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Mar-26-25
 | | fredthebear: With the advanced f-pawn having opened the a7-g1 diagonal, 10...Bc5+ chases the White king into the corner. Black proceeds with a Greco's Mate Attack on the h-file, which typically involves a pin or piece sacrifice to get at the cornered monarch. Here, 15...QxNf6 the queen sacrifice was correct. The Greco's Mate pattern has various forms:
https://www.chesstactics.org/mating... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wki...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nk0... https://chessfox.com/grecos-mate/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ze...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAh...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=naY...
https://lichess.org/study/ReDXzcH5
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bnp...
https://lichess.org/study/52LzJ7NS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Zd...
https://lichess.org/study/CRK7aehh
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fq...
Game Collection: Greco mates https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kx-...
There is no checkmate in the final position shown above, but White will be left with two pieces and a rattled king. ♟️ ♟️ ♟️
El Greco’s The Fable
Austere’s the canvas I quietly regard
as if some shocking story prevailed
the artist forced to work very hard
his exuberance soundly curtailed
Dying embers of a smouldering taper
centre stage and observed by three
monkey and buffoon amidst the vapour
furtive and yet they seem to agree
Perhaps symbolism is hanging in the air
where truth is fleeting, prone to fade
a painter enticing us to see what’s there
hidden amongst subtle light and shade |
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Mar-26-25
| | fredthebear: No NCAA Men's Basketball tournament Cinderellas this year. The highest remaining seed is #10 Arkansas, coached by John Calipari, who has been to sixteen Sweet 16's. The Hogs are no Cinderella! All four of the #1 seeds (Auburn, Duke, Houston, and Florida) are still in the tournament. |
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Apr-02-25
| | fredthebear: Whispers of Spring
In springtime whispers, secrets gently weave,
A tapestry of blossoms bold and bright,
The breezes carry tales that nature grieves,
As petals dance in morning's tender light.
The daffodils, in golden hues, arise,
While cherry blossoms blush in soft delight,
Each fragrant bloom, a smile 'neath the skies,
Inviting hearts to join in purest flight.
The lilacs sigh, their lilting scent embraced,
As vibrant tulips flirt with joyful glee,
In every corner, beauty's art is placed,
A canvas painted for the world to see.
So let us breathe this spring with open hearts,
Embrace the whispers where new life imparts.
O Rosenbaum vs B Huelsen, 1889 A promotion pastry.
A quiet white Queen's pawn system in which the Belgian master Edgard Colle (1897-1932) specialized to score many successes in the 1920s. https://www.newinchess.com/edgard-c... Ode to <Karpova>: They don't write like that anymore: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8e... 1831 to the Cold War: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/fa-x... - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/CvL4...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/43WK...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWo...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqb...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sh6...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9EQ...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2DF...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRN...
Many have suffered; some are confused: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/q3x2...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yh3...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3om...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNG...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=af9...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nj0...
C.N. 11079: Edward Winter writes that Edgard Colle is NOT the same person as Edgar Colle. https://www.chesshistory.com/winter... |
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Apr-15-25
| | fredthebear: V Artemiev vs Carlsen, 2023 Agreed. Asymmetrical, otherwise a copycat opening of sorts. The "explore this opening" link refuses to play a Sicilian 1.e4 c5 from this page, insisting instead on Nf3 (Nf3 was never played in the game above) due to the all-too-common KIA mislabel. Lasker (those who have not read his writings likely do not know about his footnote contributions) didn't pop up on my alternative search. Furthermore, given the strict length of post limit deliberately hindering FTB's harassed account, readers will have to miss out on some good information again. Of course, if this were a political post (not mine, mind you), a foot long rant would be allowed. London, 1866: Steinitz vs Anderssen, 1866 These two have a history: Bogoljubov vs Alekhine, 1914 Sicilian defence
B20 Sub-variants:
Sicilian defence
1. e4 c5
Sicilian, Gloria variation
1. e4 c5 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 h5
Sicilian, Steinitz variation
1. e4 c5 2. g3
Steinitz Variations: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stein... Sicilian, wing gambit
1. e4 c5 2. b4
Sicilian, wing gambit, Santasiere variation
1. e4 c5 2. b4 cxb4 3. c4
Sicilian, wing gambit, Marshall variation
1. e4 c5 2. b4 cxb4 3. a3
Sicilian, wing gambit, Marienbad variation
1. e4 c5 2. b4 cxb4 3. a3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Bb2 Sicilian, wing gambit, Carlsbad variation
1. e4 c5 2. b4 cxb4 3. a3 bxa3
Sicilian, Keres variation (2.Ne2)
1. e4 c5 2. Ne2
The 2.Ne2 Keres variation might be found under the "Chameleon" Sicilian label. The above game structure could also arise from a B06 Robatsch Defense or the A00 Hungarian Opening: Suttles vs Csom, 1972 Correct labels matter to truth seekers.
