Sicilian B23s Perez

"Big Red" on the track...
In 1973, Secretariat did not simply win the Triple Crown: he tore it down. His win in the Belmont Stakes by an unimaginable 31 lengths is one of the greatest sports feats of all time.

They called him "Big Red," a giant chestnut stallion with a stride so powerful, it seemed surreal. But beyond trophies and statistics, Secretariat was an inspiration to not only racing enthusiasts, but to a whole nation.

* Discovered Double++: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/zK0R... - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/oUhJ...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/fKNu...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/HDAw...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/zsI6...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/5mgE...

* Discovered Attack involving B:
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/qjFk...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/no88...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/-wk4...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/2aAr...

* Bxf7+ followed by ++: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/l7bz...

* Bxf7+ followed by Q+: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/tC1U... - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/8UKe...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/renf...

* Bobby's Bishop: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/VnCs... - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/SadW...

* Hanging Bishop: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/8XG-... - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Ario...

* B blockade prevents K escape: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/7AdS...

* B on the queenside: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/e7YC... - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Sjb4...

* Boden's Mate:
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/HV4z...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/89iS...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/q3b8...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/8wtE...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/uEsK...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/3OH6...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/1tqe...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/p2bc...

* B fork and X-ray: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/QZlc...

* B underpromotion to avoid stalemate! https://www.youtube.com/shorts/3ZbE...

* B sacrifice avoids stalemate, generates b-pawn: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Inf8...

* B strikes from behind: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/0_ez...

* Don't allow a B sacrifice: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/jecw... - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Yb4M...

* Dark-squared Bishops, overworked K cannot defend both: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/HGN7...

* Franco-Polish Gambit: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/12Ja...

* Q vs 2 Bishops: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/HL0y...

* Bishop treaties: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rb3...

* Burly: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Rl_F...

* Capablanca's Double Attack — having the initiative is important: https://lichess.org/study/tzrisL1R - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/DnZg...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W38...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCB...

* Chess in old newspapers: https://www.schach-chess.com/chess-... - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/WRDc...

St. Paul, MN
St. Augustine

Checkmate
by treecards

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.

Apr-21-23 GonzaloCalvoPerez: My name is Gonzalo Calvo Pérez. I am Ricardo Calvo's son. There are a number of things that have to be said here, in order to honour truth and the legacy of my father: 1- There is obviously not a hint of racism in the article by my late father, as anyone can check, which proves the corrupt behaviour of FIDE, and the illegitimacy of the declaration of persona non grata. In this point I would be happier if the present FIDE responsibles were brave enough to acknowledge this, and to restore his public image, and therefore FIDE's honour.

2- My father always fought against corruption, both in chess and in medicine, as well as in politics (in the 80s he was not only the delegate of Kasparov for Spain and South America, but also the responsible of the international section of the spanish journal El Independiente), and there is an important information that should be known. My father, as medical doctor and chess expert, conducted the first real-time medical survey of chess players. He was the first person to scientifically measure the extreme levels of stress in the human body while playing chess. I know he made a film documentary on this, that received an international prize, in Switzerland, I think. -If anyone knows how to find a copy of it, and publish it in YouTube, it would be cool!- Also, before passing, he suggested that during Cold War doping with amphetamines was common at top-level competition, that it was implemented by political decisions, and that he had direct evidence and knowledge of it. This is obviously the main reason why he was, and still is, attacked by FIDE and others, even after almost 20 years of his passing. The context of Cold War, and the career of Bobby Fischer, among others, must be relativised under this light. Other games with societal/political relevance, such as football/soccer, are also clearly corrupted by doping, and we never have notice of any scandal about it, which is a clear indicator of a wider conspiracy, as anyone can understand.

3- The greatest discovery my father made, and he should be recognized for it, was that modern chess was invented in medieval Valencia. He dedicated the last decades of his life to perform what has probably been the deepest research ever made not only on the History of chess, but also on other aspects of the pure game itself, including complex geometrical studies on the abstract movements of the pieces, etc..

4- As a medical doctor, when he worked in the spanish Ministry of Health (Ministerio de Sanidad), he was responsible for prohibiting a list of more than 300 medicines. These medicines were proven more harmful than beneficial to patients. Of course, the powerful international pharmaceutical lobby never forgot it. And linked to that corrupt lobby are/were other corrupt institutions, including the CIA, the KGB, and, of course, the FIDE.

As we say in Spain: Truth hurts, but it does not offend.

A final truth that should be mentioned more often is that chess itself also has downsides. It develops intelligence, but it does it towards a mentality of war. Therefore, it harms the minds of players, just as war does. War between human beings is the greatest of all evils, so it should avoided. Games of collaboration exist. Why not play them more instead?

"Thirty Days Hath September" Lyrics

Thirty days hath September,
April, June and November;
All the rest have thirty-one,
Excepting February alone.
Which only has but twenty-eight days clear
And twenty-nine in each leap year.

<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.>

Drive sober or get pulled over.

