- Old Scotch for Old Fredthebear
“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 “Any man can make mistakes, but only an idiot persists in his error.” ―
Marcus Tullius Cicero
French Proverb: “Ce n’est pas à un vieux singe qu’on apprend à faire la grimace.” ― (There’s no substitute for experience.) St. Mary
Congratulations to GM Jones Gawain on winning the British Chess Championship 2024! 🏆
The 110th edition of the British Chess Championship concluded in Hull, England. After nine played rounds, GM Jones Gawain and GM David Howell scored 7/9 points each to tie for the first place and the playoff match determined the Winner. After two draws in the rapid time control, Jones Gawain won the two-game blitz match with a score 1.5-0.5 and clinched the title. * AJs page: https://www.angelfire.com/games4/li... * Kotov: Game Collection: Grandmaster At Work * Miniatures of the Champs: Game Collection: Champions miniature champions * Mistakes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3L... * Miles Ahead: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvk... * NE: https://metrowestchess.org/
* Notable Games: Game Collection: List of Notable Games (wiki) * Overloaded! Game Collection: OVERLOADED! * Pins: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjp... * POTD 2023: Game Collection: Puzzle of the Day 2023 * Pawn Instruction: http://www.logicalchess.com/learn/l... * Pawn structures: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPr... * Poisoned pawns: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGV... * Pawn actions: Game Collection: the pawns decide * Petrosian's Best: Game Collection: P.H.Clarke: Petrosian's Best games * Promotion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bym... * Pawn structures: Game Collection: Chess Structures: A Grandmaster Guide * Perfect game: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWS... * Peter, Paul, and Mary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JD-...
Troubling times, it was.
* Ponziani Games: Game Collection: PONZIANI OPENING * Rublevsky: https://www.chessgames.com/perl/che... * Rossolimo & Moscow: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4a... * Chess Records: https://timkr.home.xs4all.nl/record... * Reasonable book choices: https://www.chess.com/blog/RussBell... * RL Minis: Game Collection: Ruy Lopez Miniatures * Russian Ruys: Game Collection: Chess in the USSR 1945 - 72, Part 2 (Leach) * Read The Planet Greenpawn - https://www.redhotpawn.com/ * Chess Records: https://timkr.home.xs4all.nl/record... * Crazy Rook: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KQ... * Richard's Rap: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htJ... * Riddles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=be9... * Rubber band in hand: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=001... * Scandinavian Minis: http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches... * Skewers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Kl... * Seoul 1988: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3X... * "a stupendous tactician": Game Collection: Tigran V. Petrosian - A Stupendous Tactician * Smash the castle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZR... * Solitaire: Game Collection: Solitaire Chess by I. A. Horowitz * Stunners: Game Collection: Stunners * Visually Appealing Tutorial: https://simplifychess.com/openings/... * Some Scotch: https://www.chessvideos.tv/chess-op... * Knotty Scotch: Game Collection: Scotch Openings * Mieses & More: Game Collection: Scotch Collection * Garry plays the Scotch:
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches... * Kibitzed (C45): http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches... * Black scores w/4...Qh4: Opening Explorer * Dunbar vs Chawkin USA WCH (1925) Scotch Game: Classical Variation (C45) 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRB... * What now, Dad? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRA... * Uncommon Scotch Gambit 4.Ng5!? h6?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XC-... * Scotch Gambit, Anti Max Lange Attk: Game Collection: ANTI MAX LANGE * Sports Clichés: http://www.sportscliche.com/
* Becuz the Knight belongs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yG... * 13-year-old Kirthika: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPe... * Kathy Hutto: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVk... * Derek Kelly Openings: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVi... * Kick IT! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=quz... * King walk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0C... * Kingpin magazine: https://www.kingpinchess.net/ * Kotov: Game Collection: Grandmaster At Work * 'Lasker Simul Special': https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6l... * Landmarks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_n... * Leaving is unacceptable: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/MJgM... * Let it Beatles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGj... * Liberty Island: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kti... * Linsanity: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpT... * lost-ways.net
* Simple tactics course using miniatures:
http://exeterchessclub.org.uk/x/FTP... * Morphy Miniatures:
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches... * Miniatures of the Champs: Game Collection: Champions miniature champions * Mistakes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3L... * Miles Ahead: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvk... * Magnus millions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jA2... * MC Gambit idiocy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vla... * Messi gamer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJX... * Migraine moments: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRG... * Minority Attacks: Game Collection: Minority attack Game Collection: Anti-minority attack capturing with the Knight. * Mistakes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYd... * Mockery in Paris, 2024: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXM... * Muzio Gambit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pij... * Negreanu: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRo... * NE: https://metrowestchess.org/
* Notable Games: Game Collection: List of Notable Games (wiki) * Nepotizm: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4j... * Nicodemus: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BsF... * John Noun tutoring: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oek... * Northwestern: https://nwchess.com/
* Old P-K4 Miniatures: Game Collection: Games for Classes * Old Pepperoni: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/oAP6... * Oly: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSf... * History of Oly: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTr... * One Game Shy: Game Collection: 107 Great Chess Battles: 1939-45 Alekhine * Butler, PA: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2z... * Pawn promotion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCL... * Pawn storms: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skh... * Pawn themes: Game Collection: Aurora * Psalms: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwQ... * Pick a number: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YS... * Power of love: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4K6... * Prayer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBx... * Predation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTR... * The preview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzR... * Pumped up: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lC... * Rare occasion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yc... * Record setter: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eps... * Riddles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8A... * Robbed at the pool: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuA... * Rollin': https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYE... * Win quickly: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6R... * QGA traps: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgV... * Queen of Bohemia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJ9... * Dancing Queen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PC... * Q vs N ending: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMS... * Queenie roast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XI... * B06 Robatsch (modern) defence: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_oe... * 3...Qd6!? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EQ... * 64 Squares: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nT0... * Scandinavian Defense: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMS... * Dunbar vs Chawkin USA WCH (1925) Scotch Game: Classical Variation (C45) 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRB... * What now, Dad? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRA... * Uncommon Scotch Gambit 4.Ng5!? h6?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XC-... * Scotch Gambit, Anti Max Lange Attk: Game Collection: ANTI MAX LANGE * O'Sullivan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZR3... * Oldie but goodie: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/A4ij... * White Shreck's secret weapon: https://thechessforum.com/shark-att... * Short and furious: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?li... * Scientific: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-R... * Special Oly: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vI... * STEAMing: https://tryengineering.org/news/how... * Jimmy Stafford Gambit: https://thechessforum.com/stafford-... * Seven Scriptures: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZR... * 187 Sicilians?! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuX... * 2017 Gallup/Knight Foundation survey: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Ob... * 23 Variations:
https://thechessforum.com/what-is-t... * 2024 Oly: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dg2... * No Karo Kan: https://thechessforum.com/sicilian-... * No theory? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIr... * Schnapps: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?li... * Solar System: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swD... * Stalemate: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rs6... * Stop blundering: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vt... * That's Life! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tnl... * Touchie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pss... * Two Knights Defense: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuD... * Garudapura's Two Knights: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADI... * 3X: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORs... * This is Sparta! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSt... * Timeless Tale: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tj... * Tilburg 1981: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNa... * Tal again: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pvl... * Titled Tuesday 2024: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3l... * Unfit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NC... * Debate: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4f... * Dream vacation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsD... * Velocity CA: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ai_... * Vivek tells it like it is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JoH... * Vocal comeback: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o58... * Weird rules: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcV... * Welterweights: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctj... * What came first? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dxb... * What's the deal? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8i... * Who doesn't like the Beach Boys? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJx... * Why? https://www.chessedu.org/why-teach-... * His wife strikes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pmz... * Woodstove: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Vp... * Winner takes all: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8b... * Wonders and Curiosities: Game Collection: Wonders and Curiosities of Chess (Chernev) * Edward Winter: https://www.chesshistory.com/winter... * WR Chess Masters 2023: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2Y... * Walter Browne, American Champ: Game Collection: Six by Mr. Six Time Fredthebear loves apple pie alamode.
* Yes, No, Maybe So: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtP... * Yellow Brick Road: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZ3... * Your Own Way: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8O... * 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,
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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
With knight and rook and pawn
You'll sharpen your brain with a yawn
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Wtharvey.com was the chosen one,
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For hours of brain-teasing, none done.
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Where chess puzzles were posted daily,
You'd solve them with glee,
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You'd feel like a true chess prodigy!
“Chess is played with the mind and not with the hands.” ― Renaud & Kahn “Chess is a terrific way for kids to build self-image and self-esteem.” ― Saudin Robovic “Chess is a sport. The main object in the game of chess remains the achievement of victory.” ― Max Euwe “Life is like a chess. If you lose your queen, you will probably lose the game.”
― Being Caballero
“If you wish to succeed, you must brave the risk of failure.” — Garry Kasparov “You win some, you lose some, you wreck some.” — Dale Earnhardt “In life, unlike chess the game continues after checkmate.” ― Isaac Asimov Sleeper straddle “Try again. Fail again. Fail better.” ― Samuel Beckett Indiana: Vincennes
Established in: 1732
Vincennes was founded in 1732 along the Wabash River by French military officer Francois Marie Bissot-Sieur de Vincennes, and was once a French fur trading post. It was part of New France and a military post was built there to keep the British away. Once the fur trade died down, agriculture took over. * Chess History: https://www.britannica.com/topic/ch... * Chess History: https://www.uschesstrust.org/chess-... * Chess Timeline: https://wegochess.com/an-easy-to-re... Picture History of Chess
by Fred Wilson
This classic photo-history offers up hundreds of photos of all the great players along with many outstanding adversaries who helped fashion the immortals. Excellent captions throughout. Hours of fascinating reading and a book I return to again and again. Many of these photos are quite old and hard to find, but collected here under one cover, in an oversized (10x12") format, printed on high-quality glossy paper. Publisher: Dover Pubns; First Edition (January 1, 1981)
Language: English
Paperback: 182 pages
ISBN-10: 0486238563
ISBN-13: 978-0486238562
Item Weight: 1.23 pounds
Dimensions: 8.75 x 0.5 x 11.5 inches
Eilfan ywmodryb dda
Meaning: A good aunt is a second mother
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."
Sailboat transportation
The Ubaid culture of ancient Mesopotamians (occupying present-day Iraq) was the first to use sailboats for transportation around 6000 B.C.E. They traveled on the water to cross the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, around which the culture was born and developed. <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.>
Question: What’s the difference between a cemetery and a graveyard?
Answer: Graveyards are attached to churches while cemeteries are stand-alone. The Moon is an average of 238,855 miles (384,400 kilometers) away from Earth. That means 30 Earth-sized planets could fit in between Earth and its Moon. Question: In feudal Japan, why did lords purposely built homes with squeaky floors?
Answer: They were used as a defensive measure against ninjas. 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."
Herein lay the rub. The Americans, like all Western armies, defined "winning" as killing the enemy and securing control over the battlefield. Their opponents in previous conflicts had generally accepted the same definition. Not so the Moros. What was important to them was the struggle and how one conducted oneself, personally and as a people, not necessarily a measurable outcome. They knew from the beginning they were no match for American firepower. It was a one-sided contest, what today is termed "asymmetric warfare," but so what? Their measure was how well one did against the odds, the more overwhelmingly they were against one, the greater the glory. And being that life is transitory anyway, what mattered most was how much courage was shown and how well did one die. The Americans and the Moros were using different score cards for the same game. To the Moros, it was they who had "won." — Robert A. Fulton <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.>
What are the highest Elo ratings achieved in the CG database?
Please note that these statistics are computed from the database; it may be incomplete, or contain errors. The displayed ratings refer to the highest rating ever achieved--not the current rating. Consult the FIDE Chess Ratings Page for official information. 1. Magnus Carlsen (2882)
2. Garry Kasparov (2851)
3. Fabiano Caruana (2844)
4. Levon Aronian (2830)
5. Wesley So (2822)
6. Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (2820)
7. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (2819)
8. Vladimir Kramnik (2817)
9. Viswanathan Anand (2817)
10. Ding Liren (2816)
11. Veselin Topalov (2816)
12. Hikaru Nakamura (2816)
13. Alexander Grischuk (2810)
14. Alireza Firouzja (2804)
15. Anish Giri (2798)
16. Teimour Radjabov (2793)
17. Sergey Karjakin (2788)
18. Alexander Morozevich (2788)
19. Vasyl Ivanchuk (2787)
20. Robert James Fischer (2785)
21. Ian Nepomniachtchi (2784)
22. Anatoly Karpov (2780)
23. Boris Gelfand (2777)
24. Peter Svidler (2769)
25. Leinier Dominguez Perez (2768)
26. Ruslan Ponomariov (2768)
27. Nodirbek Abdusattorov (2766)
28. Pentala Harikrishna (2766)
29. Pavel Eljanov (2765)
30. Dommaraju Gukesh (2763)
31. Hao Wang (2763)
32. Gata Kamsky (2763)
33. Peter Leko (2763)
34. Arjun Erigaisi (2762)
35. Yangyi Yu (2762)
36. Vugar Gashimov (2761)
37. Michael Adams (2761)
38. Richard Rapport (2760)
39. Dmitry Jakovenko (2760)
40. Evgeny Tomashevsky (2758)
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.
<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>
2024 FIDE Chess Olympiad Women Teams
Team Georgia captained by Vladimir Tukmakov enters the women's competition as the rating favorite. The runners-up in Chennai 2022 the Georgian ladies (Nana Dzagnidze, Nino Batsiashvili, Lela Javakhishvili, Bella Khotenashvili and Salome Melia) will try their best to move one step up and win coveted gold. The second seed India that won bronze in Chennai will miss Humpy Koneru this time, but with a rising star Divya Deshmukh joining Rameshbabu Vaishali, Harika Dronavalli, Vantika Agrawal and Tania Sachdev in Budapest, the team seems to be a real contender for the title. China has as many as four players in the women's top 10, but none of them will play in Budapest. Nevertheless, seeded fourth, this young team led by Zhu Jiner and 14-year-old national champion Lu Miaoyi can go far if they catch the wind in their sails. In the absence of the Muzychuk sisters, who skipped the Olympiad, sixth-seeded Ukraine will face the challenging task of defending its title. The Ukrainian ladies will most likely not succeed, but we can't write them off completely. The third and fifth seed, Poland and Azerbaijan, fielded their best players and will be teams to be reckoned with. <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>
“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 Latvian Gambit, Poisoned Pawn: 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 f5 3.Bc4 fxe4 4.Nxe5 Qg5?! This variation leads to extremely sharp play, is considered rather dubious, and is thus rarely seen today. However, Graham Burgess states that it "is not utterly, clearly bad".
King's Pawn Opening, Latvian gambit, Mayet, Poisoned Pawn variation [1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 f5 3.Bc4 fxe4 4.Nxe5 Qg5 5.d4] up Boudewijn Johannes van Trotsenburg vs Bernard Beffie, Amsterdam 1917 In this variation, black Q can take on g2 and it seems the best. While white lets it in shake of a better development. It's a really old opening approach, not really preferred, reminding a little the King's gambit setups. The name Latvian was given cause of Karlis Betins [or Behting] who analyzed this opening in the early 1900s. Its origins concerned me a lot. And I can't say that I've managed to cover it 100%. Latvian gambit [1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 f5 3. Nxe5] is one of the first recorded openings. The idea seems appearing for first time in Damiano's book of 1512, but as opening where black has been given the odds of f pawn, with a main line of 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 f5 3. Nxe5 Qh4+ [last move is checking cause of the odds]. From Damiano 1512
This gambit was first analyzed in a standard setup by Gioachino Greco, found surely in manuscripts & books since 1620. Greco was responding to 2...f5 with 3.Nxe5 or 3.exf5, although in one early MS I couldn't track this 2nd response. Pure Latvian gambit and called, cause of this analysis, for centuries as Greco's counter-gambit. As you can see they aren't any references yet of the poisoned pawn variation. Czech Pirc Defense swallows poisoned pawn: 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 c6 4.Be3 Qb6 5.a6 Qxb2? 6.Na4 traps the queen. 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
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. Jul-05-21
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A cock scratched up, one day,
A pearl of purest ray,
Which to a jeweller he bore.
"I think it fine," he said,
"But yet a crumb of bread
To me were worth a great deal more."
So did a dunce inherit
A manuscript of merit,
Which to a publisher he bore.
"It's good," said he, "I'm told,
Yet any coin of gold
To me were worth a great deal more."
* 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. Be happy while you’re living, For you’re a long time dead. ~ Scottish Proverb Rated 5 stars
For Lover's Only
Easily one of the best books ever written. This is one of the first books I purchased over 30 years ago. I am sure it helped start me on the road to Chess Mastery. Chernev, like Reinfeld, did NOT write chess books to impress other Chess Masters. He wrote books simply and with great care. He also put his tremendous love of the game into this book. I simply cannot convey what a wonderful book this is. This book will especially appeal to the average player, especially someone who wants to improve his game. I usually don't rave about books. This is an exception. Here is what I say about this book on my web site: "The Most Instructive Games of Chess Ever Played." [62 Masterpieces of Chess Strategy.] It contains 62 true masterpieces of chess by various different players. (Masters such as Fischer, Capablanca, Alekhine, Tal, etc. Plus, many more of the all-time greats!!) Each game is carefully and lovingly annotated. This book had a tremendous impact on me and the way that I viewed and looked at chess. I studied it many, many, many times. Chernev provides games with an almost blow-by-blow commentary. His ideas are simple, fresh, insightful, and expressed with great clarity. He explains all the basic ideas of the game in a manner that ANY chess-player can follow. The variations are perfect. Not too much to overload the senses. I have had players who were almost beginners to players who were accomplished tournament players ... tell me that they profited from a careful study of this book. I think one should study this book, as I did. Every time your rating goes up 100 points, you should work your way through this book from cover to cover! You won't regret it and you definitely will improve! Another unique thing is he finds one idea or theme in each game, and just hammers away at it. It is a VERY good study method. It also contains some of the classics of chess, and Chernev brings you a fresh insight and analysis to each game. (Indeed - his comments and analysis may differ greatly from the ones that may have been published in the chess press when the game was first played.) Chernev was one of the greatest all-time teachers and writers in the chess field. This book is a true pearl!!! I think it belongs in the library of every real chess aficionado. >><p>I also rate this in, "The Ten Best Chess Books Ever Written." Need I say more? “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 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.
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 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."> “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-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
Wordzys:
38cry Peepy iz's perf fumed up up up daroom enuff 4 3 adults Moe, Larry, and Kurley fries liver attaché oven htree headed monsta truxs stay toda right hand of https://biblehub.com/kjv/psalms/110.... <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.>
Psalm 107:1
Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good; his love endures forever. “The Lord is first, my friends are second, and I am third.” ― Gale Sayers “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 “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 <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.> Luck never gives; it only lends. ~ Scottish 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 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. "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 Proverbs 1:7 “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction.” God Our Father, Lord, and Savior
Traditional
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.
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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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.
C45 Sub-variants:
Scotch game
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4
Scotch, Ghulam Kassim variation
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nxd4 5. Qxd4 d6 6. Bd3 Scotch, Pulling counter-attack
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Qh4
Scotch, Horwitz attack
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Qh4 5. Nb5 Scotch, Berger variation
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Qh4 5. Nb5 Bb4+ 6. Nd2 Qxe4+ 7. Be2 Qxg2 8. Bf3 Qh3 9. Nxc7+ Kd8 10. Nxa8 Nf6 11. a3 Scotch game
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Qh4 5. Nb5 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Scotch, Rosenthal variation
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Qh4 5. Nb5 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Qxe4+ 7. Be2 Kd8 8. O-O Bxd2 9. Nxd2 Qg6 Scotch, Fraser attack
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Qh4 5. Nf3 Scotch, Steinitz variation
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Qh4 5. Nc3 Scotch, Schmidt variation
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6
Scotch, Mieses variation
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Scotch, Tartakower variation
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Nd2 Scotch game
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5
Scotch, Blackburne attack
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Qd2 Scotch, Gottschall variation
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Qd2 d5 8. Nb5 Bxe3 9. Qxe3 O-O 10. Nxc7 Rb8 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 Nb4 Scotch, Paulsen attack
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Bb5 Scotch, Paulsen, Gunsberg defence
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Bb5 Nd8 Scotch, Meitner variation
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Nc2 Scotch, Blumenfeld attack
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. Nb5 Scotch, Potter variation
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3 Scotch, Romanishin variation
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3 Bb4+ 1 = Lolli (Both knights capture opposing pawn)
2 = General / Less common replies
3 = Classical
4 = 4...Qh4
5 =
7 = Schmidt
22 = Tartakower
28 = Mieses
29 = Meitner
44 = Haxo Gambit
BluePM meant to write 4.d4 (instead of e4): https://bluepigman.github.io/Chess-...
You should check the analysis for yourself.
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176 games, 1795-1978 - Omaha/Lincoln, NE Chess {Concern}
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It's been suggested that a few players (not just teenagers) from Omaha, NE are not playing fair in chess tournaments (in and out-of-state) and nothing is done about it. No, J.H. is not one of them. Certain egotistical guys who are "rating conscience" or "revenge oriented" use their smart phone in the bathroom stall and soon thereafter seize the initiative like clockwork. The apparent worst abuser -- that's hard to measure at this point -- drinks a lot of Mountain Dew. Of course, they deny it and the local TD... TD says "It can't be proven." Sure it can, if you'd do your job TD. It's easier just to pretend it's not happening... but it is. Note when (what move) the player left the table and voila! -- post game computer analysis shows at that point he strung together computer-recommended moves for a clear plus whereas before leaving the table the thumber was not following theory. In fact, the thumber had a confused, losing position that suddenly becomes a winning position after a few suggested moves from the cell phone in his pocket. Why don't tournament directors halt any and all access to a cell phone during tournament play?? Forbid cell phone access! A player should not be able to bring their cell phone onto the property. NO CELL PHONES at chess tournaments. You don't need to carry a ($*@*&*^*!) cell phone to play a game of chess!! Bring your Linus blanket instead. Some people nowadays are so addicted to shallow text messages that they text while driving...willing to risk dying or killing others for a few silly electronic words?? If these fools recklessly break laws and put their own lives in danger, then they certainly think nothing of using their phone to cheat at chess. (Some people are conditioned via video games to a "re-set" button... do-overs, re-starts, mulligans.) It takes no effort at all -- just 10-15 seconds to punch in a board position on a chess ap to gain an unfair advantage. It does not bother a thumber's conscience whatsoever that he cheated to win, just so long as he wins. In fact, some take great satisfaction in cheating to win, knowing that they got away with one, like a shoplifter does. Our society has lost it's religion, and with it goes ethics and moral values. Instead of serving God and fellow man, respecting our elders, following The Golden Rule, rules of the game, etc. many just greedily serve themselves. When you do catch a player cheating, ban them from attending tournaments for life. If MLB banned a legendary record-setting all-time great like Pete Rose, then chess should ban cheaters for life too. It's absolutely necessary to discourage others from cheating. (Another option is to allow the "banned player" to play, but he cannot leave his table for ANY reason. If he leaves his table, it's counted as a resignation.) Are YOU listening TD? That's enough hints, TD.
* Read the blog on Igors Rausis bio page: https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/mo... - = + - = + - = + - = + - = + - = + - = + - = + - = + - = + - = + - The 50th and 60th US Open for chess was held in Omaha, NE. Omaha is the proud home of the baseball College World Series, Creighton University (world-class medical school), Offutt Air Force Base, and Henry Dorley Zoo, America's #1 zoo perhaps most famous for it's enclosed rainforest among many other features. Interstate 80 runs through the river city on it's way westward along the Oregon Trail. Do stop and dine at one of Omaha's many fabulous eateries. You'll find nice people and something to like in GO BIG RED country. (The state capitol city of Lincoln is an hour's drive west of Omaha.) * Jack Spence's book: Game Collection: The Chess Career of Richard Teichmann * Lincoln 1975: Game Collection: US Open 1975, Lincoln * Omaha 1949: Game Collection: US Open 1949, Omaha * The Omaha Gambit allows an early Qh4+:
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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!
“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)
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“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
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.
“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 <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.>
Matthew 17:20
Our faith can move mountains.
'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 Frog and the Rat
They to bamboozle are inclined,
Says Merlin, who bamboozled are.
The word, though rather unrefined,
Has yet an energy we ill can spare;
So by its aid I introduce my tale.
A well-fed rat, rotund and hale,
Not knowing either Fast or Lent,
Disporting round a frog-pond went.
A frog approached, and, with a friendly greeting,
Invited him to see her at her home,
And pledged a dinner worth his eating, –
To which the rat was nothing loath to come.
Of words persuasive there was little need:
She spoke, however, of a grateful bath;
Of sports and curious wonders on their path;
Of rarities of flower, and rush, and reed:
One day he would recount with glee
To his assembled progeny
The various beauties of these places,
The customs of the various races,
And laws that sway the realms aquatic,
(She did not mean the hydrostatic!)
One thing alone the rat perplexed, –
He was but moderate as a swimmer.
The frog this matter nicely fixed
By kindly lending him her
Long paw, which with a rush she tied
To his; and off they started, side by side.
Arrived on the lakelet's brink,
There was but little time to think.
The frog leaped in, and almost brought her
Bound guest to land beneath the water.
Perfidious breach of law and right!
She meant to have a supper warm
Out of his sleek and dainty form.
Already did her appetite
Dwell on the morsel with delight.
The gods, in anguish, he invokes;
His faithless hostess rudely mocks;
He struggles up, she struggles down.
A kite, that hovers in the air,
Inspecting everything with care,
Now spies the rat belike to drown,
And, with a rapid wing,
Upbears the wretched thing,
The frog, too, dangling by the string!
The joy of such a double haul
Was to the hungry kite not small.
It gave him all that he could wish –
A double meal of flesh and fish.
The best contrived deceit
Can hurt its own contriver,
And perfidy does often cheat
Its author's purse of every stiver.
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
<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!
Paul Revere Never Actually Shouted, "The British Are Coming!"
While everyone knows the story of Revere's famous ride in which he was said to have warned colonial militia of the approaching enemy by yelling "The British are coming!" This is actually false. According to History.com, the operation was meant to be quiet and stealthy, since British troops were hiding out in the Massachusetts countryside. Also, colonial Americans still considered themselves to be British. <Amanda Kay wrote:
Checkmate
You were my knight
Shining armor
Chess board was our home
Queen's fondness you garnered
A kiss sweeter than honeycomb>
'A stitch in time saves nine'
“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 “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 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. "You can't hold with the hare and run with the hounds." “He examined the chess problem and set out the pieces. It was a tricky ending, involving a couple of knights.
'White to play and mate in two moves.'
Winston looked up at the portrait of Big Brother. White always mates, he thought with a sort of cloudy mysticism. Always, without exception, it is so arranged. In no chess problem since the beginning of the world has black ever won. Did it not symbolize the eternal, unvarying triumph of Good over Evil? The huge face gazed back at him, full of calm power. White always mates.”
― George Orwell, 1984
"When you come to a fork in the road, take it."
― Yogi Berra, 10-time World Series champion
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? “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 Proverbs 12:1 - Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish. 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.
“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
“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.
“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 “Thirty Days Hath September” Lyrics
Thirty days hath September,
April, June and November;
All the rest have thirty-one,
Excepting February alone.
Which only has but twenty-eight days clear
And twenty-nine in each leap year.
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 “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. 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." JACK BE NIMBLE
Jack be nimble
Jack be quick
Jack jump over
The candlestick
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A: Because every play has a cast.
“As one by one I mowed them down, my superiority soon became apparent.” ― Jose Raul Capablanca “Why should I give her publicity?” ― Jose Raul Capablanca (on being asked to pose for a photo with a famous actress) “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 “When you sit down to play a game you should think only about the position, but not about the opponent. Whether chess is regarded as a science, or an art, or a sport, all the same psychology bears no relation to it and only stands in the way of real chess.” ― Jose Raul Capablanca “I always use only the openings that bring fruitful results in practice, regardless of the positions arising in the middle-game.” ― Jose Raul Capablanca “I thought for a little while before playing this, knowing that I would be subjected thereafter to a terrific attack, all the lines of which would be of necessity familiar to my adversary. The lust of battle, however, had been aroused within me. I felt that my judgment and skill were being challenged. I decided that I was honor bound, so to speak, to take the pawn and accept the challenge, as my judgment told me that my position should then be defensible.” ― Jose Raul Capablanca (on being confronted by Marshall's new Marshall Attack) “When a match is over, I forget it. You can only remember so many things, so it is better to forget useless things that you can't use and remember useful things that you can use. For instance, I remember and will always remember that in 1927 Babe Ruth hit sixty home runs.” ― Jose Raul Capablanca “I had to keep walking from table to table. I must have walked ten miles. In chess, as in baseball, the legs go first. Chess is not an old man's game.” ― Jose Raul Capablanca (on giving a simul) “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) “Young man, you play remarkable chess! You never make a mistake!” ― Emanuel Lasker (after losing most of the games in a 10-game rapid transit match against a very young Capablanca) “He was of medium height, lean, but no padding needed for his shoulders. And such pride in the posture of his head! You would know no one could dingle-dangle that man. I can visualize him so clearly, with his dark hair and large gray-green eyes. Believe me, when he took a stroll, in his black derby hat and carrying a cane, no handsomer young gentleman ever graced Fifth Avenue.” ― Bernard Epstein (Capa's college roommate) “Capablanca's planning of the game is so full of that freshness of his genius for position play, that every hypermodern player can only envy him.” ― Alexander Alekhine “It is astonishing how carefully Capablanca's combinations are calculated. Turn and twist as you will, search the variations in every way possible, you come to the inevitable conclusion that the moves all fit in with the utmost precision.” ― Max Euwe “There is nothing more to fear from the Capablanca technique.” ― Efim Bogoljubow (shortly after which, Capablanca proceeded to crush him) “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 (on a Capablanca game) “Chess was Capablanca's mother tongue.” ― Richard Reti “Learn carefully to work out strategic plans like Capablanca, and you will laugh at the plans told to you in ridiculous stories.” ― Emanuel Lasker “Poor Capablanca! Thou wert a brilliant technician, but no philosopher. Thou wert not capable of believing that in chess, another style could be victorious than the absolutely correct one.” ― Max Euwe “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 “I was surprised to see that Capablanca did not initiate any active maneuvers and instead adopted a waiting game. In the end, his opponent made an imprecise move, the Cuban won a second pawn and soon the game. 'Why didn't you try to convert your material advantage straight away?' I ventured to ask the great chess virtuoso. He smiled indulgently: 'It was more practical to wait'.” ― Mikhail Botvinnik “Once in a lobby of the Hall of Columns of the Trade Union Center in Moscow a group of masters were analyzing an ending. They could not find the right way to go about things and there was a lot of arguing about it. Suddenly Capablanca came into the room. He was always fond of walking about when it was his opponent's turn to move. Learning the reason for the dispute the Cuban bent down to the position, said 'Si, si,' and suddenly redistributed the pieces all over the board to show what the correct formation was for the side trying to win. I haven't exaggerated. Don Jose literally pushed the pieces around the board without making moves. He just put them in fresh positions where he thought they were needed. Suddenly everything became clear. The correct scheme of things had been set up and now the win was easy. We were delighted by Capablanca's mastery.” ― Alexander Kotov “During the last twenty years, Capablanca has contested in successive tournaments, and his games form a series of classics, noted chiefly for their grace and simplicity. This simplicity is, of course, the result of that art which conceals art.” ― B. Winkleman “He makes the game look easy. Art lies in the concealment of art.” ― Philip W. Sergeant (on Capablanca) “Capablanca had that art which hides art to an overwhelming degree.” ― Harry Golombek “I have known many chess players, but only one chess genius, Capablanca.” ― Emanuel Lasker “I think Capablanca had the greatest natural talent.” ― Mikhail Botvinnik “Capablanca was possibly the greatest player in the entire history of chess.” ― Bobby Fischer. “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) “I see only one move ahead, but it is always the correct one.” ― Jose R. 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 “He 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 (on Capablanca) “I honestly feel very humble when I study Capablanca's games.” ― Max Euwe “You cannot play chess unless you have studied his games.” ― Mikhail Botvinnik (on Capablanca) “Capablanca's play produced and still produces an irresistible artistic effect. In his games a tendency towards simplicity predominated, and in this simplicity there was a unique beauty of genuine depth.” ― Mikhail Botvinnik “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 “I was brought up on the games of Capablanca and Nimzowitsch, and they became part of my chess flesh and blood.” ― Tigran Petrosian “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 “Capablanca never really devoted himself to chess, seldom made match preparations. His simplicity is a myth. His almost complete lack of book knowledge forced him to push harder to squeeze the utmost out of every position. Every move he made had to be super-sharp so as to make something out of nothing. His play was forced. He had to try harder than anybody else because he had so little to begin with.” ― Robert Fischer “The ideal in chess can only be a collective image, but in my opinion, it is Capablanca who most closely approaches this... His book was the first chess book that I studied from cover to cover. Of course, his ideas influenced me.” ― Anatoly Karpov “I did not believe I was superior to him. Perhaps the chief reason for his defeat was the overestimation of his own powers arising out of his overwhelming victory in New York, 1927, and his underestimation of mine.” ― Alexander Alekhine (on Capablanca) “With his death, we have lost a very great chess genius who's like we shall never see again.” ― Alexander Alekhine (on Capablanca) “Alekhine was the rock-thrower, Capablanca the man who made it all seem easy.” ― Hans Ree “Against Alekhine you never knew what to expect. Against Capablanca, you knew what to expect, but you couldn't prevent it!” ― George Thomas “Capa's games looked as though they were turned out by a lathe, while Alekhine's resembled something produced with a mallet and chisel.” ― Charles Yaffe “I have known many chess players, but among them there has been only one genius - Capablanca! His ideal was to win by maneuvering. Capablanca's genius reveals itself in his probing of the opponent's weak points. The slightest weakness cannot escape from his keene eye.” ― Emanuel Lasker “Whereas Anderssen and Chigorin looked for accidental positions, Capablanca is guided by the logicality of strong positions. He values only that which is well-founded: solidity of position, pressure on a weak point, he does not trust the accidental, even if it be a problem-like mate, at the required moment he discovers and carries out subtle and far-sighted combinations...” ― Emanuel Lasker “Capablanca possessed an amazing ability to quickly see into a position and intuitively grasp its main features. His style, one of the purest, most crystal-clear in the entire history of chess, astonishes one with its logic.” ― Garry Kasparov “Capablanca was a genius. He was an exception that did not obey any rule.” ― Vladimir Kramnik “We can compare Capablanca with Mozart, whose charming music appeared to have been a smooth flow. I get the impression that Capablanca did not even know why he preferred this or that move, he just moved the pieces with his hand. If he had worked a lot on chess, he might have played worse because he would have started to try to comprehend things. But Capablanca did not have to comprehend anything, he just had to move the pieces!” ― Vladimir Kramnik “You may learn much more from a game you lose than from a game you win. You will have to lose hundreds of games before becoming a good player.” ― Jose Raul Capablanca “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 middlegame and the opening must be studied in relation to the endgame.” ― Jose Raul Capablanca 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 Raul Capablanca
A good player is always lucky.
Jose Raul Capablanca
Chess is more than a game or a mental training. It is a distinct attainment. I have always regarded the playing of chess and the accomplishment of a good game as an art, and something to be admired no less than an artist's canvas or the product of a sculptor's chisel. Chess is a mental diversion rather than a game. It is both artistic and scientific.
Jose Raul Capablanca
Chess books should be used as we use glasses: to assist the sight, although some players make use of them as if they thought they conferred sight
Jose Raul Capablanca
In order to improve your game you must study the endgame before everything else.
Jose Raul Capablanca
In chess, as played by a good player, logic and imagination must go hand in hand, compensating each other.
Jose Raul Capablanca
When you sit down to play a game you should think only about the position, but not about the opponent. Whether chess is regarded as a science, or an art, or a sport, all the same psychology bears no relation to it and only stands in the way of real chess.
Jose Raul Capablanca
The great World Champions Morphy, Steinitz, and Lasker were past masters in the art of Pawn play; they had no superiors in their handling of endgames. The present World Champion has not the strength of the other three as an endgame player, and is therefore inferior to them.
Jose Raul Capablanca
None of the great players has been so incomprehensible to the majority of amateurs and even masters, as Emanuel Lasker.
Jose Raul Capablanca
Chess is a very logical game and it is the man who can reason most logically and profoundly in it that ought to win.
Jose Raul Capablanca
The best way to learn endings, as well as openings, is from the games of the masters.
Jose Raul Capablanca
Ninety percent of the book variations have no great value, because either they contain mistakes or they are based on fallacious assumptions; just forget about the openings and spend all that time on the endings.
Jose Raul Capablanca
The king, which during the opening and middlegame stage is often a burden because it has to be defended, becomes in the endgame a very important and aggressive piece, and the beginner should realize this, and utilize his king as much as possible.
Jose Raul Capablanca
A passed pawn increase in strength as the number of pieces on the board diminishes.
Jose Raul Capablanca
There was a time in my life when I almost thought I could never lose a single duel of chess.
Jose Raul Capablanca
The winning of a pawn among good players of even strength often means the winning of the game.
Jose Raul Capablanca
To improve at chess you should in the first instance study the endgame.
Jose Raul Capablanca
Chess can never reach its height by following in the path of science ... Let us, therefore, make a new effort and with the help of our imagination turn the struggle of technique into a battle of ideas.
Jose Raul Capablanca
“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 Raul Capablanca “To improve at chess, you should in the first instance study the endgame.” ― Jose Raul Capablanca “You may learn much more from a game you lose than from a game you win. You will have to lose hundreds of games before becoming a good player.” ― Jose Raul Capablanca “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 “When you sit down to play a game you should think only about the position, but not about the opponent. Whether chess is regarded as a science, or an art, or a sport, all the same psychology bears no relation to it and only stands in the way of real chess.” ― Jose Raul Capablanca “None of the great players has been so incomprehensible to the majority of amateurs and even masters, as Emanuel Lasker.” ― Jose Raul Capablanca “Morphy gained most of his wins by playing directly and simply, and it is simple and logical method that constitutes the true brilliance of his play, if it is considered from the viewpoint of the great masters.” ― Jose Raul Capablanca “An exception was made with respect to me, because of my victory over Marshall. Some of the masters objected to my entry ... one of them was Dr. Bernstein. I had the good fortune to play him in the first round., and beat him in such fashion as to obtain the Rothschild prize for the most brilliant game ... a profound feeling of respect for my ability remained throughout the rest of the contest.” ― Jose Raul Capablanca “The king, which during the opening and middlegame stage is often a burden because it has to be defended, becomes in the endgame a very important and aggressive piece, and the beginner should realize this, and utilize his king as much as possible.” ― Jose Raul Capablanca “Alekhine evidently possesses the most remarkable chess memory that has ever existed. It is said that he remembers by heart all the games played by the leading masters during the last 15-20 years.” ― Jose Raul Capablanca “Most players ... do not like losing, and consider defeat as something shameful. This is a wrong attitude. Those who wish to perfect themselves must regard their losses as lessons and learn from them what sorts of things to avoid in the future.” ― Jose Raul Capablanca “The weaker the player the more terrible the Knight is to him, but as a player increases in strength the value of the Bishop becomes more evident to him, and of course there is, or should be, a corresponding decrease in his estimation of the value of the Knight as compared to the Bishop.” ― Jose Raul Capablanca “In order to improve your game, you must study the Endgame before everything else.” ― Jose Raul Capablanca “Chess can never reach its height by following in the path of science ... Let us, therefore, make a new effort and with the help of our imagination turn the struggle of technique into a battle of ideas.” ― Jose Raul Capablanca “The winning of a pawn among good players of even strength often means the winning of the game.” ― Jose Raul Capablanca “I have not given any drawn or lost games, because I thought them inadequate to the purpose of the book.” ― Jose Raul Capablanca “As one by one I mowed them down, my superiority soon became apparent.” ― Jose Raul Capablanca “Chess books should be used as we use glasses: to assist the sight, although some players make use of them as if they thought they conferred sight.” ― Jose Raul Capablanca “No other great master has been so misunderstood by the vast majority of chess amateurs and even by many masters, as has Emanuel Lasker.” ― Jose Raul Capablanca “Your Soviet players are cheating, losing the games on purpose to my rival, Botvinnik, in order to increase his points on the score. - (to Stalin in Moscow 1936 where he finished in 1st place, 1 point ahead of Botvinnik)” ― Jose Raul Capablanca “Sultan Khan had become champion of India at Indian chess and he learned the rules of our form of chess at a later date. The fact that even under such conditions he succeeded in becoming champion reveals a genius for chess which is nothing short of extraordinary.” ― Jose Raul Capablanca “Chess is something more than a game. It is an intellectual diversion which has certain artistic qualities and many scientific elements.” ― Jose Raul Capablanca “The best way to learn endings, as well as openings, is from the games of the masters.” ― Jose Raul Capablanca “A good player is always lucky.” ― Jose Raul Capablanca “An hour's history of two minds is well told in a game of chess.” ― Jose Raul Capablanca “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 1921
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47 games, 1900-2014 - On the Edge of Fredthebear's Cliff Bluff
“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
“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 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 “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.) 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.
This poem is dedicated to PhillA, who
sparked off the seed for this poem.
The Stark Naked King
When the challenge arrived from the ax wielding Philla
"I must hurry and offer a bribe to his queen, thought nova,
to avoid a merciless onslaught ending in bloody gore".
Alas, the challenge had been secretly sent the day before.
There he stood with ax and all at the castle's gate,
While teasingly sending in a not-so-holy bishop as bait.
High on the castle's wall nova bellowed: dump the boiling oil,
To force the ax-man with his troops to screamingly recoil.
To no avail, Philla hurled his castle straight upon the king,
Who standing stark naked, tried to hide his private thing.
So nova quickly conceded out of shameful desperation
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http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches... * '500 Master Games of Chess' by Savielly Tartakower and Julius Du Mont: Game Collection: 500 Master Games of Chess * Great Combinations by wwall: Game Collection: Combinations * Middlegame Combinations by Peter Romanovsky: Game Collection: Middlegame Combinations by Peter Romanovsky * '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) * Exchange sacs: Game Collection: Exchange sacs - 1 * Epic: Game Collection: Epic Battles of the CB by R.N. Coles - keypusher * Happy Days! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slv... * Internet tracking: https://www.studysmarter.us/magazin... * 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 * 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... * Reti Opening: 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 * 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 * Scandinavian Miniatures: http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches... * Wilhelm Steinitz collection:
Game Collection: Steinitz Gambits * Variety pack: Game Collection: KID games 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 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
These Semi-Open games have been separated from the Open games to make more storage room. The Semi-Open games begin 1.e4 and are met by something other than 1...e5. The Hypermodern school and subsequent transpositions can get confusing. The Hippopotamus double fianchetto proper is ECO code (A00). This is a universal Black defense that holds back it's own pawns, and can be played with the White pieces as well. The Hungarian Opening 1.g3, 2.Bg2 is ECO code (A00) and often transposes to the English/Reti/Barcza/KIA/Catalan systems.
Owen Defense 1...b6, 2...Bb7 queenside fianchetto proper is ECO code (B00) but if the fianchetto is preceded by 1...e6 it is designated as a French Defense ECO code (C00). It may even use the label "Normal" when it is anything but normal!?? Some of these types of unorthodox openings are included in here, but it's not the focus of the collection. The Semi-Open games begin 1.e4 and are met by something other than 1...e5. 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 page 230 of the June 1882 BCM, this composition by W.F. Payne of Abingdon: Behold, disastrous fate, a Problem cooked!
’Tis like some Castle safe from front attack,
To which, a little loophole overlooked,
A Knight gains fatal entrance at the back.
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. 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.
Q: What do you call a dead pine tree?
A: A nevergreen.
Q: What do you call a pencil that is broken?
A: Pointless.
Q: What do you call two birds in love?
A: Tweethearts!
Q: What do you call a sad coffee?
A: Depresso.
Q: What do you call a priest that becomes an attorney?
A: Father-in-Law.
Q: What do you call a man with a toilet on his head?
A: John.
The Lion and the Rat
To show to all your kindness, it behoves:
There's none so small but you his aid may need.
I quote two fables for this weighty creed,
Which either of them fully proves.
From underneath the sward
A rat, quite off his guard,
Popped out between a lion's paws.
The beast of royal bearing
Showed what a lion was
The creature's life by sparing –
A kindness well repaid;
For, little as you would have thought
His majesty would ever need his aid,
It proved full soon
A precious boon.
Forth issuing from his forest glen,
T" explore the haunts of men,
In lion net his majesty was caught,
From which his strength and rage
Served not to disengage.
The rat ran up, with grateful glee,
Gnawed off a rope, and set him free.
By time and toil we sever
What strength and rage could never.
Come, Lord Jesus, our guest to be
And bless these gifts
Bestowed by Thee.
And bless our loved ones everywhere,
And keep them in Your loving care.
Amen.
Acts 20:35 “It is more blessed to give than to receive.” 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 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. * 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. 1.Nf3 is the third most popular of the twenty legal opening moves White has, behind only 1.e4 and 1.d4. Avast ye, hearties: Tuesday, September 19, is National Talk Like a Pirate Day and you don’t want to look like a scallywag. Captain Syntax shares a few useful phrases in this video so your pirate lingo will sound like that of an old salt, matey. And don’t forget the rum… er, grog. Pirate Phrases:
Abandon Ship: An order to leave the vessel immediately, usually in the face of some imminent danger Ahoy: Hello
Avast Ye: A command meaning pay attention or listen Aye, Aye: Yes, I understand
Batten Down the Hatches: When everything on a ship is tied down to prepare for an approaching storm Booty: Refers to any ill-gotten goods swiped from another party Bounty: The reward for capturing a criminal
Briny Deep: The ocean
Carouser: A reckless person who drinks too much
Chantey: A song that sailors sing in unison while working Clap of Thunder: A strong alcoholic beverage, usually referring to a shot Davy Jones’ Locker: Graveyard at the bottom of the sea for those killed or drowned Dead Men Tell No Tales: An expression that means dead people will not betray any secrets. Used as a threat to kill someone, or a way of saying there were no survivors. Doubloons: Types of gold coins
Fire in the Hole: A cannon is about to be fired
Grog: Diluted rum, but can be used to refer to any alcoholic concoction Hang the Jib: To pout or frown
Hearties: Friends, comrades
Hornswaggle: To swindle something, usually money, out of someone else Jolly Roger: The name for the iconic black pirate flag featuring a white skull and crossbones Lad, lass, lassie: A child or young person
Landlubber: Someone without sailing ability
Loot: Stolen money or possessions
Marooned: To be abandoned with no food, drink or possessions Me: My
Old Salt: Experienced pirate or sailor
Plunder: To steal
Run a Rig: Play a joke on someone
Scallywag: What an experienced pirate would call a newbie Scurvy: A derogatory adjective meaning lowly or disgusting Seadog: A veteran sailor
Shiver Me Timbers: An exclamation of surprise
Sink Me: An exclamation of surprise
Son of a Biscuit Eater: An insult
Thar She Blows: A whale sighting
Three Sheets to the Wind: Someone who is very drunk. One sheet is mildly drunk, and four sheets is passed out. Walk the Plank: When someone is forcibly ordered to walk off a wooden board into the sea, resulting in drowning Wench: A woman
Ye: You
Yo Ho Ho: A jolly expression
“Here’s to you and here’s to me,
Wherever we may roam;
And here’s to the health and happiness
Of the ones who are left at home”
– Anonymous
For those few hostiles that don't like FTB's collections, don't read them -- it's not a requirement, and stop your stalking.
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279 games, 1842-2022 - On the Edge of Fredthebear's Cliff Ledge
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Think before you drink! Only fools text and drive! Who in their right mind would take their eyes off the road for 5-10 seconds? That's how you wake up in hell. Thank you frank124, Johan C.
“Begin with the end in mind.” ― Stephen Covey Take care of your pennies and your dollars will take care of themselves.
~ Scottish Proverb
“If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or things.”
― Albert Einstein
“One way to keep momentum going is to have constantly greater goals.”
― Michael Korda
“It’s important to set your own goals and work hard to achieve them.”
― Yuichiro Miura
“You should set goals beyond your reach so you always have something to live for.” ― Ted Turner “If you aim for nothing, you'll hit it every time.” ― Source unknown “The greater danger for most of us isn’t that our aim is too high and miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it.” ― Michelangelo “The trouble with not having a goal is that you can spend your life running up and down the field and never score.” ― Bill Copeland “In all things that you do, consider the end.” ― Solon “In the absence of clearly defined goals, we become strangely loyal to performing daily acts of trivia.” ― Author Unknown “Reach high, for stars lie hidden in you. Dream deep, for every dream, precedes the goal.” ― Rabindranath Tagore “If you’re bored with life – you don’t get up every morning with a burning desire to do things – you don’t have enough goals.” ― Lou Holtz “I am always more interested in what I am about to do than what I have already done.” ― Rachel Carson “Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible.”
― Tony Robbins
“If you want to be happy, set a goal that commands your thoughts, liberates your energy and inspires your hopes.” ― Andrew Carnegie “It must be borne in mind that the tragedy of life doesn’t lie in not reaching your goal. The tragedy lies in having no goals to reach.” ― Benjamin E. Mays “Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is nightmare.”