- INRI: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Hq... - Helmut: https://chessikus.hirner.at/2021/02... - ThrillerFan: https://www.chess.com/forum/view/ch... - CV: https://www.chessvideos.tv/chess-op... - schachzeit: https://www.schachzeit.com/en/openi... LDL 0-1. |
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May-05-25
| | fredthebear: On it goes...
on and on...
on and on.
Continuous harassment.
On it goes...
on and on...
on and on.
Institutionalized harassment.
On it goes...
on and on...
on and on.
Continuous harassment.
On it goes...
on and on...
on and on.
Institutionalized harassment.
On it goes...
on and on...
on and on.
Operation target select paying members.
FTB is continuously stalked by certain employees and privileged volunteer editors of Chessgames. This deliberate harassment has gone on for years. After not posting for a week, I made 7 posts and was shut down for the @#$%*&!# excuse of "posting too frequently." By comparison, Orange Face made over 20+ posts today (I stopped counting), including half-a-dozen posts on multiple pages. This is blatant discrimination by Chessgames. Such discrimination has been going on for years, as I have frequently made clear. It's an unfair, foolish mistake on CG's part to allow their "trusted" people to target and harass paying members. Furthermore, paying members are allowed a second free account but -- you guessed it -- Chessgames has deliberately shut down FTB's free account some years back. Yet zanzibar is allowed untold number of free accounts. Chessgames operates on a RAGING DOUBLE STANDARD. |
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May-06-25
| | fredthebear: When will a radical CGs operator freely attack YOUR account with impunity?? |
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May-16-25
| | fredthebear: Checkmate
by Jenifer S
Every piece is placed with precision
The same way it's been placed before
Remember the moves, repeat the rules
Eyes on the target, ready, set, go
You stand alone in the company of many
You stand silent while they struggle to spill their story
I seek your attention, request you to join the game
You oblige and wander into my territory
I make my move, and you accept
As always, for information, I pry
For you are different, just as expected
A new story, a new answer that you reply
"Interesting" "intriguing" "fascinating"
you recite the words I have memorised
With every gesture, you fuel my curiosity
yet I never fail to play the moves I've revised
Check; break down the barrier to your mind
Check; earn and conquer your trust
Check; uncover the story caged in your head
Checkmate, the next move, a must
And though I've stuck to my rules
You've broken the invisible fence
You surround me just as I have done to you
You widen your grin as I try to make sense
On this field of black and white, little did I know
The pieces had merged into an ugly grey
For you had been playing by the same rules
Imitating the moves that I play
Neck to neck, you and I
As a generous gesture
You allow me to make the final move
Expecting me to conquer
All eyes me, as I reach out
I won't dare let my heart lead the way
It knows only of how to be played
Not how to play
No matter whether I win or lose,
The game, I know won't last forever
You will leave me, no matter of the outcome
So why even bother?
