"Chess is a fairy tale of 1,001 blunders." — Savielly Tartakower

"Pawns are the soul of chess." — François-André Danican Philidor

"To free your game, take off some of your adversary's men, if possible for nothing." — Captain Bertain, The Noble Game of Chess (1735)

"Chess is all about stored pattern recognition. You are asking your brain to spot a face in the crowd that it has not seen." ― Sally Simpson

Fred Wilson explains in "303 Tricky Chess Tactics": "A combination is a tactical maneuver in which you sacrifice material to obtain an advantage, or at least to improve your position. So, strategy then, is your general plan, while tactics are your specific means of carrying it out."

"For me the starting point for everything - before strategy, tactics, theories, managing, organizing, philosophy, methodology, talent, or experience - is work ethic. Without one of significant magnitude, you're dead in the water." ― Bill Walsh

"Persistence isn't using the same tactics over and over. Persistence is having the same goal over and over." ― Seth Godin

"If you don't play to win don't play at all." ― Tom Brady

"Every time you win, you're reborn; when you lose, you die a little." — George Allen

"I play my king all over the board. I make him fight!" — Wilhelm Steinitz

"A righteous wife can make a poor man feel like a king." — Boonaa Mohammed

"In my opinion, the King's Gambit is busted. It loses by force." ― Bobby Fischer, A bust to the King's Gambit (1960)

"Touch the pawns before your king with only infinite delicacy." ― Anthony Santasiere

"You can retreat pieces… but not pawns. So always think twice about pawn moves." ― Michael Stean

"The passed pawn is a criminal, who should be kept under lock and key. Mild measures, such as police surveillance, are not sufficient." ― Aron Nimzowitsch

"There are two kinds of idiots - those who don't take action because they have received a threat, and those who think they are taking action because they have issued a threat." ― Paulo Coelho, The Devil and Miss Prym

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

"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.

"Without technique it is impossible to reach the top in chess, and therefore we all try to borrow from Capablanca his wonderful, subtle technique." — Mikhail Tal

"I was brought up on the games of Capablanca and Nimzowitsch, and they became part of my chess flesh and blood." — Tigran Petrosian

"Capablanca was among the greatest of chess players, but not because of his endgame. His trick was to keep his openings simple, and then play with such brilliance in the middlegame that the game was decided - even though his opponent didn't always know it - before they arrived at the ending." — Robert Fischer

"If the student forces himself to examine all moves that smite, however absurd they may look at first glance, he is on the way to becoming a master of tactics." — C.J.S. Purdy

"The tactician knows what to do when there is something to do; whereas the strategian knows what to do when there is nothing to do." — Gerald Abrahams

"Winning is the science of being totally prepared." — George Allen

"What you do in the off season determines what you do in the regular season." — George Allen

"People of mediocre ability sometimes achieve outstanding success because they don't know when to quit." — George Allen

"Try not to do too many things at once. Know what you want, the number one thing today and tomorrow. Persevere and get it done." — George Allen

"Examine moves that smite! A good eye for smites is far more important than a knowledge of strategical principles." — C.J.S. Purdy

"It's a short trip from the penthouse to the outhouse." ― Paul Dietzel

"Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom." ― Francis Bacon

"Discipline is wisdom and vice versa." ― M. Scott Peck

"The punishment of every disordered mind is its own disorder." ― St. Augustine of Hippo, Confessions

"In chess, as in life, a man is his own most dangerous opponent." — Vasily Smyslov (1921-2010), 7th World Chess Champion

"We learn by chess the habit of not being discouraged by present bad appearances in the state of our affairs, the habit of hoping for a favorable change, and that of persevering in the search for resources." ― Benjamin Franklin

'April showers bring forth May flowers

"When a player keeps a calm demeanor on the court, it's easier for his ability to shine. The best response to an opposing player's physical or psychological tactics is to keep cool and come right back at him with the force of your game, not your fists. Revenge is always sweeter if your team wins the game." ― Walt Frazier

"I've never met a checkers player I didn't like; they're all even-tempered. Chess players are egotistical. They think they're intellectuals and that everyone else is beneath them." ― Don Lafferty, draughts grandmaster

"For a period of ten years--between 1946 and 1956--Reshevsky was probably the best chessplayer in the world. I feel sure that had he played a match with Botvinnik during that time he would have won and been World Champion." ― Bobby Fischer

"Forget the past – the future will give you plenty to worry about." — George Allen

"Life is very much about making the best decisions you can. So I think chess is very valuable." ― Hikaru Nakamura

"If you're too open-minded; your brains will fall out." ― Lawrence Ferlinghetti

* Anderssen vs Steinitz, 1866: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BF...

* Adolf Anderssen according to Ben Finegold: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BF...

* British grenadiers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zS...

* Charlie Chaplin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cU...

* Morphy vs Anderssen, 1858, Game 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5d...

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

* Monster Knights: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJ2...

* Morphy Lecture, Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-b...

* The Original Immortal Game: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AaK...

* King's Bishop Gambits: Game Collection: rajat21's kings gambit

* KBG, Gunsberg vs Capablanca, 1914: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xG...

* King's Gambit, Muzio Gambit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pij...

* King's Gambit, McDonnell Gambit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCv...

* King's Gambit Traps: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4P0...

* Anderssen crushes the KGD, Falkbeer Countergambit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-b...

* Computer match in the King's Gambit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYP...

* Falkbeers: Game Collection: FALKBEER COUNTERGAMBIT

* Heed Stan's Warning: Do Not Play 3.fxe5 in the KGD: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJh...

* nandychess plays the Falkbeer Countergambit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvV...

* Finegold on the King's Gambit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpV...

* Morphy's King's Gambit lesson: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzJ...

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

* Ian Nepomniachtchi Explains King's Gambit Accepted 3...g5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=viC...

* 1.e4 e5 flavor flav: Game Collection: The Open Games: 1.e4 e5

* 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 What does Jim say? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8_...

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

* 6 Blast Traps: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nn...

* 6.Ne5 against the Center Counter: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mE8...

* 8 Things to See in Benoni: https://girlinbluejeans.com/2018/08...

* 8 Traps in the Smith-Morra Gambit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9o...

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

* Latvian Gambit lesson by Tchigorin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzd...