~ Japanese Proverb
“Goals are the fuel in the furnace of achievement.” ― Brian Tracy “If a goal is worth having, it’s worth blocking out the time in your day-to-day life necessary to achieve it.” ― Jill Koenig “In between goals is a thing called life, that has to be lived and enjoyed.”
― Sid Caeser
“I think goals should never be easy, they should force you to work, even if they are uncomfortable at the time.” ― Michael Phelps “Envision, create, and believe in your own universe, and the universe will form around you.” ― Tony Hsieh “You can always find a solution if you try hard enough.” ― Lori Greiner “A dream becomes a goal when action is taken toward its achievement.”
― Bo Bennett
“The going is the goal.” ― Horace Kallen
“A good goal is like a strenuous exercise — it makes you stretch.”
― Mary Kay Ash
“Dream don’t work unless you do.” ― Unknown “Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.” ― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe “Most impossible goals can be met simply by breaking them down into bite size chunks, writing them down, believing them and going full speed ahead as if they were routine.” ― Don Lancaster “There are only two rules for being successful. One, figure out exactly what you want to do, and two, do it.” ― Mario Cuomo “Many great ideas go unexecuted, and many great executioners are without ideas. One without the other is worthless.” ― Tim Blixseth “What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.” ― Henry David Thoreau “One part at a time, one day at a time, we can accomplish any goal we set for ourselves.” ― Karen Casey “Those who think that it’s easy to play chess are mistaken. During a game, a player lives on his nerves, and at the same time he must be perfectly composed.”
― Victor Kortchnoi
“Chess is all about stored pattern recognition. You are asking your brain to spot a face in the crowd that it has not seen.” ― Sally Simpson “It is fatal to enter a war without the will to win it.” ― Douglas MacArthur “It’s harder to stay on top than it is to make the climb. Continue to seek new goals.” ― Pat Summitt * Anderssen's Assaults: https://www.chessgames.com/perl/che... * Ataman's Miniatures: Game Collection: Instructive Chess Miniatures (Ataman) * Alekhine's French Def: https://www.chessgames.com/perl/che... * Artists: Game Collection: Art of Checkmate * A few KIAs: Game Collection: Opening Ideas * Advance French: Game Collection: Attacking with the French * Black Defends: Game Collection: Opening repertoire black * Common Checkmate Patterns:
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* Morphy Miniatures:
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches... * Simple tactics course using miniatures:
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http://www.limerickchessclub.net/
* 23 pages of King's Gambit (over 2000 games) wins by Black!
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches... * Secrets of Combination from naku1964: Game Collection: Secrets of the Russian Chess Masters Volume II * Tipping the Blue Knights games:
http://academicchess.org/learn/rich...
http://www.chessdryad.com/education...
http://www.chessdryad.com/education... * Three-minute pastry: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIa... * Trappy game: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gC... 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. * Famous Chess Photos: https://tr.pinterest.com/pin/585256... * Overloaded! Game Collection: OVERLOADED! * tacticmania - Game Collection: tacticmania * Passive, but playable in the Russian Game: Game Collection: Alpha Russian (White) * Pie? https://www.old-mill.com/oldmill-re... * Starting Out: French Defense: Game Collection: Starting out : The French * Gambits against the French Defense:
Game Collection: alapin gambit -alapin diemer gambit + reti gam * Glossary: https://www.peoriachess.com/Glossar... * Masterful: Game Collection: FRENCH DEFENSE MASTERPIECES * KID 0-1s: Game Collection: K.I.D B wins E98 * Women: https://www.thefamouspeople.com/wom... * Best Games of 2018: Game Collection: Best Games of 2018 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.
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 “....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 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!
The Old Man And His Sons
All power is feeble with dissension:
For this I quote the Phrygian slave.
If anything I add to his invention,
It is our manners to engrave,
And not from any envious wishes; –
I'm not so foolishly ambitious.
Phaedrus enriches often his story,
In quest – I doubt it not – of glory:
Such thoughts were idle in my breast.
An aged man, near going to his rest,
His gathered sons thus solemnly addressed:
"To break this bunch of arrows you may try;
And, first, the string that binds them I untie."
The eldest, having tried with might and main,
Exclaimed, "This bundle I resign
To muscles sturdier than mine."
The second tried, and bowed himself in vain.
The youngest took them with the like success.
All were obliged their weakness to confess.
Unharmed the arrows passed from son to son;
Of all they did not break a single one.
"Weak fellows!" said their sire, "I now must show
What in the case my feeble strength can do."
They laughed, and thought their father but in joke,
Till, one by one, they saw the arrows broke.
"See, concord's power!" replied the sire; "as long
As you in love agree, you will be strong.
I go, my sons, to join our fathers good;
Now promise me to live as brothers should,
And soothe by this your dying father's fears."
Each strictly promised with a flood of tears.
Their father took them by the hand, and died;
And soon the virtue of their vows was tried.
Their sire had left a large estate
Involved in lawsuits intricate;
Here seized a creditor, and there
A neighbour levied for a share.
At first the trio nobly bore
The brunt of all this legal war.
But short their friendship as It was rare.
Whom blood had joined – and small the wonder! –
The force of interest drove asunder;
And, as is wont in such affairs,
Ambition, envy, were co-heirs.
In parcelling their sire's estate,
They quarrel, quibble, litigate,
Each aiming to supplant the other.
The judge, by turns, condemns each brother.
Their creditors make new assault,
Some pleading error, some default.
The sundered brothers disagree;
For counsel one, have counsels three.
All lose their wealth; and now their sorrows
Bring fresh to mind those broken arrows.
'Ashes to ashes dust to dust
“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 In 2016, a Michigan-based priest named Gerald Johnson suffered a heart attack. He says he had a near-death experience that sent him somewhere he never thought he’d visit: Hell. Johnson says that immediately after his heart attack in February 2016, his spirit left his physical body and went down to hell, entering through “the very center of the Earth.” Though he says “the things I saw there are indescribable,” he did his best. Johnson claims he saw a man walking on all fours like a dog and getting burned from head to toe: “His eyes were bulging and worse than that: He was wearing chains on his neck. He was like a hellhound. There was a demon holding the chains.” 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. 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 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/ 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... * Charming Miniatures: Game Collection: Charming Miniatures * Checkmate Patterns to Recognize Instantly: https://chessfox.com/checkmate-patt... * CFN: https://www.youtube.com/@CFNChannel
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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? 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.
“What you do today can improve all your tomorrows.” — Ralph Marston “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.
Better be ill spoken of by one before all than by all before one.
~ Scottish Proverb
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Take care of your pennies and your dollars will take care of themselves.
~ Scottish Proverb
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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
Riddle of the Day:
Mary’s mother had four children: April, May and June. What’s the name of the fourth child?
Thank you, Qindarka!
Answer to the Riddle of the Day above:
The name of the fourth child is Mary.
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The word checkmate comes from the Persian phrase shah mat, meaning "the king is helpless". 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. Paul Revere’s Ride
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1807-1882
Listen, my children, and you shall hear
Of the midnight ride of Paul Revere,
On the eighteenth of April, in Seventy-Five:
Hardly a man is now alive
Who remembers that famous day and year.
He said to his friend, “If the British march
By land or sea from the town to-night,
Hang a lantern aloft in the belfry-arch
Of the North-Church-tower, as a signal-light,—
One if by land, and two if by sea;
And I on the opposite shore will be,
Ready to ride and spread the alarm
Through every Middlesex village and farm,
For the country-folk to be up and to arm.”
Then he said “Good night!” and with muffled oar
Silently rowed to the Charlestown shore,
Just as the moon rose over the bay,
Where swinging wide at her moorings lay
The Somerset, British man-of-war:
A phantom ship, with each mast and spar
Across the moon, like a prison-bar,
And a huge black hulk, that was magnified
By its own reflection in the tide.
Meanwhile, his friend, through alley and street
Wanders and watches with eager ears,
Till in the silence around him he hears
The muster of men at the barrack door,
The sound of arms, and the tramp of feet,
And the measured tread of the grenadiers
Marching down to their boats on the shore.
Then he climbed to the tower of the church,
Up the wooden stairs, with stealthy tread,
To the belfry-chamber overhead,
And startled the pigeons from their perch
On the sombre rafters, that round him made
Masses and moving shapes of shade,—
By the trembling ladder, steep and tall,
To the highest window in the wall,
Where he paused to listen and look down
A moment on the roofs of the town,
And the moonlight flowing over all.
Beneath, in the churchyard, lay the dead,
In their night-encampment on the hill,
Wrapped in silence so deep and still
That he could hear, like a sentinel’s tread,
The watchful night-wind, as it went
Creeping along from tent to tent,
And seeming to whisper, “All is well!”
A moment only he feels the spell
Of the place and the hour, and the secret dread
Of the lonely belfry and the dead;
For suddenly all his thoughts are bent
On a shadowy something far away,
Where the river widens to meet the bay,—
A line of black, that bends and floats
On the rising tide, like a bridge of boats.
Meanwhile, impatient to mount and ride,
Booted and spurred, with a heavy stride,
On the opposite shore walked Paul Revere.
Now he patted his horse’s side,
Now gazed on the landscape far and near,
Then impetuous stamped the earth,
And turned and tightened his saddle-girth;
But mostly he watched with eager search
The belfry-tower of the old North Church,
As it rose above the graves on the hill,
Lonely and spectral and sombre and still.
And lo! as he looks, on the belfry’s height,
A glimmer, and then a gleam of light!
He springs to the saddle, the bridle he turns,
But lingers and gazes, till full on his sight
A second lamp in the belfry burns!
A hurry of hoofs in a village-street,
A shape in the moonlight, a bulk in the dark,
And beneath from the pebbles, in passing, a spark
Struck out by a steed that flies fearless and fleet:
That was all! And yet, through the gloom and the light,
The fate of a nation was riding that night;
And the spark struck out by that steed, in his flight,
Kindled the land into flame with its heat.
He has left the village and mounted the steep,
And beneath him, tranquil and broad and deep,
Is the Mystic, meeting the ocean tides;
And under the alders, that skirt its edge,
Now soft on the sand, now loud on the ledge,
Is heard the tramp of his steed as he rides.
It was twelve by the village clock
When he crossed the bridge into Medford town.
He heard the crowing of the cock,
And the barking of the farmer’s dog,
And felt the damp of the river-fog,
That rises when the sun goes down.
It was one by the village clock,
When he galloped into Lexington.
He saw the gilded weathercock
Swim in the moonlight as he passed,
And the meeting-house windows, blank and bare,
Gaze at him with a spectral glare,
As if they already stood aghast
At the bloody work they would look upon.
It was two by the village clock,
When he came to the bridge in Concord town.
He heard the bleating of the flock,
And the twitter of birds among the trees,
And felt the breath of the morning breeze
Blowing over the meadows brown.
And one was safe and asleep in his bed
Who at the bridge would be first to fall,
Who that day would be lying dead,
Pierced by a British musket-ball.
You know the rest. In the books you have read,
How the British Regulars fired and fled,—
How the farmers gave them ball for ball,
From behind each fence and farmyard-wall,
Chasing the red-coats down the lane,
Then crossing the fields to emerge again
Under the trees at the turn of the road,
And only pausing to fire and load.
So through the night rode Paul Revere;
And so through the night went his cry of alarm
To every Middlesex village and farm,—
A cry of defiance, and not of fear,
A voice in the darkness, a knock at the door,
And a word that shall echo forevermore!
For, borne on the night-wind of the Past,
Through all our history, to the last,
In the hour of darkness and peril and need,
The people will waken and listen to hear
The hurrying hoof-beats of that steed,
And the midnight message of Paul Revere.
<Vukovic's Guidelines for Attack:01) If you attack the king, make sure that either your opponent cannot counterattack, or at least that your attack is more quick or more dangerous. 02) So, you must look at the whole board, and the chances for both sides, when deciding whether to attack or not. 03) Security in the centre lends support to a wing attack. A central pawn blockade prevents or limits counter-attacks, and makes a pawn attack easier. 04) This is particularly true of attacks with pawns, which must creep forward more slowly than other pieces. If you can make an attack with pieces alone, leave your pawns at home. 05) If you already have a pawn advanced, e.g. to f5, which may block your bishop on the diagonal b1-h7, then you might be better off going for a pawn storm by advancing the g-pawn.
06) As a rule, it is difficult to break through with pawns against the unweakened castled king's position. This is because the pawn wave can be blockaded. 07) So, it is usually important to weaken the castled position first (e.g. by ganging up on h7 you might force ...g6 or ...h6). 08) Pawns don't half get in the way of rooks. If you cannot open a file, you can often get your rooks into action in front of your pawns, for example, by playing them to the third rank. 09) Pawn advances loosen your position, and may be a disadvantage in the ending. 10) Although you must be careful before starting an attack, once you have started you must go in as hard and fast as you can. This is even more important if you realize you shouldn't have started the attack quite yet - if you try to back out you will only make things worse.> The Council Held By The Rats
Old Rodilard, a certain cat,
Such havoc of the rats had made,
It was difficult to find a rat
With nature's debt unpaid.
The few that did remain,
To leave their holes afraid,
From usual food abstain,
Not eating half their fill.
And wonder no one will
That one who made of rats his revel,
With rats passed not for cat, but devil.
Now, on a day, this dread rat-eater,
Who had a wife, went out to meet her;
And while he held his caterwauling,
The unkilled rats, their chapter calling,
Discussed the point, in grave debate,
How they might shun impending fate.
Their dean, a prudent rat,
Thought best, and better soon than late,
To bell the fatal cat;
That, when he took his hunting round,
The rats, well cautioned by the sound,
Might hide in safety under ground;
Indeed he knew no other means.
And all the rest
At once confessed
Their minds were with the dean's.
No better plan, they all believed,
Could possibly have been conceived,
No doubt the thing would work right well,
If any one would hang the bell.
But, one by one, said every rat,
"I'm not so big a fool as that."
The plan, knocked up in this respect,
The council closed without effect.
And many a council I have seen,
Or reverend chapter with its dean,
That, thus resolving wisely,
Fell through like this precisely.
To argue or refute
Wise counsellors abound;
The man to execute
Is harder to be found.
Around the World
Riddle Question: What travels around the world but stays in one spot? Scroll down for Riddle Answer...
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.
<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. Weiord Funn:
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Latvian Gambit: Mason CG (C40) 1-0 Self-pin; remove defender Дарёному коню́ в зу́бы не смо́трят
Pronunciation: DarRYOnamu kaNYU v ZUby nye SMOTryat
Translation: Don’t look a gift horse in the mouth
Meaning: Don’t look a gift horse in the mouth
В чужо́й монасты́рь со свои́м уста́вом не хо́дят
Pronunciation: V chuZHOY manasTYR’ sa svaYIM usTAvam ni HOdyat
Translation: Don’t go to someone else’s monastery with your own rulebook
Meaning: When in Rome, do as Romans do
Поспеши́шь — люде́й насмеши́шь
Pronunciation: PaspiSHISH – lyuDYEY nasmiSHISH
Literally: If you do something in a hurry, you will make people laugh at you
Meaning: Haste makes waste
Без труда́ не вы́тащишь и ры́бку из пруда́
Pronunciation: bez truDAH ni VYtashish i RYBku iz pruDAH
Translation: Without hard work, one wouldn’t even get a fish out of a pond
Meaning: No pain, no gain
Any Russian child knows that fishing involves hard work, all thanks to this popular proverb which was even included in the official school curriculum during the Soviet years. 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
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497 games, 1497-2020 - On the Edge of Fredthebear's Cliff Trail Back
“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.) * Diagrammed checkmate patterns: Game Collection: Checkmate: Checkmate Patterns * Fabulous chess brilliancies:
https://www.chess.com/article/view/...
* Tips and the Blue Knights games:
http://academicchess.org/learn/rich...
http://www.chessdryad.com/education...
http://www.chessdryad.com/education... * Morphy Miniatures:
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches... * Shirov minis: Game Collection: Shirov miniatures * Simple tactics course using miniatures:
http://exeterchessclub.org.uk/x/FTP... * Secrets of Combination: Game Collection: Secrets of the Russian Chess Masters Volume II * Chess in old newspapers: https://www.schach-chess.com/chess-... * 2004#: Game Collection: Checkmate 2004 * 2005#: Game Collection: Checkmate 2005 * Golden Treasury of Chess (Wellmuth/Horowitz):
Game Collection: Golden Treasury of Chess (Wellmuth/Horowitz) https://archive.org/details/the-gol... * Pawn themes: Game Collection: Aurora * Minority Attacks: Game Collection: Minority attack Game Collection: Anti-minority attack capturing with the Knight. * Chess in old newspapers: https://www.schach-chess.com/chess-... * Top Chessgames by ECO Code: http://schachsinn.de/gamelist.htm * Mr. Harvey's Puzzle Challenge: https://wtharvey.com/ WTHarvey:
There once was a website named WTHarvey,
Where chess puzzles did daily delay,
The brain-teasers so tough,
They made us all huff and puff,
But solving them brought us great satisfaction today. There once was a website named WTHarvey
Where chess puzzles were quite aplenty
With knight and rook and pawn
You'll sharpen your brain with a yawn
And become a master of chess entry
There once was a site for chess fun,
Wtharvey.com was the chosen one,
With puzzles galore,
It'll keep you in store,
For hours of brain-teasing, none done.
There once was a website named WTHarvey,
Where chess puzzles were posted daily,
You'd solve them with glee,
And in victory,
You'd feel like a true chess prodigy!
“Chess is played with the mind and not with the hands.” ― Renaud & Kahn “Chess is a terrific way for kids to build self-image and self-esteem.” ― Saudin Robovic “Chess is a sport. The main object in the game of chess remains the achievement of victory.” ― Max Euwe “Life is like a chess. If you lose your queen, you will probably lose the game.”
― Being Caballero
“If you wish to succeed, you must brave the risk of failure.” — Garry Kasparov “You win some, you lose some, you wreck some.” — Dale Earnhardt “In life, unlike chess the game continues after checkmate.” ― Isaac Asimov Sleeper straddle “Try again. Fail again. Fail better.” ― Samuel Beckett Indiana: Vincennes
Established in: 1732
Vincennes was founded in 1732 along the Wabash River by French military officer Francois Marie Bissot-Sieur de Vincennes, and was once a French fur trading post. It was part of New France and a military post was built there to keep the British away. Once the fur trade died down, agriculture took over. * Chess History: https://www.britannica.com/topic/ch... * Chess History: https://www.uschesstrust.org/chess-... * Chess Timeline: https://wegochess.com/an-easy-to-re... Picture History of Chess
by Fred Wilson
This classic photo-history offers up hundreds of photos of all the great players along with many outstanding adversaries who helped fashion the immortals. Excellent captions throughout. Hours of fascinating reading and a book I return to again and again. Many of these photos are quite old and hard to find, but collected here under one cover, in an oversized (10x12") format, printed on high-quality glossy paper. Publisher: Dover Pubns; First Edition (January 1, 1981)
Language: English
Paperback: 182 pages
ISBN-10: 0486238563
ISBN-13: 978-0486238562
Item Weight: 1.23 pounds
Dimensions: 8.75 x 0.5 x 11.5 inches
Eilfan ywmodryb dda
Meaning: A good aunt is a second mother
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."
Herein lay the rub. The Americans, like all Western armies, defined "winning" as killing the enemy and securing control over the battlefield. Their opponents in previous conflicts had generally accepted the same definition. Not so the Moros. What was important to them was the struggle and how one conducted oneself, personally and as a people, not necessarily a measurable outcome. They knew from the beginning they were no match for American firepower. It was a one-sided contest, what today is termed "asymmetric warfare," but so what? Their measure was how well one did against the odds, the more overwhelmingly they were against one, the greater the glory. And being that life is transitory anyway, what mattered most was how much courage was shown and how well did one die. The Americans and the Moros were using different score cards for the same game. To the Moros, it was they who had "won." — Robert A. Fulton “Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom.” ― Francis Bacon “Discipline is wisdom and vice versa.” ― M. Scott Peck “Thirty Days Hath September” Lyrics
Thirty days hath September,
April, June and November;
All the rest have thirty-one,
Excepting February alone.
Which only has but twenty-eight days clear
And twenty-nine in each leap year.
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. * The Most Instructive Games of Chess Ever Played: 62 Masterpieces of Chess Strategy by Irving Chernev * Legendary: Game Collection: The 12 Legendary Games of the Century A GAME OF CHESS
by T S (Thomas Stearns) Eliot
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 80
(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 90
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 100
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.
110
"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.
120
"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 130
"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, 140
HURRY 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.
150
Then I'll know who to thank, she said, and give me a straight look. HURRY 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.
) 160
The chemist said it would be alright, 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?
HURRY 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—
HURRY UP PLEASE ITS TIME
HURRY UP PLEASE ITS TIME
Goonight Bill.
Goonight Lou.
Goonight May.
Goonight.
170
Ta ta.
Goonight.
Goonight.
Good night, ladies, good night, sweet ladies, good night, good night. "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. 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. 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. “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.” — Assia 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 God Our Father, Lord, and Savior
Traditional
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.
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.
* Read The Planet Greenpawn - https://www.redhotpawn.com/ * Chess Records: https://timkr.home.xs4all.nl/record... * Top Chessgames by ECO Code: http://schachsinn.de/gamelist.htm “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 * Checkmate Puzzle Patternz: https://www.serverchess.com/mateinN... * Chess Puzzles: https://chesspuzzle.net/
* Riddle-e-dee: https://chessimprover.com/chess-rid... “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 “Housekeeping” by Natasha Tretheway
We mourn the broken things, chair legs
wrenched from their seats, chipped plates,
the threadbare clothes. We work the magic
of glue, drive the nails, mend the holes.
We save what we can, melt small pieces
of soap, gather fallen pecans, keep neck bones
for soup. Beating rugs against the house,
we watch dust, lit like stars, spreading
across the yard. Late afternoon, we draw
the blinds to cool the rooms, drive the bugs
out. My mother irons, singing, lost in reverie.
I mark the pages of a mail-order catalog,
listen for passing cars. All day we watch
for the mail, some news from a distant place.
"God has given us two hands, one to receive with and the other to give with."
— Billy Graham
"The only time my prayers are never answered is on the golf course."
— 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-xpee-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. "We made too many wrong mistakes." ― Yogi Berra, 18-time American League All-Star Native Americans inhabited the Americas for millennia before European settlers arrived. Conflicts arose as colonists encroached on their land. The U.S. government established policies to displace Native Americans, including the Trail of Tears, which forcibly relocated 60,000 people to Oklahoma, many on foot, resulting in 13,000 deaths between 1830-1850. Reservations were established as autonomous entities, with 326 federally recognized today. 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 “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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Dr. Tarrasch, "The Game of Chess", english transl., London 1935, page 238: - "I expressly warn him [the beginner] against trying to learn by heart the following openings. A terrible thought! He must thoroughly assimilate THE PRINCIPLES and then, when he has played a game, he should study the application of those principles to the particular opening adopted. Thus he will discover the INNER SIGNIFICANCE of the various openings. This is the only correct way. CHESS CANNOT BE PLAYED FROM MEMORY but only with judgement and combinative ability." Thank you Dr. Siggy!
“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.) * Annotated Games: Game Collection: Annotated Games * Assorted good games: Game Collection: assorted Good games * Back rank mating tactics: Game Collection: 610_Back rank mating tactics * Best (Old) Games of All Time: Game Collection: Best Games of All Time * Best of the British: Game Collection: Best of the British * The Best Chess Games (part 2): Game Collection: The Best Chess Games (part 2) * Brilliant games: Game Collection: Brilliant games * Classic games by great players: Game Collection: Guinness Book - Chess Grandmasters (Hartston) * Impact of Genius: 500 years of Grandmaster Chess: Game Collection: Impact of Genius : 500 years of Grandmaster Ches * Chess Prehistory: Game Collection: Chess Prehistory * 'Chess Praxis' by Aron Nimzowitsch: Game Collection: Chess Praxis (Nimzowitsch) * Fire Baptisms: Game Collection: Fire Baptisms * maxruen's favorite games III: Game Collection: maxruen's favorite games III * Famous brilliancies: Game Collection: brilliacies * The Fireside Book of Chess by Irving Chernev and Fred Reinfeld: Game Collection: Fireside Book of Chess * 'Great Brilliancy Prize Games of the Chess Masters' by Fred Reinfeld: Game Collection: 0 * Games of famous masters: Game Collection: bengalcat47's favorite 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 * '500 Master Games of Chess' by Savielly Tartakower and Julius Du Mont: Game Collection: 500 Master Games of Chess * Masterful: Game Collection: FRENCH DEFENSE MASTERPIECES * Mil y Una Partidas 1914-1931: Game Collection: Mil y Una Partidas 1914-1931 * '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) * Great Combinations: Game Collection: Combinations * Middlegame Combinations by Peter Romanovsky: Game Collection: Middlegame Combinations by Peter Romanovsky * Exchange sacs: Game Collection: Exchange sacs - 1 * Reti Opening: 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 * Steinitz collection:
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This poem is dedicated to all
Caissa members who are the Silent Majority.
The Silent Majority
Spoke the silent pawn to the opposing queen:
Your master is a filthy man and also very mean.
He does naught but curse and foulmouth my gentle master.
Your king ought to punish him real fast if not faster.
because we are all tired of his filthy ranting and raving.
We want to play chess which is our gift and inborn craving.
But if he is allowed to continue to act like a filthy prick,
we'll catch him and drown him in the cesspool with frick.
Replied the queen smilingly though in a very loud voice:
Fear not silent majority because that is also our choice.
So it came about,that one could hear in the deep of night
an inhuman scream of the filthy man who died slowly of fright. Riddle 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? There are three types of people in the world:
Those who can count and those who can’t.
Riddle 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. "Double, double toil and trouble" has become something of a clichéd quote in relation to witches. It pops up frequently in cartoons and shows, usually as some incantation during a witch's spell. Therefore, it feels appropriate that it was used in the Harry Potter franchise as the students of Hogwarts sing a song with these lyrics in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. While the origins of the quote do indeed harken back to witches, it is actually from <Macbeth> with the Harry Potter song being a word-to-word version of a portion of the Three Witches' ill-fated prophecy. <"Every time I coach people, I <emphasize> the following key concepts:^Develop your pieces at the beginning of the game (Extremely underrated by beginners) ^Control the center (Chess pieces control a lot more squares from the center of the board) ^Make sure your king is safer than the opponent’s Every opening in chess is based on these fundamental principles. Thus, if you can understand such concepts and put them into practice, your chess strength will skyrocket!" ― IM Luis Torres> > Protect your pieces. Loose Pieces Drop Off. Your middlegame position generally tends to be in good standing as long as you have a grip on the center, the king is castled and rooks connected, your pieces are active, and you don't drop material. Know all the possible ways of responding to a threat of capture.< * Opening Tree: https://www.shredderchess.com/onlin... * 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 Gambling problem? Call 1-800-GAMBLER
<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,
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Did you hear about the Italian chef who died?
He pasta-way.
The Cloud
By Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822)
I bring fresh showers for the thirsting flowers,
From the seas and the streams;
I bear light shade for the leaves when laid
In their noonday dreams.
From my wings are shaken the dews that waken
The sweet buds every one,
When rocked to rest on their mother's breast,
As she dances about the sun.
I wield the flail of the lashing hail,
And whiten the green plains under,
And then again I dissolve it in rain,
And laugh as I pass in thunder.
I sift the snow on the mountains below,
And their great pines groan aghast;
And all the night 'tis my pillow white,
While I sleep in the arms of the blast.
Sublime on the towers of my skiey bowers,
Lightning my pilot sits;
In a cavern under is fettered the thunder,
It struggles and howls at fits;
Over earth and ocean, with gentle motion,
This pilot is guiding me,
Lured by the love of the genii that move
In the depths of the purple sea;
Over the rills, and the crags, and the hills,
Over the lakes and the plains,
Wherever he dream, under mountain or stream,
The Spirit he loves remains;
And I all the while bask in Heaven's blue smile,
Whilst he is dissolving in rains.
The sanguine Sunrise, with his meteor eyes,
And his burning plumes outspread,
Leaps on the back of my sailing rack,
When the morning star shines dead;
As on the jag of a mountain crag,
Which an earthquake rocks and swings,
An eagle alit one moment may sit
In the light of its golden wings.
And when Sunset may breathe, from the lit sea beneath,
Its ardours of rest and of love,
And the crimson pall of eve may fall
From the depth of Heaven above,
With wings folded I rest, on mine aëry nest,
As still as a brooding dove.
That orbèd maiden with white fire laden,
Whom mortals call the Moon,
Glides glimmering o'er my fleece-like floor,
By the midnight breezes strewn;
And wherever the beat of her unseen feet,
Which only the angels hear,
May have broken the woof of my tent's thin roof,
The stars peep behind her and peer;
And I laugh to see them whirl and flee,
Like a swarm of golden bees,
When I widen the rent in my wind-built tent,
Till calm the rivers, lakes, and seas,
Like strips of the sky fallen through me on high,
Are each paved with the moon and these.
I bind the Sun's throne with a burning zone,
And the Moon's with a girdle of pearl;
The volcanoes are dim, and the stars reel and swim,
When the whirlwinds my banner unfurl.
From cape to cape, with a bridge-like shape,
Over a torrent sea,
Sunbeam-proof, I hang like a roof,
The mountains its columns be.
The triumphal arch through which I march
With hurricane, fire, and snow,
When the Powers of the air are chained to my chair,
Is the million-coloured bow;
The sphere-fire above its soft colours wove,
While the moist Earth was laughing below.
I am the daughter of Earth and Water,
And the nursling of the Sky;
I pass through the pores of the ocean and shores;
I change, but I cannot die.
For after the rain when with never a stain
The pavilion of Heaven is bare,
And the winds and sunbeams with their convex gleams
Build up the blue dome of air,
I silently laugh at my own cenotaph,
And out of the caverns of rain,
Like a child from the womb, like a ghost from the tomb,
I arise and unbuild it again.
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 Q: What do you call a can opener that doesn’t work?
A can’t opener!
Forcing moves: <The great Australian correspondence champion and teacher Cecil Purdy advised: In every position look at all checks and captures, and jump-mates, jump-checks, and jump-captures.'Jump-moves' -- are moves that would be possible if an obstructing piece were removed. This bit of advice comes from a book by GM Andrew Soltis -- it's called "The Wisest Things Ever Said About Chess" (Batsford, 2008) -- 288 chess maxims and a short (1 page) bit of explanation and annotated example.> Chessgames.com will be unavailable August 28, 2023 from 1:00AM through 1:30AM(UTC/GMT) for maintenance.
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An Irish Blessing:
May we all feel…
happy and contented,
healthy and strong,
safe and protected
and living with ease…
~ Ever wanted to be able to clean your ears with your tongue? Then you’d probably fancy being a giraffe. They’re able to do this thanks to having tongues which are around 21 inches long! Question: What is the only number spelled out in English that has the same number of letters as its value?
Answer: Four
Concrete-like structures began to appear for the first time in northern Jordan and southern Syria regions around 6500 B.C.E. Comprised of rough composite mixed with fluid cement, concrete is the most widely used man-made material. The mix hardens over time, making a sturdy, strong structural foundation. However, when it’s still wet, the material is very easy to manipulate into different shapes. 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 Giraffes have unique markings. They are like our own fingerprints in that no two giraffes will ever have the same markings. Tilt
The Cat and the Old Rat
A story-writer of our sort
Historifies, in short,
Of one that may be reckoned
A Rodilard the Second, –
The Alexander of the cats,
The Attila, the scourge of rats,
Whose fierce and whiskered head
Among the latter spread,
A league around, its dread;
Who seemed, indeed, determined
The world should be unvermined.
The planks with props more false than slim,
The tempting heaps of poisoned meal,
The traps of wire and traps of steel,
Were only play compared with him.
At length, so sadly were they scared.
The rats and mice no longer dared
To show their thievish faces
Outside their hiding-places,
Thus shunning all pursuit; whereat
Our crafty General Cat
Contrived to hang himself, as dead,
Beside the wall with downward head,
Resisting gravitation's laws
By clinging with his hinder claws
To some small bit of string.
The rats esteemed the thing
A judgment for some naughty deed,
Some thievish snatch,
Or ugly scratch;
And thought their foe had got his meed
By being hung indeed.
With hope elated all
Of laughing at his funeral,
They thrust their noses out in air;
And now to show their heads they dare;
Now dodging back, now venturing more;
At last on the larder's store
They fall to filching, as of yore.
A scanty feast enjoyed these shallows;
Down dropped the hung one from his gallows,
And of the hindmost caught.
"Some other tricks to me are known,"
Said he, while tearing bone from bone,
"By long experience taught;
The point is settled, free from doubt,
That from your holes you shall come out."
His threat as good as prophecy
Was proved by Mr. Mildandsly;
For, putting on a mealy robe,
He squatted in an open tub,
And held his purring and his breath; –
Out came the vermin to their death.
On this occasion, one old stager,
A rat as grey as any badger,
Who had in battle lost his tail,
Abstained from smelling at the meal;
And cried, far off, "Ah! General Cat,
I much suspect a heap like that;
Your meal is not the thing, perhaps,
For one who knows somewhat of traps;
Should you a sack of meal become,
I had let you be, and stay at home."
Well said, I think, and prudently,
By one who knew distrust to be
The parent of security.
'Ask no questions and hear no lies
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A: Because he was the ruler.
Q: What do you call a cow jumping on a trampoline?
A: A milkshake.
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George Henry Thomas Is An Unsung Hero Of The Civil War
After serving in the Mexican-American War, <George Henry Thomas> remained as a Southern Unionist in the US Army during the American Civil War. He served as a general and was one of the lead commanders in the Western Theater. During the war, he never lost a battle starting with his first victory at Mill Springs. George Henry Thomas won several decisive victories throughout the war, even saving the Union Army, earning the nickname "the Rock of Chickamauga." Although he was undefeated during the war, his refusal to promote his legacy led him to be overshadowed by generals such as Ulysses S. Grant and William T. Sherman. 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. California and Alaska each have eight national parks. Mount McKinley in the Alaska Range of Denali National Park is the highest point in the USA national parks at 20,302 feet. Riddle Question: People make me, save me, change me, raise me. What am I? According to statistics, the average American spends roughly 17,600 minutes behind the wheel annually. That’s equivalent to over 293 hours or nearly 12 days! Riddle Answer: Money
Tourists can visit two USA national parks in a day going to Yellowstone National Park and Grand Teton National Park. They are just 10 miles apart in northern Wyoming. If you're American when you go in the bathroom…
… and American when you come out, what are you in the bathroom? European.
The Oracle and the Atheist
That man his Maker can deceive,
Is monstrous folly to believe.
The labyrinthine mazes of the heart
Are open to His eyes in every part.
Whatever one may do, or think, or feel,
From Him no darkness can the thing conceal.
A pagan once, of graceless heart and hollow,
Whose faith in gods, I'm apprehensive,
Was quite as real as expensive.
Consulted, at his shrine, the god Apollo.
"Is what I hold alive, or not?"
Said he, – a sparrow having brought,
Prepared to wring its neck, or let it fly,
As need might be, to give the god the lie.
Apollo saw the trick,
And answered quick,
"Dead or alive, show me your sparrow,
And cease to set for me a trap
Which can but cause yourself mishap.
I see afar, and far I shoot my arrow."
"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 "My kingdom for a horse!"
Mel Brooks' satirical retelling of Robin Hood's folklore is filled with references to classical literature, particularly that of Shakespeare. For instance, people throw their ears at Robin Hood, after he delivers the famous Julius Caesar's line, "Lend me your ear". A more dramatic moment occurs when the vigilante swims to England all the way from Jerusalem. Without offering any context, he exclaims "My kingdom for a horse!"
The randomness makes the scene funny but avid readers of the Bard would know that this dialogue is actually taken from Act 5, Scene 4 of <Richard III>. In the play, the titular protagonist desperately searches for his horse on a battlefield when he loses the creature. The line is meant to be an exaggeration by the hero that he would give anything to have a horse in that moment. However, it makes for a funny setup in Robin Hood: Men in Tights as, shortly after saying this, Robin discovers his kingdom has been taken away. “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.
“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
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. Q: What kind of tea did the American colonist want?
A: Liberty
Question: What’s the difference between a cemetery and a graveyard?
Answer: Graveyards are attached to churches while cemeteries are stand-alone. Patty Loveless "You'll Never Leave Harlan Alive" https://www.bing.com/videos/rivervi... "These Violent Delights Have Violent Ends..."
The Twilight Saga: New Moon / Romeo & Juliet
Like many other romantic films, The Twilight Saga: New Moon also uses quotes from <Romeo & Juliet> to depict the tumultuous romance shared between the ancient Edward Cullen and young human Bella Swan. In fact, the film opens with this monologue from the classic tragedy. It is unsurprising as countless stories of forbidden romance have taken inspiration and paid homage to Shakespeare's famous doomed love story.
In the case of Twilight, the rival families can be replaced by vampires and humans and the unconventional romance that blooms between a couple like Edward and Bella.
In the original source, Friar Lawrence says these lines to Romeo warning him of the dangers of loving a girl from a rival family. Romeo, however, believes that he would still get joy even if he could meet Juliet for just one moment. In the case of Twilight, the rival families can be replaced by vampires and humans and the unconventional romance that blooms between a couple like Edward and Bella. <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>
Never let your feet run faster than your shoes. ~ Scottish Proverb * 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. Take care of your pennies and your dollars will take care of themselves.
~ Scottish Proverb
The Lion and the Rat
To show to all your kindness, it behoves:
There's none so small but you his aid may need.
I quote two fables for this weighty creed,
Which either of them fully proves.
From underneath the sward
A rat, quite off his guard,
Popped out between a lion's paws.
The beast of royal bearing
Showed what a lion was
The creature's life by sparing –
A kindness well repaid;
For, little as you would have thought
His majesty would ever need his aid,
It proved full soon
A precious boon.
Forth issuing from his forest glen,
T" explore the haunts of men,
In lion net his majesty was caught,
From which his strength and rage
Served not to disengage.
The rat ran up, with grateful glee,
Gnawed off a rope, and set him free.
By time and toil we sever
What strength and rage could never.
<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. The science of repetition is clear: consistent practice is essential to mastering any skill. The 10,000-Hour Rule, popularized by Malcolm Gladwell, states that achieving world-class expertise in any field requires roughly 10,000 hours of deliberate practice. While this number may vary depending on the individual, the principle remains true: mastery requires time and effort focused on meaningful activities. Chessgames.com will be unavailable January 16, 2024 from 12:15PM through 12:45PM(UTC/GMT) for maintenance.
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The swastika was known across the world from ancient times.
The swastika’s earliest appearance in Europe was in what became Ukraine. But as a symbol of religious significance, it was known throughout Eurasia. It became a significant religious icon in Jainism, Hinduism, and Buddhism. It was sacred to the Greeks and the Romans. Early Christian churches used the icon in both the Eastern and Roman branches. It can be found in floor mosaics, ceilings, friezes, stained glass windows, artwork, and altars in churches of the Gothic period. The nobility in Eastern Europe, particularly in Poland, used the symbol in their coats of arms and as decorative flourishes in their great houses. In the Nordic regions, the symbol was indicative of Thor’s hammer. It still decorates the elephants at Carlsberg’s in Copenhagen. Ancient North American Indian tribes also used the swastika as symbol from the Passamaquoddy in Maine to the Navajo in the southwest. How the swastika spread around the world, in virtually every portion of the world, remains a mystery, as the symbol has no equivalent in nature nor the night sky. Since its use by the Nazi Party in Germany it has been banned from being displayed publicly in both Germany and Austria, and its use even for scholarly purposes is subject to restrictions. Around the world, the swastika is still displayed, sometimes as a symbol of hate, and in others, with the religious significance it has always conveyed. The longest official chess game lasted 20 hours and included 269 moves. Chess is a required school subject in Armenia.
The rook piece is named from the Persian word "ruhkh," meaning "chariot". There are 400 possible moves after each move played in a single game of chess. “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
Riddle of the Day:
Mary’s mother had four children: April, May and June. What’s the name of the fourth child?
Thank you, Qindarka!
Answer to the Riddle of the Day above:
The name of the fourth child is Mary.
Proof of Ratings Inflation:
A criminal named Claude Bloodgood managed to achieve the second highest rating in the USA at the time through either scamming the system or (as he states it) simply playing the only opposition he was allowed. Since he was in prison for life, the only opponents available to him were other inmates, several of whom he had taught to play. As well as playing correspondence games, he was far and away the strongest chess player within the prison system and as such his rating continued to rise. It reached such a level that had he not been incarcerated, he would have to have been invited to the highest-level chess tournament in the country at the time. Bloodgood insisted he had not cheated his rating in any way and instead pointed out that the current system was prone to exploitation in circumstances like his own. The ratings system was altered to account for situations like his. Bloodgood died in 2004, still behind bars. Chessgames.com will be unavailable Friday, February 17, 2023 from 11AM through 11:30AM(UTC/GMT) for maintenance.
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The Night
BY HENRY VAUGHAN
John 3.2
Through that pure virgin shrine,
That sacred veil drawn o’er Thy glorious noon,
That men might look and live, as glowworms shine,
And face the moon,
Wise Nicodemus saw such light
As made him know his God by night.
Most blest believer he!
Who in that land of darkness and blind eyes
Thy long-expected healing wings could see,
When Thou didst rise!
And, what can never more be done,
Did at midnight speak with the Sun!
O who will tell me where
He found Thee at that dead and silent hour?
What hallowed solitary ground did bear
So rare a flower,
Within whose sacred leaves did lie
The fulness of the Deity?
No mercy-seat of gold,
No dead and dusty cherub, nor carved stone,
But His own living works did my Lord hold
And lodge alone;
Where trees and herbs did watch and peep
And wonder, while the Jews did sleep.
Dear night! this world’s defeat;
The stop to busy fools; care’s check and curb;
The day of spirits; my soul’s calm retreat
Which none disturb!
Christ’s progress, and His prayer time;
The hours to which high heaven doth chime;
God’s silent, searching flight;
When my Lord’s head is filled with dew, and all
His locks are wet with the clear drops of night;
His still, soft call;
His knocking time; the soul’s dumb watch,
When spirits their fair kindred catch.
Were all my loud, evil days
Calm and unhaunted as is thy dark tent,
Whose peace but by some angel’s wing or voice
Is seldom rent,
Then I in heaven all the long year
Would keep, and never wander here.
But living where the sun
Doth all things wake, and where all mix and tire
Themselves and others, I consent and run
To every mire,
And by this world’s ill-guiding light,
Err more than I can do by night.
There is in God, some say,
A deep but dazzling darkness, as men here
Say it is late and dusky, because they
See not all clear.
O for that night! where I in Him
Might live invisible and dim!
Chess Question: What is the maximum number of captures that any chess unit can make in a game? Coral reefs are called the rain forests of the sea and enjoy an extraordinarily biologically diverse ecosystem, providing food and shelter to millions of species like fish, sponges, sea anemones, bryozoans, worms, sea stars, crustaceans, and snails, to name a few. The three primary categories of coral reefs are atoll reefs in the Indo-pacific, barrier reefs that parallel land, and fringing reefs which physically attach to the shore or close to it. Chess Answer: 15 by the K, Q, R, or N. 14 by the B. 6 by the pawn. 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.
Amen.
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What does it take (Judit Polgar and Hou Yifan): https://www.bbc.com/audio/play/w3cs... “Unlike other games in which lucre is the end and aim, [chess] recommends itself to the wise by the fact that its mimic battles are fought for no prize but honor. It is eminently and emphatically the philosopher’s game.” ― Paul Morphy “Two persons cannot long be friends if they cannot forgive each other’s little failings.” ― 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 “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 “Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment.” ― Will Rogers “Things ain't what they used to be and probably never was.” ― 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
“The beauty of chess is it can be whatever you want it to be. It transcends language, age, race, religion, politics, gender, and socioeconomic background. Whatever your circumstances, anyone can enjoy a good fight to the death over the chess board.” ― Simon Williams * 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.’
“He who sees the face does not see the heart.”
– Portuguese Proverb
“Those who do not risk, do not benefit.”
– Portuguese Proverb
“Here it is done, here it is paid.”
– Portuguese Proverb
“Each monkey to its own branch.”
– Portuguese Proverb
“To a good listener, half a word is enough”
– Portuguese Proverb
“The lie has short legs.”
– Portuguese Proverb
“Nothing ventured, nothing gained.”
– Portuguese Proverb
“One bird in the hand is more worthy than two flying birds.”
– Portuguese Proverb
“As you make your bed, so you must lie on it.”
– Portuguese Proverb
“Those who play with fire will get burnt.”
– Portuguese Proverb
“A golden bit does not make the horse any better.”
– Portuguese Proverb
“Faint heart never won fair lady.”
– Portuguese Proverb
“Charity begins at home.”
– Portuguese Proverb
“Experience is the mother of wisdom.”
– Portuguese Proverb
“Beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder.”
– Portuguese Quote
“Hunger is the best seasoning.”
– Portuguese Quote
“Our union makes us stronger.”
– Portuguese Quote
“Passed waters can’t move the mills.”
– Portuguese Quote
“An ounce of patience is worth a pound of brains.”
– Portuguese Quote
“Love is friendship set on fire.”
– Portuguese Quote
“The one who kneeled, must pray.”
– Portuguese Quote
“Necessity makes the frog jump.”
– Portuguese Quote
“Hope is the last one to die.”
– Portuguese Quote
Toast to friendship:
‘Here’s to Tall Ships,
Here’s to Small Ships,
Here’s to all the Ships at Sea.
But the best Ships are Friendships,
Here’s to You and Me!’
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 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." * Danill Dubov is the one true pirate: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUU... * 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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Who’s there?
Interrupting cow.
Interrupting c–
MOO!
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. <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. “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 Ah, St. Marher, 1225:
"And te tide and te time þat tu iboren were, schal beon iblescet." “Debt is dumb. Cash is king.” — Dave Ramsey 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. 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?
Zirconium Zr 40 91.22 1.4
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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Sing it Frankie! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LiI... Q: Why did the cow cross the road?
A: To get to the udder side.
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Recall that old phonetic rule of thumb from our primary school days:
"Insert the U in place of E and you have a monkey." Do they teach that in Poland? Alexey Pavlovich Sokolsky (1908—1969) was a Ukranian-Belarusian International Master who developed this particular opening, (Wikipedia contributors 2019a) to the point of writing an entire book about it. (Sokolsky 2016) 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
(The collection below is NOT arranged in the order given above.) Moves Name
1. b4 e5 2. Bb2 Bxb4 3. Bxe5 Exchange Variation
1. b4 e5 2. Bb2 d6 Czech Defense
1. b4 c6 Outflank Variation
1. b4 Nf6 2. Bb2 d5 (or e6 with the following d5) Main Line
1. b4 d5 2. Bb2 Bf5 Baltic Defense
1. b4 Nf6 2. Bb2 g6 King’s Indian Variation
1. b4 a5 Ware Defense
1. b4 d5 2. Bb2 Qd6 German Defense
1. b4 e5 2. Bb2 f6 3. b5 Bugayev Advance Variation
1. b4 e5 2. Bb2 f6 3. e4 Bxb4 Sokolsky Gambit Accepted
1. b4 e5 2. Bb2 f6 3.e4 X Sokolsky Gambit Declined
1. b4 Nf6 2. Bb2 e6 3. b5 b6 Queen�s Indian Variation
1. b4 f5 Dutch Defense
1. b4 e5 2. Bb2 e4 Advance Variation
1. b4 c5 Birmingham Gambit
1. b4 b5 Symmetrical Variation
1. b4 Nc6 Grigorian Variation
Continuations to Sokolsky’s Opening
Exchange Variation 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bxb4 3.Bxe5
Czech Defense 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 d6
Outflank Variation 1.b4 c6
Main Line 1.b4 Nf6 2.Bb2 d5 (or e6 with the following d5)
Baltic Defense 1.b4 d5 2.Bb2 Bf5
King's Indian Variation 1.b4 Nf6 2.Bb2 g6
Ware Defense 1.b4 a5
German Defense 1.b4 d5 2.Bb2 Qd6
Bugayev Advance Variation 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 f6 3.b5
Sokolsky Gambit Accepted 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 f6 3.e4 Bxb4
Sokolsky Gambit Declined 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 f6 3.e4 X
Schiffler-Sokolsky Variation 1.b4 d5 2.Bb2 Nf6 3.e3 e6 4.b5
Queen's Indian Variation 1.b4 Nf6 2.Bb2 e6 3.b5 b6
Dutch Defense 1.b4 f5
Advance Variation 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 e4
Birmingham Gambit 1.b4 c5
Symmetrical Variation 1.b4 b5
Grigorian Variation 1.b4 Nc6
Question: Say, do you know what a bitter Tennessee divorce case and a twisty tornado in Texas have in common?
Answer: Somebody gonna lose their trailer home. Thank you, Francio. Fredthebear created this collection. Main Line 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bxb4 3.Bxe5 Nf6 and 1.b4 e5 2.a3 d5 3.Bb2 Nd7 Apr-08-05
Kangaroo: Alexei (Aleksei) Sokolsky who reinvented the opening thought that after 1. b4 e5.
