They come from all over the place. That island cannot be that big! It's full of pasta and ricotta.

Chess never sleeps. ― morts370

"<Life is like a game of chess. To win you have to make a move.
Knowing which move to make comes with IN-SIGHT
and knowledge, and by learning the lessons that are accumulated along the way.

We become each and every piece within the game called life!>" ― Allan Rufus, The Master's Sacred Knowledge

A Villanelle
Poem by Oscar Wilde

O singer of Persephone!
In the dim meadows desolate
Dost thou remember Sicily?

Still through the ivy flits the bee
Where Amaryllis lies in state;
O Singer of Persephone!

Simaetha calls on Hecate
And hears the wild dogs at the gate;
Dost thou remember Sicily?

Still by the light and laughing sea
Poor Polypheme bemoans his fate;
O Singer of Persephone!

And still in boyish rivalry
Young Daphnis challenges his mate;
Dost thou remember Sicily?

Slim Lacon keeps a goat for thee,
For thee the jocund shepherds wait;
O Singer of Persephone!
Dost thou remember Sicily?

* 100: Game Collection: 100 Soviet Chess Miniatures

* Basic Rules: https://thechessworld.com/basic-che...

* One of Pandolfini's Best: Game Collection: Solitaire Chess by Bruce Pandolfini

* Two Great Attackers: https://www.chessgames.com/perl/che...

* Capablanca - Alekhine video links: https://search.aol.com/aol/video;_y...

* 10 Best to Watch: https://www.chessjournal.com/best-c...

* 10 Crazy Gambits: https://www.chess.com/blog/yola6655...

* 23 Opening Traps: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-5...

* The 79th: https://www.bcmchess.co.uk/news/has...

* Alireza vs Gata: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5j...

* Alpha Glossary: https://www.chess-poster.com/englis...

* Alaska buy: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/0Wje... - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Uffu...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/9kIz...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/uavU...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcP... - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/44R_...

* Art: Game Collection: Art of Checkmate

* Attack: Game Collection: Chess Secrets - Attackers (Crouch)

* Assorted good games: Game Collection: assorted Good games

* Bill Addison (1933-2008): https://www.chess.com/article/view/...

* The Axis: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ov7L... - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/DUpM...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/kBdp...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Umqe...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ifTu...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/xa8W...

* Beauty Prize: Game Collection: Les Prix de Beauté aux Echecs (I)

* Brutal: Game Collection: Brutal Attacking Chess

* Bearly Thinking: https://www.etsy.com/listing/972054...

* Begotten: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/CE7v... - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/4pCN...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/gleb...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/qBId...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DU...

* B20s: Game Collection: Grand Prix (Ginger's Models)

* B23-B25: Game Collection: Sicilian Closed / Grand Prix Attack - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/7AQD...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Hkbd...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/-w2N...

* B78 Dragon Sacrifices: https://lichess.org/study/kNSZdtRw

* Brian's Song: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/IlXp... - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/jjff...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/FHof...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/AM9Q...

* Billiant! https://www.youtube.com/shorts/06fC... - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/z0nl...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/eQfk...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ML7F...

* Chess Step-by-Step: https://www.chess.com/learn-how-to-...

* C53s: Game Collection: rajat21's italian game

* CFN: https://www.youtube.com/@CFNChannel

* C-Ks: Game Collection: Caro Kann Lines

* Country Club chess: GCT Bucharest Rapid & Blitz (2019)

* Chicago, 2007: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEp...

* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEp...

* Champion miniatures: Game Collection: Champions miniature champions

* Closed: Game Collection: Closed Sicilian Structures

* Carlsen: Game Collection: Move by Move - Carlsen (Lakdawala)

* Caruana Tops the Stars! Tata Steel Masters (2020)

* Clutch Chess: A new knockout format: Clutch Champions Showdown (2020)

* A piece of cake: https://blindpigandtheacorn.com/che...

* Choose the champion? https://www.youtube.com/shorts/YlNI... - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/QnLi...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ZS84...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/WncL...

* Chess Tactics Simplified: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykd...

* Chessmaster 2000 Classic Games:
Game Collection: Chessmaster '86

* Confessions: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/KWpL... - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/dJ78...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/XwAi...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/OlZ6...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Bf5p...

* Currys: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/zzGp... - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/DJNy...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/X7Gs...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Ln0K...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/vKt2...

* Diagrammed Checkmate Patterns: Game Collection: Checkmate: Checkmate Patterns - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/amDo...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/kGxn...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/5ziO...

* Ding Returns: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_Y...

* Defensive Replies to the Queen's Pawn: Game Collection: e6 after 1.d4

* Alpho0 Philidor Defense: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzq...

* Lekhika Dhariyal Chess Ops: https://www.zupee.com/blog/category...

* Del's: Game Collection: Del's hidden gems

* Black Defends: Game Collection: Opening repertoire black

* elmubarak: my fav games: Game Collection: elmubarak: my fav games

* Erroneous Piece Trades: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fC...

* Emperor: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/L8hg... - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/nHra...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/6Nao...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/o2uP...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/FjsR...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/8Wcp...

* MIP Endgame: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYg... - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usz...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-l...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/_ICM...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/kFiH...

* Every World Heavyweight Champ: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Jn... - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/kX8B...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/uK2e...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vz...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89P...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/SIWY...

* Fried Fox is awful: https://allchessopenings.blogspot.c...

* Flip the Finish: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWH...

* From 0 to 1700: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYC...

* Fischer's Unbreakable Record: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgP...

