Another collection split by Fredthebear. Opening exchanges are everywhere!

"Chess, like draughts, is a game for two opponents, played on a chequered board of sixty-four squares. To win in draughts you must capture all your opponent's pieces, but in chess the object is the capture of only one of his pieces, the king." ― Leonard Barden

"Chess is life and every game is like a new life." ― Eduard Gufeld

"Chess is not like life… it has rules!" ― Mark Pasternak

"The chessboard is the world, the pieces are the phenomena of the Universe, the rules of the game are what we call the laws of Nature and the player on the other side is hidden from us." ― Thomas Huxley

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

"You win some, you lose some, and your losses are never made up to you. She will simply have to do without; like it or not, she must face her losses and her helplessness to undo them." — Sheldon B. Kopp

"A chess game is divided into three stages: the first, when you hope you have the advantage, the second when you believe you have an advantage, and the third… when you know you're going to lose." — Savielly Tartakower

"No chess Grandmaster is normal; they only differ in the extent of their madness." — Viktor Korchnoi

"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

"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

"Those who do not risk, do not benefit." — Portuguese Proverb

"The harder you fall, the heavier your heart; the heavier your heart, the stronger you climb; the stronger you climb, the higher your pedestal." — Criss Jami

"Reject your sense of injury and the injury itself disappears." ― Marcus Aurelius

"Unlike other games in which lucre is the end and aim, chess recommends itself to the wise by the fact that its mimic battles are fought for no prize but honor. It is eminently and emphatically the philosopher's game." ― Paul Morphy

"What we see depends mainly on what we look for." ― John Lubbock

"Dream delivers us to dream, and there is no end to illusion. Life is like a train of moods like a string of beads, and, as we pass through them, they prove to be many-colored lenses which paint the world their own hue. . . . " ― Ralph Waldo Emerson

"One moment the world is as it is. The next, it is something entirely different. Something it has never been before." ― Anne Rice, Pandora

"And those who were seen dancing, were thought to be crazy, by those who could not hear the music." ― Friedrich Nietzsche

"The beauty of chess is it can be whatever you want it to be. It transcends language, age, race, religion, politics, gender, and socioeconomic background. Whatever your circumstances, anyone can enjoy a good fight to the death over the chess board." ― Simon Williams

"Of chess, it has been said that life is not long enough for it, but that is the fault of life, not chess." ― William Napier

St. James

* Opening Explorer: Opening Explorer

* Bs: Game Collection: Grunfeld Exch 7. Bc4 12. Bd3 Ostatni

* Bruno's Problem: https://chessproblem.my-free-games....

* FICS: https://www.freechess.org/

* Glossary P: https://www.peoriachess.com/Glossar...

* Javed's way: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5TW...

* Picture of Fredthebear's family: https://www.bing.com/images/search?...

* Pick 'em: Game Collection: Pirc/Lion/Czech Highlights

- Game Collection: Pirc

* Rules: https://www.gamecolony.com/chessrul...

* Juniors might ask: https://www.chessforjuniors.com/

* Chess Records: https://timkr.home.xs4all.nl/record...

* It's far too dangerous to visit Russia. Don't do it! Do you want to end up like Marc Fogel, or worse?? They lock foreigners up for a long, long time: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0q...

* Of course, Bobby Fischer knew the dangers, but it didn't stop him: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0e9...

* Come to think of it, you should stay out of East St. Louis as well. You'll be fine anywhere around the World Chess HOF https://worldchesshof.org/ as long as you wear your MAGA hat and be in bed by 9 PM. A Cardinal red ballcap might suffice, can't say for sure. U.S. Grant's farm is worth a day. It's not far: https://grantsfarm.com/

* This is how it used to be before hippies, Ken and Barbie, 'Nam, microwaves, national unions causing inflation, tricky Dick Nixon: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/1Hzn...

* With so much progress nowadays, there are Chess Pocket Parks throughout St. Louis, MO but I wouldn't compare it in any way to the movie "Searching fo Bobby Fischer": https://www.bing.com/images/search?...

* Pockets: https://saintlouischessclub.org/vis...

* Then again, I'm certainly not a regular there, so who knows what happens when the boys are back in town? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5i...

Of course, that was meant to be inclusive:

* https://www.bing.com/images/search?...

* https://www.bing.com/images/search?...

* https://www.bing.com/images/search?...

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

* https://www.bing.com/images/search?...

