"May the sun bring you energy by day,

May the moon softly restore you by night,

May the rain wash away your worries,

May the breeze blow new strength into your being.

May you walk gently through the world

and know its beauty all the days of your life."

Apache Blessing

"I should never have surrendered. I should have fought until I was the last man alive." — Goyahkla a.k.a. Geronimo (1829-1909), a POW for 23 years

"Sometimes the bad things in life open our eyes to the good things we weren't paying attention to before." ― Diana Elmessiri

"Every day is a good day. There is something to learn, care and celebrate." ― Amit Ray

"Impossible is for the unwilling." ― John Keats

"No pressure, no diamonds." ― Thomas Carlyle

"The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing." ― Walt Disney

"Stay foolish to stay sane." ― Maxime Lagacé

"When nothing goes right, go left." ― Unknown

"Try Again. Fail again, Fail better."

"Don't tell people about your plans. Show them your results." ― Unknown

famous one line movie quotes
"Take the risk or lose the chance." ― Unknown

"Good things happen to those who hustle." ― Anaïs Nin

"He who is brave is free." ― Seneca

"Solitary trees, if they grow at all, grow strong." ― Winston Churchill

"Every noble work is at first impossible." ― Thomas Carlyle

"If you're going through hell, keep going." ― Winston Churchill

"We are twice armed if we fight with faith." ― Plato

"Let him that would move the world first move himself." ― Socrates

"The secret to life is to love who you are – warts and all." ― David DeNotaris

"The story of life is quicker than the wink of an eye." ― Jimi Hendrix

"I am not the King. Jesus Christ is the King. I'm just an entertainer." ― Elvis Presley

"When it comes to health, diet is the Queen, but exercise is the King." ― Jack LaLanne

"Life really does begin at forty. Up until then, you are just doing research." ― Carl Gustav Jung

"In this life we cannot do great things. We can only do small things with great love." ― Mother Teresa

"For both professionals and amateurs, chess is a game that sharpens the mind, tests human faculties and encourages healthy competition. It has captivated the attention of players and spectators world-wide and will continue to do so as long as competition and excellence challenge mankind." — President Gerald R. Ford

"Examine moves that smite! A good eye for smites is far more important than a knowledge of strategical principles." — C.J.S. Purdy

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

"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

"Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile." ― Albert Einstein

"Life is what happens when you're busy making other plans." ― John Lennon

"Go confidently in the direction of your dreams! Live the life you've imagined." ― Henry David Thoreau

"The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall." ― Nelson Mandela

"Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated." ― Confucius

"May you live all the days of your life." ― Jonathan Swift

"Life itself is the most wonderful fairy tale." ― Hans Christian Andersen

"Do not let making a living prevent you from making a life." ― John Wooden

"Keep smiling, because life is a beautiful thing and there's so much to smile about." ― Marilyn Monroe

"Life is ours to be spent, not to be saved." ― D. H. Lawrence

We all want to be successful in life. In fact, success in life is the most desired goal in everyone's life. But remember, success is not accidental. If you want to succeed, you have to be consistent. Consistency is everything. Explore another ― The Best 29 Going The Extra Mile Quotes For Studious Person

These simple but aesthetic one line quotes are cute and inspiring. Hope you'll enjoy it.

"No guts, no story." ― Chris Brady

"My life is my message." ― Mahatma Gandhi

"Screw it, let's do it." ― Richard Branson

"Boldness be my friend." ― William Shakespeare

"Keep going. Be all in." ― Bryan Hutchinson

"My life is my argument." ― Albert Schweitzer

"Leave no stone unturned." ― Euripides

"Fight till the last gasp." ― William Shakespeare

"If you want it, work for it."

"You can if you think you can." ― George Reeves

"Accept life as it is. Then work to make it the way you want it to be." ― Cindy Francis

"Parenting is a lifetime assignment." ― Ken Robinson

"Life is accepting what is and working from that." ― Gloria Naylor

"Life is a long lesson in humility." ― J.M. Barrie

"Persist while others are quitting." ― William Arthur Ward

"Where there is love there is life." ― Gandhi

"Mornings contain the secret to an extraordinarily successful life." ― Hal Elrod

"Life is a long lesson in humility." ― James M. Barrie

"The purpose of our lives is to be happy." ― Dalai Lama

"In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on." ― Robert Frost

"Love the life you live. Live the life you love." ― Bob Marley

"Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all." ― Helen Keller

"You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose." ― Dr. Seuss

"Life is a question and how we live it is our answer." ― Gary Keller

"Life is made of ever so many partings welded together." ― Charles Dickens

"You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough." ― Mae West

"Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air." ― Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Life is a question and how we live it is our answer." ― Gary Keller

