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Chess: Philidor Defence with Dubious Sacrifices

I played white (offence) — 3 minutes Super Blitz at Lichess as Anonymous. At 8th banter, I put my queen on b3 , forgot about the defence's c6 pawn placement. And I was... oh... well. 🤦 And yes, my opponent pushed the b7 pawn to b5 . 🤷 Alright. And... or but... 🤣 I checkmated the defence side. 💥 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. 🤔 François-André 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. While 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 (offence) here — 3 minutes Super Blitz at Lichess as Anonymous. 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. And what did he do? He accidentally attributed the opening to Mutio d'Allesandro ,...

Natrium and Sodium

Did you know Sodium = Natrium? 🤔 In periodic table of elements, Natrium is within Group 1 (Natrium = Group 1 alkali metal). Too from above snapshot, K (Kalium) is called Potassium — it's K , there is 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 brilliancy . Alchemy is taken from Arabic Al-Kīmiyā' (ٱلْكِيمْيَاء). Al- (ٱلْ), Arabic definite article, means the . Kīmiyā' (كيمياء), the root word, means transmutation or chemistry . Al-kīmiyā' = 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 is, but what it means. Alchemy is symbolic, spiritual, and psychological a...

Infarct and Infract

They almost look alike, but both have different meanings and origins. Infarct 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. Infract 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 infarcīre ➡️ leads to infarctus. In = into. Farcīre = to stuff or to cram. Infarcīre = to stuff into or with. Farctus is past participle of farcīre. 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 . It means obstruction of the blood supply to an organ or region of tissue, causing local death of the tissue. It is th...
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