Thank you chessmaster for the original 60 games, often recopied! Fredthebear has re-arranged the order, labels, and inserted additional games.
St. John's
"Chess first of all teaches you to be objective."
Source: "The Soviet School of Chess" Book by Alexander Kotov, p. 42, 2001.
"Life is like a chess game. If you play the right move, at the right time you'll win the game." ― Sruti
"I prefer to lose a really good game than to win a bad one." ― David Levy
"Chess is a very logical game and it is the man who can reason most logically and profoundly in it that ought to win." ― Jose Raul Capablanca
"Those who think that it's easy to play chess are mistaken. During a game, a player lives on his nerves, and at the same time he must be perfectly composed" ― Victor Kortchnoi
"Boxing is like a chess. You encourage your opponent to make mistakes so you can capitalize on it. People think you get in the ring and see the red mist, but it is not about aggression. Avoiding knockout is tactical." ― Nicola Adams
"In my opinion, the King's Gambit is busted. It loses by force."
― Bobby Fischer, A bust to the King's Gambit (1960)
"Touch the pawns before your king with only infinite delicacy."
― Anthony Santasiere
"A wood-pusher overlooks the ranks." ― Old Russian saying
"You can retreat pieces… but not pawns. So always think twice about pawn moves." ― Michael Stean
"The passed pawn is a criminal, who should be kept under lock and key. Mild measures, such as police surveillance, are not sufficient." ― Aron Nimzowitsch
"Pawn endings are to chess what putting is to golf." ― Cecil Purdy
"In the ending the king is a powerful piece for assisting his own pawns, or stopping the adverse pawns." ― Wilhelm Steinitz
"The eighth square at last! Oh how glad I am to get here. And what is this on my head?" ― Alice (in Through The Looking Glass – Lewis Carroll)
"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.
"Capablanca didn't make separate moves - he was creating a chess picture. Nobody could compare with him in this." ― Mikhail Botvinnik
"Whether this advantage is theoretically sufficient to win or not does not worry Capablanca. He simply wins the ending. That is why he is Capablanca!"
― Max Euwe
"He (Capablanca) makes the game look easy. Art lies in the concealment of art." ― Philip W. Sergeant
"It's entirely possible that Capa could not imagine that there could be a better move than one he thought was good and he was usually right." ― Mike Franett
"Capablanca's games generally take the following course: he begins with a series of extremely fine prophylactic maneuvers, which neutralize his opponent's attempts to complicate the game; he then proceeds, slowly but surely, to set up an attacking position. This attacking position, after a series of simplifications, is transformed into a favorable endgame, which he conducts with matchless technique." ― Aaron Nimzowitsch
"What others could not see in a month's study, he (Capablanca) saw at a glance." ― Reuben Fine
"Capablanca invariably chose the right option, no matter how intricate the position." ― Garry Kasparov.
"He (Capablanca) had the totally undeserved reputation of being the greatest living endgame player. His trick was to keep his openings simple and then play with such brilliance that it was decided in the middle game before reaching the ending - even though his opponent didn't always know it. His almost complete lack of book knowledge forced him to push harder to squeeze the utmost out of every position." ― Bobby Fischer
"A woman can beat any man; it's difficult to imagine another kind of sport where a woman can beat a man. That's why I like chess." ― Alexandra Kosteniuk
"Never give in. Never give in. Never, never, never, never—in nothing, great or small, large or petty—never give in, except to convictions of honour and good sense. Never yield to force. Never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy."
― Winston Churchill, Never Give In! The Best of Winston Churchill's Speeches
"I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do something. And because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do the something that I can do." ― Edward Everett Hale
"Never look back unless you are planning to go that way."
Henry David Thoreau
Philippians 4:7
7 And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
"As they prepared themselves to go ashore no one doubted in theory that at least a certain percentage of them would remain on the island dead, once they set foot on it. But no one expected to be one of these. Still it was an awesome thought and as the first contingents came struggling up on deck in full gear to form up, all eyes instinctively sought out immediately this island where they were to be put, and left, and which might possibly turn out to be a friend's grave." ― James Jones, The Thin Red Line
"The strongest of all warriors are these two — Time and Patience."
― Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace
"Patience is a form of wisdom. It demonstrates that we understand and accept the fact that sometimes things must unfold in their own time."
― Jon Kabat-Zinn, Full Catastrophe Living
"How did it get so late so soon? It's night before it's afternoon. December is here before it's June. My goodness how the time has flewn. How did it get so late so soon?" ― Dr. Seuss
"Time is what we want most, but what we use worst." ― William Penn
"Never waste a minute thinking about people you don't like."
― Dwight D. Eisenhower
"The cost of a thing is the amount of what I will call life which is required to be exchanged for it, immediately or in the long run."
― Henry David Thoreau, Walden
"Life is a funny thing. We only get so many years to live it, so we have to do everything we can to make sure those years are as full as they can be. We shouldn't waste time on things that might happen someday, or maybe even never." ― Colleen Hoover, It Ends with Us
"It is not time or opportunity that is to determine intimacy;—it is disposition alone. Seven years would be insufficient to make some people acquainted with each other, and seven days are more than enough for others."
― Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility
"Muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone." ― Alan Watts
"There is more to life than simply increasing its speed."
― Mahatma Gandhi
"Lost Time is never found again."
― Benjamin Franklin, Poor Richard's Almanack
"Time spent with a cat is never wasted." ― Colette
"A wise man's goal shouldn't be to say something profound, but to say something useful." ― Criss Jami, Healology
"The King is only fond of words, and cannot translate them into deeds."
