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"The soldier is the Army. No army is better than its soldiers. The Soldier is also a citizen. In fact, the highest obligation and privilege of citizenship is that of bearing arms for one's country." ― George S. Patton Jr.

"The most important single ingredient in the formula of success is knowing how to get along with people." ― Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of the United States, and former U.S. Army Colonel

And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. Luke 2:9, 10.

"I will never quit. My nation expects me to be physically harder and mentally stronger than my enemies. If knocked down I will get back up, every time. I will draw on every remaining ounce of strength to protect my teammates and to accomplish our mission. I am never out of the fight." ― Marcus Luttrell, Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10

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It's not the quantity that counts; it's the quality.

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"On the chessboard lies and hypocrisy do not survive long. The creative combination lays bare the presumption of a lie; the merciless fact, culmination in checkmate, contradicts the hypocrite." ― Emanuel Lasker

I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud
William Wordsworth

I wandered lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o'er vales and hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host, of golden daffodils;
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.

Continuous as the stars that shine
And twinkle on the milky way,
They stretched in never-ending line
Along the margin of a bay:
Ten thousand saw I at a glance,
Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.

The waves beside them danced; but they
Out-did the sparkling waves in glee:
A poet could not but be gay,
In such a jocund company:
I gazed—and gazed—but little thought
What wealth the show to me had brought:

For oft, when on my couch I lie
In vacant or in pensive mood,
They flash upon that inward eye
Which is the bliss of solitude;
And then my heart with pleasure fills,
And dances with the daffodils

Feb-13-11 keypusher: <scutigera: They give this as one of Myagmarsuren's notable games with 162 others in the database?> notable games are selected based on how many games collections they are in.

A Psalm of Life
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

What The Heart Of The Young Man Said To The Psalmist.

Tell me not, in mournful numbers,
Life is but an empty dream!
For the soul is dead that slumbers,
And things are not what they seem.

Life is real! Life is earnest!
And the grave is not its goal;
Dust thou art, to dust returnest,
Was not spoken of the soul.

Not enjoyment, and not sorrow,
Is our destined end or way;
But to act, that each to-morrow
Find us farther than to-day.

Art is long, and Time is fleeting,
And our hearts, though stout and brave,
Still, like muffled drums, are beating
Funeral marches to the grave.

In the world's broad field of battle,
In the bivouac of Life,
Be not like dumb, driven cattle!
Be a hero in the strife!

Trust no Future, howe'er pleasant!
Let the dead Past bury its dead!
Act,— act in the living Present!
Heart within, and God o'erhead!

Lives of great men all remind us
We can make our lives sublime,
And, departing, leave behind us
Footprints on the sands of time;

Footprints, that perhaps another,
Sailing o'er life's solemn main,
A forlorn and shipwrecked brother,
Seeing, shall take heart again.

Let us, then, be up and doing,
With a heart for any fate;
Still achieving, still pursuing,
Learn to labor and to wait.

The Road Not Taken
Robert Frost

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;

Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,

And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.

I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.

This game an Indian Brahmin did invent,
The force of Eastern wisdom to express;
From thence the same to busy Europe sent;
The modern Lombards stil'd it pensive Chess.
— Sir John Denham

"Life is fun. It's all up to the person. Be satisfied. You don't have to be ‘happy' all the time, you need to be satisfied." — Lucille Boston Lewis, eternal optimist 101 years old

"A man either lives life as it happens to him, meets it head-on and licks it, or he turns his back on it and starts to wither away." — Dr. Boyce

"Everything you've ever wanted is on the other side of fear." — George Adair

"He who imagines himself capable should attempt to perform. Neither originality counts, nor criticism of another's work. It is not courage, nor self-confidence, nor a sense of superiority that tells. Performance alone is the test." — Emanuel Lasker

