He that would have a short Lent, let him borrow money to be repaid at Easter. Poor Richard’s Almanack
The Golden Rule (It’s true in all faiths) Surely it is the maxim of loving-kindness: Do not unto others what you would not have them do unto you. Analects 15:23 (Confucianism)
Certainly these things agree, the priest, the lawyer and death, all three; Death takes both the weak and the strong, The lawyer takes from both right and wrong, And the priest from the living and dead has his fee. Poor Richard’s Almanack
Lunar Cycle Day 15 Moon starts in Libra ☾♎︎ Enters Scorpio ☾♏︎ at 7:54 Moonset 6:55 – Moonrise 21:12 Moon at apogee 16:31 Moonset tomorrow 7:18
On this date U.S. President Thomas Jefferson born, 1743
Palm Sunday
Golden Rule (it’s true in all faiths) That nature alone is good which refrains from doing unto another whatsoever is not good for itself. Dadistan-i-dinik 94:5 (Zoroastrianism)
According to lichess.org the solution to this puzzle is not Qc5+ leading to Qxf5. The”correct” solution is Qe3+ then Qxb3. In both cases the white King retreats to h1, but one wins the white Queen, the other a white Bishop. I must be missing something.
UPDATE: Duh. The White Queen kills the black Queen in the first solution. This is why I suck at chess.
Chess is such a fascinating game. Particularly, at this moment for me, why the pieces move the ways they do given their names.
The Queen is the most powerful piece on the board, but worthless without the King.
Bishops move diagonally; Rooks side to side and front to back.
Knights move with a sneaky little side step, and are not blocked by pieces between them and their target. They can maneuver, sneak, and wiggle through other pieces (or simply jump over them) to get to their destination.
And Pawns become worthless if they have no support, yet can become extremely powerful near the end of the game. Which brings us to Pawn Structure. The Pawns need to support each other and the rest of the pieces in a solid, unified, and structured way. And the pieces need to support the Pawns.
Many Pawns in many games are never utilized. But the first move of almost every game is by a Pawn closest to either the King or Queen. In fact, Pawns and Knights are the only pieces that can move first. The other pieces must either wait for the Pawns to move or go around them.
Then there is Castling. Is that about some sort of disguise trickery played by a King and Rook to protect the King?
There must be a storied history around the development of this game, rife with politics. I wonder if there are any good books on the subject.
