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"Winning needs no explanation, losing has no alibi." ― Greg Baum.

"A determined soul will do more with a rusty monkey wrench than a loafer will accomplish with all the tools in a machine shop." ― Robert Hughes

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

"Pawns are the soul of the game." ― François-André Danican Philidor

"The king pawn and the queen pawn are the only ones to be moved in the early part of the game." ― Wilhelm Steinitz

"There is nothing more to fear from the Capablanca technique." ― Efim Bogoljubow (shortly after which, Capablanca proceeded to crush him)

"Capablanca didn't make separate moves - he was creating a chess picture. Nobody could compare with him in this." ― Mikhail Botvinnik

"Whether this advantage is theoretically sufficient to win or not does not worry Capablanca. He simply wins the ending. That is why he is Capablanca!" ― Max Euwe (on a Capablanca game)

"Chess was Capablanca's mother tongue." ― Richard Reti

"Learn carefully to work out strategic plans like Capablanca, and you will laugh at the plans told to you in ridiculous stories." ― Emanuel Lasker

"Poor Capablanca! Thou wert a brilliant technician, but no philosopher. Thou wert not capable of believing that in chess, another style could be victorious than the absolutely correct one." ― Max Euwe

"There is no such thing as an absolutely freeing move. A freeing move in a position in which development has not been carried far always proves illusory, and vice versa, a move which does not come at all in the category of freeing moves can, given a surplus of tempi to our credit, lead to a very free game." ― Aron Nimzowitsch

"You may knock your opponent down with the chessboard, but that does not prove you the better player." ― English Proverb

"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

"I believe that true beauty of chess is more than enough to satisfy all possible demands." ― Alexander Alekhine

"We cannot resist the fascination of sacrifice, since a passion for sacrifices is part of a chessplayer's nature." ― Rudolf Spielmann

"To play for a draw, at any rate with white, is to some degree a crime against chess." ― Mikhail Tal

"Boring? Who's boring? I am Fredthebear. My mind is always active, busy. If you're bored, then why waste your time following FTB around?"

"The future reshapes the memory of the past in the way it recalibrates significance: some episodes are advanced, others lose purchase." ― Gregory Maguire, A Lion Among Men

"Whoever said the pen is mightier than the sword obviously never encountered automatic weapons." ― Douglas MacArthur

"Old habits die hard, especially for soldiers." ― Jocelyn Murray, The Roman General: A Novel

On March 4, 1921, Congress approved the burial of an unidentified American soldier from World War I in the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery.

Ye Jiangchuan has won the Chinese Chess Championship seven times.

Matthew 17:20 Our faith can move mountains.

Other people's wisdom prevents the king from being called a fool. ~ Nigerian Proverb

Knowledge without wisdom is like water in the sand. ~ Guinean Proverb

Ingratitude is sooner or later fatal to its author. ~ Twi Proverb

The laughter of a child lights up the house. ~ Swahili proverb

I have a fear of speed bumps. But I am slowly getting over it.

KDKA in Pittsburgh, PA, becomes the first radio station to offer regular broadcasts on November 2, 1920.

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

* 50 Soviet Attacks: Game Collection: Chernev: The Russians Play Chess

* Tal-Botvinnik 1960 WCC: Game Collection: Tal-Botvinnik (Tal)

* Your 1st chess moves, part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7C...

* Your 1st chess moves, part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mb...

* Newton's first law of motion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adL...

* First moon landing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSU...

* Alapin Bolt: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/5RNt...

* Anti-Alapin Sicilian: 1.e4 c5 2.c3 d5 3.exd5 Nf6 4.Bb5+ Nbd7 5.Nf3. Even if it is harmless to Black, what harm can it do White to both prepare to castle, and to play d4?

* Alterman's book: Game Collection: Alterman on the Cochrane Gambit

* Arabian Checkmate: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZr...

* Rook Roller: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lym...

* Gambits introduction: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56A...

* Top 3 Beginner Openings: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcG...

* Top 10 Chess Tricks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcP...

* 10 Fancy Checkmates: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4P...

* 10-year-old Maya Neelakantan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIo...

* 12-year-old Miaoyi Lu: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHE...

* 12-year-old Ciaran Duffy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bco...

* Rudolf Spielmann rules A1912: Game Collection: Abbazia 1912

* BF vs Younger Opponents: Game Collection: ROOT OF SPAWN or Bobby vs The Youth

* GOTD 2014: Game Collection: Game of the Day 2014

* 18-year-old Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ih6...

* Attack the castled K: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sh5...

* Accept the Q's gambit? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sF4...

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

* Armageddon Double Q Sacrifice? https://www.youtube.com/shorts/GYYj...

* Avoid blunders: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tis...

* Back rank checkmate: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBX...

* Basic Tactics: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10I...

* Brilliancies: Game Collection: Brilliancies @ best games

* Bugs vs Elmer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6S...

* Braille: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hz...

"Chess is in its essence a game, in its form an art, and in its execution a science." — Baron Tassilo von Heydebrand und der Lasa (known in English as Baron von der Lasa, 17 October 1818, Berlin – 27 July 1899, Storchnest near Lissa, Greater Poland, then German Empire) To the modern chess world he is known above all as the main author of the Handbuch des Schachspiels (first published in 1843), along with his friend Paul Rudolf von Bilguer, who died in 1840.

* The Baron: Tassilo von der Lasa

* Must-know Bishop endings: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wX...

* Bowman's Beginner's Guide:
http://chess.jliptrap.us/BowmanBegi... Not perfect but dedicated, passionate.

* Must-know Bishop endings: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wX...