― Teck Foo Check, The Autobiography of Sun Tzu
"Behind every move I make on the chess board lies a story of calculation, intuition, and passion. With every game, I discover more about myself and the endless possibilities of the game." ― medicosaurabh
"Ecco, sai giocare a scacchi. Adesso devi diventare un giocatore. Ci vorrà un po' di più." ― Guenassia Jean-Michel, Le Club des incorrigibles optimists
"People are like chess pieces!" ― Deyth Banger
"The only easy day was yesterday." ― US Navy SEALs
"Gameplay is all our life. Either we guard, attack or develop pieces."
― Vineet Raj Kapoor, UNCHESS: Untie Your Shoes and Walk on the Chessboard of Life
"The is a secret for greater self-control, the science points to one thing: the power of paying attention."
― Kelly McGonigal, The Willpower Instinct: How Self-Control Works, Why It Matters, and What You Can Do to Get More of It
"As we encounter new experiences with a mindful and wise attention, we discover that one of three things will happen to our new experience: it will go away, it will stay the same, or it will get more intense. whatever happens does not really matter."
― Jack Kornfield, A Path with Heart: A Guide Through the Perils and Promises of Spiritual Life
"Know thy self, know thy enemy. A thousand battles, a thousand victories."
― Sun Tzu, The Art of War
"I'll play baseball for the Army or fight for it, whatever they want me to do."
― Mickey Mantle
"Chess is a miniature version of life. To be successful, you need to be disciplined, assess resources, consider responsible choices and adjust when circumstances change." ― Susan Polgar
"We are like chess players who are trying to predict the opponent's future moves, but in this case, we are dealing with life itself. True masters do not play the game on a single chessboard, but on multiple chessboards at the same time. And what's the difference between grandmasters and masters? Surprises. The moves that cannot be predicted by the opponent. Life can play a simultaneous game with seven billion people at the same time and it can take each and every one of us by surprise. And we still believe we are capable of winning, because we can predict three of four moves ahead. We are insignificant." ― Jaka Tomc, 720 Heartbeats
"The cherished dream of every chessplayer is to play a match with the World Champion. But here is the paradox: the closer you come to the realization of this goal, the less you think about it." ― Mikhail Tal
"I mean a man whose hopes and aims may sometimes lie (as most men's sometimes do, I dare say) above the ordinary level, but to whom the ordinary level will be high enough after all if it should prove to be a way of usefulness and good service leading to no other. All generous spirits are ambitious, I suppose, but the ambition that calmly trusts itself to such a road, instead of spasmodically trying to fly over it, is of the kind I care for."
― Charles Dickens, Bleak House
"Treat your men as you would your own beloved sons. And they will follow you into the deepest valley." ― Sun Tzu, The Art of War
"But I find something compelling in the game's choreography, the way one move implies the next. The kings are an apt metaphor for human beings: utterly constrained by the rules of the game, defenseless against bombardment from all sides, able only to temporarily dodge disaster by moving one step in any direction." ― Jennifer duBois, A Partial History of Lost Causes
"The move is there, but you must see it." ― Savielly Tartakower
"You may delay, but time will not." ― Benjamin Franklin
"Chess is all about maintaining coherent strategies. It's about not giving up when the enemy destroys one plan but to immediately come up with the next. A game isn't won and lost at the point when the king is finally cornered. The game's sealed when a player gives up having any strategy at all. When his soldiers are all scattered, they have no common cause, and they move one piece at a time, that's when you've lost." ― Kazuo Ishiguro, A Pale View of Hills
"The King is only fond of words, and cannot translate them into deeds."
― Teck Foo Check, The Autobiography of Sun Tzu
"War is not just the shower of bullets and bombs from both sides, it is also the shower of blood and bones on both sides." ― Amit Kalantri, Wealth of Words
"The skillful leader subdues the enemy's troops without any fighting; he captures their cities without laying siege to them; he overthrows their kingdom without lengthy operations in the field." ― Sun Tzu, The Art Of War
"Technique has taken over the whole of civilization. Death, procreation, birth all submit to technical efficiency and systemization." ― Jacques Ellul
"Time is an illusion." ― Albert Einstein
"Time isn't precious at all, because it is an illusion. What you perceive as precious is not time but the one point that is out of time: the Now. That is precious indeed. The more you are focused on time—past and future—the more you miss the Now, the most precious thing there is."
― Eckhart Tolle, The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment
"It's being here now that's important. There's no past and there's no future. Time is a very misleading thing. All there is ever, is the now. We can gain experience from the past, but we can't relive it; and we can hope for the future, but we don't know if there is one." ― George Harrison
"My formula for success is rise early, work late, and strike oil." ― JP Getty
"Colon has always thought that heroes had some special kind of clockwork that made them go out and die famously for god, country and apple pie, or whatever particular delicacy their mother made. It had never occurred to him that they might do it because they'd get yelled at if they didn't." ― Terry Pratchett
The fourth Thursday in November marks Thanksgiving Day for most Americans. But to some, it's the "National Day of Mourning," an annual protest event observed by Indigenous Americans of the Northeast. Held on Thanksgiving, its aim is to raise awareness about the true origins of the Thanksgiving holiday and the European settlers' impact on the Native American tribes and their way of life.
Q: What did one hat say to the other?
A: You wait here. I'll go on a head.
Tryfon Gavriel, famously known to fellow members as "Kingscrusher" is a FIDE Candidate Master and British Regional Chess Master, and enthusiastic instructor.
* 4 Miniz: zPonziani, zKieseritzky, zPhilidor, zFrankenstein-Dracula: z https://www.bing.com/videos/search?...