"For surely of all the drugs in the world, chess must be the most permanently pleasurable." — Assiac

A Game of Chess -
by T. S. Eliot
II. A GAME OF CHESS

The Chair she sat in, like a burnished throne,
Glowed on the marble, where the glass
Held up by standards wrought with fruited vines
From which a golden Cupidon peeped out
(Another hid his eyes behind his wing)
Doubled the flames of sevenbranched candelabra
Reflecting light upon the table as
The glitter of her jewels rose to meet it,
From satin cases poured in rich profusion;
In vials of ivory and coloured glass
Unstoppered, lurked her strange synthetic perfumes, Unguent, powdered, or liquid — troubled, confused And drowned the sense in odours; stirred by the air That freshened from the window, these ascended
In fattening the prolonged candle-flames,
Flung their smoke into the laquearia,
Stirring the pattern on the coffered ceiling.
Huge sea-wood fed with copper
Burned green and orange, framed by the coloured stone, In which sad light a carved dolphin swam.
Above the antique mantel was displayed
As though a window gave upon the sylvan scene
The change of Philomel, by the barbarous king
So rudely forced; yet there the nightingale
Filled all the desert with inviolable voice
And still she cried, and still the world pursues, " Jug Jug " to dirty ears.
And other withered stumps of time
Were told upon the walls; staring forms
Leaned out, leaning, hushing the room enclosed.
Footsteps shuffled on the stair.
Under the firelight, under the brush, her hair
Spread out in fiery points
Glowed into words, then would be savagely still. " My nerves are bad to-night. Yes, bad. Stay with me. " Speak to me. Why do you never speak. Speak.
— " What are you thinking of? What thinking? What? " I never know what you are thinking. Think. "

I think we are in rats' alley
Where the dead men lost their bones.

" What is that noise? "
The wind under the door.
" What is that noise now? What is the wind doing? " Nothing again nothing.
" Do
" You know nothing? Do you see nothing? Do you remember " Nothing? "

— I remember
Those are pearls that were his eyes.
" Are you alive, or not? Is there nothing in your head? " But
O O O O that Shakespeherian Rag —
It's so elegant
So intelligent
" What shall I do now? What shall I do? "
" I shall rush out as I am, and walk the street
" With my hair down, so. What shall we do to-morrow? " What shall we ever do? "
The hot water at ten.
And if it rains, a closed car at four.
And we shall play a game of chess,
Pressing lidless eyes and waiting for a knock upon the door.

When Lil's husband got demobbed, I said —
I didn't mince my words, I said to her myself,
H URRY UP PLEASE ITS TIME
Now Albert's coming back, make yourself a bit smart. He'll want to know what you done with that money he gave you To get yourself some teeth. He did, I was there. You have them all out, Lil, and get a nice set,
He said, I swear, I can't bear to look at you.
And no more can't I, I said, and think of poor Albert, He's been in the army four years, he wants a good time, And if you don't give it him, there's others will, I said. Oh is there, she said. Something o' that, I said. Then I'll know who to thank, she said, and give me a straight look. H URRY UP PLEASE ITS TIME
If you don't like it you can get on with it, I said. Others can pick and choose if you can't.
But if Albert makes off, it won't be for lack of telling. You ought to be ashamed, I said, to look so antique. (And her only thirty-one.)
I can't help it, she said, pulling a long face,
It's them pills I took, to bring it off, she said. (She's had five already, and nearly died of young George.) The chemist said it would be all right, but I've never been the same. You are a proper fool, I said.
Well, if Albert won't leave you alone, there it is, I said, What you get married for if you don't want children? H URRY UP PLEASE ITS TIME
Well, that Sunday Albert was home, they had a hot gammon, And they asked me in to dinner, to get the beauty of it hot — H URRY UP PLEASE ITS TIME
H URRY UP PLEASE ITS TIME
Goonight Bill. Goonight Lou. Goonight May. Goonight. Ta ta. Goonight. Goonight.
Good night, ladies, good night, sweet ladies, good night, good night.

Question: What day is two days before the day immediately following the day three days before the day two days after the day immediately before Friday? Answer: Tuesday – the day before Friday is Thursday. Two days after that is Saturday. Three days before that is Wednesday. The day immediately following that is Thursday, Two days before that is Tuesday, so the final and correct answer is Tuesday.

Question: What goes up, but never down?
Answer: Age

There are three types of people in the world:
Those who can count and those who can't.

This poem is dedicated to all Caissa members who are the Silent Majority.

The Silent Majority

Spoke the silent pawn to the opposing queen:
Your master is a filthy man and also very mean.
He does naught but curse and foulmouth my gentle master. Your king ought to punish him real fast if not faster. because we are all tired of his filthy ranting and raving. We want to play chess which is our gift and inborn craving. But if he is allowed to continue to act like a filthy prick, we'll catch him and drown him in the cesspool with frick. Replied the queen smilingly though in a very loud voice: Fear not silent majority because that is also our choice. So it came about,that one could hear in the deep of night an inhuman scream of the filthy man who died slowly of fright.

"Double, double toil and trouble" has become something of a clichéd quote in relation to witches. It pops up frequently in cartoons and shows, usually as some incantation during a witch's spell. Therefore, it feels appropriate that it was used in the Harry Potter franchise as the students of Hogwarts sing a song with these lyrics in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. While the origins of the quote do indeed harken back to witches, it is actually from <Macbeth> with the Harry Potter song being a word-to-word version of a portion of the Three Witches' ill-fated prophecy.

