spielmann
- Art of Chess Combination by Eugene A. Znosko-Borovsky
- The Great Chess Masters and Their Games by Fred Reinfeld.
- Point Count Chess by I.A. Horowitz
- Judgment and Planning in Chess by Max Euwe
- My System by Nimzowitsch
- Pawn Power in Chess by Hans Kmoch
- Rubinstein's Chess Masterpieces: 100 Selected Games by Hans Kmoch
- Art of Positional Play by Samuel Reshevsky
- The Art of the Middle Game by Keres and Kotov.
- Keres Best Games 1931-1948 by Fred Reinfeld and Dr. Reuben Fine.
- Zurich International Chess Tournament, 1953 by David Bronstein
- One Hundred Selected Games by Mikhail Botvinnik
- The life and games of Mikhail Tal by Mikhail Tal Instructive chess puzzle books (written in descriptive notation) with diagrams on every page can be solved by starring at the book -- no board is necessary. To solve the puzzles, consider all the possible forcing moves:
1.1) All possible Checks, Captures, and Pawn (Advances)/Promotions available NOW. The vast majority of your moves should be made with your pieces, not your pawns. Pieces can go farther, faster and retreat.
1.2, 1.3) Then consider future Threats to Check, Capture or Pawn (Advances)/Promotion in two or three moves. (Sometimes a simple quite move is made first that limits the opponent's response, such as seizing control of an open line or blocking a backward pawn to prevent the opposing king's escape. This quiet move first prepares a violent follow-up.)
2) Double Attack: Can one of my units move to attack two or more of his units simultaneously? This concept falls under the tactical category of forks, pins, skewers, and discovered attacks. Every unit on the chessboard from king to pawn is capable of forking two opposing units.
3) MIP: Attack a More Important Piece, such as aiming thy bishop at the opposing queen or pushing the pawn at a knight.
4) Outnumber: Attack something already under attack by adding another attacker or subtracting a defender. Where a capture is not materially sound, consider changing the equation of attackers vs. defenders.
5) Unpin/Untie/Unsmother Immediately. If my unit is immobilized and cannot or dare not move to make it's own threat, then I should fix the problem to give my unit freedom of movement. Repeatedly solving puzzle books from the list is how one develops tactical vision of reoccurring patterns. Gaining a material advantage by capturing and removing the opponent's army one unit at a time without losing your own is a huge advantage, often on the path to victory ("Superior force should win" says Chernev). In most games, a certain number of captures must occur to clear off defenders and make way for invasion before a checkmate can happen. The general with the larger, entirely mobilized army should win if he's careful yet aggressive! To develop strategical considerations -- a long term plan when forcing tactics are not available -- the learner should play through many annotated games that explain the reasoning behind the moves. Books that have a collection of annotated games from first move to last (like Logical Chess) must be read while seated at a table with a chessboard to play out each move on the board. Just make the move given in the book and continue to follow along move by move. The reader sees what is happening and how the position changes with each turn as the author explains the why. In fact, many would suggest using two chessboards when conducting a self-study: one board tracks the actual game sequence written in the book, and the second board is for considering alternative moves different from the original game sequence. The units on the second board often get pushed out-of-sorts when a creative mind debates the various possibilities that could have been played instead. Fortunately, it easy to return to the actual printed game sequence because it remains standing in the proper place on the first board. The first board never varies from the actual move order of the game given in the book. The second board serves as the "jumping off" point to look at other possibilities. Many readers prefer to use a standard regulation board as the first board, and a much smaller pocket-sized portable set as the second board. The 33 games from Logical Chess are not included in this collection. Learn what combinations are and build up to it. * Diagrammed Checkmate Patterns: Game Collection: Checkmate: Checkmate Patterns * Garry Kasparov Teaches Chess (Batsford 1986): Game Collection: Garry Kasparov Teaches Chess * "Attack! Always Attack!" -- Adolph Anderssen
* �Play the opening like a book, the middle game like
a magician, and the endgame like a machine� -- Rudolph Spielmann * "When you have the better of it, play simply. When the game is going against you, look for complications.� -- Frank J. Marshall. * Aggressive Gambits: https://thechessworld.com/articles/... * AA minis: http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches... * Reasonable Book Choices: https://www.chess.com/blog/RussBell...
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Sometimes the knight is the hero, the saving sidekick, or just a member of the posse. Sometimes the knight is the villain, the accomplice, or the goat. Whatever the case maybe, the knight impacted the game at some point. So, my friend, saddle up and let's go for a ride! See rolling knights compiled by tonsillolith.
“Si vis pacem, para bellum” ― Cicero
“Unfortunately, many regard the critic as an enemy, instead of seeing him as a guide to the truth.” ― Wilhelm Steinitz “My passions were all gathered together like fingers that made a fist. Drive is considered aggression today; I knew it then as purpose.” ― Bette Davis “Chess is a matter of vanity.” ― Alexander Alekhine “As a chess player one has to be able to control one's feelings, one has to be as cold as a machine.” ― Levon Aronian “Sometimes it happens that the computer's assessment is very abstract. It's correct, but it's not useful for a practical game. You have to prove the assessment with very strong moves and if you don't find all of these strong moves you may lose very quickly. For a computer this is not a problem, but for humans it is not so easy.” ― Vassily Ivanchuk Bobby Fischer on Paul Morphy:
“Perhaps the most accurate player who ever lived, he would beat anybody today in a set-match. He had complete sight of the board and seldom blundered even though he moved quite rapidly. I've played over hundreds of his games and am continually surprised and entertained by his ingenuity.” “A good book is the precious lifeblood of a master spirit.” ― John Milton “Chess is a sport. The main object in the game of chess remains the achievement of victory.” ― Max Euwe “A sport, a struggle for results and a fight for prizes. I think that the discussion about "chess is science or chess is art" is already inappropriate. The purpose of modern chess is to reach a result.” ― Alexander Morozevich “No one man is superior to the game.” ― A. Bartlett Giamatti, in reference to Pete Rose, the all-time MLB hits leader banned for gambling. “To err is human; to forgive, divine.” ― Alexander Pope “I consider Mr. Morphy the finest chess player who ever existed. He is far superior to any now living, and would doubtless have beaten Labourdonnais himself. In all his games with me, he has not only played, in every instance, the exact move, but the most exact. He never makes a mistake; but, if his adversary commits the slightest error, he is lost.” ― Adolf Anderssen “After white's reply to 1.e4 e5 with 2.f4 the game is in its last throes”
― Howard Staunton
“I have added these principles to the law: get the Knights into action before both Bishops are developed.” ― Emanuel Lasker “With opposite coloured bishops the attacking side has in effect an extra piece in the shape of his bishop.” ― Mikhail Botvinnik “A pawn, when separated from his fellows, will seldom or never make a fortune.” ― Francois-Andre Danican Philidor “Be warned! From Satan's viewpoint you are a pawn in his game of cosmic chess.” ― Adrian Rogers “Pawns not only create the sketch for the whole painting, they are also the soil, the foundation, of any position.” ― Anatoly Karpov “The object of the state is always the same: to limit the individual, to tame him, to subordinate him, to subjugate him.” ― Max Stirner “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 “A Queen's sacrifice, even when fairly obvious, always rejoices the heart of the chess-lover.” ― Savielly Tartakower “Everyone makes mistakes. The wise are not people who never make mistakes, but those who forgive themselves and learn from their mistakes.” ― Ajahn Brahm “As a rule, so-called "positional" sacrifices are considered more difficult, and therefore more praise-worthy, than those which are based exclusively on an exact calculation of tactical possibilities.” ― Alexander Alekhine “It would be idle, and presumptuous, to wish to imitate the achievements of a Morphy or an Alekhine; but their methods and their manner of expressing themselves are within the reach of all.” ― Eugene Znosko-Borovsky “The most powerful weapon in chess is to have the next move.”
― David Bronstein
“He (Jose R. Capablanca) makes the game look easy. Art lies in the concealment of art.” ― Philip W. Sergeant “Beautiful, cold, remorseless chess, almost creepy in its silent implacability.”
― Raymond Chandler (on a Capablanca game)
“What others could not see in a month's study, he saw at a glance.”
― Reuben Fine (on Capablanca)
“Capablanca invariably chose the right option, no matter how intricate the position.” ― Garry Kasparov. “Capablanca's games generally take the following course: he begins with a series of extremely fine prophylactic maneuvers, which neutralize his opponent's attempts to complicate the game; he then proceeds, slowly but surely, to set up an attacking position. This attacking position, after a series of simplifications, is transformed into a favorable endgame, which he conducts with matchless technique.” ― Aaron Nimzowitsch “Get there firstest with the mostest.” ― Nathan Bedford Forrest “If the defender is forced to give up the center, then every possible attack follows almost of itself.” ― Siegbert Tarrasch “Erudition, like a bloodhound, is a charming thing when held firmly in leash, but it is not so attractive when turned loose upon a defenseless and unerudite public.” ― Agnes Repplier “If you watch it, you should watch it with other players and try to find moves, like it was before. Now on many sites you watch together with the computer and the pleasure is gone.” ― Boris Gelfand “I believe that Chess possesses a magic that is also a help in advanced age. A rheumatic knee is forgotten during a game of chess and other events can seem quite unimportant in comparison with a catastrophe on the chessboard.”
― Vlastimil Hort
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“It's funny, but many people don't understand why I draw so many games nowadays. They think my style must have changed but this is not the case at all. The answer to this drawing disease is that my favorite squares are e6, f7, g7 and h7 and everyone now knows this. They protect these squares not once but four times!” ― Mikhail Tal “Having spent alarmingly large chunks of my life studying the white side of the Open Sicilian, I find myself asking, why did I bother?” ― Daniel J. King “Apart from direct mistakes, there is nothing more ruinous than routine play, the aim of which is mechanical development.” ― Alexey Suetin “Not infrequently ... the theoretical is a synonym of the stereotyped. For the 'theoretical' in chess is nothing more than that which can be found in the textbooks and to which players try to conform because they cannot think up anything better or equal, anything original.” ― Mikhail Chigorin “The choice of opening, whether to aim for quiet or risky play, depends not only on the style of a player, but also on the disposition with which he sits down at the board.” ― Efim Geller “Despite the development of chess theory, there is much that remains secret and unexplored in chess.” ― Vasily Smyslov “No matter how much theory progresses, how radically styles change, chess play is inconceivable without tactics.” ― Samuel Reshevsky “Collect as precious pearls the words of the wise and virtuous.”
― Abdelkader El Djezairi
“Learning is not attained by chance; it must be sought for with ardor and diligence.” ― Abigail Adams “A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on.” ― Winston Churchill “When I was preparing for one term's work in the Botvinnik school I had to spend a lot of time on king and pawn endings. So when I came to a tricky position in my own games, I knew the winning method.” ― Garry Kasparov “As a rule, pawn endings have a forced character, and they can be worked out conclusively.” ― Mark Dvoretsky “It is a gross overstatement, but in chess, it can be said I play against my opponent over the board and against myself on the clock.” ― Viktor Korchnoi “The fact that the 7 hours time control allows us to play a great deep game is not of great importance for mass-media.” ― Alexei Shirov “For me, each game is a new challenge, which has to be dealt with rationally and systematically. At that time, every other thought fades into oblivion.”
― Viswanathan Anand
Ne kadar bilirsen bil, o kadar azdır.
“Any fool can know. The point is to understand.” ― Albert Einstein “One bad move nullifies forty good ones.” ― Israel Albert Horowitz “It is a well-known phenomenon that the same amateur who can conduct the middle game quite creditably, is usually perfectly helpless in the end game. One of the principal requisites of good chess is the ability to treat both the middle and end game equally well.” ― Aron Nimzowitsch “My hard work and excellent training entitled me to be a better actress than some of my competitors.” ― Pola Negri “Endings of one rook and pawns are about the most common sort of endings arising on the chess board. Yet though they do occur so often, few have mastered them thoroughly. They are often of a very difficult nature, and sometimes while apparently very simple they are in reality extremely intricate.”
― Jose Raul Capablanca
“Capablanca used to talk calmly and moderately about everything. However, when our conversation turned to the problems of the battle for the world championship, in front of me was a quite different person: an enraged lion, although with the fervour typical only of a southerner, with his temperamental patter, which made it hard to follow the torrent of his indignant exclamations and words.” ― Alexander Koblencs “A player is said to have the opposition when he can place his King directly in front of the adverse King, with only one square between them. This is often an important advantage in ending games.” ― Howard Staunton “A player can sometimes afford the luxury of an inaccurate move, or even a definite error, in the opening or middlegame without necessarily obtaining a lost position. In the endgame ... an error can be decisive, and we are rarely presented with a second chance.” ― Paul Keres “Never trust a government that doesn't trust its own citizens with guns.”
― Benjamin Franklin
“The Soviet Union was an exception, but even there chess players were not rich. Only Fischer changed that.” ― Boris Spassky “Chess never has been and never can be aught but a recreation. It should not be indulged in to the detriment of other and more serious avocations - should not absorb or engross the thoughts of those who worship at its shrine, but should be kept in the background, and restrained within its proper province. As a mere game, a relaxation from the severe pursuits of life, it is deserving of high commendation.” ― Paul Morphy “Incidentally, when we're faced with a "prove or disprove," we're usually better off trying first to disprove with a counterexample, for two reasons: A disproof is potentially easier (we need just one counterexample); and nitpicking arouses our creative juices. Even if the given assertion is true, our search for a counterexample often leads to a proof, as soon as we see why a counterexample is impossible. Besides, it's healthy to be skeptical.” ― Ronald Graham “Even though chess isn't the toughest thing that computers will tackle for centuries, it stood as a handy symbol for human intelligence. No matter what human-like feat computers perform in the future, the Deep Blue match demands an indelible dot on all timelines of AI progress.” ― Steven Levy “Attackers may sometimes regret bad movez, but it’s much worse to forever regret an opportunity you allowed to pass you by.” ― Garry Kasparov “Even the laziest king flees wildly in the face of a double check.”
― Aron Nimzowitzch
“When you see a good move – WAIT! – look for a better one.” ― Emanuel Lasker
The Portuguese chess player and author Pedro Damiano (1480–1544) first wrote this in his book "Questo libro e da imparare giocare a scachi et de li partiti" published in Rome, Italy, in 1512. Proverbs 29:25
Fear of man will prove to be a snare, but whoever trusts in the Lord is kept safe. “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 preparez for next generation!” ― Susan Polgar French Proverb: “Ce n’est pas à un vieux singe qu’on apprend à faire la grimace.” ― (There’s no substitute for experience.) Jan-23-18 zanzibar: I should also mention that I like Black's knight maneuver, Nc6-d7-f5-d6-e4 (moves 46-50), transferring the knight from c6 to the very strong e4-square.
Jan-24-18 Member: zanzibar --Your diagram of the position after move 42 is incorrect--the white knight should be on e3, not c3. According to The Computer, white's best here was 43 Ng4, with an evaluation of only -0.66, but I suspect that Capablanca would have found a way to win anyway. Lasker played 43 Nd1 in an effort to lure Capablanca into the trap described in the note after move 43 ("Not Nb4...").
Jan-26-18 zanzibar: GSM yes, my mistake, apologies. I got the move wrong I think. <<<<No Man Is An Island>
By John Donne
1624
John Donne (1572-1631) was an English poet whose time spent as a cleric in the Church of England often influenced the subjects of his poetry. In 1623, Donne suffered a nearly fatal illness, which inspired him to write a book of meditations on pain, health, and sickness called Devotions upon Emergent Occasions.
“No Man is an Island” is a famous section of “Meditation XVII” from this book. > Modern Version
No man is an island entire of itself; every man
is a piece of the continent, a part of the main;
if a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe
is the less, as well as if a promontory were, as
well as any manner of thy friends or of thine
own were; any man's death diminishes me,
because I am involved in mankind.
And therefore never send to know for whom
the bell tolls; it tolls for thee.>
Early Modern English Version
No man is an Iland, intire of itselfe; every man
is a peece of the Continent, a part of the maine;
if a Clod bee washed away by the Sea, Europe
is the lesse, as well as if a Promontorie were, as
well as if a Manor of thy friends or of thine
owne were; any mans death diminishes me,
because I am involved in Mankinde;
And therefore never send to know for whom
the bell tolls; It tolls for thee.>
“We are all travelers in the wilderness of this world, and the best we can find in our travels is an honest friend.” ― Robert Louis Stevenson “Friends and good manners will carry you where money won't go.”
― Margaret Walker
“Life doesn't run away from nobody. Life runs at people.” ― Joe Frazier “Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.”
― Xunzi
“There are three kinds of men. The one that learns by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves.” ― Will Rogers “The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits.”
― Albert Einstein
“The wind cannot shake a mountain. Neither praise nor blame moves the wise man.” ― Gautama Buddha “Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.”
― Henry Ford
“In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure.” ― Bill Cosby “Failure is not the opposite of success; it's part of success.” ― Arianna Huffington “You build on failure. You use it as a stepping stone. Close the door on the past. You don't try to forget the mistakes, but you don't dwell on it. You don't let it have any of your energy, or any of your time, or any of your space.”
― Johnny Cash
“All my life through, the new sights of Nature made me rejoice like a child.”
― Marie Curie
“Perception precedes reality.” ― Andy Warhol “Always stand on principle even if you stand alone.” ― John Adams “Everyone who does not agree with me is a traitor and a scoundrel.”
― King George III
“To disarm the people... was the best and most effectual way to enslave them.” ― George Mason “You know why there's a Second Amendment (to the Constitution)? In case the government fails to follow the first one.” ― Rush Limbaugh “Courage is the first virtue that makes all other virtues possible.” ― Aristotle “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” ― Edmund Burke “History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, but if faced with courage, need not be lived again.” ― Maya Angelou “Issue the orders, sir, and I will storm hell!” ― "Mad" Anthony Wayne “Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the president.” ― Theodore Roosevelt “Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom.” ― Francis Bacon “Discipline is wisdom and vice versa.” ― M. Scott Peck “It's on the strength of observation and reflection that one finds a way. So we must dig and delve unceasingly.” ― Claude Monet “Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone.”
― Pablo Picasso
“The soldier, above all other people, prays for peace, for he must suffer and bear the deepest wounds and scars of war.” ― Douglas MacArthur “What we know is a drop, what we don't know is an ocean.” ― Isaac Newton “We receive three educations: one from our parents, one from our school-masters, and one from the world. The third contradicts all that the first two teach us.” ― Baron de Montesquieu “It has been said, 'time heals all wounds.' I do not agree. The wounds remain. In time, the mind, protecting its sanity, covers them with scar tissue and the pain lessens. But it is never gone.” ― Rose Kennedy “Without a correct strategy the victory is impossible. But even the most correct strategy cannot give the victory under unfavorable objective conditions.”
― Leon Trotsky
“If it can be solved, there's no need to worry, and if it can't be solved, worry is of no use.” ― Dalai Lama “Society will develop a new kind of servitude which covers the surface of society with a network of complicated rules, through which the most original minds and the most energetic characters cannot penetrate. It does not tyrannise but it compresses, enervates, extinguishes, and stupefies a people, till each nation is reduced to nothing better than a flock of timid and industrious animals, of which the government is the shepherd.” ― Alexis de Tocqueville “The greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it.” ― Michelangelo “Life's most persistent and urgent question is, 'What are you doing for others?'” ―Martin Luther King, Jr. “Criticism is something we can avoid easily by saying nothing, doing nothing,
and being nothing.” ― Aristotle
“A person may cause evil to others not only by his actions but by his inaction, and in either case he is justly accountable to them for the injury.”
― John Stuart Mill
“An injustice committed against anyone is a threat to everyone.”
― Baron de Montesquieu
“Was not necessity the plea of every illegal exertion of power or exercise of oppression?...Necessity is the plea for very infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves.” ― William Pitt “There is no justification for taking away individuals' freedom in the guise of public safety.” ― Thomas Jefferson “The plea of necessity, that eternal argument of all conspirators.”
― William Henry Harrison
“Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery.” ― Winston Churchill “A friend to all is a friend to none.” ― Aristotle * Kid's Guide: https://www.playgroundequipment.com... * Annotated Games: https://gameknot.com/
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* Morphy Miniatures:
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* 101 Brevities: Game Collection: 7 * Basic tactics course using miniatures:
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Not perfect but dedicated, passionate.
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https://en.chessbase.com/post/dubov... Like new-laid eggs Chess Problems are,
Though very good, they may be beaten;
And yet, though like, they’re different far,
They may be cooked, but never eaten.
Source: page 58 of Poems and Chess Problems by J.A. Miles (Fakenham, 1882). * Alpha Glossary: https://www.chess-poster.com/englis... * Glossary of Chess Terms: http://www.arkangles.com/kchess/glo... * GOTD Submission Page: Pun Submission Page * Internet tracking: https://www.studysmarter.us/magazin... * M60MG: Game Collection: My Sixty Memorable Games (Fischer) * 10 Best to Watch: https://www.chessjournal.com/best-c... * 23 Opening Traps: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-5... * Adolf Anderssen miniatures: http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches... * Champion miniatures: Game Collection: Champions miniature champions * Chess Step-by-Step: https://www.chess.com/learn-how-to-... * Common Checkmate Patterns:
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* Diagrammed Checkmate Patterns:
Game Collection: Checkmate: Checkmate Patterns * Bill Wall should have been on beer commercials crushing empty beer cans with his bare hands:
Bill Wall "Why don't you play checkers with Bill anymore?"
"Would you play with a person who cheats and moves his men around when you are not looking?"
"No."
"Well, neither would Bill."
* Candidates 2014: World Championship Candidates (2014) * Carlsen's Minis: Game Collection: Carlsen's winning miniatures * C-K, 2 Knts games:
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https://www.saund.co.uk/britbase/in...
* Hastings 1895: Hastings (1895) * Happy Days! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slv... * h-file attacks: Game Collection: h-file Attacks, some Greek Gifts by Fredthebear * How to Play Chess! http://www.serverchess.com/play.htm... * Imagination: Game Collection: Imagination in Chess * Immortal Games: Game Collection: Immortal games * Jackpot History: https://www.megamillions.com/About/... * 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.
* Lasker's Manual: Game Collection: Manual of Chess (Lasker) * MC Move-by-Move: Game Collection: Move by Move - Carlsen (Lakdawala) * Miniatures: Game Collection: 200 Miniature Games of Chess - Du Mont (III) * Monday Puzzles: Game Collection: Monday Puzzles, 2011-2017 * Nuremberg 1896: Nuremberg (1896) * Nunn's Course: Game Collection: Lasker JNCC * Nakhmanson Gambit: https://chesstier.com/nakhmanson-ga... * Occupy the Open File: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_w... * Overloaded! Game Collection: OVERLOADED! * Oskar plays 1e4: Oskar Oglaza * Opening Explorer: Opening Explorer * Become a Predator at the Chessboard: https://www.chesstactics.org/ * Famous Chess Photos: https://tr.pinterest.com/pin/585256... * POTD 2023: Game Collection: Puzzle of the Day 2023 * Pawn Instruction: http://www.logicalchess.com/learn/l... * Petrosian's Best: Game Collection: P.H.Clarke: Petrosian's Best games * Read The Planet Greenpawn - https://www.redhotpawn.com/ * Scandinavian Miniatures: http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches... * Solitaire: Game Collection: Solitaire Chess by I. A. Horowitz * Stunners: Game Collection: Stunners * Steinitz Attack: Game Collection: STEINITZ ATTACK * Submit a PGN: https://www.chessgames.com/nodejs/u... * Tactical Mix: Game Collection: mastering Tactical ideas by minev * The Best of... Game Collection: World Champions' Best Games * Fischer's Brilliance: https://www.chesspuzzler.com/Histor... * Fischer Random: https://www.bing.com/videos/rivervi... * FM Schiller disagrees: https://www.chess.com/article/view/... * Play whatever you like: Opening Explorer * Top Chessgames by ECO Code: http://schachsinn.de/gamelist.htm * Top Games by Year: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_... * Terminology: https://www.angelfire.com/games5/ch... * Trap the Queen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmU... * When to Trade: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGa... * UK: https://chesscircuit.substack.com/
* Vienna 1903 KG games: Game Collection: Vienna 1903 * Wonders and Curiosities: Game Collection: Wonders and Curiosities of Chess (Chernev) * 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 “The measure of a society is found in how they treat their weakest and most helpless citizens.” ― Jimmy Carter, 39th U.S. President Connecticut: Windsor
Established in: 1633
Settlers from Plymouth Colony built the first trading house in Windsor in 1633 on an expanse of land they bought from Native Americans who were living there.
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-... * Chess History: https://www.britannica.com/topic/ch... * Three Simple Chess Tips: https://www.premierchesscoaching.co... 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.
“I do not know how old I was when I learned to play chess. I could not have been older than eight, because I still have a chessboard on whose side my father inscribed, with a soldering iron, “Saša Hemon 1972.” I loved the board more than chess—it was one of the first things I owned. Its materiality was enchanting to me: the smell of burnt wood that lingered long after my father had branded it; the rattle of the thickly varnished pieces inside, the smacking sound they made when I put them down, the board’s hollow wooden echo. I can even recall the taste—the queen’s tip was pleasantly suckable; the pawns’ round heads, not unlike nipples, were sweet. The board is still at our place in Sarajevo, and, even if I haven’t played a game on it in decades, it is still my most cherished possession, providing incontrovertible evidence that there once lived a boy who used to be me.” ― Aleksandar Hemon, The Book of My Lives <<<<The name <H.T. Bland (1858-1932)> is already known to our regular readers on account of his egregious verse, but in the offering below he truly lives down to his name:>Kashdan has sprung up into fame
All of a sudden, as it were.
Scarcely a handful till quite late
Had been familiar with his name.
‘Divine afflatus’ he has shown
A gift bequeathed him by the gods,
Now far and wide his power is known.>
Source: American Chess Bulletin, January 1931, page 13.> “Chess is the gymnasium of the mind.” — Blasie Pascal "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. In God we trust; all others pay cash. ~ American Proverb Trusting in wealth is like looking for feathers on turtles. ~ Senegalese Proverb <<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.[4] 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 Q: What do you call someone who draws funny pictures of cars?
A: A car-toonist.
Q: What do you call a magician on a plane?
A: A flying sorcerer.
Q: What do you call fruit playing the guitar?
A: A jam session.
Q: What do you call the shoes that all spies wear?
A: Sneakers.
Q: What do you call something you can serve, but never eat?
A: A volleyball.
Q: What did the alien say to the garden?
A: Take me to your weeder.
Q: What do you call a skeleton who went out in freezing temperatures?
A: A numb skull.
Q: What do you call a farm that grows bad jokes?
A: Corny.
CHESS
Meet me then, within this grid,
this little wooden battlefield as equals,
as we forget our bodies to inhabit these pieces,
control these spaces, trade threats and responses,
send our thoughts out into possible positions, our eyes
imagining nothing but sweet forks and lancing fianchettoes.
We chessplayers, pretend enemies, bound to our miniature war
inexplicably & inescapably: when did we find ourselves so obsessed,
insidiously seduced to advances and exchanges, lost inside
this abyss of infinite moves, willing servants of it's rules? - Rael
“As a species, octopuses are very old, and it's speculated that the first octopuses appeared roughly 296 million years ago. Their long existence has made them masters of camouflage and evasion, able to change their skin to match their environment. Octopuses also have the defensive mechanism of spewing ink and poison on enemies. They are also smart enough to use tools to solve everyday problems in the deep sea, and some species even hide in coconut shells and carry coconuts with them if they need to hide. With a short lifespan of anywhere from 3-5 years, it seems logical that octopuses would need such advanced defensive capabilities. Octopuses are also semelparous, meaning they are a species that only breeds once in their lifetime, shortly dying after doing so.” ― Planet Explore * Weird is what you're not used to: https://chessentials.com/weird-ches... <limerick, entitled ‘The Solver’s Plight’ was by ‘A.J.F.’ [A.J. Fink] and was published on page 22 of Chess Potpourri by Alfred C. Klahre (Middletown, 1931):There was a man from Vancouver
Who tried to solve a two-mover;
But the boob, he said, ‘“Gee”,
I can’t find the “Kee”,
No matter HOW I manouvre.’>
Mar-07-13 Abdel Irada: In case anyone wonders who Kermit Norris is/was, he's an expert in Santa Cruz against whom I used to play a great deal of blitz.
