1. d4 f5 2. Nc3
Dutch Defence: Veresov Attack (16 games) was originally Compiled by krZr. Thank you krZr.

* chess.master has an excellent Anti-Dutch collection here: Game Collection: A A Anti-Dutch Collection (White)

* 1.d4 d5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bg5 c5: Game Collection: Black - Richter-Veresov 3...c5

* What's your pleasure? Opening Explorer

* Examples: https://www.ichess.net/blog/veresov...

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

* Black D01:
Game Collection: Black - Richter-Veresov attack

* All Do1: https://www.chessgames.com/perl/che...

* Martin-Roos,T
Lugano Open 1987 A83/11 (1-0)
1.d4 f5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bg5 e6 4.e4 fxe4 5.Nxe4 Be7 6.Bxf6 Bxf6 7.Qh5+ g6 8.Qh6 Nc6 9.Nf3 Nxd4 10.Nxd4 Bxd4 11.0-0-0 Bf6 12.h4 Qe7 13.Nxf6+ Qxf6 14.h5 Rf8 15.hxg6 hxg6 16.Kb1 b6 17.Bd3 Rg8 18.Rh4 Bb7 19.Rf4 Qg7 20.Qg5 d6 21.Bb5+ c6 22.Rxd6 cxb5 23.Qxb5+ (1-0)

Dum spiro, spero

"The game might be divided into three parts: the opening, the middle-game and the end-game. There is one thing you must strive for, to be equally efficient in the three parts." ― Jose Raul Capablanca

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

"Get there firstest with the mostest." ― Nathan Bedford Forrest

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ne kadar bilirsen bil, o kadar azdır.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

"Even though chess isn't the toughest thing that computers will tackle for centuries, it stood as a handy symbol for human intelligence. No matter what human-like feat computers perform in the future, the Deep Blue match demands an indelible dot on all timelines of AI progress." ― Steven Levy

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

"Attitude is a choice. Happiness is a choice. Optimism is a choice. Kindness is a choice. Giving is a choice. Respect is a choice. Whatever choice you make makes you. Choose wisely." ― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart

"For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness." ― Ralph Waldo Emerson

The Night
BY HENRY VAUGHAN
John 3.2

Through that pure virgin shrine,
That sacred veil drawn o'er Thy glorious noon, That men might look and live, as glowworms shine, And face the moon,
Wise Nicodemus saw such light
As made him know his God by night.

Most blest believer he!
Who in that land of darkness and blind eyes
Thy long-expected healing wings could see,
When Thou didst rise!
And, what can never more be done,
Did at midnight speak with the Sun!

O who will tell me where
He found Thee at that dead and silent hour?
What hallowed solitary ground did bear
So rare a flower,
Within whose sacred leaves did lie
The fulness of the Deity?

No mercy-seat of gold,
No dead and dusty cherub, nor carved stone,
But His own living works did my Lord hold
And lodge alone;
Where trees and herbs did watch and peep
And wonder, while the Jews did sleep.

Dear night! this world's defeat;
The stop to busy fools; care's check and curb; The day of spirits; my soul's calm retreat
Which none disturb!
Christ's progress, and His prayer time;
The hours to which high heaven doth chime;

God's silent, searching flight;
When my Lord's head is filled with dew, and all His locks are wet with the clear drops of night; His still, soft call;
His knocking time; the soul's dumb watch,
When spirits their fair kindred catch.

Were all my loud, evil days
Calm and unhaunted as is thy dark tent,
Whose peace but by some angel's wing or voice
Is seldom rent,
Then I in heaven all the long year
Would keep, and never wander here.

But living where the sun
Doth all things wake, and where all mix and tire Themselves and others, I consent and run
To every mire,
And by this world's ill-guiding light,
Err more than I can do by night.

There is in God, some say,
A deep but dazzling darkness, as men here
Say it is late and dusky, because they
See not all clear.
O for that night! where I in Him
Might live invisible and dim!

* 10 Best to Watch: https://www.chessjournal.com/best-c...

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

* 23 Opening Traps: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-5...

* The 79th: https://www.bcmchess.co.uk/news/has...

* Anastasia's Mate: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tl4...

* Aronian: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6oP...

* Amazing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6e...

* Angry: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/0M7E...

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

* Art: Game Collection: Art of Checkmate

* Attackers: Game Collection: Chess Secrets - Attackers (Crouch)

* Assorted good games: Game Collection: assorted Good games

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

* Bill Addison (1933-2008): https://www.chess.com/article/view/...

* Beauty Prize: Game Collection: Les Prix de Beauté aux Echecs (I)

* Brutal: Game Collection: Brutal Attacking Chess

* Bearly Thinking: https://www.etsy.com/listing/972054...

