Dear Lord,
I ask that You watch over me and lead me as I face the challenges of today. Shield me and my family from harm. Provide me the strength to say no to temptation. Sharpen my discernment and wisdom to look upon You and not be an instrument of the enemy for evil.

In Jesus' Name. Amen.

"Lead me, follow me, or get the hell out of my way." ― George S. Patton Jr., Patton Principles

"Unfortunately, many regard the critic as an enemy, instead of seeing him as a guide to the truth." ― Wilhelm Steinitz

"My passions were all gathered together like fingers that made a fist. Drive is considered aggression today; I knew it then as purpose." ― Bette Davis

"Chess is a matter of vanity." ― Alexander Alekhine

"As a chess player one has to be able to control one's feelings, one has to be as cold as a machine." ― Levon Aronian

"Sometimes it happens that the computer's assessment is very abstract. It's correct, but it's not useful for a practical game. You have to prove the assessment with very strong moves and if you don't find all of these strong moves you may lose very quickly. For a computer this is not a problem, but for humans it is not so easy." ― Vassily Ivanchuk

"A good book is the precious lifeblood of a master spirit." ― John Milton

"Chess is a sport. The main object in the game of chess remains the achievement of victory." ― Max Euwe

"A sport, a struggle for results and a fight for prizes. I think that the discussion about "chess is science or chess is art" is already inappropriate. The purpose of modern chess is to reach a result." ― Alexander Morozevich

"No one man is superior to the game." ― A. Bartlett Giamatti, in reference to Pete Rose, the all-time MLB hits leader banned for gambling.

"To err is human; to forgive, divine." ― Alexander Pope

"I consider Mr. Morphy the finest chess player who ever existed. He is far superior to any now living, and would doubtless have beaten Labourdonnais himself. In all his games with me, he has not only played, in every instance, the exact move, but the most exact. He never makes a mistake; but, if his adversary commits the slightest error, he is lost." ― Adolf Anderssen

"After white's reply to 1.e4 e5 with 2.f4 the game is in its last throes" ― Howard Staunton

"I have added these principles to the law: get the Knights into action before both Bishops are developed." ― Emanuel Lasker

"With opposite coloured bishops the attacking side has in effect an extra piece in the shape of his bishop." ― Mikhail Botvinnik

"A pawn, when separated from his fellows, will seldom or never make a fortune." ― Francois-Andre Danican Philidor

"Be warned! From Satan's viewpoint you are a pawn in his game of cosmic chess." ― Adrian Rogers

"Pawns not only create the sketch for the whole painting, they are also the soil, the foundation, of any position." ― Anatoly Karpov

"The object of the state is always the same: to limit the individual, to tame him, to subordinate him, to subjugate him." ― Max Stirner

"It is a profound mistake to imagine that the art of combination depends only on natural talent, and that it cannot be learned." ― Richard Reti

"A Queen's sacrifice, even when fairly obvious, always rejoices the heart of the chess-lover." ― Savielly Tartakower

"Everyone makes mistakes. The wise are not people who never make mistakes, but those who forgive themselves and learn from their mistakes." ― Ajahn Brahm

"As a rule, so-called "positional" sacrifices are considered more difficult, and therefore more praise-worthy, than those which are based exclusively on an exact calculation of tactical possibilities." ― Alexander Alekhine

"It would be idle, and presumptuous, to wish to imitate the achievements of a Morphy or an Alekhine; but their methods and their manner of expressing themselves are within the reach of all." ― Eugene Znosko-Borovsky

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

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

"Erudition, like a bloodhound, is a charming thing when held firmly in leash, but it is not so attractive when turned loose upon a defenseless and unerudite public." ― Agnes Repplier

"If you watch it, you should watch it with other players and try to find moves, like it was before. Now on many sites you watch together with the computer and the pleasure is gone." ― Boris Gelfand

"I believe that Chess possesses a magic that is also a help in advanced age. A rheumatic knee is forgotten during a game of chess and other events can seem quite unimportant in comparison with a catastrophe on the chessboard." ― Vlastimil Hort

"It's funny, but many people don't understand why I draw so many games nowadays. They think my style must have changed but this is not the case at all. The answer to this drawing disease is that my favorite squares are e6, f7, g7 and h7 and everyone now knows this. They protect these squares not once but four times!" ― Mikhail Tal

"Having spent alarmingly large chunks of my life studying the white side of the Open Sicilian, I find myself asking, why did I bother?" ― Daniel J. King

"Apart from direct mistakes, there is nothing more ruinous than routine play, the aim of which is mechanical development." ― Alexey Suetin

"Not infrequently ... the theoretical is a synonym of the stereotyped. For the 'theoretical' in chess is nothing more than that which can be found in the textbooks and to which players try to conform because they cannot think up anything better or equal, anything original." ― Mikhail Chigorin

"The choice of opening, whether to aim for quiet or risky play, depends not only on the style of a player, but also on the disposition with which he sits down at the board." ― Efim Geller

"Despite the development of chess theory, there is much that remains secret and unexplored in chess." ― Vasily Smyslov

"No matter how much theory progresses, how radically styles change, chess play is inconceivable without tactics." ― Samuel Reshevsky

"Collect as precious pearls the words of the wise and virtuous." ― Abdelkader El Djezairi

"Learning is not attained by chance; it must be sought for with ardor and diligence." ― Abigail Adams

"When I was preparing for one term's work in the Botvinnik school I had to spend a lot of time on king and pawn endings. So when I came to a tricky position in my own games, I knew the winning method." ― Garry Kasparov

"As a rule, pawn endings have a forced character, and they can be worked out conclusively." ― Mark Dvoretsky

"It is a gross overstatement, but in chess, it can be said I play against my opponent over the board and against myself on the clock." ― Viktor Korchnoi

"The fact that the 7 hours time control allows us to play a great deep game is not of great importance for mass-media." ― Alexei Shirov

"For me, each game is a new challenge, which has to be dealt with rationally and systematically. At that time, every other thought fades into oblivion." ― Viswanathan Anand

"Any fool can know. The point is to understand." ― Albert Einstein

"One bad move nullifies forty good ones." ― Israel Albert Horowitz

"It is a well-known phenomenon that the same amateur who can conduct the middle game quite creditably, is usually perfectly helpless in the end game. One of the principal requisites of good chess is the ability to treat both the middle and end game equally well." ― Aron Nimzowitsch