* 29 traps: https://www.chessonly.com/chess-ope...
* Best Games of 2018: Game Collection: Best Games of 2018
* B23-B25: Game Collection: Sicilian Closed / Grand Prix Attack
* Bedford: https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/tr...
* Brilliancies: Game Collection: Brilliancy Prizes (Reinfeld)
* Center Fork Trick is very common: https://lichess.org/study/tzrisL1R
* Checkmate patterns: Game Collection: Checkmate: Checkmate Patterns
* Chessmaster 2000 Classic Games:
Game Collection: Chessmaster '86
* Chess Links: http://www.chessdryad.com/links/ind...
* Danish treats: Game Collection: 200 Miniature Games of Chess - Du Mont (I)
* 1.d4: Game Collection: Winning with 1 d4!
Death Trap Highway
State Route 138 in California a.k.a. Death Trap Highway has a reputation for being incredibly dangerous. Poorly lit areas and foggy weather add to the risk, especially at night. But, despite the nickname, many drivers use this route to avoid traffic on other highways. This increase in traffic likely makes it even more prone to accidents. Be careful and take extra caution on this highway, and avoid it entirely when visibility is poor or if you're not experienced with mountain driving.
* Epic: Game Collection: Epic Battles of the CB by R.N. Coles - keypusher
* Every breath: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMO...
* Express Ratings: https://www.cxrchess.com/PlayerProf...
* Extinguish the Dragon: Game Collection: 1.e4 explorations
* Franco Sicilian: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0F-...
* Fischer's Brilliance: https://www.chesspuzzler.com/Histor...
* Fischer Random: https://www.bing.com/videos/rivervi...
* FM Schiller disagrees: https://www.chess.com/article/view/...
* Gulfport: https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/tr...
* Glossary W: Wikipedia article: Glossary of chess
* Glossary P: https://www.peoriachess.com/Glossar...
* Golden Treasury of Chess (Wellmuth/Horowitz):
Game Collection: Golden Treasury of Chess (Wellmuth/Horowitz)
https://archive.org/details/the-gol...
* Granville: https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/tr...
* Greatest Hits: Game Collection: Mammoth Book-Greatest Games (Nunn/Burgess/Emms)
* Hot Springers: https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/ret...
Interstate 95 (I-95)
I-95 is one of the busiest highways in the country. While it may seem convenient when doing a long-distance drive, it's famous for really heavy traffic. Unfortunately, accident rates are high, and the driving conditions make this road a risky choice. It connects several major cities, which means there are lots of people. If you can, avoid travelling during rush hour on this highway, or in the evening when visibility is lower.
* Meltdown: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXI...
* "Messi of Chess": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0w...
* Morphy Miniatures:
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* North Myrtle Beach: https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/ne...
* North Carolina: https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/tr...
* Play whatever you like: Opening Explorer
* RL Minis: Game Collection: Ruy Lopez Miniatures
* Roger that: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9S...
"The only way to change anything in Russia is a revolution" ― Daniil Dubov
https://en.chessbase.com/post/dubov...
* Sacs on f7/f2: Game Collection: Demolition of Pawn Structure: Sac on f7 (f2)
* Sicilian Alapin Mini: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLk...
* Bg2 vs Sicilian: Game Collection: Grand Prix Attack without early Bc4
* 21st Century: Game Collection: 0
* Steinitz Attack: Game Collection: STEINITZ ATTACK
* Submit a PGN: https://www.chessgames.com/nodejs/u...
* Shady Lady: https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/tr...
* Tactical Mix: Game Collection: mastering Tactical ideas by minev
* The Best of... Game Collection: World Champions' Best Games
* Townsend: https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/tr...
U.S. Route 1
Running parallel to the eastern coastline, U.S. Route 1 has scenic views but also has a lot of dangers. The road is quite old, with lots of parts that don't have wide lanes or updated signage. Busy areas near major cities like Boston, New York, and Miami mean there is a much higher chance of accidents than on other roads. Really sharp curves and badly designed intersections also add to the risks.
* Verse nobody's ever heard: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/hhwR...
* Waco: https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/tr...
* Wall's APCT Miniatures:
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* WCC 2024: https://worldchampionship.fide.com/
* Wytheville: https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/tr...
* 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
Clinton visited Little St James, also known as 'paedophile island'
Proverbs 29:25
Fear of man will prove to be a snare, but whoever trusts in the Lord is kept safe.
Кто не рискует, тот не пьет шампанского
Pronunciation: KTOH ni risKUyet, tot ni pyot shamPANSkava)
Translation: He who doesn't take risks doesn't drink champagne
Meaning: Fortune favours the brave
"Tal has a terrifying style. Soon even grandmasters will know of this."
— Vladimir Saigin (after losing to 17-year-old Tal in a qualifying match for the master title)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5S...
"I like to grasp the initiative and not give my opponent peace of mind."
— Mikhail Tal
Nevada: Genoa
Established in: 1851
Geoa was founded back in 1851 as a trading post and provisioning station meant to serve passing wagon trains. It was originally known as Mormon Station because the first settlers were Mormon, and was part of Utah. It was renamed Genoa in 1855 by Mormon leader Orson Hyde, who named it in honor of Christopher Columbus's birthplace of Genoa, Italy.
Genoa is a tiny town — according to its website, just 250 people live there.
* Chess History: https://www.uschesstrust.org/chess-...
* World Chess Championship History: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkO...
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.