* Latvian Gambit for Latvians & Crazies: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aw-...

* Latvian Gambit Traps: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkK...

* Latvian Gambit for Black: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5U...

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

* Checkmate patterns: Game Collection: Checkmate: Checkmate Patterns

* Chessbase India Call: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=290...

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

* Gambits Against the French Defense: Game Collection: alapin gambit -alapin diemer gambit + reti gam

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

* How to Play Chess! http://www.serverchess.com/play.htm...

* h-file attacks: Game Collection: h-file Attacks, some Greek Gifts by Fredthebear

* h-pawn lever, exchange sacrifice: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8t...

* Imagination: Game Collection: Imagination in Chess

* Immortal Games: Game Collection: Immortal games

* IQP Caro-Kann Defense: Panov Attack by GM Naroditsky: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srN...

* Surprise Knockouts: Game Collection: quick knockouts of greats

* King's Knight Opening: Konstantinopolsky Opening (C44): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgi...

* Lasker's Manual: Game Collection: Manual of Chess (Lasker)

* Mad Hatter tea party: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/QveA...

* Miniatures: Game Collection: 200 Miniature Games of Chess - Du Mont (III)

* Monday Puzzles: Game Collection: Monday Puzzles, 2011-2017

* Nuremberg 1896: Nuremberg (1896)

* Nunn's Chess Course: Game Collection: Lasker JNCC

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

* Oskar plays 1e4: Oskar Oglaza

* Piano intros: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/w_8n...

* Punish the Fried Liver Attack: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ap8...

* P-K4 Theory and Practice: Game Collection: Chess Openings: Theory and Practice, Section 1

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

* PB Friday Puzzles: Game Collection: Friday Puzzles, 2011-2017

* PB Miniature: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXJ...

* PB Remembrance: https://gameknot.com/stats.pl?phony...

* Daily Chess PB: https://www.dailychess.com/chess-ga...

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

* 25 Blast Traps: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8o...

* C42 Russian Game/Petrov Defense, Cochrane Gambit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ber...

* C42 Russian Game, Kaufmann Attack: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRG...

* Agadmator's C42 analysis: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0l...

* Schallop Defense to the King's Gambit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38U...

* Pass the Dutchie: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/SaNM...

* Prince Yusopov the assassin: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/axR1...

* Prizes: Game Collection: Brilliancy Prizes (Reinfeld)

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

* Rubinstein: Game Collection: Rubinstein's Chess Masterpieces

* Random Zs: Game Collection: ZHVNE

* The Rock Scrapbook: https://www.chess.com/article/view/...

* Ruy Lopez Trix: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__P...

* Ruy Lopez Sorcery: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_uQ...

* Ruy Lopez, The Ukrainian Immortal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6B7...

* Ruy Lopez, Tal vs Unziker, 1961: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owt...

* Ruy Lopez Game 4, FIDE World Chess Championship 2023: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmO...

* Hikaru Nakamura's Reaction to Game 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psT...

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

* Scotch Game Trix: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aj-...

* Scotch Game, Greek Gift: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0S...

* Scotch, Anti-Max Lange for Black:
Game Collection: ANTI MAX LANGE

* Short Selection for White: Game Collection: Repertoire for White

* Sicilian Alapin Miniature: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLk...

* Sicilian Brilliancy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kyw...

* Sicilian Closed B23: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YD-...

* Sicilian, Smith-Morra Gambit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWE...

* Sicilian, Smith-Morra Gambit Main Line: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZU...

* Anderssen vs Staunton, 1851: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAi...

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

* tacticmania - Game Collection: tacticmania

* Through the grapevine: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/UKyh...

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

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

* King Tutankhamun's Tomb find: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/qfUD...

* Universal 150 Attack vs Bg7: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FH4...

* Vienna Gambit, Legall's Mate: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAa...

* Vienna Gambit Trix: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGE...

* Vienna Gambit for Black: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXU...

* Vienna Game Stanley Variation 3.Bc4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VW4...

* Will Power: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9S...

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

* 960Chess: https://lichess.org/variant/chess960

* 1967: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/PiFW...

* 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!

"Chess is played with the mind and not with the hands." ― Renaud & Kahn

"Chess is a terrific way for kids to build self-image and self-esteem." ― Saudin Robovic

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

"Life is like a chess. If you lose your queen, you will probably lose the game." ― Being Caballero

"If you wish to succeed, you must brave the risk of failure." — Garry Kasparov

"You win some, you lose some, you wreck some." — Dale Earnhardt

"In life, unlike chess the game continues after checkmate." ― Isaac Asimov

"Stick a fork in him. He's done." ― Leo Durocher

"The pin is mightier than the sword." ― Fred Reinfield

"A sacrifice is best refuted by accepting it." ― Wilhelm Steinitz

"As day is to a sword, night is to a shield." ― Anthony Liccione

New Hampshire: Dover
Established in: 1623

Dover was originally settled in 1623 by fishermen and traders. Dover is the seventh oldest settlement in the United States. It was once known as Northam, and in 1692, Northam became part of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. The Cocheco River in Dover was the first place water power was used, when a sawmill was built in 1642.

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

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

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

* Magnus Carlsen's 5 tips for beginners: https://www.bing.com/videos/search?...

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.

Кто не рискует, тот не пьет шампанского Pronunciation: KTOH ni risKUyet, tot ni pyot shamPANSkava) Translation: He who doesn't take risks doesn't drink champagne Meaning: Fortune favours the brave

"Tal has a terrifying style. Soon even grandmasters will know of this." - Vladimir Saigin (after losing to 17-year-old Tal in a qualifying match for the master title) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5S...

"I like to grasp the initiative and not give my opponent peace of mind." — Mikhail Tal

<1903: Marie Curie becomes the first woman to receive Nobel Prize

The chemist and physicist is most famous for her pioneering work in the field of radioactivity.

She discovered the chemical element polonium in 1898, which she named after her native country Poland. Together with her husband Pierre, the duo announced the existence of another element—radium. In 1903, they were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for their work.

Curie received her second Nobel Prize in 1911, making her the only person to win in two different science fields (physics and chemistry). Her work was crucial in the development of x-rays in surgery.>

The current version of castling was established in France in 1620 and in England in 1640. https://new.uschess.org/news/evolut...