"My hard work and excellent training entitled me to be a better actress than some of my competitors." ― Pola Negri

"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

"Capablanca used to talk calmly and moderately about everything. However, when our conversation turned to the problems of the battle for the world championship, in front of me was a quite different person: an enraged lion, although with the fervour typical only of a southerner, with his temperamental patter, which made it hard to follow the torrent of his indignant exclamations and words." ― Alexander Koblencs

"A player is said to have the opposition when he can place his King directly in front of the adverse King, with only one square between them. This is often an important advantage in ending games." ― Howard Staunton

"A player can sometimes afford the luxury of an inaccurate move, or even a definite error, in the opening or middlegame without necessarily obtaining a lost position. In the endgame ... an error can be decisive, and we are rarely presented with a second chance." ― Paul Keres

"Never trust a government that doesn't trust its own citizens with guns." ― Benjamin Franklin

"The Soviet Union was an exception, but even there chess players were not rich. Only Fischer changed that." ― Boris Spassky

"Chess never has been and never can be aught but a recreation. It should not be indulged in to the detriment of other and more serious avocations - should not absorb or engross the thoughts of those who worship at its shrine, but should be kept in the background, and restrained within its proper province. As a mere game, a relaxation from the severe pursuits of life, it is deserving of high commendation." ― Paul Morphy

"Incidentally, when we're faced with a "prove or disprove," we're usually better off trying first to disprove with a counterexample, for two reasons: A disproof is potentially easier (we need just one counterexample); and nitpicking arouses our creative juices. Even if the given assertion is true, our search for a counterexample often leads to a proof, as soon as we see why a counterexample is impossible. Besides, it's healthy to be skeptical." ― Ronald Graham

"Customers don't expect you to be perfect. They do expect you to fix things when they go wrong." — Donald Porter

"It is so much easier to be nice, to be respectful, to put yourself in your customer's' shoes and try to understand how you might help them before they ask for help, than it is to try to mend a broken customer relationship." — Mark Cuban

"Only once customer service has become habitual will a company realize its true potential." — Than Merrill

"Customers don't care about your policies. Find and engage the need. Tell the customer what you can do." — Alice Sesay Pope

"Always keep in mind the old retail adage: Customers remember the service a lot longer than they remember the price." — Lauren Freedman

"Here is a powerful yet simple rule. Always give people more than they expect to get." — Nelson Boswell

"Every contact we have with a customer influences whether or not they'll come back. We have to be great every time or we'll lose them." — Kevin Stirtz

"The customer is always right." — Harry Gordon Selfridge (Not hardly says FTB.)

"Once a king or queen of Narnia, always a king or queen of Narnia." ― C.S. Lewis, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

"Always carry champagne! In victory You deserve it & in defeat You need it!" ― Napoléon Bonaparte

"Be your own Sunshine. Always." ― Purvi Raniga

"Most promises featuring the word 'always' are unkeepable." ― John Green, The Anthropocene Reviewed

"You should never say never. Just like you should never say always; because, always and never are always never true." ― J. R. Krol

* A11s: Game Collection: A11 (White Wins): English Opening

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

* Counter Gambit: Game Collection: QPCG

* Gambit Guide (brief visuals): https://www.chessjournal.com/chess-...

* Jimmy's Openings page: https://www.jimmyvermeer.com/openin...

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

* Mix: Game Collection: 0

* Opening Names: https://allchessopenings.blogspot.c...

* Smitty's Openings: http://chesspowa.blogspot.com/2009/...

* Milner-Barry: Game Collection: french advance Milner Barry and Nd2 gambit

* Open up the French Defense?! http://studimonetari.org/edg/latex/...

* White gets an easy attack against the Scandinavian Defense: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-je...

* Anti-Scandinavian: Game Collection: Anti-Scandinavian

* Smartypants gambit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvL...

* Scandinavian, Icelandic-Palme Gambit Variation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57z...

* Icelandic Gambit Intro: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owU...

* Scandinavian gambit sample game: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Yh...

* Scandinavian gambit sneaky checkmate: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbF...

* Solomon's Icelandic Gambit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Os...

* Sister Rosetta: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NF...

* Secret Weapon: Game Collection: Lasker's Secret Weapon

* About the chess pieces: https://chessforjuniors.com/pieces-...

* 57 chess piece facts: https://thechessworld.com/articles/...

* Gambits uncommon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGe...

* Girl Power: https://www.chess.com/blog/checkych...

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

* Glossary of Chess Terms: http://www.arkangles.com/kchess/glo...

* GPA: https://chesstier.com/grand-prix-at...

* Golden Treasury of Chess (Wellmuth/Horowitz): Game Collection: Golden Treasury of Chess (Wellmuth/Horowitz)

* Greatest Hits: Game Collection: Mammoth Book-Greatest Games (Nunn/Burgess/Emms)

* Glossary: https://www.chess-poster.com/englis...

* He is different: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Cv8n...

* To Pause click upper left: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/UiiP...

* Punish early attacks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cj5...

* Q vs P endgame (which pawn matters): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2q-...

* Q vs R checkmate: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/xKHa...

* RL Minis: Game Collection: Ruy Lopez Miniatures

* Random Zs: Game Collection: ZHVNE

* Reasonable book choices: https://www.chess.com/blog/RussBell...

* Regrets: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/1hfF...

* Remembering 1988: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/QVOk...

* <Akiba Rubinstein>: Game Collection: Rubinstein's Chess Masterpieces

* Rook Lift: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJQ...

* Roger that: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9S...

* Ronnie's smile: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/k-IC...

"The only way to change anything in Russia is a revolution" ― <Daniil Dubov> https://en.chessbase.com/post/dubov...

* Refutations: https://chessmood.com/courses?scrol...

* Rhythm beats the blues: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/C72r...

* Scholared: 1.e4 e5 2.Qh5? Nc6 3.Bc4 g6 4.Qf3 Bg7?? 5.Qxf7# 1-0.

* Sometimes you get schooled by the truth: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/_3iE...

* Short Selection for White:
Game Collection: Repertoire for White

* So sad: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/g7qt...

* Defensive sacrifice: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/sA0M...