* Beats, blunders: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUI...

* Babe was the king: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkE...

* B23: Game Collection: Grand Prix 2...d6

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

* Bit Collection: Game Collection: Special Gambit Collection

* Count the coverage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HE1...

* "The Cat Concerto" - Hungarian Rhapsody No.2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=791...

* Checkmate w/2 bishops: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qK...

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

* Castling opposite sides: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BtU...

* Capablanca's Double Attack — having the initiative is important: https://lichess.org/study/tzrisL1R

"A passed pawn increase in strength as the number of pieces on the board diminishes." ― Jose Raul 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

* C45: Game Collection: SCOTCH GAME MIESES GTM

* 2005#: Game Collection: Checkmate 2005

* Coping skills: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxx...

* Common tricks in the Sicilian: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2V...

* Cross pin study: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/vaGx...

* Cut the malarkey: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/3dbO...

* Danish treats: Game Collection: 200 Miniature Games of Chess - Du Mont (I)

* Dragon: Game Collection: Dragon

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

* Double attack: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2C...

* Don't be fooled: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwC...

* Oldřich Duras: Game Collection: Oldřich Duras Selected Games

* Exceptions to general principles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8Z...

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

* Either it works or it doesn't: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/R_PF...

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

* Fair play: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5K...

* Flutie or Killer Instinct? https://www.youtube.com/shorts/y3ll...

* BF fooled everyone: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mur...

* Bird facts: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pu...

* FM Tani Adewumi: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-h...

* Tani interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5B...

* From Gambit 4Black: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZ0...

* Fantastic Fox: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HY9...

* Fight with your King: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Ld...

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

* Good and Bad pieces: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkX...

* Get rid of the London bishop: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYI...

* Girl talk: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/56we...

* Girl power: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-j...

* Greatest Hits: Game Collection: Mammoth Book-Greatest Games (Nunn/Burgess/Emms)

* Helper Mate: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-O...

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

* Hanging Pieces: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UaT...

* Hear Ye, Hear Ye! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpt...

Hear ye, hear ye is a phrase associated with the town criers, whose job it was to inform the residents of settlements about the latest news, laws and measures. The phrase is spoken with a stern voice and intended to make the person listening to it listen to what the speaker is saying. It is also said when someone is being warned to beware of something.

* Take heart: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnI...

* How to have chess vision: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sF...

* Howe System: 1. e4, 2. Ne2, and 3. Ng3.

* Hikaru wins: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdz...

The Hungarian Dragon (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Nc6 7.f3 h5!?) is a creative and resourceful way of dealing with White's dangerous Yugoslav Attack to the Sicilian Dragon. With the line's endorsement by the creative Hungarian GM Richard Rapport in the World Blitz Championships 2021, the line is now receiving the scrutiny of Dragon exponents.

* illusions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ku...

* interference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uC5...

* Int or Obs: Game Collection: Interference or Obstruction

* I am, I said: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhE...

* Illegal move: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_oI...

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

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

- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFD...

* Introduction to the QG: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCz...

* Jaenisch Gambit: Opening Explorer

* Jailbird wasn't so sad: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/TYRa...

* Where is Juneau? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtJ...

* Keep It Simple, Silly: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Df...

* K & P endgame: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XoC...

* "The King's the Thing": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cV...

* K & Q split up? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRa...

* Knight & Bishop "W" Checkmate: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHu... Since this rare occurrence can require 30+ moves to complete, FTB does not recommend teaching it to beginners or advanced beginners. It will only frustrate them. Instead, be practical and focus on common checkmates like Fool's mate, Scholar's mate, Smothered mate, Arabian mate, Blind swine mate, pawn promotion to queen and then mate, etc.

* Must-know Knight endings: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGH... The typical club player does not know all of these. There's no hurry for the first-year student to learn all of these either.

* Hellen Keller: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wf6...

* Garry Kasparov Teaches Chess (Batsford 1986): Game Collection: Garry Kasparov Teaches Chess

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

* Legall's Mate: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpt...

* Lasker Move-by-Move: Game Collection: Move by Move - Lasker (Franco)

The Black Lion is essentially a contemporary and aggressive interpretation of the Philidor defense: 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6. The Black Lion starts with a slightly different move order: 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 likely expecting a Pirc defense with 3...g6, and now the Lion family splits into two different animals: the risky Lion 3...Nbd7 or the tame Lion 3...e5.

* Thank you chess.master: Game Collection: B07 Pirc: Lion (Black)

* Light touch can do much: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_z6...

* LG - White wins: Game Collection: Latvian Gambit-White wins

* legendary game from National Master Juan Sena! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hD...

* Londons: Game Collection: 98_A46+A48+D02 ... L O N D O N SYSTEM !!!

* Mixed numbers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pyn...

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

* Max Euwe: https://www.chess.com/players/max-e...

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

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

* Metaphors: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36X...

* Mosquitoes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4K...

* Neon Moon, smooth and easy: https://www.bing.com/search?q=Neon+...

* Nah: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/YVTb...

* Nakhmanson Gambit: https://chesstier.com/nakhmanson-ga...

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

* NM Alice Lee's palace: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TO5...

* DIY Ninja: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXp...

* By the Numbers: Game Collection: tpstar 4N

* Magnus Carlsen's Norwegian Rat/North Sea Defense: 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Nf6!? Things can get into very unfamiliar territory very quickly. Also played occasionally by Ian Nepomniachtchi and Richard Rapport. The NR/NSD is a somewhat dubious defense. Sure, White can theoretically get a slight but real advantage, yet this is true of almost all defenses as Black.

