Casabianca (1826)

Felicia Hemans (1793-1835)

Felicia Hemans's‘ Casabianca' took on such a vibrant life of its own after her death that, somehow, its author became almost irrelevant. In fact, Hemans was an accomplished and prolific poet who wrote over twenty volumes of verse before her death at the age of forty-two.

After she had given birth to five children, Hemans's husband deserted her to live in Italy, and her writing served to help support her large family. She became a literary celebrity, garnering praise from the likes of Wordsworth and George Eliot, but her work was also criticized for its simplicity and sentimentality.

<The boy stood on the burning deck, Whence all but he had fled;
The flame that lit the battle's wreck,
Shone round him o'er the dead.

Yet beautiful and bright he stood,
As born to rule the storm;
A creature of heroic blood,
A proud, though childlike form.

The flames rolled on – he would not go,
Without his father's word;
That father, faint in death below,
His voice no longer heard.

He called aloud – ‘Say, father, say
If yet my task is done?'
He knew not that the chieftain lay
Unconscious of his son.

‘Speak, father!' once again he cried,
‘If I may yet be gone!'
– And but the booming shots replied,
And fast the flames rolled on.

Upon his brow he felt their breath
And in his waving hair;
And look'd from that lone post of death,
In still yet brave despair.

And shouted but once more aloud,
‘My father! must I stay?'
While o'er him fast, through sail and shroud,
The wreathing fires made way.

They wrapped the ship in splendour wild,
They caught the flag on high,
And streamed above the gallant child,
Like banners in the sky.

There came a burst of thunder sound –
The boy – oh! where was he?
Ask of the winds that far around
With fragments strewed the sea!

With mast, and helm, and pennon fair,
That well had borne their part,
But the noblest thing which perished there,
Was that young faithful heart.>

Casabianca is the name of a young boy sailor. This poem is based on a true story from 1798. Casabianca will not leave his burning ship in the middle of a sea battle until his father, the commander of the ship, tells him he can.

* Ray's Article: https://www.thearticle.com/a-hundre...

* A chess lesson: Only a complete chess shmuck @CGs would have deleted this. Chess rules are strictly adhered to. How can right from wrong be ignored by management of a chess website?

* The Third Chess King: https://www.chessaglow.com/capablan...

* Books about Capa: https://www.chesshistory.com/winter...

* The Chess Machine: http://www.chessorb.com/jose-raul-c...

* Cuban Genius: https://chessentials.com/jose-raul-...

* Fast facts: https://www.gamesver.com/jose-raul-...

* Most Instructive: Game Collection: The Most Instructive Games of Chess Ever Played

* Hispanic contribution: https://www.thearticle.com/from-col...

* 130th anniversary: https://en.chessbase.com/post/raul-...

* 1921: https://thechesspedia.net/world-cha...

* Capablanca - Lasker, all games:
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches...

* 1927 Chess World Championship games:
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches...

* Capablanca's Best Chess Endings: 60 Complete Games by Irving Chernev 288 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1978
288 pages, Paperback
Published February 1, 1982 by Dover Publications ISBN 9780486242491 (ISBN10: 0486242498)
ASIN 0486242498
Language English

Game Collection: 1927 Alekhine-Capablanca WC match

On March 7, 1942 Jose Capablanca suffered a stroke at the Manhattan Chess Club while watching a skittles game. He died on March 8, 1942 at Mount Sinai hospital, the same hospital that Emanuel Lasker died in a year earlier. He was the shortest lived world champion, dieing at age 53 years, 109 days. He was buried with full honors in Havana. General Batista, President of Cuba, took personal charge of the funeral arrangements.

Event "Simul, 30b"
Site "Kiev RUE"
Date "1914.03.02"
EventDate "?"
Round "?"
Result "1-0"
White "Jose Raul Capablanca"
Black "Masyutin"
ECO "A83"
WhiteElo "?"
BlackElo "?"
PlyCount "37"

1.d4 f5 2.e4 fxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 c6 5.f3 exf3 6.Nxf3 e6 7.Bd3 d5 8.O-O Nbd7 9.Ne5 Be7 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.Qh5+ Ke7 12.Bxh7 Nf8 13.Qf7+ Kd6 14.Nc4+ dxc4 15.Ne4+ Kd5 16.Rf5+ Kxe4 17.Re1+ Kxd4 18.c3+ Kd3 19.Rd5# 1-0 Discovered Double Checkmate!!

"As an adult, Capablanca lost only 34 serious games. He was undefeated from 10 February 1916, when he lost to Oscar Chajes in the New York 1916 tournament, to 21 March 1924, when he lost to Richard Réti in the New York International tournament. During this streak, which included his 1921 World Championship match against Lasker, Capablanca played 63 games, winning 40 and drawing 23. In fact, only Marshall, Lasker, Alekhine and Rudolf Spielmann won two or more serious games from the mature Capablanca, though in each case, their overall lifetime scores were minus (Capablanca beat Marshall +20−2=28, Lasker +6−2=16, Alekhine +9−7=33), except for Spielmann who was level (+2−2=8). Of top players, only Keres had a narrow plus score against him (+1−0=5). Keres's win was at the AVRO 1938 chess tournament, during which tournament Capablanca turned 50, while Keres was 22." ― Wikipedia

The Chess Machine: https://chessville.com/jose-raul-ca...

