Hammer the center!

"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)

"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

Know God,
Know Peace.
No God,
No Peace.

* 1st African American GM Ashley: M Ashley vs A A Zaremba, 1998 - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/mnVn...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/C591...

* A Barahona! B Lopez vs A Barahona, 1999 - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ntii...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ipsA...

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

* Alapins: Game Collection: Alapin - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/-Ear...

* Admirable Phony Benoni: A A Zaremba vs D Moody, 1997 - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/QI4E...

* Ahab: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ZA-5... - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/csTt...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/wCBb...

- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/7llr...

* Arch of thee: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/5MzK... - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/tptu...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/-Qgc...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/CPvR...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/4qL5...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/YcWv...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Clzw...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Cnmg...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/BDg_...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/B2zO...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/774n...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/9RIR...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/LX9B...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/66HU...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/yCNS...

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

* Begin 1.Nf3 if you wish: Game Collection: A 1. Nf3! Repertoire (Version 3.0) - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/-lQa...

* Vladimir Bagirov Attacks: http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches...

* Brutal Attacking Chess: Game Collection: Brutal Attacking Chess - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/dd1P...

* Attack and Defense: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uc-... - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/n6cG...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/V6o0...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/6_ED...

* Basman's / Borg's Defense: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThK...

* Mike explains Borg's Defense: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Res...

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

* Simple tactics course using miniatures:
http://exeterchessclub.org.uk/x/FTP... - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/6yqQ...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/pDH3...

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

* Blackburne strikes! games annotated by Blackburne - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/dM5V...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/LTBo...

* Common Phrases and Terms: https://www.ragchess.com/chess-basi... - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87p...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/XSKy...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/792V...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/PDAr...

* Checkmate brevities: Game Collection: Art of Checkmate - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/QOGd...

* $20 cash: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/fxyl... - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/wkY0...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/hE1a...

* C21-C22 miniatures: http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches... - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/n87E...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/6Int...

* Diagrammed Checkmate Patterns: Game Collection: Checkmate: Checkmate Patterns - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/-2ui...

* Danish Gambits: Game Collection: Danish Gambit Games 1-0 - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/px5F...

* Dark secrets: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQl... - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/CXu8...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/4LZ4...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/44X3...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/T86G...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/AvRM...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/oGLm...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/iaxX...

* Day-O: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5d...

* Dueling Bs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pip... - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/vzs8...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/0oUa...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIW...

* Epic: Game Collection: Epic Battles of the CB by R.N. Coles - keypusher - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/39Av...

* Expand thy knowledge from a classic book! Game Collection: Modern Chess Strategy III by Ludek Pachman - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/MbQe...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/PDAr...

* The Exchange Variation: Game Collection: QGD Ex - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/t9t9...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/r9rH...

* Forker: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/UZjo... - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LgX...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/tcok...

* Italian gambit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4F9... - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/E3tq...

* 20 Various Italian Games: Game Collection: Italian Game

* C53s: Game Collection: rajat21's italian game

* The Italian Game, Classical: Game Collection: Giuco Piano

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

* Annotated Evans Gambits: https://www.chessgames.com/perl/che... - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/_Lfj...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/mXKa...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/AVrZ...

* 5 Reasons to play the Modern Defense, advocated by Austrian Grandmaster Karl Robatsch: https://thechessworld.com/articles/... - https://thechessworld.com/articles/... - https://thechessworld.com/articles/... - https://thechessworld.com/articles/...

Some of the main variations include:

The Averbakh Variation: 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.Be3 a6. The Pterodactyl Variation: 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c5. The Tiger's Modern: 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.f4 Nf6. Standard Line: 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c6 4.f4 d5 5.e5 Caro-Kann, Gurgenidze Variation: 1.e4 c6 2.d4 g6 3.Bd3 Bg7

1. e4 g6
2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 a6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Qd2 b5 7. Bh6 O-O 8. Bxg7 Kxg7 9. Bd3

2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 Nf6 5. Qd2 O-O 6. f3 c5 7. dxc5 dxc5 8. e5 Qxd2+ 9. Bxd2 Nfd7 10. f4 Rd8 11. Be3

2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 Nf6 5. Qd2 O-O 6. Nf3 c5 7. dxc5 dxc5 8. Qxd8 Rxd8 9. Bxc5 Nc6

2. d4 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Be3 Bg7 5. Qd2 O-O 6. Nf3 d5 7. e5 Ne4 8. Nxe4 dxe4

2. d4 d6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Be3 Nf6 5. Qd2 O-O 6. f3 c5 7. dxc5 dxc5 8. e5 Qxd2+ 9. Bxd2

1. d4 g6
2. e4 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be3 O-O 6. Qd2 c6 7. a4 Qa5 8. Be2 c5 9. dxc5 dxc5