Sep-12-21 offramp:

"Yeah I'm sorry,
I can't afford a Ferrari,
But that don't mean
I can't get you there
I guess he's an X-box,
and I'm more Aryan Tari
But the way you play
your game ain't fair."

* CG Biography: Aryan Tari

* Capablanca: Wikipedia article: Jos%C3%A9 Ra%C3%BAl Capablanca

"Once in a lobby of the Hall of Columns of the Trade Union Center in Moscow a group of masters were analyzing an ending. They could not find the right way to go about things and there was a lot of arguing about it. Suddenly Capablanca came into the room. He was always find of walking about when it was his opponent's turn to move. Learning the reason for the dispute the Cuban bent down to the position, said 'Si, si,' and suddenly redistributed the pieces all over the board to show what the correct formation was for the side trying to win. I haven't exaggerated. Don Jose literally pushed the pieces around the board without making moves. He just put them in fresh positions where he thought they were needed. Suddenly everything became clear. The correct scheme of things had been set up and now the win was easy. We were delighted by Capablanca's mastery." ― Alexander Kotov

"Capablanca had that art which hides art to an overwhelming degree." ― Harry Golombek

"I have known many chess players, but only one chess genius, Capablanca." ― Emanuel Lasker

"I think Capablanca had the greatest natural talent." ― Mikhail Botvinnik

Maximo wrote:

My Forking Knight's Mare
Gracefully over the squares, as a blonde or a brunette, she makes moves that not even a queen can imitate. Always active and taking the initiative,
she likes to fork.
She does it across the board,
taking with ease not only pawns, but also kings, and a bad bishop or two.
Sometimes she feels like making
quiet moves,
at other times, she adopts romantic moods,
and makes great sacrifices.
But, being hers a zero-sum game,
she often forks just out of spite.
An expert at prophylaxis, she can be a swindler, and utter threats,
skewering men to make some gains.
Playing with her risks a conundrum,
and also catching Kotov's syndrome.
Nonetheless, despite having been trampled
by her strutting ways
my trust in her remains,
unwavering,
until the endgame.

Though the term "sultan" refers to a sovereign ruler, it is distinct from "king," as it is restricted to Muslim countries. The word was originally derived from an abstract noun meaning "authority" and "strength," and was eventually adopted as a title for rulers who declared their sovereignty but did not proclaim themselves a "caliph," a spiritual successor to the Prophet Muhammad.

<The Fooles Mate
Black Kings Biſhops pawne one houſe.
White Kings pawne one houſe.
Black kings knights pawne two houſes
White Queen gives Mate at the contrary kings Rookes fourth houſe — Beale, The Royall Game of Chesse-Play

Beale's example can be paraphrased in modern terms where White always moves first, algebraic notation is used, and Black delivers the fastest possible mate after each player makes two moves: 1.f3 e6 2.g4 Qh4#

There are eight distinct ways in which Fool's Mate can be reached in two moves. White may alternate the order of f- and g-pawn moves, Black may play either e6 or e5, and White may move their f-pawn to f3 or f4.>

"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

<"Sestrilla, hafelina
Jue amourasestrilla
Awou jue selaviena
En patre jue

Translation:

Beloved one, little cat
I love you for all time
In this time
And all others"
― Christine Feehan>

morfishine: "I like the Schliemann Defense, along with the Falkbeer counter-gambit and other chancy openings. Enterprising chess is the most fun, even if one meets with disaster from time-to-time. I'd rather go down swinging."

<1942: Women serve in the armed forces during World War II

The U.S. Army established the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (later known as Women's Army Corps, WAC) and recruited around 150,000 women in roles such as radio operators, mechanics and laboratory technicians during World War II.

In 1978, the WAC was disestablished by an act of Congress, as a means to assimilate women more closely into the structure of the Army.>

Archie Griffin is the only college football player to win two Heisman Trophies, in 1974 and 1975, as a junior and senior running back at Ohio State University.

Q: How do poets say hello?
A: "Hey, haven't we metaphor?"

On August 18, 1920, the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is ratified prohibiting any U.S. citizen from being denied the right to vote based on sex.

Q: What do you call a cow jumping on a trampoline? A: A milkshake.

<Steinitz's Theory
1. At the beginning of the game, Black and White are equal.