Yet I play not to win
Nor to lose
I play for the thrill
And the unexpected I'll choose
Your king stands alone
surrounded, helpless, vulnerable
You may think me a fool or a genius
But I plan to make this game memorable
I make my final decision
And move my queen towards her fate
Towards your king, but not quite
End of game, a stalemate
1/2 - 1/2 |
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May-16-25
| | fredthebear: Finally, a response. Not the response I had hoped for or deserved, but it's something. Daniel Freeman did not implement the brake system on FTB. One of your minions did, and the shutoffs have gotten worse. It is obvious to all readers that z troll should be muzzled (and given a long suspension for deliberate non-stop harassment of FTB). FTB has made terrific contributions to our chess community when left alone. FTB will NOT allow insulting trollz and lame volunteer editor cyberbullies (who post blather just to run up their post totals like top spot is a gold medal) to repeatedly run me down without responding to their constant attacks. I will defend myself while they stomp all over the guidelines without consequence. Why are the truth tellers punished, and the rude rascals run wild? The least CGs could do is follow its own guidelines and have some balance in how everyone is treated. The targeting of certain members is so wrong. That being said, if the brake system remains unfair, I will continue to say so. Yesterday, I had a few posts about Hans Niemann, Nakamura, and Carlsen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBy... and WHAM -- no more posting for FTB. Yet z troll was allowed to trash my posts in my absence and those useless z posts remain. That is completely unfair of Chessgames. There's no follow up by other readers because they don't want to be trolled non-stop like FTB is. It is bad for business to halt the posts of a chess poster when this place is loaded with so much trash. One would think that CGs would stop to appreciate FTB's chess contributions instead of constantly hindering my efforts. If you had not noticed, FTB does not contribute much anymore because the chess intellectuality has been lost here for the most part (there are some dedicated diehard chess posters remaining, especially the puzzlers, so I do not mean to insult them). There is very little quality chess posting on this website anymore because the wrong people are given a voice to ruin it for the true chess people. Daniel would not be pleased to see such a decline in this website. It's time to sell off to a knowledgeable chess lover who watches over the website day after day, and let's get back to making chess the #1 priority without allowing sheer harassment of others. BTW, Daniel was wrong to allow the harassment of AJ Goldsby and eventually made an adjustment there, although it took far too long. Adjustments are needed here now. Is C I V I L I T Y asking too much? Why be a part of something that is uncivil, much less pay for it? If CGs does not get civility, it will fall farther and farther behind other chess websites like ICC, FICS, Chess.com and lichess.org that do have civility and ethical monitoring. Of course, civility would require yielding power to someone who actually has ethics and good taste, good manners. It is easy to see when the line has been crossed, lacking public decorum, for someone who was raised with decency. It is quite doable with the right people in place. Acceding to dishonest people w/a thug mentality is never a good way to go. |
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May-16-25
| | fredthebear: Gambling is not a good alternative for earning extra cash. Each game you play at a casino has a statistical probability against you winning. Slot machine odds are some of the worst, ranging from a one-in-5,000 to one-in-about-34-million chance of winning the top prize when using the maximum coin play. Among all Addictions, gambling is linked to the highest suicide rate. The odds of winning 10,000 dollars with a scratch is 1 in 407,000. Less likely than the odds of being struck by lightning which is 1 in 3,000. |
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May-16-25
| | fredthebear: World Health Organization facts of gambling: https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-... |
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May-16-25
| | fredthebear: endgame
by lei
it feels like it's just you and i;
four knights, two kings,
and two queens
on the edge of the match.
two teams of darkness and light
trapped inside four walls
enveloped in white noise and
the rush of blood through green-blue veins.
time stands still when you are close
and my heart still races
minutes after you make a move
that pushes me closer to my downfall.
i wait with bated breath.
i wait.
and i wait.
you make a move:
"checkmate." |
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May-16-25
| | fredthebear: Here are some incredible misstatements from the owner Susan. It is obvious that others have deliberately mislead her about operations. Susan Freeman chessforum (kibitz #1190) May-16-25
Susan Freeman: <FTB> you do not know what you are talking about. I was there with Dan when he implemented the brake system. There is nothing personal or malicious about it. It is quality control. If you are asking , or demanding, censorship, you are NOT going to get it from me. May-16-25
Susan Freeman: <FTB> BTW. the brake system is just that. Your posts are not BANNED. You can post again in a minute. So, once again, when you say *no more posting* you are wrong. |
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May-16-25
| | fredthebear: fredthebear: No Susan, you are wrong. Being privileged, you've never had the system used against you as I repeatedly have. I have stated many times that your tech department has put special restrictions on FTB's account that others do not face. FTB's account has been used as the guinea pig for developing new hacks and restrictions. Virtually every part of FTB's account has been hacked in some fashion. FTB IS Chessgames' paid member target #1.