"Accept life as it is. Then work to make it the way you want it to be." ― Cindy Francis

"Parenting is a lifetime assignment." ― Ken Robinson

"Life is accepting what is and working from that." ― Gloria Naylor

"Life is a long lesson in humility." ― J.M. Barrie

"Chess is a game that benefits people of all ages, especially kids, in any area of life, business, problem solving, and social skills. Chess has the unique ability to combine focus, concentration, imagination, coordination, teamwork, and leadership all at the same time." ― Dustin Diamond, Actor

"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

"Life is like a chess game. Every decision, just like every move, has consequences. Therefore, decide wisely!" ― Susan Polgar

"When people insult and disrespect you, the best revenge is to continue to win, and win, and win…." ― Susan Polgar

"The mind has no restrictions. The only restriction is what you believe you cannot do. So go ahead and challenge yourself to do one thing every day that scares you." ― Susan Polgar

Confessed faults are half mended. ~ Scottish Proverb

St. Thomas

* Ten of 'em: Game Collection: Reti Opening

* 10 Levels of tactics: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uz-...

* 40 paces, or so: Game Collection: King's Indian Attack, Reti

* This works: Game Collection: Reti Opening

* A15s: Game Collection: A15

* Hypermodern variety: Game Collection: Triumph die Hypermoderne Schachpartie

* 1.Nf3: Game Collection: A 1. Nf3! Repertoire (Version 1.0)

* ff's 1.Nf3: Game Collection: franskfranz's 1. Nf3

* Retis: Game Collection: Reti Opening

* Dzindz: https://www.chessgames.com/perl/che...

* How Too Reti Basics: https://www.chessable.com/blog/the-...

* Gambit against the Dutch: Game Collection: 1.Nf3 f5 2.d3!

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

* Alekhine's French Def: https://www.chessgames.com/perl/che...

* A few KIAs: Game Collection: Opening Ideas

* Advance French: Game Collection: Attacking with the French

* Black Defends: Game Collection: Opening repertoire black

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

* Amsterdam 1889: Game Collection: Amsterdam 1889

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

* Bruce Chatwin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Ke...

* Checkmate: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d22...

* Chauvet: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7X...

* Dublin 1957: Game Collection: Dublin Zonal 1957

* Candidates 1959: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Q0...

* Cold War: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WK4...

* Petrosian-Spassky 1969: Game Collection: WCC: Petrosian-Spassky 1969

* Summer of '78: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2C...

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

* He Drew in 1991: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6B...

* Deep, Deep 2001: Game Collection: Allow me to reset your teeth free of charge

* GOTD 2010: Game Collection: Game of the Day 2010

* Best of 2016: Game Collection: Best Games of 2016

* Accelerated Dragon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13Y...

* DIRP: Game Collection: DIRP!

* Despair: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-81...

* Elizabethan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7o...

* Fischer: Game Collection: Bobby Fischer Rediscovered (Andy Soltis)

* Too Far: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRz...

* Fred W. Friendly: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUZ...

* Greatest Games: Game Collection: World's Greatest Chess Games

* Good Germans: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3n...

* Have a look at the Bird's Eye: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/kQkX...

* 1.h4 the Desprez Opening, a.k.a. Kádas Opening, Anti-Borg Opening, Samurai Opening, and Harry's Opening: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIj... Magnus didn't invent hamsters any more than Joe Cool invented camels.

* Connected pawns on the 7th (12 games):
Game Collection: Pretty Maids All in a Row: 3 Connected Ps on 7th

* FTB thought it was impossible - see Sally's Mar-05-19 and Mar-06-19 posts: Geoff Chandler

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

* A Brief History of Chess: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YeB...

* A Brief History of the Game of Chess: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2a...

* Hans/St. Louis 2024: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vol...

* Hellfire: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/EQx7...

* Hold the line: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/QQW0...

* Horse with No Name: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/yb0k...

* Houska Castle: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/MqXE...

* Hurricane: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Yi5t...

* Knights: https://chessily.com/learn-chess/kn...

* Knights: https://www.chessjournal.com/chess-...

* Knights: https://www.chess.com/blog/IM_Chess...

* Knights: https://www.chessstrategyonline.com...

* Knights: https://www.masterclass.com/article...

