It is in Armagh this time. A local hotel is offering discounted rates. 1Co 9:25 And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible.
Chessbase are offering a great bargain of Maurice Ashley DVD`s. He did a number of shows for Chessbase a few years ago, which were excellent. I looked for them earlier today but they seem to have been deleted from the old style Chessbase broadcast programmes.
Rookie`s report is below. *************************************************
Another amazing result followed on from victories over Strand 1 and Ballynafeigh 1, totalling 16.5 out of 21 and putting us in second place!
Firstly, John Bryars got revenge over Ryszard, "hard" though it was!
There was nothing "marring" David's win over Marron!
Sam was flummoxed by Masterson's mastery after drawing with him last time!
John McKenna clinched the match after showing "Stevadore"!
Finally, Gareth, with 21 seconds left and a piece up, made up for his two defeats against Cairns by forcing perpetual check and "earns" a draw against Cairns!
Overall, a complete turnaround from our 6-1 defeat to them last time.
Also, Gareth and the two Johns kept their hopes of a board prize alive. Martin Kelly (Captain ).
Another win for KH, 3.5-1.5 against Fruithill. Gareth once again played amazingly well when really, really, really short of time!
In my game with JM, this position occurred, it is a well known piece sac for 3 pawns by white. I did spend some time thinking about playing it, but decided I did not want to try it against a strong opponent. Have had this against computer programmes but it was always at the lowest strength playing levels when it occurred. It is white to play.
Below is a possible position in the piece for 3 pawns sac. It is now Black to play? White obviously intends to take the third pawn on d6.
As things turned out, I may as well have tried it as I lost anyway!
The Bible verse below speaks of Christ the great sacrifice.
Hebrews 10:12 But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God;
Many years ago, I read a book in which it revealed some gangster had been shot dead in Chicago, the police are said to have found the following poem in his pocket.
The clock of life is wound but once And no man hath the power To tell just where the hands will stop, At late or early hour.
To lose one's wealth is sad indeed, To lose one's health is more. To lose one's soul is such a loss As no man can restore.
Now is the only time you have Live, love, toil at will. Place no faith in 'time For the clock may soon be still.
Psalm 90:12 So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.
Doing an errand for a friend last night was like going back in time. To complete the errand, I had to call into the Belfast South venue, it was very strange seeing the old fold up boards and the mechanical clocks being used! After the match started, I took my dog for a walk and returned about an hour later. Due to the cold night air, the video camera in my pocket was cold, so when I came back into the warm playing venue, the lens of the camera had condensation, it produced a ghostly effect when I started filming again. ************************************************** Rookie`s report on last night`s match. The recently confirmed Division 2 Champions were demolished by The B Team, who have now scored 27/35 in their last 5 games. We "nicked" a win over a team without their talisman, Nick! In the battle of the 2 Stephens, Stephen "Wood" be favourite and so it proved! There was a right "Barney" when Bernard lost to Board prize favourite Paul to tie the match! "You offer- I deliver" was Cathal's comment after beating Paddy- like his usual arriving comment- "Is there a match tonight"? : "Bob's" your uncle as Bobby clinched the match win with a terrific win over Martin. The other team gave their captain a "pat" on the back but Norman still can clinch the board prize next week. ************************************************** Ecc 12:12 And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.
Psalm 90:10 The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.
11 Who knoweth the power of thine anger? even according to thy fear, so is thy wrath.
12 So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.
I am 100% certain the same melody has been used in N. Ireland for certain Hymns but I cannot remember which ones. I have been wrecking my brain for days trying to work it out. It is the sort of melody which is hard to get out of your head once you hear it. The closest Hymn I have been able to fit to the melody is "He Lifted Me." A friend informed me Vera Lyn did a version of it.
Probably one of the most recognised "Irish songs" is Danny Boy, it is very well known. Sadly most people do not recognise that it is sentimental garbage, which seeks to promote the loony notion of "Prayers for the dead." It is totally anti-Biblical, there is no such thing as prayers for the dead. All Christ rejecters go immediately to Hell at the point of death, their fate is sealed for all eternity. All true believers go immediately to heaven when they die. Here is a version of "Danny Boy" by Judith Durham.
It is not widely known that one day Elijah the prophet will leave heaven and once again appear in Jerusalem, just prior to the return of the Lord Jesus Christ. Guess what Elijah and his companion are going to do? They are going to "terrorise" the world! lol
Revelation 11:3 And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth.
4 These are the two olive trees, and the two candlesticks standing before the God of the earth.
5 And if any man will hurt them, fire proceedeth out of their mouth, and devoureth their enemies: and if any man will hurt them, he must in this manner be killed.
6These have power to shut heaven, that it rain not in the days of their prophecy: and have power over waters to turn them to blood, and to smite the earth with all plagues, as often as they will.
7 And when they shall have finished their testimony, the beast that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit shall make war against them, and shall overcome them, and kill them.
8 And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified.
9 And they of the people and kindreds and tongues and nations shall see their dead bodies three days and an half, and shall not suffer their dead bodies to be put in graves.