2. The game will stay equal with correct play on both sides.

3. You can only win by your opponent's mistake.

4. Any attack launched in an equal position will not succeed, and the attacker will suffer.

5. You should not attack until an advantage is obtained.

6. When equal, do not seek to attack, but instead, try to secure an advantage.

7. Once you have an advantage, attack or you will lose it.>

King's Gambit: 1.e4 e5 2.f4

Accepted/Abbazia Defence: 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 d5 4.exd5 Nf6 Accepted/Abbazia Defence/Main Line: 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 d5 4.exd5 Nf6 5.Bb5+ c6 6.dxc6 bxc6 7.Bc4 Nd5
Accepted/Allgaier Gambit: 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.h4 g4 5.Ng5 Accepted/Allgaier Gambit/Thorold Attack: 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.h4 g4 5.Ng5 h6 6.Nxf7 Kxf7 7.d4
Accepted/Allgaier Gambit/Urusov Attack: 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.h4 g4 5.Ng5 h6 6.Nxf7 Kxf7 7.Bc4+
Accepted/Australian Gambit: 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.Bc4 g4 5.h4 Accepted/Basman Gambit: 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Qe2
Accepted/Becker Defence: 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 h6 Accepted/Bishop's Gambit: 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Bc4 Accepted/Bishop's Gambit/Bishop's Countergambit: 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Bc4 b5
Accepted/Bishop's Gambit/Bledow Countergambit: 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Bc4 d5 4.Bxd5 Nf6
Accepted/Bishop's Gambit/Boden Variation: 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Bc4 Qh4+ 4.Kf1 Nc6
Accepted/Bishop's Gambit/Bogoljubow Defence: 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Nc3 c6
Accepted/Bishop's Gambit/Bogoljubow Variation: 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Nc3
Accepted/Bishop's Gambit/Cozio Defence: 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Bc4 Nf6 Accepted/Bishop's Gambit/Cozio Variation: 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Bc4 Qh4+ 4.Kf1 d6
Accepted/Bishop's Gambit/First Jaenisch Variation: 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Bc4 Qh4+ 4.Kf1 Nf6
Accepted/Bishop's Gambit/Gianutio Gambit: 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Bc4 f5 Accepted/Bishop's Gambit/Greco Variation: 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Bc4 Qh4+ 4.Kf1 Bc5
Accepted/Bishop's Gambit/Kieseritzky Variation: 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Bc4 Qh4+ 4.Kf1 b5
Accepted/Bishop's Gambit/Lopez Defence: 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Bc4 c6 Accepted/Bishop's Gambit/Lopez Variation: 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Bc4 Qh4+ 4.Kf1 g5
Accepted/Bishop's Gambit/MacDonnell Attack: 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Bc4 Qh4+ 4.Kf1 g5 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.d4 Ne7 7.g3
Accepted/Bishop's Gambit/Maurian Defence: 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Bc4 Nc6
Accepted/Bishop's Gambit/Sec. Jaenisch Variation: 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Bc4 Qh4+ 4.Kf1 Qf6
Accepted/Bishop's Gambit/Semi-Classical Defence: 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Bc4 g5
Accepted/Blachly Gambit: 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.Bc4 Nc6 Accepted/Bonsch-Osmolovsky Variation: 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 Ne7 Accepted/Breyer Gambit: 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Qf3
Accepted/Bryan Countergambit: 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Bc4 Qh4+ 4.Kf1 b5 Accepted/Carrera Gambit: 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Qh5 Accepted/Cunningham Defence: 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 Be7 Accepted/Cunningham Defence/Bertin Gambit: 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 Be7 4.Bc4 Bh4+ 5.g3 fxg3 6.0-0 gxh2+ 7.Kh1
Accepted/Cunningham Defence/McCormick Defence: 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 Be7 4.Bc4 Nf6
Accepted/Dodo Variation: 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Qg4 Accepted/Double Muzio/Young Gambit: 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.Bc4 g4 5.0-0 gxf3 6.Qxf3 Qf6 7.Bxf7+ Kxf7 8.d4 Qxd4+ 9.Be3 Qf6 10.Nc3 fxe3
Accepted/Double Muzio Gambit: 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.Bc4 g4 5.0-0 gxf3 6.Qxf3 Qf6 7.e5 Qxe5 8.Bxf7+
Accepted/Double Muzio Gambit: Main Line: 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.Bc4 g4 5.0-0 gxf3 6.Qxf3 Qf6 7.e5 Qxe5 8.d3 Bh6 9.Nc3 Ne7 10.Bd2 Nbc6 11.Rae1
Accepted/Eisenberg Variation: 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nh3 Accepted/Fischer Defence: 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 d6 Accepted/Fischer Defence/Schulder Gambit: 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 d6 4.b4
Accepted/Gaga Gambit: 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.g3
Accepted/Ghulam-Kassim Gambit: 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.Bc4 g4 5.d4 gxf3 6.Qxf3
Accepted/Gianutio Countergambit: 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 f5 Accepted/Greco Gambit: 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.Bc4 Bg7 5.h4 h6 6.d4 d6
Accepted/Greco Gambit/Calabrese Gambit: 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.Bc4 Bg7 5.h4 h6 6.d4 d6 7.Nc3 c6 8.hxg5 hxg5 9.Rh8 Bxh8 10.Ne5 Accepted/Hanstein Gambit: 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.Bc4 Bg7 5.O- O Accepted/Kieseritsky Gambit/Anderssen Defence: 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.h4 g4 5.Ne5 Nf6 6.Bc4 d5 7.exd5 Bd6
Accepted/Kieseritsky Gambit/Anderssen-Cordel Gambit: 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.h4 g4 5.Ne5 Nf6 6.Bc4 d5 7.exd5 Bd6 8.d4 Nh5 9.Bf4 Nxf4
Accepted/Kieseritsky Gambit/Berlin Defence: 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.h4 g4 5.Ne5 Nf6 6.Bc4
Accepted/Kieseritsky Gambit/Berlin Defence: 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.h4 g4 5.Ne5 Nf6
Accepted/Kieseritsky Gambit/Brentano Defence: 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.h4 g4 5.Ne5 d5