* Tips for Knights & More: http://www.chesssets.co.uk/blog/tip...

* Unleash the Knight: https://cardclashgames.com/blog/che...

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

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

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

* Overloaded! Game Collection: OVERLOADED!

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

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

* Pawn Structures: Game Collection: Chess Structures: A Grandmaster Guide

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

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

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

* Promotion Tactics: Game Collection: Promotion Tactics

* Three promotions: Game Collection: Promotion: Three

* Queening Combinations: Game Collection: Queening Combinations

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

* QGD: Game Collection: QUEEN'S GAMBIT DECLINED

* Reasonable 1.d4 Repertoire: Game Collection: d4 repertoire for white

* Rajnish Das Tips: https://enthu.com/blog/chess/chess-...

* Sacrifices to generate passers (182 games): Game Collection: Passed Pawns

* King Jr.: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4J...

* King power: Game Collection: 0

* Let's go Brandon! https://www.youtube.com/shorts/kB0k...

* Lo & Behold: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3g...

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

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

* Manuel: Game Collection: Manuel G. Vergara's favorite games

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

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

* Is the Old Sicilian too old? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JN4...

* Masterful: Game Collection: FRENCH DEFENSE MASTERPIECES

* Nimzo-Larsen: Game Collection: Nimzovich-Larsen Attack (A01)

* More Nimzo-Larsen: Game Collection: Rookington's Nimzo Attack

* The Fischer Plan: Game Collection: The Nimzo-Larsen Attack

* Flank Traps: https://www.chessonly.com/flank-ope...

* John's lines: http://www.entertainmentjourney.com...

* Cecil's Scraps: Game Collection: Cecil Brown's 1.Nf3 scrapbook

* Jules Reti Opening: https://www.chessgames.com/perl/che...

* Jules KIA: https://www.chessgames.com/perl/che...

* Jules Uncommon: https://www.chessgames.com/perl/che...

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

"Battles are won by slaughter and maneuver. The greater the general, the more he contributes in maneuver, the less he demands in slaughter." ― Winston S. Churchill

Proverbs 1:7 "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction."

"and a most curious country it was. There were a number of tiny little brooks running straight across it from side to side, and the ground between was divided up into squares by a number of little green hedges, that reached from brook to brook. I declare it's marked out just like a large chessboard!' Alice said at last. 'There ought to be some men moving about somewhere--and so there are!' she added in a tone of delight, and her heart began to beat quick with excitement as she went on. 'It's a great huge game of chess that's being played--all over the world--if this is the world at all, you know. Oh, what fun it is!" ― Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass

The Moon
Robert Louis Stevenson 1850 –1894

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

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

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

<<<Fire and Ice> by Robert Frost>

Some say the world will end in fire,
Some say in ice.
From what I've tasted of desire
I hold with those who favour fire.
But if it had to perish twice,
I think I know enough of hate
To say that for destruction ice
Is also great
And would suffice.>

Latest first capture
An unprecedented thing happened in the 1969 junior world championship. In this game, the first figure (pawn) was taken in the 94th turn. Incredible! In 1994 there was even a game where no one captured a piece and the black had to give up after 31 turns because he was threatened with an unavoidable checkmate. It was in the game between Nuber - Keckeisen.

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

Feb-23-23 FSR: Thanks, Susan. I never saw Albert after my freshman year of high school (he and his family moved to the Chicago suburbs, where he went to a different school and played for a different chess team). Super nice guy. I was very surprised many years later to learn that he and your son had started this site.

Question: Which US President was the only bachelor when he was in office? Answer: James Buchanan

The first Computer program that played proper Chess was written at MIT by Alex Bernstein in 1959. The first Chess tournament in which the only players were Computer programs was held in New York in 1970.

Question: On which planet is a year longer than a day? Answer: Venus has the longest day of any planet in our solar system. Venus is unusual because it spins the opposite direction of Earth and most other planets and it's extremely slow. It takes about 243 Earth days to spin around just once. Because it's so close to the sun, a year goes by fast. Therefore, a day on Venus is nearly 20 Earth days longer than its year.

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

"The Seven Social Sins are:

Wealth without work.
Pleasure without conscience.
Knowledge without character.
Commerce without morality.
Science without humanity.
Worship without sacrifice.
Politics without principle.

From a sermon given by Frederick Lewis Donaldson in Westminster Abbey, London, on March 20, 1925." ― Frederick Lewis Donaldson

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

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

Old Russian Proverb: "Measure seven times, cut once. (Семь раз отмерь — один отрежь.)" Be careful before you do something that cannot be changed.