Eilfan ywmodryb dda
Meaning: A good aunt is a second mother
<<<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'.>
"You cannot swim for new horizons until you have courage to lose sight of the shore." ― William Faulkner
"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.
Old Russian Proverb: "Scythe over a stone." (Нашла коса на камень.) The force came over a stronger force.
"It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things." ― Leonardo da Vinci
Gratitude and Love to God
By William Cowper
All are indebted much to thee,
But I far more than all,
From many a deadly snare set free,
And raised from many a fall.
Overwhelm me, from above,
Daily, with thy boundless love.
What bonds of gratitude I feel
No language can declare;
Beneath the oppressive weight I reel,
'Tis more than I can bear:
When shall I that blessing prove,
To return thee love for love?
Spirit of charity, dispense
Thy grace to every heart;
Expel all other spirits thence,
Drive self from every part;
Charity divine, draw nigh,
Break the chains in which we lie!
All selfish souls, whate'er they feign,
Have still a slavish lot;
They boast of liberty in vain,
Of love, and feel it not.
He whose bosom glows with thee,
He, and he alone, is free.
Oh blessedness, all bliss above,
When thy pure fires prevail!
Love only teaches what is love:
All other lessons fail:
We learn its name, but not its powers,
Experience only makes it ours.
"No one has ever won a game of chess by taking only forward moves (What about Scholar's Mate?). Sometimes you have to move backwards in order to be able to take better steps forward. That is life." — Anonymous
Drive sober or get pulled over.
"For surely of all the drugs in the world, chess must be the most permanently pleasurable." — Assiac
"I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have."
― Thomas Jefferson, chess player
"The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others."
― Mahatma Gandhi
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High Flight
BY JOHN GILLESPIE MAGEE JR.
Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth
And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;
Sunward I've climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth
of sun-split clouds,—and done a hundred things
You have not dreamed of—wheeled and soared and swung
High in the sunlit silence. Hov'ring there,
I've chased the shouting wind along, and flung
My eager craft through footless halls of air ....
Up, up the long, delirious, burning blue
I've topped the wind-swept heights with easy grace
Where never lark nor ever eagle flew—
And, while with silent lifting mind I've trod
The high untrespassed sanctity of space,
Put out my hand, and touched the face of God.
Fish water on the rise.
Riddle Question: What word is always pronounced wrong?
A dog that barks all the time gets little attention. ~ Argentine proverb
Riddle Answer: Wrong!
Thank you, Qindarka!
Caissa, The Chess Lord
Lord, I play three hundred hours of chess,
indeed, Lord, in thirty days more or less.
I have done my best under gruelling stress,
Yet I'm not happy with my snailing progress.
Yes, Lord. Caissa, to you I sadly do confess:
my constant losing has put me in distress.
I beg of you, Lord, Caissa, help me to re-assess
so I can beat those who keep me in this mess.
Lord, with your blessing and your skills I guess
I would always win and so powerfully aggress,
that all my opponents would humbly express:
hark here cometh the unbeatable king of chess.
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Don't trust the smile of your opponent. ~ Babylonian Proverbs
Trust me, but look to thyself. ~ Irish Proverbs
Trust in God, but tie your camel. ~ Saudi Arabian Proverb
Don't trust your wife until she has borne you ten sons. ~ Chinese Proverb
If someone puts their trust in you, don't sever it. ~ Lebanese Proverb
Trust your best friend as you would your worst enemy. ~ Mexican Proverbs
<<<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.>
Matthew 17:20 Our faith can move mountains.
'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 Frog and the Rat
They to bamboozle are inclined,
Says Merlin, who bamboozled are.
The word, though rather unrefined,
Has yet an energy we ill can spare;
So by its aid I introduce my tale.
A well-fed rat, rotund and hale,
Not knowing either Fast or Lent,
Disporting round a frog-pond went.
A frog approached, and, with a friendly greeting,
Invited him to see her at her home,
And pledged a dinner worth his eating, –
To which the rat was nothing loath to come.
Of words persuasive there was little need:
She spoke, however, of a grateful bath;
Of sports and curious wonders on their path;
Of rarities of flower, and rush, and reed:
One day he would recount with glee
To his assembled progeny
The various beauties of these places,
The customs of the various races,
And laws that sway the realms aquatic,
(She did not mean the hydrostatic!)
One thing alone the rat perplexed, –
He was but moderate as a swimmer.
The frog this matter nicely fixed
By kindly lending him her
Long paw, which with a rush she tied
To his; and off they started, side by side.
Arrived on the lakelet's brink,
There was but little time to think.
The frog leaped in, and almost brought her
Bound guest to land beneath the water.
Perfidious breach of law and right!
She meant to have a supper warm
Out of his sleek and dainty form.
Already did her appetite
Dwell on the morsel with delight.
The gods, in anguish, he invokes;
His faithless hostess rudely mocks;
He struggles up, she struggles down.
A kite, that hovers in the air,
Inspecting everything with care,
Now spies the rat belike to drown,
And, with a rapid wing,
Upbears the wretched thing,
The frog, too, dangling by the string!
The joy of such a double haul
Was to the hungry kite not small.
It gave him all that he could wish –
A double meal of flesh and fish.
The best contrived deceit
Can hurt its own contriver,
And perfidy does often cheat
Its author's purse of every stiver.
blogger cinephilia once said: "The flawless game is impossible. Feed off your opponent's mistakes like a leech."
"There's always a hidden owl in knowledge." – E.I. Jane
"If you open it, close it. If you turn it on, turn it off. If you take it out, put it back. If you empty it, fill it. If you fill it, empty it." — Kathryn Malter, St. Paul, MN
"Human decency is not derived from religion. It precedes it."
