Collection combines games from arielbekarov, DIEGOGG, Gerareis, Fredthebear, cgrob.

<<<The Chessboard Battle>

Chess, a game of strategy and foresight, is likened to a battle of wits. This poem captures the intensity and intellectual challenge of the game.> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFJ...
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In the realm of black and white,

Kings and queens stand with might.

Pawns advance in silent rows,

In this game, strategy grows.

Bishops glide, knights leap in turns,

Each move, a lesson one learns.

Rooks stand tall, guarding the flanks,

On this board, ranks upon ranks.

In checkmate's grasp, the game ends,

Victory and defeat, on moves depends.

In chess's battle, minds sharpen like swords,

In every move, wisdom accords.>

"Every chess master was once a beginner." — Irving Chernev

"Chess holds its master in its own hand, shackling the mind and brain so that the inner freedom of the very strongest must suffer." — Albert Einstein

"Chess is life in miniature. Chess is a struggle, chess battles." — Garry Kasparov

"For him chess was his life. Without the game he could not exist." — Engelina Tal (on her late husband Mikhail)

"The man who has proved that you can reach the top and remain human." — Mikhail Tal (on who his chess hero was)

"My head is full of sunshine." — Mikhail Tal

"I couldn't make myself dislike him." — Mikhail Botvinnik (on Tal)

Old Russian Proverb: "If you are given something, take it; if you are being beaten, run. (Дают — бери, а бьют — беги.)"

In 2002 Sergey Karjakin became a grandmaster at the age of 12 years and 7 months, a record at that time.

"Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful." — John Wooden

Morning Light
For this new morning with its light,
For rest and shelter of the night,
For health and food, for love and friends.
For everything Thy goodness sends,
We thank Thee, dearest Lord.
Amen.
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* ANIL RAJ.R'S QUEEN PAWN GAMES: Game Collection: ANIL RAJ.R'S QUEEN PAWN GAMES

- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/XBSJ...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRy...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/7LxA...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/i1eT...

* Anand Moves: Game Collection: Move by Move - Anand (Franco)

- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/0AaH...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/kjjE...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5g...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/1y-W...
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* 1.d4 overview: https://chesspathways.com/chess-ope...

- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/wrSZ...
- https://chessdoctrine.com/chess-ope... - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/dwP0...
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Queens is the largest in area of the five boroughs of New York City. It is one of the most ethnically diverse urban areas in the world. Approximately 47% of its residents are foreign-born, making it highly diverse.

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

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* 1.d4 various: Game Collection: d2-d4 and win

* Winning w/1.d4: Game Collection: Winning with 1 d4!

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Queen Elizabeth II has met 13 U.S. presidents and advised numerous U.K. prime ministers. She was born on April 21, 1926, and celebrated her official birthday in June with the annual Trooping the Colour parade.

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* 1.d4 some Panov Attack: Game Collection: Rick Prep

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Blanche of Castille- A formidable French Queen

Blanche of Castille was the queen of France and was married to the French king Louis VIII and was the mother of Louis IX. She was born in Spain and is the daughter of the King of Castille, Alfonso VIII. Upon Louis VIII's death in 1226, Blanche was named regent. After the coronation of the young Louis IX, many nobles refused to acknowledge his status as monarch. They planned to rebel against him, Blanche of Castille then effectively formed an army and thwarted the nobles' plans.

Blanche of Castille was also responsible for the ‘Treaty of Paris', which officially ended the Albigensian Crusade. She was also instrumental in thwarting King Henry III's efforts of invading France, hence establishing herself and her son Louis IX as stable rulers of France.

Blanche of Castille became regent once again in 1248 when her son was away on the Eighth Crusade against the Hafsid Dynasty. In his absence, she maintained peace within the kingdom. Blanche of Castille was a formidable ruler and hence holds the title as one of the best queens of France.

* Against 1.d4: Game Collection: Against d4 favs

* Albinos:
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCk...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Il...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_m...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/GXaw...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/rxd1...

* "For bad players": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dks...

- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/bpLy...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMM...
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- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/VmHK...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Egw9...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5j... - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/b-M6...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/uBzS...

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- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/NGLH...

The largest bone in the human body is the femur, which can support 30 times the weight of a person's body.

Messages from the human brain travel along nerves at up to 200 miles an hour.

In an adult human, 25% of their bones are in the feet.

