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“In life, unlike chess, the game continues after checkmate.” — Isaac Asimov (1920-1992) “In chess, just as in life, today’s bliss may be tomorrow’s poison.” — Assiac/ Heinrich Fraenkel (1897-1986) The real name of Assiac was Heinrich Fraenkel. His decision to write under the pseudonym of Assiac was probably related to the unfortunate coincidence that his name was shared by Heinrich Himmler and to a desire to avoid confusing his writings about chess with his political writings about the Nazis. Heinrich Fraenkel most certainly was not a Nazi and indeed was probably the most outspoken anti-Nazi. Writing under his real name, he wrote numerous articles, pamphlets and books attacking the Nazis. He did this in the relative safety of England during World War II. He would not have dared to write this material had he been in Germany at the time. Heinrich Fraenkel is also credited as the writer for seven Hollywood movies produced in the 1930s, including Juggernaut (1936). Heinrich Fraenkel was born in what was then Germany on 28 September 1897. He emigrated to England in the early 1930s. He died in Ealing, England in May, 1986. “Chess is too difficult to be a game and not serious enough to be a science or an art.” — Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821) “An hour’s history of two minds is well told in a game of chess.” — Jose Capablanca (1888-1942) “To have a knight planted in your game at K6 is worse than a rusty nail in your knee.” — Efim Bogolgubow (1889-1952) “The reason I like the game of chess is because each move has countless repercussions, but you’re in charge of them.” — Paul David Hewson/Bono (1960-) “Chess is the art of analysis.” — Mikhail Botvinnik (1911-1995) “I spend hours playing chess because I find it so much fun. The day it stops being fun is the day I give it up.” — Magnus Carlsen (1990- ) * Max Euwe: Game Collection: World Champion - Euwe (I.Linder/V.Linder) * Greco Gambit: Game Collection: Italian Game: Greco Gambit * Phil's Defense: Game Collection: Philidor Defence Classics * Short of 25: Game Collection: 25 Learned games * Next: http://www.chessnextmove.com/
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* Play 4Free: https://www.chessonlinefree.com/pla... * Mr. Harvey's Puzzle Challenge: https://wtharvey.com/ Mar-21-23 WTHarvey:
There once was a website named WTHarvey,
Where chess puzzles did daily delay,
The brain-teasers so tough,
They made us all huff and puff,
But solving them brought us great satisfaction today.
There once was a website named WTHarvey
Where chess puzzles were quite aplenty
With knight and rook and pawn
You'll sharpen your brain with a yawn
And become a master of chess entry
There once was a site for chess fun,
Wtharvey.com was the chosen one,
With puzzles galore,
It'll keep you in store,
For hours of brain-teasing, none done.
There once was a website named wtharvey,
Where chess puzzles were posted daily,
You'd solve them with glee,
And in victory,
You'd feel like a true chess prodigy!
Actions speak louder than words.
Mark 3:25 And if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand. “An eye for an eye will only make the whole world blind.” — Mahatma Gandhi “If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow.” ― Ancient Chinese Proverb Apr-27-23 WTHarvey:
There once was a chess player keen
He studied each move he had seen
With tactics so clever
His games were a pleasure
His passion for chess was extreme!
There once was a chess player bright
Whose moves were a beautiful sight
He never lost hope
Or his skill, he would mope
For he believed in fighting the good fight.
There once was a chess player so keen
Whose passion for the game was extreme
He'd study and strategize
And often would visualize
His victories, in every daydream.
“Chess is played with the mind and not with the hands.” ― Renaud & Kahn “Chess is a terrific way for kids to build self-image and self-esteem.” ― Saudin Robovic “Chess is a sport. The main object in the game of chess remains the achievement of victory.” – Max Euwe “Life is like a chess. If you lose your queen, you will probably lose the game.” – Being Caballero “If you wish to succeed, you must brave the risk of failure.” — Garry Kasparov “You win some, you lose some, you wreck some.” — Dale Earnhardt “In life, unlike chess the game continues after checkmate.” ― Isaac Asimov Feb-22-23 stone free or die: Thanks Fred for that note.
At some point this topic should get brought up on the Bistro, and a proper survey of de facto usage of the various other db's made. Feb-23-23 petemcd85: <FSR: btw, has the site stopped uploading games submitted by users?>
The link below explains how to upload or request, to upload games:
PGN Upload Utility
Usually, if its a lot of games or a tournament, You can let me know on the support forum and i will get to it as soon as possible:
support forum:
chessgames.com chessforum
Please include the link to where I can find the games in PGN format. It will help get the games up quicker Some of the sites I recommend to find reliable PGNs would be:
TheWeek In Chess:
https://theweekinchess.com/a-year-o...
chess24.com:
https://chess24.com/en/dashboard'
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P.S. The FIDE rating of the player must be over 2200 for us to upload games
. Feb-23-23 FSR: <petemcd85> I know how to upload games to the site. Hundreds of games on this site were submitted by me. However, for the past week or so, some of the games that I have submitted have not been added to the database for some reason. Is this because the games were played by me or another player whose FIDE rating is below 2200? If so, that is a departure from prior practice of many years standing. Who authorized this? 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 The Three Kings By Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Three Kings came riding from far away,
Melchior and Gaspar and Baltasar;
Three Wise Men out of the East were they,
And they travelled by night and they slept by day,
For their guide was a beautiful, wonderful star. The star was so beautiful, large and clear,
That all the other stars of the sky
Became a white mist in the atmosphere,
And by this they knew that the coming was near
Of the Prince foretold in the prophecy.
Three caskets they bore on their saddle-bows,
Three caskets of gold with golden keys;
Their robes were of crimson silk with rows
Of bells and pomegranates and furbelows,
Their turbans like blossoming almond-trees.
And so the Three Kings rode into the West,
Through the dusk of the night, over hill and dell,
And sometimes they nodded with beard on breast,
And sometimes talked, as they paused to rest,
With the people they met at some wayside well. “Of the child that is born,” said Baltasar,
“Good people, I pray you, tell us the news;
For we in the East have seen his star,
And have ridden fast, and have ridden far,
To find and worship the King of the Jews.”
And the people answered, “You ask in vain;
We know of no King but Herod the Great!”
They thought the Wise Men were men insane,
As they spurred their horses across the plain,
Like riders in haste, who cannot wait.
And when they came to Jerusalem,
Herod the Great, who had heard this thing,
Sent for the Wise Men and questioned them;
And said, “Go down unto Bethlehem,
And bring me tidings of this new king.”
So they rode away; and the star stood still,
The only one in the grey of morn;
Yes, it stopped—it stood still of its own free will,
Right over Bethlehem on the hill,
The city of David, where Christ was born.
And the Three Kings rode through the gate and the guard,
Through the silent street, till their horses turned
And neighed as they entered the great inn-yard;
But the windows were closed, and the doors were barred,
And only a light in the stable burned.
And cradled there in the scented hay,
In the air made sweet by the breath of kine,
The little child in the manger lay,
The child, that would be king one day
Of a kingdom not human, but divine.
His mother Mary of Nazareth
Sat watching beside his place of rest,
Watching the even flow of his breath,
For the joy of life and the terror of death
Were mingled together in her breast.
They laid their offerings at his feet:
The gold was their tribute to a King,
The frankincense, with its odor sweet,
Was for the Priest, the Paraclete,
The myrrh for the body’s burying.
And the mother wondered and bowed her head,
And sat as still as a statue of stone,
Her heart was troubled yet comforted,
Remembering what the Angel had said
Of an endless reign and of David’s throne.
Then the Kings rode out of the city gate,
With a clatter of hoofs in proud array;
But they went not back to Herod the Great,
For they knew his malice and feared his hate,
And returned to their homes by another way.
“The 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.
"It ain't over 'til it's over, no matter how over it looks." ― Yogi Berra "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 Sidewalk playin': https://www.bing.com/videos/search?... * C21-C22 miniatures: http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches... * Danish Gambits: Game Collection: Danish Gambit Games 1-0 * Javed's way: https://www.bing.com/videos/search?... * King's Gambit start-up: Game Collection: Batsford's MCO 14 King's Gambit * King Bishop's Gambit: Game Collection: rajat21's kings gambit * KG Video: Game Collection: Foxy Openings - King's Gambit * GM Gallagher is an author:
Game Collection: 0 * Old P-K4 Miniatures: Game Collection: Games for Classes * LG - White wins: Game Collection: Latvian Gambit-White wins * Ponziani Games: Game Collection: PONZIANI OPENING * Aggressive Gambits: https://thechessworld.com/articles/... * Volo plays the KP faithfully: Volodymyr Onyshchuk * 20 Various Italian Games: Game Collection: Italian Game * C53s: Game Collection: rajat21's italian game * RL Minis: Game Collection: Ruy Lopez Miniatures * Del's: Game Collection: Del's hidden gems * 21st Century: Game Collection: 0 * GK: Game Collection: Kasparov - The Sicilian Sheveningen * TIP: Click on the e8 square to see a computer engine analysis of the position. * Hans On French: Game Collection: French Defense * Alapins: Game Collection: Alapin * Chess Records: https://timkr.home.xs4all.nl/record... "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 * 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 * Happy Days! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slv... “Chess is an infinitely complex game, which one can play in infinitely numerous & varied ways.” ― Vladimir Kramnik “Sometimes the most ordinary things could be made extraordinary, simply by doing them with the right people.” ― Elizabeth Green The Horse and the Wolf
A wolf, what time the thawing breeze
Renews the life of plants and trees,
And beasts go forth from winter lair
To seek abroad their various fare, –
A wolf, I say, about those days,
In sharp look-out for means and ways,
Espied a horse turned out to graze.
His joy the reader may opine.
"Once got," said he, "this game were fine;
But if a sheep, it were sooner mine.
I can't proceed my usual way;
Some trick must now be put in play."
This said,
He came with measured tread,
As if a healer of disease, –
Some pupil of Hippocrates, –
And told the horse, with learned verbs,
He knew the power of roots and herbs, –
Whatever grew about those borders, –
And not at all to flatter
Himself in such a matter,
Could cure of all disorders.
If he, Sir Horse, would not conceal
The symptoms of his case,
He, Doctor Wolf, would gratis heal;
For that to feed in such a place,
And run about untied,
Was proof itself of some disease,
As all the books decide.
"I have, good doctor, if you please,"
Replied the horse, "as I presume,
Beneath my foot, an aposthume."
"My son," replied the learned leech,
"That part, as all our authors teach,
Is strikingly susceptible
Of ills which make acceptable
What you may also have from me –
The aid of skillful surgery;
Which noble art, the fact is,
For horses of the blood I practise."
The fellow, with this talk sublime,
Watched for a snap the fitting time.
Meanwhile, suspicious of some trick,
The wary patient nearer draws,
And gives his doctor such a kick,
As makes a chowder of his jaws.
Exclaimed the wolf, in sorry plight,
"I own those heels have served me right.
I erred to quit my trade,
As I will not in future;
Me nature surely made
For nothing but a butcher."
“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.
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
Dick Cavitt: "And you like that moment of just crushing the guy?" RJ Fischer: "Right *nodding and smiling*, yeah." “A man is but the product of his thoughts. What he thinks, he becomes.” — Mahatma Gandhi “Never be bullied into silence, never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one’s definition of your life, define yourself.” — Robert Frost “An eye for an eye will only make the whole world blind.” — Mahatma Gandhi "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. "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 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.” Drive sober or get pulled over.
“For surely of all the drugs in the world, chess must be the most permanently pleasurable.” — Assiac Give me the patience for the small things of life, courage for the great trials of life. Help me to do my best each day and then go to sleep knowing God is awake.
Voltaire
Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers.
Voltaire
“Many have become chess masters, no one has become the master of chess.” ― Siegbert Tarrasch “Don’t ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you come alive and then go do that. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.” ― Howard Thurman 28xp Broke like bad champaign bottle Pinnochios wanted postr PB&J sighd golly trolly ride znzibob died in L.A. but rdboy lifted itto zborris125 inthe manner offf Steinitz butthe menu didn't hav mice or moosie just choc late mlk. “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. Romans 8:28
And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. STAR LIGHT, STAR BRIGHT
Star light, star bright
First star I see tonight
I wish I may, I wish I might
Have this wish I wish tonight
JACK BE NIMBLE
Jack be nimble
Jack be quick
Jack jump over
The candlestick
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
A TISKET A TASKET
A tisket, a tasket
A green and yellow basket.
I wrote a letter to my love
And on the way I dropped it.
I dropped it, I dropped it
And on the way I dropped it.
A little boy he picked it up
And put it in his pocket.
BAA BAA BLACK SHEEP
Baa Baa Black Sheep
Have you any wool?
Yes sir, yes sir, three bags full.
One for the master
And one for the dame.
And one for the little boy
Who lives down the lane.
JACK AND JILL
Jack and Jill
Went up the hill
To fetch a pail of water.
Jack fell down
And broke his crown
And Jill came tumbling after.
LONDON BRIDGE
London Bridge is falling down
Falling down
Falling down
London Bridge is falling down
My Fair Lady.
RING AROUND THE ROSIE
Ring around the rosie
A pocket full of posies
Ashes! Ashes!
We all fall down.
WISE OLD OWL
A wise old owl lived in an oak.
The more he saw the less he spoke.
The less he spoke the more he heard.
Why can't we all be like that wise old bird?
HUMPTY DUMPTY
Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall.
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.
All the King's horses
And all the King's men
Couldn't put Humpty
Together again.
16 yellow #2 pencilz
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51 games, 1852-2022 - blu 100 partidas de Elite us
Compiled by stacpoole (61 games)
“Life is like a game of chess. To win you need to make a move. Knowing which move to make comes with insight and knowledge and by learning the lessons that are accumulated along the way. We become each and every piece within the game called LIFE.” — Alan Rufus “No one has ever won a game of chess by taking only forward moves. (Ever heard of Scholar's Mate?) Sometimes you have to move backwards in order to be able to take better steps forward. That is life.” — Anonymous “For him chess was his life. Without the game he could not exist.” — Engelina Tal (on her late husband Mikhail) “The man who has proved that you can reach the top and remain human.”
— Mikhail Tal (on who his chess hero was)
“My head is full of sunshine.” — Mikhail Tal “I couldn't make myself dislike him.” — Mikhail Botvinnik (on Tal) “Fischer is like Zeus; he is the God of the gods.” — Nigel Short “Playing with less space is one of the hardest things to do in chess.”
– IM John Watson
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John Rabbit's palace under ground
Was once by Goody Weasel found.
She, sly of heart, resolved to seize
The place, and did so at her ease.
She took possession while its lord
Was absent on the dewy sward,
Intent on his usual sport,
A courtier at Aurora's court.
When he had browsed his fill of clover
And cut his pranks all nicely over,
Home Johnny came to take his drowse,
All snug within his cellar-house.
The weasel's nose he came to see,
Outsticking through the open door.
"You gods of hospitality!"
Exclaimed the creature, vexed sore,
"Must I give up my father's lodge?
Ho! Madam Weasel, please to budge,
Or, quicker than a weasel's dodge,
I'll call the rats to pay their grudge!"
The sharp-nosed lady made reply,
That she was first to occupy.
The cause of war was surely small –
A house where one could only crawl!
And though it were a vast domain,
Said she, "I had like to know what will
Could grant to John perpetual reign, –
The son of Peter or of Bill, –
More than to Paul, or even me."
John Rabbit spoke – great lawyer he –
Of custom, usage, as the law,
Whereby the house, from sire to son,
As well as all its store of straw,
From Peter came at length to John.
Who could present a claim, so good
As he, the first possessor, could?
"Now," said the dame, "let's drop dispute,
And go before Raminagrobis, [23]
Who'll judge, not only in this suit,
But tell us truly whose the globe is."
This person was a hermit cat,
A cat that played the hypocrite,
A saintly mouser, sleek and fat,
An arbiter of keenest wit.
John Rabbit in the judge concurred,
And off went both their case to broach
Before his majesty, the furred.
Said Clapperclaw, "My kits, approach,
And put your noses to my ears:
I'm deaf, almost, by weight of years."
And so they did, not fearing anything.
The good apostle, Clapperclaw,
Then laid on each a well-armed paw,
And both to an agreement brought,
By virtue of his tusked jaw.
This brings to mind the fate
Of little kings before the great.
1 Corinthians 13
King James Version
13 Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. 2 And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing. 3 And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing. 4 Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, 5 Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil; 6 Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; 7 Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things. 8 Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away. 9 For we know in part, and we prophesy in part.
10 But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away. 11 When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things. 12 For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known. 13 And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity. 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. “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 “It is by loving and not by being loved that one can come nearest to the soul of another.” — George MacDonald Canine concerns
A poodle and a collie are walking together when the poodle suddenly unloads on his friend. “My life is a mess,” he says. “My owner is mean, my girlfriend ran away with a schnauzer and I’m as jittery as a cat.” “Why don’t you go see a psychiatrist?” suggests the collie. “I can’t,” says the poodle. “I’m not allowed on the couch.” — Submitted by L.B. Weinstein
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68 games, 1874-2018 - Blu B07 Pirc: Lion [Black]
Expert Tips For Endgame Engine Sorcery
01 Dashing Is Faster Than Sprinting
02 APS Artifacts Are Awesome, The Best
03 Always Do Expeditions In Chunks
04 High-Level Items Grant Huge Experience When Leveling Up
05 Pick Up Everything Unprotected
06 Get Commission Rewards From Other Players' Worlds
07 Mark Resources On Your Planning Map
08 Rejoinders Are Mandatory to Punish Haters
09 Put Off World Level Descension on Rogoff
10 Consider Having Favorites
11 Be On The Lookout For Codes
12 Blessing Of Jessicafischerqueen Is The Best
13 There's No Need To Max Out Your Supports
14 Make Sure You Have An IRA Account
15 Avoid Certain Banners, Forums and Words
Here is what Vladimir Kramnik has to say:
"Botvinnik’s example and teaching established the modern approach to preparing for competitive chess: regular but moderate physical exercise; analysing very thoroughly a relatively narrow repertoire of openings; annotating one’s own games, those of past great players and those of competitors; publishing one’s annotations so that others can point out any errors; studying strong opponents to discover their strengths and weaknesses; ruthless objectivity about one’s own strengths and weaknesses." “Reading can take you places you have never been before.” — Dr. Seuss War Pigs:
Generals gathered in their masses
Just like witches at black masses
Evil minds that plot destruction
Sorcerer of death's construction
In the fields, the bodies burning
As the war machine keeps turning
Death and hatred to mankind
Poisoning their brainwashed minds
Oh lord, yeah!
Politicians hide themselves away
They only started the war
Why should they go out to fight?
They leave that role to the poor, yeah
Time will tell on their power minds
Making war just for fun
Treating people just like pawns in chess
Wait till their judgement day comes, yeah!
Now in darkness, world stops turning
Ashes where their bodies burning
No more war pigs have the power
Hand of God has struck the hour
Day of judgement, God is calling
On their knees, the war pigs crawling
Begging mercy for their sins
Satan laughing, spreads his wings
Oh lord, yeah!
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16 games, 1983-2013 - Blu C59 Two Knights Compiled by parmetd
Two Knights C59 Compiled by parmetd
Polerio Defense Suhle Defense: 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+ c6 7. dxc6 bxc6 8. Be2 h6 9. Nf3 e4 10. Ne5 Qd4!! A sideline more offbeat then the mainlines of Qc7, Bd6, Bc5, though rarely seen over the board it is tough to play though white should gain an advantage if he is well versed in the theory and master games contained in this collection. White's two main responses are 11. Ng4 or 11. f4 Bc5 12. Rf1 “Books are the plane, and the train, and the road. They are the destination, and the journey. They are home.” ― Anna Quindlen “Nothing is dearer to a chess player's heart than his rating. Well, of course everyone knows he's under-rated, but his rating, its ups and downs, however miniscule, are his ego's stock-market report.” ― Lev Alburt “The ideas which now pass for brilliant innovations and advances are in fact mere revivals of ancient errors, and a further proof of the dictum that those who are ignorant of the past are condemned to repeat it.” ― Henry Hazlitt According to some sources, the term "bald-faced lie" comes from the fact that businessmen in the 18th and 19th century wore beards to make it easier to disguise their facial expressions while making deals (whereas you must be particularly good at lying to do it "bald-faced"). A priest, a minister and a rabbi ...
A priest, a minister and a rabbi want to see who’s best at his job. So they each go into the woods, find a bear and attempt to convert it. Later they get together. The priest begins: “When I found the bear, I read to him from the Catechism and sprinkled him with holy water. Next week is his First Communion.” “I found a bear by the stream,” says the minister, “and preached God’s holy word. The bear was so mesmerized that he let me baptize him.” They both look down at the rabbi, who is lying on a gurney in a body cast. “Looking back,” he says, “maybe I shouldn’t have started with the circumcision.” — Submitted by Mitchell Hauser
“Playing with less space is one of the hardest things to do in chess.”
– IM John Watson
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Game Collection: Les Prix de Beauté aux Echecs (I) * Chess Terms: https://chessmart.com/pages/chess-t... * Double B sacrifices: Game Collection: Double Bishop Sacrifices (dedicated to Anatoly K * Evolution: Game Collection: # Chess Evolution Volumes 51-100 * FIDE Laws of Chess: https://rcc.fide.com/2023-laws-of-c... * Fine's Passion: Game Collection: Passion for Chess (Fine) * Forney's Collection: Game Collection: Brutal Attacking Chess * Fred Reinfeld could've written this if only they had cell phones back when: https://socialself.com/blog/how-to-... * KG Video: Game Collection: Foxy Openings - King's Gambit * Lasker's Best: https://thechessworld.com/articles/... * Lasker Matters: Game Collection: Why Lasker Matters by Andrew Soltis * Morphy pounds Philidor's Defense: Game Collection: White - Philidor: Morphy * Old P-K4 Miniatures: Game Collection: Games for Classes * Play Stockfish 1-10: https://labinatorsolutions.github.i... * Russians - Chernev: Game Collection: The Russians Play Chess by Irving Chernev * Shirov miniatures: Game Collection: Shirov miniatures * Smyslov Brevities: Game Collection: Smyslov brevities * SMG Miniatures: Game Collection: Brrilant ideas * Tactics Explained: https://www.chess.com/article/view/... * ILemonT said wow! Game Collection: wow!! * Wonders and Curiosities: Game Collection: Wonders and Curiosities of Chess (Chernev) * GoY's 40 Favs: Game Collection: GoY's favorite games NIÑO GENIO nos da UNO de los MEJORES MOMENTOS de la HISTORIA del AJEDREZ: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ps... "Dancing Queen" by ABBA (1974): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFr... New Best Game of 2023: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2Q... “Bloody Mary”: https://www.historyhit.com/facts-ab... Q: What did Blackbeard say when he turned 80?
A: “Aye, matey.”
“The chess heroes nowadays should not forget that it was owing to Fischer that they are living today in four- and five-star hotels, getting appearance fees, etc.” ― Lev Khariton Q: What’s the most terrifying word in nuclear physics?
A: “Oops!”