2. e4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Be3 O-O 6. Qd2 d5 7. e5 Ne4 8. Nxe4 dxe4 9. Ng5

2. e4 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Be3 Bg7 5. Qd2 O-O 6. f3 a6 7. h4 b5 8. O-O-O b4

2. e4 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Be3 Bg7 5. Qd2 O-O 6. f3 c6 7. h4 Nbd7 8. Bh6 Bxh6 9. Qxh6

2. e4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Be3 O-O 6. h3 e5 7. dxe5 dxe5 8. Bc4 Qe7 9. Qe2 Nc6 10. Rd1 Be6

1. c4 g6
2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 c5 6. d5 O-O

2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Rb1 c5 8. Nf3 O-O 9. Be2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qxa2 12. O-O Bg4

2. d4 Nf6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. h3 c5 6. dxc5 Ne4 7. Nxe4 dxe4

2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8. Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qxa2 12. O-O Bg4 13. Be3 Nc6

2. e4 e5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bb4+ 5. Nbd2 Nxe4 6. dxe5 d5 7. a3 Bxd2+ 8. Nxd2

How can White best respond to the Modern Defense? White should try to establish a strong central control, especially upon d4, and develop minor pieces harmoniously.

They can do this by playing 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7, followed by Nc3, Be3, and Qd2 in some order. It is important for White to not rush in launching an attack but patiently build up their position.

Moves like h3 or f3 could be helpful to prevent Black's thematic …Ng4 move, aiming for the e3 bishop.

* Pirc Defense, named after the Slovenian Grandmaster Vasja Pirc: https://thechessworld.com/articles/... - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/aWuL...

* MGM's Lion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amk...

* 10 Tips: https://www.uschess.org/index.php/L...

* 10 Concepts: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0p0...

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

1. Counter a pin aggressively
2. Castle Within 10 moves
3. Keep your pieces connected
4. What's his idea?
5. Develop your king-side knight
6. Use forcing moves (check, capture, attack)
7. To take is a mistake
8. Attacking moves are the best.
9. Use pawn breaks (to launch an attack).
10. Blockade his pawns to hinder development.

* Top Ten of the 2010's: https://www.chess.com/lessons/the-1...

* 25 Opening Traps: https://www.chess.com/blog/ChessLor...

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

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

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

* 1.e4 d6:
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYE... - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k85... - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVA...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNM...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tST...

* 21st Century: Game Collection: 0 - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/1_wf...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/hDfi...

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

* Fundamentals: Game Collection: Chess Fundamentals (Capablanca)

* Focus on your advantage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQH... - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vZ...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/pKa_...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/15RZ...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/mKCp...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/JNX7...

* Formation Attx: https://www.newinchess.com/media/wy... - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/N5HM...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Ee3j...

* Fried Fox is awful: https://allchessopenings.blogspot.c... - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/fbd1...

* Fischer's principles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRN... - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWN...

* French According to... Game Collection: The French According to ... - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/OMI0...

* Starting Out: French Defense: Game Collection: Starting out : The French

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

- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43C...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Pz...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pZ...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTS... - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5Z...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Oh...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNy...

* Greek gift against the French: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/EKS9... - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/JTZ1...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/VKfw...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/_roS...

* Greinke's chin music: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/C039... - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/hu6W...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/FE65...

* Glossary P: https://www.peoriachess.com/Glossar... - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQO...

* 5.h3 is necessary in case NxNe5 occurs: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/j2BN...

* ...h6? https://www.youtube.com/shorts/iMWc... - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/SUKH...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/p3dH...

* Hans On French: Game Collection: French Defense

* Happy Days! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slv... - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Vsby...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/oddk...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/_T3Y...

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

* Jobava London trap: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/iAxl... - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5V...

* King over pride: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/fHBU... - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/iOjj...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/YZAC...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/rKfI...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/qnEg...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/e4vv...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/PFKz...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/9zWe...

* King's Gambit start-up: Game Collection: Batsford's MCO 14 King's Gambit

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

* KG Video: Game Collection: Foxy Openings - King's Gambit - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/cCHp...

* GM Gallagher is an author:
Game Collection: 0 - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/b3V0...

* Legall's Mate: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/qAHg...

* Light square strategy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GD0...

* Long shot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGj... - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/K7UE...

* Last Play of the World Series 1943-1973: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dzt...

* Last Play of Every Modern World Series: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkD...

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

* Memento Mori: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/xD2E... - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/nrYp...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/MM3L...

* Maroczy Bind: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3Q... - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqV...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8m...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/KKC7...

* Mileage: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/wpQ9...

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

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

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

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

* Pinch of... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oU_...