10 And they that dwell upon the earth shall rejoice over them, and make merry, and shall send gifts one to another; because these two prophets tormented them that dwelt on the earth.
11 And after three days and an half the spirit of life from God entered into them, and they stood upon their feet; and great fear fell upon them which saw them.
12 And they heard a great voice from heaven saying unto them, Come up hither. And they ascended up to heaven in a cloud; and their enemies beheld them.
13 And the same hour was there a great earthquake, and the tenth part of the city fell, and in the earthquake were slain of men seven thousand: and the remnant were affrighted, and gave glory to the God of heaven.
This is the position reached in my game with DL after white`s move 32.Rc6 According to my computer analysis by Deep Fritz 14, both me and DL have been cheating. We have both played 31 high quality moves. The position below is the first mistake, it is now black to play and get an advantage, I suspect it may be hard for club players to find the move black should have played? I will post the recommended move in the comments section later.
Below is a curious position which arose, it is black to play and the Comp is saying black should play 1...Nxe3 2.QxN Bxf4 3.Qd2 with and advantage to black.
However, I do not fancy trying to play that line, its too hard trying to find all the continuations after this, especially if you are short of time.
Ecc 12:12 And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.
Lots of people look at the post which mentions "The Hillbilly Attack." So I have decided to update it by adding a video of the most famous Hillbillies in world history.
Isaiah51:1 Hearken to me, ye that follow after righteousness, ye that seek the Lord: look unto the rock whence ye are hewn, and to the hole of the pit whence ye are digged.
Everything Albert Baker claims is correct. He was in the SAS, he was tasked by his superiors in the British army to infiltrate the UDA. He was allowed to carry out assassinations.
In the 1970s I worked as a hairdresser in Belfast city centre, just across the street from the Europa Hotel.
I used to see him in the lobby of the Europa regularly, quite often he could also be seen talking to the men in the security hut which used to outside the main Europa Hotel building!
When you get old, you realise that when your elders told you when you were young, that life passes by very quickly, they were right!
Psalm 90:10 The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.
11 Who knoweth the power of thine anger? even according to thy fear, so is thy wrath.
12 So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.
The total scum of the earth are at work in the UK at this present moment in time!
They are trying to whitewash and cover up a massive peado scandal in broad daylight, such is the contempt they have for the UK public, the UK MSM and the UK political world. They know the UK MSM is too corrupt to highlight the matter and the UK political world is riddled with paedos and other compromised forms of lowlife, so they know they will not cause a fuss!
The problem they face now is very stark, if they do not publicly name him, every Lord in the House of Lords will be suspected! They did not want Tony Daly to appear as a witness at the cover up inquiry, but they did accept a written statement from him! No wonder they do not want Richard Kerr at it? He just needs a couple of hours in the witness box to destroy the totally corrupt "UK establishment."
It is great to know that one day God is going to sucker the the evil UK establishment fully into the Kingdom of Antichrist, then completely destroy the whole thing! I rejoice in that, I would love to be alive to see it occur! Note, I mostly publish this series for overseas readers, so they can discern the truth about the UK, most UK citizens are too far gone to realise what is taking place right in front of their very eyes! Here are some links pertinent to this post. The Ultimate Checkmate. The Ultimate Checkmate First Update! The very wisest thing anyone can do, in this day and age, is read the second chapter of the book of DANIEL. DANIEL 2:1 ¶ And in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams, wherewith his spirit was troubled, and his sleep brake from him. 2 Then the king commanded to call the magicians, and the astrologers, and the sorcerers, and the Chaldeans, for to shew the king his dreams. So they came and stood before the king. 3 And the king said unto them, I have dreamed a dream, and my spirit was troubled to know the dream. 4 Then spake the Chaldeans to the king in Syriack, O king, live for ever: tell thy servants the dream, and we will shew the interpretation. 5 The king answered and said to the Chaldeans, The thing is gone from me: if ye will not make known unto me the dream, with the interpretation thereof, ye shall be cut in pieces, and your houses shall be made a dunghill. 6 But if ye shew the dream, and the interpretation thereof, ye shall receive of me gifts and rewards and great honour: therefore shew me the dream, and the interpretation thereof. 7 They answered again and said, Let the king tell his servants the dream, and we will shew the interpretation of it. 8 The king answered and said, I know of certainty that ye would gain the time, because ye see the thing is gone from me. 9 But if ye will not make known unto me the dream, there is but one decree for you: for ye have prepared lying and corrupt words to speak before me, till the time be changed: therefore tell me the dream, and I shall know that ye can shew me the interpretation thereof. 10 The Chaldeans answered before the king, and said, There is not a man upon the earth that can shew the king’s matter: therefore there is no king, lord, nor ruler, that asked such things at any magician, or astrologer, or Chaldean. 11 And it is a rare thing that the king requireth, and there is none other that can shew it before the king, except the gods, whose dwelling is not with flesh. 12 For this cause the king was angry and very furious, and commanded to destroy all the wise men of Babylon. 