Is the Norwegian Rat/North Sea Defense playable or not? Depends upon your definition of playable. Just about any named opening is OK below 2200 ELO or so... half the moves in such games are less than optimal when scrutinized by an engine. The NR/NSD is tricky and would have surprise value against a less prepared opponent. There are a lot of variations, and many of them turn out well for White if White plays natural moves. White's positions are generally resilient, and can rebound after a mistake. So, in practice, the benefits of the NR/NSD as a "surprise weapon" could backfire.

Serious students may want to get hold of the seminal work on this defense by Jim Bickford, "The North Sea Variation to the Modern Defense" (Syzygy 2007). Also pertinent when considering the black KN at g7 (what I call a Fischerandom piece) is Wall/Rozzoni/Gifford "Winning with the Krazy Kat and Old Hippo."

Robatschers might prefer the Gurgenidze variation best. The brainchild of Georgian grandmaster Bukhuti Gurgenidze, Black plays 1...g6 and follows with a timely ...c6 and ...d5. Occasionally classified as part of the Caro-Kann, it draws battle lines immediately.

* Opening Tactics: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJS...

* Opening Traps: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZm...

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

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

* Push against the Ponziani: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBz...

* Psychology: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/lwvC...

* Pawn specials: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8m1...

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

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

* Pawn vs Rook: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yno...

* Queen vs 2 Rooks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftl...

* Queen endings: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mK...

* Must-know Rook endings: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EL4...

* Rook endings: Game Collection: Rook endgames, collected in July-Oct 2023

* Riddles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=be9...

* She broke the rules (chess guidelines): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDw...

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

* Ring tone matters: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ZJFX...

* River of life: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eu9...

* Rollin' w/TT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wj5...

* Ruined: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/-H81...

* Rubinstein: Game Collection: Rubinstein's Chess Masterpieces

* Russian 101: https://www.bing.com/videos/rivervi...

* Ruy Lopez traps: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wG_...

<I'd rather have Clawz than Toez, I'd rather have Earz than a Noze.
And as for my Hair,
I'm glad it's all there,
I'll be awfully sad, when it goez.>

* Smothered Mates: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbA...

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

* Sacrificial Greek gift: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30k...

* 'Sesame Street' Answers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fc2...

* Stafford Gambit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRv...

* Songs from '65: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fF...

* Spilling Secrets: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tac...

* Scrabble, write, and exercise to 101: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69H...

* Streamers explain: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/5ZXi...

* Swap as needed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpj...

* Tactics on the f-pawn: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAM...

* tacticmania - Game Collection: tacticmania

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

* Tilburg, Netherlands 1985: Game Collection: Tilburg Interpolis 1985

* Ties in chess: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xb...

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

* Tournaments added by Chessgames staff:
New Tournaments

* Trap the Sicilian: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jf...

* Cultural Traditions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xer...

* Tsunami: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64F...

* Texas is for cattle, cotton, and chess: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZaM...

* Triangulation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oH3...

* The shortest distance between two points: Game Collection: Zig-zags, Pendulums, & other Curious Manoeuvers

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

* Vienna bullet: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eof...

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

* Wedge Pawns: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNG...

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

* When not to castle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cto...

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

* Weather or not: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZU5...

Whispering Winds
Whispering winds, a sailor's friend,
Guiding home, around the bend.
The canvas full, the journey's end,
In every port, a newfound friend.

* Winning closed positions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6L...

* What to do? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9X3...

* What's the UK difference? https://www.youtube.com/shorts/e4wj...

* What if? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-Z...

* Wild horse: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/feSl...

* Wrong board set-up: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxu...

* "You can't be somebody else. You gotta be yourself." ― Rafael the genius https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fs7...

* Y U shouldn't trust the evaluation bar: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bR...

* Youtubers: https://maroonchess.com/best-chess-...

* 0ZeR0's Favs Vol 149: Game Collection: 0ZeR0's collected games volume 149

* Scripps finale 2021: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mP3...

* 2022 game of the year? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ObF...

<Harbor Light
Harbor lights, a guiding glow,
Through peaceful bays and currents slow.
A sailor's journey, a tale to tell,
Of seas conquered and storms quelled.>

"He examined the chess problem and set out the pieces. It was a tricky ending, involving a couple of knights. 'White to play and mate in two moves.'
Winston looked up at the portrait of Big Brother. White always mates, he thought with a sort of cloudy mysticism. Always, without exception, it is so arranged. In no chess problem since the beginning of the world has black ever won. Did it not symbolize the eternal, unvarying triumph of Good over Evil? The huge face gazed back at him, full of calm power. White always mates." ― George Orwell, 1984

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.

"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

"In chess, as in life, a man is his own most dangerous opponent." — Vasily Smyslov

"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

<<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

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

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

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

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

"Sometimes the most ordinary things could be made extraordinary, simply by doing them with the right people." ― Elizabeth Green

"Remember Red, hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies." ― Andy (Tim Robbins), "The Shawshank Redemption"

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

Luck never gives; it only lends. ~ Scottish Proverb

Nicole wrote:

I'm not a piece in your chess game...
I'm not a pawn in your chess game,
I'm not the person who takes the blame,
I'm not a person who can use for fame,
You act like i'm an embarrassment of shame.

But I realise my worth now,
The leader of the pack: a crowd,
The turning revolution of endow,
The piece in your game who steals the king's crown.

I'm not a piece in your chess game,
Instead, I'm your addiction which you will try to reclaim, Whilst I light my furious flames.