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23 games, 1909-2011 - Blu Charming Miniatures by syracrophy
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101 games- Charming Miniatures Compiled by syracrophy * All Openings: Game Collection: Chess Openings: Theory and Practice, Section 1 * Anti-KG: Game Collection: anti kb * Art of Attack: Game Collection: The Art of Attack - By Vladimir Vukovic * Art of Sacrifice: Game Collection: Art of Sacrifice (Spielmann) * Brilliancies: Game Collection: Modern Chess Brilliancies (Evans) * Chess Terms: https://chessmart.com/pages/chess-t... * Evan's book: Game Collection: Modern Chess Brilliancies (Evans) * Hans' book: Game Collection: hans bouwmeesters 100 briljante partijen * Helmet Wieteck: Game Collection: Die neuen Schachsterne, by Helmut Wieteck * KingG: Game Collection: Brilliant Miniatures * Morphy pounds Philidor's Defense: Game Collection: White - Philidor: Morphy * Oops: Game Collection: Oops!!! * Pillsbury Minis: Game Collection: Pillsbury miniatures. * Evolution: Game Collection: # Chess Evolution Volumes 51-100 * Masterful: Game Collection: FRENCH DEFENSE MASTERPIECES * Old P-K4 Miniatures: Game Collection: Games for Classes * Play Stockfish 1-10: https://labinatorsolutions.github.i... * Russians - Chernev: Game Collection: The Russians Play Chess by Irving Chernev * Smyslov Brevities: Game Collection: Smyslov brevities * Tactics Explained: https://www.chess.com/article/view/... “Books are a uniquely portable magic.” ― Stephen King “Nothing is dearer to a chess player's heart than his rating. Well, of course everyone knows he's under-rated, but his rating, its ups and downs, however miniscule, are his ego's stock-market report.” ― Lev Alburt “The ideas which now pass for brilliant innovations and advances are in fact mere revivals of ancient errors, and a further proof of the dictum that those who are ignorant of the past are condemned to repeat it.” ― Henry Hazlitt No hiding the evidence
A man, shocked by how his buddy is dressed, asks him, “How long have you been wearing that bra?” The friend replies, “Ever since my wife found it in the glove compartment.” — Submitted by Braeden Silvermist Oct-27-23
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A: “Aye, matey.”
“The chess heroes nowadays should not forget that it was owing to Fischer that they are living today in four- and five-star hotels, getting appearance fees, etc.” ― Lev Khariton Q: What’s the most terrifying word in nuclear physics?
A: “Oops!”
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333 games, 1560-2023 - Blu Crazy games
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“A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies. The man who never reads lives only one.” ― George R.R. Martin “Nothing is dearer to a chess player's heart than his rating. Well, of course everyone knows he's under-rated, but his rating, its ups and downs, however miniscule, are his ego's stock-market report.” ― Lev Alburt “The ideas which now pass for brilliant innovations and advances are in fact mere revivals of ancient errors, and a further proof of the dictum that those who are ignorant of the past are condemned to repeat it.” ― Henry Hazlitt Heavenly Looks
In surgery for a heart attack, a middle-aged woman has a vision of God by her bedside. “Will I die?” she asks. God says, “No. You have 30 more years to live.” With 30 years to look forward to, she decides to make the best of it. So since she’s in the hospital, she gets breast implants, liposuction, a tummy tuck, hair transplants and collagen injections in her lips. She looks great! The day she’s discharged, she exits the hospital with a swagger, crosses the street and is immediately hit by an ambulance and killed. Up in heaven, she sees God. “You said I had 30 more years to live,” she complains. “That’s true,” says God.
“So what happened?”
God shrugs. “I didn’t recognize you.”
— Submitted by Hank Chawansky
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14 games, 1884-2012 - Blu FR DD Gambit
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White advances three center pawns for a fast start. Thank you e.karaokcu
* Bit Collection: Game Collection: Special Gambit Collection * Black Storms: Game Collection: Tal - The Modern Benoni * Chess Terms: https://chessmart.com/pages/chess-t... * DDG: http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/doc/gam... * French videos: https://www.chess.com/openings/Fren... * French Defence Gambits:
Milner-Barry Gambit – C02 – 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Qb6 6.Bd3 cxd4 7.cxd4 Bd7 8.Nc3 Nxd4 9.Nxd4 Qxd4 Nimzowitsch Gambit – C02 – 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.Qg4 Alapin Gambit – C00 – 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Be3
Orthoschnapp Gambit – C00 – 1.e4 e6 2.c4 d5 3.cxd5 exd5 4.Qb3 Winawer, Alekhine (Maroczy) Gambit – C15 – 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Ne2 Winawer, Alekhine Gambit – C15 – 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Ne2 dxe4 5.a3 Bxc3+ Winawer, Alekhine Gambit, Kan Variation – C15 – 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Ne2 dxe4 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Nxc3 Nc6 Winawer, Alekhine Gambit, Alatortsev Variation – C15 – 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Ne2 dxe4 5.a3 Be7 6.Nxe4 Nf6 7.N2g3 0-0 8.Be2 Nc6 Diemer–Duhm Gambit – C00 – 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.c4 French: Wing Gambit – C00 – 1.e4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e5 c5 4.b4 Franco-Hiva Gambit – C00 – 1.e4 e6 2.Nf3 f5
Krol Gambit - C00 - 1.e4 e6 2.f4 d5 3.Nf3
* Gambits against the French: Game Collection: alapin gambit -alapin diemer gambit + reti gam * Yasser's Tactics: Game Collection: Yasser Seirawan's Winning Chess Tactics “Counterattack is the soul of the game,” wrote Vera Menchik. “In the times of need when we are faced with a very cramped or even a lost game, our best chance of recovering the balance is to introduce complications.” Nosey...
Q: What do you find in a clean nose?
A: Fingerprints.
Q: Why can't a nose be 12 inches long?
A: Because then it'd be a foot.
Q: Why was the snowman looking through a pile of carrots?
A: He was picking his nose.
Q: Why was the nose tired?
A: It never stopped running.
Q: What happens when cows laugh?
A: Milk comes out of their noses.
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43 games, 1895-2007 - Blu Gambito Fromm JB Ev
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Chess Terms: https://chessmart.com/pages/chess-t... 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 “Those who dare to fail miserably can achieve greatly.” ― John F. Kennedy, 35th President of the United States, and former Navy Lieutenant “Age brings wisdom to some men, and to others chess.” ― Evan Esar * Good Historical Links: https://www.saund.co.uk/britbase/in... * JonathanJ's favorite games 4: Game Collection: JonathanJ's favorite games 4 * elmubarak: my fav games: Game Collection: elmubarak: my fav games * assorted Good games Compiled by rbaglini: Game Collection: assorted Good games * LAST COLLECTION Compiled by Jaredfchess: Game Collection: LAST COLLECTION * Internet tracking: https://www.studysmarter.us/magazin... * "Troubles will come... but they will pass." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJK... * Tactics Explained: https://www.chess.com/article/view/... “Once you learn to read, you will be forever free.” ― Frederick Douglass “Age wrinkles the body. Quitting wrinkles the soul.”
― General of the Army, Douglas MacArthur
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. Q: What do you call a psychic little person who has escaped from prison?
A: A small medium at large.
Drive sober or get pulled over.
Q: What did the buffalo say when his son left?
A: Bison!
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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.
“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
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 …
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A man is walking in a graveyard when he hears the Third Symphony played backward. When it’s over, the Second Symphony starts playing, also backward, and then the First. “What’s going on?” he asks a cemetery worker. “It’s Beethoven,” says the worker. “He’s decomposing.” — Submitted by Jeremy Hone
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“The chess heroes nowadays should not forget that it was owing to Fischer that they are living today in four- and five-star hotels, getting appearance fees, etc.” ― Lev Khariton Q: What’s the most terrifying word in nuclear physics?
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“If you can’t take (constructive) criticism, consider taking up another game, perhaps solitaire.” — Jeremy Silman “You cannot play at chess if you are kind-hearted.” ― French Proverb “The first principle of attack–Don’t let the opponent develop!” ― Reuben Fine “You may knock your opponent down with the chessboard, but that does not prove you the better player.” ― English Proverb “For a period of ten years--between 1946 and 1956--Reshevsky was probably the best chessplayer in the world. I feel sure that had he played a match with Botvinnik during that time he would have won and been World Champion.”
― Bobby Fischer
“I believe that true beauty of chess is more than enough to satisfy all possible demands.” ― Alexander Alekhine “We cannot resist the fascination of sacrifice, since a passion for sacrifices is part of a chessplayer's nature.” ― Rudolf Spielmann “To play for a draw, at any rate with white, is to some degree a crime against chess.” ― Mikhail Tal “Boring? Who's boring? I am Fredthebear. My mind is always active, busy.” “When you see a good move – WAIT! – look for a better one.” ― Emanual Lasker
This quote was first stated in a book written by Pedro Damiano (1480–1544), a Portuguese chess player and pharmacist by profession. Damiano wrote Questo libro e da imparare giocare a scachi et de li partiti, published in Rome, Italy, in 1512. “There are two kinds of idiots - those who don't take action because they have received a threat, and those who think they are taking action because they have issued a threat.” ― Paulo Coelho, The Devil and Miss Prym “It is impossible to keep one's excellence in a glass case, like a jewel, and take it out whenever it is required.” ― Adolf Anderssen, 1858 “It's a short trip from the penthouse to the outhouse.” ― Paul Dietzel * Capablanca's Double Attack — having the initiative is important: https://lichess.org/study/tzrisL1R * Robert Fischer's Best Games by KingG (127 games, a ton of quotes):
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― Saudin Robovic
“Chess is a sport. The main object in the game of chess remains the achievement of victory.” ― Max Euwe “Life is like a chess. If you lose your queen, you will probably lose the game.”
― Being Caballero
“If you wish to succeed, you must brave the risk of failure.” — Garry Kasparov “You win some, you lose some, you wreck some.” — Dale Earnhardt “In life, unlike chess the game continues after checkmate.” ― Isaac Asimov I have a fear of speed bumps. But I am slowly getting over it. * Riddle-e-dee: https://chessimprover.com/chess-rid... I was wondering why the frisbee was getting bigger, then it hit me. Кто не рискует, тот не пьет шампанского
Pronunciation: KTOH ni risKUyet, tot ni pyot shamPANSkava)
Translation: He who doesn’t take risks doesn’t drink champagne
Meaning: Fortune favours the brave
"Tal has a terrifying style. Soon even grandmasters will know of this."
- Vladimir Saigin (after losing to 17-year-old Tal in a qualifying match for the master title)
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“I like to grasp the initiative and not give my opponent peace of mind.”
— Mikhail Tal
“The chess heroes nowadays should not forget that it was owing to Fischer that they are living today in four- and five-star hotels, getting appearance fees, etc.” ― Lev Khariton “I’ve come to the personal conclusion that while all artists are not chess players, all chess players are artists.” ― Marcel Duchamp “I've never met a checkers player I didn't like; they're all even-tempered. Chess players are egotistical. They think they're intellectuals and that everyone else is beneath them.” ― Don Lafferty, draughts grandmaster Oct-27-23
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MissScarlett: Click on Prefs in the top left banner, select <Do not display 3rd party ads> and see what happens. “He examined the chess problem and set out the pieces. It was a tricky ending, involving a couple of knights.
'White to play and mate in two moves.'
Winston looked up at the portrait of Big Brother. White always mates, he thought with a sort of cloudy mysticism. Always, without exception, it is so arranged. In no chess problem since the beginning of the world has black ever won. Did it not symbolize the eternal, unvarying triumph of Good over Evil? The huge face gazed back at him, full of calm power. White always mates.”
― George Orwell, 1984
The Winds of Fate
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
One ship drives east and another drives west
With the selfsame winds that blow.
Tis the set of the sails
And not the gales
Which tells us the way to go.
Like the winds of the seas are the ways of fate,
As we voyage along through the life:
Tis the set of a soul
That decides its goal,
And not the calm or the strife.
morfishine: "I like the Schliemann Defense, along with the Falkbeer counter-gambit and other chancy openings. Enterprising chess is the most fun, even if one meets with disaster from time-to-time. I'd rather go down swinging." - The longest a chess game could possibly be is 5,949 moves. - The first chess board setup with light and dark alternating squares was used in Europe in 1090. - In chess, the term "Checkmate" derives from the Persian phrase "Shah Mat", meaning "the King is dead". - It is estimated that over 600 million people play chess online and around the world. - Magnus Carlsen of Norway was replaced by Ding Liren of China as the current world chess champion. 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.
“When you’re lonely, when you feel yourself an alien in the world, play Chess. This will raise your spirits and be your counselor in war.” ― Aristotle “The habit of holding a Man in the hand, and moving it first to one square and then to another, in order to engage the assistance of the eye in deciding where it shall actually be placed, is not only annoying to the adversary but a practical infraction of the touch-and-move principle.” ― Howard Staunton “A bad plan is better than none at all.” ― Frank Marshall <Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: "I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day"
Bombardment of Fort Fisher, near Wilmington, New York, 1865The poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, in the middle of the Civil War, wrote this poem which has more recently been adapted as a modern Christmas classic. Longfellow wrote this on Christmas Day in 1863, after his son had enlisted in the Union's cause and had returned home, seriously wounded. The verses which he included and are still generally included, speak of the despair of hearing the promise of "peace on earth, goodwill to men" when the evidence of the world is clearly that war still exists. And in despair I bowed my head;
"There is no peace on earth," I said;
"For hate is strong,
And mocks the song
Of peace on earth, good-will to men!"
Then pealed the bells more loud and deep:
"God is not dead, nor doth He sleep;
The Wrong shall fail,
The Right prevail,
With peace on earth, good-will to men."
The original also included several verses referring specifically to the Civil War. Before that cry of despair and answering cry of hope, and after verses describing the long years of hearing of "peace on earth, goodwill to men" (a phrase from the Jesus birth narratives in the Christian scriptures), Longfellow's poem includes, describing the black cannons of the war: Then from each black, accursed mouth
The cannon thundered in the South,
And with the sound
The carols drowned
Of peace on earth, good-will to men!
It was as if an earthquake rent
The hearth-stones of a continent,
And made forlorn
The households born
Of peace on earth, good-will to men!>
Matthew 17:20
Our faith can move mountains.
'Finders keepers, losers weepers'
No, turn it over to Lost and Found.
Drive sober or get pulled over.
“For surely of all the drugs in the world, chess must be the most permanently pleasurable.” — Assiac Two artists had an art contest. It ended in a draw. FACTRETRIEVER 2020: Gummy bears were originally called "dancing bears."
Sea otters have the thickest fur of any mammal, at 1 million hairs per square inch. Song of the Storm-Swept Plain
William D. Hodjkiss
The wind shrills forth
From the white cold North
Where the gates of the Storm-god are;
And ragged clouds,
Like mantling shrouds,
Engulf the last, dim star.
Through naked trees,
In low coulees,
The night-voice moans and sighs;
And sings of deep,
Warm cradled sleep,
With wind-crooned lullabies.
He stands alone
Where the storm’s weird tone
In mocking swells;
And the snow-sharp breath
Of cruel Death
The tales of its coming tells.
The frightened plaint
Of his sheep sound faint
Then the choking wall of white—
Then is heard no more,
In the deep-toned roar,
Of the blinding, pathless night.
No light nor guide,
Save a mighty tide
Of mad fear drives him on;
‘Till his cold-numbed form
Grows strangely warm;
And the strength of his limbs is gone.
Through the storm and night
A strange, soft light
O’er the sleeping shepherd gleams;
And he hears the word
Of the Shepherd Lord
Called out from the bourne of dreams.
Come, leave the strife
Of your weary life;
Come unto Me and rest
From the night and cold,
To the sheltered fold,
By the hand of love caressed.
The storm shrieks on,
But its work is done—
A soul to its God has fled;
And the wild refrain
Of the wind-swept plain,
Sings requiem for the dead.
“Believe in yourself. Have faith in your abilities. Without humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers, you cannot be successful or happy.”
― Norman Vincent Peale
“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.”
― Martin Luther King Jr.
Psalm 107:1
Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good; his love endures forever. “To what greater inspiration and counsel can we turn than to the imperishable truth to be found in this treasure house, the Bible?” — Queen Elizabeth II “Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations become corrupt and vicious, they have more need of masters.” ― Benjamin Franklin <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.> “My guiding principles in life are to be honest, genuine, thoughtful and caring.”
― Prince William
Romans 8:38-39
For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord. “It is atheism and blasphemy to dispute what God can do: good Christians content themselves with His will revealed in His Word.” ― King James I “Friend, you don't have to earn God's love or try harder. You're precious in His sight, covered by the priceless blood of Jesus, and indwelt by His Holy Spirit. Don't hide your heart or fear you're not good enough for Him to care for you. Accept His love, obey Him, and allow Him to keep you in His wonderful freedom.” — Charles F. Stanley Proverbs 29:25
Fear of man will prove to be a snare, but whoever trusts in the Lord is kept safe. The Dog That Dropped The Substance For The Shadow This world is full of shadow-chasers,
Most easily deceived.
Should I enumerate these racers,
I should not be believed.
I send them all to Aesop's dog,
Which, crossing water on a log,
Espied the meat he bore, below;
To seize its image, let it go;
Plunged in; to reach the shore was glad,
With neither what he hoped, nor what he'd had.
Isaiah 66:24
24 "And they will go out and look on the dead bodies of those who rebelled against me; the worms that eat them will not die, the fire that burns them will not be quenched, and they will be loathsome to all mankind." “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
“Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.” ― Martin Luther King Jr. “Sometimes the most ordinary things could be made extraordinary, simply by doing them with the right people.” ― Elizabeth Green “Remember Red, hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies.” ― Andy (Tim Robbins), “The Shawshank Redemption” “Where there's a will, there's a way.”
Riddle Answer Begins with Letter "C"
Riddle: I have two hands, but I cannot scratch myself. What am I?
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The first appearance of the (John) Cochrane gambit against Petrov's defense C42 was in the year 1848 against an Indian master Mohish under 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 Riddle Answer from above: A clock.
'A soft answer turneth away wrath'
'Don't throw good money after bad'
“Many have become chess masters, no one has become the master of chess.”
― Siegbert Tarrasch
“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 “When you come to a fork in the road, take it.”
― Yogi Berra, 10-time World Series champion
Ah, St. Marher, 1225:
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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. Ephesians 6:4: "Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord." MARY MARY QUITE CONTRARY
Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary
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* First of each ECO: Game Collection: First of Each ECO “Life has, indeed, many ills, but the mind that views every object in its most cheering aspect, and every doubtful dispensation as replete with latent good, bears within itself a powerful and perpetual antidote. The gloomy soul aggravates misfortune, while a cheerful smile often dispels those mists that portend a storm.” ― Lydia Sigourney "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 "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 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
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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.
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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 …
eBay is so useless.
I tried to look up lighters and all they had was 13,749 matches.
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23 games, 1620-2021 - Blu Understanding the Q's Indian Defense
Compiled by suenteus po 147
Soltis, Andy, Edmar Mednis, Raymond Keene, and John Grefe. "Understanding the Queen's Indian Defense." Great Neck, New York: R.H.M. Press, 1981. The top 23 games are from the original collection found in the book. “Chess is a terrific way for kids to build self-image and self-esteem.”
— Saudin Robovic
“I like colorful tales with black beginnings and stormy middles and cloudless blue-sky endings. But any story will do.”
― Katherine Applegate, The One and Only Ivan
“Chess isn’t always about winning. Sometimes, it is simply about learning and so is life.” — Anonymous “In life, unlike chess the game continues after checkmate.” — Isaac Asimov “A game played by men of equal strength, if played accurately, will end in a draw, and it is apt to be dull.” — Emanuel Lasker The Vultures and the Pigeons
Mars once made havoc in the air:
Some cause aroused a quarrel there
Among the birds; – not those that sing,
The courtiers of the merry Spring,
And by their talk, in leafy bowers,
Of loves they feel, enkindle ours;
Nor those which Cupid's mother yokes
To whirl on high her golden spokes;
But naughty hawk and vulture folks,
Of hooked beak and talons keen.
The carcass of a dog, it's said,
Had to this civil carnage led.
Blood rained on the swarded green,
And valiant deeds were done, I hope.
But time and breath would surely fail
To give the fight in full detail;
Suffice to say, that chiefs were slain,
And heroes strowed the sanguine plain,
Till old Prometheus, in his chains,
Began to hope an end of pains.
It was sport to see the battle rage,
And valiant hawk with hawk engage;
It was pitiful to see them fall, –
Torn, bleeding, weltering, gasping, all.
Force, courage, cunning, all were plied;
Intrepid troops on either side
No effort spared to populate
The dusky realms of hungry Fate.
This woful strife awoke compassion
Within another feathered nation,
Of iris neck and tender heart.
They tried their hand at mediation –
To reconcile the foes, or part.
The pigeon people duly chose
Ambassadors, who worked so well
As soon the murderous rage to quell,
And stanch the source of countless woes.
A truce took place, and peace ensued.
Alas! the people dearly paid
Who such pacification made!
Those cursed hawks at once pursued
The harmless pigeons, slew and ate,
Till towns and fields were desolate.
Small prudence had the friends of peace
To pacify such foes as these!
The safety of the rest requires
The bad should flesh each other's spears:
Whoever peace with them desires
Had better set them by the ears.
I like elephants.
Everything else is irrelephant.
Drive sober or get pulled over.
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10,000 soles were lost.
"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 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!
Two windmills are standing on a wind farm.
One asks, "What's your favorite type of music?" The other says, "I'm a big metal fan." NIÑO GENIO nos da UNO de los MEJORES MOMENTOS de la HISTORIA del AJEDREZ: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ps... "Dancing Queen" by ABBA (1974): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFr... New Best Game of 2023: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2Q... “Bloody Mary”: https://www.historyhit.com/facts-ab... Q: What did Blackbeard say when he turned 80?
A: “Aye, matey.”
“The chess heroes nowadays should not forget that it was owing to Fischer that they are living today in four- and five-star hotels, getting appearance fees, etc.” ― Lev Khariton Q: What’s the most terrifying word in nuclear physics?
A: “Oops!”
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53 games, 1914-2016 - Blu World champions play the French 23
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* Lasker Matters: Game Collection: Why Lasker Matters by Andrew Soltis * Evolution: Game Collection: # Chess Evolution Volumes 51-100 * Masterful: Game Collection: FRENCH DEFENSE MASTERPIECES * Old P-K4 Miniatures: Game Collection: Games for Classes * Play Stockfish 1-10: https://labinatorsolutions.github.i... * Smyslov Brevities: Game Collection: Smyslov brevities * Tactics Explained: https://www.chess.com/article/view/... Here is what Vladimir Kramnik has to say:
"Botvinnik’s example and teaching established the modern approach to preparing for competitive chess: regular but moderate physical exercise; analysing very thoroughly a relatively narrow repertoire of openings; annotating one’s own games, those of past great players and those of competitors; publishing one’s annotations so that others can point out any errors; studying strong opponents to discover their strengths and weaknesses; ruthless objectivity about one’s own strengths and weaknesses." “Reading can take you places you have never been before.” — Dr. Seuss Nosed out...
My colleague decided to make a witty perfume.
I told her the most important component is the scents of humor. There was a suspicious person with a peg nose that we saw the other day.
We called him a suspeg.
My dad got the flu. He said it was like his nose went on strike.
I told him, “You should picket.”
The nose was sad at the basketball pick-up game.
Maybe it’s because it wasn’t picked.
I dislike people who refuse to cover their noses and mouths when sneezing.
They make me sick.
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55 games, 1886-2016 - Blue Briefly Mostly B-C quos
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* Amazing Armageddon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kz4... * Captain Evans gambit anyone? http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches... * Danish Gambits: Game Collection: Danish Gambit Games 1-0 * Greco's published analysis contained many miniatures: Gioachino Greco * Tony Miles' B00: http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches... * Starting Out: French Defense: Game Collection: Starting out : The French * Alekhine's French Def: https://www.chessgames.com/perl/che... * A few KIAs: Game Collection: Opening Ideas * Advance French: Game Collection: Attacking with the French * Black Defends: Game Collection: Opening repertoire black * Masterful: Game Collection: FRENCH DEFENSE MASTERPIECES * Newbie plays 1.e4 Scotch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7h0... * C53s: Game Collection: rajat21's italian game * RL Minis: Game Collection: Ruy Lopez Miniatures * Del's: Game Collection: Del's hidden gems * 21st Century: Game Collection: 0 * GK: Game Collection: Kasparov - The Sicilian Sheveningen * Can you whip Taimanov's Sicilian? http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches... * Bg2 vs Sicilian: Game Collection: Grand Prix Attack without early Bc4 In 1090, a Chessboard with alternating light and dark squares was introduced in Europe. * Riddle-e-dee: https://chessimprover.com/chess-rid... During World War II, several of the world’s best chess players were code breakers. “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.
Compiled by Fredthebear
Dr. Siegbert Tarrasch playing his QGD Tarrasch Defense!