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

* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35j...

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

* Does he mean Nigel Short? https://www.bing.com/videos/rivervi...

* "That one's not going online for sure." https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Js-r...

* For better, or worse: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/tlJj...

* This is how it's done: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgG...

* "Knights before Bishops" don't go in street chess: https://www.bing.com/videos/rivervi...

* Too many pawn moves at the expense of piece development is bad: https://www.bing.com/videos/rivervi... Did you notice how she only moved one pawn and kept bringing out her pieces off the back row?

* With Black, you're striving to move both center pawns and grip the center, like the Russians do: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Gpw5...

* Chess Dad likely playing a Soccer Mom: https://www.bing.com/videos/rivervi...

* Just one mistake is all it takes: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/dbQV...

* Listen to what Soccer Mom said to him: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ld_2...

* There's a trick to taking a tumble -- land on your feet: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Iboe...

* Here Dad, watch this a few times to get better: https://www.bing.com/videos/rivervi...

* Always be alert, those Russians play Queen's Gambit sacrifices like the movie: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/YYak...

* and watch this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXy...

* Pursue the opposing K or Q: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/jJnj...

* and try these: https://www.bing.com/videos/rivervi...

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

* or those: https://www.bing.com/videos/rivervi...

* Gain space/separation to attack: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/XgTH...

* But, no. The Chess Dad just wants to know about the beads. I think he's gonna be disappointed: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/I_aT...

* Hey, who turned the channel? https://www.bing.com/videos/rivervi...

* This guy (he doesn't look like a father-figure) took a wrong turn and started talking to himself: https://www.bing.com/videos/rivervi...

* He's a ghonna: https://streetchessgh.com/

* He could end up in Helsinki: https://www.facebook.com/groups/169...

* Or London: https://www.fourcorner.club/

* For those down under: https://www.facebook.com/canberrast...

* Meanwhile, back in St. Louis: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/pBov...

Apparently, they all donated their red caps or took them off like shoes at the gate. How swell of them.

* Watch that clock - always! https://www.youtube.com/shorts/nnkV...

1 Peter 1:24-25 King James Version 24 For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away:

25 But the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you.

* Point out the stars, and remember: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/PMq2...

* Old words still about: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/8Ngz...

* My uncle told me this story: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/PWNq...

* Matthew says: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/fNue...

* Drastic measures, or logical ones, might be necessary: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/j5Oh...

* Part B: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/k2Xg...

* Be friendly to fish: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/fjr2...

* Powerful angels don't include Mike Trout: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/L-6G...

* For centuries?? https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ZaDw...

* Huge egger safely returned: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/_oBM...

* There's a whole another world out there and just around the corner: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/qYl2...

* Peru: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/WBbL...

* Aztecs: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Xnon...

* BetterMe now: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ag9c...

* Free Will: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/GGTW...

* If you're going to Russia anyway against my recommendation, then you better get yourself one of these beforehand: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Pabk...

* Happy travels!

* I was wondering about this too: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/PQu2...

* While you're on the plane... https://www.youtube.com/shorts/EErx...

and do this: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Vx3F...

* Think, ask, search, improvise, act fast: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/hsV-...

* If you happen upon this lady and she starts up: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/tYOX... Well, look away and finish your drink, and don't forget to pay your bill, or you'll end up in the pokey. You see that lady knows just how to trap tourists. History repeats itself.

* If you happen upon this man, get professional help quick: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/pQxS...

* If you happen to find yourself in this spot, ugh, take it all in: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/9mWa... Does that guy really need his cell phone in the pool w/his queen??

* No, I won't be afraid (even if I should be): https://www.youtube.com/shorts/u_ov...

* Fear of failure -- we defeat ourselves without trying: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/8RLY...

* John 14:6 He is The Way, The Truth, and The Life: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/TUn2...

* The Trinity which means three: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/_Y9O...

* In Hebrew, and Latin, and Greek: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/3SAj...

* The most deadly virus in the world: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/CYVd...

* Stay off the menu: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/gXW9...

* If you somehow make it home alive, there will be joy: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/wSBn...

* I'm behind the times: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Acrj...

* This is more my speed. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/JFoU... Do you suppose he put a few shakes from one of those bottles behind him?

* Butcher, Baker, Candlestick maker - Which? https://www.youtube.com/shorts/JD0c...

