Kindred’s Special: ON THE OPENING by Donald P. Reithel

There is no real substitute for collecting for review as many games of a particular opening you want to play yourself from either side.  One of my correspondents years ago asked, “I play the Pirc. My question is: How do I handle the defense in the spirit of the opening after, 1. e4  d6  2. d4  Nf6  3. Bd3 that my opponent played.  In checking with MCO, the move is given with conclusion of being too committal, mentioning 3. … g6  4. Ne2  Bg7  5. O-O  O-O  6. Nd2  e5 =.

If World Champion Emmanuel Lasker’s axiom holds merit, 3. Nc3  g6  4. Nf3 is logical with good chances for both sides after 4. … Bg7 5. Be2 keeping pressure on the center while preserving square count options.

An interesting game offers a good example of a positional treatment of handling both sides.  White:  Ken Rogoff  vs.  Black:  Palacious   Opening:  Pirc Defense

1. e4  d6  2. d4  Nf6  3. Nc3  g6  4. Nf3

This move has remained popular but the Austrian Attack by  4. f4 tends to offer an aggressive approach aimed at gaining square count.

4. …Bg7  5. Be2  O-O  6. O-O  c6

6…Bg4 is a good alternative.  Both vie for good position and chances.

7. a4

Shades of Alekhine!  This prevents possible …b5 while giving White more scope on the Q-side, plus s/c.

7. …Nbd7  8. Rel  e5  9. Bf1!

This move keeps the diagonal under guard while adding Rook protection of e4 and future influence on the e-file.

9. … Re8?

Black should restrict White’s a-pawn with the idea of holding e5 by Re8 and Qc7 by gaining s/c with 9….a5! Now, he will suffer because the advanced pawn will be a thorn in his side and open up more s/c.

10. a5!  exd4  11. Nxd4  Nc5  12. f3  d5  13. e5  Nfd7 14. f4  f6  15. e6  Nf8

Black has aided the 2-time US Junior Champion by weakening  the central complex of squares.

How do you further turn the screws in Black’s coffin? When you have your opponent discouraged, smash the pawn structure to pieces!

16. f5!  gxf5  17. a6!  Nxa6  18. Bxa6  bxa6  19. Nxf5  Qb6+  20. Nd4  Rxe6  21. Be3  Re5  22. Nxf5 Qe6  23. Nxg7  Kxg7 24. Qd2  Bb7  25, Bd4  Rxe1+  26. Rxe1  Qd6  27. Rf1  Nd7  28. Ne4  Resigns. (1-0).

Kenneth Rogoff eventually went on to win the coveted title of Grandmaster and represented the USA both in international tournaments and on USA student teams.  He graduated Yale and went to work for the World Bank as an economist, and often appears on TV news interviews.

KindredSpirit’s Kaleidoscope: NAVY SEAL. BUSINESSMAN. LEADER

SENATE CANDIDATE FOR THE VACANT SEAT OF JOHN KERRY LOOKS LIKE THE  CITIZENS OF MASSACHUSETTS WILL HAVE A REAL HERO RUNNING FOR THE SEAT.

In a heavily populated liberal and Democrat state, a staunchly brave Conservative is putting his hat in the ring by the name of Gabriel Gomez.  Just who is this newcomer to State politics anyway?

Gabriel Gomez was born in Los Angeles, California and the son of Colombian immigrants.  Gabriel’s parents taught him the joy and value of work, commitment, study and having a purpose in life.  That maturity led him to successfully seek an appointment to the United States Naval Academy.  Graduating with merit he began his service  by earning an invitation to flight school and quickly earned his wings serving his country as a pilot off aircraft carriers flying E2-C Hawkeyes and C2-A Greyhounds.  He pursued a transfer into the coveted Navy Seals, the elite unit where only 20% go on to complete the arduous training. He succeeded as a Navy Seal with distinction, becoming a class leader during training and a platoon commander upon completion.

During his first detachment as a SEAL platoon commander, he met and married his wife, Sarah, who was a Peace Corps volunteer as a special education teacher in the West Indies.

Gabriel Gomez is one of a very small number of Americans who have served as both a Navy aircraft carrier pilot and a Navy SEAL officer.  As a SEAL commander working overseas, he adopted the SEAL’S “team first” ethic as his own.

Leaving the Navy in 1996, he went back to school receiving his MBA from Harvard Business School and put his skills to use in the private sector.  A wealth of experience in various work assignments has made him highly qualified to be a part of the solution to many problems faced by the American people and government.