"There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure." — Colin Powell

Bg4 does nothing... except help white win.
I Berzina vs V Sondore, 1965
(B01) Scandinavian, 7 moves, 1-0
Casper, the ghost, and the four ladies
T Casper vs K Heckert, 1975
(B02) Alekhine's Defense, 23 moves, 1-0
Queen goes where it shouldn't and wins! Support is key.
Spielmann vs B Hoenlinger, 1929
(B15) Caro-Kann, 25 moves, 1-0
Rook sac... Rook sac... Queen sac... checkmate
E Canal vs Horvath, 1934
(B01) Scandinavian, 13 moves, 1-0
Beautiful mating combination featuring an exchange sacrifice.
Spielmann vs H Gebhard, 1926
(B20) Sicilian, 26 moves, 1-0
Might be labeled the "Ever Reti Battery".
Reti vs Tartakower, 1910
(B15) Caro-Kann, 11 moves, 1-0
Double check, Reti's Mate
K Dekker vs W Erler, 1967
(C15) French, Winawer, 11 moves, 1-0
Evans Gambit. Morphy Attack (C51) 1-0 So Beautiful
A Dadian vs Boulitchoff, 1882
(C51) Evans Gambit, 19 moves, 1-0
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
H Clemenz vs F Eisenschmidt, 1862
(C51) Evans Gambit, 24 moves, 1-0
The Immortal Draw
K Hamppe vs P Meitner, 1872
(C25) Vienna, 18 moves, 1/2-1/2
Bird jars Mason with a circus of knights and rooks
Bird vs Mason, 1876
(C11) French, 50 moves, 1-0
NN got mated by ♘♘ or NN (two knights)
J Smith vs G Derrickson, 1860
(C55) Two Knights Defense, 17 moves, 0-1
The power of Smothered Mate & double Attacks!! (8?)
NN vs E Canal, 1935
(C20) King's Pawn Game, 9 moves, 0-1
Reti-Tartakower in reverse-Evans Gambit in rev. also
J Schulten vs Horwitz, 1846
(C23) Bishop's Opening, 17 moves, 0-1
Tear open the center!!
R Casse vs A D Martin, 1978
(C41) Philidor Defense, 28 moves, 1-0
Loyd got an incredible "Mate in three" problem
S Loyd vs C C Moore, 1853
(C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 24 moves, 1-0
"Petrosian demonstrated that he was able - and how! - to play '
Tolush vs Petrosian, 1957
(C44) King's Pawn Game, 33 moves, 0-1
French, Nimzowitsch System
A Nimzowitsch vs S von Freymann, 1914
(C02) French, Advance, 25 moves, 1-0
French, Nimzowitsch System
A Nimzowitsch vs Spielmann, 1912
(C02) French, Advance, 44 moves, 1-0
French, Nimzowitsch Gambit
A Nimzowitsch vs A Hakansson, 1922
(C02) French, Advance, 27 moves, 1-0
French, Nimzowitsch System
A Nimzowitsch vs P Leonhardt, 1912
(C02) French, Advance, 21 moves, 1-0
French, Nimzowitsch Gambit
A Nimzowitsch vs Menchik, 1929
(C02) French, Advance, 30 moves, 1-0
French, Delayed Exchange
N Mannheimer vs A Nimzowitsch, 1930
(C01) French, Exchange, 44 moves, 0-1
French, Delayed Exchange
A Nimzowitsch vs Alapin, 1914
(C11) French, 18 moves, 1-0
French, Milner-Barry Gambit
A Nimzowitsch vs Salwe, 1911
(C02) French, Advance, 39 moves, 1-0
French, Milner-Barry Gambit
A Nimzowitsch vs Tarrasch, 1912
(C02) French, Advance, 41 moves, 1-0
French, Paulsen Attack
A Nimzowitsch vs Levenfish, 1911
(C02) French, Advance, 37 moves, 1-0
French, Schlechter Variation
von Gottschall vs A Nimzowitsch, 1926
(C00) French Defense, 59 moves, 0-1
French, 3.Nc3 Nc6
A Becker vs A Nimzowitsch, 1925
(C10) French, 61 moves, 0-1
The photo shows the position after 10...Qb6.
Fischer vs C Garcia Palermo, 1970
(C31) King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit, 15 moves, 0-1
Brilliant attack right through the centre without queens
I Pleci vs L Endzelins, 1939
(C07) French, Tarrasch, 21 moves, 1-0
Game 100 Take My Rooks by Minev and Seirawan
A Strautmanis vs L Palau, 1928
(C44) King's Pawn Game, 20 moves, 0-1
Queen Sacrifice is Clearance for capture mate by Rook at end
J Hector vs G Barbero, 1991
