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Nf3 Be7 6. d4 Bh4+ 7. g3 fxg3 8. 0-0 gxh2+ 9. Kh1 Black's most energetic response to the Philidor Variation is the Lewis Countergambit, 3.c3 d5, named for the English player and author William Lewis (1787–1870) who published analysis of the line in 1834. Among amateurs, 3.Qf3 and 3.Qh5 are also popular, threatening an immediate Scholar's mate.
Scholar's mate was named and described in The Royall Game of Chesse-Play, a 1656 text by Francis Beale which adapted the work of the early chess writer Gioachino Greco. [1] The example given above is an adaptation of that reported by Beale.
The scholar's mate (also known as the four-move checkmate) is the checkmate achieved by the moves: 1. e4 e5 2. Qh5 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6?? 4. Qxf7# The moves might be played in a different order or in slight variation, but the basic idea is the same: the queen and bishop combine in a simple mating attack on f7 (or f2 if Black is performing the mate). [46]
Tristan and Iseult, also known as Tristan and Isolde and other names, is a medieval chivalric romance told in numerous variations since the 12th century. [1] Of disputed source, usually assumed to be primarily Celtic, the tale is a tragedy about the illicit love between the Cornish knight Tristan and the Irish princess Iseult in the days of ...
The Five Love Languages: How to Express Heartfelt Commitment to Your Mate is a 1992 nonfiction book by Baptist pastor Gary Chapman. [1] It outlines five general ways that romantic partners express and experience love, which Chapman calls "love languages".
It deals with the emotions of love, [3] and has been called as "opposite extreme" to Kamasutra. [4] While Kamasutra is a theoretical work on love and sex, Gaha Sattasai is a practical compilation of examples describing "untidy reality of life" where seduction formulae don't work, love seems complicated and emotionally unfulfilling. [ 5 ]
The show "Friends" got a lot right at the time—from the trials and tribulations of making adult friends to dating in New York City to growing up in your 20s. But, there's one thing the show got ...
The colour wheel theory of love is an idea created by the Canadian psychologist John Alan Lee that describes six love [1] styles, using several Latin and Greek words for love. First introduced in his book Colours of Love: An Exploration of the Ways of Loving (1973), Lee defines three primary, three secondary, and nine tertiary love styles ...