— Christopher Hitchens
<A Word To Husbands by Ogden NashTo keep your marriage brimming
With love in the loving cup,
Whenever you're wrong, admit it;
Whenever you're right, shut up.>
"Zeitnot" is German for "time pressure."
"....his countrymen, Kolisch and Steinitz, are greatly indebted for their later success to their having enjoyed early opportunities of practicing with the departed amateur whose death is also greatly deplored amongst all who knew him personally." — Wilhelm Steinitz, regarding Karl Hamppe
The first appearance of the (John) Cochrane gambit against Petrov's defense C42 was in the year 1848 against an Indian master Mohishunder Bannerjee.
"Sorry don't get it done, Dude!" — John Wayne, Rio Bravo
"Gossip is the devil's telephone. Best to just hang up." — Moira Rose
Checkmate by tree.cards
In front of the king,
white moves his pawn.
The opponent begins,
with a sign and yawn.
White Bishop from C,
moves to F five.
Followed by adrenaline,
Queen is more than alive.
Black moves his pawn,
foolishly to B four.
It looks tragically close,
to the end of his war.
The white Queen glides,
elegantly to the right side.
Shocks her opponent,
and rips out his pride.
It was a beautifully executed,
and efficient checkmate.
Opponent lacked caution,
and now rest with his fate.
This wonderful game,
that we all call chess.
Your odds are reduced,
each time you guess.
Remember to follow,
your strategy and tact.
When you see opportunity,
make sure you act.
At the end of the day,
hope you enjoy.
Many sweet games,
it's much more than a toy.
Riddle: What kind of goose fights with snakes?
Answer: A mongoose.
The Wolf and the Stork
The wolves are prone to play the glutton.
One, at a certain feast, it's said,
So stuffed himself with lamb and mutton,
He seemed but little short of dead.
Deep in his throat a bone stuck fast.
Well for this wolf, who could not speak,
That soon a stork quite near him passed.
By signs invited, with her beak
The bone she drew
With slight ado,
And for this skilful surgery
Demanded, modestly, her fee.
"Your fee!" replied the wolf,
In accents rather gruff;
"And is it not enough
Your neck is safe from such a gulf?
Go, for a wretch ingrate,
Nor tempt again your fate!"
Acts 20:35 "It is more blessed to give than to receive."
Below is a Morphy acrostic by C.V. Grinfield from page 334 of the Chess Player's Chronicle, 1861:
Mightiest of masters of the chequer'd board,
Of early genius high its boasted lord!
Rising in youth's bright morn to loftiest fame,
Princeliest of players held with one acclaim;
Host in thyself – all-conquering in fight: –
Yankees exult! – in your great champion's might.
The 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.
Q: What do you call someone who draws funny pictures of cars?
A: A car-toonist.
Q: What do you call a magician on a plane?
A: A flying sorcerer.
Q: What do you call fruit playing the guitar?
A: A jam session.
Q: What do you call the shoes that all spies wear?
A: Sneakers.
Q: What do you call something you can serve, but never eat?
A: A volleyball.
Q: What did the alien say to the garden?
A: Take me to your weeder.
Q: What do you call a skeleton who went out in freezing temperatures?
A: A numb skull.
Paul Revere Never Actually Shouted, "The British Are Coming!"
While everyone knows the story of Revere's famous ride in which he was said to have warned colonial militia of the approaching enemy by yelling "The British are coming!" This is actually false. According to History.com, the operation was meant to be quiet and stealthy, since British troops were hiding out in the Massachusetts countryside. Also, colonial Americans still considered themselves to be British.
<Amanda Kay wrote:
Checkmate
You were my knight
Shining armor
Chess board was our home
Queen's fondness you garnered
A kiss sweeter than honeycomb>
'A stitch in time saves nine'
"My guiding principles in life are to be honest, genuine, thoughtful and caring."
― Prince William
Romans 8:38-39
For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
"It is atheism and blasphemy to dispute what God can do: good Christians content themselves with His will revealed in His Word." ― King James I
"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 107:1
Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good; his love endures forever.
"A God you understood would be less than yourself." ― Flannery O'Connor
Psalms 31:24 - Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the LORD.
"You can't hold with the hare and run with the hounds."
"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
"When you come to a fork in the road, take it."
― Yogi Berra, 10-time World Series champion
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?
"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
Proverbs 12:1 - Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish.
The Winds of Fate
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
One ship drives east and another drives west
With the selfsame winds that blow.
Tis the set of the sails
And not the gales
Which tells us the way to go.
Like the winds of the seas are the ways of fate,
As we voyage along through the life:
Tis the set of a soul
That decides its goal,
And not the calm or the strife.
"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
"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.
"My concern about my reputation is with the people who I respect and my family and my Lord. And I'm perfectly comfortable with my reputation with them, sir." —John Durham
Our Prayer Of Thanks
By Carl Sandburg (1878-1967)
For the gladness here where the sun is shining at
evening on the weeds at the river,
Our prayer of thanks.
For the laughter of children who tumble barefooted and
bareheaded in the summer grass,
Our prayer of thanks.
For the sunset and the stars, the women and the white
arms that hold us,
Our prayer of thanks.
God,
If you are deaf and blind, if this is all lost to you,
God, if the dead in their coffins amid the silver handles
on the edge of town, or the reckless dead of war
days thrown unknown in pits, if these dead are
forever deaf and blind and lost,
Our prayer of thanks.
God,
The game is all your way, the secrets and the signals and
the system; and so for the break of the game and
the first play and the last.
Our prayer of thanks.