Accepted/Kieseritsky Gambit/Cotter Gambit: 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.h4 g4 5.Ne5 h6 6.Nxf7 Kxf7
Accepted/Kieseritsky Gambit/Kolisch Defence: 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.h4 g4 5.Ne5 d6
Accepted/Kieseritsky Gambit/Long Whip: 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.h4 g4 5.Ne5 h5
Accepted/Kieseritsky Gambit/Neumann Defence: 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.h4 g4 5.Ne5 Nc6
Accepted/Kieseritsky Gambit/Paulsen Defence: 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.h4 g4 5.Ne5 Bg7
Accepted/Kieseritsky Gambit/Paulsen Defence Deferred: 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.h4 g4 5.Ne5 Nf6 6.Bc4 d5 7.exd5 Bg7 Accepted/Kieseritsky Gambit/Rice Gambit: 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.h4 g4 5.Ne5 Nf6 6.Bc4 d5 7.exd5 Bd6 8.0-0 Bxe5 Accepted/Kieseritsky Gambit/Rosenthal Defence: 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.h4 g4 5.Ne5 Qe7
Accepted/Kieseritsky Gambit/Rubinstein Variation: 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.h4 g4 5.Ne5 Nf6 6.d4
Accepted/King's Knight Gambit: 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.Bc4 Accepted/King's Knight Gambit: 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 Accepted/Kotov Gambit: 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.Bc4 g4 5.d4 gxf3 6.Bf4
Accepted/Leonardo Gambit: see: Stamma Gambit
Accepted/Lolli Gambit: 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.Bc4 g4 5.Bxf7+ Accepted/MacDonnell Gambit: 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.Bc4 g4 5.Nc3
Accepted/Mason-Keres Gambit: 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nc3 Accepted/Mayet Gambit: 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.Bc4 Bg7 5.d4 d6 6.c3
Accepted/Middleton Countergambit: 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.Bc4 d6 5.0-0 Bg4 6.h3 h5 7.hxg4 hxg4
Accepted/Modern Defence: 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 d5 Accepted/Muzio Gambit: 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.Bc4 g4 5.O-O Accepted/Muzio Gambit: 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.Bc4 g4 5.0-0 Accepted/Muzio Gambit Accepted: 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.Bc4 g4 5.0-0 gxf3 6.Qxf3 Qe7
Accepted/Orsini Gambit: 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.b3
Accepted/Paris Gambit: 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Ne2
Accepted/Philidor Gambit: 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.Bc4 Bg7 5.h4 Accepted/Philidor Gambit: Schultz Variation: 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.Bc4 Bg7 5.h4 h6 6.d4 d6 7.Qd3
Accepted/Polerio Gambit: 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.d4
Accepted/Quade Gambit: 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.Nc3 Accepted/Rosentreter Gambit: 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.d4 Accepted/Rosentreter Gambit/Soerensen Gambit: 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.d4 g4 5.Nc3 gxf3
Accepted/Salvio Gambit: 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.Bc4 g4 5.Ne5 Accepted/Salvio Gambit/Cochrane Gambit: 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.Bc4 g4 5.Ne5 Qh4+ 6.Kf1 f3
Accepted/Salvio Gambit/Obsolete Variation: 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.Bc4 g4 5.Ne5 Qh4+ 6.Kf1 Nf6
Accepted/Salvio Gambit/Silbershmidt Gambit: 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.Bc4 g4 5.Ne5 Qh4+ 6.Kf1 Nh6
Accepted/Salvio Gambit/Viennese Variation: 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.Bc4 g4 5.Ne5 Qh4+ 6.Kf1 Nc6
Accepted/Schallop Defence: 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 Nf6 Accepted/Schallop Defence/Tashkent Attack: 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e5 Nh5 5.g4
Accepted/Schurig Gambit: 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Bb5 Accepted/Stamma Gambit: 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.h4
Accepted/Steinitz-Krause Gambit: see Polerio Gambit Accepted/Tartakower Gambit: 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Be2 Accepted/Tartakower Gambit/Weiss Gambit: 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Be2 f5 4.e4 d6
Accepted/Traditional Variation: 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.Bc4 Bg7 Accepted/Tumbleweed: 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Kf2
Accepted/Villemson Gambit: see Polerio Gambit
Declined/Classical Variation: 1.e4 e5 2.f4 Bc5
Declined/Classical Variation: 1.e4 e5 2.f4 Bc5 3.Nf3 d6 4.c3 Declined/Classical Variation: 1.e4 e5 2.f4 Bc5 3.Nf3 d6 4.c3 Bg4 5.fxe5 dxe5 6.Qa4+
Declined/Classical Variation: 1.e4 e5 2.f4 Bc5 3.Nf3 d6 4.b4 Declined/Keene Defence: 1.e4 e5 2.f4 Qh4+ 3.g3 Qe7 Declined/Mafia Defence: 1.e4 e5 2.f4 c5
Declined/Norwalde Variation: 1.e4 e5 2.f4 Qf6
Declined/Petrov's Defence: 1.e4 e5 2.f4 Nf6
Declined/Senechaud Countergambit: 1.e4 e5 2.f4 Bc5 3.Nf3 g5 Falkbeer Countergambit/Accepted: 1.e4 e5 2.f4 d5 3.exd5 Falkbeer Countergambit/Anderssen Attack: 1.e4 e5 2.f4 d5 3.exd5 e4 4.Bb5+
Falkbeer Countergambit/Blackburne Attack: 1.e4 e5 2.f4 d5 3.Nf3 Falkbeer Countergambit/Charousek Gambit: 1.e4 e5 2.f4 d5 3.exd5 e4 4.d3
Falkbeer Countergambit/Charousek Gambit: 1.e4 e5 2.f4 d5 3.exd5 e4 4.d3 Nf6 5.Nc3 Bb4 6.Bd2 e3
Falkbeer Countergambit/Charousek Gambit: 1.e4 e5 2.f4 d5 3.exd5 e4 4.d3 Nf6 5.Qe2
Falkbeer Countergambit/Charousek Gambit: 1.e4 e5 2.f4 d5 3.exd5 e4 4.d3 Nf6 5.dxe4 Nxe4 6.Nf3 Bc5 7.Qe2 Bf5
Falkbeer Countergambit/Charousek Gambit: 1.e4 e5 2.f4 d5 3.exd5 e4 4.d3 Nf6 5.dxe4
Falkbeer Countergambit/Charousek Gambit: Keres Variation: 1.e4 e5 2.f4 d5 3.exd5 e4 4.d3 Nf6 5.Nd2
Falkbeer Countergambit/Hinrichsen Gambit: 1.e4 e5 2.f4 d5 3.d4 Falkbeer Countergambit/Marshall Countergambit: 1.e4 e5 2.f4 d5 3.exd5 c6
Falkbeer Countergambit/Miles Gambit: 1.e4 e5 2.f4 d5 3.exd5 Bc5 Falkbeer Countergambit/Nimzowitsch Countergambit: 1.e4 e5 2.f4 d5 3.exd5 c6
Falkbeer Countergambit/Pickler Gambit: 1.e4 e5 2.f4 d5 3.exd5 c6 4.dxc6 Bc5
Falkbeer Countergambit/Staunton Line: 1.e4 e5 2.f4 d5 3.exd5 e4

