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Any opening that has such a variation will be included... eventually. "Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving." — Albert Einstein “Life is for living and working at. If you find anything or anybody a bore, the fault is in yourself.” ― Queen Elizabeth I of England “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 * Three Riddles of Turandot: http://lgzsoldos.blogspot.com/2010/... * Hallows to Gallows: Game Collection: Halloween Gambit -Let's Sack a Knight on Move 4 * Tricky: Game Collection: "The Knight Trick" * Creative: Game Collection: "E4 for the Creative Attacker" * Underrated because it looks harmless: Opening Explorer * Fianchetto KP Defense? Opening Explorer * Best Games of 2018: Game Collection: Best Games of 2018 * 10 Crazy Gambits: https://www.chess.com/blog/yola6655... * Common Checkmate Patterns:
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Established in: 1851
San Luis has a predominately Hispanic population of less than 700 people, and so the town features a very strong Spanish influence. It was once part of four Spanish land grants decreed by the King of Spain, and a classic adobe architecture and Spanish town layout remain. * Chess History: https://www.britannica.com/topic/ch... * Three Simple Chess Tips: https://www.premierchesscoaching.co... * Mr. Harvey's Puzzle Challenge: https://wtharvey.com/ WTHarvey:
There once was a website named WTHarvey,
Where chess puzzles did daily delay,
The brain-teasers so tough,
They made us all huff and puff,
But solving them brought us great satisfaction today. There once was a website named WTHarvey
Where chess puzzles were quite aplenty
With knight and rook and pawn
You'll sharpen your brain with a yawn
And become a master of chess entry
There once was a site for chess fun,
Wtharvey.com was the chosen one,
With puzzles galore,
It'll keep you in store,
For hours of brain-teasing, none done.
There once was a website named WTHarvey,
Where chess puzzles were posted daily,
You'd solve them with glee,
And in victory,
You'd feel like a true chess prodigy!
'A rising tide lifts all boats'
'Don't put the cart before the horse'
Create protected outposts for your knights.
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. “In chess, as in life, a man is his own most dangerous opponent.”
— Vasily Smyslov
“With most men life is like backgammon, half skill, and half luck, but with him it was like chess. He never pushed a pawn without reckoning the cost, and when his mind was least busy it was sure to be half a dozen moves ahead of the game as it was standing.” — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., The Guardian Angel (1867) “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 Knights are stronger in the middle of the board. The Words Of Socrates
A house was built by Socrates
That failed the public taste to please.
Some blamed the inside; some, the out; and all
Agreed that the apartments were too small.
Such rooms for him, the greatest sage of Greece! "I ask," said he, "no greater bliss
Than real friends to fill even this."
And reason had good Socrates
To think his house too large for these.
A crowd to be your friends will claim,
Till some unhandsome test you bring.
There's nothing plentier than the name;
There's nothing rarer than the thing.
'Ask no questions and hear no lies
* The Most Instructive Games of Chess Ever Played: 62 Masterpieces of Chess Strategy by Irving Chernev - https://lichess.org/study/KMMrJvE1 * Legendary: Game Collection: The 12 Legendary Games of the Century * Knight Power: https://fmochess.com/the-power-of-t... 'Ask a silly question and you'll get a silly answer lillia wrote:
CHESS
do you want to play chess?
I would, but it's 11 pm
The connection is bad
ok
i like it when you win
i don't let you win, i don't try my hardest but
even if i did, you'd win
Ok
I like it when you win
Question: How do you call a group of unicorns?
Answer: A blessing
Question: In terms of production volume, what is the most popular fruit in the world?
Answer: Tomato – yes, tomato is a fruit.
“Above all, be the heroine of your life, not the victim.” ― Nora Ephr “The Seven Social Sins are:
Wealth without work.
Pleasure without conscience.
Knowledge without character.
Commerce without morality.
Science without humanity.
Worship without sacrifice.
Politics without principle.
From a sermon given by Frederick Lewis Donaldson in Westminster Abbey, London, on March 20, 1925.”
― Frederick Lewis Donaldson
* 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 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'
“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 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 "We do not remember days, we remember moments." ― Cesare Pavese "Friend, you don't have to earn God's love or try harder. You're precious in His sight, covered by the priceless blood of Jesus, and indwelt by His Holy Spirit. Don't hide your heart or fear you're not good enough for Him to care for you. Accept His love, obey Him, and allow Him to keep you in His wonderful freedom." — Charles F. Stanley The 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.
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“When you’re lonely, when you feel yourself an alien in the world, play Chess. This will raise your spirits and be your counselor in war.” ― Aristotle “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 “Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can't help them, at least don't hurt them.” ― Dalai Lama “Life is like a chess game. If you play the right move, at the right time you’ll win the game.” ― Sruti “There is more to life than increasing its speed.” ― Mahatma Gandhi “Chess is the art of analysis.” ― Mikhail Botvinnik “A bad plan is better than none at all.” ― Frank J. Marshall * Frank J. Marshall plays the Albin Countergambit:
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches... * Alphabetical Glossary: https://www.chess-poster.com/englis... * Good Historical Links: https://www.saund.co.uk/britbase/in... * Internet tracking: https://www.studysmarter.us/magazin... * C-K for White: Game Collection: Caro Kann & French * Endgames of WCs: Game Collection: Endgames World champions - part two * Teaching Moments: Game Collection: Teaching Moments in Chess * The World's Great Chess Games, by Fine, Reuben (User: GeauxCool) Game Collection: 0 ♖♖♖ http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_b... And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. Luke 2:9, 10. I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud
William Wordsworth
I wandered lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o'er vales and hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host, of golden daffodils;
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.
Continuous as the stars that shine
And twinkle on the milky way,
They stretched in never-ending line
Along the margin of a bay:
Ten thousand saw I at a glance,
Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.
The waves beside them danced; but they
Out-did the sparkling waves in glee:
A poet could not but be gay,
In such a jocund company:
I gazed—and gazed—but little thought
What wealth the show to me had brought:
For oft, when on my couch I lie
In vacant or in pensive mood,
They flash upon that inward eye
Which is the bliss of solitude;
And then my heart with pleasure fills,
And dances with the daffodils
"Age wrinkles the body. Quitting wrinkles the soul." ― General of the Army, Douglas MacArthur The Shepherd and the Lion
Of fables judge not by their face;
They give the simplest brute a teacher's place.
Bare precepts were inert and tedious things;
The story gives them life and wings.
But story for the story's sake
Were sorry business for the wise;
As if, for pill that one should take,
You gave the sugary disguise.
For reasons such as these,
Full many writers great and good
Have written in this frolic mood,
And made their wisdom please.
But tinseled style they all have shunned with care;
With them one never sees a word to spare.
Of Phaedrus some have blamed the brevity,
While Aesop uses fewer words than he.
A certain Greek, however, beats
Them both in his larconic feats.
Each tale he locks in verses four;
The well or ill I leave to critic lore.
At Aesop's side to see him let us aim,
On a theme substantially the same.
The one selects a lover of the chase;
A shepherd comes, the other's tale to grace.
Their tracks I keep, though either tale may grow
A little in its features as I go.
The one which Aesop tells is nearly this:
A shepherd from his flock began to miss,
And longed to catch the stealer of, his sheep.
Before a cavern, dark and deep,
Where wolves retired by day to sleep,
Which he suspected as the thieves,
He set his trap among the leaves;
And, before he left the place,
He thus invoked celestial grace:
"O king of all the powers divine,
Against the rogue but grant me this delight,
That this my trap may catch him in my sight,
And I, from twenty calves of mine,
Will make the fattest thine."
But while the words were on his tongue,
Forth came a lion great and strong.
Down crouched the man of sheep, and said,
With shivering fright half dead,
"Alas! that man should never be aware
Of what may be the meaning of his prayer!
To catch the robber of my flocks,
O king of gods, I pledged a calf to you:
If from his clutches you will rescue me,
I'll raise my offering to an ox."
It's thus the master-author tells the story:
Now hear the rival of his glory.
All The World’s A Stage
William Shakespeare
All the world’s a stage,
And all the men and women merely players;
They have their exits and their entrances,
And one man in his time plays many parts,
His acts being seven ages. At first, the infant,
Mewling and puking in the nurse’s arms.
Then the whining schoolboy, with his satchel
And shining morning face, creeping like snail
Unwillingly to school. And then the lover,
Sighing like furnace, with a woeful ballad
Made to his mistress’ eyebrow. Then a soldier,
Full of strange oaths and bearded like the pard,
Jealous in honor, sudden and quick in quarrel,
Seeking the bubble reputation
Even in the cannon’s mouth. And then the justice,
In fair round belly with good capon lined,
With eyes severe and beard of formal cut,
Full of wise saws and modern instances;
And so he plays his part. The sixth age shifts
Into the lean and slippered pantaloon,
With spectacles on nose and pouch on side;
His youthful hose, well saved, a world too wide
For his shrunk shank, and his big manly voice,
Turning again toward childish treble, pipes
And whistles in his sound. Last scene of all,
That ends this strange eventful history,
Is second childishness and mere oblivion,
Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything. “Life is fun. It’s all up to the person. Be satisfied. You don’t have to be ‘happy’ all the time, you need to be satisfied.” — Lucille Boston Lewis, eternal optimist 101 years old “A man either lives life as it happens to him, meets it head-on and licks it, or he turns his back on it and starts to wither away.” — Dr. Boyce “Everything you've ever wanted is on the other side of fear.” — George Adair “He who imagines himself capable should attempt to perform. Neither originality counts, nor criticism of another’s work. It is not courage, nor self-confidence, nor a sense of superiority that tells. Performance alone is the test.”
— Emanuel Lasker
“There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.” — Colin Powell “The most important single ingredient in the formula of success is knowing how to get along with people.” ― Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of the United States, and former U.S. Army Colonel # Acronyms and Initialisms:
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An acronym is a pronounceable word that is formed using the first letters of the words in a phrase (sometimes, other parts of the words are also used). Some common acronyms include NASA (which stands for "National Aeronautical and Space Administration"), scuba ("Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus") and laser ("Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation").
An initialism is a word that is formed using the first letters of the words in a phrase -- it is pronounced like a series of letters, not like a word. Some common initialisms include UFO (which stands for "Unidentified Flying Object") and LOL (which stands for "Laughing Out Loud"). Note: Some people consider both of these to be acronyms. Some common acronyms (and initialisms) include:
AC - Air Conditioning
AD - Anno Domini ("In the Year of Our Lord")
AKA - Also Known As
AM - Ante Meridiem (before noon)
AM - Amplitude Modification (radio)
ASAP - As Soon As Possible
ATM - Automated Teller Machine
B&B - Bed and Breakfast
BC - Before Christ or Because
BCE - Before the Common Era
BLT - Bacon, Lettuce, Tomato
BTW - By The Way
CC - Credit Card
CIA - Central Intelligence Agency
CO - Commanding Officer
CST - Central Standard Time
DOA - Dead on Arrival
DOT - Department of Transportation
DST - Daylight Saving Time
EST - Eastern Standard Time
ET - Extra-Terrestrial
FAQ - Frequently-Asked Questions
FBI - Federal Bureau of Investigation
FDR - Franklin Delano Roosevelt
FM - Frequency Modification (radio)
FYI - For Your Information
GI - Government Issue
GMO - Genetically Modified
IM - Instant Message
IMO - In My Opinion
IMHO - In My Humble Opinion
HAZ-MAT - Hazardous Material
HMO - Health Maintenence Organization
ID - Identification
IQ - Intelligence Quotient
ISBN - International Standard Book Number
JFK - John Fitzgerald Kennedy
JV - Junior Varsity
KO - Knockout
laser - Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation
LCD - Liquid Crystal Display
LED - Light Emitting Diode
LOL - Laughing Out Loud
MC - Master of Ceremonies
MLK - Martin Luther King, Jr.
MO - Modus Operandi
MRE - Meals Ready to Eat
MS - Manuscript
MST - Mountain Standard Time
MTG - Magic: The Gathering
MTD - Month To Date
NIB - New In the Box
NAFTA - North American Free Trade Agreement
NASA - National Aeronautical and Space Administration
NATO - North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NBA - National Basketball Association
NIB - New In the Box
NIMBY - Not In My Backyard
OJ - Orange Juice
OPEC - Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
PBJ - Peanut Butter and Jelly
PC - Politically Correct
PI - Private Investigator
PIN - Personal Identification Number
PM - Post Meridiem (after noon)
POTUS - President of the United States
POW - Prisoner of War
PPS - Post-Postscript
PS - Postscript
PR - Public Relations
PSI - Pounds Per Square Inch
PST - Pacific Standard Time
Q&A - Question and Answer
R&R - Rest and Relaxation
RAM - Random Access Memory
RGB - Red, Green, Blue
RIP - Rest in Peace (from the Latin, "Requiescat In Pace")
ROM - Read Only Memory
ROTC - Reserve Officers Training Corps
ROYGBIV - Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, Violet
RPG - Role Playing Game
RSVP - Répondez S'il Vous Plaît (in French, this means "Please respond")
RV - Recreational Vehicle
scuba - Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus
SNAFU - Systems Normal, All Fouled Up
SOP - Standard Operating Procedure
SOS - Save Our Souls (decided after the fact - SOS was chosen because it was short in Morse code)
SPF - Sun Protection Factor (how sunscreen lotion is rated)
TBA - To Be Announced
TEOTWAWKI - The End Of The World As We Know It
TGIF - Thank God It's Friday
TLC - Tender Loving Care
TV - Television
UFO - Unidentified Flying Object
UN - United Nations
UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund
UPC - Universal Product Code
VIP - Very Important Person
VP - Vice President
WASP - White Anglo Saxon Protestant
WHO - World Health Organization
WOM - Word of Mouth
WoW - World of Warcraft
WYSIWYG - What You See Is What You Get
YTD - Year To Date
ZIP (code) - Zone Improvement Plan
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145 games, 1893-1942 - 3 Mieses & Kashdan best games
Compiled by Gottschalk
“I’ve come to the personal conclusion that while all artists are not chess players, all chess players are artists.” ― Marcel Duchamp “Chess is the gymnasium of the mind.” ― Blaise Pascal "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 “An army of sheep led by a lion is better than an army of lions led by a sheep.”
― Alexander the Great
“Remember us,
Should any free soul come across this place,
In all the countless centuries yet to be,
May our voices whisper to you from the ageless stones,
Go tell the Spartans, passerby:
That here by Spartan law, we lie.”
― Frank Miller, 300
“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.
“Chess is a war over the board. The object is to crush the opponent’s mind.” ― Bobby Fischer * Assorted Good games Compiled by rbaglini: Game Collection: assorted Good games * Fireside book: Game Collection: Fireside Book of Chess * Giuoco Pianissimo: Game Collection: GIUOCO PIANISSIMO * Two Knts Defense: Game Collection: Two Knights Defence by Beliavsky mikhalchisin Uncompromising Chess, by Belyavsky, Alexander (User: Resignation Trap) Game Collection: Uncompromising Chess by Alexander Beliavsky ♖♖♖ http://www.amazon.com/Uncompromisin... Understanding Chess Move by Move: A Top-Class Grandmaster Explains Step-by-Step How Chess Games Are Won, by Nunn, John (User: PhilipTheGeek) Game Collection: Nunn's Understanding Chess Move by Move ♖♖♖ http://www.amazon.com/Understanding... * Best Games of 2018: Game Collection: Best Games of 2018 * Cheating: https://www.chess.com/article/view/... * GK's Scheveningen: Game Collection: Kasparov - The Sicilian Sheveningen * Glossary: https://www.peoriachess.com/Glossar... * Glossary: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gloss... "The most important single ingredient in the formula of success is knowing how to get along with people." ― Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of the United States, and former U.S. Army Colonel Deuteronomy 6:6-7
6 These commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts.
7 Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. * Opening Tree: https://www.shredderchess.com/onlin... Adapt on the fly. “A good plan, violently executed now, is better than a perfect plan next week.” — General George S. Patton The Lion and the Hunter
A braggart, lover of the chase,
Had lost a dog of valued race,
And thought him in a lion's maw.
He asked a shepherd whom he saw,
"Pray show me, man, the robber's place,
And I'll have justice in the case."
"It's on this mountain side,"
The shepherd man replied.
"The tribute of a sheep I pay,
Each month, and where I please I stray."
Out leaped the lion as he spake,
And came that way, with agile feet.
The braggart, prompt his flight to take,
Cried, "Jove, O grant a safe retreat!"
A danger close at hand
Of courage is the test.
It shows us who will stand –
Whose legs will run their best.
"Be active. I do things my way, like skiing when I’m 100. Nobody else does that even if they have energy. And I try to eat pretty correctly and get exercise and fresh air and sunshine.” ― Elsa Bailey, first time skier at age 100 "Don't look at the calendar, just keep celebrating every day." ― Ruth Coleman, carpe diem at age 101 Conceive a man by nature and misfortune prone to a pallid hopelessness, can any business seem more fitted to heighten it than that of continually handling these dead letters and assorting them for the flames? For by the cart-load they are annually burned. Sometimes from out the folded paper the pale clerk takes a ring: - the finger it was meant for, perhaps, moulders in the grave; a bank-note sent in swiftest charity: - he whom it would relieve, nor eats nor hungers any more; pardon for those who died despairing; hope for those who died unhoping; good tidings for those who died stifled by unrelieved calamities. On errands of life, these letters speed to death.
Ah Bartleby! Ah humanity! — Herman Melville
And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. Luke 2:9, 10. “You can only get good at chess if you love the game.” ― Bobby Fischer “Chess is a fairy tale of 1,001 blunders.” ― Savielly Tartakower “The pawns are the soul of chess.” ― Francois-Andre Danican Philidor “A pawn, when separated from his fellows, will seldom or never make a fortune.” ― Francois-Andre Danican Philidor “Remember us,
Should any free soul come across this place,
In all the countless centuries yet to be,
May our voices whisper to you from the ageless stones,
Go tell the Spartans, passerby:
That here by Spartan law, we lie.”
― Frank Miller, 300
“Chess is a war over the board. The object is to crush the opponent’s mind.” ― Bobby Fischer “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.
"The most important single ingredient in the formula of success is knowing how to get along with people." ― Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of the United States, and former U.S. Army Colonel * Assorted Good games Compiled by rbaglini: Game Collection: assorted Good games * GK's Scheveningen: Game Collection: Kasparov - The Sicilian Sheveningen And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. Luke 2:9, 10. “You can only get good at chess if you love the game.” ― Bobby Fischer "Be active. I do things my way, like skiing when I’m 100. Nobody else does that even if they have energy. And I try to eat pretty correctly and get exercise and fresh air and sunshine.” ― Elsa Bailey, first time skier at age 100 "Don't look at the calendar, just keep celebrating every day." ― Ruth Coleman, carpe diem at age 101 Acronyms and Initialisms:
Worksheet Printouts Click Here for
K-3 Themes
An acronym is a pronounceable word that is formed using the first letters of the words in a phrase (sometimes, other parts of the words are also used). Some common acronyms include NASA (which stands for "National Aeronautical and Space Administration"), scuba ("Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus") and laser ("Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation").
An initialism is a word that is formed using the first letters of the words in a phrase -- it is pronounced like a series of letters, not like a word. Some common initialisms include UFO (which stands for "Unidentified Flying Object") and LOL (which stands for "Laughing Out Loud"). Note: Some people consider both of these to be acronyms. Some common acronyms (and initialisms) include:
AC - Air Conditioning
AD - Anno Domini ("In the Year of Our Lord")
AKA - Also Known As
AM - Ante Meridiem (before noon)
AM - Amplitude Modification (radio)
ASAP - As Soon As Possible
ATM - Automated Teller Machine
B&B - Bed and Breakfast
BC - Before Christ or Because
BCE - Before the Common Era
BLT - Bacon, Lettuce, Tomato
BTW - By The Way
CC - Credit Card
CIA - Central Intelligence Agency
CO - Commanding Officer
CST - Central Standard Time
DOA - Dead on Arrival
DOT - Department of Transportation
DST - Daylight Saving Time
EST - Eastern Standard Time
ET - Extra-Terrestrial
FAQ - Frequently-Asked Questions
FBI - Federal Bureau of Investigation
FDR - Franklin Delano Roosevelt
FM - Frequency Modification (radio)
FYI - For Your Information
GI - Government Issue
GMO - Genetically Modified
IM - Instant Message
IMO - In My Opinion
IMHO - In My Humble Opinion
HAZ-MAT - Hazardous Material
HMO - Health Maintenence Organization
ID - Identification
IQ - Intelligence Quotient
ISBN - International Standard Book Number
JFK - John Fitzgerald Kennedy
JV - Junior Varsity
KO - Knockout
laser - Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation
LCD - Liquid Crystal Display
LED - Light Emitting Diode
LOL - Laughing Out Loud
MC - Master of Ceremonies
MLK - Martin Luther King, Jr.
MO - Modus Operandi
MRE - Meals Ready to Eat
MS - Manuscript
MST - Mountain Standard Time
MTG - Magic: The Gathering
MTD - Month To Date
NIB - New In the Box
NAFTA - North American Free Trade Agreement
NASA - National Aeronautical and Space Administration
NATO - North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NBA - National Basketball Association
NIB - New In the Box
NIMBY - Not In My Backyard
OJ - Orange Juice
OPEC - Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
PBJ - Peanut Butter and Jelly
PC - Politically Correct
PI - Private Investigator
PIN - Personal Identification Number
PM - Post Meridiem (after noon)
POTUS - President of the United States
POW - Prisoner of War
PPS - Post-Postscript
PS - Postscript
PR - Public Relations
PSI - Pounds Per Square Inch
PST - Pacific Standard Time
Q&A - Question and Answer
R&R - Rest and Relaxation
RAM - Random Access Memory
RGB - Red, Green, Blue
RIP - Rest in Peace (from the Latin, "Requiescat In Pace")
ROM - Read Only Memory
ROTC - Reserve Officers Training Corps
ROYGBIV - Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, Violet
RPG - Role Playing Game
RSVP - Répondez S'il Vous Plaît (in French, this means "Please respond")
RV - Recreational Vehicle
scuba - Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus
SNAFU - Systems Normal, All Fouled Up
SOP - Standard Operating Procedure
SOS - Save Our Souls (decided after the fact - SOS was chosen because it was short in Morse code)
SPF - Sun Protection Factor (how sunscreen lotion is rated)
TBA - To Be Announced
TEOTWAWKI - The End Of The World As We Know It
TGIF - Thank God It's Friday
TLC - Tender Loving Care
TV - Television
UFO - Unidentified Flying Object
UN - United Nations
UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund
UPC - Universal Product Code
VIP - Very Important Person
VP - Vice President
WASP - White Anglo Saxon Protestant
WHO - World Health Organization
WOM - Word of Mouth
WoW - World of Warcraft
WYSIWYG - What You See Is What You Get
YTD - Year To Date
ZIP (code) - Zone Improvement Plan
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114 games, 1850-2001 - 36 Get ahead on the ranks
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Advanced occupation can become a prison stay for the opposing king. “Gardens are not made by singing 'Oh, how beautiful!' and sitting in the shade.”