Learn from the World Champions: https://www.chessable.com/blog/famo...

* Capa's rare losses: http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches...

* Famous Chess Photos: https://tr.pinterest.com/pin/585256...

"In order to improve your game, you must study the endgame before everything else, for whereas the endings can be studied and mastered by themselves, the middle game and the opening must be studied in relation to the endgame." ― José Raúl Capablanca

* 2 bad habits: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ifm...

* Passer on the 2nd rank: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/gk1w...

* 3.Ba3 Nbd7: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/dtqe...

* 3 billion dummies? https://www.youtube.com/shorts/nz96...

* 3 reasons: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/5pv3...

Play through a book of traps or miniatures your first year of chess. Tackle Attack and Counterattack in Chess by Fred Reinfeld.

Play though The Art of the Checkmate your second year of chess. Tackle Fred Reinfeld's 1001 Brilliant Ways to Checkmate.

Play through an annotated games collection (individual player or tournament book prior to 1930) your third year of chess. Tackle The Complete Chess Player by Fred Reinfeld.

Study a chess course your fourth year of chess.
Tackle The Complete Chess Course by Fred Reinfeld.

Study a classic general treatise your fifth year of chess. Tackle The Fireside Book of Chess by Irving Chernev and Fred Reinfeld.

* 4,000 ELO: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/6g2E...

* A45: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvH...

* Alireza Firouzja's 5 Most Brilliant Chess Moves: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwa...

* Fabiano Caruana's 5 Most Brilliant Chess Moves: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoq...

* Top 5 laws: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/CimP...

* Top 6 traps: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYO...

* Top 7 aggressive openings: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ib8...

* 7 Mexican songs that you've heard: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9S...

* 7 ways to punish Bg4 pin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbQ...

* 738 days: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/niPh...

* 8 Chess concepts: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRy...

* 0831 history: https://www.msn.com/en-us/video/peo...

* Firouzja Breaks Record: Youngest 2800 Chess Player in History! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHR...

* 9-year-old Bodhana Sivanandan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwK...

* 9 Russian songs that you've heard: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-v...

* Double rook sacrifice in 9 moves: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/KD-F...

* 0920 history: https://www.msn.com/en-us/video/peo...

* Top 10 best Stafford Gambit traps: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIe...

* 10 historical human blunders: https://www.msn.com/en-us/video/peo...

* 10 Italian songs that you've heard: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gt...

* 12th street comes after the 11th: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlr...

* Bradshaw, Brady, and Montana wore #12: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/_yUE...

So did Jim Kelly: https://www.sportscasting.com/news/...

* 18-year-old Gukesh Dommaraju, the World Championship challenger w/the knight pair: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vq...

* Johnny Guarnieri plays: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHX...

* Adrian Beltre is the all-time leader in hits, RBI, XBH, and total bases among 3B in MLB 🔥

* Al Khwarizmi: The Father of Algebra from Persia.

* Alan Turing: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/KdwE...

* Always know how thy opponent will respond -- s/he does not have to cooperate with your plans: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/JuHR...

* Aliens in chess: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPj...

* R.I.P. Aliens: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4O...

* Alapin Sicilian bait: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/9FO1...

* Animal Crackers, 1930: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zz1...

* Arjun is golden: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kql...

* Archer: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/gJZ7...

* Ask Whats? https://www.youtube.com/shorts/AF6y...

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

* banjo and ukulele combination: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Io...

* The Babbitt and the Bromide: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mP7...

* Black to move -- find the mate: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/DlQF...

* Blazing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7g...

* Blue suede: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6B...

* Blumenthal is a fraud: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/T640...

* Bobby Baseball: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/7PFd...

* Brutal Bishop's opening gambit: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/7IJQ...

* What was Bernoulli thinking? https://www.youtube.com/shorts/zD8A...

* Boden-Kieseritzky Gambit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HyP...

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

* Castling into it: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/JiHp...

* Castling opposite: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/uZqm...

* Chaturanga: https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle...

* Chattanooga Choo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hae...

* Chess Olympiad 2024 in Budapest: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Svh...

* Check before you promote -- it might be mate: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/kCpR...

* Cliffe Knechtle's message:

* Creature of habit: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/10ht...

* Danish, Gustavo Fring trap, Greco's Mate: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/joUH...

* Discovered checks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxH...

* Do the Hustle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3k...

* Trash talkin' hustler: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5v...

* Don't throw your time and money away! https://www.youtube.com/shorts/fgRe...

* Don't do this to dear old Dad: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/fCI8...

* Are you driving??? https://www.youtube.com/shorts/OZA6...

* Drawn? https://www.youtube.com/shorts/7NLv...

* Dubov duplicates Blackburne's Mate: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/XxWV...

* Each one saw Jesus risen from the dead: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/yMXq...

* Easiest $150: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/fzod...

* Efficiency: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/KHN8...

* Electronicx: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=us-...

* Embarrassing beat down: https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/ot...

* Excuse me, says the lad: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/3mYt... The moral of the story: If you need help, ask for help!

* Extremists: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/9bv0...

* Engelbert Humperdinck 1968: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2u...

* Basic Endgame principles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6T5...

* No easy fix: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/p4xH...

* f3 & f6 when queenless: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/FUNQ...

