Bg7

St. Francis

* Accelerated Dragon: Game Collection: NIKKI ACCELERATED DRAGON

* Hypers: Game Collection: Hyper accelerated dragon (midgards serpent)

* Anti-Sicilians: Game Collection: Anti-Sicilians

* A few more Anti-Sicilians: Game Collection: Jim Black

* 3.Bb5+ Moscow: Game Collection: Moscow Sicilian

* Accelerated Dragons: Game Collection: Accelerated Dragons

* Maroczy Binds: Game Collection: maroczy bind

* More Binds: Game Collection: Bind

* Alapin 2.c3 for White: Game Collection: Alapin Sicilian

* Probably Not THAT Bad: Game Collection: Worst games of chess ever played

* Throw your c-pawn at the queen's pawn: Game Collection: 0

* A few more c's vs QP's: Game Collection: 1. d4-d5 for Black

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

* 1908 WC Match: Game Collection: Lasker vs Tarrasch WCM 1908

* En Passant Mate: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/tech...

* Frank Marshall - Edward Lasker 1923 Match:
Game Collection: Marshall -- Ed. Lasker 1923 match

* Field of Orange: Faustino Oro (kibitz #38)

"Know your enemy and know yourself, and in a hundred battles, you will never be in peril." — Sun Tzu

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"We are what we repeatedly do; excellence, then, is not an act but a habit." — Aristotle

"Do the difficult things while they are easy and do the great things while they are small. A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step." — Lao Tzu

"Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere." — Albert Einstein

"You have enemies? Good; that means you have stood up for something, sometime in your life." — Winston Churchill

"Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle." — Plato

"Happiness is like a butterfly. The more you chase it, the more it eludes you. But if you turn your attention to other things, it comes and sits softly on your shoulder." — Henry David Thoreau

"Normal is getting dressed in clothes that you buy for work and driving through traffic in a car that you are still paying for – in order to get to the job you need to pay for the clothes and the car, and the house you leave vacant all day so you can afford to live in it." — Ellen Goodman

"What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us." — Ralph Waldo Emerson

"If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow." — Ancient Chinese Proverb

<Voyage of the Heart
A voyage not just of maps and charts,
But a journey of the heart.
Where every wave and every tide,
Brings stories of the ocean wide.>

"There is no jewel in the world comparable to learning; no learning so excellent both for Prince and subject, as knowledge of laws; and no knowledge of any laws so necessary for all estates and for all causes, concerning goods, lands or life, as the common laws of England." ― Sir Edward Coke

"Without integrity and honor, having everything means nothing." ― Robin Sharma

"I am no longer cursed by poverty because I took possession of my own mind, and that mind has yielded me every material thing I want, and much more than I need. But this power of mind is a universal one, available to the humblest person as it is to the greatest." ― Andrew Carnegie

"Enthusiasm is one of the most powerful engines of success. When you do a thing, do it with all your might. Put your whole soul into it. Stamp it with your own personality. Be active, be energetic, be enthusiastic and faithful, and you will accomplish your object. Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm." ― Ralph Waldo Emerson

"We sleep safely at night because rough men stand ready to visit violence on those who would harm us." ― Winston S. Churchill

"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." ― Edmund Burke was an Irish statesman, philosopher, and writer who lived from 1729 to 1797

"It is ordained in the eternal constitution of things, that men of intemperate minds cannot be free. Their passions forge their fetters." ― Edmund Burke was an Irish statesman, philosopher, and writer who lived from 1729 to 1797

"If you're playing with the best, you just rise up to that level." ― Tony Goldwyn

"There is nothing that disgusts a man like getting beaten at chess by a woman." ― Charles Dudley Warner

"No one ever won a chess game by betting on each move. Sometimes you have to move backward to get a step forward." ― Amar Gopal Bose

"Life is not a matter of holding good cards, but sometimes, playing a poor hand well." ― Jack London

"Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God." ― Jesus Christ

"Life is like a game in which God shuffles the cards, the devil deals them and we have to play the trumps." ― Yugoslavian Proverb

"All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players: they have their exits and their entrances; and one man in his time plays many parts, his acts being seven ages." ― William Shakespeare

"In life, as in chess, forethought wins." ― Charles Buxton

"I consider myself to be a genius who happens to play chess." ― Bobby Fischer

"Help (ALL) your pieces help you." ― Paul Morphy (That means no sleeping pieces on original back row squares, and don't make so many slow pawn moves that leave behind weak squares easily penetrated.)