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches... * Basic Rules: https://thechessworld.com/basic-che... * 10 Tips: https://www.uschess.org/index.php/L... * 10 Crazy Gambits: https://www.chess.com/blog/yola6655... * 25 Opening Traps: https://www.chess.com/blog/ChessLor... * 700+ games of QGD D06: Queen's Gambit Declined (D06) * Unleash the Knight: https://cardclashgames.com/blog/che... * MC Move-by-Move: Game Collection: Move by Move - Carlsen (Lakdawala) * Tips for Knights & More: http://www.chesssets.co.uk/blog/tip... * Rajnish Das Tips: https://enthu.com/blog/chess/chess-... * Lekhika Dhariyal Chess Ops: https://www.zupee.com/blog/category...
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* GM Avetik Grigoryan: https://chessmood.com/blog/improve-... * Spruce Variety: https://www.thesprucecrafts.com/che... * Chess is cold-steel calculation, not emotion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-T... * It takes me back where, when and who: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wh2... * Everyday people should play tabletop games: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUU... Note to self: A few QGA games need to be transitioned. Place your knights in the center for greater mobility; avoid edges and the corners. 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... * 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. “You can never relax. I keep the same amount of energy and concentration during the tournament.” ― 13-year-old FM Brewington Hardaway from New York 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 Identify knight forks.
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!
Where can the opponent's knight land in two moves? Would that be a problem? M.Hassan: <Eggman>: Scarborough Chess Club which is said to be the biggest chess club in Canada, arranges tournaments under the name of "Howard Rideout" tournaments. Is he the same Rideout that you are mentioning?. I only know that this is to commemorate "Rideout" who has been a player and probably in that club because the club is over 40 years old.
This tournament is repeated year after year and at the beginning of the season when the club resumes activity after summer recession in September. Zxp PeterB: Eggman and Mr. Hassan - you are right, Howard Ridout was a long time member of the Scarborough Chess Club! He was very active even when I joined in 1969, and was still organizing tournaments at the time of his death in the 1990s. This game is a good memorial to him! Theodorovitch was a Toronto master rated about 2250 back then, perhaps about 2350 nowadays. '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 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.
* Famous Chess Photos: https://tr.pinterest.com/pin/585256... * Overloaded! Game Collection: OVERLOADED! * tacticmania - Game Collection: tacticmania * Passive, but playable in the Russian Game: Game Collection: Alpha Russian (White) * Starting Out: French Defense: Game Collection: Starting out : The French * Gambits against the French Defense:
Game Collection: alapin gambit -alapin diemer gambit + reti gam * Common Checkmate Patterns:
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* Women: https://www.thefamouspeople.com/wom... * Best Games of 2018: Game Collection: Best Games of 2018 * Glossary: https://www.peoriachess.com/Glossar... Petrosian's mastery of a closed position:
<In what appears to be perfectly equal positions, Petrosian consistently finds seemingly innocuous moves that gradually overwhelm his opponent. He accomplishes his objective simply by exchanging pieces and manoeuvring for victory without taking unnecessary risks. This essentially defensive technique has the virtue, when it doesn't utterly succeed, of producing a draw.>
― Larry Evans, introduction to game 3 from My 60 Memorable Games by Robert James Fischer. 'April showers bring forth May flowers
* QGD: Game Collection: QUEEN'S GAMBIT DECLINED * Checkmate brevities: Game Collection: Art of Checkmate * Crouch's book: Game Collection: Chess Secrets - Attackers (Crouch) * Dr. Edmund Adam Miniatures: Edmund Adam * Starting Out: French Defense: Game Collection: Starting out : The French * Alekhine's French Def: https://www.chessgames.com/perl/che... * A few KIAs: Game Collection: Opening Ideas * Advance French: Game Collection: Attacking with the French * Black Defends: Game Collection: Opening repertoire black * Masterful: Game Collection: FRENCH DEFENSE MASTERPIECES * KID 0-1s: Game Collection: K.I.D B wins E98 <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 The Fox and the Goat
A fox once journeyed, and for company
A certain bearded, horned goat had he;
Which goat no further than his nose could see.
The fox was deeply versed in trickery.
These travellers did thirst compel
To seek the bottom of a well.
There, having drunk enough for two,
Says fox, "My friend, what shall we do?
It's time that we were thinking
Of something else than drinking.
Raise you your feet on the wall,
And stick your horns up straight and tall;
Then up your back I'll climb with ease,
And draw you after, if you please."
"Yes, by my beard," the other said,
"It's just the thing. I like a head
Well stocked with sense, like thine.
Had it been left to mine,
I do confess,
I never should have thought of this."
So Renard clambered out,
And, leaving there the goat,
Discharged his obligations
By preaching thus on patience:
"Had Heaven put sense your head within,
To match the beard on your chin,
You would have thought a bit,
Before descending such a pit.
I'm out of it; good bye:
With prudent effort try
Yourself to extricate.
For me, affairs of state
Permit me not to wait."
Whatever way you wend,
Consider well the end.
“You may knock your opponent down with the chessboard, but that does not prove you the better player.” ― English Proverb “For a period of ten years--between 1946 and 1956--Reshevsky was probably the best chessplayer in the world. I feel sure that had he played a match with Botvinnik during that time he would have won and been World Champion.”
― Bobby Fischer
“I believe that true beauty of chess is more than enough to satisfy all possible demands.” ― Alexander Alekhine “We cannot resist the fascination of sacrifice, since a passion for sacrifices is part of a chessplayer's nature.” ― Rudolf Spielmann “To play for a draw, at any rate with white, is to some degree a crime against chess.” ― Mikhail Tal “Boring? Who's boring? I am Fredthebear. My mind is always active, busy.” “He had the totally undeserved reputation of being the greatest living endgame player. His trick was to keep his openings simple and then play with such brilliance that it was decided in the middle game before reaching the ending - even though his opponent didn't always know it. His almost complete lack of book knowledge forced him to push harder to squeeze the utmost out of every position.” ― Bobby Fischer (on Capablanca) “You cannot play chess unless you have studied his (Jose R. Capablanca) games.” ― Mikhail Botvinnik “We can compare Capablanca with Mozart, whose charming music appeared to have been a smooth flow. I get the impression that Capablanca did not even know why he preferred this or that move, he just moved the pieces with his hand. If he had worked a lot on chess, he might have played worse because he would have started to try to comprehend things. But Capablanca did not have to comprehend anything, he just had to move the pieces!” ― Vladimir Kramnik Reuben Fine can show you the not-so-easy way. Sign up for free and you can read books for free: https://archive.org/details/chessea... 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.
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. “My home is in Heaven. I'm just traveling through this world.” — Billy Graham “Nothing can bring a real sense of security into the home except true love.”
— Billy Graham
“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-freee-die: https://www.briddles.com/riddles/ch... * Reuben Fine can show you the not-so-easy way. Sign up for free and you can read books for free: https://archive.org/details/chessea... 'As you sow so shall you reap
“You must learn to be still in the midst of activity and to be vibrantly alive in repose.” ― Indira Gandhi “Many have become chess masters, no one has become the master of chess.”
― Siegbert Tarrasch
“Don’t ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you come alive and then go do that. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.” ― Howard Thurman 'A stitch in time saves nine'
“You can't hold with the hare and run with the hounds.” Below is the acrostic poem by Mrs T.B. Rowland:
Tears now we sadly shed apart,
How keenly has death’s sudden dart
E’en pierced a kingdom’s loyal heart.
Dark lies the heavy gloomy pall
Upon our royal bower,
Kings, queens, and nations bow their heads,
Each mourn for England’s flower.
Oh! God, to her speak peace divine,
For now no voice can soothe but thine.
Ah, why untimely snatched away,
Loved Prince – alas, we sigh –
Before thy sun its zenith reached
Athwart the noonday sky.
Noble in heart, in deed, and will,
Years hence thy name we’ll cherish still.
That poem was published on pages 140-141 of Chess Fruits (Dublin, 1884) Gambling problem? Call 1-800-GAMBLER
“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.
Galatians 6:7 in the Bible “Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap.” “We hold these truths to be self-evident: all men and women are created, by the, you know the, you know the thing.” ― Joe Biden, botching USA Declaration of Independence quote. “Always go to other people's funerals, otherwise they won't come to yours.”
― Yogi Berra, one of the greatest Yankees of all time St. Marher, 1225:
"And te tide and te time þat tu iboren were, schal beon iblescet." 4+4z Slooow K fr ee py crawly Vermont howlr showrd Zulzaga wit rosiey K iss ez that peaced off thmissez. Ralphie K ri ed out to Potzy who wuz w/Joni zan she took arake toda snake target rid ov zit 4all good. “Debt is dumb. Cash is king.” — Dave Ramsey <“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed, by their Creator, with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness.That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles, and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object, evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.”
― Thomas Jefferson, The Declaration of Independence> Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) played chess. It was one of his favorite games. He started playing in his 20s and owned several nice chess sets. Dr. William Small probably introduced chess to Jefferson around 1762. Dr. Small was a professor of mathematics at the College of William and Mary who taught Jefferson. In India, chess was initially known as the ‘Game of Kings.’ T N O P Players Stan Bac SP (499 games)
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In 1090, a Chessboard with alternating light and dark squares was introduced in Europe. * Riddle-e-dee: https://chessimprover.com/chess-rid... During World War II, several of the world’s best chess players were code breakers. In India, chess was initially known as the ‘Game of Kings.’ “In life, as in chess, one’s own pawns block one’s way. A man’s very wealth, ease, leisure, children, books, which should help him to win, more often checkmate him.” — Charles Buxton “Play the opening like a book, the middlegame like a magician, and the endgame like a machine.” — Rudolph Spielmann “A thorough understanding of the typical mating continuations makes the most complicated sacrificial combinations leading up to them not only difficult, but almost a matter of course.” — Savielly Tartakower. “Knowing which pieces you want to be exchanged is a great help in finding the right moves.” — Graham Burgess “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 don’t think you can really compare anyone to Fischer and I have high respect for him – he’s one of the greatest chess players who ever lived!” — Wesley so “Fischer…is abnormally sensitive to the slightest noise in the hall…Then there are other players, among them Spassky, [Viktor] Korchnoi, and myself. For us, it is simply boring to play in an empty hall. When we appear on the stage, we are artistes.” — Mikhail Tal “He went out of his way to provoke the opponent to attack, and, reeking of contempt and crusader’s zeal, devoted himself to consolidating some of the most hideously unconsolidated positions ever seen on a chessboard.”
— Robert Byrne on Wilhelm Steinitz
“The defensive power of a pinned piece is only imaginary.” ― Aaron Nimzowitsch Bobby Fischer on Paul Morphy:
“Perhaps the most accurate player who ever lived, he would beat anybody today in a set-match. He had complete sight of the board and seldom blundered even though he moved quite rapidly. I've played over hundreds of his games and am continually surprised and entertained by his ingenuity.” “He (Jose R. Capablanca) makes the game look easy. Art lies in the concealment of art.” ― Philip W. Sergeant “Beautiful, cold, remorseless chess, almost creepy in its silent implacability.”
― Raymond Chandler (on a Capablanca game)
“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 “The greatest compliment one can pay a master is to compare him with [Jose] Capablanca.” — Irving Chernev “The peculiarity of his style is that only rarely does he make moves which no one else would make.” — Max Euwe on Vassily Smyslov “When his opponent forces him into wild play, his performance is stunning.”
— Robert Byrne on Tigran Petrosian
“You can never relax. I keep the same amount of energy and concentration during the tournament.” ― 13-year-old FM Brewington Hardaway from New York “Most promises featuring the word 'always' are unkeepable.”
― John Green, The Anthropocene Reviewed
“You should never say never. Just like you should never say always; because, always and never are always never true.” ― J. R. Krol “Never and Always
Never take advantage of someone whom loves you
Never avoid someone whom needs you
Never betray anyone whom has trust in you
Never forget the people that always remember you
Never speak ill of a person who is not present
Never support something you know is wrong or unethical
Always speak to your parents on their birthday and anniversary
Always defend those who cannot defend themselves
Always forgive those you love whom have made mistakes
Always give something to those less fortunate than you
Always remember to look back at those who helped you succeed
Always call your parents and siblings on New Year’s Eve.”
― R.J. Intindola
“I learned that you have to study more to keep improving (to avoid plateauing). (...) I also realized I had to move slower because I was moving very quickly and making easy blunders.” ― 13-year-old FM Brewington Hardaway from New York “It's a lot of things [that I consider (what opening to play)]. Obviously, my opponent's rating—I don't want to play an equal game where I don't have many winning chances. But also, my mood is important, and my opponent's styles themselves.” ― 13-year-old FM Brewington Hardaway from New York “You can never relax. I keep the same amount of energy and concentration during the tournament.” ― 13-year-old FM Brewington Hardaway from New York “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 Take care of your pennies and your dollars will take care of themselves.
~ Scottish Proverb
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Alaska: Kodiak
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. * Chess History: https://www.britannica.com/topic/ch... * Chess Principles: https://www.reddit.com/r/chess/comm... * Linus: https://zoboko.com/text/o1qn0yy8/ch... * 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...
* Defensive Replies to the Queen's Pawn: Game Collection: e6 after 1.d4 * QP Bg2: Queen's Pawn Game (E00) * Game with ...e6: Game Collection: Partidas modelo con temas variados * Sicilians: Game Collection: Sicilian/French/Westerimen and other ...c5,...e6 * Sicilian O'Kelly leaves White all kinds of choices: Opening Explorer * Wikipedia on Computer Chess: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compu... * 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 * Mr. Harvey's Puzzle Challenge: https://wtharvey.com/ WTHarvey:
There once was a website named WTHarvey,
Where chess puzzles did daily delay,
The brain-teasers so tough,
They made us all huff and puff,
But solving them brought us great satisfaction today. There once was a website named WTHarvey
Where chess puzzles were quite aplenty
With knight and rook and pawn
You'll sharpen your brain with a yawn
And become a master of chess entry
There once was a site for chess fun,
Wtharvey.com was the chosen one,
With puzzles galore,
It'll keep you in store,
For hours of brain-teasing, none done.
There once was a website named wtharvey,
Where chess puzzles were posted daily,
You'd solve them with glee,
And in victory,
You'd feel like a true chess prodigy!
'A rising tide lifts all boats'
'Don't put the cart before the horse'
“Examine what is said, not who is speaking.” ~ African Proverb “Chess is played with the mind and not with the hands.” ― Renaud & Kahn “Chess is a terrific way for kids to build self-image and self-esteem.”
― Saudin Robovic
“Chess is a sport. The main object in the game of chess remains the achievement of victory.” ― Max Euwe “Life is like a chess. If you lose your queen, you will probably lose the game.”
― Being Caballero
“If you wish to succeed, you must brave the risk of failure.” — Garry Kasparov “You win some, you lose some, you wreck some.” — Dale Earnhardt “In life, unlike chess the game continues after checkmate.” ― Isaac Asimov <The 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 Feb-09-12
ray keene: nimzos best endgames
v lasker zurich 1934
v spielmann carlsbad 1929
v lundin stockholm 1934
v maroczy bled 1931
v henneberger winterthur 1931
v thomas frankfurt 1930
v sultan khan liege 1930
v marshall berlin 1928
v reti berlin 1928
v alehine ny 1927
v tchigorin carlsbad 1907
and for a joke entry duras v nimzo san sebastian 1912 !! People believe what they want to believe, truth or not. “Search for the grain of truth in other opinions.” ― Richard Carlson “If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him” (James 1:5). The Bear
~ Author Unknown ~
Here is a cave, (make a fist)
Inside is a bear. (put a thumb inside fist)
Now he comes out
To get some fresh air. (pop out thumb)
He stays out all summer
In sunshine and heat.
He hunts in the forest
For berries to eat. (move thumb in circle)
When snow starts to fall,
He hurries inside
His warm little cave,
And there he will hide. (put thumb back inside fist)
Snow covers the cave
Like a fluffy white rug.
Inside the bear sleeps
All cozy and snug. (cover fist with other hand)
Old Russian Proverb:
Чему́ быть, того́ не минова́ть
Pronunciation: ChiMU BYT’, taVOH ni mihnoVAT’
Translation: You can’t avoid that which is meant to happen
Meaning: Whatever shall be, will be.
Engineer Ralph Baer is often held to be the "father of video games." His "Brown Box" video game system, designed in 1967, paved the way for all future consoles. “mãos frias, coração quente“. In English, it means “a cold hand, a warm heart” Drive sober or get pulled over.
“For surely of all the drugs in the world, chess must be the most permanently pleasurable.” — Assiac “mais vale um passarinho na mão do que dois a voar“ Contrary to popular belief, the first video game was not Pong. It was preceded by Tennis for Two in 1958 and Spacewar! in 1962. Q: What do you call 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,[13]
From which his face reflected shone.
What could our dear Narcissus do?
From haunts of men he now withdrew,
On purpose that his precious shape
From every mirror might escape.
But in his forest glen alone,
Apart from human trace,
A watercourse,
Of purest source,
While with unconscious gaze
He pierced its waveless face,
Reflected back his own.
Incensed with mingled rage and fright,
He seeks to shun the odious sight;
But yet that mirror sheet, so clear and still,
He cannot leave, do what he will.
Before this, my story's drift you plainly see.
From such mistake there is no mortal free.
That obstinate self-lover
The human soul does cover;
The mirrors follies are of others,
In which, as all are genuine brothers,
Each soul may see to life depicted
Itself with just such faults afflicted;
And by that charming placid brook,
Needless to say, I mean your Maxim Book.
This is one of La Fontaine's most admired fables, and is one of the few for which he did not go for the groundwork to some older fabulist. The Duke de la Rochefoucauld, to whom it was dedicated, was the author of the famous "Reflexions et Maximes Morales," which La Fontaine praises in the last lines of his fable. La Rochefoucauld was La Fontaine's friend and patron. The "Maximes" had achieved a second edition just prior to La Fontaine's publication of this first series of his Fables, in 1668. "The Rabbits" (Book 10, Fable 15.), published in the second collection, in 1678-9, is also dedicated to the Duke, who died the following year, 1680. “There just isn’t enough televised chess.” — David Letterman “Do the things that interest you and do them with all your heart. Don't be concerned about whether people are watching you or criticizing you. The chances are that they aren't paying any attention to you. It's your attention to yourself that is so stultifying. But you have to disregard yourself as completely as possible. If you fail the first time then you'll just have to try harder the second time. After all, there's no real reason why you should fail. Just stop thinking about yourself.” — Eleanor Roosevelt “Many have become chess masters, no one has become the master of chess.”
— Siegbert Tarrasch
“True power is expressed in quiet confidence; it was the sea's very calmness that epitomized its mighty force.” ― Emile Habiby “Remember that there are two kinds of beauty: one of the soul and the other of the body. That of the soul displays its radiance in intelligence, in chastity, in good conduct, in generosity, and in good breeding, and all these qualities may exist in an ugly man. And when we focus our attention upon that beauty, not upon the physical, love generally arises with great violence and intensity. I am well aware that I am not handsome, but I also know that I am not deformed, and it is enough for a man of worth not to be a monster for him to be dearly loved, provided he has those spiritual endowments I have spoken of.”
― Miguel Cervantes
4$drivz u nokt mee crazy wheelr. 4$fare iz fair evn 4all hairy bearz no shirts no shoez still get servd biden court 2appear b4 congress 2testify on internet caught see lionz zandi drownd outta noiz. So sad. “Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not: nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not: the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.”
— Calvin Coolidge
Psalm 96: 1-3
Sing to the Lord a new song; sing to the Lord, all the earth. Sing to the Lord, praise his name; proclaim his salvation day after day. Declare his glory among the nations, his marvelous deeds among all peoples. Proverbs 3:5-6
Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths. A TISKET A TASKET
A tisket, a tasket
A green and yellow basket.
I wrote a letter to my love
And on the way I dropped it.
I dropped it, I dropped it
And on the way I dropped it.
A little boy he picked it up
And put it in his pocket.
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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 “The habit of holding a Man in the hand, and moving it first to one square and then to another, in order to engage the assistance of the eye in deciding where it shall actually be placed, is not only annoying to the adversary but a practical infraction of the touch-and-move principle.” ― Howard Staunton “A bad plan is better than none at all.” ― Frank Marshall <Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: "I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day"
Bombardment of Fort Fisher, near Wilmington, New York, 1865The poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, in the middle of the Civil War, wrote this poem which has more recently been adapted as a modern Christmas classic. Longfellow wrote this on Christmas Day in 1863, after his son had enlisted in the Union's cause and had returned home, seriously wounded. The verses which he included and are still generally included, speak of the despair of hearing the promise of "peace on earth, goodwill to men" when the evidence of the world is clearly that war still exists. And in despair I bowed my head;
"There is no peace on earth," I said;
"For hate is strong,
And mocks the song
Of peace on earth, good-will to men!"
Then pealed the bells more loud and deep:
"God is not dead, nor doth He sleep;
The Wrong shall fail,
The Right prevail,
With peace on earth, good-will to men."
The original also included several verses referring specifically to the Civil War. Before that cry of despair and answering cry of hope, and after verses describing the long years of hearing of "peace on earth, goodwill to men" (a phrase from the Jesus birth narratives in the Christian scriptures), Longfellow's poem includes, describing the black cannons of the war: Then from each black, accursed mouth
The cannon thundered in the South,
And with the sound
The carols drowned
Of peace on earth, good-will to men!
It was as if an earthquake rent
The hearth-stones of a continent,
And made forlorn
The households born
Of peace on earth, good-will to men!>
*At some time or other tournament player learns a few opening lines, some tactical ideas, the most basic mating patterns, and a few elementary endgames. As he gets better and more experienced, he significantly adds to this knowledge. However, the one thing that just everybody has problem is planning. From Z to class E (under 1200) D to Master, I get blank stares when asking what plan they had in mind in a particular position. Usually the choice of a plan (if they had any plan at all) is based on emotional rather than chess-specific considerations. By emotional, I mean that the typical player does what he feels like doing rather than the board "telling him what to do. This is somewhat cryptic sentence leads us to the following extremely important concept: if you want to be successful, you have to base your moves and plans on the specific imbalance-oriented criteria that exist in that given position, not your mood, taste and/or feared. Literally every non-master's games are filled with examples of "imbalance avoidance". Beginners, of course, simply don't know what imbalances are. Most experienced players have heard of the term and perhaps even tried to make use of them from time to time, however once the rush of battle takes over, isolated moves and raw aggression (or terror, if you find yourself defending) push any and all thoughts of imbalances out the door. In this case, chess becomes empty move-by-move, threat-by-threat (either making them or responding to them) affair. What is this mysterious allusion of the chessboard's desires (i.e., doing what the chess board wants you to do)? What is this "imbalance-oriented criteria? ― How To Reassess Your Chess by Jeremy Silman “To a good listener, half a word is enough”
– Portuguese Proverb
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.
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.
“Only those who want everything done for them are bored.” — Billy Graham “My home is in Heaven. I'm just traveling through this world.” — Billy Graham “Whatever you are doing in the game of life, give it all you've got.”
— Norman Vincent Peale
“What you do today can improve all your tomorrows.” — Ralph Marston * Riddle-z-dee: https://www.briddles.com/riddles/ch... “Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.” ― Martin Luther King Jr. “Never reply to an anonymous letter.”
― Yogi Berra, MLB Hall of Fame catcher
“Even Napoleon had his Watergate.”
― Yogi Berra, 10-time World Series champion
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1. There are over 319 billion possible combinations.
2. The chess board has a theoretical limit of 5,949 moves.
3. The longest chess game ever played was I.Nikolic vs. Arsovic, Belgrade 1989, which lasted 269 moves and ended in a draw.
4. The Spanish innovation of allowing pawns to advance two squares on their first move instead of one was introduced in 1280.
5. According to the US Chess Federation, there are an estimated 169 Octillion ways to play the first ten chess game moves.
6. The first-ever outer space chess game was held on June 9, 1970, between space and Earth. The game ended in a draw.
7. The last known victory of a human over a top-performing computer in a standard chess tournament was the Ponomariov vs. Fritz game on November 21, 2005.
8. The priest who was prohibited from playing chess created the folding chessboard.
9. In November 1988, a computer called DeepThought was the first to defeat an international grandmaster in Long Beach, California.