* B & N forks in the Center Game: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/HUme...

* "the 50 most beautiful miles in America" https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/tr...

* Capitalist entrepreneurial freedom outperforms Communism: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Ivmb...

* Fried Liver Counterattack: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/22eM...

* Pseudo Fried Liver on the queenside: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Zdsg...

* "Foggy Mountain Breakdown" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=af9...

* Fort Davis: https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/ne...

* Forth and Back: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/qrIU...

* Forsaken: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4a...

* Forgiveness: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/L38q...

* France: https://www.bing.com/travel/place-s...

* French trickster: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ZJeE...

* Fresh air: https://new.uschess.org/news/take-i...

* Get out of the way: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/vvX2...

* The Goose gave one up: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/xRLp...

* The Greatest Chess Game Of 2024 (upto mid-May): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmr...

* Grand Can: https://www.msn.com/en-us/video/peo...

* Grand Prix: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jd...

* Hanging: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/HTRP...

* Hazel Simpson hits home: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pc...

* Heavy pieces in action: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/VNeX...

* Heaven or hell? https://www.youtube.com/shorts/nxQY...

* "Help your pieces help you." https://www.youtube.com/shorts/7nEi...

* Hikaru's discovered double attack: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/5h1Z...

* How many times will you watch this? https://www.youtube.com/shorts/3yHZ...

* ...h6 is often bad in the opening: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Itek...

* Hush money: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/bOSf...

* If yogurt goes bad, how can you tell?

* ICC: https://www.youtube.com/@chessclubICC

* In Dreams: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTR...

* India World Champs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7AW...

* Interference: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/YNMJ...

* Instead of giving check, quietly threaten mate: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/d5lG...

* It's O.K. to Li: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/6Qw5...

* It's all about love, relationships, not achievements, possessions: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/7eaM...

* Irish resilience: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/gY5G...

* Jitterbug Party: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMQ...

* Jobava London executes: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/aifA...

* Ju Wenjun's chair: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/XTSr...

* The Soul of Johnny Wanderin' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPY...

* Center Counter Unpin: 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5 4.d4 e5 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Bc5 Bb4 7.0-0 NxBc3 8.Bxf7+ KxBf7 9.Ng5+ Ke8 10.QxBg4 Nf6 11.Qe6+ Kd8 12.Nf7# 1-0.

* ICBM deflection: 1.Nf3 d5 2.e4 dxe4 3.Ng5 Nf6 4.d3 exd3 5.Bxd3 h6 6.Nxf7+ KxNf7 7.Bg6+ KxBg6 8.QxQd8 Black resigns, 0-1.

* Tennison Gambit lesson: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yc9...

John 3:16-18 King James Version

16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.

18 He that believeth on Him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.

* 50 move rule: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/cjFW...

* Kadas Gambit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iec...

* Kid teaches the Italian game: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLk...

* Italian 5.d3: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/lK9V...

Not this: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/TT5P...

* KID (& Pirc) intro: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ap...

* KID by Carlsen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIM...

* KID trapped: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/HonN...

* KID vs Bg5, ...e5 blunder: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/TSvC...

* KID transposes into the 1.e4 Pirc Def: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/3Xaf...

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

* King's Gambit Counter: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OeG...

* Knight vs Bishop: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVd...

* Where's Slick Willie?? https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/worl...

* Woke Liberalism: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/9CbJ...

* This little light of mine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qj3...

* Logical series: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQH... Do read Chernev's book!

* Anti-London System: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9I...

* Her lovely bear: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/iz_b...

* Lukewarm: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Eapi...

* Malagueña: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pz2...

* Medley of hymns: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EuI...

* Wrong mirror for Black: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/IFpa...

* Mirror counterattack in the Russian Game: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/5ESN...

* Mississippi John Hurt: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85B...

* Money facts: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/2yWE...

* They must make real good moola: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/HbBu...

* Moving forward: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/WqwW...

* More popular than the originals: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/qVsw...

* Mozart's Turkish Rondo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-l4...

* Paul Morphy brilliancies: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaG...

* Mr. Sandman: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-c...

* Necessary: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/5_b3...

* NYC 1900: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UER...

* Never resign if you still have mating material: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ktJc...

* Never without: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/se3E...

* Numbers Boogie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhF...

* Octo and the scuba: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/CQBY...

* Online chess: https://www.247chess.com/news/chess...

* On the attack: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/2uuL...

* Othello: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LY...

* Overstimulated: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/vLHB...

* Overworked by pigs on the 7th: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/JFBX...

* Paid in full: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/C82G...

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

* Pawn manipulations: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/E15Y...

* Pepper spray: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/WiWz...

* Perfect: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QR...

* Amazing Pins: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aP9...

* Pirc Defense: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYE...

* Carlsen plays the Pirc: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WE7...

* Pirc Defense refutation? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JC...

* Put pressure on the pinned piece: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/xIDi...

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

* Prevent the opponent's best response, then do your combination: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/VXom...

* Little Pragg: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Sw6b...

* Psalm 46:1 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/K3n8...

* QGA: https://www.bing.com/videos/rivervi...

* QGA: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jy6...

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

* ...Qg4! https://www.youtube.com/shorts/XObS...

* Queens and Pawns ending: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/mjf_...

