Or does he?!? I'm not a regular viewer, but this scary-lookin' chap cracks me up. He's so unpredictable... marches to the beat of his own drummer and always quick w/a comment.

Birth name: Silas Merritt "Si" Robertson
�Birthday: 1947
�Net Worth: $2 Million
�Honors: Viet Nam veteran
�Quotes: "Hey!" and "The lemon doesn't fall far from the tree."

�Wife: Christine
�Lives: West Monroe, La

Si is the crazy uncle that everybody has. The Roberstons love to hear his crazy stories. No one believes him but Si will always claim that his stories are very close to the truth.

"Unfortunately, many regard the critic as an enemy, instead of seeing him as a guide to the truth." ― Wilhelm Steinitz

"My passions were all gathered together like fingers that made a fist. Drive is considered aggression today; I knew it then as purpose." ― Bette Davis

"Chess is a matter of vanity." ― Alexander Alekhine

"As a chess player one has to be able to control one's feelings, one has to be as cold as a machine." ― Levon Aronian

"Sometimes it happens that the computer's assessment is very abstract. It's correct, but it's not useful for a practical game. You have to prove the assessment with very strong moves and if you don't find all of these strong moves you may lose very quickly. For a computer this is not a problem, but for humans it is not so easy." ― Vassily Ivanchuk

"A good book is the precious lifeblood of a master spirit." ― John Milton

"Chess is a sport. The main object in the game of chess remains the achievement of victory." ― Max Euwe

"A sport, a struggle for results and a fight for prizes. I think that the discussion about "chess is science or chess is art" is already inappropriate. The purpose of modern chess is to reach a result." ― Alexander Morozevich

"No one man is superior to the game." ― A. Bartlett Giamatti, in reference to Pete Rose, the all-time MLB hits leader banned for gambling.

"To err is human; to forgive, divine." ― Alexander Pope

"I consider Mr. Morphy the finest chess player who ever existed. He is far superior to any now living, and would doubtless have beaten Labourdonnais himself. In all his games with me, he has not only played, in every instance, the exact move, but the most exact. He never makes a mistake; but, if his adversary commits the slightest error, he is lost." ― Adolf Anderssen

"After white's reply to 1.e4 e5 with 2.f4 the game is in its last throes" ― Howard Staunton

"I have added these principles to the law: get the Knights into action before both Bishops are developed." ― Emanuel Lasker

"With opposite coloured bishops the attacking side has in effect an extra piece in the shape of his bishop." ― Mikhail Botvinnik

"A pawn, when separated from his fellows, will seldom or never make a fortune." ― Francois-Andre Danican Philidor

"Be warned! From Satan's viewpoint you are a pawn in his game of cosmic chess." ― Adrian Rogers

"Pawns not only create the sketch for the whole painting, they are also the soil, the foundation, of any position." ― Anatoly Karpov

"The object of the state is always the same: to limit the individual, to tame him, to subordinate him, to subjugate him." ― Max Stirner

"It is a profound mistake to imagine that the art of combination depends only on natural talent, and that it cannot be learned." ― Richard Reti

"A Queen's sacrifice, even when fairly obvious, always rejoices the heart of the chess-lover." ― Savielly Tartakower

"Everyone makes mistakes. The wise are not people who never make mistakes, but those who forgive themselves and learn from their mistakes." ― Ajahn Brahm

"As a rule, so-called "positional" sacrifices are considered more difficult, and therefore more praise-worthy, than those which are based exclusively on an exact calculation of tactical possibilities." ― Alexander Alekhine

"It would be idle, and presumptuous, to wish to imitate the achievements of a Morphy or an Alekhine; but their methods and their manner of expressing themselves are within the reach of all." ― Eugene Znosko-Borovsky

"The most powerful weapon in chess is to have the next move." ― David Bronstein

"If the defender is forced to give up the center, then every possible attack follows almost of itself." ― Siegbert Tarrasch

"Erudition, like a bloodhound, is a charming thing when held firmly in leash, but it is not so attractive when turned loose upon a defenseless and unerudite public." ― Agnes Repplier

"If you watch it, you should watch it with other players and try to find moves, like it was before. Now on many sites you watch together with the computer and the pleasure is gone." ― Boris Gelfand

"I believe that Chess possesses a magic that is also a help in advanced age. A rheumatic knee is forgotten during a game of chess and other events can seem quite unimportant in comparison with a catastrophe on the chessboard." ― Vlastimil Hort

"It's funny, but many people don't understand why I draw so many games nowadays. They think my style must have changed but this is not the case at all. The answer to this drawing disease is that my favorite squares are e6, f7, g7 and h7 and everyone now knows this. They protect these squares not once but four times!" ― Mikhail Tal

"Having spent alarmingly large chunks of my life studying the white side of the Open Sicilian, I find myself asking, why did I bother?" ― Daniel J. King

"Apart from direct mistakes, there is nothing more ruinous than routine play, the aim of which is mechanical development." ― Alexey Suetin