2. Bb2 Bxb4
3. Bxe5 ...
White has the advantage. Since one of the games
< A Urzica vs Adorjan, 1970 > played by Andras Adorjan I have been convinced that Black has at least equalized.
The other thing is when Black is eager to play a gambit: 1. b4 e5.
2. Bb2 f6, where Sokolsky recommended
3. e4!? with complications.
Had he been convinced in his analysis, he would have always played like that. But ... recommendations of a theorist sometimes are rejected by practice. Sokolsky himself often played 3. b5 [instead of 3. e4] met with 3. ... d5, when Black has the strong occupation of the center and White can eventually start undermining it. At least, he did not achieve much of success with this moderate move [compared to the gambit style 3. e4!?] The moves in this game [1. b4 e5. 2. Bb2 Bxb4. 3. f4 (?)] clearly show that White has been unaware of what is going on. The sacrifice of the pawn for nothing followed by the blunder. If anyone is interested in another quick refute [from Black] of this opening, it might deserve some attention to play 1. b4 d5.
2. Bb2 Qd6 [attacking the pawn on b4]
3. a3 e5!?
so Black occupies the center with less pain... . Dec-09-04
An Englishman: Good Evening: My old chess club had a Polish devotee who believed in 3.f4. I feel it is the best response, and developed this line in response: 3...f6!?; 4.fxe5,Nc6; 5.Nf3,Qe7!?; exf6,Nxf6. Black has a lead in development and the Queen Pawn to help restrain White's center, but White does have a central pawn mass. I call this equal, but most of the time, the opening left both players satisfied! RE: New York 1924, Savielly Tartakower vs Geza Maroczy
Jun-19-04
sneaky pete: Played in round 4, on March 21, 1924. White was winning until he slipped on move 47. The day before some of the masters visited the Bronx Zoo, where Tartakower consulted orang utan Suzan on what to play against Maroczy. She advised him to try 1.b4 which, however, was not a novelty. Alekhine in his tournament book notes calls it "an old move, the chief drawback of which is the fact that white discloses his intentions before knowing those of his opponents". I guess the same can be said about 1.e4 * Game Collection: Santasiere's Follies 1.b4 c5 is the Birmingham Gambit.
1.b4 c6 is the Outflank Variation.
1.b4 c6 2.Bb2 a5 3.b5 cxb5 4.e4 is the Schuhler Gambit.
1.b4 d5 2.Bb2 c6 3.a4 is the Myers Variation.
1.b4 e5 2.a3 is the Bugayev attack.
1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 c5 is the Wolferts Gambit.
1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 f6 3.e4 Bxb4 is the Tartakower Gambit or Schiffler-Sokolsky. 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 f6 3.e4 Bxb4 4.Bc4 Nc6 5.f4 Qe7 6.f5 g6 is the Brinckmann Variation. 1.b4 Na6 is the Bucker Defense.
1.b4 Nc6 is the Grigorian Variation.
1.b4 Nf6 2.Bb2 g6 3.g4 is the Polish Spike.
1.b4 Nh6 is the Karniewski or Tübingen Variation. 1. b4 e5 2. Bb2
( 2. a3 d5 3. Bb2 ( 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bb2 Bd6 5. Nf3 ( 5. c4 c6 6. Nf3 Qe7 7. Nc3 a6 ) Qe7 6. c4 c6 7. Nc3 a6 ) 2...Bd6 4. e3
( 4. Nf3 Qe7 5. e3 Nf6 6. c4 c6 7. Nc3 a6 ) ( 4. f4 exf4 5. Bxg7 Qh4+ 6. g3 fxg3 7. Bg2 gxh2+ 8. Kf1 Nf6 9. Nf3 ( 9. Bxh8 Ne4 10. Bxe4 dxe4 ) Qg3 10. Bxf6 ( 10. Bxh8 Bh3 ) Rg8 11. Rxh2 Qg6 12. Be5 Bxe5 13. Nxe5 Qf6+ 14. Kg1 Qxe5 ) 4...Nf6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bb2 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5
( 5. c4 c6 6. Nf3 Qe7 7. Nc3 a6 ) Qe7 6. c4 c6 7. Nc3 a6 ) ( 2. b5 d5 3. Bb2 Bd6 4. e3 ( 4. Nf3 Qe7 ) ( 4. f4 exf4 5. Bxg7 Qh4+ 6. g3 fxg3 7. Bg2 gxh2+ 8. Kf1 Nf6 9. Nf3 ( 9. Bxh8 Ne4 10. Bxe4 dxe4 ) Qg3 10. Bxf6 ( 10. Bxh8 Bh3 ) Rg8 11. Rxh2 Qg6 12. Be5 Bxe5 13. Nxe5 Qf6+ 14. Kg1 Qxe5 ) Nf6 )
Bxb4 3. Bxe5 Nf6 4. c4
( 4. c3 Be7 )
( 4. Nf3 O-O 5. e3 d5 )
O-O 5. Nf3
( 5. e3 d5 6. cxd5 ( 6. Nf3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Be2 Nc6 9. Bb2 Bf5 ) ( 6. Qb3 c5 7. a3 Ba5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Bc4 Nb6 10. Be2 Nc6 11. Bb2 Be6 ) ( 6. a3 Ba5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 ) Nxd5 7. Nf3 Re8 ( 7... Be7 8. a3 c5 9. Be2 Nc6 10. Bb2 b6 11. O-O Bb7 ) 8. Bb2 ( 8. Be2 Rxe5 9. Nxe5 Qf6 10. f4 Nxe3 11. Qb3 Nxg2+ 12. Kd1 Nxf4 13. Nxf7 Qxf7 14. Bc4 Be6 15. Bxe6 Nxe6 ) Be7 )
Nc6 6. Bb2 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5
* 1...c6:
A good line for black is 1b4 c6 2Bb2 Qb6 3a3 a5 4c3 and from their it should be better for black. The 1..c6 line is very interesting, but nothing for White to be afraid of after 2.c4!, eg 2..Qb6 3.Qb3! I usually answer 1... c6 which is a pretty good option if White continues with 2.Bb2. then game might continue with 2... a5 3.a3 axb4 4.axb4 Rxa1 5.Rxa1 Qb6 and now White has to make a choice how to defend the b4-pawn. I think that his best option is to give this pawn immediately with something like b5 or e3. * 1...e5 is not the main line? https://www.chess.com/blog/Eugen/so... * White plays the weak f4 attack: 1. b4 e5 2. a3 d5 3. Bb2 Bd6 4. f4 exf4 5. Bxg7 Qh4+ 6. g3 fxg3 7. Bg2 gxh2+ 8. Kf1 Nf6 9. Nf3
( 9. Bxh8 Ne4 10. Bxe4 dxe4-+ )
Qg3 10. Bxf6
( 10. Bxh8 Bh3-+ 11. Rxh2â–¡ Ng4 )
Rg8 11. Rxh2 Qg6 12. Be5 Bxe5 13. Nxe5 Qf6+ 14. Kg1 Qxe5 * Try this? https://chess.stackexchange.com/que... * Sverre's Book Review: https://chessbooksreviews.blogspot.... * Marek's page: http://www.b2b4.eu/system-algonet.htm * Happy Days! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slv... * Dmitriy vs Ariel
maya 2021 spring3
Apr 12, 2021maya
1.b4d52.e3Nf63.Bb2e64.b5c55.a4Bd66.Nf3O-O7.c4Qe7-
8.Nc3Nbd79.a5e510.cxd5e411.Ng5h612.h4g613.Ra4hxg-
514.hxg5Be515.gxf6Nxf616.Qa1Re817.Nxe4Nxe418.Rxe-
4f619.f4Bf520.Rxe5fxe521.Bxe5Qd822.Bc7Qxd523.Bc4-
Qxc424.Qh8+1—0
* Alex Chen vs Julie
MAYA 2021 spring3
April 12, 2021maya
1.b4Nf62.Bb2d53.e3Bf54.Nf3Nbd75.c4e56.Nxe5Nxe57.-
Bxe5Bxb48.Qa4+Nd79.cxd5O-O10.Bxg7Bxd2+11.Nxd2Kxg-
712.Qd4+Nf613.Bc4Qd614.O-Oc515.dxc6Qxd416.exd4bx-
c617.Nb3Rfd818.Rfd1a519.Rac1a420.Nc5a321.Rc3Nd52-
2.Bxd5cxd523.h3Rdb824.Nb3Bd725.Rg3+Kf826.Rdd3Bf5-
27.Rc3Rb428.Rc5Bb129.Nc1Rxd430.Rb3Rd1+31.Kh2Bf53-
2.g4Be633.Rd3Rxd334.Nxd3d435.Rc2f536.Kg3Kf737.Kf-
4fxg438.hxg4Ra539.f3Bd540.Rc5Rxc541.Nxc5Bxa242.N-
d3Bc443.Nc1d344.Ke3Kg645.Kd2Kg546.Kc3Kf447.Kxc4d-
248.Ne2+Kxf349.Nc3d1=Q50.Nxd1a2
Martinez, Federico Daniel - Berzinsh, Roland (2373) - Mikhail Tal Blitz 2020 (2), lichess.org INT, 2020
A00
1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bxb4 3.Bxe5 Nf6 4.e3 O-O 5.Nf3 d5 6.c4 Nc6 7.Bb2 Bg4 8.cxd5 Nxd5 9.Be2 Re8 10.O-O Bxf3 11.Bxf3 Ne5 12.Bxd5 Qxd5 13.Qb3 Qxb3 14.axb3 Nd3 15.Bc3 a5 16.Na3 c6 17.Nc4 b5 18.Nxa5 Bxa5 19.Rxa5 b4 20.Rxa8 Rxa8 21.Bd4 c5 22.Ba1 Ra2 23.Rd1 f5 24.Kf1 c4 25.bxc4 b3 26.c5 b2 27.Bxb2 Rxb2 28.c6 Rc2 29.Ke2 Ne5 30.f4 Ng4 31.h3 Nf6 32.Kf3 Ne4 33.d4 Rf2# 0-1 A00s: Polish: 2...Bxb4 3.Bxe5 Nf6 4.Nf3
'Standard' (30 days + 1 day/move, max 45 days)
Nicola Lupinacci 1830 (134)
Wojciech Langer 1799 (91)
1. b4 e5 2. Bb2 Bxb4 3. Bxe5 Nf6 4. Nf3 O-O 5. c4 Nc6 6. Bb2 d5 7. e3 Re8 8. Qc2 d4 9. Qb3 dxe3 10. fxe3 b6 11. Be2 Bc5 12. O-O Na5 13. Qc2 Bg4 14. Nc3 Bh5 15. d4 Bg6 16. Bd3 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Nc6 18. Rad1 Ng4 19. e4 Nge5 20. Nxe5 Nxe5 21. Qe2 Bxd4+ 22. Kh1 c5 23. Nb5 Re6 24. Nxd4 cxd4 25. Rxd4 Qc7 26. Rfd1 f6 27. Qh5 Qf7 28. Qf5 Rae8 29. Ba3 a5 30. Rd8 g6 31. Qh3 Rxd8 32. Rxd8+ Re8 33. Qc8 Rxd8 34. Qxd8+ Kg7 35. Qxb6 Nxc4 36. Qc5 Nxa3 37. Qxa3 Qc7 38. Qb2 Qe5 39. Qxe5 fxe5 40. Kg1 Kf6 41. Kf2 Ke6 42. Ke3 Kd6 43. Kd3 Kc5 44. Kc3 g5 45. a3 a4 46. Kd3 h5 47. Kc3 g4 48. Kd3 h4 49. Kc3= * Gordon Lyall v David Paul (5-12-2017)
2017 Club Championship Game. 0-1
1.b4e52.Bb2Bxb43.Bxe5Nf64.c4Nc65.Bb2Qe76.a3Ba57.-
Nf3d68.e3O-O 9.Be2Ne510.O-O c611.d4Nxf3+12.Bxf3d513.cxd5cxd514.Nc3Be615.Qb3R-
fd816.a4Bb417.a5Ne418.Bxe4dxe419.d5Bf520.Ne2Bd62-
1.Ng3Bg622.Rfd1h523.Ba3h424.Bxd6Rxd625.Ne2Bh526.-
Rd2Bxe227.Rxe2Rg628.Qd1Qg529.g3Rd830.Rd2Rgd631.a-
6bxa632.Ra5hxg333.hxg3f534.Qe2Rb835.Rb2Rbb636.Qd-
2Rh637.Qc3Qh538.Kf1Qd1+39.Qe1Rh1+0—1
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How it does the soul inflame!
Ever brilliant, ever new,
Surely chess has not its due;
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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
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Who tried to solve a two-mover;
But the boob, he said, ‘“Gee”,
I can’t find the “Kee”,
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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.”
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"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 St. Denis
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Robert Louis Stevenson [1850 –1894]
When I was sick and lay a-bed,
I had two pillows at my head,
And all my toys beside me lay
To keep me happy all the day.
And sometimes for an hour or so
I watched my leaden soldiers go,
With different uniforms and drills,
Among the bed-clothes, through the hills;
And sometimes sent my ships in fleets
All up and down among the sheets;
Or brought my trees and houses out,
And planted cities all about.
I was the giant great and still
That sits upon the pillow-hill,
And sees before him, dale and plain,
The pleasant land of counterpane.
The Moon
Robert Louis Stevenson [1850 –1894]
The moon has a face like the clock in the hall;
She shines on thieves on the garden wall,
On streets and fields and harbour quays,
And birdies asleep in the forks of the trees.
The squalling cat and the squeaking mouse,
The howling dog by the door of the house,
The bat that lies in bed at noon,
All love to be out by the light of the moon.
But all of the things that belong to the day
Cuddle to sleep to be out of her way;
And flowers and children close their eyes
Till up in the morning the sun shall arise.
<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 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.>
Latest first capture
An unprecedented thing happened in the 1969 junior world championship. In this game, the first figure (pawn) was taken in the 94th turn. Incredible! In 1994 there was even a game where no one captured a piece and the black had to give up after 31 turns because he was threatened with an unavoidable checkmate. It was in the game between Nuber - Keckeisen. “Chess is an infinitely complex game, which one can play in infinitely numerous & varied ways.” ― Vladimir Kramnik Drive sober or get pulled over.
“For surely of all the drugs in the world, chess must be the most permanently pleasurable.” — Assiac Feb-23-23 FSR: Thanks, Susan. I never saw Albert after my freshman year of high school (he and his family moved to the Chicago suburbs, where he went to a different school and played for a different chess team). Super nice guy. I was very surprised many years later to learn that he and your son had started this site. The Greatest Tournaments in the History of Chess -- 1851-1986: London 1851, New York 1857, Vienna 1873, Leipzig 1877, London 1883, Hastings 1895, St Petersburg 1895, Nuremberg 1896, Vienna 1898, London 1899, Paris 1900, Cambridge Springs 1904, St Petersburg 1909, Karlsbad 1911, San Sebastian 1911, San Sebastian 1912, St Petersburg 1914, Mährisch Ostrau 1923, New York 1924, Baden-Baden 1925, Moscow 1925, Bad Kissingen 1928, Karlsbad 1929, San Remo 1930, Bled 1931, Moscow 1935+36, Nottingham 1936, Kemeri 1937, AVRO 1938, Salzburg 1942, Sverdlovsk 1943, Groningen 1946, Moscow 1956, Dallas 1957, Bled 1961, Capablanca-Memorial 1963, Los Angeles 1963, Santa Monica 1966, Moscow 1967, Moscow 1971, San Antonio 1972, Milan 1975, Moscow 1975, Leningrad 1977, Bugojno 1978, Tilburg 1978, Montreal 1979, Moscow 1981, Bugojno 1986, Tilburg 1986. 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.
The Linares International Chess Tournament (Spanish: Torneo Internacional de Ajedrez Ciudad de Linares)
In Linares, Spain, a famous chess tournament was held every year to attract the best chess players. The tournament was founded in 1978, but it fast became one of the most prestigious chess tournaments in the world. It was every year only until 2010, since when the tournament is cancelled for various reasons. The legendary Garry Kasparov was eight times winner of this tournament. 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!
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<The ascension of the improbable new chess world champion Ding Liren (April, 2023) altered that category. Ding Liren, age 30 is the highest rated Chinese player ever and the first to play in the candidates matches. That is a story in itself. Ding Liren was the highest rated blitz player in the world at 2875 in 2016. GM Ding's skill at speed chess served him well with a mere minute remaining in the dramatic fourth and final rapid tiebreaker when he eschewed a certain perpetual check draw to play for the win and did indeed win in dramatic fashion over Russia's Ian Nepomniachtchi. GM Ding had found himself in time trouble throughout the match. Magnus Carlsen of Norway ruled classical chess for 10 years from 2013-2023. He is a five-time world champion. Carlsen, just days before his 23rd birthday, defeated Viswanathan Anand. He defeated Anand in a rematch in 2014. Carlsen defended his title against Sergey Karjakin in 2016, Fabiano Caruana in 2018, and Ian Nepomniachtchi in 2021. Carlsen declined to defend his title against Nepomniachtchi in 2023. Gee, was there an actual checkmate between Ding and Nepo?> “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 'An army marches on its stomach
“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.” “When you see a good move – WAIT! – look for a better one.” ― Emanual Lasker “There are two kinds of idiots - those who don't take action because they have received a threat, and those who think they are taking action because they have issued a threat.” ― Paulo Coelho, The Devil and Miss Prym 'As you make your bed, so you must lie upon it
“It is impossible to keep one's excellence in a glass case, like a jewel, and take it out whenever it is required.” ― Adolf Anderssen, 1858 “It's a short trip from the penthouse to the outhouse.” ― Paul Dietzel 'As you sow so shall you reap
“Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos into order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend.”
— Melody Beattie
“Chess was Capablanca's mother tongue.” ― Richard Reti “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 “Alekhine was the rock-thrower, Capablanca the man who made it all seem easy” ― Hans Ree “Chess is an infinitely complex game, which one can play in infinitely numerous & varied ways.” ― Vladimir Kramnik “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 “Pawns are such fascinating pieces, too...So small, almost insignificant, and yet--they can depose kings." ― Lavie Tidhar, The Bookman "Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving."
— Albert Einstein
“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 “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 “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 James 1:5
“If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him.” “Reflect upon your present blessings -- of which every man has many -- not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.”
― Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol and Other Christmas Writings 'April showers bring forth May flowers
“Once in a lobby of the Hall of Columns of the Trade Union Center in Moscow a group of masters were analyzing an ending. They could not find the right way to go about things and there was a lot of arguing about it. Suddenly Capablanca came into the room. He was always find of walking about when it was his opponent's turn to move. Learning the reason for the dispute the Cuban bent down to the position, said 'Si, si,' and suddenly redistributed the pieces all over the board to show what the correct formation was for the side trying to win. I haven't exaggerated. Don Jose literally pushed the pieces around the board without making moves. He just put them in fresh positions where he thought they were needed. Suddenly everything became clear. The correct scheme of things had been set up and now the win was easy. We were delighted by Capablanca's mastery.” ― Alexander Kotov “Capablanca had that art which hides art to an overwhelming degree.”
― Harry Golombek
“I have known many chess players, but only one chess genius, Capablanca.”
― Emanuel Lasker
“I think Capablanca had the greatest natural talent.” ― Mikhail Botvinnik “The greatest compliment one can pay a master is to compare him with [Jose] Capablanca.” — Irving Chernev “The peculiarity of his style is that only rarely does he make moves which no one else would make.” — Max Euwe on Vassily Smyslov “When his opponent forces him into wild play, his performance is stunning.”
— Robert Byrne on Tigran Petrosian
“You can never relax. I keep the same amount of energy and concentration during the tournament.” ― 13-year-old FM Brewington Hardaway from New York “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
"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...
* Assorted good games: Game Collection: assorted Good games * Brutal Attacking Chess: Game Collection: Brutal Attacking Chess * Black Defends: Game Collection: Opening repertoire black * Capablanca's Double Attack — having the initiative is important: https://lichess.org/study/tzrisL1R * Center Fork Trick: https://lichess.org/study/tzrisL1R * C53s: Game Collection: rajat21's italian game * 10 Crazy Gambits: https://www.chess.com/blog/yola6655... * Common gambits: https://saintlouischessclub.org/blo... * 1908 WC Match: Game Collection: Lasker vs Tarrasch WCM 1908 * En Passant Mate: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/tech... * Frank Marshall - Edward Lasker 1923 Match:
Game Collection: Marshall -- Ed. Lasker 1923 match * Chess in old newspapers: https://www.schach-chess.com/chess-... * Opening Tree: https://www.shredderchess.com/onlin... * Chicago, 2007: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEp... * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEp...
* Lekhika Dhariyal Chess Ops: https://www.zupee.com/blog/category... * List of gambits: https://detailedpedia.com/wiki-List... * The Gaw-Paw? Game Collection: GA PA Wins Draws by Black * Defensive Replies to the Queen's Pawn: Game Collection: e6 after 1.d4 * Del's: Game Collection: Del's hidden gems * Evolution Newsletter: Game Collection: # Chess Evolution Volumes. 151-200 * Fried Fox is awful: https://allchessopenings.blogspot.c... * Forney's Collection: Game Collection: Brutal Attacking Chess * Collection assembled by Fredthebear.
* Flip the Finish: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWH... * Fischer's Best Games by KingG (127 games, a ton of quotes):
Game Collection: Robert Fischer's Best Games * Fischer Rediscovered/Andrew Soltis (97 games):
Game Collection: Bobby Fischer Rediscovered (Andy Soltis) * 1992: Game Collection: Spassky-Fischer Match 1992 * 21st Century: Game Collection: 21st Century Masterpieces - First decade (2000) * GPA: https://chesstier.com/grand-prix-at...
* GK Sicilian: Game Collection: Kasparov - The Sicilian Sheveningen * Glossary W: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gloss... * CFN: https://www.youtube.com/@CFNChannel
* Glossary P: https://www.peoriachess.com/Glossar... * Games with ...e6: Game Collection: Partidas modelo con temas variados * How to Play Chess! http://www.serverchess.com/play.htm... * h-file attacks: Game Collection: h-file Attacks, some Greek Gifts by Fredthebear * Happy Days! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slv... * Imagination: Game Collection: Imagination in Chess * Immortal Games: Game Collection: Immortal games * Internet tracking: https://www.studysmarter.us/magazin... * KG Video: Game Collection: Foxy Openings - King's Gambit * King's Pawn Theory and Practice: Game Collection: Chess Openings: Theory and Practice, Section 1 * Surprise Knockouts: Game Collection: quick knockouts of greats * Lasker's Manual: Game Collection: Manual of Chess (Lasker) * Masterful: Game Collection: FRENCH DEFENSE MASTERPIECES * Miniature Mates: Game Collection: Checkmate miniatures * Miniatures: Game Collection: 200 Miniature Games of Chess - Du Mont (III) * Monday Puzzles: Game Collection: Monday Puzzles, 2011-2017 * Most Common Openings: http://www.chesskids.org.uk/grownup... * Nakhmanson Gambit: https://chesstier.com/nakhmanson-ga... * Nuremberg 1896: Nuremberg (1896) * Nunn's Chess Course: Game Collection: Lasker JNCC * Old P-K4 Miniatures: Game Collection: Games for Classes * Only in blitz (and not in public!): Opening Explorer * Online safety: https://www.entrepreneur.com/scienc... * KO After KO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwP... * Become a Predator at the Chessboard: https://www.chesstactics.org/ * Pawn sacrifices: Game Collection: The Gambiteer * Pawns are the Soul of Chess: Game Collection: 0 * POTD 2023: Game Collection: Puzzle of the Day 2023 * QP Bg2: Queen's Pawn Game (E00) * Fred Reinfeld could've written this if only they had cell phones back when: https://socialself.com/blog/how-to-... * 2023 in Review: https://www.chess.com/news/view/202... * RL Minis: Game Collection: Ruy Lopez Miniatures * Spassky could bring the heat: Game Collection: Spassky's Best Games (Cafferty) * Short history: Game Collection: A history of chess * Sports Clichés: http://www.sportscliche.com/
* Stunners: Game Collection: Stunners * Scandinavian Miniatures: http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches... * B20s: Game Collection: Grand Prix (Ginger’s Models) * Sicilian Wing Gambit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMe... * Sicilians: Game Collection: Sicilian/French/Westerimen and other ...c5,...e6 * Sicilian O'Kelly leaves White all kinds of choices: Opening Explorer * Tartakower Defense: https://www.chess.com/blog/MatBobul... * Can you whip Taimanov's Sicilian? http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches... * Ten books for aspiring masters: http://chessskill.blogspot.com/2023... * Tactical Mix: Game Collection: mastering Tactical ideas by minev * Three pair
* The Unthinkable: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9z... * Wall's APCT Miniatures:
http://billwall.phpwebhosting.com/c... * BF playing White against the Sicilian: http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches... * Wild: Game Collection: Wild Games! * Wonders and Curiosities: Game Collection: Wonders and Curiosities of Chess (Chernev) * Six Ways: https://takelessons.com/blog/6-tips... * Will Power: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9S... * Wonders and Curiosities: Game Collection: Wonders and Curiosities of Chess (Chernev) * Wikipedia on Computer Chess: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compu... * Yasser's Book: Game Collection: Yasser Seirawan's Winning Chess Tactics * 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!
“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
“In chess, as in life, a man is his own most dangerous opponent.”
— Vasily Smyslov
“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 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.britannica.com/topic/ch... * 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... * Chess Principles: https://www.reddit.com/r/chess/comm... PRF
Lord Dunsany wrote what is perhaps the finest chess poem ever written. It marked the death of R.H.S. Stevenson and was published on page 74 of the April 1943 BCM: One art they say is of no use;
The mellow evenings spent at chess,
The thrill, the triumph, and the truce
To every care, are valueless.
And yet, if all whose hopes were set
On harming man played chess instead,
We should have cities standing yet
Which now are dust upon the dead.
'Attack is the best form of defence
morfishine: "I like the Schliemann Defense, along with the Falkbeer counter-gambit and other chancy openings. Enterprising chess is the most fun, even if one meets with disaster from time-to-time. I'd rather go down swinging." Why do banks have branches if money doesn’t grow on trees? 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. 'Ashes to ashes dust to dust
“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 <“Sestrilla, hafelina
Jue amourasestrilla
Awou jue selaviena
En patre jue
Translation:
Beloved one, little cat
I love you for all time
In this time
And all others”
― Christine Feehan>
“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 Take care of your pennies and your dollars will take care of themselves.
~ Scottish Proverb
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v lasker zurich 1934
v spielmann carlsbad 1929
v lundin stockholm 1934
v maroczy bled 1931
v henneberger winterthur 1931
v thomas frankfurt 1930
v sultan khan liege 1930
v marshall berlin 1928
v reti berlin 1928
v alehine ny 1927
v tchigorin carlsbad 1907
and for a joke entry duras v nimzo san sebastian 1912 !! People believe what they want to believe, truth or not. “Search for the grain of truth in other opinions.” ― Richard Carlson James 1:5 “If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him.” 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.
Engineer Ralph Baer is often held to be the "father of video games." His "Brown Box" video game system, designed in 1967, paved the way for all future consoles. “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“ Contrary to popular belief, the first video game was not Pong. It was preceded by Tennis for Two in 1958 and Spacewar! in 1962. 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!
The Old Man And His Sons
All power is feeble with dissension:
For this I quote the Phrygian slave.
If anything I add to his invention,
It is our manners to engrave,
And not from any envious wishes; –
I'm not so foolishly ambitious.
Phaedrus enriches often his story,
In quest – I doubt it not – of glory:
Such thoughts were idle in my breast.
An aged man, near going to his rest,
His gathered sons thus solemnly addressed:
"To break this bunch of arrows you may try;
And, first, the string that binds them I untie."
The eldest, having tried with might and main,
Exclaimed, "This bundle I resign
To muscles sturdier than mine."
The second tried, and bowed himself in vain.
The youngest took them with the like success.
All were obliged their weakness to confess.
Unharmed the arrows passed from son to son;
Of all they did not break a single one.
"Weak fellows!" said their sire, "I now must show
What in the case my feeble strength can do."
They laughed, and thought their father but in joke,
Till, one by one, they saw the arrows broke.
"See, concord's power!" replied the sire; "as long
As you in love agree, you will be strong.
I go, my sons, to join our fathers good;
Now promise me to live as brothers should,
And soothe by this your dying father's fears."
Each strictly promised with a flood of tears.
Their father took them by the hand, and died;
And soon the virtue of their vows was tried.
Their sire had left a large estate
Involved in lawsuits intricate;
Here seized a creditor, and there
A neighbour levied for a share.
At first the trio nobly bore
The brunt of all this legal war.
But short their friendship as It was rare.
Whom blood had joined – and small the wonder! –
The force of interest drove asunder;
And, as is wont in such affairs,
Ambition, envy, were co-heirs.
In parcelling their sire's estate,
They quarrel, quibble, litigate,
Each aiming to supplant the other.
The judge, by turns, condemns each brother.
Their creditors make new assault,
Some pleading error, some default.
The sundered brothers disagree;
For counsel one, have counsels three.
All lose their wealth; and now their sorrows
Bring fresh to mind those broken arrows.
“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
<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.> 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 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. 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!
Childhood Games
Judy Ponceby, Ohio Feb 2011
Hopscotch
Girlfriends running, twirling, too.
Taking turns out in the sun.
Skip and hop across the board.
Leap over the marked one.
Twister.
Red right foot,
Bodies blend.
Green left hand
Twist and bend
Blue left foot,
Over extend.
Yellow right hand
In a body pile, again.
Chess
Pawns in play,
Knights abound.
King in check,
Queens around.
Pieces falling one by one
Check and Mate is the sound.
Tag
Tag! You're It.
Running wild.
Laughing, screaming,
Swift little child.
Jumprope
Rope atwirling overhead.
Jump when its under.
Singsong chanting
Sounds like thunder.
Checkers
Red men, Black men.
Jump on a diagonal.
King me, king me
Gonna jump a handful
Kick the Can
Running down the street.
Kicking that can.
Swarm of kiddies
Chasing past the man.
Hopscotch. Twister. Chess. Tag.
Checkers. Kick the Can. Jumprope.
*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 Proverbs of Solomon 4
A Father’s Instruction
1Listen, my sons, to a father’s instruction;
pay attention and gain understanding.
2For I give you sound teaching;
do not abandon my directive.
3When I was a son to my father,
tender and the only child of my mother,
4he taught me and said,
“Let your heart lay hold of my words;
keep my commands and you will live.
5Get wisdom, get understanding;
do not forget my words or turn from them.
6Do not forsake wisdom, and she will preserve you; love her, and she will guard you.
7Wisdom is supreme; so acquire wisdom.
And whatever you may acquire, a gain understanding. 8Prize her, and she will exalt you;
if you embrace her, she will honor you.
9She will set a garland of grace on your head;
she will present you with a crown of beauty.”
10Listen, my son, and receive my words,
and the years of your life will be many.
11I will guide you in the way of wisdom;
I will lead you on straight paths.
12When you walk, your steps will not be impeded; when you run, you will not stumble.
13Hold on to instruction; do not let go.
Guard it, for it is your life.
14Do not set foot on the path of the wicked
or walk in the way of evildoers.
15Avoid it; do not travel on it.
Turn from it and pass on by.
16For they cannot sleep
unless they do evil;
they are deprived of slumber
until they make someone fall.
17For they eat the bread of wickedness
and drink the wine of violence.
18The path of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn, shining brighter and brighter until midday.
19But the way of the wicked is like the darkest gloom; they do not know what makes them stumble.
20My son, pay attention to my words;
incline your ear to my sayings.
21Do not lose sight of them;
keep them within your heart.
22For they are life to those who find them,
and health to the whole body.
23Guard your heart with all diligence,
for from it flow springs of life.
24Put away deception from your mouth;
keep your lips from perverse speech.
25Let your eyes look forward;
fix your gaze straight ahead.
26Make a level path for your feet,
and all your ways will be sure.
27Do not swerve to the right or to the left;
turn your feet away from evil.
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.
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.
"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 “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 “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-z-dee: 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
“To a good listener, half a word is enough”
– Portuguese Proverb
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. “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
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Mostly C40's in here. Site under construction. Thank you to Mughug, Jungol, ChessCoachClark.
prime rib says EG a blitz opening tried by Black:
White should take on d5 and play Qe2, Nc3 winning e4 pawn. Qd1 backward move and d3 are fine. * Mato shows: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ber... King's Pawn Opening
Chicago Gambit – C44 – 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nxe5 Nxe5 4.d4 Latvian Gambit
Latvian Gambit (Greco Countergambit) – C40 – 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 f5
Latvian Gambit (Lobster Gambit) – C40 – 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 f5 3.g4[2]
Svendenborg's Variation – C40 – 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 f5 3.Nxe5 Nf6 4.Bc4 fxe4 5.Nf7 Qe7 6.Nxh8 d5 Petrov's Defence
Boden-Kieseritzky Gambit – C42 – 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bc4 Nxe4 4.Nc3 Nxc3 5.dxc3 f6
Cochrane Gambit – C42 – 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nxf7
Urusov Gambit – C43 – 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 exd4 4.Bc4 Philidor Defence
Locock Gambit – C41 – 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Ng5 h6 5.Nxf7
Lopez Countergambit – C41 – 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5
Philidor Countergambit – C41 – 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 Ponziani Opening
Ponziani Countergambit – C44 – 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c3 f5 * Morphy Miniatures:
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches... * Simple tactics course using miniatures:
http://exeterchessclub.org.uk/x/FTP... * Open Games categorized: Game Collection: The Open Games: 1.e4 e5 * 23 pages of King's Gambit (over 2000 games) wins by Black!
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches... * What we came here for: Opening Explorer * Analyze: Game Collection: Läufer gegen Springer (Varnusz) * Internet tracking: https://www.studysmarter.us/magazin... * 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... * Artful: Game Collection: Art of Checkmate * Absolute beginner tactics: https://www.chessable.com/typical-t... * Al's Defense: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ane... * Alireza scores: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ss7... * Attackers: Game Collection: Chess Secrets - Attackers (Crouch) * Bailamos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixq... * Battleground: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGS... * Checkmate with 2 rolling bishops: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZN7... * Check this out: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/34er... * ChessBase tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_D... * D05 Queen's Pawn Game, Colle System: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUP... * Evergreen 2024: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQx... * Every Friday: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/R5xW... * Forgotten Greats: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z23... * Freestyle Chess 2024 in Singapore: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCj... * God hears all: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/s2fR... * Greatest comeback ever: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tu0... * Human hand grenade? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6iC... * H2P the Evans G: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Drs... * Quick Evans G: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYz... * SF explains the Evans G: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dog... * Win w/the Evans G: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFb... * Hard habit to break: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/O31i... * IECC: https://www.chess-iecc.com/
* Invent: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuj... * K&Q vs K&B: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3F... * K&Q vs K&N: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ex1... * Land: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/O4F2... * Miniatures of the Champs: Game Collection: Champions miniature champions * Never get Petroved again: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXi... * New Yorks, Londons: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/uUoZ... * Notable Games: Game Collection: List of Notable Games (wiki) * Op Epics: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/1Yy_... * Palisades Park: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ctlB... * Paul Morphy, New York 1857: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/5VsS... * Paris Defense: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FK... * Possession Obsession: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/gOn4... * Queen vs Pawn tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0k... * Queen vs Pawn ending: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZoJ... * Ray was in trouble, but... https://www.youtube.com/shorts/OZ2o... * Reagan stopped the problem, Biden ignited a war: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/IDFo... * Reach 2000: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPt... * Romans 8:28: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/OreI... * Scandinavian centralization, discovery: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/cpg1... * Scandinavian Queenside Sortie: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/0YzE... * Shoutin': https://www.youtube.com/shorts/yw2h... * Simul Sac: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQz... * Sir Karl's Surprise: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/OSNs... * Soller Gambit, Legall's Mate: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/-4tW... * Splash: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/7C0b... * Solos: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/I5Ku... * Suffering: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D90... * Ukraine: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/HN_u... * Underpromotion surprise: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/aLDJ... * B&N "W" pattern forced checkmate: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEY... Eleanor Roosevelt: “Nobody can make you feel inferior without your consent.” 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.” "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 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
* 50 Soviet Attacks: Game Collection: Chernev: The Russians Play Chess * 2008 POTD: Game Collection: Puzzle of the Day 2008 * 2012-2015 Attacks: Game Collection: 2012-2015 Attacking Games (Naiditsch/Balogh) * 2016 Stunners: Game Collection: 2016 Stunning Victories (Naiditsch/Balogh/Maze) * Alekhine Alert: Game Collection: Alekhine Alert by Timothy Taylor * Attacking Themes: Game Collection: Attacking Themes * Best Games of 2018: Game Collection: Best Games of 2018 * Best of All: Game Collection: Best Chess Games of All Time * Bearly Thinking: https://www.etsy.com/listing/972054... * Bishop Pair Promotions: Game Collection: Bishop pair + passed pawns = winning equation * Boden's Mate: Game Collection: Boden's Mate * Brilliant: Game Collection: hans bouwmeesters 100 briljante partijen * Checkmate Minis: Game Collection: Checkmate miniatures * Chess Minis I: Game Collection: Chess Miniatures, Collection I * Classics: Game Collection: 19 th century classics * Common Phrases and Terms: https://www.ragchess.com/chess-basi... * Common Checkmate Patterns:
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* Miniatures: Game Collection: 200 Miniature Games of Chess - Du Mont (III) * Monday Puzzles: Game Collection: Monday Puzzles, 2011-2017 * People on Another Level: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7V... * Open Game Minis: Game Collection: 200 Miniature Games of Chess - Du Mont (I) * Overloaded! Game Collection: OVERLOADED! * Famous Chess Photos: https://tr.pinterest.com/pin/585256... * Power Play: Game Collection: The Giants of Power Play by Neil McDonald * Starting Out: French Defense: Game Collection: Starting out : The French * Gambits against the French Defense:
Game Collection: alapin gambit -alapin diemer gambit + reti gam * Named Mates: Game Collection: Named Mates * Queen's Indian Defense: Game Collection: Understanding the Queen's Indian Defense * Quick Deadly Traps: Game Collection: super quick deadly traps and such * Quick Knockouts: Game Collection: quick knockouts by traps * Reti's Masterful Book: Game Collection: Masters of the Chessboard (Reti) * Sammy Reshevsky:
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches... * Scotties: Game Collection: tpstar SG * Storming the Barricades: Game Collection: Storming The Barricades * Trap Collection: Game Collection: Trap Collection #2 * Vladimir's book: Game Collection: Art of Attack in Chess Vladamir Vukovic & Chess * Volume 24: Game Collection: 0ZeR0's collected games volume 24 * Kevin Wicker's Book: Game Collection: 0 * Women: https://www.thefamouspeople.com/wom... * Mr. Harvey's Puzzle Challenge: https://wtharvey.com/ The thought crossed my gentle mind that CGs needs some additional avatar variance of figures like Emory and Andrew Tate, Tani Adewumi, James Black Jr., Ambakisye Osayaba, Tom "Murph" Murphy, and Pontus Carlsson, Taahir Levi, Praggy and Pentala Harikrishna, Nihal Sarin, Adhiban Baskaran, Manuel Aaron, and Juan Carlos González Zamora, María Teresa Mora Iturralde, Daniela De la Parra, Alejandra Guerrero Rodríguez, Azarya Jodi Setyaki, Medina Warda Aulia, Errol Tiwari, Elshan Moradiabadi, Joey Razo, Collette McGruder, Diamond Shakoor, Phiona Mutesi, Jessica Hyatt, Jean-Pierre and Koneru Humpy, Tania Sachdev, Rout Padmini and Hou Yifan and Zhao Xue, Medhat Moheb, Yao Ming and Awonder Liang, Jeffery Xiong and Liem Le, Li Chao and the like. Our avatars are rather lily silly; not everybody looks like Smith, Jones, Thomas, or Mikhail. On the other hand, we definitely need some redheads too (Anna Rudolf, Isla Fisher, Jude Acers, Prince Harry, Ed Sheeran)!! I'd say at least a dozen redheads, some with and without beards. Some Canadians too! 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. Patty Loveless "You'll Never Leave Harlan Alive" https://www.bing.com/videos/rivervi... * Opening Tree: https://www.shredderchess.com/onlin... “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... 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. Paul Revere’s Ride
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1807-1882
Listen, my children, and you shall hear
Of the midnight ride of Paul Revere,
On the eighteenth of April, in Seventy-Five:
Hardly a man is now alive
Who remembers that famous day and year.
He said to his friend, “If the British march
By land or sea from the town to-night,
Hang a lantern aloft in the belfry-arch
Of the North-Church-tower, as a signal-light,
— One if by land, and two if by sea;
And I on the opposite shore will be,
Ready to ride and spread the alarm
Through every Middlesex village and farm,
For the country-folk to be up and to arm.”
Then he said “Good night!” and with muffled oar Silently rowed to the Charlestown shore,
Just as the moon rose over the bay,
Where swinging wide at her moorings lay
The Somerset, British man-of-war:
A phantom ship, with each mast and spar
Across the moon, like a prison-bar,
And a huge black hulk, that was magnified
By its own reflection in the tide.
Meanwhile, his friend, through alley and street
Wanders and watches with eager ears,
Till in the silence around him he hears
The muster of men at the barrack door,
The sound of arms, and the tramp of feet,
And the measured tread of the grenadiers
Marching down to their boats on the shore.
Then he climbed to the tower of the church,
Up the wooden stairs, with stealthy tread,
To the belfry-chamber overhead,
And startled the pigeons from their perch
On the sombre rafters, that round him made
Masses and moving shapes of shade,—
By the trembling ladder, steep and tall,
To the highest window in the wall,
Where he paused to listen and look down
A moment on the roofs of the town,
And the moonlight flowing over all.
Beneath, in the churchyard, lay the dead,
In their night-encampment on the hill,
Wrapped in silence so deep and still
That he could hear, like a sentinel’s tread,
The watchful night-wind, as it went
Creeping along from tent to tent,
And seeming to whisper, “All is well!”
A moment only he feels the spell
Of the place and the hour, and the secret dread
Of the lonely belfry and the dead;
For suddenly all his thoughts are bent
On a shadowy something far away,
Where the river widens to meet the bay,—
A line of black, that bends and floats
On the rising tide, like a bridge of boats.
Meanwhile, impatient to mount and ride,
Booted and spurred, with a heavy stride,
On the opposite shore walked Paul Revere.
Now he patted his horse’s side,
Now gazed on the landscape far and near,
Then impetuous stamped the earth,
And turned and tightened his saddle-girth;
But mostly he watched with eager search
The belfry-tower of the old North Church,
As it rose above the graves on the hill,
Lonely and spectral and sombre and still.
And lo! as he looks, on the belfry’s height,
A glimmer, and then a gleam of light!
He springs to the saddle, the bridle he turns,
But lingers and gazes, till full on his sight
A second lamp in the belfry burns!
A hurry of hoofs in a village-street,
A shape in the moonlight, a bulk in the dark,
And beneath from the pebbles, in passing, a spark Struck out by a steed that flies fearless and fleet: That was all! And yet, through the gloom and the light, The fate of a nation was riding that night;
And the spark struck out by that steed, in his flight, Kindled the land into flame with its heat.
He has left the village and mounted the steep,
And beneath him, tranquil and broad and deep,
Is the Mystic, meeting the ocean tides;
And under the alders, that skirt its edge,
Now soft on the sand, now loud on the ledge,
Is heard the tramp of his steed as he rides.
It was twelve by the village clock
When he crossed the bridge into Medford town.
He heard the crowing of the cock,
And the barking of the farmer’s dog,
And felt the damp of the river-fog,
That rises when the sun goes down.
It was one by the village clock,
When he galloped into Lexington.
He saw the gilded weathercock
Swim in the moonlight as he passed,
And the meeting-house windows, blank and bare,
Gaze at him with a spectral glare,
As if they already stood aghast
At the bloody work they would look upon.
It was two by the village clock,
When he came to the bridge in Concord town.
He heard the bleating of the flock,
And the twitter of birds among the trees,
And felt the breath of the morning breeze
Blowing over the meadows brown.
And one was safe and asleep in his bed
Who at the bridge would be first to fall,
Who that day would be lying dead,
Pierced by a British musket-ball.
You know the rest. In the books you have read,
How the British Regulars fired and fled,—
How the farmers gave them ball for ball,
From behind each fence and farmyard-wall,
Chasing the red-coats down the lane,
Then crossing the fields to emerge again
Under the trees at the turn of the road,
And only pausing to fire and load.
So through the night rode Paul Revere;
And so through the night went his cry of alarm
To every Middlesex village and farm,—
A cry of defiance, and not of fear,
A voice in the darkness, a knock at the door,
And a word that shall echo forevermore!
For, borne on the night-wind of the Past,
Through all our history, to the last,
In the hour of darkness and peril and need,
The people will waken and listen to hear
The hurrying hoof-beats of that steed,
And the midnight message of Paul Revere.
<Sep-12-21 offramp:
"Yeah I'm sorry,
I can't afford a Ferrari,
But that don't mean
I can't get you there
I guess he's an X-box,
and I'm more Aryan Tari
But the way you play
your game ain't fair.">
CG Biography: Aryan Tari <In a park people come across a man playing chess against a dog. They are astonished and say:“What a clever dog!”
But the man protests:
“No, no, he isn’t that clever. I’m leading three games to one!”> Galatians 6:7 in the Bible “Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap.” 'Ashes to ashes dust to dust
“We Recognize No Sovereign but God, and no King but Jesus!” ― John Adams “....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 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.> “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 <“Sestrilla, hafelina
Jue amourasestrilla
Awou jue selaviena
En patre jue
Translation:
Beloved one, little cat
I love you for all time
In this time
And all others”
― Christine Feehan>
“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 Q: How do poets say hello?
A: "Hey, haven’t we metaphor?"
Thank you Qindarka!
Q: What do you call a cow jumping on a trampoline?
A: A milkshake.
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.
Gambling problem? Call 1-800-GAMBLER
<The Chess Player
by Howard Altmann
They’ve left. They’ve all left.
The pigeon feeders have left.
The old men on the benches have left.
The white-gloved ladies with the Great Danes have left.
The lovers who thought about coming have left.
The man in the three-piece suit has left.
The man who was a three-piece band has left.
The man on the milkcrate with the bible has left.
Even the birds have left.
Now the trees are thinking about leaving too.
And the grass is trying to turn itself in.
Of course the buses no longer pass.
And the children no longer ask.
The air wants to go and is in discussions.
The clouds are trying to steer clear.
The sky is reaching for its hands.
Even the moon sees what’s going on.
But the stars remain in the dark.
As does the chess player.
Who sits with all his pieces
In position.>
Capitonyms are words which change their meaning if the first letter is capitalized. For example: Turkey (the country) and turkey (the bird). The Dove and the Ant
The same instruction we may get
From another couple, smaller yet.
A dove came to a brook to drink,
When, leaning over its crumbling brink,
An ant fell in, and vainly tried,
In this, to her, an ocean tide,
To reach the land; whereat the dove,
With every living thing in love,
Was prompt a spire of grass to throw her,
By which the ant regained the shore.
A barefoot scamp, both mean and sly,
Soon after chanced this dove to spy;
And, being armed with bow and arrow,
The hungry codger doubted not
The bird of Venus, in his pot,
Would make a soup before the morrow.
Just as his deadly bow he drew,
Our ant just bit his heel.
Roused by the villain's squeal,
The dove took timely hint, and flew
Far from the rascal's coop; –
And with her flew his soup.
Riddle: What is at the end of a rainbow?
Answer: The letter W.
Annabel Lee
by Edgar Allan Poe
It was many and many a year ago,
In a kingdom by the sea,
That a maiden there lived whom you may know
By the name of Annabel Lee;
And this maiden she lived with no other thought
Than to love and be loved by me.
I was a child and she was a child,
In this kingdom by the sea,
But we loved with a love that was more than love—
I and my Annabel Lee—
With a love that the wingèd seraphs of Heaven
Coveted her and me.
And this was the reason that, long ago,
In this kingdom by the sea,
A wind blew out of a cloud, chilling
My beautiful Annabel Lee;
So that her highborn kinsmen came
And bore her away from me,
To shut her up in a sepulchre
In this kingdom by the sea.
The angels, not half so happy in Heaven,
Went envying her and me—
Yes!—that was the reason (as all men know,
In this kingdom by the sea)
That the wind came out of the cloud by night,
Chilling and killing my Annabel Lee.
But our love it was stronger by far than the love
Of those who were older than we—
Of many far wiser than we—
And neither the angels in Heaven above
Nor the demons down under the sea
Can ever dissever my soul from the soul
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee;
For the moon never beams, without bringing me dreams
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee;
And the stars never rise, but I feel the bright eyes
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee;
And so, all the night-tide, I lie down by the side
Of my darling—my darling—my life and my bride,
In her sepulchre there by the sea—
In her tomb by the sounding sea.
“....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 "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 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 Hawaii’s state flag is the only US state flag to feature the Union Jack upon it. American microbiologist <Maurice Ralph Hilleman> is accredited with developing 8 of the 14 routine vaccinations used today, these being; Measles, Mumps, Hepatitis A & B, Chickenpox, Meningitis, Pneumonia, and Hemophilia influenza. He also discovered that Chlamydia was not a virus as it was previously thought to be. “A man is not finished when he is defeated. He is finished when he quits.”