* Racing: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/0ggJ...

* Rare for a reason: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDL...

* Rhapsody In Blue: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAu...

* The Austrian Ratpack: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jx0...

* Release point consistency: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/6FMM...

* Resonance: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/n9dp...

* Django Reinhardt clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZ3...

* Rousseau Gambit, Nxc2 sac: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/DjMU...

Win as Black: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMv...

Learn from Levy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Usg...

* Routine: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/FT1H...

* Rook the King: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/o0HT...

* Scandianavian Nbd7 is the last to develop after both bishops: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/0rke...

* Stop Scholar's Mate w/the pony: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ssmX...

...g4 extended variation: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/VIom...

* Beyond the Sea: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZT...

* See the difference? https://www.youtube.com/shorts/KmxQ...

* See, See Rider: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jzc...

* Summertime chess improvement:
billwall

Well, my advice is to play as much as you can, write the moves down, and when you have time, go over your games. I am not a fan of playing the computer or solving chess problem, but since you have the Polgar book called Chess, I would recommend studying the short games and miniatures in that book (one of my games is in there). Here atwww.chess.com, I would recommend you play email chess. Take two to four challenges or games. Play 2 games as White and 2 games as Black. Try to play a gambit and tactical in one game as White, and positional in the other game as White, and do the same for Black. Pick two openings you want to study as White, and two as Black. 99% of the players need to improve their opening, so get comfortable with some openings that you like or are successful at. Go over your games every month and see if there is progress, either in future games, or analyzing the games you already played and found more ideas. If you have anyone stronger to look at the game, that would help. Otherwise, after a game, try to run it against a strong chess program. If you have Chessmaster 10, I guess I would play the first 10-15 moves, rather than the whole game to get in more time understanding the openings. Take advantage of the free downloads here and study the games. For a 2-week vacation, get a book on openings or the Polgar book, and study the openings or the shorter games. Try to guess the next move after each line and try to understand why your move was good or not or why the book move was the recommended move. Finally, make it enjoyable. If you are getting too burned out, stay away from the game for a while, or just play over your old games for fun, and perhaps rotate the board to see the opponent's point of view.

* Sheridan: https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/tr...

* Shielding from behind: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/l6fO...

* Sinatra: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/IwA-...

* Skip James: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYA...

* Solve these 5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDp...

* So that's what takes place: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/xs12...

* Spanish Berlin, Anastasia's Mate: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/iAOy...

* Spank kids with the Spanish Berlin Fishin' Pole: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/XHI2...

Replay: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/dVZM...

* Space and the outside passer: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/WxQH...

* Summertime: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5x...

* Sun rise, sunset: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/UWmP...

* St. Louis 1965: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvY...

* Royal Skewer: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/8Hpa...

* Stable equilibrium: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/4rKm...

* Steinitz rule in pawn endgames: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/vUv5...

* Swing the mood: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iD...

* Tactics and Combinations are not strategy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EkE...

Is there a Q+ and fork, a Nc6 hitting c2 or Nf6 hitting f2? Count the coverage, attackers vs defenders and their relative value of exchange. Develop your minor pieces rapidly. Blunder check: How will this piece be hit on its new square? Can it be pinned? Don't expose your royalty. Reinforce the center and the bishop's aim. Seize open lines and form batteries with your long-range pieces. Protect your pieces and prevent penetration. Unpin & untie immediately. Blockade weak pawns and penetrate weak squares. Put pigs on the 2nd/7th.

* Take it down a notch: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ZlkX...

* Tal sacrifices: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ngM5...

* TFD: https://chessentials.com/category/l...

* That's how it is done: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/4Tn2...

<<<<<<<Before you speak, THINK…

T - is it True?
H - is it Helpful?
I - is it Inspiring?
N - is it Necessary?
K - is it Kind?>>>>

* Timely: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ov...

* Today is the day: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ZESv...

* Terrible: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Vz8U...

* Chess Titles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULy...

* Triangular hole: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Qm64...

* Triangulation changes the move: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/AGjc...

* Trimmin': https://www.youtube.com/shorts/tddb...

* Trumpeters: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZO1...

* Tromp the Indians: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmY...

* Tarrasch vs Romberg 1893: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/BfnD...

* To-do: https://www.explore.com/1097372/thi...

* two-time U.S. No.1 single: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnc...

* Teks bawaan: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/lZsS...

* Traxler Counter-Attack: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1j...

* Unchained: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0E...

* Untenable: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/MW90...

* Union Square Hustle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDA...

* Saavedra Underpromotion 1895: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/pWeo...

* Variety show in December 1969: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2o8...

* Vegan bacon, or Fried Liver? https://www.youtube.com/shorts/xeRI...

* Viva La Vida... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSk...

* Vienna Gambit, Heisenberg trap: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/O1Oi...

* Vietnam traps: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Xrji...

* Waiting for the Paris train: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipP...

* What does the pawn structure say? https://www.youtube.com/shorts/q4Bf...

* Wishbone playaction: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yci...

* When castling is bad: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSE...

* Word police: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/rjhA...

* Chair yoga: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/tMSH...

* You aint nothin' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNY...

* Yugoslavia 1957 Attack: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZW...

* Zugzwang: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3I3...