<"Every time I coach people, I <emphasize> the following key concepts:

^Develop your pieces at the beginning of the game (Extremely underrated by beginners)

^Control the center (Chess pieces control a lot more squares from the center of the board)

^Make sure your king is safer than the opponent's

Every opening in chess is based on these fundamental principles. Thus, if you can understand such concepts and put them into practice, your chess strength will skyrocket!" ― IM Luis Torres>

> Protect your pieces. Loose Pieces Drop Off. Your middlegame position generally tends to be in good standing as long as you have a grip on the center, the king is castled and rooks connected, your pieces are active, and you don't drop material. Know all the possible ways of responding to a threat of capture.<

* Opening Tree: https://www.shredderchess.com/onlin...

Gambling problem? Call 1-800-GAMBLER

<<<A Burnt Ship> By John Donne (1572-1631)>

Out of a fired ship, which by no way
But drowning could be rescued from the flame,
Some men leap'd forth, and ever as they came
Near the foes' ships, did by their shot decay;
So all were lost, which in the ship were found,
They in the sea being burnt, they in the burnt ship drown'd.>

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The Cloud
By Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822)

I bring fresh showers for the thirsting flowers, From the seas and the streams;
I bear light shade for the leaves when laid
In their noonday dreams.
From my wings are shaken the dews that waken
The sweet buds every one,
When rocked to rest on their mother's breast,
As she dances about the sun.
I wield the flail of the lashing hail,
And whiten the green plains under,
And then again I dissolve it in rain,
And laugh as I pass in thunder.

I sift the snow on the mountains below,
And their great pines groan aghast;
And all the night 'tis my pillow white,
While I sleep in the arms of the blast.
Sublime on the towers of my skiey bowers,
Lightning my pilot sits;
In a cavern under is fettered the thunder,
It struggles and howls at fits;
Over earth and ocean, with gentle motion,
This pilot is guiding me,
Lured by the love of the genii that move
In the depths of the purple sea;
Over the rills, and the crags, and the hills,
Over the lakes and the plains,
Wherever he dream, under mountain or stream,
The Spirit he loves remains;
And I all the while bask in Heaven's blue smile, Whilst he is dissolving in rains.

The sanguine Sunrise, with his meteor eyes,
And his burning plumes outspread,
Leaps on the back of my sailing rack,
When the morning star shines dead;
As on the jag of a mountain crag,
Which an earthquake rocks and swings,
An eagle alit one moment may sit
In the light of its golden wings.
And when Sunset may breathe, from the lit sea beneath, Its ardours of rest and of love,
And the crimson pall of eve may fall
From the depth of Heaven above,
With wings folded I rest, on mine aëry nest,
As still as a brooding dove.

That orbèd maiden with white fire laden,
Whom mortals call the Moon,
Glides glimmering o'er my fleece-like floor,
By the midnight breezes strewn;
And wherever the beat of her unseen feet,
Which only the angels hear,
May have broken the woof of my tent's thin roof, The stars peep behind her and peer;
And I laugh to see them whirl and flee,
Like a swarm of golden bees,
When I widen the rent in my wind-built tent,
Till calm the rivers, lakes, and seas,
Like strips of the sky fallen through me on high, Are each paved with the moon and these.

I bind the Sun's throne with a burning zone,
And the Moon's with a girdle of pearl;
The volcanoes are dim, and the stars reel and swim, When the whirlwinds my banner unfurl.
From cape to cape, with a bridge-like shape,
Over a torrent sea,
Sunbeam-proof, I hang like a roof,
The mountains its columns be.
The triumphal arch through which I march
With hurricane, fire, and snow,
When the Powers of the air are chained to my chair, Is the million-coloured bow;
The sphere-fire above its soft colours wove,
While the moist Earth was laughing below.

I am the daughter of Earth and Water,
And the nursling of the Sky;
I pass through the pores of the ocean and shores; I change, but I cannot die.
For after the rain when with never a stain
The pavilion of Heaven is bare,
And the winds and sunbeams with their convex gleams Build up the blue dome of air,
I silently laugh at my own cenotaph,
And out of the caverns of rain,
Like a child from the womb, like a ghost from the tomb, I arise and unbuild it again.

According to Chessmetrics, Lasker was #1 for longer than anyone else in history: 292 different months between June 1890 and December 1926. That's a timespan of 36 1/2 years, in which Lasker was #1 for a total of 24 years and 4 months. Lasker was 55 years old when he won New York 1924.

"Just because you know stuff doesn't mean you are smart... You have to know how to use that information." ― Josh Keller

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

Q: What do you call a can opener that doesn't work? A can't opener!

Forcing moves: <The great Australian correspondence champion and teacher Cecil Purdy advised: In every position look at all checks and captures, and jump-mates, jump-checks, and jump-captures.

'Jump-moves' -- are moves that would be possible if an obstructing piece were removed.

This bit of advice comes from a book by GM Andrew Soltis -- it's called "The Wisest Things Ever Said About Chess" (Batsford, 2008) -- 288 chess maxims and a short (1 page) bit of explanation and annotated example.>

An Irish Blessing:

May we all feel…
happy and contented,
healthy and strong,
safe and protected
and living with ease…

Ever wanted to be able to clean your ears with your tongue? Then you'd probably fancy being a giraffe. They're able to do this thanks to having tongues which are around 21 inches long!