* Fran's favs: Game Collection: franskfranz's favorite games as white

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- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/_U23...
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* Reasonable 1.d4 Repertoire: Game Collection: d4 repertoire for white

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* A tragic fall: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uoN...

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- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Dms0...
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* The Chess Portal will broaden your horizons: http://schackportalen.nu/English/es...

* The ROOK! https://www.youtube.com/shorts/_uc9...

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- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93o...
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* 57 Piece facts: https://thechessworld.com/articles/...

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* 21st Century: Game Collection: 0

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* Glossary W: Wikipedia article: Glossary of chess

* Joe's Lava: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-T...

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- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/xoM4...
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- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiT...

* Kasparov - Kramnik: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/HJpq...

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* QP wikipedia: Wikipedia article: Queen's Pawn Game

* Queen Maria of Romania: https://www.bing.com/images/search?...

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

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- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gO9... - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Njqp...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/yk8l...

* QGA:
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/DQMj...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/KDbw...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6a5...
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- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/FhxY...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Db...

* QGD: https://www.modern-chess.com/chess-...

- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xh4...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISd...

Hacked!

* Chess (a reprint of The Mammoth Book of Chess) by Graham Burgess, et al

* Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess by Bobby Fischer et al

* Checkmate Tactics by Garry Kasparov

* The Chess Kid's Book of Tactics by David MacEnulty

* How to Beat Your Dad at Chess by Murray Chandler

* Winning Chess Tactics by Bill Robertie

* Chess Tactics for Beginners, edited by Fred Reinfeld (Descriptive Notation)

* Chess Tactics for Students by John A. Bain

* The Chess Tactics Workbook by Al Woolum

* Learn Chess Tactics by John Nunn

* Chess Puzzles for Kids by Murray Chandler

* Chess Tactics (Batsford Chess Book) by Paul Littlewood

* Chess Tactics Workbook for Kids by John Nunn

* Chess Target Practice: Battle Tactics for Every Square on the Board by Bruce Pandolfini

* Coffeehouse Chess Tactics by John Healy

* Fundamental Chess Tactics by Antonio Gude

* Kasparov's Winning Chess Tactics: How He Thinks, How He Chooses by Bruce Pandolfini

* Predator at the Chessboard: A Field Guide to Chess Tactics by Ward Farnsworth: the websitewww.chesstactics.org

* 1001 Chess Exercises for Beginners: The Tactics Workbook That Explains the Basic Concepts, Too by Roberto Messa and Franco Masetti

* Chessercizes by Bruce Pandolfini

* 1001 Chess Exercises for Club Players: The Tactics Workbook That Also Explains All Key Concepts by Frank Erwich

* Progressive Tactics: 1002 Progressively Challenging Chess Tactics by Dave Couture

* Chess Tactics for Champions: A Step-By-Step Guide to Using Tactics and Combinations the Polgar Way by Susan Polgar and Paul Truong

* Understanding Chess Tactics by Martin Weteschnik

* Chess Tactics by Alexander Kotov

* Semi-Open Tactics: Chess Opening Combinations and Checkmates by Tim Sawyer

* Tactics in the Grunfeld (Batsford Chess Library) by Gennady Nesis

* 100 Tactical Patterns You Must Know: Learn to Recognize Key Chess Moves by Frank Erwich

* 300 Most Important Tactical Chess Positions by Thomas Engqvist

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

* Improve Your Chess Tactics: 700 Practical Lessons & Exercises by Yakov Neishtadt

* How to Calculate Chess Tactics by Valeri Beim

* A to Z Chess Tactics: Every chess move explained by George Huczek

* Safety, piece activity without blundering (caught unprotected or struck by a less valuable unit, or outnumbered: more attackers than defenders), advance, gain space, apply pressure on the opposite end. Sound centralizing plans are best -- strike (or retreat if needed) in any direction from/through the middle of the board. Coordinate your pieces upon open lines against immobile units, blockade weak pawns, or perhaps an h-pawn lever against a kingside fianchetto. Pay attention to your opponent's next possible moves before you consider your own move. What is your opponent threatening to do next? Tactics will prevail: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/b5Cy... - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/4zbp...
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Queen Isabella of Spain was one of the most powerful queens in history. She ruled from December 11, 1474 until her death on November 26, 1504. Her reign is best remembered for the unification of Spain, the beginnings of European colonialism, and the Spanish Inquisition.