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

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

* Petrosian's Best: Game Collection: P.H.Clarke: Petrosian's Best games

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

* Scandinavian Minis: http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches...

* Sharper Tactics: Sharpen Your Tactics C 849-999 (chessgames.com)

* Solitaire: Game Collection: Solitaire Chess by I. A. Horowitz

* Stunners: Game Collection: Stunners

* 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...

* Trap the Queen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmU...

* When to Trade: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGa...

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

* Opening Tree: https://www.shredderchess.com/onlin...

Wordzys:
38cry Peepy iz's perf fumed upda room enuff 4 3 adults Moe, Larry, man Kurley fries liver attaché oven three headed monster trucks stay toda right hand of Psalm 110:1 https://www.bibleref.com/Psalms/110...

"Many people perceive the merit of a manuscript which is read to them, but will not declare themselves in its favor until they see what success it has in the world when printed, or what intelligent men will say about it. They do not like to risk their opinion, and they want to be carried away by the crowd and dragged along by the multitude. Then they say that they were amongst the first who approved of that work, and the general public shares their opinion. Such men lose the best opportunities of convincing us that they are intelligent, clever, and first-rate critics, and can really discover what is good and what is better. A fine work falls into their hands; it is an author's first book before he has got any great name; there is nothing to prepossess anyone in his favor, and by applauding his writings one does not court or flatter the great. Zelotes, you are not required to cry out: "This is a masterpiece; human intelligence never went farther; the human speech cannot soar higher; henceforward we will judge of no one's taste but by what he thinks of this book." Such exaggerated and offensive expressions are only employed by postulants for pensions or benefices and are even injurious to what is really commendable and what one wishes to praise. Why not merely say—"That's a good book?" It is true you say it when the whole of France has approved of it, and foreigners as well as your own countrymen, when it is printed all over Europe and has been translated into several languages, but then it is too late." ― Jean de La Bruyère

<The Three Wise Men of Gotham

Three wise men of Gotham
Went to sea in a bowl;
And if the bowl had been stronger
My song would have been longer.>

‘May your Departures equal your Landfalls!'

Earthquake in Morocco—8 September, 2023
by Paul A. Freeman

My flight to Casablanca landed late,
and through an ill-chanced vagary of Fate
I found myself—soon Mauritania bound—
Inside a gangway, meters off the ground,
Queuing, hot and sweaty, as our plane
Stood ready to accept a weighty gain.

At first my bones and joints absorbed a jolt
And judders. Earth's preamble of revolt,
Of mantle readjustments yet to come—
Reminding us that Nature's never mum.
For next the gangway's shuddering increased,
And long metallic groans declared a beast
Unleashed to roam its Atlas Mountain lair,
To tear down habitations, charge the air
With screams and dust and darkness till the night

Was fear-filled, with humanity in flight.

And meantime, on the gangway, I'd remained,
Till in my ears the cries of women rained,
Who left their onboard luggage in their wake.
So, stumbling, I followed for my sake,
Pitched side-to-side, unbalanced as a sot,
To safety at Gate 8, to mull my lot,
Not knowing of the thousands lying dead
Not far away, entombed, their mortal bed
Weighed down by bricks and concrete, while the brute

That caused such terror once again went mute.

"When you come to a fork in the road, take it." ― Yogi Berra, 10-time World Series champion

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.

"Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said." — Voltaire

"A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on." — Winston Churchill

"Almost all of our sorrows spring out of our relations with other people." — Arthur Schopenhauer

"Happiness resides not in possessions, and not in gold, happiness dwells in the soul." — Democritus

"Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared." —Buddha

<lillia wrote:

CHESS
do you want to play chess?
I would, but it's 11 pm
The connection is bad
ok i like it when you win
i don't let you win, i don't try my hardest but
even if i did, you'd win
Ok I like it when you win>

Chess has six different kinds of pieces, and they all interact in myriad ways. Your opponent's own pieces can often be used against him.

While the Queen is the strongest piece, it is the weakest defender; and while the pawn is the weakest piece, it is the strongest defender.

José Raúl Capablanca< used the principle "Cutting off pieces from the scene of action."

<Like new-laid eggs Chess Problems are,

Though very good, they may be beaten;
And yet, though like, they're different far,
They may be cooked, but never eaten.

Source: page 58 of Poems and Chess Problems by J.A. Miles (Fakenham, 1882).>

Little and lasting is better than much and passing. ~ Moroccan Proverb

A stone from the hand of a friend is an apple. ~ Moroccan Proverb

A handful of couscous is better than Mecca and all its dust. ~ Moroccan Proverb

Friendship is honey - but don't eat it all. ~ Moroccan Proverb

If one tells you the harira is cold, tell him to put his hand in it. ~ Moroccan Proverb

Among walnuts only the empty one speaks. ~ Moroccan Proverb

Speech and action make the perfect conduct. ~ Moroccan Proverb

Instruct a man, you instruct an individual.
Instruct a woman, you instruct a nation. ~ Moroccan Proverb

A pipe of kif in the morning gives one more strength than a 100 camels in the courtyard. ~ Moroccan Proverb

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.

"When you play the game of thrones you win or you die." — George R. R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

"Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past." — George Orwell's book, "1984"

"Brave doesn't mean you're not scared. It means you go on even though you're scared." — Angie Thomas, The Hate U Give, Lisa …

"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.