10. The name “Checkmate” comes from the Persian term “Shah Mat,” which means “the King is slain.”
11. In 1973, the Cleveland Police conducted a Chess Tournament raid.
12. A Knight’s tour has over 122 million possibilities.
13. For more than 26 years and 337 days, Dr. Emanuel Lasker from Germany held the World Chess Champion title longer than any other player ever.
14. In 1090, a Chessboard with alternating light and dark squares was introduced in Europe.
15. During World War II, several of the world’s best chess players were code breakers.
16. There are eight distinct Mate options in two moves and 355 distinct Mate options in three movements from the start position.
17. Play Chess with Your Eyes Shut.
18. Russia is often referred to as the “Chess Kingdom.”
19. A Triumph for the Ages.
20. The first-year chess players are known as “rookies.”
21. The tumbling chess clock is a mechanical clock with a distinctive name.
22. The Unintended Consequence.
23. Chess Master with Unparalleled Versatility.
24. Chess was the Second Book in English.
25. Fool’s Mate: In two moves, defeat your chess opponent.
26. In India, chess was initially known as the ‘Game of Kings.’
27. The youngest ever chess champion, still regarded as the greatest chess player of all time!
28. In 1951, Alan Turing developed the world’s first computer chess program.
29. The World Chess Federation, or Fédération Internationale des Échecs, is the formal name of FIDE, which alternatively means, International Chess Federation.
30. Chess is a popular game that has been shown to improve memory function—often mentioned in psychology books as a highly effective way to advance one’s intelligence.
31. Blathy, Otto was credited with creating the most prolonged Chess Problem and solved it in 290 moves.
32. Chess enjoyed a resurgence during the Cold War.
33. Janos French, a Hungarian player, set the record in 1960 for playing 52 different opponents concurrently, blindfolded.
34. The 1972 World Chess Championship, dubbed the “Match of the Century,” was held in Reykjavik between Boris Spassky and Robert “Bobby” Fischer.
35. In a match between Mason-Mackenzie in London in 1882, there were 72 consecutive Queen Moves.
36. The 100 Moves is a chess match between M. Walker and Thorton that was played without capture.
37. There are over one thousand chess distinct openings.
38. Castling used to be two moves long, with R-KB1 moving to a single move and K-KN1 on the following.
39. On the TV show Star Trek, Kirk, and Spock have engaged in three chess games. All three games were won by Kirk.
40. In 1972, Iceland established a 24-hour Police Guard around the chess match seats of Fischer and Spassky’s to keep out intruders in the chess game.
41. After one move each, there are 400 distinct possibilities in the game of chess.
42. The tiniest handmade chess set is 8 mm x 8 mm or 0.32 in x 0.32 in size.
43. After three chess moves, there are over 9 million different possibilities.
44. The biggest chess piece, a king piece, which is 6.09 m (20 ft.) tall, is the most significant tallest chess piece in existence.
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500 games, 1620-2022 - Blue Centr Gamb
APPLY WITHIN by Suzy Kassem
You once told me
You wanted to find
Yourself in the world -
And I told you to
First apply within,
To discover the world
within you.
You once told me
You wanted to save
The world from all its wars -
And I told you to
First save yourself
From the world,
And all the wars
You put yourself
Through.
“You cannot play at chess if you are kind-hearted.” ― French Proverb “The first principle of attack–Don’t let the opponent develop!” ― Reuben Fine * Thirty chess principles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tF8... * Attack where the pawn has been exchanged or advanced, leaving weak squares: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iy9... “Winning needs no explanation, losing has no alibi.” ― Greg Baum. “A determined soul will do more with a rusty monkey wrench than a loafer will accomplish with all the tools in a machine shop.” ― Robert Hughes * Good Vibrations: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eab... * But do they play chess? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gG7... * No visitorz allowed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwA... “Chess is a fairy tale of 1,001 blunders.” ― Savielly Tartakower “Pawns are the soul of the game.” ― François-André Danican Philidor “The king pawn and the queen pawn are the only ones to be moved in the early part of the game.” ― Wilhelm Steinitz “I believe that it is best to know a 'dubious' opening really well, rather than a 'good' opening only slightly.” ― Simon Williams “There is no such thing as an absolutely freeing move. A freeing move in a position in which development has not been carried far always proves illusory, and vice versa, a move which does not come at all in the category of freeing moves can, given a surplus of tempi to our credit, lead to a very free game.”
― Aron Nimzowitsch
“I honestly feel very humble when I study Capablanca's games.” ― Max Euwe “I was brought up on the games of Capablanca and Nimzowitsch, and they became part of my chess flesh and blood.” ― Tigran Petrosian “Capablanca never really devoted himself to chess, seldom made match preparations. His simplicity is a myth. His almost complete lack of book knowledge forced him to push harder to squeeze the utmost out of every position. Every move he made had to be super-sharp so as to make something out of nothing. His play was forced. He had to try harder than anybody else because he had so little to begin with.” ― Robert Fischer “The ideal in chess can only be a collective image, but in my opinion it is Capablanca who most closely approaches this... His book was the first chess book that I studied from cover to cover. Of course, his ideas influenced me.”
― Anatoly Karpov
“I did not believe I was superior to him. Perhaps the chief reason for his defeat was the overestimation of his own powers arising out of his overwhelming victory in New York, 1927, and his underestimation of mine.” ― Alexander Alekhine (on Capablanca) “You may knock your opponent down with the chessboard, but that does not prove you the better player.” ― English Proverb 'Attack is the best form of defence
“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 “Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned.” ― Buddha “We hold these truths to be self-evident: all men and women are created, by the, you know the, you know the thing.” ― Joe Biden, botching USA Declaration of Independence quote. “I believe that true beauty of chess is more than enough to satisfy all possible demands.” ― Alexander Alekhine “We cannot resist the fascination of sacrifice, since a passion for sacrifices is part of a chessplayer's nature.” ― Rudolf Spielmann “I’ve come to the personal conclusion that while all artists are not chess players, all chess players are artists.” ― Marcel Duchamp “if only these treasures were not so fragile as they are precious and beautiful.”
― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, The Sorrows of Young Werther “To play for a draw, at any rate with white, is to some degree a crime against chess.” ― Mikhail Tal “Boring? Who's boring? I am Fredthebear. My mind is always active, busy.” “When you see a good move – WAIT! – look for a better one.” ― Emanuel Lasker “It's a short trip from the penthouse to the outhouse.” ― Paul Dietzel “Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom.” ― Francis Bacon “Discipline is wisdom and vice versa.” ― M. Scott Peck “The punishment of every disordered mind is its own disorder.”
― St. Augustine of Hippo, Confessions
“In chess, as in life, a man is his own most dangerous opponent.”
— Vasily Smyslov (1921-2010), 7th World Chess Champion “For a period of ten years--between 1946 and 1956--Reshevsky was probably the best chessplayer in the world. I feel sure that had he played a match with Botvinnik during that time he would have won and been World Champion.”
― Bobby Fischer
“Life is very much about making the best decisions you can. So I think chess is very valuable.” ― Hikaru Nakamura. “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.
“Clear-sightedness, persistence, and transcendence can be excellent antidotes for ultimate peace of mind and buoyancy in life, and sometimes valuable cures against social and administrative bashing. (“Sisyphus on the hill”)”
― Erik Pevernagie
* Three minutes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIa... * 10 Crazy Gambits: https://www.chess.com/blog/yola6655... * Lekhika Dhariyal Chess Ops: https://www.zupee.com/blog/category... * Trappy Game: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gC... * Reasonable book choices: https://www.chess.com/blog/RussBell... * Chess Aps: https://www.wired.com/story/best-ch... * Chess in old newspapers: https://www.schach-chess.com/chess-... * Cybersecurity: https://hbr.org/2020/06/youre-not-p... * Happy Days! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slv... * 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'
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". Riddle: What word is always pronounced wrong?
Everyone should get this one right.
Answer: Wrong!
Gambling problem? Call 1-800-GAMBLER
Jonathan Moya wrote:
The King’s Rumination
Befuddled with thought
the king sought the oracle.
“Count the sands,
calculate the seas,”
she said.
Of the king’s future,
she spoke nothing.
Henceforth he
contented only
in his nightmares.
Feb-22-23 stone free or die: Thanks Fred for that note.
At some point this topic should get brought up on the Bistro, and a proper survey of de facto usage of the various other db's made. Feb-23-23 petemcd85: <FSR: btw, has the site stopped uploading games submitted by users?>
The link below explains how to upload or request, to upload games:
PGN Upload Utility
Usually, if its a lot of games or a tournament, You can let me know on the support forum and i will get to it as soon as possible:
support forum:
chessgames.com chessforum
Please include the link to where I can find the games in PGN format. It will help get the games up quicker Some of the sites I recommend to find reliable PGNs would be:
TheWeek In Chess:
https://theweekinchess.com/
chess24.com:
https://chess24.com/en/dashboard'
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P.S. The FIDE rating of the player must be over 2200 for us to upload games . Feb-23-23 FSR: <petemcd85> I know how to upload games to the site. Hundreds of games on this site were submitted by me. However, for the past week or so, some of the games that I have submitted have not been added to the database for some reason. Is this because the games were played by me or another player whose FIDE rating is below 2200? If so, that is a departure from prior practice of many years standing. Who authorized this? 'A stitch in time saves nine'
Old Russian Proverb: "Measure seven times, cut once. (Семь раз отмерь — один отрежь.)" Be careful before you do something that cannot be changed. Drive sober or get pulled over.
“For surely of all the drugs in the world, chess must be the most permanently pleasurable.” — Assiac “There are more adventures on a chessboard than on all the seas of the world.”
― Pierre Mac Orlan
FACTRETRIEVER 2020: In one survey, three out of four people admitted to sharing an ice cream cone with their pet. “Gratitude is one of the most powerful human emotions. Once expressed, it changes attitude, brightens outlook, and broadens our perspective.”
― Germany Kent
“You can't hold with the hare and run with the hounds.” 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!" Orderly reading considerations: "The Right Way to Play Chess" by David Brine Pritchard, revised and updated by Richard James. For additional clarification and puzzle work, there's "Chess for the Gifted & Busy: A Short But Comprehensive Course from Beginner to Expert" by Lev Alburt and Al Lawrence and "Learn Chess: A Complete Course" by C.H. O'D Alexander and TJ Beach. One will find handy "Chess Thinking: The Visual Dictionary of Chess Moves, Rules, Strategies and Concepts" by Bruce Pandolfini, as well as "Endgame Workshop: Principles for the Practical Player" by Bruce Pandolfini. The competitor will also need a book of opening traps as there are so many traps to be aware of, and a book all about ATTACK. A deeper, thorough understanding of attack also improves one's own defense by knowing what to avoid. Perhaps "Victory in the Opening!: The Art of Winning Quickly in Chess" by Gary Lane, and "Prepare to Attack" by Gary Lane to compliment the course. "Capablanca: A Primer of Checkmate" by Frisco Del Rosario has excellent chess instruction. Continue to tackle some annotated whole games collections such as "Twelve Great Chess Players and Their Best Games" (Algebraic Notation) by Irving Chernev. Chernev was a fine writer, but his older books are written in English Descriptive Notation which is simple to follow once a person gets accustomed to it. "Chess: The Art of Logical Thinking: From the First Move to the Last" by Neil McDonald, "Rudolf Spielmann: Master of Invention by Neil McDonald, "Is Your Move Safe? by Dan Heisman, "Simple Chess" and "More Simple Chess" by John Emms, "Attack with Mikhail Tal" by Mikhail Tal and Iakov Damsky, "Instructive Positions from Master Chess" by Jacques Mieses and Carsten Hansen, "Paul Morphy and the Evolution of Chess Theory" by Macon Shibut, "Cambridge Springs 1904" by Robert Sherwood, "Win in the Opening!: Opening Mistakes & How to Punish Them" by Yakov Neishtadt, "The Four Knights: Move by Move" by Cyrus Lakdawala, "Fire on Board: Shirov's Best Games" by Alexei Shirov, "Secrets of Modern Chess Strategy: Advances since Nimzowitsch" by John Watson, "The Mammoth Book of the World's Greatest Chess Games" by John Nunn, Graham Burgess, and John Emms. Also, "Carlsen v Caruana: FIDE World Chess Championship, London 2018" by Byron Jacobs and Raymond Keene. Those seeking a big, colorful, well-rounded book for beginners will like "Learn to Play.../How to Play and Win at Chess: History, Rules, Skills and Tactics" by John Saunders. Of course, there are many other fine chess books. 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 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 “Boring? Who's boring? I am Fredthebear. My mind is always active, busy. Nobody is twisting your arm to follow FTB around this place.” * Riddle-free-xp: https://chessimprover.com/chess-rid... 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. <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.> “Chess is an infinitely complex game, which one can play in infinitely numerous & varied ways.” ― Vladimir Kramnik “Sometimes the most ordinary things could be made extraordinary, simply by doing them with the right people.” ― Elizabeth Green “Perfection of effort is not required, by the way. It is the consistency of attempting to work these tools that brings the progress. It’s like anything else. If I want to tone muscle, lifting a ten-pound weight a few times every day will move me toward my goal much quicker than hoisting a fifty-pound barbell once a week. Yes, it really is true: “Slow and steady wins the race.” Just try a little, every day. You’ll see.” ― Holly Mosier Proverbs 29:25
Fear of man will prove to be a snare, but whoever trusts in the Lord is kept safe. “We Recognize No Sovereign but God, and no King but Jesus!” ― John Adams Psalm 96: 1-3
Sing to the Lord a new song; sing to the Lord, all the earth. Sing to the Lord, praise his name; proclaim his salvation day after day. Declare his glory among the nations, his marvelous deeds among all peoples. “To 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 “When God takes out the trash, don't go digging back through it. Trust Him.”
― Amaka Imani Nkosazana, Heart Crush
“Stay away from conflictive, negative people that pull you down, because they contaminate your energy and impede your progress. Search for people who look at the world with optimism, that inspire you, make you happy and provide peace of mind.” ― Pablo Ye Jiangchuan has won the Chinese Chess Championship seven times. Matthew 17:20
Our faith can move mountains.
Other people’s wisdom prevents the king from being called a fool. ~ Nigerian Proverb 'Finders keepers, losers weepers'
No, turn it over to Lost and Found.
<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.> “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.
“No legacy is so rich as honesty.” ― William Shakespeare “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 “A wise woman wishes to be no one's enemy; a wise woman refuses to be anyone's victim.” — Maya Angelou 'As you make your bed, so you must lie upon it
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* Bg2 vs Sicilian: Game Collection: Grand Prix Attack without early Bc4 * Closed: Game Collection: Closed Sicilian Structures * Carlsen: Game Collection: Move by Move - Carlsen (Lakdawala) * A piece of cake: https://blindpigandtheacorn.com/che... * Pretzels? Game Collection: Special Pretzel Collection * Ray Keene's favorite games: Game Collection: ray keene's favorite games “If you are driven by fear, anger or pride nature will force you to compete. If you are guided by courage, awareness, tranquility and peace nature will serve you.”
― Amit Ray, Nonviolence: The Transforming Power “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 “Many have become chess masters, no one has become the master of chess.”
― Siegbert Tarrasch
“Don’t ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you come alive and then go do that. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.” ― Howard Thurman "It ain't over 'til it's over, no matter how over it looks." ― Yogi Berra swordyfuns
12lzr Fanny Cajun hot saus eza Dzagnidze fidi fi fume pun misrbl humnity scrumb quashd toilet wtr ins zja. Elements of Chesterfield con captura en b2 y Salida de Dama Negra sorta kinda not really sumtimes sometymz notso much ofthe tiem in Zimbabwe. Proverbs 3:5-6
Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths. Romans 8:28
And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. 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." 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
"May the sun bring you energy by day,
May the moon softly restore you by night,
May the rain wash away your worries,
May the breeze blow new strength into your being. May you walk gently through the world
and know its beauty all the days of your life." Apache Blessing “I should never have surrendered. I should have fought until I was the last man alive.” — Goyahkla a.k.a. Geronimo (1829-1909), a POW for 23 years “Wisdom and peace come when you start living the life the creator intended for you.” — Goyahkla a.k.a. Geronimo (1829-1909), a POW for 23 years “I was born on the prairies where the wind blew free and there was nothing to break the light of the sun. I was born where there were no enclosures.” — Goyahkla a.k.a. Geronimo (1829-1909), a POW for 23 years “I cannot think that we are useless or God would not have created us. There is one God looking down on us all. We are all the children of one God. The sun, the darkness, the winds are all listening to what we have to say.” — Goyahkla a.k.a. Geronimo (1829-1909), a POW for 23 years “We had no churches, no religious organizations, no sabbath day, no holidays, and yet we worshiped. Sometimes the whole tribe would assemble to sing and pray; sometimes a smaller number, perhaps only two or three. The songs had a few words, but were not formal. The singer would occasionally put in such words as he wished instead of the usual tone sound. Sometimes we prayed in silence; sometimes each one prayed aloud; sometimes an aged person prayed for all of us. At other times one would rise and speak to us of our duties to each other and to Usen. Our services were short.” — Goyahkla a.k.a. Geronimo (1829-1909), a POW for 23 years “I am not ashamed to be a Christian, and I am glad to know that the President of the United States is a Christian, for without the help of the Almighty I do not think he could rightly judge in ruling so many people. I have advised all of my people who are not Christians, to study that religion, because it seems to me the best religion in enabling one to live right.” — Goyahkla a.k.a. Geronimo (1829-1909), a POW for 23 years “It is my land, my home, my father's land, to which I now ask to be allowed to return. I want to spend my last days there, and be buried among those mountains. If this could be I might die in peace, feeling that my people, placed in their native homes, would increase in numbers, rather than diminish as at present, and that our name would not become extinct.” — Goyahkla a.k.a. Geronimo (1829-1909), a POW for 23 years “I was no chief and never had been, but because I had been more deeply wronged than others, this honor was conferred upon me, and I resolved to prove worthy of the trust.” — Goyahkla a.k.a. Geronimo (1829-1909), a POW for 23 years “While living I want to live well.” — Goyahkla a.k.a. Geronimo (1829-1909), a POW for 23 years “The song that I will sing is an old song, so old that none knows who made it. It has been handed down through generations and was taught to me when I was but a little lad. It is now my own song. It belongs to me. This is a holy song (medicine-song), and great is its power. The song tells how, as I sing, I go through the air to a holy place where Yusun (The Supreme Being) will give me power to do wonderful things. I am surrounded by little clouds, and as I go through the air I change, becoming spirit only.” — Goyahkla a.k.a. Geronimo (1829-1909), a POW for 23 years “Late one afternoon when returning from town we were met by a few women and children who told us that Mexican troops from some other town had attacked our camp, killed all the warriors of the guard, captured all our ponies, secured our arms, destroyed our supplies, and killed many of our women and children.. when all were counted, I found that my aged mother, my young wife, and my three small children were among the slain.” — Goyahkla a.k.a. Geronimo (1829-1909), a POW for 23 years “We are vanishing from the earth, yet I cannot think we are useless or else Usen would not have created us. He created all tribes of men and certainly had a righteous purpose in creating each.” — Goyahkla a.k.a. Geronimo (1829-1909), a POW for 23 years “The soldiers never explained to the government when an Indian was wronged, but reported the misdeeds of the Indians.” — Goyahkla a.k.a. Geronimo (1829-1909), a POW for 23 years “When a child my mother taught me the legends of our people; taught me of the sun and sky, the moon and stars, the clouds and storms. She also taught me to kneel and pray to Usen for strength, health, wisdom, and protection. We never prayed against any person, but if we had aught against any individual we ourselves took vengeance. We were taught that Usen does not care for the petty quarrels of men.” — Goyahkla a.k.a. Geronimo (1829-1909), a POW for 23 years “I will protect my people if I live. For myself I do not fear for I have the word of Usen. Who is the White Nantan to think he can pit his power against that of Usen?” — Goyahkla a.k.a. Geronimo (1829-1909), a POW for 23 years “Since my life as a prisoner has begun I have heard the teachings of the white man's religion, and in many respects believe it to be better than the religion of my fathers.” — Goyahkla a.k.a. Geronimo (1829-1909), a POW for 23 years “I was warmed by the sun, rocked by the winds and sheltered by the trees as other Indian babes. I was living peaceably when people began to speak bad of me. Now I can eat well, sleep well and be glad. I can go everywhere with a good feeling.” — Goyahkla a.k.a. Geronimo (1829-1909), a POW for 23 years 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 (The Bishop's Opening, Berlin Defense) Then 3.d4 (Ponziani's Gambit) and some variation thereafter. Wikipedia shows that the following are closely related: * 3...exd4 4.Qxd4 Nc6 (Center Game, by transposition) * 3...exd4 4.Nf3 (Urusov Gambit)
o 4...Bc5 5.0-0 Nc6 (Max Lange Attack, by transposition) o 4...Nc6 (Two Knights Defense, by transposition) o 4...Nxe4 5.Qxd4 (Urusov Gambit Accepted)
The Triple Muzio Gambit starts with 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 g4 5. O8. Bxf7+ Kxf7 9. d4 Qxd4+ 10. Be3 – it’s a sequence that looks like you’re deliberately giving up pawns, but in reality, you’re setting up for a quick strike against your opponent’s king while they are still trying to coordinate their forces. The Nakmanson Gambit is as follows: 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. O-O Nxe4 6. Nc3 dxc3 7. Bxf7+ Kxf7
8. Qd5+
The beauty of this gambit lies in its aggression and unpredictability. It forces your opponent to think on their feet right from the get-go. By sacrificing pieces early on, it may seem like you’re falling behind but don’t be fooled! The goal is not necessarily material gain but rather seizing control of the board and leaving your opponent with tough decisions to make under pressure. The Lucchini Gambit: 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 f5 5. Ng5 f4 – an aggressive sequence of moves designed to unsettle any adversary right from the get-go. But don’t be fooled by its audacious start; this gambit isn’t for the faint-hearted or inexperienced player! The Lucchini Gambit requires careful planning and sharp tactical vision to navigate through its complex mazes, using each piece efficiently while maintaining a strong position on the board. The Stafford Gambit: 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 Nc6 4.Nxc6 dxc6. The beauty of the Stafford Gambit lies not in material gain but in seizing control over the center board swiftly and launching an unyielding attack against unsuspecting opponents. Even if they manage to cope with initial pressure, they must continuously be on guard for tactical blows throughout the middle game phase. The Orthoschnapp Gambit: 1. e4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. cxd5 exd5 4. Qb3 dxe4 5. Bc4 – adding a thrilling twist to your arsenal that’ll leave your opponents stunned! The Hyper Accelerated Dragon is like stepping onto a high-speed roller coaster. It offers thrilling turns and tactical maneuvers that’ll keep your opponent on their toes. It’s an aggressive yet flexible opening for black. It comes into play when you make the moves 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6. This chess opening derives its strength from its versatility in creating a solid positional game while also allowing explosive counterplay opportunities. The key to mastering this opening lies in understanding the pawn structures and knowing exactly when to strike back against your opponent. The fianchettoed Bg7 applies pressure on the center and prepares for d7-d5 in one go if possible. This allows you to break open your opponent’s central control early in the game, leading to dynamic positions that often catch them off guard. Moreover, this unique setup gives you greater flexibility with your knights. They can be developed according to how white responds. What sets this opening apart is how quickly it drives at white’s center without committing too many pieces early on. The accelerated development not only provides an element of surprise but also forces white into defensive mode right out of the gate. So next time you’re looking for an adventurous ride through complex tactical terrains while maintaining a secure position, don’t hesitate – hop onto the Hyper Accelerated Dragon! With practice and careful study, you’ll soon become adept at navigating its twists and turns to outmaneuver your opponents.