"Not infrequently ... the theoretical is a synonym of the stereotyped. For the 'theoretical' in chess is nothing more than that which can be found in the textbooks and to which players try to conform because they cannot think up anything better or equal, anything original." ― Mikhail Chigorin

"The choice of opening, whether to aim for quiet or risky play, depends not only on the style of a player, but also on the disposition with which he sits down at the board." ― Efim Geller

"Despite the development of chess theory, there is much that remains secret and unexplored in chess." ― Vasily Smyslov

"No matter how much theory progresses, how radically styles change, chess play is inconceivable without tactics." ― Samuel Reshevsky

"Collect as precious pearls the words of the wise and virtuous." ― Abdelkader El Djezairi

"Learning is not attained by chance; it must be sought for with ardor and diligence." ― Abigail Adams

"When I was preparing for one term's work in the Botvinnik school I had to spend a lot of time on king and pawn endings. So when I came to a tricky position in my own games, I knew the winning method." ― Garry Kasparov

"As a rule, pawn endings have a forced character, and they can be worked out conclusively." ― Mark Dvoretsky

"It is a gross overstatement, but in chess, it can be said I play against my opponent over the board and against myself on the clock." ― Viktor Korchnoi

"The fact that the 7 hours time control allows us to play a great deep game is not of great importance for mass-media." ― Alexei Shirov

"For me, each game is a new challenge, which has to be dealt with rationally and systematically. At that time, every other thought fades into oblivion." ― Viswanathan Anand

"Any fool can know. The point is to understand." ― Albert Einstein

"One bad move nullifies forty good ones."
― Israel Albert Horowitz

"It is a well-known phenomenon that the same amateur who can conduct the middle game quite creditably, is usually perfectly helpless in the end game. One of the principal requisites of good chess is the ability to treat both the middle and end game equally well." ― Aron Nimzowitsch

"My hard work and excellent training entitled me to be a better actress than some of my competitors." ― Pola Negri

"Endings of one rook and pawns are about the most common sort of endings arising on the chess board. Yet though they do occur so often, few have mastered them thoroughly. They are often of a very difficult nature, and sometimes while apparently very simple they are in reality extremely intricate." ― Jose Raul Capablanca

"Capablanca used to talk calmly and moderately about everything. However, when our conversation turned to the problems of the battle for the world championship, in front of me was a quite different person: an enraged lion, although with the fervour typical only of a southerner, with his temperamental patter, which made it hard to follow the torrent of his indignant exclamations and words." ― Alexander Koblencs

"A player is said to have the opposition when he can place his King directly in front of the adverse King, with only one square between them. This is often an important advantage in ending games." ― Howard Staunton

"A player can sometimes afford the luxury of an inaccurate move, or even a definite error, in the opening or middlegame without necessarily obtaining a lost position. In the endgame ... an error can be decisive, and we are rarely presented with a second chance." ― Paul Keres

"Never trust a government that doesn't trust its own citizens with guns." ― Benjamin Franklin

"The Soviet Union was an exception, but even there chess players were not rich. Only Fischer changed that." ― Boris Spassky

"Chess never has been and never can be aught but a recreation. It should not be indulged in to the detriment of other and more serious avocations - should not absorb or engross the thoughts of those who worship at its shrine, but should be kept in the background, and restrained within its proper province. As a mere game, a relaxation from the severe pursuits of life, it is deserving of high commendation." ― Paul Morphy

"Incidentally, when we're faced with a "prove or disprove," we're usually better off trying first to disprove with a counterexample, for two reasons: A disproof is potentially easier (we need just one counterexample); and nitpicking arouses our creative juices. Even if the given assertion is true, our search for a counterexample often leads to a proof, as soon as we see why a counterexample is impossible. Besides, it's healthy to be skeptical." ― Ronald Graham

"Attackers may sometimes regret bad movez, but it's much worse to forever regret an opportunity you allowed to pass you by." ― Garry Kasparov

"Even the laziest king flees wildly in the face of a double check." ― Aron Nimzowitzch

"When you see a good move – WAIT! – look for a better one." ― Emanuel Lasker The Portuguese chess player and author Pedro Damiano (1480–1544) first wrote this in his book "Questo libro e da imparare giocare a scachi et de li partiti" published in Rome, Italy, in 1512.

Proverbs 29:25
Fear of man will prove to be a snare, but whoever trusts in the Lord is kept safe.

"Winning is about commitment, discipline, hard work, dedication, determination, courage and sometimes even luck!" ― Susan Polgar

"Every defeat is an opportunity to learn from our mistakes! Every victory is a confirmation of our hard work!" ― Susan Polgar

"A chess player uses his/her knowledge to prepare for next game while a passionate coach preparez for next generation!" ― Susan Polgar

French Proverb: "Ce n'est pas à un vieux singe qu'on apprend à faire la grimace." ― (There's no substitute for experience.)