― Rudyard Kipling, Complete Verse
“Diligence and Application have their due Encouragement, even in the remotest Parts of the World, and that no Case can be so low, so despicable, or so empty of Prospect, but that an unwearied Industry will go a great way to deliver us from it, will in time raise the meanest Creature to appear again in the World, and give him a new Case for his Life.” ― Daniel Defoe, Moll Flanders “The reward of a work is to have produced it; the reward of effort is to have grown by it.”
― Antonin Sertillanges, The Intellectual Life: Its Spirit, Conditions, Methods “I don't think about it (representing African-Americans) during the games, but I certainly do think about how few African-Americans there are at the top level. So, I try to do my best to motivate more people like us to give it a try and hopefully succeed.”
― 13-year-old FM Brewington Hardaway from New York The earliest written record that mentions the practice of medicine is Hammurabi's Code from the 18th century BC in Mesopotamia. This extensive code of laws includes information for physicians about payments for successful treatments and punishments for medical failures. For example, payment was better for curing the wealthy, but failing to do so could result in the loss of a hand. “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 The earliest documentation for a formal hospital with physicians that treated the ill comes from the 5th century BC in Sri Lanka. “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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Established in: 1792
Kodiak is the main city in Kodiak Island and was founded in 1792 by Aleksandr Andreyevich Baranov. It was first called Pavlovsk Gavan, which is Russian for Paul's Harbor, and was the first capital of Russian Alaska. You can still find a large Russian Orthodox church there, as well as plenty of beautiful views. Kodiak is located on the northwestern corner of mountainous Kodiak Island, home of the enormous Kodiak bear. The town was partially destroyed by a tidal wave following the 1964 earthquake, but has since been rebuilt. * Kodiac Island: https://www.travelalaska.com/Destin... * Chess History: https://www.britannica.com/topic/ch... * Chess Principles: https://www.reddit.com/r/chess/comm... * List of gambits: https://detailedpedia.com/wiki-List... * Fried Fox is awful: https://allchessopenings.blogspot.c... * The Gaw-Paw? Game Collection: GA PA Wins Draws by Black * Chicago, 2007: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEp... * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEp...
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There once was a website named WTHarvey,
Where chess puzzles did daily delay,
The brain-teasers so tough,
They made us all huff and puff,
But solving them brought us great satisfaction today. There once was a website named WTHarvey
Where chess puzzles were quite aplenty
With knight and rook and pawn
You'll sharpen your brain with a yawn
And become a master of chess entry
There once was a site for chess fun,
Wtharvey.com was the chosen one,
With puzzles galore,
It'll keep you in store,
For hours of brain-teasing, none done.
There once was a website named WTHarvey,
Where chess puzzles were posted daily,
You'd solve them with glee,
And in victory,
You'd feel like a true chess prodigy!
'A rising tide lifts all boats'
'Don't put the cart before the horse'
“Examine what is said, not who is speaking.” ~ African Proverb "One of the supreme paradoxes of baseball, and all sports, is that the harder you try to throw a pitch or hit a ball or accomplish something, the smaller your chances are for success. You get the best results not when you apply superhuman effort but when you let the game flow organically and allow yourself to be fully present. You'll often hear scouts say of a great prospect, "The game comes slow to him." It means the prospect is skilled and poised enough to let the game unfold in its own time, paying no attention to the angst or urgency or doubt, funneling all awareness to the athletic task at hand." — R.A. Dickey 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’. * The Most Instructive Games of Chess Ever Played: 62 Masterpieces of Chess Strategy by Irving Chernev: https://www.chess.com/library/colle... * Legendary: Game Collection: The 12 Legendary Games of the Century “Hold fast to dreams,
For if dreams die
Life is a broken-winged bird,
That cannot fly.”
― Langston Hughes
Question: What do you call a woman that knows where her husband is, at all times?
Answer: A widow
In the United States alone there are nearly 700,000 physicians. In appreciation of doctors and physicians, National Doctor's Day is celebrated on March 30 every year. Question: What is the only number spelled out in English that has the same number of letters as its value?
Answer: Four
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.
Jump rope
Rope a twirling 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. Jump rope.
* Find Forcing Moves: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2v... * What happens AFTER the capture? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQG... * Bad bishops are...bad: https://lichess1.org/game/export/gi... “In blitz, the knight is stronger than the bishop.” — Vlastimil Hort (1944- ) “He who takes the Queen's Knight's pawn will sleep in the streets!” — anonymous Old Russian Proverb: "Ride slower, advance further.” (Тише едешь — дальше будешь.) Don’t hurry up, you will reach further distances by going slower. “The truest wisdom is a resolute determination.” — Napoleon Bonaparte “We always hope for the easy fix: the one simple change that will erase a problem in a stroke. But few things in life work this way. Instead, success requires making a hundred small steps go right - one after the other, no slipups, no goofs, everyone pitching in.”
― Atul Gawande, Better: A Surgeon's Notes on Performance The Two Bulls and the Frog
Two bulls engaged in shocking battle,
Both for a certain heifer's sake,
And lordship over certain cattle,
A frog began to groan and quake.
"But what is this to you?"
Inquired another of the croaking crew.
"Why, sister, don't you see,
The end of this will be,
That one of these big brutes will yield,
And then be exiled from the field?
No more permitted on the grass to feed,
He'll forage through our marsh, on rush and reed;
And while he eats or chews the cud,
Will trample on us in the mud.
Alas! to think how frogs must suffer
By means of this proud lady heifer!"
This fear was not without good sense.
One bull was beat, and much to their expense;
For, quick retreating to their reedy bower,
He trod on twenty of them in an hour.
Of little folks it often has been the fate
To suffer for the follies of the great.
Q: What do you call something that goes up when the rain comes down?
A: An umbrella.
Q: What do you call a doctor who fixes websites?
A: A URL-ologist.
Q: What do you call a sleeping dinosaur?
A: A dinosnore.
Q: What do you call a Christmas tree that knows karate
A: Spruce Lee.
Q: What does a triangle call a circle?
A: Pointless.
Q: What do you call a piece of sad cheese?
A: Blue cheese.
Q: What do you call a cow in an earthquake?
A: A milkshake.
Q: What do you call an M&M that went to college?
A: A smarty.
The 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,
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. 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. Drive sober or get pulled over.
“Prepare for the worst but hope for the best.” — The Wondrous Tale of Alroy by Benjamin Disraeli, published in 1833 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. “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 “An eye for an eye will only make the whole world blind.” — Mahatma Gandhi “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.
Take care of your pennies and your dollars will take care of themselves.
~ Scottish Proverb
Doctors leave sponges and other medical devices inside of their patients about 6,000 times a year. Gambling problem? Call 1-800-GAMBLER
Proverbs 26
Berean Standard Bible
1 Like snow in summer and rain at harvest,
honor does not befit a fool.
2 Like a fluttering sparrow or darting swallow,
an undeserved curse does not come to rest.
3 A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the backs of fools!
4 Do not answer a fool according to his folly,
or you yourself will be like him.
5 Answer a fool according to his folly,
lest he become wise in his own eyes.
6 Like cutting off one’s own feet or drinking violence is the sending of a message by the hand of a fool. 7 Like lame legs hanging limp
is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.
8 Like binding a stone into a sling
is the giving of honor to a fool.
9 Like a thorn that falls into the hand of a drunkard is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.
10 Like an archer who wounds at random
is he who hires a fool or passerby.
11 As a dog returns to its vomit,
so a fool repeats his folly.
12 Do you see a man who is wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
13 The slacker says, “A lion is in the road!
A fierce lion roams the public square!”
14 As a door turns on its hinges,
so the slacker turns on his bed.
15 The slacker buries his hand in the dish;
it wearies him to bring it back to his mouth.
16 The slacker is wiser in his own eyes
than seven men who answer discreetly.
17 Like one who grabs a dog by the ears
is a passerby who meddles in a quarrel not his own. 18 Like a madman shooting firebrands
and deadly arrows,
19 so is the man who deceives his neighbor
and says, “I was only joking!”
20 Without wood, a fire goes out;
without gossip, a conflict ceases.
21 Like charcoal for embers and wood for fire,
so is a quarrelsome man for kindling strife.
22 The words of a gossip are like choice morsels that go down into the inmost being.
23 Like glaze covering an earthen vessel
are burning lips and a wicked heart.
24 A hateful man disguises himself with his speech, but he lays up deceit in his heart.
25 When he speaks graciously, do not believe him, for seven abominations fill his heart.
26 Though his hatred is concealed by deception,
his wickedness will be exposed in the assembly.
27 He who digs a pit will fall into it,
and he who rolls a stone will have it roll back on him. 28 A lying tongue hates those it crushes,
and a flattering mouth causes ruin.
“The wind cannot defeat a tree with strong roots.” — The Revenant “It is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, that is poor.” — Seneca “The best index to a person's character is how he treats people who can't do him any good, and how he treats people who can't fight back.” ― Abigail Van Buren 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)
Hippocrates (460–377 BC) is commonly called the "Father of Medicine" or the "Father of Western Medicine." He is thought to be one of the first physicians to treat disease as being a result of natural rather than supernatural causes. He also founded the Hippocratic School, a medical school that focused on the healing power of nature as well as the importance of physical observation and the act of prognosis. “It's not how you start that matters, it's how you finish.” “Friend, you don't have to earn God's love or try harder. You're precious in His sight, covered by the priceless blood of Jesus, and indwelt by His Holy Spirit. Don't hide your heart or fear you're not good enough for Him to care for you. Accept His love, obey Him, and allow Him to keep you in His wonderful freedom.” ― Charles F. Stanley Psalm 27:1
The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? 1 John 4:18
There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love. If the game is well-played, the rook's first move is usually sideways. Oct-04-10
I play the Fred: said...
You're distraught
because you're not
able to cope
feel like a dope
when Lasker hits
Puttin on (the Fritz)
“Whatever you are doing in the game of life, give it all you've got.”
— Norman Vincent Peale
“What you do today can improve all your tomorrows.” — Ralph Marston “A wise man never knows all; only a fool knows everything.” — African Proverb A011
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* Haines, Alaska anyone? https://www.hammermuseum.org/aboutu... * Folk Hero: http://www.appalachianhistory.net/2... * 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... * Not everyone in the 60s: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7sq... * Bear and Hammer (we're not directly related) isn't the first thing that comes to mind when FTB needs a plumber, but it's a dirty job and somebody has to do it! Here are mostly routine photos w/a few surprises. The July 14, 2013 photo of "the help" is my favorite thus far: https://www.facebook.com/Bear-and-H... “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 * Glossary of Chess Terms: http://www.arkangles.com/kchess/glo... * Chess Links: http://www.chessdryad.com/links/ind... * Levitov Chess: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oys... * Tactical Mix: Game Collection: mastering Tactical ideas by minev * Greatest Hits: Game Collection: Mammoth Book-Greatest Games (Nunn/Burgess/Emms) * 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... * 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... * Peaceful, Brief: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0eE... * QGA Double Check Miniature: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIs... * 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)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5S...
* Stolen from Levy? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_g4... 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)
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 “....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 pages 24-25 of The Year Book of the United States Chess Federation 1944 (Chicago, 1945), which published ‘Brave Heart’, Anthony Santasiere’s tribute to Frank J. Marshall. Written in August 1942 for Marshall’s 65th birthday, it began: Brave Heart –
We salute you!
Knowing neither gain nor loss,
Nor fear, nor hate –;
But only this –
To fight – to fight –
And to love.
Santasiere then gushes on in a similar vein for another 40 lines or so, and we pick up the encomium for its final verse: For this – dear Frank –
We thank you.
For this – dear Frank –
We love you!
Brave heart –
Brave heart –
We love you!
The Wolf Accusing The Fox Before The Monkey
A wolf, affirming his belief
That he had suffered by a thief,
Brought up his neighbour fox –
Of whom it was by all confessed,
His character was not the best –
To fill the prisoner's box.
As judge between these vermin,
A monkey graced the ermine;
And truly other gifts of Themis
Did scarcely seem his;
For while each party plead his cause,
Appealing boldly to the laws,
And much the question vexed,
Our monkey sat perplexed.
Their words and wrath expended,
Their strife at length was ended;
When, by their malice taught,
The judge this judgment brought:
"Your characters, my friends, I long have known,
As on this trial clearly shown;
And hence I fine you both – the grounds at large
To state would little profit –
You wolf, in short, as bringing groundless charge,
You fox, as guilty of it."
Come at it right or wrong, the judge opined
No other than a villain could be fined.
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‘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 * Opening Names: https://allchessopenings.blogspot.c... * 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... * Open up the French Defense?! http://studimonetari.org/edg/latex/... * Special Collection: Game Collection: 0 * This fellow has some creative gambits: http://krolaszachykor.blogspot.com/... * For safe keeping until I need 2 hours of entertainment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CG... * Looking for Unorthodox? Game Collection: 6 GumboG's Unorthodox Games-Names (ECO=A,D, * Looking for Redemption? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykH... * GK: Game Collection: Kasparov - The Sicilian Sheveningen * Glossary: https://www.peoriachess.com/Glossar... "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. * Mr. Harvey's Puzzle Challenge: https://wtharvey.com/ *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.
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 * 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
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. 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."> Folsom 274
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* Vienna 1903 KG games: Game Collection: Vienna 1903 * Short Selection for White:
Game Collection: Repertoire for White * Oskar plays 1e4: Oskar Oglaza * Chess Principles: https://www.reddit.com/r/chess/comm... * Chessmaster 2000 Classic Games: Game Collection: Chessmaster '86 * Linus: https://zoboko.com/text/o1qn0yy8/ch... * List of gambits: https://detailedpedia.com/wiki-List... * Fried Fox is Awful: https://allchessopenings.blogspot.c... * Mr. Harvey's Puzzle Challenge: https://wtharvey.com/ WTHarvey:
There once was a website named WTHarvey,
Where chess puzzles did daily delay,
The brain-teasers so tough,
They made us all huff and puff,
But solving them brought us great satisfaction today. There once was a website named WTHarvey
Where chess puzzles were quite aplenty
With knight and rook and pawn
You'll sharpen your brain with a yawn
And become a master of chess entry
There once was a site for chess fun,
Wtharvey.com was the chosen one,
With puzzles galore,
It'll keep you in store,
For hours of brain-teasing, none done.
There once was a website named wtharvey,
Where chess puzzles were posted daily,
You'd solve them with glee,
And in victory,
You'd feel like a true chess prodigy!
“Chess 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
“It is more blessed to give than to receive.” Acts 20:35 “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 “I keep on fighting as long as my opponent can make a mistake.”
― Emanuel Lasker
“After all, no one is stupid enough to prefer war to peace; in peace sons bury their fathers and in war fathers bury their sons.”
― Herodotus
Matthew 5:9
Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God. * Checkmate brevities: Game Collection: Art of Checkmate * Crouch's book: Game Collection: Chess Secrets - Attackers (Crouch) 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.
* Collected by Fredthebear.
* Learn these and burn them! https://herculeschess.com/chess-tac... * Tactics by a different Gary: https://chessdelights.com/chess-tac... The Bird Wounded By An Arrow
A bird, with plumed arrow shot,
In dying case deplored her lot:
"Alas!" she cried, "the anguish of the thought!
This ruin partly by myself was brought!
Hard-hearted men! from us to borrow
What wings to us the fatal arrow!
But mock us not, you cruel race,
For you must often take our place."
The work of half the human brothers
Is making arms against the others.
<Alireza Firouzja (Persian: علیرضا فیروزجا, Persian pronunciation: [æliːɾeˈzɑː fiːɾuːzˈdʒɑː]; born 18 June 2003) is an Iranian and French chess grandmaster. Firouzja is the youngest ever 2800-rated player, beating the previous record set by Magnus Carlsen by more than five months.A chess prodigy, Firouzja won the Iranian Chess Championship at age 12 and earned the Grandmaster title at 14. At 16, Firouzja became the second youngest 2700-rated player and won a silver medal at the 2019 World Rapid Chess Championship. In November 2021, at 18, he won the FIDE Grand Swiss tournament and an individual gold medal at the European Team Chess Championship. He won a bronze medal at the 2021 World Blitz Chess Championship. In 2022, Firouzja won the Grand Chess Tour. Firouzja left the Iranian Chess Federation in 2019 because of the country's longstanding policy against competing with Israeli players.[4] He played under the FIDE flag until mid-2021, when he became a French citizen and began representing France, where he had already been living.> — Wikipedia Q: What do you call someone who draws funny pictures of cars?
A: A car-toonist.
Q: What do you call a magician on a plane?
A: A flying sorcerer.
Q: What do you call fruit playing the guitar?
A: A jam session.
Q: What do you call the shoes that all spies wear?
A: Sneakers.
Q: What do you call something you can serve, but never eat?
A: A volleyball.
Q: What did the alien say to the garden?
A: Take me to your weeder.
Q: What do you call a skeleton who went out in freezing temperatures?
A: A numb skull.
Q: What do you call a farm that grows bad jokes?
A: Corny.
“True peace is not merely the absence of war, it is the presence of justice.”
― Jane Addams
“Human beings are born with different capacities. If they are free, they are not equal. And if they are equal, they are not free.” ― Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Deuteronomy 31:6 - Be strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them: for the LORD thy God, he it is that doth go with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee. A piece of cake: https://blindpigandtheacorn.com/che... Dioynsius1: I had basil on the pub's potage du jour yesterday. Soup herb! 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.
“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
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<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.:-)
Jul-21-23 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.>
“Chess is the gymnasium of the mind.” — Blasie Pascal "Sometimes in life, and in chess, you must take one step back to take two steps forward." — IM Levy Rozman, GothamChess So much, much, much better to be an incurable optimist than deceitful and untrustworthy. Eyes trust themselves, ears trust others. ~ German Proverb “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 Oct-04-10
I play the Fred: said...
You're distraught
because you're not
able to cope
feel like a dope
when Lasker hits
Puttin on (the Fritz)
"Whatever you are doing in the game of life, give it all you've got."
— Norman Vincent Peale
"What you do today can improve all your tomorrows." — Ralph Marston "A wise man never knows all; only a fool knows everything." — African Proverb “and a most curious country it was. There were a number of tiny little brooks running straight across it from side to side, and the ground between was divided up into squares by a number of little green hedges, that reached from brook to brook.
I declare it's marked out just like a large chessboard!' Alice said at last. 'There ought to be some men moving about somewhere--and so there are!' she added in a tone of delight, and her heart began to beat quick with excitement as she went on. '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!”
― Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass “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
35ciocio Zdanovs checked Zelinsky, Yuri played CJS Purdy after Zhuravliov but not Ziyatdinov said bye. “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 <Principles of Chess
billwall
01. Develop your pieces quickly.
02. Control the center.
03. Try to put your pieces on squares that give them maximum space.
04. Try to develop your knights towards the center.
05. A knight on the rim is dim.
06. Don't take unnecessary chances.
07. Play aggressive.
08. Calculate forced moves first.
09. Always ask yourself, "Can he put me in check or win a piece?"
10. Have a plan. Every move should have a purpose.
11. Assume your opponent's move is his best move.
12. Ask yourself, "why did he move there?" after each opponent move.
13. Play for the initiative and contolling the board.
14. If you must lose a piece, get something for it if you can.
15. When behind, exchange pawns. When ahead, exchange pieces.
16. If you are losing, don't give up fighting. Look for counterplay.
17. Don't play unsound moves unless you are losing badly.
18. Don't sacrifice a piece without good reason.
19. If you are in doubt of an opponent's sacrifice, accept it.
20. Attack with more that just one or two pieces.
21. Do not make careless pawn moves. They cannot move back.
22. Do not block in your bishops.
23. Bishops of opposite colors have the greatest chance of drawing.
24. Try not to move the same piece twice or more times in a row.
25. Exchange pieces if it helps your development.
26. Don't bring your queen out early.
27. Castle soon to protect your king and develop your rook.
28. Develop rooks to open files.
29. Put rooks behind passed pawns.
30. Study rook endgames. They are the most common and most complicated.
31. Don't let your king get caught in the center.
32. Don't castle if it brings your king into greater danger from attack.
33. After castling, keep a good pawn formation around your king.
34. If you only have one bishop, put your pawns on its opposite color.
35. Trade pawns pieces when ahead in material or when under attack.
36. If cramped, free your game by exchanging material.
37. If your opponent is cramped, don't let him get any freeing exchanges.
38. Study openings you are comfortable with.
39. Play over entire games, not just the opening.
40. Blitz chess is helpful in recognizing chess patterns. Play often.
41. Study annotated games and try to guess each move.
42. Stick with just a few openings with White, and a few openings with Black.
43. Record your games and go over them, especially the games you lost.
44. Show your games to higher rated opponents and get feedback from them.
45. Use chess computers and databases to help you study and play more.
46. Everyone blunders. The champions just blunder less often.
47. When it is not your move, look for tactics and combinations.
48. Try to double rooks or double rook and queen on open files.
49. Always ask yourself, "Does my next move overlook something simple?"
50. Don't make your own plans without the exclusion of the opponent's threats.
51. Watch out for captures by retreat of an opponent's piece.
52. Do not focus on one sector of the board. View thw whole board.
53. Write down your move first before making that move if it helps.
54. Try to solve chess puzzles with diagrams from books and magazines.
55. It is less likely that an opponent is prepared for off-beat openings.
56. Recognize transposition of moves from main-line play.
57. Watch your time and avoid time trouble.
58. Bishops are worth more than knights except when they are pinned in.
59. A knight works better with a bishop than another knight.
60. It is usually a good idea to trade down into a pawn up endgame.
61. Have confidence in your game.
62. Play in as many rated events as you can.
63. Try not to look at your opponent's rating until after the game.
64. Always play for a win.
(If a win is no longer possible, play for a draw.)> See Ken Whyld's collection.
