- Chess Miniatures, Collection III by wwall
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Chess Miniatures, Collection III Compiled by wwall more chess miniatures, 20 moves or less
* Beat the QGD Exchange: Game Collection: Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation * Evolution: Game Collection: # Chess Evolution Volumes 51-100 * Old P-K4 Miniatures: Game Collection: Games for Classes * Play Stockfish 1-10: https://labinatorsolutions.github.i... * Smyslov Brevities: Game Collection: Smyslov brevities * Shirov Minis: Game Collection: Shirov miniatures * MC Move-by-Move: Game Collection: Move by Move - Carlsen (Lakdawala) * 700+ games of QGD D06: Queen's Gambit Declined (D06) * 10 Crazy Gambits: https://www.chess.com/blog/yola6655... * Tips for Knights & More: http://www.chesssets.co.uk/blog/tip... * Unleash the Knight: https://cardclashgames.com/blog/che... * Ten Tips: https://www.uschess.org/index.php/L... * Rajnish Das Tips: https://enthu.com/blog/chess/chess-... * Lekhika Dhariyal Chess Ops: https://www.zupee.com/blog/category...
Zucci
* 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... * 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.
“If you don’t like to read, you haven’t found the right book.” – J.K. Rowling “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"). Did you hear the story about the claustrophobic astronaut?
He just needed some space.
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445 games, 1512-2015 - Chess Miniatures, Collection VII
more short games of chess under 25 moves
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446 games, 1830-2015 - Chess Miniatures, Collection XVIII
more chess minis from Bill Wall
* Beat the QGD Exchange: Game Collection: Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation * 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 * Shirov Minis: Game Collection: Shirov miniatures * MC Move-by-Move: Game Collection: Move by Move - Carlsen (Lakdawala) * 700+ games of QGD D06: Queen's Gambit Declined (D06) * 10 Crazy Gambits: https://www.chess.com/blog/yola6655... * Tips for Knights & More: http://www.chesssets.co.uk/blog/tip... * Unleash the Knight: https://cardclashgames.com/blog/che... * Ten Tips: https://www.uschess.org/index.php/L... * Rajnish Das Tips: https://enthu.com/blog/chess/chess-... * Lekhika Dhariyal Chess Ops: https://www.zupee.com/blog/category...
Zucci
* 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... 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.
“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.” What do you call an alligator in a vest?
An in-vest-igator.
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451 games, 1853-2015 - Chess Review 1947 Copy
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This collection contains the games printed in Chess Review (CHR), volume 15, 1947. For a list of other collections in this series, see Game Collection: Chess Review: Years Covered The game numbering is for my own reference, and does not appear in the magazine. The following games are not yet in the database: 1. [Game 17 / 2845] Magee, Lee Travis - Cross, James
US Junior -ch Chicago, IL, 07.1946
Source: Chess Review, January 1947, p. 24/
1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.g3 d5 6.Bg2 0-0 7.b3 c6 8.0-0 Ne4 9.Qc2 Nd7 10.Bf4 Ndf6 11.Rfd1 Qe8 12.Ne5 g5 13.Nxe4 Nxe4 14.Bc1 Qh5 15.f3 Nf6 16.Kf2 f4 17.Rh1 Bb4 18.Kg1 Nd7 19.Nd3 Bd6 20.e4 dxe4 21.fxe4 Qg6 22.e5 Nxe5 23.dxe5 Bxe5 24.Ba3 Rf7 25.Rf1 Bd4+ 26.Rf2 fxg3 0-1 2. [Game 18 / 2846] Fink, Adolf Jay - Howland, Charles
California CA, 1946
Source: Chess Review, January 1947, p. 24.
1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.Bc4 Nb6 4.Bb3 c5 5.Qe2 Nc6 6.Nf3 e6 7.0-0 d5 8.exd6 Bxd6 9.d3 0-0 10.Nc3 Nd4 11.Nxd4 cxd4 12.Ne4 Be7 13.Bd2 Nd5 14.f4 b5 15.Rae1 Qd7 16.Qf2 Nb6 17.Ba5 g6 18.Bb4 Rd8 19.Bxe7 Qxe7 20.h4 Bb7 21.f5 gxf5 22.Qg3+ Kf8 23.Ng5 h6 24.Nxe6+ fxe6 25.Rxf5+ 1-0 3. [Game 20 / 2848] Cohen, Sam - Dahlstrom, Burton O
Chicago Chicago, IL, 1946
Source: Chess Review, January 1947, p. 24.
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 dxc4 4.e4 e5 5.dxe5 Qxd1+ 6.Nxd1 Be6 7.f4 g6 8.Nf3 Bb4+ 9.Nc3 Bxc3+ 10.bxc3 b5 11.Nd4 Ne7 12.a4 Bd7 13.Ba3 Kd8 14.Be2 Re8 15.Bc5 a6 16.Bf3 Kc7 17.Kd2 Nc8 18.Rhb1 Nb6 19.axb5 cxb5 20.Nxb5+ Bxb5 21.Rxb5 axb5 22.Bxb6+ Kb7 23.Rxa8 Kxa8 24.e6 Kb7 25.exf7 Rf8 26.e5+ Kxb6 27.e6 Rxf7 28.exf7 Nd7 29.h4 Kc5 30.h5 Nf8 31.hxg6 Nxg6 32.Be4 Nf8 33.g4 b4 34.cxb4+ Kxb4 35.g5 Kc5 36.Bxh7 1-0 4. [Game 22 / 2850] Palmer, Marvin C - Kevitz, Alexander
Chess Review Victory Tournament Correspondence (3), 1943
Source: Chess Review, January 1947, p. 29.
1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 Bc5 5.Bg2 e4 6.Nh4 Qe7 7.0-0 d6 8.d3 exd3 9.Qxd3 Ng4 10.Nd5 Qd8 11.Qe4+ Kf8 12.Bd2 a5 13.Bc3 Nce5 14.Bd4 Bxd4 15.Qxd4 Nf6 16.f4 Ned7 17.e4 Ne8 18.Rad1 Rg8 19.Rd2 g6 20.Rdf2 c6 21.Ne3 Qb6 22.Qd2 Nc5 23.g4 h6 24.g5 hxg5 25.fxg5 Be6 26.Ng4 Bxc4 27.Qd4 Bxf1 28.Nh6 Qc7 29.Rxf1 Ne6 30.Nxg6+ Rxg6 31.Qh8+ Ke7 32.Rxf7+ Kd8 33.Rxc7 Kxc7 34.h4 Nxg5 35.hxg5 Rxg5 36.Nf5 Kb6 37.Nxd6 1-0 5. [Game 23 / 2851] Thompson, A J - Moore, C J
cr Correspondence (3), 1947
Source: Chess Review, January 1947, p. 29.
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5 Be6 9.c3 Be7 10.Nbd2 Na5 11.Bc2 Nxd2 12.Qxd2 c5 13.h3 Qc7 14.Qe2 c4 15.Nd4 Nc6 16.Nxc6 Qxc6 17.Be3 0-0 18.Rad1 Rfb8 19.f4 f5 20.exf6 Bxf6 21.Qh5 h6 22.Bg6 b4 23.f5 bxc3 24.bxc3 d4 25.fxe6 Rb5 26.Bf7+ Kf8 27.Qg6 dxe3 28.Rxf6 gxf6 29.Qxf6 Qb7 30.Bg6+ 1-0 6. [Game 24 / 2852] Larson, G H- Garnet, J
cr Correspondence (3), 1947
Source: Chess Review, January 1947, p. 29.
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Ndb5 Bc5 7.Nd6+ Ke7 8.Bf4 Qb6 9.Qd2 Nh5 10.Be3 Bxe3 11.fxe3 Ne5 12.0-0-0 g5 13.Be2 Ng7 14.Na4 Qc7 15.Qb4 a5 16.Nf5+ Kf6 17.Qe7+ Kg6 18.h4 h6 19.hxg5 Nxf5 20.Qf6+ Kh7 21.exf5 Kg8 22.Rxh6 1-0 7. [Game 25 / 2853] Wilson, D - Sturm, M G
Trinidad TRI (3), 1946
Source: Chess Review, January 1947, p. 37.
1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.h4 g4 5.Ng5 h6 6.Nxf7 Kxf7 7.Bc4+ d5 8.Bxd5+ Kg7 9.Bxb7 Bxb7 10.Qxg4+ Kf7 11.Qxf4+ Nf6 12.e5 Bd6 13.0-0 Bxe5 14.Qxe5 Re8 15.Qh5+ Kg7 16.Rxf6 Kxf6 17.Qxh6+ Ke7 18.d3 Qd4+ 19.Be3 Qxb2 20.Bg5+ Kd7 21.Bf6 Qxc2 22.Nd2 Qxd3 23.Rb1 Qd5 24.Nf3 Qc5+ 25.Kh1 Bxf3 26.gxf3 Qf2 27.Qg7+ Kc8 28.Qg4+ Nd7 29.Be5 Rb8 30.Rd1 Rxe5 31.Qxd7+ Kb7 32.Rb1+ Ka6 33.Qa4+ Ra5 34.Qc4+ Rbb5 35.Rxb5 Rxb5 36.a4 Qxf3+ 37.Kg1 ½-½ 8. [Game 47 / 2875] Medina Garcia, Antonio Angel - Rossetto, Hector
Argentina - Spain Radio match (1.2), 12.10.1946
Source: Chess Review, February 1947, p. 23.
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 d6 6.c3 Be7 7.d4 0-0 8.Re1 b5 9.Bb3 Na5 10.Bc2 Bg4 11.dxe5 Bxf3 12.Qxf3 dxe5 13.Nd2 Qd7 14.h3 g6 15.Nf1 Nh5 16.Bh6 Ng7 17.Ne3 c6 18.a4 Qe6 19.axb5 axb5 20.Red1 Nb3 21.Rxa8 Rxa8 22.Nd5 cxd5 23.Bxb3 dxe4 24.Qxe4 Qa6 25.Qd5 Ne6 26.Qxe5 Bf8 27.Bxe6 Qxe6 28.Qxe6 fxe6 29.Bxf8 Kxf8 30.Rd4 Ke7 31.Kf1 Ra2 32.Rb4 Ra5 33.Ke2 Kd6 34.Kd3 Kd5 35.Rxb5+ 1-0 9. [Game 49 / 2877] Weinstein, Stanley - Jones, Homer W
National Intercollegiate New York, NY (1), 26.12.1946
Source: Chess Review, February 1947, p. 23.
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bg5 dxc4 6.e4 b5 7.e5 h6 8.Bh4 g5 9.Nxg5 hxg5 10.Bxg5 Nbd7 11.Qf3 Bb7 12.exf6 Qb6 13.0-0-0 c5 14.d5 b4 15.Na4 Qa5 16.Bxc4 Qxa4 17.Qg4 e5 18.d6 Qc6 19.Bxf7+ Kxf7 20.Qc4+ Kg6 21.Qe6 Kxg5 22.h4+ Kh6 23.f7+ Kh7 24.Qf5+ Kg7 25.Rh3 Bxd6 26.f8Q+ Nxf8 27.Rg3+ 1-0 10. [Game 50 / 2878] Byrne, Robert - Shipman, Walter
National Intercollegiate New York, NY (5.1), 29.12.1946
Source: Chess Review, February 1947, p. 23.
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Bb4 5.e5 h6 6.Be3 Ne4 7.Qg4 g6 8.a3 Bxc3+ 9.bxc3 c5 10.Bd3 cxd4 11.cxd4 Qa5+ 12.Ke2 Bd7 13.f3 h5 14.Qh4 Nc3+ 15.Kf2 Bb5 16.Bxg6 fxg6 17.Qf6 Ne4+ 0-1 11. [Game 51 / 2879] Partos, Julius - Gonzalez de Vega, Juan
US Speed Championship New York, NY (1), 17.11.1946
Source: Chess Review, February 1947, p. 23.
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.e3 0-0 6.Nf3 Nbd7 7.a3 Be7 8.Bd3 dxc4 9.Bxc4 c5 10.0-0 cxd4 11.Nxd4 a6 12.Bxe6 fxe6 13.Nxe6 Qe8 14.Nc7 Qh5 15.Nxa8 Ne5 16.Nb6 Bd6 17.h3 Bxh3 18.f4 Bf5 19.e4 Bc5+ 20.Rf2 Neg4 21.Nd1 Nxe4 22.Nc4 Ngxf2 0-1 12. [Game 53 / 2881] Harrelll, Richard - Gilbert, Joe T
North Texas-ch TX, 1946
Source: Chess Review, February 1947, p. 24.
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 f5 3.Nxe5 Qf6 4.d4 d6 5.Nc4 fxe4 6.Be3 d5 7.Ne5 Bd6 8.Nc3 Ne7 9.Be2 Bxe5 10.dxe5 Qxe5 11.Bd4 Qg5 12.Bh5+ Ng6 13.Be3 Qxg2 14.Qxd5 Qxh1+ 15.Kd2 Qxa1 16.Qe5+ Kf7 17.Bd4 Rg8 18.Nxe4 Qd1+ 19.Kxd1 Bg4+ 20.Kd2 Bxh5 21.Ng5+ Kf8 22.Bc5+ Ne7 23.Qxe7# 1-0 13. [Game 54 / 2882] Horowitz, Israel Albert - Berliner, Hans ac
Simul, 10b Washington, DC, 1946
Source: Chess Review, February 1947, p. 24.
1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 c5 5.Bxc4 e6 6.0-0 a6 7.Qe2 Nbd7 8.Rd1 Qc7 9.Bd3 b5 10.Nbd2 Bb7 11.a4 c4 12.Bc2 Nd5 13.e4 Nb4 14.Bb1 Be7 15.Nf1 0-0 16.Ng3 g6 17.Qe3 e5 18.Qh6 Rfd8 19.Ng5 Nf6 20.d5 c3 21.bxc3 Qxc3 22.Ra3 Qc4 23.Nh5 gxh5 24.Rg3 1-0 14. [Game 55 / 2883] Velliotes, Peter - Borochow, Harry
Los Angeles - Santa Barbara Los Angeles, CA (1.1), 08.09.1946
Source: Chess Review, February 1947, p. 24.
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 0-0 5.Nf3 b6 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 Bb7 8.Bd3 d6 9.0-0 Nbd7 10.Nd2 e5 11.e4 Re8 12.Re1 Nf8 13.d5 Ng6 14.g3 Bc8 15.Nf1 Bh3 16.Ne3 Qd7 17.a4 Rf8 18.a5 Ne7 19.Qc2 g6 20.Be2 Kg7 21.Ng2 Nfg8 22.Be3 f5 23.f3 fxe4 24.fxe4 h6 25.Qd2 Bg4 26.Bd1 Bxd1 27.Qxd1 Qh3 28.Rf1 Rxf1+ 29.Qxf1 Rf8 30.Qe2 Nc8 31.axb6 cxb6 32.Nh4 Nge7 33.Qd2 Ng8 34.Qe2 Rf7 35.Qd2 Qg4 36.Re1 Kh7 37.Bf2 Nf6 38.Qe2 Qxe2 39.Rxe2 Rc7 0-1 15. [Gae 60 / 2888] Barnard, A - Schmid, Willy
cr USA, 1946
Source: Chess Review, February 1947, p. 32.
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Bb4 5.e5 h6 6.exf6 hxg5 7.fxg7 Rg8 8.h4 gxh4 9.Qh5 Rxg7 10.Qh8+ Bf8 11.Nf3 Nd7 12.Rxh4 Nf6 13.Rf4 Rg6 14.Qh4 Bd7 15.Ne5 Rh6 16.Qg5 Qe7 17.Nb5 0-0-0 18.0-0-0 a6 19.Nc3 Be8 20.Be2 Rd6 21.Bg4 Rb6 22.Rxf6 Kb8 23.Rf5 exf5 24.Qxf5 Rxb2 25.Nxd5 Qa3 26.Nc4 Qxa2 27.Nxb2 Qa1+ 28.Kd2 Qxb2 29.Qc8+ Ka7 30.Qxe8 Qxd4+ 31.Ke2 Qxg4+ 32.f3 Re6+ 33.Kf2 Qh4+ 0-1 16. [Game 61 / 2889] Campbell, Charles W - Mendozo, I G
cr USA, 1946
Source: Chess Review, February 1947, p. 32.
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d4 exd4 6.cxd4 Bb4+ 7.Nc3 Nxe4 8.0-0 Bxc3 9.d5 Bf6 10.Re1 Ne7 11.Rxe4 d6 12.Bg5 Bxg5 13.Nxg5 0-0 14.Nxh7 Kxh7 15.Qh5+ Kg8 16.Rh4 f5 17.Rh3 f4 18.g4 Bxg4 19.Qxg4 Qc8 20.Qf3 Rf6 21.Bd3 Ng6 22.Qh5 Ne5 23.Qh7+ Kf7 24.Qh5+ Ke7 25.Re1 Qf8 26.Rxe5+ dxe5 27.Qxe5+ Kd8 28.Bc2 Qe7 29.Rh8+ Rf8 30.Rxf8+ Qxf8 31.Qg5+ Qf6 0-1 17. [Game 62 / 2890] Gable, Vernon - Farber, Isaac
cr USA, 1946
Source: Chess Review, February 1947, p. 37.
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bg5 dxc4 6.e4 b5 7.e5 h6 8.Bh4 g5 9.Nxg5 hxg5 10.Bxg5 Nbd7 11.g3 Qa5 12.exf6 b4 13.Ne4 Ba6 14.Bg2 0-0-0 15.Qf3 c3 16.bxc3 Bc4 17.Bc1 bxc3 18.Qe3 Nb6 19.Ng5 Rxd4 20.Qxd4 Bc5 21.Qf4 Rd8 22.Ne4 Bb4 23.f3 Qa4 24.Be3 Qc2 25.Bf1 Qb2 26.Rc1 Nd5 27.Bxc4 Nxf4 28.Ba6+ Kc7 29.Bxf4+ Kb6 30.0-0 Kxa6 31.a3 Ba5 32.Be5 Rd2 33.Nxd2 Qb6+ 34.Kg2 cxd2 35.Rcd1 Qe3 36.Bf4 Qe2+ 37.Kg1 c5 38.h4 c4 39.h5 c3 40.Bxd2 cxd2 41.g4 Bb6+ 42.Kh1 Bf2 1-0 18. [Game 66 / 2894] Allured, K B - Wren, Fred Montelle
US Open (45th). minor tournament Boston, MA, 1944
Source: Chess Review, March 1947, p. 13.
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 Bb4 5.Qb3 c5 6.dxc5 Bxc5 7.Qb5+ Nbd7 8.Bg5 0-0 9.cxd5 a6 10.Bxf6 Qxf6 11.Qb3 Ne5 12.dxe6 Bxe6 13.Qxb7 Rfb8 14.Qe4 Nxf3+ 15.gxf3 Bf5 16.Qd5 Bb6 17.e4 Qh4 18.Qd2 Rd8 19.Nd5 Bxe4 20.Bc4 Bxf3 21.Qc2 Bxh1 22.Nxb6 Qe4+ 23.Qxe4 Bxe4 24.Nxa8 Bxa8 25.Rd1 Re8+ 26.Kf1 Bf3 27.Rd7 Rc8 28.Rxf7 Rxc4 29.Rxf3 Rc2 30.Rb3 1-0 19. [Game 71 / 2299] Estrom, Folke - Book, Einar Eero
Finland - Sweden Helsinki FIN, 03.1946
Source: Chess Review, March 1947, p. 16.
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.cxd5 cxd5 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bf4 e6 7.e3 Bd6 8.Bg3 0-0 9.Bd3 a6 10.Rc1 b5 11.Nxd5 exd5 12.Rxc6 Bxg3 13.hxg3 Qa5+ 14.Nd2 Qxa2 15.Rxf6 gxf6 16.Bxh7+ Kg7 17.Qh5 1-0 20. [Game 89 / 2917] Shipman, Walter - Weinstein, Stanley
National Intercollegiate New York, NY (2.1), 26.12.1946
Source: Chess Review, March 1947, p. 28.
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nf3 Nbd7 4.g3 g6 5.Bg2 Bg7 6.0-0 0-0 7.Nc3 e5 8.b3 Re8 9.e4 exd4 10.Nxd4 Nc5 11.Re1 a5 12.Bb2 a4 13.b4 a3 14.Bc1 Ne6 15.Nc2 Ng4 16.Bd2 Nd4 17.h3 Nxc2 18.Qxc2 Ne5 19.Nd5 Be6 20.Rad1 c6 21.Ne3 b5 22.cxb5 cxb5 23.Nd5 Bxd5 24.exd5 Rc8 25.Qb3 Nc4 26.Rxe8+ Qxe8 27.Re1 Qd8 28.Bc1 Bb2 29.Bf1 Qf6 30.Bxc4 Rxc4 31.Bh6 Rc8 32.Qe3 Be5 33.Kg2 g5 34.Bxg5 Qf5 35.Rc1 Rxc1 36.Qxc1 Qe4+ 37.Kh2 Qe2 38.Kg1 Qxa2 39.Bh6 Qa1 1-0 21. [Game 91 / 2819] Kagan, Milton - Watts
Boston City Championship Boston, MA, 12.1947
Source: Chess Review, March 1947, p. 28.
1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.e4 d5 4.e5 d4 5.exf6 dxc3 6.bxc3 Qxf6 7.d4 c5 8.Nf3 h6 9.Qb3 Nd7 10.Bd3 cxd4 11.cxd4 Nc5 12.dxc5 Qxa1 13.0-0 Qf6 14.Qb5+ Bd7 15.Qxb7 Rc8 16.Be4 Bxc5 17.Rd1 Qd8 18.Ne5 Rc7 19.Qb3 0-0 20.Qd3 f5 21.Bf3 Rf7 22.Nxf7 Kxf7 23.Bf4 1-0 22. [Game 92 / 2920] Finkelstein, Milton - Flores Alvarez, Rodrigo
Marshall CC Championship (1946/47) New York, NY, 1946
Source: Chess Review, March 1947, p. 28.
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.b4 cxb4 4.d4 Nf6 5.Bd3 g6 6.Bb2 Bg7 7.Nbd2 0-0 8.0-0 Nh5 9.e5 Nf4 10.exd6 exd6 11.Bc4 d5 12.Bb3 Nc6 13.Ne5 f6 14.Ng4 Re8 15.Ne3 Kh8 16.Re1 Be6 17.Qf3 Qd6 18.Rad1 f5 19.Ndf1 b5 20.Ng3 a5 21.a4 bxa3 22.Bxa3 Qxa3 23.Qxf4 Qb4 24.Ne2 Rad8 25.c3 Qxb3 26.Ra1 Qb2 27.Kf1 b4 28.Reb1 bxc3 29.Rxb2 cxb2 30.Rb1 Rb8 31.Nc3 Nxd4 32.Na4 Bd7 33.Rxb2 Rxb2 34.Nxb2 Bb5+ 35.Ke1 Nc2+ 36.Kd2 Nxe3 37.fxe3 Bxb2 38.Qc7 Bc4 39.Qxa5 Be5 40.Qa4 Re7 41.Qa5 Kg7 42.Qd8 Bf6 0-1 23. [Game 93 2921] Evans, Larry - Flores Alvarez, Rodrigo
Marshall CC Championship (1946/47) New York, NY, 1946
Source: Chess Review, March 1947, p. 28.
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bf4 Bg7 5.Qa4+ Bd7 6.Qb3 Nc6 7.e3 Na5 8.Qb4 Nxc4 9.Bxc4 dxc4 10.Qxb7 Rb8 11.Qxa7 Rxb2 12.Nf3 Bc6 13.Bxc7 Qc8 14.Bg3 0-0 15.0-0 Bxf3 16.gxf3 Qc6 17.e4 Nh5 18.Nd5 Kh8 19.Qxe7 Nxg3 20.hxg3 Re8 21.Qxf7 Bxd4 22.Ne7 Qa4 23.Rad1 Bg7 24.Kg2 Bh6 25.Nxg6+ hxg6 26.Rd7 Qxd7 27.Qxd7 Reb8 28.Rh1 Rxf2+ 29.Kxf2 Rb2+ 30.Kg1 1-0 24. [Gane 94 / 2922] Friedman, Larry - Kramer, M
Team match Cleveland, OH, 1946
Source: Chess Review, March 1947, p. 29.
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5 5.exd5 Na5 6.Bb5+ c6 7.dxc6 bxc6 8.Be2 Be7 9.Nc3 h6 10.Nf3 e4 11.Ne5 Qd4 12.f4 Bc5 13.Rf1 Nd7 14.Nxd7 Bxd7 15.a3 Nc4 16.d3 exd3 17.Qxd3 Ne3 18.Bxe3 Qxd3 19.Bxd3 Bxe3 20.Rf3 Bd4 21.Bc4 Rb8 22.0-0-0 c5 23.Re1+ Kf8 24.Nd1 Bc6 25.Rd3 Bxg2 26.c3 Bf6 27.Ne3 Be4 28.Rd7 Rb7 29.Red1 Rxd7 30.Rxd7 Be7 31.Bd5 Bg6 32.Rxa7 f6 33.Nf5 Bd8 34.Nxg7 Bb6 35.Ne6+ Kg8 36.Nxc5+ Kf8 37.Nd7+ 1-0 25. [Game 95 / 2923] Byland, William M - Mallory, W
Metropolitan Championship Pittsburgh, PA, 1946
Source: Chess Review, March 1947, p. 29.
1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.c4 Nb6 4.d4 d6 5.f4 dxe5 6.fxe5 Nc6 7.Be3 Bf5 8.Nc3 e6 9.Nf3 Be7 10.Be2 0-0 11.0-0 Nb4 12.Rc1 c5 13.a3 Nc6 14.d5 exd5 15.cxd5 Nd4 16.Bxd4 cxd4 17.Qxd4 Rc8 18.d6 Bg5 19.Nxg5 Qxg5 20.h4 Qg6 21.Rxf5 Qxf5 22.Bg4 Qg6 23.Bxc8 Rxc8 24.d7 Rd8 25.Nd5 Qe6 26.Nxb6 axb6 27.Rc8 Rxc8 28.d8Q+ Qe8 29.Qxe8+ 1-0 26. [Game 96 / 2924] Bolbochan, Julio - Garibaldi, Oscar
Argentina Championship Buenos Aires ARG, 1946
Source: Chess Review, March 1947, p. 29.
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 0-0 5.Bd3 d5 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 dxc4 8.Bxc4 c5 9.Ne2 Qc7 10.Bd3 e5 11.0-0 Rd8 12.Qc2 c4 13.Bf5 Nc6 14.Rb1 a6 15.Bxc8 Raxc8 16.a4 Na5 17.e4 Re8 18.d5 Nb3 19.Ng3 g6 20.Bh6 Nd7 21.Qe2 Nb6 22.Qg4 Qd7 23.Qh4 Qd6 24.f4 Nd7 25.f5 f6 26.fxg6 hxg6 27.Nf5 Qc5+ 28.Be3 Qf8 29.Qg4 Nbc5 30.Qxg6+ Kh8 31.Rf3 1-0 27. [Game 97 / 2925] Pilnik, Herman - Pazos Gramajo, Horacio
Argentina Championship Buenos Aires ARG, 1946
Source: Chess Review, March 1947, p. 30.
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.Qg4 cxd4 8.cxd4 Qc7 9.Bd2 Qxc2 10.Ne2 Nbc6 11.Qxg7 Rg8 12.Qh6 Bd7 13.Rc1 Qg6 14.Qxg6 hxg6 15.g4 Rc8 16.h4 Rh8 17.Rh3 Kf8 18.Bg5 Ng8 19.Rhc3 Kg7 20.f3 Re8 21.Rb1 Bc8 22.Kf2 f6 23.exf6+ Nxf6 24.Nf4 Rhf8 25.Bb5 Nh7 26.Bxc6 bxc6 27.Nd3 Nxg5 28.hxg5 Ba6 29.Ne5 Bb5 30.a4 Bxa4 31.Rb7+ Kg8 32.Ra3 Bb5 33.Raxa7 1-0 28. [Game 98 / 2926] Horowitz, Israel Albert - Ferriz Carrasquedo, Alfonso
Simul, 30b Mexico City MEX, 1947
Source: Chess Review, March 1947, p. 30.
1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bg4 5.h3 Bh5 6.Ng3 Bxf3 7.Qxf3 Nf6 8.Bc4 e6 9.c3 Nbd7 10.d4 Bd6 11.0-0 Qc7 12.Ne4 Nxe4 13.Qxe4 Nf6 14.Qf3 0-0 15.Bg5 Nd5 16.g3 b5 17.Bd3 Rfb8 18.Rae1 a5 19.Re4 g6 20.h4 Be7 21.Rfe1 c5 22.dxc5 Qxc5 23.Bxe7 Qxe7 24.Re5 Qb7 25.h5 Kg7 26.hxg6 hxg6 27.Rxe6 fxe6 28.Rxe6 Ra6 29.Rxa6 Qxa6 30.Qxd5 Qb6 31.Qe5+ Kg8 32.Bxg6 Rf8 33.Bf5 1-0 29. [Game 99 / 2927] Gibaud, Amedee - Raizman, Maurice
FRA-ch Bordeaux FRA, 1946
Source: Chess Review, March 1947, p. 30.
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.e3 0-0 6.Nf3 c5 7.dxc5 Nc6 8.Bd3 Bxc5 9.a3 dxc4 10.Bxc4 a6 11.0-0 Qc7 12.Bd3 Ne5 13.Nxe5 Qxe5 14.Ne4 Ng4 15.Ng3 h5 16.Be2 Bd7 17.Bxg4 hxg4 18.Bd2 Bc6 19.Rac1 Ba7 20.Rfd1 Rac8 21.Bc3 Qg5 22.Rd2 f5 23.Ne2 Bb8 24.Nd4 Be4 25.Qd1 Rf6 26.g3 Rh6 27.f4 gxf3 28.Qe1 f2+ 29.Qxf2 Rxh2 30.Qxh2 Bxg3 0-1 30. [Game 101 / 2929] Dunst, Theodore Alexander - Dayton, Eldorous Lyons
Correspondence USA, 1947
Source: Chess Review, March 1947, p. 32.
1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.g3 dxc4 5.Qa4+ Bd7 6.Qxc4 b5 7.Qc2 c5 8.Bg2 Na6 9.Bd2 Rc8 10.0-0 cxd4 11.Qd3 Nb4 12.Bxb4 Bxb4 13.Nxd4 0-0 14.a3 Bc5 15.Nc3 Qb6 16.Rfd1 Rfd8 17.Ne4 Bc6 18.Nxc5 Bxg2 19.b4 Ba8 20.Qe3 Rd5 21.Rd2 Ng4 22.Qf4 Nxh2 23.Qh4 Qd8 24.Kxh2 g5 25.Qh3 Rxd4 26.Nxe6 Qf6 27.Nf4 Rc6 28.Rxd4 Qxd4 29.Rg1 gxf4 0-1 31. [Game 102 / 2930] Moyse,J - Elkin, L M
USA USA, 1947
Source: Chess Review, March 1947, p. 37.
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Nxc6 bxc6 8.e5 Qa5 9.Bb5 cxb5 10.exf6 b4 11.Ne4 d5 12.fxg7 Bxg7 13.Nd6+ Kd7 14.Nxf7 Ba6 15.Nxh8 Bxb2 16.Bd2 Rf8 17.Rb1 Qc5 18.Be3 Bc3+ 0-1 32. [Game 104 / 2932] Wren, Fred Montrelle - Smith, Charles
Canadian Championship Dalhousie, CAN, 06.1943
Source: Chess Review, April 1947, p. 14.
1.e4 e5 2.f4 Bc5 3.Nf3 d6 4.Bc4 Nc6 5.Ng5 Nh6 6.c3 0-0 7.b4 Bb6 8.a4 a6 9.a5 Ba7 10.d3 Qe7 11.f5 Kh8 12.Qe2 Bd7 13.h4 Nd8 14.g4 c6 15.Nxh7 Kxh7 16.Bxh6 gxh6 17.g5 f6 18.Qh5 Qg7 19.Ra2 Be8 20.g6+ Kh8 21.Nd2 Be3 22.Nf3 Bf4 23.Rg2 Bf7 24.Rg4 Bxc4 25.dxc4 Rc8 26.Ke2 Rc7 27.Ng5 Rd7 28.Nh7 Kg8 29.Rd1 Re8 30.Rd3 Qe7 31.g7 Kxh7 0-1 33. [Game 105 / 2933] Grimmer, G S - Wren, Fred Montrelle
Canadian Championship Dalhousie, CAN, 06.1943
Source: Chess Review, April 1947, p. 15.
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.c5 c6 4.e3 Nf6 5.Nf3 Be7 6.Bd3 Nbd7 7.Bd2 b6 8.Qa4 b5 9.Qa3 Bb7 10.Ba5 Qc8 11.Bb4 0-0 12.0-0 Bd8 13.Re1 a5 14.Bd2 Ba6 15.b4 axb4 16.Bxb4 Bc7 17.Ba5 Bb7 18.Qb3 Bxa5 19.Re2 Bc7 20.Nc3 e5 21.Bf5 Qb8 22.e4 dxe4 23.Nxe4 exd4 24.Bxd7 Nxd7 25.g3 Re8 26.Rae1 Qd8 27.Nfg5 Ne5 28.f4 h6 29.Nd6 Bxd6 30.cxd6 hxg5 31.fxe5 Re6 32.Qd3 Qb6 33.Rf1 Ba6 34.Rxf7 b4 35.Qf5 Bxe2 36.Qxe6 d3+ 37.Rf2+ Kh8 38.Qh3+ Kg8 39.Qe6+ Kh8 40.d7 Rf8 41.Qh3+ Bh5 42.Qf1 d2 0-1 34. [Game 109 / 2937] Christoffel, Martin - Van Seters, Frits\]
Paris Paris FRA (3), 01.12.1946
Source: Chess Review, April 1947, p. 18.
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 b6 5.Qg4 Bf8 6.Bd3 Ba6 7.Nb5 Ne7 8.c3 Nf5 9.Bg5 Qd7 10.Qe2 c6 11.Na3 Bxd3 12.Qxd3 Bxa3 13.bxa3 0-0 14.g4 f6 15.exf6 gxf6 16.Bf4 Nd6 17.Nf3 Nc4 18.Kf1 Na6 19.Rg1 Kh8 20.g5 e5 21.dxe5 Qh3+ 22.Rg2 Nc5 23.Qe2 fxe5 24.Bxe5+ Kg8 25.Nd2 Ne3+ 0-1 35. [Game 110 / 2938] O'Kelly de Galway, Alberic - Evard, V
Paris Paris FRA (3), 01.12.1946
Source: Chess Review, April 1947, p. 17.