My Wage
by Jessie Belle Rittenhouse

I bargained with Life for a penny,
And Life would pay no more,
However I begged at evening
When I counted my scanty store;

For Life is a just employer,
He gives you what you ask,
But once you have set the wages,
Why, you must bear the task.

I worked for a menial's hire,
Only to learn, dismayed,
That any wage I had asked of Life,
Life would have paid.

Mar-07-13 Abdel Irada: In case anyone wonders who Kermit Norris is/was, he's an expert in Santa Cruz against whom I used to play a great deal of blitz. His specialty, when a particularly complex position arose (especially in his pet Owen's Defense), was to lean forward, fix his opponent with a scowl and a withering stare, and say, in a deep and solemn tone, "Chicken parts!"

<Below is a Morphy acrostic by C.V. Grinfield from page 334 of the Chess Player's Chronicle, 1861: Mightiest of masters of the chequer'd board,
Of early genius high its boasted lord!
Rising in youth's bright morn to loftiest fame, Princeliest of players held with one acclaim;
Host in thyself – all-conquering in fight: – Yankees exult! – in your great champion's might.>

Riddle Question: I break, but never fall. And I fall, but never break. What are we?

Thank you, Qindarka!

Riddle Answer: Day and night.

< <<Charlotte Chess Center Tuesday Night Action

Charlotte Chess Center

EVENT OVERVIEW
Tuesday Night Action-Weekly Rated Play
The CCC conducts a weekly US Chess rated game every Tuesday night. This is a great way for players to get weekly practice without committing a whole weekend to play a tournament. The Top Section also FIDE-rated - offering the only free weekly FIDE-rated game in the country! In addition, there is a free lecture before the games begin.

HOW IT WORKS
CCC opens Tuesdays at 5:45pm

Lecture with FM Peter Giannatos prior to rated games from 6:00pm-6:45pm

Players must register weekly and in advance using the online registration system

Each Tuesday evening will be limited to the first 62 players to register

TNA registration will close at 6:30pm if not already full

Once spots are filled, players may email events@charlottechesscenter.org to be placed on the waitlist.

​
REQUIREMENTS
Players must be members of the CCC

Players must have a US Chess membership

Open to all players in grades 9-12 and adults

Students in grades K-8 must be rated over 1000

​K-8 players rated under 1000 - See Wednesday Action Quads and Friday Action Quads

​
START TIME
Lecture: 6:00pm
Game: 7:00pm

GAMES
1 Round Weekly, Rated After 4 Rounds/Weeks

​
SECTIONS
TOP (1600+)
Under 1600
Under 1200

"Playing up" not permitted in TNA

TIME CONTROL
Top Section: G/85 mins; inc/5 - FIDE and US Chess Rated

U1600 & U1200 Sections: G/60 mins; inc/5 - US Chess Rated

ENTRY FEE
Free, must be a CCC Member​ - CCC membership only $40/year - join today!​

OTHER NOTES​​
Top Section is FIDE-rated - FIDE rules apply, except for US Chess penalties for cell phone infractions.

Tournament Directors will accelerate pairings to pair players close in rating when possible

Most recent "live" US Chess regular ratings used for all sections to ensure close matchups

Open to high schoolers and adults of any rating, including unrated

Students in grades K-8 must be rated 1000

Players in grades K-8 and rated under 1000 - see Wednesday Action Quads and Friday Action Quads

For all CCC events, bookmark our events calendar

All players must use CCC equipment - wooden sets and digital clocks provided

Address:
10700 Kettering Drive
Unit E
Charlotte, NC 28226 > >>

Drive sober or get pulled over.

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

Feb-23-23 FSR: Thanks, Susan. I never saw Albert after my freshman year of high school (he and his family moved to the Chicago suburbs, where he went to a different school and played for a different chess team). Super nice guy. I was very surprised many years later to learn that he and your son had started this site.

Gambling problem? Call 1-800-GAMBLER

Oct-04-23 HeMateMe: I play 3/2 blitz occasionally on Lichess. I find it an excellent site, none of the delays/cancellations that ruined chess.com (for me). Oct-04-23 Cassandro: Yes, lichess is by far the best site for online chess. And you never know, apparently you may even get to play against a living legend like the highly esteemed Leonard Barden there!

FTB plays all about but has always been happy with FICS: https://www.freechess.org/

The fear of running out of something to read is called "abibliophobia."

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

Researchers from India recently discovered a new species of green pit vipers. They named the snake after Salazar Slytherin, one of the founders of the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in the Harry Potter universe.

The Boy and the Schoolmaster

Wise counsel is not always wise,
As this my tale exemplifies.
A boy, that frolicked on the banks of Seine,
Fell in, and would have found a watery grave,
Had not that hand that plants never in vain
A willow planted there, his life to save.
While hanging by its branches as he might,
A certain sage preceptor came in sight;
To whom the urchin cried, "Save, or I'm drowned!" The master, turning gravely at the sound,
Thought proper for a while to stand aloof,
And give the boy some seasonable reproof.
"You little wretch! this comes of foolish playing, Commands and precepts disobeying.
A naughty rogue, no doubt, you are,
Who thus requite your parents" care.
Alas! their lot I pity much,
Whom fate condemns to watch over such."
This having coolly said, and more,
He pulled the drowning lad ashore.

This story hits more marks than you suppose.
All critics, pedants, men of endless prose, –
Three sorts, so richly blessed with progeny,
The house is blessed that does not lodge any, – May in it see themselves from head to toes.
No matter what the task,
Their precious tongues must teach;
Their help in need you ask,
You first must hear them preach.

What may be done at any time will be done at no time. ~ Scottish Proverb

Riddle Question: What invention lets you look right through a wall?

In a match between Mason-Mackenzie in London in 1882, there were 72 consecutive Queen Moves.

Riddle Answer: A window!

Acts 20:35 "It is more blessed to give than to receive."

<In Congress, July 4, 1776

The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America, When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.--Such has been the patient sufferance of these Colonies; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former Systems of Government. The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States. To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid world.>

"When you have the better of it, play simply. When the game is going against you, look for complications." — Frank J. Marshall

* 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.

Дарёному коню́ в зу́бы не смо́трят Pronunciation: DarRYOnamu kaNYU v ZUby nye SMOTryat Translation: Don't look a gift horse in the mouth Meaning: Don't look a gift horse in the mouth

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

"A God you understood would be less than yourself." ― Flannery O'Connor

Psalms 31:24 - Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the LORD.

* Red States: https://www.redhotpawn.com/

* 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

FACTRETRIEVER: Even though dragonflies have six legs, they cannot walk.

'A stitch in time saves nine'

"You can't hold with the hare and run with the hounds."

The Wolf and the Hunter

You lust of gain, – foul fiend, whose evil eyes Regard as nothing the blessings of the skies,
Must I for ever battle you in vain?
How long demandest you to gain
The meaning of my lessons plain?
Will constant getting never cloy?
Will man never slacken to enjoy?
Haste, friend; you have not long to live:
Let me the precious word repeat,
And listen to it, I entreat;
A richer lesson none can give –
The sovereign antidote for sorrow –
ENJOY! – 'I will." – But when? – 'Tomorrow. – " Ah! death may take you on the way,
Why not enjoy, I ask, today?
Lest envious fate your hopes ingulf,
As once it served the hunter and the wolf.