* Gambits by ECO code: https://www.jimmyvermeer.com/openin...

* Games with ...e6: Game Collection: Partidas modelo con temas variados

* The Gaw-Paw? Game Collection: GA PA Wins Draws by Black

* List of gambits: https://detailedpedia.com/wiki-List...

* Glossary of Chess Terms: http://www.arkangles.com/kchess/glo... - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHh...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/p0WK...

* Glossary NYT: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/13/...

* GPA: https://chesstier.com/grand-prix-at...

* Gilmour glasses: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/7V1e... - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/bGkW...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/poso...

* Golden Rules of the Middlegame: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78L...

* Golden Treasury of Chess (Wellmuth/Horowitz): Game Collection: Golden Treasury of Chess (Wellmuth/Horowitz)

* Greek Gift: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psU...

* How dumb is it? Game Collection: Diemer-Duhm Gambit

* How to Play the Middlegame: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TA...

* How to Get Better: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flR...

* Hungry Heart: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/YPFJ... - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/xDWx...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/hoCL...

* IECC: https://www.chess-iecc.com/

* Illegality: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ixsv... - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/AXZ9...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/KRm_...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/K7cd...

* Internet tracking: https://www.studysmarter.us/magazin...

* Ju Retains Her Reign!! Ju - Goryachkina Women's World Championship Match (2020)

* Kamryn's Study Schedule: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6Y...

* Katar's Repertoire: Game Collection: An Opium Repertoire for White

* KID 0-1s: Game Collection: K.I.D B wins E98

* E60-69 King's Indian Sacrifices: https://lichess.org/study/GajJR7n4

* E70-79 King's Indian Sacrifices: https://lichess.org/study/LMTBbLmj

* E80-89 King's Indian Sacrifices: https://lichess.org/study/zO8nvoVU/...

* E90-99 King's Indian Sacrifices:
https://lichess.org/study/hs5nz8ZP

* KID: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJ8... - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhW... - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/HonN...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJ8... - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxJ... - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_x...

- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEj...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtp... - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwJ...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/9JeC...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=728...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDa...

- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qk7...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4W2...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKy... - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9Q... - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Isf...

* King Registration: https://www.kingregistration.com/to...

* London System Combos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1b5...

* Jobava London System: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UiQ...

* Lovely line opening for mate: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/2ToD... - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/NPKy...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ru2...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7W...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/RhLP...

<<Lasker's Secret Principle:>

"He (Emanuel Lasker) told me that this principle of controlling as many squares as possible was his guide at every stage of the game.

He said "In the majority of cases it is probably best to have Knight and Bishop on squares of the same color, because then they control squares of opposite colors."> ― Edward Lasker, Chess Secrets I Learned from the Masters

* Liren 1st, Carlsen 7th?! GCT St. Louis Rapid & Blitz (2019)

* Lost Masterpiece: https://americanliterature.com/auth...

* My killer chess secret - it's not what you might think: https://www.loavesanddishes.net/old...

* Masterful: Game Collection: FRENCH DEFENSE MASTERPIECES

* Make a Stand: https://www.history.com/topics/amer...

* MC Move-by-Move: Game Collection: Move by Move - Carlsen (Lakdawala)

* Melody: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/xTBW... - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Rlx_...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/YOWR...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/nffr...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/kqHh...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/k9Eo...

* Middlegame Plans: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJC...

* Middlegame Method: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0f...

* Miniatures of the Champs: Game Collection: Champions miniature champions

* Names and Places: Game Collection: Named Mates

* Notable Games: Game Collection: List of Notable Games (wiki)

* Nutcracker: Nutcracker Match of the Generations (2020)

* Online safety: https://www.entrepreneur.com/scienc...

* Opening Names: https://allchessopenings.blogspot.c...

* Most Common Openings: http://www.chesskids.org.uk/grownup...

* Old P-K4 Miniatures: Game Collection: Games for Classes

* Pawns are the Soul of Chess: Game Collection: 0

* Pawn Instruction: http://www.logicalchess.com/learn/l...

* Patient Cat: https://americanliterature.com/auth...

* Pele: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hv8...

* Plans for the Middlegame: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F98...

* Pie in the sky: https://www.old-mill.com/oldmill-re...

* People on Another Level: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7V...

* Pillsbury's Attack: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCV...

* Polgar Method of Improvement: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9N...

* Become a Predator at the Chessboard: https://www.chesstactics.org/

* Prep for Your First Tournament: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dpv...

* Pretzels? Game Collection: Special Pretzel Collection

* Rare: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3I1... - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/U7Wf...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/AuOl...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/GaK8...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/IECD...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/h-Tn...

* Read The Planet Greenpawn - https://www.redhotpawn.com/

* Ray Keene's favorite games: Game Collection: ray keene's favorite games

* Rebellion: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/5mL2... - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/_5AY...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ylKR...

* RL Minis: Game Collection: Ruy Lopez Miniatures

* The Regulators: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAn...

* Real Swag: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgY...

* Reliability: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/YQQ0... - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/eH8Q...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/MFok...

* Ron knew the crook: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/BQKV... - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/MImq...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/tPxD...

* Smyslov/Niemann Crash Through: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fc...

* Signs: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/w91c... - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/__bW...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/MFok...

* Boris Spassky Sacrifices: https://lichess.org/study/36hRI9xX

* Tactical Games: Game Collection: Yasser Seirawan's Winning Chess Tactics

* Top Chessgames by ECO Code: http://schachsinn.de/gamelist.htm

* Top Games by Year: Wikipedia article: List of chess games

* Terminology: https://www.angelfire.com/games5/ch...