1.e4 c5 2.Ne2 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be3 e6 7.Be2 a6 8.0-0 Qc7 9.f4 Be7 10.Qe1 Bd7 11.Rd1 Rc8 12.Qg3 0-0 13.e5 dxe5 14.fxe5 Nxd4 15.Rxd4 Ne8 16.Ne4 Kh8 17.Bd3 f5 18.exf6 gxf6 19.Qh4 Rf7 20.Ng5 fxg5 21.Rxf7 gxh4 22.Rxh7+ Kg8 23.Rg4+ Kf8 24.Bh6+ Ng7 25.Rgxg7 Qc5+ 26.Kh1 Ke8 27.Rg8+ Bf8 28.Bxf8 Qxf8 29.Bg6+ Kd8 30.Rxf8+ 1-0 36. [Game 116 / 2944] Katz, Gerald - Kagan, Milton
Boston City Championship Boston, MA (1), 1947
Source: Chess Review, April 1947, p. 20.
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 0-0 5.Bd3 c5 6.d5 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 e5 8.e4 d6 9.Ne2 Nh5 10.0-0 Qe8 11.h3 f5 12.exf5 e4 13.Bc2 Bxf5 14.g4 Qg6 15.Ng3 Nxg3 16.fxg3 Na6 17.Qe2 Bd7 18.Rxf8+ Rxf8 19.Qxe4 Qxe4 20.Bxe4 Nc7 21.Bf4 Ne8 22.a4 b6 23.Bc2 h6 24.Re1 g5 25.Bd2 Rf3 26.Kg2 Rf6 27.a5 b5 28.cxb5 Bxb5 29.c4 Bd7 30.Bc3 Rf8 31.Bg6 Ba4 32.Re7 Nf6 33.Bf5 Bb3 34.Be6+ Kh8 35.Rxa7 Bxc4 36.Rc7 Bb5 37.Rc8 Rxc8 38.Bxf6+ Kh7 39.Bxc8 Kg6 40.Bc3 1-0 37. [Game 117 / 2945] Koelsche, Giles A - Barnes, George Samuel
Minnesota Championship. Match Minneapolis, MN, 1947
Source: Chess Review, April 1947, p. 20.
1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 d4 3.e3 c5 4.b4 f6 5.bxc5 e5 6.Nxe5 fxe5 7.Qh5+ Ke7 8.Qxe5+ Kf7 9.Qxd4 Qc7 10.Qd5+ Be6 11.Qh5+ g6 12.Qf3+ Nf6 13.Nc3 Bxc5 14.Rb1 Nc6 15.Ne4 Bf5 16.Nxf6 Kxf6 17.g4 Ne5 18.Bb2 Rad8 19.gxf5 g5 20.Qh5 Bf8 21.Rg1 1-0 38. [Game 118 / 2946] Pilnick, Carl - Hanauer, Milton Loeb
Marshall CC Championship (1946/47) New York, NY, 1947
Source: Chess Review, April 1947, p. 20.
1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.c4 Nb6 4.d4 d6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Be2 dxe5 7.c5 e4 8.Ng5 Bxe2 9.Qxe2 Nd5 10.Nc3 Nc6 11.0-0 e6 12.Be3 Nxe3 13.Qxe3 Be7 14.Ngxe4 Qxd4 15.Qg3 0-0 16.Qxc7 Qb4 17.a3 Qb3 18.Qg3 Rad8 19.Rab1 Rd7 20.h4 Rfd8 21.Rfe1 Nd4 22.h5 h6 23.Qf4 f5 24.Nd2 Qc2 25.Nf3 Nxf3+ 26.Qxf3 Bxc5 27.Rxe6 Rd3 28.Re2 Qxb1+ 29.Nxb1 Rxf3 30.gxf3 Rd1+ 0-1 39. [Game 119 / 2947] Flores Alvarez, Rodrigo - Donovan, Jeremiah F
Marshall CC Championship (1946/47) New York, NY, 1947
Source: Chess Review, April 1947, p. 20.
1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Nh4 e6 7.Nxf5 exf5 8.e3 Bd6 9.Bxc4 0-0 10.h3 Bc7 11.Qf3 f4 12.0-0 fxe3 13.fxe3 Qd6 14.b3 Re8 15.Ba3 Qh2+ 16.Kf2 Bb6 17.Rh1 Qc7 18.g4 c5 19.g5 cxd4 20.Nb5 Ne4+ 21.Qxe4 Rxe4 22.Nxc7 Bxc7 23.Bd5 dxe3+ 24.Ke2 Re8 25.Rhf1 Nc6 26.Rxf7 Nd4+ 27.Kd3 Ne6 28.Bxe6 Rad8+ 29.Ke2 Rd2+ 30.Kf1 e2+ 31.Ke1 Rd1+ 32.Rxd1 Ba5+ 33.Kf2 exd1N+ 34.Kf3 Kh8 35.Rxb7 g6 36.Be7 Bd8 37.Bxd8 Rxe6 38.Bf6+ Kg8 39.Bd4 a6 40.b4 Rc6 41.b5 axb5 42.axb5 Rc4 43.Ke4 Nf2+ 44.Kd5 Rc2 45.Ke6 Re2+ 46.Be5 1-0 40. [Game 120 / 2948] Zeigler, C R - Weiss, Albert
Pennsylvania PA, 1947
Source: Chess Review, April 1947, p. 22.
1.c4 c6 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.e4 d5 4.e5 d4 5.exf6 dxc3 6.bxc3 gxf6 7.d4 Bg7 8.Bd3 e5 9.Nf3 Bg4 10.0-0 0-0 11.Qc2 h6 12.h3 Bxf3 13.gxf3 exd4 14.Kh1 c5 15.Rg1 Kh8 16.Rxg7 Kxg7 17.Bxh6+ Kh8 18.Bg7+ Kxg7 19.Rg1+ Kh6 20.Qc1+ Kh5 21.Rg7 Rh8 22.Qf4 Qd7 23.Bf5 1-0 41. [Game 121 / 2949] Horowitz, Israel Albert - Mayagoita, C
Simul, 30b Mexico City MEX, 1947
Source: Chess Review, April 1947, p. 22.
1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nf3 Bb4+ 5.c3 dxc3 6.0-0 cxb2 7.Bxb2 0-0 8.e5 Ne4 9.Bd5 Ng5 10.Nxg5 Qxg5 11.f4 Bc5+ 12.Kh1 Qh6 13.f5 c6 14.Bb3 d5 15.Nd2 Be3 16.Bc3 Bf4 17.g3 Bxg3 18.Qe2 Bf4 19.Rxf4 Qxf4 20.Rf1 Qg5 21.e6 f6 22.Ne4 Qh4 23.Rg1 Kh8 24.Nxf6 gxf6 25.e7 Re8 26.Qe1 Qh6 27.Qe3 Qh4 28.Qf4 1-0 42. [Game 130 / 2958] Katetov, Miroslav - Pachman, Lude
CSR-ch Ostrava CSR (6), 1946
Source: Chess Review, April 1947, p. 31.
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Qc8 6.0-0 c5 7.d5 exd5 8.cxd5 Bxd5 9.Nc3 Bc6 10.e4 Be7 11.e5 Ne4 12.Nd5 h6 13.Nh4 Ng5 14.Nxe7 Kxe7 15.Bxg5+ hxg5 16.Nf5+ Ke6 17.Qb3+ d5 18.exd6+ Kf6 19.Ne7 Qb7 20.Rfe1 1-0 43. [Game 131 / 2959] Gonzalez, E - Colombo, A
Valparaiso ValparaisoCHI, 1947
Source: Chess Review, April 1947, p. 32.
1.f4 e5 2.fxe5 Nc6 3.Nf3 d6 4.exd6 Bxd6 5.e4 g5 6.Bc4 g4 7.0-0 gxf3 8.Qxf3 Ne5 9.Bxf7+ Ke7 10.Qb3 Nf6 11.d4 Nxf7 12.e5 Nxe5 13.dxe5 Bxe5 14.Bg5 Be6 15.Qf3 Qd4+ 16.Kh1 h6 17.c3 hxg5 18.cxd4 Rxh2+ 19.Kg1 Ng4 20.dxe5 Rah8 21.Qa3+ Ke8 22.Qh3 R8xh3 23.gxh3 Bd5 24.hxg4 Rg2+ 25.Kh1 Rxb2+ 26.Kg1 Rg2+ 27.Kh1 Rxa2+ 28.Kg1 Rxa1 29.Nc3 Rxf1+ 30.Kxf1 c6 31.Ke2 Ke7 32.Kd3 Ke6 33.Kd4 b6 0-1 44. [Game 134 / 2962] Griffith, H C - Yerhoff, Fran J
Correspondence Correspondence (4), 13.09.1947
Source: Chess Review, April 1947, p. 38.
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 Bd6 11.f4 Bc5 12.c3 Qb6 13.d4 exd3 14.Nxd3 Bg1 15.Kf1 Be3 16.Bxe3 Qxe3 17.Nd2 Ba6 18.Nb4 Qxf4+ 19.Nf3 Nc4 20.Nd3 Ne3+ 21.Kg1 Qg4 22.Nfe1 Nxd1 23.Bxg4 Nxg4 24.Rxd1 0-0-0 25.b3 Bxd3 26.Nxd3 Rhe8 27.Re1 Rxe1+ 28.Nxe1 Rd1 29.Kf1 Rd2 30.a4 Ne3+ 31.Kg1 Re2 0-1 45. [Game 144 / 2972] Nielsen, Bjorn - Yanofsky, Daniel Abraham
Copenhagen Copenhagen DEN, 22.03.1947
Source: Chess Review, May 1947, p. 22.
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.cxd5 cxd5 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bf4 Bf5 7.Rc1 a6 8.a3 Rc8 9.Na4 Ne4 10.b4 e6 11.Qb3 g5 12.Be3 g4 13.Ne5 Nxd4 14.Rxc8 Qxc8 15.Bxd4 Qc1+ 16.Qd1 Qxa3 17.Nd3 Bxb4+ 18.Nxb4 Qxb4+ 19.Nc3 Nxc3 20.Bxc3 Qxc3+ 0-1 46. [Game 146 / 2974] Sewell - Katz, Gerald
Boston team match Boston, MA, 1947
Source: Chess Review, May 1947, p. 22.
1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 c6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4 Bb4 8.0-0 0-0 9.h3 h6 10.Qb3 Qe7 11.Ne5 Rd8 12.f3 Nbd7 13.Nd3 Bxd3 14.Bxd3 e5 15.Na2 Bc5 16.Qxb7 exd4 17.e4 Rab8 18.Qc7 Rdc8 19.Qg3 Nh5 20.Qe1 Ne5 21.Ba6 Rd8 22.Kh1 Rb6 23.Be2 d3 24.Bd1 Rxb2 25.f4 Re2 26.Bxe2 dxe2 27.Rf3 Rd1 28.Bb2 Rxe1+ 29.Rxe1 Nxf3 30.gxf3 Qh4 0-1 47. [Game 147 / 2975] Howard, Franlin Sandford - Kowalski, Stephen
New Jersey New ersey, 1947
Source: Chess Review, May 1947, p. 23.
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 c6 4.cxd5 cxd5 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bf4 e6 7.e3 Bd6 8.Ne5 0-0 9.Bb5 Qc7 10.Nd3 Bd7 11.0-0 Rac8 12.Rc1 Bxf4 13.Nxf4 Rfd8 14.Bd3 a6 15.Na4 b5 16.Nc5 Qb6 17.Nh5 Nxh5 18.Qxh5 g6 19.Qg5 Be8 20.f4 Na5 21.f5 exf5 22.Bxf5 Rc6 23.Be6 Rxe6 24.Nxe6 fxe6 25.Qe7 Bc6 26.Rf7 1-0 48. [Game 150 / 2978] Vasek, Lud - Formanek, Zdenek
Czechoslovakian Team Tournament Czechoslovakia, 1946
Source: Chess Review, May 1947, p. 24.
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 d5 3.cxd5 Nxd5 4.Nc3 c5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 g6 7.Bb5+ Bd7 8.Qb3 Bg7 9.Bc4 0-0 10.Bd5 Nc6 11.Qxb7 Rb8 12.Qa6 Nb4 13.cxb4 Bb5 14.Qxa7 Bxa1 15.a4 Bd3 16.b5 Qd6 17.Ba3 Rfc8 18.Ng5 Qf6 19.Nxf7 Kg7 20.Bxc5 Bd4 21.Qxe7 Bxf2+ 0-1 49. [Game 152 / 2980] Karlin, Ored - Johansson, I
Norway Norway, 1946
Source: Chess Review, May 1947, p. 24.
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 0-0 7.e3 Re8 8.Bd3 h6 9.Bh4 c5 10.Nf3 Bg4 11.Bxf6 Qxf6 12.Ne5 Bc8 13.a3 cxd4 14.exd4 Nc6 15.0-0 Nxd4 16.Qa4 Rxe5 17.Qxb4 Nf3+ 18.gxf3 Rg5+ 19.Kh1 Qxf3# 0-1 50. [Game 153 / 2981] Blaszczak, Czeslaw - Czarnota, Alfred
Poland POL, 1946
Source: Chess Review, May 1947, p. 24.
1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 Nd7 5.e4 dxe4 6.Nxe4 Ngf6 7.Nc3 Bd6 8.Bd3 0-0 9.Bg5 Qc7 10.0-0 a6 11.Qc2 h6 12.Bh4 e5 13.c5 Be7 14.Bg3 Nh5 15.Rfe1 Nxg3 16.hxg3 Bf6 17.Ne4 exd4 18.Nd6 Rd8 19.Nxf7 Nxc5 20.Nxd8 Nxd3 21.Re8+ Kh7 22.Qxd3+ g6 23.Qb3 Qg7 24.Nf7 1-0 51. [Game 157 / 2985] Wren, Fred Montelle - Stroud
Halifax Halifax CAN, 1943
Source: Chess Review, May 1947, p. 28.
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c3 Bd6 4.Bc4 Qf6 5.d4 a6 6.0-0 b5 7.Bg5 Qg6 8.Bd5 Bb7 9.dxe5 Bc5 10.b4 Bb6 11.a4 Rb8 12.axb5 axb5 13.Qd3 h6 14.Bf4 Nge7 15.Qxb5 Nxd5 16.exd5 Na7 17.Rxa7 Bxa7 18.e6 fxe6 19.dxe6 0-0 20.Bxc7 Bxf3 0-1 52. [Game 158 / 2986] MacConnell, O M - Wren, Fred Montelle
CAN-ch Dalhousie, CAN, 06.1943
Source: Chess Review, May 1947, p. 29.
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 d6 6.c3 b5 7.Bc2 Be7 8.d4 Bg4 9.Be3 0-0 10.Nbd2 Nh5 11.h3 Bd7 12.Nxe5 dxe5 13.Qxh5 f6 14.Qd1 b4 15.Nf3 Na5 16.dxe5 Bb5 17.Qxd8 Raxd8 18.Rfd1 Nc4 19.Rxd8 Rxd8 20.exf6 Bxf6 21.Bb3 Kh8 22.Bxc4 Bxc4 23.e5 Be7 24.cxb4 Bxb4 25.a3 Ba5 26.Bd4 Be2 27.Bc3 Bxc3 28.bxc3 Kg8 29.Nd4 Bc4 30.f4 c5 31.Nf5 Rd2 32.Nd6 Bd5 33.Rb1 Rxg2+ 34.Kf1 g6 35.Re1 Rd2 36.Re3 Be6 37.Rg3 Rh2 38.f5 Rh1+ 39.Kf2 Bd5 40.f6 Rh2+ 41.Ke3 Ra2 42.Kf4 Rxa3 43.Kg5 Ra1 44.Kh6 Rf1 45.h4 Rh1 46.Rg4 Be6 47.Rf4 g5 48.Kxg5 Rg1+ 49.Kh6 Rg6+ 50.Kh5 Bb3 0-1 53. [Game 159 / 2987] Regen, Adolph - Di Camillo, Attilio
Philadelphia City ch Philadelphia, PA, 1947
Source: Chess Review, May 1947, p. 30.
1.d4 Nf6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 e6 4.c4 dxc4 5.Qa4+ Bd7 6.Qxc4 Bc6 7.Nf3 Bd5 8.Qd3 Nc6 9.Nc3 Nb4 10.Qb1 Bc6 11.0-0 Be7 12.e4 0-0 13.a3 Na6 14.b4 Be8 15.Bb2 c6 16.Rd1 Qc7 17.Qc2 Rc8 18.Rac1 b6 19.Qe2 Qb7 20.Ne5 Nc7 21.g4 h6 22.f4 Nh7 23.d5 cxd5 24.exd5 Nxd5 25.Nxd5 exd5 26.Bxd5 Qb8 27.Ng6 Bf6 28.Rxc8 Qxc8 29.Bxf6 0-1 54. [Game 160 / 2988] Cody,R - Heaton,S [B01]
USA USA, 1947
1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd8 4.d4 e6 5.Nf3 Bb4 6.Bd3 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 h6 8.0-0 Nf6 9.Ba3 a6 10.Re1 b5 11.c4 Bb7 12.c3 Nbd7 13.Rxe6+ fxe6 14.Bg6# 1-0 55. [Game 162 / 2990] Randall, P E - Munitz, R J
Correspondence Correspondence, 1947
Source: Chess Review, May 1947, p. 34.
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Bb5+ Bd7 7.Bxd7+ Qxd7 8.Nf5 Nc6 9.0-0 g6 10.Ng3 Bg7 11.a3 0-0 12.Bg5 Ne7 13.Bxf6 Bxf6 14.Nd5 Nxd5 15.Qxd5 Rac8 16.c3 Rc5 17.Qd3 d5 18.Rad1 d4 19.Ne2 Rd8 20.f4 Qc7 21.cxd4 exd4 22.e5 Be7 23.Qe4 Rc4 24.Qd3 a5 25.Kh1 a4 26.Rc1 b5 27.Rxc4 bxc4 28.Qd1 Qc6 29.Ng3 c3 30.bxc3 dxc3 31.Qc1 Rd2 32.Rg1 Ra2 33.f5 Bxa3 34.Qh6 Bc5 35.Nh5 Qxg2+ 36.Rxg2 Ra1+ 37.Rg1 Rxg1# 0-1 56. [Game 165 / 2993] Prins, Lodewijk - Ivanov, V
British Championship (28th).Major Open Yarmouth ENG, 08.1935
Source: Chess Review, June 1947, p. 7.
1.e4 e6 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 d5 4.d4 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Qxd4 7.Bxb4 Qxe4+ 8.Be2 Na6 9.Bd6 Ne7 10.Nf3 f6 11.0-0 Kf7 12.Bd3 Qg4 13.Ne5+ 1-0 57. [Game 166 / 2994] Havilchek, J - Svabensky, Mjomir
CSR-ch. Minor B Final Ostrava CSR (6), 1946
Source: Chess Review, June 1947, p. 7.
1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Bg2 Be6 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.0-0 Be7 8.d4 exd4 9.Nxd4 Nxd4 10.Qxd4 Bf6 11.Qa4+ Bd7 12.Qe4+ Ne7 13.Qxb7 c6 14.Rd1 Qc8 15.Rxd7 1-0 58. [Game 167 / 2995] Wren, Fred Montelle - Bucht
Restricted move tournament Halifax CAN, 1943
Source: Chess Review, June 1947, p. 10.
1.e4 e5 2.f4 Bc5 3.Nf3 d6 4.Be2 exf4 5.d4 Bb6 6.Bxf4 Ne7 7.0-0 0-0 8.Bd3 c6 9.Nc3 h6 10.Na4 Bc7 11.c4 Bg4 12.Qd2 Ng6 13.Be3 Nd7 14.Nc3 Ne7 15.Qf2 a6 16.Qg3 f5 17.h3 Ng6 18.Bxh6 Bxf3 19.Qxg6 Qf6 20.Qxf6 Rxf6 21.Bxg7 Kxg7 22.Rxf3 f4 23.Raf1 Raf8 24.Ne2 Bb6 25.Kh1 Rh8 26.Rxf4 Rxf4 27.Rxf4 Nf6 28.b4 Nh5 29.Rg4+ Kf6 30.c5 dxc5 31.bxc5 Bc7 32.e5+ Ke7 33.Rg5 Kf8 34.Rf5+ Kg7 35.Kh2 Kg8 36.Bc4+ 1-0 59. [Game 168 / 2995] Bucht - Wren, Fred Montelle\6
Restricted move tournament Halifax CAN, 1943
Source: Chess Review, June 1947, p. 11.
1.e4 e5 2.f4 Bc5 3.Nf3 d6 4.Bc4 Nf6 5.fxe5 Nxe4 6.d4 Bb6 7.Qe2 d5 8.Bd3 Bf5 9.c3 0-0 10.0-0 Nc6 11.Nbd2 Re8 12.Kh1 Ne7 13.Nxe4 dxe4 14.Bxe4 c6 15.Ng5 Bxe4 16.Qxe4 Ng6 17.Rxf7 Rxe5 18.Qd3 Re1+ 19.Rf1 Rxf1+ 20.Qxf1 Qd5 21.Qe2 Rd8 22.Be3 h6 23.Nh3 Re8 24.Qf2 Bc7 25.b3 Rf8 26.Qe2 Re8 27.Re1 Re4 28.Qf3 Nh4 29.Qf2 Rg4 30.Rg1 Ng6 31.Rf1 Rh4 32.Qf3 Qd6 33.Bg1 Qd5 34.Qe3 Re4 35.Qd3 Nh4 36.Qd2 Rg4 37.Rf2 Qh5 38.Nf4 Bxf4 39.Rxf4 Rxg2 40.Rxh4 Rxg1+ 41.Kxg1 Qxh4 42.c4 Qg4+ 43.Kf1 Qf5+ 44.Ke2 Qh5+ 45.Kd3 Qf5+ 46.Kc3 Qa5+ 47.Kd3 Qf5+ 48.Ke2 Qg4+ ½-½ 60. [Game 176 / 3004] Abel, H T - Cross, Jaes
Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA, 1947
Source: Chess Review, June 1947, p. 17.
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.e3 d5 4.Bd3 c5 5.c3 Bd6 6.Nbd2 Nbd7 7.0-0 0-0 8.e4 dxe4 9.Nxe4 Nxe4 10.Bxe4 cxd4 11.Nxd4 Bxh2+ 12.Kxh2 Qh4+ 13.Kg1 Qxe4 14.Re1 Qg6 15.Re3 e5 16.Rg3 Qd6 17.Rxg7+ Kh8 18.Qh5 Nf6 19.Qh6 exd4 20.Bg5 Bf5 21.Bxf6 Bg6 22.Rxh7+ 1*0 61. [Game 177 / 3005] Marvin, C - Steinmeyer, Robert Henry
St Louis District-ch St Louis, MO, 1947
Source: Chess Review, June 1947, p. 17.
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 c5 7.Bc4 Bg7 8.Qb3 0-0 9.Ba3 Qc7 10.Rc1 Nc6 11.Qc2 Bg4 12.Be2 Ne5 13.Nxe5 Bxe2 14.Nxg6 fxg6 15.Kxe2 Rad8 16.d4 Bh6 17.Rcd1 Rxf2+ 18.Kxf2 Qf4+ 19.Ke1 Qe3+ 20.Qe2 Qxc3+ 21.Rd2 Rxd4 22.Bb2 Bxd2+ 23.Kf2 Qxb2 24.Rf1 Be3+ 25.Kxe3 Rxe4+ 0-1 62. [Game 178 / 3006] Rothman, Aaron - Willman, Robert
Metropolitan Chess League (New York) New York, NY (3), 22.03.1947
Source: Chess Review, June 1947, p. 17.
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.e3 Bg7 5.Nf3 0-0 6.Qb3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 Nbd7 8.Ng5 e6 9.Bxe6 fxe6 10.Nxe6 Qe7 11.Nxc7+ Kh8 12.Nxa8 Ng4 13.h3 Nxf2 14.Rf1 Qh4 15.Ke2 Qg3 16.Qd5 Nf6 17.Qf3 Nh5 18.Qd5 Nf4+ 19.exf4 Re8+ 0-1 63. [Game 169 / 3007] Ader Hausman, Water - Atias, Waldo
Vina del Mar Vina de Mar CHI, 1947
Source: Chess Review, June 1947, p. 18.
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 0-0 5.Bd3 d5 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 Nbd7 8.cxd5 exd5 9.Ne2 a5 10.0-0 c6 11.f3 Re8 12.Ng3 Nf8 13.e4 h6 14.e5 N6h7 15.f4 Qh4 16.f5 g6 17.e6 g5 18.Nh5 g4 19.Rf4 Nf6 20.Nxf6+ Qxf6 21.Rxg4+ Kh8 22.Bf4 1-0 64. [Game 183 / 3011] Wood, J C - McAuley, Adam L
Correspondence USA, 1947
Source: Chess Review, June 1947, p. 24.
1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d3 c6 4.Nf3 d5 5.exd5 cxd5 6.Bb3 Nc6 7.0-0 Be7 8.Re1 0-0 9.Nxe5 Nxe5 10.Rxe5 Bd6 11.Re1 Ng4 12.h3 Nxf2 13.Kxf2 Qh4+ 14.Kf1 Bxh3 15.Qf3 Bg4 16.Bg5 Qxg5 17.Qxd5 Qf4+ 18.Kg1 Qh2+ 19.Kf1 Bg3 20.Qd4 Bxe1 21.Qxg4 Qh1+ 0-1 65.[Game 185 / 3013] Fajans, Harry - Moore, Don
Correspondence Correspondence, 1947
Source: Chess Review, June 1947, p. 29.
1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Qf3 Qh4+ 4.g3 fxg3 5.hxg3 Qf6 6.Nc3 Nc6 7.Nd5 Qd6 8.Ne2 Ne5 9.Qf2 c6 10.Ne3 Nf6 11.Bg2 Qb4 12.0-0 d6 13.d4 Neg4 14.Nxg4 Bxg4 15.c3 Qb6 16.Nf4 0-0-0 17.b4 Qc7 18.Re1 h5 19.e5 Ne8 20.b5 cxb5 21.Nd5 Qb8 22.Qxf7 dxe5 23.Rxe5 Nd6 24.Ne7+ Bxe7 25.Qxe7 b6 26.Bf4 Rd7 27.Qg5 a6 28.a4 Qc7 29.axb5 a5 30.Rxa5 bxa5 31.Rc5 Rhd8 32.Qd5 Qxc5 33.Qa8+ Kc7 34.Qb7# 1-0 66. [Game 189 / 3017] Fuster, Geza - Negyesy, Gyorgy
Budapest Budapest HUN, 1946
Source: Chess Review, July 1947, p. 7.
1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.cxd5 cxd5 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bf4 e6 7.e3 Be7 8.Bd3 0-0 9.0-0 Nh5 10.Be5 f6 11.Ng5 fxe5 12.Bxh7+ Kh8 13.Nf7+ 1-0 67. [Game 190 / 3018] Wren, Fred Montelle - Droste
Buffalo Buffalo, NY, 1934
Source: Chess Review, July 1947, p. 10.
1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.Bc4 g4 5.0-0 gxf3 6.Qxf3 Bd6 7.d4 Qe7 8.Bxf4 Bxf4 9.Qxf4 f6 10.Nc3 c6 11.e5 d6 12.exd6 Qg7 13.Rae1+ Kf8 14.d7 Bxd7 15.Qd6+ Ne7 16.Rxf6+ Ke8 17.Rf7 Qg5 18.Rexe7+ Kd8 19.Rxd7+ 1-0 68. [Game 192 / 3020] Davenport - Wren, Fred Montelle
Correspondence Correspondence, 1933
Source: Chess Review, July 1947, p. 11.
1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.c3 dxc3 4.Bc4 Qh4 5.Qd5 Qf6 6.Bg5 c6 7.Qa5 cxb2 8.Bxf6 gxf6 9.Qc3 Bb4 10.Qxb4 bxa1Q 11.f4 Na6 12.Qb3 Nc5 13.Qb4 b5 0-1 69. [Game 203 / 3031] Elliott, Edward P - Pafnutieff, Vladiir
North California - South California Atascadero, CA (1.6), 30.05.1947
Source: Chess Review, July 1947, p. 19.
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Nf3 Bd6 5.Be3 Nc6 6.Bb5 Nge7 7.Nc3 0-0 8.h3 Bd7 9.a3 Na5 10.Bd3 Bf5 11.0-0 c6 12.b4 Nc4 13.Bxc4 dxc4 14.Nh4 Qd7 15.g4 Be6 16.f4 Nd5 17.Nxd5 Bxd5 18.Qd2 Rfe8 19.Rae1 a5 20.c3 axb4 21.axb4 Ra3 22.Nf5 Rea8 23.Bf2 Bxb4 24.cxb4 Rxh3 25.Bg3 c3 26.Ra1 Rxa1 27.Rxa1 Rh1+ 28.Kf2 Rxa1 29.Qxc3 Ra2+ 30.Ke1 Qe6+ 31.Ne3 Qe4 0-1 70. [Game 204 / 3032] Dener, Arnold - Pilnick, Carl
Manhattan CC-ch (1946/47) New York, NY, 1947
Source: Chess Review, July 1947, p. 20.
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bd3 c5 5.exd5 exd5 6.Nf3 c4 7.Be2 Be7 8.0-0 0-0 9.Bg5 h6 10.Bh4 Nc6 11.Ne5 Qa5 12.Bf3 Be6 13.Re1 Rfd8 14.Ng6 Ba3 15.Bxf6 gxf6 16.Qd2 Kh7 17.bxa3 Kxg6 18.Rab1 Rd7 19.Rb5 Qd8 20.Ne2 a6 21.Rbb1 Kh7 22.Qf4 f5 23.c3 Qg5 24.h4 Qxf4 25.Nxf4 Re7 26.Nxd5 Bxd5 27.Bxd5 Rxe1+ 28.Rxe1 Kg6 29.Bxc4 Na5 30.Bd3 f6 31.Re7 Rc8 32.g4 1-0 71. [Game 205 / 3033] Marchand, Erich - Herzberger, Max
Rochester-ch Rochester, NY, 1946
Source: Chess Review, July 1947, p. 20.
1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 e6 3.b3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bb2 d4 6.d3 Nc6 7.g3 Nf6 8.Bg2 Bd7 9.0-0 Be7 10.Na3 Rb8 11.Nc4 Qc7 12.Bc1 Nd5 13.Ne1 Nc3 14.Qc2 Nb4 15.Qb2 Nbd5 16.e4 dxe3 17.fxe3 Bf6 18.Rxf6 gxf6 19.e4 Nd1 20.Qc2 N5c3 21.Bf4 Qd8 22.Rxd1 Nxd1 23.Nd6+ Ke7 24.Qxc5 Qb6 25.Nc8+ 1-0 72. [Game 206 / 3034] Shainswit, George - Mengarini, Ariel
Metropolitan Chess League (New York) New York, NY (9.6), 10.05.1947
Source: Chess Review, July 1947, p. 21.
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 dxc4 5.Qa4+ Nbd7 6.Bg2 a6 7.Nc3 Be7 8.Qxc4 b5 9.Qd3 Bb7 10.0-0 c5 11.dxc5 Nxc5 12.Qxd8+ Rxd8 13.Be3 b4 14.Bxc5 Bxc5 15.Na4 Bd6 16.Rac1 Ke7 17.Nd4 Bxg2 18.Kxg2 Rc8 19.Nc6+ Kf8 20.Rfd1 Ne8 21.e4 f6 22.f4 Rc7 23.e5 Be7 24.Nb6 g6 25.Nd7+ Kf7 26.exf6 Bxf6 27.Nce5+ Bxe5 28.Nxe5+ Kf8 29.Rxc7 Nxc7 30.Rd8+ Ne8 31.Rd7 a5 32.b3 Ng7 33.g4 Rg8 34.Ra7 a4 35.h4 1-0 73. [Game 207 / 3035] Spiro, David - Dietz, Paul
Pittsburgh YMCA Pittsburgh, PA 1947
Source: Chess Review, July 1947, p. 21.
1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 c5 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 Nc6 6.0-0 Nf6 7.Nc3 cxd4 8.exd4 Be7 9.a3 0-0 10.Bg5 Nd5 11.Ne4 b6 12.Rc1 Bb7 13.Re1 Bxg5 14.Nexg5 Rc8 15.Qd3 g6 16.h4 Qd6 17.g3 Nce7 18.h5 Nf5 19.g4 Nh6 20.hxg6 hxg6 21.Rxe6 Nf4 22.Rxd6 Nxd3 23.Rxg6+ Kh8 24.Rxh6+ Kg7 25.Rh7+ Kg8 26.Bxf7+ Rxf7 27.Rxc8+ 1-0 74. [Game 213 / 3041] Hearst, Eliot - Friedman, Larry\]
US Junior Championship Cleveland OH, 1947
Source: Chess Review, August 1947, p. 8.
1.d4 f5 2.e4 fxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 b6 5.Bxf6 exf6 6.Nxe4 d5 7.Qh5+ Ke7 8.Nc3 Be6 9.Bd3 Qd7 10.0-0-0 Kd8 11.Nf3 g5 12.h3 Bf7 13.Qg4 Be6 ½-½ 75. [Game 214 / 3042] Bartell, Fred - Friedman, Larry
US Junior Championship Cleveland OH, 1947
Source: Chess Review, August 1947, p. 8.
1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.g3 d5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg2 c6 6.d3 Be6 7.Bg5 Be7 8.Qc2 0-0 9.Nf3 h6 10.Bd2 d4 11.Na4 Na6 12.0-0 Rc8 13.b3 Bd5 14.Nb2 c5 15.Ne1 Bxg2 16.Nxg2 Qd7 17.a4 Bd6 18.Nc4 Qh3 19.Nh4 Ng4 20.Nf3 Bb8 21.Qb2 Rc6 22.Be1 Rf6 23.Ncd2 Bf4 24.Ne4 Rg6 25.Bd2 f5 26.Bxf4 fxe4 27.dxe4 Rxf4 0-1 76. [Game 217 / 3045] Johnson, Ed F - Bond, Nelson
Correspondence USA, 1947
Source: Chess Review, August 1947, p. 14.