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

* Nakhmanson Gambit: https://chesstier.com/nakhmanson-ga... - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pc...

* Nimzo-Larsen: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/6UYR...

* Notable Games: Game Collection: List of Notable Games (wiki) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aP9...

* Opening Ideas/Novelties: Game Collection: Great opening ideas - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/MDhD...

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

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

* One Game Shy: Game Collection: 107 Great Chess Battles: 1939-45 Alekhine - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWX...

* Overloaded! Game Collection: OVERLOADED! - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/XwF2...

* Original Reti's Mate: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Le5M...

* Oskar plays 1e4: Oskar Oglaza

* Volo plays P-K4 faithfully: Volodymyr Onyshchuk

* Ponziani Games: Game Collection: PONZIANI OPENING - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/CXYV...

* Prize Games: Game Collection: Great Brilliancy Prize Games of the ChessMasters

* Pins: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjp... - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/jbVc...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/3tLi...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/iJbR...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/6xk7...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/BO98...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/6Ium...
-

* Pinned to the cross: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/PtLt... - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Mq8S...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/sNhW...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/LAze...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/2ZLQ...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/05Zz...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/4BID...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/M4jt...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/uJ94...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/1VOe...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/VzeS...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/GdUB...

* Promotion: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/tlkc... - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bym...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Rxf8...

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

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

* Pawn structures: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPr... - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0c...

* Poisoned pawns: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGV... - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/v2rD...

* Pawn actions: Game Collection: the pawns decide

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

* Pawn structures: Game Collection: Chess Structures: A Grandmaster Guide - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/dQZa...

* Perfect game: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWS...

* Perpetual Help: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Gx2n... - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/7t-J...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/41NI...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/9e9Z...

* Peter, Paul, and Mary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JD-... Troubling times, it was.
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/drU8...

* Queen Elizabeth wasn't nicknamed Betty: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/IIOh... - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/lz4c...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/aH4F...

* Richard Reti Does It Again: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9z...

* Roger that: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9S... - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/evb_...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/xBmJ...

"The only way to change anything in Russia is a revolution" ― Daniil Dubov https://en.chessbase.com/post/dubov...

* RL Minis: Game Collection: Ruy Lopez Miniatures - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/u_na...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/MP3O...

* Russian Ruys: Game Collection: Chess in the USSR 1945 - 72, Part 2 (Leach) - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ruMv...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/eMyy...

* Chess Records: https://timkr.home.xs4all.nl/record... - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/njB9...

* Rublevsky: https://www.chessgames.com/perl/che... - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Lno8...

* Rossolimo & Moscow: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4a... - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/4bJa...

* Satan hates one: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/wNHR... - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/TwqB...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Jzwo...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/uJWz...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/BI7i...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/T5eK...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/EiDy...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/J1su...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/D-pY...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/XoGk...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/61Fu...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/NxKe...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/lXmL...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/cKUs...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/bygw...

* Sacs on f7/f2: Game Collection: Demolition of Pawn Structure: Sac on f7 (f2) - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Xy1d...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/If2Z...

* Scotch raps: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=poj...

* Sounds like a different Al who's much dumber and more dishonest: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/W4AH...

* Sports Clichés: http://www.sportscliche.com/
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/gRg3...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/m-0e...

* summum bonum

* Sicilian Face Plants:
Game Collection: sicilian defense(opening traps) - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Ex0M...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Gicp...

* GK Sicilian: Game Collection: Kasparov - The Sicilian Sheveningen

- https://www.mark-weeks.com/aboutcom... - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/vd59...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/fX2o...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/lJ2V...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pv...

- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?li...

- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_F...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLe...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBl...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZM...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2G...

- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wpw...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ccn...
- https://https://www.youtube.com/wat... - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvS...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l99...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBx...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGP...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzu... - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-R7...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3j...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyG...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WiS...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znL...

- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_4...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/63Ak...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5l...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71n... - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fqu...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Acp...

- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1t... - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_l_...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLL...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ioc...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzt...

* Tal's sacrifice: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXE...

* tacticmania - Game Collection: tacticmania

* Target: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6y...

* TIP: Click on the e8 square to see a computer engine analysis of the position.

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

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

* Tricks to Win a Queen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfS...

* Temahlubi Queen Dlamini: search "queen" - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/7ALW...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/4sUj...

* Queen Traps in the Scandinavian D: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syr...

* Trap the Queen in the Tennison Gambit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZt...

* Top 10 Traps of the Queens: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZh...

* White, Black Trap the Queen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olz...

* Win the Queen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQ8...

* More Tricks to Trap the Queen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zd0...

* Qxb2 Poisoned Pawn: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74h...

* Levy shows us more traps: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fot...

* 38 Tactics: https://www.chess.com/article/view/...

