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Thanks for that stunning Fab Four history. Who knew that the Beatles had actually written a song about how me you and <Ohio> all like "Bridge Over Troubled Water"?

And an uncommonly fine song, I might add. Everyone should join in on the chorus.

A Alexander vs O Cordel, 1870

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Black played <12...Rg8!> here, with the idea of forcing White to swap queens on d3. A bishop is a cheap price to pay for a deadly fawn pawn :)

Here's the unbelievable final position:

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I also carry a hand grenade in my purse, "just in case.">

Jess Masters prefer having the Bishop pair. Remember that the Bishop is a long range attacking piece where as the Knight does his best work posted close to your opponents King. That said when the board is really tough to maneuver Knights can twist and turn through the maze.

My spongiform brain apparently leaked the memory of yet another fine series from across the pond.

In the unlikely event you missed it, here's the Wikipoop - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharpe....

The writing and acting is top drawer and it's beautifully shot. And best of all for us, it has lots of military action circa 1810 in India.

Note the handy list of episodes toward the end of the article.

Thanks for That Lennon link, that I haven't seen, but plan to!

I agree that the Bishop pair is great when you can use it to good effect, but it all depends on the type of position.

Still, we have our preferences. Ever since I was little I've been happy to play with a bishop and knight, thinking it to be somehow intrinsically better than N+N or B+B.

Heh...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wK9o...

The Honeymooners! I have every single episode including the fabled "lost episodes" and I love Jackie Gleason.

45 ... ?

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White has just captured a Black rook on g8 with 45 ♖g3x♖g8. Should Black make the obvious recapture on g8 or does he have a better move?

Colle playing Black simply recaptured the White g8-rook and lost.

45 ... ♔h7x♖g8?

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Instead he could have forced White to take a perp by playing the *much* stronger <ZWISCHENZUG> 45 ... ♕d7xa4!, threatening mate on the <WEAK BACK RANK> while simultaneously creating <CONNECTED PASSERS> on the queenside.

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45 ... ♕d7xa4!=

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Here's a clip of a great Studslike interview of a local hero. I'm looking for the rest of it.

He was a grade school teacher and principal here for 30 years after The Great WWII. The hero that kept on giving. I love this guy.

Run the vid that's 8:53 long.

The MOH citation read:

"He manned a light machinegun on 20 August 1944, near Chambois, France, a key point in the encirclement which created the Falaise Pocket. During an enemy counterattack, his position was menaced by a strong force of tanks and infantry. His fire forced the infantry to withdraw, but an artillery shell knocked out his gun and wounded him in the right thigh. Securing a bazooka, he and another man stalked the tanks and forced them to retire to a wooded section. In the lull which followed, Sgt. Hawk reorganized 2 machinegun squads and, in the face of intense enemy fire, directed the assembly of 1 workable weapon from 2 damaged guns. When another enemy assault developed, he was forced to pull back from the pressure of spearheading armor. Two of our tank destroyers were brought up. Their shots were ineffective because of the terrain until Sgt. Hawk, despite his wound, boldly climbed to an exposed position on a knoll where, unmoved by fusillades from the enemy, he became a human aiming stake for the destroyers. Realizing that his shouted fire directions could not be heard above the noise of battle, he ran back to the destroyers through a concentration of bullets and shrapnel to correct the range. He returned to his exposed position, repeating this performance until 2 of the tanks were knocked out and a third driven off. Still at great risk, he continued to direct the destroyers' fire into the Germans' wooded position until the enemy came out and surrendered. Sgt. Hawk's fearless initiative and heroic conduct, even while suffering from a painful wound, was in large measure responsible for crushing 2 desperate attempts of the enemy to escape from the Falaise Pocket and for taking more than 500 prisoners."