One simple check is to go to Chessforums and look for FTB's forum. You will notice that my words in my forum are not visible to the public when the other members are visible. That is an IT restriction that cannot be missed. This happened 10 months after FTB took out a personal forum. For a decade, perfidious made false accusations about my personal forum when I did not even have a personal forum!! Of course, perfidious is a bald-faced liar and proud of it, so it does not bother his conscience to lie, lie, lie about other members. <You can post again in a minute.> The ban is not for a minute. I've been banned multiple, multiple times for the simplest of comments. The shutdown is never for "a minute." I know, because I always get up, go to the levorotary, wash, refresh my drink, and try again -- still banned. After that, I usual check my messages on other sources, return to CGs -- still banned. Then I usually play a few games on FICS. My "brakes" have NEVER been for a minute. QUALITY CONTROL ? ? ? ? This website is about QUALITY CONTROL ? ? ? ? Astonishing. Absolutely astounding. Are you kidding me? It is NOT quality control ! ! ! ! FTB was posting current information about the top players in the world (excluding the baby quip about MC being trapped), and FTB was shut off. It was staggering chess news -- Hans Niemann defeated the top two speed players in the world -- his rivals that accused him of cheating and had trounced him last year. Hans was embarrassed, humiliated just last fall, and eight months later, he tops the high and mighty!! Chess-wise, that is BIG news, but... CGs shut off FTB. Of course, cheating in bullet chess would be really difficult to do -- there's no time for it unless an illegal engine is making all the moves for the player, but FTB did not get to discuss any of that being shut off. It was major chess news that shocked the chess world. You're also sorely, badly missing the point that z troll makes unrelenting numbers of TRASH posts aimed at FTB -- PERSONAL ATTACKS that have no chess content -- following FTB all over this website just to be a pest and there are NO breaks put on <zanzibar> -- the WORST ABUSER on THIS WEBSITE, a well-documented sock puppet operator who has made six-figure posts (100,000+) under multiple disguises that trample the posting guidelines. z troll OBLITERATES the posting guidelines, and Chessgames repeatedly allows it -- NO breaks on the worst abuser, no boundaries, just piles and miles of garbage posts that are of no use to other readers. That IS NOT quality. It is a DOUBLE STANDARD and Chessgames should be ashamed of itself for mistreating its customers this way, allowing z troll a chronic abuser addict to crap on paying members while punishing paying members with various restrictions and suspensions. That would be like letting the serial rapist go and punishing the victim for fighting back. There's NO way to justify what is happening at Chessgames. It is wrong, wrong, wrong. QUALITY CONTROL ? ? ? ?
<censorship, you are NOT going to get it from me.> Without censorship, there is NO control, NO civility. I've been censored plenty of times. Some of my posts were deleted today. That is CENSORSHIP. YOU CENSORED FTB TODAY Susan! When you delete my posts you are conducting Censorship. What is alarming is that you allowed z troll's personal attacks against FTB -- no chess discussion with FTB, just direct personal attacks following FTBs posts -- and you FAILED to censor z troll. How on earth can you justify censoring FTB responding to personal attacks and not censoring the pest attacker?? You DISCRIMINATE against FTB. Do you realize that is exactly what happened today? Your "weed pullers" do not hesitate to DISCRIMINATE against FTB. It's that plain and simple. Fredthebear is demanding fair censorship applied evenly to all users without exceptions, to the worst abusers and without targeting the truth tellers who complain about the abuses. Censorship is absolutely necessary, so vital to peace and harmony. It will always be chaos here without censorship. Otherwise, remove or at least reduce those hypocritical posting guidelines that are not enforced. -- > ^ ^ ^
I've had my say today. I've said plenty. I will not be posting for a few days. Nobody needs to waste their time sitting, waiting, playing watchdog on ticked off FTB this weekend. |
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May-16-25
| | fredthebear: Hans Up! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBy... Only You: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAU... Bing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWA... The Good Alan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3Y... Get Good: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJi... Go to church and surround yourself w/people of good character: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/6Lj7... Mr. Bo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Fj... How2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8Y... Plan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8M... 5 Laws: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/x_Qw... Dire Straights: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/vwbX... ABs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5_... ABC won't win jeopardy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0c... What's her secret? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vt... Blunder check retains ELO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pP4...