* The Eyes Have It: https://americanliterature.com/auth...

* The Unthinkable: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9z...

* The are exceptions: https://academicchess.com/worksheet...

"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...

* Theater chess: Grand Prix Hamburg (2019)

* Tie-breaker: Grand Prix Monaco (Women) (2019)

* Too many rules and regulations: London Chess Classic GCT Finals (2019)

* Triple Crown Winner!!!
World Blitz Championship (2019)

* 2020 Candidates Tournament: World Championship Candidates (2020/21)

* US Championships: US Championship (2019)

* Variety pack: Game Collection: KID games

* Bill Wall should have been on beer commercials crushing empty beer cans with his bare hands: Bill Wall

* You Don't See This Everyday: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZN...

* Yasser's Book: Game Collection: Yasser Seirawan's Winning Chess Tactics

* Wikipedia on Computer Chess: Wikipedia article: Computer chess

* Mr. Harvey's Puzzle Challenge: https://wtharvey.com/

WTHarvey:
There once was a website named WTHarvey,
Where chess puzzles did daily delay,
The brain-teasers so tough,
They made us all huff and puff,
But solving them brought us great satisfaction today.

There once was a website named WTHarvey
Where chess puzzles were quite aplenty
With knight and rook and pawn
You'll sharpen your brain with a yawn
And become a master of chess entry

There once was a site for chess fun,
Wtharvey.com was the chosen one,
With puzzles galore,
It'll keep you in store,
For hours of brain-teasing, none done.

There once was a website named WTHarvey,
Where chess puzzles were posted daily,
You'd solve them with glee,
And in victory,
You'd feel like a true chess prodigy!

'A rising tide lifts all boats'

'Don't put the cart before the horse'

"Examine what is said, not who is speaking." ~ African Proverb

New York: Albany
Established in: 1624

Henry Hudson (the Hudson River is named after him) arrived in Albany in 1609, but it was already home to a Dutch trading post and the Haudenosaunee tribe, Iroquois Native Americans.

The capital of New York is also its oldest city. Originally founded as Fort Orange by the Dutch settlers in 1624, the city was officially chartered by the British government as Albany in 1686. It didn't become the capital of the state until 1797. Albany was the point of origin for the first long distance airplane flight and the first passenger railroad.

* Chess History: https://www.britannica.com/topic/ch...

* Chess History: https://www.uschesstrust.org/chess-...

* Chess Principles: https://www.reddit.com/r/chess/comm...

* World Chess Championship History: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkO...

* World Championship matches: https://lichess.org/page/world-cham...

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.

Samzaki mkunje angali mbichi. "Bend a fish while it is still wet."

"Fancy what a game of chess would be if all the chessmen had passions and intellects, more or less small and cunning; if you were not only uncertain about your adversary's men, but a little uncertain also about your own; if your knight could shuffle himself on to a new square by the sly; if your bishop, at your castling, could wheedle your pawns out of their places; and if your pawns, hating you because they are pawns, could make away from their appointed posts that you might get checkmate on a sudden. You might be the longest-headed of deductive reasoners, and yet you might be beaten by your own pawns. You would be especially likely to be beaten, if you depended arrogantly on your mathematical imagination, and regarded your passionate pieces with contempt. Yet this imaginary chess is easy compared with the game a man has to play against his fellow-men with other fellow-men for his instruments." ― George Eliot, Felix Holt: The Radical

Old Russian Proverb: Not everything that glitters is gold. (Не всё то золото, что блестит.)

"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

Democritus and the People Of Abdera

How do I hate the tide of vulgar thought!
Profane, unjust, with childish folly fraught;
It breaks and bends the rays of truth divine,
And by its own conceptions measures mine.
Famed Epicurus' master tried
The power of this unstable tide.
His country said the sage was mad –
The simpletons! But why?
No prophet ever honour had
Beneath his native sky.
Democritus, in truth, was wise;
The mass were mad, with faith in lies.
So far this error went,
That all Abdera sent
To old Hippocrates
To cure the sad disease.
"Our townsman," said the messengers,
Appropriately shedding tears,
"Has lost his wits! Democritus,
By study spoiled, is lost to us.
Were he but filled with ignorance,
We should esteem him less a dunce.
He says that worlds like this exist,
An absolutely endless list, –
And peopled, even, it may be,
With countless hosts as wise as we!
But, not contented with such dreams,
His brain with viewless "atoms" teems,
Instinct with deathless life, it seems.
And, never stirring from the sod below,
He weighs and measures all the stars;
And, while he knows the universe,
Himself he does not know.
Though now his lips he strictly bars,
He once delighted to converse.
Come, godlike mortal, try your art divine
Where traits of worst insanity combine!"
Small faith the great physician lent,
But still, perhaps more readily, he went.
And mark what meetings strange
Chance causes in this world of change!
Hippocrates arrived in season,
Just as his patient (void of reason!)
Was searching whether reason's home,
In talking animals and dumb,
Be in the head, or in the heart,
Or in some other local part.
All calmly seated in the shade,
Where brooks their softest music made,
He traced, with study most insane,
The convolutions of a brain;
And at his feet lay many a scroll –
The works of sages on the soul.
Indeed, so much absorbed was he,
His friend, at first, he did not see.
A pair so admirably matched,
Their compliments erelong despatched.
In time and talk, as well as dress,
The wise are frugal, I confess.
Dismissing trifles, they began
At once with eagerness to scan
The life, and soul, and laws of man;
Nor stopped till they had travelled over all
The ground, from, physical to moral.
My time and space would fail
To give the full detail.