"I'm 58 years old and I just went through 8 back surgeries. They started cutting on me in February 2009, and I was basically bed ridden for almost two years. I got a real dose of reality that if you don't have your health, you don't have anything." — Hulk Hogan

'Don't let the cat out of the bag'

'Don't shut the stable door after the horse has bolted'

'Don't throw good money after bad'

'Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater'

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 Drunkard And His Wife

Each has his fault, to which he clings
In spite of shame or fear.
This apophthegm a story brings,
To make its truth more clear.
A sot had lost health, mind, and purse;
And, truly, for that matter,
Sots mostly lose the latter
Before running half their course.
When wine, one day, of wit had filled the room,
His wife inclosed him in a spacious tomb.
There did the fumes evaporate
At leisure from his drowsy pate.
When he awoke, he found
His body wrapped around
With grave-clothes, chill and damp,
Beneath a dim sepulchral lamp.
"How's this? My wife a widow sad?"
He cried, "and I a ghost? Dead? dead?"
Thereat his spouse, with snaky hair,
And robes like those the Furies wear,
With voice to fit the realms below,
Brought boiling caudle to his bier –
For Lucifer the proper cheer;
By which her husband came to know –
For he had heard of those three ladies –
Himself a citizen of Hades.
"What may your office be?"
The phantom questioned he.
"I'm server up of Pluto's meat,
And bring his guests the same to eat."
"Well," says the sot, not taking time to think,
"And don't you bring us anything to drink?"

"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

* Here are 14 of the greatest tournaments of all time:

London 1851, Adolf Anderssen 15/21
Hastings 1895, Harry Nelson Pillsbury 16.5/21
St. Petersburg 1914, Emanuel Lasker 13.5/18
New York 1924, Emanuel Lasker 16.0/20
AVRO 1938, Paul Keres & Reuben Fine 8.5/14
FIDE World Championship 1948, Mikhail Botvinnik 14.0/20

Zurich Candidates 1953, Vasily Smyslov 18.0/28
Santa Monica 1966, Boris Spassky 11.5/18
Montreal 1979, Mikhail Tal & Anatoly Karpov 12.0/18

Linares 1994, Anatoly Karpov 11.0/13
Wijk Aan Zee 1999, Garry Kasparov 10.0/13
Mexico City FIDE World Championship 2007, Viswanathan Anand 9.0/14

London Candidates 2013, Magnus Carlsen (& Vladimir Kramnik) 8.5/14

Yektarinburg Candidates 2021, GM Ding Liren went through an entire tournament with 99% CAPS accuracy.

Dec-14-20
Biographer Bistro
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For a while it seemed like a really fun side-project but not a business per se. But then, around 2004-2005, the site launched its premium membership and turned profitable. At that stage, Chessgames was capable of actually paying for its development work, hiring GM commentators, etc. Chessgames could have gone to any web development company in the world at that point, but obviously it was in everybody's best interest to keep working with 20/20 Technologies.

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* 31) 1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 e5 3. dxe5 Ne4 4. a3 d6 5. exd6 Bxd6 6. g3 ? (6. Nd2) 6... Nxf2 (7. Kxf2 Bxg3+ 8. hxg3 Qxd1) Discovery * 31) 1. c4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 c5 4. Bf4 (>= 4. cxd5) 4... cxd4 5. Bxb8 ? (5. Qxd4 ) 5... dxc3 6. Be5 ?? (6. Bf4) 6... cxb2 7. Bxb2 Bb4+ gains the interposing Queen

* 32) 1. c4 c6 2. e4 d5 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. exd5 Nf6 5. Qa4 Qd7 ?? (>= 5... Bd7) 6. Bb5 pin * 32) 1. c4 c5 2. e4 Nc6 3. Ne2 Ne5 4. d4 (4. Ng3) 4... Qa5 5. Bd2 ?? (5. Nec3) 5... Nd3# Smothered Mate

* 33) 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 Ne5 7. Bf4 Qe7 8. Ndb5 ?? (8. e3) 8... Nf3# Smothered Mate * 35)

* 2c) 1. Nf3 d6 2. c4 Bg4 3. Qb3 Qc8 4. h3 Bh5 ? (>= 4... Bxf3) 5. Qb5+ fork B
* 2c) 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. b3 Bg4 4. Ne5 Bf5 5. d3 dxc4 6. dxc4 ? (6. Nxc4) 6... Qa5+ fork N