"World-class chess players, in addition to being considered awesomely smart, are generally assumed to have superhuman memories, and with good reason. Champions routinely put on exhibitions in which they play lesser opponents while blindfolded; they hold the entire chessboard in their heads. Some of these exhibitions strike the rest of us as simply beyond belief. The Czech master Richard Reti once played twenty-nine blindfolded games simultaneously. (Afterward he left his briefcase at the exhibition site and commented on what a poor memory he had.)" ― Geoff Colvin, Talent is Overrated: What Really Separates World-Class Performers from Everybody Else

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

* Lasker's Opening Rules: http://chessskill.blogspot.com/2013...

* Author Tim Sawyer explains openings: http://sawyerbdg.blogspot.com/

* Alekhine's Defense, Krejcik Variation: Opening Explorer

* Australian Interschools links/tournament guide: http://www.actjcl.org.au/actjcl/dow...

* Adolf Anderssen miniatures: http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches...

* Game Collection: Alekhine vs Bogolubov
search "Alekhine vs Bogolubov"

* Comprehensive 1929: Game Collection: Alekhine-Bogoljubov 1929 ARCHIVE

* The BCF: https://boylstonchess.org/

* The CCC: https://www.chichess.org/

* Chicago Chess Blog: http://chicagochess.blogspot.com/se...

Many club links on the lower right column; scroll down.

* chessbrah streamer: https://www.twitch.tv/chessbrah

* Chesswarehouse: https://chesswarehouse.com/

* Chess in old newspapers: https://www.schach-chess.com/chess-...

* Cool Math/Board Games: https://www.coolmathgames.com/1-boa...

* Deadly Battery: https://www.chess.com/article/view/...

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

* ICA Youth Resources: https://www.il-chess.org/index.php?...

* Kingpin magazine: https://www.kingpinchess.net/

* Reasonable book choices: https://www.chess.com/blog/RussBell...

* Ten books for aspiring masters: http://chessskill.blogspot.com/2023...

* Bobby Fischer playing White against the Sicilian: http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches...

* Wonders and Curiosities: Game Collection: Wonders and Curiosities of Chess (Chernev)

* Walter Browne, American Champ: Game Collection: Six by Mr. Six Time

* Karpov's Approach: Game Collection: Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslave Attack

* tpstar's version: Game Collection: tpstar SY

* 5...g6: Opening Explorer

* Short warts: https://www.chessgames.com/perl/che...

* Yugoslav Attack 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3: Opening Explorer

* Want a Pet? Game Collection: How to Train Your Dragon

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

* Epic: Game Collection: Epic Battles of the CB by R.N. Coles - keypusher

* B23-B25: Game Collection: Sicilian Closed / Grand Prix Attack

* Brilliancies: Game Collection: Brilliancy Prizes (Reinfeld)

* Chess Links: http://www.chessdryad.com/links/ind...

* Related collection: http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches...

* Attacking French: Game Collection: Attacking with the French

* FR ADV: Game Collection: French Defense

* French & Sicilians Schemes: Game Collection: lazintata's_semi_open-french&sicilian

* Pawn themes: Game Collection: Aurora

* Minority Attacks: Game Collection: Minority attack

Game Collection: Anti-minority attack capturing with the Knight.

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

* Get better: https://www.wikihow.com/Become-a-Be...

* How to Study: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kEQ...

* How IM Rosen does it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGd...

* How Molton does it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zE...

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

* ICA Youth Resources: https://www.il-chess.org/index.php?...

* Javed's way: https://www.bing.com/videos/search?...

* Kasparov: https://www.chessgames.com/perl/che...

* King walk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0C...

* Kingpin magazine: https://www.kingpinchess.net/

* Kotov: Game Collection: Grandmaster At Work

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

* Mistakes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3L...

* Miles Ahead: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvk...

* NE: https://metrowestchess.org/

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

* Overloaded! Game Collection: OVERLOADED!

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

* POTD 2023: Game Collection: Puzzle of the Day 2023

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

* Pawn structures: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPr...

* Poisoned pawns: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGV...

* AJs page: https://www.angelfire.com/games4/li...

* Albin CG: http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches...

* Brutal Attacking Chess: Game Collection: Brutal Attacking Chess

* Bishop's Opening Miniatures: https://www.chessonly.com/bishop-op...

* Brilliant (and mostly famous)! Game Collection: Brilliant Miniatures

* Checkmate Art: Game Collection: Art of Checkmate

* Chess history debunked? http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/...

* Couldn't kick the habit: https://tartajubow.blogspot.com/201...

* ChessCafe.com column, The Openings Explained: Abby Marshall

* Diagrammed Checkmate Patterns: Game Collection: Checkmate: Checkmate Patterns

* Forney's Collection: Game Collection: Brutal Attacking Chess

* C21-C22 miniatures: http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches...

* Danish Gambits: Game Collection: Danish Gambit Games 1-0

* Anish Giri teaches the Italian | 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkq...

* Aggressive Gambits: https://thechessworld.com/articles/...

* 15-year-old Abdusattorov: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQ-...

* Armor & Hammer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eee...

* Armageddon 2020?: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/mIcl...

* Epic Archers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dL...

* Ancient Stones: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/rTfg...

* ADHD: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1t9...

* Anger Management: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxx...