* Tesla: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/vVlQ...

* Understanding:
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/nvUu...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/sOlh...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/6DbZ...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Z8Is...

* Various: Game Collection: Repertoire Games

* Various: Game Collection: d2-d4 and win

* Veresov games: Game Collection: Games from Nigel Davies' THE VERESOV

* What you want me to do? https://www.youtube.com/shorts/_heZ...

* Wei Yi spent 48 minutes on a move: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PF8...

* Wasteful programs: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ZRr9... - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/u-NL...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/9-Dh...

* Windmill checks: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/HJur...

* Women: https://www.thefamouspeople.com/wom...

* Wiki Bird's Op: Wikipedia article: Bird's Opening

* Wikipedia on Computer Chess: Wikipedia article: Computer chess

* Wonders and Curiosities: Game Collection: Wonders and Curiosities of Chess (Chernev) - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/aBmY...

* 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

"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

"Magnus" in Norwegian means "Magnus." ― Epic Chess

five-four combo

California: San Diego
Established in: 1769

San Diego is the second largest city in the state and sits just north of Mexico. Back in the 16th century, the Diegueño, Luiseño, Cahuilla, and Cupeño peoples were some of the first settlers in the area. It was named after explorer Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo, but later was renamed for Spanish monk San Diego de Alcalá de Henares in 1602.

Explorer Sebastián Vizcaíno renamed San Diego (formerly San Miguel) in 1602, but Spanish explorers dedicated the first California mission, San Diego de Alcalá, in 1769.

Santa Cruz was also dedicated in 1769.

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

* Chess Aps: https://www.wired.com/story/best-ch...

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

Like so many, many others, this Fredthebear collection was vandalized by the underhanded CGs operator who invades like a sick virus to spread illness. What mean, ugly lifeless human beings run this website.

<<Like new-laid eggs Chess Problems are,

Though very good, they may be beaten;

And yet, though like, they're different far,

They may be cooked, but never eaten.>

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

France is not just a popular destination that tourists tend to flock to. It's the most visited country in the world! Approximately 89 million people stop by each year.

St. Mary

"One of the supreme paradoxes of baseball, and all sports, is that the harder you try to throw a pitch or hit a ball or accomplish something, the smaller your chances are for success. You get the best results not when you apply superhuman effort but when you let the game flow organically and allow yourself to be fully present. You'll often hear scouts say of a great prospect, "The game comes slow to him." It means the prospect is skilled and poised enough to let the game unfold in its own time, paying no attention to the angst or urgency or doubt, funneling all awareness to the athletic task at hand." — R.A. Dickey

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<<<chess writer and poet <Henry Thomas Bland>

Another example of his way with words is the start of ‘Internal Fires', a poem published on page 57 of the March 1930 American Chess Bulletin:>

I used to play chess with the dearest old chap,
Whom naught could upset whatever might hap.
He'd oft lose a game he might well have won
But made no excuse for what he had done.
If a piece he o'erlooked and got it snapped up

He took it quite calmly and ne'er ‘cut up rough'.>

The liver is located in the upper right quadrant of the abdomen, just below the ribcage. About the size of a football, the liver is the largest and heaviest organ inside the human body (the skin is the largest organ overall). Even if the liver is damaged upward of 90%, the liver is one of the only human organs that can regenerate. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qG...

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.

<<<Below is a <Paul 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.>

The Lion and the Gnat

"Go, paltry insect, nature's meanest brat!"
Thus said the royal lion to the gnat.
The gnat declared immediate war.
"Think you," said he, "your royal name
To me worth caring for?
Think you I tremble at your power or fame?
The ox is bigger far than you;
Yet him I drive, and all his crew."
This said, as one that did no fear owe,
Himself he blew the battle charge,
Himself both trumpeter and hero.
At first he played about at large,
Then on the lion's neck, at leisure, settled,
And there the royal beast full sorely nettled.
With foaming mouth, and flashing eye,
He roars. All creatures hide or fly, –
Such mortal terror at
The work of one poor gnat!
With constant change of his attack,
The snout now stinging, now the back,
And now the chambers of the nose;
The pigmy fly no mercy shows.
The lion's rage was at its height;
His viewless foe now laughed outright,
When on his battle-ground he saw,
That every savage tooth and claw
Had got its proper beauty
By doing bloody duty;
Himself, the hapless lion, tore his hide,
And lashed with sounding tail from side to side. Ah! bootless blow, and bite, and curse!
He beat the harmless air, and worse;
For, though so fierce and stout,
By effort wearied out,
He fainted, fell, gave up the quarrel.
The gnat retires with verdant laurel.
Now rings his trumpet clang,
As at the charge it rang.
But while his triumph note he blows,
Straight on our valiant conqueror goes
A spider's ambuscade to meet,
And make its web his winding-sheet.