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47 games, 1856-2002 - Blut Attacvking Chess
Compiled by Timothy Glenn Forney
All opening traps, mating themes, and tactics that every chess player should know. All Classic Games you need to know. Attacking 0-0. Double Bishop Attacks. I wish I could have reviewed the games in this collection when I first learned chess at age 14. My hope is this will help someone who is just learning the game and those of us who keep falling for opening traps. 1st Openings for Kids: Game Collection: 1st openings for kids 100 Games ending in checkmate: Game Collection: Check mate I The Art of Sacrifice: Game Collection: Art of Sacrifice in Chess, R. Spielmann Best Attax 2012-2015: Game Collection: 2012-2015 Attacking Games (Naiditsch/Balogh) Bizarre games: Game Collection: Bizarre games Checkmate 1920-1929: Game Collection: Checkmate 1920-1929 Chess Miniatures, Collection I of Bill Wall: Game Collection: Chess Miniatures, Collection I Chess Miniatures, Collection VIII of Bil Wall: Game Collection: Chess Miniatures, Collection VIII Chess Miniatures, Collection X of Bill Wall: Game Collection: Chess Miniatures, Collection X Chess Praxis/Nimzowitsch: Game Collection: Chess Praxis (Nimzowitsch) Computer - GM Games 1963-2002: Game Collection: Computer - GM games 1963-2002 Copied from Fredthebear
Excelling at Chess (Aagaard): Game Collection: Excelling at Chess (Aagaard) FSR Favorites: Game Collection: FSR's favorite games jaime gallegos' favorite games:
Game Collection: jaime gallegos' favorite games Games ending in checkmate: Game Collection: As Far as the checkmates go Greatest Miniatures Ever: Game Collection: Brilliant Miniatures Pins Against Squares: Game Collection: PINS AGAINST SQUARES: AN ALEKHINE SPECIALTY RocketChess2000'sFavorites: Game Collection: RocketChess2000's favorite games Spassky, Move by Move: Game Collection: Move by Move - Spassky (Franco) Spectacular: Game Collection: Spectacular games and combinations Starter Repertoire: Game Collection: BRCC: Attacking Repertoire The Tactical Menagerie: Game Collection: The Tactical Menagerie * Beat the QGD Exchange: Game Collection: Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation
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411 games, 1620-2008 - Bobby Fischer: Selected Games from 1955-1992
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Selected Games and Tournament Information.
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-MC1ez6Jhv... <World Championship:> In Reykjavik, 1972, Bobby Fischer became the 11th World Chess Champion by defeating the defending champion, Boris Spassky in what is often referred to as "The Match of the Century." The final score was 12½ to 8½. Spassky - Fischer World Championship Match (1972). <US Championships:> Fischer's first win at the US Championship by suenteus po 147.
Game Collection: US Championship 1957/58. Fischer's second US Championship by suenteus po 147. Game Collection: US Championship 1958/59. The 1960 US Championship see Adriano Saldanha's:Game Collection: Fischer´s 3rd national crown See Resingnation Trap's: Game Collection: 13th US Championship Tournament, 1960-1961. The 1962 US Championship see Adriano Saldanha's: Game Collection: Fischer´s 5th national crown For Fischer's games from the US Champiobship 1963 where he scored 11/11 see suenteus po 147's:
Game Collection: US Championship 1963/64. The 1965 US Championship was once again won by Fischer but with two losses. See Adriano Saldanha's: Game Collection: Fischer´s 7th national crown Bobby's last National Championship in 1966: See Adriano Saldanha's Game Collection: Fischer´s last national crown. <US Junior Championship:> Held in San Francisco in 1957. See Adriano Saldanha's: Game Collection: Fischer´s National Junior Crown 1957 <Selected Games:> Many games of Bobby Fischer are presented as are the six wins against Larsen in Denver 1971. Also, included are the three games against the Greenblatt Computer in Cambridge MA 1977. See wanabe2000's Fischer vs The Russians Collection for Taminov and Petrosian 1971 and the 1992 match vs Spassky: Game Collection: Fischer vs The Russians. <Tournaments:>
Fischer's "Game of the Century" See Resingnation Trap's Game Collection: Third L. J. Rosenwald Trophy Tournament, 1956. All games from 1958 Portoroz Interzonal see capybara's: Game Collection: Interzonals 1958: Portoroz and interesting information from
http://www.chessbase.com/columns/co....
The 15 year old Bobby Fischer placed equal 5th with 12 points and qualified for the candidates tournament. The 22 year old Mikhail Tal won with 13.5 points. Game Collection: Santiago 1959 by suenteus po 147. An important international tournament for Bobby who finished 4th-6th with (+7-4=1). The 22nd Torneo Internacional de Ciudad Mar del Plata was held in Mar del Plata, Argentina from March 23rd to April 10th, 1959. Among the notable participants were sixteen year old grandmaster Bobby Fischer from the United States. Najdorf and Pachman tied for first place with +7 each at the final. Fischer managed to match Pachman's eight wins, but lost an additional game more than the Czech grandmaster, which was only good enough for shared 3rd-4th with grandmaster Ivkov. suenteus po 147's: Game Collection: Mar del Plata 1959. Great Tournament collection by suenteus po 147: Game Collection: Zurich 1959. Before the candidates tournament Bobby played in the strong Zurich tournament. He came in equal 3rd with Keres with 10.5 points behind the winner Tal with 11.5 points and Gligoric with 11 points. Bobby's performance was described as "superb". Resignation Trap's Game Collection: WCC Index (Candidates Tournament 1959) where a young Bobby Fischer gained valuable international experience. He was disappointed with his 6th place finish out of 8 candidates with 12.5 points in 28 games. Mikhail Tal won the 4 games with Bobby and finished first with 20 points. This would be the last time Tal would beat Fischer. Great Tournament collection by suenteus po 147: Game Collection: Mar del Plata 1960. Fischer in 1960 traveled to South America and met the future world champion Boris Spassky in round 2. Boris would win this encounter with the King's Gambit. However, Bobby won 13 games to tie Spassky for first with 13.5 out of 16 games. Next was Buenos Aires where the tournament turned out to be the most unsuccessful in Fischer's entire career. Selected games from the Bled International Tournament in 1961 are presented. Fischer was undeafeated but finished second with 13.5/19 behind the winner Mikhail Tal who had 14.5/19. This tournament is notable for Bobby's first win over Tal. He also beat Petrosian and Geller. Here is the tournament crosstable and all games: http://www.worldchesslinks.net/ezqa... The 1962 Interzonal tournament in Stockholm was a 23-player round robin, with six players qualifying for the Candidates tournament. The winner was Fischer with 17.5/22 (+13 =9 -0) See capybara's :Game Collection: Interzonals 1962: Stockholm In 1962 the Candidate's Tournament was held in Curacao to determine the challenger to Mikhail Botvinnik. Fischer placed 4th with 14 points with the winner Petrosian winning with 17.5 points. See Hesam7's: Game Collection: WCC Index (Curacao 1962). The Capablanca Memorial was held in Havana in August and September 1965. Fischer came in equal second with 15 points just a half point behind the winner Smyslov. See suenteus po 147's Havana 1965: Game Collection: Havana 1965 for all the games. The Piatigorsky Cup was held in Santa Monica in July and August 1966. Spassky edged Fischer by .5 points for first place. Once again Spassky won the individual encounter in the 17th round. See all the games at matey's: Game Collection: Second Piatigorsky Cup 1966 Monte Carlo 1967 was another important triumph for Fischer as he placed clear first ahead of both Smyslov and Geller, despite dropping a point and a half to both players. Although Smyslov finished undefeated with +4, it was only good enough for clear second behind Fischer. See all the games at suenteus po 147's: Game Collection: Monte Carlo 1967 Despite the high drama that often came with Fischer's participation he won the International Tournament in Skopje in August 1967 with a score of 13.5 points ahead of Geller and Matulovic with 13 points. See all the games at suenteus po 147's: Game Collection: Skopje 1967 In October and November 1967 at the Sousse Interzonal Tournament Fischer withdrew after round 12 having a score of 8.5 out of 10.Two games against Stein and Korchnoi are included. Nathania 1968 see suenteus po 147's collection where Fischer won: Game Collection: Netanya-A 1968. In 1970 the extraordinary "match of the century" was played. In the end, the USSR won by one point over the rest of the world. See all the games at mynameisrandy's: .Game Collection: USSR vs. Rest of the World 1970 The strongest five-minute tournament of the 20th century was held in Herceg Novi in April 1970. Fischer utterly dominated this super-strong field with a 19-3 score (17 wins, four draws, and one loss), 4 1/2 points better than 2nd place finisher Tal. This result makes a compelling argument that Fischer is the strongest blitz player of all time. See OBIT's: Game Collection: Fischer's Blitz Games at Herceg Novi, 1970. Fischer next played in the Internationl Tournament in Buenos Aires July and August 1970. He won with a dominating, undefeated score of 15/17. In November and December 1970 Fischer took Pal Benko's place in the Interzonal Tournament in Palma de Mallorca. Bobby dominated the competition with a score of 18.5/24 only losing to Larsen who came in equal second 3.5 points behind. Fischer thus qualified for the Candidate's Tournament, with a 6 wins and draws not counting format, to face the World Champion Boris Spassky. See all the games at Phoney Benoni's: Game Collection: Interzonal 1970 (Palma de Mallorca). The Candidates Quarter-Final, Fischer-Taimanov, Vancouver began in May 1971. The first game began a series of remarkable contests beginning with a 6-0 result against Taimonov. The Candidates Semi-Finals, Fischer-Larsen took place in Denver 1971 with Fischer winning 6-0. The Candidates Final against Petrosian began in September 1971 in Buenos Aires. Petrosian was defeated in 9 games only winning one game. <Match:>
For the 1961 match vs Reshevsky see wanabe2000's: Game Collection: Fischer vs Reshevsky Match <Fischer's Annotated Games:> Games that have Fischer's notes: games annotated by Fischer <Openings:>
See all Fischer's Najdorf games where Bobby was (+24-4=12).:http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches... See all Fischer's King's Indian games where Bobby was (+46-23=49).:http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches... See all Fischer's Sozin-Fischer games where Bobby was (+15-8=5).:http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches... <Players:>
Here are all Fischer vs Mikhail Tal games, who was from Latvia,
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches....
Here are all Fischer vs Boris Spassky games, http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches....
As well as all Fischer games vs Tigran Petrosian, http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches....
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches..., Paul Keres,
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches..., Vasily Smyslov,
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches..., Efim Geller,
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches..., Mark Taimanov,
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches..., Viktor Korchnoi,
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches..., David Bronstein. <Collections by Other Contributors:> WeakSquare's: Game Collection: Game Collection: Bobby Fischer's Road to the World Championship which includes all Fischer games from the 1970 USSR vs The World Match, Rovinj - Zagreb 1970, Buenos Aires 1970, Siegen Olympiad 1970, Siegen Exhibition Game vs Andersson, and the 1970 Palma Interzonal. nosuchdude chronicles the Taminov, Larsen, Petrosian Candidate Games from 1971 in: Game Collection: Bobby Fischer: Road to the Crown jessicafischerqueen's: Game Collection: Fischer Brilliancies Appraised by Eyal Segal and Game Collection: 0. KingG's: Game Collection: Robert Fischer's Best Games for great quotes from Robert James Fischer. RonB52734's: Game Collection: Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess. Ewen's: Game Collection: Bobby Fischer's "60 Memorable Games". nikolaas': Game Collection: Fischer's rare defeats.. southpawjinx's: Game Collection: Instructional Remedies Vs. French Defense Franz the Stampede's:
Game Collection: Fischer's 20 consecutive wins. Sneaky's: Game Collection: Fischer's 10 Greatest Games. AdrianP's: Game Collection: Bobby Fischer Rediscovered (Andy Soltis) Nasruddin Hodja's: Game Collection: Bobby Fischer's Best Endgames. <Other Collections of Fischer's opponents best games:> KingG's: Game Collection: Boris Spassky's Best Games, Resignation Trap's: Game Collection: Grandmaster Geller: The First Quarter Century, Malacha's: Game Collection: Games from Taimanov's Book: TAIMANOV'S SELECTED, Resignation Trap's: Game Collection: Tigran V. Petrosian - A Stupendous Tactician, KingG's: Game Collection: Mikhail Tal's Best Games,
and Game Collection: David Bronstein's Best Games. Legend's: Game Collection: Paul Keres suenteus po 147's: Game Collection: 125 Selected Games by Vasily Smyslov, MadBishop's:Game Collection: Inspirational Games of Viktor Korchnoi, <Best Fischer Game Ever?> Fischer vs Petrosian, 1971
Fischer vs Petrosian, 1971
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146 games, 1955-1992 - C40 Latvia Gambit I
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 f5?!
"The opening was originally known as the Greco Countergambit, and some modern writers still refer to it as such. That name recognized the Italian player Gioachino Greco (1600–1634), who contributed to the early theory of the opening. The name Latvian Gambit is a tribute to several Latvian players who analyzed it, Kārlis Bētiņš being the most prominent among them. The Austrian International Master (IM) Albert Becker once published an article that Bētiņš judged to be dismissive about the Latvian Gambit. In response, Bētiņš published and analyzed one of his own games in order to defend the gambit: Ilyin-Zhenevsky vs K Bētiņ, 1921." - Wikipedia Main Line 3.Ne5 Qf6 5.Nf3
Leonhardt Variation 3.Ne5 Qf6 4.Nc4
Bronstein Attack 3.Ne5 Qf6 5.Nc4 6.Be2
Nimzowitsch Attack 3.Ne5 Qf6 6.Ne3
Fraser defence 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 f5 3.Nxe5 Nc6
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Mayet Attack 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 f5 3.Bc4
Mayet Attack, Strautins Gambit 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 f5 3.Bc4 b5 Mason Countergambit 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 f5 3.d4
“Dubious, therefore playable.” ― Savielly Tartakower “What is the object of playing a gambit opening? To acquire a reputation of being a dashing player at the cost of losing a game.” ― Siegbert Tarrasch “I've played a number of interesting novelties lately. Mostly that's because I haven't got a clue what I am doing in the opening.” ― Nigel Short “There are two kinds of idiots - those who don't take action because they have received a threat, and those who think they are taking action because they have issued a threat.” ― Paulo Coelho, The Devil and Miss Prym “In chess, as in life, a man is his own most dangerous opponent.”
— Vasily Smyslov
“You may knock your opponent down with the chessboard, but that does not prove you the better player.” ― English Proverb “For a period of ten years--between 1946 and 1956--Reshevsky was probably the best chessplayer in the world. I feel sure that had he played a match with Botvinnik during that time he would have won and been World Champion.”
― Bobby Fischer
“I believe that true beauty of chess is more than enough to satisfy all possible demands.” ― Alexander Alekhine “We cannot resist the fascination of sacrifice, since a passion for sacrifices is part of a chessplayer's nature.” ― Rudolf Spielmann “To play for a draw, at any rate with white, is to some degree a crime against chess.” ― Mikhail Tal “Boring? Who's boring? I am Fredthebear. My mind is always active, busy.” “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
2 Corinthians 4:16-18
So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day. For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. <“Funny, funny Jude (The Man in the Red Beret). You play with little pieces all day long, and you know what? You’ll live to be an old, old man someday. And here I am.” — Janis JoplinJude Acers set a Guinness World Record for playing 117 people in simultaneous chess games on April 21, 1973 at the Lloyd Center Mall in Portland, Oregon. On July 2-3, 1976 Jude played 179 opponents at Mid Isle Plaza (Broadway Plaza) in Long Island, New York for another Guinness record. "The First Book of Chess" by Joseph Leeming from the local public library ignited Jude's chess journey as a boy. The joy of reading this clear, easy book changed his entire life forever! Clear explanations of the rules of chess are complemented by numerous diagrams and by practice games illustrating standard chess openings Format: 78 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1953 by Franklin Watts, Inc.
Language: English>
Don't expect the knights to sit back and wait, defend. Before moving, ask yourself "How can her knight(s) advance upon my camp? Will the knight(s) come forward to go backward? Will the knight(s) pile on the bishop's angle, outnumber the defender 2-to-1 or 3-to-2?" The Fried Liver Attack is how little girls try to defeat boys and old men, so watch out for the knight's next two moves leaping forward. There might not be enough time to fianchetto your own bishop and get castled before the opposing knight lands in your lap. 'Attack is the best form of defence
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* GM Avetik Grigoryan: https://chessmood.com/blog/improve-... * 25 Opening Traps: https://www.chess.com/blog/ChessLor... * Spruce Variety: https://www.thesprucecrafts.com/che... * Chess is cold-steel calculation, not emotion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-T... * It takes me back where, when and who: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wh2... * Everyday people should play tabletop games: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUU... Place your knights in the center for greater mobility; avoid edges and the corners. 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... * Current list: https://ratings.fide.com/top.phtml * 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.
'A poor workman always blames his tools'
<Oct-04-23 HeMateMe: I play 3/2 blitz occasionally on Lichess. I find it an excellent site, none of the delays/cancellations that ruined chess.com (for me).
Oct-04-23 Cassandro: Yes, lichess is by far the best site for online chess. And you never know, apparently you may even get to play against a living legend like the highly esteemed Leonard Barden there!> FTB plays all about but has always been happy with FICS: https://www.freechess.org/ Gambling problem? Call 1-800-GAMBLER
* Sidewalk playin': https://www.bing.com/videos/search?... * Capablanca's Double Attack — having the initiative is important: https://lichess.org/study/tzrisL1R * C21-C22 miniatures: http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches... * Danish Gambits: Game Collection: Danish Gambit Games 1-0 * 10 Crazy Gambits: https://www.chess.com/blog/yola6655... * Lekhika Dhariyal Chess Ops: https://www.zupee.com/blog/category... * Javed's way: https://www.bing.com/videos/search?... * King's Gambit start-up: Game Collection: Batsford's MCO 14 King's Gambit * King Bishop's Gambit: Game Collection: rajat21's kings gambit * KG Video: Game Collection: Foxy Openings - King's Gambit * GM Gallagher is an author:
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"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 Psalm 107:1
Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good; his love endures forever. “A God you understood would be less than yourself.” ― Flannery O'Connor Psalms 31:24 - Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the LORD. * The Most Instructive Games of Chess Ever Played: 62 Masterpieces of Chess Strategy by Irving Chernev - https://lichess.org/study/KMMrJvE1 * Legendary: Game Collection: The 12 Legendary Games of the Century FACTRETRIEVER: Even though dragonflies have six legs, they cannot walk. 'A stitch in time saves nine'
“You never know when it's going to happen. You never want to get caught with your pants down. You better keep your (insurance) premiums up.
We're just gonna have to hold tight, work hard, and overcome it. We're going to make it.” ― Edward Andrews, owner of the Special Touch II Auto Sales in Fort Worth, Texas that was devastated by high winds, rainwater and hail damage. "You can't hold with the hare and run with the hounds." The Horse and the Wolf
A wolf, what time the thawing breeze
Renews the life of plants and trees,
And beasts go forth from winter lair
To seek abroad their various fare, –
A wolf, I say, about those days,
In sharp look-out for means and ways,
Espied a horse turned out to graze.
His joy the reader may opine.
"Once got," said he, "this game were fine;
But if a sheep, it were sooner mine.
I can't proceed my usual way;
Some trick must now be put in play."
This said,
He came with measured tread,
As if a healer of disease, –
Some pupil of Hippocrates, –
And told the horse, with learned verbs,
He knew the power of roots and herbs, –
Whatever grew about those borders, –
And not at all to flatter
Himself in such a matter,
Could cure of all disorders.
If he, Sir Horse, would not conceal
The symptoms of his case,
He, Doctor Wolf, would gratis heal;
For that to feed in such a place,
And run about untied,
Was proof itself of some disease,
As all the books decide.
"I have, good doctor, if you please,"
Replied the horse, "as I presume,
Beneath my foot, an aposthume."
"My son," replied the learned leech,
"That part, as all our authors teach,
Is strikingly susceptible
Of ills which make acceptable
What you may also have from me –
The aid of skilful surgery;
Which noble art, the fact is,
For horses of the blood I practise."
The fellow, with this talk sublime,
Watched for a snap the fitting time.
Meanwhile, suspicious of some trick,
The wary patient nearer draws,
And gives his doctor such a kick,
As makes a chowder of his jaws.
Exclaimed the wolf, in sorry plight,
"I own those heels have served me right.
I erred to quit my trade,
As I will not in future;
Me nature surely made
For nothing but a butcher."
'A place for everything and everything in its place' “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 <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.”> 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. “My guiding principles in life are to be honest, genuine, thoughtful and caring.”
― Prince William
Romans 8:38-39
For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord. “It is atheism and blasphemy to dispute what God can do: good Christians content themselves with His will revealed in His Word.” ― King James I “Friend, you don't have to earn God's love or try harder. You're precious in His sight, covered by the priceless blood of Jesus, and indwelt by His Holy Spirit. Don't hide your heart or fear you're not good enough for Him to care for you. Accept His love, obey Him, and allow Him to keep you in His wonderful freedom.” — Charles F. Stanley 'Ashes to ashes dust to dust
<Amanda Kay wrote:
Checkmate
You were my knight
Shining armor
Chess board was our home
Queen's fondness you garnered
A kiss sweeter than honeycomb>
'A problem shared is a problem halved'
“Chess is an infinitely complex game, which one can play in infinitely numerous & varied ways.” ― Vladimir Kramnik “Sometimes the most ordinary things could be made extraordinary, simply by doing them with the right people.” ― Elizabeth Green Proverbs 29:25
Fear of man will prove to be a snare, but whoever trusts in the Lord is kept safe. 'April showers bring forth May flowers
Dick Cavitt: "And you like that moment of just crushing the guy?" RJ Fischer: "Right *nodding and smiling*, yeah." “Many have become chess masters, no one has become the master of chess.”
― Siegbert Tarrasch
“Don’t ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you come alive and then go do that. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.” ― Howard Thurman wwwordfuny
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Sing to the Lord a new song; sing to the Lord, all the earth. Sing to the Lord, praise his name; proclaim his salvation day after day. Declare his glory among the nations, his marvelous deeds among all peoples. Proverbs 3:5-6
Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths. Ecclesiastes 9:9: "Enjoy life with the wife whom you love, all the days of your vain life that he has given you under the sun, because that is your portion in life and in your toil at which you toil under the sun." BAA BAA BLACK SHEEP
Baa Baa Black Sheep
Have you any wool?
Yes sir, yes sir, three bags full.
One for the master
And one for the dame.
And one for the little boy
Who lives down the lane.
What do you call a bacon-wrapped comet? A meat-eor. What do stars say when they apologize to one another? I’m starry. Why did the star decide to take a vacation? It needed some space. What’s Donkey’s favorite film? Star Shrek.
What was the tree’s favorite thing about Star Trek? The Captain’s log. “Funny, funny Jude (The Man in the Red Beret). You play with little pieces all day long, and you know what? You’ll live to be an old, old man someday. And here I am.” — Janis Joplin Jude Acers set a Guinness World Record for playing 117 people in simultaneous chess games on April 21, 1973 at the Lloyd Center Mall in Portland, Oregon. On July 2-3, 1976 Jude played 179 opponents at Mid Isle Plaza (Broadway Plaza) in Long Island, New York for another Guinness record.
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44 games, 1841-2019 - CCWP O
Pioneers! O Pioneers
by Walt Whitman
1
COME, my tan-faced children,
Follow well in order, get your weapons ready;
Have you your pistols? have you your sharp edged axes? Pioneers! O pioneers! 2
For we cannot tarry here,
We must march my darlings, we must bear the brunt of danger,
We, the youthful sinewy races, all the rest on us depend, Pioneers! O pioneers! 3
O you youths, western youths,
So impatient, full of action, full of manly pride and friendship,
Plain I see you, western youths, see you tramping with the foremost, Pioneers! O pioneers! 4
Have the elder races halted?
Do they droop and end their lesson, wearied, over there beyond the seas?