The former, with his fatal bow,
A noble deer had laid full low:
A fawn approached, and quickly lay
Companion of the dead,
For side by side they bled.
Could one have wished a richer prey?
Such luck had been enough to sate
A hunter wise and moderate.
Meantime a boar, as big as ever was taken,
Our archer tempted, proud, and fond of bacon.
Another candidate for Styx,
Struck by his arrow, foams and kicks.
But strangely do the shears of Fate
To cut his cable hesitate.
Alive, yet dying, there he lies,
A glorious and a dangerous prize.
And was not this enough? Not quite,
To fill a conqueror's appetite;
For, before the boar was dead, he spied
A partridge by a furrow's side –
A trifle to his other game.
Once more his bow he drew;
The desperate boar on him came,
And in his dying vengeance slew:
The partridge thanked him as she flew.

Thus much is to the covetous addressed;
The miserly shall have the rest.

A wolf, in passing, saw that woeful sight.
"O Fortune," cried the savage, with delight,
"A fane to you I'll build outright!
"Four carcasses! how rich! But spare –
"I'll make them last – such luck is rare,"
(The miser's everlasting plea.)
"They'll last a month for – let me see –
One, two, three, four – the weeks are four
If I can count – and some days more.
Well, two days from now
And I'll commence.
Meantime, the string on this bow
I'll stint myself to eat;
For by its mutton-smell I know
It's made of entrails sweet."
His entrails rued the fatal weapon,
Which, while he heedlessly did step on,
The arrow pierced his bowels deep,
And laid him lifeless on the heap.

Hark, stingy souls! insatiate leeches!
Our text this solemn duty teaches, –
Enjoy the present; do not wait
To share the wolf's or hunter's fate.

"No one has ever won a game of chess by taking only forward moves (What about Scholar's Mate?). Sometimes you have to move backwards in order to be able to take better steps forward. That is life." — Anonymous

Drive sober or get pulled over.

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

"I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have." ― Thomas Jefferson, chess player

"The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others." ― Mahatma Gandhi

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.

"The great thing about chess is it's a game for oneself. You don't work on what you can't control, you just work on yourself. And I think if more people did that, we'd all be a lot better off." — Daniel Naroditsky

You can't make bricks without straw

You can't run with the hare and hunt with the hounds

You can't take it with you when you die

You can't teach an old dog new tricks

You can't judge a book by its cover

You can't win them all

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar

You pays your money and you takes your choice

You reap what you sow

You win some, you lose some

Youth is wasted on the young

<Writing from his experience of the devastation of World War I, Edwardian poet Alfred Noyes' well-known "On the Western Front" speaks from the perspective of soldiers buried in graves marked by simple crosses, asking that their deaths not be in vain. Praise of the dead was not what the dead needed, but peace made by the living. An excerpt:

We, who lie here, have nothing more to pray.
To all your praises we are deaf and blind.
We may not ever know if you betray
Our hope, to make earth better for mankind.>

"Rooks need each other in the middlegame. This is why one should keep their rooks connected until the opposing queen is off the board. She'll snare 'em (usually from a centralized square on an open diagonal or perhaps a poisoned pawn approach of the unprotected b2/b7 and g2/g7 square next to the occupied corner) if the two rooks aren't protecting each other." ― Fredthebear

"In baseball, my theory is to strive for consistency, not to worry about the numbers. If you dwell on statistics you get shortsighted; if you aim for consistency, the numbers will be there at the end." ― Tom Seaver

This is ten percent luck, twenty percent skill
Fifteen percent concentrated power of will
Five percent pleasure, fifty percent pain
And a hundred percent reason to remember the name! ― Fort Minor

The Lion, the Wolf, and the Fox

A lion, old, and impotent with gout,
Would have some cure for age found out.
Impossibilities, on all occasions,
With kings, are rank abominations.
This king, from every species, –
For each abounds in every sort, –
Called to his aid the leeches.
They came in throngs to court,
From doctors of the highest fee
To nostrum-quacks without degree, –
Advised, prescribed, talked learnedly;
But with the rest
Came not Sir Cunning Fox, M.D.
Sir Wolf the royal couch attended,
And his suspicions there expressed.
Forthwith his majesty, offended,
Resolved Sir Cunning Fox should come,
And sent to smoke him from his home.
He came, was duly ushered in,
And, knowing where Sir Wolf had been,
Said, "Sire, your royal ear
Has been abused, I fear,
By rumours false and insincere;
To wit, that I have been self-exempt
From coming here, through sheer contempt.
But, sire, I have been on pilgrimage,
By vow expressly made,
Your royal health to aid,
And, on my way, met doctors sage,
In skill the wonder of the age,
Whom carefully I did consult
About that great debility
Termed in the books senility,
Of which you fear, with reason, the result.
You lack, they say, the vital heat,
By age extreme become effete.
Drawn from a living wolf, the hide
Should warm and smoking be applied.
The secret's good, beyond a doubt,
For nature's weak, and wearing out.
Sir Wolf, here, won't refuse to give
His hide to cure you, as I live."
The king was pleased with this advice.
Flayed, jointed, served up in a trice,
Sir Wolf first wrapped the monarch up,
Then furnished him whereon to sup.

Beware, you courtiers, lest you gain,
By slander's arts, less power than pain;
For in the world where you are living,
A pardon no one thinks of giving.

"One more dance along the razor's edge finished. Almost dead yesterday, maybe dead tomorrow, but alive, gloriously alive, today." ― Robert Jordan, Lord of Chaos

"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

Psalm 31:24
Be strong, and let your heart take courage, all you who wait for the Lord!

"The wind cannot defeat a tree with strong roots." — The Revenant

The Tide Rises, the Tide Falls
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1807-1882

The tide rises, the tide falls,
The twilight darkens, the curlew calls;
Along the sea-sands damp and brown
The traveller hastens toward the town,
And the tide rises, the tide falls.

Darkness settles on roofs and walls,
But the sea, the sea in darkness calls;
The little waves, with their soft, white hands,
Efface the footprints in the sands,
And the tide rises, the tide falls.

The morning breaks; the steeds in their stalls
Stamp and neigh, as the hostler calls;
The day returns, but nevermore
Returns the traveller to the shore,
And the tide rises, the tide falls.