"If you don't know what to do, find your worst piece and look for a better square." ― Gerald Schwarz

- Ask yourself "Which army is better off if the queens come off the board?" It might be time to simplify, trade off like pieces to enter the endgame (or avoid such trades when down material) and then activate thy king as a fighting piece.

"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.

"You sit at the board and suddenly your heart leaps. Your hand trembles to pick up the piece and move it. But what chess teaches you is that you must sit there calmly and think about whether it's really a good idea and whether there are other, better ideas." ― Stanley Kubrick

Always do a blunder check before you move. Many a good threatening move that seemed forcing has been counterattacked, negated. Did that move set a pin? Can it be counter pinned? What squares were left behind now unprotected?

"The best way to get a feeling for your pieces is to talk to them. Before you make a move, just ask each piece how happy it is. The one which is most unhappy you will improve, until every piece you have is happy." ― chess coach for GM Noël Studer, then age 10.

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

"What we play is life." ― Louis Armstrong

<Sea of Dreams
On waves of dreams, sailors ride,
With hopes as vast as the ocean wide.
Each journey unique, a tale to tell,
In the heart of the sea, where wonders dwell.>

"As long as I can focus on enjoying what I'm doing, having fun, I know I'll play well." ― Steffi Graf

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

"The ideal in chess can only be a collective image, but in my opinion it is Capablanca who most closely approaches this... His book was the first chess book that I studied from cover to cover. Of course, his ideas influenced me." ― Anatoly Karpov

"With his death, we have lost a very great chess genius who's like we shall never see again." ― Alexander Alekhine (on Capablanca)

"Alekhine was the rock-thrower, Capablanca the man who made it all seem easy." ― Hans Ree

Fig trees eat wasps by forcing them inside the fruit. A fig tree tricks a certain species of wasps to pollinate it, sending it down a small passage in the fruit where its wings are ripped off, after which it is digested by enzymes. 73YDM&t=3s

* En passant: Wikipedia article: En passant

* He would dominate today: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tf0...

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

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

* Fool's Mate: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8oR...

* 1st Chess Opening: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVp...

* 1st Chess Opening: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uuw...

* 1st Chess Gambit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIM...

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

* Two Great Attackers: https://www.chessgames.com/perl/che...

* Ladder Checkmate: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXz...

* Anderssen - Steinitz Match: Anderssen - Steinitz (1866)

* Amazing talent: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2V...

* Analog clocks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZY...

"Without the element of enjoyment, it is not worth trying to excel at anything." — Magnus Carlsen

* Ataman's Minis: Game Collection: Instructive Chess Miniatures (Ataman)

* A07, B23-B25: Game Collection: Sicilian Closed / Grand Prix Attack

* 107 battles: Game Collection: 107 Great Chess Battles: 1939-45 Alekhine

* An absolute belter of an encounter! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClC...

* A10 King Hunt: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4H0...

* Opening Tactics 4B: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJS...

* Top 3 Easiest Endgames: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbP...

* Top 5 En Passant: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWA...

* Ten famous checkmates: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5z-...

* Top 10 plays: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxB...

* 12-year-old PM: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhG...

* 15-year-old BF: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Jc...

* 15 facts? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVg...

* Vienna 1903 KG games: Game Collection: Vienna 1903

* One of Pandolfini's Best: Game Collection: Solitaire Chess by Bruce Pandolfini

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

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

* Bishop pair checkmate: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPY...

* Bad Bishops: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7w...

* Bad habits: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ubu...

* Body language: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/0fUg...

* Brutal Attacking Chess: Game Collection: Brutal Attacking Chess

* Brilliancies: Game Collection: brilliacies

* CG Biography: Aryan Tari

* Radmilla Cody: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mu2...

* Chessmaster Games: Game Collection: Chessmaster '86

* C11 French, Steinitz, Boleslavsky variation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUO...

* C53s: Game Collection: rajat21's italian game

* Italian Games: Game Collection: Italian Game

* Italian, Giuoco Piano by Alexander Petroff (not his Russian Game): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhL...

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

* Cross-check: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ih6...

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

* C-K Examples: Game Collection: Caro Kann Lines

* C21-C22 miniatures: http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches...

* Danish Gambits: Game Collection: Danish Gambit Games 1-0

* Dance partner: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/HpPP...

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

* Don't forget...? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAi...

* DYI bubbles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGT...

* Elo Rating System: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLX...

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

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

* Fallout: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6u...

* It's a Fake: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cz2...

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

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

* Against strange openings: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3p...

* Game changer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKL...