Question: What is the only number spelled out in English that has the same number of letters as its value? Answer: Four

Concrete-like structures began to appear for the first time in northern Jordan and southern Syria regions around 6500 B.C.E. Comprised of rough composite mixed with fluid cement, concrete is the most widely used man-made material. The mix hardens over time, making a sturdy, strong structural foundation. However, when it's still wet, the material is very easy to manipulate into different shapes.

Question: The U.S.A. $10,000 bill was last printed in 1945 and is the largest denomination ever in public circulation; whose portrait appeared on it? Answer: Salmon P. Chase – Secretary of the Treasury

Giraffes have unique markings. They are like our own fingerprints in that no two giraffes will ever have the same markings.

Tilt

The Cat and the Old Rat

A story-writer of our sort
Historifies, in short,
Of one that may be reckoned
A Rodilard the Second, –
The Alexander of the cats,
The Attila, the scourge of rats,
Whose fierce and whiskered head
Among the latter spread,
A league around, its dread;
Who seemed, indeed, determined
The world should be unvermined.
The planks with props more false than slim,
The tempting heaps of poisoned meal,
The traps of wire and traps of steel,
Were only play compared with him.
At length, so sadly were they scared.
The rats and mice no longer dared
To show their thievish faces
Outside their hiding-places,
Thus shunning all pursuit; whereat
Our crafty General Cat
Contrived to hang himself, as dead,
Beside the wall with downward head,
Resisting gravitation's laws
By clinging with his hinder claws
To some small bit of string.
The rats esteemed the thing
A judgment for some naughty deed,
Some thievish snatch,
Or ugly scratch;
And thought their foe had got his meed
By being hung indeed.
With hope elated all
Of laughing at his funeral,
They thrust their noses out in air;
And now to show their heads they dare;
Now dodging back, now venturing more;
At last on the larder's store
They fall to filching, as of yore.
A scanty feast enjoyed these shallows;
Down dropped the hung one from his gallows,
And of the hindmost caught.
"Some other tricks to me are known,"
Said he, while tearing bone from bone,
"By long experience taught;
The point is settled, free from doubt,
That from your holes you shall come out."
His threat as good as prophecy
Was proved by Mr. Mildandsly;
For, putting on a mealy robe,
He squatted in an open tub,
And held his purring and his breath; –
Out came the vermin to their death.
On this occasion, one old stager,
A rat as grey as any badger,
Who had in battle lost his tail,
Abstained from smelling at the meal;
And cried, far off, "Ah! General Cat,
I much suspect a heap like that;
Your meal is not the thing, perhaps,
For one who knows somewhat of traps;
Should you a sack of meal become,
I had let you be, and stay at home."

Well said, I think, and prudently,
By one who knew distrust to be
The parent of security.

'Ask no questions and hear no lies

* The Most Instructive Games of Chess Ever Played: 62 Masterpieces of Chess Strategy by Irving Chernev - https://lichess.org/study/KMMrJvE1

* Legendary: Game Collection: The 12 Legendary Games of the Century

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'Ask a silly question and you'll get a silly answer

Q: How do poets say hello?
A: "Hey, haven't we metaphor?"

Q: Why was the King only a foot tall?
A: Because he was the ruler.

Q: What do you call a cow jumping on a trampoline? A: A milkshake.

Rundown

George Henry Thomas Is An Unsung Hero Of The Civil War After serving in the Mexican-American War, <George Henry Thomas> remained as a Southern Unionist in the US Army during the American Civil War. He served as a general and was one of the lead commanders in the Western Theater. During the war, he never lost a battle starting with his first victory at Mill Springs.

George Henry Thomas won several decisive victories throughout the war, even saving the Union Army, earning the nickname "the Rock of Chickamauga." Although he was undefeated during the war, his refusal to promote his legacy led him to be overshadowed by generals such as Ulysses S. Grant and William T. Sherman.

Trolling is cyberbullying. The troll should be banned from the website for good.

Internet trollz are people who want to provoke and upset others online for their own amusement. Here's how to spot the signz that someone is a troll, and how to handle them.

What Are Internet Trollz?
If you've been on the internet for any period of time, you've likely run into a troll at some point. An internet troll is someone who makes intentionally inflammatory, rude, or upsetting statements online to elicit strong emotional responses in people or to steer the conversation off-topic. They can come in many forms. Most trolls do this for their own amusement, but other forms of trolling are done to push a specific agenda.

Trollz have existed in folklore and fantasy literature for centuries, but online trolling has been around for as long as the internet has existed. The earliest known usage of the term can be traced back to the 1990s on early online message boards. Back then, it was a way for users to confuse new members by repeatedly posting an inside joke. It's since turned into a much more malicious activity.

Trolling is distinct from other forms of cyberbullying or harassment. It is normally not targeted towards any one person and relies on other people paying attention and becoming provoked. Trolling exists on many online platforms, from small private group chats to the biggest social media websites. Here's a list of places online where you're likely to see online trolls:

Anonymous online forums: Places like removed to prevent more trolling are prime real-estate for online trolls. Because there's no way of tracing who someone is, trolls can post very inflammatory content without repercussion. This is especially true if the forum has lax or inactive moderation. Twitter: Twitter also has the option to be anonymous, and has become a hotbed for internet trolls. Frequent Twitter trolling methods involve hijacking popular hashtags and mentioning popular Twitter personalities to gain attention from their followers.