We take up the task eternal, and the burden, and the lesson, Pioneers! O pioneers! 5
All the past we leave behind;
We debouch upon a newer, mightier world, varied world,
Fresh and strong the world we seize, world of labor and the march, Pioneers! O pioneers! 6
We detachments steady throwing,
Down the edges, through the passes, up the mountains steep,
Conquering, holding, daring, venturing, as we go, the unknown ways, Pioneers! O pioneers! 7
We primeval forests felling,
We the rivers stemming, vexing we, and piercing deep the mines within;
We the surface broad surveying, we the virgin soil upheaving, Pioneers! O pioneers! 8
Colorado men are we,
From the peaks gigantic, from the great sierras and the high plateaus,
From the mine and from the gully, from the hunting trail we come, Pioneers! O pioneers! 9
From Nebraska, from Arkansas,
Central inland race are we, from Missouri, with the continental blood intervein’d;
All the hands of comrades clasping, all the Southern, all the Northern, Pioneers! O pioneers! 10
O resistless, restless race!
O beloved race in all! O my breast aches with tender love for all!
O I mourn and yet exult—I am rapt with love for all, Pioneers! O pioneers! 11
Raise the mighty mother mistress,
Waving high the delicate mistress, over all the starry mistress, (bend your heads all,)
Raise the fang’d and warlike mistress, stern, impassive, weapon’d mistress, Pioneers! O pioneers! 12
See, my children, resolute children,
By those swarms upon our rear, we must never yield or falter,
Ages back in ghostly millions, frowning there behind us urging, Pioneers! O pioneers! 13
On and on, the compact ranks,
With accessions ever waiting, with the places of the dead quickly fill’d,
Through the battle, through defeat, moving yet and never stopping, Pioneers! O pioneers! 14
O to die advancing on!
Are there some of us to droop and die? has the hour come?
Then upon the march we fittest die, soon and sure the gap is fill’d, Pioneers! O pioneers! 15
All the pulses of the world,
Falling in, they beat for us, with the western movement beat;
Holding single or together, steady moving, to the front, all for us, Pioneers! O pioneers! 16
Life’s involv’d and varied pageants,
All the forms and shows, all the workmen at their work,
All the seamen and the landsmen, all the masters with their slaves, Pioneers! O pioneers! 17
All the hapless silent lovers,
All the prisoners in the prisons, all the righteous and the wicked,
All the joyous, all the sorrowing, all the living, all the dying, Pioneers! O pioneers! 18
I too with my soul and body,
We, a curious trio, picking, wandering on our way,
Through these shores, amid the shadows, with the apparitions pressing, Pioneers! O pioneers! 19
Lo! the darting bowling orb!
Lo! the brother orbs around! all the clustering suns and planets,
All the dazzling days, all the mystic nights with dreams, Pioneers! O pioneers! 20
These are of us, they are with us,
All for primal needed work, while the followers there in embryo wait behind,
We to-day’s procession heading, we the route for travel clearing, Pioneers! O pioneers! 21
O you daughters of the west!
O you young and elder daughters! O you mothers and you wives!
Never must you be divided, in our ranks you move united, Pioneers! O pioneers! 22
Minstrels latent on the prairies!
(Shrouded bards of other lands! you may sleep—you have done your work;)
Soon I hear you coming warbling, soon you rise and tramp amid us, Pioneers! O pioneers! 23
Not for delectations sweet;
Not the cushion and the slipper, not the peaceful and the studious;
Not the riches safe and palling, not for us the tame enjoyment, Pioneers! O pioneers! 24
Do the feasters gluttonous feast?
Do the corpulent sleepers sleep? have they lock’d and bolted doors?
Still be ours the diet hard, and the blanket on the ground, Pioneers! O pioneers! 25
Has the night descended?
Was the road of late so toilsome? did we stop discouraged, nodding on our way?
Yet a passing hour I yield you, in your tracks to pause oblivious, Pioneers! O pioneers! 26
Till with sound of trumpet,
Far, far off the day-break call—hark! how loud and clear I hear it wind;
Swift! to the head of the army!—swift! spring to your places, Pioneers! O pioneers. Patience is a virture.
* C-K, 2 Knts games:
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* Many gambits from all openings by ECO code: https://www.jimmyvermeer.com/openin... * Oskar plays 1e4: Oskar Oglaza * Feeling Punny? Don't tell Fredthebear. Use the Submission Page: Pun Submission Page * Common checkmate patterns:
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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!
* Mr. Harvey's Puzzle Challenge: https://wtharvey.com/ * Murder by Email: Brendan Searson “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 <“From this day to the ending of the world,
But we in it shall be remembered-
We few, we happy few, we band of brothers;
For he to-day that sheds his blood with me
Shall be my brother; be he ne’er so vile,
This day shall gentle his condition;
And gentlemen in England now-a-bed
Shall think themselves accurs’d they were not here,
And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks
That fought with us upon Saint Crispin’s day.”
― William Shakespeare, Henry V>
“They made us many promises, but they kept only one. They promised to take our land -- and they did.” — Chief Red Cloud, Oglala-Lakota Sioux, 1822-1909. “There are two kinds of people in this world: Those who believe there are two kinds of people in this world and those who are smart enough to know better.”
― Tom Robbins, Still Life with Woodpecker
“If you open it, close it. If you turn it on, turn it off. If you take it out, put it back. If you empty it, fill it. If you fill it, empty it.” — Kathryn Malter, St. Paul, MN * Dec-12-20 MissScarlett: My advice to <acapo> is to close the pop-up ads by clicking on the little <x> in the top right corner. Filomena wrote:
A Tactical Appeal
On this one bit I will not yield:
When on a modern battlefield
Where not one thought can be concealed
As hidden things can be revealed
You Shouldn't Wield a Wooden Shield
Q: What do you call the lights on Noah’s Ark?
A: Flood lights.
Q: What do you call a snobby criminal walking down the steps?
A: A condescending con descending!
Q: What do you call a dollar frozen in a block of ice?
A: Cold hard cash.
Q: What do you call a dead pine tree?
A: A nevergreen.
Q: What do you call a pencil that is broken?
A: Pointless.
Q: What do you call two birds in love?
A: Tweethearts!
Q: What do you call a sad coffee?
A: Depresso.
Q: What do you call a priest that becomes an attorney?
A: Father-in-Law.
Q: What do you call a man with a toilet on his head?
A: John.
Fortune and the Boy
Beside a well, uncurbed and deep,
A schoolboy laid him down to sleep:
(Such rogues can do so anywhere.)
If some kind man had seen him there,
He would have leaped as if distracted;
But Fortune much more wisely acted;
For, passing by, she softly waked the child,
Thus whispering in accents mild:
"I save your life, my little dear,
And beg you not to venture here
Again, for had you fallen in,
I should have had to bear the sin;
But I demand, in reason's name,
If for your rashness I'm to blame?"
With this the goddess went her way.
I like her logic, I must say.
There takes place nothing on this planet,
But Fortune ends, whoever began it.
In all adventures good or ill,
We look to her to foot the bill.
Has one a stupid, empty pate,
That serves him never till too late,
He clears himself by blaming Fate!
"Zeitnot" is German for "time pressure."
“....his countrymen, Kolisch and Steinitz, are greatly indebted for their later success to their having enjoyed early opportunities of practicing with the departed amateur whose death is also greatly deplored amongst all who knew him personally.” — Wilhelm Steinitz, regarding Karl Hamppe The first appearance of the (John) Cochrane gambit against Petrov's defense C42 was in the year 1848 against an Indian master Mohishunder Bannerjee. “Sorry don't get it done, Dude!” — John Wayne, Rio Bravo “Gossip is the devil’s telephone. Best to just hang up.” — Moira Rose The Earthen Pot and the Iron Pot
An iron pot proposed
To an earthen pot a journey.
The latter was opposed,
Expressing the concern he
Had felt about the danger
Of going out a ranger.
He thought the kitchen hearth
The safest place on earth
For one so very brittle.
"For you, who art a kettle,
And have a tougher skin,
There's nothing to keep you in."
"I'll be your body-guard,"
Replied the iron pot;
"If anything that's hard
Should threaten you a jot,
Between you I will go,
And save you from the blow."
This offer him persuaded.
The iron pot paraded
Himself as guard and guide
Close at his cousin's side.
Now, in their tripod way,
They hobble as they may;
And eke together bolt
At every little jolt, –
Which gives the crockery pain;
But presently his comrade hits
So hard, he dashes him to bits,
Before he can complain.
Take care that you associate
With equals only, lest your fate
Between these pots should find its mate.
Collected by Fredthebear, harassed by editor cyberstalker perhidious. “Customers don’t expect you to be perfect. They do expect you to fix things when they go wrong.” — Donald Porter “It is so much easier to be nice, to be respectful, to put yourself in your customer’s’ shoes and try to understand how you might help them before they ask for help, than it is to try to mend a broken customer relationship.”
— Mark Cuban
“Only once customer service has become habitual will a company realize its true potential.” — Than Merrill “Customers don’t care about your policies. Find and engage the need. Tell the customer what you can do.” — Alice Sesay Pope “Always keep in mind the old retail adage: Customers remember the service a lot longer than they remember the price.” — Lauren Freedman “Here is a powerful yet simple rule. Always give people more than they expect to get.” — Nelson Boswell “Every contact we have with a customer influences whether or not they’ll come back. We have to be great every time or we’ll lose them.” — Kevin Stirtz “The customer is always right.” — Harry Gordon Selfridge (Not hardly says FTB.) “Once a king or queen of Narnia, always a king or queen of Narnia.”
― C.S. Lewis, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe “Always carry champagne! In victory You deserve it & in defeat You need it!”
― Napoléon Bonaparte
“Be your own Sunshine. Always.” ― Purvi Raniga “Most promises featuring the word 'always' are unkeepable.”
― John Green, The Anthropocene Reviewed
“You should never say never. Just like you should never say always; because, always and never are always never true.” ― J. R. Krol Steinitz's Theory
1. At the beginning of the game, Black and White are equal.
2. The game will stay equal with correct play on both sides.
3. You can only win by your opponent's mistake.
4. Any attack launched in an equal position will not succeed, and the attacker will suffer.
5. You should not attack until an advantage is obtained.
6. When equal, do not seek to attack, but instead, try to secure an advantage.
7. Once you have an advantage, attack or you will lose it. “There are more adventures on a chessboard than on all the seas of the world.”
― Pierre Mac Orlan
“You can only get good at chess if you love the game.” ― Bobby Fischer Switch your pawn insurance to Promotion and you could save hundreds. “In chess, as in life, the best moves are often the ones you don’t play.”
― Savielly Tartakower
“A wise man will know what game to play to-day, and play it. We must not be governed by rigid rules, as by the almanac, but let the season rule us. The moods and thoughts of man are revolving just as steadily and incessantly as nature's. Nothing must be postponed. Take time by the forelock. Now or never! You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each moment. Fools stand on their island opportunities and look toward another land. There is no other land; there is no other life but this, or the like of this. Where the good husbandman is, there is the good soil. Take any other course, and life will be a succession of regrets. Let us see vessels sailing prosperously before the wind, and not simply stranded barks. There is no world for the penitent and regretful.” — Henry David Thoreau “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 “It's not life or death. It's a game, and at the end of the game there is going to be a winner and a loser.” — Bernhard Langer Why did the turtle cross the road?
To get to the Shell station.
<A wise old owl sat on an oak,The more he saw the less he spoke,
The less he spoke the more he heard,
Why aren't we like that wise old bird?> Give a HOOT -- don't pollute!!
"Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground."
― Theodore Roosevelt
Retail
Charge! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charg.... “Chess is a fairy tale of 1,001 blunders.” ― Savielly Tartakower “Pawns are the soul of the game.” ― François-André Danican Philidor “The king pawn and the queen pawn are the only ones to be moved in the early part of the game.” ― Wilhelm Steinitz “I believe that it is best to know a 'dubious' opening really well, rather than a 'good' opening only slightly.” ― Simon Williams “There is no such thing as an absolutely freeing move. A freeing move in a position in which development has not been carried far always proves illusory, and vice versa, a move which does not come at all in the category of freeing moves can, given a surplus of tempi to our credit, lead to a very free game.”
― Aron Nimzowitsch
“The future reshapes the memory of the past in the way it recalibrates significance: some episodes are advanced, others lose purchase.”
― Gregory Maguire, A Lion Among Men
“Whoever said the pen is mightier than the sword obviously never encountered automatic weapons.” ― Douglas MacArthur Matthew 17:20
Our faith can move mountains.
Other people’s wisdom prevents the king from being called a fool. ~ Nigerian Proverb Knowledge without wisdom is like water in the sand. ~ Guinean Proverb Ingratitude is sooner or later fatal to its author. ~ Twi Proverb The laughter of a child lights up the house. ~ Swahili proverb * One of Pandolfini's Best: Game Collection: Solitaire Chess by Bruce Pandolfini * Two Great Attackers: https://www.chessgames.com/perl/che... 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
* Golden Treasury of Chess (Wellmuth/Horowitz): Game Collection: 0 * Glossary: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/13/... * Chessmaster 2000 Classic Games:
Game Collection: Chessmaster '86 * MC Move-by-Move: Game Collection: Move by Move - Carlsen (Lakdawala) * Indians: Game Collection: adichess' Indian * Were you looking for these ol' timers? Game Collection: Old Indian * Freaky Fridays: https://allchessopenings.blogspot.c... * Glossary: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/13/... * Javed's way: https://www.bing.com/videos/search?... * Prep for San Antonio? Game Collection: magnus carlsen * Wikipedia on Computer Chess: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compu... * Rip 'em to shreds! https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/m... * Bit Collection: Game Collection: Special Gambit Collection * B20s: Game Collection: Grand Prix (Ginger’s Models) * GPA: https://chesstier.com/grand-prix-at...
“Sometimes in life, and in chess, you must take one step back to take two steps forward.” — IM Levy Rozman, GothamChess So much, much, much better to be an incurable optimist than deceitful and untrustworthy. “Don’t trust everything you see. Even salt looks like sugar.” — Unknown “He examined the chess problem and set out the pieces. It was a tricky ending, involving a couple of knights.
'White to play and mate in two moves.'
Winston looked up at the portrait of Big Brother. White always mates, he thought with a sort of cloudy mysticism. Always, without exception, it is so arranged. In no chess problem since the beginning of the world has black ever won. Did it not symbolize the eternal, unvarying triumph of Good over Evil? The huge face gazed back at him, full of calm power. White always mates.”
― George Orwell, 1984
Lichess has all the same basic offerings as Chess.com: a large community, many game types, tutorials, puzzles, and livestreams. The site has a simple appearance, and it seems built to get you where you want to go in as few clicks as possible. You can create an account, but if you’re not concerned with tracking your games and finding other players at your level, there’s no need to log in. Just fire up a new game, try some puzzles, or watch a chess streamer play three-minute games while listening to techno and chatting with the comments section. A piece of cake: https://blindpigandtheacorn.com/che... Dionysius1: I had basil on the pub's potage du jour yesterday. Soup herb! "Mony a mickle maks a muckle" - Old Scots proverb
Very loosely translated as “Look after the pennies and the pounds will look after themselves”, it is an expression which is aimed at educating people on the wisdom of saving and really means “many little things add up to a lot”. Song of the Storm-Swept Plain
William D. Hodjkiss
The wind shrills forth
From the white cold North
Where the gates of the Storm-god are;
And ragged clouds,
Like mantling shrouds,
Engulf the last, dim star.
Through naked trees,
In low coulees,
The night-voice moans and sighs;
And sings of deep,
Warm cradled sleep,
With wind-crooned lullabies.
He stands alone
Where the storm’s weird tone
In mocking swells;
And the snow-sharp breath
Of cruel Death
The tales of its coming tells.
The frightened plaint
Of his sheep sound faint
Then the choking wall of white—
Then is heard no more,
In the deep-toned roar,
Of the blinding, pathless night.
No light nor guide,
Save a mighty tide
Of mad fear drives him on;
‘Till his cold-numbed form
Grows strangely warm;
And the strength of his limbs is gone.
Through the storm and night
A strange, soft light
O’er the sleeping shepherd gleams;
And he hears the word
Of the Shepherd Lord
Called out from the bourne of dreams.
Come, leave the strife
Of your weary life;
Come unto Me and rest
From the night and cold,
To the sheltered fold,
By the hand of love caressed.
The storm shrieks on,
But its work is done—
A soul to its God has fled;
And the wild refrain
Of the wind-swept plain,
Sings requiem for the dead.
Riddle: What word is always pronounced wrong?
Everybody should get this one right.
Answer: Wrong!
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. Old Russian Proverb: "Measure seven times, cut once. (Семь раз отмерь — один отрежь.)" Be careful before you do something that cannot be changed. Riddle Question: If there are four sheep, two dogs and one herds-men, how many feet are there? Agriculture: You Can’t Live Without It! Does your soil have what it takes? Riddle Answer: Two. Sheep have hooves; dogs have paws; only people have feet. PinkFaerie5 wrote:
Leopard King Coronation
bird of paradise flew in
briefing the leopard king
a candle was tossed
but isn’t he disguised? a pheasant asked
Yes, wearing a butterfly mask
and one of your feathers
the pheasant was pleased
which is why I left, said the bird
I thought he would be wearing my feather
feelings are always being hurt
at coronations of leopard kings
this was no exception
“When you’re lonely, when you feel yourself an alien in the world, play Chess. This will raise your spirits and be your counselor in war.” ― Aristotle “The habit of holding a Man in the hand, and moving it first to one square and then to another, in order to engage the assistance of the eye in deciding where it shall actually be placed, is not only annoying to the adversary but a practical infraction of the touch-and-move principle.” ― Howard Staunton “A bad plan is better than none at all.” ― Frank Marshall <Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: "I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day"
Bombardment of Fort Fisher, near Wilmington, New York, 1865The poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, in the middle of the Civil War, wrote this poem which has more recently been adapted as a modern Christmas classic. Longfellow wrote this on Christmas Day in 1863, after his son had enlisted in the Union's cause and had returned home, seriously wounded. The verses which he included and are still generally included, speak of the despair of hearing the promise of "peace on earth, goodwill to men" when the evidence of the world is clearly that war still exists. And in despair I bowed my head;
"There is no peace on earth," I said;
"For hate is strong,
And mocks the song
Of peace on earth, good-will to men!"
Then pealed the bells more loud and deep:
"God is not dead, nor doth He sleep;
The Wrong shall fail,
The Right prevail,
With peace on earth, good-will to men."
The original also included several verses referring specifically to the Civil War. Before that cry of despair and answering cry of hope, and after verses describing the long years of hearing of "peace on earth, goodwill to men" (a phrase from the Jesus birth narratives in the Christian scriptures), Longfellow's poem includes, describing the black cannons of the war: Then from each black, accursed mouth
The cannon thundered in the South,
And with the sound
The carols drowned
Of peace on earth, good-will to men!
It was as if an earthquake rent
The hearth-stones of a continent,
And made forlorn
The households born
Of peace on earth, good-will to men!>
“Drawing is rather like playing chess. Your mind races ahead of time that you eventually make.” ― David Hockney “There are more adventures on a chessboard than on all the seas of the world.”
― Pierre Mac Orlan
“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
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. Patience is a virtue.
"Whatever you are doing in the game of life, give it all you've got."
— Norman Vincent Peale
"What you do today can improve all your tomorrows." — Ralph Marston Psalm 96: 1-3
Sing to the Lord a new song; sing to the Lord, all the earth. Sing to the Lord, praise his name; proclaim his salvation day after day. Declare his glory among the nations, his marvelous deeds among all peoples. “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! “If you’re too open-minded; your brains will fall out.” ― Lawrence Ferlinghetti “Intelligence plus character-that is the goal of true education.”
― Martin Luther King Jr.
"It ain't over 'til it's over, no matter how over it looks." ― Yogi Berra You can make a small fortune in farming-provided you start with a large one. “Many have become chess masters, no one has become the master of chess.” ― Siegbert Tarrasch “In the end, it is important to remember that we cannot become what we need to be by remaining what we are.” — Max De Pree “Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.” ― Martin Luther King Jr. “Don’t ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you come alive and then go do that. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.” ― Howard Thurman Proverbs 3:5-6
Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths. Romans 8:28
And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. JACK AND JILL
Jack and Jill
Went up the hill
To fetch a pail of water.
Jack fell down
And broke his crown
And Jill came tumbling after.
REMOVE BELOW:
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Game Collection: Steinitz Gambits * Best (Old) Games of All Time: Game Collection: Best Games of All Time * 'Great Brilliancy Prize Games of the Chess Masters' by Fred Reinfeld: Game Collection: 0 * bengalcat47's favorite games of famous masters: Game Collection: bengalcat47's favorite games * Mil y Una Partidas 1914-1931: Game Collection: Mil y Una Partidas 1914-1931 * Fire Baptisms Compiled by Nasruddin Hodja: Game Collection: Fire Baptisms * maxruen's favorite games III: Game Collection: maxruen's favorite games III * some famous brilliancies: Game Collection: brilliacies * Brilliant games Compiled by madhatter5: Game Collection: Brilliant games * The Fireside Book of Chess by Irving Chernev and Fred Reinfeld: Game Collection: Fireside Book of Chess * 'Chess Praxis' by Aron Nimzowitsch: Game Collection: Chess Praxis (Nimzowitsch) * '500 Master Games of Chess' by Savielly Tartakower and Julius Du Mont: Game Collection: 500 Master Games of Chess * Great Combinations Compiled by wwall: Game Collection: Combinations * Middlegame Combinations by Peter Romanovsky: Game Collection: Middlegame Combinations by Peter Romanovsky * Exchange sacs – 1 Compiled by obrit: Game Collection: Exchange sacs - 1 * Secrets of the Russian Chess Masters Volume II: Game Collection: Secrets of the Russian Chess Masters Volume II * Ne5 Holler of a Tree in Fredthebear Country: Game Collection: 5 Ne5 Holler of a Tree in Fredthebear Country * 'The Mammoth Book of the World's Greatest Chess Games' by Graham Burgess, John Nunn and John Emms. New expanded edition-now with 125 games. Game Collection: Mammoth Book-Greatest Games (Nunn/Burgess/Emms) * Best of the British Compiled by Timothy Glenn Forney: Game Collection: Best of the British * The Best Chess Games (part 2): Game Collection: The Best Chess Games (part 2) * GK: Game Collection: Kasparov - The Sicilian Sheveningen * Annotated Games: Game Collection: Annotated Games * sapientdust's favorite games: Game Collection: sapientdust's favorite games * shakman's favorite games – 2: Game Collection: shakman's favorite games - 2 * Reti Opening Compiled by KingG: Game Collection: Reti Opening * Veliki majstori saha 16 RETI (Slavko Petrovic): Game Collection: Veliki majstori saha 16 RETI (Petrovic) * Richard Réti's Best Games by Golombek: Game Collection: Richard Réti's Best Games by Golombek * ray keene's favorite games: Game Collection: ray keene's favorite games * (Variety Pack) Compiled by Nova: Game Collection: KID games * JonathanJ's favorite games 4: Game Collection: JonathanJ's favorite games 4 * jorundte's favorite games: Game Collection: jorundte's favorite games * elmubarak: my fav games: Game Collection: elmubarak: my fav games * assorted Good games 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 * Forney's Brutes: Game Collection: Brutal Attacking Chess 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!
* Mr. Harvey's Puzzle Challenge: https://wtharvey.com/ * Murder by Email: Brendan Searson “If you open it, close it. If you turn it on, turn it off. If you take it out, put it back. If you empty it, fill it. If you fill it, empty it.” — Kathryn Malter, St. Paul, MN * Dec-12-20 MissScarlett: My advice to <acapo> is to close the pop-up ads by clicking on the little <x> in the top right corner. <“From this day to the ending of the world,
But we in it shall be remembered-
We few, we happy few, we band of brothers;
For he to-day that sheds his blood with me
Shall be my brother; be he ne’er so vile,
This day shall gentle his condition;
And gentlemen in England now-a-bed
Shall think themselves accurs’d they were not here,
And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks
That fought with us upon Saint Crispin’s day.”
― William Shakespeare, Henry V>
“They made us many promises, but they kept only one. They promised to take our land -- and they did.” — Chief Red Cloud, Oglala-Lakota Sioux, 1822-1909. “There are two kinds of people in this world: Those who believe there are two kinds of people in this world and those who are smart enough to know better.”
― Tom Robbins, Still Life with Woodpecker
2 Corinthians 4:16-18
So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day. For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. Patience is a virtue.