We often have the most to fear
From those we most despise;
Again, great risks a man may clear,
Who by the smallest dies.

"Most animals show themselves sparingly. The grizzly bear is six to eight hundred pounds of smugness. It has no need to hide. If it were a person, it would laugh loudly in quiet restaurants, boastfully wear the wrong clothes for special occasions, and probably play hockey." — Craig Childs

Riddle Question: The leaves are on the fruit; The fruit is on the leaves. What is it?

"Bears are masters of survival." — Catherine Lukas

Riddle Answer: A pineapple.

"Bears look like they might be slow because they have short legs and large feet. However, some kinds can move very quickly!" — Therese M. Shea

M.Hassan: <Eggman>: Scarborough Chess Club which is said to be the biggest chess club in Canada, arranges tournaments under the name of "Howard Rideout" tournaments. Is he the same Rideout that you are mentioning?. I only know that this is to commemorate "Rideout" who has been a player and probably in that club because the club is over 40 years old. This tournament is repeated year after year and at the beginning of the season when the club resumes activity after summer recession in September. Zxp

PeterB: Eggman and Mr. Hassan - you are right, Howard Ridout was a long time member of the Scarborough Chess Club! He was very active even when I joined in 1969, and was still organizing tournaments at the time of his death in the 1990s. This game is a good memorial to him! Theodorovitch was a Toronto master rated about 2250 back then, perhaps about 2350 nowadays.

<< <<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.

* Jan-29-22 MissScarlett: There are no rules, only guidelines. Premium members such as User: chrisowen get extra leeway.

<Amanda Kay wrote:

Checkmate
You were my knight
Shining armor
Chess board was our home
Queen's fondness you garnered
A kiss sweeter than honeycomb>

'A poor workman always blames his tools'

'A bird in hand is worth two in the bush'

'A cat has nine lives.'

'A diamond with a flaw is better than a common stone that is perfect.'

'A drowning man will clutch a straw.'

'A fool and his money are soon parted.'

'A problem shared is a problem halved'

'A good listener is a silent flatterer.'

Riddle Question: I am a word that begins with the letter "i." If you add the letter "a" to me, I become a new word with a different meaning, but that sounds exactly the same. What word am I?

A quasar named ULAS J1120+0641 was discovered in 2011 by Fredthebear's acquaintance. It was the farthest quasar from Earth at 29 billion light-years away.

Riddle Answer: Isle (add "a" to make "aisle")

<<<Jabberwocky> by Lewis Carroll>

'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe:
All mimsy were the borogoves,
And the mome raths outgrabe.

"Beware the Jabberwock, my son!
The jaws that bite, the claws that catch! Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun
The frumious Bandersnatch!"

He took his vorpal sword in hand;
Long time the manxome foe he sought—
So rested he by the Tumtum tree
And stood awhile in thought.

And, as in uffish thought he stood,
The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame,
Came whiffling through the tulgey wood,
And burbled as it came!

One, two! One, two! And through and through
The vorpal blade went snicker-snack!
He left it dead, and with its head
He went galumphing back.

"And hast thou slain the Jabberwock?
Come to my arms, my beamish boy!
O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!"
He chortled in his joy.

'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe:
All mimsy were the borogoves,
And the mome raths outgrabe. >

Riddle Question: What word in the English language does the following: The first two letters signify a male, the first three letters signify a female, the first four letters signify a great, while the entire world signifies a great woman. What is the word?

The word "quasar" was first coined in 1964 by astrophysicist Hong-Yee Chiu as convenient shorthand for the previous nomenclature "quasi-stellar radio sources."

Riddle Answer: Heroine

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The Bear
~ Author Unknown ~

Here is a cave, (make a fist)
Inside is a bear. (put a thumb inside fist)
Now he comes out
To get some fresh air. (pop out thumb)
He stays out all summer
In sunshine and heat.
He hunts in the forest
For berries to eat. (move thumb in circle)
When snow starts to fall,
He hurries inside
His warm little cave,
And there he will hide. (put thumb back inside fist) Snow covers the cave
Like a fluffy white rug.
Inside the bear sleeps
All cozy and snug. (cover fist with other hand)

Excelsior
By Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

The shades of night were falling fast,
As through an Alpine village passed
A youth, who bore, 'mid snow and ice,
A banner with the strange device,
Excelsior!
His brow was sad; his eye beneath,
Flashed like a falchion from its sheath,
And like a silver clarion rung
The accents of that unknown tongue,
Excelsior!

In happy homes he saw the light
Of household fires gleam warm and bright;
Above, the spectral glaciers shone,
And from his lips escaped a groan,
Excelsior!