As he conducts his campaign and with support of his wife and four children, the voters will be given a voice and a choice to make for Senator from Massachusetts!  America needs men with such credentials and leadership skills. He did not let the Navy down and he will not let the People of Massachusetts down.  Think clearly about your important vote.  Keep in mind 47-year old candidate Gabriel Gomez and his achievements!

KindredSpirit’s Kaleidoscope: Biblical Thoughts to Peaceful Productivity

Seeds sprout growth in a well-attended garden.  Straight rows, well cultivated, having sufficient moisture and weeding bring a peaceful joy to a garden and it flourishes with a beauty that causes joy of heart and spirit.  How often does nature and manual effort go hand-in-hand to bring happiness and give us clues to the important lesson that paints a joyful family             relationship of the father, mother, and children?   A family is nurtured much the way a garden takes form.  When two meet, become acquainted, date, marry and find the harvest of loved offspring.  In time, it constitutes a family bond that adds to fulfillment of mixed problems and hopefully many happy joys.

Now, a garden requires care.  So does raising a family.  As I see it, too often the progressive establishment has downgraded the importance of the father.  Social liberalism has throughout our communities tended to set the family not as a loving being but one often seen as contentious.  A perfect example is Divorce.  Women and society have grown accustomed to the lie that a woman can raise a family alone without a husband and find satisfaction with shacking (sic) up with a guy who appeals to her vanity and taste.  Something is wrong with this picture concept as opposed to what should make life a joy and full of blessings.  A garden not shown love fine weeds overtaking it and the beauty is lost and the produce is second-rate.

Lets examine the role of the father taken from the Bible.  A good husband above all else nurtures the love of wife and this is a strength of child happiness and peace that is seen in safety.

Bickering, open hatred feeling for one another transmit to the children a horror.  Do the children feel responsible for the breakup?  Why does mom and dad not love each other anymore? What is going to become of us?  The stark realization:  WE ARE NOT A FAMILY UNIT and being left in limbo can have a terrifying effect.

BEFORE  THIS  HAPPENS, open the Bible and read together the joy and happiness that is given about the responsibilities of the husband and wife.  It is vital that they share the joys and the miseries that befall them knowing that together they can overcome and lick the world.  Every time a Dad talks with his son and daughter, sometimes with the wife, about how things are going at school, with friends, with daily experiences, worries and problems that might seem private that only close pals understand and can be confided in, they must remember that their parents love them, that Mom has apron strings that help bind it all up in LOVE too, and are there to listen, to not be dictatorial, but to share their worries and problems.  It is the full responsibility of parents to give their children space and open arms and hugs that remind them years later what great parents they have. Discipline should always finalize with a spanking, words of hope rather than criticism.

There are many lessons from the Bible that help parents as well as children to understand and fulfill their individual roles that make for a happy family.  Be together and pray together.

Prayer of Saint Francis

Lord, make me an instrument of Thy 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;

and where there is sadness, joy.

As Tiny Tim said and I shall conclude here with,   GOD BLESS US ALL.

KindredSpirit’s Kaleidoscope: Government Blackout

Yep!  I guess my thought that our government could not be so corrupt prompted a look beyond the obvious to search for an explanation that made sense.  I tried.  I failed.  Obama and his liberalized audience and hangers-on the news circuit with their  own agenda to bring down FOX NEWS, created havoc among conservatives so as to cloud the scandal by throwing the attention to the usual sound bites aimed at the TV audiences on all channels.  The hearings however go forward full throttle!

The World of Obama

In light for all to see,

What happens when harshness and hatred voiced–

The People get shafted right and left!

No attempt to find justification,

Reckless words find salt in the wounds.

Liberal bias has no equal.

One lie is a cut by the sword!

Two and more lies have evil intent,

And such governance lacks piety!

JUSTICE HAS NO BALANCE OF SCALE.

She cries.

She cries.

She cries.

Such are the tears to wash out SIN.

Let all sing for new Life and new Tax Plan.

The American Sales Tax Code.

Kindred’s Special: My Brain Works Overtime/Is There a Connection??

Once more I got a brainstorm reading the front page heading: 7 Charged in Online Banking Scheme.  Well, not exactly but reading the article appearing on page 1 and page 6 of the Democrat & Chronicle, re the odd bank Liberty Reserve, whose site was terminated for broad criminal activities brought to memory that one name popped out at me–Russian Hacker.  Might it have been one of my viewers? The name struck me and my memory for this old man is still pretty good.