Be sound and let your opponent giveaway the game. Take 10: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5i... Speedrun: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91l... Nimzo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1R... Soller Power: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/sTNX... Aint no such thing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yy3... Watch this b4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxJ... Danya's JL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLb... It's a trap! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvU... Shocking: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Egi... Alex says free ELO? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMt... Luis: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/eclG... Strangely underrated: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ywPr... Lions like warthogs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QH3... 7 ambushes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZt... KG booboo by White: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/LLg8... Nakhmanson: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/og52... For the troll too embarrassed to ask for chess help: https://www.howcast.com/guides/1164... This will come in handy for those long tiring games: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3i... |
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May-29-25
| | fredthebear: Carlsen vs D Gukesh, 2025 Rockzy sayz that a teenager was put out to pasture?? When you don't know what you're doing, don't bite off more than you can chew: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ctPw...
Of course, if you don't know what you're saying, take a bigger bite. Here's a very useful tip for all levels: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/e8_U... Another useless post from pufi just for the sake of posting. Let's not bow to a bland Nok+1 sentence. Try to do the impossible and tell us something we don't know that is not a lie. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/NZKY... Those who like their lifetime 700 wood pusher comments will want to see this one: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/RVKX... What?! https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Ff-f... It's time to join 21st Century chess...
2.Nc3 3.Bc4 is the [D01] Jobava London System.
> https://www.youtube.com/shorts/6LQm... > https://www.youtube.com/shorts/yWtJ...
> https://www.youtube.com/shorts/JpuG...
> https://www.youtube.com/shorts/No7z...
> https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Zdsg...
> https://www.youtube.com/shorts/EqgW...
> https://www.youtube.com/shorts/q5Br...
> https://www.youtube.com/shorts/aolo...
> https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Y4fm...
> https://www.youtube.com/shorts/R5_X...
> https://www.youtube.com/shorts/boau...
> https://www.youtube.com/shorts/W75y...
> https://www.youtube.com/shorts/FskX...
> https://www.youtube.com/shorts/L5sV...
> https://www.youtube.com/shorts/67qz...
> https://www.youtube.com/shorts/yxuQ...
> https://www.youtube.com/shorts/3-L3...
> https://www.youtube.com/shorts/IgEU...
> https://www.youtube.com/shorts/t94C...
> https://www.youtube.com/shorts/R5_X...
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OU7...
> https://www.youtube.com/shorts/8uds...
> https://www.youtube.com/shorts/awbf...
> https://www.youtube.com/shorts/USSR...
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mb-...
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sia... |
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May-29-25
| | fredthebear: It's [D01] continued:
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Guu...
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSB...
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmR...
> https://www.youtube.com/shorts/5Rbj...
> https://www.youtube.com/shorts/NwIz...
> https://www.youtube.com/shorts/2-z1...
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSW...
> https://www.youtube.com/shorts/SmV6...
> https://www.youtube.com/shorts/KzNC...
> https://www.youtube.com/shorts/siQS...
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ef...
> https://www.youtube.com/shorts/oMc8... > https://www.youtube.com/shorts/wV8p...
> https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Q7wp...
> https://www.youtube.com/shorts/8olj...
