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This is a Queens Gambit Declined game. White sacrifices a pawn for rapid development. Black picks up two pawns and sort of gives up a piece hoping to trick White into a a checkmate position. He ends up being checkmated as he protects his Queen at the expense of the King! Comments are welcome.
Annotated Miniature [...]
This game features the Danish Gambit where White sacrifices several pawns for rapid development, and then tries to sacrifice a piece which Black declines, and at the end, I could not find a better a way to explain what happened, without paraphrasing what Jesus said regarding setting your priorities straight. I hope you enjoy the [...]
There have been debates on what is more important, imagination or knowledge? Albert Einstein is quoted as having said, “imagination is more important that knowledge”. He could be right. He did not say, knowledge is not important. Knowledge is important, so is imagination. However, comparatively, in his opinion, imagination is more important.
I think imagination and [...]
Studying miniatures has many benefits. First, almost always, the winner wins quickly because the loser did something (really bad) that s/he should not have done in the opening. Second, related to the first reason, one learns what not to do. Third, related to the first and the second, one learns how to finish off a [...]
“The need for self-actualization. — Even if all these needs are satisfied, we may still often
(if not always) expect that a new discontent and restlessness will soon develop, unless the
individual is doing what he is fitted for. A musician must make music, an artist must
paint, a poet must write, if he is to be ultimately [...]