* Stuff happens: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/bIpz...

* Scotch tape: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1do...

* Suzuki: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/50qf...

* Tactical Mix: Game Collection: mastering Tactical ideas by minev

* Taxing: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/tv9E...

* Traxler Counterattack: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/PqfK...

* That's gonna be bad: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/2dFf...

* The Best of... Game Collection: World Champions' Best Games

* The best defense is a good flirt?! https://www.youtube.com/shorts/dnJA...

* The Unthinkable: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9z...

* There is a day coming: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/TiEr...

* This is why: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrE...

* Three-minute pastry: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIa...

* Tragedy: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/L6dr...

* Trappy game: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gC...

* Trinity: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/QnPA...

* Try the Byrne variation against the Pirc Def: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SG0...

* True Tal Tale: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/FXcC...

* Tools in action: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MR...

* Telltale Evil: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4k...

* Unforgettable Dubov: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ohp...

* Unusual: Game Collection: Unorthodox Games; Unusual Names (ECO=A,D,E)

* Looking for Unorthodox? Game Collection: 6 GumboG's Unorthodox Games-Names (ECO=A,D,

* Vladimir Bagirov Attacks: http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches...

* Value relativity: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/nEVP...

* Will Power: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9S...

* We know this editor: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/RqAc...

* "Wow!" Wait - what?" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rP...

* What about chess overtime? https://www.youtube.com/shorts/prLW...

* Wonders and Curiosities: Game Collection: Wonders and Curiosities of Chess (Chernev)

* Where is Mike? https://www.youtube.com/shorts/eoND...

* Wrong pawn push loses so very often: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/6Ixp...

* "W" method w/a different finish: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/CFKo...

* Who took the poll? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnd...

* World Top 10: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mkf...

* New World Top 5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAJ...

* Yo, Adrian! https://www.youtube.com/shorts/9Gk9...

* You get what you pay for.

* "You and I (wealthy celebrities) - we're proof." https://www.youtube.com/shorts/E-4z... "Keep in mind what you want to do and go for that."

* Z Vol 105: Game Collection: 0ZeR0's collected games volume 105

* 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!

'A rising tide lifts all boats'

'Don't put the cart before the horse'

"Examine what is said, not who is speaking." ~ African Proverb

Sleeper straddle "Try again. Fail again. Fail better." ― Samuel Beckett

Idaho: Franklin
Established in: 1860

Franklin was founded in the spring of 1860 by a small group of Mormon pioneers and was named for Apostle Franklin D. Richards. As early settlers began building cabins and farming, they believed they were still in Utah. It wasn't until 1872 that an official boundary survey placed a border between the two states.

* Chess History: https://www.uschesstrust.org/chess-...

* World Chess Championship History: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkO...

* History of Chess: https://boldchess.com/history/

* Lewis Chessmen: https://www.chessjournal.com/lewis-...

* Lewis Chessmen facts: https://www.mentalfloss.com/article...

* Chess Aps: https://www.wired.com/story/best-ch...

* A famous match between Howard Staunton and Pierre St. Amant in 1843 reportedly lasted 14 hours!

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

This poem is dedicated to all Caissa's members who understand that chess is but a game.

Chess is but a Game

As he secretly rode his knight out of the castle's gate, still believing that he could escape this inevitable fate, the sky broke open with an array of incredible light. and there smitten to the earth lay nova under his knight. I am who I am and always am, spoke this thundering voice and you, my friend nova, do not at all have another choice but to go forth south and north, west and east
loudly proclaiming the good Word to man and beast. Thus beset by the compelling voice from the broken sky nova set about explaining through the word the how and why. He travelled north and south, west and east never losing aim to let all Caissa's members know: chess is but a game.

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

The Old Orchard Trees
By Kate Slaughter McKinney

Why cut them away? The dear old trees,

They never did aught of harm,

But scattered their perfume out to the breeze,

And sheltered the birds from the storm.

For an age, they have stood on the town's outer meads,

The skirmish and battle have braved;

Alike they have gazed on the war's bloody deeds,

And the white flag of peace as it waved.

But you cut them away! My pleading is vain!

In their shade moves the carpenter's hands,

I watched him today as he leveled his plane,

And he spoke of the architect's plans.

Then a wave of distress in my heart flowed anew,

For dearly I love each old tree;

Ah me! Many secrets are hidden from you

That the apple tree whispered to me.

I used to go by, and the sweet morning air,

Like incense, arose from the spot,

It would crowd from my heart some pain gnawing there,

While the world with its care was forgot.

Here, I've heard the first news of the blue bird and dove,

And the round, silver note of the thrush,

A concert, with sweet variation of love,

Seemed pouring from the tree and from brush.

I walked there today; as an accent profane

That falls on the heart and the ear,

I heard the harsh echo of hammer and plane,

And the pant of a mill in the ear.

So I muffled my face with the veil that I wore,

Time, that moment of pain can't appease;

Unlike the birds from the scene I can soar,

And like them, forget the old trees.

Kang said:
My brother taught me how to play at the age of 10. He brought me my first book, which was <Bobby Fisher Teaches Chess>.

"Grandmaster games are said to begin with novelty, which is the first move of the game that exits the book. It could be the fifth, it could be the thirty-fifth. We think about a chess game as beginning with move one and ending with checkmate. But this is not the case. The games begins when it gets out of book, and it end when it goes into book. And this is why Game 6 between Garry Kasparov and Deep Blue didn't count...Tripping and falling into a well on your way to the field of battle is not the same thing as dying in it...Deep Blue is only itself out of book; prior to that it is nothing. Just the ghosts of the game itself." ― Brian Christian, The Most Human Human: What Talking with Computers Teaches Us About What It Means to Be Alive

Fromper said:
<When my sister and I were kids, chess was one of several board games that our parents gave us. The set we had was one of those cheapy plastic sets with the instructions in the box top that didn't cover everything. That's how I learned how to move the pieces and what checkmate is, but it didn't cover things like castling, pawn promotion, en pessant, etc. I played a couple of times with that over the years, but never really seriously.