His specialty, when a particularly complex position arose (especially in his pet Owen's Defense), was to lean forward, fix his opponent with a scowl and a withering stare, and say, in a deep and solemn tone, "Chicken parts!" "Here's to being in a boat with a drink on the rocks rather than being in the drink with a boat on the rocks" Don’t trust the smile of your opponent. ~ Babylonian Proverbs Trust me, but look to thyself. ~ Irish Proverbs
Trust in God, but tie your camel. ~ Saudi Arabian Proverb Don’t trust your wife until she has borne you ten sons. ~ Chinese Proverb If someone puts their trust in you, don’t sever it. ~ Lebanese Proverb Trust your best friend as you would your worst enemy. ~ Mexican Proverbs Jul-05-21
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‘The Unchecked Pawn’: A Chess Poem by Julian Woodruff The Unchecked Pawn
Quickly Black castled king-side and planned his attack.
White then countered with confidence, primed for a sack,
with the sneakiest strategy he could contrive:
nonchalantly he pushed his f-pawn to rank 5.
I’ll just nab it, thought Black, but wait … what’s going on?
Devil take it, I’m sure that’s a poisonous pawn! Black surveyed the board carefully. Ah, yes! I see,
that white bishop is poised to attack from c3.
Black was pleased with himself: he was using his head
in advancing his own pawn to g5 instead.
In response White paused briefly to stifle a yawn,
then dispatched the black bishop with his cheeky pawn. Now White’s move left that pawn hanging, out on e6,
over-ripe for the picking; but oh, what a fix
Black was in, with a troublingly weakened back rank,
and good reason, besides, to beware his left flank.
Delay now, and the chance to fight back will be gone.
Black played rook to a5, disregarding White’s pawn. Well, there’s pawn to b4 … White considered a while.
An attack on Black’s rook would be showing some style.
No, it’s better I simply play pawn to e7:
Remember <Alekhine> in 1911!
What a nuisance! thought Black, frowning. Oh, how I long
To be rid of that confounded d7 pawn!
But there’s also White’s queen, lurking there … what a fright!
I’ll block her with the bishop while threatening his knight.
With a faint smile, White then replied, sealing Black’s fate:
pawn takes knight and promotes to queen—instant checkmate!
Black stared down at the board, his face pallid and drawn;
he’d been crushed through ignoring White’s bantam-weight pawn. Alekhine: Alexander Alekhine (1892-1946) was a Russian and French chess World Champion. “He who takes the Queen's Knight's pawn will sleep in the streets!” ― anonymous “Chacun voit midi à sa porte.” ― (Everyone sees noon at his own door, or Everyone sees things their own way.) 'A stitch in time saves nine'
* Crafty Endgame Trainer: https://www.chessvideos.tv/endgame-... A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush ― Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, "Don Quixote" Old Russian Proverb: "The elbow is close but you cannot bite it. (Близок локоток, да не укусишь.)" Close is no cigar. Ya might be ah redneck if'n ya thunk "lol" means low on liquor. “If you ain’t the lead dog, the view never changes.” “Here’s a two-step formula for handling stress...
Step number one: Don’t sweat the small stuff.
Step number two: Remember it’s all small stuff.”
― Tony Robbins
<Zhou Youguang> The Father of Pinyin: * https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo... * https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia... “You can't hold with the hare and run with the hounds.” An Experts Guide to Chess Strategy by Fred Reinfeld
ISBN 100879802219
ISBN 139780879802219
Fred Reinfeld (January 27, 1910 – May 29, 1964) from New York city was a well-known American writer on chess and many other subjects. His first chess book, co-authored with Isaac Kashdan, was an account of the Bled 1931 master tournament. He was also a strong chess master (USCF rated 2593), often among the top ten American players from the early 1930s to the early 1940s, as well as a college chess instructor. Reinfeld twice won the New York State Championship, in 1931 and 1933. In 1933, he finished all eleven rounds undefeated, ahead of Reuben Fine, Anthony Santasiere, and Arnold Denker. Reinfeld wrote over 100 chess books in his lifetime, and perhaps over 260 books total. His prolific writings were known for deceptive simplicity and clarity, tinged with warmth and humor. He also wrote about geology, history, numismatics, checkers, and astronomy. Like Bobby Fischer, Reinfeld was said to have a photographic memory and could remember nearly every game he played through. Generations of chess players have grown up on Fred Reinfeld’s books. He has a way of reducing the most intricate, complicated positions and ideas to their basic components. After Reinfeld explains to the reader, the game makes sense. Reinfeld also used the pen names Robert V. Masters and Edward Young. In 1996, Reinfeld became the 26th person inducted into the U.S. Chess Hall of Fame, and the first inducted primarily for his writing. Article by <Bill Wall>: https://www.chess.com/article/view/... "Fred Reinfeld", by <Alex Dunne>, 2019, McFarland & Company, Jefferson, North Carolina, ISBN 978-1-4766-7654-8. Blogger: J. Delarosa
Some say the first American chess champion of the world was Paul Morphy of New Orleans. He was clearly the strongest player of his day, though his "reign" was brief. If you are interted in reading more about Morphy, I suggest Paul Morphy: The Pride and Sorrow of Chess, by David Lawson. I think the case can be made that the first "American" world champion was Wilhem Steinitz! "American" can describe anyone who lives in the Americas. And the United States is a country of immigrants. Steinitz, a Bohemian by birth (Prague, 1836), was sent to the 1862 London tournament as the representative of the Austrian Empire. He stayed there, married, and eventual became a British subject. Steinitz was widely considerd the strongest active player in the world after he defeat the German Aldof Anderssen in 1866. But so long as Morphy was alive, Steinitz never claimed a world chanionship. In 1882, Steinitz was invited to Philadelphia by the chess patron, David Thompson. Steintiz, feeling somewhat ostracized in England (feeling a "foreigner for 20 years"), relocared to the United States. He took up residence in New York City, which remained his home for the rest of his life. After Morphy passed away in 1884, a match between the two strongest recognized players at the time, was organized between Steinitz and Zucktort. The match was adverized and widely recognized as for the World Championship. The 1886 match was played in New York, St. Louis, and New Orleans. New York resident Wilhelm Steinitz secured the title with 10 wins, 5 draws, and 5 losses. Wilhelm Steinitz - first American world champion of chess. Riddle: The one who has it does not keep it. It is large and small. It is any shape. Bears like 'em too!
Answer: A gift.
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.
“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
“If you’re too open-minded; your brains will fall out.” ― Lawrence Ferlinghetti “Intelligence plus character-that is the goal of true education.”
― Martin Luther King Jr.
“My concern about my reputation is with the people who I respect and my family and my Lord. And I’m perfectly comfortable with my reputation with them, sir.” — John Durham Simonides Preserved By The Gods
Three sorts there are, as Malherbe says,
Which one can never overpraise –
The gods, the ladies, and the king;
And I, for one, endorse the thing.
The heart, praise tickles and entices;
Of fair one's smile, it often the price is.
See how the gods sometimes repay it.
Simonides – the ancients say it –
Once undertook, in poem lyric,
To write a wrestler's panegyric;
Which, before he had proceeded far in,
He found his subject somewhat barren.
No ancestors of great renown;
His sire of some unnoted town;
Himself as little known to fame,
The wrestler's praise was rather tame.
The poet, having made the most of
Whatever his hero had to boast of,
Digressed, by choice that was not all luck's,
To Castor and his brother Pollux;
Whose bright career was subject ample,
For wrestlers, sure, a good example.
Our poet fattened on their story,
Gave every fight its place and glory,
Till of his panegyric words
These deities had got two-thirds.
All done, the poet's fee
A talent was to be.
But when he comes his bill to settle,
The wrestler, with a spice of mettle,
Pays down a third, and tells the poet,
"The balance they may pay who owe it.
The gods than I are rather debtors
To such a pious man of letters.
But still I shall be greatly pleased
To have your presence at my feast,
Among a knot of guests select,
My kin, and friends I most respect."
More fond of character than coffer,
Simonides accepts the offer.
While at the feast the party sit,
And wine provokes the flow of wit,
It is announced that at the gate
Two men, in haste that cannot wait,
Would see the bard. He leaves the table,
No loss at all to "ts noisy gabble.
The men were Leda's twins, who knew
What to a poet's praise was due,
And, thanking, paid him by foretelling
The downfall of the wrestler's dwelling.
From which ill-fated pile, indeed,
No sooner was the poet freed,
Than, props and pillars failing,
Which held aloft the ceiling
So splendid over them,
It downward loudly crashed,
The plates and flagons dashed,
And men who bore them;
And, what was worse,
Full vengeance for the man of verse,
A timber broke the wrestler's thighs,
And wounded many otherwise.
The gossip Fame, of course, took care
Abroad to publish this affair.
"A miracle!" the public cried, delighted.
No more could god-beloved bard be slighted.
His verse now brought him more than double,
With neither duns, nor care, nor trouble.
Whoever laid claim to noble birth
Must buy his ancestors a slice,
Resolved no nobleman on earth
Should overgo him in the price.
From which these serious lessons flow:
Fail not your praises to bestow
On gods and godlike men. Again,
To sell the product of her pain
Is not degrading to the Muse.
Indeed, her art they do abuse,
Who think her wares to use,
And yet a liberal pay refuse.
Whatever the great confer on her,
They're honoured by it while they honour.
Of old, Olympus and Parnassus
In friendship heaved their sky-crowned masses.
A Knight’s tour has over 122 million possibilities.
A knight’s tour is a series of moves of a knight on a chessboard such that the knight visits in order. The sequence of moves of a knight on a chessboard such that the square is visited once by the knight. “If you open it, close it. If you turn it on, turn it off. If you take it out, put it back. If you empty it, fill it. If you fill it, empty it.” — Kathryn Malter, St. Paul, MN * Dec-12-20 MissScarlett: My advice to <acapo> is to close the pop-up ads by clicking on the little <x> in the top right corner. <“From this day to the ending of the world,But we in it shall be remembered-
We few, we happy few, we band of brothers;
For he to-day that sheds his blood with me
Shall be my brother; be he ne’er so vile,
This day shall gentle his condition;
And gentlemen in England now-a-bed
Shall think themselves accurs’d they were not here, And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks
That fought with us upon Saint Crispin’s day.”>
― William Shakespeare, Henry V
“They made us many promises, but they kept only one. They promised to take our land -- and they did.” — Chief Red Cloud, Oglala-Lakota Sioux, 1822-1909. “There are two kinds of people in this world: Those who believe there are two kinds of people in this world and those who are smart enough to know better.”
― Tom Robbins, Still Life with Woodpecker
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. <Atterdag: Geoff - are you a descendant of Wordsworth?:
There was a time when meadow, grove, and stream, The earth, and every common sight,
To me did seem
Apparell'd in celestial light,
The glory and the freshness of a dream.
It is not now as it hath been of yore;—
Turn wheresoe'er I may,
By night or day,
The things which I have seen I now can see no more.
:-)
Sally Simpson: Hi Atterdag,
This is my tribute to Wordsworth. (Daffodils.)
I wandered lonely as a pawn,
o'er a field coloured brown and cream,
When suddenly I ran out of squares
and discovered I was now a Queen.>
“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. Isolated pawns require a very expensive therapy, for keeping them alive. “A wise man will know what game to play to-day, and play it. We must not be governed by rigid rules, as by the almanac, but let the season rule us. The moods and thoughts of man are revolving just as steadily and incessantly as nature's. Nothing must be postponed. Take time by the forelock. Now or never! You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each moment. Fools stand on their island opportunities and look toward another land. There is no other land; there is no other life but this, or the like of this. Where the good husbandman is, there is the good soil. Take any other course, and life will be a succession of regrets. Let us see vessels sailing prosperously before the wind, and not simply stranded barks. There is no world for the penitent and regretful.” — Henry David Thoreau 2 Corinthians 4:16-18
So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day. For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. Patience is a virtue.
Dec-26-23 hemy: I sent email messages to <jessicafischerqueen> and <Tabanus>. I was contacted by email to both of them for many years. Responses from the mail servers were:
"Sorry, your message to <her email address> cannot be delivered. This mailbox is disabled" and "Recipient address rejected: Access denied".
Credits for Robert Bergersen aka <Tabanus>, include his picture, for his contribution to "Lithuanian chess history" project, you can find on page 45 of this project. He also mentioned on page 141 (with one more picture), pages 166, 1315, 1383-1386, 1823, 2807 and 3423. “Make peace with imperfection.” ― Richard Carlson * The Most Instructive Games of Chess Ever Played: 62 Masterpieces of Chess Strategy by Irving Chernev - https://lichess.org/study/w2JcfP5K * Legendary: Game Collection: The 12 Legendary Games of the Century The Sofia Rules forbid agreed draws before 30 moves. The "Bilbao" scoring system awards 3 points for a win, 1 for a draw and 0 for a loss. “You must learn to be still in the midst of activity and to be vibrantly alive in repose.” ― Indira Gandhi 1983 Elway, Blackledge, Kelly, Eason, O'Brien, or Marino? Psalm 96: 1-3
Sing to the Lord a new song; sing to the Lord, all the earth. Sing to the Lord, praise his name; proclaim his salvation day after day. Declare his glory among the nations, his marvelous deeds among all peoples. “To a large degree, the measure of our peace of mind is determined by how much we are able to live in the present moment.” — Richard Carlson * Crafty Endgame Trainer: https://www.chessvideos.tv/endgame-... A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush ― Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, "Don Quixote" Old Russian Proverb: "The elbow is close but you cannot bite it. (Близок локоток, да не укусишь.)" Close is no cigar. Ya might be ah redneck if'n ya thunk "lol" means low on liquor. “If you ain’t the lead dog, the view never changes.” “Here’s a two-step formula for handling stress...
Step number one: Don’t sweat the small stuff.
Step number two: Remember it’s all small stuff.”
― Tony Robbins
<Mar-11-05 aw1988: S.W.I.F.T. indeed.Mar-11-05 tpstar: Sokolov Was In For Trouble
Suddenly White Initiated Forcing Threats
Severe Whipping Into Frenzied Tantrum
Shocking When Ivan Fell Through
Savvy Winner Ingests French Toast
Mar-11-05 aw1988: LOL! I must admit, that is very good. May-27-05 Durandal: AdrianP: SWIFT was the sponsor of the tournament, the company is a cooperative effort to provide secure financial communications between banks worldwide (SWIFT is the acronym for Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication, see swift.com), based in La Hulpe, near Brussels, Belgium. IIRC, its CEO at the time was Bessel Kok, a well known chess patron. May-27-05 AdrianP: <Durandal> I see - as in SWIFT transfer. May-27-05 arifattar: May not compare with <tpstar>'s effort but, Sweet Win In Five & Twenty.> <Proverbs 14:29-35> 29 He who is slow to anger has great understanding, But he who is quick-tempered * exalts folly. 30 A tranquil heart is life to the body, But passion is rottenness to the bones. 31 He who oppresses the poor taunts his Maker, But he who is gracious to the needy honors Him. 32 The wicked is thrust down by his wrongdoing, But the righteous has a refuge when he dies. 33 Wisdom rests in the heart of one who has understanding, But in the hearts of fools it is made known. 34 Righteousness exalts a nation, But sin is a disgrace to any people. 35 The king's favor is toward a servant who acts wisely, But his anger is toward him who acts shamefully. Riddle Question: A man looks at a painting in a museum and says, “Brothers and sisters I have none, but that man’s father is my father’s son.” Who is in the painting? "May your jib never luff"
Riddle Answer: The man’s son
“Intelligence plus character - that is the goal of true education.”
― Martin Luther King Jr.
Isaiah 66:13
As a mother comforts her child, so will I comfort you; and you will be comforted over Jerusalem. 1 Corinthians 15:58
Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain. from the simpleton poet:
<Roses are red.
Violets are blue.
Chess is creative.
And a journey too.
Good in the morning.
Or just before bed.
Play cheater_1, with engine.
Or OTB, all in your head.>
Proverbs 3:5-6
Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths. “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 “To what greater inspiration and counsel can we turn than to the imperishable truth to be found in this treasure house, the Bible?” — Queen Elizabeth II “Many have become chess masters, no one has become the master of chess.”
― Siegbert Tarrasch
“Don’t ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you come alive and then go do that. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.” ― Howard Thurman 'A stitch in time saves nine'
“You can't hold with the hare and run with the hounds.” Oct-04-10
I play the Fred: said...
You're distraught
because you're not
able to cope
feel like a dope
when Lasker hits
Puttin on (the Fritz)
"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 St. Marher, 1225:
"And te tide and te time þat tu iboren were, schal beon iblescet." wordsyfun
420 Zvjaginsev loserz trouble 1p, trouble 2z -- wait -- find a butter house trap.
48xp L Zaid Tacocchio peeked up eza wally's pride b4 HOCF askd CIOD to open athe zodiacaleon bad zappasta gaspd last requested Dzagnidze instead of Dzindzi's line of playday. Psalm 31:24
Be strong, and let your heart take courage, all you who wait for the Lord! Matthew 19:26
But Jesus looked at them and said, 'With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.' HUMPTY DUMPTY
Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall.
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.
All the King's horses
And all the King's men
Couldn't put Humpty
Together again.
Elevation 11,000
Q: Why did the rooster cross the road?
A: He had something to cock-a-doodle dooo!
Q: Why did the raccoon cross the road?
A: He saw you put out the garbage.
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“Attack! Always attack!” — Adolph Anderssen “To find something, anything, a great truth or a lost pair of glasses, you must first believe there will be some advantage in finding it.”
— Jack Burden, All The King’s Men
“I can't change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.” — Jimmy Dean “Chess is above all, a fight!” — Emanuel Lasker “In chess, at least, the brave inherit the earth.” — Edmar Mednis “Chess first of all teaches you to be objective.”
Source: "The Soviet School of Chess" Book by Alexander Kotov, p. 42, 2001. "I am not the King. Jesus Christ is the King. I'm just an entertainer."
― Elvis Presley
"When it comes to health, diet is the Queen, but exercise is the King."
― Jack LaLanne
“Life really does begin at forty. Up until then, you are just doing research.” ― Carl Gustav Jung “In this life we cannot do great things. We can only do small things with great love.” ― Mother Teresa “For both professionals and amateurs, chess is a game that sharpens the mind, tests human faculties and encourages healthy competition. It has captivated the attention of players and spectators world-wide and will continue to do so as long as competition and excellence challenge mankind.” — President Gerald R. Ford “In chess, as in life, a man is his own most dangerous opponent.”
— Vasily Smyslov
“My passions were all gathered together like fingers that made a fist. Drive is considered aggression today; I knew it then as purpose.” — Bette Davis “If you wish to succeed, you must brave the risk of failure.” — Garry Kasparov “Those who do not risk, do not benefit.” — Portuguese Proverb “The harder you fall, the heavier your heart; the heavier your heart, the stronger you climb; the stronger you climb, the higher your pedestal.” — Criss Jami “Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile.” ― Albert Einstein “Life is what happens when you’re busy making other plans.” ― John Lennon “Go confidently in the direction of your dreams! Live the life you’ve imagined.”
― Henry David Thoreau
“I was brought up on the games of Capablanca and Nimzowitsch, and they became part of my chess flesh and blood.” — Tigran Petrosian “When you see a good move – WAIT! – look for a better one.” ― Emanuel Lasker
The Portuguese chess player and author Pedro Damiano (1480–1544) first wrote this in his book "Questo libro e da imparare giocare a scachi et de li partiti" published in Rome, Italy, in 1512. “Examine moves that smite! A good eye for smites is far more important than a knowledge of strategical principles.” — C.J.S. Purdy “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 “Capablanca didn't make separate moves - he was creating a chess picture. Nobody could compare with him in this.” ― Mikhail Botvinnik “Capablanca's games generally take the following course: he begins with a series of extremely fine prophylactic maneuvers, which neutralize his opponent's attempts to complicate the game; he then proceeds, slowly but surely, to set up an attacking position. This attacking position, after a series of simplifications, is transformed into a favorable endgame, which he conducts with matchless technique.” ― Aaron Nimzowitsch “Whether this advantage is theoretically sufficient to win or not does not worry Capablanca. He simply wins the ending. That is why he is Capablanca!”
― Max Euwe
“He (Capablanca) makes the game look easy. Art lies in the concealment of art.” ― Philip W. Sergeant “It's entirely possible that Capa could not imagine that there could be a better move than one he thought was good and he was usually right.” ― Mike Franett “What others could not see in a month's study, he (Capablanca) saw at a glance.” ― Reuben Fine “Capablanca invariably chose the right option, no matter how intricate the position.” ― Garry Kasparov. “I've played a number of interesting novelties lately. Mostly that's because I haven't got a clue what I am doing in the opening.” ― Nigel Short “Capablanca was among the greatest of chess players, but not because of his endgame. His trick was to keep his openings simple, and then play with such brilliance in the middlegame that the game was decided - even though his opponent didn't always know it - before they arrived at the ending.” — Robert Fischer “Without technique it is impossible to reach the top in chess, and therefore we all try to borrow from Capablanca his wonderful, subtle technique.” — Mikhail Tal “If the student forces himself to examine all moves that smite, however absurd they may look at first glance, he is on the way to becoming a master of tactics.” — C.J.S. Purdy “The tactician knows what to do when there is something to do; whereas the strategian knows what to do when there is nothing to do.” — Gerald Abrahams “He (Capablanca) had the totally undeserved reputation of being the greatest living endgame player. His trick was to keep his openings simple and then play with such brilliance that it was decided in the middle game before reaching the ending - even though his opponent didn't always know it. His almost complete lack of book knowledge forced him to push harder to squeeze the utmost out of every position.” ― Bobby Fischer Do not yell “dinner” until your knife is in the loaf. ~ Canadian proverb * billwall.phpwebhosting.com/resources/booksandart-
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* Brevities: Game Collection: 7 * Basic tactics course using miniatures:
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Not perfect but dedicated, passionate.
* Biglo traps: Game Collection: Traps * Bit Collection: Game Collection: Special Gambit Collection * Brilliant (and mostly famous)! Game Collection: Brilliant Miniatures * Brutal Attacking Chess: Game Collection: Brutal Attacking Chess * Blackburne strikes! games annotated by Blackburne * Capablanca's Double Attack — having the initiative is important: https://lichess.org/study/tzrisL1R * Checkmate Art: Game Collection: Art of Checkmate * Chess Records: https://timkr.home.xs4all.nl/record... * Del's: Game Collection: Del's hidden gems * Diagrammed Checkmate Patterns: Game Collection: Checkmate: Checkmate Patterns * Emre: https://chessdoctrine.com/chess-ope... * Fidu-what? https://articles.smartasset.com/fin... * Have a bite of Fred's burger:
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Game Collection: sicilian defense(opening traps) * Steinitz: Game Collection: Steinitz Gambits * Top Chessgames by ECO Code: http://schachsinn.de/gamelist.htm * TIP: Click on the e8 square to see a computer engine analysis of the position. * tacticmania - Game Collection: tacticmania * 1947: USSR Championship (1947) * 21st Century: Game Collection: 21st Century Masterpieces - First decade (2000) * See for yourself: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBv... * Special Collection: Game Collection: Special Gambit Collection * For safe keeping until I need 2 hours of entertainment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CG... * Tartakower Defense: https://www.chess.com/blog/MatBobul... * Top Chessgames by ECO Code: http://schachsinn.de/gamelist.htm * Looking for Unorthodox? Game Collection: 6 GumboG's Unorthodox Games-Names (ECO=A,D, * Veresov games: Game Collection: Games from Nigel Davies' THE VERESOV * Volo plays the KP faithfully: Volodymyr Onyshchuk * Wiki Bird's Op: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bird%... * Wikipedia on Computer Chess: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compu... * Wonders and Curiosities: Game Collection: Wonders and Curiosities of Chess (Chernev) * 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
“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 five-four combo
Kansas: Leavenworth
Established in: 1827
Fort Leavenworth was established in 1827 and is still in use today, making it the third-oldest continuously active military base in the US. It was the largest city on the Missouri River during the Civil War, according to the city's official website. Leavenworth was founded by Colonel Henry Leavenworth in 1827, and once played a vital role as peacemaker between Native American tribes and settlers heading west. It eventually became known as the "jumping point" of the opening of the West. * Chess History: https://www.britannica.com/topic/ch... * World Chess Championship History: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkO... * Chess History: https://www.chessjournal.com/chess-... H.T. Bland. On page 207 of the December 1929 American Chess Bulletin he exalted the challenger in that year’s world championship match: Bravo ‘Bogol’, you’ve shown pluck.
One and all we wish you luck.
Gee, some thought you’d barged between
Other players who’d have been
Less likely straightaway to lose
Just as friend Alekhine might choose;
Undaunted, ‘Bogol’, you went in
Believing you’d a chance to win.
Or failing that, to make a fight,
Which you are doing as we write.
Don’t trust the smile of your opponent. ~ Babylonian Proverb Trust me, but look to thyself. ~ Irish Proverb
Trust in God, but tie your camel. ~ Saudi Arabian Proverb Don’t trust your wife until she has borne you ten sons. ~ Chinese Proverb If someone puts their trust in you, don’t sever it. ~ Lebanese Proverb Trust your best friend as you would your worst enemy. ~ Mexican Proverb Song of the Storm-Swept Plain
William D. Hodjkiss
The wind shrills forth
From the white cold North
Where the gates of the Storm-god are;
And ragged clouds,
Like mantling shrouds,
Engulf the last, dim star.
Through naked trees,
In low coulees,
The night-voice moans and sighs;
And sings of deep,
Warm cradled sleep,
With wind-crooned lullabies.
He stands alone
Where the storm’s weird tone
In mocking swells;
And the snow-sharp breath
Of cruel Death
The tales of its coming tells.
The frightened plaint
Of his sheep sound faint
Then the choking wall of white—
Then is heard no more,
In the deep-toned roar,
Of the blinding, pathless night.
No light nor guide,
Save a mighty tide
Of mad fear drives him on;
‘Till his cold-numbed form
Grows strangely warm;
And the strength of his limbs is gone.
Through the storm and night
A strange, soft light
O’er the sleeping shepherd gleams;
And he hears the word
Of the Shepherd Lord
Called out from the bourne of dreams.
Come, leave the strife
Of your weary life;
Come unto Me and rest
From the night and cold,
To the sheltered fold,
By the hand of love caressed.
The storm shrieks on,
But its work is done—
A soul to its God has fled;
And the wild refrain
Of the wind-swept plain,
Sings requiem for the dead.
“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 William Faulkner publishes The Sound and the Fury in 1929. The Bear and the Amateur Gardener
A certain mountain bear, unlicked and rude,
By fate confined within a lonely wood,
A new Bellerophon, whose life,
Knew neither comrade, friend, nor wife, –
Became insane; for reason, as we term it,
Dwells never long with any hermit.
It's good to mix in good society,
Obeying rules of due propriety;
And better yet to be alone;
But both are ills when overdone.
No animal had business where
All grimly dwelt our hermit bear;
Hence, bearish as he was, he grew
Heart-sick, and longed for something new.
While he to sadness was addicted,
An aged man, not far from there,
Was by the same disease afflicted.
A garden was his favourite care, –
Sweet Flora's priesthood, light and fair,
And eke Pomona's – ripe and red
The presents that her fingers shed.
These two employments, true, are sweet
When made so by some friend discreet.
The gardens, gaily as they look,
Talk not, (except in this my book;)
So, tiring of the deaf and dumb,
Our man one morning left his home
Some company to seek,
That had the power to speak. –
The bear, with thoughts the same,
Down from his mountain came;
And in a solitary place,
They met each other, face to face.
It would have made the boldest tremble;
What did our man? To play the Gascon
The safest seemed. He put the mask on,
His fear contriving to dissemble.
The bear, unused to compliment,
Growled bluntly, but with good intent,
"Come home with me." The man replied:
"Sir Bear, my lodgings, nearer by,
In yonder garden you may spy,
Where, if you'll honour me the while,
We'll break our fast in rural style.
I have fruits and milk, – unworthy fare,
It may be, for a wealthy bear;
But then I offer what I have."
The bear accepts, with visage grave,
But not unpleased; and on their way,
They grow familiar, friendly, gay.
Arrived, you see them, side by side,
As if their friendship had been tried.
To a companion so absurd,
Blank solitude were well preferred,
Yet, as the bear scarce spoke a word,
The man was left quite at his leisure
To trim his garden at his pleasure.
Sir Bruin hunted – always brought
His friend whatever game he caught;
But chiefly aimed at driving flies –
Those hold and shameless parasites,
That vex us with their ceaseless bites –
From off our gardener's face and eyes.