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499 games, 1623-2022 - 5 Attacks & Sacs a2/a7, b2/b7, c2/c7
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These games feature a piece capturing a queenside pawn or two, for better or worse, and queenside checkmates. This pawn removal may or may not be materially important to the eventual outcome of the game. (The pawn capture sometimes serves as a self-inflicted displacement of the capturing piece leaving it out-of-bounds.) Again, the pawn capture on the queenside may have little or no impact on the outcome. This is a collection split by Fredthebear. ECO codes B & C have been removed to their own collections. This collection among others has been deliberately hacked by CG staff without explanation or accountability! Such a dirty deed was entirely unnecessary, unfair, and yet another form of double standard censorship targeting certain members who have been critical of such dirty, one-side operations. Colorado: San Luis
Established in: 1851
San Luis has a predominately Hispanic population of less than 700 people, and so the town features a very strong Spanish influence. It was once part of four Spanish land grants decreed by the King of Spain, and a classic adobe architecture and Spanish town layout remain. * Chess History: https://www.britannica.com/topic/ch... This poem is dedicated to all Caissa's members
who understand that chess is but a game.
Chess is but a Game
As he secretly rode his knight out of the castle's gate,
still believing that he could escape this inevitable fate,
the sky broke open with an array of incredible light.
and there smitten to the earth lay nova under his knight.
I am who I am and always am, spoke this thundering voice
and you, my friend nova, do not at all have another choice
but to go forth south and north, west and east
loudly proclaiming the good Word to man and beast.
Thus beset by the compelling voice from the broken sky
nova set about explaining through the word the how and why.
He travelled north and south, west and east never losing aim
to let all Caissa's members know: chess is but a game. “There are more adventures on a chessboard than on all the seas of the world.”
― Pierre Mac Orlan
“You can only get good at chess if you love the game.” ― Bobby Fischer Dear Dad, $chool i$ really great. I am making lot$ of friend$ and $tudying very hard. With all my $tuff, I $imply can’t think of anything I need, $o if you would like, you can ju$t $end me a card, a$ I would love to hear from you. Love, Your $on Dear Son, I kNOw that astroNOmy, ecoNOmics, and oceaNOgraphy are eNOugh to keep even an hoNOr student busy. Do NOt forget that the pursuit of kNOwledge is a NOble task, and you can never study eNOugh. Love, Dad 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!
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.
Question: What U.S. state’s constitution is the longest in the world?
Answer: Alabama – 310,000 words.
Question: What country has the most vending machines per capita?
Answer: Japan – one for every 23 people.
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."
Riddle: Two people were playing chess. They both won. How is this possible? Answer: They were playing two different games, against other opponents. My Wage
by Jessie Belle Rittenhouse
I bargained with Life for a penny,
And Life would pay no more,
However I begged at evening
When I counted my scanty store;
For Life is a just employer,
He gives you what you ask,
But once you have set the wages,
Why, you must bear the task.
I worked for a menial’s hire,
Only to learn, dismayed,
That any wage I had asked of Life,
Life would have paid.
* Online safety: https://www.entrepreneur.com/scienc... * Chess Records: https://timkr.home.xs4all.nl/record... * Top Chessgames by ECO Code: http://schachsinn.de/gamelist.htm * Opening Tree: https://www.shredderchess.com/onlin... * Checkmate Puzzle Patternz: https://www.serverchess.com/mateinN... * Chess Puzzles: https://chesspuzzle.net/
“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
roy zev2270 toy stor haz a song pertning t2 stnky fshy wshd ashore instead ova note ina corkd bottl. The Lenape, Manhattan’s original inhabitants, called the island Manahatta, which means “hilly island.” C’est tout
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493 games, 1620-2023 - 5 E F G Players
Who are some of the notable E F G Players?
The games and writings of Dutch world champion Dr. Machgielis "Max" Euwe (1901-1981) are very worthy of study. American champion Reuben Fine is another excellent writer and player. Salo Flohr was a top five player. Efim Geller could go toe-to-toe with the best players in the world, having a plus score against none other than Bobby Fischer. The bulk of Fischer's games are in the -ER Fischer collection. Greco's games (the great Gioachino Greco takes a back seat to no one [No, FTB is not Italian.]) are in the NN file, as most all of Greco's opponents were nameless to chess history. Games are generally listed in chronological order, but a large block of Euwe games are grouped together below the oldest games at the top. After the Euwe-Alekhine section, the list resumes in chronological order again. ### ### $$ $$ %%% %%% ^ ((( ___ )))
Euwe = "erver"; it's not pronounced like "you" nor "you way"
Follow up: There is some debate as to "erver" as well.
Patrick Wolf, two-time U.S. Chess Champion has written that Euwe is pronounced "OY-vuh". Apr-07-18 thegoldenband: "Er-veh", more or less, isn't it? See 22 seconds in here: https://www.openbeelden.nl/media/23... Apparently saying "nervous" without the first and last letters is a reasonable approximation. Most of the games of Dr. Max Euwe have been moved to his own collection. ### ### $$ $$ %%% %%% ^ ((( ___ )))
* White - Sicilian: Bb2 by gabon: Game Collection: White - Sicilian: Bb2 * Grischuk: Game Collection: Legend Grischuk * Gallagher, the GM:
Game Collection: 0 Colorado: San Luis
Established in: 1851
San Luis has a predominately Hispanic population of less than 700 people, and so the town features a very strong Spanish influence. It was once part of four Spanish land grants decreed by the King of Spain, and a classic adobe architecture and Spanish town layout remain. * Chess History: https://www.britannica.com/topic/ch... This poem is dedicated to all Caissa's members
who understand that chess is but a game.
Chess is but a Game
As he secretly rode his knight out of the castle's gate,
still believing that he could escape this inevitable fate,
the sky broke open with an array of incredible light.
and there smitten to the earth lay nova under his knight.
I am who I am and always am, spoke this thundering voice
and you, my friend nova, do not at all have another choice
but to go forth south and north, west and east
loudly proclaiming the good Word to man and beast.
Thus beset by the compelling voice from the broken sky
nova set about explaining through the word the how and why.
He travelled north and south, west and east never losing aim
to let all Caissa's members know: chess is but a game. “There are more adventures on a chessboard than on all the seas of the world.”
― Pierre Mac Orlan
“You can only get good at chess if you love the game.” ― Bobby Fischer Dear Dad, $chool i$ really great. I am making lot$ of friend$ and $tudying very hard. With all my $tuff, I $imply can’t think of anything I need, $o if you would like, you can ju$t $end me a card, a$ I would love to hear from you. Love, Your $on Dear Son, I kNOw that astroNOmy, ecoNOmics, and oceaNOgraphy are eNOugh to keep even an hoNOr student busy. Do NOt forget that the pursuit of kNOwledge is a NOble task, and you can never study eNOugh. Love, Dad The Wallet
From heaven, one day, did Jupiter proclaim,
"Let all that live before my throne appear,
And there if any one has anything to blame,
In matter, form, or texture of his frame,
He may bring forth his grievance without fear.
Redress shall instantly be given to each.
Come, monkey, now, first let us have your speech.
You see these quadrupeds, your brothers;
Comparing, then, yourself with others,
Are you well satisfied?" "And why not?"
Says Jock. "Haven't I four trotters with the rest?
Is not my visage comely as the best?
But this my brother Bruin, is a blot
On your creation fair;
And sooner than be painted I had be shot,
Were I, great sire, a bear."
The bear approaching, does he make complaint?
Not he; – himself he lauds without restraint.
The elephant he needs must criticize;
To crop his ears and stretch his tail were wise;
A creature he of huge, misshapen size.
The elephant, though famed as beast judicious,
While on his own account he had no wishes,
Pronounced dame whale too big to suit his taste;
Of flesh and fat she was a perfect waste.
The little ant, again, pronounced the gnat too wee;
To such a speck, a vast colossus she.
Each censured by the rest, himself content,
Back to their homes all living things were sent.
Such folly lives yet with human fools.
For others lynxes, for ourselves but moles.
Great blemishes in other men we spy,
Which in ourselves we pass most kindly by.
As in this world we're but way-farers,
Kind Heaven has made us wallet-bearers.
The pouch behind our own defects must store,
The faults of others lodge in that before.
Question: Who is the oldest man to win People Magazine’s sexiest man alive?
Answer: Sean Connery – 59.
Question: How do you call a group of unicorns?
Answer: A blessing
“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
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.
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499 games, 1620-2020 - 5 Pins , ECO C 50s-90s
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Pins are immobilizing difference makers that inflict chess pain. Aim one long range unit at/through two opposing units. This is a P-K4 collection split. Fredthebear is the original creator of this collection. “Pawns are such fascinating pieces, too...So small, almost insignificant, and yet--they can depose kings.” — Lavie Tidhar, The Bookman “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 “The game of chess is not merely an idle amusement; several very valuable qualities of the mind are to be acquired and strengthened by it, so as to become habits ready on all occasions; for life is a kind of chess.” — Benjamin Franklin, 1779 "For him chess was his life. Without the game he could not exist." — Engelina Tal (on her late husband Mikhail) “The wisest mind has something yet to learn.” — George Santayana “Be faithful to that which exists within yourself.” — André Gide “Chess is 99% tactics.” — Richard Teichmann "Chess is a sport. The main object in the game of chess remains the achievement of victory." ― Max Euwe Machgielis "Max" Euwe
Fifth World Chess Champion from 1935 to 1937
Birthdate: May 20, 1901
Birthplace: Amsterdam, Netherlands
Died: November 26, 1981
Max Euwe scripted history when he became the first chess Grandmaster from the Netherlands. A PhD in math, he also taught both math and computer programming, apart from publishing a mathematical analysis of chess. A chess world champion, he also served as the president of FIDE.
* Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_E... “If you are interested in improving, think of a draw offer as an offer to remain ignorant of what you would have learned in the remainder of the game.” — Dan Heisman “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 * Glossary: https://www.peoriachess.com/Glossar... * Top Festivals: https://chess-site.com/articles/che... * Dr. Edmund Adam Miniatures: Edmund Adam 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. Rules: https://www.gamecolony.com/chessrul... Juniors might ask: https://www.chessforjuniors.com/ Bruno's Problem: https://chessproblem.my-free-games.... FICS: https://www.freechess.org/
HOF: https://worldchesshof.org/
USCF: https://new.uschess.org/
Recommendations: https://chess-site.com/
TWIC: https://theweekinchess.com/
Top 100: https://ratings.fide.com/top.phtml
Useful: https://usefulchess.com/
* Mr. Harvey's Puzzle Challenge: https://wtharvey.com/ “First I play for equality (as Black), then I start to play for a win.” ― Artur Yusupov “It is a profound mistake to imagine that the art of combination depends only on natural talent, and that it cannot be learned.” ― Richard Reti “Once there is the slightest suggestion of combinational possibilities on the board, look for unusual moves. Apart from making your play creative and interesting it will help you to get better results.” ― Alexander Kotov “I guess it comes down to a simple choice, really. Get busy living, or get busy dying.” ― Andy (Tim Robbins), “The Shawshank Redemption” Tanitoluwa Adewumi
(American Chess Player)
Birthdate: September 3, 2010
Birthplace: Nigeria
* Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanit... “Life is what you make it: If you snooze, you lose; and if you snore, you lose more.” — Phyllis George Galatians 6:7 in the Bible “Be not deceived, God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.” “those who live in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones” is often cited as originating in Chaucer’s Troilus and Criseyde written in 1385. This poem is dedicated to all female chessplayers on Caissa's Web... Sweet Caissa
Oh, Sweet Caissa, Goddess of chess
in the name of this holistic game
I pray Thee: bless my noble aim
to render all my opponents lame
in my holy quest for worldly fame,
to be Supreme no more no less.
In awe I heard this Sweet Caissa say
"Daughter go forth and smite them all,
stoutly charge your knight sitting tall
while flying over the castle's wall
to slay all men in your deadly call."
Now in fear I hide and will no longer play.
Koneru Humpy
(Indian Chess Player and the Youngest Woman Ever to Achieve the Title of Grandmaster)
Birthdate: March 31, 1987
Birthplace: Gudivada, Andhra Pradesh, India
Koneru Humpy is an Indian chess player and the current women's world rapid champion. At the age of 15, Humpy became the youngest female chess player to achieve the prestigious Grandmaster title. In 2003, she was honored with India's second-highest sporting honor, the Arjuna Award. In 2007, Koneru Humpy was honored with the Padma Shri Award.
* Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koner... Carissa Yip
(American Chess Player and a Former U.S. Women’s Chess Champion)
Birthdate: September 10, 2003
Birthplace: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
* Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caris... * Checkmate Patterns You Must Recognize Instantly: https://chessfox.com/checkmate-patt... * On-line Tutorial: https://www.bing.com/videos/search?... * Can you finish off the Italian Game with ease? https://www.bing.com/videos/search?... * Tournament Tips for Beginners: https://www.bing.com/videos/search?... * Schev for Black: Game Collection: Sicilian Scheveningen 4 Black * Short and Sweet: Game Collection: Sicilian Scheveningen 4 Black * Trends booklet: Game Collection: TRENDS Scheveningen with O-O (King) * Adults should focus on Faith, Family & Friends, Career-Education/Pay the Bills, Not Chess: https://www.chessable.com/blog/how-... * Brutal Attacking Chess: Game Collection: Brutal Attacking Chess * Blackburne strikes! games annotated by Blackburne * Bad bishops are...bad: https://lichess1.org/game/export/gi... * Chess in the Newspaper: https://www.schach-chess.com/chess-... * Del's: Game Collection: Del's hidden gems * Epic: Game Collection: Epic Battles of the CB by R.N. Coles - keypusher * Fascinating: Game Collection: Fireside Book of Chess * GK: Game Collection: Kasparov - The Sicilian Sheveningen * Happy Days! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slv... * Internet tracking: https://www.studysmarter.us/magazin... * Mammoth: Game Collection: Mammoth Book-Greatest Games (Nunn/Burgess/Emms) * Not the same: Game Collection: Traps in Scheveningen for White * One of Pandolfini's best: Game Collection: Solitaire Chess by Bruce Pandolfini * 21st Century: Game Collection: 0 * TIP: Click on the e8 square to see a computer engine analysis of the position. * Wikipedia on Computer Chess: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compu... Site under construction by Fredthebear. Thank you parisattack. 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.
Thank you Qindarka!
“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 Philomel And Progne
From home and city spires, one day,
The swallow Progne flew away,
And sought the bosky dell
Where sang poor Philomel.
"My sister," Progne said, "how do you do?
It's now a thousand years since you
Have been concealed from human view;
I'm sure I have not seen your face
Once since the times of Thrace.
Pray, will you never quit this dull retreat?"
"Where could I find," said Philomel, "so sweet?"
"What! sweet?" cried Progne – 'sweet to waste
Such tones on beasts devoid of taste,
Or on some rustic, at the most!
Should you by deserts be engrossed?
Come, be the city's pride and boast.
Besides, the woods remind of harms
That Tereus in them did your charms."
"Alas!" replied the bird of song,
"The thought of that so cruel wrong
Makes me, from age to age,
Prefer this hermitage;
For nothing like the sight of men
Can call up what I suffered then."
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. 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 “Chess is the gymnasium of the mind.” — Blasie Pascal “Sometimes in life, and in chess, you must take one step back to take two steps forward.” — IM Levy Rozman, GothamChess So much, much, much better to be an incurable optimist than deceitful and untrustworthy. In God we trust; all others pay cash. ~ American Proverb Trusting in wealth is like looking for feathers on turtles. ~ Senegalese Proverb <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" “It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.”
― Theodore Roosevelt
Proverbs of Solomon 6
Warnings against Adultery
20My son, keep your father's commandment,
and do not forsake your mother's teaching.
21Bind them always upon your heart;
tie them around your neck.
22When you walk, they will guide you;
when you lie down, they will watch over you;
when you awake, they will speak to you.
23For this commandment is a lamp, this teaching is a light, and the reproofs of discipline are the way to life, 24to keep you from the evil woman,
from the smooth tongue of the adulteress.
25Do not lust in your heart for her beauty
or let her captivate you with her eyes.
26For the levy of the prostitute is poverty,
and the adulteress preys upon your very life.
27Can a man embrace fire
and his clothes not be burned?
28Can a man walk on hot coals
without scorching his feet?
29So is he who sleeps with another man's wife;
no one who touches her will go unpunished.
30Men do not despise the thief
if he steals to satisfy his hunger.
31Yet if caught, he must pay sevenfold;
he must give up all the wealth of his house.
32He who commits adultery lacks judgment;
whoever does so destroys himself.
33Wounds and dishonor will befall him,
and his reproach will never be wiped away.
34For jealousy enrages a husband,
and he will show no mercy in the day of vengeance. 35He will not be appeased by any ransom,
or persuaded by lavish gifts.
“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 “It's not how you start that matters, it's how you finish.” "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
* Riddle-stoned-scree: https://www.briddles.com/riddles/ch... “Believe in yourself. Have faith in your abilities. Without humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers, you cannot be successful or happy.” ― Norman Vincent Peale “The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.”
― Martin Luther King Jr.
"Always go to other people's funerals, otherwise they won't come to yours." ― Yogi Berra, one of the greatest Yankees of all time 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. “He who sees the face does not see the heart.” — Portuguese Proverb G7Sum Grzegorz
Q: What do you call a piece of sad cheese?
A: Blue cheese.
Q: What do you call a cow in an earthquake?
A: A milkshake.
Q: What do you call an M&M that went to college?
A: A smarty.
Q: What do you call a baby polar bear?
A: An ice cub.
Q: What do you call a witch that lives at the beach?
A: A sand witch.
Q: What do you call a key that opens the door on Thanksgiving?
A: A turkey.
Q: What do you call a cheese that doesn’t belong to you?
A: Nacho cheese!
Q: What do you call a cow that plays a musical instrument?
A: A moosician.
“Helen Keller was blind and deaf when she graduated from college with honors. So what's your problem?” ― Charles F. Stanley Psalm 27:1
The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? 1 John 4:18
There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love. If the game is well-played, the rook's first move is usually sideways. Oct-04-10
I play the Fred: said...
You're distraught
because you're not
able to cope
feel like a dope
when Lasker hits
Puttin on (the Fritz)
“Whatever you are doing in the game of life, give it all you've got.” — Norman Vincent Peale “What you do today can improve all your tomorrows.” — Ralph Marston “A wise man never knows all; only a fool knows everything.” — African Proverb
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497 games, 1590-2022 - 50 Colle System Classics (Koltanowski variation)
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The Colle system has been described as the easiest good opening system to learn for white. It allows white to develop his pieces behind a wall of pawns before initiating action and avoids several black defenses. The system is not forcing and does not put the opposing player under a great amount of pressure, but has a deceptive sting that will surprise many opponents. Essentially, it is a Semi-Slav defense "reversed", and the extra tempo gives White attacking possibilities not usually seen from the black side. However, if white doesn't win in the opening or middle game, he often will have a pawn majority of 3-2 on the Q side which can be a winning ending. The opening is not regarded as challenging enough for GM level chess, but for club players it is still viable and is a good introduction to QP openings. This is the one of the earliest and most successful "program" openings, and is very solid and sound. * YS Tactics: Game Collection: Yasser Seirawan's Winning Chess Tactics 03 08 zb2cr: move 25. zooter Frit z drip drip drip Kh1? 50 Wise Quotes That Will Inspire You to Success in Life Life is a gift that has been given to you. It is in your hands to make the best out of it--dare to believe that you can. Through the ups and downs, you'll find a lesson to learn that will make you a better person. Each experience--good and bad--makes you grow. Get along with life and surely, things will become easier for you. Live for today and enjoy every moment. Capture the best that life has to offer you. Here's a collection of valuable quotes about life to inspire you to make the best out of it: “In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.”
― Abraham Lincoln
“The greatest day in your life and mine is when we take total responsibility for our attitudes. That's the day we truly grow up.” ― John C. Maxwell “Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced.”
― Soren Kierkegaard
“What we think determines what happens to us, so if we want to change our lives, we need to stretch our minds.” ― Wayne Dyer “Life is ten percent what happens to you and ninety percent how you respond to it.” Charles Swindoll “Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact.”
― William James
“The only disability in life is a bad attitude.” ― Scott Hamilton “Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.” ― Leo Buscaglia “There is more to life than increasing its speed.” ― Mahatma Gandhi “Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.” ― Confucius “Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can't help them, at least don't hurt them.” ― Dalai Lama “There are three constants in life...change, choice and principles.”
― Stephen Covey
“Life's most persistent and urgent question is, 'What are you doing for others?”
― Martin Luther King, Jr.
“Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don't resist them--that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.” ― Lao Tzu “Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.” ― John F. Kennedy “Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile.” ― Albert Einstein “When life is too easy for us, we must beware or we may not be ready to meet the blows which sooner or later come to everyone, rich or poor.”
― Eleanor Roosevelt
“The longer I live, the more I realize the impact of attitude on life. Attitude, to me, is more important than facts. It is more important than the past, than education, than money, than circumstances, than failures, than successes, than what other people think or say or do. It is more important than appearance, giftedness or skill. It will make or break a company...a church....a home. The remarkable thing is we have a choice every day regarding the attitude we will embrace for that day. We cannot change our past...we cannot change the fact that people will act in a certain way. We cannot change the inevitable. The only thing we can do is play on the one string we have, and that is our attitude...I am convinced that life is 10% what happens to me and 90% how I react to it. And so it is with you...we are in charge of our attitudes.”
― Charles Swindoll
“God gave us the gift of life; it is up to us to give ourselves the gift of living well.” ― Voltaire “We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.”
― Winston Churchill
“All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson
“My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style.” ― Maya Angelou “Once you say you're going to settle for second, that's what happens to you in life.” ― John F. Kennedy “There is no passion to be found playing small--in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.” ― Nelson Mandela “If you don't design your own life plan, chances are you'll fall into someone else's plan. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much.” ― Jim Rohn “I've failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed.”