Comment sections: The comment sections of places such as YouTube and news websites are also popular areas for trolls to feed. You'll find a lot of obvious trolling here, and they frequently generate a lot of responses from angry readers or viewers.

You'll find trollz anywhere online, including on Facebook and on online dating sites. They're unfortunately pretty common.

Signs Someone Is Trolling
It can sometimes become difficult to tell the difference between a troll and someone who just genuinely wants to argue about a topic. However, here are a few tell-tale signs that someone is actively trolling.

Off-topic remarkz: Completely going off-topic from the subject at hand. This is done to annoy and disrupt other posters.

Refusal to acknowledge evidence: Even when presented with hard, cold factz, they ignore this and pretend like they never saw it.

Dismissive, condescending tone: An early indicator of a troll was that they would ask an angry responder, "Why you mad, bro?" This is a method done to provoke someone even more, as a way of dismissing their argument altogether. Use of unrelated images or memes: They reply to others with memes, images, and gifs. This is especially true if done in response to a very long text post. Seeming obliviousness: They seem oblivious that most people are in disagreement with them. Also, trolls rarely get mad or provoked. The list above is by no means definitive. There are a lot of other ways to identify that someone is trolling. Generally, if someone seems disingenuous, uninterested in a real discussion, and provocative on purpose, they're likely an internet troll.

How Should I Handle Them?
A "Danger: Do not feed the troll" sign on a computer keyboard.

The most classic adage regarding trolling is, "Don't feed the trollz." Trollz seek out emotional responses and find provocation amusing, so replying to them or attempting to debate them will only make them troll more. By ignoring a troll completely, they will likely become frustrated and go somewhere else on the internet.

You should try your best not to take anything trollz say seriously. No matter how poorly they behave, remember these people spend countless unproductive hours trying to make people mad. They're not worth your time of day.

If a troll becomes spammy or begins to clog up a thread, you can also opt to report them to the site's moderation team. Depending on the website, there's a chance nothing happens, but you should do your part to actively dissuade them from trolling on that platform. If your report is successful, the troll may be temporarily suspended or their account might be banned entirely.

California and Alaska each have eight national parks. Mount McKinley in the Alaska Range of Denali National Park is the highest point in the USA national parks at 20,302 feet.

Riddle Question: People make me, save me, change me, raise me. What am I?

According to statistics, the average American spends roughly 17,600 minutes behind the wheel annually. That's equivalent to over 293 hours or nearly 12 days!

Riddle Answer: Money

Tourists can visit two USA national parks in a day going to Yellowstone National Park and Grand Teton National Park. They are just 10 miles apart in northern Wyoming.

If you're American when you go in the bathroom… … and American when you come out, what are you in the bathroom?

European.

The Oracle and the Atheist

That man his Maker can deceive,
Is monstrous folly to believe.
The labyrinthine mazes of the heart
Are open to His eyes in every part.
Whatever one may do, or think, or feel,
From Him no darkness can the thing conceal.
A pagan once, of graceless heart and hollow,
Whose faith in gods, I'm apprehensive,
Was quite as real as expensive.
Consulted, at his shrine, the god Apollo.
"Is what I hold alive, or not?"
Said he, – a sparrow having brought,
Prepared to wring its neck, or let it fly,
As need might be, to give the god the lie.
Apollo saw the trick,
And answered quick,
"Dead or alive, show me your sparrow,
And cease to set for me a trap
Which can but cause yourself mishap.
I see afar, and far I shoot my arrow."

"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

"My kingdom for a horse!"
Mel Brooks' satirical retelling of Robin Hood's folklore is filled with references to classical literature, particularly that of Shakespeare. For instance, people throw their ears at Robin Hood, after he delivers the famous Julius Caesar's line, "Lend me your ear". A more dramatic moment occurs when the vigilante swims to England all the way from Jerusalem. Without offering any context, he exclaims "My kingdom for a horse!" The randomness makes the scene funny but avid readers of the Bard would know that this dialogue is actually taken from Act 5, Scene 4 of <Richard III>. In the play, the titular protagonist desperately searches for his horse on a battlefield when he loses the creature. The line is meant to be an exaggeration by the hero that he would give anything to have a horse in that moment. However, it makes for a funny setup in Robin Hood: Men in Tights as, shortly after saying this, Robin discovers his kingdom has been taken away.

"Risk" by Anais Nin

And then the day came,
when the risk
to remain tight
in a bud
was more painful
than the risk
it took
to blossom.

"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

Question: What's the brightest star in the sky? Answer: Sirius – also known as the Dog Star or Sirius A, Sirius is the brightest star in Earth's night sky. The star is outshone only by several planets and the International Space Station.

Q: What kind of tea did the American colonist want? A: Liberty

Question: What's the difference between a cemetery and a graveyard? Answer: Graveyards are attached to churches while cemeteries are stand-alone.

Patty Loveless "You'll Never Leave Harlan Alive" https://www.bing.com/videos/rivervi...