I, like a good number of Americans and perhaps foreigners as well, have been keeping abreast of the IRS, Justice Department, and congressional investigations into what I guess you call, a scandal regarding numerous conservative group requests for non-profit status.  Not writing on this subject before you may be right to comment on my silence but I never like to second guess government action about citizens without examining the what-why-who-when inquisitive mindset learned in high school English class.  I do sometimes wish I had a crystal ball to gaze into for such discovery that is hot bed rhetoric.  I mean, one should try to sit back, define a problem, examine data it pertains to and proceed from there. However, this whole matter is cloaked in a mysterious bundle that participants on all sides have muddied to the point of saying: What in hell is going on here!  On top of this we see a Justice Department going after the rights of journalists to give us Americans and world readers a sense of truism and exposing such cloak and dagger coming from Justice, the CIA and military investigations; their counter argument is that ongoing investigations could be harmful to American interests if widely distributed.  Through our history, journalists have tended to observe legitimate requests to hold up a story at the request of FBI, CIA, NSC, the President, etc. until cleared.

Yeah.  I have had time to think and study the issue and when the article appeared exposing the online banking scheme, it shot a red flag before my eyes.  I put two and two together because my thought that the FBI investigators queried a lady who was hoping for such status as a non-profit and had mentioned on Fox news that they wanted information on a name or two being investigated.  The FBI doesn’t go around and talk freely about their work which is a good thing!  My thought was, could there be a connection with all these conservative groups requesting non-profit status until such investigations were thoroughly developed and a conclusion made that appears to have taken place today by the news report?  It may be that gray area of congressional  investigation into the IRS scandal that saw a possible reason for government employees to refuse or cloud issues that makes some sense for the stupidity sounding answers and evasive comments during questioning.  I can see the government (FBI, CIA, NSC, President) forcing all concerned to remain silent until such investigations were completed.  After all, you don’t want to tell the fox in the chicken house that the farmer is coming with his shotgun.  Even so, Congress oversight cannot be ignored by government officials and their staff obedience is to the Nation, not the agency for which they work.

My own evaluation learned through critical thought processes which I have tried to convey to you, my readers, in chess lessons and discussing topics of general interest always has been aimed at education.  Education is worthless if you cannot apply what you study and learn through your course work at school.  Same is true here reading my blog.  Of course you and I may say that I am all wet in my personal appraisal of current events.  Perhaps you have a different view of this whole debacle seen in recent weeks.  Perhaps you are among those who just don’t care or have a different viewpoint on it.  Some have suggested in notes that I should ask questions for reader response. Here it is! Respond!!

The above is a narrow view of possible reasons why government agents speak with a forked tongue.  Evidence that they are just plain stupid and deceiving is nightly broadcast on TV news.  Part of this might be aimed at getting ratings going through the roof.  Might I suggest that the airing of what appears to be a flagrant violation of the Bill of Rights and Constitution gives a positive image of America because our form of government is one where People have a voice which cannot be stifled by illegal, legal or corrupt dictatorially ambitious gangsters.  It is time that the whitewashing media love affair with the Administration is exposed.  Maybe the government in Washington needs more than a few rumps put on the butcher block. As mom used to say, a dirty house needs a good cleaning.

 

Kindred’s Special: Just a Chess Short to Enjoy

 

Here is a variation on the French Defense that the gambit bug called the Alapin Gambit proves it can sting.

1. e4  e6  2. d4  d5  3. Be3  dxe4  4. Nd2  Nf6 5. f3  Nd5  6. Qe2  Nxe3  7. Qxe3  exf3  8. Ngxf3  Be7  9. Bd3  Nd7  10. O-O-O  Nf6.

White has a clear spatial edge re square count.  This Knight has now moved twice that seems a bit slow given the rapid placement of White’s own forces and central terrain.  I would venture to say that White stands better after Black’s Knight tour to reach f6.  Once more the answer to a good plan is our square count theory that suggests a better idea is to COUNTERATTACK the center by 10….c5.

11. Ne5  O-O  12. Rhf1  Bd7.

Again, it appears Black has no plan.  Even a bad plan is better than no plan.  Maybe 12. …c5  13. dxc5  Qa5  14. Nb3  Qxa2 but White might control the d5 square with 15.c4. The black Queen is a little out of the immediate action where White is massing his on the open lines leading to the King.

13.  g4  Bd6.

Black fails to see White’s next or he probably would play 13. ….Nd5 that fails a sufficient remedy test for previous Black play.

14. Rxf6!  Bxe5

Nothing helps.  14. … gxf6  forced as 14, ,,, Qxf6 illustrates the overworked piece idea as the d7 Bishop is gobbled up by the Knight with sharp and deadly Knight fork of Rook and Queen.

15. dxe5  gxf6  16. Qh6  f5  17. gxf5  f6  18. fxe6  (1-0).