But I have said enough to show
How little It's the people know.
How true, then, goes the saw abroad –
Their voice is but the voice of God?

There are 8 species of bears found worldwide. All bears are considered omnivores, but each species has a preferred diet.

<Riddle Question: If a hen and a half lay an egg and a half in a day and a half, how many eggs will half a dozen hens lay in half a dozen days?

Grizzly bears possess a biting force of over 1200 PSI, which is enough to crush a bowling ball or an iron skillet.

Riddle Answer: Two dozen. If you increase both the number of hens and the amount of time available four-fold (i.e., 1.5 x 4 = 6), the number of eggs increases 16 times: 16 x 1.5 = 24.>

Most bears weigh from 27 kg to 700 kg, and typically stand between 1 to 3 meters tall. During winter, bears hibernate up to 100 days.

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 !!

Old Russian Proverb:
Чему́ быть, того́ не минова́ть Pronunciation: ChiMU BYT', taVOH ni mihnoVAT' Translation: You can't avoid that which is meant to happen Meaning: Whatever shall be, will be.

Engineer Ralph Baer is often held to be the "father of video games." His "Brown Box" video game system, designed in 1967, paved the way for all future consoles.

"mãos frias, coração quente". In English, it means "a cold hand, a warm heart"

Drive sober or get pulled over.

"For surely of all the drugs in the world, chess must be the most permanently pleasurable." — Assiac

"mais vale um passarinho na mão do que dois a voar"

Contrary to popular belief, the first video game was not Pong. It was preceded by Tennis for Two in 1958 and Spacewar! in 1962.

Q: What do you call something that goes up when the rain comes down? A: An umbrella.

Q: What do you call a doctor who fixes websites? A: A URL-ologist.

Q: What do you call a sleeping dinosaur?
A: A dinosnore.

Q: What do you call a Christmas tree that knows karate A: Spruce Lee.

Q: What does a triangle call a circle?
A: Pointless.

Q: What do you call a piece of sad cheese?
A: Blue cheese.

Q: What do you call a cow in an earthquake?
A: A milkshake.

Q: What do you call an M&M that went to college? A: A smarty.

"Two persons cannot long be friends if they cannot forgive each other's little failings." ― Jean de La Bruyère

"Out of difficulties, grow miracles" ― Jean de La Bruyère

"Not to be able to bear with all bad-tempered people with whom the world is crowded, shows that a man has not a good temper himself." ― Jean de La Bruyère

"The same principle leads us to neglect a man of merit that induces us to admire a fool." ― Jean de La Bruyère

"A wise man is cured of ambition by ambition itself; his aim is so exalted that riches, office, fortune, and favor cannot satisfy him." ― Jean de La Bruyère

Fools look to tomorrow. Wise men use tonight. ~ Scottish Proverb

In Melitopol, terrible terror has been reigning for over a year. It's quiet, you can't see it on the streets - reported CNN. Anyone who has rejected a Russian passport may become a victim of repression. They can't access the hospital, can't function normally. The "incredible" occupant also takes away the land. Arrests and torture, unfortunately, are common practices.

Partisans are engaged in attacking Russian logistics and eliminating collaborators and Russian officers. They actively cooperate with Ukrainian military intelligence (HUR) and are ready for sabotage activities in case the front arrives.

Before the war, Melitopol had a population of 154,000. The city, located in the southeastern part of Ukraine in the Zaporizhzhia region, was occupied by the Russians on March 1, 2022 Eastern Time. Since then, it has been waiting for liberation, but that does not mean that the inhabitants are idle. From the beginning of the war, there has been a partisan movement in and around the city.

"Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that." ― Martin Luther King Jr.

"Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace, and gratitude." ― Denis Waitley

<<Facts of Kings and Court in the Middle Ages>

+ Taxes were often levied only when the king ran out of money or needed to raise an army for war.

+ Many kings during the first part of the Middle Ages couldn't read or write.

+ The kings had a special seal they would use to stamp official documents.

+ The seal proved that the document was genuine and acted like the king's signature.

+ During the Middle Ages kings were expected to lead their men into battle.

+ In order to maintain control, kings often claimed they were given the right to rule by God. This made the approval of the church and the pope very important.>

"We repeat again: strength of character does not consist solely in having powerful feelings, but in maintaining one's balance in spite of them. Even with the violence of emotion, judgment and principle must still function like a ship's compass, which records the slightest variations however rough the sea." ― Carl von Clausewitz

"Peace won by compromise is usually a short-lived achievement." ― Winfield Scott

'As you make your bed, so you must lie upon it

"The soldier is the Army. No army is better than its soldiers. The Soldier is also a citizen. In fact, the highest obligation and privilege of citizenship is that of bearing arms for one's country." ― George S. Patton Jr.

"Soldiers' bellies are not satisfied with empty promises and hopes." ― Peter the Great

"If soldiers were to begin to think, not one of them would remain in the army." ― Frederick The Great

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.