One day, while, stretched on the ground
The old man lay, in sleep profound,
A fly that buzz'd around his nose, –
And bit it sometimes, I suppose, –
Put Bruin sadly to his trumps.
At last, determined, up he jumps;
"I'll stop your noisy buzzing now,"
Says he; "I know precisely how."
No sooner said than done.
He seized a paving-stone;
And by his modus operandi
Did both the fly and man die.
A foolish friend may cause more woe
Than could, indeed, the wisest foe.
Laughter synchronizes the brains of both speaker and listener so that they become emotionally attuned. Q: How do poets say hello?
A: "Hey, haven’t we metaphor?"
On August 18, 1920, the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is ratified prohibiting any U.S. citizen from being denied the right to vote based on sex. Q: What do you call a cow jumping on a trampoline?
A: A milkshake.
Charles Lindbergh lands "Spirit of St. Louis" in Paris on May 21, 1927, successfully completing the first trans-Atlantic flight. In Congress, July 4, 1776
The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America, When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation. We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.--Such has been the patient sufferance of these Colonies; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former Systems of Government. The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States. To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid world. <pages 24-25 of The Year Book of the United States Chess Federation 1944 (Chicago, 1945), which published ‘Brave Heart’, Anthony Santasiere’s tribute to Frank J. Marshall. Written in August 1942 for Marshall’s 65th birthday, it began:Brave Heart –
We salute you!
Knowing neither gain nor loss,
Nor fear, nor hate –;
But only this –
To fight – to fight –
And to love.
Santasiere then gushes on in a similar vein for another 40 lines or so, and we pick up the encomium for its final verse: For this – dear Frank –
We thank you.
For this – dear Frank –
We love you!
Brave heart –
Brave heart –
We love you!>
'Ask no questions and hear no lies
* The Most Instructive Games of Chess Ever Played: 62 Masterpieces of Chess Strategy by Irving Chernev - https://lichess.org/study/KMMrJvE1 * Legendary: Game Collection: The 12 Legendary Games of the Century * Knight Power: https://fmochess.com/the-power-of-t... * Opening Tree: https://www.shredderchess.com/onlin... 'Ask a silly question and you'll get a silly answer <Nail 'Em to the Wall:
Just like a building, human civilization would crumble without nails. Before these metal fasteners, wooden structures were built by attaching each piece to another one by one through exhausting geometrical work. Nails have been used since around 3400 B.C.E. by the people of Ancient Egypt. They were fully developed in Ancient Rome when people learned how to cast and shape metals.Screws, on the other hand, were used for the first time in Ancient Greece around the 2nd century B.C.E. You may find it hard to believe, but until the early 1800s, most nails were made from hand-wrought iron, and blacksmiths had to hammer the iron and make an arrow-like shape. One of the first nail-making machines appeared in the 1790s.> Humans shed about 600,000 particles of skin every hour. By age 70, humans lose an average of 105 pounds of skin. I have a fear of speed bumps. But I am slowly getting over it. * Riddle-scree-zxp: https://chessimprover.com/chess-rid... I was wondering why the frisbee was getting bigger, then it hit me. Gossip and complaining make up approximately 80% of most people's conversations. 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.
"Lightning strikes the Earth more than 4 million times a day," said Maher Dayeh, a research scientist at the Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio. Feb-02-21 fisayo123: As can be seen, the chessgames.com database is not the end all and be all database for "vs" matchups. In fact, its known for not really being as complete as some other game databases, especially for modern era games. https://2700chess.com/ A group of lizards is called a "lounge."
<‘H.T.B.’ (Henry Thomas Bland) managed to have published on page 64 of the March 1930 American Chess Bulletin:Miss Menchik
Miss Menchik is of master rank,
It seems Maróczy she’s to thank;
Still, there is little doubt of it
She owes a deal to native wit.
Much knowledge she has garnered in,
E’en ’gainst the giants she’ll oft win
– No doubt sometimes to their chagrin –
Chess champion of the gentler sex
Here’s luck to her! Should she annex
In her next venture some big prize
Keen critics will feel no surprise.>
The name "daisy" is thought to come from the Old English "daes eag." "Daes eag" means "day's eye," after the way in which the delicate flower opens at dawn. FACTRETRIEVER: Gummy bears were originally called "dancing bears."
Sea otters have the thickest fur of any mammal, at 1 million hairs per square inch. Moonflowers unfurl in the evening and stay open until the sun rises. Several varieties of moonflower also give off a lemon fragrance when its flowers are open. An Animal In The Moon
While one philosopher affirms
That by our senses we're deceived,
Another swears, in plainest terms,
The senses are to be believed.
The twain are right. Philosophy
Correctly calls us dupes whenever
On mere senses we rely.
But when we wisely rectify
The raw report of eye or ear,
By distance, medium, circumstance,
In real knowledge we advance.
These things has nature wisely planned –
Whereof the proof shall be at hand.
I see the sun: its dazzling glow
Seems but a hand-breadth here below;
But should I see it in its home,
That azure, star-besprinkled dome,
Of all the universe the eye,
Its blaze would fill one half the sky.
The powers of trigonometry
Have set my mind from blunder free.
The ignorant believe it flat;
I make it round, instead of that.
I fasten, fix, on nothing ground it,
And send the earth to travel round it.
In short, I contradict my eyes,
And sift the truth from constant lies.
The mind, not hasty at conclusion,
Resists the onset of illusion,
Forbids the sense to get the better,
And never believes it to the letter.
Between my eyes, perhaps too ready,
And ears as much or more too slow,
A judge with balance true and steady,
I come, at last, some things to know.
Thus when the water crooks a stick,
My reason straightens it as quick –
Kind Mistress Reason – foe of error,
And best of shields from needless terror!
The creed is common with our race,
The moon contains a woman's face.
True? No. Whence, then, the notion,
From mountain top to ocean?
The roughness of that satellite,
Its hills and dales, of every grade,
Effect a change of light and shade
Deceptive to our feeble sight;
So that, besides the human face,
All sorts of creatures one might trace.
Indeed, a living beast, I believe,
Has lately been by England seen.
All duly placed the telescope,
And keen observers full of hope,
An animal entirely new,
In that fair planet, came to view.
Abroad and fast the wonder flew; –
Some change had taken place on high,
Presaging earthly changes nigh;
Perhaps, indeed, it might betoken
The wars that had already broken
Out wildly over the Continent.
The king to see the wonder went:
(As patron of the sciences,
No right to go more plain than his.)
To him, in turn, distinct and clear,
This lunar monster did appear. –
A mouse, between the lenses caged,
Had caused these wars, so fiercely waged!
No doubt the happy English folks
Laughed at it as the best of jokes.
How soon will Mars afford the chance
For like amusements here in France!
He makes us reap broad fields of glory.
Our foes may fear the battle-ground;
For us, it is no sooner found,
Than Louis, with fresh laurels crowned,
Bears higher up our country's story.
The daughters, too, of Memory, –
The Pleasures and the Graces, –
Still show their cheering faces:
We wish for peace, but do not sigh.
The English Charles the secret knows
To make the most of his repose.
And more than this, he'll know the way,
By valour, working sword in hand,
To bring his sea-encircled land
To share the fight it only sees today.
Yet, could he but this quarrel quell,
What incense-clouds would grateful swell!
What deed more worthy of his fame!
Augustus, Julius – pray, which Caesar's name
Shines now on story's page with purest flame?
O people happy in your sturdy hearts!
Say, when shall Peace pack up these bloody darts,
And send us all, like you, to softer arts?
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The 20-40-40 rule in chess is a rule for players rated below 2000 that states 20% of your study should be dedicated to openings, 40% to the middlegame, and 40% to the endgame. This poem is dedicated to Harris my chessplayer friend and literary commentator. <Chess The Final MetaphorIt was in a cesspool behind the place of his cousin Nick That in this pool of sewage, was born the freak called frick. On dark nights he hysterically wailed in his pool of slimy mess: "Oh why oh why, can't I play the game that humans call chess"? As the morning sun rose, begged the queen of the mighty king: Sire, can you not order the death of this awful filthy thing"? Wisely he replied: "no, I'll let frick live forever in distress While he must watch others enjoy themselves playing chess."> 'Don't count your chickens before they are hatched' “The aim of argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress.”
— Joseph Joubert
Titled Tuesday is Chess.com's weekly tournament for titled players, with two tournaments held each Tuesday. The first tournament begins at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time/17:00 Central European/20:30 Indian Standard Time, and the second at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time/23:00 Central European/2:30 Indian Standard Time (next day). 'Don't let the cat out of the bag'
<The Najdorf Sicilian arises after the moves 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6. The move 5…a6 might seem strange for someone seeing it for the first time. What does for Black’s development? It seems like a waste of time. But the Najdorf is very deep, and its complexity goes beyond such basic concepts. The Najdorf Sicilian should not be your first Sicilian defense variation.There are three main lines for White to respond to the Najdorf, these are 6.Bg5, the Main Line, 6.Be3, the English Attack, and 6.Be2, the Opocensky Variation. The Najdorf was named after Polish-Argentian Grandmaster Miguel Najdorf (1910-97). The opening flourished at all levels in the 1950s and 1960s. Sublines became increasingly sharper, and refutations of it grew just as quickly.> “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 Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: "I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day"
Bombardment of Fort Fisher, near Wilmington, New York, 1865 The poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, in the middle of the Civil War, wrote this poem which has more recently been adapted as a modern Christmas classic. Longfellow wrote this on Christmas Day in 1863, after his son had enlisted in the Union's cause and had returned home, seriously wounded. The verses which he included and are still generally included, speak of the despair of hearing the promise of "peace on earth, goodwill to men" when the evidence of the world is clearly that war still exists. And in despair I bowed my head;
"There is no peace on earth," I said;
"For hate is strong,
And mocks the song
Of peace on earth, good-will to men!"
Then pealed the bells more loud and deep:
"God is not dead, nor doth He sleep;
The Wrong shall fail,
The Right prevail,
With peace on earth, good-will to men."
The original also included several verses referring specifically to the Civil War. Before that cry of despair and answering cry of hope, and after verses describing the long years of hearing of "peace on earth, goodwill to men" (a phrase from the Jesus birth narratives in the Christian scriptures), Longfellow's poem includes, describing the black cannons of the war: Then from each black, accursed mouth
The cannon thundered in the South,
And with the sound
The carols drowned
Of peace on earth, good-will to men!
It was as if an earthquake rent
The hearth-stones of a continent,
And made forlorn
The households born
Of peace on earth, good-will to men!
<H.T. Bland. On page 207 of the December 1929 American Chess Bulletin he exalted the challenger in that year’s world championship match:Bravo ‘Bogol’, you’ve shown pluck.
One and all we wish you luck.
Gee, some thought you’d barged between
Other players who’d have been
Less likely straightaway to lose
Just as friend Alekhine might choose;
Undaunted, ‘Bogol’, you went in
Believing you’d a chance to win.
Or failing that, to make a fight,
Which you are doing as we write.>
*At some time or other tournament player learns a few opening lines, some tactical ideas, the most basic mating patterns, and a few elementary endgames. As he gets better and more experienced, he significantly adds to this knowledge. However, the one thing that just everybody has problem is planning. From Z to class E (under 1200) D to Master, I get blank stares when asking what plan they had in mind in a particular position. Usually the choice of a plan (if they had any plan at all) is based on emotional rather than chess-specific considerations. By emotional, I mean that the typical player does what he feels like doing rather than the board "telling him what to do. This is somewhat cryptic sentence leads us to the following extremely important concept: if you want to be successful, you have to base your moves and plans on the specific imbalance-oriented criteria that exist in that given position, not your mood, taste and/or feared. Literally every non-master's games are filled with examples of "imbalance avoidance". Beginners, of course, simply don't know what imbalances are. Most experienced players have heard of the term and perhaps even tried to make use of them from time to time, however once the rush of battle takes over, isolated moves and raw aggression (or terror, if you find yourself defending) push any and all thoughts of imbalances out the door. In this case, chess becomes empty move-by-move, threat-by-threat (either making them or responding to them) affair. What is this mysterious allusion of the chessboard's desires (i.e., doing what the chess board wants you to do)? What is this "imbalance-oriented criteria?
― How To Reassess Your Chess by Jeremy Silman The Man and the Wooden God
A pagan kept a god of wood, –
A sort that never hears,
Though furnished well with ears, –
From which he hoped for wondrous good.
The idol cost the board of three;
So much enriched was he
With vows and offerings vain,
With bullocks garlanded and slain:
No idol ever had, as that,
A kitchen quite so full and fat.
But all this worship at his shrine
Brought not from this same block divine
Inheritance, or hidden mine,
Or luck at play, or any favour.
Nay, more, if any storm whatever
Brewed trouble here or there,
The man was sure to have his share,
And suffer in his purse,
Although the god fared none the worse.
At last, by sheer impatience bold,
The man a crowbar seizes,
His idol breaks in pieces,
And finds it richly stuffed with gold.
"How's this? Have I devoutly treated,"
Says he, "your godship, to be cheated?
Now leave my house, and go your way,
And search for altars where you may.
You're like those natures, dull and gross,
From, which comes nothing but by blows;
The more I gave, the less I got;
I'll now be rich, and you may rot."
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? Proverbs 29:25
Fear of man will prove to be a snare, but whoever trusts in the Lord is kept safe. 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. “God has given us two hands, one to receive with and the other to give with.”
— Billy Graham
“My home is in Heaven. I'm just traveling through this world.” — Billy Graham “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 The Winds of Fate
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
One ship drives east and another drives west
With the selfsame winds that blow.
Tis the set of the sails
And not the gales
Which tells us the way to go.
Like the winds of the seas are the ways of fate,
As we voyage along through the life:
Tis the set of a soul
That decides its goal,
And not the calm or the strife.
The two highest IQ scores in recorded history belong to women. * Riddle-ziggy-bean: https://www.briddles.com/riddles/ch... “Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.” ― Martin Luther King Jr. “Never reply to an anonymous letter.” ― Yogi Berra, MLB Hall of Fame catcher “Even Napoleon had his Watergate.”
― Yogi Berra, 10-time World Series champion
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8two After Columbia before Tata Steel Zan Francoppa pagan ideology Zajogin free papal map to Zaza Varkondzhova for zborris63 outr space, force, time, andrew j...son K safety. R2D4all Editor Steinitz perjury iz worse than danidze surgery becuz an op fixes yu uppie or downtown Freddie Brown. Stay outta Clvland. Sincinattah is betta even if Petah split da banana lika boat dat wont float, gloat, or tote. 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 Dream Weaver
by Gary Wright
I've just closed my eyes again
Climbed aboard the dream weaver train
Driver take away my worries of today
And leave tomorrow behind
Ooh, ooh, dream weaver
I believe you can get me through the night
Ooh, ooh, dream weaver
I believe we can reach the morning light
Fly me high through the starry skies
Maybe to an astral plane
Cross the highways of fantasy
Help me to forget today's pain
Ooh, ooh, dream weaver
I believe you can get me through the night
Ooh, ooh, dream weaver
I believe we can reach the morning light
Though the dawn may be coming soon
There still may be some time
Fly me away to the bright side of the moon
Meet me on the other side
Ooh, ooh, dream weaver
I believe you can get me through the night
Ooh, ooh, dream weaver
I believe we can reach the morning light
Dream weaver
Dream weaver
Songwriters: Gary Wright. For non-commercial use only.
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Charge! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charg.... “Winning needs no explanation, losing has no alibi.” ― Greg Baum. “A determined soul will do more with a rusty monkey wrench than a loafer will accomplish with all the tools in a machine shop.” ― Robert Hughes “Chess is a fairy tale of 1,001 blunders.” ― Savielly Tartakower “Pawns are the soul of the game.” ― François-André Danican Philidor “The king pawn and the queen pawn are the only ones to be moved in the early part of the game.” ― Wilhelm Steinitz “There is no such thing as an absolutely freeing move. A freeing move in a position in which development has not been carried far always proves illusory, and vice versa, a move which does not come at all in the category of freeing moves can, given a surplus of tempi to our credit, lead to a very free game.”
― Aron Nimzowitsch
“You may knock your opponent down with the chessboard, but that does not prove you the better player.” ― English Proverb “I've played a number of interesting novelties lately. Mostly that's because I haven't got a clue what I am doing in the opening.” ― Nigel Short “When you see a good move – WAIT! – look for a better one.” ― Emanuel Lasker
The Portuguese chess player and author Pedro Damiano (1480–1544) first wrote this in his book "Questo libro e da imparare giocare a scachi et de li partiti" published in Rome, Italy, in 1512. “It's a short trip from the penthouse to the outhouse.” ― Paul Dietzel “Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom.” ― Francis Bacon “Discipline is wisdom and vice versa.” ― M. Scott Peck “The punishment of every disordered mind is its own disorder.”
― St. Augustine of Hippo, Confessions
“In chess, as in life, a man is his own most dangerous opponent.”
— Vasily Smyslov (1921-2010), 7th World Chess Champion “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
“I believe that true beauty of chess is more than enough to satisfy all possible demands.” ― Alexander Alekhine “We cannot resist the fascination of sacrifice, since a passion for sacrifices is part of a chessplayer's nature.” ― Rudolf Spielmann “To play for a draw, at any rate with white, is to some degree a crime against chess.” ― Mikhail Tal “Boring? Who's boring? I am Fredthebear. My mind is always active, busy. If you are bored, then why are you wasting your time following FTB?” “The future reshapes the memory of the past in the way it recalibrates significance: some episodes are advanced, others lose purchase.”
― Gregory Maguire, A Lion Among Men
“Whoever said the pen is mightier than the sword obviously never encountered automatic weapons.” ― Douglas MacArthur “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 <Chief Deputy Art Mullen: Hell of a shot. Did you consider what might have happened if you'd missed?Tim Gutterson: I can't carry a tune. I don't know how to shoot a basketball and my handwriting is, uh, barely legible. But I don't miss. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJF...> * B23-B25: Game Collection: Sicilian Closed / Grand Prix Attack * Happy Days! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slv... * IECC: https://www.chess-iecc.com/
* MC Move-by-Move: Game Collection: Move by Move - Carlsen (Lakdawala) * Records: http://www.xs4all.nl/~timkr/records... Bughouse Rules
Bughouse is an outrageously fun team game in which one partner plays White and the other plays Black. As a player captures an opponent's piece, that captured piece is passed to the partner. The partner can either make a regular chess move, or place any one of the pieces passed by the partner anywhere on the board! (well, almost anywhere - there are certain rules to follow that we go over in class). To add to the excitement, Bughouse is played with clocks at a quick pace (5 minutes) and players are allowed to TALK!! In fact, you have to talk in order to effectively communicate strategies with your partner. Of course, your opponents might overhear you and plan their counter strategy. So you could whisper, or even talk in secret codes! But you can't hide captured pieces - they have to stay out in the open where everyone can see them. Not fair pulling a rook out from under your beard! These rules and others are contained in he official USCF Bughouse Rules 5th Edition, which will be posted on the walls for Bughouse events. It was interesting to note, during Grandmaster Nigel Davies' recent instructional clinics, that he greatly encouraged Bughouse as a tool for developing the imagination. IMPORTANT! Because of the high level of noise, Bughouse will be played only on pre-advertised Bughouse tournament days (normally around Halloween, plus or minus a week, and sometimes at other times during the year). BUGHOUSE RULES (adapted from http://raleighchessacademy.com/wp-c... ) 1. Number of Players - There are exactly two players on a team; they are called 'team members,' 'partners' or 'pardners' (Texas only). No substitutions of players are allowed at any time during the tournament. Ya dances with the pardner what brought ya. A Tournament can have many competing teams. 2. Bughouse Game - A 'Bughouse Game' matches one team member against one opponent, and the other team member against that opponent's partner. Play is conducted by the four players on two regulation chess boards, each starting from the normal chess starting position, with white moving first and each using a chess clock (digital takes precedence over analog). One partner plays White; the other Black. The first checkmate or time forfeit on either board ends the Game. If either partner on a team wins their board, then their team wins the Game. Just as in regular chess, there are multiple Games (rounds) per tournament. 3. Colors - For each Game, the team decides which partner is to play white and which is to play black. Once a Game is started, partners may not switch boards (and although you can always give advice to your partner, you cannot touch your partner's pieces). 4. Time control - The time control is Game in 5 minutes. Use 2 second delay when possible. 5. Bring a clock- Each team is responsible for providing a clock. If a team does not have a clock and their opponents do have a clock, the team without a clock forfeits. If neither team has a clock then both teams forfeit. 6. Completion of Move - If a player's hand has released a piece then that move cannot be changed, unless it is an illegal move. A move is not Completed until the piece is released AND the clock is pressed. If the clock has not been pressed then the opponent may not move (this is under review) 8. Illegal moves lose, if they are caught before the next move is made. I. If an opponent makes a move and starts the opponent's clock, they have forfeited the right to claim that illegal move. II. Before play begins both players should inspect the position of the pieces and the setting of the clock, since once each side has made a move all claims for correcting either are null and void. The only exception is if one or both players have more than five minutes on their clock, then the tournament director may reduce the time accordingly. III. Illegal moves, unnoticed by both players, cannot be corrected afterwards, nor can they become the basis for later making an illegal move claim. If the King and Queen are set up incorrectly when the game begins, then you may castle short on the queen side and castle long on the kingside. Once each side has made a move, incorrect setups must stay. 9. Passing pieces - When a piece is captured, the captured piece is passed to the partner only after the move is completed (opponent’s clock is started). 10. Placing or moving pieces- A player has the option of either moving one of their pieces on their board or placing a piece their teammate has captured and passed to them. I. A captured piece may be placed on any unoccupied square on the board, with the exception that a pawn may not be placed on the first or last rank. II. Pieces may be placed to create or interpose check or checkmate. (under review - some variants do not allow "drop mates") III. A promoted pawn, which has been captured, reverts to a pawn and not the promoted piece. 11. Displaying captured pieces- A player may not attempt to hide pieces captured by their partner from the opponent. The first attempt will be a warning and the second attempt will result in forfeiture of the game. 12. Communicating allowed- Partners may verbally communicate throughout a game. It is legal for one partner to make move suggestions to the other partner. It is illegal and grounds for forfeiting the match if one partner physically moves one of their partner's pieces. 13. Clock Hand- Each player must push the clock button with the same hand they use to move their pieces. Exception: only during castling may a player use both hands. When capturing only one hand may be used. The first infraction will get a warning, the second a one minute penalty and the third will result in the loss of the game. 14. Touching a Clock- Except for pushing the clock button neither player should touch the clock except: I. To straighten it; II. If either player knocks over the clock his opponent gets one minute added to their clock; III. If your opponent's clock does not begin you may push their side down and repunch your side; however, if this procedure is unsatisfactory, please call for a director; IV. Each player must always be allowed to push the clock after their move is made. Neither player should keep their hand on or hover over the clock. 15. Define a win- A game is won by the player: I. who has mated their opponent's king; II. If the checking piece is not a knight or is not in contact (on an adjacent square) with the defending king and the defending player does not have any material to block the check, the defending player may wait until his or her partner supplies a piece provided their time does not run out. III. whose opponent resigns; IV. whose opponent's flag falls first, at any time before the game is otherwise ended, provided he/she points it out and neutralizes the clock while their own flag is still up; V. who, after an illegal move, takes the opponent's king or stops the clock; VI. an illegal move doesn't negate a player's right to claim on time, provided he/she does so prior to their opponent's claim of an illegal move. If the claims are simultaneous, the player who made the illegal move loses. 16. Defining a draw- A game is a draw: I. By agreement between the teams during the game only. II. If the flag of one player falls after the flag of the other player has already fallen and a win has not been claimed, unless either side mates before noticing both flags down. Announced checkmate nullifies any later time claims. 17. Replacing pieces- If a player accidentally displaces one or more pieces, he shall replace them on his own time. If it is necessary, his opponent may start the opponent's clock without making a move in order to make sure that the culprit uses his own time while replacing the pieces. Finally, it is unsportsmanlike to knock over any pieces then punch the clock. For the first offense the player will get a warning (unless this causes his flag to fall, in which case the opponent will get one extra minute added to his clock). For a second offense a one minute add-on for the opponent will be imposed. For a third offense the offender shall forfeit the game. Thereafter, the tournament director may use other penalties or expel a player from the event for repeated offenses. 18. Dispute between players - In case of a dispute either player may stop both clocks while the tournament director is being summoned. In any unclear situation the tournament director will consider the testimony of both players and any reliable witnesses before rendering his decision. If a player wishes to appeal the decision of a tournament director, the player must first appeal to the section chief then, if necessary, the player may appeal to the Chief floor director, whose decision in all cases is final. 19. TD touching the clock - The tournament director shall not pick up the clock; except in the case of a dispute. 20. Observer conduct - Spectators and players of another match are not to speak or otherwise interfere in a game. If a spectator interferes in any way, such as by calling attention to the flag fall or an illegal move, the tournament director may cancel the game and rule that a new game be played in its stead, and he may also expel the offending party from the playing room. The tournament director should also be silent about illegal moves, flag falls, etc. (unless there is an agreement with the players, before the game, to call them) as this is entirely the responsibility of the players. 21. Replacing a promoted pawn - If a player promotes a pawn they must leave the pawn on the board and clearly indicate to their opponent to what piece the pawn is being promoted too. The promoted pawn will be laid on it's side to indicate that it is a promoted pawn (MCS&C local rule - to prevent later disagreements about what piece the pawn was promoted to, and to avoid pawns annoyingly rolling about and off the board, a spare piece quickly found from another set should be used and placed in the normal upright position, an upside down rook still signifying a queen. The argument against this is nuclear proliferation of Queens, but I don't think it is a strong argument). 22. Replacement clock - Only a tournament director may determine if a clock is defective and change clocks. 23. Player behavior - Excessive banging of pieces or clock will not be tolerated and the offending player may be penalized with loss of time (Director discretion) 24. Insufficient Losing Chances- Insufficient losing chances claims cannot be made in Bughouse games. 25. Rules Not Covered Above - The Official Rules of Chess, 5th edition, shall be used to resolve any situation not covered by these rules. FACTRETRIEVER: The bird on the Twitter logo is named "Larry." He was named after the basketball player Larry Bird, who played for the Boston Celtics. “One more dance along the razor's edge finished. Almost dead yesterday, maybe dead tomorrow, but alive, gloriously alive, today.”
― Robert Jordan, Lord of Chaos
“Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace, and gratitude.” ― Denis Waitley “If you’re too open-minded; your brains will fall out.” ― Lawrence Ferlinghetti “Intelligence plus character-that is the goal of true education.”
― Martin Luther King Jr.
“It ain't over 'til it's over, no matter how over it looks.” ― Yogi Berra <The Fooles Mate
Black Kings Biſhops pawne one houſe.
White Kings pawne one houſe.
Black kings knights pawne two houſes
White Queen gives Mate at the contrary kings Rookes fourth houſe
— Beale, The Royall Game of Chesse-Play
Beale's example can be paraphrased in modern terms where White always moves first, algebraic notation is used, and Black delivers the fastest possible mate after each player makes two moves: 1.f3 e6 2.g4 Qh4# There are eight distinct ways in which Fool's Mate can be reached in two moves. White may alternate the order of f- and g-pawn moves, Black may play either e6 or e5, and White may move their f-pawn to f3 or f4.> HEY YOU!
You can't win them all
You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar You pays your money and you takes your choice
You reap what you sow
You win some, you lose some
Youth is wasted on the young
<The One-Ring Scam
A separate but similar scam is the one-ring cell phone scam. In this scam, crooks use robocall technology to place internet calls that ring only once on cell phones.If you pick up, the robocaller just drops the line. But the bigger danger is if you miss the call. Like many people, you might think it’s an important call and dial that number right back. Bad move. Turns out the area codes are largely located in the Caribbean and could cost you $15 to $30 between international fees and per-minute charges! With that in mind, the Federal Trade Commission says you should never call back numbers in these area codes: 268: Antigua and Barbuda
284: British Virgin Islands
473: Grenada, Carriacou and Petite Martinique
664: Montserrat
649: Turks and Caicos Islands
767: Commonwealth of Dominica
809, 829, 849: Dominican Republic
876: Jamaica
When an unfamiliar number comes in, you’re better off waiting for a voicemail so you can determine if the call is legitimate before calling back. You can also Google the phone number itself. If the number is a scam, chances are good that others will have posted warnings about it.> 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.
“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
“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.”
― Martin Luther King Jr.
