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  • Revival of Kings Gambit

    The romantics of chess has reason to rejoice. There has been a revival of the Kings Gambit in modern chess. GM’s like Hector, Short and Nakamura plays the Kings Gambit from time to time.

    Here is a wonderful example of the Kings Gambit from Reykjavik Open 2013 were white, S. Jensen, with a mere 1909 in rating, plays IM Urkedal, with a rating of 2474. S. Jensen demolishes IM Urkedal in 21 moves! The rating difference is 564 rating points.

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    [Event “Reykjavik Open 2013”]
    [Site “Reykjavik ISL”]
    [Date “2013.02.19”]
    [Round “1.39”]
    [White “Jensen, So3”]
    [Black “Urkedal, F”]
    [Result “1-0”]
    [WhiteElo “1909”]
    [BlackElo “2473”]
    [ECO “C37”]
    [EventDate “2013.02.19”]
    [BlackTitle “IM”]
    [Opening “KGA”]
    [Variation “double Muzio gambit”]
    [WhiteFideId “1421204”]
    [BlackFideId “1506102”]

    1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.Bc4 g4 5.O-O gxf3 6.Qxf3 Qf6 7.e5 Qxe5 8.
    Bxf7+ Kxf7 9.d4 Qxd4+ 10.Be3 Qf6 11.Bxf4 Bc5+ 12.Kh1 Bd6 13.Qh5+ Qg6 14.
    Bxd6+ Nf6 15.Qd5+ Kg7 16.Rxf6 Qxf6 17.Be5 Rf8 18.Bxf6+ Rxf6 19.Qg5+ Kf7
    20.Nc3 d6 21.Nd5 1-0

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    Links:
    Kings Gambit Accepted chessgames.com

  • Who was he? Shakespeare!

    Michael Wood explores the world of William Shakespeare. Title: In Search of Shakespeare

  • Short demolished in Bangkok

    GM Nigel Short was thoroughly outplayed by the young leading indian IM Roy Saptarshi in Bangkok Chess Club Open 2013.

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    [Event “13th BCC Open 2013”]
    [Site “Pattaya THA”]
    [Date “2013.04.15”]
    [Round “3.1”]
    [White “Saptarshi, Roy”]
    [Black “Short, Nigel D”]
    [Result “1-0”]
    [WhiteElo “2426”]
    [BlackElo “2697”]
    [ECO “A47”]
    [EventDate “2013.04.14”]
    [WhiteTitle “IM”]
    [BlackTitle “GM”]
    [Opening “Queen’s Indian defence”]
    [WhiteFideId “5008980”]
    [BlackFideId “400025”]

    1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 b6 3.e3 Bb7 4.Bd3 c5 5.O-O g6 6.c4 Bg7 7.Nc3 cxd4 8.exd4 d5 9.c5 bxc5 10.Bb5+ Nfd7 11.dxc5 a6 12.Ba4 O-O 13.Be3 e6 14.Rc1 Nc6 15.Re1 Rc8 16.Bxc6 Bxc6 17.b4 Re8 18.a4 Ba8 19.Qd3 e5 20.Qxa6 d4 21.Bg5 f6 22.Qc4+ Kh8 23.Nb5 Bxf3 24.Nd6 Rf8 25.Nxc8 fxg5 26.Nd6 e4 27.Nf7+ Rxf7 28.Qxf7 Ne5 29.Qb7 d3 30.c6 e3 31.c7 exf2+ 32.Kh1 Qf8 33.gxf3 fxe1=Q+ 34.Rxe1 d2 35.Rd1 1-0

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    Bangkok Chess Club bangkokchess.com

  • The great Way has no gate

    The great Way has no gate;
    There are a thousand different roads.
    If you pass through this barrier once,
    You will walk independently in the Universe.

    The Gateless Gate: The Classic Book of Zen Koans
    by Yamada Koun

  • The Heat of Movement The Coldness of Stillness

    Generally speaking, when people are active, this gives rise to heat; when people sit quietly, this gives rise to cold. When one is cold, if one moves about this will again produce heat. When one is hot, if one sits still this will again produce coldness. In other words, cold and heat do not depend on the weather but on the person.

    What I realize as I observe this is the Tao of taking over the creativity of yin and yang. That which is strong is associated with yang, that which is yielding is associated with yin. If one is strong but not aggressive, humbly lowering oneself, then one will not be irritable but will be peaceful, and equanimous. If one is yielding but not weak, deliberate in action, then one will not be ineffective but will ascend to high illumination.

    Able to be strong, able to yield, according with truth and with the time, knowing when to advance and when to withdraw, able to be great and able to be small, able to stop and able to step down, able to be passive and able to be active, one can thereby take over Creation, turn around life and death, reverse the mechanism of energy, leave death and go to life. This is like activity producing heat and quiet sitting producing cold; human power can reverse nature.

    Awakening to the Tao Liu I-Ming translated by Thomas Cleary

  • One heart

    Can you polish your mysterious mirror
    And leave no blemish?
    Lao Tzu

    There is never been a single thing
    Then where is dust to cling?
    Huang Po

    Joining hands
    One heart.
    You and Me

  • I am eternally present

    I am eternally present.

    There is nothing to do.

    Nowhere to go.