"The surest way of achieving your goal is through the single-minded pursuit of simple actions." ― Helmuth von Moltke the Elder

"Small things done with great love will change the world." ― Mother Teresa

"Leaders aren't born they are made. And they are made just like anything else, through hard work. And that's the price we'll have to pay to achieve that goal, or any goal." ― Vince Lombardi

"The coach's job is twenty percent technical and training, and eighty per cent inspirational. He may know all there is to know about tactics, technique and training, but if he cannot win the confidence and comradeship of his pupils he will never be a good coach." ― Franz Stampfl We will play like we practice. Country mile Bears frosh BB practice on the GO! Do what needs doin' w/a sense of urgency. Be captain obvious; it aint rocket science. Tell, then DO and be quick about it. COTF. DWW. Keep the line moving; a little dab will do ya. Look like a winner, act like a winner, think and talk like a winner. Don't overthink it, don't over explain it. Stop and start on time, drill 'em hard, and send home tired but hopeful; always finish on a joyous moment or positive note. Organizations, preparation and repetition determines who will far more often than lady luck. K.I.S.S. Do a few things well. Don't beat yourself with mistakes repeated mistakes. Play hard, fast aggressively, play by the rules, play together, all for one and one for all; avoid analysis by paralysis. A leader has a vision, a plan, energy and enthusiasm, and listens but doesn't pull back the reigns when the going gets tough. Be the true believer, commissioned with a mission when others doubt.

"People don't care how much you know until they know how much you care." ― Theodore Roosevelt https://succeedfeed.com/theodore-ro...

"Don't reinvent the wheel. Focus on winning one customer at a time. Be honest and sincere. Do what's right. There's nothing magical about this. That's been my guiding principle. To make it work, you have to live it every day. Make it your mindset." — Robert Spector

'Ask no questions and hear no lies

"Customer experience is one of the two core pillars of customer retention; the thing is, you can't grow if your customers don't stick around." — Jes Kirkwood

"Our attitude towards others determines their attitude towards us." — Earl Nightingale

"Your mission statement may be on the wall, but your core values are displayed in the attitudes of your employees." — Elle Clarke

'As you sow so shall you reap

"You will get all you want in life, if you help enough other people get what they want." — Zig Ziglar

"Ease your customers' pain." — Hazel Edwards

"Service, in short, is not what you do, but who you are. It is a way of living that you need to bring to everything you do, if you are to bring it to your customer interactions." — Betsy Sanders

"I've played a number of interesting novelties lately. Mostly that's because I haven't got a clue what I am doing in the opening." ― Nigel Short

"Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others. Unsuccessful people are always asking, ‘What's in it for me?' — Brian Tracy

'As you make your bed, so you must lie upon it

"Your customer doesn't care how much you know until they know how much you care." — Damon Richards

"When you serve the customer better, they always return on your investment." — Kara Parlin

"The customer is why we are here. If we take good care of them, they'll give us good reason to come back." — Jenny McKenzie

"Worry about being better; bigger will take care of itself. Think one customer at a time and take care of each one the best way you can." — Gary Comer

'April showers bring forth May flowers

"People do not care how much you know until they know how much you care." — Teddy Roosevelt

"The Customer: Someone that indirectly pays for your food, clothes, and vacations. Be nice to them." — Gene Caballero

"The customer tells us how to stay in business, best that we listen." — Pamela Nelson

"If you work just for money, you'll never make it, but if you love what you're doing and you always put the customer first, success will be yours." — Ray Kroc

"If you don't have anybody in the room to look up to then you have to be the one." — Jeannie Walters

'As you sow so shall you reap.'

"If you're not connecting with the people in your organization, you'll never deliver the experience that you want for your customers." — Lynn Skoczelas

"Being in a curiosity mindset means being fascinated by your customers and their reactions." — Jake Knapp

"Leaders foster collaboration by building trust and facilitating relationships. They strengthen others by increasing self-determination and developing competence." — Deb Calvert

"Treat the customer like you would want to be treated. Period!" — Brad Schweig

"It is not the employer who pays the wages. Employers only handle the money … It is the customer who pays the wages." — Henry Ford

"Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning." — Bill Gates

'As thick as thieves

What did one wall say to the other? I'll meet you at the corner.

"Courteous treatment will make a customer a walking advertisement." — J.C. Penney

"Good customer service costs less than bad customer service." — Sally Gronow

"Customer service shouldn't just be a department, it should be the entire company." — Tony Hsieh

"Customer service is an opportunity to exceed your customer's expectations." — John Jantsch

"The purpose of a business is to create a customer who creates customers." — Shiv Singh

'Ask no questions and hear no lies

Why don't sharks eat clowns? Because they taste funny.

"Customers don't expect you to be perfect. They do expect you to fix things when they go wrong." — Donald Porter

"It is so much easier to be nice, to be respectful, to put yourself in your customer's' shoes and try to understand how you might help them before they ask for help, than it is to try to mend a broken customer relationship." — Mark Cuban

"Only once customer service has become habitual will a company realize its true potential." — Than Merrill

"Customers don't care about your policies. Find and engage the need. Tell the customer what you can do." — Alice Sesay Pope

'As you make your bed, so you must lie upon it

"Always keep in mind the old retail adage: Customers remember the service a lot longer than they remember the price." — Lauren Freedman

"Here is a powerful yet simple rule. Always give people more than they expect to get." — Nelson Boswell

"Every contact we have with a customer influences whether or not they'll come back. We have to be great every time or we'll lose them." — Kevin Stirtz

'April showers bring forth May flowers

"The customer is always right." — Harry Gordon Selfridge

Ye Jiangchuan has won the Chinese Chess Championship seven times.