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- Check, Checkmate
- Double Check (the only response is to move the King)

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Reach for the stars.

<Ocean's Majesty
Majestic sea, in shades of blue,
A sailor's journey, old yet new.
Each wave a story, each breeze a sigh,
Under the vast, unending sky.>

Apollo 11 was the American spaceflight that first landed humans on the Moon. Commander Neil Armstrong and Lunar Module Pilot Buzz Aldrin landed the Apollo Lunar Module Eagle on <July 20, 1969> and Armstrong became the first person to step onto the Moon's surface. Aldrin joined him 19 minutes later, and they spent about two and a quarter hours together exploring the site they had named Tranquility Base upon landing.

You can't win them all

"You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor." — Aristotle

Don't judge a book by its cover

<<<<<Henry Wadsworth Longfellow:> "I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day" Bombardment of Fort Fisher, near Wilmington, New York, 1865

The poet <Henry Wadsworth Longfellow>, in the middle of the Civil War, wrote this poem which has more recently been adapted as a modern Christmas classic. Longfellow wrote this on Christmas Day in 1863, after his son had enlisted in the Union's cause and had returned home, seriously wounded. The verses which he included and are still generally included, speak of the despair of hearing the promise of "peace on earth, goodwill to men" when the evidence of the world is clearly that war still exists.>

And in despair I bowed my head;
"There is no peace on earth," I said;
"For hate is strong,
And mocks the song
Of peace on earth, good-will to men!"
Then pealed the bells more loud and deep:
"God is not dead, nor doth He sleep;
The Wrong shall fail,
The Right prevail,
With peace on earth, good-will to men.">

The original also included several verses referring specifically to the Civil War. Before that cry of despair and answering cry of hope, and after verses describing the long years of hearing of "peace on earth, goodwill to men" (a phrase from the Jesus birth narratives in the Christian scriptures), Longfellow's poem includes, describing the black cannons of the war:>

Then from each black, accursed mouth
The cannon thundered in the South,
And with the sound
The carols drowned
Of peace on earth, good-will to men!
It was as if an earthquake rent
The hearth-stones of a continent,
And made forlorn
The households born
Of peace on earth, good-will to men!>

You can't make bricks without straw

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

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

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

You can't teach an old dog new tricks

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

You can't take it with you when you die

"The first instance of this opening Grünfeld Defence is in an 1855 game by Moheschunder Bannerjee, an Indian player who had transitioned from Indian chess rules, playing Black against John Cochrane in Calcutta, in May 1855:

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.e3 Bg7 5.Nf3 0-0 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Be2 Nxc3 8.bxc3 c5 9.0-0 cxd4 10.cxd4 Nc6 11.Bb2 Bg4 12.Rc1 Rc8 13.Ba3 Qa5 14.Qb3 Rfe8 15.Rc5 Qb6 16.Rb5 Qd8 17.Ng5 Bxe2 18.Nxf7 Na5 and White mates in three (19.Nh6+ double check Kh8 20.Qg8+ Rxg8 21.Nf7#). Cochrane published a book reporting his games with Moheshchunder and other Indians in 1864." — Wikipedia
* Wikipedia article: Moheschunder Bannerjee

You win some, you lose some (you draw some)

The highest amount of rainfall was recorded in 1966 in the Foc-Foc region of Réunion, a French territory off the coast of Madagascar.

Antarctica is the driest continent on the Earth, with little to no annual rainfall.

Māwsynrām in India is the wettest place on the planet.

In Honduras, sometimes small silverfish fall from the sky when it rains!

Feb-22-23 stone free or die: Thanks Fred for that note. At some point this topic should get brought up on the Bistro, and a proper survey of de facto usage of the various other db's made.

Feb-23-23 petemcd85: FSR: btw, has the site stopped uploading games submitted by users? The link below explains how to upload or request, to upload games: PGN Upload Utility

Usually, if it's a lot of games or a tournament, You can let me know on the support forum and I will get to it as soon as possible: support forum:
chessgames.com chessforum

Please include the link to where I can find the games in PGN format. It will help get the games up quicker

Some of the sites I recommend to find reliable PGNs would be: TheWeek In Chess:
https://theweekinchess.com/a-year-o...

chess24.com:
https://chess24.com/en/dashboard'

****

P.S. The FIDE rating of the player must be over 2200 for us to upload games .

Feb-23-23 FSR: <petemcd85> I know how to upload games to the site. Hundreds of games on this site were submitted by me. However, for the past week or so, some of the games that I have submitted have not been added to the database for some reason. Is this because the games were played by me or another player whose FIDE rating is below 2200? If so, that is a departure from prior practice of many years standing. Who authorized this?

Riddle Question: What word is always pronounced wrong?

FACTRETRIEVER: There are no seagulls in Hawaii.

Riddel Answer: Wrong!

"Funny, funny Jude (The Man in the Red Beret). You play with little pieces all day long, and you know what? You'll live to be an old, old man someday. And here I am." — Janis Joplin

Jude Acers set a Guinness World Record for playing 117 people in simultaneous chess games on April 21, 1973 at the Lloyd Center Mall in Portland, Oregon. On July 2-3, 1976 Jude played 179 opponents at Mid Isle Plaza (Broadway Plaza) in Long Island, New York for another Guinness record.