* Hans On French: Game Collection: French Defense

* Happy Days! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slv...

* How to play by the rules: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ydn...

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

* How to play your first moves: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mb...

* How to play the center fork trick: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ms4...

* How to castle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dL...

* How to play against the Vienna Gambit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVS...

* How to find tactics: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4c...

* How to attack the Queen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Liq...

* How to play touch-move OTB: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPM...

* How to trap pieces: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oaz...

* How to beat the London system: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DU...

* How to simplify: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Fk...

* How to blunder less: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tis...

* How to break out of jail: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gs...

* How to defend: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIq...

* How to draw: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=neb...

* How to draw: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDg...

* How to play the C-K: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zE5...

* How to calculate deeper: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XaU...

* How to create a plan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMu...

* How to exchange sacrifice: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYG...

* How to convert EG advantages: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91L...

* How dumb is it? Game Collection: Diemer-Duhm Gambit

* How to play the Englund Gambit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCK...

* How to spot Knight forks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rB6...

* How to play fast chess reasonably: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xi...

* How to play the French Defense: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6b...

* How to combine your pieces: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyj...

* How Fischer beat the French Defense: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lr5...

* How to give back material: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYd...

* How to play the Kitchen Sink Attack: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qky...

* How to surprise: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzq...

* How to play the Scandinavian: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMS...

* How to trick 'em: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtR...

* How to win: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_z...

* How to win in 12 moves: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zP7...

* How to lose: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpL...

* How to squeeze like Karpov: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2eM...

* How high? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5M2...

* 1.h4?! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mva...

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

* Humans are smarter: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d42...

* Imagination: Game Collection: Imagination in Chess

* Immortal Games: Game Collection: Immortal games

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

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

* Just appetizers, fighter jets: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/YiQv...

* Kostya Tszyu: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0n...

* King to King: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5R...

* King's Indian Attack: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lr5...

* King Pawn Theory and Practice: Game Collection: Chess Openings: Theory and Practice, Section 1

* Surprise Knockouts: Game Collection: quick knockouts of greats

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

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

* KG Video: Game Collection: Foxy Openings - King's Gambit

* GM Gallagher is an author:
Game Collection: 0

* Uncommon KP Gambits: Game Collection: Unusual Gambits

* Volo plays the KP faithfully: Volodymyr Onyshchuk

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

* Loser: User: ljfyffe

* Same Loser: User: Larryfyffe

* The Lion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgI...

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

* Lasker-Pelikan: https://www.expert-chess-strategies... The Sveshnikov Sicilian is a popular chess variation of the Sicilian Defense and starts as follows: 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 This variation was originally called the Lasker-Pelikan Variation but was researched and revitalized from Evgeny Sveshnikov and Gennadi Timoshchenko and is now named after Sveshnikov.

* Mona Lisa: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJi...

* Nelson Mandela: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nj0...

* Collection assembled by Fredthebear.

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

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

* Most common tactic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgA...

* Magic rubbers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=001...

* Masaka kids: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRm...

* Mountain Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=st9...

* Names and Places: Game Collection: Named Mates

* Nuremberg 1896: Nuremberg (1896)

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

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

* New 7 wonders: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcH...

* No more fraction confusion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hG...

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

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

* Top 5 Attacking Principles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9v... me part of my chess flesh and blood. - Tigran Petrosian

* Predator On-line: https://www.bustedmugshots.com/ohio...

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

* Petar Trifunović (31 August 1910 – 8 December 1980) was a five-time Yugoslav champion: https://players.chessbase.com/en/pl...

* Pirc Defense, Byrne: Game Collection: Pirc Defence - Byrne Variation

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

* Poisoned Pawn: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGV...

* Ponziani Games: Game Collection: PONZIANI OPENING

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

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

* Pawn Promotion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGI...

* Pressure Points: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pnh...

* Queen puzzles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IfQ...

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

* Reach 1800: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CrK...

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

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

* RL Minis: Game Collection: Ruy Lopez Miniatures

* Rook endgame: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkM...

* Kasparov talks Strategy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_l_...

* Smothered Mate: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxJ...

* Sacrificing your bishop: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_t...

<Sea's Serenade
A serenade of waves and wind,
A melody that's ever been.
In every sailor's heart it plays,
A song of seas, of olden days.>

* Stafford Gambit tricks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eM9...

* Shorts: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/iDUA...

* Sidewalk playin': https://www.bing.com/videos/search?...

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

* Seven Minutes: French Defense: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRU...

* Sicilian Alapins: Game Collection: Alapin

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

* Sicilian Trix: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2V...