(C41) Philidor Defense, 37 moves, 0-1
E Sokolov vs Rushnikov, 1964
(C56) Two Knights, 19 moves, 1-0
N Morillo vs V Ortiz, 1969
(C40) King's Knight Opening, 31 moves, 0-1
C A Martinez vs E da Costa Marra, 2001
(C61) Ruy Lopez, Bird's Defense, 30 moves, 1-0
J Szmetan vs K Frey Beckman, 1977
(C46) Three Knights, 23 moves, 1-0
L Bronstein vs Amado, 1976
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 29 moves, 1-0
J Pelikan vs L Lipiniks, 1954
(A03) Bird's Opening, 36 moves, 1-0
G T Crown vs Kotov, 1947
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 35 moves, 1-0
J Pelikan vs S Schweber, 1968
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 27 moves, 1-0
C A Martinez vs V van Riemsdijk, 1993
(A48) King's Indian, 36 moves, 1-0
J Pelaez vs A de Dovitiis, 1993
(A53) Old Indian, 24 moves, 0-1
Polugaevsky vs R Nezhmetdinov, 1958
(A53) Old Indian, 33 moves, 0-1
Alatortsev vs Boleslavsky, 1950
(A54) Old Indian, Ukrainian Variation, 4.Nf3, 27 moves, 0-1
Averbakh vs Kotov, 1953
(A55) Old Indian, Main line, 51 moves, 0-1
Kmoch vs A Nimzowitsch, 1927
(B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 63 moves, 0-1
Spielmann vs A Nimzowitsch, 1920
(B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 28 moves, 0-1
A Brinckmann vs A Nimzowitsch, 1927
(B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 39 moves, 0-1
Paulsson / Mandel / Brodd vs A Nimzowitsch, 1921
(B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 44 moves, 0-1
F Babar vs M Basman, 1993
(B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 36 moves, 0-1
Letelier vs V Fenoglio, 1936
(B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 42 moves, 0-1
P Zarnicki vs F Fiorito, 2000
(B01) Scandinavian, 22 moves, 0-1
I Rogers vs F Delay, 1985
(B02) Alekhine's Defense, 28 moves, 1-0
A Nimzowitsch vs Alekhine, 1926
(B02) Alekhine's Defense, 46 moves, 1-0
Bronstein vs Ljubojevic, 1973
(B03) Alekhine's Defense, 41 moves, 1-0
E Maahs vs W Pajeken, 2001
(B03) Alekhine's Defense, 19 moves, 0-1
Tal vs B Larsen, 1965
(B04) Alekhine's Defense, Modern, 34 moves, 1-0
Short vs R J Miles, 1976
(B07) Pirc, 25 moves, 1-0
V Palermo vs H Rossetto, 1965
(B08) Pirc, Classical, 43 moves, 0-1
S Alonso vs P Della Morte, 2001
(B08) Pirc, Classical, 24 moves, 1-0
L Palau vs M Brody, 1928
(B08) Pirc, Classical, 27 moves, 1-0
R Castells Mendez vs G Holtey, 1927
(B09) Pirc, Austrian Attack, 21 moves, 1-0
J C Leon vs L Tristan, 2009
(B09) Pirc, Austrian Attack, 25 moves, 0-1
Tal vs Karpov, 1987
(B10) Caro-Kann, 30 moves, 1-0
L Fusco vs P Ricardi, 2012
(B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 38 moves, 1-0
D Bergin vs R Nezhmetdinov, 1966
(B16) Caro-Kann, Bronstein-Larsen Variation, 29 moves, 1-0
L Vogt vs Bronstein, 1990
(B16) Caro-Kann, Bronstein-Larsen Variation, 24 moves, 1-0
Lasker vs A Nimzowitsch, 1914
(B16) Caro-Kann, Bronstein-Larsen Variation, 42 moves, 1/2-1/2
Y Hou vs T Hoang, 2006
(B17) Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation, 25 moves, 1-0
C A Martinez vs M A Muniz Jr, 1998
(B17) Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation, 17 moves, 1-0
F Malkawi vs P Lafuente, 2010
(B17) Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation, 27 moves, 0-1
Hort vs Chandler, 1982
(B18) Caro-Kann, Classical, 25 moves, 1-0
Another Immortal Sacrifice Game. 6 sacs
L Milman vs J Fang, 2005
(B18) Caro-Kann, Classical, 31 moves, 1-0
Najdorf vs Kotov, 1953
(B18) Caro-Kann, Classical, 41 moves, 1-0
C A Martinez vs J Pelikian, 1995
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 28 moves, 1-0
Kharlov vs A Vaulin, 1998