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"Act your age. Students do not look upon you as a buddy, pal, or peer. They expect you to be a mature adult.... Many young teachers have a tendency to seek popularity, resorting to tactics that can create endless problems." ― Jim Brown

'An army marches on its stomach

"I don't teach kids to be number 1. Organizations and people that tell you you have to be number 1; that's not it. You don't have to be number 1. What I teach is to be as good as you can be. Use what you have and be as good as you can be. That's all you can do, anyway." ― Jim Brown

John 14:6
"<I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life. No one comes to the Father except through me.>" ― Jesus Christ

"Whatever you do, do it well. Do it so well that when people see you do it, they will want to come back and see you do it again, and they will want to bring others and show them how well you do what you do." ― Walt Disney

"If we're not on them, they go back to their old ways." ― Dick Butkus

"Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless." ― Mother Teresa

"Never let anyone in life tell you that you can't have something that you are willing to work for." ― Drew Brees

"You can't just sit there and wait for people to give you that golden dream. You've got to get out there and make it happen for yourself." ― Diana Ross

"Nothing comes free. Nothing. Not even good, especially not good." ― Lyndon B. Johnson

"Don't give to anyone the power to put you down. Haters are losers pretending to be winners." ― Paulo Coelho

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/

'As you make your bed, so you must lie upon it

<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

Gambling problem? Call 1-800-GAMBLER

"God offers salvation without the need for any sort of advanced payment." ― douglaskiogoraquotes

Dialing *67 conceals your number from someone you call. There are similar numbers you can dial to respond to mystery callers.

The first is *69, which traces the number of the last person who called you. It works even for anonymous or hidden calls, so you can get the phone number and exact time they called. Once you have that number, you can block it on your phone so it can't call you anymore.

<<<poem by <B.H. Wood> which appeared in the following issues of the Chess Amateur: January 1930 (page 80). >

The Chess Cafe II>

When I was young, when I was young,
In chess my soul was buried quite;
Imaginary problems hung
Suspended o'er my bed at night:
In games of chess I gained sublime
Incognisance of space and time.
Now I am old, now I am old,
My furnaces of joy are cold –
My mental galleons, no more
Divine, now cruise a homelier shore.>

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.

"Just because you know stuff doesn't mean you are smart... You have to know how to use that information." ― Josh Keller

"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.

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Coleen Mzarriz wrote:

Thunder in the Spring of Casmorville
She has freckles like little eyes boring a hole into your soul when she looks at you. She has a face as clear as crystal that when you look at her, you can see your own reflection—mirrorless, empty, and reserved. When you press your lips against hers, a flood of poisonous schemes awaits you, and you'll be lost like Alice in Wonderland.

She's an important chess piece that cannot be easily moved; she's a queen, the ace, the king. A pawn may capture a queen, but she is also the king. Her throne reeks of gold and fortune, her mind flows with wisdom, and her body's attached like the goddess Aphrodite. She's the thunder in the rain. Her cries are a woe of revenge and power. Death can not capture a woman like her. She's Eve and she's Lilith. She's a spirit and she can be a snake—crawling with her reptile skin. Her eyes are as fierce shaped as the diamond's emerald and lastly, she's macabre surrealism that when you read her, her true self shows and pushes you to infinite possible dreams you can dream of.

Avary is the bird of thunder. In her cage, she's a young soul duplicated to bring misfortune every time it rains in the spring of Casmorville.

As Time Goes By
Songwriter: Max Steiner.

You must remember this
A kiss is just a kiss
A sigh is just a sigh
The fundamental things apply
As time goes by
And when two lovers woo
They still say, "I love you"
On that you can rely
No matter what the future brings
As time goes by
Moonlight and love songs
Never out of date
Hearts full of passion
Jealousy and hate
Woman needs man, and man must have his mate
That no one can deny
It's still the same old story
A fight for love and glory
A case of do-or-die
The world will always welcome lovers
As time goes by
Moonlight and love songs
Never out of date
Hearts full of passion
Jealousy and hate
Woman needs man, and man must have his mate
That no one can deny
It's still the same old story
A fight for love and glory
A case of do-or-die
The world will always welcome lovers
As time goes by.

Mar-12-23 FSR: <jnpope: Is <Jegar Sahadutha> related to <chrisowen> or is this just a <chrisowen> parody account?> Apparently the latter. <Jegar Sahadutha>'s user profile shows that his account was only opened on February 10, 2023. His first comment, on March 9, 2023, was:

I never thought I would live to see the day a GOTD was named in honor of chrisowen.

Jegar's comment was made to A Braun vs S Siebrecht, 2005, after it became GOTD using the pun <Braun Over Brain>. The genesis of the pun was evidently an uncharacteristically lucid comment <chrisowen> had made on December 27, 2009 that began <Sad case of Braun over brain.>

This episode, it seems, inspired <Jegar Sahadutha>. His aforementioned comment <I never thought I would live to see the day a GOTD was named in honor of chrisowen.> was the first and last "normal" one he has made.

Mar-12-23 Jegar Sahadutha: True — we shall not return to the heartland, for the heartland hath forsaken us. Rise! Rise, vaunted shipmen; your time is come, and with it sacral vestments. Slay the serpent, moor the ship; repast on all gifts divine. But in your exultation, may your heart hold fast; forsake not the heartland whence you came.

a yzsfold z4x scree liez ona zanzi beach cold stonewalk Jackasson iza perdi fish a. 'Nomen nominandum' a.k.a 'the name to be named' butt zit didn't knowl it.

Bad Boys (Theme from COPS)
Songwriter: Ian Lewis.