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3S... The "explore this opening" link does not work correctly on this page because CGs has the [D02] ECO code, which absolutely insists that all game examples have 2.Nf3, which was not played until 7th ply in the game above. In other words, the link is all but useless for those searching for 1.d 2.Nc3 3.Bc4 games. Not a single Baddur Jobava game appears. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9V... |
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May-29-25
| | fredthebear: The [D01] Jobava London System is a chess opening named after Georgian grandmaster Baadur Jobava. It is a variant of the London System, characterized by the moves 1.d4 2.Bf4 3.Nc3. This opening is known for its flexibility, allowing White to launch attacks on both the kingside and queenside, making it a great choice for players looking for an aggressive yet straightforward approach. The [D01] Jobava London System is easy to learn, as the ideas and moves remain consistent regardless of the opponent's responses. https://www.chessgeek.org/learn-che... % https://lichess.org/study/8OjcvA95
% https://www.newinchess.com/media/wy... % https://en.chessbase.com/post/jobav... % https://www.chess.com/blog/RussBell... % https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzA...
% https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLb...
% https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSG...
% https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAS...
In classical time controls, Baduur Jobava no longer plays this opening system named after him (as well as Richard Rapport and Eric Prie). Yet, grandmasters continue playing the Sarratt Attack/Accelerated London System 1.d4 2.Bf4 at all time controls.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NB...
A more important piece makes a good target: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjM... |
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May-29-25
| | fredthebear: Not really Shocking: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7D... In some respects, the similarities and differences are comparable to those of the Giuoco Piano, and Giuoco Pianissimo, or the Nimzo-Indian and Bogo-Indian. You know what I mean? https://www.youtube.com/shorts/AGRc... Barry's $200K per year sure added up to multi-millions fast, or perhaps all those Dem kids are using the Hunter laptop method of foreign affairs. When and where one spends their knights makes a big difference where their game ends up. How do you tie on? https://www.youtube.com/shorts/wbjH... If your ship comes in, you could end up on doing one of those bluefin jobs: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/7b0f... Phil says this is how to live: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/R4Tx... No, it's not an older Phil. It's not Uncle Si either: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/RZcF... A different look, but the same message: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/C1jv... Who is this RJ? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgV... You're right Cliff. One of 'em is The Way to the Kingdom: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/nkYv... Don't misunderstand. Cliff spells it out: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/OEYG... Commercial break. Don't you dare turn that channel! Even a cold, heartless curmudgeon cyberbully shalike this one... https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Pdn_... What about green onez? https://www.youtube.com/shorts/sZHP... Luke! https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ZjPN... A mystery guest:
1) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6x...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Idz...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wi9...
Alireza Firozja's way according to ChessDawg:
2) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wG...
3) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-I...
4) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTu...
5) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8e3...
g6s) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBb... - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=toj...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/3dvU...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4O...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_x...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxJ...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFf...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FH4...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sq3...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQL...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4Z...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBH... |
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May-29-25
| | fredthebear: So Magnus gave it a try: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZy... - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YY...
Even Kramer had a sample: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNA... Ben Knows: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgE... Nicholas believes: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/2L2j...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/CwOE...
Nakamura defends: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYO... Naka does the Job: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blo... MC is late, mad! https://www.youtube.com/shorts/E39l... - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/GYYj...
Here's one reason why MC skips Tata Steel nowadays: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qG... Some lifetime 700s deliberately refuse to agree with FTB, so listen to Epi's pen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0F... - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygH...
Agadmator uses the ECO code [A45] for games that begin 1.d4 Nf6, a single queen pawn opening. This is technically correct. However, 2.Nc3 d5 (White is threatening 3.e4 if allowed which would become a [B07-9] Pirc defense, a single king pawn opening) transposes to [D01], a double queen pawn opening. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yx... Don't be this dad: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/7X_e... She has her own Nc3 version (apparently a 1.e4 C-K): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHG... - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FW...
Pay close attention when you play: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/TvGn... How 'bout dat? Halosar tricked 'em this away: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/570F... |
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May-29-25
| | fredthebear: If you stand upside down on your head, these kingside Italian games will appear to be the [D01] Jobava London system on the queenside: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/zq5Y... - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=feA...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u__...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86F...