Psalm 107:1
Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good; his love endures forever. “To what greater inspiration and counsel can we turn than to the imperishable truth to be found in this treasure house, the Bible?” — Queen Elizabeth II “Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations become corrupt and vicious, they have more need of masters.” ― Benjamin Franklin Wordsfun
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— Calvin Coolidge
Psalm 96: 1-3
Sing to the Lord a new song; sing to the Lord, all the earth. Sing to the Lord, praise his name; proclaim his salvation day after day. Declare his glory among the nations, his marvelous deeds among all peoples. Proverbs 3:5-6
Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths. Romans 8:28
And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. JACK AND JILL
Jack and Jill
Went up the hill
To fetch a pail of water.
Jack fell down
And broke his crown
And Jill came tumbling after.
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“Get out of here!” shouts the bartender. “We don’t serve your type.” f. REALITY:
<The One-Ring Scam
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284: British Virgin Islands
473: Grenada, Carriacou and Petite Martinique
664: Montserrat
649: Turks and Caicos Islands
767: Commonwealth of Dominica
809, 829, 849: Dominican Republic
876: Jamaica
When an unfamiliar number comes in, you’re better off waiting for a voicemail so you can determine if the call is legitimate before calling back. You can also Google the phone number itself. If the number is a scam, chances are good that others will have posted warnings about it.> “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
“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.”
― Martin Luther King Jr.
Psalm 107:1
Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good; his love endures forever. “To what greater inspiration and counsel can we turn than to the imperishable truth to be found in this treasure house, the Bible?” — Queen Elizabeth II “Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations become corrupt and vicious, they have more need of masters.” ― Benjamin Franklin FACTRETRIEVER 2020: There are no seagulls in Hawaii.[4]
FACTRETRIEVER 2020: Even though dragonflies have six legs, they cannot walk.[39]
FACTRETRIEVER 2020: Gummy bears were originally called "dancing bears."[38]
Sea otters have the thickest fur of any mammal, at 1 million hairs per square inch.[38]
FACTRETRIEVER 2020: The bird on the Twitter logo is named "Larry." He was named after the basketball player Larry Bird, who played for the Boston Celtics.[38]
FACTRETRIEVER 2020: The term "coccyx" (also known as your tailbone) is derived from the Greek word "cuckoo" ("kokkux") because the curved shape of the tailbone resembles the bird's beak.[23]
FACTRETRIEVER 2020: A baby has around 30,000 taste buds. They are not just on the tongue but also on the sides, back, and roof of the mouth. Adults have about 10,000.[23]
FACTRETRIEVER 2020: In one survey, three out of four people admitted to sharing an ice cream cone with their pet.[38]
FACTRETRIEVER 2020: When humans take a breath, they replace only 15% of the air in their lungs with fresh air. When dolphins take a breath, they replace 90% of the air in their lungs with fresh air.[21]
FACTRETRIEVER 2020: Dolphins usually breathe through their blowhole, but, in 2016, scientists discovered a dolphin with a damaged blowhole that could breath through its mouth
FACTRETRIEVER 2020: Feral pigs ate and completely destroyed $22,000 worth of cocaine that had been hidden in an Italian forest.[25]
FACTRETRIEVER 2020: Pablo Picasso would often carry around a pistol loaded with blanks. He would fire it at people he found boring or anyone who insulted the Post-Impressionist painter, Paul Cézanne.[22]
FACTRETRIEVER 2020: Monarch caterpillars breathe through holes in the sides of their bodies.[38] Fact: The United States, Burma, and Liberia are the only countries that have not officially adopted the metric system. “I am no longer cursed by poverty because I took possession of my own mind, and that mind has yielded me every material thing I want, and much more than I need. But this power of mind is a universal one, available to the humblest person as it is to the greatest.” ― Andrew Carnegie “Luckily, there is a way to be happy. It involves changing the emphasis of our thinking from what we want to what we have.” ― Richard Carlson Charge! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charg.... “Winning needs no explanation, losing has no alibi.” ― Greg Baum. “A determined soul will do more with a rusty monkey wrench than a loafer will accomplish with all the tools in a machine shop.” ― Robert Hughes “Chess is a fairy tale of 1,001 blunders.” ― Savielly Tartakower “Pawns are the soul of the game.” ― François-André Danican Philidor “The king pawn and the queen pawn are the only ones to be moved in the early part of the game.” ― Wilhelm Steinitz “I believe that it is best to know a 'dubious' opening really well, rather than a 'good' opening only slightly.” ― Simon Williams “There is no such thing as an absolutely freeing move. A freeing move in a position in which development has not been carried far always proves illusory, and vice versa, a move which does not come at all in the category of freeing moves can, given a surplus of tempi to our credit, lead to a very free game.”
― Aron Nimzowitsch
“The future reshapes the memory of the past in the way it recalibrates significance: some episodes are advanced, others lose purchase.”
― Gregory Maguire, A Lion Among Men
“Whoever said the pen is mightier than the sword obviously never encountered automatic weapons.” ― Douglas MacArthur Matthew 17:20
Our faith can move mountains.
Other people’s wisdom prevents the king from being called a fool. ~ Nigerian Proverb Knowledge without wisdom is like water in the sand. ~ Guinean Proverb Ingratitude is sooner or later fatal to its author. ~ Twi Proverb The laughter of a child lights up the house. ~ Swahili proverb * 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 * Golden Treasury of Chess (Wellmuth/Horowitz): Game Collection: 0 * Glossary: https://www.peoriachess.com/Glossar... * Classic games by great players: Game Collection: Guinness Book - Chess Grandmasters (Hartston) * 100+ Scandinavian Miniatures: http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches... * 610_Back rank mating tactics: Game Collection: 610_Back rank mating tactics * Fork OVerload (Remove the Defender): Game Collection: FORK-OVERLOAD OR HOOK-AND-LADDER TRICK * Impact of Genius: 500 years of Grandmaster Chess: Game Collection: Impact of Genius : 500 years of Grandmaster Ches * Chess Prehistory Compiled by Joe Stanley: Game Collection: Chess Prehistory * Organized Steinitz collection:
Game Collection: Steinitz Gambits * Best (Old) Games of All Time: Game Collection: Best Games of All Time * 'Great Brilliancy Prize Games of the Chess Masters' by Fred Reinfeld: Game Collection: 0 * bengalcat47's favorite games of famous masters: Game Collection: bengalcat47's favorite games * Mil y Una Partidas 1914-1931: Game Collection: Mil y Una Partidas 1914-1931 * Fire Baptisms Compiled by Nasruddin Hodja: Game Collection: Fire Baptisms * maxruen's favorite games III: Game Collection: maxruen's favorite games III * some famous brilliancies: Game Collection: brilliacies * Brilliant games Compiled by madhatter5: Game Collection: Brilliant games * The Fireside Book of Chess by Irving Chernev and Fred Reinfeld: Game Collection: Fireside Book of Chess * 'Chess Praxis' by Aron Nimzowitsch: Game Collection: Chess Praxis (Nimzowitsch) * '500 Master Games of Chess' by Savielly Tartakower and Julius Du Mont: Game Collection: 500 Master Games of Chess * Great Combinations Compiled by wwall: Game Collection: Combinations * Middlegame Combinations by Peter Romanovsky: Game Collection: Middlegame Combinations by Peter Romanovsky * Exchange sacs – 1 Compiled by obrit: Game Collection: Exchange sacs - 1 * Secrets of the Russian Chess Masters Volume II: Game Collection: Secrets of the Russian Chess Masters Volume II * Ne5 Holler of a Tree in Fredthebear Country: Game Collection: 5 Ne5 Holler of a Tree in Fredthebear Country * 'The Mammoth Book of the World's Greatest Chess Games' by Graham Burgess, John Nunn and John Emms. New expanded edition-now with 125 games. Game Collection: Mammoth Book-Greatest Games (Nunn/Burgess/Emms) * Best of the British Compiled by Timothy Glenn Forney: Game Collection: Best of the British * The Best Chess Games (part 2): Game Collection: The Best Chess Games (part 2) * GK: Game Collection: Kasparov - The Sicilian Sheveningen * Annotated Games: Game Collection: Annotated Games * sapientdust's favorite games: Game Collection: sapientdust's favorite games * shakman's favorite games – 2: Game Collection: shakman's favorite games - 2 * Reti Opening Compiled by KingG: Game Collection: Reti Opening * Veliki majstori saha 16 RETI (Slavko Petrovic): Game Collection: Veliki majstori saha 16 RETI (Petrovic) * Richard Réti's Best Games by Golombek: Game Collection: Richard Réti's Best Games by Golombek * ray keene's favorite games: Game Collection: ray keene's favorite games * Variety pack by Nova: Game Collection: KID games * JonathanJ's favorite games 4: Game Collection: JonathanJ's favorite games 4 * jorundte's favorite games: Game Collection: jorundte's favorite games * elmubarak: my fav games: Game Collection: elmubarak: my fav games * Assorted good games by rbaglini: Game Collection: assorted Good games * Golden Treasury of Chess (Wellmuth/Horowitz): Game Collection: 0 * Last Collection by Jaredfchess: Game Collection: LAST COLLECTION “Chess first of all teaches you to be objective.” ― Alexander Alekhine “Among a great many other things that chess teaches you is to control the initial excitement you feel when you see something that looks good. It trains you to think before grabbing and to think just as objectively when you’re in trouble.”
― Stanley Kubrick
“Chess helps you to concentrate, improve your logic. It teaches you to play by the rules, take responsibility for your actions, how to problem solve in an uncertain environment.” ― Garry Kasparov “Daring ideas are like chessmen moved forward. They may be beaten, but they may start a winning game.” ― Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe “To avoid losing a piece, many a person has lost the game.”
― Savielly Tartakower
“Battles are won by slaughter and maneuver. The greater the general, the more he contributes in maneuver, the less he demands in slaughter.”
― Winston S. Churchill
<Chief Deputy Art Mullen: Hell of a shot. Did you consider what might have happened if you'd missed?Tim Gutterson: I can't carry a tune. I don't know how to shoot a basketball and my handwriting is, uh, barely legible. But I don't miss. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJF...> “If you want it, work for it.”
“Tough times don't last, tough people do, remember?” — Gregory Peck Old Russian Proverb: "If you are given something, take it; if you are being beaten, run. (Дают — бери, а бьют — беги.)" “Discontent is the first necessity of progress.” — Thomas A. Edison Gambling problem? Call 1-800-GAMBLER
“You can only get good at chess if you love the game.” ― Bobby Fischer “Sometimes the most ordinary things could be made extraordinary, simply by doing them with the right people.” ― Elizabeth Green “It ain't over 'til it's over, no matter how over it looks.” ― Yogi Berra “If there is no struggle, there is no progress.” ― Frederick Douglass “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. “Don’t trust everything you see. Even salt looks like sugar.” — Unknown Justified Theme Song - Long Hard Times to Come: https://www.bing.com/videos/rivervi... You can make a small fortune in farming-provided you start with a large one. I hate that ATMs don't dispense coins. It just doesn't make cents. “Many have become chess masters, no one has become the master of chess.”
― Siegbert Tarrasch
“In the end, it is important to remember that we cannot become what we need to be by remaining what we are.” — Max De Pree “Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.” ― Martin Luther King Jr. “Don’t ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you come alive and then go do that. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.” ― Howard Thurman Gambling problem? Call 1-800-GAMBLER
'Ask no questions and hear no lies
Q: What do you call two octopuses that look exactly the same?
A: Itenticle.
Q: What do you call a crab that plays baseball?
A: A pinch hitter.
Q: What do you call a fish with no eyes?
A: Fsh.
Q: What do you call a dancing lamb?
A: A baaaaaa-llerina!
Q: What do you call a bear with no socks?
A: Barefoot.
Q: What do you call a snail aboard a ship?
A: A snailor.
Q: What do you call an aardvark that is three feet long?
A: A yardvark.
Q: What do you call a pony with a sore throat?
A: A little horse.
Q: What do you call a deer that only costs a dollar?
A: A buck.
Q: What do you call a dog that’s freezing?
A: A chili dog.
Q: What do you call a horse that likes arts and crafts?
A: A hobby horse.
Q: What do you call a bear in the rain?
A: A drizzly bear.
Q: What do you call an illegally parked frog?
A: Toad!
Q: What do you call a meditating wolf?
A: Aware wolf!
Q: What do you call a pile of cats?
A: Meowtain.
Q: What do you call a rabbit that is really cool?
A: A hip hopper.
Q: What do you call a bee that’s having a bad hair day?
A: A frisbee.
Q: What do you call a camel with no humps?
A: Humphrey.
Q: What do you call a row of rabbits hopping away?
A: A receding hare line!
Q: What do you call an owl that’s a magician?
A: Who-dini.
Q: What do you call a bear that never wants to grow up?
A: Peter Panda!
Q: What do you call a dinosaur with a big vocabulary?
A: A thesaurus.
Q: What do you call an egg laid by an evil chicken?
A: A deviled egg.
Q: What did the mama cow say to the baby cow?
A: It’s pasture bedtime!
Q: Why were the cows not speaking to each other?
A: They had beef.
Q: How do you count cows?
A: With a cowculator!
Q: What happens when you try talking to a cow?
A: Everything just goes in one ear and out the udder. Q: Where do cows eat lunch?
A: In the calfeteria.
Q: What did one dairy cow say to the other?
A: Got milk?
Q: What do you call a sad cow?
A: Moo-dy.
Q: What do you call a cow that can’t make milk?
A: A milk dud.
Q: How do you make a cow be quiet?
A: Press the moo-te button.
Q: What do cows read in the morning?
A: The moos-paper!
Q: How did the farmer find the missing cow?
A: He tractor down.
Q: Why did the cow cross the road?
A: To get to the udder side!
Q: What does the farmer talk about while milking a cow?
A: Udder nonsense.
Q: What do you call a cow jumping on a trampoline?
A: A milkshake.
Q: Where do cows get all their medicine?
A: The farmacy!
Q: How did the cow get to the moon?
A: It went to udder space.
Q: Why did the cow jump over the moon?
A: To get to the Milky Way.
Q: What do you call it when one cow spies on another cow?
A: A steak-out.
Q: Why do cows have hooves instead of feet?
A: Because they lactose.
Q: What do you get if you cross a cow and rooster?
A: Roost beef.
Q: What kind of shows do cows like best?
A: Moosicals.
Q: What happens when a cow laughs?
A: Milk comes out of its nose.
Q: What has the lone cow been up to lately?
A: Nobody’s herd…
Q: How do dairy farmers do their taxes?
A: They go to an accountant.
Q: What do you call an acid with an attitude?
A: A mean-o-acid!
Q: What do you call a priest who becomes a lawyer?
A: A father-in-law!
Q: What do you call birds that stick together?
A: Vel-crows!
Q: What do you call a bagel that can fly?
A: A plain bagel!
Q: What do you call a snobby criminal walking down the steps?
A: A condescending con descending!
Q: What do you call an illegally parked frog?
A: Toad!
Q: What do you call twin dinosaurs?
A: A pair-odactyls!
Q: What do you call a pile of cats?
A: A meow-ntain!
Q: What do you call a row of rabbits hopping away?
A: A receding hare line!
Q: What do you call the wife of a hippie?
A: A Mississippi!
Q: What do you call a monkey that loves Doritos?
A: A chipmonk!
Q: What do you call a mac 'n' cheese that gets all up in your face?
A: Too close for comfort food!
Q: What do you call a cow in an earthquake?
A: A milkshake!
Q: What do you call a cold dog?
A: A chili dog!
Q: What do you call a sad cup of coffee?
A: A depresso!
Q: What do you call a dinosaur with an extensive vocabulary?
A: A thesaurus!
Q: What do you call a dog magician?
A: A labracadabrador!
Q: What do you call a magic owl?
A: Whooo-dini!
Q: What do you call a cow with two legs?
A: Lean beef!
Q: What do you call blueberries playing the guitar?
A: A jam session!
Q: What do you call a joke you make in the shower?
A: A clean joke!
Q: What do you call an elephant that doesn't matter?
A: An irrelephant!
Q: What do you call a pony with a cough?
A: A little horse!
Q: What do you call a farm that makes bad jokes?
A: Corny!
Q: What do you call a deer that costs a dollar?
A: A buck!
Q: What do you call a fake noodle?
A: Impasta!
Q: What do you call a cat on the rocks?
A: One cool cat!
Q: What do you call the fear of being trapped in a chimney?
A: Claus-traphobia!
Q: What do you call two birds in love?
A: Tweethearts!
Q: What do you call it when one cow spies on another?
A: A steak out!
Q: What do you call a computer that sings?
A: A-Dell!
Q: What do you call a bear with no teeth?
A: A gummy bear!
Q: What do you call a man with a rubber toe?
A: Roberto!
Q: What do you call it when a cat wins a dog show?
A: A cat-has-trophy!
Q: What do you call a smelly Santa?
A: Farter Christmas!
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!
Q: What do you call a tiny mother?
A: A minimum!'
Q: What do you call a person who doesn't fart in public?
A: A private tutor!
Q: What do you call someone wearing a belt with a watch on it?
A: A waist of time!
Q: What do you call a seagull that flies over the bay?
A: A bagel!
'Ask a silly question and you'll get a silly answer
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30 games, 1866-2023 - Occupy f3/f6 to Mate Dave Philbo
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Occupying the best developing square for the opposing knight is often lethal. (Thus, White wants to put his own on f6, and Black wants to land on f3.) “If a ruler does not understand chess, how can he rule over a kingdom?”
Sassanian King of Kings, Khusros II (Ruled Persia from 590-628 A.D.) “Chess is a fairy tale of 1,001 blunders.” — Savielly Tartakower “Pawns are the soul of chess.” — François-André Danican Philidor “To free your game, take off some of your adversary's men, if possible for nothing.” — Captain Bertain, The Noble Game of Chess (1735) “I play my king all over the board. I make him fight!” — Wilhelm Steinitz “A righteous wife can make a poor man feel like a king.” — Boonaa Mohammed May-23-23 Rdb: Hey <fredthebear> , do you know that your buddy... everyday ? Great ! Awesome.
You are so righteous.
Let no one say that great crusader <fredthebear> is dishonest. The underhanded CGs operator who vandalizes FTB's collections like this one is crooked as a snake. Someday he'll get his. * Brutal Attacking Chess: Game Collection: Brutal Attacking Chess * Bishop's Opening Miniatures: https://www.chessonly.com/bishop-op... * Simple tactics course using miniatures:
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Long may he reign of Chess the King;
And forth, triumphant from the fray,
Crowned with the Victor’s wreath of bay,
King-like may come. On checker’d fields
Blindfold his battle-axe he wields;
Undaunted by the loss of sight,
Relentless he displays his might.
Now, covered with undying fame,
England exalts her Hero’s name.
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* Lasker-Pelikan: https://www.expert-chess-strategies...
The Sveshnikov Sicilian is a popular chess variation of the Sicilian Defense and starts as follows: 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 This variation was originally called the Lasker-Pelikan Variation but was researched and revitalized from Evgeny Sveshnikov and Gennadi Timoshchenko and is now named after Sveshnikov. St. Paul
This old photo belongs in my favorites: https://images.chesscomfiles.com/pr... ‘The Way through the Woods’ by Rudyard Kipling They shut the road through the woods
Seventy years ago.
Weather and rain have undone it again,
And now you would never know
There was once a road through the woods
Before they planted the trees.
It is underneath the coppice and heath,
And the thin anemones.
Only the keeper sees
That, where the ring-dove broods,
And the badgers roll at ease,
There was once a road through the woods.
Yet, if you enter the woods
Of a summer evening late,
When the night-air cools on the trout-ringed pools
Where the otter whistles his mate,
(They fear not men in the woods,
Because they see so few.)
You will hear the beat of a horse’s feet,
And the swish of a skirt in the dew,
Steadily cantering through
The misty solitudes,
As though they perfectly knew
The old lost road through the woods.
But there is no road through the woods.
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M.Hassan: <Eggman>: Scarborough Chess Club which is said to be the biggest chess club in Canada, arranges tournaments under the name of "Howard Rideout" tournaments. Is he the same Rideout that you are mentioning?. I only know that this is to commemorate "Rideout" who has been a player and probably in that club because the club is over 40 years old.
This tournament is repeated year after year and at the beginning of the season when the club resumes activity after summer recession in September. Zxp PeterB: Eggman and Mr. Hassan - you are right, Howard Ridout was a long time member of the Scarborough Chess Club! He was very active even when I joined in 1969, and was still organizing tournaments at the time of his death in the 1990s. This game is a good memorial to him! Theodorovitch was a Toronto master rated about 2250 back then, perhaps about 2350 nowadays. 'Don't shut the stable door after the horse has bolted' 'Don't throw good money after bad'
'Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater'
The Boy and the Schoolmaster
Wise counsel is not always wise,
As this my tale exemplifies.
A boy, that frolicked on the banks of Seine,
Fell in, and would have found a watery grave,
Had not that hand that plants never in vain
A willow planted there, his life to save.
While hanging by its branches as he might,
A certain sage preceptor came in sight;
To whom the urchin cried, "Save, or I'm drowned!"
The master, turning gravely at the sound,
Thought proper for a while to stand aloof,
And give the boy some seasonable reproof.
"You little wretch! this comes of foolish playing,
Commands and precepts disobeying.
A naughty rogue, no doubt, you are,
Who thus requite your parents" care.
Alas! their lot I pity much,
Whom fate condemns to watch over such."
This having coolly said, and more,
He pulled the drowning lad ashore.
This story hits more marks than you suppose.
All critics, pedants, men of endless prose, –
Three sorts, so richly blessed with progeny,
The house is blessed that does not lodge any, –
May in it see themselves from head to toes.
No matter what the task,
Their precious tongues must teach;
Their help in need you ask,
You first must hear them preach.
Drive sober or get pulled over.
“For surely of all the drugs in the world, chess must be the most permanently pleasurable.” — Assiac Few things help an individual more than to place responsibility upon him, and to let him know that you trust him. ~ Booker T. Washington <Apr-12-23 tone deaf or dike:
Obviously I'm involved in several on-going "controversies" here on <CG>, so take my advice with a grain of salt.> Nov-02-12 Infohunter: Larger databases, because less picky about game quality, can be found at these sites: http://www.chesslive.de./ http://mychess.com/
http://www.chess.com/
http://www.365chess.com/
And I am sure there must be a host of others.
Axioms are the same as assumptions, or basic intuitive knowledge, which are most of the time independent from each other. In the game of chess, the moves of the pieces are independent from each other. The move of the bishops has nothing to do with the move of the rooks. Bughouse Rules
Bughouse is an outrageously fun team game in which one partner plays White and the other plays Black. As a player captures an opponent's piece, that captured piece is passed to the partner. The partner can either make a regular chess move, or place any one of the pieces passed by the partner anywhere on the board! (well, almost anywhere - there are certain rules to follow that we go over in class). To add to the excitement, Bughouse is played with clocks at a quick pace (5 minutes) and players are allowed to TALK!! In fact, you have to talk in order to effectively communicate strategies with your partner. Of course, your opponents might overhear you and plan their counter strategy. So you could whisper, or even talk in secret codes! But you can't hide captured pieces - they have to stay out in the open where everyone can see them. Not fair pulling a rook out from under your beard! These rules and others are contained in he official USCF Bughouse Rules 5th Edition, which will be posted on the walls for Bughouse events. It was interesting to note, during Grandmaster Nigel Davies' recent instructional clinics, that he greatly encouraged Bughouse as a tool for developing the imagination. IMPORTANT! Because of the high level of noise, Bughouse will be played only on pre-advertised Bughouse tournament days (normally around Halloween, plus or minus a week, and sometimes at other times during the year). BUGHOUSE RULES (adapted from http://raleighchessacademy.com/wp-c... ) 1. Number of Players - There are exactly two players on a team; they are called 'team members,' 'partners' or 'pardners' (Texas only). No substitutions of players are allowed at any time during the tournament. Ya dances with the pardner what brought ya. A Tournament can have many competing teams. 2. Bughouse Game - A 'Bughouse Game' matches one team member against one opponent, and the other team member against that opponent's partner. Play is conducted by the four players on two regulation chess boards, each starting from the normal chess starting position, with white moving first and each using a chess clock (digital takes precedence over analog). One partner plays White; the other Black. The first checkmate or time forfeit on either board ends the Game. If either partner on a team wins their board, then their team wins the Game. Just as in regular chess, there are multiple Games (rounds) per tournament. 3. Colors - For each Game, the team decides which partner is to play white and which is to play black. Once a Game is started, partners may not switch boards (and although you can always give advice to your partner, you cannot touch your partner's pieces). 4. Time control - The time control is Game in 5 minutes. Use 2 second delay when possible. 5. Bring a clock- Each team is responsible for providing a clock. If a team does not have a clock and their opponents do have a clock, the team without a clock forfeits. If neither team has a clock then both teams forfeit. 6. Completion of Move - If a player's hand has released a piece then that move cannot be changed, unless it is an illegal move. A move is not Completed until the piece is released AND the clock is pressed. If the clock has not been pressed then the opponent may not move (this is under review) 8. Illegal moves lose, if they are caught before the next move is made. I. If an opponent makes a move and starts the opponent's clock, they have forfeited the right to claim that illegal move. II. Before play begins both players should inspect the position of the pieces and the setting of the clock, since once each side has made a move all claims for correcting either are null and void. The only exception is if one or both players have more than five minutes on their clock, then the tournament director may reduce the time accordingly. III. Illegal moves, unnoticed by both players, cannot be corrected afterwards, nor can they become the basis for later making an illegal move claim. If the King and Queen are set up incorrectly when the game begins, then you may castle short on the queen side and castle long on the kingside. Once each side has made a move, incorrect setups must stay. 9. Passing pieces - When a piece is captured, the captured piece is passed to the partner only after the move is completed (opponent's clock is started). 10. Placing or moving pieces- A player has the option of either moving one of their pieces on their board or placing a piece their teammate has captured and passed to them. I. A captured piece may be placed on any unoccupied square on the board, with the exception that a pawn may not be placed on the first or last rank. II. Pieces may be placed to create or interpose check or checkmate. (under review - some variants do not allow "drop mates") III. A promoted pawn, which has been captured, reverts to a pawn and not the promoted piece. 11. Displaying captured pieces- A player may not attempt to hide pieces captured by their partner from the opponent. The first attempt will be a warning and the second attempt will result in forfeiture of the game. 12. Communicating allowed- Partners may verbally communicate throughout a game. It is legal for one partner to make move suggestions to the other partner. It is illegal and grounds for forfeiting the match if one partner physically moves one of their partner's pieces. 13. Clock Hand- Each player must push the clock button with the same hand they use to move their pieces. Exception: only during castling may a player use both hands. When capturing only one hand may be used. The first infraction will get a warning, the second a one minute penalty and the third will result in the loss of the game. 14. Touching a Clock- Except for pushing the clock button neither player should touch the clock except: I. To straighten it; II. If either player knocks over the clock his opponent gets one minute added to their clock; III. If your opponent's clock does not begin you may push their side down and repunch your side; however, if this procedure is unsatisfactory, please call for a director; IV. Each player must always be allowed to push the clock after their move is made. Neither player should keep their hand on or hover over the clock. 15. Define a win- A game is won by the player: I. who has mated their opponent's king; II. If the checking piece is not a knight or is not in contact (on an adjacent square) with the defending king and the defending player does not have any material to block the check, the defending player may wait until his or her partner supplies a piece provided their time does not run out. III. whose opponent resigns; IV. whose opponent's flag falls first, at any time before the game is otherwise ended, provided he/she points it out and neutralizes the clock while their own flag is still up; V. who, after an illegal move, takes the opponent's king or stops the clock; VI. an illegal move doesn't negate a player's right to claim on time, provided he/she does so prior to their opponent's claim of an illegal move. If the claims are simultaneous, the player who made the illegal move loses. 16. Defining a draw- A game is a draw: I. By agreement between the teams during the game only. II. If the flag of one player falls after the flag of the other player has already fallen and a win has not been claimed, unless either side mates before noticing both flags down. Announced checkmate nullifies any later time claims. 17. Replacing pieces- If a player accidentally displaces one or more pieces, he shall replace them on his own time. If it is necessary, his opponent may start the opponent's clock without making a move in order to make sure that the culprit uses his own time while replacing the pieces. Finally, it is unsportsmanlike to knock over any pieces then punch the clock. For the first offense the player will get a warning (unless this causes his flag to fall, in which case the opponent will get one extra minute added to his clock). For a second offense a one minute add-on for the opponent will be imposed. For a third offense the offender shall forfeit the game. Thereafter, the tournament director may use other penalties or expel a player from the event for repeated offenses. 18. Dispute between players - In case of a dispute either player may stop both clocks while the tournament director is being summoned. In any unclear situation the tournament director will consider the testimony of both players and any reliable witnesses before rendering his decision. If a player wishes to appeal the decision of a tournament director, the player must first appeal to the section chief then, if necessary, the player may appeal to the Chief floor director, whose decision in all cases is final. 19. TD touching the clock - The tournament director shall not pick up the clock; except in the case of a dispute. 20. Observer conduct - Spectators and players of another match are not to speak or otherwise interfere in a game. If a spectator interferes in any way, such as by calling attention to the flag fall or an illegal move, the tournament director may cancel the game and rule that a new game be played in its stead, and he may also expel the offending party from the playing room. The tournament director should also be silent about illegal moves, flag falls, etc. (unless there is an agreement with the players, before the game, to call them) as this is entirely the responsibility of the players. 21. Replacing a promoted pawn - If a player promotes a pawn they must leave the pawn on the board and clearly indicate to their opponent to what piece the pawn is being promoted too. The promoted pawn will be laid on it's side to indicate that it is a promoted pawn (MCS&C local rule - to prevent later disagreements about what piece the pawn was promoted to, and to avoid pawns annoyingly rolling about and off the board, a spare piece quickly found from another set should be used and placed in the normal upright position, an upside down rook still signifying a queen. The argument against this is nuclear proliferation of Queens, but I don't think it is a strong argument). 22. Replacement clock - Only a tournament director may determine if a clock is defective and change clocks. 23. Player behavior - Excessive banging of pieces or clock will not be tolerated and the offending player may be penalized with loss of time (Director discretion) 24. Insufficient Losing Chances- Insufficient losing chances claims cannot be made in Bughouse games. 25. Rules Not Covered Above - The Official Rules of Chess, 5th edition, shall be used to resolve any situation not covered by these rules. * https://www.youtube.com/shorts/KYUb...
