Individual Piece Themes
King
Royalty, management, luxury, power, wisdom
Queen
Same as the king, but female
Rook (castle)
stability, wealth, and defense
Bishop
Religion, spirituality
Knight (horse)
Agility, adventure, courage, and gallantry
Pawn
Down-trodden, victims, common man, humor
Source: www.megachess.com
The quality of a person's life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence , regardless of their chosen field of endeavor. --Vincent Lombardi--
To be capable of conducting an endgame to the distant goal with clarity, firmness, and complete familiarity with all its tricks and traps is the sign of the first-class Master.
--- Mieses
Results show that just one year of chess tuition will improve a student's learning abilities, concentration, application, sense of logic, self-discipline, respect, behavior and the ability to take responsibility for his/her own actions.-Garry Kasparov
It is impossible to win gracefully at chess. No man yet has said "mate" in a voice which failed to sound to his opponent bitter, boastful and malicious. -A.A. Milne
Chess is so inspiring that I do not believe a good player is capable of having an evil thought during the game. -- Wilhelm Steinitz
Chess is ruthless: you've got to be prepared to kill people. --- Nigel Short
Never lose concentration when you are playing a game. One quick, thoughtless move can turn a brilliantly played game into a disaster. -- Max Euwe
Always two there are, no more, no less: a master and an apprentice.
-- Yoda
TRICK OR TREAT
[Event "www.ChessWorld.net server game"]
[Site "www.ChessWorld.net "]
[Date "2007.10.20"]
[Round "NA"]
[White "darthplutonius"]
[Black "Steve20"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Termination "Black resigned"]
[WhiteElo "1649"]
[BlackElo "1869"]
[Mode "ICS"]
[DateLastMove "2007.10.31"]
[ECO "C00"]
[Board "4230212"]
1.e4 e6 2.♘f3 ♘c6 3.d4 d5 4.exd5 ♕xd5 5.a3 ♘f6 6.♘c3 ♕d8 7.♗b5 ♗d7 8.O-O ♗d6 9.♖e1 O-O 10.♘e5 ♘xe5 11.dxe5 ♗xb5 12.exd6 ♗c6 13.dxc7 ♕xc7 14.♗e3 ♖fd8 15.♕c1 ♕a5 16.♗g5 ♕f5 17.♘e2 ♘e4 18.♕f4 ♘xg5 19.♕xf5 exf5 20.♖ad1 ♖xd1 21.♖xd1 ♖e8 22.♘d4 ♗d5 23.♘xf5 ♗e6 24.♖e1 ♔f8 25.♘d6 ♖b8 26.h4 ♖d8 27.♘xb7 ♖d7 28.♘c5 ♖d5 29.♘d3 ♘f3+ 30.gxf3 ♖h5 31.♘f4 ♖xh4 32.♘xe6+ fxe6 33.♖xe6 ♔f7 34.♖e4 ♖h6 35.♖a4 ♖g6+ 36.♔f1 ♖c6 37.♖xa7+ ♔f6 38.c3 h5 39.♔g2 g5 40.♖h7 ♔g6 41.♖h8 ♖c5 42.♖d8 h4 43.♖d4 ♔h5 44.♖g4 ♖f5 45.c4 h3+ 46.♔xh3 ♖xf3+ 47.♖g3 ♖xf2 48.♖c3 ♖xb2 49.c5 ♖b1 50.c6 g4+ 51.♔g2 ♖b8 52.c7 ♖c8 53.a4 ♔g5 54.a5 ♔f6 55.a6 ♔e7 56.a7 ♔d7 57.♔g3 ♔d6 58.♔xg4 ♔e6 59.♔f3 ♔d7 60.♔e2 ♔e7 61.♔d2 ♔d6 62.♔c2 ♔d7 63.♔b3 ♔d6 64.♔b4 Black resigned 1-0
WOULD I KID YOU?