* Anand's bot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=to3...

* Attacking his way: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSI...

* Killer Bishp: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/7R0r...

* 1935 Marshall Chess Club Championship: https://tartajubow.blogspot.com/202...

* The bridge of champions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xl7...

* back channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6U...

* Catalan hopefuls: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NsX...

* Harry Caul: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOM...

* Celebrate NE HOF: https://www.sparkchess.com/celebrat...

* Center of the toopsie pot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9N...

* world-famous clue: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PT0...

* Czech Course: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOJ...

* The crown must come first: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWo...

* Top dawgs minus past champions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=env...

* Don't forget Gukesh and Keymer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2O...

* Don't split 'em: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRa...

* Drama: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Uj...

* Concentration, dedication, effort: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ii-...

* Englund Gambit: https://thechessforum.com/englund-g...

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

* Andrey Esipenko: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtq...

* Eternal light: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Abq...

* Explore the depths: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/t2J7...

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

* Fastest checkmates: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMe...

* Facing Ali: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4f...

* Attacking French: Game Collection: Attacking with the French

* FR ADV: Game Collection: French Defense

* French & Sicilians Schemes: Game Collection: lazintata's_semi_open-french&sicilian

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

* Firouzja shows how: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BS...

* Five easy pieces: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRL...

* Bobby Fischer classics: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?li...

* Fools play new openings without prior study: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFv...

* French concoction: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_P...

* Gambits tier list: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9N...

* Giulio Cesare Polerio liked to be served Fried Liver: https://thechessforum.com/fried-liv...

* Greatest EVER??? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYI...

* Group pix: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/acFQ...

* Get better: https://www.wikihow.com/Become-a-Be...

* How to Study: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kEQ...

* How IM Rosen does it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGd...

* How Molton does it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zE...

* Hair is energy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVx...

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

* If I could: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9n3...

* I will: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=US3...

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

* ICA Youth Resources: https://www.il-chess.org/index.php?...

* It wasn't legal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ab...

* Justice, Mercy, Faithfulness: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHO...

* Jason Fallowell, Nemesis: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/5ZM2...

* Becuz the Knight belongs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yG...

* 13-year-old Kirthika: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPe...

* Kathy Hutto: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVk...

* Derek Kelly Openings: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVi...

* Kick IT! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=quz...

* King walk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0C...

* Kingpin magazine: https://www.kingpinchess.net/

* Kotov: Game Collection: Grandmaster At Work

* 'Lasker Simul Special': https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6l...

* Leaving is unacceptable: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/MJgM...

* Let it Beatles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGj...

* Liberty Island: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kti...

* lost-ways.net

* Simple tactics course using miniatures:
http://exeterchessclub.org.uk/x/FTP...

* Morphy Miniatures:
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches...

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

* Mistakes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3L...

* Miles Ahead: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvk...

* Magnus millions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jA2...

* MC Gambit idiocy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vla...

* Messi gamer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJX...

* Migraine moments: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRG...

* Minority Attacks: Game Collection: Minority attack

Game Collection: Anti-minority attack capturing with the Knight.

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

* Mockery in Paris, 2024: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXM...

* Muzio Gambit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pij...

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

* Northwestern: https://nwchess.com/

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

* Old Pepperoni: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/oAP6...

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

* History of Oly: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTr...

* One Game Shy: Game Collection: 107 Great Chess Battles: 1939-45 Alekhine

* Butler, PA: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2z...

* Pawn promotion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCL...

* Pawn storms: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skh...

* Pawn themes: Game Collection: Aurora

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

* The preview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzR...

* Pumped up: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lC...

* Rare occasion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yc...

* Record setter: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eps...

* Riddles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8A...

* Win quickly: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6R...

* QGA traps: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgV...

* Q vs N ending: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMS...

* Queenie roast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XI...

* B06 Robatsch (modern) defence: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_oe...

* 3...Qd6!? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EQ...

* 64 Squares: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nT0...

* Scandinavian Defense: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMS...

* Dunbar vs Chawkin USA WCH (1925) Scotch Game: Classical Variation (C45) 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRB...

* What now, Dad? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRA...

* Uncommon Scotch Gambit 4.Ng5!? h6?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XC-...

* Scotch Gambit, Anti Max Lange Attk: Game Collection: ANTI MAX LANGE

* O'Sullivan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZR3...

* Oldie but goodie: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/A4ij...

* White Shreck's secret weapon: https://thechessforum.com/shark-att...

* Short and furious: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?li...

* Scientific: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-R...

* Special Oly: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vI...

* STEAMing: https://tryengineering.org/news/how...

* Jimmy Stafford Gambit: https://thechessforum.com/stafford-...

* Seven Scriptures: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZR...

* 187 Sicilians?! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuX...

* 2017 Gallup/Knight Foundation survey: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Ob...

* 23 Variations:
https://thechessforum.com/what-is-t...

* 2024 Oly: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dg2...

* No Karo Kan: https://thechessforum.com/sicilian-...

* No theory? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIr...

