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ÿþThis is just another test,to see if this note here will have editing problems on my Opera Blog or not !?

Day by day humans drove the animals of the wild closer and closer to the point of extinction,and at the end where must they go to survive?.
If you think a Zoo or a cage is the place(possibly because it entertains the people)then you are wrong and very narrowminded indeed,and on top of it you possess cruel intentions which represents the dark side/part in humanity...!

Even Chess reflects the Principle of Truth.
Although, Lasker was also a philosopher with some radical views, not necessarily to everyone's liking, none the less, that fact does not diminish truths like the following:


"On the Chessboard lies and hypocrisy do not survive long. The creative combination lays bare the presumption of a lie; the merciless fact, culminating in a checkmate, contradicts the hypocrite. Our little Chess is one of the sanctuaries, where this principle of justice has occasionally had to hide to gain sustenance and a respite, after the army of mediocrities had driven it from the marketplace. And many a man, struck by injustice as, say, Socrates and Shakespeare were struck, has found justice realized on the Chessboard and has thereby recovered his courage and his vitality to continue to play the game of Life. Later generations, not so narrow-minded as ours, will recognize and appreciate this merit of our noble game." Lasker's Manual of Chess, Emanuel Lasker, p235
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emanuel_Lasker


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I believe every chess player has a uniqueness of his/her own, like a fingerprint, in relation to the game. It consists of and include things like style, psychology, thinking about the game, etc., etc. So some of these things I aim at (hope to achieve) is how to play better with everything at my disposal. Emanuel Lasker speaks about principles like co-operation of one's pieces, a profound concept/approach (but not easily achieved!). I'm still trying to get there. Amazingly in the Bible, there is written in Matthew 12, about from verse 22 to about verse 36, where Jesus, according to my mind, speaks about the same, other and more co-operation principles as taught by Emanuel Lasker in his book(s). (I discovered that through prayer!) So I am constantly working towards achieving that what I have just described on the chessboard in my play. (I am not a professional player, I just like the game of chess a lot. I also like to watch other people playing, especially players that are better and stronger than myself!

I also had my own little encounters with the Truth on the chessboard. Here is a game of mine played about in 2004 at the Port Elizabeth Chess Club, I had the black pieces. I do not intend to comment on the play, I leave that to the experts.

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. b4 b6 4.bxc5 bxc5 5. Bc4 e6 6. Nc3 Nf6
7. O-O Bb7 8. Re1 a6 9. Rb1 Qc7 10. d3 Nc6 11. a3 Be7 12. Bf4 Nd4 13. Rb2 O-O
14. Nb1 Rfb8 15. c3 Nxf3+ 16. Qxf3 Bf8 17. Rbe2 Qb6 18. Bg5 Nd7 19. Qh3 Ne5
20. Ba2 Kh8 21. c4 Ra7 22. Bd2 Bc6 23. Bc3 Ng6 24. Rb2 Qxb2 25. Bxb2 Rxb2
26. d4 Rxa2 27. Qb3 Ra1 28. d5 Rb7 29. Qc2 Ba4 30. Qc1 Rbxb1 31. Qxb1 Rxb1
32. Rxb1 Bc2 33. Rb6 a5 34. f3 Kg8 35. Kf2 a4 36. Ke3 Ne5 37. Ke2 Nxc4
38. Rb8 Nxa3 39. e5 exd5 40. exd6 Bf5 41. g4 Be6 0-1


The game reached this point
and he played 24)R-b2,
I thought here is the moment
of truth, so after some
thought, I replied with...
QxR.