1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 Nc6 5.Nf3 d6 6.Bd2 0-0 7.a3 Bxc3 8.Bxc3 Re8 9.Rd1 Qe7 10.e3 e5 11.d5 Nb8 12.c5 e4 13.cxd6 cxd6 14.Bxf6 Qxf6 15.Rc1 exf3 16.Qxc8 Na6 17.Qc3 fxg2 18.Bxg2 Qf5 19.0-0 Rac8 20.Qd4 Rxc1 21.Rxc1 Nc5 22.Qh4 a5 23.b4 axb4 24.axb4 Nd7 25.e4 Qe5 26.Rc7 Nf8 27.Rxb7 Ng6 28.Qg4 h5 29.Qf3 Nh4 30.Qxf7+ Kh7 31.b5 Qg5 32.Kf1 Qxg2+ 33.Ke1 Qxe4+ 34.Kd1 Qd3+ 1-0 77. [Game 220 / 2048] Garcia, Guilldermo - Byrne, Donald
Havana Havana CUB, 1947
Source: Chess Review, August 1947, p. 16.
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.Bg5 Qa5+ 7.Bd2 Qb6 8.Bc4 Qxb2 9.Nc3 Qb6 10.0-0 Be7 11.Nd5 Qd8 12.Ng5 0-0 13.Nxf6+ Bxf6 14.Qh5 Bxg5 15.Bxg5 Qe8 16.Rad1 Na5 17.Bf6 h6 18.Qg6 1-0 78. [Game 224 / 3052] Bisguier, Arthur - Rather, John Cameron
Metropolitan Chess League (New York) New York, NY (9.14), 10.05.1947
Source: Chess Review, August 1947, p. 17.
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be2 Bg7 7.0-0 0-0 8.f4 Nc6 9.Nb3 Be6 10.Kh1 Na5 11.g4 Rc8 12.Qe1 Nxg4 13.f5 gxf5 14.exf5 Bxb3 15.axb3 Nf6 16.Bg5 Nc6 17.Qh4 Qb6 18.Ra4 Ne5 19.Qh3 Qc6+ 20.Kg1 a6 21.Rh4 Ned7 22.Rf3 Rfe8 23.Rg3 Kh8 24.Ne4 Qxc2 25.Bxf6 Nxf6 26.Nxf6 1-0 79. [Game 225 / 3053] Adickes, W - Lipinsky, E
North Carolina Championship Raleigh, NC, 1947
Source: Chess Review, August 1947, p. 17.
1.d4 Nf6 2.e3 e6 3.Bd3 b6 4.Ne2 Bb7 5.f3 c5 6.c3 Be7 7.0-0 0-0 8.e4 d6 9.Ng3 Nbd7 10.f4 cxd4 11.cxd4 Qc7 12.e5 dxe5 13.fxe5 Qc6 14.Rf2 Nxe5 15.dxe5 Bc5 0-1 80. [Game 226 / 3054] Mugridge, Donald Henry - Shapiro, Oscar\ District of Columbia Championship Washington, DC, 1947
Source: Chess Review, August 1947, p. 17.
1.d4 d5 2.Bf4 Nf6 3.e3 Bg4 4.f3 Bf5 5.c4 c6 6.Qb3 Qb6 7.Nc3 e6 8.c5 Qxb3 9.axb3 Nbd7 10.g4 Bc2 11.b4 Be7 12.b5 h5 13.bxc6 bxc6 14.Ba6 g5 15.Bg3 hxg4 16.Bb7 Nh5 17.Bc7 Bd8 18.Bd6 Rb8 19.Bxc6 Rxb2 20.fxg4 Nhf6 21.Rxa7 Be4 22.Nxe4 Rb1+ 23.Kd2 dxe4 24.Ba4 Rb2+ 25.Kc1 Rb4 26.c6 Rc4+ 27.Kd1 Nb6 28.Bb5 0-1 81. [Game 227 / 3055] Kujoth, Richard - Kraszewski, Joseph
Wisconsin State Championship Oshkosh, WI, 05.1947
Source: Chess Review, August 1947, p. 18.
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Nbd2 c5 4.e3 b6 5.Bd3 Nc6 6.c3 Bb7 7.e4 cxd4 8.cxd4 Rc8 9.a3 Qc7 10.0-0 d6 11.b4 Be7 12.Re1 Nd7 13.Bb2 f6 14.Re3 Nd8 15.Nh4 Nf8 16.Rg3 g5 17.Qh5+ Nf7 18.Bb5+ Bc6 19.Rc1 Qb7 20.Rgc3 Bxb5 21.Rxc8+ Bd8 22.d5 e5 23.Nf5 Ng6 24.R1c7 Qxc7 25.Rxc7 Bxc7 26.Ng7+ Ke7 27.Nf5+ Kd7 28.Qg4 h5 29.Qd1 Kc8 30.a4 Bd7 31.Qc2 Kb7 32.b5 Rc8 33.g3 Bxf5 34.Qc6+ Kb8 35.exf5 Bd8 36.fxg6 Rxc6 37.gxf7 Be7 38.bxc6 1-0 82. [Game 230 / 3058] Kolnik, M - Dreyer, Kurt
RSA-ch Cape Town RSA, 04.1947
Source: Chess Review, August 1947, p. 19.
1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.g3 Bc5 4.Bg2 c6 5.Nf3 e4 6.Ng5 d5 7.d4 Be7 8.0-0 h6 9.Nh3 0-0 10.cxd5 cxd5 11.Nf4 Nc6 12.e3 Bf5 13.a3 Qd7 14.b4 Rac8 15.Qb3 Rfd8 16.Na4 b6 17.Bd2 g5 18.Ne2 Bh3 19.Rac1 Bxg2 20.Kxg2 Bd6 21.Rc2 Ne7 22.Rfc1 Rxc2 23.Rxc2 h5 24.Ng1 h4 25.Be1 Kg7 26.Nc3 Rh8 27.Rd2 Nf5 28.Nd1 Qb5 29.Nc3 Qa6 30.a4 h3+ 31.Nxh3 Rxh3 32.Nxd5 Nh4+ 33.gxh4 Rxh2+ 34.Kg1 Rh1+ 0-1 83. [Game 232 / 3060] Muir, Walter - Yerhoff, Fran
Correspondence USA, 1947
Source: Chess Review, August 1947, p. 24.
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 Bd6 11.f4 Bc5 12.c3 Qb6 13.b4 Bg1 14.d4 exd3 15.Qxd3 Qf2+ 16.Kd1 Be6 17.Qf3 Nb3 18.Qxc6+ Ke7 19.Qb7+ Nd7 20.Nd2 Rhb8 21.Nc6+ Kf8 22.Nxb8 Rxb8 23.Qf3 Nxa1 24.Qxf2 Bxf2 25.Ne4 Bh4 26.Bb2 a5 27.b5 Bxa2 28.Bxa1 Bd5 29.Nd2 Bxg2 30.Rg1 Bh3 31.c4 Nf6 32.Bd4 Rd8 33.Bb6 Ne4 34.Bxd8 Nc3+ 35.Kc2 Nxe2 36.Bxh4 Nxg1 37.Kb3 Ne2 38.Bg3 f5 39.Nf3 Bf1 40.b6 1-0 84. [Game 233 / 3061] Kirsher, W K - Mengarini, Ariel
Correspondence USA, 1947
Source: Chess Review, August 1947, p. 24.
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.c4 Nf6 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.Qc2 d5 8.Bd3 dxe4 9.Bxe4 Nxe4 10.Qxe4 Bb4+ 11.Bd2 Bxd2+ 12.Nxd2 0-0 13.b3 Qa5 14.Ke2 f5 15.Qe3 e5 16.Rhd1 e4 17.Qf4 Be6 18.Nf1 Rad8 19.Rd2 Rxd2+ 20.Qxd2 Qe5 21.Rc1 f4 22.g3 e3 23.fxe3 Bg4+ 24.Ke1 fxe3 0-1 85. [Game 235 / 3063] Alexander, L - Cordingley, Edgar George K
Surrey Surrey ENG (1), 1947
Source: Chess Review, September 1947, p. 4.
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 c5 6.d5 exd5 7.Nh4 d6 8.Nc3 Qd7 9.Nxd5 Nxd5 10.Bxd5 Be7 11.Nf5 0-0 12.Bxb7 Qxb7 13.Qd5 0-1 86. [Game 237 / 3065] Pytlakovsky, Adnrezej - Makarczyk, Kasimierz
Lodz Lodz POL, 1947
Source: Chess Review, September 1947, p. 4.
1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.cxd5 Nxd5 4.e4 Nxc3 5.bxc3 e5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Bb5 Bg4 8.Bxc6+ bxc6 9.Qa4 Bd7 10.Nxe5 Qg5 11.Nxd7 Qxg2 12.Qxc6 Qxh1+ 13.Ke2 Bd6 14.Ne5+ Kf8 15.Ba3 Qxa1 16.Qd5 1-0 87. [Game 238 / 3066] Cross, James - Cantwell, R S
US Junior Championship Cleveland OH, 1947
Source: Chess Review, September 1947, p. 6.
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.g3 c4 7.Bg2 Bb4 8.0-0 Nge7 9.e4 dxe4 10.Nxe4 0-0 11.Be3 Be6 12.a3 Bd5 13.Nfg5 Ba5 14.Nc5 Bxg2 15.Kxg2 Qd5+ 16.Kg1 b5 17.Qc2 Qf5 18.Qxf5 Nxf5 19.Rfd1 Nd6 20.Bf4 Rfd8 21.d5 Ne7 22.Bxd6 Rxd6 23.Nb7 Ra6 24.d6 Nc6 25.Nxa5 Nxa5 26.d7 Nb7 27.Re1 Rf8 28.Re8 Rd6 29.Nxh7 Kxh7 30.Rxf8 Rxd7 31.Rb8 a6 32.Re1 Nc5 33.Re2 Kg6 34.Kg2 f6 35.h4 Rd5 36.Rc8 Kh6 37.g4 Kg6 38.h5+ Kh6 39.Kg3 1-0 88. [Game 241 / 3069] Mayfield, W E - Wren, Fred Montelle
Halifax Championship Halifax CAN, 1942
Source: Chess Review, September 1947, p. 10.
1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.c4 Nb6 4.d4 d6 5.f4 Bf5 6.b3 e6 7.Qf3 Nc6 8.Ne2 dxe5 9.dxe5 Bc5 10.Be3 Qe7 11.Nbc3 0-0-0 12.a3 Rd3 13.Bxc5 Qxc5 14.Qf2 Qa5 15.b4 Nxb4 16.Rc1 Na2 17.Rc2 Rhd8 18.Qh4 Rd1+ 19.Kf2 Qc5+ 20.Kg3 Qe3# 0-1 89. [Game 242 / 3070] Wren, Fred Montelle - Coates
Restricted moves tournament Halifax CAN, 1943
Source: Chess Review, September 1947, p. 11.
1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.c4 Nb6 4.d4 d6 5.Nc3 dxe5 6.dxe5 N6d7 7.Nf3 Nc6 8.Bf4 e6 9.Be2 Be7 10.0-0 0-0 11.Qa4 Nb6 12.Qc2 f5 13.Rad1 Qe8 14.Nb5 Rb8 15.Nxc7 Qf7 16.a3 a6 17.b4 Bxb4 18.axb4 Qxc7 19.b5 Nb4 20.Qb3 a5 21.Ng5 Qe7 22.Rd6 h6 23.Nxe6 Bxe6 24.Rxb6 g5 25.Bc1 Kf7 26.Bh5+ Kg7 27.Rd1 Rfd8 28.Rdd6 Rxd6 29.exd6 Qd8 30.Qc3+ Qf6 31.Qxf6+ Kxf6 32.Bb2# 1-0 90. [Game 243 / 3071] Stern, Adolph - Beringer, T H
Informal gam New Jersey, 1947
Source: Chess Review, September 1947, p. 14.
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Bxd2+ 5.Nxd2 0-0 6.Bg2 d6 7.e4 e5 8.Ne2 Nbd7 9.0-0 Re8 10.b4 exd4 11.Nxd4 c5 12.Nf5 Ne5 13.bxc5 dxc5 14.Ne3 Bh3 15.Bxh3 Qxd2 16.Bg2 Rad8 17.Qxd2 Rxd2 18.f4 Neg4 19.Nxg4 Nxg4 20.Rfe1 Red8 21.h3 R8d3 22.hxg4 Rxg3 23.Red1 Rgxg2+ 0-1 91. [Game 244 / 3072] Preston, W - Oaker, Bill
Toronto Junior League Toronto CAN, 1947
Source: Chess Review, September 1947, p. 15.
1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.c4 Nb6 4.d4 d6 5.f4 dxe5 6.fxe5 Nc6 7.Be3 Bf5 8.Nc3 e6 9.Nf3 Qd7 10.Be2 0-0-0 11.0-0 f6 12.exf6 gxf6 13.d5 exd5 14.Bxb6 axb6 15.cxd5 Ne7 16.Nh4 Rg8 17.Nxf5 Nxf5 18.Qd3 Ne3 19.Rf2 Qh3 20.g3 Rxg3+ 21.hxg3 Qxg3+ 22.Kh1 Qxf2 0-1 92. [Game 251 / 3079] Stern, Adolh - Santasiere, Anthony
New Jersey Open Ventnor City, NJ (4), 01.07.1947
Source: Chess Review, September 1947, p. 17.
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 b6 5.Bd3 Bb7 6.f3 c5 7.Nge2 Nc6 8.0-0 cxd4 9.exd4 d5 10.Bg5 dxc4 11.Bxc4 0-0 12.f4 Bxc3 13.bxc3 Na5 14.Bd3 Qd5 15.Rf3 Ne4 16.Qc2 Rac8 17.Raf1 Nc4 18.Bxc4 Rxc4 19.Bh4 f5 20.Be1 Rf6 21.Ng3 Qxd4+ 22.Bf2 Nxf2 23.cxd4 Nh3+ 0-1 93. [Game 253 / 3081] Partos, Julius - Santasiere, Anthony
Metropolitan Chess League (New York) New York, NY (6), 12.04.1947
Source: Chess Review, September 1947, p. 18.
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.e3 Bb7 5.Bd3 Ne4 6.0-0 f5 7.Nbd2 Be7 8.Qc2 d5 9.Ne5 0-0 10.b3 c5 11.cxd5 exd5 12.f3 cxd4 13.fxe4 dxe3 14.exf5 Bc5 15.Ndf3 Nd7 16.Nxd7 Qxd7 17.b4 e2+ 18.bxc5 exf1Q+ 19.Bxf1 bxc5 20.Qxc5 Qxf5 21.Bb2 Rfc8 22.Qd4 Qf7 23.Bd3 Qc7 24.Kh1 Re8 25.Ng5 h6 26.Bh7+ Kh8 27.Bg6 hxg5 28.Qg4 Re4 29.Qh5+ Kg8 30.Qh7+ Kf8 31.Ba3+ Qe7 32.Qh8# 1-0 94. [Game 254 / 3082] Sachs, Rainer - Young, F
Akron - Cleveland Ohio, 1947
Source: Chess Review, September 1947, p. 18.
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 b5 5.Bb3 Nf6 6.0-0 Be7 7.Qe2 0-0 8.c3 Bb7 9.d4 d6 10.Rd1 Qe8 11.Nbd2 Nd7 12.Nf1 Nd8 13.Ng3 exd4 14.cxd4 c5 15.d5 c4 16.Bc2 Ne5 17.Nxe5 dxe5 18.b3 cxb3 19.Bxb3 Bd6 20.Nf5 Qd7 21.Qg4 g6 22.Nh6+ Kh8 23.Qxd7 1-0 95. [Game 255 / 3083] Byland, William M - Wilson, R W
Pittsburgh Downtown YMCA-ch Pittsburgh, PA, 1947
Source: Chess Review, September 1947, p. 18.
1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.e4 d5 4.e5 d4 5.exf6 dxc3 6.bxc3 Qxf6 7.g3 c5 8.d4 cxd4 9.cxd4 Bc5 10.Be3 Bb4+ 11.Bd2 Nc6 12.Bg2 Nxd4 13.Bxb4 Nc2+ 14.Qxc2 Qxa1+ 15.Ke2 Qd4 16.Nf3 Qb6 17.Qd2 Bd7 18.Ne5 Qc7 19.Bd6 Qc8 20.Qg5 f6 21.Qxg7 1-0 96. [Game 257 / 3085] Pazzi, A - Dupett, N
Mar del Plata. Major Tournament Mar del Plata ARG, 1947
Source: Chess Review, September 1947, p. 19.
1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 c6 4.Bd3 e6 5.Nbd2 Nbd7 6.0-0 Bd6 7.Re1 0-0 8.e4 dxe4 9.Nxe4 Nxe4 10.Rxe4 Re8 11.Rh4 g6 12.Ng5 Nf8 13.Qf3 f5 14.Rh6 Be7 15.Qg3 Qxd4 16.Nxh7 Qg4 17.Qxg4 fxg4 18.Nxf8 Kxf8 19.Rxg6 e5 20.Bc4 Bc5 21.Bg5 1-0 97. [Game 258 / 3086] Haber - Rossolimo, Nicolas
Paris Paris FRA, 1947
Source: Chess Review, September 1947, p. 19.
1.d4 Nf6 2.e3 b6 3.Bd3 Bb7 4.Nf3 c5 5.Nbd2 Nc6 6.c3 g6 7.0-0 Bg7 8.e4 cxd4 9.cxd4 0-0 10.a3 Rc8 11.b4 Nh5 12.Bb2 Nf4 13.Qb3 Nxd3 14.Qxd3 d5 15.Rfe1 dxe4 16.Nxe4 e6 17.Rad1 Ne7 18.Ne5 Nf5 19.Qb3 Bd5 20.Qa4 Bxe4 21.Rxe4 Qd5 22.Re2 Rfd8 23.h3 Nh4 24.f3 b5 25.Qxa7 Bxe5 26.Rxe5 Qxe5 27.dxe5 Rxd1+ 28.Kh2 Rc2 29.Kg3 Rxg2+ 30.Kxh4 g5+ 31.Kh5 Rh1 0-1 98. [Game 260 / 3088] Farber, Jesse P - Rozsa, Bela
Correspondence USA, 1947
Source: Chess Review, September 1947, p. 21.
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 d5 5.Bd3 0-0 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Nge2 Nc6 8.Qc2 Bd6 9.a3 Re8 10.Bd2 a6 11.f3 h6 12.0-0 Bf8 13.b4 Be6 14.Ng3 Nd7 15.Nce2 Nb6 16.Bc3 Bd6 17.Rad1 Qd7 18.e4 Bxg3 19.Nxg3 dxe4 20.fxe4 Nxd4 21.Qf2 Nb5 22.Ba1 Qe7 23.Nh5 Bg4 24.Nf6+ gxf6 25.Qg3 h5 26.h3 Nd7 27.hxg4 Qd6 28.e5 Qb6+ 29.Kh1 Nxe5 30.gxh5+ Kf8 31.h6 Re6 32.Bf5 Ke7 33.Bxe5 fxe5 34.Qg5+ 1-0 99. [Game 261 / 3089] Markoff, Sol - Blum, Sid
Correspondence USA, 1947
Source: Chess Review, September 1947, p. 21.
1.d4 e6 2.c4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.Bxf6 Bxf6 6.e3 0-0 7.Nf3 Nc6 8.Bd3 b6 9.h4 dxc4 10.Bxh7+ Kxh7 11.Ng5+ Kg8 12.Qh5 Bxg5 13.hxg5 f6 14.g6 1-0 100. [Game 262 / 3090] Necesany, Zdenek - Vasicek, Frantisek
Dobrusky Memorial Prague CSR, 1947
Source: Chess Review, October 1947, p. 5.
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.c3 0-0 8.d4 Bb6 9.Nxe5 Ne7 10.Bg5 Ne8 11.Qh5 Nd6 12.Qh4 Re8 13.Qf4 Rf8 14.Ng4 Qe8 15.Bf6 Ng6 16.Qh6 1-0 101. [Game 264 / 3092] Adams, Weaver - Saxer, Alvin
New Jersey Open Ventnor City, NJ (4), 01.07.1947
Source: Chess Review, October 1947, p. 5.
1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.f4 Bxg1 5.Rxg1 d6 6.f5 Nc6 7.d3 h6 8.g4 Nh7 9.g5 Ne7 10.Qh5 Kd7 11.Qxf7 Qf8 12.gxh6 Qxf7 13.Bxf7 gxh6 14.Bxh6 Nf8 15.Bg7 Rh7 16.h4 1-0 102. [Game 268 / 3096] NN - Wren, Fred ontelle
Buffalo - Erie Erie, PA, 1933
Source: Chess Review, October 1947, p. 11.
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Be7 4.0-0 Nf6 5.Nc3 0-0 6.d4 d6 7.h3 Na5 8.Qe2 exd4 9.Nxd4 Nxc4 10.Qxc4 Be6 11.Nxe6 fxe6 12.Qxe6+ Kh8 13.Be3 c6 14.Rad1 Qc7 15.f4 Rae8 16.e5 dxe5 17.fxe5 Bc5 18.Qf5 Bxe3+ 19.Kh1 Rxe5 20.Qf3 Bc5 21.g4 Re3 22.Qg2 Rg3 23.Qh2 Bd6 24.Rxd6 Qxd6 25.Rf3 Ne4 26.Rxf8+ Qxf8 0-1 103. [Game 269 / 3097] Wren,V - Schubert [D04]
Buffalo CC Class B Bufflo, NY, 1933
1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 Bg4 4.Nbd2 e6 5.Be2 c6 6.h3 Bh5 7.c4 Nbd7 8.a3 dxc4 9.Nxc4 Nb6 10.Nce5 Qc7 11.Bd2 Nbd5 12.Qc2 Bd6 13.Bc3 0-0 14.g4 Nxc3 15.bxc3 Bg6 16.Nxg6 hxg6 17.Bc4 Nd5 18.Ng5 Rae8 19.e4 Nf4 20.e5 Ng2+ 21.Kd1 Be7 22.Nxe6 1-0 104. [Game 270 / 3098] Perrine, George Hasbroucq - Holman, J
Correspondence Correspondence, 1947
Source: Chess Review, October 1947, p. 12.
1.g4 e5 2.Bg2 d5 3.c4 dxc4 4.Qa4+ c6 5.Qxc4 Be6 6.Qa4 Bd6 7.h3 Nf6 8.Nc3 Nbd7 9.Nf3 Qb6 10.d3 Nc5 11.Qc2 Nd5 12.Nxd5 cxd5 13.d4 Ne4 14.0-0 exd4 15.Qa4+ Bd7 16.Qxd4 Bc5 17.Qxg7 Bxf2+ 18.Kh2 Qd6+ 19.Ne5 Bg3+ 20.Kg1 Bxe5 21.Qxf7+ Kd8 22.Bxe4 dxe4 23.Bg5+ Kc8 24.Rfd1 Qb6+ 25.Kh1 Be6 26.Rac1+ Kb8 27.Qf6 Qc7 28.Qxh8+ Bxh8 29.Bf4 1-0 105. [Game 272 / 3100] Cortlever, Nicolaas - Dunkelblum, Arthur
BEL - NED Amtwerp BEL (2.3), 18.05.1947
Source: Chess Review, October 1947, p. 14.
1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Bb4 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 Na5 7.Nge2 Nxc4 8.dxc4 d6 9.a3 Bxc3+ 10.Nxc3 Be6 11.Qe2 Qe7 12.0-0-0 g5 13.Bg3 0-0-0 14.c5 Bd7 15.cxd6 cxd6 16.f3 Bc6 17.Rd2 Kb8 18.Rhd1 Rd7 19.Nb5 Rhd8 20.Bf2 b6 21.Qc4 Kb7 22.Nxa7 Rc7 23.Qb4 Kxa7 24.Rxd6 Rxd6 25.Rxd6 Ka8 26.Bxb6 Ne8 27.Qa5+ Kb7 28.Qa7+ Kc8 29.Rxc6 1-0 106. [Game 275 / 3103] Nash, Edmund - Mugridge, Donald Henry
District of Columbia Championship Washington, DC, 1947
Source: Chess Review, October 1947, p. 15.
1.d4 d5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nf3 Bg4 4.e3 e5 5.Qb3 Bxf3 6.gxf3 Bb4+ 7.Bd2 Bxd2+ 8.Nxd2 exd4 9.0-0-0 Nge7 10.cxd5 Qxd5 11.Bc4 Qh5 12.Ne4 0-0 13.Be2 Rad8 14.Rdg1 Kh8 15.Rg5 Qh6 16.Rhg1 dxe3 17.fxe3 Nd4 18.exd4 f6 19.h4 Nf5 20.Bd1 Nxd4 21.Qe3 fxg5 22.Nxg5 Qd6 23.Qd3 Qf4+ 24.Kb1 Qf5 25.Qxf5 Rxf5 26.Bc2 Nxc2 27.Kxc2 h6 28.Ne6 Rd7 29.f4 Re7 30.Rg6 Kh7 31.h5 Rxh5 32.Nf8+ Kg8 33.Ne6 Kf7 0-1 107. [Game 276 / 3104] Partos, Julius - Donovan, Jeremiah F
NYSCA Championship Endicott, NY (2), 31.08.1947
Source: Chess Review, October 1947, p. 16.
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Nbd7 5.e3 Be7 6.Rc1 c6 7.cxd5 exd5 8.Bd3 0-0 9.Qc2 h6 10.Bh4 Re8 11.Nge2 Ne4 12.Bxe7 Qxe7 13.Ng3 Ndf6 14.Ncxe4 dxe4 15.Bc4 Be6 16.0-0 Bxc4 17.Qxc4 Nd5 18.a3 a5 19.Qc5 Qg5 20.Ne2 Re6 21.Nc3 b6 22.Qc4 h5 23.Nxd5 cxd5 24.Qc7 h4 25.Qf4 Qh5 26.h3 Rg6 27.Rc7 Qf3 28.Qxf3 exf3 29.Rfc1 Rxg2+ 30.Kf1 g5 0-1 108. [Game 277 / 3105] Hurt, John Franlin - DuVall, Allen
West Virginia WV, 1947
Source: Chess Review, October 1947, p. 16.
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 Be7 8.0-0-0 0-0 9.h4 a6 10.Be2 Bd7 11.f4 Ne8 12.f5 Nxd4 13.Qxd4 Bxg5+ 14.hxg5 Qxg5+ 15.Kb1 exf5 16.Nd5 fxe4 17.Rh5 Qd8 18.Qxe4 f5 19.Ne7+ Kf7 20.Bc4+ Kf6 21.Rxf5+ Bxf5 22.Qxf5+ Kxe7 23.Qe6# 1-0 109. [Game 278 / 3106] Stahlberg, Gideon - Michel, Paul
Grau Memorial ARG, 1947
Source: Chess Review, October 1947, p. 16.
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nbd2 a6 6.b3 Nbd7 7.Bd3 Qa5 8.Qc2 Ba3 9.Bxa3 Qxa3 10.0-0 Qd6 11.Rae1 0-0 12.c5 Qc7 13.e4 dxe4 14.Nxe4 h6 15.Nd6 Ne8 16.Nc4 Ndf6 17.Nb6 Rb8 18.Re3 Bd7 19.Ne5 Rd8 20.Rg3 Bc8 21.Qd2 Kh8 22.Qf4 Qe7 23.Rg6 Nh7 24.Rxh6 gxh6 25.Qxh6 Nef6 26.Ng4 Ne4 27.Bxe4 f5 28.Ne5 Rf6 29.Qh4 Qg7 30.Bd3 Qg5 31.Qxg5 Nxg5 32.Re1 Nf7 33.Nf3 Kg7 34.Bc4 Kf8 35.h4 Ke7 36.d5 Rh6 37.Nxc8+ Rxc8 38.dxe6 Nd8 39.Nd4 Rf6 40.Re5 b5 41.cxb6 1-0 110. [Game 283 / 3111] Halper, Nat - Cohen, Robert
New York New York, NY, 1947
Source: Chess Review, November 1947, p. 5.
1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Bc4 Ngf6 6.Neg5 e6 7.Qe2 Qa5 8.Nxf7 Kxf7 9.Qxe6+ Kg6 10.Qf7+ Kh6 11.c3 g6 12.Be2 Rg8 13.d3+ g5 14.h4 Nh5 15.hxg5+ Rxg5 16.Rxh5# 1-0 111. [Game 284 / 3112] Branley, E - Burgess, R
Surry Surrey, 1946
Source: Chess Review, November 1947, p. 5.
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d4 exd4 6.cxd4 Bb4+ 7.Nc3 Nxe4 8.0-0 Nxc3 9.bxc3 Be7 10.Re1 0-0 11.d5 Nb8 12.d6 Bf6 13.dxc7 Qxc7 14.Ba3 Bxc3 15.Bxf7+ Kh8 16.Bxf8 Bxe1 17.Qd4 1-0 112. [Game 296 / 3124] Wren, Fred Montelle - Elman
Maritime Championship Moncton, NB, 1945.10
Source: Chess Review, November 1947, p. 14.
1.d4 d6 2.c4 Bd7 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 b5 5.b3 b4 6.Bb2 e5 7.a3 Qa5 8.axb4 Qxb4+ 9.Bc3 Qb7 10.e4 Na6 11.Nbd2 Nb4 12.Be2 Be7 13.0-0 a5 14.Ne1 g6 15.f4 f6 16.Nd3 Nh6 17.Nxb4 cxb4 18.Bb2 Nf7 19.Nf3 Bd8 20.Kh1 Bb6 21.fxe5 fxe5 22.Qd2 Qa7 23.Ng5 Be3 24.Nxf7 Bxd2 25.Nxh8 0-0-0 26.Nf7 Rg8 27.Nxd6+ Kd8 28.Rxa5 Qb6 29.Ra8+ Kc7 30.Rxg8 Qxd6 31.Rg7 Bc3 32.Rff7 Kb6 33.Rxd7 Qf6 34.c5+ Kxc5 35.Rgf7 Qh4 36.Rf1 Bxb2 37.Rc7+ Kd4 38.Rd1+ Ke3 39.Bf3 Qf2 40.d6 1-0 113. [Game 297 / 3125] Wren, Fred Montelle - Samuels
Halifax City Championship Nalifax CAN, 1939
Source: Chess Review, November 1947, p. 15.
1.d4 c5 2.c4 d5 3.Nc3 dxc4 4.d5 a6 5.a4 a5 6.Bf4 Bd7 7.e4 e6 8.Bxc4 Nf6 9.Nf3 Qb6 10.Nb5 Bxb5 11.Bxb5+ Nbd7 12.0-0 Nxe4 13.dxe6 Qxe6 14.Re1 0-0-0 15.Ng5 Qf5 16.Rxe4 Nf6 17.Qxd8+ Kxd8 18.Nxf7+ Kc8 19.Rd1 Be7 20.Rxe7 Qxf4 21.Nxh8 Ng4 22.Re8+ Kc7 23.Rd7+ Kb6 24.Re6+ Ka7 25.Rf7 Qxh2+ 26.Kf1 Qh1+ 27.Ke2 Qxg2 28.Bc6 1-0 114. [Game 298 / 3126] Amdres, Otto - Wren, Fred Montelle
Buffalo Buffalo NY, 1933
Source: Chess Review, November 1947, p. 15.
1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.d4 Bg7 4.g3 d5 5.b3 0-0 6.Bg2 Be6 7.Qc2 Nc6 8.Ba3 Ne4 9.e3 Bf5 10.Qe2 Re8 11.Nbd2 Bg4 12.Rc1 e5 13.h3 Nxd4 14.exd4 Nc3 15.Rxc3 exd4 16.hxg4 Rxe2+ 17.Kxe2 dxc3 0-1 115. [Game 299 / 3127] Reid, Bob - Stevens, James L
Correspondence USA, 1947
Source: Chess Review, November 1947, p. 16.
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Qe2 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.a4 Bg4 9.c3 0-0 10.h3 Bd7 11.d3 Na5 12.Bc2 c5 13.axb5 axb5 14.Be3 Qc7 15.Nbd2 d5 16.Bg5 d4 17.b4 Nb7 18.bxc5 dxc3 19.d4 Rxa1 20.Rxa1 cxd2 21.dxe5 Qxc5 22.Qxd2 Nh5 23.Qxd7 Bxg5 24.Nxg5 Qxe5 25.Qxf7+ 1-0 116. [Game 300 / 3128] Voisberg - Kempf
Correspondence USA, 1947
Source: Chess Review, November 1947, p. 17.
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5 5.Nxc6 bxc6 6.Bd3 d6 7.0-0 Nf6 8.Bg5 h6 9.Bh4 g5 10.Bg3 Bg4 11.Qd2 Nh5 12.Kh1 Qf6 13.Nc3 Nf4 14.Ba6 Nxg2 15.e5 Qf3 16.Qd1 Nf4+ 1-0 117. [Game 304 / 3132] Koelsche, Giles A - Wade, Robert Graham
Minneapolis - Winnipeg Detroit Lakes, MN (1.2), 03.09.1947
Source: Chess Review, November 1947, p. 20.
1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 c6 3.b3 Nf6 4.Bb2 Bf5 5.g3 e6 6.Bg2 Nbd7 7.d3 Bd6 8.0-0 Qe7 9.Nc3 e5 10.cxd5 cxd5 11.e4 dxe4 12.dxe4 Bxe4 13.Nb5 Bb8 14.Rc1 Bc6 15.Nh4 Qb4 16.Rxc6 0-0 17.Rxf6 Nxf6 18.a4 a6 19.Ba3 Qa5 20.Bxf8 axb5 21.Bc5 Qc7 22.Bxb7 Ra5 23.Qd2 bxa4 24.b4 Rb5 25.Rd1 h6 26.Ba6 1-0 118. [Game 307 / 3135] Pirc, Vasja - Stulik, Vlastiil
Tep lice-Sanov Teplice-Sanov CSR, 08.1947
Source: Chess Review, November 1947, p. 21.