If you continue to post rubbish without paying attention to the game, you might get your eyebrows raised: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/enzn... Boot Camp: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSt... Upside down practically can't be done w/a piano, but if anybody can, she might be the one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FW... Oh, Black might play 3...Na6: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Nw... - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhF...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lno...
Back to Basics: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCE... - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/znUy...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8V...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgo...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/RxM7...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDC...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0J...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOp...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDi...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5F...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvW...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/pfXp...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cG_...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZE...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hc...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsM...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXY...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_L...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lt8...
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- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/emtL...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/b7aQ...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-2...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2O...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNX...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwI...
The Russian Grandmaster Anatoly Karpov was the 12th classical world chess champion from 1975-85. He once said, "Blunders rarely travel alone." |
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Jun-08-25
| | fredthebear: D Gukesh vs Wei Yi, 2025 D Gukesh vs Wei Yi, 2025 (kibitz #6) Bringing things into order requires clarity and correction: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/n-Qc... - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/YBhU...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Sr5h...
Paying full attention is a good start: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/f2NX... Staggering to see perhidious make the effort to give a chess reference link, but do tell us what a D02 queen pawn game given in a handful of chess literature classics has anything to do with this interesting 2025 opposite sides castling C42 king pawn game. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/I11Q... Oops! Could it be ANOTHER lazy blunder by the posts-far-too-frequently self-promoter given a free pass?? https://www.youtube.com/shorts/aiSo... What we have is yet another well-documented example where the deadbeat editor did not even bother to play through the game(s) that he comments on. Perv merely lurks to slag the comments of other posters, his big narcistic ambition in life. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/dWtp... - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/zzME...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/yWbG...
Readers will find these links more useful in relation to Gukesh' victory above: - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6a...
- https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/othe... - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/_hAo...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/mOto...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B11...
- https://www.daijiworld.com/news/new... - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YC...
- https://www.timesnownews.com/sports... - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AeN...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/d9Ry...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/StFr...
No, Gukesh did not invent any new chess opening as click baiters like to say. The young world champion did play a less common variation. For those unfamiliar with the Russian Game: Nimzowitsch Attack, 8.Qd2 is normally played. There are just four examples of 8.Qd3 in the database: https://www.chessgames.com/perl/che... |
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Jun-08-25
| | fredthebear: D Gukesh vs Wei Yi, 2025 Also note that Stockfish analysis gave 5.Nc3? (the Nimzowitsch variation is the second most played move accepting doubled pawns) as 5.d4 is the mainline leading to a brief copycat structure. 5.Nc3 instead of 5.d4: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/4b7K... 5.Nc3, both colors castle long: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Yb1H... 5.Nc3 trap: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/xtGG... ...Nb3+ leads to Greco's Mate: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/R9Vg... 5.Nc3 to avoid the draw: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4f... One must Endeavor: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/vFIJ... - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/5Oi3...
Yes, YES we CAN change! https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Aiom... - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/3CXl...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/LSAt...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ubLJ...
Immersion, Forgiveness: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/piED... - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/iKze...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/hLe2...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/3zwS...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ChRZ...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/G6NS...
Now get movin'! https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Kuh7... - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Jf3E...
And don't jump to conclusions: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/qjHh... Agadmator analysis: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTn... Wait... this is what Gukesh said afterward: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/pp4R... |
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Jun-08-25
| | fredthebear: A New England June
by Bliss Carman
These things I remember
Of New England June,
Like a vivid day-dream
In the azure noon,
While one haunting figure
Strays through every scene,
Like the soul of beauty
Through her lost demesne.
Gardens full of roses
And peonies a-blow
In the dewy morning,
Row on stately row,
Spreading their gay patterns,
Crimson, pied and cream,
Like some gorgeous fresco
Or an Eastern dream.
Nets of waving sunlight
Falling through the trees;
Fields of gold-white daisies
Rippling in the breeze:
Lazy lifting groundswells,
Breaking green as jade
On the lilac beaches,
Where the shore-birds wade.
Orchards full of blossom,
Where the bob-white calls
And the honeysuckle
Climbs the old gray walls;
Groves of silver birches,
Beds of roadside fern,
In the stone-fenced pasture
At the river’s turn.