I became somewhat of a "gamer" in high school, back when D&D was big in the 80's. The concept that there were books on chess strategy and people took it so seriously always fascinated me, but I didn't know where to start in looking into it, so it was a little intimidating, too. So I never got around to looking into it seriously until I was an adult. One day, I played a casual game of chess against a friend, and it reminded me of my earlier curiousity. Wanting to make sure I knew all the rules of the game and learn something about the strategy, I checked a local used bookstore and found an old copy of "An Invitation to Chess" by Chernev and Harkness for under $2, which is pretty much the 1948 version of Chess for Dummies. I started playing on the internet, eventually joined USCF, and the rest is history. --Fromper >

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

"Sometimes in life, and in chess, you must take one step back to take two steps forward." — IM Levy Rozman, GothamChess

So much, much, much better to be an incurable optimist than deceitful and untrustworthy.

"Don't blow your own trumpet." — Australian Proverb

Old Russian Proverb: "Scythe over a stone." (Нашла коса на камень.) The force came over a stronger force.

"Continuing to play the victim is a self-fulfilling prophecy. Blaming others for your station in life will indeed make you a victim but the perpetrator will be your own self, not life or those around you." — Bobby Darnell

The Frogs Asking A King

A certain commonwealth aquatic,
Grown tired of order democratic,
By clamouring in the ears of Jove, effected
Its being to a monarch's power subjected.
Jove flung it down, at first, a king pacific.
Who nathless fell with such a splash terrific,
The marshy folks, a foolish race and timid,
Made breathless haste to get from him hid.
They dived into the mud beneath the water,
Or found among the reeds and rushes quarter.
And long it was they dared not see
The dreadful face of majesty,
Supposing that some monstrous frog
Had been sent down to rule the bog.
The king was really a log,
Whose gravity inspired with awe
The first that, from his hiding-place
Forth venturing, astonished, saw
The royal blockhead's face.
With trembling and with fear,
At last he drew quite near.
Another followed, and another yet,
Till quite a crowd at last were met;
Who, growing fast and strangely bolder,
Perched soon on the royal shoulder.
His gracious majesty kept still,
And let his people work their will.
Clack, clack! what din beset the ears of Jove?
"We want a king," the people said, "to move!"
The god straight sent them down a crane,
Who caught and slew them without measure,
And gulped their carcasses at pleasure;
Whereat the frogs more wofully complain.
"What! what!" great Jupiter replied;
"By your desires must I be tied?
Think you such government is bad?
You should have kept what first you had;
Which having blindly failed to do,
It had been prudent still for you
To let that former king suffice,
More meek and mild, if not so wise.
With this now make yourselves content,
Lest for your sins a worse be sent."

Usually, a pair of Bishops is stronger than a Bishop and a Knight.

When a Knight forks a King and a Queen, it is known as the "Royal Fork."

The Queen has the moves of both a Bishop and a Rook.

The biggest chess piece in the world is a King piece. It measures 6.09 m (20 ft.) tall.

Ellison wrote:

Kamikaze
Two rows of a faceless infantry
fall into line;
I am their general
for this callous battle.

Overlords awaken;
their mirrored armies in meager shadow
to these giants that have played
the game of winning before.

The front rank advances slowly,
private by private; caressing the
battlefield as if never to return again.
The cavalry cry out into the night,
A horse's metallic neigh that pierces through
to the other side's defenses,
and the surrounding warriors join in for the hunt.

A piece for a piece;
The desperate deal is made
between the masters of their
horrified soldiers.
Do I dare repeat
such insidious acts within my fleet?

The crown shakes with fear,
for the opposing ranks are drawing near.
Towering higher than the castles upon the deck,
I make my way to the monarch in check;
Swords left littered across the field
as the fires of carnage have dwindled low,
but trampling through grief, groans, and woe,
The other side is forced to yield.

Stop and go

Hay dos maneras de hermosura: una del alma y otra del cuerpo; la del alma campea y se muestra en el entendimiento, en la honestidad, en el buen proceder, en la liberalidad y en la buena crianza, y todas estas partes caben y pueden estar en un hombre feo; y cuando se pone la mira en esta hermosura, y no en la del cuerpo, suele nacer el amor con ímpetu y con ventajas. (There are two kinds of beauty: one of the soul and the other of the body; that of the soul shows and demonstrates itself in understanding, in honesty, in good behavior, in generosity and in good breeding, and all these things can find room and exist in an ugly man; and when one looks at this type of beauty, and not bodily beauty, love is inclined to spring up forcefully and overpoweringly.) ― Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1547-1616)

<<<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.>

Tilt

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A Time to Talk
When a friend calls to me from the road
And slows his horse to a meaning walk,
I don't stand still and look around
On all the hills I haven't hoed,
And shout from where I am, What is it?
No, not as there is a time to talk.
I thrust my hoe in the mellow ground,
Blade-end up and five feet tall,
And plod: I go up to the stone wall
For a friendly visit.
— Robert Frost

Prayer for the Broken-Hearted
"Dear Father,
You alone, God, know the sorrow deep within my heart and You alone are the One who can heal my broken heart. "You who are my Comforter in sorrow, my heart is faint within me" (Jeremiah 8:18). In this darkest of times in my life, Father, I turn towards you, asking You to mend my brokenness and extend Your healing into to every area of my heart that is ripped and torn apart. I'm powerless, Lord, to remove this heartbreak from my heart but You who created my innermost being and knit me together in my mother's womb, can make my heart anew again (Psalm 139:13).

‘The Way through the Woods'
by Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936)

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

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

Somewhat ambiguous.

St. Joseph

No, I'm not quite buying all of these evaluations...