Better to go in your pants than go in the bush?! Give the man credit for having a wad of paper in his hand. It musta been the intimidating ponytail that saved him. If this were a bear, give the creature your picnic basket, your keys and wallet, or tell a bunch of clean dad jokes. Of course, prayer is always helpful.
Daniel 6
New King James Version
The Plot Against Daniel
6 It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom one hundred and twenty satraps, to be over the whole kingdom; 2 and over these, three governors, of whom Daniel was one, that the satraps might give account to them, so that the king would suffer no loss. 3 Then this Daniel distinguished himself above the governors and satraps, because an excellent spirit was in him; and the king gave thought to setting him over the whole realm. 4 So the governors and satraps sought to find some charge against Daniel concerning the kingdom; but they could find no charge or fault, because he was faithful; nor was there any error or fault found in him. 5 Then these men said, “We shall not find any charge against this Daniel unless we find it against him concerning the law of his God.” 6 So these governors and satraps thronged before the king, and said thus to him: “King Darius, live forever! 7 All the governors of the kingdom, the administrators and satraps, the counselors and advisors, have consulted together to establish a royal statute and to make a firm decree, that whoever petitions any god or man for thirty days, except you, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions. 8 Now, O king, establish the decree and sign the writing, so that it cannot be changed, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which does not alter.” 9 Therefore King Darius signed the written decree. Daniel in the Lions’ Den
10 Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went home. And in his upper room, with his windows open toward Jerusalem, he knelt down on his knees three times that day, and prayed and gave thanks before his God, as was his custom since early days. 11 Then these men assembled and found Daniel praying and making supplication before his God. 12 And they went before the king, and spoke concerning the king’s decree: “Have you not signed a decree that every man who petitions any god or man within thirty days, except you, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions?” The king answered and said, “The thing is true, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which does not alter.” 13 So they answered and said before the king, “That Daniel, who is one of the captives from Judah, does not show due regard for you, O king, or for the decree that you have signed, but makes his petition three times a day.” 14 And the king, when he heard these words, was greatly displeased with himself, and set his heart on Daniel to deliver him; and he labored till the going down of the sun to deliver him. 15 Then these men approached the king, and said to the king, “Know, O king, that it is the law of the Medes and Persians that no decree or statute which the king establishes may be changed.” 16 So the king gave the command, and they brought Daniel and cast him into the den of lions. But the king spoke, saying to Daniel, “Your God, whom you serve continually, He will deliver you.” 17 Then a stone was brought and laid on the mouth of the den, and the king sealed it with his own signet ring and with the signets of his lords, that the purpose concerning Daniel might not be changed. Daniel Saved from the Lions
18 Now the king went to his palace and spent the night fasting; and no musicians were brought before him. Also his sleep went from him. 19 Then the king arose very early in the morning and went in haste to the den of lions. 20 And when he came to the den, he cried out with a lamenting voice to Daniel. The king spoke, saying to Daniel, “Daniel, servant of the living God, has your God, whom you serve continually, been able to deliver you from the lions?” 21 Then Daniel said to the king, “O king, live forever! 22 My God sent His angel and shut the lions’ mouths, so that they have not hurt me, because I was found innocent before Him; and also, O king, I have done no wrong before you.” 23 Now the king was exceedingly glad for him, and commanded that they should take Daniel up out of the den. So Daniel was taken up out of the den, and no injury whatever was found on him, because he believed in his God. Darius Honors God
24 And the king gave the command, and they brought those men who had accused Daniel, and they cast them into the den of lions—them, their children, and their wives; and the lions overpowered them, and broke all their bones in pieces before they ever came to the bottom of the den. 25 Then King Darius wrote:
To all peoples, nations, and languages that dwell in all the earth: Peace be multiplied to you.
26 I make a decree that in every dominion of my kingdom men must tremble and fear before the God of Daniel. For He is the living God,
And steadfast forever;
His kingdom is the one which shall not be destroyed,
And His dominion shall endure to the end.
27 He delivers and rescues,
And He works signs and wonders
In heaven and on earth,
Who has delivered Daniel from the power of the lions. 28 So this Daniel prospered in the reign of Darius and in the reign of Cyrus the Persian. The Wallet
From heaven, one day, did Jupiter proclaim,
"Let all that live before my throne appear,
And there if any one has anything to blame,
In matter, form, or texture of his frame,
He may bring forth his grievance without fear.
Redress shall instantly be given to each.
Come, monkey, now, first let us have your speech.
You see these quadrupeds, your brothers;
Comparing, then, yourself with others,
Are you well satisfied?" "And why not?"
Says Jock. "Haven't I four trotters with the rest?
Is not my visage comely as the best?
But this my brother Bruin, is a blot
On your creation fair;
And sooner than be painted I had be shot,
Were I, great sire, a bear."
The bear approaching, does he make complaint?
Not he; – himself he lauds without restraint.
The elephant he needs must criticize;
To crop his ears and stretch his tail were wise;
A creature he of huge, misshapen size.
The elephant, though famed as beast judicious,
While on his own account he had no wishes,
Pronounced dame whale too big to suit his taste;
Of flesh and fat she was a perfect waste.
The little ant, again, pronounced the gnat too wee;
To such a speck, a vast colossus she.
Each censured by the rest, himself content,
Back to their homes all living things were sent.
Such folly lives yet with human fools.
For others lynxes, for ourselves but moles.
Great blemishes in other men we spy,
Which in ourselves we pass most kindly by.
As in this world we're but way-farers,
Kind Heaven has made us wallet-bearers.
The pouch behind our own defects must store,
The faults of others lodge in that before.
Question: What’s the difference between a cemetery and a graveyard?
Answer: Graveyards are attached to churches while cemeteries are stand-alone. Question: The world’s first speeding ticket was issued in 1896. Where did it happen?
Answer: London, England
Walter Arnold was driving four times the limit, at an astonishing speed of 8 miles per hour. Back in those days, the speed limit was 2 miles per hour – you could easily walk faster. The driver was eventually arrested after being chased by a police officer on a bicycle. St. Genevieve
“My guiding principles in life are to be honest, genuine, thoughtful and caring.”
― Prince William
Romans 8:38-39
For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord. “It is atheism and blasphemy to dispute what God can do: good Christians content themselves with His will revealed in His Word.” ― King James I “There just isn’t enough televised chess.” — David Letterman “Do the things that interest you and do them with all your heart. Don't be concerned about whether people are watching you or criticizing you. The chances are that they aren't paying any attention to you. It's your attention to yourself that is so stultifying. But you have to disregard yourself as completely as possible. If you fail the first time then you'll just have to try harder the second time. After all, there's no real reason why you should fail. Just stop thinking about yourself.” — Eleanor Roosevelt “Many have become chess masters, no one has become the master of chess.” — Siegbert Tarrasch St. Marher, 1225:
"And te tide and te time þat tu iboren were, schal beon iblescet." Z of 42 caught u naughty uz by the starz early lite beer. Q: Why did the cow cross the road?
A: To get to the udder side.
A pencil maker told the pencil 5 important lessons just before putting it in the box: 1. Everything you do you will always leave a mark. 2. You can always correct the mistakes you make. 3. What is important is what is inside of you.
4. In life, you will undergo painful sharpening which will only make you better. 5. To be the best pencil, you must allow yourself to be held and guided by the hand that holds you. Lead Pb 82 207.2 1.8
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14 games, 1901-2019 - Oh Snap! said Fredthebear Back SP
Plenty of kicks and tricks for the unwary.
“Si vis pacem, para bellum” ― Cicero
“Unfortunately, many regard the critic as an enemy, instead of seeing him as a guide to the truth.” ― Wilhelm Steinitz “My passions were all gathered together like fingers that made a fist. Drive is considered aggression today; I knew it then as purpose.” ― Bette Davis “Chess is a matter of vanity.” ― Alexander Alekhine “As a chess player one has to be able to control one's feelings, one has to be as cold as a machine.” ― Levon Aronian “Sometimes it happens that the computer's assessment is very abstract. It's correct, but it's not useful for a practical game. You have to prove the assessment with very strong moves and if you don't find all of these strong moves you may lose very quickly. For a computer this is not a problem, but for humans it is not so easy.” ― Vassily Ivanchuk “A good book is the precious lifeblood of a master spirit.” ― John Milton “Chess is a sport. The main object in the game of chess remains the achievement of victory.” ― Max Euwe “A sport, a struggle for results and a fight for prizes. I think that the discussion about "chess is science or chess is art" is already inappropriate. The purpose of modern chess is to reach a result.” ― Alexander Morozevich “No one man is superior to the game.” ― A. Bartlett Giamatti, in reference to Pete Rose, the all-time MLB hits leader banned for gambling. “To err is human; to forgive, divine.” ― Alexander Pope “I consider Mr. Morphy the finest chess player who ever existed. He is far superior to any now living, and would doubtless have beaten Labourdonnais himself. In all his games with me, he has not only played, in every instance, the exact move, but the most exact. He never makes a mistake; but, if his adversary commits the slightest error, he is lost.” ― Adolf Anderssen “After white's reply to 1.e4 e5 with 2.f4 the game is in its last throes”
― Howard Staunton
“I have added these principles to the law: get the Knights into action before both Bishops are developed.” ― Emanuel Lasker “With opposite coloured bishops the attacking side has in effect an extra piece in the shape of his bishop.” ― Mikhail Botvinnik “A pawn, when separated from his fellows, will seldom or never make a fortune.” ― Francois-Andre Danican Philidor “Be warned! From Satan's viewpoint you are a pawn in his game of cosmic chess.” ― Adrian Rogers “Pawns not only create the sketch for the whole painting, they are also the soil, the foundation, of any position.” ― Anatoly Karpov “The object of the state is always the same: to limit the individual, to tame him, to subordinate him, to subjugate him.” ― Max Stirner “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 “A Queen's sacrifice, even when fairly obvious, always rejoices the heart of the chess-lover.” ― Savielly Tartakower “Everyone makes mistakes. The wise are not people who never make mistakes, but those who forgive themselves and learn from their mistakes.” ― Ajahn Brahm “As a rule, so-called "positional" sacrifices are considered more difficult, and therefore more praise-worthy, than those which are based exclusively on an exact calculation of tactical possibilities.” ― Alexander Alekhine “It would be idle, and presumptuous, to wish to imitate the achievements of a Morphy or an Alekhine; but their methods and their manner of expressing themselves are within the reach of all.” ― Eugene Znosko-Borovsky “The most powerful weapon in chess is to have the next move.”
― David Bronstein
“If the defender is forced to give up the center, then every possible attack follows almost of itself.” ― Siegbert Tarrasch “Erudition, like a bloodhound, is a charming thing when held firmly in leash, but it is not so attractive when turned loose upon a defenseless and unerudite public.” ― Agnes Repplier “If you watch it, you should watch it with other players and try to find moves, like it was before. Now on many sites you watch together with the computer and the pleasure is gone.” ― Boris Gelfand “I believe that Chess possesses a magic that is also a help in advanced age. A rheumatic knee is forgotten during a game of chess and other events can seem quite unimportant in comparison with a catastrophe on the chessboard.”
― Vlastimil Hort
“It's funny, but many people don't understand why I draw so many games nowadays. They think my style must have changed but this is not the case at all. The answer to this drawing disease is that my favorite squares are e6, f7, g7 and h7 and everyone now knows this. They protect these squares not once but four times!” ― Mikhail Tal “Having spent alarmingly large chunks of my life studying the white side of the Open Sicilian, I find myself asking, why did I bother?” ― Daniel J. King “Apart from direct mistakes, there is nothing more ruinous than routine play, the aim of which is mechanical development.” ― Alexey Suetin “Not infrequently ... the theoretical is a synonym of the stereotyped. For the 'theoretical' in chess is nothing more than that which can be found in the textbooks and to which players try to conform because they cannot think up anything better or equal, anything original.” ― Mikhail Chigorin “The choice of opening, whether to aim for quiet or risky play, depends not only on the style of a player, but also on the disposition with which he sits down at the board.” ― Efim Geller “Despite the development of chess theory, there is much that remains secret and unexplored in chess.” ― Vasily Smyslov “No matter how much theory progresses, how radically styles change, chess play is inconceivable without tactics.” ― Samuel Reshevsky “Collect as precious pearls the words of the wise and virtuous.”
― Abdelkader El Djezairi
“Learning is not attained by chance; it must be sought for with ardor and diligence.” ― Abigail Adams “When I was preparing for one term's work in the Botvinnik school I had to spend a lot of time on king and pawn endings. So when I came to a tricky position in my own games, I knew the winning method.” ― Garry Kasparov “As a rule, pawn endings have a forced character, and they can be worked out conclusively.” ― Mark Dvoretsky “It is a gross overstatement, but in chess, it can be said I play against my opponent over the board and against myself on the clock.” ― Viktor Korchnoi “The fact that the 7 hours time control allows us to play a great deep game is not of great importance for mass-media.” ― Alexei Shirov “For me, each game is a new challenge, which has to be dealt with rationally and systematically. At that time, every other thought fades into oblivion.”
― Viswanathan Anand
“Any fool can know. The point is to understand.” ― Albert Einstein “One bad move nullifies forty good ones.”
― Israel Albert Horowitz
“It is a well-known phenomenon that the same amateur who can conduct the middle game quite creditably, is usually perfectly helpless in the end game. One of the principal requisites of good chess is the ability to treat both the middle and end game equally well.” ― Aron Nimzowitsch “My hard work and excellent training entitled me to be a better actress than some of my competitors.” ― Pola Negri “Endings of one rook and pawns are about the most common sort of endings arising on the chess board. Yet though they do occur so often, few have mastered them thoroughly. They are often of a very difficult nature, and sometimes while apparently very simple they are in reality extremely intricate.”
― Jose Raul Capablanca
“Capablanca used to talk calmly and moderately about everything. However, when our conversation turned to the problems of the battle for the world championship, in front of me was a quite different person: an enraged lion, although with the fervour typical only of a southerner, with his temperamental patter, which made it hard to follow the torrent of his indignant exclamations and words.” ― Alexander Koblencs “A player is said to have the opposition when he can place his King directly in front of the adverse King, with only one square between them. This is often an important advantage in ending games.” ― Howard Staunton “A player can sometimes afford the luxury of an inaccurate move, or even a definite error, in the opening or middlegame without necessarily obtaining a lost position. In the endgame ... an error can be decisive, and we are rarely presented with a second chance.” ― Paul Keres “Never trust a government that doesn't trust its own citizens with guns.”
― Benjamin Franklin
“The Soviet Union was an exception, but even there chess players were not rich. Only Fischer changed that.” ― Boris Spassky “Chess never has been and never can be aught but a recreation. It should not be indulged in to the detriment of other and more serious avocations - should not absorb or engross the thoughts of those who worship at its shrine, but should be kept in the background, and restrained within its proper province. As a mere game, a relaxation from the severe pursuits of life, it is deserving of high commendation.” ― Paul Morphy “Incidentally, when we're faced with a "prove or disprove," we're usually better off trying first to disprove with a counterexample, for two reasons: A disproof is potentially easier (we need just one counterexample); and nitpicking arouses our creative juices. Even if the given assertion is true, our search for a counterexample often leads to a proof, as soon as we see why a counterexample is impossible. Besides, it's healthy to be skeptical.” ― Ronald Graham “Attackers may sometimes regret bad movez, but it’s much worse to forever regret an opportunity you allowed to pass you by.” ― Garry Kasparov “Even the laziest king flees wildly in the face of a double check.”
― Aron Nimzowitzch
“When you see a good move – WAIT! – look for a better one.” ― Emanuel Lasker
The Portuguese chess player and author Pedro Damiano (1480–1544) first wrote this in his book "Questo libro e da imparare giocare a scachi et de li partiti" published in Rome, Italy, in 1512. Proverbs 29:25
Fear of man will prove to be a snare, but whoever trusts in the Lord is kept safe. “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 preparez for next generation!” ― Susan Polgar French Proverb: “Ce n’est pas à un vieux singe qu’on apprend à faire la grimace.” ― (There’s no substitute for experience.) * Alekhine, Exchange variation:
Game Collection: tpstar AD * Anastasia's Mate: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tl4... * Aronian: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6oP... * Amazing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6e... * Angry: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/0M7E... * Attack the castle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sh5... * Arjun: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_C... * B&N mate: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHu... * Baby Bs will develop: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ip8... * [ECO "B48"]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cb_... * Breaking: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7T... * Confusion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7m... * Captain Ni Hua: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cmd... * Chaos Unleashed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhR... * Cheaters: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnd... * Chees-Its: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQf... * Clash: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDL... * Control the center: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/mqvt... * Crossing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6R... * Cannes 1989: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJG... * Chess Masters 2025: https://www.chess.com/news/view/bbc... * Moscow 1995: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVV... * Dos Hermanas 1999: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEB... * C-K Defense, Panov-Botvinnik Attack: Game Collection: Caro Kann : Panov Attack : Exchange Variation * C-K Panov-Bot & Pirc Austrian:
Game Collection: The Ultimate Repetoire(3) * Ultimate C-K P-B: Game Collection: The Ultimate Repetoire(3) * Daniil Li: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWu... * Diagram it yourself: https://www.chessvideos.tv/chess-di... * Duel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ybn... * Dubovious: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATB... * Detection: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7c... * Every just scratches the surface: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgF... * Endgame Season 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5L... * F-2s: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWH... * Fact and Fiction: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyy... * Fast Firouzja: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BS... * Faster: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Luvz... * Flexibility hack: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Bsk_... * Flying Pawns: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KI... * Grizzly behavior: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2c... * Grischuk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBQ... * Hallin': https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9n5... * David Howell sighting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpG... * He returns: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IN7... * Horse heart-to-heart: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNR... * Hook and Ladder mates you: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SN2... * How deep is it really? https://www.youtube.com/shorts/sNh9... * Humpy knows: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfV... * Hurdles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0IO... * Improving: https://www.chessvideos.tv/article-... * Incursion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0en... * Interference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yjm... * Intermezzos: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/muea... * Itchy makes twitchy: https://www.twitch.tv/directory/cat... * Jets: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/DgmQ... * Ju Wenjun: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3in... * 7.10M: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CeS... * All 8? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-S... * 10 craziest: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rhw... * 50 Move Rule: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/aFn5... * 60M: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uni... * 400M: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLF... * 2000M: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wse... * 5000M: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrY... * Some Anti-Sicilians: Game Collection: The Anti-Sicilians * 38 Tactics: https://www.chess.com/article/view/... * Wei Yi spent 48 minutes on a move: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PF8... * Prize Games: Game Collection: Great Brilliancy Prize Games of the ChessMasters * Happy Days! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slv... * Roger that: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9S... “The only way to change anything in Russia is a revolution” ― Daniil Dubov
https://en.chessbase.com/post/dubov... * Vladimir Bagirov Attacks: http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches... * Basman's / Borg's Defense: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThK... * Mike explains Borg's Defense: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Res... * Last Play of the World Series 1943-1973: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dzt... * Last Play of Every Modern World Series: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkD... * Landau G: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/sAau... * Legendary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Cu... * Levy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levy_... * Level up: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hu... * Loudest: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GeT... * Lock out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enC... * Leo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxE... * Luo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mh6... * Likeable Tal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKu... * Luxembourger: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTP... * London lesson: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvB... * Mega: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XS... * Morphy sacs: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/H_pK... * “Nessun Dorma” baby! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZX6... * Network for promotions: https://www.youtube.com/ChessNetwor... * Nobody wants to be on the losing side: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_B... * Orash: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGu... * Omega: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/hpVA... * One path is all you need: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8Q... * Open files: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQG... * Pass the butter please: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=roY... * Pawn grab: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zug... * Pang Bo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWU... * Dr. Binocs Rocks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ceu... * Pathetic fail: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cb... * Perpetually: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/opH1... * prodigy Roman Shogdzhiev: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPP... * Prophylactic Play vs. Pirc: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfW... * Q vs P promotion: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/scBl... * Readiness matters: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/oTVC... * Recognition: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/DLbK... * Relay: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkE... * Rizki: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=isV... * Seven Cycles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3R... * Shocking: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Fy... * Slick like that: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/bf-1... * Smiling in Spanish is allowed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Gb... * Smothering: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbA... * Special forces: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/8Ozp... * Speedy Gunso: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVb... * Simple ending: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ejj... * Starz & Stripes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tih... * Tactics on the f-pawns: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAM... * Tardy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Orq... * Topological puzzle: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/bLu8... * Tricks to Trap the Queen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmU... * Tricks to Win a Queen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfS... * Queen Traps in the Scandinavian D: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syr... * Trap the Queen in the Tennison Gambit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZt... * Top 10 Traps of the Queens: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZh... * White, Black Trap the Queen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olz... * Win the Queen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQ8... * More Tricks to Trap the Queen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zd0... * Qxb2 Poisoned Pawn: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74h... * Levy shows us more traps: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fot... * Richard Reti Does It Again: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9z... * Veresov games: Game Collection: Games from Nigel Davies' THE VERESOV * What's your type? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsH... * Unprecedented: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6o... * Unretired: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/CLVk... * V is for Victory: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2O... * Against the VG: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVS... * Vaulting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2L... * Vincent: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3q5... * Wedgies: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNG... * When you meet Whiteshark: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/INH6... * White knuckler: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZu... * Weak spot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6R... * Why? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdQ... * Yasser has friends: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0f... * Your chess level? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAy... * Wiki Bird's Op: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bird%... * Wikipedia on Computer Chess: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compu... * Wonders and Curiosities: Game Collection: Wonders and Curiosities of Chess (Chernev) * 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
“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 five-four combo
California: San Diego
Established in: 1769
San Diego is the second largest city in the state and sits just north of Mexico. Back in the 16th century, the Diegueño, Luiseño, Cahuilla, and Cupeño peoples were some of the first settlers in the area. It was named after explorer Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo, but later was renamed for Spanish monk San Diego de Alcalá de Henares in 1602. Explorer Sebastián Vizcaíno renamed San Diego (formerly San Miguel) in 1602, but Spanish explorers dedicated the first California mission, San Diego de Alcalá, in 1769. Santa Cruz was also dedicated in 1769.
* Chess History: https://www.britannica.com/topic/ch... * Chess Aps: https://www.wired.com/story/best-ch... * World Chess Championship History: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkO... * https://www.youtube.com/shorts/KYUb...
Better to go in your pants than go in the bush?! Give the man credit for having a wad of paper in his hand. It musta been the intimidating ponytail that saved him. If this were a bear, give the creature your picnic basket, your keys and wallet, or tell a bunch of clean dad jokes. Of course, prayer is always helpful.
<Daniel 6 New King James Version> The Plot Against Daniel
6 It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom one hundred and twenty satraps, to be over the whole kingdom; 2 and over these, three governors, of whom Daniel was one, that the satraps might give account to them, so that the king would suffer no loss. 3 Then this Daniel distinguished himself above the governors and satraps, because an excellent spirit was in him; and the king gave thought to setting him over the whole realm. 4 So the governors and satraps sought to find some charge against Daniel concerning the kingdom; but they could find no charge or fault, because he was faithful; nor was there any error or fault found in him. 5 Then these men said, “We shall not find any charge against this Daniel unless we find it against him concerning the law of his God.” 6 So these governors and satraps thronged before the king, and said thus to him: “King Darius, live forever! 7 All the governors of the kingdom, the administrators and satraps, the counselors and advisors, have consulted together to establish a royal statute and to make a firm decree, that whoever petitions any god or man for thirty days, except you, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions. 8 Now, O king, establish the decree and sign the writing, so that it cannot be changed, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which does not alter.” 9 Therefore King Darius signed the written decree. Daniel in the Lions’ Den
10 Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went home. And in his upper room, with his windows open toward Jerusalem, he knelt down on his knees three times that day, and prayed and gave thanks before his God, as was his custom since early days. 11 Then these men assembled and found Daniel praying and making supplication before his God. 12 And they went before the king, and spoke concerning the king’s decree: “Have you not signed a decree that every man who petitions any god or man within thirty days, except you, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions?” The king answered and said, “The thing is true, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which does not alter.” 13 So they answered and said before the king, “That Daniel, who is one of the captives from Judah, does not show due regard for you, O king, or for the decree that you have signed, but makes his petition three times a day.” 14 And the king, when he heard these words, was greatly displeased with himself, and set his heart on Daniel to deliver him; and he labored till the going down of the sun to deliver him. 15 Then these men approached the king, and said to the king, “Know, O king, that it is the law of the Medes and Persians that no decree or statute which the king establishes may be changed.” 16 So the king gave the command, and they brought Daniel and cast him into the den of lions. But the king spoke, saying to Daniel, “Your God, whom you serve continually, He will deliver you.” 17 Then a stone was brought and laid on the mouth of the den, and the king sealed it with his own signet ring and with the signets of his lords, that the purpose concerning Daniel might not be changed. Daniel Saved from the Lions
18 Now the king went to his palace and spent the night fasting; and no musicians were brought before him. Also his sleep went from him. 19 Then the king arose very early in the morning and went in haste to the den of lions. 20 And when he came to the den, he cried out with a lamenting voice to Daniel. The king spoke, saying to Daniel, “Daniel, servant of the living God, has your God, whom you serve continually, been able to deliver you from the lions?” 21 Then Daniel said to the king, “O king, live forever! 22 My God sent His angel and shut the lions’ mouths, so that they have not hurt me, because I was found innocent before Him; and also, O king, I have done no wrong before you.” 23 Now the king was exceedingly glad for him, and commanded that they should take Daniel up out of the den. So Daniel was taken up out of the den, and no injury whatever was found on him, because he believed in his God. Darius Honors God
24 And the king gave the command, and they brought those men who had accused Daniel, and they cast them into the den of lions—them, their children, and their wives; and the lions overpowered them, and broke all their bones in pieces before they ever came to the bottom of the den. 25 Then King Darius wrote:
To all peoples, nations, and languages that dwell in all the earth: Peace be multiplied to you.
26 I make a decree that in every dominion of my kingdom men must tremble and fear before the God of Daniel. For He is the living God,
And steadfast forever;
His kingdom is the one which shall not be destroyed,
And His dominion shall endure to the end.