— Richard M. Nixon
“What lies behind you and what lies in front of you, pales in comparison to what lies inside of you.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson “Coincidence is God's way of remaining anonymous.” — Albert Einstein <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. If eaten in one meal, 30 to 90 grams of polar bear liver is enough to kill a human being. 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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In 2002 alone, more people in the U.S. were killed by dogs than in shark attacks in the past 100 years. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCz...
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471 games, 1497-2023 - P Pokers More of 'Em Prod FTB Back Stein Vers
"May the sun bring you energy by day,
May the moon softly restore you by night,
May the rain wash away your worries,
May the breeze blow new strength into your being. May you walk gently through the world
and know its beauty all the days of your life." Apache Blessing “I should never have surrendered. I should have fought until I was the last man alive.” — Goyahkla a.k.a. Geronimo (1829-1909), a POW for 23 years Never judge a book by its cover.
“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 sport. The main object in the game of chess remains the achievement of victory.” ― Max Euwe “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 “The most powerful weapon in chess is to have the next move.” ― David Bronstein “Unadaptability is often a virtue.” ― Flannery O'Connor “Giving doesn't always involve money.” ― Charmaine J. Forde “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 “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
All that glitters is not gold – this line can be found in a text from c.1220: ‘ Nis hit nower neh gold al that ter schineth.’ A friend in need is a friend indeed – a proverb from c.1035 say this: ‘Friend shall be known in time of need.’ All’s well that ends well – a line from the mid-13th century is similar: ‘Wel is him te wel ende mai.’ Meanwhile, Henry Knighton’s Chronicle from the late 14th-century one can read: ‘ If the ende be wele, than is alle wele.’ Hay dos maneras de hermosura: una del alma y otra del cuerpo; la del alma campea y se muestra en el entendimiento, en la honestidad, en el buen proceder, en la liberalidad y en la buena crianza, y todas estas partes caben y pueden estar en un hombre feo; y cuando se pone la mira en esta hermosura, y no en la del cuerpo, suele nacer el amor con ímpetu y con ventajas. (There are two kinds of beauty: one of the soul and the other of the body; that of the soul shows and demonstrates itself in understanding, in honesty, in good behavior, in generosity and in good breeding, and all these things can find room and exist in an ugly man; and when one looks at this type of beauty, and not bodily beauty, love is inclined to spring up forcefully and overpoweringly.)
― Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1547-1616)
Cuando una puerta se cierra, otra se abre. (When one door is closed, another is opened.) ― Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1547-1616) Dijo la sartén a la caldera, quítate allá ojinegra. (The frying pan said to the cauldron, "Get out of here, black-eyed one." This is believed to be the source of the phrase "the pot calling the kettle black.") ― Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra The Night
BY HENRY VAUGHAN
John 3.2
Through that pure virgin shrine,
That sacred veil drawn o’er Thy glorious noon,
That men might look and live, as glowworms shine,
And face the moon,
Wise Nicodemus saw such light
As made him know his God by night.
Most blest believer he!
Who in that land of darkness and blind eyes
Thy long-expected healing wings could see,
When Thou didst rise!
And, what can never more be done,
Did at midnight speak with the Sun!
O who will tell me where
He found Thee at that dead and silent hour?
What hallowed solitary ground did bear
So rare a flower,
Within whose sacred leaves did lie
The fulness of the Deity?
No mercy-seat of gold,
No dead and dusty cherub, nor carved stone,
But His own living works did my Lord hold
And lodge alone;
Where trees and herbs did watch and peep
And wonder, while the Jews did sleep.
Dear night! this world’s defeat;
The stop to busy fools; care’s check and curb;
The day of spirits; my soul’s calm retreat
Which none disturb!
Christ’s progress, and His prayer time;
The hours to which high heaven doth chime;
God’s silent, searching flight;
When my Lord’s head is filled with dew, and all
His locks are wet with the clear drops of night;
His still, soft call;
His knocking time; the soul’s dumb watch,
When spirits their fair kindred catch.
Were all my loud, evil days
Calm and unhaunted as is thy dark tent,
Whose peace but by some angel’s wing or voice
Is seldom rent,
Then I in heaven all the long year
Would keep, and never wander here.
But living where the sun
Doth all things wake, and where all mix and tire
Themselves and others, I consent and run
To every mire,
And by this world’s ill-guiding light,
Err more than I can do by night.
There is in God, some say,
A deep but dazzling darkness, as men here
Say it is late and dusky, because they
See not all clear.
O for that night! where I in Him
Might live invisible and dim!
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But fields have eyes and woods have ears, ye wot
And also on my maids he is ever tooting.
Can ye judge a man, (quoth I), by his looking?
What, a cat may look on a king, ye know!
My cat's leering look, (quoth she), at first show,
Showeth me that my cat goeth a caterwauling;
And specially by his manner of drawing
To Madge, my fair maid.
<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.
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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.> 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 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.
Bishop Blougrams Apology
by Robert Browning
NO more wine? then we'll push back chairs and talk. A final glass for me, though: cool, i' faith!
We ought to have our Abbey back, you see.
It's different, preaching in basilicas,
And doing duty in some masterpiece
Like this of brother Pugin's, bless his heart!
I doubt if they're half baked, those chalk rosettes,
Ciphers and stucco-twiddlings everywhere;
It's just like breathing in a lime-kiln: eh?
These hot long ceremonies of our church
Cost us a little--oh, they pay the price,
You take me--amply pay it! Now, we'll talk.
So, you despise me, Mr.
Gigadibs.
No deprecation,--nay, I beg you, sir!
Beside 't is our engagement: don't you know,
I promised, if you'd watch a dinner out,
We'd see truth dawn together?--truth that peeps
Over the glasses' edge when dinner's done,
And body gets its sop and holds its noise
And leaves soul free a little.
Now's the time:
'T is break of day! You do despise me then.
And if I say, "despise me,"--never fear!
I know you do not in a certain sense--
Not in my arm-chair, for example: here,
I well imagine you respect my place
( Status, entourage , worldly circumstance)
Quite to its value--very much indeed:
--Are up to the protesting eyes of you
In pride at being seated here for once--
You'll turn it to such capital account!
When somebody, through years and years to come,
Hints of the bishop,--names me--that's enough:
"Blougram? I knew him"--(into it you slide)
"Dined with him once, a Corpus Christi Day,
"All alone, we two; he's a clever man:
"And after dinner,--why, the wine you know,--
"Oh, there was wine, and good!--what with the wine .
. "'Faith, we began upon all sorts of talk!
"He's no bad fellow, Blougram; he had seen
"Something of mine he relished, some review:
"He's quite above their humbug in his heart,
"Half-said as much, indeed--the thing's his trade. "I warrant, Blougram's sceptical at times:
"How otherwise? I liked him, I confess!"
Che che , my dear sir, as we say at Rome,
Don't you protest now! It's fair give and take;
You have had your turn and spoken your home-truths:
The hand's mine now, and here you follow suit.
Thus much conceded, still the first fact stays--
You do despise me; your ideal of life
Is not the bishop's: you would not be I.
You would like better to be Goethe, now,
Or Buonaparte, or, bless me, lower still,
Count D'Orsay,--so you did what you preferred,
Spoke as you thought, and, as you cannot help,
Believed or disbelieved, no matter what,
So long as on that point, whate'er it was,
You loosed your mind, were whole and sole yourself. --That, my ideal never can include,
Upon that element of truth and worth
Never be based! for say they make me Pope--
(They can't--suppose it for our argument!)
Why, there I'm at my tether's end, I've reached
My height, and not a height which pleases you:
An unbelieving Pope won't do, you say.
It's like those eerie stories nurses tell,
Of how some actor on a stage played Death,
With pasteboard crown, sham orb and tinselled dart,
And called himself the monarch of the world;
Then, going in the tire-room afterward,
Because the play was done, to shift himself,
Got touched upon the sleeve familiarly,
The moment he had shut the closet door,
By Death himself.
Thus God might touch a Pope
At unawares, ask what his baubles mean,
And whose part he presumed to play just now?
Best be yourself, imperial, plain and true!
So, drawing comfortable breath again,
You weigh and find, whatever more or less
I boast of my ideal realized,
Is nothing in the balance when opposed
To your ideal, your grand simple life,
Of which you will not realize one jot.
I am much, you are nothing; you would be all,
I would be merely much: you beat me there.
No, friend, you do not beat me: hearken why!
The common problem, yours, mine, every one's,
Is--not to fancy what were fair in life
Provided it could be,--but, finding first
What may be, then find how to make it fair
Up to our means: a very different thing!
No abstract intellectual plan of life
Quite irrespective of life's plainest laws,
But one, a man, who is man and nothing more,
May lead within a world which (by your leave)
Is Rome or London, not Fool's-paradise.
Embellish Rome, idealize away,
Make paradise of London if you can,
You're welcome, nay, you're wise.
A simile!
We mortals cross the ocean of this world
Each in his average cabin of a life;
The best's not big, the worst yields elbow-room. Now for our six months' voyage--how prepare?
You come on shipboard with a landsman's list
Of things he calls convenient: so they are!
An India screen is pretty furniture,
A piano-forte is a fine resource,
All Balzac's novels occupy one shelf,
The new edition fifty volumes long;
And little Greek books, with the funny type
They get up well at Leipsic, fill the next:
Go on! slabbed marble, what a bath it makes!
And Parma's pride, the Jerome, let us add!
'T were pleasant could Correggio's fleeting glow
Hang full in face of one where'er one roams,
Since he more than the others brings with him
Italy's self,--the marvellous Modenese!--
Yet was not on your list before, perhaps.
--Alas, friend, here's the agent .
.
.
is't the name?
The captain, or whoever's master here--
You see him screw his face up; what's his cry
Ere you set foot on shipboard? "Six feet square!"
If you won't understand what six feet mean,
Compute and purchase stores accordingly--
And if, in pique because he overhauls
Your Jerome, piano, bath, you come on board
Bare--why, you cut a figure at the first
While sympathetic landsmen see you off;
Not afterward, when long ere half seas over,
You peep up from your utterly naked boards
Into some snug and well-appointed berth,
Like mine for instance (try the cooler jug--
Put back the other, but don't jog the ice!)
And mortified you mutter "Well and good;
"He sits enjoying his sea-furniture;
"'T is stout and proper, and there's store of it:
"Though I've the better notion, all agree,
"Of fitting rooms up.
Hang the carpenter,
"Neat ship-shape fixings and contrivances--
"I would have brought my Jerome, frame and all!"
And meantime you bring nothing: never mind--
You've proved your artist-nature: what you don't
You might bring, so despise me, as I say.
Now come, let's backward to the starting-place.
See my way: we're two college friends, suppose.
Prepare together for our voyage, then;
Each note and check the other in his work,--
Here's mine, a bishop's outfit; criticize!
What's wrong? why won't you be a bishop too?
Why first, you don't believe, you don't and can't,
(Not statedly, that is, and fixedly
And absolutely and exclusively)
In any revelation called divine.
No dogmas nail your faith; and what remains
But say so, like the honest man you are?
First, therefore, overhaul theology!
Nay, I too, not a fool, you please to think,
Must find believing every whit as hard:
And if I do not frankly say as much,
The ugly consequence is clear enough.
Now wait, my friend: well, I do not believe--
If you'll accept no faith that is not fixed,
Absolute and exclusive, as you say.
You're wrong--I mean to prove it in due time.
Meanwhile, I know where difficulties lie
I could not, cannot solve, nor ever shall,
So give up hope accordingly to solve--
(To you, and over the wine).
Our dogmas then
With both of us, though in unlike degree,
Missing full credence--overboard with them!
I mean to meet you on your own premise:
Good, there go mine in company with yours!
And now what are we? unbelievers both,
Calm and complete, determinately fixed
To-day, to-morrow and for ever, pray?
You'll guarantee me that? Not so, I think!
In no wise! all we've gained is, that belief,
As unbelief before, shakes us by fits,
Confounds us like its predecessor.
Where's
The gain? how can we guard our unbelief,
Make it bear fruit to us?--the problem here.
Just when we are safest, there's a sunset-touch,
A fancy from a flower-bell, some one's death,
A chorus-ending from Euripides,--
And that's enough for fifty hopes and fears
As old and new at once as nature's self,
To rap and knock and enter in our soul,
Take hands and dance there, a fantastic ring,
Round the ancient idol, on his base again,--
The grand Perhaps! We look on helplessly.
There the old misgivings, crooked questions are--
This good God,--what he could do, if he would,
Would, if he could--then must have done long since:
If so, when, where and how? some way must be,--
Once feel about, and soon or late you hit
Some sense, in which it might be, after all.
Why not, "The Way, the Truth, the Life?"
--That way
Over the mountain, which who stands upon
Is apt to doubt if it be meant for a road;
While, if he views it from the waste itself,
Up goes the line there, plain from base to brow,
Not vague, mistakeable! what's a break or two
Seen from the unbroken desert either side?
And then (to bring in fresh philosophy)
What if the breaks themselves should prove at last
The most consummate of contrivances
To train a man's eye, teach him what is faith?
And so we stumble at truth's very test!
All we have gained then by our unbelief
Is a life of doubt diversified by faith,
For one of faith diversified by doubt:
We called the chess-board white,--we call it black. "Well," you rejoin, "the end's no worse, at least;
"We've reason for both colours on the board:
"Why not confess then, where I drop the faith
"And you the doubt, that I'm as right as you?"
Because, friend, in the next place, this being so,
And both things even,--faith and unbelief
Left to a man's choice,--we'll proceed a step,
Returning to our image, which I like.
A man's choice, yes--but a cabin-passenger's--
The man made for the special life o' the world--
Do you forget him? I remember though!
Consult our ship's conditions and you find
One and but one choice suitable to all;
The choice, that you unluckily prefer,
Turning things topsy-turvy--they or it
Going to the ground.
Belief or unbelief
Bears upon life, determines its whole course,
Begins at its beginning.
See the world
Such as it is,--you made it not, nor I;
I mean to take it as it is,--and you,
Not so you'll take it,--though you get nought else. I know the special kind of life I like,
What suits the most my idiosyncrasy,
Brings out the best of me and bears me fruit
In power, peace, pleasantness and length of days. I find that positive belief does this
For me, and unbelief, no whit of this.
--For you, it does, however?--that, we'll try!
'T is clear, I cannot lead my life, at least,
Induce the world to let me peaceably,
Without declaring at the outset, "Friends,
"I absolutely and peremptorily
"Believe!"--I say, faith is my waking life:
One sleeps, indeed, and dreams at intervals,
We know, but waking's the main point with us
And my provision's for life's waking part.
Accordingly, I use heart, head and hand
All day, I build, scheme, study, and make friends;
And when night overtakes me, down I lie,
Sleep, dream a little, and get done with it,
The sooner the better, to begin afresh.
What's midnight doubt before the dayspring's faith?
You, the philosopher, that disbelieve,
That recognize the night, give dreams their weight--
To be consistent you should keep your bed,
Abstain from healthy acts that prove you man,
For fear you drowse perhaps at unawares!
And certainly at night you'll sleep and dream,
Live through the day and bustle as you please.
And so you live to sleep as I to wake,
To unbelieve as I to still believe?
Well, and the common sense o' the world calls you
Bed-ridden,--and its good things come to me.
Its estimation, which is half the fight,
That's the first-cabin comfort I secure:
The next .
.
.
but you perceive with half an eye!
Come, come, it's best believing, if we may;
You can't but own that!
Next, concede again,
If once we choose belief, on all accounts
We can't be too decisive in our faith,
Conclusive and exclusive in its terms,
To suit the world which gives us the good things. In every man's career are certain points
Whereon he dares not be indifferent;
The world detects him clearly, if he dare,
As baffled at the game, and losing life.
He may care little or he may care much
For riches, honour, pleasure, work, repose,
Since various theories of life and life's
Success are extant which might easily
Comport with either estimate of these;
And whoso chooses wealth or poverty,
Labour or quiet, is not judged a fool
Because his fellow would choose otherwise:
We let him choose upon his own account
So long as he's consistent with his choice.
But certain points, left wholly to himself,
When once a man has arbitrated on,
We say he must succeed there or go hang.
Thus, he should wed the woman he loves most
Or needs most, whatsoe'er the love or need--
For he can't wed twice.
Then, he must avouch,
Or follow, at the least, sufficiently,
The form of faith his conscience holds the best,
Whate'er the process of conviction was:
For nothing can compensate his mistake
On such a point, the man himself being judge:
He cannot wed twice, nor twice lose his soul.
Well now, there's one great form of Christian faith
I happened to be born in--which to teach
Was given me as I grew up, on all hands,
As best and readiest means of living by;
The same on examination being proved
The most pronounced moreover, fixed, precise
And absolute form of faith in the whole world--
Accordingly, most potent of all forms
For working on the world.
Observe, my friend!
Such as you know me, I am free to say,
In these hard latter days which hamper one,
Myself--by no immoderate exercise
Of intellect and learning, but the tact
To let external forces work for me,
--Bid the street's stones be bread and they are bread; Bid Peter's creed, or rather, Hildebrand's,
Exalt me o'er my fellows in the world
And make my life an ease and joy and pride;
It does so,--which for me's a great point gained,
Who have a soul and body that exact
A comfortable care in many ways.
There's power in me and will to dominate
Which I must exercise, they hurt me else:
In many ways I need mankind's respect,
Obedience, and the love that's born of fear:
While at the same time, there's a taste I have,
A toy of soul, a titillating thing,
Refuses to digest these dainties crude.
The naked life is gross till clothed upon:
I must take what men offer, with a grace
As though I would not, could I help it, take!
An uniform I wear though over-rich--
Something imposed on me, no choice of mine;
No fancy-dress worn for pure fancy's sake
And despicable therefore! now folk kneel
And kiss my hand--of course the Church's hand.
Thus I am made, thus life is best for me,
And thus that it should be I have procured;
And thus it could not be another way,
I venture to imagine.
You'll reply,
So far my choice, no doubt, is a success;
But were I made of better elements,
With nobler instincts, purer tastes, like you,
I hardly would account the thing success
Though it did all for me I say.
But, friend,
We speak of what is; not of what might be,
And how't were better if't were otherwise.
I am the man you see here plain enough:
Grant I'm a beast, why, beasts must lead beasts' lives!
Suppose I own at once to tail and claws;
The tailless man exceeds me: but being tailed
I'll lash out lion fashion, and leave apes
To dock their stump and dress their haunches up. My business is not to remake myself,
But make the absolute best of what God made.
Or--our first simile--though you prove me doomed
To a viler berth still, to the steerage-hole,
The sheep-pen or the pig-stye, I should strive
To make what use of each were possible;
And as this cabin gets upholstery,
That hutch should rustle with sufficient straw.
But, friend, I don't acknowledge quite so fast
I fail of all your manhood's lofty tastes
Enumerated so complacently,
On the mere ground that you forsooth can find
In this particular life I choose to lead
No fit provision for them.
Can you not?
Say you, my fault is I address myself
To grosser estimators than should judge?
And that's no way of holding up the soul,
Which, nobler, needs men's praise perhaps, yet knows
One wise man's verdict outweighs all the fools'--
Would like the two, but, forced to choose, takes that. I pine among my million imbeciles
(You think) aware some dozen men of sense
Eye me and know me, whether I believe
In the last winking Virgin, as I vow,
And am a fool, or disbelieve in her
And am a knave,--approve in neither case,
Withhold their voices though I look their way:
Like Verdi when, at his worst opera's end
(The thing they gave at Florence,--what's its name?)
While the mad houseful's plaudits near out-bang
His orchestra of salt-box, tongs and bones,
He looks through all the roaring and the wreaths
Where sits Rossini patient in his stall.
Nay, friend, I meet you with an answer here--
That even your prime men who appraise their kind Are men still, catch a wheel within a wheel,
See more in a truth than the truth's simple self,
Confuse themselves.
You see lads walk the street
Sixty the minute; what's to note in that?
You see one lad o'erstride a chimney-stack;
Him you must watch--he's sure to fall, yet stands!
Our interest's on the dangerous edge of things.
The honest thief, the tender murderer,
The superstitious atheist, demirep
That loves and saves her soul in new French books--
We watch while these in equilibrium keep
The giddy line midway: one step aside,
They're classed and done with.
I, then, keep the line
Before your sages,--just the men to shrink
From the gross weights, coarse scales and labels broad
You offer their refinement.
Fool or knave?
Why needs a bishop be a fool or knave
When there's a thousand diamond weights between?
So, I enlist them.
Your picked twelve, you'll find,
Profess themselves indignant, scandalized
At thus being held unable to explain
How a superior man who disbelieves
May not believe as well: that's Schelling's way!
It's through my coming in the tail of time,
Nicking the minute with a happy tact.
Had I been born three hundred years ago
They'd say, "What's strange? Blougram of course believes;"
And, seventy years since, "disbelieves of course.
"
But now, "He may believe; and yet, and yet
"How can he?" All eyes turn with interest.
Whereas, step off the line on either side--
You, for example, clever to a fault,
The rough and ready man who write apace,
Read somewhat seldomer, think perhaps even less--
You disbelieve! Who wonders and who cares?
Lord So-and-so--his coat bedropped with wax,
All Peter's chains about his waist, his back
Brave with the needlework of Noodledom--
Believes! Again, who wonders and who cares?
But I, the man of sense and learning too,
The able to think yet act, the this, the that,
I, to believe at this late time of day!
Enough; you see, I need not fear contempt.
--Except it's yours! Admire me as these may,
You don't.
But whom at least do you admire?
Present your own perfection, your ideal,
Your pattern man for a minute--oh, make haste
Is it Napoleon you would have us grow?
Concede the means; allow his head and hand,
(A large concession, clever as you are)
Good! In our common primal element
Of unbelief (we can't believe, you know--
We're still at that admission, recollect!)
Where do you find--apart from, towering o'er
The secondary temporary aims
Which satisfy the gross taste you despise--
Where do you find his star?--his crazy trust
God knows through what or in what? it's alive
And shines and leads him, and that's all we want. Have we aught in our sober night shall point
Such ends as his were, and direct the means
Of working out our purpose straight as his,
Nor bring a moment's trouble on success
With after-care to justify the same?
--Be a Napoleon, and yet disbelieve--
Why, the man's mad, friend, take his light away!
What's the vague good o' the world, for which you dare
With comfort to yourself blow millions up?
We neither of us see it! we do see
The blown-up millions--spatter of their brains
And writhing of their bowels and so forth,
In that bewildering entanglement
Of horrible eventualities
Past calculation to the end of time!
Can I mistake for some clear word of God
(Which were my ample warrant for it all)
His puff of hazy instinct, idle talk,
"The State, that's I," quack-nonsense about crowns,
And (when one beats the man to his last hold)
A vague idea of setting things to rights,
Policing people efficaciously,
More to their profit, most of all to his own;
The whole to end that dismallest of ends
By an Austrian marriage, cant to us the Church,
And resurrection of the old r?gime ?
Would I, who hope to live a dozen years,
Fight Austerlitz for reasons such and such?
No: for, concede me but the merest chance
Doubt may be wrong--there's judgment, life to come!
With just that chance, I dare not.
Doubt proves right?
This present life is all?--you offer me
Its dozen noisy years, without a chance
That wedding an archduchess, wearing lace,
And getting called by divers new-coined names,
Will drive off ugly thoughts and let me dine,
Sleep, read and chat in quiet as I like!
Therefore I will not.
Take another case;
Fit up the cabin yet another way.
What say you to the poets? shall we write
Hamlet, Othello--make the world our own,
Without a risk to run of either sort?
I can't--to put the strongest reason first.
"But try," you urge, "the trying shall suffice;
"The aim, if reached or not, makes great the life:
"Try to be Shakespeare, leave the rest to fate!"
Spare my self-knowledge--there's no fooling me!
If I prefer remaining my poor self,
I say so not in self-dispraise but praise.
If I'm a Shakespeare, let the well alone;
Why should I try to be what now I am?
If I'm no Shakespeare, as too probable,--
His power and consciousness and self-delight
And all we want in common, shall I find--
Trying for ever? while on points of taste
Wherewith, to speak it humbly, he and I
Are dowered alike--I'll ask you, I or he,
Which in our two lives realizes most?
Much, he imagined--somewhat, I possess.
He had the imagination; stick to that!
Let him say, "In the face of my soul's works
"Your world is worthless and I touch it not
"Lest I should wrong them"--I'll withdraw my plea. But does he say so? look upon his life!
Himself, who only can, gives judgment there.
He leaves his towers and gorgeous palaces
To build the trimmest house in Stratford town;
Saves money, spends it, owns the worth of things,
Giulio Romano's pictures, Dowland's lute;
Enjoys a show, respects the puppets, too,
And none more, had he seen its entry once,
Than "Pandulph, of fair Milan cardinal.
"
Why then should I who play that personage,
The very Pandulph Shakespeare's fancy made,
Be told that had the poet chanced to start
From where I stand now (some degree like mine
Being just the goal he ran his race to reach)
He would have run the whole race back, forsooth,
And left being Pandulph, to begin write plays?
Ah, the earth's best can be but the earth's best!
Did Shakespeare live, he could but sit at home
And get himself in dreams the Vatican,
Greek busts, Venetian paintings, Roman walls,
And English books, none equal to his own,
Which I read, bound in gold (he never did).
--Terni's fall, Naples' bay and Gothard's top--
Eh, friend? I could not fancy one of these;
But, as I pour this claret, there they are:
I've gained them--crossed St.
Gothard last July
With ten mules to the carriage and a bed
Slung inside; is my hap the worse for that?
We want the same things, Shakespeare and myself,
And what I want, I have: he, gifted more,
Could fancy he too had them when he liked,
But not so thoroughly that, if fate allowed,
He would not have them also in my sense.
We play one game; I send the ball aloft
No less adroitly that of fifty strokes
Scarce five go o'er the wall so wide and high
Which sends them back to me: I wish and get
He struck balls higher and with better skill,
But at a poor fence level with his head,
And hit--his Stratford house, a coat of arms,
Successful dealings in his grain and wool,--
While I receive heaven's incense in my nose
And style myself the cousin of Queen Bess.
Ask him, if this life's all, who wins the game? Believe--and our whole argument breaks up.
Enthusiasm's the best thing, I repeat;
Only, we can't command it; fire and life
Are all, dead matter's nothing, we agree:
And be it a mad dream or God's very breath,
The fact's the same,--belief's fire, once in us,
Makes of all else mere stuff to show itself:
We penetrate our life with such a glow
As fire lends wood and iron--this turns steel,
That burns to ash--all's one, fire proves its power
For good or ill, since men call flare success.
But paint a fire, it will not therefore burn.
Light one in me, I'll find it food enough!
Why, to be Luther--that's a life to lead,
Incomparably better than my own.
He comes, reclaims God's earth for God, he says,
Sets up God's rule again by simple means,
Re-opens a shut book, and all is done.
He flared out in the flaring of mankind;
Such Luther's luck was: how shall such be mine?
If he succeeded, nothing's left to do:
And if he did not altogether--well,
Strauss is the next advance.
All Strauss should be
I might be also.
But to what result?
He looks upon no future: Luther did.
What can I gain on the denying side?
Ice makes no conflagration.
State the facts,
Read the text right, emancipate the world--
The emancipated world enjoys itself
With scarce a thank-you: Blougram told it first
It could not owe a farthing,--not to him
More than Saint Paul! 't would press its pay, you think?
Then add there's still that plaguy hundredth chance
Strauss may be wrong.
And so a risk is run--
For what gain? not for Luther's, who secured
A real heaven in his heart throughout his life,
Supposing death a little altered things.
"Ay, but since really you lack faith," you cry,
"You run the same risk really on all sides,
"In cool indifference as bold unbelief.
"As well be Strauss as swing 'twixt Paul and him. "It's not worth having, such imperfect faith,
"No more available to do faith's work
"Than unbelief like mine.
Whole faith, or none!"
Softly, my friend! I must dispute that point
Once own the use of faith, I'll find you faith.
We're back on Christian ground.
You call for faith:
I show you doubt, to prove that faith exists.
The more of doubt, the stronger faith, I say,
If faith o'ercomes doubt.
How I know it does?
By life and man's free will, God gave for that!
To mould life as we choose it, shows our choice:
That's our one act, the previous work's his own. You criticize the soul? it reared this tree--
This broad life and whatever fruit it bears!
What matter though I doubt at every pore,
Head-doubts, heart-doubts, doubts at my fingers' ends,
Doubts in the trivial work of every day,
Doubts at the very bases of my soul
In the grand moments when she probes herself--
If finally I have a life to show,
The thing I did, brought out in evidence
Against the thing done to me underground
By hell and all its brood, for aught I know?
I say, whence sprang this? shows it faith or doubt?
All's doubt in me; where's break of faith in this?
It is the idea, the feeling and the love,
God means mankind should strive for and show forth
Whatever be the process to that end,--
And not historic knowledge, logic sound,
And metaphysical acumen, sure!
"What think ye of Christ," friend? when all's done and said,
Like you this Christianity or not?
It may be false, but will you wish it true?
Has it your vote to be so if it can?
Trust you an instinct silenced long ago
That will break silence and enjoin you love
What mortified philosophy is hoarse,
And all in vain, with bidding you despise?
If you desire faith--then you've faith enough:
What else seeks God--nay, what else seek ourselves?
You form a notion of me, we'll suppose,
On hearsay; it's a favourable one:
"But still" (you add), "there was no such good man,
"Because of contradiction in the facts.
"One proves, for instance, he was born in Rome,
"This Blougram; yet throughout the tales of him "I see he figures as an Englishman.
"
Well, the two things are reconcileable.
But would I rather you discovered that,
Subjoining--"Still, what matter though they be?
"Blougram concerns me nought, born here or there.
" Pure faith indeed--you know not what you ask!
Naked belief in God the Omnipotent,
Omniscient, Omnipresent, sears too much
The sense of conscious creatures to be borne.
It were the seeing him, no flesh shall dare
Some think, Creation's meant to show him forth:
I say it's meant to hide him all it can,
And that's what all the blessed evil's for.
Its use in Time is to environ us,
Our breath, our drop of dew, with shield enough
Against that sight till we can bear its stress.
Under a vertical sun, the exposed brain
And lidless eye and disemprisoned heart
Less certainly would wither up at once
Than mind, confronted with the truth of him.
But time and earth case-harden us to live;
The feeblest sense is trusted most; the child
Feels God a moment, ichors o'er the place,
Plays on and grows to be a man like us.
With me, faith means perpetual unbelief
Kept quiet like the snake 'neath Michael's foot
Who stands calm just because he feels it writhe. Or, if that's too ambitious,--here's my box--
I need the excitation of a pinch
Threatening the torpor of the inside-nose
Nigh on the imminent sneeze that never comes.
"Leave it in peace" advise the simple folk:
Make it aware of peace by itching-fits,
Say I--let doubt occasion still more faith!
You'll say, once all believed, man, woman, child,
In that dear middle-age these noodles praise.
How you'd exult if I could put you back
Six hundred years, blot out cosmogony,
Geology, ethnology, what not
(Greek endings, each the little passing-bell
That signifies some faith's about to die),
And set you square with Genesis again,--
When such a traveller told you his last news,
He saw the ark a-top of Ararat
But did not climb there since 't was getting dusk
And robber-bands infest the mountain's foot!
How should you feel, I ask, in such an age,
How act? As other people felt and did;
With soul more blank than this decanter's knob, Believe--and yet lie, kill, rob, fornicate
Full in belief's face, like the beast you'd be! No, when the fight begins within himself,
A man's worth something.
God stoops o'er his head,
Satan looks up between his feet--both tug--
He's left, himself, i' the middle: the soul wakes
And grows.
Prolong that battle through his life!
Never leave growing till the life to come!
Here, we've got callous to the Virgin's winks
That used to puzzle people wholesomely:
Men have outgrown the shame of being fools.
What are the laws of nature, not to bend
If the Church bid them?--brother Newman asks.
Up with the Immaculate Conception, then--
On to the rack with faith!--is my advice.
Will not that hurry us upon our knees,
Knocking our breasts, "It can't be--yet it shall!
"Who am I, the worm, to argue with my Pope?
"Low things confound the high things!" and so forth. That's better than acquitting God with grace
As some folk do.
He's tried--no case is proved,
Philosophy is lenient--he may go!
You'll say, the old system's not so obsolete
But men believe still: ay, but who and where?
King Bomba's lazzaroni foster yet
The sacred flame, so Antonelli writes;
But even of these, what ragamuffin-saint
Believes God watches him continually,
As he believes in fire that it will burn,
Or rain that it will drench him? Break fire's law,
Sin against rain, although the penalty
Be just a singe or soaking? "No," he smiles;
"Those laws are laws that can enforce themselves." The sum of all is--yes, my doubt is great,
My faith's still greater, then my faith's enough. I have read much, thought much, experienced much,
Yet would die rather than avow my fear
The Naples' liquefaction may be false,
When set to happen by the palace-clock
According to the clouds or dinner-time.
I hear you recommend, I might at least
Eliminate, decrassify my faith
Since I adopt it; keeping what I must
And leaving what I can--such points as this.
I won't--that is, I can't throw one away.
Supposing there's no truth in what I hold
About the need of trial to man's faith,
Still, when you bid me purify the same,
To such a process I discern no end.
Clearing off one excrescence to see two,
There's ever a next in size, now grown as big,
That meets the knife: I cut and cut again!
First cut the Liquefaction, what comes last
But Fichte's clever cut at God himself?
Experimentalize on sacred things!
I trust nor hand nor eye nor heart nor brain
To stop betimes: they all get drunk alike.
The first step, I am master not to take.
You'd find the cutting-process to your taste
As much as leaving growths of lies unpruned,
Nor see more danger in it,--you retort.
Your taste's worth mine; but my taste proves more wise
When we consider that the steadfast hold
On the extreme end of the chain of faith
Gives all the advantage, makes the difference
With the rough purblind mass we seek to rule:
We are their lords, or they are free of us,
Just as we tighten or relax our hold.
So, others matters equal, we'll revert
To the first problem--which, if solved my way
And thrown into the balance, turns the scale--
How we may lead a comfortable life,
How suit our luggage to the cabin's size.
Of course you are remarking all this time
How narrowly and grossly I view life,
Respect the creature-comforts, care to rule
The masses, and regard complacently
"The cabin," in our old phrase.
Well, I do.
I act for, talk for, live for this world now,
As this world prizes action, life and talk:
No prejudice to what next world may prove,
Whose new laws and requirements, my best pledge
To observe then, is that I observe these now,
Shall do hereafter what I do meanwhile.
Let us concede (gratuitously though)
Next life relieves the soul of body, yields
Pure spiritual enjoyment: well, my friend,
Why lose this life i' the meantime, since its use
May be to make the next life more intense?
Do you know, I have often had a dream
(Work it up in your next month's article)
Of man's poor spirit in its progress, still
Losing true life for ever and a day
Through ever trying to be and ever being--
In the evolution of successive spheres--
Before its actual sphere and place of life,
Halfway into the next, which having reached,
It shoots with corresponding foolery
Halfway into the next still, on and off!
As when a traveller, bound from North to South,
Scouts fur in Russia: what's its use in France?
In France spurns flannel: where's its need in Spain?
In Spain drops cloth, too cumbrous for Algiers!
Linen goes next, and last the skin itself,
A superfluity at Timbuctoo.
When, through his journey, was the fool at ease?
I'm at ease now, friend; worldly in this world,
I take and like its way of life; I think
My brothers, who administer the means,
Live better for my comfort--that's good too;
And God, if he pronounce upon such life,
Approves my service, which is better still.
If he keep silence,--why, for you or me
Or that brute beast pulled-up in to-day's "Times,"
What odds is't, save to ourselves, what life we lead? You meet me at this issue: you declare,--
All special-pleading done with--truth is truth,
And justifies itself by undreamed ways.
You don't fear but it's better, if we doubt,
To say so, act up to our truth perceived
However feebly.
Do then,--act away!
'T is there I'm on the watch for you.
How one acts
Is, both of us agree, our chief concern:
And how you'll act is what I fain would see
If, like the candid person you appear,
You dare to make the most of your life's scheme
As I of mine, live up to its full law
Since there's no higher law that counterchecks.
Put natural religion to the test
You've just demolished the revealed with--quick,
Down to the root of all that checks your will,
All prohibition to lie, kill and thieve,
Or even to be an atheistic priest!
Suppose a pricking to incontinence--
Philosophers deduce you chastity
Or shame, from just the fact that at the first
Whoso embraced a woman in the field,
Threw club down and forewent his brains beside,
So, stood a ready victim in the reach
Of any brother savage, club in hand;
Hence saw the use of going out of sight
In wood or cave to prosecute his loves:
I read this in a French book t' other day.
Does law so analysed coerce you much?
Oh, men spin clouds of fuzz where matters end,
But you who reach where the first thread begins,
You'll soon cut that!--which means you can, but won't,
Through certain instincts, blind, unreasoned-out, You dare not set aside, you can't tell why,
But there they are, and so you let them rule.
Then, friend, you seem as much a slave as I,
A liar, conscious coward and hypocrite,
Without the good the slave expects to get,
In case he has a master after all!
You own your instincts? why, what else do I,
Who want, am made for, and must have a God
Ere I can be aught, do aught?--no mere name
Want, but the true thing with what proves its truth,
To wit, a relation from that thing to me,
Touching from head to foot--which touch I feel,
And with it take the rest, this life of ours!
I live my life here; yours you dare not live.
--Not as I state it, who (you please subjoin)
Disfigure such a life and call it names,
While, to your mind, remains another way
For simple men: knowledge and power have rights,
But ignorance and weakness have rights too.
There needs no crucial effort to find truth
If here or there or anywhere about:
We ought to turn each side, try hard and see,
And if we can't, be glad we've earned at least
The right, by one laborious proof the more,
To graze in peace earth's pleasant pasturage.
Men are not angels, neither are they brutes:
Something we may see, all we cannot see.
What need of lying? I say, I see all,
And swear to each detail the most minute
In what I think a Pan's face--you, mere cloud:
I swear I hear him speak and see him wink,
For fear, if once I drop the emphasis,
Mankind may doubt there's any cloud at all.
You take the simple life--ready to see,
Willing to see (for no cloud's worth a face)--
And leaving quiet what no strength can move,
And which, who bids you move? who has the right?
I bid you; but you are God's sheep, not mine:
" Pastor est tui Dominus .
" You find
In this the pleasant pasture of our life
Much you may eat without the least offence,
Much you don't eat because your maw objects,
Much you would eat but that your fellow-flock
Open great eyes at you and even butt,
And thereupon you like your mates so well
You cannot please yourself, offending them;
Though when they seem exorbitantly sheep,
You weigh your pleasure with their butts and bleats
And strike the balance.
Sometimes certain fears
Restrain you, real checks since you find them so;
Sometimes you please yourself and nothing checks: And thus you graze through life with not one lie,
And like it best.
But do you, in truth's name?
If so, you beat--which means you are not I--
Who needs must make earth mine and feed my fill
Not simply unbutted at, unbickered with,
But motioned to the velvet of the sward
By those obsequious wethers' very selves.
Look at me, sir; my age is double yours:
At yours, I knew beforehand, so enjoyed,
What now I should be--as, permit the word,
I pretty well imagine your whole range
And stretch of tether twenty years to come.
We both have minds and bodies much alike:
In truth's name, don't you want my bishopric,
My daily bread, my influence and my state?
You're young.
I'm old; you must be old one day;
Will you find then, as I do hour by hour,
Women their lovers kneel to, who cut curls
From your fat lap-dog's ear to grace a brooch--
Dukes, who petition just to kiss your ring--
With much beside you know or may conceive?
Suppose we die to-night: well, here am I,
Such were my gains, life bore this fruit to me,
While writing all the same my articles
On music, poetry, the fictile vase
Found at Albano, chess, Anacreon's Greek.
But you--the highest honour in your life,
The thing you'll crown yourself with, all your days,
Is--dining here and drinking this last glass
I pour you out in sign of amity
Before we part for ever.
Of your power
And social influence, worldly worth in short,
Judge what's my estimation by the fact,
I do not condescend to enjoin, beseech,
Hint secrecy on one of all these words!
You're shrewd and know that should you publish one
The world would brand the lie--my enemies first,
Who'd sneer--"the bishop's an arch-hypocrite
"And knave perhaps, but not so frank a fool.
"
Whereas I should not dare for both my ears
Breathe one such syllable, smile one such smile,
Before the chaplain who reflects myself--
My shade's so much more potent than your flesh.
What's your reward, self-abnegating friend?
Stood you confessed of those exceptional
And privileged great natures that dwarf mine--
A zealot with a mad ideal in reach,
A poet just about to print his ode,
A statesman with a scheme to stop this war,
An artist whose religion is his art--
I should have nothing to object: such men
Carry the fire, all things grow warm to them,
Their drugget's worth my purple, they beat me.
But you,--you're just as little those as I--
You, Gigadibs, who, thirty years of age,
Write statedly for Blackwood's Magazine,
Believe you see two points in Hamlet's soul
Unseized by the Germans yet--which view you'll print--
Meantime the best you have to show being still
That lively lightsome article we took
Almost for the true Dickens,--what's its name?
"The Slum and Cellar, or Whitechapel life
"Limned after dark!" it made me laugh, I know,
And pleased a month, and brought you in ten pounds. --Success I recognize and compliment,
And therefore give you, if you choose, three words
(The card and pencil-scratch is quite enough)
Which whether here, in Dublin or New York,
Will get you, prompt as at my eyebrow's wink,
Such terms as never you aspired to get
In all our own reviews and some not ours.
Go write your lively sketches! be the first
"Blougram, or The Eccentric Confidence"--
Or better simply say, "The Outward-bound.
"
Why, men as soon would throw it in my teeth
As copy and quote the infamy chalked broad
About me on the church-door opposite.
You will not wait for that experience though,
I fancy, howsoever you decide,
To discontinue--not detesting, not
Defaming, but at least--despising me!
Over his wine so smiled and talked his hour
Sylvester Blougram, styled in partibus
Episcopus, nec non --(the deuce knows what
It's changed to by our novel hierarchy)
With Gigadibs the literary man,
Who played with spoons, explored his plate's design,
And ranged the olive-stones about its edge,
While the great bishop rolled him out a mind
Long crumpled, till creased consciousness lay smooth. For Blougram, he believed, say, half he spoke.
The other portion, as he shaped it thus
For argumentatory purposes,
He felt his foe was foolish to dispute.
Some arbitrary accidental thoughts
That crossed his mind, amusing because new,
He chose to represent as fixtures there,
Invariable convictions (such they seemed
Beside his interlocutor's loose cards
Flung daily down, and not the same way twice)
While certain hell deep instincts, man's weak tongue
Is never bold to utter in their truth
Because styled hell-deep ('t is an old mistake
To place hell at the bottom of the earth)
He ignored these,--not having in readiness
Their nomenclature and philosophy:
He said true things, but called them by wrong names. "On the whole," he thought, "I justify myself
"On every point where cavillers like this
"Oppugn my life: he tries one kind of fence,
"I close, he's worsted, that's enough for him.
"He's on the ground: if ground should break away
"I take my stand on, there's a firmer yet
"Beneath it, both of us may sink and reach.
"His ground was over mine and broke the first:
"So, let him sit with me this many a year!"
He did not sit five minutes.
Just a week
Sufficed his sudden healthy vehemence.
Something had struck him in the "Outward-bound"
Another way than Blougram's purpose was:
And having bought, not cabin-furniture
But settler's-implements (enough for three)
And started for Australia--there, I hope,
By this time he has tested his first plough,
And studied his last chapter of St.
John.
Road apples
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500 games, 1620-2022 - P-Q4 Krause called Fredthebear's house
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 World Champion from 1927-35 and again from 1937-46, Alexander Alekhine ranks as one of the greatest players in chess history. Edward Lasker rates him the game’s supreme inventive genius; Euwe considers him the all-time greatest attacking player. A master of all phases of chess, his games were richly conceived and immensely complex. As Bobby Fischer observes in his writings, “He played gigantic conceptions, full of outrageous and unprecedented ideas.” “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 “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. “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 Games from "Positional Chess Handbook" by Israel Gelfer French Proverb: “Ce n’est pas à un vieux singe qu’on apprend à faire la grimace.” ― (There’s no substitute for experience.) <The Three Wise Men of GothamThree wise men of Gotham
Went to sea in a bowl;
And if the bowl had been stronger
My song would have been longer.>
‘May your Departures equal your Landfalls!’
* Back rankers: Game Collection: Back Rank Mate Examples * 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... * 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 Also, Lasker's NY System fighting for e4 is good against slow QP openings w/a pawn on e3. * G Boogie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSL... * 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... * Pie? https://www.old-mill.com/oldmill-re... * Gene Pitney tells one version...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDN...
* Queen's Gambit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfL... * Queen's Gambit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7g... * Snipe Hunting: https://temposchlucker.blogspot.com... * Tartakower Defense: https://www.chess.com/blog/MatBobul... * Dr. Siegbert Tarrasch playing his Tarrasch Defense!
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches... * 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... * 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... * Nimzowitsch Defense: https://www.chessable.com/blog/nimz... * 1.d4 d5 Ryder Gambit, Halosar Trap: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZq... * Winning 1.d4: Game Collection: Winning with 1 d4! * 1.d4 Response: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJ-... * 2024s:
* Arabian Checkmate Pattern: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejh... * Basic Checkmates: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Y-... * Ben Kaspa: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dh...
Benoni Indian.
* Old Ben T: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYK...
Old Benoni Trap.
* Old Ben Volclus: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6z...
Old Benoni D.
* Old Ben The Chess Giant: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNo...
Old Benoni D.
* Overworked! Game Collection: Overworked Piece * 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... * Tic-Tac-Toe is Easy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNF... * Three Dog Night: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l52... * Son of Three Dog Knight: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4N... * Garry Kasparov's Checkmate: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuP... * 5 Best Traps for White: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5t... * 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... * 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 Studies: Game Collection: Study of the Trompowsky Game * Trompowsky vs Naroditsky: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILY... * Top 10 Tactics: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bpl... * Antics with Annotations: Game Collection: tactics 2 * 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... * 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 history: Game Collection: London system * 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... * Owen/English Defence: Game Collection: OWEN DEFENSE - ENGLISH DEFENSE * 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... * Chess Evolution: Game Collection: # Chess Evolution Volumes 1-50 * Double Attacks: Game Collection: Double Attacks but not Forks-- OTB Examples * 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... * 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... * 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... * Englund Hartlaub-Charlick Gambit: Game Collection: *_Englund Gambit Hartlaub- * 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... A Patience Worth Blessing
by Patience Worth
This hour, this hour, a chalice. Unto its golden cup
We have poured our love, for there be not one man
Who may honestly disclaim that he hath taken within
His heart, God. Mayhap to refuse Him an abiding place;
But His shadow hath rested upon him.
Behold, from this instant we disperse and His shadow
Shall follow thee. I say that tomorrow at some instant
Of time, each of thee shall stop, and I, like a moth
Shall flit thee, and thou shalt remember Him.
I charge thee; it shall be!
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* Crisis of Character: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWE... * Tips for 100-1000: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCb... * Sacrifice on f7: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGk... * Most common errors below 1200: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mmw... * EZ C-K traps: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCw... * 15,000,000 disappeared? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fn0... * Tips for 1100-2000: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIE... * Top 5 C-K traps: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yB8... * 3 Tips to reach 2000: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzB... * The Bob Fischer Story collection: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0A8... * Fireworks in the Ruy Lopez: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIO... * Deflect the Defender of the mating square w/a Pin: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/axBq... * Trap the bishop: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQG... * Boo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzC... * Budapest Gambit Trap: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/xWC3... * Englund Gambit beat: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rL0... * Soller Gambit: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/jB5M... * Learn the Q's Gambit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWH... * Tips for the Q's Gambit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAt... * 5 Traps Against 1.d4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jkd... * Meet Old Ben: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34N... * Jim's Modern Benoni: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ts8... * Daaron opened the same way: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqA... * Benoni Defense Blunder: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/8cpd... * Benoni trap for Black: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/0hQP... * Blitz Benoni Defense: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nue... * A65 by RJ Fischer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Op... * Fischer's Trap: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTC... * Transpose to a Benoni: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZ0... * Kasparov breaks the Benoni: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_1... * Fantastic attack: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kuw... * Benoni Traps Against 1.d4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsb... * Benoni is back! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40e... * Benoni Masterclass: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6x... * Simplified Benoni: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tv5... * How to play against the Benoni: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Mz... * How to beat the Benoni: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhG... * Beat the Benoni: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIa... * Beat the Benoni: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M25... * Benoni Plans: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZq... * Crush the Benoni: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yuy... * Destroy the Benoni: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUr... * GMAC likes the Benoni: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNm... * MC plays the Benoni: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzo... * Online Benoni victory: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUN... * The Benoni is a Joke? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5aT... * Almost a refutation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Otb... * Is the Modern Benoni in trouble? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYW... * Black tries the Czech Benoni: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIt... * 9 Ideas in the Q's Gambit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONB... * 10 Ideas in the Q's Gambit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYB... * Simple but vital habit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CX... * Complete Chess EG series: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cc2... * Naroditsky's EG series: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhU... * Win R&P endings: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkG... * Mental Endgame Mastery: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvv... * Scut'in: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iO7... <1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 King James Version> 16 Rejoice evermore.