"Try not the Pass!" the old man said;
"Dark lowers the tempest overhead,
The roaring torrent is deep and wide!"
And loud that clarion voice replied,
Excelsior!

"Oh stay," the maiden said, "and rest
Thy weary head upon this breast! "
A tear stood in his bright blue eye,
But still he answered, with a sigh,
Excelsior!

"Beware the pine-tree's withered branch!
Beware the awful avalanche!"
This was the peasant's last Good-night,
A voice replied, far up the height,
Excelsior!

At break of day, as heavenward
The pious monks of Saint Bernard
Uttered the oft-repeated prayer,
A voice cried through the startled air,
Excelsior!

A traveller, by the faithful hound,
Half-buried in the snow was found,
Still grasping in his hand of ice
That banner with the strange device,
Excelsior!

There in the twilight cold and gray,
Lifeless, but beautiful, he lay,
And from the sky, serene and far,
A voice fell like a falling star,
Excelsior!

The 20-40-40 rule in chess is a rule for players rated below 2000 that states 20% of your study should be dedicated to openings, 40% to the middlegame, and 40% to the endgame.

Psalm 27:1
The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?

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

1 John 4:18
There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love.

"God has given us two hands, one to receive with and the other to give with." — Billy Graham

"My home is in Heaven. I'm just traveling through this world." — Billy Graham

"Whatever you are doing in the game of life, give it all you've got." — Norman Vincent Peale

"What you do today can improve all your tomorrows." — Ralph Marston

* Weird is what you're not used to: https://chessentials.com/weird-ches...

<limerick, entitled ‘The Solver's Plight' was by ‘A.J.F.' A.J. Fink and was published on page 22 of Chess Potpourri by Alfred C. Klahre (Middletown, 1931):

There was a man from Vancouver
Who tried to solve a two-mover;
But the boob, he said, ‘"Gee",
I can't find the "Kee",
No matter HOW I manouvre.'>

Chess Life is an active monthly magazine and is the official publication of the United States Chess Federation. <Chess Life> is advertised as the "most widely read chess magazine in the world," and reaches more than a quarter of a million readers each month.

Chess Life focuses on American chess players and tournaments, instruction, human interest, and US Chess governance matters. The United States Chess Federation also publishes Chess Life Kids, a bimonthly publication covering the same subjects aimed at a younger audience.

Publication of <Chess Life> started in 1946 as a bi-weekly newspaper, usually eight or twelve pages long. In 1961, Frank Brady converted Chess Life to a monthly magazine. In 1969, <Chess Life> merged with Chess Review, the other leading U.S. chess magazine. The magazine was published under the title Chess Life & Review starting with the November 1969 issue until 1980 when it returned to its original title <Chess Life>.

https://www.chessjournal.com/best-f... <3-Step Thought Process In Bad Situations

Whenever I/GM Noel Studer end up in a position that sucks, I try to get into action mode as quickly as possible. After all, thinking, "Why did I mess this position up" does not help. One must quickly focus on what you can do and spend your energy wisely. Otherwise, your time runs out, and you decide on a move just out of intuition and emotions, not rational thought. What does this action mode look like? It is a simple three-step plan:

- Analyze the position: what are the issues at hand? - Come up with possible solutions.
- Compare the solutions and choose the best one.

I use this approach with simple daily stuff like my car breaking down or me destroying a water bottle at home. Some years ago, I would spend a lot of time whining about my being so unlucky, why this always happens to me, and how much this really sucks. Sometimes, to my surprise, in most cases, I skip this step now. The light for a motor problem goes on in my car, and I immediately think: What could be the issue?

When I understand the problem, I can make a qualified decision. If it seems decently safe to drive until the next garage, that's the best option. If not, I have to call a friend or a tow truck. Does it suck to pay a @#$%load of money to get my car towed? Absolutely. Do I have any alternatives? Sometimes no. So there is no merit in feeling bad, slurring, or wishing this did not happen.

The only thing that helps is gathering information and trying to make the best decision for my next action. Just like in chess, it might be that the decision I took at this moment was not the best in hindsight. Again, that sucks, but as long as I did things to the best of my abilities, I have nothing to be upset about.> — GM Noel Studer's blog

A good deed never fades.

<Chris Chaffin wrote:

master/piece
She moves him ‘round the chess board,
dodging bishops, pawns and rooks.
She coaxes him from square to square
without a second look.

The white knight cannot catch him.
Piece by piece, the foe now yields.
Her king is safe; the game is done.
The queen controls the field.>

Watch your step!
Riddle Question: What breaks yet never falls, and what falls yet never breaks?

FACTRETRIEVER: Monarch caterpillars breathe through holes in the sides of their bodies.