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If you don't know what to do, don't move a pawn just to move. Advance or improve an inactive piece, attack something that you already attack again, or protect your own units. Improve your back rank, or challenge on an open file/diagonal. Maybe you can restrict/obstruct your opponent's mobility. Is there an overworked piece defended in two different directions? Threaten 'em both and make the defender chose. Or, remove the defender and then capture what it no longer defends.

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

by W.A. Ballantine given on page 153 of the American Chess Journal, September 1878:

Charming as the sweetest music;
High above the common reach,
Easy to the bright and wise;
Splendid in the hands of genius;
Such the royal game of chess.

"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

"Top 15 Things Money Can't Buy
Time. Happiness. Inner Peace. Integrity. Love. Character. Manners. Health. Respect. Morals. Trust. Patience. Class. Common sense. Dignity." ― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart

"If you're too open-minded; your brains will fall out." ― Lawrence Ferlinghetti

Confessed faults are half mended. ~ Scottish Proverb

The Curate and the Corpse

A dead man going slowly, sadly,
To occupy his last abode,
A curate by him, rather gladly,
Did holy service on the road.
Within a coach the dead was borne,
A robe around him duly worn,
Of which I wot he was not proud –
That ghostly garment called a shroud.
In summer's blaze and winter's blast,
That robe is changeless – It's the last.
The curate, with his priestly dress on,
Recited all the church's prayers,
The psalm, the verse, response, and lesson,
In fullest style of such affairs.
Sir Corpse, we beg you, do not fear
A lack of such things on your bier;
They'll give abundance every way,
Provided only that you pay.
The Reverend John Cabbagepate
Watched over the corpse as if it were
A treasure needing guardian care;
And all the while, his looks elate,
This language seemed to hold:
"The dead will pay so much in gold,
So much in lights of molten wax,
So much in other sorts of tax:"
With all he hoped to buy a cask of wine,
The best which thereabouts produced the vine.
A pretty niece, on whom he doted,
And eke his chambermaid, should be promoted,
By being newly petticoated.
The coach upset, and dashed to pieces,
Cut short these thoughts of wine and nieces!
There lay poor John with broken head,
Beneath the coffin of the dead!
His rich, parishioner in lead
Drew on the priest the doom
Of riding with him to the tomb!

The Pot of Milk, and fate
Of Curate Cabbagepate,
As emblems, do but give
The history of most that live.

New Zealand has more cats per person than any other country in the world.

Q: What does the farmer talk about while milking a cow? A: Udder nonsense.

Gummy bears were originally called "dancing bears."

Q: Why do cows have hooves instead of feet?
A: Because they lactose.

The longest time someone has held their breath underwater is 24 minutes and 37 seconds.

"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

"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

An Animal In The Moon

While one philosopher affirms
That by our senses we're deceived,
Another swears, in plainest terms,
The senses are to be believed.
The twain are right. Philosophy
Correctly calls us dupes whenever
On mere senses we rely.
But when we wisely rectify
The raw report of eye or ear,
By distance, medium, circumstance,
In real knowledge we advance.
These things has nature wisely planned –
Whereof the proof shall be at hand.
I see the sun: its dazzling glow
Seems but a hand-breadth here below;
But should I see it in its home,
That azure, star-besprinkled dome,
Of all the universe the eye,
Its blaze would fill one half the sky.
The powers of trigonometry
Have set my mind from blunder free.
The ignorant believe it flat;
I make it round, instead of that.
I fasten, fix, on nothing ground it,
And send the earth to travel round it.
In short, I contradict my eyes,
And sift the truth from constant lies.
The mind, not hasty at conclusion,
Resists the onset of illusion,
Forbids the sense to get the better,
And never believes it to the letter.
Between my eyes, perhaps too ready,
And ears as much or more too slow,
A judge with balance true and steady,
I come, at last, some things to know.
Thus when the water crooks a stick,
My reason straightens it as quick –
Kind Mistress Reason – foe of error,
And best of shields from needless terror!
The creed is common with our race,
The moon contains a woman's face.
True? No. Whence, then, the notion,
From mountain top to ocean?
The roughness of that satellite,
Its hills and dales, of every grade,
Effect a change of light and shade
Deceptive to our feeble sight;
So that, besides the human face,
All sorts of creatures one might trace.
Indeed, a living beast, I believe,
Has lately been by England seen.
All duly placed the telescope,
And keen observers full of hope,
An animal entirely new,
In that fair planet, came to view.
Abroad and fast the wonder flew; –
Some change had taken place on high,
Presaging earthly changes nigh;
Perhaps, indeed, it might betoken
The wars that had already broken
Out wildly over the Continent.
The king to see the wonder went:
(As patron of the sciences,
No right to go more plain than his.)
To him, in turn, distinct and clear,
This lunar monster did appear. –
A mouse, between the lenses caged,
Had caused these wars, so fiercely waged!
No doubt the happy English folks
Laughed at it as the best of jokes.
How soon will Mars afford the chance
For like amusements here in France!
He makes us reap broad fields of glory.
Our foes may fear the battle-ground;
For us, it is no sooner found,
Than Louis, with fresh laurels crowned,
Bears higher up our country's story.
The daughters, too, of Memory, –
The Pleasures and the Graces, –
Still show their cheering faces:
We wish for peace, but do not sigh.
The English Charles the secret knows
To make the most of his repose.
And more than this, he'll know the way,
By valour, working sword in hand,
To bring his sea-encircled land
To share the fight it only sees today.
Yet, could he but this quarrel quell,
What incense-clouds would grateful swell!
What deed more worthy of his fame!
Augustus, Julius – pray, which Caesar's name
Shines now on story's page with purest flame?
O people happy in your sturdy hearts!
Say, when shall Peace pack up these bloody darts, And send us all, like you, to softer arts?

"Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a known God." ― Corrie ten Boom

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

"I've come to the personal conclusion that while all artists are not chess players, all chess players are artists." — Marcel Duchamp

"The beginning of love is the will to let those we love be perfectly themselves, the resolution not to twist them to fit our own image. If in loving them we do not love what they are, but only their potential likeness to ourselves, then we do not love them: we only love the reflection of ourselves we find in them" ― Thomas Merton, No Man Is an Island

<"Love all, trust a few, Do wrong to none: be able for thine enemy
Rather in power than use; and keep thy friend
Under thy own life's key: be check'd for silence, But never tax'd for speech.">
― William Shakespeare, All's Well That Ends Well

I have a fear of speed bumps. But I am slowly getting over it.

* Riddle-fwee-die: https://chessimprover.com/chess-rid...

I was wondering why the frisbee was getting bigger, then it hit me.

1 Corinthians 13 King James Version

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

There are more fake flamingos in the world than real ones.

Turtles can breathe through their butts, thanks to cloacal respiration.

Octopuses have three hearts, with one heart dedicated solely to their brain.

Q: What do you call a joke you make in the shower? A: A clean joke!

Q: What do you call an elephant that doesn't matter? A: An irrelephant!

Q: What do you call a pony with a cough?
A: A little horse!

Q: What do you call a farm that makes bad jokes? A: Corny!

Q: What do you call a deer that costs a dollar? A: A buck!

Q: What do you call a fake noodle?
A: Impasta!

Q: What do you call a cat on the rocks?
A: One cool cat!

Q: What do you call the fear of being trapped in a chimney? A: Claus-traphobia!

Dear God,
Please watch over us as we ride the range and face the challenges of life on the trail. May your love and grace guide us on the path towards safety and success, and may your presence give us strength and comfort in times of hardship. Help us to be good stewards of the land and to always treat others with kindness and respect. Amen.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/SeZt...

"God's mercy and grace give me hope - for myself, and for our world." — Billy Graham

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/WmT4...

"Man has two great spiritual needs. One is for forgiveness. The other is for goodness." — Billy Graham

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/r8yQ...

"Intelligence plus character-that is the goal of true education." ― Martin Luther King Jr.

* Riddle-soap stone-walleye: https://www.briddles.com/riddles/ch...

"Whatever you are doing in the game of life, give it all you've got." — Norman Vincent Peale

"What you do today can improve all your tomorrows." — Ralph Marston

"When you come to a fork in the road, take it." ― Yogi Berra, 10-time World Series champion

Zeitnot or yea?

"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

Hebrews 11:6
6 And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.

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.

Romans 8:28
And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.

WISE OLD OWL
A wise old owl lived in an oak.
The more he saw the less he spoke.
The less he spoke the more he heard.
Why can't we all be like that wise old bird?

Q: What do you call a magic owl?
A: Whooo-dini!

Luck Be A Lady: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X69...

whoa))

Q: Why are pizza jokes the worst?
Collection created by Fredthebear.
A: They're too cheesy.