* Slime recipes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_V...

* Save the endgame: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGz...

* Terms: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6b...

* Tartakower Defense: https://www.chess.com/blog/MatBobul...

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

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

* Top 5 Bishop Endgames: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wX...

* 5 Pawn endings U must know: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdU...

* Uni Knot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xu...

* Ultimate K&P endings: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jab...

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

* UnderStanding: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/dfvi...

* Psychic Uri Geller? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3v...

* Best Walkoffs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBt...

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

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

* Women defend: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbF...

* World Records: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTz...

* Tim's list of records: https://timkr.home.xs4all.nl/record...

* Yaz vs Tiant: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oci...

* Zwischenzug: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6U9...

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

* 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!

* The 19-year-old world champion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAY...

* Mind of Magnus: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZF...

* Fischer stuns: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_2...

* Stockfish's ImmortaL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7B...

* Alexei played this g4 opening decades ago; perhaps silicon tried a new branch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzq...

* Firouzja plays Shirov's g4: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/xuij...

* Bodhana Sivanandan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDb...

* Chess History: https://www.chessjournal.com/chess-...

This old photo belongs in my favorites: https://images.chesscomfiles.com/pr...

"The Great Escape" by Charles Bukowski

listen, he said, you ever seen a bunch of crabs in a bucket?
no, I told him.
well, what happens is that now and then one crab will climb up on top of the others
and begin to climb toward the top of the bucket, then, just as he's about to escape
another crab grabs him and pulls him back
down.
really? I asked.
really, he said, and this job is just like that, none of the others want anybody to get out of
here. that's just the way it is
in the postal service!
I believe you, I said.
just then the supervisor walked up and said,
you fellows were talking.
there is no talking allowed on this
job.
I had been there for eleven and one-half
years.
I got up off my stool and climbed right up the
supervisor
and then I reached up and pulled myself right
out of there.
it was so easy it was unbelievable.
but none of the others followed me.
and after that, whenever I had crab legs
I thought about that place.
I must have thought about that place
maybe 5 or 6 times
before I switched to lobster.

Your feet contain a quarter of your bones. Human feet contain 52 bones (26 for each foot). That's nearly a quarter of all the bones in your whole body! Each also contains 33 joints and more than 100 muscles, tendons, and ligaments. Are your dogs barking?

Je ne suis pas d'accord avec ce que vous dites, mais je d‚fendrai jusqu'... la mort le droit que vous avez de le dire/ I do not agree with what you have to say, but I'll defend to the death your right to say it. — Voltaire

The smallest bone in your body is in your ear.
No named bone in your body is smaller (or lighter) than the stapes, a bone in the middle ear that's actually shaped like a stirrup. It's complete with a base and an oval window, which is covered with a membrane that measures sound vibrations.

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

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

"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

The Jay In The Feathers of the Peacock

A peacock moulted: soon a jay was seen
Bedecked with Argus tail of gold and green,
High strutting, with elated crest,
As much a peacock as the rest.
His trick was recognized and bruited,
His person jeered at, hissed, and hooted.
The peacock gentry flocked together,
And plucked the fool of every feather.
Nay more, when back he sneaked to join his race, They shut their portals in his face.

There is another sort of jay,
The number of its legs the same,
Which makes of borrowed plumes display,
And plagiary is its name.
But hush! the tribe I'll not offend;
It's not my work their ways to mend.

The word "peacock" does not actually apply to both male and female birds. It's only the males that are called peacocks, while the females are called peahens. Together, the collective name for them is "peafowl."

These birds first lived within forests and rainforests, which remains their most comfortable and natural habitat.

When they are domesticated, some will live up to 50 years. However, in the wild, where life is riskier, peacocks and peahens generally live up to 20 years.

‘The Way through the Woods' by Rudyard Kipling

They shut the road through the woods
Seventy years ago.
Weather and rain have undone it again,
And now you would never know
There was once a road through the woods
Before they planted the trees.
It is underneath the coppice and heath,
And the thin anemones.
Only the keeper sees
That, where the ring-dove broods,
And the badgers roll at ease,
There was once a road through the woods.

Yet, if you enter the woods
Of a summer evening late,
When the night-air cools on the trout-ringed pools Where the otter whistles his mate,
(They fear not men in the woods,
Because they see so few.)
You will hear the beat of a horse's feet,
And the swish of a skirt in the dew,
Steadily cantering through
The misty solitudes,
As though they perfectly knew
The old lost road through the woods.
But there is no road through the woods.