One lesson to learn from this battle is that the defense must try to achieve a tempi equilibrium and build on a plan. If one follows the advice of Capablanca to utilize defense by the most economical means, bringing the minimum force necessary to refute attack.  I think the main feature of his axiom is to always make room for the pieces, especially the King, to have space and energy while protecting men and territory.  As a few games have illustrated, it is advisable to be mindful of his direction in the art of defense.

 

Kindred’s Kaleidoscope: Wind Power Is Not Worth It –Suzanne Albright / D&C News

Here is someone else who writes and adds truth to my earlier writings on the subject.

There is a major worldwide push for ‘green’ renewable energy, a topic we read and hear about almost daily here in upstate New York, wind energy being the most talked about.

Having researched (as have I) wind energy extensively, I find more information regarding the negative realities of industrial wind energy (IWE) daily than I have time to read.  However, local media tends to overlook reports of the damaging effects on other economies and environments.

Because IWE is only available when the wind blows within a narrow range for sustained periods of time, backup sources can never shut down. Denmark (for example) has over 6000 turbines, and reportedly hasn’t closed one fossil fuel power plant to date. They now require more coal-generated power to compensate.  A study has shown that their carbon dioxide emissions increased 36 %  in 2006.  In Colorado, the American Tradition Institute sued the state in 2011 over renewable energy mandates, claiming IWE creates more pollution than it saves.

Each turbine requires hundreds of gallons of oil and lubricating fluid.  Multiply that times the 195 turbines at the Maple Ridge facility in Lewis County, New York State.  Potential for chemical discharge during damage or maintenance is ghastly.

And what about damaged and aged-out turbines? Each one is the size of a 40-50 story building. How will thousands of them be disposed of?  Just look at Hawaii to see the horror of deserted, rusted turbines.  The mammoth blades are made of carbon fiber composite.  It can’t be recycled or incinerated (too toxic).  With the aging of Denmark’s turbines, they are facing a major disposal problem.  In 2011, Denmark’s leading business journal stated, “There exists no solution.”

What about the cost to taxpayers?  More than thirty federally funded “green energy” companies are failing or bankrupt.  The 2009 stimulus set aside $80 billion in subsidies for “green” energy projects.  In 2012, taxpayers contributed $13.5 billion in addition to $5.8 billion I grants, for a mere 3.6 percent of the energy produced nationwide.  And how much of that money goes to manufacturers in Europe (or Asia)?  We then pay again for the energy produced and for the cost of backup energy.

Regarding bird kills, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service estimates half a million birds are slaughtered by turbines yearly. (Many of the turbines are positioned along the migratory path of birds./Don.) American Bird Conservancy projects that could more than double in 20 years if the current administration continues down the IWE path.

There is so much more that consumers and taxpayers need to know. I challenge the media to look more deeply.

I quoted Suzanne Albright’s letter to the Democrat and Chronicle because it could not send the liberal press a more clear and well researched set of reasons supporting her media press challenge.  But knowing the left-wing love affair with wind power and stubbornness of journalists to do no more than follow talking points generated by the White House regarding the subject and material from this excellent essay, I felt it vital to express the message as best my site and readership allows.  I think my readers will agree with me to say, ”thank you!” Perhaps that is why my little farm, pond-lake and feeders have not seen the normal return of my bird life as yet.

 

Kindred’s Special: Beware of the big con in Penny Stocks

When is a bargain not a bargain?  The internet is full of Penny Stock propaganda and even notable magazines are conned into giving their readers such tripe.  Well, dear reader, while I stay clear of the right of salesmanship as a tool or a vice, I cannot in good conscience sit still while there is a potential fraud being hyped as quick riches.

What I am talking about are these scams that try to entice the gambling spirit of their audience into making investments they suggest will make the unsuspecting RICH.  Now, I am not suggesting that Penny Stocks will produce winners as well as losers.  Stocks at any price can rise or fall. What I am advising is that the scam comes in with the temptation to buy hundreds if not thousands of shares with the dream of wealth.  I hate to call such investors with the term SUCKER BAIT because I really feel sorry for them.

Okay.  So think about it.  Most of these Penny Stocks have no limit on the number of shares for trading.  Get in on the ground floor sounds mighty tempting, doesn’t it!  Companies offer stock to raise capital.  Just consider this: would you put your money into a pit where the company has no track record in business or mechanics to have healthy books? Some are shoestring operations that probably have good intentions but not the resources to go the long haul or the expertise needed for effective operations from product to consumer.  The broker is there to publicize.