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

* C53s: Game Collection: rajat21's italian game

* CFN: https://www.youtube.com/@CFNChannel

* C-Ks: Game Collection: Caro Kann Lines

* Caruana Tops the Stars! Tata Steel Masters (2020) * Country Club chess: GCT Bucharest Rapid & Blitz (2019)

* Chicago, 2007: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEp...

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

* Champion miniatures: Game Collection: Champions miniature champions

* Caruana Tops the Stars! Tata Steel Masters (2020)

* Clutch Chess: A new knockout format: Clutch Champions Showdown (2020)

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

* Ding Returns: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_Y...

* Defensive Replies to the Queen's Pawn: Game Collection: e6 after 1.d4

* Alpho0 Philidor Defense: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzq...

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

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

* Black Defends: Game Collection: Opening repertoire black

* The are exceptions: https://academicchess.com/worksheet...

* elmubarak: my fav games: Game Collection: elmubarak: my fav games

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

* Flip the Finish: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWH...

* From 0 to 1700: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYC...

* Gambits by ECO code: https://www.jimmyvermeer.com/openin...

* Games with ...e6: Game Collection: Partidas modelo con temas variados

* The Gaw-Paw? Game Collection: GA PA Wins Draws by Black

* List of gambits: https://detailedpedia.com/wiki-List...

* Lost Masterpiece: https://americanliterature.com/auth...

* Grizzly behavior: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2c...

* Grischuk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBQ...

* Hallin': https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9n5...

* David Howell sighting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpG...

* He returns: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IN7...

* Horse heart-to-heart: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNR...

* Hook and Ladder mates you: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SN2...

* How deep is it really? https://www.youtube.com/shorts/sNh9...

* Humpy knows: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfV...

* Hurdles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0IO...

* Improving: https://www.chessvideos.tv/article-...

* Incursion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0en...

* Interference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yjm...

* Intermezzos: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/muea...

* Itchy makes twitchy: https://www.twitch.tv/directory/cat...

* Jets: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/DgmQ...

* Ju Wenjun: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3in...

* Internet tracking: https://www.studysmarter.us/magazin...

* JonathanJ's favorite games 4: Game Collection: JonathanJ's favorite games 4

* jorundte's favorite games: Game Collection: jorundte's favorite games

* Ju Retains Her Reign!! Ju - Goryachkina Women's World Championship Match (2020)

* Kamryn's Study Schedule: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6Y...

* Katar's Repertoire: Game Collection: An Opium Repertoire for White

* Internet tracking: https://www.studysmarter.us/magazin...

* KID 0-1s: Game Collection: K.I.D B wins E98

* My killer chess secret - it's not what you might think: https://www.loavesanddishes.net/old...

* Improving: https://www.chessvideos.tv/article-...

* Incursion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0en...

* Interference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yjm...

* Intermezzos: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/muea...

* Itchy makes twitchy: https://www.twitch.tv/directory/cat...

* Jets: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/DgmQ...

* Ju Wenjun: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3in...

* 7.10M: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CeS...

* All 8? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-S...

* 10 craziest: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rhw...

* 50 Move Rule: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/aFn5...

* 60M: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uni...

* 400M: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLF...

* 2000M: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wse...

* 5000M: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrY...

* Landau G: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/sAau...

* Legendary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Cu...

* Levy: Wikipedia article: Levy Rozman

* Level up: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hu...

* Loudest: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GeT...

* Lock out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enC...

* Leo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxE...

* Luo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mh6...

* Likeable Tal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKu...

* Luxembourger: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTP...

* London lesson: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvB...

* Mega: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XS...

* Morphy sacs: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/H_pK...

* Liren 1st, Carlsen 7th?! GCT St. Louis Rapid & Blitz (2019)

* Masterful: Game Collection: FRENCH DEFENSE MASTERPIECES

* Middlegame Method: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0f...

* Names and Places: Game Collection: Named Mates

* Nutcracker: Nutcracker Match of the Generations (2020)

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

* Most Common Openings: http://www.chesskids.org.uk/grownup...

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

* "Nessun Dorma" baby! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZX6...

* Network for promotions: https://www.youtube.com/ChessNetwor...

* Nobody wants to be on the losing side: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_B...

* Orash: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGu...

* Omega: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/hpVA...

* One path is all you need: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8Q...

* Open files: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQG...

* Pass the butter please: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=roY...

* Pawn grab: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zug...

* Pang Bo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWU...

* Dr. Binocs Rocks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ceu...

* Pathetic fail: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cb...

* Perpetually: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/opH1...

* prodigy Roman Shogdzhiev: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPP...

* Prophylactic Play vs. Pirc: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfW...

* Q vs P promotion: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/scBl...

* Pawns are the Soul of Chess: Game Collection: 0

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

* Patient Cat: https://americanliterature.com/auth...