27 He delivers and rescues,
And He works signs and wonders
In heaven and on earth,
Who has delivered Daniel from the power of the lions. 28 So this Daniel prospered in the reign of Darius and in the reign of Cyrus the Persian. <<Like new-laid eggs Chess Problems are,Though very good, they may be beaten;
And yet, though like, they’re different far,
They may be cooked, but never eaten.>
Source: page 58 of Poems and Chess Problems by J.A. Miles (Fakenham, 1882).> France is not just a popular destination that tourists tend to flock to. It’s the most visited country in the world! Approximately 89 million people stop by each year. “Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom.” ― Francis Bacon “Discipline is wisdom and vice versa.” ― M. Scott Peck "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. Tactical instruction and puzzles: "So 10 chess tactic challenges a day may keep the chess blunder doctor (or is it the grim reaper?) away." — blogger "Chess is the touchstone of the intellect." — Goethe "Hardin once said: 'To succeed, planning alone is insufficient. One must improvise as well.'" — Hober Mallow, Foundation (1951) <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.> Controlled Aggression, according to GM Nigel Davies... I believe that 1 e4 is the most suitable move for players who like to attack; by its very nature 1 e4 pursues the initiative. It immediately opens diagonals for White's queen and king's bishop and aims for fast development and piece activity. At club level it is advisable to play less well-known lines offer greater scope for creativity and have an element of surprise. After 1…e5 the modern lines of the Scotch (2 Nf3 Nc6 3 d4 exd4 4 Nxd4 Nf6 5 Nxc6 bxc6 6 e5) offer an interesting and creative game. If your opponent plays the French with 1…e6 I suggest avoiding the Closed Structures which French players relish by playing 2 d4 d5 3 exd5, the Exchange Variation. I know what you're thinking but it isn't as drawish as its reputation would have us believe. Kasparov himself flirted with the Exchange a few years back and the Russian GM Ulibin still wields it with effect. After 3…exd5 you go 4.Nf3 and will often create an unbalanced position by playing a subsequent c2-c4. Against the Caro-Kann Defence you can adopt a similar method by specializing in the Panov-Botvinnik Attack (1…c6 2 d4 d5 3 exd5 cxd5 4 c4). The Sicilian is probably the most popular reply to 1 e4 and playing the sharpest lines involves a huge amount of work. Yet there are a number of players who do well on a diet of 6 Be2 lines against almost everything, whether it's the Najdorf (1…c5 2 Nf3 d6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4 Nf6 5 Nc3 a6), Scheveningen (5…e6), the Dragon (5…g6) or the so called Classical Sicilian (5…Nc6). You can't do this against absolutely everything and I suggest meeting the Kalashnikov (1….c5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4 e5 5 Nb5 d6) with 6 g3(!) and the Sveshnikov (1 e4 c5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4 Nf6 5 Nc3 e5) with 6 Ndb5 d6 7 Bg5 a6 8 Na3 b5 9 Nd5 Be7 10 Bxf6 as Kasparov has done in a number of key games. The way to get into these lines is to look out for complete games on the chesspublishing.com sites keeping an eye out for names such as Viktor Kupreichik and Ilya Smirin. These guys are both highly effective Be2 specialists. Against other defences go for 4 Bg5 against the Pirc and Modern Defences, meet the Alekhine's with 4 Nf3 and against the Scandinavian (1…d5) remember not to block your c-pawn with 2 exd5 Qxd5 3 Nc3?!. The world is coming to understand that White should probably go 3 Nf3 and follow up with 4 d4, 5 Be2, 6 0-0 and then hit Black's queen with 7 c4. This gives White much better central control (that d5 square) than traditional Scandinavian lines. Due to the fact that normal openings tend to give White a slight initiative, players who like the initiative tend to have most of their problems when they are Black. One line which makes a structural concession for the initiative is the Sveshnikov Sicilian (1 e4 c5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 d4 cd 4 Nxd4 Nf6 5 Nc3 e5!?) and the Dragon (1 e4 c5 2 Nf3 d6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4 Nf6 5 Nc3 g6) is also a firm favourite with attacking players. If you balk at the amount of work involved with these lines consider the Accelerated Dragon (1 e4 c5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4 g6) which has a very sound reputation but still offers Black active play. Against 1 d4 there are many counterattacking lines including the King's Indian (1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 g6 followed by 3...Bg7, 4...0-0 and 5...d6) and Gruenfeld (1.d4 Nf6 2 c4 g6 3 Nc3 d5) Defences. The Leningrad Dutch (1 d4 f5 followed by 2....Nf6 and 3....g6) has been less well mapped out and offers original play and excellent chances to gain the initiative against anything but the most accurate play by White. Controlled Aggression.
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[Date "2021.12.14"]
[White "taskampomou"]
[Black "Isaykin_Artem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2206"]
[BlackElo "2361"]
[UTCDate "2022.10.29"]
[UTCTime "17:07:34"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[ECO "C01"]
[Opening "French Defense: Exchange Variation, Monte Carlo Variation"]
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[Orientation "white"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Bd3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 Re8+ 9. Be3 Ng4 10. O-O Nxe3 11. fxe3 Rxe3 12. Bxf7+ Kxf7 13. Ne5+ Kg8 14. Qb3+ Kh8 15. Nf7+ Kg8 16. Nxd8+ Kh8 17. Nf7+ Kg8 18. Nh6+ Kh8 19. Qg8# 1-0 White wins. 1-0 Relish
The Use Of Knowledge
Between two citizens
A controversy grew.
The one was poor, but much he knew:
The other, rich, with little sense,
Claimed that, in point of excellence,
The merely wise should bow the knee
To all such moneyed men as he.
The merely fools, he should have said;
For why should wealth hold up its head,
When merit from its side has fled?
"My friend," said Bloated-purse,
To his reverse,
"You think yourself considerable.
Pray, tell me, do you keep a table?
What comes of this incessant reading,
In point of lodging, clothing, feeding?
It gives one, true, the highest chamber,
One coat for June and for December,
His shadow for his sole attendant,
And hunger always in the ascendant.
What profits he his country, too,
Who scarcely ever spends a sou –
Will, haply, be a public charge?
Who profits more the state at large,
Than he whose luxuries dispense
Among the people wealth immense?
We set the streams of life a-flowing;
We set all sorts of trades a-going.
The spinner, weaver, sewer, vender,
And many a wearer, fair and tender,
All live and flourish on the spender –
As do, indeed, the reverend rooks
Who waste their time in making books."
These words, so full of impudence,
Received their proper recompense.
The man of letters held his peace,
Though much he might have said with ease.
A war avenged him soon and well;
In it their common city fell.
Both fled abroad; the ignorant,
By fortune thus brought down to want,
Was treated everywhere with scorn,
And roamed about, a wretch forlorn;
Whereas the scholar, everywhere,
Was nourished by the public care.
Let fools the studious despise;
There's nothing lost by being wise.
What?? <Levy Rozman> QUIT chess?? Oh, NO. Say it aint so, Levy!!
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Question: Which US President was the only bachelor when he was in office?
Answer: James Buchanan
Question: On which planet is a year longer than a day?
Answer: Venus has the longest day of any planet in our solar system. Venus is unusual because it spins the opposite direction of Earth and most other planets and it’s extremely slow. It takes about 243 Earth days to spin around just once. Because it’s so close to the sun, a year goes by fast. Therefore, a day on Venus is nearly 20 Earth days longer than its year. Question: Which girl’s name is also the name given to a female donkey?
Answer: Jenny
Question: In the Bible, who, alone, killed a quarter of the world’s population?
Answer: Cain – according to the Bible, Cain killed Abel when the only humans in existence were Adam, Eve and their 2 sons. Question: What day is two days before the day immediately following the day three days before the day two days after the day immediately before Friday?
Answer: Tuesday – the day before Friday is Thursday. Two days after that is Saturday. Three days before that is Wednesday. The day immediately following that is Thursday, Two days before that is Tuesday, so the final and correct answer is Tuesday. Question: What goes up, but never down?
Answer: Age
Question: What do you call a woman that knows where her husband is, at all times?
Answer: A widow
Question: What is the only number spelled out in English that has the same number of letters as its value?
Answer: Four
Question: The U.S.A. $10,000 bill was last printed in 1945 and is the largest denomination ever in public circulation; whose portrait appeared on it?
Answer: Salmon P. Chase – Secretary of the Treasury Question: What is enuresis?
Answer: Bedwetting
Question: What does the word karaoke literally mean?
Answer: Empty orchestra
Question: Which fruit floats because 25% of its volume is air?
Answer: Apple – they float because of their high volume of air. If an item is denser than water, it will sink – otherwise, will float. Question: What’s the only food that never expires?
Answer: Honey – when excavating ancient Egyptian tombs, archaeologists found pots of honey thousands of years old, and still edible. As long as the container is sealed, raw honey will never spoil. Although it never truly expires, honey can crystallize or granulate but is still safe to consume. Fun fact: the oldest jar of honey was found in the tomb of a noblewoman in Georgia. As far as archaeologists have found, this is considered the world’s oldest honey – about 5,500 years old. Question: , What’s the brightest star in the sky?
Answer: Sirius – also known as the Dog Star or Sirius A, Sirius is the brightest star in Earth’s night sky. The star is outshone only by several planets and the International Space Station. Question: What’s the difference between a cemetery and a graveyard?
Answer: Graveyards are attached to churches while cemeteries are stand-alone. Question: The world’s first speeding ticket was issued in 1896. Where did it happen?
Answer: London, England
Walter Arnold was driving four times the limit, at an astonishing speed of 8 miles per hour. Back in those days, the speed limit was 2 miles per hour – you could easily walk faster. The driver was eventually arrested after being chased by a police officer on a bicycle. Question: In feudal Japan, why did lords purposely built homes with squeaky floors?
Answer: They were used as a defensive measure against ninjas. Question: What U.S. state’s constitution is the longest in the world?
Answer: Alabama – 310,000 words.
Question: What country has the most vending machines per capita?
Answer: Japan – one for every 23 people.
Question: What was the first patented service uniform in the United States?
Answer: Playboy Bunny
Question: What is the oldest authenticated age ever for a human?
Answer: 122
Question: Which two cities represent letters in the phonetic alphabet?
Answer: Lima and Quebec
Question: What did clocks never have before 1577?
Answer: Minute hands – it was eventually invented by Jost Burgi for, it is believed, Tycho Brahe, an astronomer who needed an accurate clock for stargazing. Question: What is the most frequently sold item at Walmart?
Answer: Bananas – although Walmart never disclosed how many bananas they sell each year, the number has to be immense considering that over 200 million people shop in its stores worldwide every single week. Question: What language has the most words?
Answer: English
Question: Why did pirates wear earrings?
Answer: To improve their eyesight – they believed the precious metal in an earring had healing powers. Question: In terms of production volume, what is the most popular fruit in the world?
Answer: Tomato – yes, tomato is a fruit.
Question: Who is the oldest man to win People Magazine’s sexiest man alive?
Answer: Sean Connery – 59.
Question: How do you call a group of unicorns?
Answer: A blessing
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Answer: To improve their eyesight – they believed the precious metal in an earring had healing powers. Question: In terms of production volume, what is the most popular fruit in the world?
Answer: Tomato – yes, tomato is a fruit.
“Above all, be the heroine of your life, not the victim.” ― Nora Ephr “The Seven Social Sins are:
Wealth without work.
Pleasure without conscience.
Knowledge without character.
Commerce without morality.
Science without humanity.
Worship without sacrifice.
Politics without principle.
From a sermon given by Frederick Lewis Donaldson in Westminster Abbey, London, on March 20, 1925.”
― Frederick Lewis Donaldson
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'Don't shut the stable door after the horse has bolted' 'Don't throw good money after bad'
'Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater'
InkHarted wrote:
Checkmate.
I started off as an equal
I have everything that they do
my life was one and the same as my foe
childish battles of lesser
I won baring cost of a little
but as time outgrew my conscience
I found that the pieces were moving against me
with time my company reduced
they left one by one
all in time forgetting me
my castles collapsed
my religion dissuaded
my protectors in hiding
I could not run anymore
I have been cornered to a wall
as the queen left silently
without saying goodbye
I could not live any longer
she was most precious to me
I could not win without her by my side
so the king knelt down and died.
“Everyone should know how to play chess.” — José Raúl Capablanca Mark 3:25 And if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand. 'Finders keepers, losers weepers'
No, turn it over to Lost and Found.
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) The Two Friends
Two friends, in Monomotapa,
Had all their interests combined.
Their friendship, faithful and refined,
Our country can't exceed, do what it may.
One night, when potent Sleep had laid
All still within our planet's shade,
One of the two gets up alarmed,
Runs over to the other's palace,
And hastily the servants rallies.
His startled friend, quick armed,
With purse and sword his comrade meets,
And thus right kindly greets:
"You seldom com'st at such an hour;
I take you for a man of sounder mind
Than to abuse the time for sleep designed.
Have lost your purse, by Fortune's power?
Here's mine. Have suffered insult, or a blow,
I have here my sword – to avenge it let us go."
"No," said his friend, "no need I feel
Of either silver, gold, or steel;
I thank you for your friendly zeal.
In sleep I saw you rather sad,
And thought the truth might be as bad.
Unable to endure the fear,
That cursed dream has brought me here."
Which think you, reader, loved the most!
If doubtful this, one truth may be proposed:
There's nothing sweeter than a real friend:
Not only is he prompt to lend –
An angler delicate, he fishes
The very deepest of your wishes,
And spares your modesty the task
His friendly aid to ask.
A dream, a shadow, wakes his fear,
When pointing at the object dear.
“One more dance along the razor's edge finished. Almost dead yesterday, maybe dead tomorrow, but alive, gloriously alive, today.”
― Robert Jordan, Lord of Chaos
“Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace, and gratitude.” ― Denis Waitley Psalm 31:24
Be strong, and let your heart take courage, all you who wait for the Lord! “The wind cannot defeat a tree with strong roots.” — The Revenant The Tide Rises, the Tide Falls
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1807-1882
The tide rises, the tide falls,
The twilight darkens, the curlew calls;
Along the sea-sands damp and brown
The traveller hastens toward the town,
And the tide rises, the tide falls.
Darkness settles on roofs and walls,
But the sea, the sea in darkness calls;
The little waves, with their soft, white hands,
Efface the footprints in the sands,
And the tide rises, the tide falls.
The morning breaks; the steeds in their stalls
Stamp and neigh, as the hostler calls;
The day returns, but nevermore
Returns the traveller to the shore,
And the tide rises, the tide falls.
“There are good ships, and there are wood ships, ships that sail the sea, but the best ships are friendships, and may they always be.” — Anonymous “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. "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 from the simpleton poet:
Roses are red.
Violets are blue.
Chess is creative.
And a journey too.
Good in the morning.
Or just before bed.
Play cheater_1, with engine.
Or OTB, all in your head.
“It's not how you start that matters, it's how you finish.” “Old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read.” — Francis Bacon The cat’s play is the mouse’s death. ~ German Proverb “Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground.”
― Theodore Roosevelt
Ah, St. Marher, 1225:
"And te tide and te time þat tu iboren were, schal beon iblescet." 2pry Zeitnot Zshaa-Tichondrius - 601 Disc Priest 226 Ilvl - 27750 RBG zek247 dint undrstnd Ziyatdinov's planto ignore the LSB on deck of the carrier. “Debt is dumb. Cash is king.” — Dave Ramsey A jester, court jester, fool or joker was a member of the household of a nobleman or a monarch employed to entertain guests during the medieval and Renaissance eras. Jesters were also itinerant performers who entertained common folk at fairs and town markets, and the discipline continues into the modern day, where jesters perform at historical-themed events. During the Middle Ages, jesters are often thought to have worn brightly colored clothes and eccentric hats in a motley pattern. Their modern counterparts usually mimic this costume. Jesters entertained with a wide variety of skills: principal among them were song, music, and storytelling, but many also employed acrobatics, juggling, telling jokes (such as puns, stereotypes, and imitation), and performing magic tricks. Much of the entertainment was performed in a comic style. Many jesters made contemporary jokes in word or song about people or events well known to their audiences. Silence is the best reply to a fool. ― Joker
Always Remember, the beginning is the hardest part. ― Joker Did you hear about the mathematician who’s afraid of negative numbers?
He’ll stop at nothing to avoid them.
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Ya betta watch out for those guys. They'll try to trick ya! “Si vis pacem, para bellum” ― Cicero
“Unfortunately, many regard the critic as an enemy, instead of seeing him as a guide to the truth.” ― Wilhelm Steinitz “My passions were all gathered together like fingers that made a fist. Drive is considered aggression today; I knew it then as purpose.” ― Bette Davis “Chess is a matter of vanity.” ― Alexander Alekhine “As a chess player one has to be able to control one's feelings, one has to be as cold as a machine.” ― Levon Aronian “Sometimes it happens that the computer's assessment is very abstract. It's correct, but it's not useful for a practical game. You have to prove the assessment with very strong moves and if you don't find all of these strong moves you may lose very quickly. For a computer this is not a problem, but for humans it is not so easy.” ― Vassily Ivanchuk “A good book is the precious lifeblood of a master spirit.” ― John Milton “Chess is a sport. The main object in the game of chess remains the achievement of victory.” ― Max Euwe “A sport, a struggle for results and a fight for prizes. I think that the discussion about "chess is science or chess is art" is already inappropriate. The purpose of modern chess is to reach a result.” ― Alexander Morozevich “No one man is superior to the game.” ― A. Bartlett Giamatti, in reference to Pete Rose, the all-time MLB hits leader banned for gambling. “To err is human; to forgive, divine.” ― Alexander Pope “I consider Mr. Morphy the finest chess player who ever existed. He is far superior to any now living, and would doubtless have beaten Labourdonnais himself. In all his games with me, he has not only played, in every instance, the exact move, but the most exact. He never makes a mistake; but, if his adversary commits the slightest error, he is lost.” ― Adolf Anderssen “After white's reply to 1.e4 e5 with 2.f4 the game is in its last throes”
― Howard Staunton
“I have added these principles to the law: get the Knights into action before both Bishops are developed.” ― Emanuel Lasker “With opposite coloured bishops the attacking side has in effect an extra piece in the shape of his bishop.” ― Mikhail Botvinnik “A pawn, when separated from his fellows, will seldom or never make a fortune.” ― Francois-Andre Danican Philidor “Be warned! From Satan's viewpoint you are a pawn in his game of cosmic chess.” ― Adrian Rogers “Pawns not only create the sketch for the whole painting, they are also the soil, the foundation, of any position.” ― Anatoly Karpov “The object of the state is always the same: to limit the individual, to tame him, to subordinate him, to subjugate him.” ― Max Stirner “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 “A Queen's sacrifice, even when fairly obvious, always rejoices the heart of the chess-lover.” ― Savielly Tartakower “Everyone makes mistakes. The wise are not people who never make mistakes, but those who forgive themselves and learn from their mistakes.” ― Ajahn Brahm “As a rule, so-called "positional" sacrifices are considered more difficult, and therefore more praise-worthy, than those which are based exclusively on an exact calculation of tactical possibilities.” ― Alexander Alekhine “It would be idle, and presumptuous, to wish to imitate the achievements of a Morphy or an Alekhine; but their methods and their manner of expressing themselves are within the reach of all.” ― Eugene Znosko-Borovsky “The most powerful weapon in chess is to have the next move.”
― David Bronstein
“If the defender is forced to give up the center, then every possible attack follows almost of itself.” ― Siegbert Tarrasch “Erudition, like a bloodhound, is a charming thing when held firmly in leash, but it is not so attractive when turned loose upon a defenseless and unerudite public.” ― Agnes Repplier “If you watch it, you should watch it with other players and try to find moves, like it was before. Now on many sites you watch together with the computer and the pleasure is gone.” ― Boris Gelfand “I believe that Chess possesses a magic that is also a help in advanced age. A rheumatic knee is forgotten during a game of chess and other events can seem quite unimportant in comparison with a catastrophe on the chessboard.”
― Vlastimil Hort
“It's funny, but many people don't understand why I draw so many games nowadays. They think my style must have changed but this is not the case at all. The answer to this drawing disease is that my favorite squares are e6, f7, g7 and h7 and everyone now knows this. They protect these squares not once but four times!” ― Mikhail Tal “Having spent alarmingly large chunks of my life studying the white side of the Open Sicilian, I find myself asking, why did I bother?” ― Daniel J. King “Apart from direct mistakes, there is nothing more ruinous than routine play, the aim of which is mechanical development.” ― Alexey Suetin “Not infrequently ... the theoretical is a synonym of the stereotyped. For the 'theoretical' in chess is nothing more than that which can be found in the textbooks and to which players try to conform because they cannot think up anything better or equal, anything original.” ― Mikhail Chigorin “The choice of opening, whether to aim for quiet or risky play, depends not only on the style of a player, but also on the disposition with which he sits down at the board.” ― Efim Geller “Despite the development of chess theory, there is much that remains secret and unexplored in chess.” ― Vasily Smyslov “No matter how much theory progresses, how radically styles change, chess play is inconceivable without tactics.” ― Samuel Reshevsky “Collect as precious pearls the words of the wise and virtuous.”
― Abdelkader El Djezairi
“Learning is not attained by chance; it must be sought for with ardor and diligence.” ― Abigail Adams “When I was preparing for one term's work in the Botvinnik school I had to spend a lot of time on king and pawn endings. So when I came to a tricky position in my own games, I knew the winning method.” ― Garry Kasparov “As a rule, pawn endings have a forced character, and they can be worked out conclusively.” ― Mark Dvoretsky “It is a gross overstatement, but in chess, it can be said I play against my opponent over the board and against myself on the clock.” ― Viktor Korchnoi “The fact that the 7 hours time control allows us to play a great deep game is not of great importance for mass-media.” ― Alexei Shirov “For me, each game is a new challenge, which has to be dealt with rationally and systematically. At that time, every other thought fades into oblivion.”
― Viswanathan Anand
“Any fool can know. The point is to understand.” ― Albert Einstein “One bad move nullifies forty good ones.”
― Israel Albert Horowitz
“It is a well-known phenomenon that the same amateur who can conduct the middle game quite creditably, is usually perfectly helpless in the end game. One of the principal requisites of good chess is the ability to treat both the middle and end game equally well.” ― Aron Nimzowitsch “My hard work and excellent training entitled me to be a better actress than some of my competitors.” ― Pola Negri “Endings of one rook and pawns are about the most common sort of endings arising on the chess board. Yet though they do occur so often, few have mastered them thoroughly. They are often of a very difficult nature, and sometimes while apparently very simple they are in reality extremely intricate.”
― Jose Raul Capablanca
“Capablanca used to talk calmly and moderately about everything. However, when our conversation turned to the problems of the battle for the world championship, in front of me was a quite different person: an enraged lion, although with the fervour typical only of a southerner, with his temperamental patter, which made it hard to follow the torrent of his indignant exclamations and words.” ― Alexander Koblencs “A player is said to have the opposition when he can place his King directly in front of the adverse King, with only one square between them. This is often an important advantage in ending games.” ― Howard Staunton “A player can sometimes afford the luxury of an inaccurate move, or even a definite error, in the opening or middlegame without necessarily obtaining a lost position. In the endgame ... an error can be decisive, and we are rarely presented with a second chance.” ― Paul Keres “Never trust a government that doesn't trust its own citizens with guns.”
― Benjamin Franklin
“The Soviet Union was an exception, but even there chess players were not rich. Only Fischer changed that.” ― Boris Spassky “Chess never has been and never can be aught but a recreation. It should not be indulged in to the detriment of other and more serious avocations - should not absorb or engross the thoughts of those who worship at its shrine, but should be kept in the background, and restrained within its proper province. As a mere game, a relaxation from the severe pursuits of life, it is deserving of high commendation.” ― Paul Morphy “Incidentally, when we're faced with a "prove or disprove," we're usually better off trying first to disprove with a counterexample, for two reasons: A disproof is potentially easier (we need just one counterexample); and nitpicking arouses our creative juices. Even if the given assertion is true, our search for a counterexample often leads to a proof, as soon as we see why a counterexample is impossible. Besides, it's healthy to be skeptical.” ― Ronald Graham “Attackers may sometimes regret bad movez, but it’s much worse to forever regret an opportunity you allowed to pass you by.” ― Garry Kasparov “Even the laziest king flees wildly in the face of a double check.”
― Aron Nimzowitzch
“If you see a good move -- WAIT -- look for a better one.” ― Emanuel Lasker Proverbs 29:25
Fear of man will prove to be a snare, but whoever trusts in the Lord is kept safe. “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 preparez for next generation!” ― Susan Polgar French Proverb: “Ce n’est pas à un vieux singe qu’on apprend à faire la grimace.” ― (There’s no substitute for experience.) * Alpha Glossary: https://www.chess-poster.com/englis... * Art: Game Collection: Art of Checkmate * Attack: Game Collection: Chess Secrets - Attackers (Crouch) * Are you broke? https://www.bing.com/videos/search?... * B23-B25: Game Collection: Sicilian Closed / Grand Prix Attack * Best Games of 2018: Game Collection: Best Games of 2018 * Bearly Thinking: https://www.etsy.com/listing/972054... Gummy bears were originally called "dancing bears." White-faced capuchin monkeyz greet each other by sticking their fingers up each others’ nosez. Soundz much like web troll behavior. * Brutal Attacking Chess collection: Game Collection: Brutal Attacking Chess * Checkmate patterns: Game Collection: Checkmate: Checkmate Patterns * Epic: Game Collection: Epic Battles of the CB by R.N. Coles - keypusher * Extinguish the Dragon: Game Collection: 1.e4 explorations * Fabulous brilliancies: https://www.chess.com/article/view/... * GK: Game Collection: Kasparov - The Sicilian Sheveningen * Glossary of Chess Terms: http://www.arkangles.com/kchess/glo... * GOTD Submission Page: Pun Submission Page * M60MG: Game Collection: My Sixty Memorable Games (Fischer) * Online safety: https://www.entrepreneur.com/scienc... * RL Minis: Game Collection: Ruy Lopez Miniatures * Sacs on f7/f2: Game Collection: Demolition of Pawn Structure: Sac on f7 (f2) * Six Ways: https://takelessons.com/blog/6-tips... * Sports Clichés: http://www.sportscliche.com/
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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
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“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
“The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them.”
— Ernest Hemingway
“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 “Coincidence is God's way of remaining anonymous.” ― Albert Einstein “In life, unlike chess the game continues after checkmate.” ― Isaac Asimov “The measure of a society is found in how they treat their weakest and most helpless citizens.” ― Jimmy Carter, 39th U.S. President Connecticut: Windsor
Established in: 1633
Settlers from Plymouth Colony built the first trading house in Windsor in 1633 on an expanse of land they bought from Native Americans who were living there.
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-... * Chess History: https://www.britannica.com/topic/ch... * Three Simple Chess Tips: https://www.premierchesscoaching.co... 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.
The Heron
One day, – no matter when or where, –
A long-legged heron chanced to fare
By a certain river's brink,
With his long, sharp beak
Helved on his slender neck;
It was a fish-spear, you might think.
The water was clear and still,
The carp and the pike there at will
Pursued their silent fun,
Turning up, ever and anon,
A golden side to the sun.
With ease might the heron have made
Great profits in his fishing trade.
So near came the scaly fry,
They might be caught by the passer-by.
But he thought he better might
Wait for a better appetite –
For he lived by rule, and could not eat,
Except at his hours, the best of meat.
Anon his appetite returned once more;
So, approaching again the shore,
He saw some tench taking their leaps,
Now and then, from their lowest deeps.
With as dainty a taste as Horace's rat,
He turned away from such food as that.
"What, tench for a heron! poh!
I scorn the thought, and let them go."
The tench refused, there came a gudgeon;
"For all that," said the bird, "I budge on.
I'll never open my beak, if the gods please,
For such mean little fishes as these."
He did it for less;
For it came to pass,
That not another fish could he see;
And, at last, so hungry was he,
That he thought it of some avail
To find on the bank a single snail.
Such is the sure result
Of being too difficult.
Would you be strong and great,
Learn to accommodate.
Get what you can, and trust for the rest;
The whole is often lost by seeking the best.
Above all things beware of disdain;
Where, at most, you have little to gain.
The people are many that make
Every day this sad mistake.
It's not for the herons I put this case,
You featherless people, of human race.
– List to another tale as true,
And you'll hear the lesson brought home to you.