― Michael Jordan
“The biggest adventure you can take is to live the life of your dreams.”
― Oprah Winfrey
“Literature adds to reality, it does not simply describe it. It enriches the necessary competencies that daily life requires and provides; and in this respect, it irrigates the deserts that our lives have already become.” ― C.S. Lewis “Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young. The greatest thing in life is to keep your mind young.” ― Henry Ford “Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.” ― Thomas A. Edison “The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity. The fears are paper tigers. You can do anything you decide to do. You can act to change and control your life; and the procedure, the process is its own reward.” ― Amelia Earhart “People grow through experience if they meet life honestly and courageously. This is how character is built.” ― Eleanor Roosevelt “Remember your dreams and fight for them. You must know what you want from life. There is just one thing that makes your dream become impossible: the fear of failure.” ― Paulo Coelho “Our greatest happiness does not depend on the condition of life in which chance has placed us, but is always the result of a good conscience, good health, occupation, and freedom in all just pursuits.” ― Thomas Jefferson “The quality of a person's life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor.” ― Vince Lombardi “Communication is a skill that you can learn. It's like riding a bicycle or typing. If you're willing to work at it, you can rapidly improve the quality of every part of your life.” ― Brian Tracy “Today is life--the only life you are sure of. Make the most of today. Get interested in something. Shake yourself awake. Develop a hobby. Let the winds of enthusiasm sweep through you. Live today with gusto.” ― Dale Carnegie “The secret of success is learning how to use pain and pleasure instead of having pain and pleasure use you. If you do that, you're in control of your life. If you don't, life controls you.” ― Tony Robbins “In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.”
― Robert Frost
“We have always held to the hope, the belief, the conviction that there is a better life, a better world, beyond the horizon.” ― Franklin D. Roosevelt “Life takes on meaning when you become motivated, set goals and charge after them in an unstoppable manner.” ― Les Brown “Life is a daring adventure or nothing at all.” ― Helen Keller “The ultimate value of life depends upon awareness and the power of contemplation rather than upon mere survival.” ― Aristotle “Don't take life too seriously. You'll never get out of it alive.” ― Elbert Hubbard “Each life is made up of mistakes and learning, waiting and growing, practicing patience and being persistent.” ― Billy Graham “Each person must live their life as a model for others.” ― Rosa Parks “My philosophy of life is that if we make up our mind what we are going to make of our lives, then work hard toward that goal, we never lose--somehow we win out.” ― Ronald Reagan “Life is not about how fast you run or how high you climb, but how well you bounce.” ― Vivian Komori “Transformation is a process, and as life happens there are tons of ups and downs. It's a journey of discovery--there are moments on mountaintops and moments in deep valleys of despair.” ― Rick Warren “Live life to the fullest, and focus on the positive.” ― Matt Cameron “Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young. The greatest thing in life is to keep your mind young.” ― Henry Ford “Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.” ― Thomas A. Edison “The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity. The fears are paper tigers. You can do anything you decide to do. You can act to change and control your life; and the procedure, the process is its own reward.” ― Amelia Earhart “Life is like a chess. If you lose your queen, you will probably lose the game.”
― Being Caballero
“Chess is life in miniature. Chess is a struggle, chess battles.” ― Garry Kasparov “We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.”
― Winston Churchill
“In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.”
― Abraham Lincoln
“A man either lives life as it happens to him, meets it head-on and licks it, or he turns his back on it and starts to wither away.” — Dr. Boyce “The most important single ingredient in the formula of success is knowing how to get along with people.” ― Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of the United States, and former U.S. Army Colonel And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. Luke 2:9, 10. “Opportunities multiply as they are seized.” ― Sun Tzu, The Art of War “All warfare is based on deception.” ― Sun Tzu, The Art of War “Ponder and deliberate before you make a move.” ― Sun Tzu, The Art of War “Tal was a fearless fighter. Nobody could successfully accomplish so many incorrect maneuvers! He simply smashed his opponents.” ― Bent Larsen “I was surprised by his ability to figure out complex variations. Then the way he sets out the game; he was not interested in the objectivity of the position, whether it's better or worse, he only needed room for his pieces. All you do then is figure out variations which are extremely difficult. He was tactically outplaying me and I made mistakes.” ― Mikhail Botvinnik (on Tal) “It is important that you don't let your opponent impose his style of play on you. A part of that begins mentally. At the chessboard if you start blinking every time he challenges you then in a certain sense you are withdrawing. That is very important to avoid.” ― Viswanathan Anand “Methodical thinking is of more use in chess than inspiration.” ― C.J.S. Purdy “The supreme quality for leadership is unquestionably integrity. Without it, no real success is possible, no matter whether it is on a section gang, a football field, in an army, or in an office.” ― Dwight D. Eisenhower, 34th President of the United States, and former General of the Army “A man does what he must - in spite of personal consequences, in spite of obstacles and dangers and pressures - and that is the basis of all human morality.” ― Winston Churchill, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom “It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.”
― Harry S Truman, 33rd President of the United States, and former Colonel in the U.S. Army “He will win who knows when to fight and when not to fight.”
― Sun Tzu, The Art of War
“Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win.” ― Sun Tzu, The Art of War “One may know how to conquer without being able to do it.”
― Sun Tzu, The Art of War
“Insufficient facts always invite danger.” — Spock “Strategy without tactics is the slowest route to victory. Tactics without strategy is the noise before defeat.” ― Sun Tzu “I don't believe in psychology. I believe in good moves.” ― Bobby Fischer Gerald Abrahams' dictum: "Good positions don't win games; good moves do". “It is quite an advantage to have the initiative, and once you have it you must keep it. If your opponent has it, and relinquishes it through some accident or other, you must take it.” ― Jose R. Capablanca “I think Capablanca was one of the most important world champions for me. I studied his games, and a good book about Capablanca's games was written by International Master Vasily Panov, a Russian master. There was quite a strong influence of Capablanca's style.” ― Anatoly Karpov “Compassion: that’s the one thing no machine ever had. Maybe it’s the one thing that keeps men ahead of them.” — Dr. McCoy “Chess isn’t for the timid.” ― Irving Chernev “Chess is a sea in which a gnat may drink and an elephant may bathe.” ― Indian Proverb “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 “If you wish to succeed, you must brave the risk of failure.” ― Garry Kasparov “We can compare classical chess and rapid chess with theatre and cinema - some actors don't like the latter and prefer to work in the theatre.” ― Boris Spassky “In my opinion, the style of a player should not be formed under the influence of any single great master.” ― Vasily Smyslov “Almost immediately after Kasparov played the magic move g4, the computer started to self destruct.” — Sam Sloan “In the endgame, it's often better to form a barrier to cut-off the lone king and keep shrinking the barrier than to give check. The mistaken check might give the lone king a choice move toward the center when the idea is to force the lone king to the edge of the board and then checkmate.” — Fredthebear “In general, there is something puzzling about the fact that the most renowned figures in chess – Morphy, Pillsbury, Capablanca and Fischer – were born in America.” ― Garry Kasparov “There is no remorse like the remorse of chess.” ― H. G. Wells. Luke 8:16-18 New King James Version
The Parable of the Revealed Light
Jesus said:
16 “No one, when he has lit a lamp, covers it with a vessel or puts it under a bed, but sets it on a lampstand, that those who enter may see the light. 17 For nothing is secret that will not be revealed, nor anything hidden that will not be known and come to light. 18 Therefore take heed how you hear. For whoever has, to him more will be given; and whoever does not have, even what he seems to have will be taken from him.” 51 Olamide Zaccheaus xp zaniflushd no more D Przepiorka wait until the kooc getz kcab from eht store. “We can compare classical chess and rapid chess with theatre and cinema - some actors don't like the latter and prefer to work in the theatre.” ― Boris Spassky “In my opinion, the style of a player should not be formed under the influence of any single great master.” ― Vasily Smyslov “Almost immediately after Kasparov played the magic move g4, the computer started to self destruct.” — Sam Sloan “Some endgames are more equal than others.” — Antonio Radić a.k.a. agadmator
Antonio Radić (born 16 June 1987), better known as agadmator ( Serbo-Croatian pronunciation: [agad'mator̩] [2] ), is a Croatian YouTuber and chess player. He has one of the most popular chess channels on YouTube, and he previously had the most subscribers of any YouTube chess channel from 2018 until late 2021 when he was surpassed by GothamChess. “In the endgame, it's often better to form a barrier to cut-off the lone king and keep shrinking the barrier than to give check. The mistaken check might give the lone king a choice move toward the center when the idea is to force the lone king to the edge of the board and then checkmate.” — Fredthebear ,.
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51 games, 1908-2010 - 50 Ways to Win at Chess
Steve Giddins, Gambit Pub. 2007
General chess advice from Joe Brooks: https://www.reddit.com/r/chess/comm... “On the chessboard lies and hypocrisy do not survive long. The creative combination lays bare the presumption of a lie; the merciless fact, culmination in checkmate, contradicts the hypocrite.” ― Emanuel Lasker “Chess is a fairy tale of 1,001 blunders.” ― Savielly Tartakower “The pawns are the soul of chess.” ― Francois-Andre Danican Philidor “A pawn, when separated from his fellows, will seldom or never make a fortune.” ― Francois-Andre Danican Philidor “Remember us,
Should any free soul come across this place,
In all the countless centuries yet to be,
May our voices whisper to you from the ageless stones,
Go tell the Spartans, passerby:
That here by Spartan law, we lie.”
― Frank Miller, 300
“Chess is a war over the board. The object is to crush the opponent’s mind.” ― Bobby Fischer “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.
"The most important single ingredient in the formula of success is knowing how to get along with people." ― Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of the United States, and former U.S. Army Colonel * Assorted Good games Compiled by rbaglini: Game Collection: assorted Good games * Cheating: https://www.chess.com/article/view/... * GK's Scheveningen: Game Collection: Kasparov - The Sicilian Sheveningen And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. Luke 2:9, 10. “You can only get good at chess if you love the game.” ― Bobby Fischer "Be active. I do things my way, like skiing when I’m 100. Nobody else does that even if they have energy. And I try to eat pretty correctly and get exercise and fresh air and sunshine.” ― Elsa Bailey, first time skier at age 100 "Don't look at the calendar, just keep celebrating every day." ― Ruth Coleman, carpe diem at age 101 Truth is stranger than fiction
Two wrongs don't make a right
Waste not want not
When the cat's away the mice will play
What the eye doesn't see, the heart doesn't grieve over Where there's muck there's brass
The whole is greater than the sum of the parts
Whom the Gods love die young
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An acronym is a pronounceable word that is formed using the first letters of the words in a phrase (sometimes, other parts of the words are also used). Some common acronyms include NASA (which stands for "National Aeronautical and Space Administration"), scuba ("Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus") and laser ("Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation").
An initialism is a word that is formed using the first letters of the words in a phrase -- it is pronounced like a series of letters, not like a word. Some common initialisms include UFO (which stands for "Unidentified Flying Object") and LOL (which stands for "Laughing Out Loud"). Note: Some people consider both of these to be acronyms. Some common acronyms (and initialisms) include:
AC - Air Conditioning
AD - Anno Domini ("In the Year of Our Lord")
AKA - Also Known As
AM - Ante Meridiem (before noon)
AM - Amplitude Modification (radio)
ASAP - As Soon As Possible
ATM - Automated Teller Machine
B&B - Bed and Breakfast
BC - Before Christ or Because
BCE - Before the Common Era
BLT - Bacon, Lettuce, Tomato
BTW - By The Way
CC - Credit Card
CIA - Central Intelligence Agency
CO - Commanding Officer
CST - Central Standard Time
DOA - Dead on Arrival
DOT - Department of Transportation
DST - Daylight Saving Time
EST - Eastern Standard Time
ET - Extra-Terrestrial
FAQ - Frequently-Asked Questions
FBI - Federal Bureau of Investigation
FDR - Franklin Delano Roosevelt
FM - Frequency Modification (radio)
FYI - For Your Information
GI - Government Issue
GMO - Genetically Modified
IM - Instant Message
IMO - In My Opinion
IMHO - In My Humble Opinion
HAZ-MAT - Hazardous Material
HMO - Health Maintenence Organization
ID - Identification
IQ - Intelligence Quotient
ISBN - International Standard Book Number
JFK - John Fitzgerald Kennedy
JV - Junior Varsity
KO - Knockout
laser - Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation
LCD - Liquid Crystal Display
LED - Light Emitting Diode
LOL - Laughing Out Loud
MC - Master of Ceremonies
MLK - Martin Luther King, Jr.
MO - Modus Operandi
MRE - Meals Ready to Eat
MS - Manuscript
MST - Mountain Standard Time
MTG - Magic: The Gathering
MTD - Month To Date
NIB - New In the Box
NAFTA - North American Free Trade Agreement
NASA - National Aeronautical and Space Administration
NATO - North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NBA - National Basketball Association
NIB - New In the Box
NIMBY - Not In My Backyard
OJ - Orange Juice
OPEC - Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
PBJ - Peanut Butter and Jelly
PC - Politically Correct
PI - Private Investigator
PIN - Personal Identification Number
PM - Post Meridiem (after noon)
POTUS - President of the United States
POW - Prisoner of War
PPS - Post-Postscript
PS - Postscript
PR - Public Relations
PSI - Pounds Per Square Inch
PST - Pacific Standard Time
Q&A - Question and Answer
R&R - Rest and Relaxation
RAM - Random Access Memory
RGB - Red, Green, Blue
RIP - Rest in Peace (from the Latin, "Requiescat In Pace")
ROM - Read Only Memory
ROTC - Reserve Officers Training Corps
ROYGBIV - Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, Violet
RPG - Role Playing Game
RSVP - Répondez S'il Vous Plaît (in French, this means "Please respond")
RV - Recreational Vehicle
scuba - Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus
SNAFU - Systems Normal, All Fouled Up
SOP - Standard Operating Procedure
SOS - Save Our Souls (decided after the fact - SOS was chosen because it was short in Morse code)
SPF - Sun Protection Factor (how sunscreen lotion is rated)
TBA - To Be Announced
TEOTWAWKI - The End Of The World As We Know It
TGIF - Thank God It's Friday
TLC - Tender Loving Care
TV - Television
UFO - Unidentified Flying Object
UN - United Nations
UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund
UPC - Universal Product Code
VIP - Very Important Person
VP - Vice President
WASP - White Anglo Saxon Protestant
WHO - World Health Organization
WOM - Word of Mouth
WoW - World of Warcraft
WYSIWYG - What You See Is What You Get
YTD - Year To Date
ZIP (code) - Zone Improvement Plan
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50 games, 1896-2022 - 51 incredible short games
by tommy boy
mixed games
* C45s: https://www.chessgames.com/perl/che... * More incredible games, not so short: Game Collection: Games to make you smile. * YS Tactics: Game Collection: Yasser Seirawan's Winning Chess Tactics * The Donner Party of Misery: https://www.chessgames.com/perl/che... General chess advice from Joe Brooks: https://www.reddit.com/r/chess/comm... “On the chessboard lies and hypocrisy do not survive long. The creative combination lays bare the presumption of a lie; the merciless fact, culmination in checkmate, contradicts the hypocrite.” — Emanuel Lasker “Life is like a chess. If you lose your queen, you will probably lose the game.” —Being Caballero “Chess is life in miniature. Chess is a struggle, chess battles.” — Garry Kasparov “Age brings wisdom to some men, and to others chess.” — Evan Esar * Good Historical Links: https://www.saund.co.uk/britbase/in... * Attack: Game Collection: 2012-2015 Attacking Games (Naiditsch/Balogh) * Cheating: https://www.chess.com/article/view/... It's not the quantity that counts; it's the quality. 17125 * Draws: Game Collection: 2012-2015 Interesting Draws (Naiditsch/Balogh) * Endgames: Game Collection: 2012-2015 Endgames (Naiditsch/Balogh) * Fight! Game Collection: 2012-2015 Fighting Games (Naiditsch/Balogh) * Positional: Game Collection: 2012-2015 Positional Games (Naiditsch/Balogh) * Miscellaneous: Game Collection: ! Miscellaneous games * Internet tracking: https://www.studysmarter.us/magazin... 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. Feb-13-11 keypusher: <scutigera: They give this as one of Myagmarsuren's notable games with 162 others in the database?>
notable games are selected based on how many games collections they are in. 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.
The Triumph of Life
Percy Bysshe Shelley
Swift as a spirit hastening to his task
Of glory & of good, the Sun sprang forth
Rejoicing in his splendour, & the mask
Of darkness fell from the awakened Earth.
The smokeless altars of the mountain snows
Flamed above crimson clouds, & at the birth
Of light, the Ocean’s orison arose
To which the birds tempered their matin lay,
All flowers in field or forest which unclose
Their trembling eyelids to the kiss of day,
Swinging their censers in the element,
With orient incense lit by the new ray
Burned slow & inconsumably, & sent
Their odorous sighs up to the smiling air,
And in succession due, did Continent,
Isle, Ocean, & all things that in them wear
The form & character of mortal mould
Rise as the Sun their father rose, to bear
Their portion of the toil which he of old
Took as his own & then imposed on them;
But I, whom thoughts which must remain untold
Had kept as wakeful as the stars that gem
The cone of night, now they were laid asleep,
Stretched my faint limbs beneath the hoary stem
Which an old chestnut flung athwart the steep
Of a green Apennine: before me fled
The night; behind me rose the day; the Deep
Was at my feet, & Heaven above my head
When a strange trance over my fancy grew
Which was not slumber, for the shade it spread
Was so transparent that the scene came through
As clear as when a veil of light is drawn
O’er evening hills they glimmer; and I knew
That I had felt the freshness of that dawn,
Bathed in the same cold dew my brow & hair
And sate as thus upon that slope of lawn
Under the self same bough, & heard as there
The birds, the fountains & the Ocean hold
Sweet talk in music through the enamoured air.
And then a Vision on my brain was rolled.
As in that trance of wondrous thought I lay
This was the tenour of my waking dream.
Methought I sate beside a public way
Thick strewn with summer dust, & a great stream
Of people there was hurrying to & fro
Numerous as gnats upon the evening gleam,
All hastening onward, yet none seemed to know
Whither he went, or whence he came, or why
He made one of the multitude, yet so
Was borne amid the crowd as through the sky
One of the million leaves of summer’s bier.—
Old age & youth, manhood & infancy,
Mixed in one mighty torrent did appear,
Some flying from the thing they feared & some
Seeking the object of another’s fear,
And others as with steps towards the tomb
Pored on the trodden worms that crawled beneath,
And others mournfully within the gloom
Of their own shadow walked, and called it death …
And some fled from it as it were a ghost,
Half fainting in the affliction of vain breath.
But more with motions which each other crost
Pursued or shunned the shadows the clouds threw
Or birds within the noonday ether lost,
Upon that path where flowers never grew;
And weary with vain toil & faint for thirst
Heard not the fountains whose melodious dew
Out of their mossy cells forever burst
Nor felt the breeze which from the forest told
Of grassy paths, & wood lawns interspersed
With overarching elms & caverns cold,
And violet banks where sweet dreams brood, but they
Pursued their serious folly as of old ….
And as I gazed methought that in the way
The throng grew wilder, as the woods of June
When the South wind shakes the extinguished day.—
And a cold glare, intenser than the noon
But icy cold, obscured with [[blank]] light
The Sun as he the stars. Like the young moon
When on the sunlit limits of the night
Her white shell trembles amid crimson air
And whilst the sleeping tempest gathers might
Doth, as a herald of its coming, bear
The ghost of her dead Mother, whose dim form
Bends in dark ether from her infant’s chair,
So came a chariot on the silent storm
Of its own rushing splendour, and a Shape
So sate within as one whom years deform
Beneath a dusky hood & double cape
Crouching within the shadow of a tomb,
And o’er what seemed the head, a cloud like crape,
Was bent a dun & faint etherial gloom
Tempering the light; upon the chariot’s beam
A Janus-visaged Shadow did assume
The guidance of that wonder-winged team.
The Shapes which drew it in thick lightnings
Were lost: I heard alone on the air’s soft stream
The music of their ever moving wings.
All the four faces of that charioteer
Had their eyes banded . . . little profit brings
Speed in the van & blindness in the rear,
Nor then avail the beams that quench the Sun
Or that his banded eyes could pierce the sphere
Of all that is, has been, or will be done.—
So ill was the car guided, but it past
With solemn speed majestically on . . .
The crowd gave way, & I arose aghast,
Or seemed to rise, so mighty was the trance,
And saw like clouds upon the thunder blast
The million with fierce song and maniac dance
Raging around; such seemed the jubilee
As when to greet some conqueror’s advance
Imperial Rome poured forth her living sea
From senatehouse & prison & theatre
When Freedom left those who upon the free
Had bound a yoke which soon they stooped to bear.
Nor wanted here the true similitude
Of a triumphal pageant, for where’er
The chariot rolled a captive multitude
Was driven; althose who had grown old in power
Or misery,—all who have their age subdued,
By action or by suffering, and whose hour
Was drained to its last sand in weal or woe,
So that the trunk survived both fruit & flower;
All those whose fame or infamy must grow
Till the great winter lay the form & name
Of their own earth with them forever low,
All but the sacred few who could not tame
Their spirits to the Conqueror, but as soon
As they had touched the world with living flame
Fled back like eagles to their native noon,
Of those who put aside the diadem
Of earthly thrones or gems, till the last one
Were there;—for they of Athens & Jerusalem
Were neither mid the mighty captives seen
Nor mid the ribald crowd that followed them
Or fled before . . Now swift, fierce & obscene
The wild dance maddens in the van, & those
Who lead it, fleet as shadows on the green,
Outspeed the chariot & without repose
Mix with each other in tempestuous measure
To savage music …. Wilder as it grows,
They, tortured by the agonizing pleasure,
Convulsed & on the rapid whirlwinds spun
Of that fierce spirit, whose unholy leisure
Was soothed by mischief since the world begun,
Throw back their heads & loose their streaming hair,
And in their dance round her who dims the Sun
Maidens & youths fling their wild arms in air
As their feet twinkle; they recede, and now
Bending within each other’s atmosphere
Kindle invisibly; and as they glow
Like moths by light attracted & repelled,
Oft to new bright destruction come & go.