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Tetraites

Bric-A-Brac
by Dorothy Parker 1893-1967

Little things that no one needs —
Little things to joke about —
Little landscapes, done in beads.
Little morals, woven out,
Little wreaths of gilded grass,
Little brigs of whittled oak
Bottled painfully in glass;
These are made by lonely folk.

Lonely folk have lines of days
Long and faltering and thin;
Therefore — little wax bouquets,
Prayers cut upon a pin,
Little maps of pinkish lands,
Little charts of curly seas,
Little plats of linen strands,
Little verses, such as these.

"A broke man is not a man without a nickel, but a man without a dream." ― Jesse Duplantis

"It's not how you start that matters, it's how you finish."

"Friend, you don't have to earn God's love or try harder. You're precious in His sight, covered by the priceless blood of Jesus, and indwelt by His Holy Spirit. Don't hide your heart or fear you're not good enough for Him to care for you. Accept His love, obey Him, and allow Him to keep you in His wonderful freedom." ― Charles F. Stanley

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

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

If the game is well-played, the rook's first move is usually sideways.

The Dancing Bear
by James Russell Lowell

Far over Elf-land poets stretch their sway,
And win their dearest crowns beyond the goal
Of their own conscious purpose; they control
With gossamer threads wide-flown our fancy's play, And so our action. On my walk to-day,
A wallowing bear begged clumsily his toll,
When straight a vision rose of Atta Troll,
And scenes ideal witched mine eyes away.
'Merci, Mossieu!' the astonished bear-ward cried, Grateful for thrice his hope to me, the slave
Of partial memory, seeing at his side
A bear immortal. The glad dole I gave
Was none of mine; poor Heine o'er the wide
Atlantic welter stretched it from his grave.

Reggie called.

You can't make bricks without straw

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

You can't take it with you when you die

You can't teach an old dog new tricks

You can't judge a book by its cover

You can't win them all

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar

You pays your money and you takes your choice

You reap what you sow

You win some, you lose some

Youth is wasted on the young

"Many people perceive the merit of a manuscript which is read to them, but will not declare themselves in its favor until they see what success it has in the world when printed, or what intelligent men will say about it. They do not like to risk their opinion, and they want to be carried away by the crowd and dragged along by the multitude. Then they say that they were amongst the first who approved of that work, and the general public shares their opinion. Such men lose the best opportunities of convincing us that they are intelligent, clever, and first-rate critics, and can really discover what is good and what is better. A fine work falls into their hands; it is an author's first book before he has got any great name; there is nothing to prepossess anyone in his favor, and by applauding his writings one does not court or flatter the great. Zelotes, you are not required to cry out: "This is a masterpiece; human intelligence never went farther; the human speech cannot soar higher; henceforward we will judge of no one's taste but by what he thinks of this book." Such exaggerated and offensive expressions are only employed by postulants for pensions or benefices and are even injurious to what is really commendable and what one wishes to praise. Why not merely say—"That's a good book?" It is true you say it when the whole of France has approved of it, and foreigners as well as your own countrymen, when it is printed all over Europe and has been translated into several languages, but then it is too late." ― Jean de La Bruyère

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

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)

The Lion, the Wolf, and the Fox

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

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

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

"Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace, and gratitude." ― Denis Waitley

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

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

Emory Tate
(American Chess International Master)
Birthdate: December 27, 1958
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, United States
Died: October 17, 2015

Ribbon Falls in Yosemite is nine times taller than Niagara Falls.

You can't hum if you're holding your nose. We bet you're trying that one, too!

Vladislav Artemiev
(Russian Chess Player and Former Chess Prodigy)
Birthdate: March 5, 1998
Birthplace: Omsk, Russia

<Do these things to win a chess game:

Know the Rules of Chess - Also know how the clock works, and chess notation.

Make Good Opening Moves - Control the center squares, activate an unmoved unit instead moving the same piece over and over again, castle your king away from the central battle, and connect the rooks for their protection, mobility

Develop All Your Pieces (not all Pawns) - Occupy safe squares, extend threats about, aim at the opposing queen w/a gain of time

Limit Your Pawn Moves - Advanced pawns are slow, need support, cannot retreat. Instead, the speed and range of your pieces can do more damage.

Evaluate the Position Carefully - Was that a legal move? If so, write it down. Am I in check now; next turn? Why did s/he do that move? What will s/he do next?

Checkmate is the Goal - Know the elementary endings against a lone king. Know methods to promote your passed pawn into a new piece to boost your firepower. Recognize the typical middlegame checkmate patterns against a castled king. Capitalize on opening book traps against an uncastled king, restricted queen, or cornered rook.