* Pele: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hv8...

* Plans for the Middlegame: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F98...

* Pillsbury's Attack: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCV...

* Pretzels? Game Collection: Special Pretzel Collection

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

* Ray Keene's favorite games: Game Collection: ray keene's favorite games

* RL Minis: Game Collection: Ruy Lopez Miniatures

* Readiness matters: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/oTVC...

* Recognition: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/DLbK...

* Relay: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkE...

* Rizki: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=isV...

* Seven Cycles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3R...

* Shocking: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Fy...

* Slick like that: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/bf-1...

* Smiling in Spanish is allowed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Gb...

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

* Special forces: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/8Ozp...

* Speedy Gunso: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVb...

* Simple ending: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ejj...

* Starz & Stripes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tih...

* QP Bg2: Queen's Pawn Game (E00)

* Bg2 vs Sicilian: Game Collection: Grand Prix Attack without early Bc4

* Starting Out 1d4: Game Collection: Starting Out: 1 d4!

* Black Storms: Game Collection: Tal - The Modern Benoni

* 21st Century: Game Collection: 21st Century Masterpieces - First decade (2000)

* Sicilians: Game Collection: Sicilian/French/Westerimen and other ...c5,...e6

* Sicilian O'Kelly leaves White all kinds of choices: Opening Explorer

* Sicilian Wingers: Game Collection: wing gambit victories

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

* Taimanov's Sicilian: http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches...

* Seven players tied for first place! Gibraltar Masters (2020)

* St. Louis Spring Classic: Spring Chess Classic (A) (2019)

* St. Louis, MO: Sinquefield Cup (2019)

* The ladies go at it in St. Louis, MO: 2nd Cairns Cup (2020)

* Sports Clichés: http://www.sportscliche.com/

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

* Top Games by Year: Wikipedia article: List of chess games

* Terminology: https://www.angelfire.com/games5/ch...

"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...

* Theater chess: Grand Prix Hamburg (2019)

* Tie-breaker: Grand Prix Monaco (Women) (2019)

* Too many rules and regulations: London Chess Classic GCT Finals (2019)

* Triple Crown Winner!!!
World Blitz Championship (2019)

* 2020 Candidates Tournament: World Championship Candidates (2020/21)

* US Championships: US Championship (2019)

* Variety pack: Game Collection: KID games

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

* You Don't See This Everyday: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZN...

* Yasser's Book: Game Collection: Yasser Seirawan's Winning Chess Tactics

* Wikipedia on Computer Chess: Wikipedia article: Computer chess

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

WTHarvey:
There once was a website named WTHarvey,
Where chess puzzles did daily delay,
The brain-teasers so tough,
They made us all huff and puff,
But solving them brought us great satisfaction today.

There once was a website named WTHarvey
Where chess puzzles were quite aplenty
With knight and rook and pawn
You'll sharpen your brain with a yawn
And become a master of chess entry

There once was a site for chess fun,
Wtharvey.com was the chosen one,
With puzzles galore,
It'll keep you in store,
For hours of brain-teasing, none done.

There once was a website named WTHarvey,
Where chess puzzles were posted daily,
You'd solve them with glee,
And in victory,
You'd feel like a true chess prodigy!

'A rising tide lifts all boats'

'Don't put the cart before the horse'

"Examine what is said, not who is speaking." ~ African Proverb

New York: Albany
Established in: 1624

Henry Hudson (the Hudson River is named after him) arrived in Albany in 1609, but it was already home to a Dutch trading post and the Haudenosaunee tribe, Iroquois Native Americans.

The capital of New York is also its oldest city. Originally founded as Fort Orange by the Dutch settlers in 1624, the city was officially chartered by the British government as Albany in 1686. It didn't become the capital of the state until 1797. Albany was the point of origin for the first long distance airplane flight and the first passenger railroad.

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

* Chess Principles: https://www.reddit.com/r/chess/comm...

* World Championship matches: https://lichess.org/page/world-cham...

The Kings of Chess: A History of Chess, Traced Through the Lives of Its Greatest Players by William Hartston William Hartson traces the development of the game from its Oriental origins to the present day through the lives of its greatest exponents - men like Howard Staunton, who transformed what had been a genteel pastime into a competitive science; the brilliant American Paul Morphy, who once played a dozen simultaneous games blindfold; the arrogant and certified insane Wilhelm Steinitz; the philosopher and mathematician Emanual Lasker; Bobby Fischer, perhaps the most brilliant and eccentric of them all; and many other highly gifted individuals. Hartson depicts all their colorful variety with a wealth of rare illustrations.

Format: Hardcover
Language: English
ISBN: 006015358X
ISBN13: 9780060153588
Release Date: January 1985
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Length: 192 Pages
Weight: 1.80 lbs.