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nf3 Nbd7 4.g3 g6 5.Bg2 Bg7 6.0-0 0-0 7.b3 e5 8.Bb2 exd4 9.Nxd4 c6 10.Nc3 Nb6 11.e4 d5 12.exd5 cxd5 13.c5 Nbd7 14.c6 Ne5 15.cxb7 Bxb7 16.Re1 Re8 17.Rc1 Rc8 18.f4 Neg4 19.Qd3 Ne4 20.Na4 Qa5 21.Bf1 Rxc1 22.Rxc1 Ba6 23.Qxa6 Qd2 24.Ne2 Qe3+ 25.Kh1 Qf3+ 26.Bg2 Nef2+ 0-1 119. [Game 310 / 3138] Martin, Rayond - Bersbach, Emil
Los Angeles City Championship Los Angeles, CA, 1947
Source: Chess Review, November 1947, p. 22.
1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.Qxd4 Nc6 4.Qe3 Nf6 5.Nc3 Be7 6.Bd2 d6 7.0-0-0 0-0 8.h3 a6 9.g4 b5 10.g5 Nd7 11.f4 Bb7 12.h4 f5 13.exf5 Na5 14.Rh2 Nc4 15.Bxc4+ bxc4 16.Qe6+ Kh8 17.Re1 Re8 18.Rhe2 Ne5 19.fxe5 d5 20.f6 Bxf6 21.exf6 Rxe6 22.Rxe6 Qg8 23.fxg7+ Kxg7 24.Nxd5 Qd8 25.Bc3+ Kf7 26.Rf6+ Kg8 27.Ne7+ 1-0 120. [Game 312 / 3140] Mengarini, Ariel - Pinkus, Albert
NYSCA Championship Endicott, NY (4), 02.09.1947
Source: Chess Review, November 1947, p. 22.
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.0-0 d6 6.c3 0-0 7.Bg5 Bb6 8.Na3 Bg4 9.Nc2 h6 10.Bh4 g5 11.Bg3 Kg7 12.Ne3 Bd7 13.a4 a5 14.Qc2 Nh5 15.d4 f6 16.Nd5 Ba7 17.Rad1 Nxg3 18.hxg3 Ne7 19.Ne3 Qe8 20.b3 h5 21.dxe5 dxe5 22.Qe2 Bc5 23.Nd2 Rd8 24.Bd3 Rh8 25.Ndc4 b6 26.Nc2 Bg4 27.Qd2 Bxd1 28.Rxd1 h4 29.gxh4 Qh5 30.b4 Qxh4 31.Kf1 Rxd3 0-1 121. [Game 313 / 3141] Kevitz, Alexander - Denker, Arnold
Manhattan CC-ch. Playoff New York, NY (1), 17.08.1947
Source: Chess Review, November 1947, p. 22.
1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 d4 3.e3 c5 4.b4 f6 5.bxc5 e5 6.Nxe5 fxe5 7.Qh5+ Ke7 8.Qxe5+ Kf7 9.Qxd4 Qxd4 10.exd4 Nc6 11.Bb2 Bf5 12.Na3 Rd8 13.d5 Re8+ 14.Kd1 Ne5 15.Nb5 Nd3 16.Bd4 Re1+ 17.Kc2 Rxa1 18.Bxa1 Nxf2+ 19.Kb3 Nxh1 20.d4 Nf6 21.Nxa7 Ne4 22.Kb4 b6 23.d6 bxc5+ 24.dxc5 Bxd6 0-1 122. [Game 314 / 3142] Regen, Adolph - Parmelee, Clinton L
Log Cabin CC - Mercantile Librry Philadelphia, PA, 1947
Source: Chess Review, November 1947, p. 23.
1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bf4 e6 4.e3 c5 5.c3 Nc6 6.Nbd2 Be7 7.Bd3 0-0 8.Ne5 Bd7 9.Qf3 Rc8 10.Qh3 g6 11.g4 Ne8 12.Ndf3 Nd6 13.Qh6 Ne4 14.h4 Nxe5 15.Bxe5 f6 16.Ng5 Nxg5 17.hxg5 Rf7 18.Bxg6 Rg7 19.Bxh7+ Kf7 20.gxf6 Bxf6 21.Qf4 Qe7 22.Rh6 1-0 123. [Game 315 / 3143] Triplett, W A - Chauvenet, Louis
Virginia State Chmpionship Richmond, VA, 1947
Source: Chess Review, November 1947, p. 23.
1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e6 4.a3 Be7 5.e3 0-0 6.Bd3 d5 7.Qc2 Ne4 8.Nge2 c5 9.0-0 Nc6 10.f3 cxd4 11.fxe4 dxc3 12.exd5 exd5 13.Qxc3 dxc4 14.Qxc4+ Kh8 15.Qc2 Bd6 16.g3 Ne5 17.Nd4 Nxd3 18.Qxd3 Be5 19.Bd2 b6 20.Bc3 Bb7 21.Rxf5 Rxf5 22.Qxf5 Qd5 23.Nf3 Bxc3 24.Qxd5 Bxd5 0-1 124. [Game 316 / 3144] Marks, Howard Landis - Hurt, John Franklin
West Virginia State Championship WV (3), 31.07.1947
Source: Chess Review, November 1947, p. 23.
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 cxd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Bf4 e6 7.e3 Bb4 8.Bd3 0-0 9.0-0 Bd7 10.Rc1 Rc8 11.Qb3 Qe7 12.Ne5 Na5 13.Qd1 Bxc3 14.bxc3 Nc4 15.Bg5 Kh8 16.Qf3 Nd2 17.Qh3 Nde4 18.Bxe4 dxe4 19.Qh4 Qd6 20.Bxf6 gxf6 21.Qxf6+ Kg8 22.Ng4 h6 23.Nxh6+ Kh7 24.Ng4 e5 25.Qxd6 Bxg4 26.h3 1-0 125. [Game 319 / 3147] Pruyt, P H - Tummers, Leonard Johan
NED-ch. Challengers Amsterdam NED, 04.1947
Source: Chess Review, November 1947, p. 24.
1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 Be7 4.Bc4 Nf6 5.e5 Ng4 6.0-0 0-0 7.d4 d5 8.Bd3 Ne3 9.Bxe3 fxe3 10.Qe2 Nc6 11.c3 f6 12.exf6 Rxf6 13.Qxe3 Bd6 14.Nbd2 Bf4 15.Qf2 Qd6 16.Qe2 Bg4 17.h3 Re6 18.Qd1 Be3+ 19.Kh1 Rf8 20.Re1 Bxd2 21.Rxe6 Qxe6 22.hxg4 Qh6+ 23.Kg1 Be3+ 24.Kf1 Qh4 25.Qc2 Qh1+ 26.Ke2 Qxg2+ 27.Ke1 Qh1+ 0-1 126. [Game 320 / 3148] Hellmann, Ernesto - Castaldi, Vincenzo
ITA-ch. Group A Rome, ITA, 1947
Source: Chess Review, November 1947, p. 25.
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 b6 3.g3 Bb7 4.Bg2 c5 5.dxc5 bxc5 6.0-0 g6 7.Nc3 Bg7 8.Ng5 Bxg2 9.Kxg2 d6 10.f4 0-0 11.f5 Nbd7 12.fxg6 hxg6 13.Rf4 Rb8 14.Rh4 Rb4 15.e4 Qa8 16.Kg1 Ne5 17.a3 Rd4 18.Qf1 d5 19.Bf4 Nxe4 20.Ncxe4 dxe4 21.Bxe5 Bxe5 22.Qh3 Qc8 23.Rh8+ Kg7 24.Qh7+ Kf6 25.Rf1+ Bf4 26.Rxf4+ Ke5 27.Qg7+ Kd6 28.Rxf8 Rd1+ 29.Kf2 Rd2+ 30.Ke1 1-0 127. [Game 323 / 3151] Estrin, Yakov - Rudensky
Moscow Championship Moscow URS, 1947
Source: Chess Review, November 1947, p. 25.
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 Nxe4 4.Bd3 d5 5.Nxe5 Nc6 6.0-0 Nxe5 7.dxe5 Nc5 8.Nc3 c6 9.Ne2 Be7 10.Ng3 Nxd3 11.Qxd3 g6 12.Bh6 Bd7 13.f4 Qb6+ 14.Kh1 0-0-0 15.f5 Bh4 16.e6 fxe6 17.f6 Qxb2 18.Rab1 Qe5 19.Bf4 Qxf6 20.Qa6 1-0 128. [Game 324 3152] Schroeder, C G - Fugile, Chester N
Correspondence USA, 1947
Source: Chess Review, November 1947, p. 28.
1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bc4 Nxe4 4.Qh5 Nd6 5.Bb3 Nc6 6.Nb5 g6 7.Qf3 f5 8.Qd5 Qe7 9.Nxc7+ Kd8 10.Nxa8 b6 11.Qf3 Bb7 12.Qh3 Bxa8 13.c3 e4 14.Ne2 Ne5 15.Kd1 Nd3 16.Rf1 f4 17.Bc2 Qg5 18.f3 Bh6 19.b3 Nf5 20.Ng1 Re8 21.fxe4 Bxe4 22.Nf3 Qe7 23.Bxd3 Bxd3 24.Re1 Be4 25.Rh1 Bg7 26.d4 Ng3 27.hxg3 Bxf3+ 0-1 129. [Game 326 / 3154] Rather, Joh Carson - Belcher, Donald
New York New York, NY, 1947
Source: Chess Review, December 1947, p. 5.
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Be7 6.Bxf6 Bxf6 7.Nf3 0-0 8.c3 Nd7 9.Bd3 b6 10.h4 h6 11.Qc2 Bb7 12.0-0-0 Rc8 13.Kb1 Qe7 14.g4 g5 15.hxg5 hxg5 16.Ba6 Bxa6 17.Nexg5 Rfd8 18.Rh8+ Bxh8 19.Qh7+ Kf8 20.Qxh8# 1-0 130. [Game 327 / 2155] Berman, Ernest - Bisguier, Arthur
New York New York, NY, 1947
Source: Chess Review, December 1947, p. 5.
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Bb4 5.0-0 0-0 6.d3 d6 7.Bg5 Bg4 8.Nd5 Nd4 9.Bc4 Qd7 10.Bxf6 Bxf3 11.gxf3 Qh3 12.Ne7+ Kh8 13.Bxg7+ Kxg7 14.Nf5+ Nxf5 15.exf5 Kh8 0-1 131. [Game 328 / 3156] Stephens, Maude - Mengarini, Ariel
New York New York NY, 1947
Source: Chess Review, December 1947, p. 5.
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e5 3.e3 exd4 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.exd4 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Nc6 7.Bxb4 Nxb4 8.Qa4+ Nc6 9.Nbd2 0-0 10.0-0-0 Bf5 11.c5 Ng4 12.Re1 Nxf2 13.Rg1 Qf6 14.g3 a5 15.a3 Nb4 16.Ne5 Na2# 0-1 132. [Game 330 / 3158] McCready, R - Wren, Fred Montelle
US Open (45th). Minor tournament Boston, MA (7), 04.08.1944
Source: Chess Review, December 1947, p. 14.
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 dxc4 5.Nf3 Bb4 6.e3 b5 7.g3 Bb7 8.Bg2 0-0 9.Rc1 h6 10.Bf4 Nbd7 11.0-0 g5 12.Be5 Nxe5 13.Nxe5 Bxg2 14.Kxg2 Qe8 15.Qf3 Kg7 16.Ne4 Nxe4 17.Qxe4 f5 18.Qc2 Bd6 19.f4 g4 20.e4 Rc8 21.Rfe1 c5 22.exf5 exf5 23.Rcd1 Rc7 24.Kf1 cxd4 25.Rxd4 Bc5 26.Rd5 Bb4 27.Red1 Qa8 28.Qg2 a6 29.Rd7+ Rxd7 30.Rxd7+ Kg8 31.Qxa8 Rxa8 32.Nf7 Bf8 1/2-1/2 133. [Game 331 / 3159] Doucet, A - Wren, Fred Montelle
Maritime Championship Moncton, NB (1), 10.1945
Source: Chess Review, December 1947, p. 15.
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Be7 6.0-0 d6 7.Re1 0-0 8.Ng5 Nd4 9.d3 h6 10.Nf3 Bg4 11.h3 Nxf3+ 12.gxf3 Bxh3 13.d4 Nh5 14.d5 Bg5 15.Ne2 Bf4 16.Bxf4 exf4 17.Qc1 Qg5+ 18.Kh2 Qg2# 0-1 134. [Game 332 / 3160] Wren, Fred Montelle - McCarron
Maritime Chamionship Moncton, NB (2), 10.1945
Source: Chess Review, December 1947, p. 15.
1.d4 d5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nf3 e6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 dxc4 6.e3 0-0 7.Bxc4 Bd6 8.Ne5 Bxe5 9.Bxe5 c6 10.f4 Nbd7 11.0-0 Nxe5 12.fxe5 Nd5 13.Nxd5 exd5 14.Bd3 Qg5 15.Qf3 f6 16.Rf2 Bg4 17.Qf4 Qxf4 18.exf4 Be6 19.f5 Bf7 20.e6 Be8 21.Re1 g6 22.e7 Rf7 23.fxg6 hxg6 24.Bxg6 Rg7 25.Bf5 a5 26.Be6+ Kh8 27.Bh3 b5 28.Rxf6 Ra7 29.Rf8+ Rg8 30.Be6 Rxe7 31.Rxg8+ Kh7 32.Bf5+ Kxg8 33.Rxe7 Kf8 34.Rc7 a4 35.Bd7 Bxd7 36.Rxd7 Ke8 37.Rc7 1-0 135. [Game 333 / 3161] Wilcox, F L - Patterson, A E
Correspondence Correspondence, 1947
Source: Chess Review, December 1947, p. 16.
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Bd2 c5 5.Nf3 cxd4 6.Nxd4 e5 7.Nf3 d4 8.Nd5 Bd6 9.c3 Nf6 10.Bg5 h6 11.Bxf6 gxf6 12.cxd4 exd4 13.Qxd4 Be7 14.0-0-0 Nc6 15.Bb5 Bd7 16.Qd2 Rc8 17.Kb1 h5 18.Rhe1 a6 19.Ba4 b5 20.Bb3 Na5 21.e5 f5 22.Nf6+ Bxf6 23.exf6+ Be6 24.Bxe6 fxe6 25.Rxe6+ Kf7 26.Ng5+ Kg6 27.f7+ Kg7 28.Rd6 Qe7 29.Qd4+ 1-0 136. [Game 334 / 3162] Wildermann, W K - Kelly, V F
Correspondence Correspondence, 1947
Source: Chess Review, December 1947, p. 17.
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.d3 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Nd5 Nxd5 7.Bxd5 0-0 8.a3 Kh8 9.h4 f5 10.h5 Ne7 11.Bg5 c6 12.Bxe7 Qxe7 13.Nh4 Rf6 14.Ng6+ Rxg6 15.hxg6 cxd5 16.Rxh7+ 1-0 137. [Game 340 / 3168] Robboetoy, A - Shipman, Walter
US Junior Championship. Prelim Cleveland OH, 07.1947
Source: Chess Review, December 1947, p. 19.
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nc6 4.Ngf3 Nf6 5.e5 Nd7 6.c3 f6 7.exf6 Qxf6 8.Bd3 Bd6 9.Qe2 0-0 10.Nf1 e5 11.Bg5 Qf7 12.dxe5 Ndxe5 13.Nxe5 Nxe5 14.Be3 Bg4 15.Qc2 Nxd3+ 16.Qxd3 Rae8 17.Qd2 d4 0-1 138. [Game 343 / 3171] Smith, R P - Weinbaum, Sidney
San Gabriel Valley Championship CAL (7), 1947
Source: Chess Review, December 1947, p. 20.
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 Nbd7 7.Qc2 0-0 8.Rc1 Re8 9.a3 a6 10.Bd3 dxc4 11.Bxc4 b5 12.Ba2 c5 13.Bxf6 Bxf6 14.dxc5 Nxc5 15.0-0 Qe7 16.Ne2 Nd7 17.Rfd1 Nf8 18.Nfd4 Bb7 19.Qd2 Red8 20.Qa5 Rd7 21.f3 Rad8 22.Rd2 Ng6 23.Rdc2 Ne5 24.Nf4 Nc4 25.Bxc4 Bxd4 26.exd4 bxc4 27.Rxc4 Rxd4 28.Rc7 Qh4 29.g3 Rd1+ 30.Rxd1 Rxd1+ 31.Kg2 Qd8 32.Qe5 Rd2+ 33.Kh3 Bxf3 34.Qc3 g5 35.g4 gxf4 36.g5 Bb7 37.Kg4 Qd5 0-1 139. [Game 344 / 2172] Pinkus, Albert - Herzberger, Max
NYSCA Championship Endicott, NY (5), 04.09.1947
Source: Chess Review, December 1947, p. 20.
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4 Bb4 8.0-0 Nbd7 9.Qe2 Ne4 10.Nxe4 Bxe4 11.Rd1 Qe7 12.Ne1 0-0-0 13.f3 Bd5 14.Nc2 Nb6 15.b3 e5 16.a5 Nxc4 17.bxc4 Be6 18.a6 b6 19.Rb1 Ba5 20.Ba3 Qf6 21.c5 exd4 22.Nxd4 Bf5 23.Rbc1 Rhe8 24.cxb6 Rxd4 25.Rxd4 Bxb6 26.Rd6 Qxd6 27.Bxd6 Rxe3 28.Qf2 Rd3 29.Bc5 1-0 140. [Game 345 / 3173] Elo, Arpad - Kujoth, Richard
Milwaukee County Tournament Milwaukee, WI, 1947
Source: Chess Review, December 1947, p. 21.
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.dxc5 Bxc5 7.Qg4 g6 8.Ngf3 Qb6 9.Bd3 Nc6 10.c3 Bf2+ 11.Kd1 Nc5 12.Bc2 Bd7 13.b4 Na6 14.Rb1 Naxb4 15.cxb4 Nxb4 16.a3 Nxc2 17.Rxb6 Ne3+ 18.Ke2 Nxg4 19.Rxb7 Bb6 20.Ng5 Nh6 21.Rxb6 axb6 22.Ngf3 Bb5+ 23.Ke3 Ng4+ 24.Kd4 Kd7 25.Kc3 Rhc8+ 26.Kb4 Nf2 27.Rg1 Nd3+ 28.Kxb5 Rc5+ 29.Kxb6 Rb8+ 30.Ka7 Kc7 0-1 141. [Game 347 / 3175] Sotela Montagne, Rogelio - Porras, M
Costa Rica Championship. Challengers San Jose CRC, 1947
Source: Chess Review, December 1947, p. 21.
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Be7 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.e3 c6 7.Qc2 dxc4 8.Bxc4 Nd5 9.Bxe7 Qxe7 10.Rc1 N7b6 11.Be2 0-0 12.Ne4 f5 13.Nc5 Rf6 14.Ne5 Nd7 15.Ncd3 Nb4 16.Nxb4 Qxb4+ 17.Qc3 Qe7 18.a4 Nxe5 19.dxe5 Rf7 20.Bc4 Qg5 21.0-0 Re7 22.Rfd1 b6 23.Rd6 c5 24.Qb3 Kf7 25.g3 Qg4 26.Bd5 Rb8 27.h3 Qxh3 28.Bg2 Qg4 29.Rxc5 Bb7 30.Rc4 Qg6 31.a5 Bxg2 32.Kxg2 b5 33.Rc5 Reb7 34.a6 Rb6 35.Rc7+ Ke8 36.Rxb6 Rxb6 37.Qb4 Qg5 38.Rxa7 1-0 142. [Gae 350 / 3178] Ouchi, K - Ertzman, K
Correspondence Correspondence, 1947
Source: Chess Review, December 1947, p. 25.
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 Nbd7 5.Bg5 Bb4 6.e3 c5 7.cxd5 exd5 8.Bd3 Qc7 9.0-0 Bxc3 10.bxc3 0-0 11.c4 Qc6 12.Rc1 b6 13.Nh4 Re8 14.Nf5 Bb7 15.f3 Qe6 16.cxd5 Nxd5 17.e4 N5f6 18.e5 Nd5 19.Nd6 Reb8 20.Bf5 1-0 143. [Game 351 / 3179] Adelston, Aaron - Turetsky, Henry
Correspondence Correspondence, 1947
Source: Chess Review, December 1947, p. 25.
1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d3 c6 4.Qe2 Bc5 5.Nc3 0-0 6.Bg5 d6 7.h4 h6 8.Nh3 b5 9.Bb3 Be6 10.0-0-0 Bxb3 11.axb3 hxg5 12.hxg5 Nfd7 13.Qh5 Re8 1-0 144. [Game 352 / 3180] Farber, Jesse P - Brearley, Qilliam H
Correspondence Correspondence, 1947
Source: Chess Review, December 1947, p. 25.
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 0-0 5.Nge2 d5 6.a3 Be7 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.e4 Nxc3 9.bxc3 c5 10.g3 e5 11.dxe5 Qxd1+ 12.Kxd1 Nc6 13.f4 Bg4 14.Bg2 Rad8+ 15.Ke1 Rd3 16.Bd2 Rfd8 17.Ra2 Na5 18.Nc1 R3d7 19.Be3 Nc4 20.Kf2 Nxe3 21.Kxe3 c4 22.Ne2 Rd3+ 0-1 xxx
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208 games, 1809-1947 - Co Gam bit Grimoire by TGF RobEv
Compiled by Timothy Glenn Forney.
Ideas against annoying gambits for all of us 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 players. Oct-09-11 FSR: After 1.e4 e5, 2.Ba6?? is the worst move by a country mile. After that, probably 2.b4 and 2.Ke2 are the worst. 2.Qg4 and 2.g4 are also pretty bad. White still has equality after 2.Qh5, so it's actually not a <terrible> move. “My will is mine...I shall not make it soft for you.” ― Aeschylus, Agamemnon “Chess is life in miniature. Chess is a struggle, chess battles.” ― Garry Kasparov “After we have paid our dutiful respects to such frigid virtues as calculation, foresight, self-control and the like, we always come back to the thought that speculative attack is the lifeblood of chess.” — Fred Reinfeld “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 “Age brings wisdom to some men, and to others chess.” ― Evan Esar “There is no jewel in the world comparable to learning; no learning so excellent both for Prince and subject, as knowledge of laws; and no knowledge of any laws so necessary for all estates and for all causes, concerning goods, lands or life, as the common laws of England.” ― Sir Edward Coke “Without integrity and honor, having everything means nothing.” ― Robin Sharma “I am no longer cursed by poverty because I took possession of my own mind, and that mind has yielded me every material thing I want, and much more than I need. But this power of mind is a universal one, available to the humblest person as it is to the greatest.” ― Andrew Carnegie “Luckily, there is a way to be happy. It involves changing the emphasis of our thinking from what we want to what we have.” ― Richard Carlson “Enthusiasm is one of the most powerful engines of success. When you do a thing, do it with all your might. Put your whole soul into it. Stamp it with your own personality. Be active, be energetic, be enthusiastic and faithful, and you will accomplish your object. Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.”
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And become a master of chess entry
There once was a site for chess fun,
Wtharvey.com was the chosen one,
With puzzles galore,
It'll keep you in store,
For hours of brain-teasing, none done.
There once was a website named wtharvey,
Where chess puzzles were posted daily,
You'd solve them with glee,
And in victory,
You'd feel like a true chess prodigy!
“Chess is played with the mind and not with the hands.” ― Renaud & Kahn “Chess is a terrific way for kids to build self-image and self-esteem.” ― Saudin Robovic “Chess is a sport. The main object in the game of chess remains the achievement of victory.” – Max Euwe “Life is like a chess. If you lose your queen, you will probably lose the game.” – Being Caballero “If you wish to succeed, you must brave the risk of failure.” — Garry Kasparov “You win some, you lose some, you wreck some.” — Dale Earnhardt “In life, unlike chess the game continues after checkmate.” ― Isaac Asimov “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
Bughouse Rules
Bughouse is an outrageously fun team game in which one partner plays White and the other plays Black. As a player captures an opponent's piece, that captured piece is passed to the partner. The partner can either make a regular chess move, or place any one of the pieces passed by the partner anywhere on the board! (well, almost anywhere - there are certain rules to follow that we go over in class). To add to the excitement, Bughouse is played with clocks at a quick pace (5 minutes) and players are allowed to TALK!! In fact, you have to talk in order to effectively communicate strategies with your partner. Of course, your opponents might overhear you and plan their counter strategy. So you could whisper, or even talk in secret codes! But you can't hide captured pieces - they have to stay out in the open where everyone can see them. Not fair pulling a rook out from under your beard! These rules and others are contained in he official USCF Bughouse Rules 5th Edition, which will be posted on the walls for Bughouse events. It was interesting to note, during Grandmaster Nigel Davies' recent instructional clinics, that he greatly encouraged Bughouse as a tool for developing the imagination. IMPORTANT! Because of the high level of noise, Bughouse will be played only on pre-advertised Bughouse tournament days (normally around Halloween, plus or minus a week, and sometimes at other times during the year). BUGHOUSE RULES (adapted from http://raleighchessacademy.com/wp-c... ) 1. Number of Players - There are exactly two players on a team; they are called 'team members,' 'partners' or 'pardners' (Texas only). No substitutions of players are allowed at any time during the tournament. Ya dances with the pardner what brought ya. A Tournament can have many competing teams. 2. Bughouse Game - A 'Bughouse Game' matches one team member against one opponent, and the other team member against that opponent's partner. Play is conducted by the four players on two regulation chess boards, each starting from the normal chess starting position, with white moving first and each using a chess clock (digital takes precedence over analog). One partner plays White; the other Black. The first checkmate or time forfeit on either board ends the Game. If either partner on a team wins their board, then their team wins the Game. Just as in regular chess, there are multiple Games (rounds) per tournament. 3. Colors - For each Game, the team decides which partner is to play white and which is to play black. Once a Game is started, partners may not switch boards (and although you can always give advice to your partner, you cannot touch your partner's pieces). 4. Time control - The time control is Game in 5 minutes. Use 2 second delay when possible. 5. Bring a clock- Each team is responsible for providing a clock. If a team does not have a clock and their opponents do have a clock, the team without a clock forfeits. If neither team has a clock then both teams forfeit. 6. Completion of Move - If a player's hand has released a piece then that move cannot be changed, unless it is an illegal move. A move is not Completed until the piece is released AND the clock is pressed. If the clock has not been pressed then the opponent may not move (this is under review) 8. Illegal moves lose, if they are caught before the next move is made. I. If an opponent makes a move and starts the opponent's clock, they have forfeited the right to claim that illegal move. II. Before play begins both players should inspect the position of the pieces and the setting of the clock, since once each side has made a move all claims for correcting either are null and void. The only exception is if one or both players have more than five minutes on their clock, then the tournament director may reduce the time accordingly. III. Illegal moves, unnoticed by both players, cannot be corrected afterwards, nor can they become the basis for later making an illegal move claim. If the King and Queen are set up incorrectly when the game begins, then you may castle short on the queen side and castle long on the kingside. Once each side has made a move, incorrect setups must stay. 9. Passing pieces - When a piece is captured, the captured piece is passed to the partner only after the move is completed (opponent’s clock is started). 10. Placing or moving pieces- A player has the option of either moving one of their pieces on their board or placing a piece their teammate has captured and passed to them. I. A captured piece may be placed on any unoccupied square on the board, with the exception that a pawn may not be placed on the first or last rank. II. Pieces may be placed to create or interpose check or checkmate. (under review - some variants do not allow "drop mates") III. A promoted pawn, which has been captured, reverts to a pawn and not the promoted piece. 11. Displaying captured pieces- A player may not attempt to hide pieces captured by their partner from the opponent. The first attempt will be a warning and the second attempt will result in forfeiture of the game. 12. Communicating allowed- Partners may verbally communicate throughout a game. It is legal for one partner to make move suggestions to the other partner. It is illegal and grounds for forfeiting the match if one partner physically moves one of their partner's pieces. 13. Clock Hand- Each player must push the clock button with the same hand they use to move their pieces. Exception: only during castling may a player use both hands. When capturing only one hand may be used. The first infraction will get a warning, the second a one minute penalty and the third will result in the loss of the game. 14. Touching a Clock- Except for pushing the clock button neither player should touch the clock except: I. To straighten it; II. If either player knocks over the clock his opponent gets one minute added to their clock; III. If your opponent's clock does not begin you may push their side down and repunch your side; however, if this procedure is unsatisfactory, please call for a director; IV. Each player must always be allowed to push the clock after their move is made. Neither player should keep their hand on or hover over the clock. 15. Define a win- A game is won by the player: I. who has mated their opponent's king; II. If the checking piece is not a knight or is not in contact (on an adjacent square) with the defending king and the defending player does not have any material to block the check, the defending player may wait until his or her partner supplies a piece provided their time does not run out. III. whose opponent resigns; IV. whose opponent's flag falls first, at any time before the game is otherwise ended, provided he/she points it out and neutralizes the clock while their own flag is still up; V. who, after an illegal move, takes the opponent's king or stops the clock; VI. an illegal move doesn't negate a player's right to claim on time, provided he/she does so prior to their opponent's claim of an illegal move. If the claims are simultaneous, the player who made the illegal move loses. 16. Defining a draw- A game is a draw: I. By agreement between the teams during the game only. II. If the flag of one player falls after the flag of the other player has already fallen and a win has not been claimed, unless either side mates before noticing both flags down. Announced checkmate nullifies any later time claims. 17. Replacing pieces- If a player accidentally displaces one or more pieces, he shall replace them on his own time. If it is necessary, his opponent may start the opponent's clock without making a move in order to make sure that the culprit uses his own time while replacing the pieces. Finally, it is unsportsmanlike to knock over any pieces then punch the clock. For the first offense the player will get a warning (unless this causes his flag to fall, in which case the opponent will get one extra minute added to his clock). For a second offense a one minute add-on for the opponent will be imposed. For a third offense the offender shall forfeit the game. Thereafter, the tournament director may use other penalties or expel a player from the event for repeated offenses. 18. Dispute between players - In case of a dispute either player may stop both clocks while the tournament director is being summoned. In any unclear situation the tournament director will consider the testimony of both players and any reliable witnesses before rendering his decision. If a player wishes to appeal the decision of a tournament director, the player must first appeal to the section chief then, if necessary, the player may appeal to the Chief floor director, whose decision in all cases is final. 19. TD touching the clock - The tournament director shall not pick up the clock; except in the case of a dispute. 20. Observer conduct - Spectators and players of another match are not to speak or otherwise interfere in a game. If a spectator interferes in any way, such as by calling attention to the flag fall or an illegal move, the tournament director may cancel the game and rule that a new game be played in its stead, and he may also expel the offending party from the playing room. The tournament director should also be silent about illegal moves, flag falls, etc. (unless there is an agreement with the players, before the game, to call them) as this is entirely the responsibility of the players. 21. Replacing a promoted pawn - If a player promotes a pawn they must leave the pawn on the board and clearly indicate to their opponent to what piece the pawn is being promoted too. The promoted pawn will be laid on it's side to indicate that it is a promoted pawn (MCS&C local rule - to prevent later disagreements about what piece the pawn was promoted to, and to avoid pawns annoyingly rolling about and off the board, a spare piece quickly found from another set should be used and placed in the normal upright position, an upside down rook still signifying a queen. The argument against this is nuclear proliferation of Queens, but I don't think it is a strong argument). 22. Replacement clock - Only a tournament director may determine if a clock is defective and change clocks. 23. Player behavior - Excessive banging of pieces or clock will not be tolerated and the offending player may be penalized with loss of time (Director discretion) 24. Insufficient Losing Chances- Insufficient losing chances claims cannot be made in Bughouse games. 25. Rules Not Covered Above - The Official Rules of Chess, 5th edition, shall be used to resolve any situation not covered by these rules. Riddle: What is at the end of a rainbow?
It's not a pot of gold.
Answer: The letter W.
An Irish Blessing:
May we all feel…
happy and contented,
healthy and strong,
safe and protected
and living with ease…
~ Annabel Lee
by Edgar Allan Poe
It was many and many a year ago,
In a kingdom by the sea,
That a maiden there lived whom you may know
By the name of Annabel Lee;
And this maiden she lived with no other thought
Than to love and be loved by me.
I was a child and she was a child,
In this kingdom by the sea,
But we loved with a love that was more than love—
I and my Annabel Lee—
With a love that the wingèd seraphs of Heaven
Coveted her and me.
And this was the reason that, long ago,
In this kingdom by the sea,
A wind blew out of a cloud, chilling
My beautiful Annabel Lee;
So that her highborn kinsmen came
And bore her away from me,
To shut her up in a sepulchre
In this kingdom by the sea.
The angels, not half so happy in Heaven,
Went envying her and me—
Yes!—that was the reason (as all men know,
In this kingdom by the sea)
That the wind came out of the cloud by night,
Chilling and killing my Annabel Lee.
But our love it was stronger by far than the love
Of those who were older than we—
Of many far wiser than we—
And neither the angels in Heaven above
Nor the demons down under the sea
Can ever dissever my soul from the soul
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee;
For the moon never beams, without bringing me dreams
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee;
And the stars never rise, but I feel the bright eyes
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee;
And so, all the night-tide, I lie down by the side
Of my darling—my darling—my life and my bride,
In her sepulchre there by the sea—
In her tomb by the sounding sea.
"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 Here's a poem a dad wrote:
<ODE TO CHESS
Ten times I charged the grim, foreboding walls
and was pitched into the pit of defeat.
But, heedless of humiliating falls,
I clambered bravely back onto my feet
and charged again, again to be down thrust
onto the scrap heap of people who lose
onto the mound of mortifying dust
whilst my opponent sat without a bruise
upon his pedestal. We changed sides
and fought again, but I was defeated
whilst he with arrogant and haughty strides
took the throne upon which I had been seated.
Ha! Win or lose, it's how you play the game.
But I would like to beat him just the same.> "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 Galatians 6:7 in the Bible “Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap.” “Time is the ultimate currency.” ― Elon Musk “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 King Tutankhamun had lots of cool toys, but one of his most intriguing may have been a dagger, discovered in his tomb in 1925, made of meteoric metal. It wasn't until recently that scientists were able to confirm the material, using a technique called portable X-ray fluorescence spectrometry. They determined that the dagger's composition of iron, nickel, and cobalt "strongly suggests an extraterrestrial origin." * Riddle-zeez-piddle: https://www.briddles.com/riddles/ch... Immortal jellyfish
There is a species of jellyfish that never dies.