17 Pray without ceasing.
18 In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you. * 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... * MC goes nuclear: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLo... * 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... * Q's Gambit Complete: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfO... * Q's Gambit Fast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEm... * Q's Gambit According to BoJanglles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXM... * Top 5 Q's Gambit Traps: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqI... * Q'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_... * Q's Gambit Concepts: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYB... * Q'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... * Never Do This: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9b1... * Unnecessary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dz0... * Prep for a Tournament: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dpv... * Qxb2 Poisoned Pawn: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74h... * Richard Reti Does It Again: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9z... * Regrettable Pawn Moves: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fI0... * Shortcuts: Game Collection: 21+ Too Fast French Kisses * 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... * IM Rosen Stalemate Traps: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YB_... * VK plays P-Q4: http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches... 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Igor Oleksandrovych Novikov: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Igor_... * Oldest recorded game: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/XyQx... 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. The Will Explained By Aesop
If what old story says of Aesop's true,
The oracle of Greece he was,
And more than Areopagus he knew,
With all its wisdom in the laws.
The following tale gives but a sample
Of what has made his fame so ample.
Three daughters shared a father's purse,
Of habits totally diverse.
The first, bewitched with drinks delicious;
The next, coquettish and capricious;
The third, supremely avaricious.
The sire, expectant of his fate,
Bequeathed his whole estate,
In equal shares, to them,
And to their mother just the same, –
To her then payable, and not before,
Each daughter should possess her part no more.
The father died. The females three
Were much in haste the will to see.
They read, and read, but still
Saw not the willer's will.
For could it well be understood
That each of this sweet sisterhood,
When she possessed her part no more,
Should to her mother pay it over?
It was surely not so easy saying
How lack of means would help the paying.
What meant their honoured father, then?
The affair was brought to legal men,
Who, after turning over the case
Some hundred thousand different ways,
Threw down the learned bonnet,
Unable to decide on it;
And then advised the heirs,
Without more thought, t" adjust affairs.
As to the widow's share, the counsel say,
"We hold it just the daughters each should pay
One third to her on demand,
Should she not choose to have it stand
Commuted as a life annuity,
Paid from her husband's death, with due congruity."
The thing thus ordered, the estate
Is duly cut in portions three.
And in the first they all agree
To put the feasting-lodges, plate,
Luxurious cooling mugs,
Enormous liquor jugs,
Rich cupboards, – built beneath the trellised vine, –
The stores of ancient, sweet Malvoisian wine,
The slaves to serve it at a sign;
In short, whatever, in a great house,
There is of feasting apparatus.
The second part is made
Of what might help the jilting trade –
The city house and furniture,
Exquisite and genteel, be sure,
The eunuchs, milliners, and laces,
The jewels, shawls, and costly dresses.
The third is made of household stuff,
More vulgar, rude, and rough –
Farms, fences, flocks, and fodder,
And men and beasts to turn the sod over.
This done, since it was thought
To give the parts by lot
Might suit, or it might not,
Each paid her share of fees dear,
And took the part that pleased her.
It was in great Athens town,
Such judgment gave the gown.
And there the public voice
Applauded both the judgment and the choice.
But Aesop well was satisfied
The learned men had set aside,
In judging thus the testament,
The very gist of its intent.
"The dead," Said he, "could he but know of it,
Would heap reproaches on such Attic wit.
What! men who proudly take their place
As sages of the human race,
Lack they the simple skill
To settle such a will?"
This said, he undertook himself
The task of portioning the pelf;
And straightway gave each maid the part
The least according to her heart –
The prim coquette, the drinking stuff,
The drinker, then, the farms and cattle;
And on the miser, rude and rough,
The robes and lace did Aesop settle;
For thus, he said, "an early date
Would see the sisters alienate
Their several shares of the estate.
No motive now in maidenhood to tarry,
They all would seek, post haste, to marry;
And, having each a splendid bait,
Each soon would find a well-bred mate;
And, leaving thus their father's goods intact,
Would to their mother pay them all, in fact," –
Which of the testament
Was plainly the intent.
The people, who had thought a slave an ass,
Much wondered how it came to pass
That one alone should have more sense
Than all their men of most pretence.
"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 <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. * 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.’>
Better be ill spoken of by one before all than by all before one.
~ Scottish Proverb
Hush-a-bye, Baby
Hush-a-bye, Baby, upon the tree top,
When the wind blows the cradle will rock;
When the bough breaks the cradle will fall,
Down tumbles cradle and Baby and all.
Chess Squares Riddle
Riddle Question: How many squares are in a chessboard? The name Earth is at least 1,000 years old. All of the planets, except for Earth, were named after Greek and Roman gods and goddesses. However, the name Earth is a Germanic word, which simply means “the ground.” 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 Dreamers
By Siegfried 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.
“A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.”
A team or group is only as strong as its weakest member. If a person is not performing in a group, the whole group will suffer. “Birds of a feather flock together.”
People with similar tastes often form a group for company or discussion. Maurice Williams, the rhythm and blues singer and composer behind the classic ballad “Stay,” died on Aug. 6. He was 86, according to the North Carolina Music Hall of Fame’s announcement. Williams, who became a one hit wonder with the Zodiacs, wrote and performed music with other harmony groups throughout the 1960s. “Stay” rose to No. 1 on the Billboard pop chart in 1960, and was one of the shortest top songs of the era. The ballad was the Zodiac’s only hit, and went on to be featured in the Dirty Dancing soundtrack and covered by the Four Seasons and Jackson Browne. According to a 2012 interview with a North Carolina publication, the song was inspired by Williams’ teen-age crush, Mary Shropshire. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1Z...
The story: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_V... 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! 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 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
Traditional
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.
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 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
Salus populi suprema lex esto
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"May the sun bring you energy by day,
May the moon softly restore you by night,
May the rain wash away your worries,
May the breeze blow new strength into your being. May you walk gently through the world
and know its beauty all the days of your life." Apache Blessing “I should never have surrendered. I should have fought until I was the last man alive.” — Goyahkla a.k.a. Geronimo (1829-1909), a POW for 23 years “I prefer to lose a really good game than to win a bad one.” – David Levy “Sometimes the bad things in life open our eyes to the good things we weren’t paying attention to before.” ― Diana Elmessiri “Every day is a good day. There is something to learn, care and celebrate.”
― Amit Ray
“Impossible is for the unwilling.” ― John Keats “No pressure, no diamonds.” ― Thomas Carlyle “The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.” ― Walt Disney “Stay foolish to stay sane.” ― Maxime Lagacé “When nothing goes right, go left.” ― Unknown “Try Again. Fail again, Fail better.”
“Don’t tell people about your plans. Show them your results.” ― Unknown famous one line movie quotes
“Take the risk or lose the chance.” ― Unknown “Good things happen to those who hustle.” ― Anaïs Nin “He who is brave is free.” ― Seneca
“Solitary trees, if they grow at all, grow strong.” ― Winston Churchill “Every noble work is at first impossible.” ― Thomas Carlyle “If you’re going through hell, keep going.” ― Winston Churchill “We are twice armed if we fight with faith.” ― Plato “Let him that would move the world first move himself.” ― Socrates “The secret to life is to love who you are – warts and all.” ― David DeNotaris “The story of life is quicker than the wink of an eye.” ― Jimi Hendrix "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 “Examine moves that smite! A good eye for smites is far more important than a knowledge of strategical principles.” — C.J.S. Purdy “In chess, as in life, a man is his own most dangerous opponent.”
— Vasily Smyslov
“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 “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
“The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” ― Nelson Mandela “Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.” ― Confucius “May you live all the days of your life.” ― Jonathan Swift “Life itself is the most wonderful fairy tale.” ― Hans Christian Andersen “Do not let making a living prevent you from making a life.” ― John Wooden “Keep smiling, because life is a beautiful thing and there’s so much to smile about.” ― Marilyn Monroe “Life is ours to be spent, not to be saved.” ― D. H. Lawrence We all want to be successful in life. In fact, success in life is the most desired goal in everyone’s life. But remember, success is not accidental. If you want to succeed, you have to be consistent. Consistency is everything. Explore another ― The Best 29 Going The Extra Mile Quotes For Studious Person These simple but aesthetic one line quotes are cute and inspiring. Hope you’ll enjoy it. “No guts, no story.” ― Chris Brady
“My life is my message.” ― Mahatma Gandhi
“Screw it, let’s do it.” ― Richard Branson “Boldness be my friend.” ― William Shakespeare “Keep going. Be all in.” ― Bryan Hutchinson “My life is my argument.” ― Albert Schweitzer “Leave no stone unturned.” ― Euripides
“Fight till the last gasp.” ― William Shakespeare “If you want it, work for it.”
“You can if you think you can.” ― George Reeves “Accept life as it is. Then work to make it the way you want it to be.” ― Cindy Francis “Parenting is a lifetime assignment.” ― Ken Robinson “Life is accepting what is and working from that.” ― Gloria Naylor “Life is a long lesson in humility.” ― J.M. Barrie “Persist while others are quitting.” ― William Arthur Ward “Where there is love there is life.” ― Gandhi “Mornings contain the secret to an extraordinarily successful life.” ― Hal Elrod “Life is a long lesson in humility.” ― James M. Barrie “The purpose of our lives is to be happy.” ― Dalai Lama “In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life: it goes on.” ― Robert Frost “Love the life you live. Live the life you love.” ― Bob Marley “Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all.” ― Helen Keller “You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose.” ― Dr. Seuss “Life is a question and how we live it is our answer.” ― Gary Keller “Life is made of ever so many partings welded together.” ― Charles Dickens “You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.” ― Mae West “Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air.” ― Ralph Waldo Emerson “Life is a question and how we live it is our answer.” ― Gary Keller “Accept life as it is. Then work to make it the way you want it to be.” ― Cindy Francis “Parenting is a lifetime assignment.” ― Ken Robinson “Life is accepting what is and working from that.” ― Gloria Naylor “Life is a long lesson in humility.” ― J.M. Barrie “Chess is a game that benefits people of all ages, especially kids, in any area of life, business, problem solving, and social skills. Chess has the unique ability to combine focus, concentration, imagination, coordination, teamwork, and leadership all at the same time.” ― Dustin Diamond, Actor “Chess is a sport. The main object in the game of chess remains the achievement of victory.” ― Max Euwe “You win some, you lose some, and your losses are never made up to you. She will simply have to do without; like it or not, she must face her losses and her helplessness to undo them.” — Sheldon B. Kopp “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 Confessed faults are half mended. ~ Scottish Proverb Sometimes we just want easy piece development.
* Trap no. 974: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dk... * Trap no. 975: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOy... * Levitsky Attack: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfg... * The Trompovsky in 15 minutes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIB... * Mato's Lecture: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajl... * Tromp Video: https://www.bing.com/videos/search?... * Naroditsky on the Tromp: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILY... * Black's choices: Opening Explorer * Here's some Tromps: Game Collection: Tromfovsky Opening - Rey * Let's hope he doesn't go to London: https://www.chessgames.com/perl/che... * 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. Thank you geordieray, whiteshark, fredthebear!
To Any Reader
Robert Louis Stevenson [1850 –1894]
As from the house your mother sees
You playing round the garden trees,
So you may see, if you will look
Through the windows of this book,
Another child, far, far away,
And in another garden, play.
But do not think you can at all,
By knocking on the window, call
That child to hear you. He intent
Is all on his play-business bent.
He does not hear; he will not look,
Nor yet be lured out of this book.
For, long ago, the truth to say,
He has grown up and gone away,
And it is but a child of air
That lingers in the garden there.
<<<The Pirate Who Stole My Boat>
by Anonymous>
On the seas of turquoise green
A pirate ship approached
And stole my boat
All cargo was aboard
I was saddened at the loss that day
For the ship was a fine seaworthy vessel
I hope they take good care
Of both vessel and my wife
I shall miss them both
They been sailed many a year
Thank god I have insurance
For the vessel I held so dear>
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* How to catch a Spanish Rabbit: https://fi.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esp... * ICC: https://www.chessclub.com/
* 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... * GM Endgames: Game Collection: Grandmaster Preparation - Endgame Play * Use your King: Game Collection: ABC Games for Lessons * Chess Step-by-Step: https://www.chess.com/learn-how-to-... * Basic Rules: https://thechessworld.com/basic-che... * Book: Game Collection: Dismantling the Sicilian (Jesus de la Villa) * How did Spassky handle it? Game Collection: Spassky's Best Games (Cafferty) * Black attack!
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Game Collection: Chessmaster '86 * CFN: https://www.youtube.com/@CFNChannel
* Art: Game Collection: Art of Checkmate * Attack: Game Collection: Chess Secrets - Attackers (Crouch) * Chess - The Art of the Mind
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* Glossary P: https://www.peoriachess.com/Glossar... * Glossary W: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gloss... * 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... * Hans/St. Louis 2024: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vol... * Hellfire: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/EQx7... * Hold the line: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/QQW0... * Horse with No Name: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/yb0k... * Houska Castle: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/MqXE... * Hurricane: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Yi5t... * A few KIAs: Game Collection: Opening Ideas * KID 0-1s: Game Collection: K.I.D B wins E98 * Knights: https://chessily.com/learn-chess/kn... * Knights: https://www.chessjournal.com/chess-... * Knights: https://www.chess.com/blog/IM_Chess... * Knights: https://www.chessstrategyonline.com... * Knights: https://www.masterclass.com/article... * Tips for Knights & More: http://www.chesssets.co.uk/blog/tip... * Unleash the Knight: https://cardclashgames.com/blog/che... * Malaguena: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxD... * MC Move-by-Move: Game Collection: Move by Move - Carlsen (Lakdawala) * Most common mistakes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GA... * Overloaded! Game Collection: OVERLOADED! * Online safety: https://www.entrepreneur.com/scienc... * Pawn Instruction: http://www.logicalchess.com/learn/l... * Pawn Structures: Game Collection: Chess Structures: A Grandmaster Guide * Pirc Defense, Classical: Game Collection: Pirc, Classical Variation * The Chess Portal will broaden your horizons: http://schackportalen.nu/English/es... * Passive, but playable in the Russian Game: Game Collection: Alpha Russian (White) * Queen Pawn Games: Game Collection: ANIL RAJ.R'S QUEEN PAWN GAMES * QGD: Game Collection: QUEEN'S GAMBIT DECLINED * Reasonable 1.d4 Repertoire: Game Collection: d4 repertoire for white * Rajnish Das Tips: https://enthu.com/blog/chess/chess-... * 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... * tacticmania - Game Collection: tacticmania * Tactical Games: Game Collection: Yasser Seirawan's Winning Chess Tactics * It takes me back where, when and who: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wh2... * 21st Century: Game Collection: 21st Century Masterpieces - First decade (2000) * Spruce Variety: https://www.thesprucecrafts.com/che... * Wikipedia on Computer Chess: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compu... * Women: https://www.thefamouspeople.com/wom... * Best Games of 2018: Game Collection: Best Games of 2018 * 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... * 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 * 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... <<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. “The only thing that separates us from the animals is our ability to accessorize.” — Clairee Belcher (Olivia Dukakis), Steel Magnolias 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? “A day without sunshine is like, you know, night.” — Steve Martin 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. edtrz sayz crutly nota joek allowd to abs othrz rptdly smr sx chng al u wanto. “Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence in society.”
— Mark Twain
The Dove and the Ant
The same instruction we may get
From another couple, smaller yet.
A dove came to a brook to drink,
When, leaning over its crumbling brink,
An ant fell in, and vainly tried,
In this, to her, an ocean tide,
To reach the land; whereat the dove,
With every living thing in love,
Was prompt a spire of grass to throw her,
By which the ant regained the shore.
A barefoot scamp, both mean and sly,
Soon after chanced this dove to spy;
And, being armed with bow and arrow,
The hungry codger doubted not
The bird of Venus, in his pot,
Would make a soup before the morrow.
Just as his deadly bow he drew,
Our ant just bit his heel.
Roused by the villain's squeal,
The dove took timely hint, and flew
Far from the rascal's coop; –
And with her flew his soup.
"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 - 09 Bloody Mary zanzi drunk Jack @dabar crow Jimmy Palmer ov hiz hand hurt lika MFr until frshee kissd it all bettr not try that ore ull regret zit. 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. “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'
Thomas Hardy's grim irony in Tess of the D'Urbervilles was hovering: "Justice was done, and the President of the Immortals (in Aeschylean phrase) had ended his sport with Tess. And the d’Urberville knights and dames slept on in their tombs unknowing. The two speechless gazers bent themselves down to the earth, as if in prayer, and remained there a long time, absolutely motionless: the flag continued to wave silently. As soon as they had strength they arose, joined hands again, and went on. The Lark And Her Young Ones With The Owner Of A Field "Depend on yourself alone,"
Has to a common proverb grown.
It's thus confirmed in Aesop's way:
The larks to build their nests are seen
Among the wheat-crops young and green;
That is to say,
What time all things, dame Nature heeding,
Betake themselves to love and breeding –
The monstrous whales and sharks,
Beneath the briny flood,
The tigers in the wood,
And in the fields, the larks.
One she, however, of these last,
Found more than half the spring-time past
Without the taste of spring-time pleasures;
When firmly she set up her will
That she would be a mother still,
And resolutely took her measures; –
First, got herself by Hymen matched;
Then built her nest, laid, sat, and hatched.
All went as well as such things could.
The wheat-crop ripening before the brood
Were strong enough to take their flight,
Aware how perilous their plight,
The lark went out to search for food,
And told her young to listen well,
And keep a constant sentinel.
"The owner of this field," said she,
"Will come, I know, his grain to see.
Hear all he says; we little birds
Must shape our conduct by his words."
No sooner was the lark away,
Than came the owner with his son.
"This wheat is ripe," said he: "now run
And give our friends a call
To bring their sickles all,
And help us, great and small,
Tomorrow, at the break of day."
The lark, returning, found no harm,
Except her nest in wild alarm.
Says one, "We heard the owner say,
Go, give our friends a call
To help, tomorrow, break of day."
Replied the lark, "If that is all,
We need not be in any fear,
But only keep an open ear.
As gay as larks, now eat your victuals. – "
They ate and slept – the great and littles.
The dawn arrives, but not the friends;
The lark soars up, the owner wends
His usual round to view his land.
"This grain," says he, "ought not to stand.
Our friends do wrong; and so does he
Who trusts that friends will friendly be.
My son, go call our kith and kin
To help us get our harvest in."
This second order made
The little larks still more afraid.
"He sent for kindred, mother, by his son;
The work will now, indeed, be done."
"No, darlings; go to sleep;
Our lowly nest we'll keep."
With reason said; for kindred there came none.
Thus, tired of expectation vain,
Once more the owner viewed his grain.
"My son," said he, "we're surely fools
To wait for other people's tools;
As if one might, for love or pelf,
Have friends more faithful than himself!
Engrave this lesson deep, my son.
And know you now what must be done?
We must ourselves our sickles bring,
And, while the larks their matins sing,
Begin the work; and, on this plan,
Get in our harvest as we can."
This plan the lark no sooner knew,
Than, "Now's the time," she said, "my chicks;"
And, taking little time to fix,
Away they flew;
All fluttering, soaring, often grounding,
Decamped without a trumpet sounding.
for reference...
Eugene Znosko-Borovsky in "The Art of Chess Combination" wrote: Some players believe that a combination is a spontaneous creation, that the possibility of a sacrifice springs up in the mind like a flash of genius, as surprising to the player as to his opponent. The truth is that combinations due to pure chance are not merely fantastic. There are combinations based on the opponent's errors; and most "traps" may be classed among these. There is even the type of player, the coffee-house expert, who speculates on the ignorance and inexperience of his adversaries. But this is detestable and inglorious style of play, based on others; weaknesses, no one one's own strength. True combination is quite another matter. The crown of a fine player's logical chess, it must be prepared, and not left to chance. Fred Wilson explains in "303 Tricky Chess Tactics": A combination is a tactical maneuver in which you sacrifice material to obtain an advantage, or at least to improve your position. So, strategy then, is your general plan, while tactics are your specific means of carrying it out. In "The Game of Chess" by Siegbert Tarrasch we are told: Tactics are the most important element of the Middle Game. We must above all "see" what is more or less hidden. We must exploit opportunities for combinations wherever they are offered. Here there is only an illusory guard, there our opponent has a man quite unguarded, or a double attack, etc., is possible. Over and over again there occur the tactical maneuvers ... and these opportunities must frequently be created by a sacrifice. Mistakes by our opponent must be recognized as such, and also those that we ourselves are about to make. Irving Chernev quoted Emanuel Lasker in "The Most Instructive Games of Chess Ever Played": In the beginning of the game ignore the search for combinations, abstain from violent moves, aim for small advantages, accumulate them, and only after having attained these ends search for the combination - and then with all the power of will and intellect, because then the combination must exist, however deeply hidden. Al Horowitz gave his own uniquely expressed thoughts on combinations in "Chess for Beginners": The word "combination" can be taken to have two meanings. We think of a combination as being a series of moves, at least one of which is a sacrifice, to reach a certain goal. The word "combination" also conveys that the pieces are acting in concert, each participating piece contributing some necessary element to the plan. The "sacrifice" is the surprise "gimmick" which.... gives away some material in astonishing fashion in order to gain something of even greater value later on. The astonishment we feel lends a very pleasant quality to the process; but the success of the scheme gives us a lordly feeling of successful achievement. Of course, when a clever scheme is upset by an even more ingenious rejoinder, our delight is often met with chagrin. “Chess not only teaches us to analyze the present situation, but it also enables us to think about the possibilities and consequences. This is the art of forward-thinking.” ― Shivanshu K. Srivastava “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 “On the chessboard lies and hypocrisy do not survive long. The creative combination lays bare the presumption of a lie; the merciless fact, culminating in a checkmate, contradicts the hypocrite.” ― Emanuel Lasker “Fighting was chess, anticipating the move of one's opponent and countering it before one got hit.” ― Holly Black, The Wicked King “Excelling at chess has long been considered a symbol of more general intelligence. That is an incorrect assumption in my view, as pleasant as it might be.” ― Garry Kasparov “The most helpful thing I learnt from chess is to make good decisions on incomplete data in a limited amount of time.” ― Magnus Carlsen “I am not the piece, I am not of the piece, I am not in the piece. I am the move” ― Niranjan Navalgund “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 “Remember that in chess, it's only the square you land on that matters.”
― Bill Robertie, Beginning Chess Play
“The pieces are connected to each other and the King and they are in this dynamic rhythm amongst themselves and with the opponent’s pieces, wherein lies their purpose. Each move is an attempt to change that balance and to establish a new, more favorable balance and that is why in chess (and in life) we are most vulnerable when we are most aggressive—the aggressive move essentially causes us to lose balance.”
― Roumen Bezergianov, Character Education with Chess "To free your game, take off some of your adversary's men, if possible for nothing." ― Captain Bertin, The Noble Game of Chess (1735) “Chess enjoys a not wholly undeserved reputation for psychic derangement. It is an endeavor associated, when not with frank madness, with oddness and isolation. I remember a psychiatrist friend visiting me at a chess club in downtown Boston once. He walked in, sat down, looked around and said, ‘Jeez, I could run a group here.”
― Charles Krauthammer, The Point of It All: A Lifetime of Great Loves and Endeavors “There is profound meaning in the game of chess. The board itself is life and death, painted as such in black and white. The pieces are those that make a life fundamentally healthy. The pawns are attributes we gather with nourishment and significance. The knight is our ability to be mobile and travel in whatever form it takes. The rook or castle is a place we can call home and protect ourselves from the elements. The bishop is that of our community and our belonging. The king is our mortal body; without it, we can no longer play the game. The queen is the spirit of the body - what drives our imagination, urges, a life force. A captured queen removes energy from the game, and the player may become complacent. A crowning reminder of the game is that the spirit can be possessed again through our attributes.” ― Lorin Morgan-Richards “I thought you wanted me to teach you how to play (chess). Each possible move represents a different game - a different universe in which you make a better move. By the second move there are 72,084 possible games. By the 3rd - 9 million. By the 4th….
There are more possible games of chess than there are atoms in the universe. No one could possibly predict them all, even you. Which means that first move can be terrifying. It’s the furthest point from the end of the game. There’s a virtually infinite sea of possibilities between you and the other side but it also means that if you make a mistake, there’s a nearly infinite amount of ways to fix it so you should simply relax and play.”
― Person of Interest s04e11
“At the beginning of a game, there are no variations. There is only one way to set up a board. There are nine million variations after the first six moves. And after eight moves there are two hundred and eighty-eight billion different positions. And those possibilities keep growing. [...] In chess, as in life, possibility is the basis of everything. Every hope, every dream, every regret, every moment of living. (p.195)”
― Matt Haig, The Midnight Library
“Truth derives its strength not so much from itself as from the brilliant contrast it makes with what is only apparently true. This applies especially to chess, where it is often found that the profoundest moves do not much startle the imagination.” ― Emanuel Lasker, Common Sense in Chess “In life, as in chess, learning must be constant - both new things and fresh ways of learning them. The process will invariably involve a certain degree of unlearning, and possessing the readiness to that is utterly important. If your way of doing things isn't working, clinging to your conclusions is only going to hold you back. You have to get to the root of a snag in order to make a breakthrough, because it's possible that what you thought you knew isn't actually the way it is. Unlearning is perhaps the hardest thing to do, but it is a necessity if growth and success are your goals.” ― Vishwanathan Anand The US nickname Uncle Sam was derived from Uncle Sam Wilson, a meat inspector in Troy, New York. “Life is like a game where pawns can become queens, but not everyone knows how to play. Some people stay pawn their whole lives because they never learned to make the right moves.” ― Alice Feeney, Rock Paper Scissors “I always plan for longterm, life to me is a never ending chess match”
― James D. Wilson
“Daring ideas are like chessmen moved forward. They may be beaten, but they may start a winning game.” ― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe “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
“It was like when you make a move in chess and just as you take your finger off the piece, you see the mistake you've made, and there's this panic because you don't know yet the scale of disaster you've left yourself open to.”
― Kazuo Ishiguro, Never Let Me Go
“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 “If one reads attentively, Wittgenstein writes as much in one of the rare pas- sages in which he makes use (in English) of the term “to constitute” with respect to the rules of chess:
What idea do we have of the king of chess, and what is its relation to the rules of chess? . . . Do these rules follow from the idea? No, the rules are not something contained in the idea and got by analyzing it. They constitute it. . . . The rules constitute the “freedom” of the pieces. (Wittgenstein 5, p. 86)
Rules are not separable into something like an idea or a concept of the king (the king is the piece that is moved according to this or that rule): they are immanent to the movements of the king; they express the autoconstitution process of their game. In the autoconstitution of a form of life what is in question is its freedom.”
― Giorgio Agamben, The Omnibus Homo Sacer
“What I wanted to tell you about Philidor was that Diderot wrote him a letter. You know Diderot?"
"The French Revolution?"
"Yeah. Philidor was doing blindfold exhibitions and burning out his brain, or whatever it was they thought you did in the eighteenth century. Diderot wrote him: 'It is foolish to run the risk of going mad for vanity's sake.' I think of that sometimes when I'm analyzing my ass over a chessboard.”
― Walter Tevis, The Queen's Gambit
“I prefer to make my annotations 'hot on the heels', as it were, when the fortunes of battle, the worries, hopes and disappointments are still sufficiently fresh in my mind. Much as I would like to, I cannot say this about these few games which will be given below. In fact, if the annotator should begin to use phrases of the type: 'in reply to...I had worked out the following variation...', the reader will rightly say 'Grandmaster, you are showing off', since the 'oldest' of these games is now more than 25 years old, and even the 'newest' more than 20. Therefore, I would ask you not to regard the following 'stylised' annotations too severely. ”
― Mikhail Tal, The Life and Games of Mikhail Tal “In general, the side with less space tries to exchange pieces to release some of the pressure that the opponent's pieces exert on him.” ― IM Asaf Givon * 99 Luft Balloons: Game Collection: 99 Schönheitspreise (Steinkohl) * Colorado Gambit: https://chessmood.com/blog/complete... * 200 Modern Brilliancies: Game Collection: 0 * 2000#: Game Collection: Checkmate 2000 * Informant 22: Game Collection: Chess Informant 22 * 2002#: Game Collection: Checkmate 2002 * Short History: https://chessmart.com/pages/history... * Informant 21: Game Collection: Chess Informant 21 * 2001#: Game Collection: Checkmate 2001 * Chess Terms: https://chessmart.com/pages/chess-t... * Informant 23: Game Collection: Chess Informant 23 * 2003#: Game Collection: Checkmate 2003 * Three of the Greatest: https://chessmart.com/pages/chess-m... * 2004#: Game Collection: Checkmate 2004 * 2005#: Game Collection: Checkmate 2005 * What is my opponent aiming at? How many times? Always COUNT Attackers vs Defenders (exclude defenders that can be eliminated/removed, such as a strong pin, undermining the defender by capturing it first, or advancing pawn poke displacement taking flight from the fight to save itself). Can the defender be removed? Can a new attacker pile on?
Of course, an undefended piece is a good target if the attacker plies a worthwhile double attack when only one of the targets can be saved per turn. A mere single threat (just one target) to the undefended piece merely gives it a choice of how to protect itself, including moving to a better square with its own threat. Double attacks are double the trouble, if not more.
The relative values of the units must always be considered when threats to capture exist; if a lowly pawn defends, the opposing queen won't likely initiate the capture sequence because she's so valuable.
Furthermore, an "equal" exchange of like pieces (same relative value) is not necessarily an even trade, as one of the pieces was likely more valuable to its army in a positional sense than the other. This falls under the art of exchange.
Always know what happens AFTER an exchange sequence has occurred that rearranges/empties the board! The last piece to capture in an exchange sequence is NOT necessarily the last word on the matter, as the opponent may now respond to a square that was previously unprofitable before the trading. - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNF...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BER...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_VN...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npN...
Chess is a game of choices. Take a minute or two and quickly consider all the forcing moves:
checks and cut-offs, captures, threats/aims (tactics, pile on a current target, gain of tempo), pawn promotions.
If the forcing moves are not profitable, then correct your problem spot, or seek to develop/mobilize: blockade weak pawns, infiltrate weak squares, seize open lines and form batteries and/or crossfires, etc.
Consider each of the pieces and move possibilities to improve their production or to do a necessary job/prevention, especially outnumbering on a square or line, advancing/permanent penetration, and watch those tricky knights changing colors! Where can they go next? Would that present a problem for me? Remember, king safety and piece activity are paramount. Pawn moves are slow and weakening; use them sparingly w/a clear purpose -- never randomly for no particular reason. Don't leave your king exposed to check. Don't leave your minor pieces (knights and bishops) sleeping on the back row. The center pawns and minor pieces do the early fighting. Do aim at your own units for their protection.
Don't automatically play the first or second move that you see -- consider the best option for each of the pieces and then compare/contrast, starting with the opponent's army first, and then your own army. What will my opponent do next if I allow it? If I do this, will my piece get pinned or forked? The best plan of choice might have more than one purpose and usually generates ideas of two or three future moves as a follow up/strongest continuation. One thing leads to another, and another.
This is a lot to think about, and there's plenty of strategical concepts not listed (analyze forcing moves/tactics to checkmate or gain material before general strategy to correct or improve one's position), so one must develop the habit of looking for candidate moves at a glance. Otherwise, s/he falls into time trouble on the clock spending too much time looking at all the options. Pace yourself! If it is a casual game without a clock, taking too much time to make your next move will eventually cause your opponent not to bother playing you again. “It’s a great huge game of chess that’s being played—all over the world—if this is the world at all, you know. Oh, what fun it is! How I wish I was one of them! I wouldn’t mind being a Pawn, if only I might join—though of course I should like to be a Queen, best.”
— Lewis Carroll [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson] (1832–1898) “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
“They say that chess was born in bloodshed.”
― Paolo Maurensig, La variante di Lüneburg
"No battle can be won in the study, and theory without practice is dead." ― Alexander Suvarov “The day the soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you stopped leading them. They have either lost confidence that you can help them or concluded that you do not care. Either case is a failure of leadership.”
― Colin Powell
“The soldier is the Army. No army is better than its soldiers. The Soldier is also a citizen. In fact, the highest obligation and privilege of citizenship is that of bearing arms for one’s country” ― George S. Patton Jr. “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
“World-class chess players, in addition to being considered awesomely smart, are generally assumed to have superhuman memories, and with good reason. Champions routinely put on exhibitions in which they play lesser opponents while blindfolded; they hold the entire chessboard in their heads. Some of these exhibitions strike the rest of us as simply beyond belief. The Czech master Richard Reti once played twenty-nine blindfolded games simultaneously. (Afterward he left his briefcase at the exhibition site and commented on what a poor memory he had.)”
― Geoff Colvin, Talent is Overrated: What Really Separates World-Class Performers from Everybody Else "We do not remember days, we remember moments." ― Cesare Pavese “I believe that, not only in chess, but in life in general, people place too much stock in ratings – they pay attention to which TV shows have the highest ratings, how many friends they have on Facebook, and it’s funny. The best shows often have low ratings and it is impossible to have thousands of real friends.” ― Boris Gelfand “Many have become chess masters, no one has become the master of chess.” – Siegbert Tarrasch “Chess, it’s the struggle against error.” ― Johannes Zukertort “You can only get good at chess if you love the game.” ― Bobby Fischer “Chess is an infinitely complex game, which one can play in infinitely numerous & varied ways.” ― Vladimir Kramnik “When you don’t know what to do, wait for your opponent to get an idea — it’s sure to be wrong!” ― Siegbert Tarrasch “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.” ― Samuel Reshevsky, Art of Positional Play “In chess a combination is a forced sequence of moves that begins with a sacrifice.” ― Howcast video “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
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0H...
- https://thechessworld.com/articles/...
- https://www.goodreads.com/book/show...
- https://www.chess.com/article/view/...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kzg...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=boR...
"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 “Tactics is knowing what to do when there’s something to do. Strategy is knowing what to do when there’s nothing what to do.” ― Savielly Tartakower “A sacrifice is best refuted by accepting it.” ― Wilhelm Steinitz "Chess is all about stored pattern recognition. You are asking your brain to spot a face in the crowd that it has not seen." ― Sally Simpson “The pin is mightier than the sword” ― Fred Reinfeld “There are more adventures on a chessboard than on all the seas of the world.” ― Pierre Mac Orlan MasterCard was originally called MasterCharge.
“I remember, back in college, how many possibilities life seemed to hold. Variations. I knew, of course, that I'd only live one of my fantasy lives, but for a few years there, I had them all, all the branches, all the variations. One day I could dream of being a novelist, one day I would be a journalist covering Washington, the next - oh, I don't know, a politician, a teacher, whatever. My dream lives. Full of dream wealth and dream women. All the things I was going to do, all the places I was going to live. They were mutually exclusive, of course, but since I didn't have any of them, in a sense I had them all. Like when you sit down at a chessboard to begin a game, and you don't know what the opening will be. Maybe it will be a Sicilian, or a French, or a Ruy Lopez. They all coexist, all the variations, until you start making the moves. You always dream of winning, no matter what line you choose, but the variations are still … different." … "Once the game begins, the possibilities narrow and narrow and narrow, the other variations fade, and you're left with what you've got - a position half of your own making, and half chance, as embodied by that stranger across the board. Maybe you've got a good game, or maybe you're in trouble, but in any case there's just that one position to work from. The might-have-beens are gone."
(Unsound Variations)”
― George R.R. Martin, Dreamsongs, Volume II
“Life is an exchange; you'd think a chess player would know that.”
― Elizabeth Acevedo, Clap When You Land
“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 “A great chessplayer is not a great man, for he leaves the world as he found it.”
― William Hazlitt, Table-Talk, Essays on Men and Manners "To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born, is to remain always a child." ― Cicero A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush ― Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, "Don Quixote" “There is no moral outcome of a chess match or a poker game as long as skill and stealth rather than cheating have been used.”
― Francis P. Karam, The Truth Engine: Cross-Examination Outside the Box Due to earth’s gravity, it is impossible for mountains to be higher than 49,000 feet (15,000 metres). <“Papi taught me every piece
has its own space.
Papi taught me every piece
moves in its own way.
Papi taught me every piece
has its own purpose.
The squares do not overlap.
& neither do the pieces.
The only time two pieces
stand in the same square
is the second before one
is being taken & replaced.”>
― Elizabeth Acevedo, Clap When You Land
“The final aim of all of us playing on the board of life is to somehow break out of this board and be free”
― Vineet Raj Kapoor, UNCHESS: Untie Your Shoes and Walk on the Chessboard of Life Diamonds are the hardest natural substance.
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Out of 118 chemical elements, only this letter feels left out. A piece of cake: https://blindpigandtheacorn.com/che... Doinysius1: I had basil on the pub's potage du jour yesterday. Soup herb! * Riddle-free-zool: https://chessimprover.com/chess-rid... “Chess is an infinitely complex game, which one can play in infinitely numerous & varied ways.” ― Vladimir Kramnik “If you’re too open-minded; your brains will fall out.” ― Lawrence Ferlinghetti A Song of Heroes
by Anonymous
Our country calls for heroes,
And who is a hero now
With no fear in his eyes,
With no shade of disguise,
With a purpose upon his brow?
The wide world calls for heroes,
And who will a hero be.
With a love for the whole
And a clear, steady soul
And a spirit brave and free?
High heaven calls for heroes,
And who is a hero there,
With a will for the best,
And a mind for the test,
And a heart that knows to dare?
But never mind the heroes,
Nor herald the hero's worth:
For our land we will die
And for God on high,
And for all the groaning earth!
"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 <“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
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.
Amen.
“Chess is above all, a fight!” — Emanuel Lasker <<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. “Prepare for the worst but hope for the best.” ― The Wondrous Tale of Alroy by Benjamin Disraeli, published in 1833 Virgil’s Aeneid: “Fortune favors the bold.” 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. “[It is] the part of a wise man to keep himself today for tomorrow, and not venture all his eggs in one basket.” The phrase appeared in Don Quixote, by Miguel de Cervantes, in 1615. “I take things as they come and find that patience and persistence tend to win out in the end.” ― Paul Kane “Patience, persistence, and perspiration make an unbeatable combination for success.” ― Napoleon Hill Actions speak louder than words
“Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never grow.” ― Ralph Waldo Emerson “Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.” ― Plato “Do the difficult things while they are easy and do the great things while they are small. A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.” ― Lao Tzu <Proverbs 14 King James Version> 14 Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands. 2 He that walketh in his uprightness feareth the Lord: but he that is perverse in his ways despiseth him. 3 In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride: but the lips of the wise shall preserve them. 4 Where no oxen are, the crib is clean: but much increase is by the strength of the ox. 5 A faithful witness will not lie: but a false witness will utter lies. 6 A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not: but knowledge is easy unto him that understandeth. 7 Go from the presence of a foolish man, when thou perceivest not in him the lips of knowledge. 8 The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way: but the folly of fools is deceit. 9 Fools make a mock at sin: but among the righteous there is favour. 10 The heart knoweth his own bitterness; and a stranger doth not intermeddle with his joy. 11 The house of the wicked shall be overthrown: but the tabernacle of the upright shall flourish. 12 There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death. 13 Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth is heaviness. 14 The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: and a good man shall be satisfied from himself. 15 The simple believeth every word: but the prudent man looketh well to his going. 16 A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth, and is confident. 17 He that is soon angry dealeth foolishly: and a man of wicked devices is hated. 18 The simple inherit folly: but the prudent are crowned with knowledge. 19 The evil bow before the good; and the wicked at the gates of the righteous. 20 The poor is hated even of his own neighbour: but the rich hath many friends. 21 He that despiseth his neighbour sinneth: but he that hath mercy on the poor, happy is he. 22 Do they not err that devise evil? but mercy and truth shall be to them that devise good. 23 In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury. 24 The crown of the wise is their riches: but the foolishness of fools is folly. 25 A true witness delivereth souls: but a deceitful witness speaketh lies. 26 In the fear of the Lord is strong confidence: and his children shall have a place of refuge. 27 The fear of the Lord is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death. 28 In the multitude of people is the king's honour: but in the want of people is the destruction of the prince. 29 He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly. 30 A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones. 31 He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor. 32 The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous hath hope in his death. 33 Wisdom resteth in the heart of him that hath understanding: but that which is in the midst of fools is made known. 34 Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people. 35 The king's favour is toward a wise servant: but his wrath is against him that causeth shame. 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 “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
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“Sometimes the bad things in life open our eyes to the good things we weren’t paying attention to before.” ― Diana Elmessiri “Every day is a good day. There is something to learn, care and celebrate.”
― Amit Ray
“Impossible is for the unwilling.” ― John Keats “No pressure, no diamonds.” ― Thomas Carlyle “The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.” ― Walt Disney “Stay foolish to stay sane.” ― Maxime Lagacé “When nothing goes right, go left.” ― Unknown “Try Again. Fail again, Fail better.”
“Don’t tell people about your plans. Show them your results.” ― Unknown famous one line movie quotes
“Take the risk or lose the chance.” ― Unknown “Good things happen to those who hustle.” ― Anaïs Nin “He who is brave is free.” ― Seneca
“Solitary trees, if they grow at all, grow strong.” ― Winston Churchill “Every noble work is at first impossible.” ― Thomas Carlyle “If you’re going through hell, keep going.” ― Winston Churchill “We are twice armed if we fight with faith.” ― Plato “Let him that would move the world first move himself.” ― Socrates “The secret to life is to love who you are – warts and all.” ― David DeNotaris “The story of life is quicker than the wink of an eye.” ― Jimi Hendrix "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 “Examine moves that smite! A good eye for smites is far more important than a knowledge of strategical principles.” — C.J.S. Purdy “In chess, as in life, a man is his own most dangerous opponent.”
— Vasily Smyslov
“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 “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
“The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” ― Nelson Mandela “Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.” ― Confucius “May you live all the days of your life.” ― Jonathan Swift “Life itself is the most wonderful fairy tale.” ― Hans Christian Andersen “Do not let making a living prevent you from making a life.” ― John Wooden “Keep smiling, because life is a beautiful thing and there’s so much to smile about.” ― Marilyn Monroe “Life is ours to be spent, not to be saved.” ― D. H. Lawrence We all want to be successful in life. In fact, success in life is the most desired goal in everyone’s life. But remember, success is not accidental. If you want to succeed, you have to be consistent. Consistency is everything. Explore another ― The Best 29 Going The Extra Mile Quotes For Studious Person These simple but aesthetic one line quotes are cute and inspiring. Hope you’ll enjoy it. “No guts, no story.” ― Chris Brady
“My life is my message.” ― Mahatma Gandhi
“Screw it, let’s do it.” ― Richard Branson “Boldness be my friend.” ― William Shakespeare “Keep going. Be all in.” ― Bryan Hutchinson “My life is my argument.” ― Albert Schweitzer “Leave no stone unturned.” ― Euripides
“Fight till the last gasp.” ― William Shakespeare “If you want it, work for it.”
“You can if you think you can.” ― George Reeves “Accept life as it is. Then work to make it the way you want it to be.” ― Cindy Francis “Parenting is a lifetime assignment.” ― Ken Robinson “Life is accepting what is and working from that.” ― Gloria Naylor “Life is a long lesson in humility.” ― J.M. Barrie “Persist while others are quitting.” ― William Arthur Ward “Where there is love there is life.” ― Gandhi “Mornings contain the secret to an extraordinarily successful life.” ― Hal Elrod “Life is a long lesson in humility.” ― James M. Barrie “The purpose of our lives is to be happy.” ― Dalai Lama “In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life: it goes on.” ― Robert Frost “Love the life you live. Live the life you love.” ― Bob Marley “Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all.” ― Helen Keller “You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose.” ― Dr. Seuss “Life is a question and how we live it is our answer.” ― Gary Keller “Life is made of ever so many partings welded together.” ― Charles Dickens “You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.” ― Mae West “Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air.” ― Ralph Waldo Emerson “Life is a question and how we live it is our answer.” ― Gary Keller “Accept life as it is. Then work to make it the way you want it to be.” ― Cindy Francis “Parenting is a lifetime assignment.” ― Ken Robinson “Life is accepting what is and working from that.” ― Gloria Naylor “Life is a long lesson in humility.” ― J.M. Barrie “Chess is a game that benefits people of all ages, especially kids, in any area of life, business, problem solving, and social skills. Chess has the unique ability to combine focus, concentration, imagination, coordination, teamwork, and leadership all at the same time.” ― Dustin Diamond, Actor “Chess is a sport. The main object in the game of chess remains the achievement of victory.” ― Max Euwe “You win some, you lose some, and your losses are never made up to you. She will simply have to do without; like it or not, she must face her losses and her helplessness to undo them.” — Sheldon B. Kopp “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 Confessed faults are half mended. ~ Scottish Proverb * $1 Billion isn't chump change: https://tartajubow.blogspot.com/201... * Best of 2017: Game Collection: Best Games of 2017 * Chess Links: http://www.chessdryad.com/links/ind... * For safe keeping until I need 2 hours of entertainment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CG... * Glossary of Chess Terms: http://www.arkangles.com/kchess/glo... * Greatest Hits: Game Collection: Mammoth Book-Greatest Games (Nunn/Burgess/Emms) * GK: Game Collection: Kasparov - The Sicilian Sheveningen * Glossary P: https://www.peoriachess.com/Glossar... * Looking for Unorthodox? Game Collection: 6 GumboG's Unorthodox Games-Names (ECO=A,D, * Looking for Redemption? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykH... * Levitov Chess: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oys... * Defensive Tips: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUT... * Don't poke the bear: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGi... * Draw?? This was no draw! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzK... * Easy if you understand the goal of K&P endings: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouC... * Many gambits from all openings by ECO code: https://www.jimmyvermeer.com/openin... * Nakhmanson Gambit: https://chesstier.com/nakhmanson-ga... * Lots of P-K4 gambits in this portion of the book: Game Collection: 200 Miniature Games of Chess - Du Mont (II) * Matovinsky Gambit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EF7... * See for yourself: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBv... * Johnny Cash sing along story w/a beat: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hI0... * Jerry is a good ol' boy from Mississippi: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAP... * MC Drama: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Db... * Middlegame Plans: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F98... * The Middlegame - What Next? https://www.bing.com/videos/rivervi... * Middlegame Principles: https://www.chess.com/blog/micheche... * Not everyone in the 60s: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7sq... * Opening Names: https://allchessopenings.blogspot.c... * Open up the French Defense?! http://studimonetari.org/edg/latex/... * Peaceful, Brief: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0eE... * QGA Double Check Miniature: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIs... * Special Collection: Game Collection: 0 * 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 * Tactical Mix: Game Collection: mastering Tactical ideas by minev * The Best of... Game Collection: World Champions' Best Games * Two Tremendous Blitzers 2022: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Svx... * Two Tremendous Blitzers 2023: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZS... * World Rapid 2022: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LlK... "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)
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* Stolen from Levy? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_g4... * Mr. Harvey's Puzzle Challenge: https://wtharvey.com/ John Henry
By Anonymous
When John Henry was a little tiny baby
Sitting on his mama's knee,
He picked up a hammer and a little piece of steel
Saying, "Hammer's going to be the death of me, Lord, Lord,
Hammer's going to be the death of me."
John Henry was a man just six feet high,
Nearly two feet and a half across his breast.
He'd hammer with a nine-pound hammer all day
And never get tired and want to rest, Lord, Lord,
And never get tired and want to rest.
John Henry went up on the mountain
And he looked one eye straight up its side.
The mountain was so tall and John Henry was so small,
He laid down his hammer and he cried, "Lord, Lord,"
He laid down his hammer and he cried.
John Henry said to his captain,
"Captain, you go to town,
Bring me back a TWELVE-pound hammer, please,
And I'll beat that steam drill down, Lord, Lord,
I'll beat that steam drill down."
The captain said to John Henry,
"I believe this mountain's sinking in."
But John Henry said, "Captain, just you stand aside--
It's nothing but my hammer catching wind, Lord, Lord,
It's nothing but my hammer catching wind."
John Henry said to his shaker,
"Shaker, boy, you better start to pray,
'Cause if my TWELVE-pound hammer miss that little piece of steel,
Tomorrow'll be your burying day, Lord, Lord,
Tomorrow'll be your burying day."
John Henry said to his captain,
"A man is nothing but a man,
But before I let your steam drill beat me down,
I'd die with a hammer in my hand, Lord, Lord,
I'd die with a hammer in my hand."
The man that invented the steam drill,
He figured he was mighty high and fine,
But John Henry sunk the steel down fourteen feet
While the steam drill only made nine, Lord, Lord,
The steam drill only made nine.
John Henry hammered on the right-hand side.
Steam drill kept driving on the left.
John Henry beat that steam drill down.
But he hammered his poor heart to death, Lord, Lord,
He hammered his poor heart to death.
Well, they carried John Henry down the tunnel
And they laid his body in the sand.
Now every woman riding on a C and O train
Says, "There lies my steel-driving man, Lord, Lord,
There lies my steel-driving man."
Source: Knock at a Star (1999)
Cash or Credit?