Samzaki mkunje angali mbichi. "Bend a fish while it is still wet."

"Fancy what a game of chess would be if all the chessmen had passions and intellects, more or less small and cunning; if you were not only uncertain about your adversary's men, but a little uncertain also about your own; if your knight could shuffle himself on to a new square by the sly; if your bishop, at your castling, could wheedle your pawns out of their places; and if your pawns, hating you because they are pawns, could make away from their appointed posts that you might get checkmate on a sudden. You might be the longest-headed of deductive reasoners, and yet you might be beaten by your own pawns. You would be especially likely to be beaten, if you depended arrogantly on your mathematical imagination, and regarded your passionate pieces with contempt. Yet this imaginary chess is easy compared with the game a man has to play against his fellow-men with other fellow-men for his instruments." ― George Eliot, Felix Holt: The Radical

Old Russian Proverb: Not everything that glitters is gold. (Не всё то золото, что блестит.)

"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

Democritus and the People Of Abdera

How do I hate the tide of vulgar thought!
Profane, unjust, with childish folly fraught;
It breaks and bends the rays of truth divine,
And by its own conceptions measures mine.
Famed Epicurus' master tried
The power of this unstable tide.
His country said the sage was mad –
The simpletons! But why?
No prophet ever honour had
Beneath his native sky.
Democritus, in truth, was wise;
The mass were mad, with faith in lies.
So far this error went,
That all Abdera sent
To old Hippocrates
To cure the sad disease.
"Our townsman," said the messengers,
Appropriately shedding tears,
"Has lost his wits! Democritus,
By study spoiled, is lost to us.
Were he but filled with ignorance,
We should esteem him less a dunce.
He says that worlds like this exist,
An absolutely endless list, –
And peopled, even, it may be,
With countless hosts as wise as we!
But, not contented with such dreams,
His brain with viewless "atoms" teems,
Instinct with deathless life, it seems.
And, never stirring from the sod below,
He weighs and measures all the stars;
And, while he knows the universe,
Himself he does not know.
Though now his lips he strictly bars,
He once delighted to converse.
Come, godlike mortal, try your art divine
Where traits of worst insanity combine!"
Small faith the great physician lent,
But still, perhaps more readily, he went.
And mark what meetings strange
Chance causes in this world of change!
Hippocrates arrived in season,
Just as his patient (void of reason!)
Was searching whether reason's home,
In talking animals and dumb,
Be in the head, or in the heart,
Or in some other local part.
All calmly seated in the shade,
Where brooks their softest music made,
He traced, with study most insane,
The convolutions of a brain;
And at his feet lay many a scroll –
The works of sages on the soul.
Indeed, so much absorbed was he,
His friend, at first, he did not see.
A pair so admirably matched,
Their compliments erelong despatched.
In time and talk, as well as dress,
The wise are frugal, I confess.
Dismissing trifles, they began
At once with eagerness to scan
The life, and soul, and laws of man;
Nor stopped till they had travelled over all
The ground, from, physical to moral.
My time and space would fail
To give the full detail.

But I have said enough to show
How little It's the people know.
How true, then, goes the saw abroad –
Their voice is but the voice of God?

There are 8 species of bears found worldwide. All bears are considered omnivores, but each species has a preferred diet.

Riddle Question: If a hen and a half lay an egg and a half in a day and a half, how many eggs will half a dozen hens lay in half a dozen days?

Grizzly bears possess a biting force of over 1200 PSI, which is enough to crush a bowling ball or an iron skillet.

Riddle Answer: Two dozen. If you increase both the number of hens and the amount of time available four-fold (i.e., 1.5 x 4 = 6), the number of eggs increases 16 times: 16 x 1.5 = 24.

Most bears weigh from 27 kg to 700 kg, and typically stand between 1 to 3 meters tall. During winter, bears hibernate up to 100 days.

In 1090, a Chessboard with alternating light and dark squares was introduced in Europe.

* Riddle-e-dee: https://chessimprover.com/chess-rid...

During World War II, several of the world's best chess players were code breakers.

In India, chess was initially known as the ‘Game of Kings.'

Feb-09-12
ray keene: nimzos best endgames
v lasker zurich 1934
v spielmann carlsbad 1929
v lundin stockholm 1934
v maroczy bled 1931
v henneberger winterthur 1931
v thomas frankfurt 1930
v sultan khan liege 1930
v marshall berlin 1928
v reti berlin 1928
v alehine ny 1927
v tchigorin carlsbad 1907
and for a joke entry duras v nimzo san sebastian 1912 !!

Old Russian Proverb:
Чему́ быть, того́ не минова́ть Pronunciation: ChiMU BYT', taVOH ni mihnoVAT' Translation: You can't avoid that which is meant to happen Meaning: Whatever shall be, will be.