* The first question I'd ask is... https://www.youtube.com/shorts/oXDg... Who's got the title? Is this thing hot? Caution means not getting pulled over by the fuzz for driving a stolen vehicle. That caution would have ruined the video though. But, I'm difficult to checkmate.

* Dedicated skill is excellence applied, head held high, the best that he could be: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/46w-...

* Another example of knowledge, skill applied: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/E9tB...

* Technology applied, efficient timing: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/REFY...

* Half belongs to the government, so be disciplined, have self-control by routine: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/B9hZ...

* Judas had a money problem, and repentance: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/OOVe...

* Matthew 16:26: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/4-S9...

* It could be painful: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/IenH...

* This will help w/your anxiety IF you believe it will: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/fPlP...

* I think the dress might work better: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/sWCW... O.K., so a dashing man in uniform is handsome. Besides, I was trying to work in a Taylor Swift song.

* Sigh: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/4Xvf...

* The flower of life: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/KnqN...

* After all, we'll remember the best, and worst moments: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/OcBe...

* King Scar: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/wKlD...

* Unseen order and routine makes it work: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/xF3g...

* When you think it's not possible: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/K8V5...

* Survive to thrive!

* And I always want to know who was doing the filming, why and what did they know ahead of time? https://www.youtube.com/shorts/RS4b...

* A rocket stove in the ground: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/mhL3...

* That's not how bears do it: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/eFOV...

* Intolerance does not want equal rights, the free exchange: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/_l0_...

* Happily ever after had some rough spots getting there: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/3PaJ...

* Drive thrus are a bad habit: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/9EzK...

* 4th state of matter: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/aeB4...

* Forbidden: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/kUVY...

* Do they play chess on K2 18 B? https://www.youtube.com/shorts/iBu6...

* Slow but deadly: https://www.bing.com/videos/rivervi...

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

* 3rd Rank vs 6th Rank: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkA...

* The Chess Portal will broaden your horizons: http://schackportalen.nu/English/es...

* Passive, but playable in the Russian Game: Game Collection: Alpha Russian (White)

* Practical Chess Exercises: 600 Lessons from Tactics to Strategy by Ray Cheng

* Queen Pawn Games: Game Collection: ANIL RAJ.R'S QUEEN PAWN GAMES

* Dr. Edmund Adam Miniatures: Edmund Adam

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.

* HOF: https://worldchesshof.org/

* USCF: https://new.uschess.org/

* Recommendations: https://chess-site.com/

* TWIC: https://theweekinchess.com/

* Top Festivals: https://chess-site.com/articles/che...

* Top 100: https://ratings.fide.com/top.phtml

* Useful: https://usefulchess.com/

* Feeling Punny? Don't tell Fredthebear. Use the Submission Page: Pun Submission Page

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

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

* GoY's 40 Favs: Game Collection: GoY's favorite games

* Good Historical Links:
https://www.saund.co.uk/britbase/in...

* Hastings 1895: Hastings (1895)

* Oskar plays 1e4: Oskar Oglaza

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

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

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

* Stunners: Game Collection: Stunners

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Connecticut: Windsor
Established in: 1633

Settlers from Plymouth Colony built the first trading house in Windsor in 1633 on an expanse of land they bought from Native Americans who were living there. Windsor was Connecticut's first English settlement, with a perfect location on the water. Today, the city uses its "first town" status to create a historical atmosphere ideal for tourism.

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

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

* Three Simple Chess Tips: https://www.premierchesscoaching.co...

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.

<<"De Ludo Scachorum"> was first translated into French in 1347. In 1474, 2 years before it was printed in French, William Caxton translated the text from the French (of Jean de Vignay) into English and printed it under the title, "The Game of Chess." <"The Game of Chess"> was the second book ever printed in the English language. The first book, also printed by Claxton was "The Recuyell of the Historyes of Troye," also translated from French (of Raoul le Fèvre) and also in 1474. Caxton printed almost 100 books, and of these 20 were translations from French or Dutch into English.> — batgirl, chess.com

1 Corinthians 13 King James Version

1 Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.

2 And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing.

3 And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing.

4 Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,

5 Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;

6 Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth;

7 Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.

8 Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away.