Till like two clouds into one vale impelled
That shake the mountains when their lightnings mingle
And die in rain,—the fiery band which held
Their natures, snaps . . . ere the shock cease to tingle
One falls and then another in the path
Senseless, nor is the desolation single,
Yet ere I can say where the chariot hath
Past over them; nor other trace I find
But as of foam after the Ocean’s wrath
Is spent upon the desert shore.—Behind,
Old men, and women foully disarrayed
Shake their grey hair in the insulting wind,
Limp in the dance & strain, with limbs decayed,
Seeking to reach the light which leaves them still
Farther behind & deeper in the shade.
But not the less with impotence of will
They wheel, though ghastly shadows interpose
Round them & round each other, and fulfill
Their work and to the dust whence they arose
Sink & corruption veils them as they lie
And frost in these performs what fire in those.
Struck to the heart by this sad pageantry,
Half to myself I said, “And what is this?
Whose shape is that within the car? & why”-
I would have added—”is all here amiss?”
But a voice answered . . “Life” . . . I turned & knew
(O Heaven have mercy on such wretchedness!)
That what I thought was an old root which grew
To strange distortion out of the hill side
Was indeed one of that deluded crew,
And that the grass which methought hung so wide
And white, was but his thin discoloured hair,
And that the holes it vainly sought to hide
Were or had been eyes.—”lf thou canst forbear
To join the dance, which I had well forborne,”
Said the grim Feature, of my thought aware,
“I will now tell that which to this deep scorn
Led me & my companions, and relate
The progress of the pageant since the morn;
“If thirst of knowledge doth not thus abate,
Follow it even to the night, but I
Am weary” . . . Then like one who with the weight
Of his own words is staggered, wearily
He paused, and ere he could resume, I cried,
“First who art thou?” . . . “Before thy memory
“I feared, loved, hated, suffered, did, & died,
And if the spark with which Heaven lit my spirit
Earth had with purer nutriment supplied
“Corruption would not now thus much inherit
Of what was once Rousseau—nor this disguise
Stained that within which still disdains to wear it.—
“If I have been extinguished, yet there rise
A thousand beacons from the spark I bore.”—
“And who are those chained to the car?” “The Wise,
“The great, the unforgotten: they who wore
Mitres & helms & crowns, or wreathes of light,
Signs of thought’s empire over thought; their lore
“Taught them not this—to know themselves; their might
Could not repress the mutiny within,
And for the morn of truth they feigned, deep night
“Caught them ere evening.” “Who is he with chin
Upon his breast and hands crost on his chain?”
“The Child of a fierce hour; he sought to win
“The world, and lost all it did contain
Of greatness, in its hope destroyed; & more
Of fame & peace than Virtue’s self can gain
“Without the opportunity which bore
Him on its eagle’s pinion to the peak
From which a thousand climbers have before
“Fall’n as Napoleon fell.”—I felt my cheek
Alter to see the great form pass away
Whose grasp had left the giant world so weak
That every pigmy kicked it as it lay—
And much I grieved to think how power & will
In opposition rule our mortal day—
And why God made irreconcilable
Good & the means of good; and for despair
I half disdained mine eye’s desire to fill
With the spent vision of the times that were
And scarce have ceased to be . . . “Dost thou behold,”
Said then my guide, “those spoilers spoiled, Voltaire,
“Frederic, & Kant, Catherine, & Leopold,
Chained hoary anarch, demagogue & sage
Whose name the fresh world thinks already old—
“For in the battle Life & they did wage
She remained conqueror—I was overcome
By my own heart alone, which neither age
“Nor tears nor infamy nor now the tomb
Could temper to its object.”—”Let them pass”—
I cried—”the world & its mysterious doom
“Is not so much more glorious than it was
That I desire to worship those who drew
New figures on its false & fragile glass
“As the old faded.”—”Figures ever new
Rise on the bubble, paint them how you may;
We have but thrown, as those before us threw,
“Our shadows on it as it past away.
But mark, how chained to the triumphal chair
The mighty phantoms of an elder day—
“All that is mortal of great Plato there
Expiates the joy & woe his master knew not;
That star that ruled his doom was far too fair—
“And Life, where long that flower of Heaven grew not,
Conquered the heart by love which gold or pain
Or age or sloth or slavery could subdue not—
“And near [[blank]] walk the [[blank]] twain,
The tutor & his pupil, whom Dominion
Followed as tame as vulture in a chain.—
“The world was darkened beneath either pinion
Of him whom from the flock of conquerors
Fame singled as her thunderbearing minion;
“The other long outlived both woes & wars,
Throned in new thoughts of men, and still had kept
The jealous keys of truth’s eternal doors
“If Bacon’s spirit [[blank]] had not leapt
Like lightning out of darkness; he compelled
The Proteus shape of Nature’s as it slept
“To wake & to unbar the caves that held
The treasure of the secrets of its reign—
See the great bards of old who inly quelled
“The passions which they sung, as by their strain
May well be known: their living melody
Tempers its own contagion to the vein
“Of those who are infected with it—I
Have suffered what I wrote, or viler pain!—
“And so my words were seeds of misery—
Even as the deeds of others.”—”Not as theirs,”
I said—he pointed to a company
In which I recognized amid the heirs
Of Caesar’s crime from him to Constantine,
The Anarchs old whose force & murderous snares
Had founded many a sceptre bearing line
And spread the plague of blood & gold abroad,
And Gregory & John and men divine
Who rose like shadows between Man & god
Till that eclipse, still hanging under Heaven,
Was worshipped by the world o’er which they strode
For the true Sun it quenched.—”Their power was given
But to destroy,” replied the leader—”I
Am one of those who have created, even
“If it be but a world of agony.”—
“Whence camest thou & whither goest thou?
How did thy course begin,” I said, “& why?
“Mine eyes are sick of this perpetual flow
Of people, & my heart of one sad thought.—
Speak.”—”Whence I came, partly I seem to know,
“And how & by what paths I have been brought
To this dread pass, methinks even thou mayst guess;
Why this should be my mind can compass not;
“Whither the conqueror hurries me still less.
But follow thou, & from spectator turn
Actor or victim in this wretchedness,
“And what thou wouldst be taught I then may learn
From thee.—Now listen . . . In the April prime
When all the forest tops began to burn
“With kindling green, touched by the azure clime
Of the young year, I found myself asleep
Under a mountain which from unknown time
“Had yawned into a cavern high & deep,
And from it came a gentle rivulet
Whose water like clear air in its calm sweep
“Bent the soft grass & kept for ever wet
The stems of the sweet flowers, and filled the grove
With sound which all who hear must needs forget
“All pleasure & all pain, all hate & love,
Which they had known before that hour of rest:
A sleeping mother then would dream not of
“The only child who died upon her breast
At eventide, a king would mourn no more
The crown of which his brow was dispossest
“When the sun lingered o’er the Ocean floor
To gild his rival’s new prosperity.—
Thou wouldst forget thus vainly to deplore
“Ills, which if ills, can find no cure from thee,
The thought of which no other sleep will quell
Nor other music blot from memory—
“So sweet & deep is the oblivious spell.—
Whether my life had been before that sleep
The Heaven which I imagine, or a Hell
“Like this harsh world in which I wake to weep,
I know not. I arose & for a space
The scene of woods & waters seemed to keep,
“Though it was now broad day, a gentle trace
Of light diviner than the common Sun
Sheds on the common Earth, but all the place
“Was filled with many sounds woven into one
Oblivious melody, confusing sense
Amid the gliding waves & shadows dun;
“And as I looked the bright omnipresence
Of morning through the orient cavern flowed,
And the Sun’s image radiantly intense
“Burned on the waters of the well that glowed
Like gold, and threaded all the forest maze
With winding paths of emerald fire—there stood
“Amid the sun, as he amid the blaze
Of his own glory, on the vibrating
Floor of the fountain, paved with flashing rays,
“A shape all light, which with one hand did fling
Dew on the earth, as if she were the Dawn
Whose invisible rain forever seemed to sing
“A silver music on the mossy lawn,
And still before her on the dusky grass
Iris her many coloured scarf had drawn.—
“In her right hand she bore a crystal glass
Mantling with bright Nepenthe;—the fierce splendour
Fell from her as she moved under the mass
“Of the deep cavern, & with palms so tender
Their tread broke not the mirror of its billow,
Glided along the river, and did bend her
“Head under the dark boughs, till like a willow
Her fair hair swept the bosom of the stream
That whispered with delight to be their pillow.—
“As one enamoured is upborne in dream
O’er lily-paven lakes mid silver mist
To wondrous music, so this shape might seem
“Partly to tread the waves with feet which kist
The dancing foam, partly to glide along
The airs that roughened the moist amethyst,
“Or the slant morning beams that fell among
The trees, or the soft shadows of the trees;
And her feet ever to the ceaseless song
“Of leaves & winds & waves & birds & bees
And falling drops moved in a measure new
Yet sweet, as on the summer evening breeze
“Up from the lake a shape of golden dew
Between two rocks, athwart the rising moon,
Moves up the east, where eagle never flew.—
“And still her feet, no less than the sweet tune
To which they moved, seemed as they moved, to blot
The thoughts of him who gazed on them, & soon
“All that was seemed as if it had been not,
As if the gazer’s mind was strewn beneath
Her feet like embers, & she, thought by thought,
“Trampled its fires into the dust of death,
As Day upon the threshold of the east
Treads out the lamps of night, until the breath
“Of darkness reillumines even the least
Of heaven’s living eyes—like day she came,
Making the night a dream; and ere she ceased
“To move, as one between desire and shame
Suspended, I said—’If, as it doth seem,
Thou comest from the realm without a name,
” ‘Into this valley of perpetual dream,
Shew whence I came, and where I am, and why—
Pass not away upon the passing stream.’
” ‘Arise and quench thy thirst,’ was her reply,
And as a shut lily, stricken by the wand
Of dewy morning’s vital alchemy,
“I rose; and, bending at her sweet command,
Touched with faint lips the cup she raised,
And suddenly my brain became as sand
“Where the first wave had more than half erased
The track of deer on desert Labrador,
Whilst the fierce wolf from which they fled amazed
“Leaves his stamp visibly upon the shore
Until the second bursts—so on my sight
Burst a new Vision never seen before.—
“And the fair shape waned in the coming light
As veil by veil the silent splendour drops
From Lucifer, amid the chrysolite
“Of sunrise ere it strike the mountain tops—
And as the presence of that fairest planet
Although unseen is felt by one who hopes
“That his day’s path may end as he began it
In that star’s smile, whose light is like the scent
Of a jonquil when evening breezes fan it,
“Or the soft note in which his dear lament
The Brescian shepherd breathes, or the caress
That turned his weary slumber to content.—
“So knew I in that light’s severe excess
The presence of that shape which on the stream
Moved, as I moved along the wilderness,
“More dimly than a day appearing dream,
The ghost of a forgotten form of sleep
A light from Heaven whose half extinguished beam
“Through the sick day in which we wake to weep
Glimmers, forever sought, forever lost.—
So did that shape its obscure tenour keep
“Beside my path, as silent as a ghost;
But the new Vision, and its cold bright car,
With savage music, stunning music, crost
“The forest, and as if from some dread war
Triumphantly returning, the loud million
Fiercely extolled the fortune of her star.—
“A moving arch of victory the vermilion
And green & azure plumes of Iris had
Built high over her wind-winged pavilion,
“And underneath aetherial glory clad
The wilderness, and far before her flew
The tempest of the splendour which forbade
Shadow to fall from leaf or stone;—the crew
Seemed in that light like atomies that dance
Within a sunbeam.—Some upon the new
“Embroidery of flowers that did enhance
The grassy vesture of the desart, played,
Forgetful of the chariot’s swift advance;
“Others stood gazing till within the shade
Of the great mountain its light left them dim.—
Others outspeeded it, and others made
“Circles around it like the clouds that swim
Round the high moon in a bright sea of air,
And more did follow, with exulting hymn,
“The chariot & the captives fettered there,
But all like bubbles on an eddying flood
Fell into the same track at last & were
“Borne onward.—I among the multitude
Was swept; me sweetest flowers delayed not long,
Me not the shadow nor the solitude,
“Me not the falling stream’s Lethean song,
Me, not the phantom of that early form
Which moved upon its motion,—but among
“The thickest billows of the living storm
I plunged, and bared my bosom to the clime
Of that cold light, whose airs too soon deform.—
“Before the chariot had begun to climb
The opposing steep of that mysterious dell,
Behold a wonder worthy of the rhyme
“Of him whom from the lowest depths of Hell
Through every Paradise & through all glory
Love led serene, & who returned to tell
“In words of hate & awe the wondrous story
How all things are transfigured, except Love;
For deaf as is a sea which wrath makes hoary
“The world can hear not the sweet notes that move
The sphere whose light is melody to lovers—-
A wonder worthy of his rhyme—the grove
“Grew dense with shadows to its inmost covers,
The earth was grey with phantoms, & the air
Was peopled with dim forms, as when there hovers
“A flock of vampire-bats before the glare
Of the tropic sun, bring ere evening
Strange night upon some Indian isle,—thus were
“Phantoms diffused around, & some did fling
Shadows of shadows, yet unlike themselves,
Behind them, some like eaglets on the wing
“Were lost in the white blaze, others like elves
Danced in a thousand unimagined shapes
Upon the sunny streams & grassy shelves;
“And others sate chattering like restless apes
On vulgar paws and voluble like fire.
Some made a cradle of the ermined capes
“Of kingly mantles, some upon the tiar
Of pontiffs sate like vultures, others played
Within the crown which girt with empire
“A baby’s or an idiot’s brow, & made
Their nests in it; the old anatomies
Sate hatching their bare brood under the shade
“Of demon wings, and laughed from their dead eyes
To reassume the delegated power
Arrayed in which these worms did monarchize
“Who make this earth their charnel.—Others more
Humble, like falcons sate upon the fist
Of common men, and round their heads did soar,
“Or like small gnats & flies, as thick as mist
On evening marshes, thronged about the brow
Of lawyer, statesman, priest & theorist,
“And others like discoloured flakes of snow
On fairest bosoms & the sunniest hair
Fell, and were melted by the youthful glow
“Which they extinguished; for like tears, they were
A veil to those from whose faint lids they rained
In drops of sorrow.—I became aware
“Of whence those forms proceeded which thus stained
The track in which we moved; after brief space
From every form the beauty slowly waned,
“From every firmest limb & fairest face
The strength & freshness fell like dust, & left
The action & the shape without the grace
“Of life; the marble brow of youth was cleft
With care, and in the eyes where once hope shone
Desire like a lioness bereft
“Of its last cub, glared ere it died; each one
Of that great crowd sent forth incessantly
These shadows, numerous as the dead leaves blown
“In Autumn evening from a popular tree—
Each, like himself & like each other were,
At first, but soon distorted, seemed to be
“Obscure clouds moulded by the casual air;
And of this stuff the car’s creative ray
Wrought all the busy phantoms that were there
“As the sun shapes the clouds—thus, on the way
Mask after mask fell from the countenance
And form of all, and long before the day
“Was old, the joy which waked like Heaven’s glance
The sleepers in the oblivious valley, died,
And some grew weary of the ghastly dance
“And fell, as I have fallen by the way side,
Those soonest from whose forms most shadows past
And least of strength & beauty did abide.”—
“Then, what is Life?” I said . . . the cripple cast
His eye upon the car which now had rolled
Onward, as if that look must be the last,
And answered …. “Happy those for whom the fold
Of …
The Road Not Taken
Robert Frost
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;
Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,
And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.
I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.
“The weak are always anxious for justice and equality. The strong pay no heed to either.” — Aristotle “A species that enslaves other beings is hardly superior — mentally or otherwise.” — Captain Kirk “Now, I don’t pretend to tell you how to find happiness and love, when every day is a struggle to survive. But I do insist that you do survive, because the days and the years ahead are worth living for!” — Edith Keeler “Live long and prosper!” — Spock
“The most important thing in life is to stop saying 'I wish' and start saying 'I will.' Consider nothing impossible, then treat possibilities as probabilities.”
— Charles Dickens
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145 games, 1560-2023 - 5125 Minis & 300 Destrukto
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Kevin Wicker's book "200 Modern Brilliances" was published in 1984 by The Arco Chess Library. About 125 of these games began 1.e4. The Destruktors were copied from chessdreamer. Thank you chessdreamer! * By date: Game Collection: King's Gambit attacking games * POTD: Game Collection: POTD Kings Gambit Accepted - KGA * Vienna 1903 KG games: Game Collection: Vienna 1903 * Short Selection for White:
Game Collection: Repertoire for White * Oskar plays 1e4: Oskar Oglaza * Chess Principles: https://www.reddit.com/r/chess/comm... * Linus: https://zoboko.com/text/o1qn0yy8/ch... * List of gambits: https://detailedpedia.com/wiki-List... * Freaky Fridays: https://allchessopenings.blogspot.c... “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
Colorado: San Luis
Established in: 1851
San Luis has a predominately Hispanic population of less than 700 people, and so the town features a very strong Spanish influence. It was once part of four Spanish land grants decreed by the King of Spain, and a classic adobe architecture and Spanish town layout remain. * Chess History: https://www.britannica.com/topic/ch... This poem is dedicated to all Caissa's members
who understand that chess is but a game.
Chess is but a Game
As he secretly rode his knight out of the castle's gate,
still believing that he could escape this inevitable fate,
the sky broke open with an array of incredible light.
and there smitten to the earth lay nova under his knight.
I am who I am and always am, spoke this thundering voice
and you, my friend nova, do not at all have another choice
but to go forth south and north, west and east
loudly proclaiming the good Word to man and beast.
Thus beset by the compelling voice from the broken sky
nova set about explaining through the word the how and why.
He travelled north and south, west and east never losing aim
to let all Caissa's members know: chess is but a game. “There are more adventures on a chessboard than on all the seas of the world.”
― Pierre Mac Orlan
“You can only get good at chess if you love the game.” ― Bobby Fischer Dear Dad, $chool i$ really great. I am making lot$ of friend$ and $tudying very hard. With all my $tuff, I $imply can’t think of anything I need, $o if you would like, you can ju$t $end me a card, a$ I would love to hear from you. Love, Your $on Dear Son, I kNOw that astroNOmy, ecoNOmics, and oceaNOgraphy are eNOugh to keep even an hoNOr student busy. Do NOt forget that the pursuit of kNOwledge is a NOble task, and you can never study eNOugh. Love, Dad 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 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.
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.
"Zeitnot" is German for "time pressure."
"Gossip is the devil’s telephone. Best to just hang up.” — Moira Rose 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 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 * elmubarak: my fav games: Game Collection: elmubarak: my fav games * assorted Good games Compiled by rbaglini: Game Collection: assorted Good games * Golden Treasury of Chess (Wellmuth/Horowitz): Game Collection: 0 * LAST COLLECTION Compiled by Jaredfchess: Game Collection: LAST COLLECTION “He (Jose R. Capablanca) makes the game look easy. Art lies in the concealment of art.” ― Philip W. Sergeant “Beautiful, cold, remorseless chess, almost creepy in its silent implacability.”
― Raymond Chandler (on a Capablanca game)
“What others could not see in a month's study, he saw at a glance.”
― Reuben Fine (on Capablanca)
“Capablanca invariably chose the right option, no matter how intricate the position.” ― Garry Kasparov. “Capablanca's games generally take the following course: he begins with a series of extremely fine prophylactic maneuvers, which neutralize his opponent's attempts to complicate the game; he then proceeds, slowly but surely, to set up an attacking position. This attacking position, after a series of simplifications, is transformed into a favorable endgame, which he conducts with matchless technique.” ― Aaron Nimzowitsch Mar-07-13 Abdel Irada: In case anyone wonders who Kermit Norris is/was, he's an expert in Santa Cruz against whom I used to play a great deal of blitz.
His specialty, when a particularly complex position arose (especially in his pet Owen's Defense), was to lean forward, fix his opponent with a scowl and a withering stare, and say, in a deep and solemn tone, "Chicken parts!" "Here's to being in a boat with a drink on the rocks rather than being in the drink with a boat on the rocks" Bobby Fischer on Paul Morphy:
“Perhaps the most accurate player who ever lived, he would beat anybody today in a set-match. He had complete sight of the board and seldom blundered even though he moved quite rapidly. I've played over hundreds of his games and am continually surprised and entertained by his ingenuity.” 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.
Riddle: The one who has it does not keep it. It is large and small. It is any shape. Bears like 'em too!
Answer: A gift.
This poem is dedicated to all
female chessplayers on Caissa's Web.
Sweet Caissa
Oh, Sweet Caissa, Goddess of chess
in the name of this holistic game
I pray Thee: bless my noble aim
to render all my opponents lame
in my holy quest for worldly fame,
to be Supreme no more no less.
In awe I heard this Sweet Caissa say
"Daughter go forth and smite them all,
stoutly charge your knight sitting tall
while flying over the castle's wall
to slay all men in your deadly call."
Now in fear I hide and will no longer play.
“Believe in yourself. Have faith in your abilities. Without humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers, you cannot be successful or happy.”
― Norman Vincent Peale
“Intelligence plus character-that is the goal of true education.”
― Martin Luther King Jr.
“My concern about my reputation is with the people who I respect and my family and my Lord. And I’m perfectly comfortable with my reputation with them, sir.”
— John Durham
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.
* Mr. Harvey's Puzzle Challenge: https://wtharvey.com/ <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. This poem is dedicated to all members
who strive to become Masters of chess.
yakisoba's combination
in the middle of a cold Canadian winter night
a phantom creature was riding a stallion knight
but lo and behold it is the man called yakisoba
together with a bishop and queen chasing nova.
though the old bishop was getting pooped out
the merry queen in her glory was bouncing about
while riding hard yakisoba grinningly thought
"I know what to do with that nova when caught."
there on top of the castle was nova in hiding
strapped to a kite for a quick get-away gliding,
then trembling he realized to his consternation:
he was being killed by the bishop-queen combination. * Weird is what you're not used to: https://chessentials.com/weird-ches... limerick, entitled ‘The Solver’s Plight’ was by ‘A.J.F.’ [A.J. Fink] and was published on page 22 of Chess Potpourri by Alfred C. Klahre (Middletown, 1931): There was a man from Vancouver
Who tried to solve a two-mover;
But the boob, he said, ‘“Gee”,
I can’t find the “Kee”,
No matter HOW I manouvre.’