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Adams Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bc4 Nxe4 4.Qh5 Nd6 5.Bb3 Nc6 6.d4)

Adelaide Counter Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.f4 Nc6 3.Nf3 f5)

Alapin Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.0-0 Bg4 6.h3 h5)

Alapin Gambit (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Be3)

Albin Counter Gambit (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e5)

Alekhine Gambit (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Ne2 dxe4 5.a3 Be7 6.Nxe4 Nf6 7.N2g3 0-0 8.Be2 Nc6)

Allgaier Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.h4 g4 5.Ng5)

Andreaschek Gambit (1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.Nf3 e5 4.c3)

Anti-Meran Gambit (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 c6 5.Bg5)

Anti-Moscow Gambit (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 c6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 g5 7.Bg3 dxc4 8.e4)

Balogh Gambit (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4 4.e4 d6)

Basque Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.d4 exd4 7.e5 Ne4 8.c3)

Belgrade Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nd5)

Bellon Gambit (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 e4 4.Ng5 b5)

Benko Gambit (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5)

Bertin (Three Pawns) Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 Be7 4.Bc4 Bh4+ 5.g3 fxg3 6.0-0 gxh2+ 7.Kh1)

Bishop's Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Bc4)

Blackburne Shilling Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nd4)

Blackburne Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.h4 g4 5.Ng5 h6 6.Nxf7 Kxf7 7.Nc3)

Blackmar–Diemer Gambit (1.d4 d5 2.e4 dxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.f3 – also (1.d4 d5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.e4 dxe4 4.f3)

Blumenfeld Counter Gambit (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 b5)

Blumenfeld Reversed Gambit (1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 d4 3.e3 c5 4.b4)

Boden–Kieseritzky Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nxe4 4.Nc3)

Boehnke Gambit (1.e4 d5 2.exd5 e6 3. dxe6 Bxe6)

Brentano Gambit (1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g5)

Breyer Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Qf3)

Bronstein Gambit (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Qxd7 5.0-0 Nc6 6.c3 Nf6 7.d4)

Bryan Counter Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Bc4 Qh4+ 4.Kf1 b5)

Bryan (Kieseritzky) CounterGambit (1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Bc4 b5)

Budapest Gambit (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5)

Calabrian Counter Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 f5)

Carrera (Basman) Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Qe2)

Catalan Queens Gambit (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3)

Charousek Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.f4 d5 3.exd5 e4 4.d3 Nf6 5.dxe4 Nxe4 6.Qe2)

Chicago Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nxe5 Nxe5 4.d4)

Cochrane Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nxf7)

The first appearance of the (John) Cochrane gambit against Petrov's defense C42 was in the year 1848 against an Indian master Mohishunder Bannerjee.

Colorado Gambit (1.e4 Nc6 2.Nf3 f5)

Cunningham Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 Be7)

Dada Gambit (1.g3 e5 2.Bg2 d5 3.b4)

Danish Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.c3)

Danube Gambit (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.d5 b5)

De Smet Gambit (1.e4 Nc6 2.d4 e5 3.dxe5 d6)

Diemer Gambit (1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.e4)

Diemer–Duhm Gambit (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.c4)

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+)

Duras Gambit (Fred Defence) (1.e4 f5 2.exf5 Kf7)

Elephant Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d5)

Englund Gambit (1.d4 e5 2.dxe5 Nc6 3.Nf3 Qe7 4.Qd5 f6 5.exf6 Nxf6)

Evans Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4)

Evans Counter Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 d5)

Fajarowicz Gambit (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ne4)

Falkbeer Counter Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.f4 d5)

Four Pawns Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Bc5 3.b4 Bxb4 4.f4 exf4 5.Nf3 Be7 6.d4 Bh4+ 7.g3 fxg3 8.0-0 gxh2+ 9.Kh1)

Franco-Hiva Gambit (1.e4 e6 2.Nf3 f5)

Frankenstein–Dracula Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bc4 Nxe4 4.Qh5 Nd6 5.Bb3 Nc6 6.Nb5 g6 7.Qf3 f5 8.Qd5 Qe7 9.Nxc7+ Kd8 10.Nxa8 b6)

French: Wing Gambit (1.e4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e5 c5 4.b4)

Fried Liver Attack Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5 5.exd5 Nxd5 6.Nxf7 Kxf7)

From Gambit (1.f4 e5)

Fyfe Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.d4)

Gent Gambit (1.Nh3 d5 2.g3 e5 3.f4 Bxh3 4.Bxh3 exf4 5.0-0 fxg3 6.hxg3)

Ghulam Khassim Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.Bc4 g4 5.d4)

Gianutio Counter Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 f5)

Ginsburg Gambit (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5.Bc4)

Godley Gambit (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 Nf6)

Göring Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.c3)

Greco Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.f4)

Grünfeld Gambit (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bf4 Bg7 5.e3 0-0)

Halasz Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.f4)

Halibut Gambit (1.c4 b5)

Halloween Gambit (Müller–Schultze) Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nxe5)

Hamppe–Muzio Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 exf4 4.Nf3 g5 5.Bc4 g4 6.0-0)

Hanstein Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.Bc4 Bg7 5.0-0)

Harksen Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.c4)

Herrstrom Gambit (1.Nf3 g5)

Hubsch Gambit (1.d4 d5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.e4 Nxe4 4.Nxe4 dxe4 4.Bc4)

Icelandic Gambit (1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.c4 e6)

Italian Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.d4)

Jerome Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ Kxf7 5.Qh5+)

John Tracy Gambit (1.e4 Nf6 2.Nf3)

Karpov Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5 Be6 9.Nbd2 Nc5)

Kasparov Gambit (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nb5 d6 6.c4 Nf6 7.N1c3 a6 8.Na3 d5)

Keres Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nc3)

Khan Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 d5)

Kieseritzky Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.h4 g4 5.Ne5)

King's Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.f4)

Kotrč–Mieses Gambit (1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5 4.b4)