Psalm 32:8 (KJV): "I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye."
"Intelligence plus character-that is the goal of true education."
― Martin Luther King Jr.
"It ain't over 'til it's over, no matter how over it looks." ― Yogi Berra
"I've come to the personal conclusion that while all artists are not chess players, all chess players are artists." ― Marcel Duchamp
"Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not: nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not: the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent."
— Calvin Coolidge
Psalm 96: 1-3
Sing to the Lord a new song; sing to the Lord, all the earth. Sing to the Lord, praise his name; proclaim his salvation day after day. Declare his glory among the nations, his marvelous deeds among all peoples.
Proverbs 3:5-6
Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.
Ecclesiastes 9:9: "Enjoy life with the wife whom you love, all the days of your vain life that he has given you under the sun, because that is your portion in life and in your toil at which you toil under the sun."
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Q: Why do we tell actors to "break a leg?"
A: Because every play has a cast.
"As one by one I mowed them down, my superiority soon became apparent." ― Jose Raul Capablanca
"Why should I give her publicity?" ― Jose Raul Capablanca (on being asked to pose for a photo with a famous actress)
"I always play carefully and try to avoid unnecessary risks. I consider my method to be right as any superfluous ‘daring' runs counter to the essential character of chess, which is not a gamble but a purely intellectual combat conducted in accordance with the exact rules of logic." ― Jose Raul Capablanca
"When you sit down to play a game you should think only about the position, but not about the opponent. Whether chess is regarded as a science, or an art, or a sport, all the same psychology bears no relation to it and only stands in the way of real chess." ― Jose Raul Capablanca
"I always use only the openings that bring fruitful results in practice, regardless of the positions arising in the middle-game." ― Jose Raul Capablanca
"I thought for a little while before playing this, knowing that I would be subjected thereafter to a terrific attack, all the lines of which would be of necessity familiar to my adversary. The lust of battle, however, had been aroused within me. I felt that my judgment and skill were being challenged. I decided that I was honor bound, so to speak, to take the pawn and accept the challenge, as my judgment told me that my position should then be defensible." ― Jose Raul Capablanca (on being confronted by Marshall's new Marshall Attack)
"When a match is over, I forget it. You can only remember so many things, so it is better to forget useless things that you can't use and remember useful things that you can use. For instance, I remember and will always remember that in 1927 Babe Ruth hit sixty home runs." ― Jose Raul Capablanca
"I had to keep walking from table to table. I must have walked ten miles. In chess, as in baseball, the legs go first. Chess is not an old man's game." ― Jose Raul Capablanca (on giving a simul)
"Sir, if you could beat me, I would know you." ― Jose Raul Capablanca (to an unknown player who had rejected Capablanca's offer of queen odds, on the grounds that Capablanca didn't know him, and might lose)
"Young man, you play remarkable chess! You never make a mistake!" ― Emanuel Lasker (after losing most of the games in a 10-game rapid transit match against a very young Capablanca)
"He was of medium height, lean, but no padding needed for his shoulders. And such pride in the posture of his head! You would know no one could dingle-dangle that man. I can visualize him so clearly, with his dark hair and large gray-green eyes. Believe me, when he took a stroll, in his black derby hat and carrying a cane, no handsomer young gentleman ever graced Fifth Avenue." ― Bernard Epstein (Capa's college roommate)
"Capablanca's planning of the game is so full of that freshness of his genius for position play, that every hypermodern player can only envy him." ― Alexander Alekhine
"It is astonishing how carefully Capablanca's combinations are calculated. Turn and twist as you will, search the variations in every way possible, you come to the inevitable conclusion that the moves all fit in with the utmost precision." ― Max Euwe
"There is nothing more to fear from the Capablanca technique." ― Efim Bogoljubow (shortly after which, Capablanca proceeded to crush him)
"Capablanca didn't make separate moves - he was creating a chess picture. Nobody could compare with him in this." ― Mikhail Botvinnik
"Whether this advantage is theoretically sufficient to win or not does not worry Capablanca. He simply wins the ending. That is why he is Capablanca!" ― Max Euwe (on a Capablanca game)
"Chess was Capablanca's mother tongue." ― Richard Reti
"Learn carefully to work out strategic plans like Capablanca, and you will laugh at the plans told to you in ridiculous stories." ― Emanuel Lasker
"Poor Capablanca! Thou wert a brilliant technician, but no philosopher. Thou wert not capable of believing that in chess, another style could be victorious than the absolutely correct one." ― Max Euwe
"It's entirely possible that Capa could not imagine that there could be a better move than one he thought was good and he was usually right." ― Mike Franett
"I was surprised to see that Capablanca did not initiate any active maneuvers and instead adopted a waiting game. In the end, his opponent made an imprecise move, the Cuban won a second pawn and soon the game. 'Why didn't you try to convert your material advantage straight away?' I ventured to ask the great chess virtuoso. He smiled indulgently: 'It was more practical to wait'." ― Mikhail Botvinnik
"Once in a lobby of the Hall of Columns of the Trade Union Center in Moscow a group of masters were analyzing an ending. They could not find the right way to go about things and there was a lot of arguing about it. Suddenly Capablanca came into the room. He was always fond of walking about when it was his opponent's turn to move. Learning the reason for the dispute the Cuban bent down to the position, said 'Si, si,' and suddenly redistributed the pieces all over the board to show what the correct formation was for the side trying to win. I haven't exaggerated. Don Jose literally pushed the pieces around the board without making moves. He just put them in fresh positions where he thought they were needed. Suddenly everything became clear. The correct scheme of things had been set up and now the win was easy. We were delighted by Capablanca's mastery." ― Alexander Kotov
"During the last twenty years, Capablanca has contested in successive tournaments, and his games form a series of classics, noted chiefly for their grace and simplicity. This simplicity is, of course, the result of that art which conceals art." ― B. Winkleman
"He makes the game look easy. Art lies in the concealment of art." ― Philip W. Sergeant (on Capablanca)
"Capablanca had that art which hides art to an overwhelming degree." ― Harry Golombek
"I have known many chess players, but only one chess genius, Capablanca." ― Emanuel Lasker
"I think Capablanca had the greatest natural talent." ― Mikhail Botvinnik
"Capablanca was possibly the greatest player in the entire history of chess." ― Bobby Fischer.