Known as Turritopsis dohrnii—or colloquially, the immortal jellyfish—this sea creature is able to revert back into its adolescent state after going through adulthood, a "process that looks remarkably like immortality." “Intelligence plus character-that is the goal of true education.”
― Martin Luther King Jr.
“When you come to a fork in the road, take it.” ― Yogi Berra, 10-time World Series champion “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
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
What various kind of fish live in space? Starfish. How are false teeth like stars? They come out at night. What do you say if you want to start a fight in space? Comet me, bro. Why did the star have a crush on the sun? It was the center of hiz universe. Which role in the Star Wars movie was the orange cast for? Emperor Pulpatine. Sing it Frankie! https://www.bing.com/videos/search?...
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Compiled by Fredthebear
Teh lettres can be transpsoed, yet the raeder is aebl to unerdstand, at laest hwen teh Engilsh aphlebat is uesd. Black declines the pwan, one way or anohter. Some defenses such as the Tarrasch and Semi-Tarrasch Defenses have been (mostly) moved to their own collections elsewhere. However, here's a link to Dr. Siegbert Tarrasch playing his QGD Tarrasch Defense!
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches... * Beat the QGD Exchange: Game Collection: Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation * MC Move-by-Move: Game Collection: Move by Move - Carlsen (Lakdawala) * 700+ games of QGD D06: Queen's Gambit Declined (D06) * 10 Crazy Gambits: https://www.chess.com/blog/yola6655... * Tips for Knights & More: http://www.chesssets.co.uk/blog/tip... * Unleash the Knight: https://cardclashgames.com/blog/che... * Ten Tips: https://www.uschess.org/index.php/L... * 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-... * 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... 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. 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:
http://gambiter.com/chess/Checkmate... * Fabulous chess brilliancies:
https://www.chess.com/article/view/...
* 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.” 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.
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― 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."
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"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.
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500 games, 1620-2017 - Co GumboG's Unorthodox Games-Names [ECO=A,D,E]
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Games featuring rare openings/variations with unusual names. Not included are the basic uncommon first moves (Ware Opening, St. George Defense, etc.) Due to limitations, this Collection Covers non-King's Pawn Openings. There is another Collection that covers KP Openings: <Game Collection: Unorthodox Games; Unusual Names (ECO=B,C)> “In a gambit you give up a Pawn for the sake of getting a lost game.”
— Samuel Standidge Boden
<Unorthodox Games; Unusual Names [ECO=B,C]> Thank you GumboGambit!
* Beat the QGD Exchange: Game Collection: Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation * Gumbo's Favorites: Game Collection: GumboGambit's Selected Games * Emilio's Picks: Game Collection: emilio's favorite games, 2 * 10 Crazy Gambits: https://www.chess.com/blog/yola6655... * Lekhika Dhariyal Chess Ops: https://www.zupee.com/blog/category... Adams Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bc4 Nxe4 4.Qh5 Nd6 5.Bb3 Nc6 6.d4) Adelaide Counter Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.f4 Nc6 3.Nf3 f5) Alapin Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.0-0 Bg4 6.h3 h5) Alapin Gambit (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Be3)
Albin Counter Gambit (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e5) Alekhine Gambit (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) Allgaier Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.h4 g4 5.Ng5) Andreaschek Gambit (1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.Nf3 e5 4.c3) Anti-Meran Gambit (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 c6 5.Bg5) Anti-Moscow Gambit (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 c6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 g5 7.Bg3 dxc4 8.e4) Balogh Gambit (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4 4.e4 d6) Basque Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.d4 exd4 7.e5 Ne4 8.c3) Belgrade Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nd5) Bellon Gambit (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 e4 4.Ng5 b5) Benko Gambit (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5)
Bertin (Three Pawns) Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 Be7 4.Bc4 Bh4+ 5.g3 fxg3 6.0-0 gxh2+ 7.Kh1) Bishop’s Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Bc4)
Blackburne Shilling Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nd4) Blackburne Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.h4 g4 5.Ng5 h6 6.Nxf7 Kxf7 7.Nc3) Blackmar–Diemer Gambit (1.d4 d5 2.e4 dxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.f3 – also (1.d4 d5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.e4 dxe4 4.f3) Blumenfeld Counter Gambit (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 b5) Blumenfeld Reversed Gambit (1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 d4 3.e3 c5 4.b4) Boden–Kieseritzky Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nxe4 4.Nc3) Boehnke Gambit (1.e4 d5 2.exd5 e6 3. dxe6 Bxe6)
Brentano Gambit (1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g5)
Breyer Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Qf3)
Bronstein Gambit (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Qxd7 5.0-0 Nc6 6.c3 Nf6 7.d4) Bryan Counter Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Bc4 Qh4+ 4.Kf1 b5) Bryan (Kieseritzky) CounterGambit (1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Bc4 b5) Budapest Gambit (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5)
Calabrian Counter Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 f5)
Carrera (Basman) Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Qe2) Catalan Queens Gambit (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3) Charousek Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.f4 d5 3.exd5 e4 4.d3 Nf6 5.dxe4 Nxe4 6.Qe2) Chicago Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nxe5 Nxe5 4.d4) Cochrane Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nxf7) Colorado Gambit (1.e4 Nc6 2.Nf3 f5)
Cunningham Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 Be7)
Dada Gambit (1.g3 e5 2.Bg2 d5 3.b4)
Danish Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.c3)
Danube Gambit (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.d5 b5)
De Smet Gambit (1.e4 Nc6 2.d4 e5 3.dxe5 d6)
Diemer Gambit (1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.e4)
Diemer–Duhm Gambit (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.c4)
Double Muzio Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.Bc4 g4 5.0-0 gxf3 6.Qxf3 Qf6 7.e5 Qxe5 8.Bxf7+) Duras Gambit (Fred Defence) (1.e4 f5 2.exf5 Kf7) Elephant Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d5)
Englund Gambit (1.d4 e5 2.dxe5 Nc6 3.Nf3 Qe7 4.Qd5 f6 5.exf6 Nxf6) Evans Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4)
Evans Counter Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 d5) Fajarowicz Gambit (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ne4)
Falkbeer Counter Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.f4 d5)
Four Pawns Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Bc5 3.b4 Bxb4 4.f4 exf4 5.Nf3 Be7 6.d4 Bh4+ 7.g3 fxg3 8.0-0 gxh2+ 9.Kh1) Franco-Hiva Gambit (1.e4 e6 2.Nf3 f5)
Frankenstein–Dracula Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bc4 Nxe4 4.Qh5 Nd6 5.Bb3 Nc6 6.Nb5 g6 7.Qf3 f5 8.Qd5 Qe7 9.Nxc7+ Kd8 10.Nxa8 b6) French: Wing Gambit (1.e4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e5 c5 4.b4) FACTRETRIEVER 2020: Feral pigs ate and completely destroyed $22,000 worth of cocaine that had been hidden in an Italian forest. Fried Liver Attack Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5 5.exd5 Nxd5 6.Nxf7 Kxf7) From Gambit (1.f4 e5)
Fyfe Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.d4)
Gent Gambit (1.Nh3 d5 2.g3 e5 3.f4 Bxh3 4.Bxh3 exf4 5.0-0 fxg3 6.hxg3) Ghulam Khassim Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.Bc4 g4 5.d4) Gianutio Counter Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 f5) Ginsburg Gambit (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5.Bc4) Godley Gambit (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 Nf6)
Göring Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.c3) Greco Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.f4)
Grünfeld Gambit (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bf4 Bg7 5.e3 0-0) Halasz Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.f4)
Halibut Gambit (1.c4 b5)
Halloween Gambit (Müller–Schultze) Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nxe5) Hamppe–Muzio Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 exf4 4.Nf3 g5 5.Bc4 g4 6.0-0) Hanstein Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.Bc4 Bg7 5.0-0) Harksen Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.c4) Herrstrom Gambit (1.Nf3 g5)
Hubsch Gambit (1.d4 d5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.e4 Nxe4 4.Nxe4 dxe4 4.Bc4) Icelandic Gambit (1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.c4 e6)
Italian Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.d4) Jerome Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ Kxf7) John Tracy Gambit (1.e4 Nf6 2.Nf3)
Karpov Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5 Be6 9.Nbd2 Nc5) Kasparov Gambit (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nb5 d6 6.c4 Nf6 7.N1c3 a6 8.Na3 d5) Keres Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nc3)
Khan Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 d5)
Kieseritzky Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.h4 g4 5.Ne5) King’s Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.f4)
Kotrč–Mieses Gambit (1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5 4.b4) Krejcik Gambit (1.e4 Nf6 2.Bc4 Nxe4 3. Bxf7+)
Krol Gambit (1.e4 e6 2.f4 d5 3.Nf3)
Lasker Gambit (1.d4 f5 2.e4 fxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 c6 (or 4…g6) 5.f3) Latvian Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 f5 3.g4)
Lewis Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Bc5 3.d4)
Lisitsin Gambit (1.Nf3 f5 2.e4)
Locock Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Ng5 h6 5.Nxf7) Lopez Counter Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5) Lopez Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Bc5 3.Qe2 Nf6 4.d3 Nc6 5.c3 Ne7 6.f4) Lopez–Gianutio Counter Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Bc4 f5) Marshall Gambit (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.e4) McDonnell Double Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Bc5 3.b4 Bxb4 4.f4) McDonnell Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.Bc4 g4 5.Nc3) Michel Gambit (1.Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. b4 c5)
Milner-Barry Gambit (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) Moller Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d4 exd4 6.cxd4 Bb4+ 7.Nc3 Nxe4 8.0-0 Bxc3 9.d5) Morphy Gambit (1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.Nf3)
Morra Gambit (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.c3)
Muzio Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.Bc4 g4 5.0-0) Nakhmanson Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.O-O Nxe4 6.Nc3) Nimzowitsch Gambit (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.Qg4) Orthoschnapp Gambit (1.e4 e6 2.c4 d5 3.cxd5 exd5 4.Qb3) Paris Gambit (1.Nh3 d5 2.g3 e5 3.f4 Bxh3 4.Bxh3 exf4 5.0-0) Petroff Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Bc5 3.Nf3 d6 4.c3 Qe7 5.d4) Philidor Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.Bc4 Bg7 5.h4) Philidor Counter Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5) Pierce Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 exf4 4.Nf3 g5 5.d4 g4 6.Bc4) Poisoned Pawn (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Qb6 8.Qd2 Qxb2) Polerio Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.Bc4) Ponziani Counter Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c3 f5) Ponziani Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d4)
Portsmouth Gambit (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.b4)
Portuguese Gambit (1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.d4 Bg4)
Quade Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.Nc3)
Queen’s Gambit (1.d4 d5 2.c4)
Rasa–Studier Gambit (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.f3) Relfsson Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Bb5) Reti (Landstrasse) Gambit (1.Nf3 d5 2.c4)
Rice Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.h4 g4 5.Ne5 Nf6 6.Bc4 d5 7.exd5 Bd6 8.0-0) Rosentreter Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.d4 g4) Ross Gambit – (1.Nf3 e5)
Rotary-Albany Gambit (1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 b6) Rousseau Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 f5)
Rubinstein Counter Gambit (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.Nc3 e6 5.Nxd5 exd5 6.d4 Nc6) Ryder Gambit (1.d4 d5 2.e4 dxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.f3 exf3 5.Qxf3) Salvio Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.Bc4 g4 5.Ne5) Schliemann (Jaenisch) Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 f5) Scotch Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Bc4) Sicilian Gambit (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Be2 Bb4 7.0-0) Slav Gambit (1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e4) Smith–Morra Gambit (1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3)
Sorensen Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.d4 g4 5.Ne5) Spanish Counter Gambit (1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d5) Spielmann Gambit (1.e4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.e5 Nfd7 4.e6) Stafford Gambit (1.e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 Nc6) Stamma Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.h4)
Staunton Gambit Deferred (1.d4 f5 2.c4 e6 3.e4)
Staunton Gambit (1.d4 f5 2.e4)
Steinitz Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 exf4 4.d4) Steinitz Counter Gambit (1.d4 d5 2.Bf4 c5)
Sturm Gambit (1.f4 d5 2.c4)
Swiss Gambit (1.f4 f5 2.e4 fxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.g4)
Tarrasch Gambit (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.dxc5 d4 6.Na4 b5) Tartakower (Lesser Bishop’s) Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Be2) Tartakower (Fischer) Gambit (1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 f6 3.e4) Tennison Gambit (1.e4 d5 2.Nf3)
Tolush–Geller Gambit (1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e4 b5 6.e5) Triple Muzio Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.Bc4 g4 5.0-0 gxf3 6.Qxf3 Qf6 7.e5 Qxe5 8.Bxf7+ Kxf7) Tumbleweed Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Kf2)
Two Knights’ Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5 5.exd5 Na5) Urusov Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 exd4 4.Bc4) Urusov (Ponziani) Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nf3) Van Weersel Attack (1.e4 c6 2.c4 d5 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.Qb3) Vienna Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.f4)
Villemson Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.d4)
Von Hennig–Schara Gambit (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.cxd5 cxd4) Vukovic Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c3 Nf6 4. d4 Nxe4 5. d5 Bc5) Wagner Gambit (1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bg5 c5 4.e4)
Ware Gambit (1.a4 e5 2.a5 d5 3.e3 f5 4.a6)
White Gambit (1.c4 d5 2.b3 dxc4 3.bxc4 Qd4 4.Nc3) Wild Muzio Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.Bc4 g4 5.Bxf7+) Wilkes-Barre/Traxler Variation (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 Bc5) Williams Gambit (1.f4 d5 2.e4)
Wing Gambit (1.e4 c5 2.b4)
Wing Gambit Deferred (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 (or 2…e6) 3.b4) Wing Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Bc5 3.b4)
Wing Gambit Delayed (1.e4 c5 2.a3 Nc6 (or 2…e6) 3. b4) Zollner Gambit (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be2 Bg7 7.Be3 Nc6 8.0-0 0-0 9.f4 Qb6 10.e5) Colorado: San Luis
Established in: 1851
San Luis has a predominately Hispanic population of less than 700 people, and so the town features a very strong Spanish influence. It was once part of four Spanish land grants decreed by the King of Spain, and a classic adobe architecture and Spanish town layout remain. * Chess History: https://www.britannica.com/topic/ch... This poem is dedicated to all Caissa's members
who understand that chess is but a game.
Chess is but a Game
As he secretly rode his knight out of the castle's gate,
still believing that he could escape this inevitable fate,
the sky broke open with an array of incredible light.
and there smitten to the earth lay nova under his knight.
I am who I am and always am, spoke this thundering voice
and you, my friend nova, do not at all have another choice
but to go forth south and north, west and east
loudly proclaiming the good Word to man and beast.
Thus beset by the compelling voice from the broken sky
nova set about explaining through the word the how and why.
He travelled north and south, west and east never losing aim
to let all Caissa's members know: chess is but a game. “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 “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):
Game Collection: Robert Fischer's Best Games * Bobby Fischer Rediscovered/Andrew Soltis (97 games):
Game Collection: Bobby Fischer Rediscovered (Andy Soltis) * 1992: Game Collection: Spassky-Fischer Match 1992 * Black Defends: Game Collection: Opening repertoire black * Masterful: Game Collection: FRENCH DEFENSE MASTERPIECES * Nakhmanson Gambit: https://chesstier.com/nakhmanson-ga... * 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 * B20s: Game Collection: Grand Prix (Ginger’s Models) * GPA: https://chesstier.com/grand-prix-at...
* GK: Game Collection: Kasparov - The Sicilian Sheveningen * Can you whip Taimanov's Sicilian? http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches... * Glossary: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gloss... * CFN: https://www.youtube.com/@CFNChannel
* Mr. Harvey's Puzzle Challenge: https://wtharvey.com/ “Chess is played with the mind and not with the hands.” ― Renaud & Kahn “Chess is a terrific way for kids to build self-image and self-esteem.”
― Saudin Robovic
“Chess is a sport. The main object in the game of chess remains the achievement of victory.” ― Max Euwe “Life is like a chess. If you lose your queen, you will probably lose the game.”
― Being Caballero
“If you wish to succeed, you must brave the risk of failure.” — Garry Kasparov “You win some, you lose some, you wreck some.” — Dale Earnhardt “In life, unlike chess the game continues after checkmate.” ― Isaac Asimov I have a fear of speed bumps. But I am slowly getting over it. * Riddle-e-dee: https://chessimprover.com/chess-rid... I was wondering why the frisbee was getting bigger, then it hit me. Кто не рискует, тот не пьет шампанского
Pronunciation: KTOH ni risKUyet, tot ni pyot shamPANSkava)
Translation: He who doesn’t take risks doesn’t drink champagne
Meaning: Fortune favours the brave
"Tal has a terrifying style. Soon even grandmasters will know of this."
- Vladimir Saigin (after losing to 17-year-old Tal in a qualifying match for the master title)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5S...
“I like to grasp the initiative and not give my opponent peace of mind.”
— Mikhail Tal
“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 “He examined the chess problem and set out the pieces. It was a tricky ending, involving a couple of knights.
'White to play and mate in two moves.'
Winston looked up at the portrait of Big Brother. White always mates, he thought with a sort of cloudy mysticism. Always, without exception, it is so arranged. In no chess problem since the beginning of the world has black ever won. Did it not symbolize the eternal, unvarying triumph of Good over Evil? The huge face gazed back at him, full of calm power. White always mates.”
― George Orwell, 1984
"When you come to a fork in the road, take it."
― Yogi Berra, 10-time World Series champion
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.
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 Ye Jiangchuan has won the Chinese Chess Championship seven times. “There are more adventures on a chessboard than on all the seas of the world.”
― Pierre Mac Orlan
“You can only get good at chess if you love the game.” ― Bobby Fischer Dear Dad, $chool i$ really great. I am making lot$ of friend$ and $tudying very hard. With all my $tuff, I $imply can’t think of anything I need, $o if you would like, you can ju$t $end me a card, a$ I would love to hear from you. Love, Your $on Dear Son, I kNOw that astroNOmy, ecoNOmics, and oceaNOgraphy are eNOugh to keep even an hoNOr student busy. Do NOt forget that the pursuit of kNOwledge is a NOble task, and you can never study eNOugh. Love, Dad Q: What do you call a cat that likes to eat beans?
A: Puss 'n' Toots!
Q: What do you call a clown who's in jail?
A: A silicon!
Q: What do you call a deer with no eyes?
A: No eye deer!!
Q: What do you call a three-footed aardvark?
A: A yardvark!
Q: What do you call a dancing lamb?
A: A baaaaaa-llerina!
Q: What do you call a meditating wolf?
A: Aware wolf!
Q: What do you call a witch who lives at the beach?
A: A sand-witch!
Q: What do you call an avocado that's been blessed by the pope?
A: Holy Guacamole!
"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 <I am taken from a mine, and shut up in a wooden case, from which I am never released, and yet I am used by almost everybody. What am I?Pencil lead
* Riddle-puffy-dried: https://www.briddles.com/riddles/ch... A <man> stands on one side of a river, his dog on the other. The <man> calls his dog, who immediately crosses the river without getting wet and without using a bridge or a boat. How did the dog do it? The river was frozen>
“Intelligence plus character-that is the goal of true education.”
― Martin Luther King Jr.
"When you come to a fork in the road, take it."
― Yogi Berra, 10-time World Series champion
'Don't keep a dog and bark yourself'
'Don't cast your pearls before swine'
'Don't count your chickens before they are hatched' The Tide Rises, the Tide Falls
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1807-1882
The tide rises, the tide falls,
The twilight darkens, the curlew calls;
Along the sea-sands damp and brown
The traveller hastens toward the town,
And the tide rises, the tide falls.
Darkness settles on roofs and walls,
But the sea, the sea in darkness calls;
The little waves, with their soft, white hands,
Efface the footprints in the sands,
And the tide rises, the tide falls.
The morning breaks; the steeds in their stalls
Stamp and neigh, as the hostler calls;
The day returns, but nevermore
Returns the traveller to the shore,
And the tide rises, the tide falls.
“There are good ships, and there are wood ships, ships that sail the sea, but the best ships are friendships, and may they always be.” — Anonymous “It's not how you start that matters, it's how you finish.” “Old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read.” — Francis Bacon The cat’s play is the mouse’s death. ~ German Proverb “Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground.”
― Theodore Roosevelt
Ah, St. Marher, 1225:
"And te tide and te time þat tu iboren were, schal beon iblescet." 2pry Zeitnot Zshaa-Tichondrius - 601 Disc Priest 226 Ilvl - 27750 RBG zek247 dint undrstnd Ziyatdinov's planto ignore the LSB on deck of the carrier. “Debt is dumb. Cash is king.” — Dave Ramsey A jester, court jester, fool or joker was a member of the household of a nobleman or a monarch employed to entertain guests during the medieval and Renaissance eras. Jesters were also itinerant performers who entertained common folk at fairs and town markets, and the discipline continues into the modern day, where jesters perform at historical-themed events. During the Middle Ages, jesters are often thought to have worn brightly colored clothes and eccentric hats in a motley pattern. Their modern counterparts usually mimic this costume. Jesters entertained with a wide variety of skills: principal among them were song, music, and storytelling, but many also employed acrobatics, juggling, telling jokes (such as puns, stereotypes, and imitation), and performing magic tricks. Much of the entertainment was performed in a comic style. Many jesters made contemporary jokes in word or song about people or events well known to their audiences. Silence is the best reply to a fool. ― Joker
Always Remember, the beginning is the hardest part. ― Joker Did you hear about the mathematician who’s afraid of negative numbers?
He’ll stop at nothing to avoid them.
.oo.
A pencil maker told the pencil 5 important lessons just before putting it in the box: 1. Everything you do you will always leave a mark. 2. You can always correct the mistakes you make. 3. What is important is what is inside of you.
4. In life, you will undergo painful sharpening which will only make you better. 5. To be the best pencil, you must allow yourself to be held and guided by the hand that holds you. Lead Pb 82 207.2 1.8
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101 games, 1845-2018 - Co Owen Defense Compiled by SwitchingQuylthulg
SwitchingQuylthulg wrote:
A hundred and one bits of living chess theory - a collection of important 1.e4 b6 games! These 101 games feature practical examples of almost all sensible variations in the Owen - not even grandmasters can prepare better than you can with this modern theory collection! Study these games and you'll find yourself a master of the King of Openings!! :) * English Defense: Game Collection: English Defense * English - Owen Defense: Game Collection: OWEN DEFENSE - ENGLISH DEFENSE “Chess is above all, a fight!” — Emanuel Lasker “The reason most people fail instead of succeed is they trade what they want most for what they want at the moment.” ― Napoleon Bonaparte “The Game of Chess is not merely an idle amusement; several very valuable qualities of the mind, useful in the course of human life, are to be acquired and strengthened by it, so as to become habits ready on all occasions; for life is a kind of Chess, in which we have points to gain, and competition or adversaries to contend with, and in which there is a vast variety of good and ill events, that are, in some degree, the effect of prudence, or want of it. By playing at Chess then, we may learn: First, Foresight; Second, Circumspection; Third, Caution; And lastly, We learn by Chess the habit of not being discouraged by present bad appearances in the state of our affairs; the habit of hoping for a favorable chance, and that of persevering in the secrets of resources.”
— Benjamin Franklin, 1779
“Of Chess it has been said that life is not long enough for it, but that is the fault of life, not chess.” — William Ewart Napier “The stock market and the gridiron and the battlefield aren't as tidy as the chessboard, but in all of them, a single, simple rule holds true: make good decisions and you'll succeed; make bad ones and you'll fail.” — Garry Kasparov “All that matters on the chessboard is good moves.” — Bobby Fischer “The more you sweat in peace, the less you bleed in war.”
— George Hyman Rickover
“The laws of circumstance are abolished by new circumstances.”
― Napoleon Bonaparte
“No man is fit to command another that cannot command himself.”
— William Penn
“That's what chess is all about. One day you give your opponent a lesson, the next day he gives you one.” — Bobby Fischer “Chess holds its master in its own bonds, shackling the mind and brain so that the inner freedom of the very strongest must suffer.” — Albert Einstein “Methodical thinking is of more use in chess than inspiration.” — C.J.S. Purdy According to Chessmetrics, Lasker was #1 for longer than anyone else in history: 292 different months between June 1890 and December 1926. That's a timespan of 36 1/2 years, in which Lasker was #1 for a total of 24 years and 4 months. Lasker was 55 years old when he won New York 1924. “The great thing about chess is it's a game for oneself. You don't work on what you can't control, you just work on yourself. And I think if more people did that, we'd all be a lot better off.” — Daniel Naroditsky 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!" Q: How do you know which cow is the best dancer?
A: See which one has the best moo-ves.
Q: What does the cow band play?
A: Moo-sic!
<Visualization
Visualizing success in chess can be a powerful tool to help you stay calm and focused during a game. Here are some tips to help you visualize your success: Create an imaginary chessboard: Visualize the board in your mind and try to imagine the pieces moving around the board. You can also try to memorize the position of each piece on the board. Play many games of chess: The more you play, the better you will become at visualizing the board and predicting your opponent’s moves. Learn chess notations: Chess notation is a way of recording moves on the board. By learning chess notation, you can become better at visualizing the board and predicting your opponent’s moves. Visualize with a personalized piece or pieces: You can use a specific piece or pieces to help you visualize the board. For example, you can imagine yourself as the queen or king, and visualize how you would move around the board. Learn chess openings: By learning chess openings, you can become better at visualizing the board and predicting your opponent’s moves. Play blindfold chess: Blindfold chess is a great way to improve your visualization skills. In blindfold chess, you play without looking at the board, relying solely on your memory and visualization skills. Remember that visualization is a skill that takes time and practice to develop. By incorporating these tips into your practice routine, you can improve your visualization skills and become a better chess player.> HEY YOU!
You can't win them all
You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar You pays your money and you takes your choice
You reap what you sow
You win some, you lose some
Youth is wasted on the young
“The aim of argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress.”
— Joseph Joubert
This is ten percent luck, twenty percent skill
Fifteen percent concentrated power of will
Five percent pleasure, fifty percent pain
And a hundred percent reason to remember the name!
― Fort Minor
The Lion and the Rat
To show to all your kindness, it behoves:
There's none so small but you his aid may need.
I quote two fables for this weighty creed,
Which either of them fully proves.
From underneath the sward
A rat, quite off his guard,
Popped out between a lion's paws.
The beast of royal bearing
Showed what a lion was
The creature's life by sparing –
A kindness well repaid;
For, little as you would have thought
His majesty would ever need his aid,
It proved full soon
A precious boon.
Forth issuing from his forest glen,
T" explore the haunts of men,
In lion net his majesty was caught,
From which his strength and rage
Served not to disengage.
The rat ran up, with grateful glee,
Gnawed off a rope, and set him free.
By time and toil we sever
What strength and rage could never.
Q: What do you call a fat pumpkin?
A: A pumpkin!
Q: What do you call a factory that sells OK products?
A: A satisfactory!
Q: What do you call a cheese that doesn't belong to you?
A: Nacho cheese!
Q: What do you call a sleeping wolf?
A: An unawarewolf!
Q: What do you call a bear that never wants to grow up?
A: Peter Panda!
Q: What do you call a Jedi with one arm?
A: Hand Solo!
Q: What do you call a sad cheese?
A: A Blue cheese!
Q: What do you call an argument between two electric companies?
A: A power struggle!
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 !! A quote from the link: https://www.libertarianism.org/what... "Modern day politicians on the left and right sometimes pay lip service to these ideas, but in practice they reject them. Legislation is all about imposing an order from above, rather than letting one emerge from below. And in creating their schemes, politicians all too often fail to give citizens their due as people, treating them as pawns and running roughshod over their rights to decide and plan for themselves." "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 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) Excelsior
By Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
The shades of night were falling fast,
As through an Alpine village passed
A youth, who bore, 'mid snow and ice,
A banner with the strange device,
Excelsior!
His brow was sad; his eye beneath,
Flashed like a falchion from its sheath,
And like a silver clarion rung
The accents of that unknown tongue,
Excelsior!
In happy homes he saw the light
Of household fires gleam warm and bright;
Above, the spectral glaciers shone,
And from his lips escaped a groan,
Excelsior!
"Try not the Pass!" the old man said;
"Dark lowers the tempest overhead,
The roaring torrent is deep and wide!"
And loud that clarion voice replied,
Excelsior!
"Oh stay," the maiden said, "and rest
Thy weary head upon this breast! "
A tear stood in his bright blue eye,
But still he answered, with a sigh,
Excelsior!
"Beware the pine-tree's withered branch!
Beware the awful avalanche!"
This was the peasant's last Good-night,
A voice replied, far up the height,
Excelsior!
At break of day, as heavenward
The pious monks of Saint Bernard
Uttered the oft-repeated prayer,
A voice cried through the startled air,
Excelsior!
A traveller, by the faithful hound,
Half-buried in the snow was found,
Still grasping in his hand of ice
That banner with the strange device,
Excelsior!
There in the twilight cold and gray,
Lifeless, but beautiful, he lay,
And from the sky, serene and far,
A voice fell like a falling star,
Excelsior!
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. “God has given us two hands, one to receive with and the other to give with.”
— Billy Graham
“My home is in Heaven. I'm just traveling through this world.” — Billy Graham <Writing from his experience of the devastation of World War I, Edwardian poet Alfred Noyes' well-known "On the Western Front" speaks from the perspective of soldiers buried in graves marked by simple crosses, asking that their deaths not be in vain. Praise of the dead was not what the dead needed, but peace made by the living. An excerpt:We, who lie here, have nothing more to pray.
To all your praises we are deaf and blind.
We may not ever know if you betray
Our hope, to make earth better for mankind.> “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 “I have walked that long road to freedom. I have tried not to falter; I have made missteps along the way. But I have discovered the secret that after climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb. I have taken a moment here to rest, to steal a view of the glorious vista that surrounds me, to look back on the distance I have come. But I can only rest for a moment, for with freedom come responsibilities, and I dare not linger, for my long walk is not ended.” ― Nelson Mandela St. Marher, 1225:
"And te tide and te time þat tu iboren were, schal beon iblescet." OCFH4 Zedanpovs spun Zelimsky after Zhurfidiot before Perez an z Wang. Why did the cow cross the road?
To get to the udder side.
Flyin' with Frank: https://www.bing.com/videos/search?... Q: Where do cows get all their medicine?
A: The farmacy!
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116 games, 1881-2021 - Co Sicilian Play The Najdorf Sicilian Yes Dale
Compiled by pdion60
“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 “If you’re too open-minded; your brains will fall out.” ― Lawrence Ferlinghetti Riddle Question: What starts with E, ends with E, and has only 1 letter in it? Fredthebear created this collection.
Riddle Answer: Envelope.
“Chess is a simple game, but it is that very simplicity that makes the player’s personalities come out.” ― Gamou Jirou “Chess is all about stored pattern recognition. You are asking your brain to spot a face in the crowd that it has not seen.” ― Sally Simpson In "The Game of Chess" by Siegbert Tarrasch we are told:
Tactics are the most important element of the Middle Game. We must above all "see" what is more or less hidden. We must exploit opportunities for combinations wherever they are offered. Here there is only an illusory guard, there our opponent has a man quite unguarded, or a double attack, etc., is possible. Over and over again there occur the tactical maneuvers ... and these opportunities must frequently be created by a sacrifice. Mistakes by our opponent must be recognized as such, and also those that we ourselves are about to make. “Growing up, I always had a soldier mentality. As a kid I wanted to be a soldier, a fighter pilot, a covert agent, professions that require a great deal of bravery and risk and putting oneself in grave danger in order to complete the mission. Even though I did not become all those things, and unless my predisposition, in its youngest years, already had me leaning towards them, the interest that was there still shaped my philosophies. To this day I honor risk and sacrifice for the good of others - my views on life and love are heavily influenced by this.”
― Criss Jami, Healology
“The essence of chess is thinking about what CHESS is.” ― David Bronstein “Don't compromise yourself. You are all you've got.” ― Janis Joplin
Only if you're friendless and faithless.
* Best Games of 2018: Game Collection: Best Games of 2018 * Glossary: https://www.peoriachess.com/Glossar... * GK: Game Collection: Kasparov - The Sicilian Sheveningen * Extinguish the Dragon: Game Collection: 1.e4 explorations * RL Minis: Game Collection: Ruy Lopez Miniatures * Sacs on f7/f2: Game Collection: Demolition of Pawn Structure: Sac on f7 (f2) * 21st Century: Game Collection: 0 * Can you whip Taimanov's Sicilian? http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches... * Bg2 vs Sicilian: Game Collection: Grand Prix Attack without early Bc4 * Wall's APCT Miniatures:
http://billwall.phpwebhosting.com/c... Proverbs 29:25
Fear of man will prove to be a snare, but whoever trusts in the Lord is kept safe. Кто не рискует, тот не пьет шампанского
Pronunciation: KTOH ni risKUyet, tot ni pyot shamPANSkava)
Translation: He who doesn’t take risks doesn’t drink champagne
Meaning: Fortune favours the brave
"Tal has a terrifying style. Soon even grandmasters will know of this."
- Vladimir Saigin (after losing to 17-year-old Tal in a qualifying match for the master title)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5S...
“I like to grasp the initiative and not give my opponent peace of mind.”
— Mikhail Tal
Thank you Qindarka!
“If you wish to succeed, you must brave the risk of failure.” — Garry Kasparov “You win some, you lose some, you wreck some.” — Dale Earnhardt What would life be like without suffering? Is suffering a necessary part of human existence? (There is NO suffering in heaven, the eternal living afterlife.) Winston Churchill was hit by a car and nearly killed during a New York visit.
Talk about a poor way to welcome a visitor. During a lecture tour in the U.S. in Dec. 1931, Winston Churchill was struck by a car while crossing Fifth Avenue and nearly killed. He would describe the experience in The Daily Mail, in an article dictated from his hospital bed: "I felt it on my forehead and across the thighs. But besides the blow there was an impact, a shock, a concussion indescribably violent. Many years ago at 'Plugstreet' in Flanders, a 4.2 shell burst in a corner of the little room in which we were gathered for luncheon, reducing all to dust and devastation. This shock was of the same order as the shell explosion. In my case it blotted out everything except thought." Fortunately, he recovered. Q: Why did the gym close down?
A: It just didn’t work out!
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. A piece of cake: https://blindpigandtheacorn.com/che... Dionsysius1: I had basil on the pub's potage du jour yesterday. Soup herb! Q: Why aren’t koalas actual bears?