Engineer Ralph Baer is often held to be the "father of video games." His "Brown Box" video game system, designed in 1967, paved the way for all future consoles.

"mãos frias, coração quente". In English, it means "a cold hand, a warm heart"

Drive sober or get pulled over.

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

"mais vale um passarinho na mão do que dois a voar"

Contrary to popular belief, the first video game was not Pong. It was preceded by Tennis for Two in 1958 and Spacewar! in 1962.

Q: What do you call something that goes up when the rain comes down? A: An umbrella.

Q: What do you call a doctor who fixes websites? A: A URL-ologist.

Q: What do you call a sleeping dinosaur?
A: A dinosnore.

Q: What do you call a Christmas tree that knows karate A: Spruce Lee.

Q: What does a triangle call a circle?
A: Pointless.

Q: What do you call a piece of sad cheese?
A: Blue cheese.

Q: What do you call a cow in an earthquake?
A: A milkshake.

Q: What do you call an M&M that went to college? A: A smarty.

"Two persons cannot long be friends if they cannot forgive each other's little failings." ― Jean de La Bruyère

"Out of difficulties, grow miracles" ― Jean de La Bruyère

"Not to be able to bear with all bad-tempered people with whom the world is crowded, shows that a man has not a good temper himself." ― Jean de La Bruyère

"The same principle leads us to neglect a man of merit that induces us to admire a fool." ― Jean de La Bruyère

"A wise man is cured of ambition by ambition itself; his aim is so exalted that riches, office, fortune, and favor cannot satisfy him." ― Jean de La Bruyère

The Man And His Image
To M. The Duke De La Rochefoucauld.

A man, who had no rivals in the love
Which to himself he bore,
Esteemed his own dear beauty far above
What earth had seen before.
More than contented in his error,
He lived the foe of every mirror.
Officious fate, resolved our loverFrom such an illness should recover, Presented always to his eyes
The mute advisers which the ladies prize; –
Mirrors in parlours, inns, and shops, –
Mirrors the pocket furniture of fops, –
Mirrors on every lady's zone,
From which his face reflected shone.
What could our dear Narcissus do?
From haunts of men he now withdrew,
On purpose that his precious shape
From every mirror might escape.
But in his forest glen alone,
Apart from human trace,
A watercourse,
Of purest source,
While with unconscious gaze
He pierced its waveless face,
Reflected back his own.
Incensed with mingled rage and fright,
He seeks to shun the odious sight;
But yet that mirror sheet, so clear and still,
He cannot leave, do what he will.

Before this, my story's drift you plainly see.
From such mistake there is no mortal free.
That obstinate self-lover
The human soul does cover;
The mirrors follies are of others,
In which, as all are genuine brothers,
Each soul may see to life depicted
Itself with just such faults afflicted;
And by that charming placid brook,
Needless to say, I mean your Maxim Book.

This is one of La Fontaine's most admired fables, and is one of the few for which he did not go for the groundwork to some older fabulist. The Duke de la Rochefoucauld, to whom it was dedicated, was the author of the famous "Reflexions et Maximes Morales," which La Fontaine praises in the last lines of his fable. La Rochefoucauld was La Fontaine's friend and patron. The "Maximes" had achieved a second edition just prior to La Fontaine's publication of this first series of his Fables, in 1668. "The Rabbits" (Book 10, Fable 15.), published in the second collection, in 1678-9, is also dedicated to the Duke, who died the following year, 1680.

Random Forum Chess Advice:

Learn all the rules of chess, not just how the pieces move and capture. Furthermore, you must declare any rule violation by your opponent when playing in person (the computer typically prevents rule violations from occurring, thus many on-line players don't know all the rules because they have not personally experienced possible violations that will occur when playing face-to-face).

Avoid making exchanges which develop another piece (recapturing) for the opponent. (The developing piece lands on a better square free of its prior duty, whereas before it was sitting still, waiting on guard duty.)

Do not permit the opponent to open a file at your King. Pawns serve as the best shield/buffer for a King. (An exposed King with no cover often faces a dangerous attack, as is the possibility of losing material via check-and-fork/skewer of any unprotected units aligned with the square-of-the-check.)

"When it's your move, pretend for a moment that it's actually your opponent's move. What good moves can your opponent make right now?" This makes it much easier to see your opponent's threats, IMO.

My every move should either:

1. Improve the quality of the position or

2. Gain Material or

3. Gain Time

Don't play Hope Chess. Always assume your opponent will find the best move.

"Sit on your hands!" (No hand hovering over the pieces while still considering your next possible move.)

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

1. Go wide before you go deep

2. No position is so won it plays itself. (IM Jeremy Silman)

"Thats what she said..."