Krejcik Gambit (1.e4 Nf6 2.Bc4 Nxe4 3. Bxf7+)

Krol Gambit (1.e4 e6 2.f4 d5 3.Nf3)

Lasker Gambit (1.d4 f5 2.e4 fxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 c6 (or 4…g6) 5.f3)

Latvian Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 f5 3.g4)

Lewis Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Bc5 3.d4)

Lisitsin Gambit (1.Nf3 f5 2.e4)

Locock Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Ng5 h6 5.Nxf7)

Lopez Counter Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5)

Lopez Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Bc5 3.Qe2 Nf6 4.d3 Nc6 5.c3 Ne7 6.f4)

Lopez–Gianutio Counter Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Bc4 f5)

Marshall Gambit (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.e4)

McDonnell Double Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Bc5 3.b4 Bxb4 4.f4)

McDonnell Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.Bc4 g4 5.Nc3)

Michel Gambit (1.Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. b4 c5)

Milner-Barry Gambit (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Qb6 6.Bd3 cxd4 7.cxd4 Bd7 8.Nc3 Nxd4 9.Nxd4 Qxd4)

Moller Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d4 exd4 6.cxd4 Bb4+ 7.Nc3 Nxe4 8.0-0 Bxc3 9.d5)

Morphy Gambit (1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.Nf3)

Morra Gambit (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.c3)

Muzio Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.Bc4 g4 5.0-0)

Nakhmanson Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.O-O Nxe4 6.Nc3)

Nimzowitsch Gambit (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.Qg4)

Orthoschnapp Gambit (1.e4 e6 2.c4 d5 3.cxd5 exd5 4.Qb3)

Paris Gambit (1.Nh3 d5 2.g3 e5 3.f4 Bxh3 4.Bxh3 exf4 5.0-0)

Petroff Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Bc5 3.Nf3 d6 4.c3 Qe7 5.d4)

Philidor Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.Bc4 Bg7 5.h4)

Philidor Counter Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5)

Pierce Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 exf4 4.Nf3 g5 5.d4 g4 6.Bc4)

Poisoned Pawn (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Qb6 8.Qd2 Qxb2)

Polerio Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.Bc4)

Ponziani Counter Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c3 f5)

Ponziani Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d4)

Portsmouth Gambit (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.b4)

Portuguese Gambit (1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.d4 Bg4)

Quade Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.Nc3)

Queen's Gambit (1.d4 d5 2.c4)

Rasa–Studier Gambit (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.f3)

Relfsson Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Bb5)

Reti (Landstrasse) Gambit (1.Nf3 d5 2.c4)

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)

Rosentreter Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.d4 g4)

Ross Gambit – (1.Nf3 e5)

Rotary-Albany Gambit (1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 b6)

Rousseau Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 f5)

Rubinstein Counter Gambit (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.Nc3 e6 5.Nxd5 exd5 6.d4 Nc6)

Ryder Gambit (1.d4 d5 2.e4 dxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.f3 exf3 5.Qxf3)

Salvio Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.Bc4 g4 5.Ne5)

Schliemann (Jaenisch) Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 f5)

Scotch Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Bc4)

Sicilian Gambit (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Be2 Bb4 7.0-0)

Slav Gambit (1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e4)

Smith–Morra Gambit (1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3)

Sorensen Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.d4 g4 5.Ne5)

Spanish Counter Gambit (1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d5)

Spielmann Gambit (1.e4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.e5 Nfd7 4.e6)

Stafford Gambit (1.e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 Nc6)

Stamma Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.h4)

Staunton Gambit Deferred (1.d4 f5 2.c4 e6 3.e4)

Staunton Gambit (1.d4 f5 2.e4)

Steinitz Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 exf4 4.d4)

Steinitz Counter Gambit (1.d4 d5 2.Bf4 c5)

Sturm Gambit (1.f4 d5 2.c4)

Swiss Gambit (1.f4 f5 2.e4 fxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.g4)

Tarrasch Gambit (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.dxc5 d4 6.Na4 b5)

Tartakower (Lesser Bishop's) Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Be2)

Tartakower (Fischer) Gambit (1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 f6 3.e4)

Tennison Gambit (1.e4 d5 2.Nf3)

Tolush–Geller Gambit (1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e4 b5 6.e5)

Triple 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+ Kxf7)

Tumbleweed Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Kf2)

Two Knights' Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5 5.exd5 Na5)

Urusov Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 exd4 4.Bc4)

Urusov (Ponziani) Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nf3)

Van Weersel Attack (1.e4 c6 2.c4 d5 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.Qb3)

Vienna Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.f4)

Villemson Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.d4)

Von Hennig–Schara Gambit (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.cxd5 cxd4)

Vukovic Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c3 Nf6 4. d4 Nxe4 5. d5 Bc5)

Wagner Gambit (1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bg5 c5 4.e4)

Ware Gambit (1.a4 e5 2.a5 d5 3.e3 f5 4.a6)

White Gambit (1.c4 d5 2.b3 dxc4 3.bxc4 Qd4 4.Nc3)

Wild Muzio Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.Bc4 g4 5.Bxf7+)

Wilkes-Barre/Traxler Variation (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 Bc5)

Williams Gambit (1.f4 d5 2.e4)

Wing Gambit (1.e4 c5 2.b4)

Wing Gambit Deferred (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 (or 2…e6) 3.b4)

Wing Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Bc5 3.b4)

Wing Gambit Delayed (1.e4 c5 2.a3 Nc6 (or 2…e6) 3. b4)

Zollner Gambit (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be2 Bg7 7.Be3 Nc6 8.0-0 0-0 9.f4 Qb6 10.e5)

"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.