* E1Q) 1. e4 f6? 2. d4 e5 ? (>= 2... exd4) 3. dxe5 fxe5 ? (>= 3... Nc6) 4. Qh5+ Ke7 5. Qxe5 Kf7 6. Bc4+

* E1D) 1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. e5 d4 4. Nce2 Ne4 5. c3 c5 ? 5...Nc6 6. d3 trapping the N
* E1D) 1. e4 d5 2. Nc3 c6 3. f4 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Qe2 Ngf6 ?? (>= 5... Ndf6) 6. Nd6# Smothered Mate * E1D) 1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Bd3 Bg6 6. Qe2 Nd7 ?? (>= 6... Qxd4) 7. Nd6# Smothered Mate

* E1G) 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d4 exd4 4. e5 (4. Nf3) 4... d5 5. exd6 (5. Bb5+) 5... Bxd6 6. Qxd4 Bb4+ /\ 7...♕xd4 (6. Nf3)

* E1B) 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bb3 dxe4 6. Nxe5 ? (6. Ng5) 6... Qa5+ /\ 7...Qxe5

* E1V) 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nxe4 4. Bxf7 Kxf7 5. Nxe4 Nc6 6. Qf3 Kg8 (>= 6... Ke8) 7. Ng5 Qf6 8. Qd5+ * E1V) 1. e4 c5 2. Bc4 e6 3. Nc3 Ne7 4. f4 (4. d4) 4... d5 5. Bb5 Nbc6 6. d3 (>= 6. Nf3) 6... d4 7. Nce2 ?? (7. Bxc6+) 7... Qa5 8. c3 Qxb5

* E1I) 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nxe4 4. Nxe5 (4. d3) 4... Qe7 5. Nf3 ?? (>= 5. Qh5 ) 5... Nc3 Discovered+ traps the Queen

* 02) 1. Nf3 d6 2. e4 Nd7 3. Bc4 g6 (3... Nb6) 4. Ng5 Nh6 ?? (>= 4... e6) 5. Bxf7+ Nxf7 6. Ne6 traps the Queen * 02) 1. Nf3 d6 2.e4 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. Bc4 c6 (4... Nf6) 5. Nc3 b5 6. Nxb5 cxb5 ? ( >= 6... d5) 7. Bd5 Rook trap * 02) 1. Nf3 d6 2. e4 c5 3. d4 e5 4. dxc5 Qa5 5. Nc3 Qxc5 6. Nd5 Ne7 ? ( >= 6... Bd7) 7. b4 Qc6 8. Bb5 Qxb5 9. Nc7+ Royal family fork

* 04) 1. Nf3 d5 2. e4 dxe4 3. Ng5 Qd5 4. d3 exd3 5. Bxd3 Qxg2 ? (>= 5... Nf6) 6. Be4 (6...Qg4 7. Qxg4 Bxg4 8. Bxb7) Diagonal trap * 04) 1. Nf3 d5 2. e4 Nf6 3. exd5 Nxd5 4. Bb5 c6 5. Ba4 Bg4 6. d4 (>= 6. O-O) 6... Bxf3 7. Qxf3 ? (>= 7. gxf3) 7... Qa5+ (8. Nc3 Nxc3 9. Bb3 Nd5+)
* 04) 1. Nf3 d5 2. e4 c6 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Qe2 Ngf6 ?? (5... Ndf6) 6. Nd6# Smothered Mate * 04) 1. Nf3 d5 2. e4 c6 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Qe2 Bg4 6. g3 Nbd7 ?? (>= 6... e6) 7. Nd6# Smothered Mate

* 05) 1. Nf3 f5 2. e4 e5 3. exf5 Bc5 ? (>= 3... e4) 4. Nxe5 d5 ?? (>= 4... Qe7) 5. Qh5 (5...g6 6. Nxg6 Nf6 7. Qe2+ Kf7 8. Nxh8+) * 06) 1. Nf3 Nc6 2. d4 e5 3. dxe5 Qe7 4. Bf4 Qb4+ 5. Bd2 Qxb2 6. Bc3 ? (6. Nc3) 6... Bb4 7. Qd2 Bxc3 8. Qxc3 Qc1# Q drops in, mate * 07)

* 11) 1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 d6 3. d4 b6 4. dxc5 bxc5 ?? (>= 4... dxc5) 5. Qd5 threatens the cornered Rook

Isaiah 41:10
Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.