9 For we know in part, and we prophesy in part.

10 But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away.

11 When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.

12 For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.

13 And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.

<<<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'.>

InkHarted wrote:

Checkmate.
I started off as an equal
I have everything that they do
my life was one and the same as my foe
childish battles of lesser
I won baring cost of a little
but as time outgrew my conscience
I found that the pieces were moving against me
with time my company reduced
they left one by one
all in time forgetting me
my castles collapsed
my religion dissuaded
my protectors in hiding
I could not run anymore
I have been cornered to a wall
as the queen left silently
without saying goodbye
I could not live any longer
she was most precious to me
I could not win without her by my side
so the king knelt down and died.

"Everyone should know how to play chess." — José Raúl Capablanca

Mark 3:25 And if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand.

'Finders keepers, losers weepers'
No, turn it over to Lost and Found.

Drive sober or get pulled over.

"For surely of all the drugs in the world, chess must be the most permanently pleasurable." — Assiac (‘Deutsch von Heinrich Fraenkel')

Once I asked Pillsbury whether he used any formula for castling. He said his rule was absolute and vital: castle because you will or because you must; but not because you can.' — W.E. Napier (1881-1952)

Oct-09-11 FSR: After 1.e4 e5, 2.Ba6?? is the worst move by a country mile. After that, probably 2.b4 and 2.Ke2 are the worst. 2.Qg4 and 2.g4 are also pretty bad. White still has equality after 2.Qh5, so it's actually not a <terrible> move.

Maximo wrote:

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

"When you're lonely, when you feel yourself an alien in the world, play chess. This will raise your spirits and be your counselor in war." — Aristotle

"A bad plan is better than none at all." — Frank Marshal

"To find something, anything, a great truth or a lost pair of glasses, you must first believe there will be some advantage in finding it." — Jack Burden, All The King's Men

"I can't change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination." — Jimmy Dean

"Chess is above all, a fight!" — Emanuel Lasker

"In chess, at least, the brave inherit the earth." — Edmar Mednis

The Heron

One day, – no matter when or where, –
A long-legged heron chanced to fare
By a certain river's brink,
With his long, sharp beak
Helved on his slender neck;
It was a fish-spear, you might think.
The water was clear and still,
The carp and the pike there at will
Pursued their silent fun,
Turning up, ever and anon,
A golden side to the sun.
With ease might the heron have made
Great profits in his fishing trade.
So near came the scaly fry,
They might be caught by the passer-by.
But he thought he better might
Wait for a better appetite –
For he lived by rule, and could not eat,
Except at his hours, the best of meat.
Anon his appetite returned once more;
So, approaching again the shore,
He saw some tench taking their leaps,
Now and then, from their lowest deeps.
With as dainty a taste as Horace's rat,
He turned away from such food as that.
"What, tench for a heron! poh!
I scorn the thought, and let them go."
The tench refused, there came a gudgeon;
"For all that," said the bird, "I budge on.
I'll never open my beak, if the gods please,
For such mean little fishes as these."
He did it for less;
For it came to pass,
That not another fish could he see;
And, at last, so hungry was he,
That he thought it of some avail
To find on the bank a single snail.
Such is the sure result
Of being too difficult.
Would you be strong and great,
Learn to accommodate.
Get what you can, and trust for the rest;
The whole is often lost by seeking the best.
Above all things beware of disdain;
Where, at most, you have little to gain.
The people are many that make
Every day this sad mistake.
It's not for the herons I put this case,
You featherless people, of human race.
– List to another tale as true,
And you'll hear the lesson brought home to you.+

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.

Un baiser – Edmond Rostand
French poet Edmond Rostand wrote the following classic love poem Un Baiser (meaning "a kiss") in his most famous work, Cyrano de Bergerac published in 1897.

French Poem English Translation
Un baiser, mais à tout prendre,
qu'est-ce que c'est ?
Un serment fait d'un peu plus près,
une promesse plus précise,

A kiss, but all in all,
What is that ?
An oath that is closer,
a promise more precise,

Un aveu qui veut se confirmer,
un point rose qu'on met
sur l'i du verbe aimer ;
c'est un secret qui prend
la bouche pour oreille.

A confession that wants to be confirmed,
a pink dot that we put
on the i of the verb to love;
it's a secret that takes
word of mouth.

