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Chess: Philidor Defence with Dubious Sacrifices

I played offence. Here's the "Philidor Defence" opening position: At 8th banter, I put my queen on b3 , forgot about the defence's c6 pawn placement. I was — Oh, well. — And yes, my opponent pushed the b7 pawn to b5 . Mm. And or but! Checkmate happened. ðŸ’Ĩ You can use your left and right arrows on your keyboard or use the mouse scroll to see the moves back and forth on the chessboard. But first, click the board. Analysis Bishop gone rogue on c4 , but we closed the curtains in style. ðŸĪ” François-AndrÃĐ Danican Philidor (1726–1795) A Frenchman — and not just any Frenchman, but a composer, musician, and absolute chess legend of his time. Yes — composer first, checkmate artist second. Whilst others were prancing about with powdered wigs and flirting at the opera, Philidor was composing symphonies and mating fools blindfolded. He made chess philosophical, musical, and deadly precise. A LEGEND.

Chess: King's Gambit Accepted: Muzio Gambit, Wild Muzio Gambit

I played white pieces. Here's "King's Gambit Accepted: Muzio Gambit, Wild Muzio Gambit" opening position: Indeed, it was wild . Muzio theatre begins. In this, my thought was — Oh, you're defending that f4 pawn of yours? Ah, understandable. Please do take my f3 knight. I'll take your trousers. You can use your left and right arrows on your keyboard or use the mouse scroll to see the moves back and forth on the chessboard. But first, click the board. Muzio Timeline goes as such: The actual line: 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.Bc4 g4 5.O-O gxf3 6.Qxf3 — was properly analysed by Giulio Cesare Polerio in the late 1500s. The first recorded game came from Geronimo Cascio , documented in Alessandro Salvio's Il Puttino (1634) . Then, centuries later, along came Jacob Sarratt , an English chess writer in the early 1800s, translating Salvio's work. ...

Natrium and Sodium

Did you know sodium = natrium? ðŸĪ” In periodic table of elements, natrium is within Group 1 (natrium = group 1 alkali metal). And also from above snapshot, K (kalium) is called potassium — it's K . There's no letter K in the word "potassium". Let us dissect the inconsistency. Periodic Table Once upon a time, a Russian alchemist named Dmitri Mendeleev was born. He was born as a baby boy, not directly as an alchemist. He created the periodic table out of his brilliance . 1869 was the year he published it. Alchemy is taken from Arabic Al-KÄŦmiyā' (ŲąŲ„ْ؃ِŲŠŲ…ْ؊َØ§ØĄ). Al- (ŲąŲ„ْ), Arabic definite article, means the . KÄŦmiyā' (ŲƒŲŠŲ…ŲŠØ§ØĄ), the root word, means transmutation or chemistry . Al-kÄŦmiyā' = the art of transformation, or the chemistry. Alchemy is not chemistry. It's chemistry with a soul. A map of matter woven with meaning. Not just what it i...

Infarct and Infract

They almost look alike, but both have different meanings and origins. Infarct Inf ar ct ➡️ inf— ar —ct. This is a noun in English, infarct . It is usually used in medical context. But sometimes, it is used as a verb informally in clinical papers, e.g. "the tissue infarcted". This term entered English in around 19th century. Infarct means a small localised area of dead tissue resulting from failure of blood supply. It is taken from Modern Latin infarctus = in + farctus. From Latin infarcÄŦre ➡️ leads to infarctus. In = into. FarcÄŦre = to stuff or to cram. InfarcÄŦre = to stuff into or with. Farctus is past participle of farcÄŦre. It means stuffed , crammed , or filled . Therefore, infarctus means stuffed into , crammed into , or filled with . Infarction This is the predecessor of infarct, also a noun . Infarction means obstruction of the blood supply to an organ...
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