"When you see a good move ― WAIT, look for a better one." ― Emanuel Lasker, the second official world chess champion, for 27 years, from 1894 to 1921, the longest reign of any officially recognized World Chess Champion in history.

American GM Alexsander Lenderman gave the advice - <"It's all about good pieces; get good pieces!"> Of course, once they're good (well-positioned on an active square) you have to know what to do with 'em (apply pressure, possible tactics). "Great guy that Alex!" He played an important role in the book The Kings of New York, written by Michael Weinreb and published by Gotham Press in 2007.

Avoid moving the same chess piece twice during the opening. Try to move every piece (not pawns) once; develop toward the center. What is a good way to start? The Chigorin Variation of the Ruy Lopez: 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 0-0 9.h3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Qc7 etc. White's bishop was unable to follow this "move each piece just once" principle due to the threat of being captured by the less valuable pawn. As a result, Black was able to extend on the queenside and avoid having a pinned Nc6.

"A bad plan is better than no plan at all" (Mikhail Tchigorin) stopped (the blogger) playing aimless chess even when (blogger) had barely any knowledge.

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

Have your chess brain work at least 10 minutes every day. To improve focus on tactics, tactics, tactics and more tactics, tactics, tactics.

When it's your turn to move, don't just look for a tactical move you can make; but also, more importantly, what tactical move your opponent can make on you!

Look at pawn structure as a way to create landing spots for your pieces. Attack where your pawns point (where extended pawns have created space to operate).

Always check for King safety. (If there is no check now, what is the next possible check find a checking square to occupy in the near future?)

Don't give up. American Bobby Fischer, the eleventh World Chess Champion, said "Don't give up... even if you're in big trouble... Chess is a kaleidoscope- it's ever changing- ...and opportunities suddenly appear." (Fischer defeated former world champion Tigran Petrosian in a qualifying match, and then reigning world champion Boris Spassky of the USSR, in Reykjavík, Iceland to claim the title in 1972. Fischer (1943 – 2008) at age 64 was buried in a small Christian cemetery 60 kilometers (37 miles) southeast of Reykjavík, after a Catholic funeral presided over by Fr. Jakob Rolland of the diocese of Reykjavík.)

"Winning is not a secret. It is something you can learn." — Garry Kasparov, the youngest-ever undisputed world champion in 1985 at age 22

"Don't begrudge the time." — Garry Kasparov, ranked world no. 1 for a record 255 months overall

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

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

<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 you addiction which you will try to reclaim, Whilst I light my furious flames.>

"The successful farmer is said to have a "green thumb" since everything he touches spring into fruitful bloom. In chess, (Miguel) Najdorf has a similar gift. Combinations blossom in his games like buds in a fertile garden." — Hans Kmoch

Fifteen fantastic facts about agriculture...

Ninety-nine percent of all U.S. farms are owned by individuals, family partnerships or family corporations.

Farmers will have to grow 70 percent more food than what is currently produced to feed the world's growing population by 2050.

Each American farmer produces food and fiber for 165 people annually, both in the U.S. and abroad.

Eight percent of U.S. farms market foods locally through farmers' markets and food hubs.

One day's production for a high-producing dairy cow yields 10.5 pounds of cheese.

Women make up 30 percent of today's farmers.

More than 20 percent of all farmers are beginning farmers.

There are 257,454 millennial farmers.

Texas has 248,809 farms, more than any other state in the nation.

About 25 percent of all U.S. agricultural products by value are exported yearly.

Careful stewardship by America's farmers spurred a 44 percent decline in erosion of cropland by wind and water since 1982.

One-third of the U.S. or 750 million acres, is covered with trees.

Many of the products we use in our everyday lives are byproducts of food produced by America's farmers and ranchers – everything from detergents and paints to X-ray film and crayons, textbooks, chalk and strings for musical instruments.

An acre of land is about the same size as a football field.

Biotechnology saved the Hawaiian papaya industry after a virus nearly wiped the crop out. — Focus On Agriculture | AUG 15, 2017, fb.org

The Earthen Pot and the Iron Pot

An iron pot proposed
To an earthen pot a journey.
The latter was opposed,
Expressing the concern he
Had felt about the danger
Of going out a ranger.
He thought the kitchen hearth
The safest place on earth
For one so very brittle.
"For you, who art a kettle,
And have a tougher skin,
There's nothing to keep you in."
"I'll be your body-guard,"
Replied the iron pot;
"If anything that's hard
Should threaten you a jot,
Between you I will go,
And save you from the blow."
This offer him persuaded.
The iron pot paraded
Himself as guard and guide
Close at his cousin's side.
Now, in their tripod way,
They hobble as they may;
And eke together bolt
At every little jolt, –
Which gives the crockery pain;
But presently his comrade hits
So hard, he dashes him to bits,
Before he can complain.