[Event "www.ChessWorld.net server game"]
[Site "www.ChessWorld.net "]
[Date "2007.10.20"]
[Round "NA"]
[White "DOMI60FR"]
[Black "darthplutonius"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Termination "White king mated"]
[WhiteElo "1859"]
[BlackElo "1614"]
[Mode "ICS"]
[DateLastMove "2007.11.7"]
[ECO "E61"]
[Board "4230211"]
1.d4 ♘f6 2.c4 g6 3.♘c3 ♗g7 4.e3 O-O 5.♘f3 d6 6.♗e2 c5 7.d5 e5 8.♕c2 ♖e8 9.O-O e4 10.♘d2 ♗f5 11.b3 ♘bd7 12.♗b2 ♘e5 13.♘dxe4 ♘xe4 14.♘xe4 ♗xe4 15.♕xe4 ♘c6 16.a3 ♖xe4 17.dxc6 bxc6 18.♗xg7 ♔xg7 19.♗f3 d5 20.♖fd1 ♖e5 21.cxd5 cxd5 22.♖d2 ♕d7 23.♖ad1 ♖d8 24.a4 a5 25.♗e2 d4 26.exd4 cxd4 27.♗c4 ♖de8 28.h3 ♖e1+ 29.♖xe1 ♖xe1+ 30.♔h2 ♕d6+ 31.g3 ♕c6 32.g4 ♕h1+ 33.♔g3 ♕g1+ 34.♔f3 ♕h2 35.♖xd4 ♕xh3+ 36.♔f4 ♕g2 37.f3 h6 38.♗d5 ♕h2+ White king mated 0-1
HOW DO YOU LIKE YOUR SCOTCH?
[Event "www.ChessWorld.net server game"]
[Site "www.ChessWorld.net "]
[Date "2007.10.20"]
[Round "NA"]
[White "darthplutonius"]
[Black "si thu"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Termination "Black resigned"]
[WhiteElo "1660"]
[BlackElo "1804"]
[Mode "ICS"]
[DateLastMove "2007.11.11"]
[ECO "C45"]
[Board "4230224"]
1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 ♘c6 3.d4 exd4 4.♘xd4 ♘xd4 5.♕xd4 d6 6.♗c4 ♗e7 7.♕xg7 ♔d7 8.♕xh8 c5 9.♕xh7 ♘f6 10.♕xf7 ♔c7 11.♘c3 a6 12.♘d5+ ♘xd5 13.exd5 ♔b6 14.♕f3 ♗d7 15.♕b3+ ♔c7 16.♗d2 ♕e8 17.O-O-O ♗a4 18.♗a5+ ♔c8 19.♕b6 ♗d8 20.♕xd8+ ♕xd8 21.♗xd8 ♔xd8 22.♖he1 ♔c7 23.♖e7+ ♔b6 24.♖de1 ♖f8 25.f3 ♖f4 26.b3 ♗b5 27.♗xb5 axb5 28.♖1e4 ♖f5 29.c4 bxc4 30.bxc4 ♖g5 31.♖g4 ♖h5 32.♖gg7 ♖xh2 33.♖xb7+ ♔a5 34.♖b3 ♔a6 35.♖g6 ♖h1+ 36.♔c2 ♖a1 37.♖xd6+ ♔a7 38.♖a3+ ♔b7 39.♖aa6 ♖g1 40.♖db6+ ♔c7 41.d6+ Black resigned 1-0
ONE KNIGHT STAND
[Event "www.ChessWorld.net server game"]
[Site "www.ChessWorld.net "]
[Date "2007.11.1"]
[Round "NA"]
[White "darthplutonius"]
[Black "Königshof"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Termination "Black resigned"]
[WhiteElo "1696"]
[BlackElo "1748"]
[Mode "ICS"]
[DateLastMove "2007.11.12"]
[ECO "C41"]
[Board "4267117"]
1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 d6 3.d4 exd4 4.♘xd4 c5 5.♗b5+ ♗d7 6.♗xd7+ ♕xd7 7.♘b3 ♘f6 8.♘c3 ♗e7 9.O-O O-O 10.♖e1 h6 11.♘d5 ♖e8 12.♘xe7+ ♖xe7 13.♘d2 ♘c6 14.b3 ♖ae8 15.f3 d5 16.♗b2 ♖e6 17.♗xf6 ♖xf6 18.exd5 ♘b4 19.♖xe8+ ♕xe8 20.♘e4 ♖g6 21.♕e2 ♕e5 22.♖e1 ♘xd5 23.♘xc5 ♕xe2 24.♖xe2 b6 25.♖e8+ ♔h7 26.♘d7 ♘b4 27.♘f8+ ♔g8 28.♘xg6+ Black resigned 1-0