* Schnapps: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?li...

* Solar System: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swD...

* Stalemate: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rs6...

* Stop blundering: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vt...

* That's Life! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tnl...

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

* Two Knights Defense: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuD...

* Garudapura's Two Knights: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADI...

* 3X: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORs...

* This is Sparta! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSt...

* Timeless Tale: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tj...

* Tilburg 1981: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNa...

* Tal again: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pvl...

* Titled Tuesday 2024: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3l...

* Vocal comeback: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o58...

* Weird rules: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcV...

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

* What came first? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dxb...

* What's the deal? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8i...

* Who doesn't like the Beach Boys? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJx...

* Why? https://www.chessedu.org/why-teach-...

* His wife strikes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pmz...

* Wonders and Curiosities: Game Collection: Wonders and Curiosities of Chess (Chernev)

* Edward Winter: https://www.chesshistory.com/winter...

* WR Chess Masters 2023: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2Y...

* Walter Browne, American Champ: Game Collection: Six by Mr. Six Time

Fredthebear loves apple pie alamode.

* Yes, No, Maybe So: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtP...

* 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!

'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.uschesstrust.org/chess-...

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

* History of Chess: https://boldchess.com/history/

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

"I do not know how old I was when I learned to play chess. I could not have been older than eight, because I still have a chessboard on whose side my father inscribed, with a soldering iron, "Saša Hemon 1972." I loved the board more than chess—it was one of the first things I owned. Its materiality was enchanting to me: the smell of burnt wood that lingered long after my father had branded it; the rattle of the thickly varnished pieces inside, the smacking sound they made when I put them down, the board's hollow wooden echo. I can even recall the taste—the queen's tip was pleasantly suckable; the pawns' round heads, not unlike nipples, were sweet. The board is still at our place in Sarajevo, and, even if I haven't played a game on it in decades, it is still my most cherished possession, providing incontrovertible evidence that there once lived a boy who used to be me." ― Aleksandar Hemon, The Book of My Lives

<CHESS

Meet me then, within this grid,
this little wooden battlefield as equals,
as we forget our bodies to inhabit these pieces, control these spaces, trade threats and responses, send our thoughts out into possible positions, our eyes imagining nothing but sweet forks and lancing fianchettoes. We chessplayers, pretend enemies, bound to our miniature war inexplicably & inescapably: when did we find ourselves so obsessed, insidiously seduced to advances and exchanges, lost inside this abyss of infinite moves, willing servants of it's rules? — Rael>

"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

Trompowsky Attack
The Poisoned Pawn Variation of the Trompowsky Attack goes 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 c5 3.d5 Qb6 4.Nc3. The continuation 4...Qxb2 5.Bd2 Qb6 is the Chepukaitis Gambit.

The Oxford Companion to Chess lists 1,327 named openings and variants and there are many others with varying degrees of common usage.

Cudowny...ponadczasowy utwór... i dwa piękne, nieziemskie głosy...

Szepty o poranku
Słodko śpiących kochanków
Przewijają się teraz jak burza,
Kiedy patrzę w Twoje oczy
Pożądam Twojego ciała
I czuję każdy Twój ruch...
Twój głos jest ciepły i czuły
Miłość nie mogłaby mnie opuścić.

Bo jestem Twoją kobietą,
A ty jesteś moim mężczyzną...
Kiedykolwiek zapragniesz mnie
Zrobię wszystko, co mogę...

Czuję się zagubiona
W Twoich ramionach,
Kiedy nie ma świata poza nami,
Zbyt dużo do stracenia
Do końca będę z Tobą...
Chociaż może czasem
Wydaje się jakbym była daleko
Nie zastanawiaj się, gdzie jestem,
Bo zawsze będę blisko Ciebie.

Czekamy na coś
Gdzieś gdzie, nigdzie nie byłam
Czasem się boję...
Ale jestem gotowa się uczyć
Siły miłości...

Odgłos bicia Twojego serca
Robi się czysty
Nagle czuję, że nie można iść dalej
Jest jak lata temu.

Bo jestem Twoją kobietą
A ty jesteś moim mężczyzną
Kiedykolwiek zapragniesz mnie
Zrobię wszystko co mogę
Zmierzamy do czegoś
Gdzie nigdy nie byłam
Czasem się boję
Ale jestem gotowa się uczyć
Siły miłości
Siły miłości, siły miłości...
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4K6...

The Gardener And His Lord

A lover of gardens, half cit and half clown,
Possessed a nice garden beside a small town;
And with it a field by a live hedge inclosed,
Where sorrel and lettuce, at random disposed,
A little of jasmine, and much of wild thyme,
Grew gaily, and all in their prime
To make up Miss Peggy's bouquet,
The grace of her bright wedding day.
For poaching in such a nice field – 'twas a shame; A foraging, cud-chewing hare was to blame.
Whereof the good owner bore down
This tale to the lord of the town:
"Some mischievous animal, morning and night,
In spite of my caution, comes in for his bite.
He laughs at my cunning-set dead-falls and snares; For clubbing and stoning as little he cares.
I think him a wizard. A wizard! the coot!
I had catch him if he were a devil to boot!"
The lord said, in haste to have sport for his hounds, "I'll clear him, I warrant you, out of your grounds; To morrow I'll do it without any fail."