Take care that you associate
With equals only, lest your fate
Between these pots should find its mate.

Jan-23-18 zanzibar: I should also mention that I like Black's knight maneuver, Nc6-d7-f5-d6-e4 (moves 46-50), transferring the knight from c6 to the very strong e4-square. Jan-24-18 Member: zanzibar--Your diagram of the position after move 42 is incorrect--the white knight should be on e3, not c3. According to The Computer, white's best here was 43 Ng4, with an evaluation of only -0.66, but I suspect that Capablanca would have found a way to win anyway. Lasker played 43 Nd1 in an effort to lure Capablanca into the trap described in the note after move 43 ("Not Nb4..."). Jan-26-18 zanzibar: GSM yes, my mistake, apologies. I got the move wrong I think.

What?? Levy Rozman QUIT chess??

Oh, NO. Say it aint so, Levy!!

GothamChess and Anish and Academy of Chess and agadmator and Adam Ale and AnalisisParalisis and BumBobaBee and Buckeye CC and ChessBase India and chessearth.com and chessly and cclchess.com and ElyneLee and BenAndKaren Finegold and Forbes and ChessDojo and VDogg and Dexerto and Daniil Li and the Hodgetwins and Momma Cramling and chessarena.com and Mato and Alpha Central and Arno Nickel and appcracy.com and NBC Sports and Kelse and Hoffster and HannahSayce and Mikhail Korenman and Izaan and Inspector Ray and www.icu.ie and OhMyGosh and ChessPress and Jazmine and Lechenicher SchachServer and Nemsko and gameknot.com and Rubius and GMCanty and Boston Rob and Russian Paul and Sergeant Pepper and chessburgertv and RaffaelChess and RedHotPawn and The Rubin Report and Rooty Hill CC and FlyFishFood and Lake Lakengren CC and NM Ramirez and Road2GM3000 and Sky News Australia and sir_chessalot (reminds me of Phil Helmuth) and kingkhieu and TCEC_Chess_TV and Tania Sachdev and Trizze and westchess.com and ZeroSub and the Botez Sistas are my sort of secret go-tos for inspiration and information to keep y'all informed. You didn't think that an ol' bear writes all these fabulous posts all by miself, did ya?

I will miss Levy the leading internet streamer terribly. I guess this means that Nakamura will get to take his Gotham place on my roster (once again). How much do you suppose Hikaru will pay me to subscribe to all that Nakamura bragging and sarcasm?

Interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CC7...

Two streamers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zt3...

Keep it tight day and night:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYO...

3 days ago: https://clips.twitch.tv/FunnyLaconi...

Not a Shrek of Levydense: https://clips.twitch.tv/AmazonianLi...

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Who boy dis? https://clips.twitch.tv/RenownedHon...

The Juicer walkin' & talkin' https://clips.twitch.tv/CourteousGl...

The USA takes Gold, Silver, and Bronze: https://www.sparkchess.com/usa-take...

Taking blindfold chess to a whole new level: https://clips.twitch.tv/SpikyPeacef...

What?? https://clips.twitch.tv/RudeColorfu...

GothamChess Roasting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8W...

Never in doubt: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEj...

Levy Rozman is missing out!!

WARM WATER SOCIETY (?)
Empty your mind. Be warm like a warm water. Be formless, shapeless, like water. You put water into a cup, it becomes the cup. You put water into a bottle, it becomes the bottle. You put it into a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Now water can flow or it can crash. Be warm water, my friend

No thanks. I'd rather have teeth, claws and a spine and stand for something instead of being so wishy-washy. Besides, a good pot o' tea just gets gulped down.

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.

The Fox and the Bust

The great are like the maskers of the stage;
Their show deceives the simple of the age.
For all that they appear to be they pass,
With only those whose type's the ass.
The fox, more wary, looks beneath the skin,
And looks on every side, and, when he sees
That all their glory is a semblance thin,
He turns, and saves the hinges of his knees,
With such a speech as once, it's said,
He uttered to a hero's head.
A bust, somewhat colossal in its size,
Attracted crowds of wondering eyes.
The fox admired the sculptor's pains:
"Fine head," said he, "but void of brains!"
The same remark to many a lord applies.

War Pigs:

Generals gathered in their masses
Just like witches at black masses
Evil minds that plot destruction
Sorcerer of death's construction

In the fields, the bodies burning
As the war machine keeps turning
Death and hatred to mankind
Poisoning their brainwashed minds
Oh lord, yeah!

Politicians hide themselves away
They only started the war
Why should they go out to fight?
They leave that role to the poor, yeah

Time will tell on their power minds
Making war just for fun
Treating people just like pawns in chess
Wait till their judgement day comes, yeah!