Jun-12-24
Check It Out: <WannaBe> Thanks. So FIDE uses zeros 0-0 and PGN uses capital letters O-O. My wife and I are playing a game by text and today she coincidentally asked me how to notate castling. I sent O-O and she asked my why I sent eyes looking at her :D

The Feeding of Four Thousand
(See also Matthew 15:29-39)

Mark 8:1-10
1In those days the multitude being very great, and having nothing to eat, Jesus called his disciples unto him, and saith unto them, 2I have compassion on the multitude, because they have now been with me three days, and have nothing to eat: 3And if I send them away fasting to their own houses, they will faint by the way: for divers of them came from far. 4And his disciples answered him, From whence can a man satisfy these men with bread here in the wilderness? 5And he asked them, How many loaves have ye? And they said, Seven. 6And he commanded the people to sit down on the ground: and he took the seven loaves, and gave thanks, and brake, and gave to his disciples to set before them; and they did set them before the people. 7And they had a few small fishes: and he blessed, and commanded to set them also before them. 8So they did eat, and were filled: and they took up of the broken meat that was left seven baskets. 9And they that had eaten were about four thousand: and he sent them away. 10And straightway he entered into a ship with his disciples, and came into the parts of Dalmanutha.

"Believe in yourself. Have faith in your abilities. Without humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers, you cannot be successful or happy." ― Norman Vincent Peale

"The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy." ― Martin Luther King Jr.

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

"To what greater inspiration and counsel can we turn than to the imperishable truth to be found in this treasure house, the Bible?" — Queen Elizabeth II

"Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations become corrupt and vicious, they have more need of masters." ― Benjamin Franklin

Select a good chess move:
1. Is my king and queen safe? Am I absolutely sure?

2. Why did my opponent make that move?

3. What just changed?

4. What is now en prise / un/under-defended?

5. Any immediate risks / opportunities? (If no, go to default) - Opening: Develop
- Middle game: Improve, build attack, pawn breaks. - End game: Assure the best outcome

6. What are ALL the candidate moves?

7. For each, what is likely to happen? New risks/opportunities?

8. Which is best?

9. Does it improve my position?

10. Sanity check, sure it's not a mistake?

<A Blind Man Healed at Bethsaida

Mark 8:22-26
22And he cometh to Bethsaida; and they bring a blind man unto him, and besought him to touch him. 23And he took the blind man by the hand, and led him out of the town; and when he had spit on his eyes, and put his hands upon him, he asked him if he saw ought. 24And he looked up, and said, I see men as trees, walking. 25After that he put his hands again upon his eyes, and made him look up: and he was restored, and saw every man clearly. 26And he sent him away to his house, saying, Neither go into the town, nor tell it to any in the town.>

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

"First I play for equality (as Black), then I start to play for a win." ― Artur Yusupov

"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

"Once there is the slightest suggestion of combinational possibilities on the board, look for unusual moves. Apart from making your play creative and interesting it will help you to get better results." ― Alexander Kotov

"I guess it comes down to a simple choice, really. Get busy living, or get busy dying." ― Andy (Tim Robbins), "The Shawshank Redemption"

Jesus Predicts His Death and Resurrection
(See also Matthew 16:21-23; Luke 9:21-22)

Matthew 16:31-33
31And he began to teach them, that the Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders, and of the chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again. 32And he spake that saying openly. And Peter took him, and began to rebuke him. 33But when he had turned about and looked on his disciples, he rebuked Peter, saying, Get thee behind me, Satan: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but the things that be of men.

Machgielis "Max" Euwe
Fifth World Chess Champion from 1935 to 1937
Birthdate: May 20, 1901
Birthplace: Amsterdam, Netherlands
Died: November 26, 1981
Max Euwe scripted history when he became the first chess Grandmaster from the Netherlands. A PhD in math, he also taught both math and computer programming, apart from publishing a mathematical analysis of chess. A chess world champion, he also served as the president of FIDE. * Wikipedia: Wikipedia article: Max Euwe

Tanitoluwa Adewumi
(American Chess Player)
Birthdate: September 3, 2010
Birthplace: Nigeria
* Wikipedia: Wikipedia article: Tanitoluwa Adewumi

Confessing Christ
(See also Luke 12:8-12)

Matthew 10:32-33
32Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven. 33But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven.

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

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

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

‘May your Departures equal your Landfalls!'

This poem is dedicated to all female chessplayers on Caissa's Web...

Sweet Caissa

Oh, Sweet Caissa, Goddess of chess
in the name of this holistic game
I pray Thee: bless my noble aim
to render all my opponents lame
in my holy quest for worldly fame,
to be Supreme no more no less.
In awe I heard this Sweet Caissa say
"Daughter go forth and smite them all,
stoutly charge your knight sitting tall
while flying over the castle's wall
to slay all men in your deadly call."
Now in fear I hide and will no longer play.