13 And the decree went forth that the wise men should be slain; and they sought Daniel and his fellows to be slain. 14 ¶ Then Daniel answered with counsel and wisdom to Arioch the captain of the king’s guard, which was gone forth to slay the wise men of Babylon: 15 He answered and said to Arioch the king’s captain, Why is the decree so hasty from the king? Then Arioch made the thing known to Daniel. 16 Then Daniel went in, and desired of the king that he would give him time, and that he would shew the king the interpretation. 17 Then Daniel went to his house, and made the thing known to Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, his companions: 18 That they would desire mercies of the God of heaven concerning this secret; that Daniel and his fellows should not perish with the rest of the wise men of Babylon. 19 Then was the secret revealed unto Daniel in a night vision. Then Daniel blessed the God of heaven. 20 Daniel answered and said, Blessed be the name of God for ever and ever: for wisdom and might are his: 21 And he changeth the times and the seasons: he removeth kings, and setteth up kings: he giveth wisdom unto the wise, and knowledge to them that know understanding: 22 He revealeth the deep and secret things: he knoweth what is in the darkness, and the light dwelleth with him. 23 I thank thee, and praise thee, O thou God of my fathers, who hast given me wisdom and might, and hast made known unto me now what we desired of thee: for thou hast now made known unto us the king’s matter. 24 ¶ Therefore Daniel went in unto Arioch, whom the king had ordained to destroy the wise men of Babylon: he went and said thus unto him; Destroy not the wise men of Babylon: bring me in before the king, and I will shew unto the king the interpretation. 25 Then Arioch brought in Daniel before the king in haste, and said thus unto him, I have found a man of the captives of Judah, that will make known unto the king the interpretation. 26 The king answered and said to Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, Art thou able to make known unto me the dream which I have seen, and the interpretation thereof? 27 Daniel answered in the presence of the king, and said, The secret which the king hath demanded cannot the wise men, the astrologers, the magicians, the soothsayers, shew unto the king; 28 But there is a God in heaven that revealeth secrets, and maketh known to the king Nebuchadnezzar what shall be in the latter days. Thy dream, and the visions of thy head upon thy bed, are these; 29 As for thee, O king, thy thoughts came into thy mind upon thy bed, what should come to pass hereafter: and he that revealeth secrets maketh known to thee what shall come to pass. 30 But as for me, this secret is not revealed to me for any wisdom that I have more than any living, but for their sakes that shall make known the interpretation to the king, and that thou mightest know the thoughts of thy heart. 31 ¶ Thou, O king, sawest, and behold a great image. This great image, whose brightness was excellent, stood before thee; and the form thereof was terrible. 32 This image’s head was of fine gold, his breast and his arms of silver, his belly and his thighs of brass, 33 His legs of iron, his feet part of iron and part of clay. 34 Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image upon his feet that were of iron and clay, and brake them to pieces. 35 Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken to pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshingfloors; and the wind carried them away, that no place was found for them: and the stone that smote the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth. 36 This is the dream; and we will tell the interpretation thereof before the king. 37 Thou, O king, art a king of kings: for the God of heaven hath given thee a kingdom, power, and strength, and glory. 38 And wheresoever the children of men dwell, the beasts of the field and the fowls of the heaven hath he given into thine hand, and hath made thee ruler over them all. Thou art this head of gold. 39 And after thee shall arise another kingdom inferior to thee, and another third kingdom of brass, which shall bear rule over all the earth. 40 And the fourth kingdom shall be strong as iron: forasmuch as iron breaketh in pieces and subdueth all things: and as iron that breaketh all these, shall it break in pieces and bruise. 41 And whereas thou sawest the feet and toes, part of potters’ clay, and part of iron, the kingdom shall be divided; but there shall be in it of the strength of the iron, forasmuch as thou sawest the iron mixed with miry clay. 42 And as the toes of the feet were part of iron, and part of clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong, and partly broken. 43 And whereas thou sawest iron mixed with miry clay, they shall mingle themselves with the seed of men: but they shall not cleave one to another, even as iron is not mixed with clay. 44 And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever. 45 Forasmuch as thou sawest that the stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it brake in pieces the iron, the brass, the clay, the silver, and the gold; the great God hath made known to the king what shall come to pass hereafter: and the dream is certain, and the interpretation thereof sure. 46 ¶ Then the king Nebuchadnezzar fell upon his face, and worshipped Daniel, and commanded that they should offer an oblation and sweet odours unto him. 47 The king answered unto Daniel, and said, Of a truth it is, that your God is a God of gods, and a Lord of kings, and a revealer of secrets, seeing thou couldest reveal this secret. 48 Then the king made Daniel a great man, and gave him many great gifts, and made him ruler over the whole province of Babylon, and chief of the governors over all the wise men of Babylon. 49 Then Daniel requested of the king, and he set Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, over the affairs of the province of Babylon: but Daniel sat in the gate of the king.