Dec-26-23 hemy: I sent email messages to <jessicafischerqueen> and <Tabanus>. I was contacted by email to both of them for many years. Responses from the mail servers were:
"Sorry, your message to <her email address> cannot be delivered. This mailbox is disabled" and "Recipient address rejected: Access denied".
Credits for Robert Bergersen aka <Tabanus>, include his picture, for his contribution to "Lithuanian chess history" project, you can find on page 45 of this project. He also mentioned on page 141 (with one more picture), pages 166, 1315, 1383-1386, 1823, 2807 and 3423. “Make peace with imperfection.” ― Richard Carlson Matthew 19:26
But Jesus looked at them and said, 'With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.' * The Most Instructive Games of Chess Ever Played: 62 Masterpieces of Chess Strategy by Irving Chernev - https://lichess.org/study/w2JcfP5K * Legendary: Game Collection: The 12 Legendary Games of the Century The Sofia Rules forbid agreed draws before 30 moves. The "Bilbao" scoring system awards 3 points for a win, 1 for a draw and 0 for a loss. “You must learn to be still in the midst of activity and to be vibrantly alive in repose.” ― Indira Gandhi Psalm 96: 1-3
Sing to the Lord a new song; sing to the Lord, all the earth. Sing to the Lord, praise his name; proclaim his salvation day after day. Declare his glory among the nations, his marvelous deeds among all peoples. “To a large degree, the measure of our peace of mind is determined by how much we are able to live in the present moment.” — Richard Carlson * Crafty Endgame Trainer: https://www.chessvideos.tv/endgame-... A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush ― Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, "Don Quixote" Old Russian Proverb: "The elbow is close but you cannot bite it. (Близок локоток, да не укусишь.)" Close is no cigar. Ya might be ah redneck if'n ya thunk "lol" means low on liquor. “If you ain’t the lead dog, the view never changes.” “Here’s a two-step formula for handling stress...
Step number one: Don’t sweat the small stuff.
Step number two: Remember it’s all small stuff.”
― Tony Robbins
Q: What do you call the lights on Noah’s Ark?
A: Flood lights.
Q: What do you call a snobby criminal walking down the steps?
A: A condescending con descending!
Q: What do you call a dollar frozen in a block of ice?
A: Cold hard cash.
Q: What do you call a dead pine tree?
A: A nevergreen.
Q: What do you call a pencil that is broken?
A: Pointless.
Q: What do you call two birds in love?
A: Tweethearts!
Q: What do you call a sad coffee?
A: Depresso.
Q: What do you call a priest that becomes an attorney?
A: Father-in-Law.
Q: What do you call a man with a toilet on his head?
A: John.
Proverbs 3:5-6
Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths. “Friend, you don't have to earn God's love or try harder. You're precious in His sight, covered by the priceless blood of Jesus, and indwelt by His Holy Spirit. Don't hide your heart or fear you're not good enough for Him to care for you. Accept His love, obey Him, and allow Him to keep you in His wonderful freedom.” — Charles F. Stanley “To what greater inspiration and counsel can we turn than to the imperishable truth to be found in this treasure house, the Bible?” — Queen Elizabeth II “Many have become chess masters, no one has become the master of chess.”
― Siegbert Tarrasch
“Don’t ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you come alive and then go do that. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.” ― Howard Thurman 'A stitch in time saves nine'
“You can't hold with the hare and run with the hounds.” Ah, St. Marher, 1225:
"And te tide and te time þat tu iboren were, schal beon iblescet." wordsyfun
48xp L Zaid Tacocchio peeked up eza wally's pride b4 HOCF askd CIOD to open athe zodiacaleon bad zappasta gaspd last requested Dzagnidze instead of Dzindzi's line of playday. Psalm 96: 1-3
Sing to the Lord a new song; sing to the Lord, all the earth. Sing to the Lord, praise his name; proclaim his salvation day after day. Declare his glory among the nations, his marvelous deeds among all peoples. Matthew 19:26
But Jesus looked at them and said, 'With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.' HUMPTY DUMPTY
Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall.
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.
All the King's horses
And all the King's men
Couldn't put Humpty
Together again.
Q: What is money called in space?
A: Star bucks.
Q: Where do the stars go to get their milk?
A: The Milky Way.
Q: Why didn’t the Dog Star laugh at the joke?
A: It was too Sirius.
] Give a HOOT ― Don't Pollute!
“Believe in yourself. Have faith in your abilities. Without humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers, you cannot be successful or happy.”
― Norman Vincent Peale
“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.”
― Martin Luther King Jr.
Psalm 107:1
Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good; his love endures forever. “To what greater inspiration and counsel can we turn than to the imperishable truth to be found in this treasure house, the Bible?” — Queen Elizabeth II “Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations become corrupt and vicious, they have more need of masters.” ― Benjamin Franklin Q: Why did it get so hot in the baseball stadium after the game?
A: All of the fans left.
“In chess, as in life, the best moves are often the ones you don’t play.”
― Savielly Tartakower
2 Corinthians 4:16-18
So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day. For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. "God's mercy and grace give me hope - for myself, and for our world."
— Billy Graham
"Man has two great spiritual needs. One is for forgiveness. The other is for goodness." — Billy Graham “If you want it, work for it.”
“Tough times don't last, tough people do, remember?” — Gregory Peck Old Russian Proverb: "If you are given something, take it; if you are being beaten, run. (Дают — бери, а бьют — беги.)" "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 'Don't keep a dog and bark yourself'
'Don't cast your pearls before swine'
'Don't count your chickens before they are hatched' Fortune and the Boy
Beside a well, uncurbed and deep,
A schoolboy laid him down to sleep:
(Such rogues can do so anywhere.)
If some kind man had seen him there,
He would have leaped as if distracted;
But Fortune much more wisely acted;
For, passing by, she softly waked the child,
Thus whispering in accents mild:
"I save your life, my little dear,
And beg you not to venture here
Again, for had you fallen in,
I should have had to bear the sin;
But I demand, in reason's name,
If for your rashness I'm to blame?"
With this the goddess went her way.
I like her logic, I must say.
There takes place nothing on this planet,
But Fortune ends, whoever began it.
In all adventures good or ill,
We look to her to foot the bill.
Has one a stupid, empty pate,
That serves him never till too late,
He clears himself by blaming Fate!
You can make a small fortune in farming-provided you start with a large one. Riddle Question: If there are four sheep, two dogs and one herds-men, how many feet are there? Agriculture: You Can’t Live Without It! Does your soil have what it takes? Riddle Answer: Two. Sheep have hooves; dogs have paws; only people have feet. "Zeitnot" is German for "time pressure."
“....his countrymen, Kolisch and Steinitz, are greatly indebted for their later success to their having enjoyed early opportunities of practicing with the departed amateur whose death is also greatly deplored amongst all who knew him personally.” — Wilhelm Steinitz, regarding Karl Hamppe The first appearance of the (John) Cochrane gambit against Petrov's defense C42 was in the year 1848 against an Indian master Mohishunder Bannerjee. “Sorry don't get it done, Dude!” — John Wayne, Rio Bravo “Gossip is the devil’s telephone. Best to just hang up.” — Moira Rose 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. Romans 8:28
And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. STAR LIGHT, STAR BRIGHT
Star light, star bright
First star I see tonight
I wish I may, I wish I might
Have this wish I wish tonight
Q: What is money called in space?
A: Star bucks.
Q: Where do the stars go to get their milk?
A: The Milky Way.
Q: Why didn’t the Dog Star laugh at the joke?
A: It was too Sirius.
] Give a HOOT ― Don't Pollute!
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128 games, 1795-2022 - Checkmate 2003
Checkmate 2003 by Chessdreamer
* Beat the QGD Exchange: Game Collection: Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation * Evolution: Game Collection: # Chess Evolution Volumes 51-100 * Play Stockfish 1-10: https://labinatorsolutions.github.i... * Shirov Minis: Game Collection: Shirov miniatures “Once you learn to read, you will be forever free.” ― Frederick Douglass “Counterattack is the soul of the game,” wrote Vera Menchik. “In the times of need when we are faced with a very cramped or even a lost game, our best chance of recovering the balance is to introduce complications.” Apr-13-63 Congratulations to one of the greatest chess players who ever lived! It is incredulous that Garry Kasparov celebrates his 60th birthday today. He played five of the best games in the history of the royal game:
1. A. Karpov - G. Kasparov, Moscow (m/16) 1985;
2. G. Kasparov - V. Topalov, Wijk aan Zee 1999;
3. A. Karpov - G. Kasparov, Linares 1993;
4. G. Kasparov - V. Anand, New York (m/10) 1995;
5. G. Kasparov - L. Portisch, Niksic 1983.
Kasparov's Evan's Gambit game against V. Anand is one of his most reprinted games in Russian chess literature: Kasparov vs Anand, 1995. A grumpy monk
Every 10 years, the monks in the monastery are allowed to break their vow of silence to speak two words. Ten years go by and it’s one monk’s first chance. He thinks for a second before saying, “Food bad.” Ten years later, he says, “Bed hard.”
It’s the big day, a decade later. He gives the head monk a long stare and says, “I quit.” “I’m not surprised,” the head monk says. “You’ve been complaining ever since you got here.” — Submitted by Alan Lynch
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264 games, 2003 - Chess Informant 23 by Chessdreamer us
Chess Informant 23; 690 games
collection of 445 games
“A game played by men of equal strength, if played accurately, will end in a draw, and it is apt to be dull.” — Emanuel Lasker “Fischer is like Zeus; he is the God of the gods.” — Nigel Short “Books are a uniquely portable magic.” ― Stephen King “We were in the fifth hour. He was lost, ruined, not a chance! I knew it, he knew it. But he sat there —almost an hour! —calculating, calculating, calculating! Inside he was screaming. He was pale, like a dead man, but this force was going through him like millions of volts. I could feel it smashing and smashing at me across the board. Well, it had an effect, I can tell you that. Five or ten minutes—all right. But an hour! In the end, I was the one screaming inside. When you play Bobby, it is not a question if you win or lose. It is a question if you survive.”
—Boris Spassky after defeating Bobby Fischer at the Siegen Olympiad in 1970 * Evolution: Game Collection: # Chess Evolution Volumes 51-100 * Masterful: Game Collection: FRENCH DEFENSE MASTERPIECES * Play Stockfish 1-10: https://labinatorsolutions.github.i... * Shirov Minis: Game Collection: Shirov miniatures Bookie Challenge
“The best book on chess? The question blossoms afresh with every new student of the game, and the answer, if candid, is ever the same: “Gather all you can from every good source, and let experience prove the worth or worthlessness of your harvest.” As in other things, mere bookishness is not knowledge, nor on the other hand is a fine disregard of chess literature a key to proficiency; and the beginner drinking in the plausible hallucinations of a Gossip or a Staunton is quite as misguided as he who heeds the warning of a Lasker to give the chess book a wide berth.” — W.E. Napier Two Old Books (and one new)
Koltanowski, George, and Milton Finkelstein. Checkmate! The Patterns of the Winning Mating Attacks and How to Achieve Them. New York: Doubleday and Co., 1978.
Tal, Mikhail, and Victor Khenkin. Tal’s Winning Chess Combinations: The Secrets of Winning Chess Combinations Described and Explained by the Russian Grandmaster Mikhail Tal, trans. Hanon W. Russell. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1979. Checkmate! (1978) and Tal’s Winning Chess Combinations (1979) are remarkably similar in approach. Each takes an individual piece and offers game conclusions where that piece delivers the check that is mate. Then, individual chapters concern certain groups of pieces: both texts have chapters on two rooks, rook and bishop, rook and knight, two bishops, two knights, and queen and knight. Tal and Khenkin* continue this scheme with queen and bishop, queen and knight, and three pieces. In contrast, Koltanowski and Finkelstein offer chapters on certain patterns—Boden’s Mate, Epaulettes Mate, Long Diagonal Mates, Greco and Damiano Mates, and a chapter on double check. These pattern-oriented chapters are followed by chapters arranged by the piece that is sacrificed to set-up checkmate. There are additional chapters on pawn promotion, drawing resources, and how masters use checkmate threats. There is a difference in the expectation of the target audience evident in advice about how to read the books. Koltanowski and Finkelstein repeatedly suggest that a reader should set up the position on a board and play through the moves in order to plant the patterns into memory. Tal and Khenkin, in contrast, suggest that readers study the book without a chess board to improve visualization skills, using a chess board "when you're really stymied" (14). Legall’s Mate appears in both books. Tal and Khenkin have it in the chapter on three pieces, while Koltanowski and Finkelstein place it under queen sacrifices. These books differ on the game score of Legall — St. Brie, as well as the date. Tal’s Winning Chess Combinations has the game played in 1787 when Legall was 85 years old (351). Checkmate! states that the opening trap was first recorded about 1750, but does not explicitly state the game was played then (197-198). Koltanowski’s penchant for dubious stories makes its appearance here in the claim, “Légal was one of the first players to record his games” (197). If he recorded his games, what happened to them? Today, we cannot even be certain of the moves in the sole surviving example of Legall's play. Checkmate!
Checkmate! was brought to my attention in response to my assertion in the Facebook group Chess Book Collectors that the best books for teaching checkmate patterns are George Renaud and Victor Kahn, The Art of the Checkmate; and Victor Henkin, 1000 Checkmate Combinations (see below). My claim provoked some interesting discussion. One commenter identified Checkmate! as a book that helped him learn these skills. Bruce Pandolfini also commented that Milton Finkelstein "was a wonderful chess teacher". On the strength of such recommendations, I found a copy and bought it. The chapters in Checkmate! typically begin with some elementary illustrations and an impressive combination from master play. The authors describe conditions and rules for executing the checkmate in question, often producing numbered lists. For instance, the "four conditions necessary for mate with a rook":
1. The enemy king lacks escape squares.
2. A rook can attack it on a rank or a file.
3. The rook is immune from capture.
4. The rook check cannot be blocked by the interposing of a protected piece or pawn. (41)
The bulk of each chapter consists of exercises with a number of blanks on which a student can write the moves--workbook style. The introduction of each exercise typically offers clues, and in some cases the final position is shown. The book contains a bit over 550 exercises in total. Answers are in the back of the book. Here is an example from the chapter, "Boden's Mate", that is simple when you know the pattern, but has vexed many of my students over the years (151). White to move
Often there are historical anecdotes about a player whose combination is featured. These anecdotes in Checkmate! are entertaining, but unreliable. We learn, for instance, that Akiba Rubinstein was confined to Berlin during World War I, "went bankrupt and then developed a persecution mania that broke his powers of concentration" (47). A more credible work, Akiba Rubinstein: Uncrowned King (1994) by John Donaldson and Nikolay Minev, places Rubinstein in Warsaw, limited to a playing local opponents in that city and in Lodz. Donaldson and Minev offer crosstables and games from the war period. They also note that Rubinstein married in 1917 and had a son born in 1918, both events taking place in German occupied Warsaw (254). There should be no question that Rubinstein's postwar play was inconsistent, as suggested by Koltanowski and Finkelstein, but they leave the impression that he did not play at all after the war. In fact, he won several strong tournaments in the 1920s. His performance in St. Petersburg in 1914 suggests that inconsistency cannot be wholly pinned on difficulties during the war years. Historical errors are distracting, but do not destroy the book's pedagogical value for learning checkmate patterns. Nor do the errors in Checkmate! make the book unique. The list of errors that could be produced from thorough fact checking of Renaud and Kahn also would be lengthy (see "Pillsbury's Mate"). One of the simple illustrations of a final check by a rook in Checkmate! is identical in concept to one that I use often with my beginning students, and with which I became acquainted through Bruce Pandolfini, Pandolfini's Endgame Course (1988). White to move
Classifying and organizing checkmate patterns is not a simple matter. In my own efforts, guided by half a dozen books and a few websites, I separated the dovetail and swallowtail checkmates from epaulette, listing all three as checkmates with the queen. Renaud and Kahn use the term Guéridon for the two bird mates and include this pattern with epaulette. Koltanowski and Kinkelstein lump them together under epaulette mate, but do not limit the pattern to a final check with the queen. This position credited to a Russian player surnamed Usachev illustrates (67-68). Black to move
1...Bc3 2.Ke2
Black could avoid checkmate at the cost of a rook, the authors note. Stockfish shows that both rooks will disappear if Black plays the superior move 2.Kc1. After 2.Ke2, Black has a mate in two that starts with a queen sacrifice and ends with a knight check. Four White pieces occupy the king's escape squares, serving as ornament rather than protection. Checkmate! includes a substantial number of checkmate examples. Had I acquired it when it was first published during my teen years and devoted myself to working through the book, I may have become a much stronger player. Unfortunately, whatever the merits of the book, the authors were ill-served by their publisher. The very first diagram in the text is wrong (2). It appears that the image negative was flipped before printing--there is a dark square in the lower-right corner. Black's 4...K-K4 is an illegal move as there is a pawn on that square. The mismatch between the original position and the final position showing checkmate with a pawn alerts the attentive reader to the problem, so the error can be overcome. The publisher also exercised poor quality control over the printing process. Too much ink was allowed to flow, creating many pages where the dark squares are so dark that the Black pieces on them nearly disappear. Many pages have crystal clear diagrams, but a large percentage are dark and even blurred from inattention by the printer. These problems will be even worse in the Ishi Press reprints, which are notorious for poor print quality. Tal's Winning Chess Combinations
My Facebook assertion in favor of the value of Henkin, 1000 Checkmate Combinations was grounded in study of Tal and Khenkin, Tal's Winning Chess Combinations, which I have found quite good. My view also stems from superficial examination of the newer translation in Kindle format. Others have assured me that the newer edition is a better translation of The Last Check (more on that below). Tal's Winning Chess Combinations is more challenging than Checkmate! This position from Adams -- Torre, New Orleans 1920 (given as 1921 in the text) and the winning idea is richer than most of the combinations in Koltanowski and Finkelstein (19).** White to move
White offered his queen for six consecutive moves in the effort to divert Black's queen from the defense of e8. The idea reappears as exercise 8 (37) from Guldin -- Bagdatev (1963), a position I remember from Lev Alburt, Chess Training Pocket Book, 2nd ed. (2000). The initial example in each chapter of Checkmate! is usually comparable, but the rest of each chapter is less demanding. It did not take me more than ten minutes to blaze through the 13 exercises in the rook chapter, and every example was a forced checkmate. In many of the examples in Tal's Winning Chess Combinations, mate threats can be parried with significant sacrifice, still leading to a lost game. Tal's Winning Chess Combinations also has a clearer demarcation between the instructive section and the exercises. Each chapter begins with diagrams showing the elementary pattern, and then proceeds through instructive and entertaining examples. Most chapters repeat this sequence with more checkmate patterns and game fragments. The object is showing a range of possibilities with the piece or pieces in question. As in Checkmate!, Tal's Winning Chess Combinations presents game endings where a queen did not deliver the final check in an epaulette mate. This one is presented as Korchnoy -- Petrosyan 1965 (281). White to move
White has a forced checkmate in four moves with a queen sacrifice on the second. The bulk of the book is devoted to instructive examples. An idea is presented, then a few position, then a variations on the idea and more illustrations. The Adams -- Torre position above is the ninth instance of a combination exploiting a weak back rank in the chapter on the rook. This chapter begins with a simple illustration of a back rank checkmate. The instructive portion offers fifteen combinations to divert defenders from protecting the vulnerability. Diversion is combined with a second threat in some combinations. Further examples offer other tactical ideas, such as "line interference" in Reti -- Bogoljubow 1924 (22). White to move
After 24.Bf7+ Kh8 25.Be8, Black resigned.
Tal's Winning Chess Combinations is notable for how it builds understanding of many possibilities related to a simple pattern. Applying what we know from backrank checkmates, the author notes that kings can be hemmed in by their own pieces on a file as well as rank. Even a file away from the edge of the board can become a deadly corridor. Goldenov -- Zakharian 1960 is a memorable example (34). Black to move
1...g4 2.Kf4 Ra5 3.e5 Ra4+ 4.e4 Ra3 and White resigned. Tal and Khenkin's chapter on the rook offers 45 instructive positions and then 17 exercises at the end of the chapter for the reader to solve. This abundance contrasts with a total of 13 exercises following four instructive examples in Koltanowski and Finkelstein. Checkmate!, however, offers 25 chapters to the 14 in the other text. The total of 271 exercises in Tal's Winning Chess Combinations are far fewer than more than 550 found in Checkmate!, but many offer greater challenge. On balance, I prefer Tal's Winning Chess Combinations, but expect to lift some examples from Checkmate! while creating worksheets for my students. The New Book
Henkin, Victor. 1000 Checkmate Combinations, trans. Jimmy Adams and Sarah Hurst. London: Batsford Chess, [2011] 2022. 1000 Checkmate Combinations is a newer translation of the same Russian book as Tal’s Winning Chess Combinations. As such, the two books have considerable overlap. However, the differences are extensive. Both books have the same fourteen chapters, although the sequence differs. Each chapter offers a series of instructive game fragments and studies and then conclude with exercises at the end of the chapter. Tal’s Winning Chess Combinations has a total of 271 exercises, but the newer translation expands these to 456. 1000 Checkmate Combinations was published just over ten years ago, but has been out of print most of that time, although a Kindle edition was available. It was brought back into print in February 2022. I cannot assess the quality of the translation. I lack both the resources (a copy of the Russian edition of The Last Check) and the competence (knowledge of Russian). However, I prefer the recent Batsford edition for several reasons. Tal's Winning Chess Combinations blurs the lines between Khenkin's work and Tal's contribution. 1000 Checkmate Combinations explicitly states that the book is Henkin's work. The title page reveals that Victor Henkin owns the text copyright. Batsford also asserts copyright ownership. The publisher owns all rights in the 1979 translation by Hanon Russell; there is no mention of the authors on the copyright page. Tal’s Winning Chess Combinations begins with an Introduction: “Don’t Reinvent the Wheel”, co-authored by Tal and Khenkin (9-14). 1000 Checkmate Combinations has “Don’t Reinvent the Bicycle” by Tal (5-6) followed by “Before You Open the Book” by Henkin (7-9). The joint introduction in the earlier translation contains most of the content presented in the two introductions in the later text. In addition to clarifying authorship, the most notable differences are that Tal ended his introduction in the Batsford edition with a quote from Richard Réti, Masters of the Chessboard. This quote is absent from Russell’s translation. Russell also inserts Legall’s game into the introduction, while Adams and Hurst do not. In Tal's introduction to the Batsford edition, we find:
There hasn't been a book like this before in our chess literature. The author has done an enormous amount of work selecting and systematizing the material. An experienced master, who in the recent past himself participated in competitions and had a reputation as a staunch tactician, he has retained a particular taste for the last check. (6)
This text is absent from Tal's Winning Chess Combinations. 1000 Checkmate Combinations is clearly the work of Henkin, lauded by Tal. Henkin's authorship is attested in Vladimir Barsky, A Modern Guide to Checkmating Patterns (2020), which is dedicated to Viktor Khenkin, whose pioneering organization in The Last Check is the model for Barsky's text. Tal's Winning Chess Combinations presents a decisive mating combination played by Vera Menchik against George Thomas in 1932, and then imitated by David Bronstein against Paul Keres 18 years later (32-33). In both books this combination follows Capablanca -- Raubitschek 1906, to which it is comparable. 1000 Checkmate Combinations adds Tal -- Andersson 1976, where Tal's threats to bring about Menchik's combination provoked a series of exchanges that simplified into an ending with queen against knight and rook (25). White to move
After the immediate 25.Qh6, the combination falters because Black's resources with 25...Rg8 and 26...Nf8 hold the position together. Tal first set out to remove the knight. 25.Bb6 Rc8 26.Qh6 Rg8 27.Rd4!