"Beautiful, cold, remorseless chess, almost creepy in its silent implacability." ― Raymond Chandler (on a Capablanca game)
"What others could not see in a month's study, he saw at a glance." ― Reuben Fine (on Capablanca)
"I see only one move ahead, but it is always the correct one." ― Jose R. Capablanca
"Capablanca invariably chose the right option, no matter how intricate the position." ― Garry Kasparov.
"Capablanca's games generally take the following course: he begins with a series of extremely fine prophylactic maneuvers, which neutralize his opponent's attempts to complicate the game; he then proceeds, slowly but surely, to set up an attacking position. This attacking position, after a series of simplifications, is transformed into a favorable endgame, which he conducts with matchless technique." ― Aaron Nimzowitsch
"He had the totally undeserved reputation of being the greatest living endgame player. His trick was to keep his openings simple and then play with such brilliance that it was decided in the middle game before reaching the ending - even though his opponent didn't always know it. His almost complete lack of book knowledge forced him to push harder to squeeze the utmost out of every position." ― Bobby Fischer (on Capablanca)
"I honestly feel very humble when I study Capablanca's games." ― Max Euwe
"You cannot play chess unless you have studied his games." ― Mikhail Botvinnik (on Capablanca)
"Capablanca's play produced and still produces an irresistible artistic effect. In his games a tendency towards simplicity predominated, and in this simplicity there was a unique beauty of genuine depth." ― Mikhail Botvinnik
"Without technique it is impossible to reach the top in chess, and therefore we all try to borrow from Capablanca his wonderful, subtle technique." ― Mikhail Tal
"I was brought up on the games of Capablanca and Nimzowitsch, and they became part of my chess flesh and blood." ― Tigran Petrosian
"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 Fischer
"Capablanca never really devoted himself to chess, seldom made match preparations. His simplicity is a myth. His almost complete lack of book knowledge forced him to push harder to squeeze the utmost out of every position. Every move he made had to be super-sharp so as to make something out of nothing. His play was forced. He had to try harder than anybody else because he had so little to begin with." ― Robert 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
"I did not believe I was superior to him. Perhaps the chief reason for his defeat was the overestimation of his own powers arising out of his overwhelming victory in New York, 1927, and his underestimation of mine." ― Alexander Alekhine (on Capablanca)
"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
"Against Alekhine you never knew what to expect. Against Capablanca, you knew what to expect, but you couldn't prevent it!" ― George Thomas
"Capa's games looked as though they were turned out by a lathe, while Alekhine's resembled something produced with a mallet and chisel." ― Charles Yaffe
"I have known many chess players, but among them there has been only one genius - Capablanca! His ideal was to win by maneuvering. Capablanca's genius reveals itself in his probing of the opponent's weak points. The slightest weakness cannot escape from his keene eye." ― Emanuel Lasker
"Whereas Anderssen and Chigorin looked for accidental positions, Capablanca is guided by the logicality of strong positions. He values only that which is well-founded: solidity of position, pressure on a weak point, he does not trust the accidental, even if it be a problem-like mate, at the required moment he discovers and carries out subtle and far-sighted combinations..." ― Emanuel Lasker
"Capablanca possessed an amazing ability to quickly see into a position and intuitively grasp its main features. His style, one of the purest, most crystal-clear in the entire history of chess, astonishes one with its logic." ― Garry Kasparov
"Capablanca was a genius. He was an exception that did not obey any rule." ― Vladimir Kramnik
"We can compare Capablanca with Mozart, whose charming music appeared to have been a smooth flow. I get the impression that Capablanca did not even know why he preferred this or that move, he just moved the pieces with his hand. If he had worked a lot on chess, he might have played worse because he would have started to try to comprehend things. But Capablanca did not have to comprehend anything, he just had to move the pieces!" ― Vladimir Kramnik
"You may learn much more from a game you lose than from a game you win. You will have to lose hundreds of games before becoming a good player." ― Jose Raul Capablanca
"In order to improve your game you must study the endgame before everything else; for, whereas the endings can be studied and mastered by themselves, the middlegame and the opening must be studied in relation to the endgame." ― Jose Raul Capablanca
"People who want to improve should take their defeats as lessons, and endeavor to learn what to avoid in the future. You must also have the courage of your convictions. If you think your move is good, make it." ― Jose Raul Capablanca
"A good player is always lucky." ― Jose Raul Capablanca
"Chess is more than a game or a mental training. It is a distinct attainment. I have always regarded the playing of chess and the accomplishment of a good game as an art, and something to be admired no less than an artist's canvas or the product of a sculptor's chisel. Chess is a mental diversion rather than a game. It is both artistic and scientific." ― Jose Raul Capablanca
"Chess books should be used as we use glasses: to assist the sight, although some players make use of them as if they thought they conferred sight." ―
Jose Raul Capablanca
"In chess, as played by a good player, logic and imagination must go hand in hand, compensating each other." ― Jose Raul Capablanca
"When you sit down to play a game you should think only about the position, but not about the opponent. Whether chess is regarded as a science, or an art, or a sport, all the same psychology bears no relation to it and only stands in the way of real chess." ― Jose Raul Capablanca