'Fire is a good servant but a bad master'

"Never be bullied into silence, never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life, define yourself." — Robert Frost

"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.

'Fine words butter no parsnips'

>>Sonnet 19 - (On His Blindness) When I Consider How My Light Is Spent John Milton

When I consider how my light is spent,
Ere half my days, in this dark world and wide, And that one Talent which is death to hide
Lodged with me useless, though my Soul more bent To serve therewith my Maker, and present
My true account, lest he returning chide;
"Doth God exact day-labour, light denied?"
I fondly ask. But patience, to prevent
That murmur, soon replies, "God doth not need
Either man's work or his own gifts; who best Bear his mild yoke, they serve him best. His state Is Kingly. Thousands at his bidding speed
And post o'er Land and Ocean without rest:
They also serve who only stand and wait." <<

"Oh what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive" - Sir Walter Scott (1771 - 1832)

Originally referring to a love triangle in the play "Marmion" by Sir Walter Scott, this wonderfully poetic and succinct line perfectly encapsulates how complicated life becomes when people start lying to each other.

"Optimism is a happiness magnet. If you stay positive, good things and good people will be drawn to you." — Mary Lou Retton

"I'm like a bad penny, I always turn up." — Indiana Jones, 'The Last Crusade' (1989)

"Vitality shows not only in the ability to persist but in the ability to start over." — F. Scott Fitzgerald

"The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any." — Alice Walker

Cuando una puerta se cierra, otra se abre. (When one door is closed, another is opened.) ― Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1547-1616)

"Where there's a will, there's a way."

30 Simple Concepts: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amr...

3 years ago
0:30 Opening
0:43 Theory
0:54 Rap God
1:04 Novelty
1:27 Gambit
1:44 End Game
2:23 Fortress
2:47 Middlegame
3:02 Piece Activity
3:24 Advantage/space
4:19 Attack
4:48 Pawnstorms
5:18 Counter Play
5:35 Sacrifice
6:35 Threat
7:09 Weakness
7:43 Battery
8:11 Rook Lift
8:43 Tactics
9:10 Tempo
9:43 Dynamic
10:12 Positional Play
10:23 Closed Position
10:50 Open Position
11:06 Blockade
11:45 Complex
12:23 Outpost
13:00 Initiative
14:20 Trades/Exchanges
15:16 Compensation
16:07 Pawn Structure

* 100: Game Collection: 100 Soviet Chess Miniatures

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

* Borg Defence? http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches...

* Brick The standard brick size in the United States is 2 ½ x 3 ¾ x 8 inches.

* Common Phrases and Terms: https://www.ragchess.com/chess-basi...

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

* Colors-reversed: Game Collection: Colors-Reversed Openings

* Counterattack in the center: Game Collection: MEET FLANK ATTACK WITH COUNTERATTACK IN CENTER

* 1947: USSR Championship (1947)

* 1966 US Championship: United States Championship (1966/67)

* Emre: https://chessdoctrine.com/chess-ope...

* Endgame course: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cB...

* Endgame instruction: Game Collection: Instructive Endgame

* Endgame principles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhU...

* Failing is a part of life: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nja...

* Fischer Wins: Game Collection: Bobby Fischer Wins With The King's Indian Attack

* Greats: Game Collection: These were the greatest...

* Greats: Game Collection: Chess Mastery

* GM Arthur Bisguier's Tips: https://www.uschess.org/index.php/L... Back in the days before Stockfish, Bisguier would publicly analyze (criticize) games off the scoresheets submitted by individual players in the lecture room at large USA chess tournaments.

* Middlegames: Game Collection: Learn from the Masters-Middlegames (Tactics)

* Paradox: https://www.bing.com/videos/rivervi...

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

* Pawn Structures: Game Collection: Chess Structures: A Grandmaster Guide

* Pirc Defense, Classical: Game Collection: Pirc, Classical Variation

* Play: https://play.chessbase.com/en/

* Q takedowns: Game Collection: Trapped Queen

* Revived: http://gbcmartinsburg.com/

* Secrets of Combination: Game Collection: Secrets of the Russian Chess Masters Volume II

* See links in notes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKH...

* Suetin's book: Game Collection: Das Schachgenie Botwinnik (Suetin)

* The ABCs: Game Collection: The ABC of the Ruy Lopez

<The Man In The Glass
Peter Dale Wimbrow Sr.

When you get what you want in your struggle for self And the world makes you king for a day
Just go to the mirror and look at yourself
And see what that man has to say.

For it isn't your father, or mother, or wife
Whose judgment upon you must pass
The fellow whose verdict counts most in your life Is the one staring back from the glass.

He's the fellow to please – never mind all the rest For he's with you, clear to the end
And you've passed your most difficult, dangerous test If the man in the glass is your friend.

You may fool the whole world down the pathway of years And get pats on the back as you pass
But your final reward will be heartache and tears If you've cheated the man in the glass.

This poem was first published in 1934 and is still very popular today.>

'As you sow so shall you reap'

Old Russian Proverb: "If you are given something, take it; if you are being beaten, run. (Дают — бери, а бьют — беги.)"

"Il vaut mieux prévenir que guérir." ― (It is better to prevent than to heal.)

FEMA, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, reminds us: 16.1 million people have a cognitive, intellectual or mental health disability.