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. <Mar-11-05 aw1988: S.W.I.F.T. indeed.Mar-11-05 tpstar: Sokolov Was In For Trouble
Suddenly White Initiated Forcing Threats
Severe Whipping Into Frenzied Tantrum
Shocking When Ivan Fell Through
Savvy Winner Ingests French Toast
Mar-11-05 aw1988: LOL! I must admit, that is very good. May-27-05 Durandal: AdrianP: SWIFT was the sponsor of the tournament, the company is a cooperative effort to provide secure financial communications between banks worldwide (SWIFT is the acronym for Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication, see swift.com), based in La Hulpe, near Brussels, Belgium. IIRC, its CEO at the time was Bessel Kok, a well known chess patron. May-27-05 AdrianP: <Durandal> I see - as in SWIFT transfer. May-27-05 arifattar: May not compare with <tpstar>'s effort but, Sweet Win In Five & Twenty.> Proverbs 14:29-35
29 He who is slow to anger has great understanding, But he who is quick-tempered * exalts folly.
30 A tranquil heart is life to the body, But passion is rottenness to the bones.
31 He who oppresses the poor taunts his Maker, But he who is gracious to the needy honors Him.
32 The wicked is thrust down by his wrongdoing, But the righteous has a refuge when he dies.
33 Wisdom rests in the heart of one who has understanding, But in the hearts of fools it is made known.
34 Righteousness exalts a nation, But sin is a disgrace to any people.
35 The king's favor is toward a servant who acts wisely, But his anger is toward him who acts shamefully. Riddle: A man looks at a painting in a museum and says, “Brothers and sisters I have none, but that man’s father is my father’s son.” Who is in the painting? Scroll down for Riddle Answer...
"May your jib never luff"
Riddle Answer: The man’s son
“Intelligence plus character - that is the goal of true education.”
― Martin Luther King Jr.
Isaiah 66:13
As a mother comforts her child, so will I comfort you; and you will be comforted over Jerusalem. 1 Corinthians 15:58
Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain. Ah, St. Marher, 1225:
"And te tide and te time þat tu iboren were, schal beon iblescet." 2xp ralphie shaw n
[Event "Rated Bullet game"]
[Site "https://lichess.org/nlrrOnSO"]
[Date "2021.12.14"]
[White "taskampomou"]
[Black "Isaykin_Artem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2206"]
[BlackElo "2361"]
[UTCDate "2022.10.29"]
[UTCTime "17:07:34"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[ECO "C01"]
[Opening "French Defense: Exchange Variation, Monte Carlo Variation"]
[Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/Remote_Chess_..."]
[Source "https://lichess.org/study/XbHbOKiN/..."]
[Orientation "white"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Bd3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 Re8+ 9. Be3 Ng4 10. O-O Nxe3 11. fxe3 Rxe3 12. Bxf7+ Kxf7 13. Ne5+ Kg8 14. Qb3+ Kh8 15. Nf7+ Kg8 16. Nxd8+ Kh8 17. Nf7+ Kg8 18. Nh6+ Kh8 19. Qg8# 1-0 White wins. 1-0
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“My will is mine...I shall not make it soft for you.” ― Aeschylus, Agamemnon “Chess is life in miniature. Chess is a struggle, chess battles.” ― Garry Kasparov “After we have paid our dutiful respects to such frigid virtues as calculation, foresight, self-control and the like, we always come back to the thought that speculative attack is the lifeblood of chess.” — Fred Reinfeld “Age brings wisdom to some men, and to others chess.” ― Evan Esar “There is no jewel in the world comparable to learning; no learning so excellent both for Prince and subject, as knowledge of laws; and no knowledge of any laws so necessary for all estates and for all causes, concerning goods, lands or life, as the common laws of England.” ― Sir Edward Coke “Without integrity and honor, having everything means nothing.”
― Robin Sharma
“I am no longer cursed by poverty because I took possession of my own mind, and that mind has yielded me every material thing I want, and much more than I need. But this power of mind is a universal one, available to the humblest person as it is to the greatest.” ― Andrew Carnegie “Luckily, there is a way to be happy. It involves changing the emphasis of our thinking from what we want to what we have.” ― Richard Carlson “Enthusiasm is one of the most powerful engines of success. When you do a thing, do it with all your might. Put your whole soul into it. Stamp it with your own personality. Be active, be energetic, be enthusiastic and faithful, and you will accomplish your object. Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Let a man play chess, and tell him that every pawn is his friend; Let him think both bishops are holy. Let him remember happy days in the shadows of his castles. Let him love his queen. Watch him love his queen.”
― Mark Lawrence (Prince of Thorn)
“...It is a proud privilege to be a soldier – a good soldier … [with] discipline, self-respect, pride in his unit and his country, a high sense of duty and obligation to comrades and to his superiors, and a self confidence born of demonstrated ability.” ― George S. Patton Jr. “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 An Irish Blessing:
May we all feel…
happy and contented,
healthy and strong,
safe and protected
and living with ease…
~ Oct-09-11 FSR: After 1.e4 e5, 2.Ba6?? is the worst move by a country mile. After that, probably 2.b4 and 2.Ke2 are the worst. 2.Qg4 and 2.g4 are also pretty bad. White still has equality after 2.Qh5, so it's actually not a <terrible> move. * Glossary: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gloss... * Tactical Motifs, Checkmate Patterns: https://chesstempo.com/tactical-mot... * The games of chess author Bill Wall; many are miniatures: Bill Wall * Short and Quick by Jungol (101 games of various lengths):
Game Collection: SHORT AND QUICK * 100+ Scandinavian miniatures: http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches... * 41 Chess Movies (List): https://www.chessonly.com/chess-mov... "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 * Brutal Attacking Chess: Game Collection: Brutal Attacking Chess * Bishop's Opening Miniatures: https://www.chessonly.com/bishop-op... * Simple tactics course using miniatures:
http://exeterchessclub.org.uk/x/FTP... * Brilliant (and mostly famous)! Game Collection: Brilliant Miniatures * Blackburne strikes! games annotated by Blackburne * Checkmate brevities: Game Collection: Art of Checkmate * Checkmate patterns: Game Collection: Checkmate: Checkmate Patterns 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. * Morphy Miniatures:
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* Sacs on f7/f2: Game Collection: Demolition of Pawn Structure: Sac on f7 (f2) * Sicilian Face Plants:
Game Collection: sicilian defense(opening traps) * Hans On French: Game Collection: French Defense * Online safety: https://www.entrepreneur.com/scienc... * Chess Records: https://timkr.home.xs4all.nl/record... * Top Chessgames by ECO Code: http://schachsinn.de/gamelist.htm "One of the supreme paradoxes of baseball, and all sports, is that the harder you try to throw a pitch or hit a ball or accomplish something, the smaller your chances are for success. You get the best results not when you apply superhuman effort but when you let the game flow organically and allow yourself to be fully present. You'll often hear scouts say of a great prospect, "The game comes slow to him." It means the prospect is skilled and poised enough to let the game unfold in its own time, paying no attention to the angst or urgency or doubt, funneling all awareness to the athletic task at hand." — R.A. Dickey 'April showers bring forth May flowers
'An army marches on its stomach
'As thick as thieves
'As you make your bed, so you must lie upon it
'As you sow so shall you reap
'Ashes to ashes dust to dust
'Ask a silly question and you'll get a silly answer 'Ask no questions and hear no lies
'Attack is the best form of defence
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’. “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. What's the difference between Bill Clinton and a dog?
A. A dog chases his own tail.
The Two Bulls and the Frog
Two bulls engaged in shocking battle,
Both for a certain heifer's sake,
And lordship over certain cattle,
A frog began to groan and quake.
"But what is this to you?"
Inquired another of the croaking crew.
"Why, sister, don't you see,
The end of this will be,
That one of these big brutes will yield,
And then be exiled from the field?
No more permitted on the grass to feed,
He'll forage through our marsh, on rush and reed;
And while he eats or chews the cud,
Will trample on us in the mud.
Alas! to think how frogs must suffer
By means of this proud lady heifer!"
This fear was not without good sense.
One bull was beat, and much to their expense;
For, quick retreating to their reedy bower,
He trod on twenty of them in an hour.
Of little folks it often has been the fate
To suffer for the follies of the great.
“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. “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.
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 Boy and the Schoolmaster
Wise counsel is not always wise,
As this my tale exemplifies.
A boy, that frolicked on the banks of Seine,
Fell in, and would have found a watery grave,
Had not that hand that plants never in vain
A willow planted there, his life to save.
While hanging by its branches as he might,
A certain sage preceptor came in sight;
To whom the urchin cried, "Save, or I'm drowned!"
The master, turning gravely at the sound,
Thought proper for a while to stand aloof,
And give the boy some seasonable reproof.
"You little wretch! this comes of foolish playing,
Commands and precepts disobeying.
A naughty rogue, no doubt, you are,
Who thus requite your parents" care.
Alas! their lot I pity much,
Whom fate condemns to watch over such."
This having coolly said, and more,
He pulled the drowning lad ashore.
This story hits more marks than you suppose.
All critics, pedants, men of endless prose, –
Three sorts, so richly blessed with progeny,
The house is blessed that does not lodge any, –
May in it see themselves from head to toes.
No matter what the task,
Their precious tongues must teach;
Their help in need you ask,
You first must hear them preach.
“Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.” ― Martin Luther King Jr. “Don’t ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you come alive and then go do that. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.” ― Howard Thurman "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 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.
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. Fredthebear created this collection.
The Heron
One day, – no matter when or where, –
A long-legged heron chanced to fare
By a certain river's brink,
With his long, sharp beak
Helved on his slender neck;
It was a fish-spear, you might think.
The water was clear and still,
The carp and the pike there at will
Pursued their silent fun,
Turning up, ever and anon,
A golden side to the sun.
With ease might the heron have made
Great profits in his fishing trade.
So near came the scaly fry,
They might be caught by the passer-by.
But he thought he better might
Wait for a better appetite –
For he lived by rule, and could not eat,
Except at his hours, the best of meat.
Anon his appetite returned once more;
So, approaching again the shore,
He saw some tench taking their leaps,
Now and then, from their lowest deeps.
With as dainty a taste as Horace's rat,
He turned away from such food as that.
"What, tench for a heron! poh!
I scorn the thought, and let them go."
The tench refused, there came a gudgeon;
"For all that," said the bird, "I budge on.
I'll never open my beak, if the gods please,
For such mean little fishes as these."
He did it for less;
For it came to pass,
That not another fish could he see;
And, at last, so hungry was he,
That he thought it of some avail
To find on the bank a single snail.
Such is the sure result
Of being too difficult.
Would you be strong and great,
Learn to accommodate.
Get what you can, and trust for the rest;
The whole is often lost by seeking the best.
Above all things beware of disdain;
Where, at most, you have little to gain.
The people are many that make
Every day this sad mistake.
It's not for the herons I put this case,
You featherless people, of human race.
– List to another tale as true,
And you'll hear the lesson brought home to you.
Switch your pawn insurance to Promotion and you could save hundreds. “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 Zee Chess Network workz lika chrmd sn ache rvr ride it out toth finish line of demarcation in Lost Wages. * Mr. Harvey's Puzzle Challenge: https://wtharvey.com/ “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 “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. MARY MARY QUITE CONTRARY
Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary
How does your garden grow?
With silver bells and cockle shells
And pretty maids all in a row
16 yellow #2 pencilz
“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: What's the new press name for the latest Presidential scandal?
A: Fornigate.
Q: When did Bill Clinton lose Paula Jones
A: During the De-briefing
Q: What is Bill Clinton favorite instrument?
A: A sexaphone!
Q: What do Monica Lewinski and a soda machine have in common?
A: They both say insert bill here!
Q: Why is Bill Clinton so reluctant to deal with the fate of Elian Gonzalez?
A: Because the last time he made a decision about where to put a Cuban he was impeached Q: Why did Clinton bomb Iraq?
A: After Monica, he figured he was getting good at bringing people to their knees Q: What does Clinton say to interns as they leave his office?
A: "Don't hit your head on the desk."
Q: What do Bill and Ross Perot have in common?
A: They both heard a giant sucking sound
Q: How is Bill Clinton like a computer?
A: He has good hard drive and ram but a problem with memory Q: What is Bill's definition of safe sex?
A: When Hillary is out of town.
Q: What is the difference between Clinton and the Titanic?
A: Only 300 women went down on the Titanic.
Q. What does Bill say to Hillary after a romantic interlude?
A: "Honey, I'll be home in 20 minutes."
Q: Why does Bill Clinton cheat on Hillary?
A: He wants to be on top.
Q: How did Bill Clinton paralyze Hillary from the waist down?
A: He married her.
Q: When did Clinton realize Paula Jones wasn't a Democrat?
A: When she didn't swallow everything he presented. Q: What's the difference between Bill Clinton and a gigolo?
A: A gigolo can only screw one person at a time. Q: What's the definition of an Arkansas Virgin?
A: A girl that can run faster than the Governor. Q: What game did Bill Clinton want Paula Jones to play?
A: Swallow the leader
Q. What's the difference between the Secret Service and Janet Reno?
A. There are some things the Secret Service won't do to protect the President. Q. Did you hear Clinton is declaring a new National Bird?
A. The Spread Eagle
Q. How many White House Interns does it take to screw in a light bulb?
A. None, they are too busy screwing the President. Q. Why did Clinton cross the road?
A. To get to the intern on the other side, of course Q. Why did the intern cross the road?
A. To get to the BOOK CONTRACT she needed to sign on the other side Q. What is Clinton's favorite toy?
A. An Erector Set
Q. What is Clinton's favorite card game?
A. Poker
Q. What is Clinton's favorite food?
A. The Cumquat
Q. What is Clinton's favorite T.V. Show?
A. Leave it to Beaver
Q. What's Clinton's favorite song?
A. Grooving
Q. What's Bill Clinton's favorite brand of potato chips?
A. Lays
Q. What is the unwritten Executive Privilege?
A. Having first pick of the new White House Interns. Q. Why would Clinton make a great rowing instructor?
A. Because he is so good at say, "Stroke, Stroke, Stroke." Q. Why is Clinton such a lousy golfer?
A. He likes to take a lot of stokes.
Q. Why does Clinton swim naked in the white house pool?
A. He is trolling for interns.
Q. What is Clinton's worst nightmare?
A. An intern with braces. (I feel your pain)
Q. What's Clinton's Economic forecast?
A. A "Bare" Market
Q. What is Clinton's number one training exercise for interns?
A. Tongue Twisters...
Q. What's Bill Clinton's favorite sandwich?
A. Tongue Sandwich
Q. Why did Clinton recommend Lewinsky for a job at Revlon?
A. He knew she would be good at making things up. Q. Why did Richardson offer her a job in the Foreign service?
A. He thought she would be good at speaking in tongues. Q. What is Clinton's Favorite outfit?
A. The Sear Sucker Suit
Q. What does Clinton do fist thing in the morning?
A. Read the HEADlines...
Q. How many White House interns does it take to satisfy Clinton?
A. Nobody knows, he has never been satisfied.
Q. What do Isikoff and Ice Cream have in common?
A. Both get scooped regularly.
Q. How does Clinton order his coffee in the morning?
A. Hot with Whipped Cream
Q. What's Clinton favorite place in the White House?
A. The Oval Orifice
Q. What magazine does Clinton hate?
A. WIRED
Q. What is the latest warning to be posted in the White House?
A. Don't Tripp!
Q. What does Nixon have in common with Clinton?
A. Tricky Dick
Q. What's the difference between Bill Clintons willy and a Quebec Hydro tower?
A. A Quebec Hydro tower comes down occasionally Q. What do OJ and Clinton have in common?
A. Both are lying, bad golfers, who leave a trail of DNA behind. Q. What do Clinton and Starr have in common?
A. They are both inclined to extend their probes. Q. What was Arafat's Advice to Clinton?
A. Goats don't talk!
Q. What did Gore say after the Lewinsky story broke?
A. 'Why do they call me the stiff man in the White House?' Q. What did Monica say when the FBI asked for the "Dress?"
A. Come and get it.
Q. How can you tell you've just had sex with Bill Clinton?
A. You've got french fries in your hair, and Vernon Jordan is handing you a job application. Q. Why does Clinton wear boxers?
A. To keep his ankles warm.
Q. Why did Clinton quit the saxophone?
A. So he could play that Hoarmonica
Q. Did you hear about the 11th Commandment Clinton introduced?
A. Thou shall not expose thy rod to thy staff
Q. What do you get when you cross a crooked politician with a crooked lawyer? A. CHELSEA Q. What will Bill Clinton be known as when he leaves the White House?
A. The President after Bush
Q. How can you tell when Bill Clinton is lying?
A. His lips are moving
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.
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499 games, 1497-2020 - 5j Pawn Levers, Rollers, Bones, Forks, + , Promo
The pawn can be a forceful weapon.
There is an isolated pawn section about 100 games down the list below the miniatures. Generally, though, there is no particular grouping of pawn maneuvers. Fredthebear promises you will not find a single example of a pawn moving backwards. Thank you patzer2, Hesam7.
> Note to self: ECO codes need to be better organized on the bottom half of the list but be careful not to dissect the IQP section. “The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.” ― Lao Tzu “God has given you one face, and you make yourself another.”
― William Shakespeare
“I started chess around the age of seven. I was inspired by the game, but soon legends like Kasparov, Karpov, Fischer, Anand and many other world champions captivated me.” ― Anish Giri “Chess is a game where all different sorts of people can come together, not a game in which people are divided because of their religion or country of origin.” ― Hikaru Nakamura “In chess, you have to bring all the pieces into the game. It is about development. In writing, you have to develop the story.” ― Gza “Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.” ― Albert Einstein “Chess is a lot of fun for me. Football is a physical game, and in chess you can just beat someone mentally - you outwit somebody, outmaneuver them, think ahead of them.” ― Larry Fitzgerald “Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world.” ― Archimedes “The most powerful weapon in chess is to have the next move.”
― David Bronstein
“Young men preen. Old men scheme.” ― Mason Cooley “Chess and me, it's hard to take them apart. It's like my alter ego.”
― Bobby Fischer
“It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see.”
― Henry David Thoreau
“Chess is the art of analysis.” ― Mikhail Botvinnik “Patience is the companion of wisdom.” ― Saint Augustine “Chess is a sport. The main object in the game of chess remains the achievement of victory.” ― Max Euwe “There are no adequate substitutes for father, mother, and children bound together in a loving commitment to nurture and protect. No government, no matter how well-intentioned, can take the place of the family in the scheme of things.” ― Gerald R. Ford “My biggest competitor was my mum. I used to try to beat her at Chinese chequers, chess, carrom, volleyball, badminton, football, wrestling.”
― Sunil Chhetri
“Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and unruffled under all circumstances.” ― Thomas Jefferson “The human element, the human flaw and the human nobility - those are the reasons that chess matches are won or lost.” ― Viktor Korchnoi “In chess, you should be as cool as a cucumber.” ― Yuliya Snigir “O, what a tangled web we weave when first we practise to deceive!”
― Walter Scott
“It is a profound mistake to imagine that the art of combination depends only on natural talent, and that it cannot be learned.” ― Richard Reti “To give anything less than your best, is to sacrifice the gift.”
― Steve Prefontaine
“I love to play chess. The last time I was playing, I started to really see the board. I don't mean just seeing a few moves ahead - something else. My game started getting better. It's the patterns. The patterns are universal.”
― Forest Whitaker
“God gave you a gift of 86,400 seconds today. Have you used one to say 'thank you?' ” ― William Arthur Ward “It's not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.” ― Epictetus “I think a gentleman is someone who holds the comfort of other people above their own. The instinct to do that is inside every good man, I believe. The rules about opening doors and buying dinner and all of that other 'gentleman' stuff is a chess game, especially these days.” ― Anna Kendrick Never judge a book by its cover.
“You cannot say, 'Go! Go! Rah! Rah! Good move!' People want some emotion. Chess is an art and not a spectator sport.” ― Garry Kasparov “My passions were all gathered together like fingers that made a fist. Drive is considered aggression today; I knew it then as purpose.” ― Bette Davis “We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.”
― Winston Churchill
“I spend hours playing chess because I find it so much fun. The day it stops being fun is the day I give up.” ― Magnus Carlsen “Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter.”
― Mark Twain
“The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.”
― Eleanor Roosevelt
“I may not be where I want to be, but thank God I am not where I used to be.” ― Joyce Meyer “Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment.” ― Jim Rohn “I have a scheme for stopping war. It's this - no nation is allowed to enter a war till they have paid for the last one.” ― Will Rogers * Fabulous brilliancies: https://www.chess.com/article/view/... * French According to... Game Collection: The French According to ... * Starting Out 1d4: Game Collection: Starting Out: 1 d4! * Online safety: https://www.entrepreneur.com/scienc... * Bearly Thinking: https://www.etsy.com/listing/972054... * Checkmate patterns: Game Collection: Checkmate: Checkmate Patterns * Sports Clichés: http://www.sportscliche.com/
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http://billwall.phpwebhosting.com/c... * Six Ways: https://takelessons.com/blog/6-tips... * Mr. Harvey's Puzzle Challenge: https://wtharvey.com/ WTHarvey:
There once was a website named WTHarvey,
Where chess puzzles did daily delay,
The brain-teasers so tough,
They made us all huff and puff,
But solving them brought us great satisfaction today. There once was a website named WTHarvey
Where chess puzzles were quite aplenty
With knight and rook and pawn
You'll sharpen your brain with a yawn
And become a master of chess entry
There once was a site for chess fun,
Wtharvey.com was the chosen one,
With puzzles galore,
It'll keep you in store,
For hours of brain-teasing, none done.
There once was a website named WTHarvey,
Where chess puzzles were posted daily,
You'd solve them with glee,
And in victory,
You'd feel like a true chess prodigy!
'A rising tide lifts all boats'
'Don't put the cart before the horse'
Create protected outposts for your knights.
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. “In chess, as in life, a man is his own most dangerous opponent.”