"The great World Champions Morphy, Steinitz, and Lasker were past masters in the art of Pawn play; they had no superiors in their handling of endgames. The present World Champion has not the strength of the other three as an endgame player, and is therefore inferior to them." ― Jose Raul Capablanca
"None of the great players has been so incomprehensible to the majority of amateurs and even masters, as Emanuel Lasker." ― Jose Raul Capablanca
"Chess is a very logical game and it is the man who can reason most logically and profoundly in it that ought to win." ― Jose Raul Capablanca
"The best way to learn endings, as well as openings, is from the games of the masters." ― Jose Raul Capablanca
"Ninety percent of the book variations have no great value, because either they contain mistakes or they are based on fallacious assumptions; just forget about the openings and spend all that time on the endings." ― Jose Raul Capablanca
"The king, which during the opening and middlegame stage is often a burden because it has to be defended, becomes in the endgame a very important and aggressive piece, and the beginner should realize this, and utilize his king as much as possible." ― Jose Raul Capablanca
"A passed pawn increase in strength as the number of pieces on the board diminishes." ― Jose Raul Capablanca
"There was a time in my life when I almost thought I could never lose a single duel of chess." ― Jose Raul Capablanca
"The winning of a pawn among good players of even strength often means the winning of the game." ― Jose Raul Capablanca
"Chess can never reach its height by following in the path of science ... Let us, therefore, make a new effort and with the help of our imagination turn the struggle of technique into a battle of ideas." ― Jose Raul Capablanca
"People who want to improve should take their defeats as lessons, and endeavor to learn what to avoid in the future. You must also have the courage of your convictions. If you think your move is good, make it." ― Jose Raul Capablanca
"You may learn much more from a game you lose than from a game you win. You will have to lose hundreds of games before becoming a good player." ― Jose Raul Capablanca
"Endings of one rook and pawns are about the most common sort of endings arising on the chess board. Yet though they do occur so often, few have mastered them thoroughly. They are often of a very difficult nature, and sometimes while apparently very simple they are in reality extremely intricate." ― Jose Raul Capablanca
"When you sit down to play a game you should think only about the position, but not about the opponent. Whether chess is regarded as a science, or an art, or a sport, all the same psychology bears no relation to it and only stands in the way of real chess." ― Jose Raul Capablanca
"None of the great players has been so incomprehensible to the majority of amateurs and even masters, as Emanuel Lasker." ― Jose Raul Capablanca
"Morphy gained most of his wins by playing directly and simply, and it is simple and logical method that constitutes the true brilliance of his play, if it is considered from the viewpoint of the great masters." ― Jose Raul Capablanca
"An exception was made with respect to me, because of my victory over Marshall. Some of the masters objected to my entry ... one of them was Dr. Bernstein. I had the good fortune to play him in the first round., and beat him in such fashion as to obtain the Rothschild prize for the most brilliant game ... a profound feeling of respect for my ability remained throughout the rest of the contest." ― Jose Raul Capablanca
"The king, which during the opening and middlegame stage is often a burden because it has to be defended, becomes in the endgame a very important and aggressive piece, and the beginner should realize this, and utilize his king as much as possible." ― Jose Raul Capablanca
"Alekhine evidently possesses the most remarkable chess memory that has ever existed. It is said that he remembers by heart all the games played by the leading masters during the last 15-20 years." ― Jose Raul Capablanca
"Most players ... do not like losing, and consider defeat as something shameful. This is a wrong attitude. Those who wish to perfect themselves must regard their losses as lessons and learn from them what sorts of things to avoid in the future." ― Jose Raul Capablanca
"The weaker the player the more terrible the Knight is to him, but as a player increases in strength the value of the Bishop becomes more evident to him, and of course there is, or should be, a corresponding decrease in his estimation of the value of the Knight as compared to the Bishop." ― Jose Raul Capablanca
"I have not given any drawn or lost games, because I thought them inadequate to the purpose of the book." ― Jose Raul Capablanca
"As one by one I mowed them down, my superiority soon became apparent." ― Jose Raul Capablanca
"No other great master has been so misunderstood by the vast majority of chess amateurs and even by many masters, as has Emanuel Lasker." ― Jose Raul Capablanca
"Your Soviet players are cheating, losing the games on purpose to my rival, Botvinnik, in order to increase his points on the score. - (to Stalin in Moscow 1936 where he finished in 1st place, 1 point ahead of Botvinnik)" ― Jose Raul Capablanca
"Sultan Khan had become champion of India at Indian chess and he learned the rules of our form of chess at a later date. The fact that even under such conditions he succeeded in becoming champion reveals a genius for chess which is nothing short of extraordinary." ― Jose Raul Capablanca
"Chess is something more than a game. It is an intellectual diversion which has certain artistic qualities and many scientific elements." ― Jose Raul Capablanca
"The best way to learn endings, as well as openings, is from the games of the masters." ― Jose Raul Capablanca
"A good player is always lucky." ― Jose Raul Capablanca
"An hour's history of two minds is well told in a game of chess." ― Jose Raul Capablanca
"In order to improve your game, you must study the endgame before everything else. For whereas the endings can be studied and mastered by themselves, the middle game and opening must be studied in relation to the end game." ― Jose Raul Capablanca
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