Now in darkness, world stops turning
Ashes where their bodies burning
No more war pigs have the power
Hand of God has struck the hour

Day of judgement, God is calling
On their knees, the war pigs crawling
Begging mercy for their sins
Satan laughing, spreads his wings
Oh lord, yeah!

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

Drive sober or get pulled over.

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

Mar-12-23 FSR: <jnpope: Is <Jegar Sahadutha> related to <chrisowen> or is this just a <chrisowen> parody account?> Apparently the latter. <Jegar Sahadutha>'s user profile shows that his account was only opened on February 10, 2023. His first comment, on March 9, 2023, was:

I never thought I would live to see the day a GOTD was named in honor of chrisowen.

Jegar's comment was made to A Braun vs S Siebrecht, 2005, after it became GOTD using the pun <Braun Over Brain>. The genesis of the pun was evidently an uncharacteristically lucid comment <chrisowen> had made on December 27, 2009 that began <Sad case of Braun over brain.>

This episode, it seems, inspired <Jegar Sahadutha>. His aforementioned comment <I never thought I would live to see the day a GOTD was named in honor of chrisowen.> was the first and last "normal" one he has made.

Mar-12-23 Jegar Sahadutha: True — we shall not return to the heartland, for the heartland hath forsaken us. Rise! Rise, vaunted shipmen; your time is come, and with it sacral vestments. Slay the serpent, moor the ship; repast on all gifts divine. But in your exultation, may your heart hold fast; forsake not the heartland whence you came.

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

According to Chessmetrics, Lasker was #1 for longer than anyone else in history: 292 different months between June 1890 and December 1926. That's a timespan of 36 1/2 years, in which Lasker was #1 for a total of 24 years and 4 months. Lasker was 55 years old when he won New York 1924.

"Just because you know stuff doesn't mean you are smart... You have to know how to use that information." ― Josh Keller

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.

* Know the five fundamental rules of firearm safety:

- Treat every gun as if it is loaded.

- Never point a weapon at anything you don't intend to destroy.

- Never put your finger on a gun's trigger until you make a conscious decision to shoot.

- Always be sure of your target, what's beyond it, and what's between you and your target.

- When not in use, a firearm needs to be locked in some kind of secure container—a gun vault is best. If it cannot be secured in a locked location, then a trigger lock should be applied. A loaded firearm should never be unattended.

1.Nf3 is the third most popular of the twenty legal opening moves White has, behind only 1.e4 and 1.d4.

God our Father, Lord, and Savior

Thank you for your love and favor

Bless this food and drink we pray

And all who share with us today.
Amen.

This poem is dedicated to PhillA, who sparked off the seed for this poem.

The Stark Naked King

When the challenge arrived from the ax wielding Philla "I must hurry and offer a bribe to his queen, thought nova, to avoid a merciless onslaught ending in bloody gore". Alas, the challenge had been secretly sent the day before. There he stood with ax and all at the castle's gate, While teasingly sending in a not-so-holy bishop as bait. High on the castle's wall nova bellowed: dump the boiling oil, To force the ax-man with his troops to screamingly recoil. To no avail, Philla hurled his castle straight upon the king, Who standing stark naked, tried to hide his private thing. So nova quickly conceded out of shameful desperation and Philla gently lowering the ax accepted nova's resignation.

This poem is dedicated to Harris my chessplayer friend and literary commentator.

Chess The Final Metaphor

It was in a cesspool behind the place of his cousin Nick

That in this pool of sewage, was born the freak called frick.

On dark nights he hysterically wailed in his pool of slimy mess:

"Oh why oh why, can't I play the game that humans call chess"?

As the morning sun rose, begged the queen of the mighty king:

Sire, can you not order the death of this awful filthy thing"?

Wisely he replied: "no, I'll let frick live forever in distress

While he must watch others enjoy themselves playing chess."

"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

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

"Remember that there are two kinds of beauty: one of the soul and the other of the body. That of the soul displays its radiance in intelligence, in chastity, in good conduct, in generosity, and in good breeding, and all these qualities may exist in an ugly man. And when we focus our attention upon that beauty, not upon the physical, love generally arises with great violence and intensity. I am well aware that I am not handsome, but I also know that I am not deformed, and it is enough for a man of worth not to be a monster for him to be dearly loved, provided he has those spiritual endowments I have spoken of." ― Miguel Cervantes

4$drivz u nokt mee crazy wheelr. 4$fare iz fair evn 4all hairy bearz no shirts no shoez still get servd biden court 2appear b4 congress 2testify on internet caught see lionz zandi drownd outta noiz. So sad.

Z is for Zipper (to the tune of "Mary Had a Little Lamb")

Zipper starts with letter Z,
Letter Z, letter Z,
Zipper starts with Letter Z,
/z/, /z/, /z/, /z/!