"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

"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

"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

"Chess is an infinitely complex game, which one can play in infinitely numerous & varied ways." ― Vladimir Kramnik

"Sometimes the most ordinary things could be made extraordinary, simply by doing them with the right people." ― Elizabeth Green

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

Question: What did clocks never have before 1577? Answer: Minute hands – it was eventually invented by Jost Burgi for, it is believed, Tycho Brahe, an astronomer who needed an accurate clock for stargazing.

Accept what is; let go of what was. Have faith in what will be.

Question: What is the most frequently sold item at Walmart? Answer: Bananas – although Walmart never disclosed how many bananas they sell each year, the number has to be immense considering that over 200 million people shop in its stores worldwide every single week.

"Above all, be the heroine of your life, not the victim." ― Nora Ephr

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God is great and God is good,

Let us thank Him for our food;

By His blessings, we are fed,

Give us Lord, our daily bread.
Amen.

* 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"

Old Russian Proverb: "The elbow is close but you cannot bite it. (Близок локоток, да не укусишь.)" Close is no cigar.

Ya might be ah redneck if'n ya thunk "lol" means low on liquor.

"If you ain't the lead dog, the view never changes."

<poem by Cavafy:
"(…) King Demetrius (who had a noble
soul) did not—so they said—
behave at all like a king. He went
and cast off his golden clothes,
and flung off his shoes
of richest purple In simple clothes
he dressed himself quickly and left:
doing just as an actor does
who, when the performance is over,
changes his attire and departs.">

Q: What do you call a fat pumpkin?
A: A pumpkin!

Q: What do you call a factory that sells OK products? A: A satisfactory!

Q: What do you call a cheese that doesn't belong to you? A: Nacho cheese!

Q: What do you call a sleeping wolf?
A: An unawarewolf!

Q: What do you call a bear that never wants to grow up? A: Peter Panda!

Q: What do you call a Jedi with one arm?
A: Hand Solo!

Q: What do you call a sad cheese?
A: A Blue cheese!

Q: What do you call an argument between two electric companies? A: A power struggle!

Youth is wasted on the young

'A stitch in time saves nine'

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

"Discontent is the first necessity of progress." — Thomas A. Edison

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar

Simonides Preserved By The Gods

Three sorts there are, as Malherbe says,
Which one can never overpraise –
The gods, the ladies, and the king;
And I, for one, endorse the thing.
The heart, praise tickles and entices;
Of fair one's smile, it often the price is.
See how the gods sometimes repay it.
Simonides – the ancients say it –
Once undertook, in poem lyric,
To write a wrestler's panegyric;
Which, before he had proceeded far in,
He found his subject somewhat barren.
No ancestors of great renown;
His sire of some unnoted town;
Himself as little known to fame,
The wrestler's praise was rather tame.
The poet, having made the most of
Whatever his hero had to boast of,
Digressed, by choice that was not all luck's,
To Castor and his brother Pollux;
Whose bright career was subject ample,
For wrestlers, sure, a good example.
Our poet fattened on their story,
Gave every fight its place and glory,
Till of his panegyric words
These deities had got two-thirds.
All done, the poet's fee
A talent was to be.
But when he comes his bill to settle,
The wrestler, with a spice of mettle,
Pays down a third, and tells the poet,
"The balance they may pay who owe it.
The gods than I are rather debtors
To such a pious man of letters.
But still I shall be greatly pleased
To have your presence at my feast,
Among a knot of guests select,
My kin, and friends I most respect."
More fond of character than coffer,
Simonides accepts the offer.
While at the feast the party sit,
And wine provokes the flow of wit,
It is announced that at the gate
Two men, in haste that cannot wait,
Would see the bard. He leaves the table,
No loss at all to "ts noisy gabble.
The men were Leda's twins, who knew
What to a poet's praise was due,
And, thanking, paid him by foretelling
The downfall of the wrestler's dwelling.
From which ill-fated pile, indeed,
No sooner was the poet freed,
Than, props and pillars failing,
Which held aloft the ceiling
So splendid over them,
It downward loudly crashed,
The plates and flagons dashed,
And men who bore them;
And, what was worse,
Full vengeance for the man of verse,
A timber broke the wrestler's thighs,
And wounded many otherwise.
The gossip Fame, of course, took care
Abroad to publish this affair.
"A miracle!" the public cried, delighted.
No more could god-beloved bard be slighted.
His verse now brought him more than double,
With neither duns, nor care, nor trouble.
Whoever laid claim to noble birth
Must buy his ancestors a slice,
Resolved no nobleman on earth
Should overgo him in the price.
From which these serious lessons flow:
Fail not your praises to bestow
On gods and godlike men. Again,
To sell the product of her pain
Is not degrading to the Muse.
Indeed, her art they do abuse,
Who think her wares to use,
And yet a liberal pay refuse.
Whatever the great confer on her,
They're honoured by it while they honour.
Of old, Olympus and Parnassus
In friendship heaved their sky-crowned masses.

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)

You pays your money and you takes your choice

Lichess has all the same basic offerings as Chess.com: a large community, many game types, tutorials, puzzles, and livestreams. The site has a simple appearance, and it seems built to get you where you want to go in as few clicks as possible. You can create an account, but if you're not concerned with tracking your games and finding other players at your level, there's no need to log in. Just fire up a new game, try some puzzles, or watch a chess streamer play three-minute games while listening to techno and chatting with the comments section.

You reap what you sow

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

Dionysius1: I had basil on the pub's potage du jour yesterday. Soup herb!

The <American Chess Congress> was a series of chess tournaments held in the United States, a predecessor to the current U.S. Chess Championship. It had nine editions, the first played in October 1857 and the last in August 1923.