Always consider all possible <Forcing Moves> available now and next turn: The Mating Square, Checks, (Cut-offs to limit the opposing king's mobility), Captures, Attacks/Tactics. First identify, then consider aiming at units that are Immobile, More Valuable, Unprotected, already threatened to Outnumber (target once-protected units twice)/Add another Attacker, or Remove the Defender: Undermine, Overworked. What Forcing Moves are available to your opponent?

Seek Tactics to gain material: Fork, Pin & Pile on, Skewer, Discovery, Double Attack, X-Ray, Remove the Guard. Insert a unit to Interfere/Obstruct the line of defense.

Don't Give Away Material for Free - Guard your pieces and (re-)capture for value. Sometimes you aim at opposing units, sometimes aim at your own for protection.

Apply the Rate of Exchange - Don't trade a more valuable piece for less value.

Take Advantage of Opponent's Weakness - Cramp, blockade Weak Pawns, penetrate Weak Squares.

Coordinate An Attack on the King - Plan ahead, one piece cannot mate alone. Study the games in "The Art of the Checkmate" by Renaud and Kahn.

Safeguard Your Own King (and Queen) - The opponent has similar aims. Royalty must take flight when under fire, abandoning their defensive duties. Don't leave your king exposed on a checkable square.

Principles Change in the Endgame: After many trades, the Endgame arrives when there's no worry of checkmate. Now use your king, advance, gain the opposition. Hesitate before you push a pawn; know the consequences - how might it be captured or blockaded?

Simplify, trade down like pieces when ahead on material - Trade off pawns if behind on material.

Advance the pawn majority to create and promote a passed pawn to Q, R, N, or B - This new piece often will give checkmate.

Contemplate Draws: Agreed, Insufficient, 3-Fold Repeat, Stalemate, 50-Move rule. If you cannot win, then create a draw.

Always Be a Good Sport, Win, Lose or Draw - Jerks and braggarts are losers by their conduct. Shake hands. Don't forget to record the results for the tournament director

Prepare for next game - Analyze your last game, solve puzzles, replay GM games>

page 141 of Chess Fruits (Dublin, 1884) by Mrs T.B. Rowland:

Paled e'er that light once bright,
A pleiad passed away
Unrivalled star, afar,
Lost to our sight for aye.

Midst wondering gaze, thy blaze
Of glory charmed our eyes,
Rest, Morphy rest – now blest,
Peace o'er thy spirit lies.
Hushed every grief – each care has fled,
Yet still for thee fond tears are shed.

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

Interesting facts about fruits:

Not all oranges are orange.

Most commercial fruits are clones.

Japanese Yubari cantaloupes are the most expensive fruit in the world; two melons once sold at auction for $23,500.

Cherry farmers hire helicopter pilots to air-dry their trees after it rains so that the cherries don't split open.

Apples, pears, and plums are part of the rose family.

The Blow Fish Fruit is a fruit that can be deadly if not prepared properly.

Dogs should not eat grapes or raisins as they can be toxic to them.

Riddle Answer: A pineapple.

My Wage
by Jessie Belle Rittenhouse

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

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

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

<Below is the acrostic poem by Mrs T.B. Rowland:

Tears now we sadly shed apart,
How keenly has death's sudden dart
E'en pierced a kingdom's loyal heart.

Dark lies the heavy gloomy pall
Upon our royal bower,
Kings, queens, and nations bow their heads,
Each mourn for England's flower.

Oh! God, to her speak peace divine,
For now no voice can soothe but thine.

Ah, why untimely snatched away,
Loved Prince – alas, we sigh –
Before thy sun its zenith reached
Athwart the noonday sky.
Noble in heart, in deed, and will,
Years hence thy name we'll cherish still.

That poem was published on pages 140-141 of Chess Fruits (Dublin, 1884)>

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

"Prepare for the worst but hope for the best." ― The Wondrous Tale of Alroy by Benjamin Disraeli, published in 1833

Virgil's Aeneid: "Fortune favors the bold."

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.

"It is the part of a wise man to keep himself today for tomorrow, and not venture all his eggs in one basket." The phrase appeared in Don Quixote, by Miguel de Cervantes, in 1615.