"There are good ships, and there are wood ships, ships that sail the sea, but the best ships are friendships, and may they always be." — Anonymous

"Life is what you make it: If you snooze, you lose; and if you snore, you lose more." — Phyllis George

Galatians 6:7 in the Bible "Be not deceived, God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap."

"those who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones" is often cited as originating in Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde written in 1385.

"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

Без труда́ не вы́тащишь и ры́бку из пруда́ Pronunciation: bez truDAH ni VYtashish i RYBku iz pruDAH Translation: Without hard work, one wouldn't even get a fish out of a pond Meaning: No pain, no gain

Any Russian child knows that fishing involves hard work, all thanks to this popular proverb which was even included in the official school curriculum during the Soviet years.

Keli wrote:
Game over
♥️ I had to play.
I had to play.
my stolen heart turned rot, to ***** ♠️

Twas me snubbed.
Twas me who snubbed.
♦️ And glittery diamonds to dirt, were clubbed. ♣️

But I had to play.
I had to play.
Cause he held all my cards anyway. 🃏 I had tried to run.
I tried to run.
We were not there for love, but fun.
And I HAD to play.
I had to play..
I was his. lonely desperate slave.

Now he's moved on..
He's moved on.
and left his pathetic, little pawn ♟ I'd had to play
I'd had to play.
so that from him, I could get away.

He'd gotten bored
He got bored.
He wiped away our checkered board.
Now he's not here.
He's not here.
But I'd do anything to feel him near.

Come play.
Come play.

Question: What's the brightest star in the sky?

Answer: Sirius – also known as the Dog Star or Sirius A, Sirius is the brightest star in Earth's night sky. The star is outshone only by several planets and the International Space Station.

Fredthebear created this collection.

Question: What's the difference between a cemetery and a graveyard?

Atheism is a non-prophet organization.

Answer: Graveyards are attached to churches while cemeteries are stand-alone.

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

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 (The Bishop's Opening, Berlin Defense)

Then 3.d4 (Ponziani's Gambit) and some variation thereafter. Wikipedia shows that the following are closely related:

* 3...exd4 4.Qxd4 Nc6 (Center Game, by transposition)

* 3...exd4 4.Nf3 (Urusov Gambit)

o 4...Bc5 5.0-0 Nc6 (Max Lange Attack, by transposition)

o 4...Nc6 (Two Knights Defense, by transposition)

o 4...Nxe4 5.Qxd4 (Urusov Gambit Accepted)

The Triple Muzio Gambit starts with 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 g4 5. O8. Bxf7+ Kxf7 9. d4 Qxd4+ 10. Be3 – it's a sequence that looks like you're deliberately giving up pawns, but in reality, you're setting up for a quick strike against your opponent's king while they are still trying to coordinate their forces.

The Nakmanson Gambit is as follows: 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. O-O Nxe4 6. Nc3 dxc3 7. Bxf7+ Kxf7 8. Qd5+

The beauty of this gambit lies in its aggression and unpredictability. It forces your opponent to think on their feet right from the get-go. By sacrificing pieces early on, it may seem like you're falling behind but don't be fooled! The goal is not necessarily material gain but rather seizing control of the board and leaving your opponent with tough decisions to make under pressure.

The Lucchini Gambit: 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 f5 5. Ng5 f4 – an aggressive sequence of moves designed to unsettle any adversary right from the get-go.

But don't be fooled by its audacious start; this gambit isn't for the faint-hearted or inexperienced player! The Lucchini Gambit requires careful planning and sharp tactical vision to navigate through its complex mazes, using each piece efficiently while maintaining a strong position on the board.

The Stafford Gambit: 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 Nc6 4.Nxc6 dxc6. The beauty of the Stafford Gambit lies not in material gain but in seizing control over the center board swiftly and launching an unyielding attack against unsuspecting opponents. Even if they manage to cope with initial pressure, they must continuously be on guard for tactical blows throughout the middle game phase.

The Orthoschnapp Gambit: 1. e4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. cxd5 exd5 4. Qb3 dxe4 5. Bc4 – adding a thrilling twist to your arsenal that'll leave your opponents stunned!

The Hyper Accelerated Dragon is like stepping onto a high-speed roller coaster. It offers thrilling turns and tactical maneuvers that'll keep your opponent on their toes. It's an aggressive yet flexible opening for black. It comes into play when you make the moves 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6. This chess opening derives its strength from its versatility in creating a solid positional game while also allowing explosive counterplay opportunities. The key to mastering this opening lies in understanding the pawn structures and knowing exactly when to strike back against your opponent.

The fianchettoed Bg7 applies pressure on the center and prepares for d7-d5 in one go if possible. This allows you to break open your opponent's central control early in the game, leading to dynamic positions that often catch them off guard. Moreover, this unique setup gives you greater flexibility with your knights. They can be developed according to how white responds.

What sets this opening apart is how quickly it drives at white's center without committing too many pieces early on. The accelerated development not only provides an element of surprise but also forces white into defensive mode right out of the gate. So next time you're looking for an adventurous ride through complex tactical terrains while maintaining a secure position, don't hesitate – hop onto the Hyper Accelerated Dragon! With practice and careful study, you'll soon become adept at navigating its twists and turns to outmaneuver your opponents.

Pharrell Williams - Happy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbZ...

"Happiness depends upon ourselves." ― Aristotle

Old Russian Proverb: A good laugh is sunshine in a house.

"Don't just follow your dreams; chase them down, grab hold and don't let go." ― Kellie Elmore

Chess is but a Game

As he secretly rode his knight out of the castle's gate, still believing that he could escape this inevitable fate, the sky broke open with an array of incredible light. and there smitten to the earth lay nova under his knight. I am who I am and always am, spoke this thundering voice and you, my friend nova, do not at all have another choice but to go forth south and north, west and east
loudly proclaiming the good Word to man and beast. Thus beset by the compelling voice from the broken sky nova set about explaining through the word the how and why. He travelled north and south, west and east never losing aim to let all Caissa's members know: chess is but a game.

"The secret of life, though, is to fall seven times and to get up eight times." ― Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist

"It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed." ― Theodore Roosevelt

French Proverb: "Tout est bien qui finit bien." ― (All's well that ends well.)

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

* Big wave: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cY...

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