Quote for the day

It's only when we truly know and understand that we have a limited time on earth -- and that we have no way of knowing when our own time is up -- that we will begin to live each day to the fullest, as if it was the only one we had.

- Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

Qoute for the day

In some places words have been replaced by symbols which, like amulets from a witch's bag, have the power to consume the living spirit of chess. - Tigran Petrosian

Qoute for the day

The chessboard is the world, the pieces are the phenomena of the
Universe, the rules of the game are what we call the laws of Nature
and the player on the other side is hidden from us
(Thomas Huxley)

Qoute for the day

Happiness is like a butterfly; the more you chase it, the more it will elude you, but if you turn your attention to other things, it will come and sit softly on your shoulder ...


- Henry David Thoreau

Qoute for the day

Angry bird catches the angry worm.

Qoute of the day

Too many people are thinking of security instead of opportunity. They seem to be more afraid of life than death

qoute for the day

… today many players, especially young ones, think that the older openings are so thoroughly analysed that nothing more can be tried. This is a serious mistake. The methods of positional play become deeper and finer each year. Being well acquainted with them it is possible even in openings which seem to be fully explored to find ways to create a real fight.

“A great leader's courage to fulfill his vision comes from passion, not position.”

Qoute for the day

If a ruler does not understand Chess, how can he rule over a kingdom? - King Khusros II AD 580 - 628

Alculympics - Training with City College Chess Team

Just finished simul training with 7 members of City College Chess Team (5 men and 2 women) where I scored 7/7. This is the first time I did a simul and never been so proud.

Qoute for the day

A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him.

Qoute for the day

The process of rating players can be compared to the measurement of the position of a cork bobbing up and down on the surface of agitated water with a yard stick tied to a rope and which is swaying in the wind. - Arpad Elo

Qoute for the day

Life is indeed difficult, partly because of the real difficulties we must overcome in order to survive, and partly because of our own innate desire to always do better, to overcome new challenges, to self-actualize. Happiness is experienced largely in striving towards a goal, not in having attained things, because our nature is always to want to go on to the next endeavor.
Albert Ellis, Michael Abrams, Lidia Dengelegi, The Art & Science of Rational Eating, 1992

Qoute for the day

We should praise, rather, the courage of the player who, relying only on his intuition, plunges into a brilliant combination of which the issue does not appear to him too clear. - Eugene Znosko-Borowski

Qoute for the day

Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.

Qoute for the day

In chess the rules are fixed and the outcome is unpredictable, in Putin’s Russia the rules are unpredictable and the outcome is fixed. - Garry Kasparov

Quote for the day

«I love my past. I love my present. I'm not ashamed of what I've had, and I'm not sad because I have it no longer.» — Colette

Chess Quatation for the day

Thank you, darling, for learning to play chess. It is an absolute necessity for any well organized family. - (in a letter to his wife) - Alexander Pushkin

Qoute for the day

Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.

About Love

"The person who tries to live alone will not succeed as a human being. His heart withers if it does not answer another heart. His mind shrinks away if he hears only the echoes of his own thoughts and finds no other inspiration."

Almost but not quite

I thought February 12, 2012 will be the day I will be beaten by xanthe in our chess battle. I employed a rare variation against Pirc Defence (Bf4) which of course she is already familiar with. I took me morethan 30 minutes to decide if I will accept her pawn sacrifice which I did after so much thought on the next moves I will employ. She is improving each day and very resourceful. She told me later on that she showed our game to his coach and requested on what variations will she use against me. I was really surprised but still prevailed in tactical ending.

Quote for the day

I think age is a very high price to pay for maturity.
Tom Stoppard (1937 - )

UCPB - Calapan Branch 34th Anniversary

Today is our branch 34th anniversary. Hope everything planned will run smoothly.

World Wrestling / Modern Orators

Have you seen the matches of World Wrestling lately? My two sons are into it daily waking as early as 5am and watching full time every saturday and sunday. What attracts me while watching is not the banging/slamming/punching etc... but the way they talk to one another. It simply is not an extemporaneous speech (that I learned from high school) from The Rock, John Cena etc... but an Oration.
I think English teachers and professors should encourage their students to watch WWE to see the speeches unleashed by these monsters.
Go WWE.

Happy 20th Anniversary at UCPB

Never imagined that I am with UCPB for 20 years already last February 1, 2012. Hope everthing will be ok with me particularly my health. Can't avoid watching MMA every monday midnight at channel 23 and 47.
Grrr.

Match with the Future Female Chess Master

Just finished a chess match with future chess master Xanthie Guico at their residence. I brought the game in a complicated game to see how she will react. I was pushed to the limit but I think she got dizzy with her success that she made a gross blunder. Of course, I took advantage of it. Looking for the day she will beat me in a game. I can smell it will not be for long but surely she will work for it.

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