John-Shepherd Barron is credited with inventing the first fully-functional ATM (Automated Teller Machine). The first ATM was installed on June 27, 1967, for Barclays Bank in Enfield Town, London. The maximum withdrawal allowed was £10. Today, ATMs are just around the corner in most modern towns. 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.
“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 <There are distinct situations where a bishop is preferred (over a knight). For example, two bishops are better than two knights or one of each. Steven Mayer, the author of Bishop Versus Knight, contends, “A pair of bishops is usually considered to be worth six points, but common sense suggests that a pair of active bishops (that are very involved in the formation) must be accorded a value of almost nine under some circumstances.” This is especially true if the player can plant the bishops in the center of the board, as two bishops working in tandem can span up to 26 squares and have the capacity to touch every square.Bishops are also preferable to knights when queens have been exchanged because, Grandmaster Sergey Erenburg, who is ranked 11th in the U.S., explains, “[Bishops and rooks] complement each other, and when well-coordinated, act as a queen.” Conversely, a knight is the preferred minor piece when the queen survives until the late-middlegame or the endgame. Mayer explains, “The queen and knight are [able] to work together smoothly and create a greater number of threats than the queen and bishop.” When forced to say one is better than the other, most anoint the bishop. Mayer concludes, “I think it’s true that the bishops are better than the knights in a wider variety of positions than the knights are better than the bishops.” He continues, “Of course, I’m not sure this does us much good, as we only get to play one position at a time.”> * The are exceptions: https://academicchess.com/worksheet... “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 “You win some, you lose some, you wreck some.” — Dale Earnhardt “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 In Japanese, historical warriors are usually referred to as <bushi> (武士, [bɯ.ɕi]), meaning 'warrior', or buke (武家), meaning 'military family'. According to translator William Scott Wilson: "In Chinese, the character 侍 was originally a verb meaning 'to wait upon', 'accompany persons' in the upper ranks of society, and this is also true of the original term in Japanese, saburau. In both countries the terms were nominalized to mean 'those who serve in close attendance to the nobility', the Japanese term <saburai> being the nominal form of the verb." According to Wilson, an early reference to the word saburai appears in the Kokin Wakashū, the first imperial anthology of poems, completed in the early 900s.
In modern usage, bushi is often used as a synonym for samurai; however, historical sources make it clear that bushi and samurai were distinct concepts, with the former referring to soldiers or warriors and the latter referring instead to a kind of hereditary nobility. The word samurai is now closely associated with the middle and upper echelons of the warrior class. These warriors were usually associated with a clan and their lord, and were trained as officers in military tactics and grand strategy. While these samurai numbered less than 10% of then Japan's population, their teachings can still be found today in both everyday life and in modern Japanese martial arts.
Source: Wikipedia/Samurai
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!
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 Chessgames.com will be unavailable August 28, 2023 from 1:00AM through 1:30AM(UTC/GMT) for maintenance.
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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.
Tilt
Ever wanted to be able to clean your ears with your tongue? Then you’d probably fancy being a giraffe. They’re able to do this thanks to having tongues which are around 21 inches long! Question: What is the only number spelled out in English that has the same number of letters as its value?
Answer: Four
Concrete-like structures began to appear for the first time in northern Jordan and southern Syria regions around 6500 B.C.E. Comprised of rough composite mixed with fluid cement, concrete is the most widely used man-made material. The mix hardens over time, making a sturdy, strong structural foundation. However, when it’s still wet, the material is very easy to manipulate into different shapes. 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 Giraffes have unique markings. They are like our own fingerprints in that no two giraffes will ever have the same markings. The Cat and the Old Rat
A story-writer of our sort
Historifies, in short,
Of one that may be reckoned
A Rodilard the Second, –
The Alexander of the cats,
The Attila, the scourge of rats,
Whose fierce and whiskered head
Among the latter spread,
A league around, its dread;
Who seemed, indeed, determined
The world should be unvermined.
The planks with props more false than slim,
The tempting heaps of poisoned meal,
The traps of wire and traps of steel,
Were only play compared with him.
At length, so sadly were they scared.
The rats and mice no longer dared
To show their thievish faces
Outside their hiding-places,
Thus shunning all pursuit; whereat
Our crafty General Cat
Contrived to hang himself, as dead,
Beside the wall with downward head,
Resisting gravitation's laws
By clinging with his hinder claws
To some small bit of string.
The rats esteemed the thing
A judgment for some naughty deed,
Some thievish snatch,
Or ugly scratch;
And thought their foe had got his meed
By being hung indeed.
With hope elated all
Of laughing at his funeral,
They thrust their noses out in air;
And now to show their heads they dare;
Now dodging back, now venturing more;
At last on the larder's store
They fall to filching, as of yore.
A scanty feast enjoyed these shallows;
Down dropped the hung one from his gallows,
And of the hindmost caught.
"Some other tricks to me are known,"
Said he, while tearing bone from bone,
"By long experience taught;
The point is settled, free from doubt,
That from your holes you shall come out."
His threat as good as prophecy
Was proved by Mr. Mildandsly;
For, putting on a mealy robe,
He squatted in an open tub,
And held his purring and his breath; –
Out came the vermin to their death.
On this occasion, one old stager,
A rat as grey as any badger,
Who had in battle lost his tail,
Abstained from smelling at the meal;
And cried, far off, "Ah! General Cat,
I much suspect a heap like that;
Your meal is not the thing, perhaps,
For one who knows somewhat of traps;
Should you a sack of meal become,
I had let you be, and stay at home."
Well said, I think, and prudently,
By one who knew distrust to be
The parent of security.
Rundown
George Henry Thomas Is An Unsung Hero Of The Civil War
After serving in the Mexican-American War, <George Henry Thomas> remained as a Southern Unionist in the US Army during the American Civil War. He served as a general and was one of the lead commanders in the Western Theater. During the war, he never lost a battle starting with his first victory at Mill Springs. George Henry Thomas won several decisive victories throughout the war, even saving the Union Army, earning the nickname "the Rock of Chickamauga." Although he was undefeated during the war, his refusal to promote his legacy led him to be overshadowed by generals such as Ulysses S. Grant and William T. Sherman. The Cloud
By Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822)
I bring fresh showers for the thirsting flowers,
From the seas and the streams;
I bear light shade for the leaves when laid
In their noonday dreams.
From my wings are shaken the dews that waken
The sweet buds every one,
When rocked to rest on their mother's breast,
As she dances about the sun.
I wield the flail of the lashing hail,
And whiten the green plains under,
And then again I dissolve it in rain,
And laugh as I pass in thunder.
I sift the snow on the mountains below,
And their great pines groan aghast;
And all the night 'tis my pillow white,
While I sleep in the arms of the blast.
Sublime on the towers of my skiey bowers,
Lightning my pilot sits;
In a cavern under is fettered the thunder,
It struggles and howls at fits;
Over earth and ocean, with gentle motion,
This pilot is guiding me,
Lured by the love of the genii that move
In the depths of the purple sea;
Over the rills, and the crags, and the hills,
Over the lakes and the plains,
Wherever he dream, under mountain or stream,
The Spirit he loves remains;
And I all the while bask in Heaven's blue smile,
Whilst he is dissolving in rains.
The sanguine Sunrise, with his meteor eyes,
And his burning plumes outspread,
Leaps on the back of my sailing rack,
When the morning star shines dead;
As on the jag of a mountain crag,
Which an earthquake rocks and swings,
An eagle alit one moment may sit
In the light of its golden wings.
And when Sunset may breathe, from the lit sea beneath,
Its ardours of rest and of love,
And the crimson pall of eve may fall
From the depth of Heaven above,
With wings folded I rest, on mine aëry nest,
As still as a brooding dove.
That orbèd maiden with white fire laden,
Whom mortals call the Moon,
Glides glimmering o'er my fleece-like floor,
By the midnight breezes strewn;
And wherever the beat of her unseen feet,
Which only the angels hear,
May have broken the woof of my tent's thin roof,
The stars peep behind her and peer;
And I laugh to see them whirl and flee,
Like a swarm of golden bees,
When I widen the rent in my wind-built tent,
Till calm the rivers, lakes, and seas,
Like strips of the sky fallen through me on high,
Are each paved with the moon and these.
I bind the Sun's throne with a burning zone,
And the Moon's with a girdle of pearl;
The volcanoes are dim, and the stars reel and swim,
When the whirlwinds my banner unfurl.
From cape to cape, with a bridge-like shape,
Over a torrent sea,
Sunbeam-proof, I hang like a roof,
The mountains its columns be.
The triumphal arch through which I march
With hurricane, fire, and snow,
When the Powers of the air are chained to my chair,
Is the million-coloured bow;
The sphere-fire above its soft colours wove,
While the moist Earth was laughing below.
I am the daughter of Earth and Water,
And the nursling of the Sky;
I pass through the pores of the ocean and shores;
I change, but I cannot die.
For after the rain when with never a stain
The pavilion of Heaven is bare,
And the winds and sunbeams with their convex gleams
Build up the blue dome of air,
I silently laugh at my own cenotaph,
And out of the caverns of rain,
Like a child from the womb, like a ghost from the tomb,
I arise and unbuild it again.
California and Alaska each have eight national parks. Mount McKinley in the Alaska Range of Denali National Park is the highest point in the USA national parks at 20,302 feet. Riddle Question: People make me, save me, change me, raise me. What am I? According to statistics, the average American spends roughly 17,600 minutes behind the wheel annually. That’s equivalent to over 293 hours or nearly 12 days! Riddle Answer: Money
Tourists can visit two USA national parks in a day going to Yellowstone National Park and Grand Teton National Park. They are just 10 miles apart in northern Wyoming. 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. Q: How do poets say hello?
A: "Hey, haven’t we metaphor?"
I have to admit, Bigfoot puns can be CORNY…
Q: What do you call a cow jumping on a trampoline?
A: A milkshake.
'Ask no questions and hear no lies
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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.> Chessgames.com will be unavailable August 28, 2023 from 1:00AM through 1:30AM(UTC/GMT) for maintenance.
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An Irish Blessing:
May we all feel…
happy and contented,
healthy and strong,
safe and protected
and living with ease…
~ "Double, double toil and trouble" has become something of a clichéd quote in relation to witches. It pops up frequently in cartoons and shows, usually as some incantation during a witch's spell. Therefore, it feels appropriate that it was used in the Harry Potter franchise as the students of Hogwarts sing a song with these lyrics in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. While the origins of the quote do indeed harken back to witches, it is actually from <Macbeth> with the Harry Potter song being a word-to-word version of a portion of the Three Witches' ill-fated prophecy. <"Every time I coach people, I <emphasize> the following key concepts:^Develop your pieces at the beginning of the game (Extremely underrated by beginners) ^Control the center (Chess pieces control a lot more squares from the center of the board) ^Make sure your king is safer than the opponent’s Every opening in chess is based on these fundamental principles. Thus, if you can understand such concepts and put them into practice, your chess strength will skyrocket!" ― IM Luis Torres> > Protect your pieces. Loose Pieces Drop Off. Your middlegame position generally tends to be in good standing as long as you have a grip on the center, the king is castled and rooks connected, your pieces are active, and you don't drop material. Know all the possible ways of responding to a threat of capture.<Gambling problem? Call 1-800-GAMBLER
‘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.
“Attack! Always attack!” — Adolph Anderssen "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. *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 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. Excelsior
By Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
The shades of night were falling fast,
As through an Alpine village passed
A youth, who bore, 'mid snow and ice,
A banner with the strange device,
Excelsior!
His brow was sad; his eye beneath,
Flashed like a falchion from its sheath,
And like a silver clarion rung
The accents of that unknown tongue,
Excelsior!
In happy homes he saw the light
Of household fires gleam warm and bright;
Above, the spectral glaciers shone,
And from his lips escaped a groan,
Excelsior!
"Try not the Pass!" the old man said;
"Dark lowers the tempest overhead,
The roaring torrent is deep and wide!"
And loud that clarion voice replied,
Excelsior!
"Oh stay," the maiden said, "and rest
Thy weary head upon this breast! "
A tear stood in his bright blue eye,
But still he answered, with a sigh,
Excelsior!
"Beware the pine-tree's withered branch!
Beware the awful avalanche!"
This was the peasant's last Good-night,
A voice replied, far up the height,
Excelsior!
At break of day, as heavenward
The pious monks of Saint Bernard
Uttered the oft-repeated prayer,
A voice cried through the startled air,
Excelsior!
A traveller, by the faithful hound,
Half-buried in the snow was found,
Still grasping in his hand of ice
That banner with the strange device,
Excelsior!
There in the twilight cold and gray,
Lifeless, but beautiful, he lay,
And from the sky, serene and far,
A voice fell like a falling star,
Excelsior!
Rated 5 stars
Chess Classic !
This book is truly a gem of chess literature. The book as you may already know, is a collection of master games which demonstrate how a small advantage is exploited in the hands of masters. You will find the games very instructive and will have no problems understanding the motives behind the moves. This because Chernev does an exceptional job in his annotations. I have found no mistakes in his notes or the games themselves. Chernev worked real hard on this book and his love for the game of chess radiates from the pages. A warning to those who expect wild attacking games. This is a collection of games from the late 19th century to the 1950's, when positional and strategic style of play was more popular. These selected games show how an opening, middle game, and endgame should be treated. "The best way to learn endings as well as openings," says Capablanca in Chess Fundamentals, "is from the games of the masters." Some reviewer of this book goes on to say that "The games in this book are boring, and only won by the winner because of some mistake on the loser's part. To which I reply, what chess game is not won on the account of the opposition making a mistake. In reality all chess games if properly played out should end in a draw. There are also people who complain because the book is in descriptive notation. Something I didn't have a problem with, it just adds to the mystique of these chess games of the past. This is a great book and a must have. I have spent many pleasurable hours with this book, a cup of joe, and some Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart or Ludwig van Beethoven in the background. You will not regret buying this book. I didn't when I returned Pandolfini's Traps and Zaps for this copy. Rated 5 stars
For Lover's Only
Easily one of the best books ever written. This is one of the first books I purchased over 30 years ago. I am sure it helped start me on the road to Chess Mastery. Chernev, like Reinfeld, did NOT write chess books to impress other Chess Masters. He wrote books simply and with great care. He also put his tremendous love of the game into this book. I simply cannot convey what a wonderful book this is. This book will especially appeal to the average player, especially someone who wants to improve his game. I usually don't rave about books. This is an exception. Here is what I say about this book on my web site: "The Most Instructive Games of Chess Ever Played." [62 Masterpieces of Chess Strategy.] It contains 62 true masterpieces of chess by various different players. (Masters such as Fischer, Capablanca, Alekhine, Tal, etc. Plus, many more of the all-time greats!!) Each game is carefully and lovingly annotated. This book had a tremendous impact on me and the way that I viewed and looked at chess. I studied it many, many, many times. Chernev provides games with an almost blow-by-blow commentary. His ideas are simple, fresh, insightful, and expressed with great clarity. He explains all the basic ideas of the game in a manner that ANY chess-player can follow. The variations are perfect. Not too much to overload the senses. I have had players who were almost beginners to players who were accomplished tournament players ... tell me that they profited from a careful study of this book. I think one should study this book, as I did. Every time your rating goes up 100 points, you should work your way through this book from cover to cover! You won't regret it and you definitely will improve! Another unique thing is he finds one idea or theme in each game, and just hammers away at it. It is a VERY good study method. It also contains some of the classics of chess, and Chernev brings you a fresh insight and analysis to each game. (Indeed - his comments and analysis may differ greatly from the ones that may have been published in the chess press when the game was first played.) Chernev was one of the greatest all-time teachers and writers in the chess field. This book is a true pearl!!! I think it belongs in the library of every real chess aficionado. > ><p>I also rate this in, "The Ten Best Chess Books Ever Written." Need I say more? Never let your feet run faster than your shoes. ~ Scottish Proverb * 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. Take care of your pennies and your dollars will take care of themselves.
~ Scottish 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.
“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 “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 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.
<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.
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* 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
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."> 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 Weiord Funn:
8two After Columbia Zan Francoppa pagan ideology Zajogin free papal map to Zaza Varkondzhova for zborris63 outr space, force, time, andrew j...son K safety. <In 1592, during the reign of King James VI, the Earl of Huntly was given a commission by the king to hunt down the Earl of Moray (who was married to Elizabeth, the king's cousin). He tracked him down to a house in Donibristle in Fife but the Earl of Moray would not surrender. The house was set on fire and the Earl of Moray was killed. During the fracas, Huntly gashed his face. "You have spoiled a better face than your own," said the dying Earl of Moray. The Morays were the hereditary keepers of Doune castle in Perthshire.The Bonnie Earl Of Moray
Ye Hielan's an' ye Lowlan's
O, where have ye been?
They hae slain the Earl of Moray
And lain him on the green.
He was a braw gallant
And he rode at the ring.
An' the bonnie Earl of Moray
O, he micht hae been the king!
O, lang may his lady
Look frae the castle Doune,
Ere she see the Earl of Moray
Come soundin' through the toun.
Now way be to thee, Huntly
And wherefore did ye sae?
I bade you bring him wi' you
But forbade you him to slay.
He was a braw gallant
And he play'd at the ball
An' the Bonnie Earl of Moray
Was a flower among them all.
Lang may his lady
Look from the Castle Doune,
Ere she see the Earl of Moray
Come soundin' through the toun.
Ye Hielan's and ye Lowlan's
O where hae ye been?
They have slain the Earl of Moray
An' laid him on the green.
He was a braw gallant
And he rode at the gluve
An' the Bonnie Earl of Moray
O, he was the Queens' true love.
Lang will his lady
Look frae the Castle Doune,
Ere she see the Earl of Moray
Come soundin' through the toun.>
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498 games, 1620-2017 - Pat Dble Fio mostly White, Reti/Zukertort & GB G
Double Fianchetto Attack
b3, Bb2, g3, Bg2
Reti Opening
1. Nf3 d5
Reti Opening (Barcza System)
1. Nf3 d5 2. g3
Reti Opening (Benoni Reversed)
1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4
Reti Opening (Gambit Accepted)
1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 dxc4
Reti Opening (Lasker System)
1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. b3 Nf6 4. g3 Bf5
Reti Opening (Neo-Catalan)
1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. g3
Reti Opening (Polonaise)
1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. b4
One side or the other has fianchettoed both bishops, or could have but chose not to due to game developments. Thank you Inius Mella, PhantomLord.
See Special Bighamian Collection BRAVO [Black] compiled by chess.master How many chess openings are there?
Well, White has 20 possible 1st moves. Black can respond with 20 of its own. That’s 400, and we’re ready for move 2. I don’t know them, but I would not be at all surprised if there was a name for each of them. People are like that. You really, really don’t need to know them all. If you follow the rules of thumb for good opening play, I promise you that you’ll be playing a named opening. Just put the 1st 3 moves in google, and you’ll get the opening’s name. With that information you can find other games that started the way your game started, likely by some very good players. Also, with the name you can read about it on Wikipedia, and find out what people think of it, who plays it, and its particular traps and idiosyncrasies. Once again, The Rules of Thumb for Good Opening Play: - Develop your pieces quickly with an eye towards controlling the center. Not necessarily occupying the center but controlling it certainly.
- Castle your king just as soon as it’s practical to do so.
- Really try not to move a piece more than once during the opening, it’s a waste of valuable time.
- Connect your rooks. This marks the end of the opening. Connected rooks means that only your rooks and your castled king are on the back rank.
- Respond to threats appropriately, even if you have to break the rules. They’re rules of thumb, not scripture, or physical laws. If you and your opponent follow these rules of thumb, you’ll reach the middle game ready to fight. If only you follow these rules of thumb, you’re already winning! Good Hunting. -- Eric H. “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 “It’s a great huge game of chess that’s being played—all over the world—if this is the world at all, you know. Oh, what fun it is! How I wish I was one of them! I wouldn’t mind being a Pawn, if only I might join—though of course I should like to be a Queen, best.”
— Lewis Carroll [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson] (1832–1898) “Chess is a simple game, but it is that very simplicity that makes the player’s personalities come out.” — Gamou Jirou “-You have no respect for excessive authority or obsolete traditions. You're dangerous and depraved, and you ought to be taken outside and shot!”
― Joseph Heller, Catch-22
“The day the soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you stopped leading them. They have either lost confidence that you can help them or concluded that you do not care. Either case is a failure of leadership.”
― Colin Powell
“As proved by evidence, it (chess) is more lasting in its being and presence than all books and achievements; the only game that belongs to all people and all ages; of which none knows the divinity that bestowed it on the world, to slay boredom, to sharpen the senses, to exhilarate the spirit.” — Stefan Zweig “Chess is all about stored pattern recognition. You are asking your brain to spot a face in the crowd that it has not seen.” ― Sally Simpson * Checkmate Patterns to Recognize Instantly: https://chessfox.com/checkmate-patt... * Charming: Game Collection: Charming Miniatures * Chessmaster 2000 Classic Games:
Game Collection: Chessmaster '86 * Good Historical Links: https://www.saund.co.uk/britbase/in... * How dumb is it? Game Collection: Diemer-Duhm Gambit * Happy Days! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slv... * Internet tracking: https://www.studysmarter.us/magazin... * KIDs: Game Collection: Kasparov on The King's Indian * Middlegame priorities: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVa... * Bill Wall miniatures: Bill Wall * Rip 'em to shreds! https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/m... * Bxf7+ deflection: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Zj07... * Expelled: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/U4m7... * Epic Queen sacrifice: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/CTtg... * Rousseau Gambit gets the Queen: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/dev1... * "Say Queen!": https://www.youtube.com/shorts/2vda... * Queen face-off on the a-file: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/oq1d... * Queen sacrifice in the French Winawer: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/l076... * Queen sacrifice, Sicilian: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jy... * Queen sacrifice for royal fork+: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/shBD... * Nobody does it better: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQz... * Queen sacrifice, KID: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2el... * Queen's Indian, Reshevsky's positional sacrifice: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6d... St. Lawrence
* Mr. Harvey's Puzzle Challenge: https://wtharvey.com/ Mar-21-23 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!
Actions speak louder than words.
Mark 3:25 And if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand. “An eye for an eye will only make the whole world blind.” — Mahatma Gandhi “If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow.” ― Ancient Chinese Proverb Apr-27-23 WTHarvey:
There once was a chess player keen
He studied each move he had seen
With tactics so clever
His games were a pleasure
His passion for chess was extreme!
There once was a chess player bright
Whose moves were a beautiful sight
He never lost hope
Or his skill, he would mope
For he believed in fighting the good fight.
There once was a chess player so keen
Whose passion for the game was extreme
He'd study and strategize
And often would visualize
His victories, in every daydream.
“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 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. “How to win in life:
1 work hard
2 complain less
3 listen more
4 try, learn, grow
5 don't let people tell you it can't be done
6 make no excuses”
― Germany Kent
“There are five important things for living a successful and fulfilling life: never stop dreaming, never stop believing, never give up, never stop trying, and never stop learning.” ― Roy Bennett “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 “Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.”
― Robert F. Kennedy
“If it is stupid but it works, it isn't stupid.
(a Shin'a'in saying)” ― Mercedes Lackey, Owlknight “Who you are tomorrow begins with what you do today.” ― Tim Fargo “There is only try and try again, until you can persuade the world to work according to your new plan for it. ... Everything has a mind of its own and follows the laws it already understands.”
― Orson Scott Card, Gatefather
“Don't fear failure. Fear being in the same place next year as you are today.”
― Anonymous
“Most of all, I think it’s people who love to be reminded that sometimes you do your best and you come up short, but there’s still a place in the world for people like that.” ― Jeff Zentner, Rayne & Delilah's Midnite Matinee Feb-09-12
ray keene: nimzos best endgames
v lasker zurich 1934
v spielmann carlsbad 1929
v lundin stockholm 1934
v maroczy bled 1931
v henneberger winterthur 1931
v thomas frankfurt 1930
v sultan khan liege 1930
v marshall berlin 1928
v reti berlin 1928
v alehine ny 1927
v tchigorin carlsbad 1907
and for a joke entry duras v nimzo san sebastian 1912 !! 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.
<Maurice Williams>, the rhythm and blues singer and composer behind the classic ballad “Stay,” died on Aug. 6. He was 86, according to the North Carolina Music Hall of Fame’s announcement. Williams, who became a one hit wonder with the Zodiacs, wrote and performed music with other harmony groups throughout the 1960s. “Stay” rose to No. 1 on the Billboard pop chart in 1960, and was one of the shortest top songs of the era. The ballad was the Zodiac’s only hit, and went on to be featured in the Dirty Dancing soundtrack and covered by the Four Seasons and Jackson Browne. According to a 2012 interview with a North Carolina publication, the song was inspired by Williams’ teen-age crush, Mary Shropshire. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1Z...
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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.
Question: What was the first patented service uniform in the United States?
Answer: Playboy Bunny
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. Question: What is the oldest authenticated age ever for a human?
Answer: 122
pocket aces A flying ace, fighter ace or air ace is a military aviator credited with shooting down five or more enemy aircraft during aerial combat. <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.>
<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.
Arctic terns have the longest annual migration of any bird. They fly 25,000 miles (40,000 m) from the Arctic to the Antarctic and then back again 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. poem by B.H. Wood, entitled ‘The Drowser’:
Ah, reverie! Ten thousand heads I see
Bent over chess-boards, an infinity
Of minds engaged in battle, fiendishly,
Keenly, or calmly, as the case may be:
World-wide, the neophyte, the veteran,
The studious problemist, the fairy fan ...
“What’s that? – I’m nearly sending you to sleep?
Sorry! – but this position’s rather deep.” Source: Chess Amateur, September 1929, page 268. Old Russian Proverb: "Measure seven times, cut once. (Семь раз отмерь — один отрежь.)" Be careful before you do something that cannot be changed. “Many have become chess masters, no one has become the master of chess.” — Siegbert Tarrasch The Ass and the Little Dog
One's native talent from its course
Cannot be turned aside by force;
But poorly apes the country clown
The polished manners of the town.
Their Maker chooses but a few
With power of pleasing to imbue;
Where wisely leave it we, the mass,
Unlike a certain fabled ass,
That thought to gain his master's blessing
By jumping on him and caressing.
"What!" said the donkey in his heart;
"Ought it to be that puppy's part
To lead his useless life
In full companionship
With master and his wife,
While I must bear the whip?
What does the cur a kiss to draw?
Forsooth, he only gives his paw!
If that is all there needs to please,
I'll do the thing myself, with ease."
Possessed with this bright notion, –
His master sitting on his chair,
At leisure in the open air, –
He ambled up, with awkward motion,
And put his talents to the proof;
Upraised his bruised and battered hoof,
And, with an amiable mien,
His master patted on the chin,
The action gracing with a word –
The fondest bray that ever was heard!
O, such caressing was there ever?
Or melody with such a quaver?
"Ho! Martin! here! a club, a club bring!"
Out cried the master, sore offended.
So Martin gave the ass a drubbing, –
And so the comedy was ended.
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.> The Oracle and the Atheist
That man his Maker can deceive,
Is monstrous folly to believe.
The labyrinthine mazes of the heart
Are open to His eyes in every part.
Whatever one may do, or think, or feel,
From Him no darkness can the thing conceal.
A pagan once, of graceless heart and hollow,
Whose faith in gods, I'm apprehensive,
Was quite as real as expensive.
Consulted, at his shrine, the god Apollo.
"Is what I hold alive, or not?"
Said he, – a sparrow having brought,
Prepared to wring its neck, or let it fly,
As need might be, to give the god the lie.
Apollo saw the trick,
And answered quick,
"Dead or alive, show me your sparrow,
And cease to set for me a trap
Which can but cause yourself mishap.
I see afar, and far I shoot my arrow."
“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.
The Hen With The Golden Eggs
How avarice loses all,
By striving all to gain,
I need no witness call
But him whose thrifty hen,
As by the fable we are told,
Laid every day an egg of gold.
"She has a treasure in her body,"
Bethinks the avaricious noddy.
He kills and opens – vexed to find
All things like hens of common kind.
Thus spoiled the source of all his riches,
To misers he a lesson teaches.
In these last changes of the moon,
How often does one see
Men made as poor as he
By force of getting rich too soon!
St. Mark
<There are distinct situations where a bishop is preferred (over a knight). For example, two bishops are better than two knights or one of each. Steven Mayer, the author of Bishop Versus Knight, contends, “A pair of bishops is usually considered to be worth six points, but common sense suggests that a pair of active bishops (that are very involved in the formation) must be accorded a value of almost nine under some circumstances.” This is especially true if the player can plant the bishops in the center of the board, as two bishops working in tandem can span up to 26 squares and have the capacity to touch every square.Bishops are also preferable to knights when queens have been exchanged because, Grandmaster Sergey Erenburg, who is ranked 11th in the U.S., explains, “[Bishops and rooks] complement each other, and when well-coordinated, act as a queen.” Conversely, a knight is the preferred minor piece when the queen survives until the late-middlegame or the endgame. Mayer explains, “The queen and knight are [able] to work together smoothly and create a greater number of threats than the queen and bishop.” When forced to say one is better than the other, most anoint the bishop. Mayer concludes, “I think it’s true that the bishops are better than the knights in a wider variety of positions than the knights are better than the bishops.” He continues, “Of course, I’m not sure this does us much good, as we only get to play one position at a time.”> Eldorado
BY EDGAR ALLAN POE
Gaily bedight,
A gallant knight,
In sunshine and in shadow,
Had journeyed long,
Singing a song,
In search of Eldorado.
But he grew old—
This knight so bold—
And o’er his heart a shadow—
Fell as he found
No spot of ground
That looked like Eldorado.
And, as his strength
Failed him at length,
He met a pilgrim shadow—
‘Shadow,’ said he,
‘Where can it be—
This land of Eldorado?’
‘Over the Mountains
Of the Moon,
Down the Valley of the Shadow,
Ride, boldly ride,’
The shade replied,—
‘If you seek for Eldorado!’
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. Patty Loveless "You'll Never Leave Harlan Alive" https://www.bing.com/videos/rivervi... * Opening Tree: https://www.shredderchess.com/onlin... Take notice! 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. 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. “Have you forgotten God? Even if you have, He has not forgotten you.”
― Moses
“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. Queen of hearts How to play Hearts: https://www.heartsgame.com/ The bird with the greatest wingspan of any other bird is the Wandering Albatross at up to 11.8 ft (3.63 m). “Thirty Days Hath September” Lyrics
Thirty days hath September,
April, June and November;
All the rest have thirty-one,
Excepting February alone.
Which only has but twenty-eight days clear
And twenty-nine in each leap year.
* King & Pawn vs King Endgame Principles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3i... * Crafty Endgame Trainer: https://www.chessvideos.tv/endgame-... * The Most Instructive Games of Chess Ever Played: 62 Masterpieces of Chess Strategy by Irving Chernev Game Collection: Instructive Games (Chernev) * The Most Instructive Games of Chess Ever Played: 62 Masterpieces of Chess Strategy by Irving Chernev - https://lichess.org/study/KMMrJvE1 * Middlegame priorities: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVa... * Legendary: Game Collection: The 12 Legendary Games of the Century * “Always remember, your focus determines your reality.” ― George Lucas Before 1840, there were thousands of millions of passenger pigeons in North America. However, they were slaughtered for food until only one was left, a female called Martha. She died when she was 12 years old in 1914, in a zoo in Ohio. More than 150 kinds of birds have become extinct since 1600, though many more may have died out that scientists don’t know about. It wasn’t just European explorers that killed bird species. Archeology shows that when people first arrived in ancient times in Hawaii and on islands in the South Pacific and Caribbean, they killed many birds Europeans had never seen before. The word "swan" is derived from the Indo-European root *swen, meaning "to sound, to sing." 'A stitch in time saves nine'
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 “You can't hold with the hare and run with the hounds.” This poem is dedicated to all Caissa members who do not believe in dragging a game on and on. The Pawn Who Had to Go
The little pawn screamed: "I cannot hold it any more,
get me a pot or I will do exactly what I did before."
Everybody laughed with the exception of the opposing king
who guessed what was on the mind of this filthy thing.
But nobody had time to fetch a pot or even a plastic bag
They were too busy to ensure that the game became a drag.
The guys in white kept running back and forth but no change.
The guys in black stayed also within the very same range.
Suddenly the unhappy pawn who had screamed for a pot,
did a weird little dance while moving up one slot.
Now standing near the king he simply pulled his pants down
and peed straight up against the king's beautiful crown. <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.>
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
<In 1592, during the reign of King James VI, the Earl of Huntly was given a commission by the king to hunt down the Earl of Moray (who was married to Elizabeth, the king's cousin). He tracked him down to a house in Donibristle in Fife but the Earl of Moray would not surrender. The house was set on fire and the Earl of Moray was killed. During the fracas, Huntly gashed his face. "You have spoiled a better face than your own," said the dying Earl of Moray. The Morays were the hereditary keepers of Doune castle in Perthshire.The Bonnie Earl Of Moray
Ye Hielan's an' ye Lowlan's
O, where have ye been?
They hae slain the Earl of Moray
And lain him on the green.
He was a braw gallant
And he rode at the ring.
An' the bonnie Earl of Moray
O, he micht hae been the king!
O, lang may his lady
Look frae the castle Doune,
Ere she see the Earl of Moray
Come soundin' through the toun.
Now way be to thee, Huntly
And wherefore did ye sae?
I bade you bring him wi' you
But forbade you him to slay.
He was a braw gallant
And he play'd at the ball
An' the Bonnie Earl of Moray
Was a flower among them all.
Lang may his lady
Look from the Castle Doune,
Ere she see the Earl of Moray
Come soundin' through the toun.
Ye Hielan's and ye Lowlan's
O where hae ye been?
They have slain the Earl of Moray
An' laid him on the green.
He was a braw gallant
And he rode at the gluve
An' the Bonnie Earl of Moray
O, he was the Queens' true love.
Lang will his lady
Look frae the Castle Doune,
Ere she see the Earl of Moray
Come soundin' through the toun.>
71L Yella blue genidze glue Zhu sppooky zerow ddie prilous vietn ppie eight Monte Carlo by zborris242 zja This collection was hacked and scrambled by the underhanded CGs operator who has vandalized hundreds of FTB files. "To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born, is to remain always a child." — Cicero “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 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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The Gallic Wars were a series of military campaigns waged by the Roman proconsul Julius Caesar against several Gallic tribes. Rome's war against the Gallic tribes lasted from 58 BC to 50 BC and culminated in the decisive Battle of Alesia in 52 BC, in which a complete Roman victory resulted in the expansion of the Roman Republic over the whole of Gaul (mainly present-day France and Belgium). While militarily just as strong as the Romans, the internal division between the Gallic tribes guaranteed an easy victory for Caesar, and Vercingetorix's attempt to unite the Gauls against Roman invasion came too late. The wars paved the way for Julius Caesar to become the sole ruler of the Roman Republic. Although Caesar portrayed this invasion as being a preemptive and defensive action, most historians agree that the wars were fought primarily to boost Caesar's political career and to pay off his massive debts. Still, Gaul was of significant military importance to the Romans, as they had been attacked several times by native tribes both indigenous to Gaul and farther to the north. Conquering Gaul allowed Rome to secure the natural border of the river Rhine. The Gallic Wars are described by Julius Caesar in his book Commentarii de Bello Gallico, which remains the most important historical source regarding the conflict.
-- Wikipedia, Fall 2016
“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) * Caviar: https://www.chess.com/article/view/... * Bearly Thinking: https://www.etsy.com/listing/972054... * Checkmate patterns: Game Collection: Checkmate: Checkmate Patterns * Alpha Glossary: https://www.chess-poster.com/englis... * Best Games of 2018: Game Collection: Best Games of 2018 * Black attack!
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https://www.youtube.com/shorts/IcMT...
* 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-... * Post-Beginners Book: Game Collection: Chess training for post-beginners * Sacs on f7/f2: Game Collection: Demolition of Pawn Structure: Sac on f7 (f2) * Six Ways: https://takelessons.com/blog/6-tips... * Starting Out 1d4: Game Collection: Starting Out: 1 d4! * Sports Clichés: http://www.sportscliche.com/
* 107 battles: Game Collection: 107 Great Chess Battles: 1939-45 Alekhine * 21st Century: Game Collection: 21st Century Masterpieces - First decade (2000) * RL Minis: Game Collection: Ruy Lopez Miniatures * 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/ 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!
>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... * 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. 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.
* The Most Instructive Games of Chess Ever Played: 62 Masterpieces of Chess Strategy by Irving Chernev * Legendary: Game Collection: The 12 Legendary Games of the Century Chessgames.com will be unavailable December 7, 2024 from 2:00PM through 2:45PM(UTC/GMT) for maintenance.
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* Famous brilliancies: Game Collection: brilliacies * Glossary P: https://www.peoriachess.com/Glossar... * Golden Treasury of Chess (Wellmuth/Horowitz): https://www.chess <In 1592, during the reign of King James VI, the Earl of Huntly was given a commission by the king to hunt down the Earl of Moray (who was married to Elizabeth, the king's cousin). He tracked him down to a house in Donibristle in Fife but the Earl of Moray would not surrender. The house was set on fire and the Earl of Moray was killed. During the fracas, Huntly gashed his face. "You have spoiled a better face than your own," said the dying Earl of Moray. The Morays were the hereditary keepers of Doune castle in Perthshire.The Bonnie Earl Of Moray
Ye Hielan's an' ye Lowlan's
O, where have ye been?
They hae slain the Earl of Moray
And lain him on the green.
He was a braw gallant
And he rode at the ring.
An' the bonnie Earl of Moray
O, he micht hae been the king!
O, lang may his lady
Look frae the castle Doune,
Ere she see the Earl of Moray
Come soundin' through the toun.
Now way be to thee, Huntly
And wherefore did ye sae?
I bade you bring him wi' you
But forbade you him to slay.
He was a braw gallant
And he play'd at the ball
An' the Bonnie Earl of Moray
Was a flower among them all.
Lang may his lady
Look from the Castle Doune,
Ere she see the Earl of Moray
Come soundin' through the toun.
Ye Hielan's and ye Lowlan's
O where hae ye been?
They have slain the Earl of Moray
An' laid him on the green.
He was a braw gallant
And he rode at the gluve
An' the Bonnie Earl of Moray
O, he was the Queens' true love.
Lang will his lady
Look frae the Castle Doune,
Ere she see the Earl of Moray
Come soundin' through the toun.>
* Riddle-free-xp: https://chessimprover.com/chess-rid... “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
“One bird in the hand is more worthy than two flying birds.”
~ Portuguese Proverb
“As you make your bed, so you must lie on it.” ~ Portuguese Proverb “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.
slaw1998: In my spine there sends a shiver
When a player sends his pieces up the river
Into loose en prise encapture, enrapture,
Does it to my heart receive it well
Yet other players bring me down
Their defense sends my attack the other way around
And Tal and others would be quite displeased
Like I, to have the attack no hope of being released So I'll go on shedding pieces
With combos, like a magic stall,
And hope that some day
I can beat them all.
“Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.” ― Martin Luther King Jr. Acts 20:35 “It is more blessed to give than to receive.” * Top Chessgames by ECO Code: http://schachsinn.de/gamelist.htm Proverbs 1:7 “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction” (Prov 1:7). Eilfan ywmodryb dda
Meaning: A good aunt is a second mother
“Nothing ventured, nothing gained.” ~ Portuguese Proverb 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 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
* 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: "Every sandpiper praises its own swamp. (Всяк кулик свое болото хвалит.)" People tend to have high opinion about the place where they live. “You must learn to be still in the midst of activity and to be vibrantly alive in repose.” ― Indira Gandhi Don’t Let Your Past Determine Your Future
><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 petz
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 Two Mules
Two mules were bearing on their backs,
One, oats; the other, silver of the tax.
The latter glorying in his load,
Marched proudly forward on the road;
And, from the jingle of his bell,
It was plain he liked his burden well.
But in a wild-wood glen
A band of robber men
Rushed forth on the twain.
Well with the silver pleased,
They by the bridle seized
The treasure-mule so vain.
Poor mule! in struggling to repel
His ruthless foes, he fell
Stabbed through; and with a bitter sighing,
He cried, "Is this the lot they promised me?
My humble friend from danger free,
While, weltering in my gore, I'm dying?"
"My friend," his fellow-mule replied,
"It is not well to have one's work too high.
If you had been a miller's drudge, as I,
You would not thus have died."
“The first instance of this opening [Grünfeld Defence] is in an 1855 game by Moheschunder Bannerjee, an Indian player who had transitioned from Indian chess rules, playing Black against John Cochrane in Calcutta, in May 1855: 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.e3 Bg7 5.Nf3 0-0 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Be2 Nxc3 8.bxc3 c5 9.0-0 cxd4 10.cxd4 Nc6 11.Bb2 Bg4 12.Rc1 Rc8 13.Ba3 Qa5 14.Qb3 Rfe8 15.Rc5 Qb6 16.Rb5 Qd8 17.Ng5 Bxe2 18.Nxf7 Na5 and White mates in three (19.Nh6+ double check Kh8 20.Qg8+ Rxg8 21.Nf7#). Cochrane published a book reporting his games with Moheshchunder and other Indians in 1864.” -- Wikipedia
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohes... 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!
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. <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. “If you want your children to listen, try talking softly to someone else.” ―
Ann Landers
“Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God; trust also in me.”
― Jesus Christ
“We need to find God, and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness. God is the friend of silence. See how nature - trees, flowers, grass- grows in silence; see the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move in silence... We need silence to be able to touch souls.” ― Mother Teresa “The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere where they can be quiet, alone with the heavens, nature and God. Because only then does one feel that all is as it should be.” ― Anne Frank “Disappointment is inevitable. But to become discouraged, there's a choice I make. God would never discourage me. He would always point me to himself to trust him. Therefore, my discouragement is from Satan. As you go through the emotions that we have, hostility is not from God, bitterness, unforgiveness, all of these are attacks from Satan.” ― Charles Stanley “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 “As long as you can still grab a breath, you fight.” — The Revenant WeordFun:
Ziryabn Jona tree nutz zona stick iz betta than kreem zina bowl super Riggins ran 4all STD ona windy side. “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. Philippians 4:7
7 And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. Never Let Success Get To Your Head And Never Let Failure Get To Your Heart 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.
16 yellow #2 pencilz
Why did Chicken Little cross the road?
To warn the people on the other side that the sky was falling. Acts 20:35 “It is more blessed to give than to receive.” 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/!
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
Kuch bhi ho jaaye, par yaad aane wale ko kabhi mat bhoolna Errare humanum est
Salus populi suprema lex esto
“Here’s to you and here’s to me,
Wherever we may roam;
And here’s to the health and happiness
Of the ones who are left at home”
– Anonymous
31cNN zero + purgatory = burnin' luv hnd doggiez
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196 games, 1620-2016 - Paul Morphy Conquered the World Says Fredthebear
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Atsa and Retarf have copied this collection from FTB, among others. "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, quoted by Frederick Edge in 1859 "Morphy will not let me." former unofficial world champion Adolf Anderssen, when asked why he did not play as brilliantly as usual against Paul Morphy. "Paul Morphy was the greatest chess player that ever lived...no one ever was so far superior to the players of his time" Dr. Emanuel Lasker, Lasker's Chess Magazine of January 1905, p.127 "In Paul Morphy the spirit of La Bourdonnais had arisen anew, only more vigorous, firmer, prouder... Morphy discovered that the brilliant move of the master is essentially conditional not on a sudden and inexplicable realisation, but on the placing of the pieces on the board. He introduced the rule: brilliant moves and deep winning manoeuvres are possible only in those positions where the opponent can be opposed with an abundance of active energy... From the very first moves Morphy aimed to disclose the internal energy located in his pieces. It was suddenly revealed that they possess far greater dynamism than the opponent's forces." Emanuel Lasker "Morphy's principal strength does not rest upon his power of combination but in his position play and his general style....Beginning with la Bourdonnais to the present, and including Lasker, we find that the greatest stylist has been Morphy. Whence the reason, although it might not be the only one, why he is generally considered the greatest of all." José Raúl Capablanca, in Pablo Morphy by V. F. Coria and L. Palau. "...Morphy, the master of all phases of the game, stronger than any of his opponents, even the strongest of them..." Alexander Alekhine, in Shakmatny Vestnik, January 15, 1914 "To this day Morphy is an unsurpassed master of the open games. Just how great was his significance is evident from the fact that after Morphy nothing substantially new has been created in this field. Every player- from beginner to master- should in this praxis return again and again to the games of the American genius." Mikhail Botvinnik "A popularly held theory about Paul Morphy is that if he returned to the chess world today and played our best contemporary players, he would come out the loser. Nothing is further from the truth. In a set match, Morphy would beat anybody alive today... Morphy was perhaps the most accurate chess player who ever lived. He had complete sight of the board and never blundered, in spite of the fact that he played quite rapidly, rarely taking more than five minutes to decide a move. Perhaps his only weakness was in closed games like the Dutch Defense. But even then, he was usually victorious because of his resourcefulness." Bobby Fischer "Morphy, I think everyone agrees, was probably the greatest genius of them all." Bobby Fischer, 1992 "We also remember the brilliant flight of the American super-genius Paul Morphy, who in a couple of years (1857-59) conquered both the New and the Old Worlds. He revealed a thunderous blend of pragmatism, aggression and accurate calculation to the world -- qualities that enabled America to accomplish a powerful spurt in the second half of the 19th century." Garry Kasparov (2003). On My Great Predecessors. Gloucester Publishers plc. Vol. 1, p. 6. "What was the secret of Morphy's invincibility? I think it was a combination of a unique natural talent and brilliant erudition. His play was the next, more mature stage in the development of chess. Morphy had a well-developed 'feeling for position', and therefore he can be confidently regarded as the 'first swallow' - the prototype of the strong 20th century grandmaster." Garry Kasparov (2003). On My Great Predecessors. Gloucester Publishers plc. Vol. 1, p. 43. * Morphy Miniatures:
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches... * Morphy gives Odds: http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches... * Happy Days! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slv... * Simple tactics course using miniatures:
http://exeterchessclub.org.uk/x/FTP... * 23 pages of King's Gambit (over 2000 games) wins by Black!
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches... * Brutal Attacking Chess: Game Collection: Brutal Attacking Chess * Fork OVerload (Remove the Defender): Game Collection: FORK-OVERLOAD OR HOOK-AND-LADDER TRICK * Back rank mating tactics: Game Collection: 610_Back rank mating tactics * Impact of Genius: 500 years of Grandmaster Chess: Game Collection: Impact of Genius : 500 years of Grandmaster Ches * Chess Prehistory: Game Collection: Chess Prehistory * 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 * 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: Game Collection: Fire Baptisms * maxruen's favorite games III: Game Collection: maxruen's favorite games III * some famous brilliancies: Game Collection: brilliacies * Brilliant games: 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: Game Collection: Combinations * Middlegame Combinations by Peter Romanovsky: Game Collection: Middlegame Combinations by Peter Romanovsky * Exchange sacs: Game Collection: Exchange sacs - 1 * Secrets of the Russian Chess Masters Volume II: Game Collection: Secrets of the Russian Chess Masters Volume II * '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: Game Collection: Best of the British * The Best Chess Games (part 2): Game Collection: The Best Chess Games (part 2) * Annotated Games: Game Collection: Annotated Games * sapientdust's favorites: Game Collection: sapientdust's favorite games * shakman's favorites: Game Collection: shakman's favorite games - 2 * List of gambits: https://detailedpedia.com/wiki-List... * Reti Opening: 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: Game Collection: KID games * JonathanJ's favorites: Game Collection: JonathanJ's favorite games 4 * jorundte's favorites: Game Collection: jorundte's favorite games * elmubarak: my fav games: Game Collection: elmubarak: my fav games * Assorted Good Games: Game Collection: assorted Good games * Golden Treasury of Chess (Wellmuth/Horowitz): Game Collection: 0 * Last Collection: Game Collection: LAST COLLECTION * Black Storms: Game Collection: Tal - The Modern Benoni * Chess in old newspapers: https://www.schach-chess.com/chess-... * 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:
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/IcMT...
* 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-... “We are what we repeatedly do; excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.”
— Aristotle
“Do the difficult things while they are easy and do the great things while they are small. A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.” — Lao Tzu “Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere.”
— Albert Einstein
“You have enemies? Good; that means you have stood up for something, sometime in your life.” — Winston Churchill “Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.” — Plato “Happiness is like a butterfly. The more you chase it, the more it eludes you. But if you turn your attention to other things, it comes and sits softly on your shoulder.” — Henry David Thoreau “Normal is getting dressed in clothes that you buy for work and driving through traffic in a car that you are still paying for – in order to get to the job you need to pay for the clothes and the car, and the house you leave vacant all day so you can afford to live in it.” — Ellen Goodman “What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson “If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow.” — Ancient Chinese Proverb * Chess History: https://www.chessjournal.com/chess-... * 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!
The Two Mules
Two mules were bearing on their backs,
One, oats; the other, silver of the tax.
The latter glorying in his load,
Marched proudly forward on the road;
And, from the jingle of his bell,
It was plain he liked his burden well.
But in a wild-wood glen
A band of robber men
Rushed forth on the twain.
Well with the silver pleased,
They by the bridle seized
The treasure-mule so vain.
Poor mule! in struggling to repel
His ruthless foes, he fell
Stabbed through; and with a bitter sighing,
He cried, "Is this the lot they promised me?