— Vasily Smyslov
“With most men life is like backgammon, half skill, and half luck, but with him it was like chess. He never pushed a pawn without reckoning the cost, and when his mind was least busy it was sure to be half a dozen moves ahead of the game as it was standing.” — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., The Guardian Angel (1867) “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 Knights are stronger in the middle of the board. 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
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... * Chess Aps: https://www.wired.com/story/best-ch... Here's a poem a dad wrote:
<ODE TO CHESS
Ten times I charged the grim, foreboding walls
and was pitched into the pit of defeat.
But, heedless of humiliating falls,
I clambered bravely back onto my feet
and charged again, again to be down thrust
onto the scrap heap of people who lose
onto the mound of mortifying dust
whilst my opponent sat without a bruise
upon his pedestal. We changed sides
and fought again, but I was defeated
whilst he with arrogant and haughty strides
took the throne upon which I had been seated.
Ha! Win or lose, it's how you play the game.
But I would like to beat him just the same.> “Chess can be described as the movement of pieces eating one another.”
— Marcel Duchamp
“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 * Short history: Game Collection: A history of chess * A07, B23-B25: Game Collection: Sicilian Closed / Grand Prix Attack * Ataman's Minis: Game Collection: Instructive Chess Miniatures (Ataman) * 107 battles: Game Collection: 107 Great Chess Battles: 1939-45 Alekhine * Opening Ideas/Novelties: Game Collection: Great opening ideas * C53s: Game Collection: rajat21's italian game * RL Minis: Game Collection: Ruy Lopez Miniatures * Del's: Game Collection: Del's hidden gems * The Donner Party of Misery: https://www.chessgames.com/perl/che... * Don't Steal: https://www.openbible.info/topics/s... * C-K Examples: Game Collection: Caro Kann Lines * GK: Game Collection: Kasparov - The Sicilian Sheveningen * Common Gambits Video: https://saintlouischessclub.org/blo... ‘May your Departures equal your Landfalls!’
* Notable Games: Game Collection: List of Notable Games (wiki) * Fried Fox is awful: https://allchessopenings.blogspot.c... * She's a Stonewaller: Eneida Astolfi Perez * VP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncH... * Post-Beginners Book: Game Collection: Chess training for post-beginners “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
“In life, unlike chess the game continues after checkmate.” ― Isaac Asimov “When in doubt, don't.” ― Benjamin Franklin Riddle Question: If you drop a yellow hat in the Red Sea, what does it become? The Persian epic Explanation of Chatrang and the Invention of Nard tells the story of chess being introduced to the royal court by an envoy from India. Riddle Answer: Wet, duh!
The Words Of Socrates
A house was built by Socrates
That failed the public taste to please.
Some blamed the inside; some, the out; and all
Agreed that the apartments were too small.
Such rooms for him, the greatest sage of Greece! "I ask," said he, "no greater bliss
Than real friends to fill even this."
And reason had good Socrates
To think his house too large for these.
A crowd to be your friends will claim,
Till some unhandsome test you bring.
There's nothing plentier than the name;
There's nothing rarer than the thing.
'Ask no questions and hear no lies
* The Most Instructive Games of Chess Ever Played: 62 Masterpieces of Chess Strategy by Irving Chernev - https://lichess.org/study/KMMrJvE1 * Legendary: Game Collection: The 12 Legendary Games of the Century * Knight Power: https://fmochess.com/the-power-of-t... 'Ask a silly question and you'll get a silly answer "With great power comes great responsibility" is an adage popularized by Spider-Man in Marvel comics “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 Dear Dad, $chool i$ really great. I am making lot$ of friend$ and $tudying very hard. With all my $tuff, I $imply can’t think of anything I need, $o if you would like, you can ju$t $end me a card, a$ I would love to hear from you. Love, Your $on Dear Son, I kNOw that astroNOmy, ecoNOmics, and oceaNOgraphy are eNOugh to keep even an hoNOr student busy. Do NOt forget that the pursuit of kNOwledge is a NOble task, and you can never study eNOugh. Love, Dad <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.> 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!
Trolling is cyberbullying. The troll should be banned from the website for good. Internet trollz are people who want to provoke and upset others online for their own amusement. Here’s how to spot the signz that someone is a troll, and how to handle them. What Are Internet Trollz?
If you’ve been on the internet for any period of time, you’ve likely run into a troll at some point. An internet troll is someone who makes intentionally inflammatory, rude, or upsetting statements online to elicit strong emotional responses in people or to steer the conversation off-topic. They can come in many forms. Most trolls do this for their own amusement, but other forms of trolling are done to push a specific agenda. Trollz have existed in folklore and fantasy literature for centuries, but online trolling has been around for as long as the internet has existed. The earliest known usage of the term can be traced back to the 1990s on early online message boards. Back then, it was a way for users to confuse new members by repeatedly posting an inside joke. It’s since turned into a much more malicious activity. Trolling is distinct from other forms of cyberbullying or harassment. It is normally not targeted towards any one person and relies on other people paying attention and becoming provoked. Trolling exists on many online platforms, from small private group chats to the biggest social media websites. Here’s a list of places online where you’re likely to see online trolls: Anonymous online forums: Places like [removed to prevent more trolling] are prime real-estate for online trolls. Because there’s no way of tracing who someone is, trolls can post very inflammatory content without repercussion. This is especially true if the forum has lax or inactive moderation.
Twitter: Twitter also has the option to be anonymous, and has become a hotbed for internet trolls. Frequent Twitter trolling methods involve hijacking popular hashtags and mentioning popular Twitter personalities to gain attention from their followers. Comment sections: The comment sections of places such as YouTube and news websites are also popular areas for trolls to feed. You’ll find a lot of obvious trolling here, and they frequently generate a lot of responses from angry readers or viewers. You’ll find trollz anywhere online, including on Facebook and on online dating sites. They’re unfortunately pretty common. Signs Someone Is Trolling
It can sometimes become difficult to tell the difference between a troll and someone who just genuinely wants to argue about a topic. However, here are a few tell-tale signs that someone is actively trolling. Off-topic remarkz: Completely going off-topic from the subject at hand. This is done to annoy and disrupt other posters. Refusal to acknowledge evidence: Even when presented with hard, cold factz, they ignore this and pretend like they never saw it. Dismissive, condescending tone: An early indicator of a troll was that they would ask an angry responder, “Why you mad, bro?” This is a method done to provoke someone even more, as a way of dismissing their argument altogether.
Use of unrelated images or memes: They reply to others with memes, images, and gifs. This is especially true if done in response to a very long text post.
Seeming obliviousness: They seem oblivious that most people are in disagreement with them. Also, trolls rarely get mad or provoked.
The list above is by no means definitive. There are a lot of other ways to identify that someone is trolling. Generally, if someone seems disingenuous, uninterested in a real discussion, and provocative on purpose, they’re likely an internet troll. How Should I Handle Them?
A "Danger: Do not feed the troll" sign on a computer keyboard. The most classic adage regarding trolling is, “Don’t feed the trollz.” Trollz seek out emotional responses and find provocation amusing, so replying to them or attempting to debate them will only make them troll more. By ignoring a troll completely, they will likely become frustrated and go somewhere else on the internet. You should try your best not to take anything trollz say seriously. No matter how poorly they behave, remember these people spend countless unproductive hours trying to make people mad. They’re not worth your time of day. If a troll becomes spammy or begins to clog up a thread, you can also opt to report them to the site’s moderation team. Depending on the website, there’s a chance nothing happens, but you should do your part to actively dissuade them from trolling on that platform. If your report is successful, the troll may be temporarily suspended or their account might be banned entirely. In 1996, World Chess Champion Garry Kasparov beat IBM's "Deep Blue" supercomputer 4–2 in a best-of-6 match-up. Man and machine rematched in 1997, and the computer won 3.5–2.5 after unusually poor play by Kasparov. <This poem is dedicated to all members
who have experienced the breaking of a gentleman's agreement.He Know No Honor
Now in yonder obscurity live a bishop called Pork
his tongue protruding like a two-pronged fork.
He say: nova dear, I will play you thirty/thirty
then he quickly run, I say: that be little dirty.
This Pork he say; sweet nova please grant me tie
upon my honor as a holy man I do never lie.
He say: nova dear: I will play you thirty/thirty
but he quickly run: I say that be more than little dirty
to Pork this kindly nova say: I grant you draw
as Pork's time in present game all but gone he saw.
he say: dear nova, I will play you thirty/thirty
as he quickly run: I truly say that be fricken dirty.
now always loudly to this Pork I shall tell
no more play me but evil one who live in hell.> Better be ill spoken of by one before all than by all before one.
~ Scottish Proverb
* Weird is what you're not used to: https://chessentials.com/weird-ches... limerick, entitled ‘The Solver’s Plight’ was by ‘A.J.F.’ [A.J. Fink] and was published on page 22 of Chess Potpourri by Alfred C. Klahre (Middletown, 1931): There was a man from Vancouver
Who tried to solve a two-mover;
But the boob, he said, ‘“Gee”,
I can’t find the “Kee”,
No matter HOW I manouvre.’
Proverbs 14:29-35
29 He who is slow to anger has great understanding, But he who is quick-tempered * exalts folly. 30 A tranquil heart is life to the body, But passion is rottenness to the bones. 31 He who oppresses the poor taunts his Maker, But he who is gracious to the needy honors Him. 32 The wicked is thrust down by his wrongdoing, But the righteous has a refuge when he dies. 33 Wisdom rests in the heart of one who has understanding, But in the hearts of fools it is made known. 34 Righteousness exalts a nation, But sin is a disgrace to any people. 35 The king's favor is toward a servant who acts wisely, But his anger is toward him who acts shamefully. * Crafty Endgame Trainer: https://www.chessvideos.tv/endgame-... A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush ― Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, "Don Quixote" Old Russian Proverb: "Measure seven times, cut once. (Семь раз отмерь — один отрежь.)" Be careful before you do something that cannot be changed. “I'm 58 years old and I just went through 8 back surgeries. They started cutting on me in February 2009, and I was basically bed ridden for almost two years. I got a real dose of reality that if you don't have your health, you don't have anything.” — Hulk Hogan 'Don't let the cat out of the bag'
'Don't shut the stable door after the horse has bolted' 'Don't throw good money after bad'
'Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater'
This poem is dedicated to all
female chessplayers on Caissa's Web.
Sweet Caissa
Oh, Sweet Caissa, Goddess of chess
in the name of this holistic game
I pray Thee: bless my noble aim
to render all my opponents lame
in my holy quest for worldly fame,
to be Supreme no more no less.
In awe I heard this Sweet Caissa say
"Daughter go forth and smite them all,
stoutly charge your knight sitting tall
while flying over the castle's wall
to slay all men in your deadly call."
Now in fear I hide and will no longer play.
“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.>
"The only time my prayers are never answered is on the golf course."
— Billy Graham
"God's mercy and grace give me hope - for myself, and for our world."
— Billy Graham
"Whatever you are doing in the game of life, give it all you've got."
— Norman Vincent Peale
"What you do today can improve all your tomorrows." — Ralph Marston * Riddle-pee-free: https://www.briddles.com/riddles/ch... “Intelligence plus character-that is the goal of true education.”
― Martin Luther King Jr.
"When you come to a fork in the road, take it."
― Yogi Berra, 10-time World Series champion
<"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>
“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 Don’t judge my choices when you don’t understand my reasons. ― Joker When you know what you want, and want it badly enough, you’ll find a way to get it. ― 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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Pins are immobilizing difference makers that inflict chess pain. “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 “You win some, you lose some, you wreck some.” — Dale Earnhardt * Game Collection: Checkmate: Checkmate Patterns
This link has a good, concise collection of diagrammed checkmate patterns by name. The new reader may wish to consult it initially to the point of memorization. * Here's a link to Morphy Miniatures:
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches... * Chessmaster 2000 Classic Games:
Game Collection: Chessmaster '86 * Epic: Game Collection: Epic Battles of the CB by R.N. Coles - keypusher * B23-B25: Game Collection: Sicilian Closed / Grand Prix Attack * Some Anti-Sicilians: Game Collection: The Anti-Sicilians * Mr. Harvey's Puzzle Challenge: https://wtharvey.com/ 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. 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!
Drive sober or get pulled over.
An Animal In The Moon
While one philosopher affirms
That by our senses we're deceived,
Another swears, in plainest terms,
The senses are to be believed.
The twain are right. Philosophy
Correctly calls us dupes whenever
On mere senses we rely.
But when we wisely rectify
The raw report of eye or ear,
By distance, medium, circumstance,
In real knowledge we advance.
These things has nature wisely planned –
Whereof the proof shall be at hand.
I see the sun: its dazzling glow
Seems but a hand-breadth here below;
But should I see it in its home,
That azure, star-besprinkled dome,
Of all the universe the eye,
Its blaze would fill one half the sky.
The powers of trigonometry
Have set my mind from blunder free.
The ignorant believe it flat;
I make it round, instead of that.
I fasten, fix, on nothing ground it,
And send the earth to travel round it.
In short, I contradict my eyes,
And sift the truth from constant lies.
The mind, not hasty at conclusion,
Resists the onset of illusion,
Forbids the sense to get the better,
And never believes it to the letter.
Between my eyes, perhaps too ready,
And ears as much or more too slow,
A judge with balance true and steady,
I come, at last, some things to know.
Thus when the water crooks a stick,
My reason straightens it as quick –
Kind Mistress Reason – foe of error,
And best of shields from needless terror!
The creed is common with our race,
The moon contains a woman's face.
True? No. Whence, then, the notion,
From mountain top to ocean?
The roughness of that satellite,
Its hills and dales, of every grade,
Effect a change of light and shade
Deceptive to our feeble sight;
So that, besides the human face,
All sorts of creatures one might trace.
Indeed, a living beast, I believe,
Has lately been by England seen.
All duly placed the telescope,
And keen observers full of hope,
An animal entirely new,
In that fair planet, came to view.
Abroad and fast the wonder flew; –
Some change had taken place on high,
Presaging earthly changes nigh;
Perhaps, indeed, it might betoken
The wars that had already broken
Out wildly over the Continent.
The king to see the wonder went:
(As patron of the sciences,
No right to go more plain than his.)
To him, in turn, distinct and clear,
This lunar monster did appear. –
A mouse, between the lenses caged,
Had caused these wars, so fiercely waged!
No doubt the happy English folks
Laughed at it as the best of jokes.
How soon will Mars afford the chance
For like amusements here in France!
He makes us reap broad fields of glory.
Our foes may fear the battle-ground;
For us, it is no sooner found,
Than Louis, with fresh laurels crowned,
Bears higher up our country's story.
The daughters, too, of Memory, –
The Pleasures and the Graces, –
Still show their cheering faces:
We wish for peace, but do not sigh.
The English Charles the secret knows
To make the most of his repose.
And more than this, he'll know the way,
By valour, working sword in hand,
To bring his sea-encircled land
To share the fight it only sees today.
Yet, could he but this quarrel quell,
What incense-clouds would grateful swell!
What deed more worthy of his fame!
Augustus, Julius – pray, which Caesar's name
Shines now on story's page with purest flame?
O people happy in your sturdy hearts!
Say, when shall Peace pack up these bloody darts,
And send us all, like you, to softer arts?
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. You’re the sky, everything else is just the Weather. ― Joker A Honest Enemy is better than a Friend who Lies. ― Joker
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This is Fredthebear's interesting collection of rook assists, bombardments, checks, checkmates, and draws. “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 “You must learn to be still in the midst of activity and to be vibrantly alive in repose.” ― Indira Gandhi “If you’re too open-minded; your brains will fall out.” ― Lawrence Ferlinghetti Confessed faults are half mended. ~ Scottish Proverb * The Best of... Game Collection: World Champions' Best Games * Carlsen: Game Collection: Move by Move - Carlsen (Lakdawala) * Closed: Game Collection: Closed Sicilian Structures * Common Checkmate Patterns:
http://gambiter.com/chess/Checkmate... * Fabulous Chess Brilliancies:
https://www.chess.com/article/view/...
* Variety: Game Collection: TacticalArchives Bearly Thinking: https://www.etsy.com/listing/972054... * Black Storms: Game Collection: Tal - The Modern Benoni * Overloaded! Game Collection: OVERLOADED! * Famous Chess Photos: https://tr.pinterest.com/pin/585256... * GoY's 40 Favs: Game Collection: GoY's favorite games * Starting Out: French Defense: Game Collection: Starting out : The French * Gambits against the French Defense:
Game Collection: alapin gambit -alapin diemer gambit + reti gam * Glass-like Gambit for Black: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAI... * Women: https://www.thefamouspeople.com/wom... * Best Games of 2018: Game Collection: Best Games of 2018 * Glossary: https://www.peoriachess.com/Glossar... * GK: Game Collection: Kasparov - The Sicilian Sheveningen * 21st Century: Game Collection: 0 * Wall's APCT Miniatures:
http://billwall.phpwebhosting.com/c... 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
* Mr. Harvey's Puzzle Challenge: https://wtharvey.com/ * Opening Tree: https://www.shredderchess.com/onlin... 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 “If you’re too open-minded; your brains will fall out.” ― Lawrence Ferlinghetti Confessed faults are half mended. ~ Scottish Proverb 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.
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! Q: What do you call a fake noodle?
A: Impasta!
Q: What do you call the fear of being trapped in a chimney?
A: Claus-traphobia!
Q: What do you call two birds in love?
A: Tweethearts!
Q: What do you call it when one cow spies on another?
A: A steak out!
Q: What do you call a computer that sings?
A: A-Dell!
Q: What do you call a bear with no teeth?
A: A gummy bear!
Q: What do you call a man with a rubber toe?
A: Roberto!
Q: What do you call it when a cat wins a dog show?
A: A cat-has-trophy!
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.
The first chess legend, called the wheat and chessboard problem, illustrates the power of exponential growth. The first chess movie, called Chess Fever, was a silent comedy released in 1925 in the Soviet Union. The word checkmate comes from the Persian phrase shah mat, meaning "the king is helpless". Coleen Mzarriz wrote:
Thunder in the Spring of Casmorville
She has freckles like little eyes boring a hole into your soul when she looks at you. She has a face as clear as crystal that when you look at her, you can see your own reflection—mirrorless, empty, and reserved. When you press your lips against hers, a flood of poisonous schemes awaits you, and you'll be lost like Alice in Wonderland. She's an important chess piece that cannot be easily moved; she's a queen, the ace, the king. A pawn may capture a queen, but she is also the king. Her throne reeks of gold and fortune, her mind flows with wisdom, and her body's attached like the goddess Aphrodite. She's the thunder in the rain. Her cries are a woe of revenge and power. Death can not capture a woman like her. She's Eve and she's Lilith. She's a spirit and she can be a snake—crawling with her reptile skin. Her eyes are as fierce shaped as the diamond's emerald and lastly, she's macabre surrealism that when you read her, her true self shows and pushes you to infinite possible dreams you can dream of. Avary is the bird of thunder. In her cage, she's a young soul duplicated to bring misfortune every time it rains in the spring of Casmorville. 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 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. 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 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." Matthew 17:20
Our faith can move mountains.
'Finders keepers, losers weepers'
No, turn it over to Lost and Found.
“I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do something. And because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do the something that I can do.” ― Edward Everett Hale 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.
Riddle: The one who has it does not keep it. It is large and small. It is any shape. A piece of cake: https://blindpigandtheacorn.com/che... Answer: A gift.
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. “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 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
“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 “Remember Red, hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies.” ― Andy (Tim Robbins), “The Shawshank Redemption” 35ciocio Zdanovs checked Zelinsky, Yuri played CJS Purdy after Zhuravliov but not Ziyatdinov said bye in the third round and bought a round at the pub. 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. Your biggest fan is a Stranger. Your biggest hater is someone you know.
― Joker
Don’t judge my choices when you don’t understand my reasons. ― Joker Q: What do you call an acid with an attitude?
A: A mean-o-acid!
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500 games, 1620-2019 - 7 Sam Collin's simple book
Compiled by kenilworthian
Some extras at the bottom.
This is a collection of games from Sam Collins's excellent book, "A Simple Chess Opening Repertoire for White," which presents a complete king's pawn repertoire focused around the isolated queen's pawn (IQP) and related lines -- generally where White plays for dark square control and attack in an open position. This is a very good repertoire for ambitious young players because it teaches an important pawn structure that can arise in a wide range of both d-pawn or e-pawn openings, and it therefore creates the basis for assimilating a wide range of opening ideas. Though I am personally interested in some variations in the book more than others, I have long been interested in the IQP structure and have found much of value in the book on the IQP generally -- as I had from Collins's earlier opening repertoire for White titled "An Attacking Repertoire for White" (which also focused on the IQP but with rather less "simple" lines). Ambitious players would do well to also spend some time studying the isolated queen pawn structure. I would especially recommend finding GM Alexandr Baburin's now classic "Winning Pawn Structures"; the book is out of print and often available only at inflated prices, but a number of .pdf copies can readily be found on the web, including at Scribd. I have also found the book "Isolani Strategy" by Alexander Beliavsky, Oleg Stetsko, and Adrian Mikhalchishin of use, though it is also becoming more rare. For those less interested in books, there are a number of online videos and articles that can be of help as well. One useful resources is titled "1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 White Repertoire Webliography," which links to videos and articles on lines very similar to those discussed by Collins in his 1.e4 e5 repertoire. The weakest part of the repertoire is the French Defense, which is based on ideas developed by Denis Yevseev in Fighting the French: A New Concept (nearly 400 pages of dense analysis on this line). Though playable at the amateur level, there are lots of ways for Black to do well if he knows the theory. I would simplify the repertoire more by recommending the Monte Carlo Exchange French with 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.c4 (you can find good analysis online). This way White can transpose to familiar territory from the Scandinavian as well after 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.c4!? with the idea of returning the pawn to 3...c6 (Panov-Botvinnik) or 3...e6 (Monte Carlo Exchange French - Game Collection: French Defense, Monte Carlo Exchange Variation or https://kenilworthian.blogspot.com/...). You can also simplify more by playing the Hunt or Chase Variation against the Alekhine (1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.c4 Nb6 4.c5!?), which can transpose to the c3 Sicilian (though White has other ideas too -- see the game Mazukewitsch - Kandaurov, Tula 1967, for example). And it would be good to learn the main line Panov-Botvinnik against the Caro-Kann -- though that does not simplify White's task - see http://kenilworthian.blogspot.com/2.... * Scotcho: Game Collection: The Scotch Game Philomel And Progne
From home and city spires, one day,
The swallow Progne flew away,
And sought the bosky dell
Where sang poor Philomel.
