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    In chess, the grand plan is checkmate. You plan several steps ahead and each move brings you that much closer to checkmating your opponent. For me, my checkmate is being able to give back to my family and community through becoming a doctor. The documentary “13th” by Ava DuVernay inspired me to want to break the limits that have been set for black people in America. The documentary motivated me to think how I can impact and help my community grow and flourish. Every piece in chess has its own individual

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    advance, which in turn helps ensure that your move is stress-free for the whole family. Whether you're moving across town or relocating to a new state, check out these tips for moving with kids, brought to you by the residential moving experts at Checkmate Moving & Storage in Denver, CO: Make A Plan: As soon as you find out that you're moving, sit down with your family and make a plan. Set a timeline with important dates to remember, such as deadlines for packing, and make sure to give

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    Anna Byzantium Quotes

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    Have you ever been rude and overconfident that you want to do everything yourself. The book I will be talking about is Anna of Byzantium by Tracy Barrett. The book talks about a person named Anna. Anna started off very nice. Later in the book, once her grandmother came, she wants to kill her older brother. The first trait I am going to talk about is that Anna has poor morality. I think this because she said, “How had I fallen so far?” We first saw that she was a good person. Later, however, we

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    focus on Augustine’s section “Happiness (Beatta Vita)” as compared and contrasted with Lewis’ chapters “Checkmate” and “Beginning”. A preliminary glance of these works may lead the reader to think that they are very similar, despite the differences in publishing time, Surprised By Joy was published in 1955, while Confessions was published in 398 AD. This is not entirely false, as both “Checkmate”, “Beginning” and “Happiness” are all largely focused on the relationship of God and joy and utilize a

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    1. One-move checkmate problem: White: K-g4; Pawns c4, e5; B-h7; R-e8; Black: K-e4; N-d4; Pawn f5; R-f8; Black moved its pawn from f7 to f5. White must now reply with a one-move checkmate on black. Which move is it? Explain why it is the correct move and use the checkmate criteria in "Check and Checkmate" in module # 10 on chess to justify your answer. (Note: White pawns move north and black pawns move south.) Answer: White pawn on e5 takes the f7-f5 pawn “en passant,” checkmate. Since the pawn making

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    Some things can be described as immortal; their appeal spans beyond the decades and reaches out to audiences from different eras and ages, while others fade with changing times and ideals. Blade Runner, a 1982 science fiction film that revolves around the idea of mortality, could be classified as immortal itself; and timeless too is the chess game between Adolf Anderssen and Lionel Kieseritzky that was dubbed the Immortal Game, which, to some extent, was the chess game that the one in the movie was

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    How to Play Chess

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    or even want to learn all of the rules and strategies, read on! |History of Chess |Special Rules |Chess960 | |Starting a Game |Check & Checkmate |Basic Strategies & Openings | |How the Pieces Move |Draws & Repetition |Getting Better at Chess | [pic]Prefer to watch a video? Click here

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    I have many interests. Three of them are chess, digital art and, poetry. These activities allow me to convey my creativity. In chess, there are countless possibilities of how one can checkmate his or her opponent. As for digital art, the possibilities are endless because of the limitlessness of art. Similarly, with poetry I enjoy using literary devices such as, personification, similes and metaphors to express the message I am conveying. I learned how to play chess when I was four years old. Interestingly

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    famous and wants just a regular ol girl that I like to read about. The chemistry between these two leaps out at you and you really enjoy reading about Shelby resisting the urge to plunge into love.” — Beck’s Book Picks about Blind Date/Checkmate BLIND DATE, CHECKMATE Should a woman who’s unable to forget her first love give “happily ever after” one more try? Shelby Winters’ one great love went sour. If she can’t feel that way about a guy again, why bother? When Shelby’s best friend sets her up

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    Let the Games Begin Reality is broken. Many of those in poor conditions across the world don’t feel like they can do anything to change the situation. Everyday, billions look into the eyes of poverty, hunger, war, hopelessness, and the mindless repetition of their seemingly meaningless lives. I’d bet you know someone who clings to addictive games such as Candy Crush or World of Warcraft. In our virtual worlds made for simplistic games that seem to have no pertinence to our betterment, millions find

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