"These Violent Delights Have Violent Ends..."
The Twilight Saga: New Moon / Romeo & Juliet
Like many other romantic films, The Twilight Saga: New Moon also uses quotes from <Romeo & Juliet> to depict the tumultuous romance shared between the ancient Edward Cullen and young human Bella Swan. In fact, the film opens with this monologue from the classic tragedy. It is unsurprising as countless stories of forbidden romance have taken inspiration and paid homage to Shakespeare's famous doomed love story. In the case of Twilight, the rival families can be replaced by vampires and humans and the unconventional romance that blooms between a couple like Edward and Bella. In the original source, Friar Lawrence says these lines to Romeo warning him of the dangers of loving a girl from a rival family. Romeo, however, believes that he would still get joy even if he could meet Juliet for just one moment. In the case of Twilight, the rival families can be replaced by vampires and humans and the unconventional romance that blooms between a couple like Edward and Bella.

<<<Five Preliminary Endgame Rules> according to CJS Purdy>

1. Before even beginning to think of making a passed pawn, put all your pieces into as good positions as possible.

2. Avoid pawn-moves while you are getting your pieces well positioned because pawn-moves create lasting weaknesses and thus make your task harder.

3. Try to free your position from weaknesses; and if possible, make it hard for the opponent to do likewise.

4. When trying to win, keep pawns on both wings. When trying to draw, play to eliminate all the pawns on one wing. With pawns on one wing only, a pawn plus is usually insufficient for a win.

5. If you are a pawn up or more, exchange pieces (not pawns) wherever you can do so without losing in position.

Exception: do not rush an exchange that will leave you with a single bishop running on the opposite color to the enemy's single bishop. Also, refrain from exchanging if it will give your opponent two bishops against bishop and knight.> Posted by Chessbuzz

Never let your feet run faster than your shoes. ~ Scottish Proverb

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

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

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

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

Take care of your pennies and your dollars will take care of themselves. ~ Scottish Proverb

"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 favor 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.

FTB didn't know that Joe actually read books, but we'll give a listen: https://www.blinkist.com/n/magazine...

FTB hasn't watched all of this video yet, but the shorts seem to indicate that married MC is less guarded, more detailed than typical interviews: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybu...

America
by Walt Whitman

Centre of equal daughters, equal sons,
All, all alike endear'd, grown, ungrown, young or old, Strong, ample, fair, enduring, capable, rich,
Perennial with the Earth, with Freedom, Law and Love, A grand, sane, towering, seated Mother,
Chair'd in the adamant of Time.

My Country 'Tis of Thee (America) Composed in 1831 by Samuel Francis Smith

My country, 'tis of thee,
Sweet land of liberty,
Of thee I sing;
Land where my fathers died,
Land of the pilgrims' pride,
From ev'ry mountainside
Let freedom ring!

My native country, thee,
Land of the noble free,
Thy name I love;
I love thy rocks and rills,
Thy woods and templed hills;
My heart with rapture thrills,
Like that above.

Let music swell the breeze,
And ring from all the trees
Sweet freedom's song;
Let mortal tongues awake;
Let all that breathe partake;
Let rocks their silence break,
The sound prolong.

Our fathers' God to Thee,
Author of liberty,
To Thee we sing.
Long may our land be bright,
With freedom's holy light,
Protect us by Thy might,
Great God our King.

"When the past no longer illuminates the future, the spirit walks in darkness." – Alexis de Tocqueville

Uncle Sam Reshevsky was hit with Biden's Mate (crossways Catholic bishops) in a St. Louis (now the USA chess capital of sorts) department store, but business is booming back.

https://clipartcraft.com/download.h...

The Elephant in the Room is obviously the GOP's Donald J. Trump, already man of the decade. Although the bar was very low, and personal cost very, very high, fighter Trump has returned to office less than two months and already accomplished more than bumbling Joe Biden did in four awful years. The Deep State has been exposed, the Woke agenda is being erased from children's books and women's locker rooms, hostages are returning to their homes, trespassers are staying south of the border, and the Washington D.C. Swamp is being drained. Mighty America is Great Again!! https://www.politico.com/news/magaz...

https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comme...

Winter strategy: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/h20Z... - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/fv8g...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/iw5I...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/5yaj...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/0Lz8...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/r9Xg...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/lPrO...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/q6ct...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/uaPI...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/a0yz...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/u__j...

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?

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

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

"God has given us two hands, one to receive with and the other to give with." — Billy Graham

"My home is in Heaven. I'm just traveling through this world." — Billy Graham

"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

This poem is dedicated to Harris my chessplayer friend and literary commentator.

Chess The Final Metaphor

It was in a cesspool behind the place of his cousin Nick

That in this pool of sewage, was born the freak called frick.

On dark nights he hysterically wailed in his pool of slimy mess:

"Oh why oh why, can't I play the game that humans call chess"?

As the morning sun rose, begged the queen of the mighty king:

Sire, can you not order the death of this awful filthy thing"?

Wisely he replied: "no, I'll let frick live forever in distress

While he must watch others enjoy themselves playing chess."

* Danill Dubov is the one true pirate: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUU...

* Riddle-ziggy-bean: https://www.briddles.com/riddles/ch...

"Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that." ― Martin Luther King Jr.

"Never reply to an anonymous letter." ― Yogi Berra, MLB Hall of Fame catcher

"Even Napoleon had his Watergate."
― Yogi Berra, 10-time World Series champion

Weiord Funn:
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Knock knock.

Who's there?

Interrupting cow.

Interrupting c–

MOO!

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

"The mind is its own place, and in itself, can make heaven of Hell, and a hell of Heaven." ― John Milton

"Of all the knowledge that we can ever obtain, the knowledge of God, and the knowledge of ourselves, are the most important." ― Jonathan Edwards

"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."