Philippians 4:13
I can do all things through him who strengthens me.

A game of chess, even played by dilettantes, is an austere metaphor of life and a struggle for life, and the chess player's virtues—reason, memory, and invention—are the virtues of every thinking man. The stern rule of chess, according to which a piece that was touched must be moved and it is not permissible to redo a move of which one repents, reproduces the inexorability of the choices of the living. When your king, as a result of your inexperience, lack of attention, imprudence, or the opponent's superiority, is ever more closely threatened … cornered and finally transfixed, you cannot fail to perceive a symbolic shadow beyond the chess board. You are living a death; it is your death, and at the same time it is a death for which you are guilty. —Primo Levi, "The Irritable Chess Players"

"The first place you need to look is the last place you saw it." — Digger Manes, Moonshiners

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

The thought crossed my gentle mind that CGs needs some additional avatar variance of figures like Emory and Andrew Tate, Tani Adewumi, James Black Jr., Ambakisye Osayaba, Tom "Murph" Murphy, and Pontus Carlsson, Taahir Levi, Praggy and Pentala Harikrishna, Nihal Sarin, Adhiban Baskaran, Manuel Aaron, and Juan Carlos González Zamora, María Teresa Mora Iturralde, Daniela De la Parra, Alejandra Guerrero Rodríguez, Azarya Jodi Setyaki, Medina Warda Aulia, Errol Tiwari, Elshan Moradiabadi, Joey Razo, Collette McGruder, Diamond Shakoor, Phiona Mutesi, Jessica Hyatt, Jean-Pierre and Koneru Humpy, Tania Sachdev, Rout Padmini and Hou Yifan and Zhao Xue, Medhat Moheb, Yao Ming and Awonder Liang, Jeffery Xiong and Liem Le, Li Chao and the like. Our avatars are rather lily silly; not everybody looks like Smith, Jones, Thomas, or Mikhail.

On the other hand, we definitely need some redheads too (Anna Rudolf, Isla Fisher, Jude Acers, Prince Harry, Ed Sheeran)!! I'd say at least a dozen redheads, some with and without beards. Some Canadians too!

St. Elmo

<The following acrostic by W. Harris is to be found in another book published in 1882, <A Complete Guide to the Game of Chess by H.F.L. Meyer>, page ix:

Chess is such a noble game,
How it does the soul inflame!
Ever brilliant, ever new,
Surely chess has not its due;
Sad to say, 'tis known to few!>

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Feb-02-21 fisayo123: As can be seen, the chessgames.com database is not the end all and be all database for "vs" matchups. In fact, its known for not really being as complete as some other game databases, especially for modern era games. https://2700chess.com/

On the river

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Jonathan Moya wrote:
The King's Rumination

Befuddled with thought
the king sought the oracle.

"Count the sands,
calculate the seas,"
she said.

Of the king's future,
she spoke nothing.

Henceforth he
contented only
in his nightmares.

Straight flush

Psalm 8 King James Version

8 O Lord, our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy glory above the heavens.

2 Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.

3 When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;

4 What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him?

5 For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour.

6 Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet:

7 All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field;

8 The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, and whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas.

9 O Lord our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth!

<Steinitz's Theory
1. At the beginning of the game, Black and White are equal.

2. The game will stay equal with correct play on both sides.

3. You can only win by your opponent's mistake.

4. Any attack launched in an equal position will not succeed, and the attacker will suffer.

5. You should not attack until an advantage is obtained.

6. When equal, do not seek to attack, but instead, try to secure an advantage.

7. Once you have an advantage, attack or you will lose it.>

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Apples come in over 7,500 different varieties.

Riddle Question: The more you take, the more you leave behind. What are they?

The pomegranate is one of the oldest known fruits, with evidence of cultivation dating back to ancient civilizations.

Riddle Answer: Footsteps

The kiwi fruit originated in China, but is now named after the national bird of New Zealand.

God our Father, Lord, and Savior

Thank you for your love and favor

Bless this food and drink we pray

And all who share with us today.

In Jesus Name we pray,
Amen.

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

"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.

"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

from the simpleton poet:

Roses are red.
Violets are blue.

Chess is creative.
And a journey too.

Good in the morning.
Or just before bed.

Play cheater_1, with engine.
Or OTB, all in your head.

"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."

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

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Z is for Zaccheus

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

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

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

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Janos French, a Hungarian player, set the record in 1960 for playing 52 different opponents concurrently, blindfolded.

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