Riddle Answer: Day, and night

Last Night As I Was Sleeping
by Antonio Machado 1875-1939

Last night as I was sleeping,
I dreamt—marvelous error!—
that a spring was breaking
out in my heart.
I said: Along which secret aqueduct,
Oh water, are you coming to me,
water of a new life
that I have never drunk?

Last night as I was sleeping,
I dreamt—marvelous error!—
that I had a beehive
here inside my heart.
And the golden bees
were making white combs
and sweet honey
from my old failures.

Last night as I was sleeping,
I dreamt—marvelous error!—
that a fiery sun was giving
light inside my heart.
It was fiery because I felt
warmth as from a hearth,
and sun because it gave light
and brought tears to my eyes.

Last night as I slept,
I dreamt—marvelous error!—
that it was God I had
here inside my heart.

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

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

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

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

"Hindsight is always 20/20."

* 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"

"Life's too short to worry about things you can't change."

A New England June
by Bliss Carman

These things I remember

Of New England June,

Like a vivid day-dream

In the azure noon,

While one haunting figure

Strays through every scene,

Like the soul of beauty

Through her lost demesne.

Gardens full of roses

And peonies a-blow

In the dewy morning,

Row on stately row,

Spreading their gay patterns,

Crimson, pied and cream,

Like some gorgeous fresco

Or an Eastern dream.

Nets of waving sunlight

Falling through the trees;

Fields of gold-white daisies

Rippling in the breeze:

Lazy lifting groundswells,

Breaking green as jade

On the lilac beaches,

Where the shore-birds wade.

Orchards full of blossom,

Where the bob-white calls

And the honeysuckle

Climbs the old gray walls;

Groves of silver birches,

Beds of roadside fern,

In the stone-fenced pasture

At the river's turn.

Out of every picture

Still she comes to me

With the morning freshness

Of the summer sea, —

A glory in her bearing,

A sea-light in her eyes,

As if she could not forget

The spell of Paradise.

Thrushes in the deep woods,

With their golden themes,

Fluting like the choirs

At the birth of dreams.

Fireflies in the meadows

At the gate of Night,

With their fairy lanterns

Twinkling soft and bright.

Ah, not in the roses,

Nor the azure noon,

Nor the thrushes' music,

Lies the soul of June.

It is something finer,

More unfading far,

Than the primrose evening

And the silver star;

Something of the rapture

My beloved had,

When she made the morning

Radiant and glad,—

Something of her gracious

Ecstasy of mien,

That still haunts the twilight,

Loving though unseen.

When the ghostly moonlight

Walks my garden ground,

Like a leisurely patrol

On his nightly round,

These things I remember

Of the long ago,

While the slumbrous roses

Neither care nor know.

"True power is expressed in quiet confidence; it was the sea's very calmness that epitomized its mighty force." ― Emile Habiby

"There are more adventures on a chessboard than on all the seas of the world." ― Pierre Mac Orlan

"You can only get good at chess if you love the game." ― Bobby Fischer

"As long as you can still grab a breath, you fight." — The Revenant

<<<"It's All I Have To Bring Today" <by Emily Dickinson>

It's all I have to bring today—
This, and my heart beside—
This, and my heart, and all the fields—
And all the meadows wide—
Be sure you count—should I forget
Some one the sum could tell—
This, and my heart, and all the Bees
Which in the Clover dwell.>

Our Heavenly Father, Kind and Good
Traditional

Our Heavenly Father, kind and good,

We thank Thee for our daily food.

We thank Thee for Thy love and care.

Be with us Lord, and hear our prayer.
Amen.

<<<Page 166 of The Personality of Chess by <I.A. Horowitz and P.L. Rothenberg> (New York, 1963) gave ‘a hitherto unpublished limerick-acrostic:>

Caissa, the goddess of Chess,
Has this task, no more and no less;
Every game, match and damn bit,
Sicilian and gambit
She must ever be ready to bless.>

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

I always play carefully and try to avoid unnecessary risks. I consider my method to be right as any superfluous ‘daring' runs counter to the essential character of chess, which is not a gamble but a purely intellectual combat conducted in accordance with the exact rules of logic. ― Jose Raul Capablanca

2 Corinthians 4:16-18
So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day. For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen.

"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

* Faith in Christ by Grace: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/LX9B...

Psalm 27:1
The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?

1 John 4:18
There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love.

Isolated pawns require a very expensive therapy, for keeping them alive.

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

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

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

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

<"The Chess Players" was a film written and directed by Satyajit Ray in 1977, based on Munshi Premchand's short story of the same name. Two chess-mad noblemen, Mir and Mirza, are so obsessed with their game that they refuse to notice the turmoil of the British incursions seething around them, not to mention the disintegration of their marriages. Despite these catastrophes, Ray's touch in the film is light, as is Howard Altmann's in the poem of the same name.>

* https://www.youtube.com/shorts/3z-n...