"My sister," Progne said, "how do you do?
It's now a thousand years since you
Have been concealed from human view;
I'm sure I have not seen your face
Once since the times of Thrace.
Pray, will you never quit this dull retreat?"
"Where could I find," said Philomel, "so sweet?"
"What! sweet?" cried Progne – 'sweet to waste
Such tones on beasts devoid of taste,
Or on some rustic, at the most!
Should you by deserts be engrossed?
Come, be the city's pride and boast.
Besides, the woods remind of harms
That Tereus in them did your charms."
"Alas!" replied the bird of song,
"The thought of that so cruel wrong
Makes me, from age to age,
Prefer this hermitage;
For nothing like the sight of men
Can call up what I suffered then."
All The World’s A Stage
William Shakespeare
All the world’s a stage,
And all the men and women merely players;
They have their exits and their entrances,
And one man in his time plays many parts,
His acts being seven ages. At first, the infant,
Mewling and puking in the nurse’s arms.
Then the whining schoolboy, with his satchel
And shining morning face, creeping like snail
Unwillingly to school. And then the lover,
Sighing like furnace, with a woeful ballad
Made to his mistress’ eyebrow. Then a soldier,
Full of strange oaths and bearded like the pard,
Jealous in honor, sudden and quick in quarrel,
Seeking the bubble reputation
Even in the cannon’s mouth. And then the justice,
In fair round belly with good capon lined,
With eyes severe and beard of formal cut,
Full of wise saws and modern instances;
And so he plays his part. The sixth age shifts
Into the lean and slippered pantaloon,
With spectacles on nose and pouch on side;
His youthful hose, well saved, a world too wide
For his shrunk shank, and his big manly voice,
Turning again toward childish treble, pipes
And whistles in his sound. Last scene of all,
That ends this strange eventful history,
Is second childishness and mere oblivion,
Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything. The Road Not Taken
Robert Frost
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;
Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,
And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.
I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.
“Chess is the art of analysis.” ― Mikhail Botvinnik "There is more to life than increasing its speed." ― Mahatma Gandhi "Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can't help them, at least don't hurt them." ― Dalai Lama "The broader the chess player you are, the easier it is to be competitive, and the same seems to be true of mathematics - if you can find links between different branches of mathematics, it can help you resolve problems. In both mathematics and chess, you study existing theory and use that to go forward."
― Viswanathan Anand
"All of the real heroes are not storybook combat fighters either. Every single man in this Army play a vital role. Don't ever let up. Don't ever think that your job is unimportant. Every man has a job to do and he must do it. Every man is a vital link in the great chain.” ― General George S. Patton, U.S. Army “Soldiers generally win battles; generals get credit for them.”
― Napoleon Bonaparte, French military and political leader After winning a good game, I always ask myself: "Where did I go right?"
― Tom Wiswell (1910-1988) who made a quote regarding playing checkers worth using in chess circles. Acronyms and Initialisms:
An acronym is a pronounceable word that is formed using the first letters of the words in a phrase (sometimes, other parts of the words are also used). Some common acronyms include NASA (which stands for "National Aeronautical and Space Administration"), scuba ("Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus") and laser ("Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation").
An initialism is a word that is formed using the first letters of the words in a phrase -- it is pronounced like a series of letters, not like a word. Some common initialisms include UFO (which stands for "Unidentified Flying Object") and LOL (which stands for "Laughing Out Loud"). Note: Some people consider both of these to be acronyms. Some common acronyms (and initialisms) include:
AC - Air Conditioning
AD - Anno Domini ("In the Year of Our Lord")
AKA - Also Known As
AM - Ante Meridiem (before noon)
AM - Amplitude Modification (radio)
ASAP - As Soon As Possible
ATM - Automated Teller Machine
B&B - Bed and Breakfast
BC - Before Christ or Because
BCE - Before the Common Era
BLT - Bacon, Lettuce, Tomato
BTW - By The Way
CC - Credit Card
CIA - Central Intelligence Agency
CO - Commanding Officer
CST - Central Standard Time
DOA - Dead on Arrival
DOT - Department of Transportation
DST - Daylight Saving Time
EST - Eastern Standard Time
ET - Extra-Terrestrial
FAQ - Frequently-Asked Questions
FBI - Federal Bureau of Investigation
FDR - Franklin Delano Roosevelt
FM - Frequency Modification (radio)
FYI - For Your Information
GI - Government Issue
GMO - Genetically Modified
IM - Instant Message
IMO - In My Opinion
IMHO - In My Humble Opinion
HAZ-MAT - Hazardous Material
HMO - Health Maintenence Organization
ID - Identification
IQ - Intelligence Quotient
ISBN - International Standard Book Number
JFK - John Fitzgerald Kennedy
JV - Junior Varsity
KO - Knockout
laser - Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation
LCD - Liquid Crystal Display
LED - Light Emitting Diode
LOL - Laughing Out Loud
MC - Master of Ceremonies
MLK - Martin Luther King, Jr.
MO - Modus Operandi
MRE - Meals Ready to Eat
MS - Manuscript
MST - Mountain Standard Time
MTG - Magic: The Gathering
MTD - Month To Date
NIB - New In the Box
NAFTA - North American Free Trade Agreement
NASA - National Aeronautical and Space Administration
NATO - North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NBA - National Basketball Association
NIB - New In the Box
NIMBY - Not In My Backyard
OJ - Orange Juice
OPEC - Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
PBJ - Peanut Butter and Jelly
PC - Politically Correct
PI - Private Investigator
PIN - Personal Identification Number
PM - Post Meridiem (after noon)
POTUS - President of the United States
POW - Prisoner of War
PPS - Post-Postscript
PS - Postscript
PR - Public Relations
PSI - Pounds Per Square Inch
PST - Pacific Standard Time
Q&A - Question and Answer
R&R - Rest and Relaxation
RAM - Random Access Memory
RGB - Red, Green, Blue
RIP - Rest in Peace (from the Latin, "Requiescat In Pace")
ROM - Read Only Memory
ROTC - Reserve Officers Training Corps
ROYGBIV - Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, Violet
RPG - Role Playing Game
RSVP - Répondez S'il Vous Plaît (in French, this means "Please respond")
RV - Recreational Vehicle
scuba - Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus
SNAFU - Systems Normal, All Fouled Up
SOP - Standard Operating Procedure
SOS - Save Our Souls (decided after the fact - SOS was chosen because it was short in Morse code)
SPF - Sun Protection Factor (how sunscreen lotion is rated)
TBA - To Be Announced
TEOTWAWKI - The End Of The World As We Know It
TGIF - Thank God It's Friday
TLC - Tender Loving Care
TV - Television
UFO - Unidentified Flying Object
UN - United Nations
UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund
UPC - Universal Product Code
VIP - Very Important Person
VP - Vice President
WASP - White Anglo Saxon Protestant
WHO - World Health Organization
WOM - Word of Mouth
WoW - World of Warcraft
WYSIWYG - What You See Is What You Get
YTD - Year To Date
ZIP (code) - Zone Improvement Plan
The Chess Play
by Nicholas Breton
A Secret many yeeres vnseene,
In play at Chesse, who knowes the game
First of the King, and then the Queene,
Knight, Bishop, Rooke, and so by name.
Of euerie Pawne I will descrie
The nature with the qualitie.
The King.
The King himselfe is haughtie Care
Which ouerlooketh all his men
And when he seeth how they fare.
He steps among them now and then,
Whom when his foe presumes to checke
His seruants stand, to giue the necke.
The Queene.
The Queene is queint, and quicke Conceit,
Which makes hir walke which way she list
And rootes them vp, that lie in wait
To worke hir treason, ere she wist:
Hir force is such, against hir foes,
That whom she meetes, she ouerthrowes.
The Knight.
The Knight is knowledge how to fight
Against his Princes enimies,
He neuer makes his walke outright,
But leaps and skips, in wilie wise.
To take by sleight a traitrous foe,
Might slilie seeke their ouerthrowe.
The Bishop.
The Bishop he is wittie braine,
That chooseth Crossest pathes to pace.
And euermore he pries with paine,
To see who seekes him most disgrace:
Such straglers when he findes astraie,
He takes them vp, and throwes awaie.
The Rookes
The Rookes are reason on both sides,
Which keepe the corner houses still.
And warily stand to watch their tides.
By secret art to worke their will,
To take sometime a theefe vnseene,
Might mischiefe meane to King or Queene.
The Paiones.
The Pawne before the King, is peace
Which he desires to keepe at home,
Practise the Queenes, which doth not cease
Amid the world abroad to roame.
To finde, and fall vpon each foe,
Whereas his mistres meanes to goe.
Before the Knight, is perill plast,
Which he, by skipping ouergoes,
And yet that Pawne can worke a cast
To ouerthrow his greatest foes;
The Bishops, prudence; prieng still,
Which way to worke his masters will.
The Rookes poore Pawnes, are sillie swaines,
Which seeidome serue, except by hap,
And yet those Pawnes, can lay their traines.
To catch a great man, in a trap:
So that I see, sometime a groome
May not be sparèd from his roome.
The Nature of the Chesse men.
The King is stately, looking hie:
The Queene doth beare like maiestie:
The Knight is hardie, valiant, wise:
The Bishop, prudent and precise:
The Rookes, no raungers out of raie
The Pawnes, the pages in the plaie.
Lenvoy.
Then rule with care, and quicke conceit,
And fight with knowledge, as with force;
So beare a braine, to dash deceit,
And worke with reason and remorse:
Forgiue a fault when yoong men plaie
So giue a mate and go your way
And when you plaie beware of Checke
Know how to saue and giue a necke:
And with a Checke, beware of Mate;
But cheefe, ware had I wist too late:
Loose not the Queene, for ten to one.
If she be lost, the game is gone.
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74 games, 1620-2022 - 7 Spassky-Fischer Match 1992
Compiled by FischerSpasskyGuy
Although Fischer beat Spassky 12.5-8.5 in 1972, he did not hold the title for very long when he forfeited to Karpov, the challenger, in 1975 due to negotiations about how the match would go. However, he agreed to play a revenge match with Spassky in 1992. So who won, Spassky or Fischer? “You are not a man anymore. You are a soldier. Your comfort is of no importance and your life isn’t of much importance. Most of your orders will be unpleasant, but that’s not your business.They should’ve trained you for this, and not for flower-strewn streets. They should have built your soul with truth, not led along with lies.” ― John Steinbeck, The Moon Is Down * Glossary: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gloss... * Brief Spassky Repertoire: http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches... * Cheating: https://www.chess.com/article/view/... It's not the quantity that counts; it's the quality. 330 “Chess is a sport. The main object in the game of chess remains the achievement of victory.” – Max Euwe "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 “Let a man play chess, and tell him that every pawn is his friend; Let him think both bishops are holy. Let him remember happy days in the shadows of his castles. Let him love his queen. Watch him love his queen.” – Mark Lawrence (Prince of Thorn) I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud
William Wordsworth
I wandered lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o'er vales and hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host, of golden daffodils;
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.
Continuous as the stars that shine
And twinkle on the milky way,
They stretched in never-ending line
Along the margin of a bay:
Ten thousand saw I at a glance,
Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.
The waves beside them danced; but they
Out-did the sparkling waves in glee:
A poet could not but be gay,
In such a jocund company:
I gazed—and gazed—but little thought
What wealth the show to me had brought:
For oft, when on my couch I lie
In vacant or in pensive mood,
They flash upon that inward eye
Which is the bliss of solitude;
And then my heart with pleasure fills,
And dances with the daffodils
The Carter In The Mire
The Phaeton who drove a load of hay
Once found his cart bemired.
Poor man! the spot was far away
From human help – retired,
In some rude country place,
In Brittany, as near as I can trace,
Near Quimper Corentan, –
A town that poet never sang, –
Which Fate, they say, puts in the traveller's path,
When she would rouse the man to special wrath.
May Heaven preserve us from that route!
But to our carter, hale and stout:
Fast stuck his cart; he swore his worst,
And, filled with rage extreme,
The mud-holes now he cursed,
And now he cursed his team,
And now his cart and load, –
Anon, the like on himself bestowed.
On the god he called at length,
Most famous through the world for strength.
"O, help me, Hercules!" cried he;
"For if your back of yore
This burly planet bore,
Your arm can set me free."
This prayer gone up, from out a cloud there broke
A voice which thus in godlike accents spoke:
"The suppliant must himself bestir,
Before Hercules will aid confer.
Look wisely in the proper quarter,
To see what hindrance can be found;
Remove the execrable mud and mortar,
Which, axle-deep, beset your wheels around.
Your sledge and crowbar take,
And pry me up that stone, or break;
Now fill that rut on the other side.
Have done it?" "Yes," the man replied.
"Well," said the voice, "I'll aid you now;
Take up your whip." "I have ... but, how?
My cart glides on with ease!
I thank you, Hercules."
"Your team," rejoined the voice, "has light ado;
So help yourself, and Heaven will help you too." All The World’s A Stage
William Shakespeare
All the world’s a stage,
And all the men and women merely players;
They have their exits and their entrances,
And one man in his time plays many parts,
His acts being seven ages. At first, the infant,
Mewling and puking in the nurse’s arms.
Then the whining schoolboy, with his satchel
And shining morning face, creeping like snail
Unwillingly to school. And then the lover,
Sighing like furnace, with a woeful ballad
Made to his mistress’ eyebrow. Then a soldier,
Full of strange oaths and bearded like the pard,
Jealous in honor, sudden and quick in quarrel,
Seeking the bubble reputation
Even in the cannon’s mouth. And then the justice,
In fair round belly with good capon lined,
With eyes severe and beard of formal cut,
Full of wise saws and modern instances;
And so he plays his part. The sixth age shifts
Into the lean and slippered pantaloon,
With spectacles on nose and pouch on side;
His youthful hose, well saved, a world too wide
For his shrunk shank, and his big manly voice,
Turning again toward childish treble, pipes
And whistles in his sound. Last scene of all,
That ends this strange eventful history,
Is second childishness and mere oblivion,
Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything. And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. Luke 2:9, 10. Conceive a man by nature and misfortune prone to a pallid hopelessness, can any business seem more fitted to heighten it than that of continually handling these dead letters and assorting them for the flames? For by the cart-load they are annually burned. Sometimes from out the folded paper the pale clerk takes a ring: - the finger it was meant for, perhaps, moulders in the grave; a bank-note sent in swiftest charity: - he whom it would relieve, nor eats nor hungers any more; pardon for those who died despairing; hope for those who died unhoping; good tidings for those who died stifled by unrelieved calamities. On errands of life, these letters speed to death.
Ah Bartleby! Ah humanity! — Herman Melville
“Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.” ― Thomas A. Edison “Learning from our mistakes is critical for improving, but even I don't have patience for ranking my regrets. Regret is a negative emotion that inhibits the optimism required to take on new challenges. You risk living in an alternative universe, z where if only you had done this or that differently, things would be better. That's a poor substitute for making your actual life better, or improving the lives of others. Regret briefly, analyze and understand, and then move on, improving the only life you have.” ― Garry Kasparov
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30 games, 1992 - 7 Storming The Barricades
Compiled by jakaiden
Games in the book written by GM Larry Christiansen.
There are 10 games missing.
“I’ve come to the personal conclusion that while all artists are not chess players, all chess players are artists.” – Marcel Duchamp “You see, there is a major downfall to living in a tourist town. You guessed it, the constant turnover of new people. You cannot really connect with anyone because no one is ever here for more than two weeks every year, if they comeback at all. The intruders never thought about what happens once they leave. ~ Stella”
― Michele Richard, Mocked by Destiny
* Great Attacks: Game Collection: great attack games * More Greats: Game Collection: These were the greatest... * GoY's 40 Favs: Game Collection: GoY's favorite games * Cheating: https://www.chess.com/article/view/... It's not the quantity that counts; it's the quality. 927 * Lasker's 200 Hours: https://chessimprover.com/emanuel-l... * Passed Pawns: Game Collection: Pretty Maids All in a Row: 3 Connected Ps on 7th I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud
William Wordsworth
I wandered lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o'er vales and hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host, of golden daffodils;
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.
Continuous as the stars that shine
And twinkle on the milky way,
They stretched in never-ending line
Along the margin of a bay:
Ten thousand saw I at a glance,
Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.
The waves beside them danced; but they
Out-did the sparkling waves in glee:
A poet could not but be gay,
In such a jocund company:
I gazed—and gazed—but little thought
What wealth the show to me had brought:
For oft, when on my couch I lie
In vacant or in pensive mood,
They flash upon that inward eye
Which is the bliss of solitude;
And then my heart with pleasure fills,
And dances with the daffodils
I entered ten puns in our contest to see which would win.
No pun in ten did.
“Above the clouds I lift my wing
To hear the bells of Heaven ring;
Some of their music, though my fights be wild,
To Earth I bring;
Then let me soar and sing!” ― Edmund Clarence Stedman Feb-13-11 keypusher: <scutigera: They give this as one of Myagmarsuren's notable games with 162 others in the database?>
notable games are selected based on how many games collections they are in. Leeeena wrote:
Chess
Upon the marble foundation
stood kings of light and dark.
Each towered above their noble men,
each watched from their royal mark.
The queens faced off where they stood,
while the knights mounted their horses.
The bitter players sat on each side
considering their forces.
The bishops were positioned beside the rooks,
the pawns in a line up front.
Up there they would take the attacks,
up there they would take the brunt.
The pieces were arranged in perfect order
the match was about to begin.
The players shook hands, one stone faced
the other with a stretching grin.
The pawns of ivory made their move
while the ebony ones looked on.
And so it went, one piece at a time
until most of them were gone.
There the queens were protecting their kings
before one made a fatal mistake.
With a slash from a knight, the queen was brought down
and it left the king to quiver and quake.
The pieces that were left quickly moved in
and the king was pushed to his knees
His crown fell off and rolled away
to the sounds of his dying pleas.
Epilogue
Here check we our career:
Long books I greatly fear.
I would not quite exhaust my stuff;
The flower of subjects is enough.
To me, the time is come, it seems,
To draw my breath for other themes.
Love, tyrant of my life, commands
That other work be on my hands.
I dare not disobey.
Once more shall Psyche be my lay.
I'm called by Damon to portray
Her sorrows and her joys.
I yield: perhaps, while she employs,
My muse will catch a richer glow;
And well if this my laboured strain
Shall be the last and only pain
Her spouse shall cause me here below.
“You can only get good at chess if you love the game.” ― Bobby Fischer "Be active. I do things my way, like skiing when I’m 100. Nobody else does that even if they have energy. And I try to eat pretty correctly and get exercise and fresh air and sunshine.” ― Elsa Bailey, first time skier at age 100 "Don't look at the calendar, just keep celebrating every day." ― Ruth Coleman, carpe diem at age 101 All The World’s A Stage
William Shakespeare
All the world’s a stage,
And all the men and women merely players;
They have their exits and their entrances,
And one man in his time plays many parts,
His acts being seven ages. At first, the infant,
Mewling and puking in the nurse’s arms.
Then the whining schoolboy, with his satchel
And shining morning face, creeping like snail
Unwillingly to school. And then the lover,
Sighing like furnace, with a woeful ballad
Made to his mistress’ eyebrow. Then a soldier,
Full of strange oaths and bearded like the pard,
Jealous in honor, sudden and quick in quarrel,
Seeking the bubble reputation
Even in the cannon’s mouth. And then the justice,
In fair round belly with good capon lined,
With eyes severe and beard of formal cut,
Full of wise saws and modern instances;
And so he plays his part. The sixth age shifts
Into the lean and slippered pantaloon,
With spectacles on nose and pouch on side;
His youthful hose, well saved, a world too wide
For his shrunk shank, and his big manly voice,
Turning again toward childish treble, pipes
And whistles in his sound. Last scene of all,
That ends this strange eventful history,
Is second childishness and mere oblivion,
Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything. The famous speech ‘All the world’s a stage’ was first published as part of As You Like It in the First Folio in 1623. Scholars are unsure when the play was performed for the first time but it was likely sometime around 1603. The play is a five-act pastoral comedy that features a monologue in which Jacques considers the nature of the world, the roles men and women play, and how one ages, being “All the world’s a stage”. <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>
<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’.> 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
Dec-26-23 hemy: I sent email messages to <jessicafischerqueen> and <Tabanus>. I was contacted by email to both of them for many years. Responses from the mail servers were: "Sorry, your message to <her email address> cannot be delivered. This mailbox is disabled" and "Recipient address rejected: Access denied".
Credits for Robert Bergersen aka <Tabanus>, include his picture, for his contribution to "Lithuanian chess history" project, you can find on page 45 of this project. He also mentioned on page 141 (with one more picture), pages 166, 1315, 1383-1386, 1823, 2807 and 3423. Dec-26-23
Tabanus: Thank you <hemy>, and congrats with that amazing book! :)
I'm still lurking here, but am now in Philippines again until April. After which there is more "bathroom renovation" (rather than chess) as <PMD> called it. Anyway you have the best man <jnp> now. Capitonyms are words which change their meaning if the first letter is capitalized. For example: Turkey (the country) and turkey (the bird). <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.>
“Life is fun. It’s all up to the person. Be satisfied. You don’t have to be ‘happy’ all the time, you need to be satisfied.” — Lucille Boston Lewis, eternal optimist 101 years old “A man either lives life as it happens to him, meets it head-on and licks it, or he turns his back on it and starts to wither away.” — Dr. Boyce “Everything you've ever wanted is on the other side of fear.” — George Adair “He who imagines himself capable should attempt to perform. Neither originality counts, nor criticism of another’s work. It is not courage, nor self-confidence, nor a sense of superiority that tells. Performance alone is the test.”
— Emanuel Lasker
“There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.” — Colin Powell “The most important single ingredient in the formula of success is knowing how to get along with people.” ― Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of the United States, and former U.S. Army Colonel #
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101 games, 1620-2023
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