Henkin writes, "So Ulf Andersson gives up his queen for rook and bishop, which, however, doesn't save the game" (25). 27...Nxb6 28.Rxd5 Nxd5 29.Rf3
With Tal renewing the mating threat, Anderrson is forced to exchange rooks. 29...Rc3 30.Rxc3 Nxc3 31.Qe3 b4 32.Qa7 Rf8 33.Qc5 Rb8 34.Qd6 1-0 This long combination with checkmate threats parried, but still leading to a decisive advantage is a characteristic of Henkin's work. Both translations of his work bring this out, but the more recent text does so in greater abundance. Detailed comparison of the first chapter of both books shows that the 45 positions in Tal and Khenkin expands to 62 in 1000 Checkmate Combinations. I count five in the older translation that are missing from the newer edition. My count of 15 in the Batsford edition that are absent from Tal's Winning Chess Combinations reveals there is something askew with my counting (15+5 > 17). But there is no doubt that the newer edition has more material. The 1979 text has three sets of basic patterns followed by examples from games and studies. The Batsford edition has four. Above, I credit Tal's Winning Chess Combinations with showing corridor mates on files as well as ranks. The idea is there, but is is made more explicit in the section found only in the newer book.
Mating situations in which the rook delivers a linear blow can also arise on the files. In these cases it is as if the board does a 90-degree turn. (20).
At the end of the chapter on rooks, the exercises have expanded from 17 to 43 in 1000 Checkmate Combinations. Although many passages in the two books make it abundantly clear that they are derived from the same Russian text, the language employed differs. The familiar term luft is found in Russell's translation, but becomes "the little window" in the work of Adams and Hurst. Diversion becomes deflection. Line interruption becomes interference. Some readers will object to the small size of the diagrams in 1000 Checkmate Combinations. They are indeed small at 35 mm. Only a few books have smaller diagrams, such as the training positions in Antonio Gude, Fundamental Checkmates (2016), measuring 34 mm. Other chess books typically have diagrams from 40-50 mm, and the main part of Gude's book comes in at 45 mm. Diagrams in Tal's Winning Chess Combinations are 41 mm. They are 43 mm in Checkmate! In the Kindle edition of Henkin, the figurines in the notation are a larger font than the text. I have found this ebook difficult to read, but the print text is a delight, even with the small diagrams. At least the diagrams are very clear with appropriate shading of the dark squares and clear pieces. Notes
*Both Khenkin and Henkin appear as the spelling of this writer's name in different places. I favor the spelling used by the book under discussion. Vladimir Barsky dedicates A Modern Guide to Checkmating Patterns (2020) to Viktor Lvovich Khenkin and offers The Last Check as the English title of the Russian work upon which both Tal's Winning Chess Combinations and 1000 Checkmate Combinations are based. Barsky's book follows the general outline of these two, but with far less instructive material. Rather the instruction is provided as exercises. While Khenkin is the spelling on the cover and title page of Tal's Winning Chess Combinations, games played by the author are presented in the text with the spelling Henkin. **In all likelihood, this game was analysis, possibly by the alleged victim of the combination as instruction for the alleged victor. See Edward Winter, "Adams v Torre -- A Sham?" Chess Notes (updated 14 December 2022).
Posted by James Stripes at 6:44 AM No comments: “The boy (referring to a 12-year-old boy named Anatoly Karpov) doesn't have a clue about chess, and there's no future at all for him in this profession.”
— Mikhail Botvinnik
“I like 1.e4 very much but my results with 1.d4 are better.” — Anatoly Karpov “Style? I have no style.” — Anatoly Karpov “Let us say that a game may be continued in two ways: one of them is a beautiful tactical blow that gives rise to variations that don't yield to precise calculations; the other is clear positional pressure that leads to an endgame with microscopic chances of victory. I would choose the latter without thinking twice. If the opponent offers keen play I don't object; but in such cases I get less satisfaction, even if I win, than from a game conducted according to all the rules of strategy with its ruthless logic.” — Anatoly Karpov “Chess is everything: art, science and sport.” — Anatoly Karpov “I simply developed that universal style which dominated with the arrival of Spassky and then Fischer. But all the same we were different chess players, of course. Both Spassky and Fischer were brilliant at developing and sensing the initiative. In that regard I was, perhaps, a little inferior, but on the other hand I stood out by having excellent technique for converting an advantage, positional sense and an ability to maneuver positionally – in that area I was clearly superior to Spassky, and Fischer, and perhaps everyone, except Petrosian.”
— Anatoly Karpov
“At first, I found some of his moves not altogether understandable, and only after careful analysis did I discover their hidden strength.”
— Ljubomir Ljubojevic (on Karpov)
“When observing Karpov's play or playing against him, one cannot help thinking that all his pieces are linked by invisible threads. This net moves forward unhurriedly, gradually covering the enemy squares, but, amazingly, not relinquishing its own.” — Alexander Roshal “When having an edge, Karpov often marked time and still gained the advantage! I don't know anyone else who could do that, it's incredible. I was always impressed and delighted by this skill. When it looked like it was high time to start a decisive attack, Karpov played a3, h3, and his opponent's position collapsed.” — Vladimir Kramnik “There are very few madmen who risk employing Pirc or King's Indian against Karpov.” — Alexsander Shashin “Many of Karpov's intentions become understandable to his opponents only when salvation is no longer possible.” — Mikhail Tal “Known as a negative player, Karpov sets up deep traps and creates moves that seem to allow his opponent possibilities - but that really don't. He takes no chances, and he gives his opponents nothing. He's a trench-warfare fighter who keeps the game moving just an inch at a time.” — Bruce Pandolfini “Karpov defeated me in Linares-94 where he scored 11 out of 13. I got into an inferior endgame. However, it did not seem awful. Then I made some appropriate moves and could not understand how I had managed to get into a losing position. Although I was already in the world top ten, I failed to understand it even after the game. This was one of the few games after which I felt like a complete idiot with a total lack of chess understanding! Such things happen very rarely to top level players. Usually you realise why you have lost. This moment defies description - there is something almost imperceptible about it and so characteristic of Karpov.” — Vladimir Kramnik “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 * Wikipedia on Computer Chess: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compu... * A piece of cake: https://blindpigandtheacorn.com/che... William Ewart Napier
Although W.E. Napier (1881-1952) was a highly quotable writer, he produced only one chess work, Napier’s Amenities and Background of Chess-Play (published in three ‘units’, the first two in 1934 and the third the following year). After his death they were adapted into a single volume entitled Paul Morphy and The Golden Age of Chess (New York, 1957 and 1971). In the quotations below (some of which have entered chess lore) the figures refer to the item numbers in the Amenities work, the pages of which were unnumbered: 3. ‘In the laboratory, the gambits all test unfavourably, but the old rule wears well, that all gambits are sound over the board.’
18. ‘Once I asked Pillsbury whether he used any formula for castling. He said his rule was absolute and vital: castle because you will or because you must; but not because you can.’
22. ‘John McCutcheon, of Pittsburgh and undying fame for his research in the French Defense, often said about opening moves, “Not new, but old enough to be new.”’
28. [On Bird] ‘He earned the rebuke of playing impulsively in tournaments. It was disrespect and scandalous, some thought; but if there is genius in chess, Bird of all players had it, I think, in greatest abundance.’
32. [On Mason] ‘As player, he had the unique quality of competently simmering thru six aching hours and scintillating in the seventh. Others resembled him but forgot to scintillate.’
52. ‘Once in chatting with Janowsky at Lake Hopatcong, he referred to Maróczy as the gentle iron-man of Hungary, which was accurate as to both specifications.’
67. ‘Some of Marshall’s most sparkling moves look at first like typographical errors.’
72. ‘I knew Dr Tarrasch pleasantly at Monte Carlo, 1902. One day the fates had gone against me, malevolently, I felt, in a game against a man I had counted on beating. I got, by way of spur, this vitamin from the Doctor: “In these tournaments it is never enough to be a connoisseur of chess; one must also play well.”’
75. ‘The super-men of chess come by that distinction through two rare capacities, an inscrutable vision in end play and a bland sense of well-being in what, to lesser men, look like predicaments.’
78. ‘No chess book, I think, can be complete without a page of homage to Master Bird. If I had only one page to rejoice in, it should own up to a kindly veneration for all his adventures and misadventures, his farce and comedy and drama of the chess board. The roots of his chess were deep sunk in the tradition of Labourdonnais and McDonnell; he played Morphy; and half a lifetime afterwards we see him at Hastings, playing a thorough-bred game which Pillsbury declared was too beautiful to annotate. A long stretch, that – and brim-full of enthusiasm. He adored chess, – the play itself, I mean, which is not common among masters.
I saw him once at Simpson’s Divan but not to speak to. I brought away an impression of fulminating chess, of hearty laughter and liberty and beefsteak. He romped. Once I asked Teichmann what he thought of Bird’s chess; “Same as his health”, he replied, – “always alternating between being dangerously ill and dangerously well.” England will not know his like again.’
85. [On the game Sim v Morrison, Toronto, 1918.] ‘This is a Canadian game of exceptional worth in my collection, as resembling, as few games do, a sustained, Charousek attack. That slow-burning type of invasion, not essentially dependent on preserving the queen, implies a grasp of endings and a willingness to play them. As Pillsbury once said, “So set up your attacks that when the fire is out, it isn’t out”.’
93. ‘Pillsbury was present [at Thousand Islands, 1897] on other business, and I remember his taking me for a row on the river, in the morning, before play started. He lectured a bit on Steinitz’ opening vagaries; when we separated, he said – revealing perhaps a glimpse of his ruling philosophy, “Be steady, but not to the point of morbid restraint.”’
96. ‘Louis Paulsen. It was surely a frolic of fate that translated an enviable potato planter of sedate Dubuque, Iowa, to that evergreen, mellow fame he achieved in chess. Paulsen was the landscape of that pioneer period from Morphy to the early nineties, not given to gay, aggressive outbursts, but a quiet pastoral ideal of sufficiency.’
115. [On the game Důras v Teichmann, Ostend, 1906]: ‘Důras needs no better monument to his genius than this lofty and exciting struggle with an eminent opponent. In my catalogue of genuinely great contests it rises up close to the top. It is chess all the way, but from move 43 it goes in a dignity unsurpassed.’
128. ‘A genial disposition shines in all Tartakower’s chess. It is infectious fun. And when he loses a game, he writes sincere eulogies, fit for an epitaph, of the victor.
He is very unusual.’
166. ‘It has been my observation all through the years that the master player nearly always makes lively games at correspondence, even tho his play vis-à-vis is governed by more conservative models.
The paradox is baffling.
The only theory I have adduced is that the social nature of mail exchanges quite subordinates mere winning to joyful, yawing chess. In match games over the board, the killing instinct necessary to success is the same that men take into Bengal jungles, – for a day. A killing instinct which survives the day and endures month in and month out, is stark pantomime; and mail chess is the gainer by it.’ 180. ‘Among tournament masters, Marshall has had few superiors, and, as to style, has clearly been in a class of his own, without forerunner or disciple. He is a whole school.’
191. ‘I have met no critic who could not detect, in Torre, a potential world’s champion.’
196. [On Nimzowitsch’s win over Yates at Carlsbad, 1923]: ‘It is witch chess, heathen and beautiful.’
225. ‘Once while walking over Waterloo Bridge, in London, with stout-hearted Teichmann, we conversed of the ingredients that associate to make a chessplayer. I ventured a remark that, if he would name one indispensable ingredient, I would name an able player wholly destitute of it. And Richard very tolerantly said, “Have you given any thought to ‘vanity’?”’
230. [Of Lasker’s play beginning 17…Rxc3 against Pillsbury at St Petersburg, 1895-96]: ‘Pillsbury told me that the exquisite combination here initiated was the only startling and utterly diabolical surprise he suffered in all his career abroad.’
237. ‘Spielmann plays always like an educated cave-man, who fell asleep several thousand years ago, – and woke up quite lately in the Black Forest.’
243. ‘The greatest difficulty of the game is to play it as well as one knows how.’
253. ‘F.M. Teed, of Brooklyn, was one of America’s most powerful master players. Business kept him out of match play; and he describes well as a master “without portfolio”.’
253. [On Winawer v Englisch, London, 1883. Napier had given the game as item six of unit one, where he stated that ‘it was a revelation when first I studied its deliberate beauty while a boy enthusiast; and it never seems to stale.’]: ‘The most important single game ever played, I think.’
262. ‘It is astonishing how much hot water a master can wade into within the first dozen moves, despite a century of opening exploration.’
264. ‘I never see a King’s Bishop Opening without thinking of the first of several lessons I took, when a youngster, from Steinitz. He said, “No doubt you move your knight out on each side before the bishop? And do you know why?” I was stuck for an intelligent answer. He went on to say, “One good reason is that you know where the knight belongs before you know that much of your bishop; certainty is a far better friend than doubt.”’
268. ‘It has always been my doctrine that chess is easier to play with many pieces than few; that ending play more strains the mind than a middle-game involvement. Of many options, one may be fit. Resource is likely to be present in a tangled, critical situation.’
297. ‘Zugzwang is a very useful term. I sometimes think it is best defined by the story of the negro who drew a razor across the enemy throat:
Said the enemy, “I’m not cut.”
And the knight of the razor replied, “Just wait till you turn yo’ head, before guessing at it.”’ ‘What he was in the ’80s and ’90s he [Tarrasch] is now and seemingly ever will be, one of the best. Only this and nothing more. He is a vastly learned chess master, which quality, coupled with stamina worthy of a Marathon runner, renders him superior to everything but the pelting of downright genius.’ % % % % % % % %
DoJo's Partial Discussion: Favorites w/an instructional value How to Play Chess for Kids: Simple Strategies to Win by Jessica E Martin
Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess by Bobby Fischer , Stuart Margulies, et al.
How to Beat Your Dad at Chess by Murray Chandler
Life Skills for Kids: How to Cook, Clean, Make Friends, Handle Emergencies, Set Goals, Make Good Decisions, and Everything in Between by Karen Harris
Learn Chess the Right Way: Book 1 (of 5): Must-know Checkmates by Susan Polgar
A First Book of Morphy by Frisco Del Rosario
1001 Chess Exercises for Beginners: The Tactics Workbook that Explains the Basic Concepts, Too by Franco Masetti and Roberto Messa
Everyone's Second Chess Book by Dan Heisman
Chess The Easy Way by Reuben Fine
The Art of the Checkmate by Renaud & Kahn
Best Lessons of a Chess Coach by Sunil Weeramantry
Improve Your Chess in Seven Days by Gary Lane
Chess: 5334 Problems, Combinations and Games by László Polgár
New York 1924 by Alexander Alekhine
Masters of the Chessboard by Richard Reti
Carlsbad 1929 by Nimzovich
Simple Chess by Michael Stean
Chess Fundamentals by Jose R. Capablanca (this book requires much prior game experience to appreciate the subtleties of defeat shown)
The Art of Attack by Vladimir Vukovic
My Best Games of Chess 1908-1937 by Alexander Alekhine
Modern Ideas in Chess by Richard Reti
Chess Praxis by Nimzovich
Mastering Chess Strategy by John Hellsten
My System by Nimzovich
Silman's Complete Endgame Course by Jeremy Silman
The Most Instructive Games of Chess Ever Played: 62 Masterpieces of Chess Strategy by Irving Chernev
FCO: Fundamental Chess Openings by Paul Van der Sterren
500 Master Games of Chess by Tartakower and du Mont
Capablanca's Best Chess Endings by Irving Chernev
Zurich International Chess Tournament 1953 by David Bronstein
Pump Up Your Rating by Axel Smith
Tal-Botvinnik 1960 by Mikhail Tal
Understanding Chess Move by Move by John Nunn
My Life and Games by Mikhail Tal
Endgame Strategy by Mikhail Sherevshesky
My Sixty Memorable Games by Robert J. Fischer
The Seven Deadly Chess Sins by Jonathan Rowson
How I Beat Fischer's Record by Polgar
100 Endgames You Must Know: Vital Lessons for Every Chess Player by Jesus de la Villa
Think Like a Super-GM by Michael Adams
The Test of Time by Garry Kasparov
The Mammoth Book of The World's Greatest Chess Games by Graham Burgess, John Nunn, and John Emms.
My Great Predecessors by Garry Kasparov
Dvoretsky's Endgame Manual by Mark Dvoretsky
“The beautiful wooden board on a stand in my father’s study. The gleaming ivory pieces. The stern king. The haughty queen. The noble knight. The pious bishop. And the game itself, the way each piece contributed its individual power to the whole. It was simple. It was complex. It was savage; it was elegant. It was a dance; it was a war. It was finite and eternal. It was life.”
― Rick Yancey, The Infinite Sea
<“I thought you wanted me to teach you how to play. (Chess)Each possible move represents a different game - a different universe in which you make a better move. By the second move there are 72,084 possible games. By the 3rd - 9 million. By the 4th….
There are more possible games of chess than there are atoms in the universe. No one could possibly predict them all, even you. Which means that first move can be terrifying. It’s the furthest point from the end of the game. There’s a virtually infinite sea of possibilities between you and the other side but it also means that if you make a mistake, there’s a nearly infinite amount of ways to fix it so you should simply relax and play.”
― Person of Interest s04e11>
“You’re just a pawn on the chessboard, Leo Valdez. I was referring to the player who set this ridiculous quest in motion, bringing the Greeks and Romans together.”
― Rick Riordan, The Mark of Athena
“At the beginning of a game, there are no variations. There is only one way to set up a board. There are nine million variations after the first six moves. And after eight moves there are two hundred and eighty-eight billion different positions. And those possibilities keep growing. [...] In chess, as in life, possibility is the basis of everything. Every hope, every dream, every regret, every moment of living. (p.195)”
― Matt Haig, The Midnight Library
“Life is like a game where pawns can become queens, but not everyone knows how to play. Some people stay pawn their whole lives because they never learned to make the right moves.”
― Alice Feeney, Rock Paper Scissors
“...you could never be completely sure of the other person, so never make a move until you were sure of yourself.”
― Liz Braswell, Part of Your World
“Coaching is more like chess; it’s about out-thinking and outsmarting the other team.”
― C. Vivian Stringer, Standing Tall: A Memoir of Tragedy and Triumph “Fighting was chess, anticipating the move of one's opponent and countering it before one got hit.”
― Holly Black, The Wicked King
“There is no moral outcome of a chess match or a poker game as long as skill and stealth rather than cheating have been used.”
― Francis P. Karam, The Truth Engine: Cross-Examination Outside the Box “Chess does not only teach us to analyse the present situation, but it also enables us to think about the possibilities and consequences. This is the art of forward-thinking.”
― Shivanshu K. Srivastava
“Behind every move I make on the chess board lies a story of calculation, intuition, and passion. With every game, I discover more about myself and the endless possibilities of the game.” ― medicosaurabh “That is the trick of it. You see, Time works differently in Chess.” He pulled out his pocket watch and let it dangle like a pendulum over
his desk. “Sometimes he moves forward and sometimes he moves backward,
sometimes he goes fast or slow and sometimes he pauses altogether. But as long
as I keep moving, as long as I am always moving in the opposite direction from
Time, he can never find me, and I can never meet my fate.”
― Marissa Meyer, Heartless
“There is profound meaning in the game of chess. The board itself is life and death, painted as such in black and white. The pieces are those that make a life fundamentally healthy. The pawns are attributes we gather with nourishment and significance. The knight is our ability to be mobile and travel in whatever form it takes. The rook or castle is a place we can call home and protect ourselves from the elements. The bishop is that of our community and our belonging. The king is our mortal body; without it, we can no longer play the game. The queen is the spirit of the body - what drives our imagination, urges, a life force. A captured queen removes energy from the game, and the player may become complacent. A crowning reminder of the game is that the spirit can be possessed again through our attributes.”
― Lorin Morgan-Richards
“Chess is all about maintaining coherent strategies. It’s about not giving up when the enemy destroys one plan but to immediately come up with the next. A game isn’t won and lost at the point when the king is finally cornered. The game's sealed when a player gives up having any strategy at all. When his soldiers are all scattered, they have no common cause, and they move one piece at a time, that’s when you’ve lost.”
― Kazuo Ishiguro, A Pale View of Hills
“It's usually the father who teaches the child his first moves in the game. And the dream of any son who plays chess is to beat his father. To kill the king. Besides, it soon becomes evident in chess that the father, or the king, is the weakest piece on the board. He's under continual act, in constant need of protection, of such tactics as castling, and he can only move one square at a time. Paradoxically, the king is also indispensable. The king gives the game its name, since the word 'chess' derives from the Persian word shah meaning king, and is pretty much the same in most languages.”
― Arturo Pérez-Reverte, The Flanders Panel
“Playing chess with my father is torture. I have to sit very upright on the edge of my chair and respect the rules of impassivity while I consider my next move. I can feel myself dissolving under his stare. When I move a pawn he asks sarcastically, 'Have you really thought about what you're doing?' I panic and want to move the pawn back. He doesn't allow it: 'You've touched the piece, now you have to follow through. Think before you act. Think.”
― Maude Julien, The Only Girl in the World
“A deep laugh stirred in his chest, and his thumb brushed over the backs of her fingers before he withdrew his hand. She felt the rasp of a callus on his thumb, the sensation not unlike the tingling scrape of a cat’s tongue. Bemused by her own response to him, Annabelle looked down at the chess piece in her hand.
“That is the queen—the most powerful piece on the board. She can move in any direction, and go as far as she wishes.” There was nothing overtly suggestive in his manner of speaking …but when he spoke softly, as he was doing at that moment, there was a husky depth in his voice that made her toes curl inside her slippers.
“More powerful than the king?” she asked.
“Yes. The king can only move one square at a time. But the king is the most important piece.”
“Why is he more important than the queen if he’s not the most powerful?”
“Because once he is captured, the game is over.”
― Lisa Kleypas, Secrets of a Summer Night
“You and I should play sometime. I think you would like it,' she said." It's a game of strategy, mostly. The strong pieces are in the back row, while the weak pieces - the pawns - are all in the front, ready to take the brunt of the attack. Because of their limited movement and vulnerability, most people underestimate them and only use them to protect the more powerful pieces. But when I play I protect my pawns.'... 'They may be weak when the game begins, but their potential is remarkable. Most of the time, they'll be taken by the other side and held captive until the end of the game. But if you're careful - if you keep your eyes open and pay attention to what your oppenent is doing, if you protect your pawns and they reach the other side of the board, do you know what happens then?' I shook my head, and she smiled.
"Your pawn becomes a queen."... 'Because they kept moving forward and triumphed against impossible odds, they become the most powerful piece in the game.”
― Aimee Carter, Pawn
“Chess is a game with simple rules and pieces, a small sixty-four-space board, but there are more possible chess games than there are atoms in the universe.”
― Austin Grossman, You
“Tablebases [logs of complete chess games played backwards from the end-state of checkmate] are the clearest case of human chess vs. alien chess. A decade of trying to teach computers how to play endgames was rendered obsolete in an instant thanks to a new tool. This is a pattern we see over and over again in everything related to intelligent machines. It's wonderful if we can teach machines to think like we do, but why settle for thinking like a human if you can be a god? (jm3: Frustratingly for the humans, it was not disclosed whether IBM's Deep Blue stored and consulted endgame tablebases during competition).”
― Garry Kasparov, Deep Thinking: Where Machine Intelligence Ends and Human Creativity Begins “I learned about opening moves and why it's important to control the center early on; the shortest distance between two points is straight down the middle.”
― Amy Tan, The Joy Luck Club
“The passion for playing chess is one of the most unaccountable in the world. It slaps the theory of natural selection in the face. It is the most absorbing of occupations. The least satisfying of desires. A nameless excrescence upon life. It annihilates a man. You have, let us say, a promising politician, a rising artist that you wish to destroy. Dagger or bomb are archaic and unreliable - but teach him, inoculate him with chess.”
― H.G. Wells
Question: What do you call a woman that knows where her husband is, at all times?
Answer: A widow
Question: What is the only number spelled out in English that has the same number of letters as its value?
Answer: Four
“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 Al the ventriloquist is performing with his dummy on his lap. He’s telling a dumb-blonde joke when a young platinum-haired beauty jumps to her feet. “What gives you the right to stereotype blondes that way?” she demands. “What does hair color have to do with my worth as a human being?” Flustered, Al the ventriloquist begins to stammer out an apology. “You keep out of this!” she yells. “I’m talking to that little jerk on your knee!” — Submitted by Nancy Gomes
Oct-27-23
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