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

Flaming Knights: https://workingtheflame.com/famous-...

"Don Quixote de la Mancha, answered the squire; he is a knight-adventurer, and one of the greatest and most valiant that have been seen in this world for many ages." — 'Don Quixote'

"He must be humble of heart, strong of arm, be savage in war, loyal to hearth, and follow deeds of Glory. He must keep honour with all, banish cowardice from his doings, and bring his House no shame. He must serve the Emperor, and defend the Imperium. Thus should a Knight rule himself." — The Chivalric Duty, Aquitainus Malory Cadmus, M31

"He that plays the king shall be welcome- his Majesty shall

have tribute of me; the adventurous knight shall use his foil and

target; the lover shall not sigh gratis; the humorous man shall

end his part in peace…"
― William Shakespeare, 'Hamlet'

<"We're Knights of the Round Table Our shows are formidable
But many times, we're given rhymes
That are quite unsingable." >
― Monty Python, 'Knights Of The Round Table'.

"The knight is a man of blood and iron, a man familiar with the sight of smashed faces and the ragged stumps of lopped-off limbs; he is also a demure, almost maiden like, guest in a hall, a gentle, modest, unobtrusive man. He is not compromise or happy mean between ferocity and meekness." ― C.S.Lewis

"For to die with honour is far better than to live disgraced." ― James Knowles, 'The Legends Of King Arthur And His Knights'.

"The very purpose of a knight is to fight on behalf of a lady." ― Sir Thomas Malory.

"A red-cross knight for ever kneel'd

To a lady in his shield,

That sparkled on the yellow field…"
― Lord Alfred Tennyson, 'The Lady Of Shallot'

"The Brave Man
Carves
Out His Fortune,
And
Every Man
Is The Son
Of His Own
Works."
― Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Don Quixote

"The warrior guided by the spirit serves humanity, the warrior without, serves the ego" ― Soke Behzad Ahmadi

"I'd rather have a heart of gold
Than all the treasure of the world."
― Ana Claudia Antunes, Memoirs of An Amazon

"Sweet lady," said Florian, "all men are fools, and all men are knights, where women are concerned." ― George R.R. Martin, The Hedge Knight

"I have seen too many men go down, and I never permit myself to forget that one day, through accident or under the charge of a younger, stronger knight, I too will go down." ― John Steinbeck, The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights

"This is beyond understanding." said the king. "You are the wisest man alive. You know what is preparing. Why do you not make a plan to save yourself?" And Merlin said quietly, "Because I am wise. In the combat between wisdom and feeling, wisdom never wins." ― John Steinbeck, The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights

<"My task is set before me, girl My mission clear and true
There'll be black knights and dragons, girl
But I will always come for you…">
― Emme Rollins

"Sir Lancelot: Ask me the questions, bridgekeeper. I am not afraid.

Bridgekeeper: What… is your name?

Sir Lancelot: My name is Sir Lancelot of Camelot.

Bridgekeeper: What… is your quest?

Sir Lancelot: To seek the Holy Grail."
― Monty Python, 'Knights Of The Round Table'

"Any wise man fears open spitefulness, whether it be in seriousness or in jest." ― Chrétien de Troyes, 'Perceval: The Story Of The Grail, With The Continuations'.

"Then answered Lancelot, the chief of knights:

'And with what face, after my pretext made, Shall I appear, O Queen, at Camelot, I before a King who honours his own word, As if it were his God's?' " ― Lord Alfred Tennyson, 'Idylls Of The King'

"Sir Launcelot, yonder one knight shall I help, for it were shame for me to see three knights on one, and if he be slain I am partner of his death. And therewith he took his harness and went out at a window by a sheet down to the four knights…" ― Mark Twain, 'A Connecticut Yankee In King Arthur's Court'.

"A knight of Arthur, working out his will, To cleanse the world. Why, Gawain, when he came With Modred hither in the summertime, Asked me to tilt with him, the proven knight." ― Lord Alfred Tennyson, 'Idylls Of The King'.

"And then they all three cried, Sir Knight, we yield us unto you as man of might matchless. As to that, said Sir Launcelot, I will not take your yielding unto me, but so that ye yield you unto Sir Kay the seneschal, on that covenant I will save your lives and else not…" ― Mark Twain, 'A Connecticut Yankee In King Arthur's Court'.

"How came the lily maid by that good shield Of Lancelot, she that knew not even his name?

He left it with her, when he rode to tilt For the great diamond in the diamond jousts, Which Arthur had ordained, and by that name Had named them, since a diamond was the prize." ― Lord Alfred Tennyson, 'Idylls Of The King'

"Sir Lancelot increased in fame and worship above all men, for he overthrew all comers, and never was unhorsed or worsted, save by treason and enchantment." ― James Knowles, 'The Legend Of King Arthur And His Knights'

"There never has been, I suppose, in all the world, in all the history of war, such an opportunity for youth. The Knights of the Round Table, the Crusaders, all fall back into the past." ― Winston Churchill.

"A true knight is fuller of bravery in the midst, than in the beginning of danger." ― Philip Sidney

"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'.

"You lost today kid, but it doesn't mean you have to like it." ― Indiana Jones, 'The Last Crusade' (1989)

Q: What do you call a cat that likes to eat beans? A: Puss 'n' Toots!