A: They don’t meet the koalafications.
California: San Diego
Established in: 1769
San Diego is the second largest city in the state and sits just north of Mexico. Back in the 16th century, the Diegueño, Luiseño, Cahuilla, and Cupeño peoples were some of the first settlers in the area. It was named after explorer Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo, but later was renamed for Spanish monk San Diego de Alcalá de Henares in 1602. * Brief History of Chess: https://www.athleticscholarships.ne... This poem is dedicated to all
female chessplayers on Caissa's Web.
Sweet Caissa
Oh, Sweet Caissa, Goddess of chess
in the name of this holistic game
I pray Thee: bless my noble aim
to render all my opponents lame
in my holy quest for worldly fame,
to be Supreme no more no less.
In awe I heard this Sweet Caissa say
"Daughter go forth and smite them all,
stoutly charge your knight sitting tall
while flying over the castle's wall
to slay all men in your deadly call."
Now in fear I hide and will no longer play.
* Crafty Endgame Trainer: https://www.chessvideos.tv/endgame-... A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush ― Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, "Don Quixote" Old Russian Proverb: "Measure seven times, cut once. (Семь раз отмерь — один отрежь.)" Be careful before you do something that cannot be changed. Confessed faults are half mended. ~ Scottish Proverb Q: What do you call a three-footed aardvark?
A: A yardvark!
Q: What do you call a dancing lamb?
A: A baaaaaa-llerina!
Q: What do you call a meditating wolf?
A: Aware wolf!
Q: What do you call a witch who lives at the beach?
A: A sand-witch!
Q: What do you call an avocado that's been blessed by the pope?
A: Holy Guacamole!
Q: What do you call a tiny mother?
A: A minimum!'
Q: What do you call a person who doesn't fart in public?
A: A private tutor!
Q: What do you call someone wearing a belt with a watch on it?
A: A waist of time!
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.
Psalm 107:1
Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good; his love endures forever. “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-zip-pee: https://chessimprover.com/chess-rid... Why is an artichoke’s heart on its bottom?
Is there a reason our hearts are closer to our mouths than to our exit holes? And who are we to assume that’s the way it should be with every living thing? When Moses asked God, "Who shall I tell Pharaoh has sent me?" God said, "I AM THAT I AM." Jehovah or Yahweh is the most intensely sacred name to Jewish scribes and many will not even pronounce the name. When possible, they use another name.” https://www.biblestudytools.com/bib... “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 Mark 10:27
Jesus looked at them and said, 'With man it is impossible, but not with God. For all things are possible with God.' “To what greater inspiration and counsel can we turn than to the imperishable truth to be found in this treasure house, the Bible?” — Queen Elizabeth II Ecclesiastes 9:9: “Enjoy life with the wife whom you love, all the days of your vain life that he has given you under the sun, because that is your portion in life and in your toil at which you toil under the sun.” Amanda Kay wrote:
Checkmate
You were my knight
Shining armor
Chess board was our home
Queen's fondness you garnered
A kiss sweeter than honeycomb
“My guiding principles in life are to be honest, genuine, thoughtful and caring.”
― Prince William
“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 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. John 15:13
Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one's life for one's friends. 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. RING AROUND THE ROSIE
Ring around the rosie
A pocket full of posies
Ashes! Ashes!
We all fall down.
Frank and Ella: https://www.bing.com/videos/search?... Q: Want to hear a construction joke?
D: Oh never mind, I’m still working on that one.
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182 games, 1958-2016 - Cochrane Gambit Copy
1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nf6 3 Nxe5 d6 4 Nxf7 !?
Petrov Defense (C42) 1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nf6
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
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30 games, 1851-2014 - Contre Gambit Philidor: Alapin - Blakbr Phila
Compiled by yerom75
Enchanced by Fredthebear
“Winning needs no explanation, losing has no alibi.” ― Greg Baum. “A determined soul will do more with a rusty monkey wrench than a loafer will accomplish with all the tools in a machine shop.” ― Robert Hughes “Chess is a fairy tale of 1,001 blunders.” — Savielly Tartakower “Pawns are the soul of chess.” — François-André Danican Philidor “To free your game, take off some of your adversary's men, if possible for nothing.” — Captain Bertain, The Noble Game of Chess (1735) “I play my king all over the board. I make him fight!” — Wilhelm Steinitz “A righteous wife can make a poor man feel like a king.” — Boonaa Mohammed I have many jokes about rich kids — sadly none of them work.
When a match is over I forget it. You can only remember so many things, so it is better to forget useless things that you can't use and remember useful things that you can use. For instance, I remember and will always remember that in 1927 Babe Ruth hit sixty home runs. – Jose Raul Capablanca 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 * Capablanca's Double Attack — having the initiative is important: https://lichess.org/study/tzrisL1R * CFN: https://www.youtube.com/@CFNChannel
* Chess Aps: https://www.wired.com/story/best-ch... * JHB's Best: Game Collection: Joseph Henry Blackburne * Kloosterboer Gambit: http://tartajubow.blogspot.com/2020... * Nakhmanson Gambit: https://chesstier.com/nakhmanson-ga... * Old P-K4 Miniatures: Game Collection: Games for Classes * Paul Morphy Miniatures:
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches... * Chessmaster 2000 Classic Games: Game Collection: Chessmaster '86 * Many gambits from all openings by ECO code: https://www.jimmyvermeer.com/openin... * 10 Crazy Gambits: https://www.chess.com/blog/yola6655... * Lekhika Dhariyal Chess Ops: https://www.zupee.com/blog/category... * Susan Polgar Daily: https://chessdailynews.com/ * Prep for Ivan: http://gettingto2000.blogspot.com/ * John's brother Lee: https://hotoffthechess.com/ * Children's Chess: https://chessimprover.com/category/... * Amateur / Pins: http://amateur-chess.blogspot.com/ * Improver: https://chessimprover.com/author/br... * Jimmy's place: http://www.jimmyvermeer.com/
Jimmy is a CGs member.
* Glossary: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gloss... * Red States: https://www.redhotpawn.com/
* Online safety: https://www.entrepreneur.com/scienc... * Flip the Finish: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWH... “Once in a lobby of the Hall of Columns of the Trade Union Center in Moscow a group of masters were analyzing an ending. They could not find the right way to go about things and there was a lot of arguing about it. Suddenly Capablanca came into the room. He was always find of walking about when it was his opponent's turn to move. Learning the reason for the dispute the Cuban bent down to the position, said 'Si, si,' and suddenly redistributed the pieces all over the board to show what the correct formation was for the side trying to win. I haven't exaggerated. Don Jose literally pushed the pieces around the board without making moves. He just put them in fresh positions where he thought they were needed. Suddenly everything became clear. The correct scheme of things had been set up and now the win was easy. We were delighted by Capablanca's mastery.” ― Alexander Kotov “Capablanca had that art which hides art to an overwhelming degree.”
― Harry Golombek
“I have known many chess players, but only one chess genius, Capablanca.”
― Emanuel Lasker
“I think Capablanca had the greatest natural talent.” ― Mikhail Botvinnik “Funny, funny Jude (The Man in the Red Beret). You play with little pieces all day long, and you know what? You’ll live to be an old, old man someday. And here I am.” — Janis Joplin Jude Acers set a Guinness World Record for playing 117 people in simultaneous chess games on April 21, 1973 at the Lloyd Center Mall in Portland, Oregon. On July 2-3, 1976 Jude played 179 opponents at Mid Isle Plaza (Broadway Plaza) in Long Island, New York for another Guinness record. Gambling problem? Call 1-800-GAMBLER
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.
“Chess is played with the mind and not with the hands.” ― Renaud & Kahn “Chess is a terrific way for kids to build self-image and self-esteem.”
― Saudin Robovic
“Chess is a sport. The main object in the game of chess remains the achievement of victory.” ― Max Euwe “Life is like a chess. If you lose your queen, you will probably lose the game.”
― Being Caballero
“In chess, as in life, a man is his own most dangerous opponent.”
— Vasily Smyslov
“If you wish to succeed, you must brave the risk of failure.” — Garry Kasparov “You win some, you lose some, you wreck some.” — Dale Earnhardt “In life, unlike chess the game continues after checkmate.” ― Isaac Asimov <The Fooles Mate
Black Kings Biſhops pawne one houſe.
White Kings pawne one houſe.
Black kings knights pawne two houſes
White Queen gives Mate at the contrary kings Rookes fourth houſe
— Beale, The Royall Game of Chesse-Play
Beale's example can be paraphrased in modern terms where White always moves first, algebraic notation is used, and Black delivers the fastest possible mate after each player makes two moves: 1.f3 e6 2.g4 Qh4# There are eight distinct ways in which Fool's Mate can be reached in two moves. White may alternate the order of f- and g-pawn moves, Black may play either e6 or e5, and White may move their f-pawn to f3 or f4.> “Chess is life in miniature. Chess is a struggle, chess battles.” — Garry Kasparov “Sometimes in life, and in chess, you must take one step back to take two steps forward.” — IM Levy Rozman, GothamChess So much, much, much better to be an incurable optimist than deceitful and untrustworthy. “Don’t blow your own trumpet.” — Australian Proverb Old Russian Proverb: "Scythe over a stone." (Нашла коса на камень.) The force came over a stronger force. “Continuing to play the victim is a self-fulfilling prophecy. Blaming others for your station in life will indeed make you a victim but the perpetrator will be your own self, not life or those around you.” — Bobby Darnell <“Sestrilla, hafelina
Jue amourasestrilla
Awou jue selaviena
En patre jue
Translation:
Beloved one, little cat
I love you for all time
In this time
And all others”
― Christine Feehan>
* 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'
This is ten percent luck, twenty percent skill
Fifteen percent concentrated power of will
Five percent pleasure, fifty percent pain
And a hundred percent reason to remember the name!
― Fort Minor
Q: What did one math book say to the other?
A: “I’ve got so many problems.”
FACTRETRIEVER 2020: The bird on the Twitter logo is named "Larry." He was named after the basketball player Larry Bird, who played for the Boston Celtics. Q: What did the left eye say to the right eye?
A: Between you and me, something smells.
Deuteronomy 6:6-9: "These commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts. Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. Write them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates." Isaiah 66:24
24 "And they will go out and look on the dead bodies of those who rebelled against me; the worms that eat them will not die, the fire that burns them will not be quenched, and they will be loathsome to all mankind." Matthew 19:26
But Jesus looked at them and said, 'With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.' 'Ask no questions and hear no lies
<<<Harry Golombek (1 March 1911 – 7 January 1995) was a British chess player, chess author, and wartime codebreaker. He was three times British chess champion, in 1947, 1949, and 1955 and finished second in 1948.* https://en.chessbase.com/post/harry... * https://www.chesshistory.com/winter... * https://www.goodreads.com/author/li... * https://www.365chess.com/players/Ha...> >> 'Ask a silly question and you'll get a silly answer This poem is dedicated to all
female chessplayers on Caissa's Web.
Sweet Caissa
Oh, Sweet Caissa, Goddess of chess
in the name of this holistic game
I pray Thee: bless my noble aim
to render all my opponents lame
in my holy quest for worldly fame,
to be Supreme no more no less.
In awe I heard this Sweet Caissa say
"Daughter go forth and smite them all,
stoutly charge your knight sitting tall
while flying over the castle's wall
to slay all men in your deadly call."
Now in fear I hide and will no longer play.
“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 Psalms 31:24 - Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the LORD. “The wind cannot defeat a tree with strong roots.” — The Revenant 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 'Ashes to ashes dust to dust
InkHarted wrote:
Checkmate.
I started off as an equal
I have everything that they do
my life was one and the same as my foe
childish battles of lesser
I won baring cost of a little
but as time outgrew my conscience
I found that the pieces were moving against me
with time my company reduced
they left one by one
all in time forgetting me
my castles collapsed
my religion dissuaded
my protectors in hiding
I could not run anymore
I have been cornered to a wall
as the queen left silently
without saying goodbye
I could not live any longer
she was most precious to me
I could not win without her by my side
so the king knelt down and died.
“Everyone should know how to play chess.” — José Raúl Capablanca <Does chess really improve thinking skills?Chess improves the following:
The ability to focus. To study chess properly you need to set aside 3-5 hours a day and focus on learning endgames, tactics, openings. The ability to develop real and virtual mentors. The best way to learn is to study the games of grandmasters and also get a strong coach. The ability to understand that "chunking" is the road to mastery. A chunk is when you take many disparate concepts and form them into one unit that you understand how to deal with (e.g. a castled king as opposed to a random set of pawns with a king behind them). Grandmasters deal with a vocabulary of over 10,000 chunks in chess. Whereas masters deal with about 1000 and below that, probably zero. People just play without understanding. The ability to push. To come up with a good move you need to find the best candidate moves, look down each one, then make a decision. THEN, you need to PUSH to come up with an even better move. I find this is true for chess, other games (poker, scrabble), and business. If you can't put in that extra energy to come up with a better move then you become too predictable, you will develop something new. This applies to writing also. The ability to learn. It took me years to get to 2200 in chess. It probably took me one year to get to 1-dan in Go and probably one year for equivalent levels in poker and scrabble (and business). Once you learn how to learn, you can learn anything. You understand the difference between talent and hard work. I was 1800-strength the first time I sat down at a chessboard. Maybe even 1900-2000. But it took years of work to get to 2200. People who say "talent is everything" in any endeavor in life are just using that as an excuse to not get better at something.
Your brain gets more efficient. Weak players see a sexy move and spend a long time traversing the tree down that move. Strong players identify their choices first, then make careful decisions about which choice to study further. This saves enormous time in the brain. This applies to business also. And even applies to relationships. You learn which battles to fight. — James Altucher, USCF master> Stupidity is a lack of intelligence, understanding, reason, or wit, an inability to learn. It may be innate, assumed or reactive. The word stupid comes from the Latin word stupere. Stupid characters are often used for comedy in fictional stories. Walter B. Pitkin called stupidity "evil", but in a more Romantic spirit William Blake and Carl Jung believed stupidity can be the mother of wisdom.
— Wikipedia
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. * Opening Tree: https://www.shredderchess.com/onlin... Strike while the iron is hot.
The 20-40-40 rule in chess is a rule for players rated below 2000 that states 20% of your study should be dedicated to openings, 40% to the middlegame, and 40% to the endgame. 'No man is an island' was coined by the English metaphysical poet John Donne (1572-1631). “You cannot make an omelette without breaking eggs.”
— Robert Louis Stevenson, 1897.
“Life is what you make it: If you snooze, you lose; and if you snore, you lose more.” — Phyllis George “In chess, as in life, a man is his own most dangerous opponent.”
— Vasily Smyslov (1921-2010), 7th World Chess Champion Galatians 6:7 in the Bible “Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap.” “Boring? Who's boring? I am Fredthebear. My mind is always active, busy.” * 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 Oct-18-23 stone free or die: Sorry <perf> I screwed up bad copying the data from the <Opening Tree> - mixing the frequency for 6...Qg3 instead of the scoring.
Kinda stupid - my apologies.
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 !! A quote from the link: https://www.libertarianism.org/what... "Modern day politicians on the left and right sometimes pay lip service to these ideas, but in practice they reject them. Legislation is all about imposing an order from above, rather than letting one emerge from below. And in creating their schemes, politicians all too often fail to give citizens their due as people, treating them as pawns and running roughshod over their rights to decide and plan for themselves." <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
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
“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.” St. Marher, 1225:
"And te tide and te time þat tu iboren were, schal beon iblescet." bCIIO78 z Frigid Zedanovs spwd Zelminsky zan Zahuravliov witch pray pepprz. Wellington ov chorus eat burnz. “Debt is dumb. Cash is king.” — Dave Ramsey A jester, court jester, fool or joker was a member of the household of a nobleman or a monarch employed to entertain guests during the medieval and Renaissance eras. Jesters were also itinerant performers who entertained common folk at fairs and town markets, and the discipline continues into the modern day, where jesters perform at historical-themed events. During the Middle Ages, jesters are often thought to have worn brightly colored clothes and eccentric hats in a motley pattern. Their modern counterparts usually mimic this costume. Jesters entertained with a wide variety of skills: principal among them were song, music, and storytelling, but many also employed acrobatics, juggling, telling jokes (such as puns, stereotypes, and imitation), and performing magic tricks. Much of the entertainment was performed in a comic style. Many jesters made contemporary jokes in word or song about people or events well known to their audiences. Don’t give advice, unless you’re asked to. ― Joker I don’t mind the crazy people. It’s the normal ones that freak me out. ― Joker .oo.
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16 games, 1881-2022 - Coordinate You Pieces
notyetagm: <COORDINATE YOUR PIECES ON THE LOOSE SQUARES NEXT TO THE ENEMY KING> Annotated Game
by GM Mikhail Golubev
White: A. Beliavsky (2657)
Black: L. Ftacnik (2546)
Gotth' Art Cup GM Szentgotthard HUN
(5), 26.02.2010
Gruenfeld defense - [D80]
29.Bf8!! (D)
After 29.Bf8 Nxf8 , 30.Qh6 decides
1–0
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Loose squares next to the enemy king that can be coordinated on are dangerous, dangerous, dangerous. <LOOSE> squares near the enemy king are the second most important thing on the chess board, right after checks, because they are mating focal point just waiting to happen. If your queen makes a square <LOOSE> near the enemy king, then bring in your other pieces to <COORDINATE> on this square and threaten mate. If your other pieces make a square <LOOSE> near the enemy king, then bring in your queen to <COORDINATE> on that square and threaten mate. Black To Play: 20 ... ?
click for larger viewThe dominant tactical feature in this position are are the <LOOSE SQUARES> next to the White f1-king: both the dark-squares f2 and g1 are attacked by the Black e3-queen and defended -only- by the White f1-king. So what does Black (Negi) do? He simply <COORDINATES ON THE LOOSE SQUARES NEXT TO THE ENEMY KING> with 20 ... ♗f6-d4!, putting both the f2- and g1-squares en prise. Position after 20 ... ♗f6-d4!
click for larger viewWhite resigns because he has no good defense to the twin threats (<DOUBLE ATTACK>) to the f2- and g1-squares. [Event "World's Youth Stars"]
[Site "Kirishi RUS"]
[Date "2007.05.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bindrich,F"]
[Black "Negi,P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2469"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[EventDate "2007.05.16"]
[ECO "C88"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8.
h3 Bb7 9. d3 Re8 10. Ng5 d5 11. exd5 Nd4 12. Rxe5 Qd6 13. Re1 Nxb3 14. axb3
Nxd5 15. Nf3 Bf6 16. Nbd2 Nb4 17. Re3 Rxe3 18. fxe3 Qc5 19. Ne1 Qxe3+ 20.
Kf1 Bd4
0-1
You cannot change the people around you, but you can change the people you choose to be around. * Here's 14 of the greatest tournaments of all time: London 1851, Adolf Anderssen 15/21
Hastings 1895, Harry Nelson Pillsbury 16.5/21
St. Petersburg 1914, Emanuel Lasker 13.5/18
New York 1924, Emanuel Lasker 16.0/20
AVRO 1938, Paul Keres & Reuben Fine 8.5/14
FIDE World Championship 1948, Mikhail Botvinnik 14.0/20 Zurich Candidates 1953, Vasily Smyslov 18.0/28
Santa Monica 1966, Boris Spassky 11.5/18
Montreal 1979, Mikhail Tal & Anatoly Karpov 12.0/18 Linares 1994, Anatoly Karpov 11.0/13
Wijk Aan Zee 1999, Garry Kasparov 10.0/13
Mexico City FIDE World Championship 2007, Viswanathan Anand 9.0/14 London Candidates 2013, Magnus Carlsen (& Vladimir Kramnik) 8.5/14 Yektarinburg Candidates 2021, GM Ding Liren went through an entire tournament with 99% CAPS accuracy. * Chess in the Newspaper: https://www.schach-chess.com/chess-... * Bad bishops are...bad: https://lichess1.org/game/export/gi... * Internet tracking: https://www.studysmarter.us/magazin... * TFD: https://chessentials.com/category/l... “It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.”
― Theodore Roosevelt
The Raven Wishing To Imitate The Eagle
The bird of Jove bore off a mutton,
A raven being witness.
That weaker bird, but equal glutton,
Not doubting of his fitness
To do the same with ease,
And bent his taste to please,
Took round the flock his sweep,
And marked among the sheep,
The one of fairest flesh and size,
A real sheep of sacrifice –
A dainty titbit bestial,
Reserved for mouth celestial.
Our gormand, gloating round,
Cried, "Sheep, I wonder much
Who could have made you such.
You're far the fattest I have found;
I'll take you for my eating."
And on the creature bleating
He settled down. Now, sooth to say,
This sheep would weigh
More than a cheese;
And had a fleece
Much like that matting famous
Which graced the chin of Polyphemus;
So fast it clung to every claw,
It was not easy to withdraw.
The shepherd came, caught, caged, and, to their joy,
Gave croaker to his children for a toy.
Ill plays the pilferer the bigger thief;
One's self one ought to know; – in brief,
Example is a dangerous lure;
Death strikes the gnat, where flies the wasp secure. <<On the question about what he does to stay in good physical shape, Wesley So said:I was reading about Bobby Fischer in the museum and that’s one thing he was really really good at. He was so
physically strong, and so is Magnus Carlsen, so that’s definitely one thing I could improve upon. I try to exercise, either take long walks during a tournament. I try to swim when I’m back home, I swim two or three times a week for an hour. I try to also eat healthy. When I was younger I could eat anything I wanted. I’m getting close to 30 and the doctor told
me I have to watch my diet here and there. Try to you know eat healthier, try to eat more fruits and vegetables, try to sleep 12 hours every night. Cristian Chirila: 12 hours? Okay!
Wesley So: I mean it’s not easy but I try to lay in bed around 13 hours a night. Because during the game you need your full concentration. When I’m back at home I don’t really need much sleep but when I’m in a tournament I try to get as much as possible. I saw on Bobby Fischer’s interview that he wakes up like an hour or half an hour before the game so he comes to the game very fresh. For me it’s a bit different, I do some review here and there, but I usually wake up around three or two and a half hours before a game. I know Magnus does the thing, he just wakes up and then goes to play a game and maybe that’s the secret. I try to learn from great players.>
― chesstopics.com, March 2023
Confessed faults are half mended. ~ Scottish Proverb <IF
Poet: Rudyard Kipling
If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you;
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting, too:
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting.
Or being lied about, don't deal in lies,
Or being hated, don't give way to hating.
And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise:
If you can dream — and not make dreams your master;
If you can think — and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two imposters just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truths you've spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools.
Or watch the things you gave your life to broken.
And stoop and build'em up with worn-out tools;
If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it on one turn of pitch and toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breathe a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone.
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will, which says to them: "Hold on";
If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with Kings — nor lose the common touch,
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you;
If all men count with you, but none too much;
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds' worth of distance run,
Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it.
And — which is more — you'll be a Man, my son. About the poem, If by Rudyard Kipling, Joseph Morris wrote: "The central idea of this poem is that success comes from self-control and a true sense of the values of things. In extremes lies danger. A man must not lose heart because of doubts or opposition, yet he must do his best to see the grounds for both. He must not be deceived into thinking either triumph or disaster final; he must use each wisely--and push on. In all things he must hold to the golden mean. If he does, he will own the world, and even better, for his personal reward he will attain the full stature of manhood."> Riddle: Three doctors all say Robert is their brother. Robert says he has no brothers. Who is lying? Answer: No one—the doctors are Robert’s sisters. Armenian Chess Championship: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armen... Austrian Chess Championship: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austr... British Chess Championship: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Briti... Bulgarian Chess Championship: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulga... Croatian Chess Championship: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croat... Cyprus Chess Championship: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cypri... Dutch Chess Championship:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch... Finnish Chess Championship: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finni... French Chess Championship: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frenc... German Chess Championship: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germa... Greek Chess Championship: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek... Hungarian Chess Championship:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunga... Icelandic Chess Championship: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icela... Irish Chess Championship: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish... Israeli Chess Championship: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israe... Italian Chess Championship: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Itali... Latvian Chess Championship: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latvi... Lithuanian Chess Championship: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithu... Nordic Chess Championship:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nordi... Polish Chess Championship: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polis... Portuguese Chess Championship: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portu... Romanian Chess Championship: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman... Russian Chess Championship:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russi... Scottish Chess Championship: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott... Spanish Chess Championship: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spani... Swiss Chess Championship:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swiss... Turkish Chess Championship: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turki... Ukranian Chess Championship: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukrai... Welsh Chess Championship: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welsh... That's enough for now.
The Wolves and the Sheep
By-gone a thousand years of war,
The wearers of the fleece
And wolves at last made peace;
Which both appeared the better for;
For if the wolves had now and then
Eat up a straggling ewe or wether,
As often had the shepherd men
Turned wolf-skins into leather.
Fear always spoiled the verdant herbage,
And so it did the bloody carnage.
Hence peace was sweet; and, lest it should be riven,
On both sides hostages were given.
The sheep, as by the terms arranged,
For pups of wolves their dogs exchanged;
Which being done above suspicion,
Confirmed and sealed by high commission,
What time the pups were fully grown,
And felt an appetite for prey,
And saw the sheepfold left alone,
The shepherds all away,
They seized the fattest lambs they could,
And, choking, dragged them to the wood;
Of which, by secret means apprised,
Their sires, as is surmised,
Fell on the hostage guardians of the sheep,
And slew them all asleep.
So quick the deed of perfidy was done,
There fled to tell the tale not one!
From which we may conclude
That peace with villains will be rued.
Peace in itself, it's true,
May be a good for you;
But It's an evil, nathless,
When enemies are faithless.
Riddle: Where does today come before yesterday?
Answer: In the dictionary.
My Wage
by Jessie Belle Rittenhouse
I bargained with Life for a penny,
And Life would pay no more,
However I begged at evening
When I counted my scanty store;
For Life is a just employer,
He gives you what you ask,
But once you have set the wages,
Why, you must bear the task.
I worked for a menial’s hire,
Only to learn, dismayed,
That any wage I had asked of Life,
Life would have paid.
<Chess has six different kinds of pieces, and they all interact in myriad ways. Your opponent’s own pieces can often be used against him.While the Queen is the strongest piece, it is the weakest defender; and while the pawn is the weakest piece, it is the strongest defender. José Raúl Capablanca used the principle "Cutting off pieces from the scene of action."> [Site "Kiev RUE"]
[Event "Simul, 30b"]
[Date "1914.03.02"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Jose Raul Capablanca"]
[Black "Masyutin"]
[ECO "A83"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "37"]
1.d4 f5 2.e4 fxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 c6 5.f3 exf3 6.Nxf3 e6 7.Bd3
d5 8.O-O Nbd7 9.Ne5 Be7 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.Qh5+ Ke7 12.Bxh7 Nf8
13.Qf7+ Kd6 14.Nc4+ dxc4 15.Ne4+ Kd5 16.Rf5+ Kxe4 17.Re1+ Kxd4
18.c3+ Kd3 19.Rd5# 1-0 Discovered Double Checkmate!! “As an adult, Capablanca lost only 34 serious games. He was undefeated from 10 February 1916, when he lost to Oscar Chajes in the New York 1916 tournament, to 21 March 1924, when he lost to Richard Réti in the New York International tournament. During this streak, which included his 1921 World Championship match against Lasker, Capablanca played 63 games, winning 40 and drawing 23. In fact, only Marshall, Lasker, Alekhine and Rudolf Spielmann won two or more serious games from the mature Capablanca, though in each case, their overall lifetime scores were minus (Capablanca beat Marshall +20−2=28, Lasker +6−2=16, Alekhine +9−7=33), except for Spielmann who was level (+2−2=8). Of top players, only Keres had a narrow plus score against him (+1−0=5). Keres's win was at the AVRO 1938 chess tournament, during which tournament Capablanca turned 50, while Keres was 22.” ― Wikipedia The Chess Machine: https://chessville.com/jose-raul-ca... Learn from the World Champions: https://www.chessable.com/blog/famo... According to Chessmetrics, Lasker was #1 for longer than anyone else in history: 292 different months between June 1890 and December 1926. That's a timespan of 36 1/2 years, in which Lasker was #1 for a total of 24 years and 4 months. Lasker was 55 years old when he won New York 1924. Q: What’s the best thing about Switzerland?
A: I don’t know, but the flag is a big plus.
The City Rat and the Country Rat
A city rat, one night,
Did, with a civil stoop,
A country rat invite
To end a turtle soup.
On a Turkey carpet
They found the table spread,
And sure I need not harp it
How well the fellows fed.
The entertainment was
A truly noble one;
But some unlucky cause
Disturbed it when begun.
It was a slight rat-tat,
That put their joys to rout;
Out ran the city rat;
His guest, too, scampered out.
Our rats but fairly quit,
The fearful knocking ceased.
"Return we," cried the cit,
To finish there our feast.
"No," said the rustic rat;
"Tomorrow dine with me.
I'm not offended at
Your feast so grand and free, –
"For I have no fare resembling;
But then I eat at leisure,
And would not swap, for pleasure
So mixed with fear and trembling."
French Proverb: “Il ne faut rien laisser au hasard.” ― (Nothing should be left to chance.) “There are more adventures on a chessboard than on all the seas of the world.”
― Pierre Mac Orlan
“You can only get good at chess if you love the game.” ― Bobby Fischer “As long as you can still grab a breath, you fight.” — The Revenant Weord Maze:
3z Darby's samichz haz da bst pigz eyez, no birdz eyez annie pig snoutz. Shout, shout, let it all out. Theez rtha things Ivan duel without. C'mon Mikhail Talkin youtube. A pencil maker told the pencil 5 important lessons just before putting it in the box: 1. Everything you do you will always leave a mark. 2. You can always correct the mistakes you make. 3. What is important is what is inside of you.
4. In life, you will undergo painful sharpening which will only make you better. 5. To be the best pencil, you must allow yourself to be held and guided by the hand that holds you. Lead Pb 82 207.2 1.8
Riddle: What invention lets you look right through a wall? Answer: A window!
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51 games, 1896-2012 - d4 d5 d6 Tar
“Never play to win a pawn while your development is yet unfinished.”
— Aron Nimzowitsch, "My System"
* Beat the QGD Exchange: Game Collection: Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation * Evolution: Game Collection: # Chess Evolution Volumes 51-100 * Masterful: Game Collection: FRENCH DEFENSE MASTERPIECES * Play Stockfish 1-10: https://labinatorsolutions.github.i... * Russians - Chernev: Game Collection: The Russians Play Chess by Irving Chernev * Soltis Stonewall book: Game Collection: The Stonewall Attack - Soltis * EL ATAQUE TORRE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5yG... Turtle gets mugged
A turtle is crossing the road when he’s mugged by two snails. When the police show up, they ask him what happened. The shaken turtle replies, “I don’t know. It all happened so fast.” — Submitted by Debby Carter Jul-02-19 SaitamaSeason2: What is the meaning of this annotation symbol "+0.44 (23 ply)" or is this "-0.59 (28 ply)"? Jul-02-19
beatgiant: <SaitamaSeason2> Those are computer evaluations.
"+0.44 (23 ply)" means the computer searched 23 half moves deep "(23 ply)" and the optimal final position is advantage to White ("+") of 44 centipawns or a little less than half a pawn ("0.44"). Similarly, "-0.59 (28 ply)" means 28 half moves deep, advantage to Black of 59 centipawns. “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.” Q: What kind of tea is hard to swallow?
A: Reality.
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. Three Dutch Girls, One Piano: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHI... “Walking On Sunshine” By Katrina And The Waves (1983): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPU... New Best Game of 2023: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2Q... NIÑO GENIO nos da UNO de los MEJORES MOMENTOS de la HISTORIA del AJEDREZ: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ps... <Principles of Chess
01. Develop your pieces quickly.
02. Control the center.
03. Try to put your pieces on squares that give them maximum space. 04. Try to develop your knights towards the center. 05. A knight on the rim is dim.
06. Don't take unnecessary chances.
07. Play aggressive.
08. Calculate forced moves first.
09. Always ask yourself, "Can he put me in check or win a piece?" 10. Have a plan. Every move should have a purpose. 11. Assume your opponent's move is his best move. 12. Ask yourself, "why did he move there?" after each opponent move. 13. Play for the initiative and controlling the board. 14. If you must lose a piece, get something for it if you can. 15. When behind, exchange pawns. When ahead, exchange pieces. 16. If you are losing, don't give up fighting. Look for counterplay. 17. Don't play unsound moves unless you are losing badly. 18. Don't sacrifice a piece without good reason. 19. If you are in doubt of an opponent's sacrifice, accept it. 20. Attack with more that just one or two pieces. 21. Do not make careless pawn moves. They cannot move back. 22. Do not block in your bishops.
23. Bishops of opposite colors have the greatest chance of drawing. 24. Try not to move the same piece twice or more times in a row. 25. Exchange pieces if it helps your development. 26. Don't bring your queen out early.
27. Castle soon to protect your king and develop your rook. 28. Develop rooks to open files.
29. Put rooks behind passed pawns.
30. Study rook endgames. They are the most common and most complicated. 31. Don't let your king get caught in the center. 32. Don't castle if it brings your king into greater danger from attack. 33. After castling, keep a good pawn formation around your king. 34. If you only have one bishop, put your pawns on its opposite color. 35. Trade pawns pieces when ahead in material or when under attack. 36. If cramped, free your game by exchanging material. 37. If your opponent is cramped, don't let him get any freeing exchanges. 38. Study openings you are comfortable with.
39. Play over entire games, not just the opening. 40. Blitz chess is helpful in recognizing chess patterns. Play often. 41. Study annotated games and try to guess each move. 42. Stick with just a few openings with White, and a few openings with Black. 43. Record your games and go over them, especially the games you lost. 44. Show your games to higher rated opponents and get feedback from them. 45. Use chess computers and databases to help you study and play more. 46. Everyone blunders. The champions just blunder less often. 47. When it is not your move, look for tactics and combinations. 48. Try to double rooks or double rook and queen on open files. 49. Always ask yourself, "Does my next move overlook something simple?" 50. Don't make your own plans without the exclusion of the opponent's threats. 51. Watch out for captures by retreat of an opponent's piece. 52. Do not focus on one sector of the board. View thw whole board. 53. Write down your move first before making that move if it helps. 54. Try to solve chess puzzles with diagrams from books and magazines. 55. It is less likely that an opponent is prepared for off-beat openings. 56. Recognize transposition of moves from main-line play. 57. Watch your time and avoid time trouble.