Koneru Humpy
(Indian Chess Player and the Youngest Woman Ever to Achieve the Title of Grandmaster) Birthdate: March 31, 1987
Birthplace: Gudivada, Andhra Pradesh, India
Koneru Humpy is an Indian chess player and the current women's world rapid champion. At the age of 15, Humpy became the youngest female chess player to achieve the prestigious Grandmaster title. In 2003, she was honored with India's second-highest sporting honor, the Arjuna Award. In 2007, Koneru Humpy was honored with the Padma Shri Award. * Wikipedia: Wikipedia article: Koneru Humpy

Carissa Yip
(American Chess Player and a Former U.S. Women's Chess Champion) Birthdate: September 10, 2003
Birthplace: Boston, Massachusetts, United States * Wikipedia: Wikipedia article: Carissa Yip

"He who sees the face does not see the heart." — Portuguese Proverb

Take up Your Cross
(See also Matthew 16:24-28; Luke 9:23-27)

Mark 8:34-38
34And when he had called the people unto him with his disciples also, he said unto them, Whosoever will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. 35For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel's, the same shall save it. 36For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? 37Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul? 38Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation; of him also shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.

<H.T. Bland. On page 207 of the December 1929 American Chess Bulletin he exalted the challenger in that year's world championship match:

Bravo ‘Bogol', you've shown pluck.
One and all we wish you luck.
Gee, some thought you'd barged between
Other players who'd have been
Less likely straightaway to lose
Just as friend Alekhine might choose;
Undaunted, ‘Bogol', you went in
Believing you'd a chance to win.
Or failing that, to make a fight,
Which you are doing as we write.>

Thank you, Qindarka!

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<Homework

Humdrum

Oh, why do I have to do so much?

Meet my friend, Boredom

Evil way to torture children

Wearisome

Opposite of fun

Reports consume too much time

Kids should protest against this.>

After reading the above poem, my teacher commented on how positive my poems were.

School

Tedious Despicable

Working Testing Studying

Horrible waste of time

Yawning Learning Thinking

Dull Wearisome

Academy

After reading the above, my teacher was shocked at my opinion. I told her that just because I am a good student does not mean I like school.

. CHESS

Meet me then, within this grid,
this little wooden battlefield as equals,
as we forget our bodies to inhabit these pieces, control these spaces, trade threats and responses, send our thoughts out into possible positions, our eyes imagining nothing but sweet forks and lancing fianchettoes. We chessplayers, pretend enemies, bound to our miniature war inexplicably & inescapably: when did we find ourselves so obsessed, insidiously seduced to advances and exchanges, lost inside this abyss of infinite moves, willing servants of it's rules? — Rael

Vera Menchik (1906-44) was a Russian, Czech, and finally English chess player. The first women's world champion in chess history, she was by far the best female player of her time. Menchik was invited to several men's tournaments, and world champion GM Max Euwe and GM Samuel Reshevsky were among the male players she defeated in games.

Question: What is considered the first reality TV show? Answer: The Real World

"Maurice Ashley not only made history as the first African-American Grandmaster in the annals of the game but he has managed to translate his love to others as a three-time national championship coach, author, ESPN commentator, iPhone app designer, puzzle inventor and motivational speaker." ― SPARKCHESS

Question: Who was Russia's first elected president? Answer: Boris Yeltsin

"During the winter of 1919-20, the school I attended was for some time without water, heating or electric light, yet the classes went on, and the students, clad in their fur-lined coats and hats, read by the light of a few flickering candles or an oil lamp, and then perhaps had an hour's walk home through the snow, for all traffic stopped after working hours." — Vera Menchik, in a letter to CHESS (May 1943)

The word <mustard> has Latin roots. Specifically, it comes from the Latin words mustum and ardens. The first refers to must, or freshly-crushed grapes which the Romans mixed with ground mustard seeds to make the condiment. Meanwhile, ardens literally means flaming hot, referring to the spicy flavor of the condiment.

Together, these words formed the French word moutarde, which later became the Anglo-Norman mustarde. Finally, the latter evolved into the modern word we use today, mustard.