Stockfish:

1) +0.18 (37 ply) 1.c4 Nf6 2.d4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Bb7 5.Bf4 Be7 6.Nc3 O-O 7.Rc1 Na6 8.h3 d5 9.e3 c5 10.Nb5 cxd4 11.exd4 dxc4 12.Bxc4 Nd5 13.Be5 Nac7 14.Nxc7 Nxc7 15.O-O Rc8 16.Qe2 h6 17.Bd3 Bf6 18.Rfe1 Bxe5 19.Qxe5 Nd5 20.Rxc8

2) +0.17 (37 ply) 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.Bc4 g6 5.d4 cxd4 6.Nxd4 Bg7 7.Nxc6 bxc6 8.O-O Bb7 9.Qe2 Nf6 10.e5 dxe5 11.Qxe5 O-O 12.Rd1 Nd5 13.Qg3 Qc8 14.Bg5 Nxc3 15.bxc3 e6 16.Rab1 c5 17.Qd3 Re8 18.f3 Bc6 19.Qd6 Bb7 20.Qd2 Bc6 21.a3

3) +0.14 (37 ply) 1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nf6 3.e3 e6 4.d4 d5 5.cxd5 exd5 6.g3 cxd4 7.Nxd4 Nc6 8.Nc3 Bd6 9.Bg2 O-O 10.O-O Be5 11.Qd3 Re8 12.Bd2 g6 13.Rae1 Nxd4 14.exd4 Bf5 15.Qb5 Bxd4 16.Nxd5 Nxd5 17.Bxd5 Qd7 18.Qxd7 Bxd7 19.Be3 Bxb2

4) +0.10 (37 ply) 1.b3 d5 2.Nf3 Bf5 3.Bb2 Nf6 4.Nh4 Be6 5.e3 c5 6.Be2 g6 7.O-O Nc6 8.Nf3 Bg7 9.d4 cxd4 10.Nxd4 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 O-O 12.Nd2 Rc8 13.h3 Ne4 14.Nxe4 dxe4 15.c4 f5 16.Rc1 Bxd4 17.Qxd4 Qxd4 18.exd4 Bd7 19.Rfd1 b6 20.d5

5) +0.08 (37 ply) 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.Bf4 d6 6.e3 Qe7 7.Ne2 Ba5 8.a3 c6 9.O-O-O Nbd7 10.Kb1 Re8 11.Ng3 Bxc3 12.Qxc3 e5 13.Bg5 h6 14.Bh4 Qe6 15.Bxf6 Nxf6 16.Bd3 Ng4 17.Qc2 Nf6 18.f4 exd4 19.exd4 c5

6) +0.07 (37 ply) 1.e3 e6 2.Nf3 c5 3.c4 d5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.b3 Nf6 6.Bb2 Nc6 7.Bb5 Bd6 8.O-O O-O 9.h3 a6 10.Bxc6 bxc6 11.Nc3 Bf5 12.d3 Qd7 13.Ne2 Qe7 14.Rc1 Nd7 15.d4 Be4 16.Ne5 Nxe5 17.dxe5 Bc7 18.f4 Bf5 19.Ba3 Bb6 20.Ng3 Bg6 21.Qe2

7) =0.00 (37 ply) 1.h3 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.d4 Bf5 4.e3 e6 5.c4 Nbd7 6.Nbd2 Be7 7.Be2 h6 8.a3 O-O 9.O-O a5 10.b3 Bg6 11.Bb2 c6 12.Nh4 Bh7 13.Nhf3 Bg6

8) =0.00 (37 ply) 1.g3 d5 2.Nf3 c5 3.Bg2 Nf6 4.O-O Nc6 5.d4 cxd4 6.Nxd4 e5 7.Nxc6 bxc6 8.c4 Be6 9.cxd5 cxd5 10.Nc3 Rc8 11.Bg5 d4 12.Ne4 Be7 13.Nxf6+ Bxf6 14.Bxf6 gxf6 15.Qa4+ Qd7 16.Qb4 Rc4 17.Qb8+ Rc8 18.Qb4

9) =0.00 (37 ply) 1.c3 d5 2.d4 Bf5 3.Qb3 b6 4.Bf4 c6 5.Nf3 e6 6.Nbd2 Nf6 7.a4 Nbd7 8.h3 a5 9.e3 Be7 10.Be2 h6 11.O-O O-O 12.Qd1 Bg6 13.Bg3 Qc8 14.Bf4 Bh7 15.Bh2 Qb7 16.b3 Qc8 17.Bf4 Nh5 18.Bh2 Nhf6

10) =0.00 (37 ply) 1.a3 c5 2.e3 Nc6 3.c4 e5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.e4 d6 6.Nf3 Be7 7.Be2 O-O 8.O-O a5 9.d3 Bd7 10.Bd2 Nd4 11.b3 h6 12.h3 Kh8 13.Rb1 Kg8 14.Rc1 Qb6 15.Rb1 Qd8

11) -0.06 (37 ply) 1.Nc3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.Bf4 e6 4.Nb5 Na6 5.e3 c6 6.Nc3 Bb4 7.Ne2 O-O 8.a3 Bd6 9.Bxd6 Qxd6 10.Nf4 c5 11.Nh5 Nxh5 12.Qxh5 Qb6 13.O-O-O cxd4 14.Rxd4 f5 15.Bxa6 bxa6 16.Rhd1 a5 17.Na4 Qc6 18.Nc3 Bd7 19.Qh4 Rac8 20.Qe7

12) -0.08 (37 ply) 1.b4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 e6 4.a3 Nbd7 5.Bb2 Nb6 6.d3 c5 7.bxc5 Bxc5 8.Be2 Bd7 9.O-O O-O 10.c4 dxc4 11.dxc4 Bc6 12.Nc3 Bxf3 13.gxf3 Qxd1 14.Rfxd1 Rac8 15.f4 Be7 16.Rd4 Rfd8 17.Rad1 Rxd4 18.Rxd4 a6 19.Bf3 Rxc4 20.Bxb7

13) -0.09 (37 ply) 1.a4 d5 2.Nf3 c5 3.e3 e6 4.d4 Nf6 5.b3 Bd6 6.Bb5+ Nbd7 7.Bb2 b6 8.c4 dxc4 9.bxc4 cxd4 10.exd4 Bb7 11.a5 Bb4+ 12.Nbd2 bxa5 13.O-O O-O 14.Qc2 a6 15.Ba4 Nb6 16.Bb3 Rc8 17.c5 Nfd5 18.Qd1 Nd7 19.Nc4 Nf4 20.Bc2 Nf6 21.Nce5

14) -0.09 (37 ply) 1.d3 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bf4 e6 4.Nbd2 Bd6 5.e3 c5 6.Bxd6 Qxd6 7.d4 b6 8.Bb5+ Nbd7 9.a4 O-O 10.O-O h6 11.a5 Bb7 12.Re1 Rfd8 13.h3 Bc6 14.Bxc6 Qxc6 15.c3 Qc7 16.axb6 axb6 17.Rxa8 Rxa8 18.e4 dxe4 19.Nxe4 Nxe4 20.Rxe4 b5