The thing thus agreed on, all hearty and hale,
The lord and his party, at crack of the dawn,
With hounds at their heels cantered over the lawn. Arrived, said the lord in his jovial mood,
"We'll breakfast with you, if your chickens are good. That lass, my good man, I suppose is your daughter: No news of a son-in-law? Any one sought her?
No doubt, by the score. Keep an eye on the docket, Eh? Dost understand me? I speak of the pocket."
So saying, the daughter he graciously greeted,
And close by his lordship he bade her be seated; Avowed himself pleased with so handsome a maid,
And then with her kerchief familiarly played, – Impertinent freedoms the virtuous fair
Repelled with a modest and lady-like air, –
So much that her father a little suspected
The girl had already a lover elected.
Meanwhile in the kitchen what bustling and cooking! "For what are your hams? They are very good looking." "They're kept for your lordship." "I take them," said he; "Such elegant flitches are welcome to me."
He breakfasted finely his troop, with delight, – Dogs, horses, and grooms of the best appetite.
Thus he governed his host in the shape of a guest, Unbottled his wine, and his daughter caressed.
To breakfast, the huddle of hunters succeeds,
The yelping of dogs and the neighing of steeds,
All cheering and fixing for wonderful deeds;
The horns and the bugles make thundering din;
Much wonders our gardener what it can mean.
The worst is, his garden most wofully fares;
Adieu to its arbours, and borders, and squares;
Adieu to its chiccory, onions, and leeks;
Adieu to whatever good cookery seeks.

Beneath a great cabbage the hare was in bed,
Was started, and shot at, and hastily fled.
Off went the wild chase, with a terrible screech, And not through a hole, but a horrible breach,
Which some one had made, at the beck of the lord, Wide through the poor hedge! "Twould have been quite absurd Should lordship not freely from garden go out,
On horseback, attended by rabble and rout.
Scarce suffered the gard'ner his patience to wince, Consoling himself – 'Twas the sport of a prince; While bipeds and quadrupeds served to devour,
And trample, and waste, in the space of an hour, Far more than a nation of foraging hares
Could possibly do in a hundred of years.

Small princes, this story is true,
When told in relation to you.
In settling your quarrels with kings for your tools, You prove yourselves losers and eminent fools.

The privileged underhanded Chessgames operator invaded and vandalized this collection like so many other collections of Fredthebear. Will your work be next?

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

Mark 3:25 And if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand.

'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

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.' — W.E. Napier (1881-1952)

<<Blogger:
1. Beware of focusing too much on your own attack. You may miss major threats from your opponent. Stay vigilant!

2. Beware of intuition. It lies! You must calculate, calculate, calculate.

3. Beware of sneaky moves from your opponent in a winning endgame. You may be suckered into a stalemate.>

Lord Dunsany mentioned that after Capablanca's death he published the following epitaph in CHESS, June 1942, page 131:

Now rests a mind as keen,
A vision bright and clear
As any that has been
And who is it lies here?

One that, erstwhile, no less
Than Hindenburg could plan,
But played his game of chess
And did no harm to man.

The British Empire was the largest empire in world history The British Empire was most powerful in the 1920s, when it controlled 23 percent of the world's population and approximately 13.7 million square miles of territory—or nearly a quarter of the Earth's land area, according to a report from Statista.

<Dinamus wrote:

Strings
Surrogate pawn
In the light of day
These moves aren't yours
In this game we play

Make a move
Take your time
In the end
It's still all mine

You'll be the first to laugh
At the end of my string
you'll know it's all pretend
'Cause I always win>

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

"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

"Caution, not to make our moves too hastily. This habit is best acquired by observing strictly the laws of the game, such as 'If you touch a piece, you must move it somewhere; if you set it down you must let it stand.' To observe these laws makes the game the image of human life, and particularly of war; in which, if you have incautiously put yourself into a bad and dangerous position, you cannot obtain your enemy's leave to withdraw your troops and place them more securely; but you must abide all the consequences of your rashness." ― Frank James Marshall, American chess champion

An Irish Blessing:

May we all feel…
happy and contented,
healthy and strong,
safe and protected
and living with ease…

~

Congratulations to IM David Fitzsimons on winning the Irish Chess Championship 2024! 🏆👏

The 103rd Irish Chess Championship took place from 3-11 August, with more than 50 participants who competed over 9 swiss rounds. IM David Fitzsimons was unbeaten in the tournament and emerged as the sole winner of the event scoring 7.5/9 points. GM Alexander Baburin claimed silver with 7 points, and FM Kavin Venkatesan clinched bronze with the score of 6.5 points.

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."

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.

'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

2024 FIDE Chess Olympiad Women Teams
Team Georgia captained by Vladimir Tukmakov enters the women's competition as the rating favorite. The runners-up in Chennai 2022 the Georgian ladies (Nana Dzagnidze, Nino Batsiashvili, Lela Javakhishvili, Bella Khotenashvili and Salome Melia) will try their best to move one step up and win coveted gold.