Seek God's Comfort

1 Peter 5:7
Cast all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you.

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

Isaiah 66:13⁣
As a mother comforts her child, so will I comfort you; and you will be comforted over Jerusalem.

wordy fun:
zeruption Zatonskih and Krushr both adopted from Ukrn promotion. Karn was on brain salad surgery not Tarkus or Ed Van Halena on keyboard #2. It's all but over now in Tokyo, Jakarta. "I should have shot the horse," was his only comment.

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

"Be thankful for what you have; you'll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don't have, you will never, ever have enough." ― Oprah Winfrey

"Humans see what they want to see." ― Rick Riordan, The Lightning Thief

"Songs are as sad as the listener." ― Jonathan Safran Foer, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

"Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves." ― C.G. Jung

"Because one believes in oneself, one doesn't try to convince others. Because one is content with oneself, one doesn't need others' approval. Because one accepts oneself, the whole world accepts him or her." ― Lao Tzu

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

* Pawn Endgames: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUq...

* Crafty Endgame Trainer: https://www.chessvideos.tv/endgame-...

A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush ― Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, "Don Quixote"

Cajun: Joie de vivre (Jhwa da veev) – Joy of living.

Compiled by Fredthebear

"The endgame can be a hard and, in some respects, disturbing school for the vast majority of chess players. Any deficiencies in positional judgement and technique which may have remained unnoticed amidst the complexities of the openings and middlegame are here ruthlessly revealed; errors stand out in greater relief and, what is worse, generally have more serious consequences; while the theoretical knowledge now becomes not only desirable but even an indispensable item of the player's equipment. Paradoxically, therefore, the very simplicity of the endgame adds in practice to its difficulty and lends it, in the minds of many, an air of mystery." ― P. H. Clarke, translator

<Error is boundless.
Nor hope nor doubt,
Though both be groundless,
Will average out.>

By J.V. Cunningham

"The endgame begins when there is a relatively small number of pieces left on the board and, but for the rare exception, direct attacks on the King with the combinational complications typical of the middlegeame are impossible. The concluding stage of a game of chess has its characteristic peculiarities which, in comparison with the middlegame, alter the whole approach to the position and the significance of the forces in action on the board." ― GM Yuri Averbakh

"Messy Room" by Shel Silverstein

Whosever room this is should be ashamed!
His underwear is hanging on the lamp.
His raincoat is there in the overstuffed chair,
And the chair is becoming quite mucky and damp.
His workbook is wedged in the window,
His sweater's been thrown on the floor.
His scarf and one ski are beneath the TV,
And his pants have been carelessly hung on the door. His books are all jammed in the closet,
His vest has been left in the hall.
A lizard named Ed is asleep in his bed,
And his smelly old sock has been stuck to the wall. Whosever room this is should be ashamed!
Donald or Robert or Willie or–
Huh? You say it's mine? Oh, dear,
I knew it looked familiar!

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

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

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"All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream." ― Edgar Allan Poe

"Chess makes men wiser and clear-sighted" ― Vladimir Putin

"There is no remorse like the remorse of chess" ― H. G. Wells

"Nobody ever won a chess game by resigning" ― Savielly Tartakower

Crazy Horse (1840-1877) – Oglala Lakota Sioux
The fearless Crazy Horse (1840-1877) was a great warrior against white settlers' subjugation and abuse of power. He has seen and participated in many battles such as the Fort Laramie Treaty in 1868 – Fetterman Massacre and Battle of the Little Bighorn.

He was legendary within and outside the Lakota nation as a great warrior and defender of the sacred lands and native way of life. Here is the quote on suffering above suffering as well as a farewell to a friend, Sitting Bull:

"<The Red Nation shall rise again and it shall be a blessing for a sick world; a world filled with broken promises, selfishness, and separations; a world longing for light again.

I see a time of Seven Generations when all the colors of mankind will gather under the Sacred Tree of Life and the whole Earth will become one circle again.

In that day, there will be those among the Lakota who will carry knowledge and understanding of unity among all living things and the young white ones will come to those of my people and ask for this wisdom.

I salute the light within your eyes where the whole Universe dwells. For when you are at that center within you and I am that place within me, we shall be one.>"

"Chess, like draughts, is a game for two opponents, played on a chequered board of sixty-four squares. To win in draughts you must capture all your opponent's pieces, but in chess the object is the capture of only one of his pieces, the king." ― Leonard Barden

1 Peter 1:24-25 King James Version 24 For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away:

25 But the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you.

"Chess is life and every game is like a new life." ― Eduard Gufeld