     

  • Living Together

    When we live with another person, to protect each other’s happiness, we should help one another transform the internal formations that we produce together. By practicing understanding loving speech, we can help each other a great deal. Happiness is no longer an individual matter. If the other person is not happy, we will not be happy either.To transform the other person’s knots will help bring about our own happiness as well. A wife can create internal formations in her husband, and a husband can do so in his wife, and if they continue to create knots in each other,one day there will be no happiness left.Therefore, as
    soon as a knot is created, the wife, for example, should know that a knot has just been tied in her. She should not overlook it. She should take the time to observe it and, with her husband’s help, transform it. She might say, “Darling, I think we’d better discuss a conflict I see growing.” This is easy when the states of mind of husband and wife are still light and not filled with too many knots.

    The root cause of any internal formation is a lack of understanding. If we can see the misunderstanding that was present during the creation of a knot, we can easily untie it. To practice mindful observation is to look deeply to be able to see the nature and causes of something. One important benefit of this kind of insight is the untying of our knots.

    Reference: Peace Is Every Step p. 67-68 by Thich Nhat Hanh

  • Real Love

    We really have to understand the person we want to love. If our love is only a will to possess, it is not love. If we only think of ourselves, if we know only our own needs and ignore the needs of the other person, we cannot love. We must look deeply in order to see and understand the needs, and of the person we love. This is the ground of real love. You cannot resist loving another person when you really understand him or her.

    From time to time, sit close to the one you love, hold his or her hand, and ask, “Darling, do I understand you enough? Or am I making you suffer? Please tell me so that I can learn to love you properly. I don’t want to make you suffer, and if I do so because of my ignorance, please tell me so that I can love you better, so that you can be happy.” If you say this in a voice that communicates your real openness to understand, the other person may cry.

    That is a good sign, because it means the door of understanding is opening and everything will be possible again. Maybe a father does not have time or is not brave enough to ask his son such a question. Then the love between them will not be as full as it could be. We need courage to ask these questions, but if we don’t ask, the more we love, the more we may destroy people are love. True love needs understanding.

    With understanding, the one we love will certainly flower.

    Reference: Peace Is Every Step by Thich Nhat Hanh

  • Know your Self as That

    Robert Spira

  • Decompartmentalization

    We have so many compartments in our lives. How can we bring meditation out of the meditation hall and in to the kitchen,and the office? In the meditation hall we sit quietly, and try to be aware of each breath. How can our sitting influence our non-sitting time? When a doctor gives you an injection,not only your arm but your whole body benefits from it. When you practice half an hour of sitting meditation a day, that time should be for all twenty—four hours, and not just for that half-hour.One smile,one breath,shouldbeforthebenefitofthewholeday,not just for that moment. We must practice in away that removes the barrier between practice and non—practice.

    When we walk in the meditation hall, we make careful steps,very slowly. But when we go to the airport or the supermarket, we become quite another person. We walk very quickly, less mindfully. How can we practice mindfulness at the airport and in the supermarket? I have a friend who breathes between tele- phone calls, and it helps her very much. Another friend does walking meditation between business appointments, walking mindfully between buildings in downtown Denver. Passersby smile at him,and his meetings, even with diflicult persons, often turn out to bequite pleasant, and very successful.

    We should beable to bring the practice from the meditation hall in to our daily lives. We need to discuss among our selves how to do it. Do you practice breathing between phone calls? Do you practice smiling while cutting carrots? Do you practice relaxation after hours of hard work? These are practical questions. If you know how to apply meditation to dinner time, leisure time, sleeping time, it will penetrate your daily life, and it will also have a tremendous effect on social concerns. Mindfulness can penetrate the activities of everyday life, each minute,each hour of our daily life, and not just be a description of something far away.

    Reference: Peace Is Every Step p. 34-35 by Thich Nhat Hanh

  • A Simple Prayer

    A Simple Prayer picture
    Saint Francis of Assisi’s Simple Prayer

    Lord, make me an instrument of your peace.
    Where there is hatred, let me sow love.
    Where there is injury, pardon.
    Where there is doubt, faith.
    Where there is despair, hope.
    Where there is darkness, light.
    Where there is sadness, joy.

    O Divine Master,
    Grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled, as to console;
    To be understood, as to understand;
    To be loved, as to love.
    For it is in giving that we receive.
    It is in pardoning that we are pardoned,
    And it is in dying that we are born to Eternal Life.
    Amen.

    St. Francis

  • Zheng Gu Shui

    The words zheng gu shui mean “bone setting solution” in English. In my experience it’s simply the best solution for bruises, sprains and pain to the extremities with no bleeding. And Zheng Gu Shui relieves pain in the bones and joints as well. Yet another example of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) that works. I have used this many times on my self and friends with astonishing results almost every time!
    The only caveat: do not use in connection with infection or open wounds.

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    Reference: Zheng Gu Shui wikipedia.org

  • You Deserve Enlightenment

  • Meditation as a great Art

    Krishnamurti saw meditation as a great art, “perhaps the greatest.” One must learn this art by practicing without technique—watching oneself: in daily activities (walking, eating), practices (speech, gossip), reactive emotions (hate, jealousy)—becoming aware of these things “without any choice.” Many forms of meditation have been invented to escape conflicts. These forms, according to Krishnamurti are “based on desire… the urge for achievement,” implying conflict, and a “struggle to arrive.” This striving, he saw as “within the limits of a conditioned mind, and in this there is no freedom.” True meditation is “the ending of thought,” leading to “a different dimension… beyond time.” Thought and feeling “dissipate energy.” Their repetition is mechanical, and, while necessary, do not permit one to enter the “immensity of life.” Meditation is the “emptying of the mind of the known.” It is not thought, nor prayer, nor “the self-effacing hypnotism of words, images, hopes and vanities” all of which must “come to an end, easily, without effort and choice, in the flame of awareness.”

    Reference: Jiddu Krishnamurti meditation wikipedia.org