Tobin Anderson is leaving Fairleigh Dickinson after one storybook season to replace Rick Pitino at Iona. The big picture: Anderson is the latest coach to jump ship for a bigger job in the immediate aftermath of a Cinderella run in the NCAA Tournament. A few other examples: Shaheen Holloway: Led No. 15 Saint Peter's to the Elite Eight last year; hired by Seton Hall, which went 17-16 this year and missed the tourney. Andy Enfield took No. 15 Florida Gulf Coast — aka "Dunk City" — to the Sweet 16 in 2013; hired by USC, where he has made the tournament five times. Steve Donahue took No. 12 Cornell to the Sweet 16 in 2010; hired by Boston College, which never made the tourney in his four years there. Now he's at Penn. Bruce Pearl took No. 12 Milwaukee to the Sweet 16 in 2005; hired by Tennessee, where he had an excellent six-year run (until he was fired). Now he's at Auburn. Of note: Other coaches like Jim Larrañaga (George Mason to Miami) and Porter Moser (Loyola Chicago to Oklahoma) have parlayed similar Cinderella runs into bigger gigs a few years down the line. Encyclopedia of Chess Openings (ECO) codes:
Anderssen's Opening: 1. a3
Anderssen's Opening, Polish Gambit: 1. a3 a5 2. b4
Anderssen's Opening, Creepy Crawly Formation: 1. a3 e5 2. h3 d5
Anderssen's Opening, Andersspike: 1. a3 g6 2. g4
Ware Opening: 1. a4
Ware Opening, Wing Gambit: 1. a4 b5 2. axb5 Bb7
Ware Opening, Ware Gambit: 1. a4 e5 2. a5 d5 3. e3 f5 4. a6
Ware Opening, Crab Variation: 1. a4 e5 2. h4
Durkin Opening: 1. Na3
Sokolsky Opening: 1. b4
Sokolsky Opening, Birmingham Gambit: 1. b4 c5
Sokolsky Opening, Outflank Variation: 1. b4 c6
Sokolsky Opening, Schuhler Gambit: 1. b4 c6 2. Bb2 a5 3. b5 cxb5 4. e4
Sokolsky Opening, Myers Variation: 1. b4 d5 2. Bb2 c6 3. a4
Sokolsky Opening, Bugayev Attack: 1. b4 e5 2. a3
Sokolsky Opening, Wolferts Gambit: 1. b4 e5 2. Bb2 c5
Saragossa Opening: 1.c3
Dunst Opening: 1. Nc3
Van 't Kruijs Opening: 1.e3
Mieses Opening: 1. d3
Barnes Opening: 1. f3
Benko's Opening: 1. g3
Grob's Attack: 1. g4
Clemenz Opening: 1. h3
Desprez Opening: 1. h4
Amar Opening: 1. Nh3
A01 Larsen's Opening
A02 Bird's Opening
A03 Bird's Opening, 1...d5
A04 Réti Opening, 1. Nf3
A05 Reti Opening, 2...Nf6
A06 Reti Opening, 2...d5
A07 Reti Opening, King's Indian attack (Barcza system)
A08 Reti Opening, King's Indian attack
A09 Reti Opening, 2...d5 3.c4
A10 English Opening
A11 English, Caro-Kann defensive system
A12 English, Caro-Kann defensive system
A13 English Opening
A14 English, Neo-Catalan declined
A15 English, 1...Nf6 (Anglo-Indian defence)
A16 English Opening
A17 English Opening, Hedgehog Defence
A18 English, Mikenas-Carls variation
A19 English, Mikenas-Carls, Sicilian variation
A20 English Opening
A21 English Opening
A22 English Opening
A23 English Opening, Bremen system, Keres variation
A24 English Opening, Bremen system with 3...g6
A25 English Opening, Sicilian Reversed
A26 English Opening, Closed system
A27 English Opening, Three knights system
A28 English Opening, Four knights system
A29 English Opening, Four knights, kingside Fianchetto
A30 English Opening, Symmetrical variation
A31 English Opening, Symmetrical, Benoni formation
A32 English Opening, Symmetrical
A33 English Opening, Symmetrical
A34 English Opening, Symmetrical
A35 English Opening, Symmetrical
A36 English Opening, Symmetrical
A37 English Opening, Symmetrical
A38 English Opening, Symmetrical
A39 English Opening, Symmetrical, Main line with d4
A40 Queen's Pawn Game (including English Defence, Englund Gambit, Queen's Knight Defence, Polish Defence and Keres Defence)
A41 Queen's Pawn Game, Wade Defence
A42 Modern defence, Averbakh system also Wade Defence
A43 Old Benoni defence
A44 Old Benoni defence
A45 Queen's Pawn Game
A46 Queen's Pawn Game
A47 Queen's Indian Defence
A48 King's Indian, East Indian defence
A49 King's Indian, Fianchetto without c4
A50 Queen's Pawn Game, Black Knights' Tango
A51 Budapest Gambit declined
A52 Budapest Gambit
A53 Old Indian Defence
A54 Old Indian, Ukrainian variation
A55 Old Indian, Main line
A56 Benoni Defence
A57 Benko gambit
A58 Benko gambit accepted
A59 Benko gambit, 7.e4
A60 Benoni defence
A61 Benoni defence
A62 Benoni, Fianchetto variation
A63 Benoni, Fianchetto variation, 9...Nbd7
A64 Benoni, Fianchetto variation, 11...Re8
A65 Benoni, 6.e4
A66 Benoni, pawn storm variation
A67 Benoni, Taimanov variation
A68 Benoni, Four pawns attack
A69 Benoni, Four pawns attack, Main line
A70 Benoni, Classical with e4 and Nf3
A71 Benoni, Classical, 8.Bg5
A72 Benoni, Classical without 9.O-O
A73 Benoni, Classical, 9.O-O
A74 Benoni, Classical, 9...a6, 10.a4
A75 Benoni, Classical with ...a6 and 10...Bg4
A76 Benoni, Classical, 9...Re8
A77 Benoni, Classical, 9...Re8, 10.Nd2
A78 Benoni, Classical with ...Re8 and ...Na6
A79 Benoni, Classical, 11.f3
A80 Dutch Defence
A81 Dutch defence
A82 Dutch, Staunton gambit, also includes Balogh Defence
A83 Dutch, Staunton gambit, Staunton's line
A84 Dutch defence
A85 Dutch with 2.c4 & 3.Nc3
A86 Dutch with 2.c4 & 3.g3
A87 Dutch, Leningrad, Main variation
A88 Dutch, Leningrad, Main variation with 7...c6
A89 Dutch, Leningrad, Main variation with Nc6
A90 Dutch defence
A91 Dutch defence
A92 Dutch defence
A93 Dutch, Stonewall, Botwinnik variation
A94 Dutch, Stonewall with Ba3
A95 Dutch, Stonewall with Nc3
A96 Dutch, Classical variation
A97 Dutch, Ilyin-Genevsky variation
A98 Dutch, Ilyin-Genevsky variation with Qc2
A99 Dutch, Ilyin-Genevsky variation with b3
B00 King's pawn Opening without 1... e5, 1... d5, 1... Nf6, 1... g6, 1... d6, 1... c6, 1... c5. (includes Nimzowitsch Defence, St. George Defence, Owen's Defence, Hippopotamus Defence, Fred Defence and others)
B01 Scandinavian Defence (Center Counter Defence)
B02 Alekhine's Defence
B03 Alekhine's Defence 3.d4
B04 Alekhine's defence, Modern variation
B05 Alekhine's defence, Modern variation, 4...Bg4
B06 Robatsch (Modern) defence, including Monkey's Bum
B07 Pirc defence
B08 Pirc, Classical (Two knights) system
B09 Pirc, Austrian attack
B10 Caro-Kann Defence Defence
B11 Caro-Kann, Two knights, 3...Bg4
B12 Caro-Kann defence
B13 Caro-Kann, Exchange variation
B14 Caro-Kann, Panov-Botvinnik attack, 5...e6
B15 Caro-Kann defence
B16 Caro-Kann, Bronstein-Larsen variation
B17 Caro-Kann, Steinitz variation
B18 Caro-Kann, Classical variation
B19 Caro-Kann, Classical, 7...Nd7
B20 Sicilian defence
B21 Sicilian, Grand Prix attack and Smith-Morra Gambit, including the Siberian Trap
B22 Sicilian Defence, Alapin Variation (2.c3)
B23 Sicilian, Closed
B24 Sicilian, Closed
B25 Sicilian, Closed
B26 Sicilian, Closed, 6.Be3
B27 Sicilian defence
B28 Sicilian, O'Kelly variation
B29 Sicilian, Nimzovich-Rubinstein variation
B30 Sicilian defence
B31 Sicilian, Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (with ...g6, without ...d6)
B32 Sicilian defence
B33 Sicilian, Sveshnikov (Lasker-Pelikan) variation
B34 Sicilian Defence, Accelerated Fianchetto, Exchange variation
B35 Sicilian Defence, Accelerated Fianchetto, Modern variation with Bc4
B36 Sicilian Defence, Accelerated Fianchetto, Maroczy bind
B37 Sicilian Defence, Accelerated Fianchetto, Maroczy bind, 5...Bg7
B38 Sicilian Defence, Accelerated Fianchetto, Maroczy bind, 6.Be3
B39 Sicilian Defence, Accelerated Fianchetto, Breyer variation
B40 Sicilian defence
B41 Sicilian, Kan variation
B42 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Bd3
B43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3
B44 Sicilian defence
B45 Sicilian, Taimanov variation
B46 Sicilian, Taimanov variation
B47 Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) variation
B48 Sicilian, Taimanov variation
B49 Sicilian, Taimanov variation
B50 Sicilian
B51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky attack
B52 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky attack, 3...Bd7
B53 Sicilian, Chekhover variation
B54 Sicilian
B55 Sicilian, Prins variation, Venice attack
B56 Sicilian
B57 Sicilian, Sozin (not Scheveningen) including Magnus Smith Trap
B58 Sicilian, Classical
B59 Sicilian, Boleslavsky variation, 7.Nb3
B60 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer
B61 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer, Larsen variation, 7.Qd2
B62 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer, 6...e6
B63 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer, Rauzer attack
B64 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer, Rauzer attack, 7...Be7 defence, 9.f4
B65 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer, Rauzer attack, 7...Be7 defence, 9...Nxd4
B66 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer, Rauzer attack, 7...a6
B67 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer, Rauzer attack, 7...a6 defence, 8...Bd7
B68 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer, Rauzer attack, 7...a6 defence, 9...Be7
B69 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer, Rauzer attack, 7...a6 defence, 11.Bxf6
B70 Sicilian, Dragon variation
B71 Sicilian, Dragon, Levenfish variation
B72 Sicilian, Dragon, 6.Be3
B73 Sicilian, Dragon, Classical, 8.O-O
B74 Sicilian, Dragon, Classical, 9.Nb3
B75 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav attack
B76 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav attack, 7...O-O
B77 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav attack, 9.Bc4
B78 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav attack, 10.O-O-O
B79 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav attack, 12.h4
B80 Sicilian Defence, Scheveningen Variation
B81 Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres attack
B82 Sicilian, Scheveningen, 6.f4
B83 Sicilian, Scheveningen, 6.Be2
B84 Sicilian, Scheveningen (Paulsen), Classical variation
B85 Sicilian, Scheveningen, Classical variation with ...Qc7 and ...Nc6
B86 Sicilian, Sozin attack
B87 Sozin with ...a6 and ...b5
B88 Sicilian, Sozin, Leonhardt variation
B89 Sicilian, Sozin, 7.Be3
B90 Sicilian, Najdorf
B91 Sicilian, Najdorf, Zagreb (Fianchetto) variation
B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Zagreb (Fianchetto) variation
B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4
B94 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.Bg5
B95 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6...e6
B96 Sicilian, Najdorf, 7.f4
B97 Sicilian, Najdorf, 7...Qb6 including Poisoned Pawn Variation
B98 Sicilian, Najdorf, 7...Be7
B99 Sicilian, Najdorf, 7...Be7 Main line
C00 French Defence
C01 French, Exchange Variation, Kingston Defence
C02 French, Advance Variation
C03 French, Tarrasch
C04 French, Tarrasch, Guimard Main line
C05 French, Tarrasch, Closed Variation
C06 French, Tarrasch, Closed Variation, Main line
C07 French, Tarrasch, Open Variation
C08 French, Tarrasch, Open, 4.exd5 exd5
C09 French, Tarrasch, Open Variation, Main line
C10 French, Paulsen Variation
C11 French Defence
C12 French, MacCutcheon Variation
C13 French, Classical
C14 French, Classical Variation
C15 French, Winawer (Nimzovich) Variation
C16 French, Winawer, Advance Variation
C17 French, Winawer, Advance Variation
C18 French, Winawer, Advance Variation
C19 French, Winawer, Advance, 6...Ne7
C20 King's Pawn Game (includes Alapin's Opening, Lopez Opening, Napoleon Opening, Portuguese Opening and Parham Attack)
C21 Center Game (includes Danish Gambit)
C22 Center Game
C23 Bishop's Opening
C24 Bishop's Opening, Berlin Defence
C25 Vienna Game
C26 Vienna Game, Falkbeer Variation
C27 Vienna Game, Frankenstein-Dracula Variation
C28 Vienna Game
C29 Vienna Gambit, Kaufmann Variation including Würzburger Trap
C30 King's Gambit
C31 King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Countergambit
C32 King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer, 5. dxe4
C33 King's Gambit Accepted
C34 King's Gambit Accepted, including Fischer Defence
C35 King's Gambit Accepted, Cunningham Defence
C36 King's Gambit Accepted, Abbazia Defence (Classical Defence, Modern Defence)
C37 King's Gambit Accepted, Quaade Gambit
C38 King's Gambit Accepted
C39 KGA, Allagier & Kiesertisky Gambits including Rice Gambit
C40 King's Knight Opening (includes Gunderam Defence, Greco Defence, Damiano Defence, Elephant Gambit, and Latvian Gambit.)
C41 Philidor Defence
C42 Petrov's Defence, including Marshall Trap
C43 Petrov's Defence, Modern (Steinitz) Attack
C44 King's Pawn Game (includes Ponziani Opening, Inverted Hungarian Opening, Irish Gambit, Konstantinopolsky Opening and some Scotch Game)
C45 Scotch Game
C46 Three Knights Game including Müller-Schulze Gambit
C47 Four Knights Game, Scotch Variation
C48 Four Knights Game, Spanish Variation
C49 Four Knights Game, Double Ruy Lopez
C50 King's Pawn Game (includes Blackburne Shilling Gambit, Hungarian Defence, Italian Gambit, Légal Trap, Rousseau Gambit and Giuoco Pianissimo)
C51 Evans Gambit
C52 Evans Gambit with 4...Bxb4 5.c3 Ba5
C53 Giuoco Piano
C54 Giuoco Piano
C55 Two Knights Defence
C56 Two Knights Defence
C57 Two Knights Defence, including the Fried Liver Attack
C58 Two Knights Defence
C59 Two Knights Defence
C60 Ruy Lopez
C61 Ruy Lopez, Bird's Defence
C62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defence
C63 Ruy Lopez, Schliemann Defence
C64 Ruy Lopez, Classical (Cordel) Defence
C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defence including Mortimer Trap
C66 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defence, 4.O-O, d6
C67 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defence, Open variation
C68 Ruy Lopez, Exchange Variation
C69 Ruy Lopez, Exchange Variation, 5.O-O
C70 Ruy Lopez
C71 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defence including Noah's Ark Trap
C72 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defence 5.0-0
C73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defence, Richter variation
C74 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defence
C75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defence
C76 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defence, Fianchetto (Bronstein) variation
C77 Ruy Lopez, Morphy Defence
C78 Ruy Lopez, 5.O-O
C79 Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defence Deferred (Russian Defence)
C80 Ruy Lopez, Open (Tarrasch) Defence
C81 Ruy Lopez, Open, Howell Attack
C82 Ruy Lopez, Open, 9.c3
C83 Ruy Lopez, Open, Classical Defence
C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed Defence
C85 Ruy Lopez, Exchange Variation Doubly Deferred
C86 Ruy Lopez, Worrall Attack
C87 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Averbach Variation
C88 Ruy Lopez, Closed
C89 Ruy Lopez, Marshall Counterattack
C90 Ruy Lopez, Closed (with ...d6)
C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed, 9.d4
C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed, 9.h3
C93 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Smyslov Defence
C94 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer Defence
C95 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer, 10.d4
C96 Ruy Lopez, Closed, 8...Na5
C97 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin Defence
C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...Nc6
C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...c5d4
D00 Queen's Pawn Game (including Blackmar-Diemer Gambit, Halosar Trap and others)
D01 Richter-Veresov Attack
D02 Queen's Pawn Game, 2. Nf3
D03 Torre Attack, Tartakower variation
D04 Queen's Pawn Game
D05 Queen's Pawn Game, Zukertort variation (including Colle system)
D06 Queen's Gambit (including the Baltic Defence, Marshall Defence and Symmetrical Defence)
D07 QGD; Chigorin defence
D08 QGD; Albin Countergambit and Lasker Trap
D09 QGD; Albin Countergambit, 5.g3
D10 QGD; Slav Defence
D11 QGD; Slav defence, 3.Nf3
D12 QGD; Slav defence, 4.e3 Bf5
D13 QGD; Slav defence, Exchange variation
D14 QGD; Slav defence, Exchange variation
D15 QGD; Slav, 4.Nc3
D16 QGD; Slav accepted, Alapin variation
D17 QGD; Slav defence, Czech defence
D18 QGD; Dutch variation
D19 QGD; Dutch variation
D20 Queen's Gambit Accepted
D21 QGA, 3.Nf3
D22 QGA; Alekhine defence
D23 Queen's gambit accepted
D24 QGA, 4.Nc3
D25 QGA, 4.e3
D26 QGA; classical variation
D27 QGA; classical variation
D28 QGA; Classical variation 7.Qe2
D29 QGA; Classical variation 8...Bb7
D30 Queen's Gambit Declined
D31 QGD, 3.Nc3
D32 QGD; Tarrasch Defence
D33 QGD; Tarrasch, Schlechter-Rubinstein system
D34 QGD; Tarrasch, 7...Be7
D35 QGD; Exchange Variation
D36 QGD; Exchange, positional line, 6.Qc2
D37 QGD; 4.Nf3
D38 QGD; Ragozin variation
D39 QGD; Ragozin, Vienna variation
D40 QGD; Semi-Tarrasch defence
D41 QGD; Semi-Tarrasch, 5.cd
D42 QGD; Semi-Tarrasch, 7.Bd3
D43 QGD; Semi-Slav Defence
D44 QGD; Semi-Slav 5.Bg5 dxc4
D45 QGD; Semi-Slav 5.e3
D46 QGD; Semi-Slav 6.Bd3
D47 QGD; Semi-Slav 7.Bc4
D48 QGD; Meran, 8...a6
D49 QGD; Meran, 11.Nxb5
D50 QGD; 4.Bg5
D51 QGD; 4.Bg5 Nbd7 (Cambridge Springs Defence and Elephant Trap)
D52 QGD
D53 QGD; 4.Bg5 Be7
D54 QGD; Anti-neo-Orthodox variation
D55 QGD; 6.Nf3
D56 QGD; Lasker defence
D57 QGD; Lasker defence, Main line
D58 QGD; Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) system
D59 QGD; Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) system, 8.cd Nxd5
D60 QGD; Orthodox defence
D61 QGD; Orthodox defence, Rubinstein variation
D62 QGD; Orthodox defence, 7.Qc2 c5, 8.cd (Rubinstein)
D63 QGD; Orthodox defence, 7.Rc1
D64 QGD; Orthodox defence, Rubinstein attack (with Rc1)
D65 QGD; Orthodox defence, Rubinstein attack, Main line
D66 QGD; Orthodox defence, Bd3 line including Rubinstein Trap
D67 QGD; Orthodox defence, Bd3 line, Capablanca freeing manoeuver
D68 QGD; Orthodox defence, Classical variation
D69 QGD; Orthodox defence, Classical, 13.dxe5
D70 Neo-Grünfeld Defence
D71 Neo-Grünfeld, 5.cd
D72 Neo-Grünfeld, 5.cd, Main line
D73 Neo-Grünfeld, 5.Nf3
D74 Neo-Grünfeld, 6.cd Nxd5, 7.O-O
D75 Neo-Grünfeld, 6.cd Nxd5, 7.O-O c5, 8.Nc3
D76 Neo-Grünfeld, 6.cd Nxd5, 7.O-O Nb6
D77 Neo-Grünfeld, 6.O-O
D78 Neo-Grünfeld, 6.O-O c6
D79 Neo-Grünfeld, 6.O-O, Main line
D80 Grünfeld Defence
D81 Grünfeld; Russian variation
D82 Grünfeld 4.Bf4
D83 Grünfeld gambit
D84 Grünfeld gambit accepted
D85 Grünfeld, exchange variation
D86 Grünfeld, Exchange, Classical variation
D87 Grünfeld, Exchange, Spassky variation
D88 Grünfeld, Spassky variation, Main line, 10...cd, 11.cd
D89 Grünfeld, Spassky variation, Main line, 13.Bd3
D90 Grünfeld, Three knights variation
D91 Grünfeld, Three knights variation
D92 Grünfeld, 5.Bf4
D93 Grünfeld with 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3
D94 Grünfeld, 5.e3
D95 Grünfeld with 5.e3 O-O 6.Qb3
D96 Grünfeld, Russian variation
D97 Grünfeld, Russian variation with 7.e4
D98 Grünfeld, Russian, Smyslov variation
D99 Grünfeld Defence, Smyslov, Main line
E00 Queen's Pawn Game (including Neo-Indian Attack, Trompowski Attack, Catalan Opening and others)
E01 Catalan, closed
E02 Catalan, open, 5.Qa4
E03 Catalan, open, Alekhine variation
E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3
E05 Catalan, Open, Classical line
E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3
E07 Catalan, Closed, 6...Nbd7
E08 Catalan, Closed, 7.Qc2
E09 Catalan, Closed, Main line
E10 Queen's Pawn Game 3.Nf3
E11 Bogo-Indian Defence
E12 Queen's Indian Defence
E13 Queen's Indian, 4.Nc3, Main line
E14 Queen's Indian, 4.e3
E15 Queen's Indian, 4.g3
E16 Queen's Indian, Capablanca variation
E17 Queen's Indian, 5.Bg2 Be7
E18 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 7.Nc3
E19 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3
E20 Nimzo-Indian Defence
E21 Nimzo-Indian, Three knights variation
E22 Nimzo-Indian, Spielmann Variation
E23 Nimzo-Indian, Spielmann, 4...c5, 5.dc Nc6
E24 Nimzo-Indian, Saemisch variation
E25 Nimzo-Indian, Saemisch variation, Keres variation
E26 Nimzo-Indian, Saemisch variation, 4.a3 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 c5 6.e3
E27 Nimzo-Indian, Saemisch variation, 5...0-0
E28 Nimzo-Indian, Saemisch variation, 6.e3
E29 Nimzo-Indian, Saemisch variation, Main line
E30 Nimzo-Indian, Leningrad variation,
E31 Nimzo-Indian, Leningrad variation, main line
E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical variation
E33 Nimzo-Indian, Classical variation, 4...Nc6
E34 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Noa variation
E35 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Noa variation, 5.cxd5 exd5
E36 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Noa variation, 5.a3
E37 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Noa variation, Main line, 7.Qc2
E38 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 4...c5
E39 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Pirc variation
E40 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3
E41 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 c5
E42 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 c5, 5.Ne2 (Rubinstein)
E43 Nimzo-Indian, Fischer variation
E44 Nimzo-Indian, Fischer variation, 5.Ne2
E45 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Bronstein (Byrne) variation
E46 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O
E47 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O, 5.Bd3
E48 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O, 5.Bd3 d5
E49 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Botvinnik system
E50 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 e8g8, 5.Nf3, without ...d5
E51 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 e8g8, 5.Nf3 d7d5
E52 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line with ...b6
E53 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line with ...c5
E54 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric system with 7...dc
E55 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric system, Bronstein variation
E56 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line with 7...Nc6
E57 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line with 8...dxc4 and 9...Bxc4 cxd4
E58 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line with 8...Bxc3
E59 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line
E60 King's Indian Defence
E61 King's Indian Defence, 3.Nc3
E62 King's Indian, Fianchetto variation
E63 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Panno variation
E64 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Yugoslav system
E65 King's Indian, Yugoslav, 7.O-O
E66 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Yugoslav Panno
E67 King's Indian, Fianchetto with ...Nd7
E68 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Classical variation, 8.e4
E69 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Classical Main line
E70 King's Indian, 4.e4
E71 King's Indian, Makagonov system (5.h3)
E72 King's Indian with e4 & g3
E73 King's Indian, 5.Be2
E74 King's Indian, Averbakh, 6...c5
E75 King's Indian, Averbakh, Main line
E76 King's Indian Defence, Four Pawns Attack
E77 King's Indian, Four pawns attack, 6.Be2
E78 King's Indian, Four pawns attack, with Be2 and Nf3
E79 King's Indian, Four pawns attack, Main line
E80 King's Indian, Sämisch variation
E81 King's Indian, Sämisch, 5...O-O
E82 King's Indian, Sämisch, double Fianchetto variation
E83 King's Indian, Sämisch, 6...Nc6
E84 King's Indian, Sämisch, Panno Main line
E85 King's Indian, Sämisch, Orthodox variation
E86 King's Indian, Sämisch, Orthodox, 7.Nge2 c6
E87 King's Indian, Sämisch, Orthodox, 7.d5
E88 King's Indian, Sämisch, Orthodox, 7.d5 c6
E89 King's Indian, Sämisch, Orthodox Main line
E90 King's Indian, 5.Nf3
E91 King's Indian, 6.Be2
E92 King's Indian, Classical variation
E93 King's Indian, Petrosian system, Main line
E94 King's Indian, Orthodox variation
E95 King's Indian, Orthodox, 7...Nbd7, 8.Re1
E96 King's Indian, Orthodox, 7...Nbd7, Main line
E97 King's Indian, Orthodox, Aronin-Taimanov variation (Yugoslav attack / Mar del Plata variation)
E98 King's Indian, Orthodox, Aronin-Taimanov, 9.Ne1
E99 King's Indian, Orthodox, Aronin-Taimanov, Main
By ManUtdForever12
Thank you ManUtdForever12!
The Tide Rises, the Tide Falls
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1807-1882
The tide rises, the tide falls,
The twilight darkens, the curlew calls;
Along the sea-sands damp and brown
The traveller hastens toward the town,
And the tide rises, the tide falls.
Darkness settles on roofs and walls,
But the sea, the sea in darkness calls;
The little waves, with their soft, white hands,
Efface the footprints in the sands,
And the tide rises, the tide falls.
The morning breaks; the steeds in their stalls
Stamp and neigh, as the hostler calls;
The day returns, but nevermore
Returns the traveller to the shore,
And the tide rises, the tide falls.
“There are good ships, and there are wood ships, ships that sail the sea, but the best ships are friendships, and may they always be.” — Anonymous People believe what they want to believe, truth or not. “Search for the grain of truth in other opinions.” ― Richard Carlson Acts 20:35 “It is more blessed to give than to receive.” <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.> 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.
The Bird Wounded By An Arrow
A bird, with plumed arrow shot,
In dying case deplored her lot:
"Alas!" she cried, "the anguish of the thought!
This ruin partly by myself was brought!
Hard-hearted men! from us to borrow
What wings to us the fatal arrow!
But mock us not, you cruel race,
For you must often take our place."
The work of half the human brothers
Is making arms against the others.
<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.[4] 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 Q: What do you call someone who draws funny pictures of cars?
A: A car-toonist.
Q: What do you call a magician on a plane?
A: A flying sorcerer.
Q: What do you call fruit playing the guitar?
A: A jam session.
Q: What do you call the shoes that all spies wear?
A: Sneakers.
Q: What do you call something you can serve, but never eat?
A: A volleyball.
Q: What did the alien say to the garden?
A: Take me to your weeder.
Q: What do you call a skeleton who went out in freezing temperatures?
A: A numb skull.
Q: What do you call a farm that grows bad jokes?
A: Corny.
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. "God has given us two hands, one to receive with and the other to give with."
— Billy Graham
"I've read the last page of the Bible. It's all going to turn out all right."
— Billy Graham
<God Is Great (Extended Version)
Traditional
God is great and God is good,
Let us thank Him for our food;
By His blessings, we are fed,
Give us Lord, our daily bread.
Amen.>
"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 * Riddle-xp-free: https://www.briddles.com/riddles/ch... “Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.” ― Martin Luther King Jr. <"De Ludo Scachorum" was first translated into French in 1347. In 1474, 2 years before it was printed in French, William Caxton translated the text from the French (of Jean de Vignay) into English and printed it under the title, "The Game of Chess."