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

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

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!

Zirconium Zr 40 91.22 1.4

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

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

Silence is the best reply to a fool. ― Joker

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

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

Mendelevium Md 101 (258) 1.3

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Sicilian Defense: Closed Var (B23) 1-0 Juniors
B Uysal vs A Asgarizadeh, 2013
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 24 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Def: Closed. Traditional (B25) 0-1
M Rohde vs J Tarjan, 1975
(B25) Sicilian, Closed, 28 moves, 0-1
1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Bc4 g6 4.f4 Bg7 5.Nf3 d6 6.O-O e6 7.d3 Nge7
T Bustelo vs M Cortes Arias, 2018
(B25) Sicilian, Closed, 29 moves, 1-0
2.Nc3 d6 3.f4 e6 4.Bc4 Nf6 5.Bb3 Be7 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.d3a6 8.a4Bd7
A Bryn vs E Viana, 2013
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 29 moves, 1-0
2.Nc3 d6 3.f4 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bc4 Nc6 6.d3 e6 7.O-ONge7 8.Qe1O-O
Lenderman vs K Troff, 2012
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 32 moves, 1-0
2.Nc3 d6 3.f4 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bc4 e6 6.O-O Ne7 7.d3O-O 8.Qe1Nbc6
R Klabis vs G Drnovsek, 2012
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 40 moves, 1-0
2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bc4 e6 6.O-O Nge7 7.d3Na58.Bb3Nxb
B Tilenbaev vs B Geske, 2012
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 26 moves, 1-0
2.Nc3 d6 3.f4 Nc6 4.Nf3 g6 5.Bc4 Bg7 6.O-O Nf6 7.d3Bg4 8.h3Bxf3
I Ivanisevic vs P Oatlhotse, 2012
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 47 moves, 1-0
1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bc4 Nf6 6.d3 O-O 7.O-O d6
S Fridthjofsdottir vs Milena Stagno, 2018
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 35 moves, 1-0
2.Nc3 g6 3.f4 Bg7 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Bc4 e6 6.O-O Nge7 7.
A Veselov vs A Patarin, 2017
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 41 moves, 1-0
2.Nc3 d6 3.f4 Nc6 4.Nf3 g6 5.Bb5 Bg7 6.O-O Bd7 7.d3a68.Bxc6Bxc6
Jobava vs A Korobov, 2013
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 37 moves, 1-0
2.Nc3 d6 3.f4 Nc6 4.Nf3 g6 5.Bb5 Bg7 6.O-O Bd7 7.d3 a6 8.Bxc6 B
Jobava vs A Korobov, 2013
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 37 moves, 0-1
2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 d6 4.Nf3 g6 5.Bb5 Bd7 6.O-O Bg77.d3Rc88.Bxc6Rxc6
H Danielsen vs K Schmidt, 2013
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 20 moves, 1-0
2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 e6 4.Nf3 d5 5.Bb5 Nge7 6.exd5 exd5 7.Qe2f68.O-OK
S N Longson vs L Varnam, 2013
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 38 moves, 1-0
2.Nc3 d6 3.f4 Nc6 4.Nf3 g6 5.Bb5 Bg7 6.Bxc6+ bxc6
A Skripchenko vs N Maisuradze, 2013
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 61 moves, 1-0
2.Nc3 e6 3.f4 d5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Bb5 Nf6 6.Bxc6+ bxc6
J van Overdam vs J Gerlagh, 2012
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 57 moves, 1-0
2.Nc3 d6 3.f4 Nc6 4.Nf3 g6 5.Bb5 Bg7 6.Bxc6+ bxc6 7.O-O Nf6 8.d
Ivanchuk vs Naiditsch, 2009
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 41 moves, 1-0
2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 e6 4.Nf3 d5 5.Bb5 a6 6.Bxc6+ bxc6
K Shanava vs A Gurkin, 2012
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 26 moves, 1-0
2.Nc3 e6 3.f4 Nc6 4.Nf3 d5 5.Bb5 a6 6.Bxc6+ bxc6
T Clayton vs O Willson, 2012
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 24 moves, 1-0
2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 e6 4.Nf3 d5 5.Bb5 Nge7 6.d3 a6 7.
D B Graham vs G Moss, 2013
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 44 moves, 1-0
2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bb5 Nd4 6.O-O Nxb5
A P Horton vs S Homer, 2013
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 33 moves, 1-0
2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bb5 Nd4 6.O-O Nxb5
A Pickersgill vs J Anderson, 2012
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 28 moves, 1-0
2.Nc3 g6 3.f4 Bg7 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Bb5 Nd4 6.O-O Nxb5
W Puntier Andujar vs M Merritt, 2012
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 31 moves, 1-0
2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bb5 Nd4 6.O-O Nxb5 7.Nxb5 d6 8.d3
G Jones vs M Agopov, 2007
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 38 moves, 1-0
2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bb5 Nd4 6.O-O Nxb5 7.Nxb5 d6 8.d3
R Yang vs Y Wang, 2001
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 39 moves, 0-1
2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bb5 Nd4 6.O-O Nxb5 7.Nxb5 d6 8.d3
T Hisler vs M Eriksson, 2005
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 22 moves, 0-1
2.Nc3 g6 3.f4 Bg7 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Bb5 Nd4 6.Nxd4 cxd4