Q: What do you call a clown who's in jail?
A: A silicon!

Q: What do you call a deer with no eyes?
A: No eye deer!!

Q: What do you call a three-footed aardvark?
A: A yardvark!

Q: What do you call a dancing lamb?
A: A baaaaaa-llerina!

Q: What do you call a meditating wolf?
A: Aware wolf!

Q: What do you call a witch who lives at the beach? A: A sand-witch!

Q: What do you call an avocado that's been blessed by the pope? A: Holy Guacamole!

This poem is dedicated to all Caissa members who are the Silent Majority.

<The Silent Majority

Spoke the silent pawn to the opposing queen:
Your master is a filthy man and also very mean.
He does naught but curse and foulmouth my gentle master. Your king ought to punish him real fast if not faster. because we are all tired of his filthy ranting and raving. We want to play chess which is our gift and inborn craving. But if he is allowed to continue to act like a filthy prick, we'll catch him and drown him in the cesspool with frick. Replied the queen smilingly though in a very loud voice: Fear not silent majority because that is also our choice. So it came about, that one could hear in the deep of night an inhuman scream of the filthy man who died slowly of fright.>

Isaiah 66:24
24 "And they will go out and look on the dead bodies of those who rebelled against me; the worms that eat them will not die, the fire that burns them will not be quenched, and they will be loathsome to all mankind."

"Someday, somewhere – anywhere, unfailingly, you'll find yourself, and that, and only that, can be the happiest or bitterest hour of your life." ― Pablo Neruda

"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

"The most important decision you make is to be in a good mood." — Voltaire

"Young people of high school age can actually feel themselves changing. Progress is almost tangible. It's exciting. It stimulates more progress. Nevertheless, growth is not constant and smooth. Erik Erikson quotes an aphorism to describe the formless forming of it. "I ain't what I ought to be. I ain't what I'm going to be, but I'm not what I was."" —Stella Chess (20th century)

"Friend, you don't have to earn God's love or try harder. You're precious in His sight, covered by the priceless blood of Jesus, and indwelt by His Holy Spirit. Don't hide your heart or fear you're not good enough for Him to care for you. Accept His love, obey Him, and allow Him to keep you in His wonderful freedom." — Charles F. Stanley

Matthew 19:26
But Jesus looked at them and said, '<With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.>'<

Doubts
by Mohammed Bennis
Translated by James Kurkup

With these doubts
that illuminates us
With these exiles
that interweave
We heighten the colour
of the trace
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The word "falcon" is from the Latin "falx," meaning "curved blade, pruning hook, sickle, war-scythe."

<"<To be, or not to be: that is the question:>

Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,
Or to take arms against a sea of troubles,
And by opposing end them? To die: to sleep;
No more; and by a sleep to say we end
The heart-ache and the thousand natural shocks
That flesh is heir to, 'tis a consummation
Devoutly to be wish'd. To die, to sleep;
To sleep: perchance to dream: ay, there's the rub;

For in that sleep of death what dreams may come
When we have shuffled off this mortal coil,
Must give us pause: there's the respect
That makes calamity of so long life;
For who would bear the whips and scorns of time,

The oppressor's wrong, the proud man's contumely,

The pangs of despised love, the law's delay,
The insolence of office and the spurns
That patient merit of the unworthy takes,
When he himself might his quietus make
With a bare bodkin? who would fardels bear,
To grunt and sweat under a weary life,
But that the dread of something after death,
The undiscover'd country from whose bourn
No traveller returns, puzzles the will
And makes us rather bear those ills we have
Than fly to others that we know not of?
Thus conscience does make cowards of us all;
And thus the native hue of resolution
Is sicklied o'er with the pale cast of thought,
And enterprises of great pith and moment
With this regard their currents turn awry,
And lose the name of action.--Soft you now!
The fair Ophelia! Nymph, in thy orisons
Be all my sins remember'd!">
― William Shakespeare, Hamlet

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

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<Set during World War II, the producers of < Casablanca > (1942) couldn't have known that the film would become a classic. But all these years later, the story of a man (Rick Blaine, played by Humphrey Bogart) and a woman (Ilsa Lund, portrayed by Ingrid Bergman) sacrificing their love to support a higher purpose (defeating the Nazis) remains timeless.

Casablanca won three Academy Awards for best picture, director, and screenplay and is still one of the most popular films of all time, ranked at the top of many movie critic lists. The movie and its theme song, "As Time Goes By," have become pop culture icons.

The film takes place in <Casablanca>, with most of the action happening at a tavern called Rick's, named for the hero of the story, played by Humphrey Bogart. The plot begins when an old flame, Ilsa Lund (portrayed by Ingrid Bergman), suddenly appears with her husband, Victor Laslow, who's wanted by the Nazis. Rick has to decide whether to put aside his feelings for Ilsa to help Victor escape to help the Resistance.<

"<Play it once, Sam. For old times' sake.>" — Rick

"<Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine.>" — Rick

"<Here's looking at you, kid.>" — Rick

"<Kiss me. Kiss me as if it were the last time.>" — Ilsa

"<My health. I came to Casablanca for the waters.>" — Rick

"<We'll always have Paris.>" — Rick

"<Round up the usual suspects.>" — Renault

"<Louie, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship.>" — Rick

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