58. Bishops are worth more than knights except when they are pinned in. 59. A knight works better with a bishop than another knight. 60. It is usually a good idea to trade down into a pawn up endgame. 61. Have confidence in your game.
62. Play in as many rated events as you can.
63. Try not to look at your opponent's rating until after the game. 64. Always play for a win.
(If a win is no longer possible, then play for a draw.)> “Mistrust is the most necessary characteristic of the chess player.”
— Siegbert Tarrasch
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77 games, 1896-2007 - e4 Gamets [White] copy
In the laboratory the gambits all test unfavorably, but the old rule wears well, that all gambits are sound over the board.
William Ewart Napier
A knowledge of tactics is the foundation of positional play. This is a rule which has stood its test in chess history and one which we cannot impress forcibly enough upon the young chess player. A beginner should avoid Queen's Gambit and French Defence and play open games instead! While he may not win as many games at first, he will in the long run be amply compensated by acquiring a thorough knowledge of the game
Richard Reti
The delight in gambits is a sign of chess youth... In very much the same way as the young man, on reaching his manhood years, lays aside the Indian stories and stories of adventure, and turns to the psychological novel, we with maturing experience leave off gambit playing and become interested in the less vivacious but withal more forceful manoeuvres of the position player.
Emanuel Lasker
There is not a single true chess-player in the world whose heart does not beat faster at the mere sound of such long beloved and familiar words as 'gambit games'.
David Bronstein
A gambit never becomes sheer routine as long as you fear you may lose the king and pawn ending!
Bent Larsen
Q: Where was King David’s temple located?
A: Beside his ear.
* CM Traps: Game Collection: Opening Traps Collection * Du Mont I: Game Collection: 200 Miniature Games of Chess - Du Mont (I) * Du Mont II: Game Collection: 200 Miniature Games of Chess - Du Mont (II) * Evans Gambit: Game Collection: Evans Gambit * Hot! https://www.redhotpawn.com/
* Kasparov Favorites: Game Collection: His absolute favorites: GK's Golden Chess Stock * King's Gambit: Game Collection: EVERYONE loves the King's Gambit * MT Facts: https://www.chessjournal.com/facts-... * Puzzles: Game Collection: Sharpen Your Tactics 1- 350 * SMG Miniatures: Game Collection: Brrilant ideas * Tactics Archive: Tactics Archive * Target Practice: https://www.simonandschuster.com/bo... * Unstoppable: https://education.nationalgeographi... * Various: Game Collection: Special Gambit Collection * Bill Wall: Game Collection: Chess Miniatures, Collection XVIII What's a good target? https://chessfox.com/tactical-targe... Activate your pieces off the back rank. Aim at an opposing unit (make a threat) and then perhaps capture it. Better yet, aim at two or three targets simultaneously, his or your own soldiers for protection. Or perhaps block an opposing pawn to prevent it from advancing. At other times, the pawn should be allowed to harmlessly advance -- it's wasting time and becomes overextended. Threaten/give check if there is a good follow up move (an additional target; a double attack for a capture or more checks). Be patient and save a harmless check until the opponent leaves a unit in line with the checking square. Aim into the center, and at opposing defenders of the center, such as pinning the knight to royalty with your bishop. If your opponent allows it (or pinned knights cannot prevent it), advance your two adjacent pawns two squares ahead, beside each other in the center and support them from behind. Three advanced pawns (c-, d-, e- and/or f- pawns) side-by-side can be even better! Attack the f2/f7 pawn with your kingside knight, bishop, and/or queen, similar to the Fried Liver Attack against the Two Knights Defense, and the Traxler Counterattack for Black. Initially, the king is the only defender of the f2/f7 square and wants to avoid being struck by a lesser piece. Attack the c2/c7 pawn with your queenside knight, bishop, and/or queen, similar to the Jobava London System. Initially, the queen is the only defender of the c2/c7 square and wants to avoid being struck by a lesser piece. If the opponent promptly fianchettoes the kingside bishop, it can be a good strategy to charge your h-pawn supported from behind by your rook to make contact with the opposing g-pawn and pry open the h-file by exchanging. Research "Harry the h-pawn." Simon explains: https://www.chess.com/lessons/name-...
and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDv...
Attack two opposing units with one move (fork, pin, skewer, discovery, etc.). Attack More Valuable Pieces like the King, Queen, and Rook. This can result in a gain of time if the opposing unit is forced to take flight to avoid being captured next. In some openings when the b2-pawn has been moved, consider Ba3 to prevent the black king from castling short by rule (it's illegal for the king to pass through check to castle). The Ba3 strikes the e7 and f8-squares, partially immobilizing the opposing king. Attack unprotected units. For examples, give a diagonal queen check on the flank that laterally forks an unprotected minor piece along the frontier line. Here's a short game example: 1d4 Nf6 2Bg5 c6 3e3? Qa5+ followed by 4...QxBg5. Attack something you already attack a second, third, or fourth time until you can capture it for profit. The concept is to add more attackers to the hot spot to outnumber the defenders. Sometimes the crowded defenders interfere with each other's mobility, and one attacker can suddenly switch the attack to another unprotected location. It is similar to a forward moving, looking to the right to get a defensive reaction, and then passing to the left. Attack immobile targets that cannot escape, such as a rook stuck in the corner. However, do not trade your active knight for his bad bishop stuck behind its own pawns. Aim at your own unit for its protection. For example, form a pawn chain to protect your advanced pawn from behind. Castle and connect your rooks to protect each other and the back rank. Slide your queen on the same diagonal as the bishop. Attack the opposing pawn row laterally with your invading rook(s). Hogs on the 2nd/7th rank like to gobble up pawns. Consider sacrificing your bishop for the h-pawn to expose the king castled on the kingside if your other pieces can follow up. Aim at weak pawns (backward, doubled, isolated, and passed pawn) and weak squares, neither of which can be protected by another friendly pawn. This prepares invasion in front of, beside and behind a weak pawn. This disrupts opposing piece activity as piece(s) must sit still to defend the weak pawn. IM Jeremy Silman explains: https://www.chess.com/article/view/... The successful farmer is said to have a "green thumb" since everything he touches spring into fruitful bloom. In chess, Najdorf has a similar gift. Combinations blossom in his games like buds in a fertile garden.
Hans Kmoch
Not all pawns or potential launch points make good targets. A small, unmovable piece of armor could be the cornerstone and reinforced ten times over. Even the true weak points might be inaccessible to our army. Therefore, the only potential targets you should attack, and the golden rule of finding targets is: pawns or squares that are easy to attack and hard to defend are good targets. It’s a combination of how easily you can pressurize that target and how little the enemy can defend that target. These are the points in your opponent’s armor that you want to attack. This is what takes down masters.
Jonathan Rasberry
Q: What do you call a fish without an eye?
A: Fsh.
'A stitch in time saves nine'
'Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater'
Q: Why did the bicycle fall over?
A: Because it was two tired.
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. In my opinion, the King's Gambit is busted. It loses by force.
Bobby Fischer
In Fischer's hands, a slight theoretical advantage is as good as being a queen ahead.
Isaac Kashdan
Boris Vasilievich was the only top-class player of his generation who played gambits regularly and without fear ... Over a period of 30 years he did not lose a single game with the King's Gambit, and among those defeated were numerous strong players of all generations, from Averbakh, Bronstein and Fischer, to Seirawan.
Garry Kasparov
Q: Why shouldn't you use a broken pencil?
A: Because it's pointless.
I write on a computer, but I've run the complete gambit. When I was very young, I wrote with a ballpoint pen in school notebooks. Then I got pretentious and started writing with a dip pen on parchment (I wrote at least a novel-length poem that way). Moved on to a fountain pen. Then a typewriter, then an electric self-correct. Then someone gave me a word processor and I was amazed at being able to fit ten pages on one of those floppy discs.
Charles de Lint
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Charge! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charg.... “Winning needs no explanation, losing has no alibi.” ― Greg Baum. “A determined soul will do more with a rusty monkey wrench than a loafer will accomplish with all the tools in a machine shop.” ― Robert Hughes “Chess is a fairy tale of 1,001 blunders.” ― Savielly Tartakower “Pawns are the soul of the game.” ― François-André Danican Philidor “The king pawn and the queen pawn are the only ones to be moved in the early part of the game.” ― Wilhelm Steinitz “There is no such thing as an absolutely freeing move. A freeing move in a position in which development has not been carried far always proves illusory, and vice versa, a move which does not come at all in the category of freeing moves can, given a surplus of tempi to our credit, lead to a very free game.”
― Aron Nimzowitsch
“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 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 Aps: https://www.wired.com/story/best-ch... * Mr. Harvey's Puzzle Challenge: https://wtharvey.com/ This poem is dedicated to all
female chessplayers on Caissa's Web.
Sweet Caissa
Oh, Sweet Caissa, Goddess of chess
in the name of this holistic game
I pray Thee: bless my noble aim
to render all my opponents lame
in my holy quest for worldly fame,
to be Supreme no more no less.
In awe I heard this Sweet Caissa say
"Daughter go forth and smite them all,
stoutly charge your knight sitting tall
while flying over the castle's wall
to slay all men in your deadly call."
Now in fear I hide and will no longer play.
<Louis Paulsen Pawns:
Paulsen pawns is a term coined by Nimzowitsch for a restricted pawn centre with two pawns on squares d6 and e6 for Black or d3 and e3 for White, often coupled with an open c-file. This restricted centre makes it difficult for the opponent to whip up a quick attack by advancing his centre. Paulsen pawns are the stalwart of the Paulsen Variation of the Sicilian Defence. Chess opening contributions
Sicilian Dragon
The modern form of the Dragon was originated by Paulsen around 1880.[5] It was played frequently by Henry Bird that decade, then received general acceptance around 1900. In chess, the Dragon Variation[6] is one of the main lines of the Sicilian Defence and begins with the moves: 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6
In the Dragon, Black fianchettoes his bishop on the h8–a1 diagonal. The line is one of the sharpest variations of the Sicilian Defence, making it one of the sharpest of all chess openings.[7] Sicilian Defence, Paulsen Variation
A less famous variation in the Sicilian Defence is the Paulsen Variation. The line goes as follows: 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6
or
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 a6
Paulsen Attack in the Scotch Game
The move 7.Bb5 in the Scotch Game is associated with Paulsen's name, as the Paulsen Attack: 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5 5.Be3 Qf6 6.c3 Nge7 7.Bb5. Paulsen Variation in the Vienna Game
After 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6, the move 3.g3 is known as the Paulsen Variation in the Vienna Game. Paulsen played the move five times in the Vienna 1873 chess tournament.[8] Paulsen Attack in the Center Game
1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.Qxd4 Nc6 4.Qe3 is the main line of the Center Game, sometimes referred to as the Paulsen Attack.[9]> -- Wikipedia Q: What do you call a priest who becomes a lawyer?
A: A father-in-law!
Q: What do you call birds that stick together?
A: Vel-crows!
Q: What do you call a bagel that can fly?
A: A plain bagel!
Q: What do you call a snobby criminal walking down the steps?
A: A condescending con descending!
Q: What do you call an illegally parked frog?
A: Toad!
Q: What do you call twin dinosaurs?
A: A pair-odactyls!
Q: What do you call a pile of cats?
A: A meow-ntain!
Q: What do you call a row of rabbits hopping away?
A: A receding hare line!
The Princess (part 6)
by Alfred Lord Tennyson
My dream had never died or lived again.
As in some mystic middle state I lay;
Seeing I saw not, hearing not I heard:
Though, if I saw not, yet they told me all
So often that I speak as having seen.
For so it seemed, or so they said to me,
That all things grew more tragic and more strange;
That when our side was vanquished and my cause
For ever lost, there went up a great cry,
The Prince is slain.
My father heard and ran
In on the lists, and there unlaced my casque
And grovelled on my body, and after him
Came Psyche, sorrowing for Aglaïa.
But high upon the palace Ida stood
With Psyche's babe in arm: there on the roofs
Like that great dame of Lapidoth she sang.
'Our enemies have fallen, have fallen: the seed,
The little seed they laughed at in the dark,
Has risen and cleft the soil, and grown a bulk
Of spanless girth, that lays on every side
A thousand arms and rushes to the Sun.
'Our enemies have fallen, have fallen: they came;
The leaves were wet with women's tears: they heard
A noise of songs they would not understand:
They marked it with the red cross to the fall,
And would have strown it, and are fallen themselves. 'Our enemies have fallen, have fallen: they came,
The woodmen with their axes: lo the tree!
But we will make it faggots for the hearth,
And shape it plank and beam for roof and floor,
And boats and bridges for the use of men.
'Our enemies have fallen, have fallen: they struck;
With their own blows they hurt themselves, nor knew
There dwelt an iron nature in the grain:
The glittering axe was broken in their arms,
Their arms were shattered to the shoulder blade. 'Our enemies have fallen, but this shall grow
A night of Summer from the heat, a breadth
Of Autumn, dropping fruits of power: and rolled
With music in the growing breeze of Time,
The tops shall strike from star to star, the fangs
Shall move the stony bases of the world.
'And now, O maids, behold our sanctuary
Is violate, our laws broken: fear we not
To break them more in their behoof, whose arms
Championed our cause and won it with a day
Blanched in our annals, and perpetual feast,
When dames and heroines of the golden year
Shall strip a hundred hollows bare of Spring,
To rain an April of ovation round
Their statues, borne aloft, the three: but come,
We will be liberal, since our rights are won.
Let them not lie in the tents with coarse mankind,
Ill nurses; but descend, and proffer these
The brethren of our blood and cause, that there
Lie bruised and maimed, the tender ministries
Of female hands and hospitality.
' She spoke, and with the babe yet in her arms,
Descending, burst the great bronze valves, and led
A hundred maids in train across the Park.
Some cowled, and some bare-headed, on they came,
Their feet in flowers, her loveliest: by them went
The enamoured air sighing, and on their curls
From the high tree the blossom wavering fell,
And over them the tremulous isles of light
Slided, they moving under shade: but Blanche
At distance followed: so they came: anon
Through open field into the lists they wound
Timorously; and as the leader of the herd
That holds a stately fretwork to the Sun,
And followed up by a hundred airy does,
Steps with a tender foot, light as on air,
The lovely, lordly creature floated on
To where her wounded brethren lay; there stayed;
Knelt on one knee,--the child on one,--and prest
Their hands, and called them dear deliverers,
And happy warriors, and immortal names,
And said 'You shall not lie in the tents but here,
And nursed by those for whom you fought, and served
With female hands and hospitality.
' Then, whether moved by this, or was it chance,
She past my way.
Up started from my side
The old lion, glaring with his whelpless eye,
Silent; but when she saw me lying stark,
Dishelmed and mute, and motionlessly pale,
Cold even to her, she sighed; and when she saw
The haggard father's face and reverend beard
Of grisly twine, all dabbled with the blood
Of his own son, shuddered, a twitch of pain
Tortured her mouth, and o'er her forehead past
A shadow, and her hue changed, and she said:
'He saved my life: my brother slew him for it.'
No more: at which the king in bitter scorn
Drew from my neck the painting and the tress,
And held them up: she saw them, and a day
Rose from the distance on her memory,
When the good Queen, her mother, shore the tress
With kisses, ere the days of Lady Blanche:
And then once more she looked at my pale face:
Till understanding all the foolish work
Of Fancy, and the bitter close of all,
Her iron will was broken in her mind;
Her noble heart was molten in her breast;
She bowed, she set the child on the earth; she laid
A feeling finger on my brows, and presently
'O Sire,' she said, 'he lives: he is not dead:
O let me have him with my brethren here
In our own palace: we will tend on him
Like one of these; if so, by any means,
To lighten this great clog of thanks, that make
Our progress falter to the woman's goal.'
She said: but at the happy word 'he lives'
My father stooped, re-fathered o'er my wounds.
So those two foes above my fallen life,
With brow to brow like night and evening mixt
Their dark and gray, while Psyche ever stole
A little nearer, till the babe that by us,
Half-lapt in glowing gauze and golden brede,
Lay like a new-fallen meteor on the grass,
Uncared for, spied its mother and began
A blind and babbling laughter, and to dance
Its body, and reach its fatling innocent arms
And lazy lingering fingers.
She the appeal
Brooked not, but clamouring out 'Mine--mine--not yours,
It is not yours, but mine: give me the child'
Ceased all on tremble: piteous was the cry:
So stood the unhappy mother open-mouthed,
And turned each face her way: wan was her cheek
With hollow watch, her blooming mantle torn,
Red grief and mother's hunger in her eye,
And down dead-heavy sank her curls, and half
The sacred mother's bosom, panting, burst
The laces toward her babe; but she nor cared
Nor knew it, clamouring on, till Ida heard,
Looked up, and rising slowly from me, stood
Erect and silent, striking with her glance
The mother, me, the child; but he that lay
Beside us, Cyril, battered as he was,
Trailed himself up on one knee: then he drew
Her robe to meet his lips, and down she looked
At the armed man sideways, pitying as it seemed,
Or self-involved; but when she learnt his face,
Remembering his ill-omened song, arose
Once more through all her height, and o'er him grew
Tall as a figure lengthened on the sand
When the tide ebbs in sunshine, and he said:
'O fair and strong and terrible! Lioness
That with your long locks play the Lion's mane!
But Love and Nature, these are two more terrible
And stronger.
See, your foot is on our necks,
We vanquished, you the Victor of your will.
What would you more? Give her the child! remain
Orbed in your isolation: he is dead,
Or all as dead: henceforth we let you be:
Win you the hearts of women; and beware
Lest, where you seek the common love of these,
The common hate with the revolving wheel
Should drag you down, and some great Nemesis
Break from a darkened future, crowned with fire,
And tread you out for ever: but howso'er
Fixed in yourself, never in your own arms
To hold your own, deny not hers to her,
Give her the child! O if, I say, you keep
One pulse that beats true woman, if you loved
The breast that fed or arm that dandled you,
Or own one port of sense not flint to prayer,
Give her the child! or if you scorn to lay it,
Yourself, in hands so lately claspt with yours,
Or speak to her, your dearest, her one fault,
The tenderness, not yours, that could not kill,
Give ~me~ it: ~I~ will give it her.
He said:
At first her eye with slow dilation rolled
Dry flame, she listening; after sank and sank
And, into mournful twilight mellowing, dwelt
Full on the child; she took it: 'Pretty bud!
Lily of the vale! half opened bell of the woods!
Sole comfort of my dark hour, when a world
Of traitorous friend and broken system made
No purple in the distance, mystery,
Pledge of a love not to be mine, farewell;
These men are hard upon us as of old,
We two must part: and yet how fain was I
To dream thy cause embraced in mine, to think
I might be something to thee, when I felt
Thy helpless warmth about my barren breast
In the dead prime: but may thy mother prove
As true to thee as false, false, false to me!
And, if thou needs must needs bear the yoke, I wish it
Gentle as freedom'--here she kissed it: then--
'All good go with thee! take it Sir,' and so
Laid the soft babe in his hard-mailèd hands,
Who turned half-round to Psyche as she sprang
To meet it, with an eye that swum in thanks;
Then felt it sound and whole from head to foot,
And hugged and never hugged it close enough,
And in her hunger mouthed and mumbled it,
And hid her bosom with it; after that
Put on more calm and added suppliantly:
'We two were friends: I go to mine own land
For ever: find some other: as for me
I scarce am fit for your great plans: yet speak to me,
Say one soft word and let me part forgiven.
' But Ida spoke not, rapt upon the child.
Then Arac.
'Ida--'sdeath! you blame the man;
You wrong yourselves--the woman is so hard
Upon the woman.
Come, a grace to me!
I am your warrior: I and mine have fought
Your battle: kiss her; take her hand, she weeps:
'Sdeath! I would sooner fight thrice o'er than see it.
' But Ida spoke not, gazing on the ground,
And reddening in the furrows of his chin,
And moved beyond his custom, Gama said:
'I've heard that there is iron in the blood,
And I believe it.
Not one word? not one?
Whence drew you this steel temper? not from me,
Not from your mother, now a saint with saints.
She said you had a heart--I heard her say it--
"Our Ida has a heart"--just ere she died--
"But see that some on with authority
Be near her still" and I--I sought for one--
All people said she had authority--
The Lady Blanche: much profit! Not one word;
No! though your father sues: see how you stand
Stiff as Lot's wife, and all the good knights maimed,
I trust that there is no one hurt to death,
For our wild whim: and was it then for this,
Was it for this we gave our palace up,
Where we withdrew from summer heats and state,
And had our wine and chess beneath the planes,
And many a pleasant hour with her that's gone,
Ere you were born to vex us? Is it kind?
Speak to her I say: is this not she of whom,
When first she came, all flushed you said to me
Now had you got a friend of your own age,
Now could you share your thought; now should men see
Two women faster welded in one love
Than pairs of wedlock; she you walked with, she
You talked with, whole nights long, up in the tower,
Of sine and arc, spheroïd and azimuth,
And right ascension, Heaven knows what; and now
A word, but one, one little kindly word,
Not one to spare her: out upon you, flint!
You love nor her, nor me, nor any; nay,
You shame your mother's judgment too.
Not one?
You will not? well--no heart have you, or such
As fancies like the vermin in a nut
Have fretted all to dust and bitterness.
'
So said the small king moved beyond his wont.
But Ida stood nor spoke, drained of her force
By many a varying influence and so long.
Down through her limbs a drooping languor wept:
Her head a little bent; and on her mouth
A doubtful smile dwelt like a clouded moon
In a still water: then brake out my sire,
Lifted his grim head from my wounds.
'O you,
Woman, whom we thought woman even now,
And were half fooled to let you tend our son,
Because he might have wished it--but we see,
The accomplice of your madness unforgiven,
And think that you might mix his draught with death,
When your skies change again: the rougher hand
Is safer: on to the tents: take up the Prince.
' He rose, and while each ear was pricked to attend
A tempest, through the cloud that dimmed her broke
A genial warmth and light once more, and shone
Through glittering drops on her sad friend.
'Come hither.
O Psyche,' she cried out, 'embrace me, come,
Quick while I melt; make reconcilement sure
With one that cannot keep her mind an hour:
Come to the hollow hear they slander so!
Kiss and be friends, like children being chid!
~I~ seem no more: ~I~ want forgiveness too:
I should have had to do with none but maids,
That have no links with men.
Ah false but dear,
Dear traitor, too much loved, why?--why?--Yet see,
Before these kings we embrace you yet once more
With all forgiveness, all oblivion,
And trust, not love, you less.
And now, O sire,
Grant me your son, to nurse, to wait upon him,
Like mine own brother.
For my debt to him,
This nightmare weight of gratitude, I know it;
Taunt me no more: yourself and yours shall have
Free adit; we will scatter all our maids
Till happier times each to her proper hearth:
What use to keep them here--now? grant my prayer. Help, father, brother, help; speak to the king:
Thaw this male nature to some touch of that
Which kills me with myself, and drags me down
From my fixt height to mob me up with all
The soft and milky rabble of womankind,
Poor weakling even as they are.
'
Passionate tears
Followed: the king replied not: Cyril said:
'Your brother, Lady,--Florian,--ask for him
Of your great head--for he is wounded too--
That you may tend upon him with the prince.
'
'Ay so,' said Ida with a bitter smile,
'Our laws are broken: let him enter too.
'
Then Violet, she that sang the mournful song,
And had a cousin tumbled on the plain,
Petitioned too for him.
'Ay so,' she said,
'I stagger in the stream: I cannot keep
My heart an eddy from the brawling hour:
We break our laws with ease, but let it be.
'
'Ay so?' said Blanche: 'Amazed am I to her
Your Highness: but your Highness breaks with ease
The law your Highness did not make: 'twas I.
I had been wedded wife, I knew mankind,
And blocked them out; but these men came to woo
Your Highness--verily I think to win.
' So she, and turned askance a wintry eye:
But Ida with a voice, that like a bell
Tolled by an earthquake in a trembling tower,
Rang ruin, answered full of grief and scorn.
'Fling our doors wide! all, all, not one, but all,
Not only he, but by my mother's soul,
Whatever man lies wounded, friend or foe,
Shall enter, if he will.
Let our girls flit,
Till the storm die! but had you stood by us,
The roar that breaks the Pharos from his base
Had left us rock.
She fain would sting us too,
But shall not.
Pass, and mingle with your likes.
We brook no further insult but are gone.
'
She turned; the very nape of her white neck
Was rosed with indignation: but the Prince
Her brother came; the king her father charmed
Her wounded soul with words: nor did mine own
Refuse her proffer, lastly gave his hand.
Then us they lifted up, dead weights, and bare
Straight to the doors: to them the doors gave way
Groaning, and in the Vestal entry shrieked
The virgin marble under iron heels:
And on they moved and gained the hall, and there
Rested: but great the crush was, and each base,
To left and right, of those tall columns drowned
In silken fluctuation and the swarm
Of female whisperers: at the further end
Was Ida by the throne, the two great cats
Close by her, like supporters on a shield,
Bow-backed with fear: but in the centre stood
The common men with rolling eyes; amazed
They glared upon the women, and aghast
The women stared at these, all silent, save
When armour clashed or jingled, while the day,
Descending, struck athwart the hall, and shot
A flying splendour out of brass and steel,
That o'er the statues leapt from head to head,
Now fired an angry Pallas on the helm,
Now set a wrathful Dian's moon on flame,
And now and then an echo started up,
And shuddering fled from room to room, and died
Of fright in far apartments.
Then the voice
Of Ida sounded, issuing ordinance:
And me they bore up the broad stairs, and through
The long-laid galleries past a hundred doors
To one deep chamber shut from sound, and due
To languid limbs and sickness; left me in it;
And others otherwhere they laid; and all
That afternoon a sound arose of hoof
And chariot, many a maiden passing home
Till happier times; but some were left of those
Held sagest, and the great lords out and in,
From those two hosts that lay beside the walls,
Walked at their will, and everything was changed. Ask me no more: the moon may draw the sea;
The cloud may stoop from heaven and take the shape
With fold to fold, of mountain or of cape;
But O too fond, when have I answered thee?
Ask me no more.
Ask me no more: what answer should I give?
I love not hollow cheek or faded eye:
Yet, O my friend, I will not have thee die!
Ask me no more, lest I should bid thee live;
Ask me no more.
Ask me no more: thy fate and mine are sealed:
I strove against the stream and all in vain:
Let the great river take me to the main:
No more, dear love, for at a touch I yield;
Ask me no more.
Question: Who was Russia's first elected president?
Answer: Boris Yeltsin
Question: What is considered the first reality TV show?
Answer: The Real World
Lichess has all the same basic offerings as Chess.com: a large community, many game types, tutorials, puzzles, and livestreams. The site has a simple appearance, and it seems built to get you where you want to go in as few clicks as possible. You can create an account, but if you’re not concerned with tracking your games and finding other players at your level, there’s no need to log in. Just fire up a new game, try some puzzles, or watch a chess streamer play three-minute games while listening to techno and chatting with the comments section. by W.A. Ballantine given on page 153 of the American Chess Journal, September 1878: Charming as the sweetest music;
High above the common reach,
Easy to the bright and wise;
Splendid in the hands of genius;
Such the royal game of chess.
* Common Sense: Game Collection: Common Sense in Chess (Lasker) * Crafty Endgame Trainer: https://www.chessvideos.tv/endgame-... * Not So Good: Game Collection: The St. George Defense * Shirov's Best: Game Collection: Fire on Board 1 (Shirov) * B20s: Game Collection: Grand Prix (Ginger’s Models) * GPA: https://chesstier.com/grand-prix-at...
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush ― Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, "Don Quixote" “I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have.”
― Thomas Jefferson, chess player
Old Russian Proverb: "Every sandpiper praises its own swamp. (Всяк кулик свое болото хвалит.)" People tend to have high opinion about the place where they live. I have many jokes about rich kids — sadly none of them work. <....Here is an excerpt from Sergeant's book Championship Chess, with Alekhine's view of Fine, as early as 1933:'Before (Alekhine) left the States the Champion was induced to say whom he thought likely challengers for his title in the future. He named two Americans, Kashdan, who was favourably known in Europe already, and R Fine, whose achievements so far were mainly in his own country, and the Czecho-Slovakian, Flohr.'> Switch your pawn insurance to Promotion and you could save hundreds. “Chess is an infinitely complex game, which one can play in infinitely numerous & varied ways.” ― Vladimir Kramnik “I’ve come to the personal conclusion that while all artists are not chess players, all chess players are artists.” – Marcel Duchamp <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.> Psalm 107:1
Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good; his love endures forever. “Friend, you don't have to earn God's love or try harder. You're precious in His sight, covered by the priceless blood of Jesus, and indwelt by His Holy Spirit. Don't hide your heart or fear you're not good enough for Him to care for you. Accept His love, obey Him, and allow Him to keep you in His wonderful freedom.” — Charles F. Stanley “To what greater inspiration and counsel can we turn than to the imperishable truth to be found in this treasure house, the Bible?” — Queen Elizabeth II Ecclesiastes 9:9: “Enjoy life with the wife whom you love, all the days of your vain life that he has given you under the sun, because that is your portion in life and in your toil at which you toil under the sun.” “It's not how you start that matters, it's how you finish.” “Old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read.” — Francis Bacon The cat’s play is the mouse’s death. ~ German Proverb “Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground.”
― Theodore Roosevelt
Ah, St. Marher, 1225:
"And te tide and te time þat tu iboren were, schal beon iblescet." 2pry Zeitnot Zshaa-Tichondrius - 601 Disc Priest 226 Ilvl - 27750 RBG zek247 dint undrstnd Ziyatdinov's planto ignore the LSB on deck of the carrier. “Debt is dumb. Cash is king.” — Dave Ramsey “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 8:38-39
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. 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.
Why did the fish cross the ocean?
To get to the other tide.
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63 games, 1905-2023 - Elisondo 107, 140, 200-219
“Never play to win a pawn while your development is yet unfinished.”
— Aron Nimzowitsch, "My System"
A04 - A09 Reti Openings
A04
Zukertort Opening: Nimzo-Larsen Variation 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.b3
Polish Opening: Zukertort System 1.b4 Nf6 2.Nf3
Zukertort Opening: All knight openings 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.Nc3 Nc6
Zukertort Opening: Quiet system 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.e3
Zukertort Opening: Black Mustang Defense 1.Nf3 Nc6
Zukertort Opening: Dutch Variation 1.Nf3 f5
Zukertort Opening 1.Nf3
Zukertort Opening: Herrstrom Gambit 1.Nf3 g5
Zukertort Opening: Lemberg Gambit 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.e4
Zukertort Opening: Lisitsyn Gambit 1.Nf3 f5 2.e4
Zukertort Opening: Lisitsyn Gambit Deferred 1.Nf3 f5 2.d3 Nf6 3.e4
Zukertort Opening: Paschmann Gambit 1.Nf3 d5 2.b3 c5 3.c4 dxc4 4.e3
Zukertort Opening: Shabulov Gambit 1.Nf3 e6 2.c4 a6 3.Nc3 c5 4.g3 b5
Zukertort Opening: Speelsmet Gambit 1.Nf3 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.e3
Zukertort Opening: Symmetrical Variation 1.Nf3 Nf6
Zukertort Opening: Vos Gambit 1.Nf3 d6 2.d4 e5
Zukertort Opening: Wade Defense 1.Nf3 d6 2.e4 Bg4
Zukertort Opening: Regina-Nu Gambit 1.Nf3 d5 2.b3 c5 3.c4 dxc4 4.Nc3
Zukertort Opening: Ross Gambit 1.Nf3 e5
Zukertort Opening: Ware Defense 1.Nf3 a5
Zukertort Opening: Myers Polish Attack 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.a4 g6 3.b4
Zukertort Opening: St. George Defense 1.Nf3 a6
Zukertort Opening: Polish Defense 1.Nf3 b5
Zukertort Opening: Queenside Fianchetto Variation 1.Nf3 b6
Zukertort Opening: Slav Invitation 1.Nf3 c6
Zukertort Opening: Sicilian Invitation 1.Nf3 c5
Zukertort Opening: Pirc Invitation 1.Nf3 d6
Zukertort Opening: Queen’s Gambit Invitation 1.Nf3 e6
Zukertort Opening: Kingside Fianchetto 1.Nf3 g6
Zukertort Opening: Basman Defense 1.Nf3 h6
Zuklertort Opening: Arctic Defense 1.Nf3 f6
Zukertort Opening: Arctic Defense, Drunken Knight Variation 1.Nf3 f6 2.e4 Nh6 3.d4 Nf7
Zukertort Defense: Kingside Variation 1.Nf3 Nh6 2.d4 g6
Zukertort Defense: Drunken Cavalry Variation 1.Nf3 Na6 2.e4 Nh6
Zukertort Defense: Sicilian Knight Variation 1.Nf3 Na6 2.e4 c5
Zukertort Opening: The Walrus 1.Nf3 e5 2.Nxe5 Nc6 3.Nxc6 dxc6 A05
King’s Indian Attack: Smyslov Variation 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.b4
King’s Indian Attack: Spassky Variation 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 b5
King’s Indian Attack: Symmetrical Defense 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6
King’s Indian Attack: Wahls Defense 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.O-O O-O 5.d3 d5 A06
Nimzowitsch-Larsen Attack 1.Nf3 d5 2.b3
Zukertort Opening: Ampel Variation 1.Nf3 d5 2.Rg1
Zukertort Opening: Old Indian Attack 1.Nf3 d5 2.d3
Zukertort Opening: Queen Pawn Defense 1.Nf3 d5
Zukertort Opening: Reversed Mexican Defense 1.Nf3 d5 2.Nc3
Zukertort Opening: Santasiere’s Folly 1.Nf3 d5 2.b4
Zukertort Opening: Tennison Gambit 1.Nf3 d5 2.e4
Zukertort Opening: The Potato 1.Nf3 d5 2.a4
A07
King’s Indian Attack: Double Fianchetto 1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 g6
King’s Indian Attack 1.Nf3 d5 2.g3
King’s Indian Attack: Keres Variation 1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Bg4 3.Bg2 Nd7
King’s Indian Attack: Omega-Delta Gambit 1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 e5
King’s Indian Attack: Pachman System 1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.O-O e5 5.d3 Ne7
King’s Indian Attack: Sicilian Variation 1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c5
King’s Indian Attack: Yugoslav Variation 1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 c6 4.O-O Bg4 A08
King’s Indian Attack: Sicilian Variation 1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c5 3.Bg2
King’s Indian Attack: Sicilian Variation 1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c5 3.Bg2 Nc6 4.O-O e6 5.d3 Nf6 6.Nbd2 Be7 7.e4 O-O 8.Re1 A09
Reti Opening: Advance Variation 1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 d4
Reti Opening: Advance Variation, Michel Gambit 1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 d4 3.b4 c5
Reti Opening 1.Nf3 d5 2.c4
Reti Opening: Penguin Variation 1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 d4 3.Rg1
Reti Opening: Reti Gambit 1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 dxc4
Reti Opening: Reversed Blumenfeld Gambit 1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 d4 3.e3 c5 4.b4
Reti Opening: Zilbermints Gambit 1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 b5
Reti Opening: Reti Gambit, Keres Variation 1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e3 Be6 * 150: Game Collection: Pirc for white * Chess Terms: https://chessmart.com/pages/chess-t... * Evolution: Game Collection: # Chess Evolution Volumes 51-100 * Masterful: Game Collection: FRENCH DEFENSE MASTERPIECES * Play Stockfish 1-10: https://labinatorsolutions.github.i... * Russians - Chernev: Game Collection: The Russians Play Chess by Irving Chernev The talking dog
A guy spots a sign outside a house that reads “Talking Dog for Sale.” Intrigued, he walks in. “So what have you done with your life?” he asks the dog. “I’ve led a very full life,” says the dog. “I lived in the Alps rescuing avalanche victims. Then I served my country in Iraq. And now I spend my days reading to the residents of a retirement home.” The guy is flabbergasted. He asks the dog’s owner, “Why on earth would you want to get rid of an incredible dog like that?” The owner says, “Because he’s a liar! He never did any of that!” — Submitted by Harry Nelson
Three Dutch Girls, One Piano: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHI... “Walking On Sunshine” By Katrina And The Waves (1983): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPU... New Best Game of 2023: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2Q... NIÑO GENIO nos da UNO de los MEJORES MOMENTOS de la HISTORIA del AJEDREZ: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ps... <Principles of Chess
01. Develop your pieces quickly.
02. Control the center.
03. Try to put your pieces on squares that give them maximum space. 04. Try to develop your knights towards the center. 05. A knight on the rim is dim.