"I take things as they come and find that patience and persistence tend to win out in the end." ― Paul Kane

"Patience, persistence, and perspiration make an unbeatable combination for success." ― Napoleon Hill

Actions speak louder than words

"Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never grow." ― Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle." ― Plato

"Do the difficult things while they are easy and do the great things while they are small. A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step." ― Lao Tzu

A Windsong by Ray Paquette (1984):

As you set sail for new horizons
May a brisk fair wind be with you
May your journey provide that mixture of
Joy, contentment, love and excitement
That gives rise to zestful anticipation
Of new adventures together.
May you cheerfully weather
the unavoidable storms together
And steer as clear of all obstacles
As the currents allow
May God Bless and keep you
Bon Voyage

Proverbs 14 King James Version

14 Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands.

2 He that walketh in his uprightness feareth the Lord: but he that is perverse in his ways despiseth him.

3 In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride: but the lips of the wise shall preserve them.

4 Where no oxen are, the crib is clean: but much increase is by the strength of the ox.

5 A faithful witness will not lie: but a false witness will utter lies.

6 A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not: but knowledge is easy unto him that understandeth.

7 Go from the presence of a foolish man, when thou perceivest not in him the lips of knowledge.

8 The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way: but the folly of fools is deceit.

9 Fools make a mock at sin: but among the righteous there is favour.

10 The heart knoweth his own bitterness; and a stranger doth not intermeddle with his joy.

11 The house of the wicked shall be overthrown: but the tabernacle of the upright shall flourish.

12 There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.

13 Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth is heaviness.

14 The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: and a good man shall be satisfied from himself.

15 The simple believeth every word: but the prudent man looketh well to his going.

16 A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth, and is confident.

17 He that is soon angry dealeth foolishly: and a man of wicked devices is hated.

18 The simple inherit folly: but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.

19 The evil bow before the good; and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.

20 The poor is hated even of his own neighbour: but the rich hath many friends.

21 He that despiseth his neighbour sinneth: but he that hath mercy on the poor, happy is he.

22 Do they not err that devise evil? but mercy and truth shall be to them that devise good.

23 In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.

24 The crown of the wise is their riches: but the foolishness of fools is folly.

25 A true witness delivereth souls: but a deceitful witness speaketh lies.

26 In the fear of the Lord is strong confidence: and his children shall have a place of refuge.

27 The fear of the Lord is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.

28 In the multitude of people is the king's honour: but in the want of people is the destruction of the prince.

29 He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly.

30 A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones.

31 He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor.

32 The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous hath hope in his death.

33 Wisdom resteth in the heart of him that hath understanding: but that which is in the midst of fools is made known.

34 Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people.

35 The king's favour is toward a wise servant: but his wrath is against him that causeth shame.

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

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

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

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

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

"It's not how you start that matters, it's how you finish."

"Old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read." — Francis Bacon

The cat's play is the mouse's death. ~ German Proverb

"Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground." ― Theodore Roosevelt

Ah, St. Marher, 1225:
"And te tide and te time þat tu iboren were, schal beon iblescet."

2pry Zeitnot Zshaa-Tichondrius - 601 Disc Priest 226 Ilvl - 27750 RBG zek247 dint undrstnd Ziyatdinov's planto ignore the LSB on deck of the carrier.

"Debt is dumb. Cash is king." — Dave Ramsey

A jester, court jester, fool or joker was a member of the household of a nobleman or a monarch employed to entertain guests during the medieval and Renaissance eras. Jesters were also itinerant performers who entertained common folk at fairs and town markets, and the discipline continues into the modern day, where jesters perform at historical-themed events.

During the Middle Ages, jesters are often thought to have worn brightly colored clothes and eccentric hats in a motley pattern. Their modern counterparts usually mimic this costume. Jesters entertained with a wide variety of skills: principal among them were song, music, and storytelling, but many also employed acrobatics, juggling, telling jokes (such as puns, stereotypes, and imitation), and performing magic tricks. Much of the entertainment was performed in a comic style. Many jesters made contemporary jokes in word or song about people or events well known to their audiences.

Silence is the best reply to a fool. ― Joker

Always Remember, the beginning is the hardest part. ― Joker

Did you hear about the mathematician who's afraid of negative numbers? He'll stop at nothing to avoid them.

.oo.

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

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92 zwischen z oot pwergatory Zanovs shot at Zedinsky soap Zhuravlious fled

One incorrect move is all it takes.

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478 BCE Sparta withdraws from alliance against Persia.

c. 469 BCE - 399 BCE Life of Socrates.

c. 462 BCE - 458 BCE Pericles introduces democratic institutions in Athens.

c. 460 BCE - c. 380 BCE Life of Greek comic poet Aristophanes.

c. 460 BCE - c. 320 CE Period of full and direct citizen democracy in Athens.