My humble friend from danger free,
While, weltering in my gore, I'm dying?"
"My friend," his fellow-mule replied,
"It is not well to have one's work too high.
If you had been a miller's drudge, as I,
You would not thus have died."
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.
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.
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.
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."
Drive sober or get pulled over.
“For surely of all the drugs in the world, chess must be the most permanently pleasurable.” — Assiac Mar-12-23 FSR: <jnpope: Is <Jegar Sahadutha> related to <chrisowen> or is this just a <chrisowen> parody account?>
Apparently the latter. <Jegar Sahadutha>'s user profile shows that his account was only opened on February 10, 2023. His first comment, on March 9, 2023, was: <I never thought I would live to see the day a GOTD was named in honor of chrisowen.> Jegar's comment was made to A Braun vs S Siebrecht, 2005, after it became GOTD using the pun <Braun Over Brain>. The genesis of the pun was evidently an uncharacteristically lucid comment <chrisowen> had made on December 27, 2009 that began <Sad case of Braun over brain.> This episode, it seems, inspired <Jegar Sahadutha>. His aforementioned comment <I never thought I would live to see the day a GOTD was named in honor of chrisowen.> was the first and last "normal" one he has made. Mar-12-23 Jegar Sahadutha: True — we shall not return to the heartland, for the heartland hath forsaken us. Rise! Rise, vaunted shipmen; your time is come, and with it sacral vestments. Slay the serpent, moor the ship; repast on all gifts divine. But in your exultation, may your heart hold fast; forsake not the heartland whence you came. CHESS WORDS of WISDOM
The Principles, Methods and
Essential Knowledge of Chess
MIKE HENEBRY
2011
You should not trade pieces if you have the initiative Opening the position helps to exploit weak squares The best number of pawn islands to have is two
Exchanges increase the chances of mobilizing the majority wing When behind in pieces, trade pawns, but not pieces Calculate wide, not deep
Space is usually more important than time (Fredthebear disagrees) Releasing the tension reduces your options
The player playing against the IQP should usually exchange all of the knights You should not mobilize pawn structures that have doubled pawns If a move looks bad on general principles, the plan is probably bad The side with a positional advantage has no need to complicate Knights are often better than bishops in blitz
A plan is made up of ideas, not moves
Trying to play the best move and playing to win are not the same When faced with a critical position, you have to calculate variations A gambited pawn is equal to three tempi
With the initiative, miracles can happen
Do not ignore your intuition
The weak point of the fianchetto position is the h3 (h6) square Complications are good for the side that is losing Long analysis, wrong analysis
If the move feels wrong, it usually is
The fianchettoed bishop is not as good as a pawn is in guarding holes Do not win a pawn if it costs you more than two tempi Sharp openings are best in blitz
The initiative is especially important in blitz To play chess at a strong level, it is essential to play according to sound principles To increase the influence of your fianchettoed bishop, open the center A temporary advantage must be exploited at once When you fianchetto one bishop, the other bishop automatically loses a little of its mobility Rooks attack best from a distance
You should not change openings because the opponent is higher-rated Passive defense can work against rook and knight pawns, but it does not work against inner pawns An imbalance is a double-edged sword
Pawns gain in strength as the power of the pieces left on the board decreases There is a difference between blitz and time-trouble Exchange your redundant rook for your opponent’s only rook When ahead pieces, trade pieces, when behind pieces, trade pawns When you are ahead on pieces, trade pieces (but not necessarily pawns) Connected passed pawns on the 6th rank beat a Rook The more redundant two pieces are, generally the weaker they are together A lead in development is less important in closed positions An advantage in development leads to other advantages Poor development is a key breeding ground for opening traps It is usually a good strategy to put your pawns on the color opposite of your bishop He who fears an isolated queen’s pawn should give up chess Space is not an advantage unless you can use it beneficially for maneuvering and for piece play A three-to-two majority is easier to convert into a passed pawn than is a four to-three majority Plan your action on the side of your pawn majority A central pawn majority favors the attacker
The fewer pawn islands you have the stronger the structure is The square in front of the backward pawn is the main factor Having a rook on the seventh rank is worth about a pawn It is best to leave active pieces where they are The initiative is above everything
Tactics flow from superior positions
Only calculate when it is essential
Bishops gain in strength as the endgame approaches Calculate the moves that are forcing and tactical first The player with an advantage must attack
Only the player with the initiative has the right to attack If an attack can succeed with pieces alone, then leave the pawns where they are It is usually better to have the rook in front of the queen when playing on an open file If there are no weaknesses, you do not have an attack Queen exchanges are usually better for the player who is attacking on the queenside Take the minimum risk and use the maximum in economy to stop an attack Only defend against direct threats
Bishops and knights rarely coordinate well with each other (Fredthebear says the knight can pile on the diagonal aim of the bishop for a numbers advantage, such as the Fried Live Attack striking together on f7. The bishop lurking behind the knight makes for excellent discovered attacks.) A sudden change into an endgame can throw an attacker off his game Three useable diagonals are worth a pawn
Plans are usually made for just a few moves at a time Any imbalance should give the stronger player an edge Wing pawns become more valuable relative to central pawns as material diminishes There is no room for mistakes in a king and pawn endgame It is usually a mistake to move a pawn on the side where your opponent is attacking Try to meet short-term threats with long-term moves The first player in an open position to control an open central file will generally get the initiative It is usually wrong to remove a piece from an open file to avoid exchanges Play where you have the advantage
You can usually allow weaknesses in your position in return for good piece activity The move g3 is usually a more weakening move than h3 A weak square for one player is potentially a strong square for the other You cannot consider the white and black squares in isolation when analyzing a position Color Complex weaknesses are not as important when the minor pieces are gone A support point is only valuable if it is near the action
When your pieces are coordinated, they develop extraordinary power If you have the bishop pair, put your pawns on the same color as your opponent’s remaining bishop If you are facing a double fianchetto, try to close the position and gain control of the center The knight pair is not a good combination
Never use a rook to defend a pawn
(Never say never.)
If you have a dynamic advantage, but a static weakness, it might be better to keep your queen If the rooks cannot penetrate, it is often worth the sacrifice of the ex-change to force penetration St. Marher, 1225:
"And te tide and te time þat tu iboren were, schal beon iblescet." v xp voodoo vermin sinnins to hellophia gabage collectionz 8dayz a freak
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243 games, 1834-1998 - Paul Saladin Leonhardt (1877-1934) met Dave
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* MissScarlett's match report: Game Collection: Leonhardt - Passmore (1904) 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.
* Organized Steinitz collection:
Game Collection: Steinitz Gambits * Classic games by great players: Game Collection: Guinness Book - Chess Grandmasters (Hartston) * Scandinavian Miniatures: http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches... * Back rank mating tactics: Game Collection: 610_Back rank mating tactics * Impact of Genius: 500 years of Grandmaster Chess: Game Collection: Impact of Genius : 500 years of Grandmaster Ches * Chess Prehistory: Game Collection: Chess Prehistory * 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 * 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: Game Collection: Fire Baptisms * maxruen's favorite games III: Game Collection: maxruen's favorite games III * some famous brilliancies: Game Collection: brilliacies * Brilliant games: 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: Game Collection: Combinations * Middlegame Combinations by Peter Romanovsky: Game Collection: Middlegame Combinations by Peter Romanovsky * Exchange sacs: Game Collection: Exchange sacs - 1 * Secrets of the Russian Chess Masters Volume II: Game Collection: Secrets of the Russian Chess Masters Volume II * '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: Game Collection: Best of the British * The Best Chess Games (part 2): Game Collection: The Best Chess Games (part 2) * Annotated Games: Game Collection: Annotated Games * sapientdust's favorites: Game Collection: sapientdust's favorite games * shakman's favorites: Game Collection: shakman's favorite games - 2 * Reti Opening: 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: Game Collection: KID games * JonathanJ's favorites: Game Collection: JonathanJ's favorite games 4 * jorundte's favorites: Game Collection: jorundte's favorite games * elmubarak: my fav games: Game Collection: elmubarak: my fav games * Assorted good games: Game Collection: assorted Good games * Golden Treasury of Chess (Wellmuth/Horowitz): Game Collection: 0 * Last Collection: 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
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.
* Internet tracking: https://www.studysmarter.us/magazin... Question: What is considered the first reality TV show?
Answer: The Real World
Question: Who was Russia's first elected president?
Answer: Boris Yeltsin
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.
The Astrologer Who Stumbled Into A Well
To an astrologer who fell
Plump to the bottom of a well,
"Poor blockhead!" cried a passer-by,
"Not see your feet, and read the sky?"
This upshot of a story will suffice
To give a useful hint to most;
For few there are in this our world so wise
As not to trust in star or ghost,
Or cherish secretly the creed
That men the book of destiny may read.
This book, by Homer and his pupils sung,
What is it, in plain common sense,
But what was chance those ancient folks among,
And with ourselves, God's providence?
Now chance does bid defiance
To every thing like science;
it were wrong, if not,
To call it hazard, fortune, lot –
Things palpably uncertain.
But from the purposes divine,
The deep of infinite design,
Who boasts to lift the curtain?
Whom but himself does God allow
To read his bosom thoughts? and how
Would he imprint on the stars sublime
The shrouded secrets of the night of time?
And all for what? To exercise the wit
Of those who on astrology have writ?
To help us shun inevitable ills?
To poison for us even pleasure's rills?
The choicest blessings to destroy,
Exhausting, before they come, their joy?
Such faith is worse than error – It's a crime.
The sky-host moves and marks the course of time;
The sun sheds on our nicely-measured days
The glory of his night-dispelling rays;
And all from this we can divine
Is, that they need to rise and shine, –
To roll the seasons, ripen fruits,
And cheer the hearts of men and brutes.
How tallies this revolving universe
With human things, eternally diverse?
You horoscopers, waning quacks,
Please turn on Europe's courts your backs,
And, taking on your travelling lists
The bellows-blowing alchemists,
Budge off together to the land of mists.
But I have digressed. Return we now, bethinking
Of our poor star-man, whom we left a drinking.
Besides the folly of his lying trade,
This man the type may well be made
Of those who at chimeras stare
When they should mind the things that are.
* Top Chessgames by ECO Code: http://schachsinn.de/gamelist.htm * Freaky Fridays: https://allchessopenings.blogspot.c... The Will Explained By Aesop
If what old story says of Aesop's true,
The oracle of Greece he was,
And more than Areopagus he knew,
With all its wisdom in the laws.
The following tale gives but a sample
Of what has made his fame so ample.
Three daughters shared a father's purse,
Of habits totally diverse.
The first, bewitched with drinks delicious;
The next, coquettish and capricious;
The third, supremely avaricious.
The sire, expectant of his fate,
Bequeathed his whole estate,
In equal shares, to them,
And to their mother just the same, –
To her then payable, and not before,
Each daughter should possess her part no more.
The father died. The females three
Were much in haste the will to see.
They read, and read, but still
Saw not the willer's will.
For could it well be understood
That each of this sweet sisterhood,
When she possessed her part no more,
Should to her mother pay it over?
It was surely not so easy saying
How lack of means would help the paying.
What meant their honoured father, then?
The affair was brought to legal men,
Who, after turning over the case
Some hundred thousand different ways,
Threw down the learned bonnet,
Unable to decide on it;
And then advised the heirs,
Without more thought, t" adjust affairs.
As to the widow's share, the counsel say,
"We hold it just the daughters each should pay
One third to her on demand,
Should she not choose to have it stand
Commuted as a life annuity,
Paid from her husband's death, with due congruity."
The thing thus ordered, the estate
Is duly cut in portions three.
And in the first they all agree
To put the feasting-lodges, plate,
Luxurious cooling mugs,
Enormous liquor jugs,
Rich cupboards, – built beneath the trellised vine, –
The stores of ancient, sweet Malvoisian wine,
The slaves to serve it at a sign;
In short, whatever, in a great house,
There is of feasting apparatus.
The second part is made
Of what might help the jilting trade –
The city house and furniture,
Exquisite and genteel, be sure,
The eunuchs, milliners, and laces,
The jewels, shawls, and costly dresses.
The third is made of household stuff,
More vulgar, rude, and rough –
Farms, fences, flocks, and fodder,
And men and beasts to turn the sod over.
This done, since it was thought
To give the parts by lot
Might suit, or it might not,
Each paid her share of fees dear,
And took the part that pleased her.
It was in great Athens town,
Such judgment gave the gown.
And there the public voice
Applauded both the judgment and the choice.
But Aesop well was satisfied
The learned men had set aside,
In judging thus the testament,
The very gist of its intent.
"The dead," Said he, "could he but know of it,
Would heap reproaches on such Attic wit.
What! men who proudly take their place
As sages of the human race,
Lack they the simple skill
To settle such a will?"
This said, he undertook himself
The task of portioning the pelf;
And straightway gave each maid the part
The least according to her heart –
The prim coquette, the drinking stuff,
The drinker, then, the farms and cattle;
And on the miser, rude and rough,
The robes and lace did Aesop settle;
For thus, he said, "an early date
Would see the sisters alienate
Their several shares of the estate.
No motive now in maidenhood to tarry,
They all would seek, post haste, to marry;
And, having each a splendid bait,
Each soon would find a well-bred mate;
And, leaving thus their father's goods intact,
Would to their mother pay them all, in fact," –
Which of the testament
Was plainly the intent.
The people, who had thought a slave an ass,
Much wondered how it came to pass
That one alone should have more sense
Than all their men of most pretence.
<Sep-23-11 tone deaf to dives: Obviously I'm involved in several on-going "controversies" here on <CG>, so take my advice with a grain of salt.> Riddle: If you drop a yellow hat in the Red Sea, what does it become? Answer: Wet, duh!
Annabel Lee
by Edgar Allan Poe
It was many and many a year ago,
In a kingdom by the sea,
That a maiden there lived whom you may know
By the name of Annabel Lee;
And this maiden she lived with no other thought
Than to love and be loved by me.
I was a child and she was a child,
In this kingdom by the sea,
But we loved with a love that was more than love—
I and my Annabel Lee—
With a love that the wingèd seraphs of Heaven
Coveted her and me.
And this was the reason that, long ago,
In this kingdom by the sea,
A wind blew out of a cloud, chilling
My beautiful Annabel Lee;
So that her highborn kinsmen came
And bore her away from me,
To shut her up in a sepulchre
In this kingdom by the sea.
The angels, not half so happy in Heaven,
Went envying her and me—
Yes!—that was the reason (as all men know,
In this kingdom by the sea)
That the wind came out of the cloud by night,
Chilling and killing my Annabel Lee.
But our love it was stronger by far than the love
Of those who were older than we—
Of many far wiser than we—
And neither the angels in Heaven above
Nor the demons down under the sea
Can ever dissever my soul from the soul
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee;
For the moon never beams, without bringing me dreams
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee;
And the stars never rise, but I feel the bright eyes
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee;
And so, all the night-tide, I lie down by the side
Of my darling—my darling—my life and my bride,
In her sepulchre there by the sea—
In her tomb by the sounding sea.
“....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 "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 “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 * Sacrifice on f2: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/IaIO... * Learn 3 parts and principles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNc... * Light up the long diagonal: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/9oCR... * Shred ...h6? https://www.youtube.com/shorts/HpPP... * Target f7: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSH... * 10 tips: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_C... * 12 days?! https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Mb-6... * 17 rules: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qz... * 20 rules: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pk1... * 24 rules: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMt... * All 50: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glA... * Ab him an yu: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/vKxw... * Accumulate stall advantages: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/dGzo... * Anastasia's Mate: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/cul7... * Attacking patterns: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fg_... * Bartolo: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/X7A6... * Beginners Guide: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCS... * Bird brilliance: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/YgeJ... * Bear witness: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/xc7k... * Bones: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/dJyc... * Capa punishes copycat: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Tb3k... * CC: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/vo7x... * Code 1325: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/8KxR... * Control the promotion square: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/f4AY... * China would've destroyed Detroit: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/DSjF... * Double discovered check and mate: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/4qZ1... * Do not move your key defender! https://www.youtube.com/shorts/bRTM... * Down but not out: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/zt3A... * Down the stairs: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/5jSt... * Day after day: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/o_I0... * Decoys: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/0gCh... * AJ Dybantsa: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/arRv... * Easy: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/djBf... * English Opening: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tb9... * Elijah: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/LIBL... * Every tactic explained: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdS... * Eerie Canal: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/8V93... * Erie History: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/1ru1... * 1.e4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7H... * Express lane: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/h1yo... * Exodus 2:12
* e5 Defenses: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AsT... * Four Knights Gambit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1v... * Ffun: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/qNMI... * Fraudulent AG: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/QieO... * Free fall: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/CjiP... * Furious: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/MV1G... * Before - Improve - After: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrO... * Before GPS: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/74In... * Girl talk: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ikoC... * Greatest miracle: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/CQe8... * Greco's Mate: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/GmhK... * Greco Gambit traps: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrZ... * Gukesh the young giant: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Bcbn... * Hands ready: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/HXMm... * Happy Easter! https://www.youtube.com/shorts/EMId... * Hard to believe: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/VptY... * Hawley protects girls when women won't: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Th4S... * Hammer the 6th rank: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/gK_y... * Hammer the 6th rank: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/G8lr... * ...h6 is bad: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/a-L3... * ...h6 is bad: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ZfUY... * Hit the road: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/xPhm... * Heal: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/luGJ... * How long? https://www.youtube.com/shorts/14f5... * Humans: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Jyjq... * I'm still standing: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/KDtG... * Incredible: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/nEA6... * I thought it was "Chess Step-by-Step" by Frank J. Marshall: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/G4ii... * I can't tell you why: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/8C_l... * If you need help, ask: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/rC_Y... * If you're asked to give help, give freely: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Rk3M... * It's not over 'til it's over: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8z... * Jacked: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/3OVH... * Jack's tryout: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ss... * John 1:1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IX_... * Josh: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/fzSv... * July 20, 1969: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/dPDc... * B&N Staircase#: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/OHro... * Kai: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/evIu... * Kitty love: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/-iJ-... * King of the Savannah: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/e87I... * King's Gambit sacrifice: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/JL1v... * King's Indian Attacker: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=giy... * Knight moves: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/lIIn... * Knight fever: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Lt_1... * Knights are forever: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Oc7y... * Know these differences: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/oZC1... * Landslide: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/gaxk... * Less susceptible: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/CPLZ... * Let's groove: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/4qgO... * Lolli's check sacrifice and mate: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/dKaM... * Long train runnin: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/htG5... * Love is doing: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/1S_M... * Make the play or die trying: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/UT6j... * Magnus missed it: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/YkwD... * Marshmallow of the sea: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/oyM-... * Matthew 5: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/el3m... * Merle's mama tried: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/bKbk... * Middlegame ideas: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEe... * Missed opportunities: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PO... * Moonwalk: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/uJu7... * Naroditsky Thinks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rml... * Never play a man at his own game: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/acEM... * Neo Nutzi schooled by little girl: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/oulq... * New dawn: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/xJel... * No control, too much risk: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/4oj5... * No oven biscuits: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdQ... * Omar is finished: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8f... * One cat changed everything: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/q8RW... * Only you: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/An6A... * Otter sorrow: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/RCEp... * Do not underestimate: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/bexu... * Overworked queen can't go two directions: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/gHwz... * Payback is coming: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/8zJw... * Pawn race: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/YBNN... * Paradot: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/xPof... * Pia C: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/3PEZ... * Pick up the pieces: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Q2Cn... * Prevent (restrict) your opponent's best reply: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/6_fF... * Positional must know: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBP... * Pawn race: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/--2-... * Play for the draw with only one minor piece remaining: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/XJZs... * Proverbs 9:10 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/fBr0... * Psalm 61:2 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Qqvu... * Put a salt block/mineral lick far from the road: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/w3l0... * Queen vs Pawn Ending: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZoJ... * Endgame series: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SoZ... * Raking bishops: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/mB1h... * Rarest underpromotion: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/2JA5... * Rainer: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ewSl... * Lasker's Rule: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPb... * Fischer's Rule: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_h4... * Reach 1800: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3L... * Reach 2000: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctJ... * Refutation: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/WDkp... * Rejection: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/0xAI... * Right back where we started from: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/WMUq... * Robertson: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Zwpa... * Rooks stare down: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/BNt3... * Rook endgame tricks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkM... * Semi-Slav Defense: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIH... * Shameful racist scare tactics: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/_hV_... * Shining star: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ZfyM... * So this is what female chess players talk about: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/M7kx... * Stand up to bullies: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/79-w... * States: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/gkFL... * Stay: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/32Up... * Study Paul Morphy to avoid stupid moves: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/9ptj... * Still the one: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/78H-... * Stockfish Sicilian: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21D... * Surprising: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/mWl-... * Swim, grow a beard, negotiate: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/6Mxc... * Tactics Guide: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fN3... * Tactics Explained: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6b... * That's the way: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/se5Z... * There she goes: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/SnOp... * Timeless: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/WRfC... * The last time: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/QYyg... * Too much time: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Gq4n... * The living years: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/hIN_... * Any tree that does not bear fruit will be thrown into the fire: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/lP6c... * The End: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/nxD0... * End Times Prophecy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wdh... * Trust, friendship: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/usXM... * Two is better than one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1s... * Turmeric ritual: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/yTeR... * Ugly is on the inside: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/5dHS... * Upset: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/NEfH... * Underpromotion fork: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/SJRe... * Ussiah: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/YLZg... * Used up: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/KeQP... * Vincent: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/PGjE... * Viktor: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/kq7H... * Wait, what? https://www.youtube.com/shorts/moCZ... * Wayward son: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/x_0-... * White chocolate: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Dth9... * Frank Wright: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/O3aN... * Wrong colored bishop draws: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/R5Sj... * You play to win: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/WdhQ... * Yes, we can: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/FCnb... * You're no good: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/bUOi... For free, confidential support, reach out to 988. Whether you call, text, or chat, we want you to reach out in whatever way is most comfortable for you. We are here to help. * Chess is pattern recognition which comes rapidly from constant repetition. First study K&P endgames for passing and promoting pawns, and avoid stalemates. Then study checkmates ad nauseum (checkmates are for winners!), attack-attack-attack themes - seize the initiative, 1001 Short Games of Chess, opening traps. Rapidly rehearse at least 16 opening traps each and every day (The Winning Way by Bruce Pandolfini), and at least 16 puzzles from Chess Puzzles for Kids (Gambit publications) by Murray Chandler each and every day. Use the same good books over and over; that provides repetition of common game situations, which provides rapid recognition. Portable Power Molecular Heater
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28 games, 1903-1920 - Pawable Pokerz mat13 Remv
“If you are not taking care of your customers, your competitor will.”
― Bob Hooey
“Chess is all about stored pattern recognition. You are asking your brain to spot a face in the crowd that it has not seen.” ― Sally Simpson Fred Wilson explains in "303 Tricky Chess Tactics":
“A combination is a tactical maneuver in which you sacrifice material to obtain an advantage, or at least to improve your position. So, strategy then, is your general plan, while tactics are your specific means of carrying it out.” “For me the starting point for everything - before strategy, tactics, theories, managing, organizing, philosophy, methodology, talent, or experience - is work ethic. Without one of significant magnitude, you're dead in the water.”
― Bill Walsh
“Persistence isn't using the same tactics over and over. Persistence is having the same goal over and over.” ― Seth Godin “If you don't play to win don't play at all.” ― Tom Brady “Every time you win, you’re reborn; when you lose, you die a little.”
— George Allen
“Winning is the science of being totally prepared.” — George Allen “What you do in the off season determines what you do in the regular season.”
— George Allen
“People of mediocre ability sometimes achieve outstanding success because they don’t know when to quit.” — George Allen “Try not to do too many things at once. Know what you want, the number one thing today and tomorrow. Persevere and get it done.” — George Allen “Forget the past – the future will give you plenty to worry about.” — George Allen “We learn by chess the habit of not being discouraged by present bad appearances in the state of our affairs, the habit of hoping for a favorable change, and that of persevering in the search for resources.” ― Benjamin Franklin “When a player keeps a calm demeanor on the court, it's easier for his ability to shine. The best response to an opposing player's physical or psychological tactics is to keep cool and come right back at him with the force of your game, not your fists. Revenge is always sweeter if your team wins the game.” ― Walt Frazier “Why must I lose to this idiot?” — Aaron Nimzowitsch “The reason most people fail instead of succeed is they trade what they want most for what they want at the moment.” ― Napoleon Bonaparte “I have walked that long road to freedom. I have tried not to falter; I have made missteps along the way. But I have discovered the secret that after climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb. I have taken a moment here to rest, to steal a view of the glorious vista that surrounds me, to look back on the distance I have come. But I can only rest for a moment, for with freedom come responsibilities, and I dare not linger, for my long walk is not ended.” ― Nelson Mandela “Chess teaches you to think critically and make decisions under pressure. These skills are valuable in all aspects of life.” ― Magnus Carlsen “We were promised a society of philosophers. But the Blogosphere is looking more and more like a nation of ankle-biters.” ― Steven Levy Trompowsky Attack
The Poisoned Pawn Variation of the Trompowsky Attack goes 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 c5 3.d5 Qb6 4.Nc3. The continuation 4...Qxb2 5.Bd2 Qb6 is the Chepukaitis Gambit. The Oxford Companion to Chess lists 1,327 named openings and variants and there are many others with varying degrees of common usage. Visualizing success in chess can be a powerful tool to help you stay calm and focused during a game. Here are some tips to help you visualize your success: Create an imaginary chessboard: Visualize the board in your mind and try to imagine the pieces moving around the board. You can also try to memorize the position of each piece on the board. Play many games of chess: The more you play, the better you will become at visualizing the board and predicting your opponent’s moves. Learn chess notations: Chess notation is a way of recording moves on the board. By learning chess notation, you can become better at visualizing the board and predicting your opponent’s moves. Visualize with a personalized piece or pieces: You can use a specific piece or pieces to help you visualize the board. For example, you can imagine yourself as the queen or king, and visualize how you would move around the board. Learn chess openings: By learning chess openings, you can become better at visualizing the board and predicting your opponent’s moves. Play blindfold chess: Blindfold chess is a great way to improve your visualization skills. In blindfold chess, you play without looking at the board, relying solely on your memory and visualization skills. Remember that visualization is a skill that takes time and practice to develop. By incorporating these tips into your practice routine, you can improve your visualization skills and become a better chess player. Q: How do you know which cow is the best dancer?
A: See which one has the best moo-ves.
Q: What does the cow band play?
A: Moo-sic!
“Behold the turtle. He makes progress only when he sticks his neck out.”
― James Bryant Conant
“There is a part of me that will forever want to be walking under autumn leaves, carrying a briefcase containing the works of Shakespeare and Yeats and a portable chess set. I will pass an old tree under which once on a summer night I lay on the grass with a fragrant young woman and we quoted E.E. Cummings back and forth.” ― Roger Ebert “Without error there can be no brilliancy.” ― Emanuel Lasker Sicilian Defense (Yugoslav Attack)
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 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 * Chess Step-by-Step: https://www.chess.com/learn-how-to-... * Basic Rules: https://thechessworld.com/basic-che... * Book: Game Collection: Dismantling the Sicilian (Jesus de la Villa) * How did Spassky handle it? Game Collection: Spassky's Best Games (Cafferty) * Black attack!
Game Collection: Modern Defence Reversed * Common Checkmate Patterns:
http://gambiter.com/chess/Checkmate... * Caviar: https://www.chess.com/article/view/... * Chessmaster 2000 Classic Games:
Game Collection: Chessmaster '86 * CFN: https://www.youtube.com/@CFNChannel
* 10 Tips: https://www.uschess.org/index.php/L... * 10 Crazy Gambits: https://www.chess.com/blog/yola6655... * 25 Opening Traps: https://www.chess.com/blog/ChessLor... * QGD D06: Queen's Gambit Declined (D06) * Art: Game Collection: Art of Checkmate * Attack: Game Collection: Chess Secrets - Attackers (Crouch) * Common Checkmate Patterns:
http://gambiter.com/chess/Checkmate... * Chess - The Art of the Mind
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3P...
* Chess is cold-steel calculation, not emotion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-T... * Del's: Game Collection: Del's hidden gems * 1.d4 some Panov Attack: Game Collection: Rick Prep * 1.d4 various: Game Collection: d2-d4 and win * Starting Out 1d4: Game Collection: Starting Out: 1 d4! * Winning w/1.d4: Game Collection: Winning with 1 d4! * Against 1.d4: Game Collection: Against d4 favs * Dr. Edmund Adam Miniatures: Edmund Adam * Extinguish the Dragon: Game Collection: 1.e4 explorations * Everyday people should play tabletop games: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUU... * Famous Chess Photos: https://tr.pinterest.com/pin/585256... * Fischer Wins: Game Collection: Bobby Fischer Wins With The King's Indian Attack * fran's favs: Game Collection: franskfranz's favorite games as white * Lekhika Dhariyal Chess Ops: https://www.zupee.com/blog/category...
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* GM Avetik Grigoryan: https://chessmood.com/blog/improve-... * Glossary: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gloss... * A few KIAs: Game Collection: Opening Ideas * KID 0-1s: Game Collection: K.I.D B wins E98 * Tips for Knights & More: http://www.chesssets.co.uk/blog/tip... * Unleash the Knight: https://cardclashgames.com/blog/che... * Selected K-K games: Game Collection: Great WCC games * 1985 WC: Game Collection: 1985 World Chess Championship * Highlights: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsD... * All K-K matches in the database:
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches... search "Kasparov vs Karpov" * Malaguena: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxD... * Pawn Instruction: http://www.logicalchess.com/learn/l... * Pawn Structures: Game Collection: Chess Structures: A Grandmaster Guide * Pirc Defense, Classical: Game Collection: Pirc, Classical Variation * The Chess Portal will broaden your horizons: http://schackportalen.nu/English/es... * Passive, but playable in the Russian Game: Game Collection: Alpha Russian (White) * Queen Pawn Games: Game Collection: ANIL RAJ.R'S QUEEN PAWN GAMES * QGD: Game Collection: QUEEN'S GAMBIT DECLINED * Reasonable 1.d4 Repertoire: Game Collection: d4 repertoire for white * It takes me back where, when and who: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wh2... * 21st Century: Game Collection: 21st Century Masterpieces - First decade (2000) * Checkers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ry... * How to Play Chess: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-u... * How to Move the Knight: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VsW... * The Arabian Mate: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZr... * All units can FORK two opposing units: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgA... * How to Win Fast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpB... * Check! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6b... * Fool's Mate: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8oR... * Rook Roller for Checkmate: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lym... * Scholar's Mate: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzY... * Castling: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dL... * Punish the Wayward Queen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=haO... * How to Open the Game: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7C... * Chess Rules: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pk1... * Principles of Attack and Defense: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrL... * Fast Checkmates: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrU... * Powerful X-Ray for Checkmate: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWt... * Smash the Castle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZR... * Common Beginner Mistakes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7cz... * The Punisher: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZ0... * Checkers & Chess: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXa... * The Damiano Defense is not very good: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3n... * Center Fork Trick: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAz... * Checkmate with K & Q: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3S... * Smothered Checkmate: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpe... * Checkmate with K & R: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yf... * How to Defend Against Traps: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzY...
* Get better: https://www.wikihow.com/Become-a-Be... * How to Study: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kEQ... * How IM Rosen does it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGd... * How Molton does it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zE... * IECC: https://www.chess-iecc.com/
* ICA Youth Resources: https://www.il-chess.org/index.php?... * Traps with the Queen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAS... * Checkmate with K & 2 Bishops: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJj... * Smothered Checkmates: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbA... * Checkmate with K & 2 Rooks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FK1... * Legall's Mate: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEu... * Hanging Pieces: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UaT... * Draws: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-i... * Quick Fried Liver Attacks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xbd... * Avoid Stalemate if you have an advantage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbC... * Unbeatable Fried Liver Attack: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0w5... * Chess Course: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Yw... * Mark Twain's Life Lessons: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3l... * Quick trap to beat the C-K: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucr... * Queenside trap to beat the C-K: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xr8... * Basic EG Tips: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_D... * Main Ideas of the Italian Game: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2w5... * How to limit the damage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_x... * The Hungarian Defense Trap: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUj... * Common Opening Traps (some Smothered Checkmates): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a47... * Trapping Pieces: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oaz... * Evans Gambit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZj... * Poisoned Pawn: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGV... * How to Play Against Strange Openings: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3p... * Five Endgames You Must Know: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qp_... * Julius Caesar: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bi... * How to Play Against the Vienna Gambit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVS... * Pawn Structures: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPr... * Create a plan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMu... * A good solid slow opening for busy players: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9s... * Top 3 Traps in the London System: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3K... * Top 5 Traps in the London System: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vuu... * 5 minutes in the next 50 years: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QbL... * Kamryn's London System: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcW... * Alexandru's Traps in the London System: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8N... * How to beat the London System: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DU... * Castling on Opposite Sides: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BtU... * Pawn Storms: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skh... * The Kitchen Sink Attack: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qky... * Kingdom Principles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rkg... * Learn the Latvian Gambit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aw-... * Latvian Gambit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Fc... * Endgame King and Pawn vs King: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z52... * Endgame Fight with Your King: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Ld... * Endgame Opposition: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVM... * Endgame Pawn Breakthroughs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUc... * Underpromotion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvW... * #1 Rule for Queen Endgames: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mK... * Countergambit to the Queen's Gambit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCk... * Multiple Elements: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnR... * Triangulation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oH3... * Top 3 Openings for Beginners 1.e4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcG... * The Evaluation Bar: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bR... * They Call the Wind Maria: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqB... * Punish the Top 3 Opening Mistakes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iz6... * Dynamic Scotch Gambit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n13... * Awonder Liang plays the Scotch Gambit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=siw... * Half-a-Hundred: https://www.ichess.net/blog/chess-q... * Nakhmanson Gambit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Pq... * NM Jonathan Schrantz shows the Nakhmanson Gambit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sef... * IM Eric Rosen explains the Nakhmanson Gambit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tl6... * The Skewer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Kl... * The Pin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjp... * Tactics Beginners: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYs... * When to give Check: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=waA... * X-Ray Attack: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAs... * Tactics Must Know: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=quj... * The See-Saw/Windmill Tactic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5x... * Center Fork Trick: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ms4... * Tactics on the f-pawns: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAM... * Checkmates with the Heavy Pieces: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXQ... * Discovered Attacks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpu... * Practice Puzzles: https://chesspuzzle.net/
* Tactics Put Pieces in Jail: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ScV... * Tactics Break Out of Jail: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gs... * Tactics Guide: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fN3... * Exhange Sacrifice: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dv... * Tactics 90% of Chess: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4F... * The Greek Gift: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30k... * Tactics 96 seconds: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_H... * Tension: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZK... * Good vs Bad Bishops: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phI... * Tactics Find 'Em: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5sY... * Give Back Material to Survive: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYd... * Good Knight vs Bad Bishop: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wO... * Magnetic Travel Set - Do Not Buy Plastic Hinges: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbS... * How to Study Tactics: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lid... * Puzzle Storm: https://lichess.org/storm
* You Should Know These Openings: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8I... * Accept the Queen's Gambit or Not? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sF4... * Top 5 QG Traps: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izU... * 5 things never share with anyone: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mgv... * Kamryn's QGD: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEQ... * Ben's QGD: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOW... * Snare the Queen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQ8... * Sacrifice the Knight to Destroy Damiano's Defense: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5um... * Italian Game Basics: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHN... * Spot Good and Bad Pieces: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkX... * Top 5 Traps in the C-K: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yB8... * Top 5 Traps Against 1.d4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jkd... * Seven Most Common Mistakes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXr... * Force the opponent to take your pieces: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQo... * Thoughts on the 1.d4 d5 2.Bg5 Trompowsky Attack: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sny... * When to attack the castled king: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sh5... * Extraordinary Attack of the 2023 World Cup: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OV... * How to attack bad bishops: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7w... * Giuoco Piano 4.c3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mX_... * Kevin's Italian Game: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWH... * Common Mistakes in the Italian Game: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZ6... * A Dozen Moves in the Greco Gambit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIQ... * When not to castle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cto... * Greco Gambit Explained: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVb... * Italian Game, Greco Gambit Traps: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fo1... * Improve Your Chess: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFl... * I know thee not: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuF... * Italian Game is No Joke: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yiu... * The Italian Game, Rousseau Gambit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gq1... * The Italian Game, Hungarian Defense: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5P... * Italian Game, Deutz Gambit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJS... * Italian Game, Max Lange Attack: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wm... * Her Chess Career: https://documents.pub/document/my-c... * Center Fork Trick: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJS... * Greatest Bullet Game of 2023: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUy... * Most Common Mistakes After 1.e4 e5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qR1... * Russian Game Blunder: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jsj... * Russian Game, Kholmov Gambit Trap: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tg7... * Opening Traps that Work: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yf8... * Top 6 Opening Traps: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYO... * Top 6 Opening Traps: https://www.thechesswebsite.com/top... * Two Knights Attack vs Caro-Kahn Defense: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8G... * Bust the Two Knights Attack: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBx... * Famous Italian Game: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYg... * Traps in the Italian Game: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QE6... * Checkmates in the Opening: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmw... * How to Trap the Queen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmU... * Hunt the Queen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zd0... * Eight Queen Puzzles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IfQ... * Queen Traps in the Scandinavian Defense: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syr... * Gambits are recommended: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIM... * Danish Gambit Plans: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Psy... * Joseph Henry Blackburne plays the Danish Gambit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rwy... * 4 Lines of the Danish Gambit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Fw... * Counter the Danish Gambit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wA8... * Sacrifice 2 pawns in the opening: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cqx... * Danish Gambit - 5th moves: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZF0... * Back Rank Checkmates: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTz... * Urusov Gambit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQj... * Tricky Urusov Gambit Accepted: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pI1... * Winning Middlegame Strategies: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkO... * Three Strategies of Bobby Fischer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7o... * Englund Gambit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCK... * Play Slowly: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jE2... * Art of Trading Pieces: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vcp... * Convert Your Advantage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyX... * Beat the Englund Gambit as White: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YF1... * Cry Havoc! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIR... * What to do if losing? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9X3... * Five Traps in the Ruy Lopez: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wG_... * Lasker plays the Spanish, Exchange Variation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fj1... * Jaenisch Gambit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1X... * How to Force a Draw: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDg... * Patience in Closed Positions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6L... * How to Evaluate a Chess Position: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUM... * Problems Defending the Scotch Game: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tgv... * 4...Bc5 against the Scotch Game: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_4... * To Consider: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcm... * Promote Your Passed Pawn: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pjt... * Bishop Sacrifice in the Openings: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TK... * Ultimate K & P endgame: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jab... * Knight Sacrifice in the Openings: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VaD... * Endgame Crazy Rook: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KQ... * Nxf7 Sacrifice against the Sicilian: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ylw... * Endgame Saavedra Position: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mg2... * Convert Winning Endgames: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91L... * Sacrifices on f7: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6u... * The King's Gambit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Vo... * Fast King's Gambit Traps: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98I... * Play the King's Gambit at Your Own Risk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3h8... * Play it, Sam: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vT... * Falkbeer Countergambit to the King's Gambit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQA... * Endgame Vancura Defense: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjf... * Endgame Build a Bridge: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wyf... * Endgame Philidor Position: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IN_... * Qe2/Qe7 in the Opening: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcf... * Endgame R vs B: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9T... * Endgame R vs N: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJd... * The Power of Be2 in the Opening: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j90... * The Power of Be2 Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGF... * Endgame K&Q vs K&R: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQM... * Jesse's Jab Method: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fP... * Endgame Q vs R Tricks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nq2... * Ben's EG lecture: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rP... * When you are old: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEH... * Endgame Trainer: https://endgametrainer.com/
* Pirc Defense: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7z6... * Pirc Defense - Crushing the 150 Attack: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qq... * Easy Pirc Defense: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lND... * Pirc Defense: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uec... * Trap Against the Pirc Def: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvW... * Pirc Defense: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2R0... * 3.f3 Against the Pirc Def: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVA... * Pirc Defense: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QdC... * Pirc Defense with Both Colors: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJg... * The Czech Pirc Defense: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Khv... * Czech Pirc Defense Demonstration: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Flq... * Czech Pirc Defense Game: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJX... * How to destroy your enemy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADD... * How Kasparov Chooses: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yq9... * Learn from Magnus' Way: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjI... * Five Step Thinking Method: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eeg... * 100 Laws of Life: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCq... * Top 10 Chess Moves Ever: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I32... * Zwischenzug: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6U9... 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
“Encouragement is like water to the soul, it makes everything grow.”
― Chris Burkmenn
Be slow in choosing a friend but slower in changing him. ~ Scottish Proverb Q. How can you tell when Bill Clinton is lying?
A. His lips are moving
<Voyage of the Heart
A voyage not just of maps and charts,
But a journey of the heart.
Where every wave and every tide,
Brings stories of the ocean wide.>
Q. What's the difference between Bill Clinton and a dog?
A. A dog chases his own tail.
“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.
* Dover publishers: https://store.doverpublications.com... Dover publishers have downsized their chess book offerings as decades have passed, but many of the all-time classics written in English descriptive notation remain available at affordable prices: https://doverpublications.ecomm-sea... Those who pitch their tent on the Rogoff page having no use for classic chess books can find adult coloring books at Dover publishers. It's a great, versatile publishing company! For club players, I would recommend "Chess Master vs. Chess Amateur" by Max Euwe and Walter Meiden (as well as Max Euwe's "The Logical Approach to Chess," "Strategy & Tactics in Chess," and "The Road to Chess Mastery" from other book dealers, likely used) before reading James Mason's "The Art of Chess" which is 340 pages! Mason does not spoon-feed the reader as much as Euwe does IMHO. Those readers demanding an algebraic notation offering from Dover Publishers would do well to buy any book by Tim Harding. Also, if memory serves correctly, there are two tournament books published in algebraic notation: Carlsbad International Chess Tournament 1929 by Aron Nimzovich, translated by Jim Marfia (30 games) and Zurich International Chess Tournament, 1953 by David Bronstein (210 games). The sign says "free shipping" on orders over $25.00. Several chess offerings are available as e-books. You can bundle -- get both versions and save a bunch. For those wondering about adult coloring e-books, well... I'll have to get back to you on that one, the pace of new technology being what it is. Chessgames.com will be unavailable August 28, 2023 from 1:00AM through 1:30AM(UTC/GMT) for maintenance.
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Psalm 107:1
Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good; his love endures forever. <Homework
Humdrum
Oh, why do I have to do so much?
Meet my friend, Boredom
Evil way to torture children
Wearisome
Opposite of fun
Reports consume too much time
Kids should protest against this.>
After reading the above poem, my teacher commented on how positive my poems were. School Tedious Despicable Working Testing Studying Horrible waste of time Yawning Learning Thinking Dull Wearisome Academy After reading the above, my teacher was shocked at my opinion. I told her that just because I am a good student does not mean I like school. 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
“Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a known God.” ― Corrie ten Boom “Chess is an infinitely complex game, which one can play in infinitely numerous & varied ways.” — Vladimir Kramnik “I’ve come to the personal conclusion that while all artists are not chess players, all chess players are artists.” — Marcel Duchamp “The beginning of love is the will to let those we love be perfectly themselves, the resolution not to twist them to fit our own image. If in loving them we do not love what they are, but only their potential likeness to ourselves, then we do not love them: we only love the reflection of ourselves we find in them”
― Thomas Merton, No Man Is an Island
“You win some, you lose some, and you keep it to yourself.” — Mike Caro Nakamura didn't handle this well. Instead of bragging on himself and insulting the others like pervhidious so often does, Nakamura should have simply, graciously given his congratulations to GothamChess and moved on. <“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
“The aim of argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress.”
— Joseph Joubert
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
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According to Chessmetrics, Emanuel Lasker was #1 for longer than anyone else in history: 292 different months between June 1890 and December 1926. That's a timespan of 36 1/2 years, in which Lasker was #1 for a total of 24 years and 4 months. Lasker was 55 years old when he won New York 1924. “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 “Chess taught me patience.” — Yuzvendra Chahal “Chess demolishes differences. It's a language of different generations.”
— Judit Polgar
* 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. “If there is no struggle, there is no progress.” ― Frederick Douglass 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?
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“The first instance of this opening [Grünfeld Defence] is in an 1855 game by Moheschunder Bannerjee, an Indian player who had transitioned from Indian chess rules, playing Black against John Cochrane in Calcutta, in May 1855: 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.e3 Bg7 5.Nf3 0-0 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Be2 Nxc3 8.bxc3 c5 9.0-0 cxd4 10.cxd4 Nc6 11.Bb2 Bg4 12.Rc1 Rc8 13.Ba3 Qa5 14.Qb3 Rfe8 15.Rc5 Qb6 16.Rb5 Qd8 17.Ng5 Bxe2 18.Nxf7 Na5 and White mates in three (19.Nh6+ double check Kh8 20.Qg8+ Rxg8 21.Nf7#). Cochrane published a book reporting his games with Moheshchunder and other Indians in 1864.” -- Wikipedia
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohes... * FTB says "Pawns are overrated until you reach an endgame. Then they become the focus. Of course, one should not play giveaway chess without compensation, so coddle your pawns (or get them the heck out of the way)." FTB would not expect GMs to agree completely. * Pawn practice for beginners after they know the squares, rules: http://www.kenilworthchessclub.org/... * Tip: Blockade weak pawns. Penetrate weak squares. (Research these chess terms until well-understood! Winners do such concepts over and over.) Blockade weak pawns. Penetrate weak squares. * Basic fundamentals of a pawn break: https://chess-teacher.com/theory-of... * Tip: Pawns and pawn structures are an acquired taste. (Fredthebear does not hesitate to recommend gambit openings to amateur players, as gambits often lead to lively games full of action because lines open quickly. Gambits are fun to play! Can you grab and maintain the initiative?) Do not buy a chess book all about pawns until you are a master candidate. Instead, check out chess books and videos on the middlegame. Middlegame books and videos will explain pawn basics and piece coordination; the two go hand-in-hand. Consistently apply what you already know, and don't worry so much about what you don't know yet. The better player often begins to dominate in the middlegame regardless of opening. IMHO, it's better to understand various MIDDLEGAME aspects than various pawn structures as long as you occupy the open lines in the pawn structure. While he's fiddling w/his pawns, you grip the center and pound 'em w/your pieces! Of course, you must seize open lines, avoid bad bishops, centralize your knight(s) and connect your rooks, form batteries and crossfires, etc. * The pawn structure serves as a skeleton (road map?) for piece movement. Your pawns must allow your pieces to get out, but not allow the opponent in. * What would you do against the Diemer-Duhm Gambit? Opening Explorer * Unverified Blogger Comment from another site: Axel Smith's 'Pump Up Your Rating' has a wonderful section dedicated to pawn levers. Such a great book!
'Applying Logic in Chess' by Erik Kislik is gaining attention too. * FTB has heard more than once that the book to get is "Soviet Middlegame Technique" by Peter Romanovsky. FTB has so many books that he has not gotten to Romanovsky yet. Before this should come "The Soviet Chess Primer" by Ilya Maizelis. Some of the world's best players say it is simply the best. FTB suspects you won't need any of his unsolicited advice after reading these two Soviet classics now available in English.
Practical Chess Endings by Paul Keres, The Art of the Middle Game by Keres and Kotov, One Hundred Selected Games by Mikhail Botvinnik, and Zurich International Chess Tournament 1953 surely fits with these studies. * Tips: Pawns are slow. Generally play w/your pieces much more than your pawns! Pieces are faster, threaten more squares to gain material; superior force should win. For example, the Bishop in the center threatens 14 squares, while a pawn threatens only two squares! Every pawn move should be necessary, for a useful lasting purpose, as the pawn cannot retreat to where it came from. The advanced pawn often requires passive protection for several moves. Pawns are often safest on their original square, or within two moves of their original square (this side of the frontier line). Strive to play aggressively. Use your minor pieces in the opening, and give all your pieces a job to do in the middlegame. Leave your castled king safely behind a compact pawn shield until the endgame arrives. Yes, make luft when necessary. The king and the outside pawns get moving in the endgame after so many pieces have been traded off. Perhaps a good time to advance pawns at any stage is when the opponent cannot seriously threaten your own king. * Scholastic Curriculum: http://ilchess.org/non_joom/youthpd... Beginners should have read a few general instruction books from the library, Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess, Kevin Starke, David McEnulty, Murry Chandler, etc. to gain some experience before Heisman straightens out your random, haphazard play and gives you something to think about.
* Some algebraic notation books for studies up through Intermediates roughly in order of difficulty, top to bottom:
- Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess by Fischer, et al.
- Chess (Collins Need to Know?) by Tony Gillam. All the basics, too much so for younger readers.
- Beginner's Guide to Winning Chess; Revised Edition w/Algebraic Notation by Fred Reinfeld. It's 213 pages with quizzes at the end of each chapter.
- Simple Chess Tactics (and Checkmates) by Tony Gillam or A.J. Gillam. Reprints altered the cover title a bit. There's a basic thought process that's always applicable.
- The Right Way to Play Chess by D.B. Pritchard. A best-seller.