The second seed India that won bronze in Chennai will miss Humpy Koneru this time, but with a rising star Divya Deshmukh joining Rameshbabu Vaishali, Harika Dronavalli, Vantika Agrawal and Tania Sachdev in Budapest, the team seems to be a real contender for the title.

China has as many as four players in the women's top 10, but none of them will play in Budapest. Nevertheless, seeded fourth, this young team led by Zhu Jiner and 14-year-old national champion Lu Miaoyi can go far if they catch the wind in their sails.

In the absence of the Muzychuk sisters, who skipped the Olympiad, sixth-seeded Ukraine will face the challenging task of defending its title. The Ukrainian ladies will most likely not succeed, but we can't write them off completely.

The third and fifth seed, Poland and Azerbaijan, fielded their best players and will be teams to be reckoned with.

<Sea of Dreams
On waves of dreams, sailors ride,
With hopes as vast as the ocean wide.
Each journey unique, a tale to tell,
In the heart of the sea, where wonders dwell.>

"I can imagine no more rewarding a career. And any man who may be asked in this century what he did to make his life worthwhile, I think can respond with a good deal of pride and satisfaction: 'I served in the United States Navy." ― John F. Kennedy

"America's finest - our men and women in uniform, are a force for good throughout the world, and that is nothing to apologize for." ― Sarah Palin

"The International Chess Federation has achieved a total score of 5.4 million games played in 24 hours, making it a new GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS title. Congratulations!" Carl Saville, Guinness World Records Official Adjudicator, said on our live broadcast. 📷 Biel Chess Festival

Chess board and piece standards
For over the board (OTB) tournament play, there are different specifications to keep in mind. The United States Chess Federation (USCF) states that square size should be anywhere from 2 inches to 2.5 inches, while the king's height should be 3.375 inches to 4.5 inches. The standard USCF tournament set has 2.25 inch squares and a king's height of 3.75 inches.

Please note that standards for boards and sets can differ slightly from country to country. As an example, the World Chess Federation (FIDE) says that the square size for competitive play should be between 5 cm to 6 cm (1.97 inches to 2.36 inches), with a recommended king height of 9.5 cm (3.74 inches). Here is the official FIDE World Championship Chess set and board used in the recent FIDE World championship matches. The board has 2 inch squares with a 3.75 inch king.

<An observation by W.A. Fairhurst on page 134 of the April 1955 BCM:

‘Many players will agree that there are too many international masters and far too many so-called grandmasters. Lasker, Capablanca and Alekhine could be considered of such high rank amongst the masters of the past that they were entitled to such a distinction as grandmaster, but it is doubtful if there is a single player living at present worthy of this title. Botvinnik, Keres, Smyslov and Reshevsky are all fine players but they have not that superiority over some of the other leading masters which entitles them to be described as "grand". In addition to these four there are apparently 37 other grandmasters, and this makes the distinction almost meaningless.'>

IM Ulviyya Fataliyeva 🇦🇿 is the European Women's Chess Champion 2024! 🏆👏

She drew with Black against GM Nino Batsiashvili 🇬🇪 and secured the sole first place! Congratulations! 👏🎉

Riddle Question: I'm a mobile fortress; straight is my path. When it comes to castling, I'm part of the craft. What am I?

The Beslan School Siege remains one of the most tragic events in recent history. On September 1, 2004, armed terrorists took over 1,100 people hostage, including 777 children, at School Number One in Beslan, Russia. This horrific event lasted three days and ended in a devastating firefight. The siege resulted in the deaths of 334 hostages, 186 of whom were children. The attackers demanded the withdrawal of Russian troops from Chechnya. The crisis highlighted severe security lapses and led to significant changes in Russian counter-terrorism policies.

Riddle Answer: Rook

Czech Pirc Defense swallows poisoned pawn: 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 c6 4.Be3 Qb6 5.a6 Qxb2? 6.Na4 traps the queen.

The Domino Theory underlined American policy in SoutheastAsia over Vietnam's future. US President Dwight D. Eisenhower first put it forward in 1954, based on observations of how communism had steadily grown in Asia over the past years. According to the theory, the communist victory in China in 1949 had started a chain reaction, as seen in the Korean War and the country North Korea.

This led the president and the rest of his administration to fear that a communist victory in Vietnam would continue the domino-like effect. They theorized that after Vietnam, the rest of Indochina would fall, with Thailand following, then Malaysia, Indonesia, and other Asian countries. Thus, to keep communism from overwhelming Asia, the United States Of America had to put an end to the brewing communism.

Petrov's Defense: Urusov, Lichtenhein Defense:
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bc4 Nxe4

The Principality of Liechtenstein (or simply Liechtenstein) is a microstate located in Europe. Liechtenstein is unique because it is "doubly landlocked," which means that it is surrounded by other landlocked countries. It is only one of two nations that is doubly landlocked, with Uzbekistan being the second.