Out of every picture
Still she comes to me
With the morning freshness
Of the summer sea, —
A glory in her bearing,
A sea-light in her eyes,
As if she could not forget
The spell of Paradise.
Thrushes in the deep woods,
With their golden themes,
Fluting like the choirs
At the birth of dreams.
Fireflies in the meadows
At the gate of Night,
With their fairy lanterns
Twinkling soft and bright.
Ah, not in the roses,
Nor the azure noon,
Nor the thrushes’ music,
Lies the soul of June.
It is something finer,
More unfading far,
Than the primrose evening
And the silver star;
Something of the rapture
My beloved had,
When she made the morning
Radiant and glad,—
Something of her gracious
Ecstasy of mien,
That still haunts the twilight,
Loving though unseen.
When the ghostly moonlight
Walks my garden ground,
Like a leisurely patrol
On his nightly round,
These things I remember
Of the long ago,
While the slumbrous roses
Neither care nor know. |
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Jun-09-25
| | fredthebear: FTB factually discusses the specific game as usual, but FTB is deliberately targeted anyway. The lame editor perfidubious thinks he's a genius but provides us absolutely nothing. His personal attacks go on and on and on for years, decades, in complete violation of the CG guidelines. It's either useless cyberbully drivel just to run up pud's posting totals, and/or crass personal attacks on other members to feed Al's narcissism. <<<When The Pawn.... >by Fiona Apple>
When the Pawn Hits the Conflicts
He Thinks Like a King.
What He Knows Throws the Blows
When He Goes to the Fight
and He'll Win the Whole Thing
'Fore He Enters the Ring.
There's No Body to Batter
When Your Mind Is Your Might!
So When You Go Solo,
You Hold Your Own Hand
and Remember That Depth
Is the Greatest of Heights.
And if You Know Where You Stand,
Then You Know Where to Land
And if You Fall It Won't Matter,
'Cuz You'll Know That You're Right!>
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/When_the_Pawn...
Hodgson vs F Hellers, 1994 So let's understand "When the Pawn..."
Stockfish preferred 6...cxd4 w/a threat of a second capture followed by the fundamentally sound developing move 7...Nc6. Instead 6...exd4?! allows 7.d5 preventing ...Nc6. Black's queenside knight ends up rotting away on Na6. Thus, the choice of center pawn capture on the sixth move had a significant impact on the outcome. |
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Jun-09-25
| | fredthebear: Patch, Dotty, Socks, Tigger, Hobbes, Milo, Leo, Loki ? <<<The Naming of Cats>
T. S. Eliot 1888 –1965>
The Naming of Cats is a difficult matter,
It isn’t just one of your holiday games;
You may think at first I’m as mad as a hatter
When I tell you, a cat must have THREE DIFFERENT NAMES. First of all, there’s the name that the family use daily, Such as Peter, Augustus, Alonzo, or James,
Such as Victor or Jonathan, George or Bill Bailey— All of them sensible everyday names.
There are fancier names if you think they sound sweeter, Some for the gentlemen, some for the dames: Such as Plato, Admetus, Electra, Demeter—
But all of them sensible everyday names,
But I tell you, a cat needs a name that’s particular, A name that’s peculiar, and more dignified, Else how can he keep up his tail perpendicular,
Or spread out his whiskers, or cherish his pride? Of names of this kind, I can give you a quorum,
Such as Munkustrap, Quaxo, or Coricopat,
Such as Bombalurina, or else Jellylorum—
Names that never belong to more than one cat. But above and beyond there’s still one name left over, And that is the name that you never will guess; The name that no human research can discover—
But THE CAT HIMSELF KNOWS, and will never confess. When you notice a cat in profound meditation,
The reason, I tell you, is always the same: His mind is engaged in a rapt contemplation
Of the thought, of the thought, of the thought of his name: His ineffable effable
Effanineffable>
Deep and inscrutable singular name.
Bella, Coco, Luna, Fischer, Whiskers, Mittens, Mia, Tommy ? |
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