* https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/oth...

Phone scammers are getting smarter with their tactics like AI voice scams. And if you're not careful, they could make big bucks off of you, the unsuspecting caller. Aside from hanging up if you hear this four-word phrase, there's something else you can do to avoid becoming a victim and to keep up with your smartphone security and privacy.

Certain area codes can warn potential targets that the call isn't safe, according to Joseph Steinberg, CEO of SecureMySocial. Although scam callers once used a 900 number, they've changed their methods as the general public became aware of their tactic. Now, many scam phone numbers have different area codes, including 809, which originates in the Caribbean.

Another area code to look out for may look like it's coming from the United States, but isn't. "Criminals have been known to use caller IDs with the area code 473, which appears to be domestic, but is actually the area code for the island of Grenada," Steinberg says. Watch out for these phone call scams that could steal your money, too.

By the way, those calls add up fast. You could be charged for taking a call from any of these foreign countries, according to AARP. Plus, scammers can swindle you out of your money through phony vacation scams and fake stories about danger or money problems. iPhone scams and Uber scams are also on the rise, making Apple fans and Uber users alike more wary. Make sure you know how to avoid Uber scams and how to stop spam texts on your phone.

To play it extra safe, Steinberg recommends never answering or returning a call from a number you don't recognize. If you actually know the person, they can always leave a voicemail. "Remember that it's unlikely that someone you do not know—who is in distress at a location with which you are not familiar—would dial a random number in another country and ask you to help them," he says. "They would call the police."

It can't hurt to be wary of possible scam phone numbers with the following international area codes. And watch out for these Facebook Marketplace scams before you go shopping.

Scam phone numbers: International Area Codes with a +1 Country Code

232—Sierra Leone

242 — Bahamas

246 — Barbados

268 — Antigua

284 — British Virgin Islands

345 — Cayman Islands

441 — Bermuda

473 — Grenada, Carriacou, and Petite Martinique

649 — Turks and Caicos

664 — Montserrat

721 — Sint Maarten

758 — St. Lucia

767 — Dominica

784 — St. Vincent and Grenadines

809, 829, and 849 — The Dominican Republic

868 — Trinidad and Tobago

869 — St. Kitts and Nevis

876 — Jamaica

It's important to note that scammers can create scam phone numbers by spoofing numbers from many area codes, not just the ones listed above. Remember, a good rule of thumb is if you don't recognize the phone number, don't pick up your phone and let it go to voicemail. This can help you avoid falling for common phone scams, such as those pesky car extended warranty calls.

By the way—if you are charged for picking up a scam call, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) recommends contacting your phone company to try and take care of the matter. You can also file a complaint about the scam call with the FCC.

Next, read about these online scams you need to be aware of and how to avoid them. Also, read up on what doxxing is and how it sets you up to be hacked.

"It's time to go."

Sep-07-24 Cecco: According to this engine the much criticized 34. ... h2 is the best move. Sep-07-24 offramp: I was wondering about all the chess engines that disappeared from our world. What happened to Mephisto? I used to play that board/set in a London department store.

Gandalf has gone. Shredder has gone. Rybka went suddenly down the toilet. AlphaZero is not commercially available; it probably gave up chess to mine bitcoins.

The best-known engines now seem to be Fritz and Stockfish.

I often have a look at TCEC, which is always interesting. It's the chess version of <RobotWars>.

Sep-07-24 Muttley101: <offramp> if you're unaware of the story of Rybka, the ICCA (or whatever they are/were called), claimed that Rybka contained large sections of code copied from Oakfoam, and banned it from computer chess competitions. If I recall correctly, Chessbase took on the developers and incorporated Rybka's techniques into Fritz. The DCNN that underpins Alphazero was bought by Google and is being used to investigate all sorts of research problems, for example: drug design, protein folding. Not hard to find information, amazing stuff. In any case, Leela (amongst others) used the DCNN architecture (Google published numerous articles on techniques, they are wonderful), and the recent work on KANs is another example of how the area is developing.

Have fun reading up.

Sep-07-24
offramp: User: Muttley101 your précis is perfect. I'm going to have a look. When I lost to Mephisto I must have thought, "This game will create protein folding."

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

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

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

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Z is for Zaccheus

Zaccheus was a wee little man,
And a wee little man was he.
He climbed up in a sycamore tree
For the Lord he wanted to see.

And when the Savior passed that way
He looked up in the tree.
And he said, "Zaccheus, you come down!
For I'm going to your house today!
For I'm going to your house today!"

Zaccheus was a wee little man,
But a happy man was he.
For he had seen the Lord that day,
And a happy man was he.
And a very happy man was he!

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Salus populi suprema lex esto