06. Don't take unnecessary chances.
07. Play aggressive.
08. Calculate forced moves first.
09. Always ask yourself, "Can he put me in check or win a piece?" 10. Have a plan. Every move should have a purpose. 11. Assume your opponent's move is his best move. 12. Ask yourself, "why did he move there?" after each opponent move. 13. Play for the initiative and controlling the board. 14. If you must lose a piece, get something for it if you can. 15. When behind, exchange pawns. When ahead, exchange pieces. 16. If you are losing, don't give up fighting. Look for counterplay. 17. Don't play unsound moves unless you are losing badly. 18. Don't sacrifice a piece without good reason. 19. If you are in doubt of an opponent's sacrifice, accept it. 20. Attack with more that just one or two pieces. 21. Do not make careless pawn moves. They cannot move back. 22. Do not block in your bishops.
23. Bishops of opposite colors have the greatest chance of drawing. 24. Try not to move the same piece twice or more times in a row. 25. Exchange pieces if it helps your development. 26. Don't bring your queen out early.
27. Castle soon to protect your king and develop your rook. 28. Develop rooks to open files.
29. Put rooks behind passed pawns.
30. Study rook endgames. They are the most common and most complicated. 31. Don't let your king get caught in the center. 32. Don't castle if it brings your king into greater danger from attack. 33. After castling, keep a good pawn formation around your king. 34. If you only have one bishop, put your pawns on its opposite color. 35. Trade pawns pieces when ahead in material or when under attack. 36. If cramped, free your game by exchanging material. 37. If your opponent is cramped, don't let him get any freeing exchanges. 38. Study openings you are comfortable with.
39. Play over entire games, not just the opening. 40. Blitz chess is helpful in recognizing chess patterns. Play often. 41. Study annotated games and try to guess each move. 42. Stick with just a few openings with White, and a few openings with Black. 43. Record your games and go over them, especially the games you lost. 44. Show your games to higher rated opponents and get feedback from them. 45. Use chess computers and databases to help you study and play more. 46. Everyone blunders. The champions just blunder less often. 47. When it is not your move, look for tactics and combinations. 48. Try to double rooks or double rook and queen on open files. 49. Always ask yourself, "Does my next move overlook something simple?" 50. Don't make your own plans without the exclusion of the opponent's threats. 51. Watch out for captures by retreat of an opponent's piece. 52. Do not focus on one sector of the board. View thw whole board. 53. Write down your move first before making that move if it helps. 54. Try to solve chess puzzles with diagrams from books and magazines. 55. It is less likely that an opponent is prepared for off-beat openings. 56. Recognize transposition of moves from main-line play. 57. Watch your time and avoid time trouble.
58. Bishops are worth more than knights except when they are pinned in. 59. A knight works better with a bishop than another knight. 60. It is usually a good idea to trade down into a pawn up endgame. 61. Have confidence in your game.
62. Play in as many rated events as you can.
63. Try not to look at your opponent's rating until after the game. 64. Always play for a win.
(If a win is no longer possible, then play for a draw.)> “Mistrust is the most necessary characteristic of the chess player.”
— Siegbert Tarrasch
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73 games, 1858-2022 - estrategia y tactica de suetin
esta coleccion se tomo del libro en aleman "schachlehrbuch für fortgeschrittene"
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95 games, 1873-1982 - f RickL's favorite games Reti Dzagnidze
Compiled by RickL
Additional games are being added.
“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 “The greatest compliment one can pay a master is to compare him with [Jose] Capablanca.” — Irving Chernev “I believe that it is best to know a 'dubious' opening really well, rather than a 'good' opening only slightly.” ― Simon Williams “There is no such thing as an absolutely freeing move. A freeing move in a position in which development has not been carried far always proves illusory, and vice versa, a move which does not come at all in the category of freeing moves can, given a surplus of tempi to our credit, lead to a very free game.”
― Aron Nimzowitsch
“Chess is something more than a game. It is an intellectual diversion which has certain artistic qualities and many scientific elements.” ― Jose Raul Capablanca “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 “The best way to learn endings, as well as openings, is from the games of the masters.” ― Jose Raul Capablanca “Boring? Who's boring? I am Fredthebear. My mind is always active, busy.” “When you see a good move – WAIT! – look for a better one.” ― Emanual Lasker “There are two kinds of idiots - those who don't take action because they have received a threat, and those who think they are taking action because they have issued a threat.” ― Paulo Coelho, The Devil and Miss Prym “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 “Chess was Capablanca's mother tongue.” ― Richard Reti “Capa's games looked as though they were turned out by a lathe, while Alekhine's resembled something produced with a mallet and chisel.” ― Charles Yaffe “Whereas Anderssen and Chigorin looked for accidental positions, Capablanca is guided by the logicality of strong positions. He values only that which is well-founded: solidity of position, pressure on a weak point, he does not trust the accidental, even if it be a problem-like mate, at the required moment he discovers and carries out subtle and far-sighted combinations...” ― Emanuel Lasker “A good player is always lucky.” ― Jose Raul Capablanca “Capablanca possessed an amazing ability to quickly see into a position and intuitively grasp its main features. His style, one of the purest, most crystal-clear in the entire history of chess, astonishes one with its logic.” ― Garry Kasparov “It's a short trip from the penthouse to the outhouse.” ― Paul Dietzel "If you can’t take (constructive) criticism, consider taking up another game, perhaps solitaire." — Jeremy Silman "Where there's a will, there's a way."
“My advice is to never do tomorrow what you can do today. Procrastination is the thief of time.” — Charles Dickens “The journey is its own reward.” — Homer
* Botvinnik: Game Collection: Botvinnik: One Hundred Selected Games * 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):
Game Collection: Robert Fischer's Best Games * Bobby Fischer Rediscovered/Andrew Soltis (97 games):
Game Collection: Bobby Fischer Rediscovered (Andy Soltis) * 1992: Game Collection: Spassky-Fischer Match 1992 * Black Defends: Game Collection: Opening repertoire black * Black Storms: Game Collection: Tal - The Modern Benoni * Golden Treasury of Chess (Wellmuth/Horowitz):
Game Collection: Golden Treasury of Chess (Wellmuth/Horowitz) * Masterful: Game Collection: FRENCH DEFENSE MASTERPIECES * Nakhmanson Gambit: https://chesstier.com/nakhmanson-ga... * C53s: Game Collection: rajat21's italian game * RL Minis: Game Collection: Ruy Lopez Miniatures * Roger that: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9S... “The only way to change anything in Russia is a revolution” ― Daniil Dubov
https://en.chessbase.com/post/dubov... * Del's: Game Collection: Del's hidden gems * 21st Century: Game Collection: 0 * B20s: Game Collection: Grand Prix (Ginger’s Models) * GPA: https://chesstier.com/grand-prix-at...
* GK: Game Collection: Kasparov - The Sicilian Sheveningen * Can you whip Taimanov's Sicilian? http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches... * Glossary: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gloss... * CFN: https://www.youtube.com/@CFNChannel
* Rubinstein: Game Collection: Rubinstein's Chess Masterpieces * The Unthinkable: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9z... * Will Power: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9S... * Wonders and Curiosities: Game Collection: Wonders and Curiosities of Chess (Chernev) * Z Vol 105: Game Collection: 0ZeR0's collected games volume 105 * Mr. Harvey's Puzzle Challenge: https://wtharvey.com/ WTHarvey:
There once was a website named WTHarvey,
Where chess puzzles did daily delay,
The brain-teasers so tough,
They made us all huff and puff,
But solving them brought us great satisfaction today. There once was a website named WTHarvey
Where chess puzzles were quite aplenty
With knight and rook and pawn
You'll sharpen your brain with a yawn
And become a master of chess entry
There once was a site for chess fun,
Wtharvey.com was the chosen one,
With puzzles galore,
It'll keep you in store,
For hours of brain-teasing, none done.
There once was a website named wtharvey,
Where chess puzzles were posted daily,
You'd solve them with glee,
And in victory,
You'd feel like a true chess prodigy!
“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 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.uschesstrust.org/chess-... * World Chess Championship History: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkO... The Kings of Chess: A History of Chess, Traced Through the Lives of Its Greatest Players by William Hartston
William Hartson traces the development of the game from its Oriental origins to the present day through the lives of its greatest exponents - men like Howard Staunton, who transformed what had been a genteel pastime into a competitive science; the brilliant American Paul Morphy, who once played a dozen simultaneous games blindfold; the arrogant and certified insane Wilhelm Steinitz; the philosopher and mathematician Emanual Lasker; Bobby Fischer, perhaps the most brilliant and eccentric of them all; and many other highly gifted individuals. Hartson depicts all their colorful variety with a wealth of rare illustrations. Format: Hardcover
Language: English
ISBN: 006015358X
ISBN13: 9780060153588
Release Date: January 1985
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Length: 192 Pages
Weight: 1.80 lbs.
Eilfan ywmodryb dda
Meaning: A good aunt is a second mother
THE INTELLECT
― Victor Kahn
The world as we view it is much like a dance,
you can take what is coming and live it by chance…
Or seek answers to questions and live it by choice,
just follow your heart and answer its voice.
Chance brings that karmic phenomenon,
manifested reactions from what you have done.
Look for a place that’s hidden within,
search for the message, that’s where to begin. Talk to yourself, have conversation inside,
it’s a matter of choice, create from the mind.
Picture yourself in a world all your own,
then bring it to life from the seed to the sown. Search & discover the source of white light,
don’t settle for anything, reach for the heights.
Your goals are the answer to what you achieve,
and it’s almost like magic when you start to believe. Truth & intuition …bring gifts to rejoice,
go it by chance or live it by choice!
Riddle Question: I begin the game, humble and small, advancing forward, I might become your all. What am I? Riddle Answer: Pawn
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. Riddle Question: Majestic and stuck in a game of thrones, moving one step at all sides, I should never roam alone. Who am I? Riddle Answer: King
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
“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 “He examined the chess problem and set out the pieces. It was a tricky ending, involving a couple of knights.
'White to play and mate in two moves.'
Winston looked up at the portrait of Big Brother. White always mates, he thought with a sort of cloudy mysticism. Always, without exception, it is so arranged. In no chess problem since the beginning of the world has black ever won. Did it not symbolize the eternal, unvarying triumph of Good over Evil? The huge face gazed back at him, full of calm power. White always mates.”
― George Orwell, 1984
"When you come to a fork in the road, take it."
― Yogi Berra, 10-time World Series champion
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.
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: 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 The Tide Rises, the Tide Falls
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1807-1882
The tide rises, the tide falls,
The twilight darkens, the curlew calls;
Along the sea-sands damp and brown
The traveller hastens toward the town,
And the tide rises, the tide falls.
Darkness settles on roofs and walls,
But the sea, the sea in darkness calls;
The little waves, with their soft, white hands,
Efface the footprints in the sands,
And the tide rises, the tide falls.
The morning breaks; the steeds in their stalls
Stamp and neigh, as the hostler calls;
The day returns, but nevermore
Returns the traveller to the shore,
And the tide rises, the tide falls.
“There are good ships, and there are wood ships, ships that sail the sea, but the best ships are friendships, and may they always be.” — Anonymous Perpetual check feels like nothing else in a dead lost position. 1.Nf3 is the third most popular of the twenty legal opening moves White has, behind only 1.e4 and 1.d4. 'A rising tide lifts all boats'
Checkmate by treecards
In front of the king,
white moves his pawn.
The opponent begins,
with a sign and yawn.
White Bishop from C,
moves to F five.
Followed by adrenaline,
Queen is more than alive.
Black moves his pawn,
foolishly to B four.
It looks tragically close,
to the end of his war.
The white Queen glides,
elegantly to the right side.
Shocks her opponent,
and rips out his pride.
It was a beautifully executed,
and efficient checkmate.
Opponent lacked caution,
and now rest with his fate.
This wonderful game,
that we all call chess.
Your odds are reduced,
each time you guess.
Remember to follow,
your strategy and tact.
When you see opportunity,
make sure you act.
At the end of the day,
hope you enjoy.
Many sweet games,
it’s much more than a toy.
“Old habits die hard, especially for soldiers.”
― Jocelyn Murray, The Roman General: A Novel
“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 They that will not be counselled cannot be helped. ~ Scottish Proverb 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.
Rated 5 stars
Chess Classic !
This book is truly a gem of chess literature. The book as you may already know, is a collection of master games which demonstrate how a small advantage is exploited in the hands of masters. You will find the games very instructive and will have no problems understanding the motives behind the moves. This because Chernev does an exceptional job in his annotations. I have found no mistakes in his notes or the games themselves. Chernev worked real hard on this book and his love for the game of chess radiates from the pages. A warning to those who expect wild attacking games. This is a collection of games from the late 19th century to the 1950's, when positional and strategic style of play was more popular. These selected games show how an opening, middle game, and endgame should be treated. "The best way to learn endings as well as openings," says Capablanca in Chess Fundamentals, "is from the games of the masters." Some reviewer of this book goes on to say that "The games in this book are boring, and only won by the winner because of some mistake on the loser's part. To which I reply, what chess game is not won on the account of the opposition making a mistake. In reality all chess games if properly played out should end in a draw. There are also people who complain because the book is in descriptive notation. Something I didn't have a problem with, it just adds to the mystique of these chess games of the past. This is a great book and a must have. I have spent many pleasurable hours with this book, a cup of joe, and some Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart or Ludwig van Beethoven in the background. You will not regret buying this book. I didn't when I returned Pandolfini's Traps and Zaps for this copy. Rated 5 stars
For Lover's Only
Easily one of the best books ever written. This is one of the first books I purchased over 30 years ago. I am sure it helped start me on the road to Chess Mastery. Chernev, like Reinfeld, did NOT write chess books to impress other Chess Masters. He wrote books simply and with great care. He also put his tremendous love of the game into this book. I simply cannot convey what a wonderful book this is. This book will especially appeal to the average player, especially someone who wants to improve his game. I usually don't rave about books. This is an exception. Here is what I say about this book on my web site: "The Most Instructive Games of Chess Ever Played." [62 Masterpieces of Chess Strategy.] It contains 62 true masterpieces of chess by various different players. (Masters such as Fischer, Capablanca, Alekhine, Tal, etc. Plus, many more of the all-time greats!!) Each game is carefully and lovingly annotated. This book had a tremendous impact on me and the way that I viewed and looked at chess. I studied it many, many, many times. Chernev provides games with an almost blow-by-blow commentary. His ideas are simple, fresh, insightful, and expressed with great clarity. He explains all the basic ideas of the game in a manner that ANY chess-player can follow. The variations are perfect. Not too much to overload the senses. I have had players who were almost beginners to players who were accomplished tournament players ... tell me that they profited from a careful study of this book. I think one should study this book, as I did. Every time your rating goes up 100 points, you should work your way through this book from cover to cover! You won't regret it and you definitely will improve! Another unique thing is he finds one idea or theme in each game, and just hammers away at it. It is a VERY good study method. It also contains some of the classics of chess, and Chernev brings you a fresh insight and analysis to each game. (Indeed - his comments and analysis may differ greatly from the ones that may have been published in the chess press when the game was first played.) Chernev was one of the greatest all-time teachers and writers in the chess field. This book is a true pearl!!! I think it belongs in the library of every real chess aficionado. >><p>I also rate this in, "The Ten Best Chess Books Ever Written." Need I say more? “Risk” by Anais Nin
And then the day came,
when the risk
to remain tight
in a bud
was more painful
than the risk
it took
to blossom.
* 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... - The longest a chess game could possibly be is 5,949 moves. How many chess openings are there?
Well, White has 20 possible 1st moves. Black can respond with 20 of its own. That's 400, and we're ready for move 2. I don't know them, but I would not be at all surprised if there was a name for each of them. People are like that. You really, really don't need to know them all. If you follow the rules of thumb for good opening play, I promise you that you'll be playing a named opening. Just put the 1st 3 moves in google, and you'll get the opening's name. With that information you can find other games that started the way your game started, likely by some very good players. Also, with the name you can read about it on Wikipedia, and find out what people think of it, who plays it, and its particular traps and idiosyncrasies. Once again, The Rules of Thumb for Good Opening Play: - Develop your pieces quickly with an eye towards controlling the center. Not necessarily occupying the center but controlling it certainly. - Castle your king just as soon as it's practical to do so. - Really try not to move a piece more than once during the opening, it's a waste of valuable time. - Connect your rooks. This marks the end of the opening. Connected rooks means that only your rooks and your castled king are on the back rank. - Respond to threats appropriately, even if you have to break the rules. They're rules of thumb, not scripture, or physical laws. If you and your opponent follow these rules of thumb, you'll reach the middle game ready to fight. If only you follow these rules of thumb, you're already winning! Good Hunting. -- Eric H. Richard Paul Anderson - Canada prisoner arrested January 19, 1968 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada by Canadian Police Mar-07-13 Abdel Irada: In case anyone wonders who Kermit Norris is/was, he's an expert in Santa Cruz against whom I used to play a great deal of blitz.
His specialty, when a particularly complex position arose (especially in his pet Owen's Defense), was to lean forward, fix his opponent with a scowl and a withering stare, and say, in a deep and solemn tone, "Chicken parts!" "Here's to being in a boat with a drink on the rocks rather than being in the drink with a boat on the rocks" The Lion and the Rat
To show to all your kindness, it behoves:
There's none so small but you his aid may need.
I quote two fables for this weighty creed,
Which either of them fully proves.
From underneath the sward
A rat, quite off his guard,
Popped out between a lion's paws.
The beast of royal bearing
Showed what a lion was
The creature's life by sparing –
A kindness well repaid;
For, little as you would have thought
His majesty would ever need his aid,
It proved full soon
A precious boon.
Forth issuing from his forest glen,
T" explore the haunts of men,
In lion net his majesty was caught,
From which his strength and rage
Served not to disengage.
The rat ran up, with grateful glee,
Gnawed off a rope, and set him free.
By time and toil we sever
What strength and rage could never.
Riddle: The one who has it does not keep it. It is large and small. It is any shape. Bear like 'em too!
Answer: A gift.
This poem is dedicated to all
female chessplayers on Caissa's Web.
Sweet Caissa
Oh, Sweet Caissa, Goddess of chess
in the name of this holistic game
I pray Thee: bless my noble aim
to render all my opponents lame
in my holy quest for worldly fame,
to be Supreme no more no less.
In awe I heard this Sweet Caissa say
"Daughter go forth and smite them all,
stoutly charge your knight sitting tall
while flying over the castle's wall
to slay all men in your deadly call."
Now in fear I hide and will no longer play.
“Believe in yourself. Have faith in your abilities. Without humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers, you cannot be successful or happy.”
― Norman Vincent Peale
“Intelligence plus character-that is the goal of true education.”
― Martin Luther King Jr.
“My concern about my reputation is with the people who I respect and my family and my Lord. And I’m perfectly comfortable with my reputation with them, sir.” —John Durham The Blossom
by William Blake
Merry, merry sparrow!
Under leaves so green
A happy blossom
Sees you, swift as arrow,
Seek your cradle narrow,
Near my bosom.
Pretty, pretty robin!
Under leaves so green
A happy blossom
Hears you sobbing, sobbing,
Pretty, pretty robin,
Near my bosom.
Deuteronomy 31:6
Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or terrified because of them, or the Lord your God goes with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you. Psalm 31:24
Be strong, and let your heart take courage, all you who wait for the Lord! Romans 8:31
What, then, shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? “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 “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. 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.
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Toy watch out at second forty troll who livz undera Zakim bridge bid.
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19 games, 1923-2018 - Fireside Book of Chess
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To those of us from a certain generation, this book (published by Irving Chernev and Fred Reinfeld in 1949) was an opportunity to take a break from the serous side of chess. STories, trivia,, combinations, endgame studies, problems, and especially the games collected here, presented by the authors with contagious enthusiasm, provided a memorable experience -- as shown by the number of kibitzes which begin "If first saw this game in the FIreside Book of Chess..." As the book nears its seventieth anniversary it can probably be criticized out of date -- plus, there's the dreaded Descriptive Notation. But I tell you - if this sort of book is appealing, you could do a lot worse. <Additional Games> The following were not in the <CG> database as of May, 2018: [game 2] Odd, But True, p. 70
Alekhine - Four Allies
Simultaneous Exhibition, Palma, 1935
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Qe2 Ngf6 6.Nd6# 1-0 [Game 4] Odd, But True, p. 74
A P Barnes- Amateur
Odds: ♖a1 + ♘b1
1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.c3 dxc3 4.Bc4 Nc6 5.a3 Nce7 6.Nf3 a6 7.0-0 b5 8.Ba2 c6 9.Ng5 Nh6 10.Qb3 Qa5 11.Re1 cxb2 12.Rd1 bxc1Q White announced mate in three moves. 1-0 [Game 16] Odd, But True, p. 107
Menges - Gitzen
1935
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 0-0 6.Nf3 b6 7.Bd3 Bb7 8.cxd5 exd5 9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.h4 g6 11.h5 Re8 12.hxg6 hxg6 13.Qc2 Bg7 14.Bxg6 fxg6 15.Qxg6 Nd7 16.Ng5 Qf6 17.Rh8+ Kxh8 18.Qh7# 1-0 [Game 44] Quickies, p. 199
Christoffersen - Loven
Norway, 1928
1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 d6 4.d4 Bg4 5.dxe5 Bxf3 6.Qxf3 dxe5 7.Bg5 Bb4 8.Rd1 Qe7 9.Bc4 Nbd7 10.0-0 Bxc3 11.Qxc3 Nxe4 12.Rxd7 Qxg5 13.Qd3 Nd6 14.Rxc7 Rd8 15.f4 exf4 16.Re1+ Kf8 1-0 [Game 61] Blindfold Games, p. 214
Arnold - Tchigorin
Blinfold simul (10 games) St. Petersburg, 1885
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 Qc7 11.f4 Bd6 12.d4 0-0 13.0-0 c5 14.c3 Rb8 15.Na3 cxd4 16.Nb5 Rxb5 17.Bxb5 Qb6 18.a4 d3+ 19.Kh1 a6 20.Nc4 Nxc4 21.Bxc4 Bg4 22.a5 Qa7 23.Qa4 Be2 24.Re1 Ng4 25.h3 Qf2 26.Bd2 Bc5 27.Bxf7+ Rxf7 28.Qe8+ Kh7 29.Qxf7 Qxg2+ ♗lack announces mate in two. 0-1 [Game 89] Surprise Attack, p. 251
Landau - Van Doesbough
Silversum, 1940
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 Be7 5.Bg5 0-0 6.e3 Nbd7 7.Rc1 c6 8.Bd3 h6 9.Bf4 dxc4 10.Bxc4 b5 11.Bd3 a6 12.0-0 c5 13.Ne4 Qb6 14.dxc5 Nxc5 15.Rxc5 Bxc5 16.Nxf6+ gxf6 17.Ne5 fxe5 18.Qg4+ Kh8 19.Qh5 1-0 []Game 115] The Pawns Decide, p. 92
Karff - Lugatsch
Berlin, 1937
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.Qg4 cxd4 5.Nf3 f5 6.Qg3 Nc6 7.Be2 Bd7 8.Nxd4 Nxd4 9.Bh5+ Ke7 10.Qa3# 1-0 [Game 116] Women in Chess, p. 292
Solomon - Graf
Premier Reserves Margate, 1939
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.Qe2 b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.a4 Rb8 8.axb5 axb5 9.Nc3 0-0 10.Nxb5 Nxe4 11.Qxe4 Rxb5 12.Qa4 Rxb3 13.Qxb3 e4 14.d4 exf3 15.dxc5 Re8+ 16.Kf1 Nd4 17.Qd5 Nxc2 18.Bg5 Nxa1 19.gxf3 Bb7 20.Bxd8 Bxd5 21.Kg2 Rxd8 0-1 [Game 123] Attack, p. 306
Reinfeld - Smirka
Marshall Chess Club Championship, 1937
1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c6 3.d4 d5 4.e3 e6 5.Bd3 Nbd7 6.Nbd2 Bd6 7.0-0 0-0 8.e4 dxe4 9.Nxe4 Nxe4 10.Bxe4 h6 11.Bc2 Nf6 12.Bd2 Qe7 13.Re1 Rd8 14.a3 c5 15.d5 Qc7 16.Bc3 Be7 17.Qd3 b5 18.b3 Qb6 19.Rad1 Ba6 20.Bxf6 Bxf6 21.Qh7+ Kf8 22.d6 g6 23.Ne5 Bg7 24.Nxf7 Kxf7 25.Qxg6+ Kf8 26.Re3 Bb7 27.Rxe6 Qc6 28.Rd5 1-0 [Game 128[ Attack, p. 312
Chalupetzky - Kallos
Gyor, 1932
1.e4 c6 2.c4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.cxd5 Qxd5 5.Nc3 Qd8 6.Bc4 Nf6 7.d4 g6 8.Qb3 e6 9.Bg5 Bg7 10.d5 exd5 11.0-0-0 0-0 12.Nxd5 Nbd7 13.Nf3 Qa5 14.Bd2 Qd8 15.Bb4 Re8 16.Rhe1 Rxe1 17.Rxe1 Nxd5 18.Bxd5 Qc7+ 19.Qc4 Qxc4+ 20.Bxc4 Nf8 21.Re8 Bh6+ 22.Kd1 a6 23.Ke1 a5 24.Bd6 b6 25.Ne5 Bb7 26.Bxf7+ Kh8 27.Re7 Bxg2 28.Bc4 Bg7 29.Nf7+ Kg8 30.Nd8+ Kh8 31.Rxg7 Kxg7 32.Be5+ Kh6 33.Nf7+ Kh5 34.Be2+ Kh4 35.Bg3+ Kh3 36.Ng5# 1-0 [Game 130] The Two-Rook Sacrifice, p. 316
]Nield - Edwards
Correspondence, 1940
1.Nc3 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.Qxd4 Nc6 4.Qa4 d5 5.Bf4 f6 6.0-0-0 e6 7.e4 d4 8.Nf3 Bc5 9.b4 Bxb4 10.Nxd4 Bxc3 11.Nxc6 Bb2+ 12.Kxb2 Qxd1 13.Bb5 Qxh1 14.Ne5+ Kf8 15.Qd4 Bd7 16.Qxd7 Source: Fireside Book of Chess, p. 316. 1-0 [Game 133] The Two-Rook Sacrifice, p. 318
Enevoldsen - Paulsen
Copenhagen, 1926
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Nbd2 c5 5.a3 Qa5 6.Rb1 Bxd2+ 7.Bxd2 Qc7 8.dxc5 Qxc5 9.e3 Nc6 10.b4 Qf5 11.b5 Ne5 12.Bb4 d5 13.Be2 dxc4 14.Nxe5 Qxe5 15.Bxc4 Nd5 16.Bxd5 Qxd5 17.Qg4 Qf5 18.Qxg7 Qxb1+ 19.Kd2 Qa2+ 20.Kc1 Qc4+ 21.Kb2 Qe2+ 22.Ka1 a5 23.Qxh8+ Kd7 24.Qd4+ Ke8 25.Bd6 e5 26.Qh4 Source: Fireside Book of Chess, p. 318. 1-0 [Game 150] Correspondence Chess, p. 347
Demuth - Mermagen
Correspondence, 1937
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5 Be6 9.c3 Be7 10.Qe2 0-0 11.Nbd2 Nxd2 12.Bxd2 Bf5 13.Nd4 Nxd4 14.cxd4 c5 15.dxc5 Bxc5 16.Rac1 Qb6 17.Bxd5 Rad8 18.Ba5 Bxf2+ 19.Qxf2 Qxa5 20.Qc5 Qd2 21.Rcd1 Qg5 22.Bxf7+ Kxf7 23.e6+ Kxe6 24.Rde1+ Kd7 25.Rf4 1-0 [Game 151] Correspondence Chess, p. 348
Dimock - Hogemaner
Correspondence, 1939
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be2 g6 7.Be3 Bg7 8.Nb3 Be6 9.f4 d5 10.e5 Nd7 11.0-0 f6 12.Bg4 Bxg4 13.Qxg4 fxe5 14.Nxd5 exf4 15.Qxf4 Nce5 16.Nd4 Nc5 17.Nb5 Ne6 18.Qa4 Nc6 19.Rad1 Qc8 20.Nxe7 Qb8 21.Nxc6 bxc6 22.Nd6+ 1-0 [Game 152] Correspondence Chess, p. 349
Davis - Walker
Correspondence, 1939
1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.c3 dxc3 4.Nxc3 Nc6 5.Bc4 Nf6 6.Nf3 Bb4 7.0-0 Bxc3 8.bxc3 d6 9.e5 dxe5 10.Qb3 0-0 11.Ng5 Qe8 12.Ba3 Na5 13.Qb4 b6 14.Bd3 c5 15.Qh4 g6 16.Qh6 Qa4 17.Be4 Bb7 18.f4 Bxe4 19.fxe5 Qc2 20.Rf3 Bxf3 21.gxf3 Rfd8 22.exf6 Rd1+ 23.Rxd1 Qxd1+ 24.Kg2 Qe2+ 25.Kh3 1-0 [Game 178] The Perfect Game, p. 389
Chernev - Gustafson
New York, 1937
1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 Bd7 5.Bg5 Bb4 6.e3 h6 7.Bxf6 gxf6 8.cxd5 exd5 9.Qb3 Bxc3+ 10.bxc3 Bc6 11.g3 Qd7 12.Bg2 b6 13.0-0 Bb5 14.Rfe1 0-0 15.Nh4 Bc4 16.Qd1 Kg7 17.Qh5 Rh8 18.Bh3 Qc6 19.Nf5+ Kf8 20.Nxh6 Rh7 21.Bf5 Rg7 22.e4 Nd7 23.Nxf7 Re8 24.exd5 Rxe1+ 25.Rxe1 Qxd5 26.Nd6 Source: Fireside Book of Chess, p. 389. 1-0 <Notes>
The authors' main priority was not careful historical research, but neither were they totally sloppy. When they present information different from that shown here, it at least needs to be checked out. Here are just some of the discrepancies, indicated by an an asterisk (*) at the end of the game note field. [Game 25], Source cites V Soldatenkov vs S Durnovo, 1898, as <Janowski / Soldatenkov - Lasker / Taubenhaus, Paris, 1909>. see game kibitzes for further historical information. [Game 28] Source gives Janowski vs O Chajes, 1916, as a note at the finish to ]Game 27], V Mikenas vs Kashdan, 1931 [Game 33]: Source ends with 12,d6+
[Game 49] Source identifies Black as
Rudolf Swiderski [Game 50] Fireside has slightly difference move order and finish: 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bf4 Nh5 5.Be5 f6 6.Bg3 Nxg3 7.hxg3 Bg7 8.e3 c6 9.Bd3 e5 10.Rxh7 Kf7 11.Bxg6+ Kxg6 12.Nxe5+ fxe5 13.Qh5+ Kf6 14.Qxe5+ Kf7 15.Qxg7+ Ke6 16.Qe5# Source: Fireside Book of Chess, p. 204. 1-0 [Game 54' Source gives Black's identity as <Walter>. [Game 55] Source dates game as 1935.
[Game 81]:: Source identifies Black as "Sapiro"
[Game 84] Source ends with 29...Qe4+
[Game 90]: Source ends with 29...Qb3
[Game 106]: Source begins with move order 1.e4 e5 2.f3 [Game 108]: Source dates as 1913
[Gane 109]: Source dates as 1937.
pGame 127]: Source cites as Argentinian Championship, 1945 [Game 129]: Source concludes 15.Kb1 Qd3#
[Game 132] Source concludes: 21.Kf1 Qf3+ 22.Ke1 Qf2#] [Game 153]: Source dates as 1838
[Game 155]: Source ends with 19...Ng3
[Game 158]: Source ends with 21.bxc4
[Game 159]" Source ends with 27.Bh6
[Game] 160]: Source ends with 28...Qc3+
[Game 167]: Source ends with 32.Qe5+]
[Game 177]: Source cites as: MIkenas - Petrov, Team Tournament, 1933
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