Bad boys, whatcha want
Watcha want, whatcha gonna do?
When sheriff John Brown come for you
Tell me whatcha wanna do, whatcha gonna do?
Bad boys, bad boys whatcha gonna do?
Whatcha gonna do when they come for you?
Bad boys, bad boys whatcha gonna do?
Whatcha gonna do when they come for you?
When you were eight and you had bad traits
You go to school and learn the golden rule
So why are you acting like a bloody fool?
If you get hot, you must get cool
Bad boys, bad boys whatcha gonna do?
Whatcha gonna do when they come for you?
Bad boys, bad boys whatcha gonna do?
Whatcha gonna do when they come for you?
You chuck it on that one
You chuck it on this one
You chuck it on your mother
And you chuck it on your father
You chuck it on your brother
And you chuck it on your sister
You chuck it on that one
And you chuck it on me
Bad boys, bad boys whatcha gonna do?
Whatcha gonna do when they come for you?
Bad boys, bad boys whatcha gonna do?
Whatcha gonna do when they come for you?
Bad boys, bad boys whatcha gonna do?
Whatcha gonna do when they come for you?
Bad boys, bad boys whatcha gonna do?
Whatcha gonna do when they come for you?
Nobody now give you no break
Police now give you no break
Not no soldier man give you no break
Not even you idren now give you no breaks
Bad boys, bad boys whatcha gonna do?
Whatcha gonna do when they come for you?
Bad boys, bad boys whatcha gonna do?
Whatcha gonna do when they come for you?
Bad boys, bad boys whatcha gonna do?
Whatcha gonna do when they come for you?
Bad boys, bad boys whatcha gonna do?
Whatcha gonna do when they come for you?
Why did you have to act so mean?
Don't you know you're human being?
Born of a mother with the love of a father
Reflections come and reflections go
I know sometimes you wanna let go
I know sometimes you want to let go
Bad boys, bad boys whatcha gonna do?
Whatcha gonna do when they come for you?
Bad boys, bad boys whatcha gonna do?
Whatcha gonna do when they come for you?
You're too bad, you're too rude
You're too bad, you're too rude
Bad boys, bad boys whatcha gonna do?
Whatcha gonna do when they come for you?
Bad boys, bad boys whatcha gonna do?
Whatcha gonna do when they come for you?
You chuck it on that one
You chuck it on this one
You chuck it on your mother
And you chuck it on your father
You chuck it on your brother
And you chuck it on your sister
You chuck it on that one
And you chuck it on me
Bad boys, bad boys whatcha gonna do?
Whatcha gonna do when they come for you?

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* Dr. Edmund Adam Miniatures: Edmund Adam

H.T. Bland. On page 207 of the December 1929 American Chess Bulletin he exalted the challenger in that year's world championship match:

Bravo ‘Bogol', you've shown pluck.
One and all we wish you luck.
Gee, some thought you'd barged between
Other players who'd have been
Less likely straightaway to lose
Just as friend Alekhine might choose;
Undaunted, ‘Bogol', you went in
Believing you'd a chance to win.
Or failing that, to make a fight,
Which you are doing as we write.

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.

The Dog That Dropped The Substance For The Shadow

This world is full of shadow-chasers,
Most easily deceived.
Should I enumerate these racers,
I should not be believed.
I send them all to Aesop's dog,
Which, crossing water on a log,
Espied the meat he bore, below;
To seize its image, let it go;
Plunged in; to reach the shore was glad,
With neither what he hoped, nor what he'd had.
"The words of truth are simple." ― Aeschylus

"It is only after our basic needs for food and shelter have been met that we can hope to enjoy the luxury of theoretical speculations." ― Aristotle.

"Attitude is a choice. Happiness is a choice. Optimism is a choice. Kindness is a choice. Giving is a choice. Respect is a choice. Whatever choice you make makes you. Choose wisely." ― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart

"For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness." ― Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read." — Groucho Marx

"If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything." ― Mark Twain

The Bear and the Amateur Gardener

A certain mountain bear, unlicked and rude,
By fate confined within a lonely wood,
A new Bellerophon, whose life,
Knew neither comrade, friend, nor wife, –
Became insane; for reason, as we term it,
Dwells never long with any hermit.
It's good to mix in good society,
Obeying rules of due propriety;
And better yet to be alone;
But both are ills when overdone.
No animal had business where
All grimly dwelt our hermit bear;
Hence, bearish as he was, he grew
Heart-sick, and longed for something new.
While he to sadness was addicted,
An aged man, not far from there,
Was by the same disease afflicted.
A garden was his favourite care, –
Sweet Flora's priesthood, light and fair,
And eke Pomona's – ripe and red
The presents that her fingers shed.
These two employments, true, are sweet
When made so by some friend discreet.
The gardens, gaily as they look,
Talk not, (except in this my book;)
So, tiring of the deaf and dumb,
Our man one morning left his home
Some company to seek,
That had the power to speak. –
The bear, with thoughts the same,
Down from his mountain came;
And in a solitary place,
They met each other, face to face.
It would have made the boldest tremble;
What did our man? To play the Gascon
The safest seemed. He put the mask on,
His fear contriving to dissemble.
The bear, unused to compliment,
Growled bluntly, but with good intent,
"Come home with me." The man replied:
"Sir Bear, my lodgings, nearer by,
In yonder garden you may spy,
Where, if you'll honour me the while,
We'll break our fast in rural style.
I have fruits and milk, – unworthy fare,
It may be, for a wealthy bear;
But then I offer what I have."
The bear accepts, with visage grave,
But not unpleased; and on their way,
They grow familiar, friendly, gay.
Arrived, you see them, side by side,
As if their friendship had been tried.
To a companion so absurd,
Blank solitude were well preferred,
Yet, as the bear scarce spoke a word,
The man was left quite at his leisure
To trim his garden at his pleasure.
Sir Bruin hunted – always brought
His friend whatever game he caught;
But chiefly aimed at driving flies –
Those hold and shameless parasites,
That vex us with their ceaseless bites –
From off our gardener's face and eyes.
One day, while, stretched on the ground
The old man lay, in sleep profound,
A fly that buzz'd around his nose, –
And bit it sometimes, I suppose, –
Put Bruin sadly to his trumps.
At last, determined, up he jumps;
"I'll stop your noisy buzzing now,"
Says he; "I know precisely how."
No sooner said than done.
He seized a paving-stone;
And by his modus operandi
Did both the fly and man die.