"The Game of Chess" was the second book ever printed in the English language. The first book, also printed by Claxton was "The Recuyell of the Historyes of Troye," also translated from French (of Raoul le Fèvre) and also in 1474. Caxton printed almost 100 books, and of these 20 were translations from French or Dutch into English.>
— batgirl, chess.com
Centenarian Adrine Lee's key to longevity lies in four simple steps: 01. “Keep going and never give up.”
02. “Make yourself walk.”
03. “I drink the faucet water.”
04. “Don’t just die all because you want to.” 1 Corinthians 13
King James Version
1 Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. 2 And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing. 3 And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing. 4 Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, 5 Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil; 6 Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; 7 Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things. 8 Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away. 9 For we know in part, and we prophesy in part.
10 But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away. 11 When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things. 12 For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known. 13 And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity. <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’.> 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 “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
“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.”
― Martin Luther King Jr.
Roses are red
Violets are blue
Zappah's bad at chess
And horrible at checkers too
Question: On average, most people have fewer friends than their friends have; this is known as what? Answer: Friendship paradox – you are more likely to be friends with someone who has more friends than someone who has fewer friends than you. The world chess champion to hold the title longest was Dr. Emanuel Lasker of Germany, who was champion for just under 27 consecutive years, although title matches were rare then. Question: What is the shortest complete English sentence?
Answer: Go.
<“Fire and Ice” by Robert FrostSome say the world will end in fire,
Some say in ice.
From what I’ve tasted of desire
I hold with those who favor fire.
But if it had to perish twice,
I think I know enough of hate
To say that for destruction ice
Is also great
And would suffice.>
“Intelligence plus character-that is the goal of true education.”
― Martin Luther King Jr.
"We made too many wrong mistakes."
― Yogi Berra, 18-time American League All-Star "Never reply to an anonymous letter."
― Yogi Berra, MLB Hall of Fame catcher
"Even Napoleon had his Watergate."
― Yogi Berra, 10-time World Series champion
"Always go to other people's funerals, otherwise they won't come to yours."
― Yogi Berra, one of the greatest Yankees of all time "When you come to a fork in the road, take it."
― Yogi Berra, 10-time World Series champion
Oct-04-10
I play the Fred: said...
You're distraught
because you're not
able to cope
feel like a dope
when Lasker hits
Puttin on (the Fritz)
"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 Ah, St. Marher, 1225:
"And te tide and te time þat tu iboren were, schal beon iblescet." Z is for Zaccheus
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!
Zirconium Zr 40 91.22 1.4
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171 games, 1871-2015 - Old Kaintucky is full of Italians?
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Fredthebear enjoys the Blue Grass State and Joseph Henry Blackburne! My Old Ken=tucky Home, Good-Night (1853)
Words & music by Stephen Collins Foster (1826-1864) 1.
The sun shines bright in the old Ken=tucky home,
'Tis summer, the darkies are gay,
The corn top's ripe and the meadows in the bloom,
While the birds make music all the day.
The young folks roll on the little cabin floor,
All merry, all happy and bright:
By'n by Hard Times comes a knocking at the door,
Then my old Ken=tucky Home, good night!
CHORUS
Weep no more, my lady,
Oh! weep no more to-day!
We will sing one song for the old Ken=tucky Home,
For the old Ken=tucky Home far away.
2.
They hunt no more for possum and the coon
On the meadow, the hill, and the shore,
They sing no more by the glimmer of the moon,
On the bench by the old cabin door.
The day goes by like a shadow o're the heart,
With sorrow where all was delight:
The time has come when the darkies have to part,
Then my old Ken=tucky Home, good-night!
(CHORUS)
3.
The head must bow and the back will have to bend,
Wherever the darkey may go:
A few more days, and the trouble all will end
In the field where the sugar-canes grow.
A few more days for to tote the weary load,
No matter, 'twill never be light,
A few more days till we totter on the road,
Then my old Ken=tucky Home, good-night!
(CHORUS)
* Uncommon King Pawn games for White to try off-hand:
Game Collection: Unusual Gambits * Intro to the Italian Game -- Giuoco Piano, Evans Gambit, and the Two Knights Defense: http://www.chessstrategyonline.com/... * A few famous Italians: Game Collection: Italian * Mostly Giuoco Piano games: Game Collection: Italian Game * More Italian love: Game Collection: Italian game * Two Knights Defense, Max Lange and Evans Gambits: Game Collection: Openings for White: Italian Game * Italian Game Bc4 Nf6:
Game Collection: Italian Game Bc4 Nf6 * Giuoco Piano: Game Collection: CLUB Line (white): Giuoco * Italian c3's: Game Collection: GIUOCO PIANO * Bg5 Italians 0-1: Game Collection: Black - Giuco Piano Bg5 * Old Fried Liver: Game Collection: Fried Liver Attack * Some History of the Fried Liver: Games Like Polerio vs Domenico, 1610 * The Lolli is worth a try:
Game Collection: Lolli Attack (Two Knights 5...Nxd5 6.d4) * More Lollipops:
Game Collection: Lolli Attack (Two Knights 5...Nxd5 6.d4) * Two Knight Defense:
Game Collection: Two Knights Defense (C55) * Two Knight Defense:
Game Collection: ML * Two Knights for Black: Game Collection: two knights for black * Most of the above: Game Collection: My Repertoire * Open Games 1.e4 e5 Samples: Game Collection: Fun in the Open Games * King Pawn Gambits:
Game Collection: Opening Gambits * Here's something for White against Petrov's Defense:
Game Collection: White - Petrov Modern Attack: Gill * Do you know what to do against the Latvian/Greco Countergambit?
Game Collection: Latvian Gambit * Games for James: Game Collection: for my son * GK Teaches Chess (Batsford 1986) includes some Queen pawns: Game Collection: Garry Kasparov Teaches Chess * The are a handful of Scandinavian variations to prepare for:
Game Collection: B01 Scandinavian (White) * Some Anti- Sicilians: Game Collection: The Anti-Sicilians * Lots of Anti- Sicilians:
Game Collection: Anti-Sicilians * Playable against the Sicilian 2...Nc6:
Game Collection: Smirnov Gambit * Gambits for Blitz: http://jeromegambit.blogspot.com/20... * Goeller Knows: https://kenilworthian.blogspot.com/... * 10-year old plays and sings Blue Moon of Ken=tucky: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hk... “I do not know how old I was when I learned to play chess. I could not have been older than eight, because I still have a chessboard on whose side my father inscribed, with a soldering iron, “Saša Hemon 1972.” I loved the board more than chess—it was one of the first things I owned. Its materiality was enchanting to me: the smell of burnt wood that lingered long after my father had branded it; the rattle of the thickly varnished pieces inside, the smacking sound they made when I put them down, the board’s hollow wooden echo. I can even recall the taste—the queen’s tip was pleasantly suckable; the pawns’ round heads, not unlike nipples, were sweet. The board is still at our place in Sarajevo, and, even if I haven’t played a game on it in decades, it is still my most cherished possession, providing incontrovertible evidence that there once lived a boy who used to be me.” ― Aleksandar Hemon, The Book of My Lives 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!
<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.> “One of the nice things about surrendering to the fact that life isn’t fair is that it keeps us from feeling sorry for ourselves by encouraging us to do the very best we can with what we have.” ― Richard Carlson The American Basketball League, or ABL, was the first successful pro basketball league. It ran from 1925 to 1931. Modern-day basketball hoops were used during this time, including metal rims, nets and backboards. However, breakaway rims were not used, and the backboards were smaller than those used in the National Basketball Association, which began in 1948, when the National Basketball League combined with the Basketball Association of America. 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? Question: On average, most people have fewer friends than their friends have; this is known as what? Answer: Friendship paradox – you are more likely to be friends with someone who has more friends than someone who has fewer friends than you. The first commercial passenger flight lasted only 23 minutes
In 1914, Abram Pheil paid $400 (which would be $8,500 today) for a 23-minute plane ride. The Florida flight flew between Saint Petersburg and Tampa, where only 21 miles of water separate the cities. Pheil, a former mayor of Saint Petersburg, and the pilot, Tony Jannus, were the only passengers. Question: What is the shortest complete English sentence?
Answer: Go.
The Frog That Wished to Be As Big As the Ox
The tenant of a bog,
An envious little frog,
Not bigger than an egg,
A stately bullock spies,
And, smitten with his size,
Attempts to be as big.
With earnestness and pains,
She stretches, swells, and strains,
And says, "Sister Frog, look here! see me!
Is this enough?" "No, no."
"Well, then, is this?" "Poh! poh!
Enough! you don't begin to be."
And thus the reptile sits,
Enlarging till she splits.
The world is full of folks
Of just such wisdom; –
The lordly dome provokes
The cit to build his dome;
And, really, there is no telling
How much great men set little ones a-swelling.
"Don't look back. Something might be gaining on you." ― Satchel Paige Denim isn't allowed by the PGA Tour.
Golf is one of the oldest sports, and with that comes a load of institutionalized rules. The biggest faux pas? Denim on the golf course, which explains why jeans are against the PGA's dress code. "If" by Rudyard Kipling
If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you;
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or, being lied about, don’t deal in lies,
Or, being hated, don’t give way to hating,
And yet don’t look too good, nor talk too wise; If you can dream—and not make dreams your master;
If you can think—and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with triumph and disaster
And treat those two impostors just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth you’ve spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to broken,
And stoop and build ‘em up with wornout tools; If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breathe a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: “Hold on”; If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with kings—nor lose the common touch;
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you;
If all men count with you, but none too much;
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds’ worth of distance run—
Yours is the Earth and everything that’s in it,
And—which is more—you’ll be a Man, my son! “So if you think that when you are better, it means that you can smash ahead and mate the guy, you are wrong, that is not what better means. What better means is that your position has the potential, if played correctly, to turn out well. So do not think that when you are better and when you are attacking that you can just force mate. That is not what it is about. Often the way to play best, the way to play within the position, is to maintain it.”
― Josh Waitzkin
Roses are red
Violets are blue
Zappa's bad at chess
And horrible at checkers too
В ти́хом о́муте че́рти во́дятся
Pronunciation: v TEEham Omutye CHYERtee VOdyatsya
Translation: The devil lives in the still waters
Meaning: Still waters run deep; beware of a silent dog and still water “You must play boldly to win.” ― Arnold Palmer “Champions keep playing until they get it right.” ― Billie Jean King Fred Wellmuth was a strong amateur from California <A lone lion wanders afar in the wilderness,
no longer part of the pride
Once gleaming, accepted, a beautiful beast,
now having been cast aside
No chance for part in coordinated hunt,
this one can’t run very fast
Nature holds no place, and faltering,
it seems this beast just won’t last
— Emory Andrew Tate, Jr.>
"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 * Riddle-xp-free: https://www.briddles.com/riddles/ch... “Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.” ― Martin Luther King Jr. “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
“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.”
― Martin Luther King Jr.
“Most promises featuring the word 'always' are unkeepable.”
― John Green, The Anthropocene Reviewed
“You should never say never. Just like you should never say always; because, always and never are always never true.” ― J. R. Krol “Never and Always
Never take advantage of someone whom loves you
Never avoid someone whom needs you
Never betray anyone whom has trust in you
Never forget the people that always remember you
Never speak ill of a person who is not present
Never support something you know is wrong or unethical
Always speak to your parents on their birthday and anniversary
Always defend those who cannot defend themselves
Always forgive those you love whom have made mistakes
Always give something to those less fortunate than you
Always remember to look back at those who helped you succeed
Always call your parents and siblings on New Year’s Eve.”
― R.J. Intindola
“Intelligence plus character-that is the goal of true education.”
― Martin Luther King Jr.
"We made too many wrong mistakes."
― Yogi Berra, 18-time American League All-Star "Never reply to an anonymous letter."
― Yogi Berra, MLB Hall of Fame catcher
"Even Napoleon had his Watergate."
― Yogi Berra, 10-time World Series champion
"Always go to other people's funerals, otherwise they won't come to yours."
― Yogi Berra, one of the greatest Yankees of all time "When you come to a fork in the road, take it."
― Yogi Berra, 10-time World Series champion
<A Parent Talks to a Child Before the First Game"This is your first game, my child. I hope you win. I hope you win for your sake, not mine. Because winning’s nice. It’s a good feeling.
Like the whole world is yours.
But, it passes, this feeling.
And what lasts is what you’ve learned.
And what you learn about is life.
That’s what sports is all about. Life.
The whole thing is played out in an afternoon.
The happiness of life.
The miseries.
The joys.
The heartbreaks.
There’s no telling what’ll turn up.
There’s no telling whether they’ll toss you out in the first five minutes or whether you’ll stay for the long haul. There’s no telling how you’ll do.
You might be a hero or you might be absolutely nothing. There’s just no telling.
Too much depends on chance.
On how the ball bounces.
I’m not talking about the game, my child.
I’m talking about life.
But, it’s life that the game is all about.
Just as I said.
Because every game is life.
And life is a game.
A serious game
Dead serious.
But, that’s what you do with serious things. You do your best. You take what comes.
You take what comes
And you run with it.
Winning is fun.
Sure.
But winning is not the point.
Wanting to win is the point.
Not giving up is the point.
Never being satisfied with what you’ve done is the point. Never letting up is the point.
Never letting anyone down is the point.
Play to win.
Sure.
But lose like a champion.
Because it’s not winning that counts.
What counts is trying."
—Unknown>
“The open file, being cleared of pawns, offers no permanent targets. The advantage of controlling an open file consists mainly in the chance of penetrating the enemy position and switching to horizontal activity.” ― Hans Kmoch 'Don't count your chickens before they are hatched' It’s no time to play chess when the house is on fire. ~ Italian Proverbs If you must play, decide on three things at the start: the rules of the game, the stakes, and the quitting time. ~ Chinese Proverb The one who wins plays best. ~ German Proverbs
Acts 20:35 “It is more blessed to give than to receive.” Sarah wrote:
checkmate
It's like we’re playing chess.
Moving strategically, testing boundaries,
all while watching each other’s expression.
We all know how this games ends…
The queen destroys you and steals your heart.
“Chess is life in miniature. Chess is a struggle, chess battles.” — Garry Kasparov “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. In God we trust; all others pay cash. ~ American Proverb “To be, or not to be: that is the question:
Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,
Or to take arms against a sea of troubles,
And by opposing end them? To die: to sleep;
No more; and by a sleep to say we end
The heart-ache and the thousand natural shocks
That flesh is heir to, 'tis a consummation
Devoutly to be wish'd. To die, to sleep;
To sleep: perchance to dream: ay, there's the rub; For in that sleep of death what dreams may come
When we have shuffled off this mortal coil,
Must give us pause: there's the respect
That makes calamity of so long life;
For who would bear the whips and scorns of time, The oppressor's wrong, the proud man's contumely,
The pangs of despised love, the law's delay,
The insolence of office and the spurns
That patient merit of the unworthy takes,
When he himself might his quietus make
With a bare bodkin? who would fardels bear,
To grunt and sweat under a weary life,
But that the dread of something after death,
The undiscover'd country from whose bourn
No traveller returns, puzzles the will
And makes us rather bear those ills we have
Than fly to others that we know not of?
Thus conscience does make cowards of us all;
And thus the native hue of resolution
Is sicklied o'er with the pale cast of thought,
And enterprises of great pith and moment
With this regard their currents turn awry,
And lose the name of action.--Soft you now!
The fair Ophelia! Nymph, in thy orisons
Be all my sins remember'd!”
― William Shakespeare, Hamlet
Confessed faults are half mended. ~ Scottish Proverb Riddle Answer Begins With Letter "M"
Riddle: I make two people out of one. What am I? * Mihail Marin: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mihai... Riddle Answer: A mirror.
“There are more adventures on a chessboard than on all the seas of the world.”
― Pierre Mac Orlan
“....his countrymen, Kolisch and Steinitz, are greatly indebted for their later success to their having enjoyed early opportunities of practicing with the departed amateur whose death is also greatly deplored amongst all who knew him personally.” — Wilhelm Steinitz, regarding Karl Hamppe The first appearance of the (John) Cochrane gambit against Petrov's defense C42 was in the year 1848 against an Indian master Mohishunder Bannerjee. “Sorry don't get it done, Dude!” — John Wayne, Rio Bravo “Gossip is the devil’s telephone. Best to just hang up.” — Moira Rose Old Russian Proverb: "Measure seven times, cut once. (Семь раз отмерь — один отрежь.)" Be careful before you do something that cannot be changed. The Words Of Socrates
A house was built by Socrates
That failed the public taste to please.
Some blamed the inside; some, the out; and all
Agreed that the apartments were too small.
Such rooms for him, the greatest sage of Greece! "I ask," said he, "no greater bliss
Than real friends to fill even this."
And reason had good Socrates
To think his house too large for these.
A crowd to be your friends will claim,
Till some unhandsome test you bring.
There's nothing plentier than the name;
There's nothing rarer than the thing.
“As they prepared themselves to go ashore no one doubted in theory that at least a certain percentage of them would remain on the island dead, once they set foot on it. But no one expected to be one of these. Still it was an awesome thought and as the first contingents came struggling up on deck in full gear to form up, all eyes instinctively sought out immediately this island where they were to be put, and left, and which might possibly turn out to be a friend's grave.”
― James Jones, The Thin Red Line
“The strongest of all warriors are these two — Time and Patience.”
― Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace
“Patience is a form of wisdom. It demonstrates that we understand and accept the fact that sometimes things must unfold in their own time.”
― Jon Kabat-Zinn, Full Catastrophe Living
“How did it get so late so soon? It's night before it's afternoon. December is here before it's June. My goodness how the time has flewn. How did it get so late so soon?” ― Dr. Seuss “Time is what we want most, but what we use worst.” ― William Penn “Never waste a minute thinking about people you don't like.”
― Dwight D. Eisenhower
“The cost of a thing is the amount of what I will call life which is required to be exchanged for it, immediately or in the long run.”
― Henry David Thoreau, Walden
“Life is a funny thing. We only get so many years to live it, so we have to do everything we can to make sure those years are as full as they can be. We shouldn't waste time on things that might happen someday, or maybe even never.”
― Colleen Hoover, It Ends with Us
“It is not time or opportunity that is to determine intimacy;—it is disposition alone. Seven years would be insufficient to make some people acquainted with each other, and seven days are more than enough for others.”
― Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility
“Muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone.” ― Alan Watts “There is more to life than simply increasing its speed.”
― Mahatma Gandhi
“Lost Time is never found again.”
― Benjamin Franklin, Poor Richard's Almanack
“Time spent with a cat is never wasted.” ― Colette “A wise man's goal shouldn't be to say something profound, but to say something useful.” ― Criss Jami, Healology “The King is only fond of words, and cannot translate them into deeds.”
― Teck Foo Check, The Autobiography of Sun Tzu “Behind every move I make on the chess board lies a story of calculation, intuition, and passion. With every game, I discover more about myself and the endless possibilities of the game.” ― medicosaurabh “Ecco, sai giocare a scacchi. Adesso devi diventare un giocatore. Ci vorrà un po' di più.”
― Guenassia Jean-Michel, Le Club des incorrigibles optimists “People are like chess pieces!” ― Deyth Banger “The only easy day was yesterday.” ― US Navy SEALs “Gameplay is all our life. Either we guard, attack or develop pieces.”
― Vineet Raj Kapoor, UNCHESS: Untie Your Shoes and Walk on the Chessboard of Life “The is a secret for greater self-control, the science points to one thing: the power of paying attention.”
― Kelly McGonigal, The Willpower Instinct: How Self-Control Works, Why It Matters, and What You Can Do to Get More of It “As we encounter new experiences with a mindful and wise attention, we discover that one of three things will happen to our new experience: it will go away, it will stay the same, or it will get more intense. whatever happens does not really matter.”
― Jack Kornfield, A Path with Heart: A Guide Through the Perils and Promises of Spiritual Life “Know thy self, know thy enemy. A thousand battles, a thousand victories.”
― Sun Tzu, The Art of War
“I'll play baseball for the Army or fight for it, whatever they want me to do.”
― Mickey Mantle
“Chess is a miniature version of life. To be successful, you need to be disciplined, assess resources, consider responsible choices and adjust when circumstances change.” ― Susan Polgar “We are like chess players who are trying to predict the opponent’s future moves, but in this case, we are dealing with life itself. True masters do not play the game on a single chessboard, but on multiple chessboards at the same time. And what’s the difference between grandmasters and masters? Surprises. The moves that cannot be predicted by the opponent. Life can play a simultaneous game with seven billion people at the same time and it can take each and every one of us by surprise. And we still believe we are capable of winning, because we can predict three of four moves ahead. We are insignificant.”
― Jaka Tomc, 720 Heartbeats
“The cherished dream of every chessplayer is to play a match with the World Champion. But here is the paradox: the closer you come to the realization of this goal, the less you think about it.” ― Mikhail Tal “I mean a man whose hopes and aims may sometimes lie (as most men's sometimes do, I dare say) above the ordinary level, but to whom the ordinary level will be high enough after all if it should prove to be a way of usefulness and good service leading to no other. All generous spirits are ambitious, I suppose, but the ambition that calmly trusts itself to such a road, instead of spasmodically trying to fly over it, is of the kind I care for.”
― Charles Dickens, Bleak House
“Treat your men as you would your own beloved sons. And they will follow you into the deepest valley.” ― Sun Tzu, The Art of War “But I find something compelling in the game's choreography, the way one move implies the next. The kings are an apt metaphor for human beings: utterly constrained by the rules of the game, defenseless against bombardment from all sides, able only to temporarily dodge disaster by moving one step in any direction.” ― Jennifer duBois, A Partial History of Lost Causes “The move is there, but you must see it.” ― Savielly Tartakower “You may delay, but time will not.” ― Benjamin Franklin “Chess is all about maintaining coherent strategies. It’s about not giving up when the enemy destroys one plan but to immediately come up with the next. A game isn’t won and lost at the point when the king is finally cornered. The game's sealed when a player gives up having any strategy at all. When his soldiers are all scattered, they have no common cause, and they move one piece at a time, that’s when you’ve lost.” ― Kazuo Ishiguro, A Pale View of Hills “The King is only fond of words, and cannot translate them into deeds.”
― Teck Foo Check, The Autobiography of Sun Tzu “War is not just the shower of bullets and bombs from both sides, it is also the shower of blood and bones on both sides.” ― Amit Kalantri, Wealth of Words “The skillful leader subdues the enemy's troops without any fighting; he captures their cities without laying siege to them; he overthrows their kingdom without lengthy operations in the field.” ― Sun Tzu, The Art Of War “Technique has taken over the whole of civilization. Death, procreation, birth all submit to technical efficiency and systemization.” ― Jacques Ellul “Time is an illusion.” ― Albert Einstein
“Time isn’t precious at all, because it is an illusion. What you perceive as precious is not time but the one point that is out of time: the Now. That is precious indeed. The more you are focused on time—past and future—the more you miss the Now, the most precious thing there is.”
― Eckhart Tolle, The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment “It's being here now that's important. There's no past and there's no future. Time is a very misleading thing. All there is ever, is the now. We can gain experience from the past, but we can't relive it; and we can hope for the future, but we don't know if there is one.” ― George Harrison “You are the biggest enemy of your own sleep.” ― Pawan Mishra The Woodman and Mercury
To M. The Chevalier De Bouillon.
Your taste has served my work to guide;
To gain its suffrage I have tried.
You'd have me shun a care too nice,
Or beauty at too dear a price,
Or too much effort, as a vice.
My taste with yours agrees:
Such effort cannot please;
And too much pains about the polish
Is apt the substance to abolish;
Not that it would be right or wise
The graces all to ostracize.
You love them much when delicate;
Nor is it left for me to hate.
As to the scope of Aesop's plan,
I fail as little as I can.
If this my rhymed and measured speech
Avails not to please or teach,
I own it not a fault of mine;
Some unknown reason I assign.
With little strength endued
For battles rough and rude,
Or with Herculean arm to smite,
I show to vice its foolish plight.
In this my talent wholly lies;
Not that it does at all suffice.
My fable sometimes brings to view
The face of vanity purblind
With that of restless envy joined;
And life now turns on these pivots two.
Such is the silly little frog
That aped the ox on her bog.
A double image sometimes shows
How vice and folly do oppose
The ways of virtue and good sense;
As lambs with wolves so grim and gaunt,
The silly fly and frugal ant.
Thus swells my work – a comedy immense –
Its acts unnumbered and diverse,
Its scene the boundless universe.
Gods, men, and brutes, all play their part
In fields of nature or of art,
And Jupiter among the rest.
Here comes the god who's wont to bear
Jove's frequent errands to the fair,
With winged heels and haste;
But other work's in hand today.
A man that laboured in the wood
Had lost his honest livelihood;
That is to say,
His axe was gone astray.
He had no tools to spare;
This wholly earned his fare.
Without a hope beside,
He sat him down and cried,
"Alas, my axe! where can it be?
O Jove! but send it back to me,
And it shall strike good blows for you."
His prayer in high Olympus heard,
Swift Mercury started at the word.
"Your axe must not be lost," said he:
"Now, will you know it when you see?
An axe I found on the road."
With that an axe of gold he showed.
"Is it this?" The woodman answered, "Nay."
An axe of silver, bright and gay,
Refused the honest woodman too.
At last the finder brought to view
An axe of iron, steel, and wood.
"That's mine," he said, in joyful mood;
"With that I'll quite contented be."
The god replied, "I give the three,
As due reward of honesty."
This luck when neighbouring choppers knew,
They lost their axes, not a few,
And sent their prayers to Jupiter
So fast, he knew not which to hear.
His winged son, however, sent
With gold and silver axes, went.
Each would have thought himself a fool
Not to have owned the richest tool.
But Mercury promptly gave, instead
Of it, a blow on the head.
With simple truth to be contented,
Is surest not to be repented;
But still there are who would
With evil trap the good, –
Whose cunning is but stupid,
For Jove is never duped.
"God has given us two hands, one to receive with and the other to give with."
— Billy Graham
"I've read the last page of the Bible. It's all going to turn out all right."
— Billy Graham
"A real Christian is a person who can give his pet parrot to the town gossip."
— Billy Graham
"Only those who want everything done for them are bored." — Billy Graham "My home is in Heaven. I'm just traveling through this world." — Billy Graham "Nothing can bring a real sense of security into the home except true love."
— Billy Graham
"The only time my prayers are never answered is on the golf course."
— Billy Graham
"God's mercy and grace give me hope - for myself, and for our world."
— Billy Graham
"Man has two great spiritual needs. One is for forgiveness. The other is for goodness." — Billy Graham Gambling problem? Call 1-800-GAMBLER
The Blossom
by William Blake
Merry, merry sparrow!
Under leaves so green
A happy blossom
Sees you, swift as arrow,
Seek your cradle narrow,
Near my bosom.
Pretty, pretty robin!
Under leaves so green
A happy blossom
Hears you sobbing, sobbing,
Pretty, pretty robin,
Near my bosom.
“There just isn’t enough televised chess.” — David Letterman “Do the things that interest you and do them with all your heart. Don't be concerned about whether people are watching you or criticizing you. The chances are that they aren't paying any attention to you. It's your attention to yourself that is so stultifying. But you have to disregard yourself as completely as possible. If you fail the first time then you'll just have to try harder the second time. After all, there's no real reason why you should fail. Just stop thinking about yourself.” — Eleanor Roosevelt “Many have become chess masters, no one has become the master of chess.”
— Siegbert Tarrasch
“True power is expressed in quiet confidence; it was the sea's very calmness that epitomized its mighty force.” ― Emile Habiby “Remember that there are two kinds of beauty: one of the soul and the other of the body. That of the soul displays its radiance in intelligence, in chastity, in good conduct, in generosity, and in good breeding, and all these qualities may exist in an ugly man. And when we focus our attention upon that beauty, not upon the physical, love generally arises with great violence and intensity. I am well aware that I am not handsome, but I also know that I am not deformed, and it is enough for a man of worth not to be a monster for him to be dearly loved, provided he has those spiritual endowments I have spoken of.”
― Miguel Cervantes
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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.
Dinner Prayer Hymn
Traditional Hymn
Lord, bless this food and grant that we
May thankful for thy mercies be;
Teach us to know by whom we're fed;
Bless us with Christ, the living bread.
Lord, make us thankful for our food,
Bless us with faith in Jesus' blood;
With bread of life our souls supply,
That we may live with Christ on high.
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