15) -0.22 (37 ply) 1.f4 d5 2.Nf3 b6 3.e3 e6 4.c4 Nf6 5.Be2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Ne5 c5 8.Bf3 Bb7 9.b3 Nc6 10.Nxc6 Bxc6 11.Bb2 Ne4 12.Qc2 Bf6 13.Nc3 Nxc3 14.dxc3 Qe7 15.Rae1 Rfe8 16.cxd5 exd5 17.c4 Bxb2 18.Qxb2 Rad8 19.g3 f5 20.cxd5 Bxd5

16) -0.31 (37 ply) 1.h4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.e3 O-O 6.d4 d5 7.dxc5 Nbd7 8.cxd5 exd5 9.Nxd5 Nxd5 10.Qxd5 Nxc5 11.Qxd8 Rxd8 12.Be2 Bf6 13.Nd4 b6 14.O-O Bb7 15.Bd2 Ne6 16.Bf3 Bxf3 17.Nxf3 Rac8 18.Bc3 Bxc3 19.bxc3 Rxc3 20.Rac1

17) -0.31 (37 ply) 1.Na3 e5 2.e3 d5 3.d4 Nd7 4.Be2 e4 5.c4 Ndf6 6.Qc2 Ne7 7.Bd2 c6 8.h4 h5 9.Nh3 Bg4 10.Nf4 a6 11.Rc1 Bxe2 12.Kxe2 Qd7 13.Bb4 Rd8 14.cxd5 Nfxd5 15.Nxd5 cxd5 16.Qc7 Qg4+ 17.Kd2 Qxg2 18.Rhf1 b5 19.Qe5 Qg6 20.b3 The world champ has played this a few times, eh?

18) -0.47 (37 ply) 1.f3 e5 2.e3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.Qe2 Bd6 6.d3 f5 7.Nc3 Qh4+ 8.g3 Qe7 9.f4 exf4 10.gxf4 Qh4+ 11.Kd1 Qe7 12.Nf3 Nf6 13.Bd2 Bc5 14.Kc1 Bd7 15.a4 O-O-O 16.Ne5 Be6 17.e4 Bb4 18.Nf3 fxe4 19.Nxe4 Rhe8 20.Rg1 This is easily the worst opening.

19) -0.51 (37 ply) 1.Nh3 d5 2.d4 c5 3.dxc5 Nf6 4.c4 e5 5.cxd5 Qxd5 6.Qxd5 Nxd5 7.e4 Nb4 8.Na3 Bxc5 9.Bd2 O-O 10.Rc1 b6 11.Bc4 N8c6 12.O-O Bxh3 13.gxh3 Rad8 14.Rfd1 Nd3 15.Bxd3 Rxd3 16.Be3 Rxe3 17.Rxc5 Rxa3 18.Rxc6 Rxa2 19.Rc7 f5 20.exf5 Rxf5 21.Rdd7 Ra1+ 22.Kg2

20) -0.85 (36 ply) 1.g4 d5 2.Bg2 Bxg4 3.c4 c6 4.Qb3 e6 5.Qxb7 Nd7 6.Nc3 Ne7 7.cxd5 Rb8 8.Qxa7 cxd5 9.Qa4 Bh5 10.Nf3 Ng6 11.d4 Bd6 12.Nb5 Be7 13.O-O O-O 14.Qa6 Nh4 15.a4 Nxg2 16.Kxg2 Rc8 17.h3 Rc2 18.Nc3 Bxf3+ 19.exf3 White develops bishop and queen early on, so it's not as bad as it's reputation.

* Weird is what you're not used to: https://chessentials.com/weird-ches...

<limerick, entitled ‘The Solver's Plight' was by ‘A.J.F.' A.J. Fink and was published on page 22 of Chess Potpourri by Alfred C. Klahre (Middletown, 1931):

There was a man from Vancouver
Who tried to solve a two-mover;
But the boob, he said, ‘"Gee",
I can't find the "Kee",
No matter HOW I manouvre.'>

The Ears of the Hare

Some beast with horns did gore
The lion; and that sovereign dread,
Resolved to suffer so no more,
Straight banished from his realm, it's said,
All sorts of beasts with horns –
Rams, bulls, goats, stags, and unicorns.
Such brutes all promptly fled.
A hare, the shadow of his ears perceiving,
Could hardly help believing
That some vile spy for horns would take them,
And food for accusation make them.
"Adieu," said he, "my neighbour cricket;
I take my foreign ticket.
My ears, should I stay here,
Will turn to horns, I fear;
And were they shorter than a bird's,
I fear the effect of words."
"These horns!" the cricket answered; "why,
God made them ears who can deny?"
"Yes," said the coward, "still they'll make them horns, And horns, perhaps of unicorns!
In vain shall I protest,
With all the learning of the schools:
My reasons they will send to rest
In the Hospital of Fools.'

This is ten percent luck, twenty percent skill
Fifteen percent concentrated power of will
Five percent pleasure, fifty percent pain
And a hundred percent reason to remember the name! ― Fort Minor

<Riddle of the Day:
I have three letters.

Cut one off and I become stronger.

Cut two off and I become ten.

What am I?

Thank you, Qindarka!

Answer to Riddle of the Day:
A fox.

Removing the f leaves ox, a strong animal.