S Maze vs V Gandrud, 2013
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 37 moves, 1-0
2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bb5 Nd4 6.Nxd4 cxd4
T Marttala vs K Skrabakova, 2013
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 25 moves, 1-0
Sic Grand Prix Attk (B23)0-1 Qa5+ forks LPDO B shooting gallery
F Smrcka vs K E Engel, 1965
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 8 moves, 0-1
2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 g6 4.Bb5 Nd4 5.Bc4 Bg7 6.Nf3 d6 7.
P K U M Jayasundara vs A Mellace, 2012
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 44 moves, 1-0
2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 g6 4.Bb5 Nd4 5.Bc4 Bg7 6.Nge2 e6 7.Nxd4 cxd4 8.
N Gaprindashvili vs A Blagidze, 1963
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 15 moves, 1-0
2.Nc3 e6 3.f4 d5 4.Bb5+ Bd7 5.Bxd7+ Qxd7 6.d3 Nc6
A Canonne vs M R Wilson, 2013
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 28 moves, 1-0
2.Nc3 d6 3.f4 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bb5+ Bd7 6.Bc4 Nc6 7
M den Hartog vs E van der Auweraert, 2013
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 41 moves, 1-0
2.Nc3 d6 3.f4 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bb5+ Bd7 6.Bc4 Nc6 7
Dan Golub vs M Gebigke, 2013
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 39 moves, 1-0
2.Nc3 d6 3.f4 Nf6 4.Nf3 g6 5.Bb5+ Bd7 6.Bc4 Bg7 7
D Kolica vs T Leifsson, 2013
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 21 moves, 1-0
2.Nc3 e6 3.f4 Nc6 4.Nf3 d6 5.Bb5 Bd7 6.O-O Be7 7.
V Lilov vs O Todorov, 2013
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 30 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Def: Closed 0-0 vs 0-0-0 (B23) 0-1 Stockfish
Short vs Topalov, 1997
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 65 moves, 0-1
2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bb5 Nd4 6.Bd3 e6 7.
H Bennett vs I Dordevic, 2013
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 21 moves, 1-0
2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bb5 Nd4 6.Bd3 e6 7.
J Hutton vs S Whatley, 2013
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 35 moves, 1-0
2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bb5 Nd4 6.O-O a6 7.
M Perunovic vs P Carlsson, 2012
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 34 moves, 1-0
2.Nc3 a6 3.f4 b5 4.Nf3 Bb7 5.d3 e6 6.Ne2 d5 7.e5h5 8.d4Nh6
F Seim vs S Michel, 2013
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 19 moves, 1-0
2.Nc3 a6 3.f4 b5 4.Nf3 Bb7 5.d3 d6 6.g4 Nd7 7.Bg2g6 8.O-OBg7
T L Petrosian vs V Baghdasaryan, 2012
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 28 moves, 1-0
2.Nc3 a6 3.f4 e6 4.Nf3 b5 5.d4 cxd4 6.Qxd4 Nc6 7.Qf2Nf6 8.Bd3d5
J Atwoli vs A Rosenbeiger, 2012
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 26 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Closed Transposes Open (B23) 0-1 P race winner loses
C Storey vs M Fernandez, 2014
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 52 moves, 0-1
2.Nc3 e6 3.f4 Nc6 4.Nf3 a6 5.g3 d6 6.Bg2 Nge7 7.d3g6 8.O-OBg7
V Lilov vs K T Todorov, 2013
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 52 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Def: Closed 9.g4 f5 (B23) 0-1 pins, batteries
I Manor vs Gelfand, 1999
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 33 moves, 0-1
Sicilian Grand Prix Attack (B23) 0-1 Pawn fork, Spearhead
O Mikalsen vs Carlsen, 2003
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 25 moves, 0-1
Andy Soltis' book The Inner Game of Chess
Ljubojevic vs Kasparov, 1991
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 43 moves, 0-1
Sicilian Def: Closed ...NxBd3 NxNd3 (B23) 1-0 N pair on 6th!!
R Skrobek vs A Kuligowski, 1978
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 26 moves, 1-0
Gawain sacs a pawn for a winning attack in the GrandPrixAttack!
G Jones vs Van Wely, 2007
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 25 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Defense: Closed. Chameleon Variation (B23) · 1-0
B Andonov vs B Perenyi, 1985
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 31 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Defense: Grand Prix Attack (B23) · 0-1
Hodgson vs Petursson, 1989
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 33 moves, 0-1
Vienna 1882
J Noa vs M Weiss, 1882
(B20) Sicilian, 57 moves, 0-1
Lasker Memorial 1968
Bronstein vs A Zaitsev, 1968
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 37 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Defense: 2.b3 Variation (B20) · 1/2-1/2
G Seils vs B Burchardt, 1983
(B20) Sicilian, 19 moves, 1/2-1/2
USA Championship 2002
D Ariel vs W J Donaldson, 2002
(B27) Sicilian, 28 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Def: Grand Prix Attack (B23) 0-1 It's not Larry?
Z Ben Porat vs L Christensen, 2019
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 22 moves, 0-1
Sicilian Def: Closed GPA (B23) 0-1 f4 leaves dark sqr weakness
A Hina vs M Digernes, 2019
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 28 moves, 0-1
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