(B25) Sicilian, Closed, 28 moves, 0-1
C A Martinez vs P Chiaramitara Jr., 1999
(B25) Sicilian, Closed, 24 moves, 1-0
C A Martinez vs L Loureiro, 1996
(B30) Sicilian, 22 moves, 1-0
M Trosman vs S Salov, 1978
(B33) Sicilian, 37 moves, 0-1
L Bronstein vs G Ligterink, 1976
(B33) Sicilian, 20 moves, 1-0
H Rossetto vs J Pelikan, 1956
(B33) Sicilian, 36 moves, 0-1
M Golubev vs V Podinic, 2001
(B48) Sicilian, Taimanov Variation, 21 moves, 1-0
S Schweber vs Quinteros, 1968
(B53) Sicilian, 29 moves, 1-0
Tal vs Koblents, 1957
(B63) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 37 moves, 1-0
L Fusco vs J Rosito, 2004
(B66) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6, 27 moves, 1-0
R Ortega vs C Bielicki, 1964
(B70) Sicilian, Dragon Variation, 25 moves, 0-1
R Feitosa vs A Hoffman, 1999
(B70) Sicilian, Dragon Variation, 22 moves, 0-1
J F Cubas vs H Walsh, 2003
(B76) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 25 moves, 0-1
The Immortal Zwischenzug Game! Outrageous!
W A Brown vs R Kneebone, 1985
(B89) Sicilian, 24 moves, 1-0
M Golubev vs A Kovchan, 2006
(B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 34 moves, 1-0
Karpov vs D Uddenfeldt, 1972
(B93) Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4, 27 moves, 1-0
J Pelikan vs B Wexler, 1972
(B95) Sicilian, Najdorf, 6...e6, 30 moves, 1-0
R Byrne vs Evans, 1965
(B97) Sicilian, Najdorf, 36 moves, 1-0
G Mahia vs Quinteros, 1980
(B97) Sicilian, Najdorf, 28 moves, 1-0
Gamman vs Blackburne, 1869
(C40) King's Knight Opening, 35 moves, 0-1
Z Almasi vs Khalifman, 1997
(C89) Ruy Lopez, Marshall, 36 moves, 0-1
Kasparov vs Karpov, 1990
(C92) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 41 moves, 1-0
Max Lange Attack examples
Muller vs Bayer, 1908
(C55) Two Knights Defense, 18 moves, 1-0
Spanish Morphy Def. Neo-Archangelsk Var (C78) 0-1 Engaging!
C Mansfield vs Znosko-Borovsky, 1928
(C78) Ruy Lopez, 23 moves, 0-1
Russian Game: Cochrane Gambit. Center Variation (C42) 1-0 11.?
Messinger vs M Rack, 1989
(C42) Petrov Defense, 11 moves, 1-0
"Night Court" is a play where the actor Harry Anderson particip
H Andersen vs D Pluemer, 2006
(B01) Scandinavian, 23 moves, 1-0
Hastings didn't put up much of a "battle".
J J Hastings vs A P Law, 1994
(C23) Bishop's Opening, 15 moves, 0-1
Bxh7+ and Qh5+
A Wagner-Michel vs A Fischer, 1994
(B40) Sicilian, 17 moves, 1-0
Lovely example of Nimzo's florid prose.
Alapin vs A Nimzowitsch, 1911
(B10) Caro-Kann, 43 moves, 0-1
Alekhine Def: Mokele Mbembe. Vavra Defense (B02) 1-0 Pavel'd
F Hosticka vs P Vavra, 1994
(B02) Alekhine's Defense, 13 moves, 1-0
7. Bxf7+! yields a quick win after 8. Ng5+!
B Wall vs R Gantt, 1978
(D25) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 8 moves, 1-0
Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin Attack. Leonhardt Var (B88) 1-0 video
Fischer vs P Dely, 1967
(B88) Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin Attack, 17 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Def: Richter-Rauzer. Classical Var (B65) 0-1 17...?
Nijboer vs Anand, 1998
(B65) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...Be7 Defense, 9...Nxd4, 36 moves, 0-1
"The Immortal Correspondence Game" (game of the day Jun-22-2012
A Sundin vs Erik Andersson, 1964
(C16) French, Winawer, 29 moves, 1-0
A young Petrosian demolishes an even younger Korchnoi
Petrosian vs Korchnoi, 1946
(A94) Dutch, Stonewall with Ba3, 23 moves, 1-0
Vishy Anand sacrifices away to glory !
Anand vs I Sokolov, 1992
(B43) Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3, 26 moves, 1-0
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