Cutting off the fo leaves X, the roman numeral for 10.>

The Eagle and the Beetle

John Rabbit, by Dame Eagle chased,
Was making for his hole in haste,
When, on his way, he met a beetle's burrow.
I leave you all to think
If such a little chink
Could to a rabbit give protection thorough.
But, since no better could be got,
John Rabbit there was fain to squat.
Of course, in an asylum so absurd,
John felt before long the talons of the bird.
But first, the beetle, interceding, cried,
"Great queen of birds, it cannot be denied,
That, maugre my protection, you can bear
My trembling guest, John Rabbit, through the air. But do not give me such affront, I pray;
And since he craves your grace,
In pity of his case,
Grant him his life, or take us both away;
For he's my gossip, friend, and neighbour."
In vain the beetle's friendly labour;
The eagle clutched her prey without reply,
And as she flapped her vasty wings to fly,
Struck down our orator and stilled him;
The wonder is she hadn't killed him.
The beetle soon, of sweet revenge in quest,
Flew to the old, gnarled mountain oak,
Which proudly bore that haughty eagle's nest.
And while the bird was gone,
Her eggs, her cherished eggs, he broke,
Not sparing one.
Returning from her flight, the eagle's cry,
Of rage and bitter anguish, filled the sky.
But, by excess of passion blind,
Her enemy she failed to find.
Her wrath in vain, that year it was her fate
To live a mourning mother, desolate.
The next, she built a loftier nest; It was vain; The beetle found and dashed her eggs again.
John Rabbit's death was thus revenged anew.
The second mourning for her murdered brood
Was such, that through the giant mountain wood,
For six long months, the sleepless echo flew.
The bird, once Ganymede, now made
Her prayer to Jupiter for aid;
And, laying them within his godship's lap,
She thought her eggs now safe from all mishap;
The god his own could not but make them –
No wretch, would venture there to break them.
And no one did. Their enemy, this time,
Upsoaring to a place sublime,
Let fall on his royal robes some dirt,
Which Jove just shaking, with a sudden flirt,
Threw out the eggs, no one knows whither.
When Jupiter informed her how the event
Occurred by purest accident,
The eagle raved; there was no reasoning with her; She gave out threats of leaving court,
To make the desert her resort,
And other bravaries of this sort.
Poor Jupiter in silence heard
The uproar of his favourite bird.
Before his throne the beetle now appeared,
And by a clear complaint the mystery cleared.
The god pronounced the eagle in the wrong.
But still, their hatred was so old and strong,
These enemies could not be reconciled;
And, that the general peace might not be spoiled, – The best that he could do, – the god arranged, That thence the eagle's pairing should be changed, To come when beetle folks are only found
Concealed and dormant under ground.

pocket aces
A flying ace, fighter ace or air ace is a military aviator credited with shooting down five or more enemy aircraft during aerial combat.

Proverbs 14:29-35

29 He who is slow to anger has great understanding, But he who is quick-tempered * exalts folly.

30 A tranquil heart is life to the body, But passion is rottenness to the bones.

31 He who oppresses the poor taunts his Maker, But he who is gracious to the needy honors Him.

32 The wicked is thrust down by his wrongdoing, But the righteous has a refuge when he dies.

33 Wisdom rests in the heart of one who has understanding, But in the hearts of fools it is made known.

34 Righteousness exalts a nation, But sin is a disgrace to any people.

35 The king's favor is toward a servant who acts wisely, But his anger is toward him who acts shamefully.

On March 7, 1942 <Jose Capablanca> suffered a stroke at the Manhattan Chess Club while watching a skittles game. He died on March 8, 1942 at Mount Sinai hospital, the same hospital that Emanuel Lasker died in a year earlier. He was the shortest lived world champion, dieing at age 53 years, 109 days. He was buried with full honors in Havana. General Batista, President of Cuba, took personal charge of the funeral arrangements.

Lord Dunsany mentioned that after Capablanca's death he published the following epitaph in CHESS, June 1942, page 131:

Now rests a mind as keen,
A vision bright and clear
As any that has been
And who is it lies here?

One that, erstwhile, no less
Than Hindenburg could plan,
But played his game of chess
And did no harm to man.

"Have you forgotten God? Even if you have, He has not forgotten you." ― Moses

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

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

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

Isolated pawns require a very expensive therapy, for keeping them alive.

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My Pretty Rose Tree
By William Blake

A flower was offered to me;

Such a flower as May never bore.

But I said I've a pretty rose tree

And I passed the sweet flower o'er.

Then, I went to my pretty rose tree;

To tend her by day and by night

But my rose turned away with jealousy.

And her thorns were my only delight.

Lamentations 3:22-23
The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.

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

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

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

Dear Lord,
Thank You for the day that was. As I sleep tonight, I thank You for affording me the strength to end this day with a content heart. Thank You for protecting me and my family. Thank You for the opportunities that You gave me throughout this day. I rest easy tonight, for I know You are a God who does not tire or slumber. You afford restful sleep to those You love. May tonight's rest prepare me for another day of good work. May You allow me to open my eyes to a tomorrow filled with Your love and grace.

In Jesus' Name. Amen.

"There just isn't enough televised chess." — David Letterman

"Do the things that interest you and do them with all your heart. Don't be concerned about whether people are watching you or criticizing you. The chances are that they aren't paying any attention to you. It's your attention to yourself that is so stultifying. But you have to disregard yourself as completely as possible. If you fail the first time then you'll just have to try harder the second time. After all, there's no real reason why you should fail. Just stop thinking about yourself." — Eleanor Roosevelt

"Many have become chess masters, no one has become the master of chess." — Siegbert Tarrasch

Z is for Zookeeper (to the tune of "Do You Know the Muffin Man?")

Oh do you know the zookeeper,
The zookeeper, the zookeeper?
Oh, do you know the zookeeper
Who works down at the zoo?

Q: Why did the cow cross the road?
A: To get to the udder side.

Zeta-Jones was not a prize fight.

Q: What's a pirate's favorite class to take in school? A: Arrrt.

* Kid's Guide: https://www.playgroundequipment.com...

* H2PC: https://www.chessstrategyonline.com...

* 2 ingredients: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCh...

* Learn in 10: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flm...

* Top 12 principles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcU...

* Abbey Gate 13: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/XEto...

* Annotated Games: https://gameknot.com/

* Alapins: Game Collection: Alapin

* Alternating Currents: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/HAWz...

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

* bazinga! http://billwall.phpwebhosting.com/

* Basic tactics course using miniatures:
http://exeterchessclub.org.uk/x/FTP...

* Bowman's Beginner's Guide:
http://chess.jliptrap.us/BowmanBegi... Not perfect but dedicated, passionate.

* Biglo traps: Game Collection: Traps

* Bishop's Opening Traps: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1w1...

* Bit Collection: Game Collection: Special Gambit Collection

* Bishop's Opening Miniatures: https://www.chessonly.com/bishop-op...

* Brilliant (and mostly famous)! Game Collection: Brilliant Miniatures

* Brutal Attacking Chess: Game Collection: Brutal Attacking Chess

* Blackburne strikes! games annotated by Blackburne

* Basman's / Borg's Defense: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThK...