A foolish friend may cause more woe
Than could, indeed, the wisest foe.

persona non grata by FTB
persona non grata
has peripheral neuropathy
from ass to toe
it pains him so
won't admit the truth
that's not his m.o.

he cries cries to momma
she gives him skittles
one volunteer to another
another chess riddle
sure it's lousy... but
it's persona non grata

"How wretched is the man who sees the perfect opportunity and still waits for a better one." ― Chrétien de Troyes, 'Perceval: The Story Of The Grail, With The Continuations'.

"Somewhere in the world there is a defeat for everyone. Some are destroyed by defeat, and some made small and mean by victory. Greatness lives in one who triumphs equally over defeat and victory." ― John Steinbeck, 'The Acts Of King Arthur And His Noble Knights'

"He who wants to do more than he is able must admit defeat or retire." ― Chrétien de Troyes, 'Arthurian Romances'.

<There are distinct situations where a bishop is preferred (over a knight). For example, two bishops are better than two knights or one of each. Steven Mayer, the author of Bishop Versus Knight, contends, "A pair of bishops is usually considered to be worth six points, but common sense suggests that a pair of active bishops (that are very involved in the formation) must be accorded a value of almost nine under some circumstances." This is especially true if the player can plant the bishops in the center of the board, as two bishops working in tandem can span up to 26 squares and have the capacity to touch every square.

Bishops are also preferable to knights when queens have been exchanged because, Grandmaster Sergey Erenburg, who is ranked 11th in the U.S., explains, "Bishops and rooks complement each other, and when well-coordinated, act as a queen." Conversely, a knight is the preferred minor piece when the queen survives until the late-middlegame or the endgame. Mayer explains, "The queen and knight are able to work together smoothly and create a greater number of threats than the queen and bishop."

When forced to say one is better than the other, most anoint the bishop. Mayer concludes, "I think it's true that the bishops are better than the knights in a wider variety of positions than the knights are better than the bishops."

He continues, "Of course, I'm not sure this does us much good, as we only get to play one position at a time.">

Machgielis "Max" Euwe
Fifth World Chess Champion from 1935 to 1937
Birthdate: May 20, 1901
Birthplace: Amsterdam, Netherlands
Died: November 26, 1981
Max Euwe scripted history when he became the first chess Grandmaster from the Netherlands. A PhD in math, he also taught both math and computer programming, apart from publishing a mathematical analysis of chess. A chess world champion, he also served as the president of FIDE.

greersome wrote:

There once was a woman from Mizes

Who had chess sets of two different sizes

One was quite small

Almost nothing at all

But the other was large and won prizes!

"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

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/

Jul-27-21 stole green to lie:
Obviously I'm involved in several on-going "controversies" here on CG, so take my advice with a grain of salt. And hemlock.

The Barbie doll's full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts, from Willows, Wisconsin. Her birthday is March 9, 1959, when she was first displayed at the New York Toy Fair.

"The most painful thing is losing yourself in the process of loving someone too much, and forgetting that you are special too." ― Ernest Hemingway, Men Without Women

"....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 Cochrane Gambit 4.Nxf7 against Petrov's defense C42 by famous Englishman John Cochrane was in the year 1848 against an Indian master Mohishunder/Moheschunder Bannerjee. According to MegaBase, the first games with the King's Indian Defence were played by Bannerjee in several against Cochrane through 1860.

"Sorry don't get it done, Dude!" — John Wayne, Rio Bravo

"Gossip is the devil's telephone. Best to just hang up." — Moira Rose

When a player has no legal move, but is NOT in check, it is a stalemate, and the game is drawn.

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.

"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

"A wise woman wishes to be no one's enemy; a wise woman refuses to be anyone's victim." — Maya Angelou

"I grew up with six brothers. That's how I learned to dance: waiting for the bathroom." — Bob Hope

PinkFaerie5 wrote:
Leopard King Coronation

bird of paradise flew in
briefing the leopard king
a candle was tossed

but isn't he disguised? a pheasant asked
Yes, wearing a butterfly mask
and one of your feathers

the pheasant was pleased
which is why I left, said the bird
I thought he would be wearing my feather

feelings are always being hurt
at coronations of leopard kings
this was no exception

"Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that." ― Martin Luther King Jr.

"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

"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

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<<Poems of ChatGPT's. How about these chess tactics haiku?>

Sneaky knight's attack
Double threat, fork in the road
Checkmate is in sight

A skewer in chess,
Piercing through two pieces deep,
A victory's sweep.

Pieces multi-task
Overloaded, can't keep up
Checkmate, game over

Queen takes knight in sight,
Unexpected move in flight,
Zwischenzug takes might.>

Zwetschgenkuchen

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

hzev240y Zulzaga luvs to ride wavey chips inza dip surf.