According to estimates from 2017, Liechtenstein has a population of 35,547 inhabitants spread across 62 square miles of land area. Liechtenstein is one of the least densely populated countries with about 587.9 people per square mile. Liechtenstein is also the fourth smallest nation in Europe by population and the smallest nation to border two countries.

Liechtenstein is divided into 11 municipalities. The capital is Vaduz, which is a town with a population of about 5,450 people. The largest municipality by population is Schaan, which is home to nearly 6,000 people.

Liechtenstein has one of the highest GDPs in the world primarily due to its strong financial sector, which brings in about 20,000 commuters. Liechtenstein is a participant in the Schengen Area and the European Economic Area. The nation is also a member of the European Free Trade Association, the Council of Europe, and the United Nations.

Approximately one-third of the nation's population was born in another country. Most of the foreign population comes from Austria, Germany, and Switzerland. The official language of Liechtenstein is German, and the Alemannic dialect is most commonly spoken. The official religion of the nation is Catholicism, which is practiced by nearly 76% of the total population. Nearly 86% of the population practices some form of Christianity. The largest minority religion in the country is Islam, which is practiced by over 5% of the population.

Anthem of Liechtenstein
President: Mr. Markus KRIEGER
Address: P.O.Box 222, LI 9490 Vaduz, Liechtenstein Phone: +41 792825943
E-mail: info@schach.li
Web: http://www.schach.li
Lichess: https://lichess.org/team/liechtenst...

* Chess School: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5o...

* Pawn Endgames: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUq...

* 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"

Cajun: Joie de vivre (Jhwa da veev) – Joy of living.

Be happy while you're living, For you're a long time dead. ~ Scottish Proverb

Q: What do you call someone who draws funny pictures of cars? A: A car-toonist.

Q: What do you call a magician on a plane?
A: A flying sorcerer.

Q: What do you call fruit playing the guitar?
A: A jam session.

Q: What do you call the shoes that all spies wear? A: Sneakers.

Q: What do you call something you can serve, but never eat? A: A volleyball.

Q: What did the alien say to the garden?
A: Take me to your weeder.

Q: What do you call a skeleton who went out in freezing temperatures? A: A numb skull.

Q: What do you call a farm that grows bad jokes? A: Corny.

"Fire and Ice" by Robert Frost

Some say the world will end in fire,
Some say in ice.
From what I've tasted of desire
I hold with those who favor fire.
But if it had to perish twice,
I think I know enough of hate
To say that for destruction ice
Is also great
And would suffice.

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?

Proverbs 29:25
Fear of man will prove to be a snare, but whoever trusts in the Lord is kept safe.

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

Lift John

"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-ziggy-bean: https://www.briddles.com/riddles/ch...

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

"Never reply to an anonymous letter." ― Yogi Berra, MLB Hall of Fame catcher

"Even Napoleon had his Watergate."
― Yogi Berra, 10-time World Series champion

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<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.>

Psalm 107:1
Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good; his love endures forever.

"The Lord is first, my friends are second, and I am third." ― Gale Sayers

"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

"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

Luck never gives; it only lends. ~ Scottish Proverb

"The harder you fall, the heavier your heart; the heavier your heart, the stronger you climb; the stronger you climb, the higher your pedestal." — Criss Jami

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.

"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

Proverbs 1:7 "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction."

<High Flight
BY JOHN GILLESPIE MAGEE JR.

Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth
And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings; Sunward I've climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth of sun-split clouds,—and done a hundred things You have not dreamed of—wheeled and soared and swung High in the sunlit silence. Hov'ring there,
I've chased the shouting wind along, and flung
My eager craft through footless halls of air ....

Up, up the long, delirious, burning blue
I've topped the wind-swept heights with easy grace Where never lark nor ever eagle flew—
And, while with silent lifting mind I've trod
The high untrespassed sanctity of space,
Put out my hand, and touched the face of God.>

Bless Us, O Lord
Traditional Catholic Prayer

Bless us, O Lord,

And these Thy gifts

Which we are about to receive,

Through Thy bounty

Through Christ our Lord we pray.
Amen.

"There just isn't enough televised chess." — David Letterman

"Do the things that interest you and do them with all your heart. Don't be concerned about whether people are watching you or criticizing you. The chances are that they aren't paying any attention to you. It's your attention to yourself that is so stultifying. But you have to disregard yourself as completely as possible. If you fail the first time then you'll just have to try harder the second time. After all, there's no real reason why you should fail. Just stop thinking about yourself." — Eleanor Roosevelt

"Many have become chess masters, no one has become the master of chess." ― Siegbert Tarrasch

"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

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"Stay sharp, play smart, and take care." ― NM Nelson Lopez

Z is for Zookeeper (to the tune of "Do You Know the Muffin Man?")

Oh do you know the zookeeper,
The zookeeper, the zookeeper?
Oh, do you know the zookeeper
Who works down at the zoo?

Q: Why did the rubber chicken cross the road?
A: To stretch her legs.

Sing it Frankie! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEc...

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