* Mike explains Borg's Defense: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Res...

* Billie Jean: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/FSSA...

* Brilliancies: Game Collection: Brilliancy Prizes (Reinfeld)

* B&N Checkmate in the corner of the bishop's color: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BV...

* BW Brevities: Game Collection: Chess Miniatures, Collection I

* B22: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/X74e...

* Capablanca's Double Attack — having the initiative is important: https://lichess.org/study/tzrisL1R

* Central Steamroller: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/OnYU...

* Center Counter Pin & Fork: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/lGN2...

* Checkmate Art: Game Collection: Art of Checkmate

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

* Close calls of the third kind: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/G_cv...

* Colle System: Game Collection: colle system

* Colle for Black: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/mf17...

* 16 circles? https://www.youtube.com/shorts/or3j...

* 1990 WCC: Game Collection: WCC 1990 (Kasparov-Karpov)

* 2130 consecutive: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/u5_Y...

* Candidates: Game Collection: Together with the Candidates (Kuzmin)

* Cola clean: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/cVZi...

* Chessmaster 2000 Classic Games:
Game Collection: Chessmaster '86

* Chess Links: http://www.chessdryad.com/links/ind...

* Chess TV: https://www.twitch.tv/tcec_chess_tv

* Chessclub.com (ICC): https://www.chessclub.com/

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

* Contradictory: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/TkJh...

* Connected Passed Pawns: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/G3kq...

* Corny: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/OJaN...

* C-K ICBM Deflect the K from Q: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/JnzF...

* Deflection Hits f7: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/iEMm...

* Diagrammed Checkmate Patterns: Game Collection: Checkmate: Checkmate Patterns

* Distract the King from defending the Queen's h8 mating square: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/fggC...

* Dial the dark squares: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/XUW9...

* Daring Fromm's Gambit: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/P02U...

* Decoy Sacrifice, Discovered Check, Double Attack: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/eBzj...

* Danish pin doesn't win: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/7HGf...

* Danish simplification: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/b2eT...

* Deviant Danish Gambit: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/iSnr...

* Danish Gambit Declined: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/pc5P...

* Don't automatically retreat when threatened! Look for forcing moves, zwischenzugs, seize open lines: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12O...

* Daniil Dubov: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/n41C...

* Dumb Parents: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Xl...

* Dummy Gambit: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/WE4g...

* Dunnington's book: Game Collection: King's Indian Attack

* Sacrifice on f2: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/IaIO...

* Learn 3 parts and principles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNc...

* Light up the long diagonal: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/9oCR...

* Shred ...h6? https://www.youtube.com/shorts/HpPP...

* Target f7: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSH...

* 10 tips: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_C...

* 12 days?! https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Mb-6...

* 17 rules: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qz...

* 20 rules: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pk1...

* 24 rules: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMt...

* All 50: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glA...

* Ab him an yu: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/vKxw...

* Attacking patterns: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fg_...

* Bartolo: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/X7A6...

* Beginners Guide: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCS...

* Bones: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/dJyc...

* Capa punishes copycat: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Tb3k...

* CC: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/vo7x...

* Code 1325: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/8KxR...

* Control the promotion square: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/f4AY...

* Double discovered check and mate: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/4qZ1...

* Do not move your key defender! https://www.youtube.com/shorts/bRTM...

* Down but not out: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/zt3A...

* Down the stairs: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/5jSt...

* Decoys: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/0gCh...

* English Opening: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tb9...

* Every tactic explained: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdS...

* 1.e4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7H...

* e5 Defenses: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AsT...

* Four Knights Gambit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1v...

* Free fall: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/CjiP...

* Furious: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/MV1G...

* Before - Improve - After: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrO...

* Before GPS: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/74In...

* Girl talk: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ikoC...

* Greatest miracle: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/CQe8...

* Greco's Mate: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/GmhK...

* Greco Gambit traps: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrZ...

* Gukesh the young giant: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Bcbn...

* Hammer the 6th rank: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/gK_y...

* Hammer the 6th rank: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/G8lr...

* ...h6 is bad: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/a-L3...

* ...h6 is bad: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ZfUY...

* Incredible: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/nEA6...

* I thought it was "Chess Step-by-Step" by Frank J. Marshall: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/G4ii...

* B&N Staircase#: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/OHro...

* King's Gambit sacrifice: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/JL1v...

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

* Know these differences: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/oZC1...

* Lolli's check sacrifice and mate: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/dKaM...

* Magnus missed it: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/YkwD...

* Middlegame ideas: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEe...

* Missed opportunities: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PO...

* Moonwalk: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/uJu7...

* Naroditsky Thinks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rml...

* No control, too much risk: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/4oj5...

* Overworked queen can't go two directions: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/gHwz...

* Payback is coming: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/8zJw...

* Pawn race: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/YBNN...

* Paradot: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/xPof...

* Pia C: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/3PEZ...

* Pick up the pieces: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Q2Cn...

* Prevent (restrict) your opponent's best reply: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/6_fF...

* Positional must know: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBP...

* Pawn race: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/--2-...

* Play for the draw with only one minor piece remaining: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/XJZs...

* Queen vs Pawn Ending: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZoJ...

* Endgame series: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SoZ...

* Raking bishops: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/mB1h...

* Rarest underpromotion: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/2JA5...

* Lasker's Rule: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPb...

* Fischer's Rule: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_h4...

* Reach 1800: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3L...

* Reach 2000: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctJ...

* Refutation: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/WDkp...

* Rejection: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/0xAI...

* Rooks stare down: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/BNt3...

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

* Semi-Slav Defense: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIH...

* So this is what female chess players talk about: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/M7kx...

* Study Paul Morphy to avoid stupid moves: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/9ptj...

* Still the one: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/78H-...

* Stockfish Sicilian: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21D...

* Tactics Guide: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fN3...

* Tactics Explained: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6b...

* Two is better than one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1s...

* Upset: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/NEfH...

* Underpromotion fork: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/SJRe...

* Viktor: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/kq7H...

* Wait, what? https://www.youtube.com/shorts/moCZ...

* Wrong colored bishop draws: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/R5Sj...

* You play to win: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/WdhQ...

* Yes, we can: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/FCnb...

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