Buy 1000 shares at under a $1 sounds good especially with the salesmanship mentality of shysters with fancy names and titles.  Consider this: You are not the only one buying.  The crux is that the price for a Penny Stock will likely jump.  The guy who tells you that you get rich is if you sell before the herd jumps ship where the price is driven down.  The con artist makes out fine, leaving you in the hole and if lucky without much loss.  That is your wealth!  By that I mean you just got a good education for the experience.  So the con artists out there figure you got something for your money–a little wisdom not to be greedy.

My advice is to do some research if you are thinking to invest in Penny Stocks and, by the way I see these ads pop up on my computer, there is a lot of fish in the sea for a  shrewd fisherman to catch.  My advice to my readers is put your critical thinking cap on TIGHT!  For any who strike it rich you are probably in a rowboat and not a yacht.

There are good mutual funds. Do some investigating and you likely will find a brighter horizon over time.  Should you get the bug to tackle stocks on your own, then do research and pick stocks that have a good history of paying dividends and products that find a good customer base.

Kindred’s Special: Rochester Chess Center Chess Camp Announced

WE  ALLOW FOR EARLY DROP-OFF  8:OOAM AND LATE PICK UP 5:30PM

HERE IS A TYPICAL DAY FOR CLASSES AND FUN:

9:00 – 10:00 AM    MEETING NEW AND OLD FRIENDS FOR CHESS PLAY

10:00AM  TO  NOON   CHESS INSTRUCTION BY STAFF COACH

12:00-12:30PM    LUNCH -  CHESS FUN – OR VIDEO

12:30PM - 2:00PM    OUTDOOR  FUN ACTIVITIES  AT  NEARBY PARK   (FRISBEE/ SOCCER/HIKING)

2:00PM – 4:00PM   BLITZ,  KREIGSPEIL,  BUGHOUSE  FUN LESSONS AND PLAY

Camp Schedule:  1-July 8-12; 2-July 15-19; 3-July 22-26; 4-July 29 – Aug 2; 5-Aug 5-9; 6-Aug 12-16; 7-Aug 19-23; 8-Aug 26-30

Fee: $50 for one day or $200 a week. Center members 30% discount.

Camp is available to students age 5 -13 years.  All skill levels from beginner to advanced are encouraged to attend.  Beginners will become proficient from their camp experience  and  those in the advanced class will benefit by skilled instruction and sharing a growing knowledge with some of the top scholastic players.

This is our 22d year of offering camps and our counselors are among the most experienced chess teachers in the country. We coordinate daily activities and instruction to expand  student chess skills.  Chess is known to teach logic, problem solving, analysis techniques, and improved study habits. Both physical and mental exercise go hand in hand for heath.

Call Shelby or Ron to register 442-2430.  Rochester Chess Center, (located near Cobbs Hill Park) 221 Norris Drive, Rochester, NY 14610.

Stop in and check out our facilities. Please call ahead. Welcome! Want to join us?  Annual membership: $95. (Family is $155). Many benefits come from support. We provide chess instruction at  57 school clubs, interstate scholastic league- 48 teams, our annual picnic, snack bar, equipment for sale, club players support local, regional and national events. Staff work to bring the best opportunity for  chess in our region.

This announcement I provide for my readers. PS: I renewed my Rochester Chess Center membership.

Kindred’s Kaleidoscope: Vengence is Mine Sayeth the Lord

We common folk do have a voice in the local, regional, state, nation and world.  Most important is the realization that we have a stake in the way things function within our families, our government, and our collective voice to the news media that we expect they do the job mandated to it in fairness and with characteristic integrity and thoroughness.  We demand of government no interference with reporting by those over airways, newspapers and reporters sent to cover stories deemed important for an educated populace.

What if this Good Earth of our Land from ocean to ocean has gone astray from such a historical perspective of those who came before to offer up their fortunes, their lives on the battlefield against tyranny and to set up a body politic that, while not perfect, has done a pretty good job to weed out corrupt evils that for us today give lessons to alert us to such dangers that work to destroy our Nation? These shortcomings I believe through our historic development was meant for today!  It is a vital lesson to understand history so as not to repeat the failures seen in the past while building on those that enhance our values as a People.

I thought of writing a critique on the happenings of the past months with the second term of President Obama.  I decided not to rehash what events have emerged. I once said: give evildoers a free hand and eventually their true colors and purposes will expose them for what they are. The White House staff and Democrat hypocrites within its body politic have let the light of goodness and truth shine on their evil plans and thoughts, exposing it all for us to see.  Deceit and lies were voiced as political drama.  It ain’t folks!  Current events have awakened the public and those evil-doers  had the grace of Angel Lights shine on them.

Did I once call them liars?  In this I am free to conclude with:  Give liars enough rope and they will surely hang themselves.

God Bless America!