"Mony a mickle maks a muckle" - Old Scots proverb Very loosely translated as "Look after the pennies and the pounds will look after themselves", it is an expression which is aimed at educating people on the wisdom of saving and really means "many little things add up to a lot".

"Time and tide for nae man bide" - Old Scots proverb The Scottish version of the classic line "Time and tide waits for no man" is a powerful message that even those who are rich and powerful cannot escape the laws of nature and that anyone who has the opportunity to better themselves should do so without delay.

"If ye like the nut, crack it" - Old Scots proverb If you like the idea of the reward then you must accept the effort involved to achieve it.

"The hardest thing in life is to know which bridge to cross and which to burn" - Scottish classical guitarist David Russell (1953 - present)

Attributed to world famous classical guitarist David Russell, who was born in Scotland in 1953, this expression points to the fact that deciding the best course of action can often be the hardest part in life.

Similar to the Serenity Prayer of St. Francis, which asks God to grant those speaking the prayer the serenity to accept the things they cannot change and the courage to change the things they can.

"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.

"Those who bring sunshine to the lives of others cannot keep it from themselves"- J.M. Barrie (1860 - 1937)

A man who spent his life delighting the masses with his words, perfectly understood that you reap what you sow, and that when we make other people happy, we often find happiness ourselves.

"People who are unable to motivate themselves must be content with mediocrity, no matter how impressive their other talents" - Andrew Carnegie (1835 - 1919)

The man who once said "Aim for the highest" is also one of the most qualified to show what can happen when you do so. Sporting one of the most impressive CVs of any person of his time, Andrew Carnegie was a true captain of industry.

So when he tells you that no matter how well you can do something, unless your aim is to do it better than anyone else, you will never reach great heights of success, then you should listen.

"Intelligence plus character-that is the goal of true education." ― Martin Luther King Jr.

"It ain't over 'til it's over, no matter how over it looks." ― Yogi Berra

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4Rpz eza Francis Zhou clld Dzagnidzee zodiaco aboutte Zhongyin ofrd drw zing of Rain Whitee against Dzindzi's Saturday advice column of smoak & mioorrz. What say Machgielis "Max" Euwe, 5th world chess champion from 1935-1937?

Proverbs 3:5-6
Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.

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

Romans 8:28
And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.

A TISKET A TASKET
A tisket, a tasket
A green and yellow basket.
I wrote a letter to my love
And on the way I dropped it.
I dropped it, I dropped it
And on the way I dropped it.
A little boy he picked it up
And put it in his pocket.

LXVI

The Moon
Robert Louis Stevenson 1850 –1894

The moon has a face like the clock in the hall;
She shines on thieves on the garden wall,
On streets and fields and harbour quays,
And birdies asleep in the forks of the trees.

The squalling cat and the squeaking mouse,
The howling dog by the door of the house,
The bat that lies in bed at noon,
All love to be out by the light of the moon.

But all of the things that belong to the day
Cuddle to sleep to be out of her way;
And flowers and children close their eyes
Till up in the morning the sun shall arise.

"One of the nice things about surrendering to the fact that life isn't fair is that it keeps us from feeling sorry for ourselves by encouraging us to do the very best we can with what we have." ― Richard Carlson

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The Game of Chess
by Alan Hall

A poem about chess? Well, there's an idea.
Hopefully this one will be one to hear.
What of the pieces? I'll take them in turn.
And try to tell how each it's living does earn. The pawns can move straight or diagonally
Depending on whether it's taking, you see.
Next comes the bishop – it moves across,
Of diagonals it is the boss.
Then there is the knight – some call it a horse From its siblings it pursues a quite different
course.
One square diagonally, then one straight.
It's so crafty, you start to hate
It when you've lost to its smothered mate.
Stronger still than all these is rook.
If you've got two of them, you're in luck.
The you may even beat the might queen.
A rook and bishop combined, she reigns
supreme.

Last, but not least, is the humble king.
When you've mated him, you can sing.
Well, that's all the pieces that make this game of chess.

The playing of which can bring happiness.

"The Game of Chess" written by Alan Hall and printed in CHESS POST, Volume 33, No. 3 (or the June 1995 issue).

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* Most common mistakes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GA...

Zwickmuhle: to be in a quandry/predicament/ double bind/catch-22 situation, to be in a dilemma

Eyes trust themselves, ears trust others. ~ German Proverb

Ye Jiangchuan has won the Chinese Chess Championship seven times.

"Great wisdom is generous; petty wisdom is contentious." ― Zhuangzi

On August 16th, 2022, Hans Niemann played against Magnus Carlsen as part of the 2022 Crypto Cup in a best-of-three chess match. After beating Carlsen in the first game, Niemann was approached by an interviewer asking about his strategy for the game, to which he responded, "The chess speaks for itself." A reupload of the brief interview was posted to YouTube by David Mays on August 16th, gathering nearly 40,000 views in two weeks. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxe...

<<<The Sweet Toothed Pirate> by Anonymous>

I sail on an ocean of custard and jam
Aboard a ship made of biscuits and bread,
I am the sweet toothed pirate I am,
And clearly not right in the head.

Nebulous streams clouding my brain
Give me some peculiar thoughts,
I wear a vest made of liquorice sticks,
And a pair of marzipan shorts.

With my motley crew of gingerbread men
Who are armed to the teeth with balloons,
We go round the world kidnapping cakes,
While we gorge on sweet macaroons.>

The formal way to say "bless you" in Romanian is "Dumnezeu să te binecuvânteze!"