460 BCE - 445 BCE First Peloponnesian War.

457 BCE Hegemony of Athens over central Greece.

451 BCE Thirty years peace between Argos and Sparta.

c. 451 BCE - c. 403 CE Life of General Alcibiades, Athenian statesman.

449 BCE - 448 BCE Peace between Greece and Persia.

c. 449 BCE The Peace of Callias is agreed on by Athens and Persia.

c. 449 BCE Ionian cities become independent from Persia under the Peace of Callias.

447 BCE - 432 BCE The construction of the Parthenon in Athens by the architects Iktinos and Kallikrates under the direction of Phidias.

446 BCE - 445 BCE Thirty years peace between Athens & Peloponnesians.

431 BCE - 404 BCE The 2nd Peloponnesian War between Athens and Sparta (the Delian League and the Peloponnesian League) which involved all of Greece.

c. 430 BCE - 415 BCE The Histories of Herodotus is published. The work is divided into nine chapters, each dedicated to one of the Muses.

427 BCE - 347 BCE Life of Plato.

421 BCE Peace of Nicias, a truce between the Delian and Peloponnesian Leagues.

420 BCE Democritos develops an atomic theory of matter.

412 BCE Sparta allies with Persia.

404 BCE End of the Peloponnesian war, Athens defeated By Sparta at Aigospotamoi, Rule of the Thirty Tyrants in Athens.

400 BCE Pepper is known in Greece.

400 BCE - 330 BCE The Late Classical Period in Greece.

399 BCE Trial and death of the philosopher Socrates, who taught in the court of the Agora.

c. 398 BCE - c. 380 BCE Plato travels in Egypt, Cyrene, Italy, Syracuse and Sicily.

395 BCE - 386 BCE The Corinthian Wars between Sparta and an alliance of Athens, Corinth, Argos, Boeotia and Thebes.

384 BCE - 322 BCE Life of Aristotle.

c. 384 BCE - 322 CE Life of Athenian statesman Demosthenes.

380 BCE Plato founds his Academy outside of Athens.

371 BCE Thebes, led by Epaminondas, defeats Sparta in the Battle of Leuctra.

371 BCE - 362 BCE Thebes is the dominant city-state in Greece.

359 BCE - 336 BCE Reign of Philip II of Macedon.

356 BCE Third Social War in Greece.

21 Jul 356 BCE - 11 Jun 323 BCE Life of Alexander the Great.

350 BCE The Scythians have absorbed a lot of Greek culture; Scythian artefacts show Greek-style depictions.

347 BCE Plato dies at his Academy.

343 BCE King Philip II of Macedon summons Aristotle to tutor his young son Alexander (later 'The Great').

336 BCE - 323 BCE Reign of Alexander the Great.

May 334 BCE Alexander the Great invades the Persian Achaemenid Empire.

331 BCE Egypt is conquered by Alexander the Great without resistance.

323 BCE - 31 BCE Hellenistic civilization in Greece, the Mediterranean and Asia.

323 BCE - 31 BCE The Hellenistic Age. Greek thought and culture infuses with indigenous people.

320 BCE Last recorded examples of Attic Red-Figure Pottery.

310 BCE Assassination of Roxanne and Alexander IV, wife and son of Alexander the Great.

c. 280 BCE Founding of the Achaean League in the Peloponnese of Greece.

c. 270 BCE Aristarchus of Samos proposes a heliocentric world view.

168 BCE Rome defeats Macedon at Battle of Pydna.

146 BCE Rome sacks Corinth and dissolves the Achaean league. Greece is ruled by Rome.

146 BCE Roman influence over Greece begins to rise.

140 BCE Venus of Milo is completed.

88 BCE - 63 BCE Mithridates of Pontus fights three wars to free Greece from Rome.

86 BCE The Roman general Sulla sacks Athens and the port of Piraeus.

31 BCE Greece absorbed into Roman Empire.

42 CE - 62 CE Paul the Apostle goes on missionary journeys across Asia Minor, Greece, and Rome.

c. 50 CE - c. 60 CE Establishment of various Christian communities in the Eastern Mediterranean, Greece, Egypt, and at least the city of Rome.

257 CE - 263 CE The Goths raid Greece.

267 CE The Goths sack Athens, Corinth, Sparta, and Argos.

Bless Us, O Lord
Traditional Catholic Prayer

Bless us, O Lord,

And these Thy gifts

Which we are about to receive,

Through Thy bounty

Through Christ our Lord we pray.
Amen.