- Simple Attacking Plans by Fred Wilson. It's OK to use the Queen? Fred Wilson is a good chess teacher who makes his point clear without distractions.
- Chess Basics by David Levins. The writing is informative but the king symbol needs a clear cross instead of a fountain pen look.
- The Winning Way by Bruce Pandolfini. Activate your pieces to win.
- Everyone's Second Chess Book by Dan Heisman. The title is too ambitious, but the material is must-know. Gain some experience before Heisman straightens out your random, haphazard play and gives you something to think about.
- Your First Chess Games by A.J. Gillam or Tony Gillam. Lots of short examples, blunders, what not to do. It's better to read general instruction books as listed above before hurrying into this one. It's really not too wise to jump into lots of opening play too soon.
- How to Beat (anyone) Your Dad at Chess by Murray Chandler. This hard cover book covers 50 deadly checkmate and stalemate patterns w/additional examples. FTB has recommended elsewhere that you speed skim each number diagram on the LEFT side of the page only, 1-50 in 5-10 minutes like flash cards for quick review of each pattern on a daily/weekly basis. You read/solve the additional examples on the right side another time after you have already speed mastered the 1-50 on the left side. This should yield significant improvement in a very time efficient manner for the dedicated self-trainer. Checkmate is checkmate; this one is good for kids and grown-up club players. You're training your mind for instant pattern recognition. When you can visualize so many different finishes, it assists your ability to create attacks to arrive there at a winning position.
- Guide to Good Chess by CJS Purdy. He covers all the basics briefly in his own unique way, including pawns. Purdy, Lasker, Tarrasch, Marshall, Koltanowski, Minev, Neishtadt are heavy influences on FTB's thinking. We're ready to pounce on our prey! A sound, solid, equal position without misplaced pieces is nothing to sneeze at, because it remains ready to roll like a German Panzer division!
- Instructive Chess Miniatures by Alper Efe Ataman.
- Winning Chess: How to Improve Your Attacking Play by Irving Chernev and Fred Reinfeld. Revised by Batsford Chess into Algebraic Notation, ISBN# 9781849941563.
- Attacking the King in the Center by Tony Gillam or A.J. Gillam. Set up a board and rehearse these games by hand!
- Chess Made EASY by Milton Hanauer. This one is long form algebraic, a small nugget. Excellent examples for training!
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- Chess for Everyone by Al Lawrence. Don't let the pictures of kids fool you into thinking it's too simple. It's 244 pages, so it's no kid book but an earnest kid certainly can read it. FTB did the average club player a real favor by recommending this one.
- A First Book of Morphy by Frisco Del Rosario. Stick with the king's pawn 1.e4 for awhile.
- The Chess Doctor by Bruce Pandolfini. Easy lessons to clean up your own playing mistakes.
- Improve Your Chess in Seven Days by Gary Lane. Lane writes interesting books.
- Attacks on the Castled King by Tony Gillam. He breaks it down by file.
- Common Sense in Chess by Emanuel Lasker, 21st Century Edition. Some of this book is basic material, some of it is more involved.
- Endgame Play by Chris Ward. How'd this EG book make the list? Half the book is all about pawns in simple positions; it's a fairly easy read. This book will make you realize FTB is full of it and pawns are important because it's easy to win with an extra queen on a bare board. Snag a few extra pawns, trade off the like pieces, and promote a pawn, then checkmate w/the new queen. This is one winning approach that should function like clockwork.
- Learn Chess Tactics by John Nunn.
- Power Mates by Bruce Pandolfini. King hunts in all types of openings. Fredthebear believes in knowing how to FINISH first, and then learning all the different ways to get there.
- Honest to goodness, anyone who has read this list thus far a couple times each and included another book of tactics and checkmates should be able to reach Class B or A rating level. The reader has been spoon fed all three phases of a chess game, and then some. It's a matter of playing soundly and consistently applying basic fundamental concepts like controlling the center and protecting your pieces without moving a handful of pawns.
- 101 Chess Questions Answered by Steve Giddins has a wide variety of topics. Club players will be enlightened in some aspects.
- Practical Middlegame Techniques by Danny Kopec. That pawn stuff is in here.
- End Games in Chess by Theo Schuster. It's only 64 pages. Don't you want to know "how one more pawn wins"?
- Best Lessons of a Chess Coach by Sunil Weeramantry. His son proved Sunil knows what he's talking about.
- The Art of Mastering Chess: A Complete Course for Beginners by GM Eduard Gufeld and others. It's better to have prior knowledge before tackling this one. "Art of Mastering" and "Beginners" really don't go together.
- Better Chess for Average Players by Tim Harding. An underappreciated writer this side of the Atlantic.
- Rudolph Spielmann: Master of Invention by Neil McDonald. Chapters by themes will help you get the big picture. There's a chapter on pawn power.
- Chess Training by Nigel Povah. It's loaded with essentials. However, FTB does not think like a tree. FTB thinks about gripping the center, rapid development, and inflicting pain w/each and every piece (while avoiding pain by each and every opposing piece). What's the best move available for this piece? That piece? The major mistake in chess is simply overlooking what a certain piece can do next. Can it check, cut-off, capture, aim at/through 2, pile on to outnumber, blockade, etc. Then FTB compares each of the best possibilities of the pieces for the one best line of play. A good active move usually suggests follow-up moves if allowed.
- FCO - Fundamental Chess Openings by Paul Van Der Sterren. After you play over a game -- your own game or a published game, you should look up the proper line of play. This will save you a TON of grief in future games by not messing up the opening (as long as you are disciplined enough to continue playing the same openings for familiarity). You don't have to get a winning position in the opening; just avoid making the wrong move and landing in a bad position. You should always know what will occur after an exchange in the opening, what line opens and who will seize it.
- Chess The Art of Logical Thinking by Neil McDonald. Observe, think, plan, compare, decide, blunder check, then move.
- The Giant Chess Puzzle Book by Zenon Franco. This has 1001 puzzles divided by themes with explanations and self-quizzes, ranging from easy to difficult. You'll have a good idea where you stand after this. When the positions get too difficult, move ahead to the next chapter and save the toughest material for next year.
- ABCs of Chess by Bruce Pandolfini. It's not a starter book by any means. These are diverse magazine articles combined into a book.
- Chess Fundamentals by Jose R. Capablanca. Not my favorite, but the concept of switching from targeting one weakness to another weakness is vital.
- Pawn Power by Angus Dunnington. Yes, an uncomplicated book about pawns! Dunnington sticks to the same level of writing for his targeted audience. He does not jump around from club to GM level material like other authors sometimes do.
- Pro Chess Videos 1&2 by Yasser Seirawan. More about pawns.
- Most Instructive Games of Chess Ever Played by Irving Chernev. It's descriptive notation, but use this website to make the moves in algebraic notation as you read from the book.
- From Beginner to Expert in 40 Lessons by Aleksander Kostyev. No, this book will not make you an expert by itself. This book would be world famous if it did that. You have to continue to study middlegames and endgames.
- 101 Attacking Ideas in Chess by Joe Gallagher. Time is a crucial element in chess. Attack when and if it's available -- seize the moment, before the opponent makes corrections. Otherwise, make positional improvements for increased pressure and flexibility.
- The Game of Chess by Dr. Siegbert Tarrasch, 21st Century Edition. This book sets the old standard for instructional excellence!! Don't get too caught up in the opening variations though.
- Encyclopedia of Chess Wisdom by Eric Schiller. How much of this do you KNOW by now? How much of this do you read and UNDERSTND by now? You don't have to memorize it, but do reference it.
- Pawn Sacrifice by Timothy Taylor. Some daring play in here.
- 300 Games of Chess by Dr. Siegbert Tarrasch. Delightful! The more common Dover edition is descriptive notation, as most Dover books are. Get the Hayes Publisher's edition for algebraic.
- Back to Basics Series fits about here. Mastering this material certainly should make one a candidate master.
- Richard Reti's Masters of the Chessboard and Modern Ideas in Chess are classics, reprinted as 21st Century Editions.
- Why You Lose at Chess by Tim Harding. Don't take losing so hard. Do ask a strong player to analyze your recorded games with you.
- 50 Essential Chess Lessons by Steve Giddens. Each lesson is a master game. The games range from 1935 to 2005. I thought Mr. Giddens' annotations were very good.
- Modern Chess Openings: 15th Edition by Nick De Firmian. This is a reference book; you don't read it from cover-to-cover.
- Carlsbad International Chess Tournament 1929 by Aron Nimzowitsch. Yeah, FTB avoided Nimzowitsch because Tarrasch is a better writer language-wise.
- New Ideas in Chess by Larry Evans. These ideas are not new anymore. Focus on the diagrams, the diagrams. Visualize how the game unfolds from there. The diagrams are underrated.
- (The Petroff): Move by Move (Everyman Chess) by Cyrus Lakdawala. It does not have to be this specific book, but pick something by this author and read it! However, you'd better have a rock-solid Black defense to 1.e4 if you want to score well in tournaments.
- 365 Chess Master Lessons by GM Andrew Soltis. FTB has previewed this one, but has not read it all. Soltis is a most experienced author.
- The Art of Attack by Vladimir Vukovic, revised algebraic edition. It's loaded.
- Nimzowitsch: A Reappraisal by Raymond Keene.
- Understanding Chess Move by Move by John Nunn. (FTB left out book suggestions for tactics, combinations, checkmates, and endgames, all of which are more important than pawns. Did you research Weak Pawns and Weak Squares? No, you don't need Silman's books to understand that.) - FTB says "Yes, pawns are the soul of chess. However, pins are the prick of chess. Don't get pricked by a pin. Tactics usually hit swifter than pawns do." * There's a flip side to the coin...
Peligroso Patzer: [from Aug-24-05]
Chess is not so simple that it can be reduced to the application of reliable maxims (such as “all rook endings are drawn”). There are exceptions, such as this game: Alekhine vs Reti, 1922 In which Reti realized that exchanging rooks (with <57. … Rxg4!>) would assure him of a draw. (FTB recommends learning the maxims anyway, and make note of the exceptions. Over the years, FTB has noticed that when an maxim does not apply, one player or the other usually has violated a maxim prior to. Violations beget exceptions of maxims; threats take precedence.) The most common wild bird in the world isn’t the sparrow or blue jay—it’s the red-billed quelea, which live in Africa and have an estimated population of 1.5 billion. “Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it.”
— Charles R. Swindoll
“When you have the better of it, play simply. When the game is going against you, look for complications.” — Frank J. Marshal “We are addicted to our thoughts. We cannot change anything if we cannot change our thinking.” ― Santosh Kalwar, Quote Me Everyday Elephants can’t jump.
Octopuses have three hearts.
Cows don’t actually have four stomachs; they have one stomach with four compartments. FACTRETRIEVER: Gummy bears were originally called "dancing bears."
Sea otters have the thickest fur of any mammal, at 1 million hairs per square inch. “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 <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.> 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 Philippians 4:7
7 And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. “This is an important lesson to remember when you're having a bad day, a bad month, or a shiffy year. Things will change: you won't feel this way forever. And anyway, sometimes the hardest lessons to learn are the ones your soul needs most. I believe you can't feel real joy unless you've felt heartache. You can't have a sense of victory unless you know what it means to fail. You can't know what it's like to feel holy until you know what it's like to feel really @#$%* evil. And you can't be birthed again until you've died.”
― Kelly Cutrone, If You Have to Cry, Go Outside: And Other Things Your Mother Never Told You Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) played chess. It was one of his favorite games. He started playing in his 20s and owned several nice chess sets. Dr. William Small probably introduced chess to Jefferson around 1762. Dr. Small was a professor of mathematics at the College of William and Mary who taught Jefferson. “Love all, trust a few,
Do wrong to none: be able for thine enemy
Rather in power than use; and keep thy friend
Under thy own life's key: be check'd for silence,
But never tax'd for speech.”
― William Shakespeare, All's Well That Ends Well Psalm 107:1
Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good; his love endures forever. “The Lord is first, my friends are second, and I am third.” ― Gale Sayers “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 “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 Luck never gives; it only lends. ~ Scottish 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 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. "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 Proverbs 1:7 “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction.” 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.
“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
“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 z64All free bumd one off puffy went out 4A smoke saw a UFOA outr space, force, time, android K safety Wesley So Zamikhovsky pauzed clock o' time: https://24timezones.com/#/map “Stay sharp, play smart, and take care.” ― NM Nelson Lopez 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 rubber chicken cross the road?
A: To stretch her legs.
Sing it Frankie! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEc... “Debt is dumb. Cash is king.” — Dave Ramsey
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Most of the Crazy Rooks are in the Draws collections. * Small collection of forced draws: Game Collection: Short Forced Draws * Short Draws: Game Collection: Short Forced Draws * Are you broke? https://www.bing.com/videos/search?... Are all math puns bad? No, just sum.
* Basic Rules: https://thechessworld.com/basic-che... * Notable Games: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_... * Escapes: Game Collection: Defensive Combinations (Perpetual Check) “Quand le vin est tiré, il faut le boire.” ― (Once the first step is taken, there’s no going back.) * Artful Mates: Game Collection: Art of Checkmate * Attack and Defense: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uc-... * Arjun Awakens: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=toK... * Basic Rules: https://thechessworld.com/basic-che... * Capablanca's Double Attack — having the initiative is important: https://lichess.org/study/tzrisL1R * Center Fork Trick is very common: https://lichess.org/study/tzrisL1R * Checkmate patterns: Game Collection: Checkmate: Checkmate Patterns * CEO of Chess.com: https://www.chess.com/article/view/... * Chessmaster 2000 Classic Games:
Game Collection: Chessmaster '86 The Chess Artist: Genius, Obsession, and the World's Oldest Game by J.C. Hallman
ISBN: 0312272936
ISBN13: 9780312272937
* ChessCafe.com column, The Openings Explained: Abby Marshall * Chess Links: http://www.chessdryad.com/links/ind... * Common Checkmate Patterns:
http://gambiter.com/chess/Checkmate... * Caviar: https://www.chess.com/article/view/... * 5 Fortresses: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6J... 500 King's Gambit Miniatures Collection II Book by Bill Wall
ISBN: 0945470614
ISBN13: 9780945470618
* 5 Biggest mistakes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjW... * 8th strongest: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/g_Wx... * 80s ladies: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/7tbK... * 10 Tips: https://www.uschess.org/index.php/L... * 10 Crazy Gambits: https://www.chess.com/blog/yola6655... * Explained in 12 minutes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eu2... * C21-C22 miniatures: http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches... * 25 Opening Traps: https://www.chess.com/blog/ChessLor... * B23-B25: Game Collection: Sicilian Closed / Grand Prix Attack * 3X a lady: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/XpZq... * 150 Attack: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FH4... * Best Games of 2018: Game Collection: Best Games of 2018 * Be aggressive! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFl... * Glossary of Chess Terms: http://www.arkangles.com/kchess/glo... * How to Play Chess! http://www.serverchess.com/play.htm... * Play for free: https://www.freechess.org/
* Puzzles: Tactics Archive * Short and Quick:
Game Collection: SHORT AND QUICK * Tactical Motifs: https://chesstempo.com/tactical-mot... * Bill Wall miniatures: Bill Wall * Cats: Game Collection: Catalan Opening I * Chess Hotel: https://www.chesshotel.com/
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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,
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It'll keep you in store,
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And in victory,
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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 “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 “Stick a fork in him. He's done.” ― Leo Durocher “The pin is mightier than the sword.” ― Fred Reinfield “A sacrifice is best refuted by accepting it.” ― Wilhelm Steinitz “As day is to a sword, night is to a shield.” ― Anthony Liccione New Hampshire: Dover
Established in: 1623
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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
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. <poem by >B.H. Wood <which appeared in the following issues of the Chess Amateur: March 1930 (page 127).The Chess Cafe III – The Spectator
Quiet in the corner sitting, not a word
He utters, but, his eyes glued on their board,
Where in oblivion the players brood,
He spends his lifetime’s dearest hours.
His food
Is cold, his lighted pipe goes slowly out ….
Yet when the game ends, when they talk about
Its ins and outs, its characteristic twist,
He’s seen that winning line a master missed!
You ask him for a game – ‘I never play
Myself – hardly a game a year’, he’ll say.> * Remembering B.H. Wood: https://britishchessnews.com/2020/0... * Editor of the periodical "Chess" from 1935-1989: https://thechesspedia.net/wood-baru... * "Chess" magazine: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess... * Yorkshire Chess History: https://mannchess.org.uk/People/Woo... * The record shows: https://britishchessnews.com/event/... * Correspondence: https://www.chess.com/blog/SamCopel... * Louisville, KY 1959: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIL... * British championship 1959: D G Ellison vs B H Wood, 1959 * Puzzle: https://chesspuzzle.net/Puzzle/558232
Between 1938 and 1957, <B.H. Wood> won the championship of Warwickshire eight times. He won the tournaments at Baarn (1947), Paignton (1954), Whitby (1963), Tórshavn (1967) and Jersey (1975). He tied for 4th–6th, scoring 5 points out of 9 games, at the 1948-1949 Hastings Christmas Chess Congress, 1.5 points behind winner Nicolas Rossolimo. He won the British correspondence chess championship in 1944-1945. Wood was a FIDE Judge, an international chess arbiter, and the joint founder of the Sutton Coldfield Chess Club. Wood's daughter Margaret (Peggy) Clarke won the British Girls" Championship in 1952, 1955, and 1956, and was the joint British Ladies" Champion in 1966. Wood's sons Christopher, Frank and Philip are also strong chess players. Cash or Credit?
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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."
The first Computer program that played proper Chess was written at MIT by Alex Bernstein in 1959. The first Chess tournament in which the only players were Computer programs was held in New York in 1970. The Cloud
By Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822)
I bring fresh showers for the thirsting flowers,
From the seas and the streams;
I bear light shade for the leaves when laid
In their noonday dreams.
From my wings are shaken the dews that waken
The sweet buds every one,
When rocked to rest on their mother's breast,
As she dances about the sun.
I wield the flail of the lashing hail,
And whiten the green plains under,
And then again I dissolve it in rain,
And laugh as I pass in thunder.
I sift the snow on the mountains below,
And their great pines groan aghast;
And all the night 'tis my pillow white,
While I sleep in the arms of the blast.
Sublime on the towers of my skiey bowers,
Lightning my pilot sits;
In a cavern under is fettered the thunder,
It struggles and howls at fits;
Over earth and ocean, with gentle motion,
This pilot is guiding me,
Lured by the love of the genii that move
In the depths of the purple sea;
Over the rills, and the crags, and the hills,
Over the lakes and the plains,
Wherever he dream, under mountain or stream,
The Spirit he loves remains;
And I all the while bask in Heaven's blue smile,
Whilst he is dissolving in rains.
The sanguine Sunrise, with his meteor eyes,
And his burning plumes outspread,
Leaps on the back of my sailing rack,
When the morning star shines dead;
As on the jag of a mountain crag,
Which an earthquake rocks and swings,
An eagle alit one moment may sit
In the light of its golden wings.
And when Sunset may breathe, from the lit sea beneath,
Its ardours of rest and of love,
And the crimson pall of eve may fall
From the depth of Heaven above,
With wings folded I rest, on mine aëry nest,
As still as a brooding dove.
That orbèd maiden with white fire laden,
Whom mortals call the Moon,
Glides glimmering o'er my fleece-like floor,
By the midnight breezes strewn;
And wherever the beat of her unseen feet,
Which only the angels hear,
May have broken the woof of my tent's thin roof,
The stars peep behind her and peer;
And I laugh to see them whirl and flee,
Like a swarm of golden bees,
When I widen the rent in my wind-built tent,
Till calm the rivers, lakes, and seas,
Like strips of the sky fallen through me on high,
Are each paved with the moon and these.
I bind the Sun's throne with a burning zone,
And the Moon's with a girdle of pearl;
The volcanoes are dim, and the stars reel and swim,
When the whirlwinds my banner unfurl.
From cape to cape, with a bridge-like shape,
Over a torrent sea,
Sunbeam-proof, I hang like a roof,
The mountains its columns be.
The triumphal arch through which I march
With hurricane, fire, and snow,
When the Powers of the air are chained to my chair,
Is the million-coloured bow;
The sphere-fire above its soft colours wove,
While the moist Earth was laughing below.
I am the daughter of Earth and Water,
And the nursling of the Sky;
I pass through the pores of the ocean and shores;
I change, but I cannot die.
For after the rain when with never a stain
The pavilion of Heaven is bare,
And the winds and sunbeams with their convex gleams
Build up the blue dome of air,
I silently laugh at my own cenotaph,
And out of the caverns of rain,
Like a child from the womb, like a ghost from the tomb,
I arise and unbuild it again.
The longest wedding veil was the same length as 63.5 football fields.
When Maria Paraskeva, a woman from Cyprus, got married in August 2018, her goal wasn't just to say "I do." She was also determined to set a record. "My dream as a child has always been to break the Guinness World Record title for the longest wedding veil," she explained. She fulfilled her dream by wearing a lace veil that stretched 22,843 feet and 2.11 inches, or as long as 63.5 football fields. The Astrologer Who Stumbled Into A Well
To an astrologer who fell
Plump to the bottom of a well,
"Poor blockhead!" cried a passer-by,
"Not see your feet, and read the sky?"
This upshot of a story will suffice
To give a useful hint to most;
For few there are in this our world so wise
As not to trust in star or ghost,
Or cherish secretly the creed
That men the book of destiny may read.
This book, by Homer and his pupils sung,
What is it, in plain common sense,
But what was chance those ancient folks among,
And with ourselves, God's providence?
Now chance does bid defiance
To every thing like science;
it were wrong, if not,
To call it hazard, fortune, lot –
Things palpably uncertain.
But from the purposes divine,
The deep of infinite design,
Who boasts to lift the curtain?
Whom but himself does God allow
To read his bosom thoughts? and how
Would he imprint on the stars sublime
The shrouded secrets of the night of time?
And all for what? To exercise the wit
Of those who on astrology have writ?
To help us shun inevitable ills?
To poison for us even pleasure's rills?
The choicest blessings to destroy,
Exhausting, before they come, their joy?
Such faith is worse than error – It's a crime.
The sky-host moves and marks the course of time;
The sun sheds on our nicely-measured days
The glory of his night-dispelling rays;
And all from this we can divine
Is, that they need to rise and shine, –
To roll the seasons, ripen fruits,
And cheer the hearts of men and brutes.
How tallies this revolving universe
With human things, eternally diverse?
You horoscopers, waning quacks,
Please turn on Europe's courts your backs,
And, taking on your travelling lists
The bellows-blowing alchemists,
Budge off together to the land of mists.
But I have digressed. Return we now, bethinking
Of our poor star-man, whom we left a drinking.
Besides the folly of his lying trade,
This man the type may well be made
Of those who at chimeras stare
When they should mind the things that are.
D Belenkaya vs G Gajewski, 2023 Apr-03-23 rwbean: 15... ♔g6? is just disrespecting the opponent - severely punished. Apr-03-23 perfidious: Black, no mean tactician in his own right, got himself in difficulties grabbing a hot pawn; I rather doubt he was being 'disrespectful' of his opponent. Apr-03-23 fredthebear: RE: 'disrespectful'
<got himself in difficulties grabbing a hot pawn> 6...cxd4 is the most common move in the database, typical of an Open Sicilian. Black outperforms White from this position. 9...Bxe4 leaves Black better.
There are no other captures of White pawns. The bellicose Black king does capture a BISHOP and a KNIGHT. Once again, we are fed a lame post by the lazy <perfidious> who does not bother to analyze the game he is commenting on. Wasn't it yesterday that the self-promoting perfidious flaunted a "Morphy 4" status on the Stewart Reuben page? In fact, editor perfidious has previously stated to his pal that he does not bother to REPLAY some games that he comments on. Our ever-present cyberbully simply enjoys being disagreeable, harassing other members with negative commentary. 15...Kg6? is the astonishing move ("completely insane" -- GM Nakamura) leading to Black's demise, as correctly pointed out by longtime member <rwbean>. Instead, centralizing 15...Re8 would have maintained equality. Watching a provided game link of analysis by highly regarded chess streamers was also too much to ask. perfidious proves himself to be the very definition of <'disrespectful'> to members. # Apr-03-23 perfidious: As I noted last week, hope the Orange Criminal and his acolytes know how to count to 34. Whaddayasay, <fredthenimrod, lyin' king>? Think y'all can give that coterie a lesson in simple arithmetic, being as you know everything about everything? That put some lead in your pencil? Apr-03-23 fredthebear: No lesson from me. Your pal Z troll is a legal expert; ask Z if you want to know.
# # #
You certainly cowered from your egregious game post. Editor caught <RED HANDED> making game remarks without reviewing the game??? That makes you <<althenimrod, lyin' king>. Apr-03-23 perfidious: <....You certainly cowered from your egregious game post. Editor caught <RED HANDED> making game remarks without reviewing the game??? That makes you <fredthedump, lyin' king>.>
<fredthepump>, how do you know I did not play through the game? Just another lie? Apr-03-23 fredthebear: Oh perfidious/<althenimrod, lyin' king>, you're making dumb after stupid statements. It sounds like you don't even know what your big blunder was. Go REPLAY the game and school yourself -- FOOL!
If you would have actually played through the game, you WOULD NOT have wrote what you wrote. Black captured just two pawns, early on! Your negative commentary was dead WRONG -- AGAIN. You showed yourself to be a complete schmuck. It is obvious that you read rwbean's one line post -- which was spot on -- and you decided to personally attack with another smartcrass comment that you are so despised for. Your laziness shows up in so many ways in your game posts. You couldn't analyze a shoe from a sandal from a sneaker anymore. It's a good thing you can copy-paste the TWP in your forum to get you by. Surely you have a friend or two somewhere in this world and don't need so much attention on here like pebbles does. Time for you to retire, master! Alfred, Lord Tennyson
by Dorothy Parker (1893-1967)
Should Heaven send me any son,
I hope he's not like Tennyson.
I'd rather have him play a fiddle
Than rise and bow and speak an idyll.
Apr-20-23 perfidious: <That's quite an admission of guilt Ain't that so, <fredthepissant>? You don't like it, pound sand.
Apr-20-23 perfidious: <While I have
Without <fredthedouche>'s contributions, how <would> ordinary mortals get on? Apr-20-23 perfidious: <....Two foolish lovers should stop sucking face long enough to actually read the post before commenting.> Ever the victim.
Ain't that so, <fredthejackal>? Apr-20-23 perfidious: Yet again, two top GMs are cast aside as so much dross by that crashing bore <fredthepissant>, whose erudition on the game outstrips mere 2750 players on the worst day of his life. Apr-20-23 perfidious: <You bore us
So asks <fredthenarcissist>. Apr-20-23 perfidious: <That's not a discussion. Thus spake <fredthejackal>, <lyin' king>. Apr-22-23 perfidious: While I have often styled <fredfradiavolo> the <life2700player>, in one respect, he clearly cuts it, As ever, <fredthestalker> looks in the mirror, finds himself #z It is quite clear that the continual harassment of FTB from that obnoxious volunteer editor is full-throttle cyberbullying in complete violation of the posting guidelines, yet CGs has wrongly allowed such ongoing personal attacks for decades. 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.
Apples come in over 7,500 different varieties.
Question: What country has the most vending machines per capita?
Answer: Japan – one for every 23 people.
The pomegranate is one of the oldest known fruits, with evidence of cultivation dating back to ancient civilizations. Question: What is the oldest authenticated age ever for a human?
Answer: 122
The kiwi fruit originated in China, but is now named after the national bird of New Zealand. “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
<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
Bearly Thinking: https://www.etsy.com/listing/972054... The thought crossed my gentle mind that CGs needs some additional avatar variance of figures like Emory and Andrew Tate, Tani Adewumi, James Black Jr., Ambakisye Osayaba, Tom "Murph" Murphy, and Pontus Carlsson, Taahir Levi, Praggy and Pentala Harikrishna, Nihal Sarin, Adhiban Baskaran, Manuel Aaron, and Juan Carlos González Zamora, María Teresa Mora Iturralde, Daniela De la Parra, Alejandra Guerrero Rodríguez, Azarya Jodi Setyaki, Medina Warda Aulia, Errol Tiwari, Elshan Moradiabadi, Joey Razo, Collette McGruder, Diamond Shakoor, Phiona Mutesi, Jessica Hyatt, Jean-Pierre and Koneru Humpy, Tania Sachdev, Rout Padmini and Hou Yifan and Zhao Xue, Medhat Moheb, Yao Ming and Awonder Liang, Jeffery Xiong and Liem Le, Li Chao and the like. Our avatars are rather lily silly; not everybody looks like Smith, Jones, Thomas, or Mikhail. On the other hand, we definitely need some redheads too (Anna Rudolf, Isla Fisher, Jude Acers, Prince Harry, Ed Sheeran)!! I'd say at least a dozen redheads, some with and without beards. Some Canadians too! St. Elmo
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!
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Email server: yahoo.com
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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
* Edward Winter History: https://chesshistory.com/winter/ext... * 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) 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.
Praseodymium Pr 59 140.908 1.1
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173 games, 1824-2024 - Petroff, Nimzo Attk Hacked FTB
5.Nc3 NxN 6.dxNc3
This opening results in lots of endgames.
* Petrov Defense (C42) * 2 bad habits: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ifm... * Passer on the 2nd rank: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/gk1w... * 3.Ba3 Nbd7: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/dtqe... * 3 billion dummies? https://www.youtube.com/shorts/nz96... * 3 reasons: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/5pv3... Play through a book of traps or miniatures your first year of chess.
Tackle Attack and Counterattack in Chess by Fred Reinfeld. Play though The Art of the Checkmate your second year of chess.
Tackle Fred Reinfeld's 1001 Brilliant Ways to Checkmate. Play through an annotated games collection (individual player or tournament book prior to 1930) your third year of chess.
Tackle The Complete Chess Player by Fred Reinfeld. Study a chess course your fourth year of chess.
Tackle The Complete Chess Course by Fred Reinfeld. Study a classic general treatise your fifth year of chess.
Tackle The Fireside Book of Chess by Irving Chernev and Fred Reinfeld. * 4,000 ELO: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/6g2E... * A45: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvH... * Alireza Firouzja's 5 Most Brilliant Chess Moves: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwa... * Fabiano Caruana's 5 Most Brilliant Chess Moves: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoq... * Top 5 laws: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/CimP... * Top 6 traps: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYO... * Top 7 aggressive openings: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ib8... * 7 Mexican songs that you've heard: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9S... * 7 ways to punish Bg4 pin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbQ... * 738 days: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/niPh... * 8 Chess concepts: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRy... * 0831 history: https://www.msn.com/en-us/video/peo... * Firouzja Breaks Record: Youngest 2800 Chess Player in History! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHR... * 9-year-old Bodhana Sivanandan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwK... * 9 Russian songs that you've heard: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-v... * Double rook sacrifice in 9 moves: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/KD-F... * 0920 history: https://www.msn.com/en-us/video/peo... * Top 10 best Stafford Gambit traps: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIe... * 10 historical human blunders: https://www.msn.com/en-us/video/peo... * 10 Italian songs that you've heard: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gt... * 12th street comes after the 11th: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlr... * Bradshaw, Brady, and Montana wore #12: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/_yUE... So did Jim Kelly: https://www.sportscasting.com/news/... * 18-year-old Gukesh Dommaraju, the World Championship challenger w/the knight pair: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vq... * Johnny Guarnieri plays: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHX... * Adrian Beltre is the all-time leader in hits, RBI, XBH, and total bases among 3B in MLB 🔥 * Al Khwarizmi: The Father of Algebra from Persia. * Alan Turing: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/KdwE... * Always know how thy opponent will respond -- s/he does not have to cooperate with your plans: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/JuHR... * Aliens in chess: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPj... * R.I.P. Aliens: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4O... * Alapin Sicilian bait: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/9FO1... * Animal Crackers, 1930: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zz1... * Arjun is golden: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kql... * Archer: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/gJZ7... * Ask Whats? https://www.youtube.com/shorts/AF6y... * Bonanza: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBB... * banjo and ukulele combination: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Io... * The Babbitt and the Bromide: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mP7... * Black to move -- find the mate: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/DlQF... * Blazing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7g... * Blue suede: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6B... * Blumenthal is a fraud: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/T640... * Bobby Baseball: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/7PFd... * Brutal Bishop's opening gambit: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/7IJQ... * What was Bernoulli thinking? https://www.youtube.com/shorts/zD8A... * Boden-Kieseritzky Gambit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HyP... * Brownies: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ufm... * Castling into it: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/JiHp... * Castling opposite: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/uZqm... * Chaturanga: https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle... * Chattanooga Choo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hae... * Chess Olympiad 2024 in Budapest: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Svh... * Check before you promote -- it might be mate: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/kCpR... * Cliffe Knechtle's message:
* Creature of habit: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/10ht... Dante
by Michelangelo (1475-1564)
WHAT should be said of him cannot be said;
By too great splendor is his name attended;
To blame is easier than those who him offended,
Than reach the faintest glory round him shed.
This man descended to the doomed and dead
For our instruction; then to God ascended;
Heaven opened wide to him its portals splendid,
Who from his country's, closed against him, fled. Ungrateful land! To its own prejudice
Nurse of his fortunes; and this showeth well
That the most perfect most of grief shall see.
Among a thousand proofs let one suffice,
That as his exile hath no parallel,
Ne'er walked the earth a greater man than he.
* Danish, Gustavo Fring trap, Greco's Mate: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/joUH... * Discovered checks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxH... * Do the Hustle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3k... * Trash talkin' hustler: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5v... * Don't throw your time and money away! https://www.youtube.com/shorts/fgRe... * Don't do this to dear old Dad: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/fCI8... * Are you driving??? https://www.youtube.com/shorts/OZA6... * Drawn? https://www.youtube.com/shorts/7NLv... * Dubov duplicates Blackburne's Mate: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/XxWV... * Each one saw Jesus risen from the dead: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/yMXq... * Easiest $150: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/fzod... * Efficiency: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/KHN8... * Electronicx: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=us-... * Embarrassing beat down: https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/ot... * Excuse me, says the lad: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/3mYt...
The moral of the story: If you need help, ask for help! * Extremists: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/9bv0... * Engelbert Humperdinck 1968: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2u... * Basic Endgame principles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6T5... * No easy fix: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/p4xH... * f3 & f6 when queenless: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/FUNQ... * B & N forks in the Center Game: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/HUme... * "the 50 most beautiful miles in America" https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/tr... * Capitalist entrepreneurial freedom outperforms Communism: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Ivmb... * Fried Liver Counterattack: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/22eM... * Pseudo Fried Liver on the queenside: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Zdsg... * "Foggy Mountain Breakdown" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=af9... * Fort Davis: https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/ne... * Forth and Back: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/qrIU... * Forsaken: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4a... * Forgiveness: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/L38q... * France: https://www.bing.com/travel/place-s... * French trickster: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ZJeE... * Fresh air: https://new.uschess.org/news/take-i... * Get out of the way: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/vvX2... * The Goose gave one up: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/xRLp... * The Greatest Chess Game Of 2024 (upto mid-May): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmr... * Grand Can: https://www.msn.com/en-us/video/peo... * Grand Prix: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jd... * Hanging: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/HTRP... * Hazel Simpson hits home: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pc... * Heavy pieces in action: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/VNeX... * Heaven or hell? https://www.youtube.com/shorts/nxQY... * "Help your pieces help you." https://www.youtube.com/shorts/7nEi... * Hikaru's discovered double attack: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/5h1Z... * How many times will you watch this? https://www.youtube.com/shorts/3yHZ... * ...h6 is often bad in the opening: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Itek... * Hush money: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/bOSf... * If yogurt goes bad, how can you tell?
* ICC: https://www.youtube.com/@chessclubICC
* In Dreams: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTR... * India World Champs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7AW... * Interference: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/YNMJ... * Instead of giving check, quietly threaten mate: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/d5lG... * It's O.K. to Li: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/6Qw5... * It's all about love, relationships, not achievements, possessions: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/7eaM... * Irish resilience: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/gY5G... * Jitterbug Party: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMQ... * Jobava London executes: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/aifA... * Ju Wenjun's chair: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/XTSr... * The Soul of Johnny Wanderin' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPY... * Center Counter Unpin: 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5 4.d4 e5 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Bc5 Bb4 7.0-0 NxBc3 8.Bxf7+ KxBf7 9.Ng5+ Ke8 10.QxBg4 Nf6 11.Qe6+ Kd8 12.Nf7# 1-0. * ICBM deflection: 1.Nf3 d5 2.e4 dxe4 3.Ng5 Nf6 4.d3 exd3 5.Bxd3 h6 6.Nxf7+ KxNf7 7.Bg6+ KxBg6 8.QxQd8 Black resigns, 0-1. * Tennison Gambit lesson: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yc9... John 3:16-18 King James Version
16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life. 17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. 18 He that believeth on Him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. * 50 move rule: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/cjFW... * Kadas Gambit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iec... * Kid teaches the Italian game: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLk... * Italian 5.d3: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/lK9V... Not this: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/TT5P... * KID (& Pirc) intro: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ap... * KID by Carlsen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIM... * KID trapped: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/HonN... * KID vs Bg5, ...e5 blunder: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/TSvC... * KID transposes into the 1.e4 Pirc Def: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/3Xaf... * King walk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxg... * King's Gambit Counter: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OeG... * Knight vs Bishop: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVd... * Where's Slick Willie?? https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/worl... * Woke Liberalism: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/9CbJ... * This little light of mine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qj3... * Logical series: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQH...
Do read Chernev's book!
* Anti-London System: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9I... * Her lovely bear: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/iz_b... * Lukewarm: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Eapi... * Malagueña: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pz2... * Medley of hymns: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EuI... * Wrong mirror for Black: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/IFpa... * Mirror counterattack in the Russian Game: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/5ESN... * Mississippi John Hurt: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85B... * Money facts: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/2yWE... * They must make real good moola: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/HbBu... * Moving forward: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/WqwW... * More popular than the originals: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/qVsw... * Mozart's Turkish Rondo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-l4... * Paul Morphy brilliancies: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaG... * Mr. Sandman: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-c... * Necessary: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/5_b3... * NYC 1900: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UER... * Never resign if you still have mating material: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ktJc... * Never without: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/se3E... * Numbers Boogie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhF... * Octo and the scuba: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/CQBY... * Online chess: https://www.247chess.com/news/chess... * On the attack: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/2uuL... * Othello: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LY... * Overstimulated: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/vLHB... * Overworked by pigs on the 7th: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/JFBX... * Paid in full: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/C82G... * Paganini: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHw... * Pawn manipulations: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/E15Y... * Pepper spray: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/WiWz... * Perfect: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QR... * Amazing Pins: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aP9... * Pirc Defense: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYE... * Carlsen plays the Pirc: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WE7... * Pirc Defense refutation? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JC... * Put pressure on the pinned piece: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/xIDi... * Puzzlers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXI... * Prevent the opponent's best response, then do your combination: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/VXom... * Little Pragg: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Sw6b... * Psalm 46:1 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/K3n8... * QGA: https://www.bing.com/videos/rivervi... * QGA: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jy6... * QGD: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETG... * ...Qg4! https://www.youtube.com/shorts/XObS... * Queens and Pawns ending: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/mjf_... * Racing: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/0ggJ... * Rare for a reason: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDL... * Rhapsody In Blue: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAu... * The Austrian Ratpack: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jx0... * Release point consistency: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/6FMM... * Resonance: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/n9dp... * Django Reinhardt clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZ3... * Rousseau Gambit, Nxc2 sac: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/DjMU... Win as Black: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMv... Learn from Levy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Usg... * Routine: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/FT1H... * Rook the King: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/o0HT... * Scandianavian Nbd7 is the last to develop after both bishops: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/0rke... * Stop Scholar's Mate w/the pony: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ssmX... ...g4 extended variation: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/VIom... * Beyond the Sea: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZT... * See the difference? https://www.youtube.com/shorts/KmxQ... * See, See Rider: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jzc... * Summertime chess improvement:
billwall
Well, my (Bill's) advice is to play as much as you can, write the moves down, and when you have time, go over your games. I am not a fan of playing the computer or solving chess problem, but since you have the Polgar book called Chess, I would recommend studying the short games and miniatures in that book (one of my games is in there). Here atwww.chess.com, I would recommend you play email chess. Take two to four challenges or games. Play 2 games as White and 2 games as Black. Try to play a gambit and tactical in one game as White, and positional in the other game as White, and do the same for Black. Pick two openings you want to study as White, and two as Black. 99% of the players need to improve their opening, so get comfortable with some openings that you like or are successful at. Go over your games every month and see if there is progress, either in future games, or analyzing the games you already played and found more ideas. If you have anyone stronger to look at the game, that would help. Otherwise, after a game, try to run it against a strong chess program. If you have Chessmaster 10, I guess I would play the first 10-15 moves, rather than the whole game to get in more time understanding the openings. Take advantage of the free downloads here and study the games. For a 2-week vacation, get a book on openings or the Polgar book, and study the openings or the shorter games. Try to guess the next move after each line and try to understand why your move was good or not or why the book move was the recommended move. Finally, make it enjoyable. If you are getting too burned out, stay away from the game for a while, or just play over your old games for fun, and perhaps rotate the board to see the opponent's point of view. * Sheridan: https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/tr... * Shielding from behind: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/l6fO... * Sinatra: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/IwA-... * Skip James: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYA... * Solve these 5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDp... * So that's what takes place: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/xs12... * Spanish Berlin, Anastasia's Mate: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/iAOy... * Spank kids with the Spanish Berlin Fishin' Pole: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/XHI2... Replay: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/dVZM... * Space and the outside passer: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/WxQH... * Summertime: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5x... * Sun rise, sunset: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/UWmP... * St. Louis 1965: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvY... * Royal Skewer: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/8Hpa... * Stable equilibrium: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/4rKm... * Steinitz rule in pawn endgames: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/vUv5... * Swing the mood: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iD... * Tactics and Combinations are not strategy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EkE... Is there a Q+ and fork, a Nc6 hitting c2 or Nf6 hitting f2? Count the coverage, attackers vs defenders and their relative value of exchange. Develop your minor pieces rapidly. Blunder check: How will this piece be hit on its new square? Can it be pinned? Don't expose your royalty. Reinforce the center and the bishop's aim. Seize open lines and form batteries with your long-range pieces. Protect your pieces and prevent penetration. Unpin & untie immediately. Blockade weak pawns and penetrate weak squares. Put pigs on the 2nd/7th. * Take it down a notch: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ZlkX... * Tal sacrifices: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ngM5... * That's how it is done: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/4Tn2... * Timely: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ov... * Today is the day: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ZESv... * Terrible: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Vz8U... * Chess Titles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULy... * Triangular hole: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Qm64... * Triangulation changes the move: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/AGjc... * Trimmin': https://www.youtube.com/shorts/tddb... * Trumpeters: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZO1... * Tromp the Indians: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmY... * Tarrasch vs Romberg 1893: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/BfnD... * To-do: https://www.explore.com/1097372/thi... * two-time U.S. No.1 single: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnc... * Teks bawaan: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/lZsS... * Traxler Counter-Attack: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1j... * Unchained: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0E... * Untenable: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/MW90... * Union Square Hustle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDA... * Saavedra Underpromotion 1895: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/pWeo... * Variety show in December 1969: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2o8... * Vegan bacon, or Fried Liver? https://www.youtube.com/shorts/xeRI... * Viva La Vida... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSk... * Vienna Gambit, Heisenberg trap: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/O1Oi... * Vietnam traps: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Xrji... * Waiting for the Paris train: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipP... * What does the pawn structure say? https://www.youtube.com/shorts/q4Bf... * Wishbone playaction: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yci... * When castling is bad: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSE... * Word police: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/rjhA... * Chair yoga: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/tMSH... * You aint nothin' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNY... * Yugoslavia 1957 Attack: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZW... * Zugzwang: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3I3... The privileged underhanded Chessgames operator slashed this collection like hundreds of other Fredthebear's collections. It's corruption at the top, plain and simple. 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."
* Wikipedia on Computer Chess: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compu... Zhavaed Haemaed wrote:
Zugzwang
My little game of Chess
That I played, with you
Making subtle moves
Hinting all too softly
Allowing impasses
Offering a pawn
Renouncing knights
Denouncing a bishop
Even giving up my Queen
That trying game of Chess
It appears, has come to a stale
Without one word spoken, without
An idea or intellect having being shared
My dear, I have not tried hard enough, and
I shall never be the wiser for not having made a move "We do not remember days, we remember moments." ― Cesare Pavese <There are distinct situations where a bishop is preferred (over a knight). For example, two bishops are better than two knights or one of each. Steven Mayer, the author of Bishop Versus Knight, contends, “A pair of bishops is usually considered to be worth six points, but common sense suggests that a pair of active bishops (that are very involved in the formation) must be accorded a value of almost nine under some circumstances.” This is especially true if the player can plant the bishops in the center of the board, as two bishops working in tandem can span up to 26 squares and have the capacity to touch every square.Bishops are also preferable to knights when queens have been exchanged because, Grandmaster Sergey Erenburg, who is ranked 11th in the U.S., explains, “[Bishops and rooks] complement each other, and when well-coordinated, act as a queen.” Conversely, a knight is the preferred minor piece when the queen survives until the late-middlegame or the endgame. Mayer explains, “The queen and knight are [able] to work together smoothly and create a greater number of threats than the queen and bishop.” When forced to say one is better than the other, most anoint the bishop. Mayer concludes, “I think it’s true that the bishops are better than the knights in a wider variety of positions than the knights are better than the bishops.” He continues, “Of course, I’m not sure this does us much good, as we only get to play one position at a time.”> * 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" 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: In terms of production volume, what is the most popular fruit in the world?
Answer: Tomato – yes, tomato is a fruit.
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. Drive sober or get pulled over.
“For surely of all the drugs in the world, chess must be the most permanently pleasurable.” — Assiac Mar-12-23 FSR: <jnpope: Is <Jegar Sahadutha> related to <chrisowen> or is this just a <chrisowen> parody account?>
Apparently the latter. <Jegar Sahadutha>'s user profile shows that his account was only opened on February 10, 2023. His first comment, on March 9, 2023, was: <I never thought I would live to see the day a GOTD was named in honor of chrisowen.> Jegar's comment was made to A Braun vs S Siebrecht, 2005, after it became GOTD using the pun <Braun Over Brain>. The genesis of the pun was evidently an uncharacteristically lucid comment <chrisowen> had made on December 27, 2009 that began <Sad case of Braun over brain.> This episode, it seems, inspired <Jegar Sahadutha>. His aforementioned comment <I never thought I would live to see the day a GOTD was named in honor of chrisowen.> was the first and last "normal" one he has made. Mar-12-23 Jegar Sahadutha: True — we shall not return to the heartland, for the heartland hath forsaken us. Rise! Rise, vaunted shipmen; your time is come, and with it sacral vestments. Slay the serpent, moor the ship; repast on all gifts divine. But in your exultation, may your heart hold fast; forsake not the heartland whence you came. 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.
- The longest a chess game could possibly be is 5,949 moves. “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
“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 Jupiter and the Farmer
Of yore, a farm had Jupiter to rent;
To advertise it, Mercury was sent.
The farmers, far and near,
Flocked round, the terms to hear;
And, calling to their aid
The various tricks of trade,
One said It was rash a farm to hire
Which would so much expense require;
Another, that, do what you would,
The farm would still be far from good.
While thus, in market style, its faults were told, One of the crowd, less wise than bold,
Would give so much, on this condition,
That Jove would yield him altogether
The choice and making of his weather, –
That, instantly on his decision,
His various crops should feel the power
Of heat or cold, of sun or shower.
Jove yields. The bargain closed, our man
Rains, blows, and takes the care
Of all the changes of the air,
On his peculiar, private plan.
His nearest neighbours felt it not,
And all the better was their lot.
Their year was good, by grace divine;
The grain was rich, and full the vine.
The renter, failing altogether,
The next year made quite different weather;
And yet the fruit of all his labours
Was far inferior to his neighbours'.
What better could he do? To Heaven
He owns at last his want of sense,
And so is graciously forgiven.
Hence we conclude that Providence
Knows better what we need
Than we ourselves, indeed.
"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 Africa is the only continent in all four hemispheres. The Pawn Who Had to Go
The little pawn screamed: "I cannot hold it any more, get me a pot or I will do exactly what I did before." Everybody laughed with the exception of the opposing king who guessed what was on the mind of this filthy thing. But nobody had time to fetch a pot or even a plastic bag They were too busy to ensure that the game became a drag. The guys in white kept running back and forth but no change. The guys in black stayed also within the very same range. Suddenly the unhappy pawn who had screamed for a pot, did a weird little dance while moving up one slot. Now standing near the king he simply pulled his pants down and peed straight up against the king's beautiful crown. /7xp zoober zoomed into bill wall. That jalen hurtz. 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. STAR LIGHT, STAR BRIGHT
Star light, star bright
First star I see tonight
I wish I may, I wish I might
Have this wish I wish tonight
Q: Why did the turtle cross the road?
A: To get to the Shell station.
* Frank's way: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQz... “What is life? It is the flash of a firefly in the night. It is the breath of a buffalo in the wintertime. It is the little shadow which runs across the grass and loses itself in the sunset.” ― Blackfoot nation saying
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