The 2,000,000th post game

is this thing still a thing?

Remarkably passivist game.
Had to check when done to see if so much as one piece was taken.
It was -- my bishop was taken after perhaps 5 or more opportunities to trade material had been declined.

Arguably, only Black's infamous 2 move mate can top this one for relative non-engagement.

One time i woke up put on the news and a women had said, wild wolves have been spotted just across from me seen walking through these parts. I looked out and saw the reporter outside my window still there and said ohh shit.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=CqtEahbpVIg

Athena; Humanly Impossible Boss Run?

https://www.sytsemafh.com/m/obituaries/Ernie-Van-Wingerden/Memories

BIOGRAPHY

Attia, Peter
-- Peter Attia's Diet, Training, and Webloggings.

Chrysler, Walter P.
-- Life of an American Workman.

Davidsdottir, Katrin Tanja
-- Interview with Lewis Howes

Eamranond, Pamela
-- Meet Pam Eamranond of Crossfit 626

Hollings, Darius
-- Becoming a Surgeon

Schindler, Oskar
-- Documentary. Oskar Schindler.

Random, and GOOD Christian parental guidance is suggested before watching:

https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/11/counterfeit-textualism/

FF link:

https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCLvBqx-C0wfvfwRSjzuQd1g/videos

https://m.youtube.com/user/pageaujonathan

If memory serves, the last 2 are some sort of screen capture from Street Fighter HD. I liked the Taj Mahal background is all.

Random:

-- I would love to find out what game the Ryu on Blanka's stage screenshot was originally from. Obviously it's one of the Street Fighter titles but finding this particular adaptation might prove a challenge ...

-- I would love to play on the pyramidal Q-Bert style board showed here (originally shared by Riv)

-- The woman in the bikini on the beach is Britney Spears.
She has far more athleticism than the average person probably realizes, and has throughout much of her career.

Fairly certain the artist here is Alex Ross, though I'll need to check to be sure.
I post these, however, because the scene with the hippo reminds me of several scenes I remember reading in some old children's Lassie books. They were actually the books others in my family had as readers when they were kids.
Someday I need to find that book and the writer or writers and artist(s).
Think Lassie saved some girl from going over a waterfall, which is why this semi-aquatic zoo scene would have resonated ...

A lot of what we see in media nowadays makes me question just how much propaganda we're actually exposed to ...

Supergirl is somewhat disturbing these days.
Actually, scratch that, it's a LOT disturbing.
Its use as propaganda echoes how childhood favorites were used in other countries and warped to eventually devastating effect.

1. d4 {[%emt 0:0:2]} e5 {[%emt 0:0:2]} 2. d5 {[%emt 0:0:3]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:0:10]} 3. c4 {[%emt 0:0:1]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:0:3]} 4. Nc3 {[%emt 0:0:4]} a6 {[%emt 0:0:9]} 5. e4 {[%emt 0:0:2]} 0-0 {[%emt 0:0:7]} 6. Bg5 {[%emt 0:0:2]} d6 {[%emt 0:0:9]} 7. Nf3 {[%emt 0:0:2]} b5 {[%emt 0:0:13]} 8. a3 {[%emt 0:0:8]} b4 {[%emt 0:0:12]} 9. axb4 {[%emt 0:0:6]} Bxb4 {[%emt 0:0:3]} 10. Ra4 {[%emt 0:0:9]} a5 {[%emt 0:0:3]} 11. Be2 {[%emt 0:0:1]} Bxc3+ {[%emt 0:0:24]} 12. bxc3 {[%emt 0:0:4]} Bg4 {[%emt 0:0:11]} 13. 0-0 {[%emt 0:0:3]} Bxf3 {[%emt 0:0:4]} 14. Bxf3 {[%emt 0:0:2]} Na6 {[%emt 0:0:6]} 15. Be3 {[%emt 0:0:12]} c5 {[%emt 0:0:10]} 16. Qe2 {[%emt 0:0:12]} Kh8 {[%emt 0:0:32]} 17. Rb1 {[%emt 0:0:2]} Nc7 {[%emt 0:0:6]} 18. Rb6 {[%emt 0:0:14]} Nce8 {[%emt 0:0:11]} 19. Rc6 {[%emt 0:0:10]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:0:27]} 20. Qa2 {[%emt 0:0:10]} Qb7 {[%emt 0:0:26]} 21. h3 {[%emt 0:0:25]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:1:15]} 22. Rxa5 {[%emt 0:0:31]} Rxa5 {[%emt 0:0:21]} 23. Qxa5 {[%emt 0:0:2]} Qb1+ {[%emt 0:0:2]} 24. Kh2 {[%emt 0:0:2]} Nef6 {[%emt 0:0:10]} 25. Rxd6 {[%emt 0:0:14]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:0:37]} 26. Qc7 {[%emt 0:0:16]} Qd3 {[%emt 0:0:59]} 27. Bxc5 {[%emt 0:0:14]} Qxc3 {[%emt 0:0:9]} 28. Ba7 {[%emt 0:0:18]} Rb1 {[%emt 0:0:28]} 29. Be3 {[%emt 0:0:50]} Qe1 {[%emt 0:0:39]} 30. Kg3 {[%emt 0:0:9]} Rb3 {[%emt 0:0:11]} 31. Ba7 {[%emt 0:0:20]} Nxe4+ {[%emt 0:0:9]} 32. Kg4 {[%emt 0:0:19]} Nef6+ {[%emt 0:0:15]} 33. Rxf6 {[%emt 0:0:27]} Nxf6+ {[%emt 0:0:4]} 34. Kf5 {[%emt 0:0:13]} Qb1+ {[%emt 0:0:6]} 35. Kxe5 {[%emt 0:0:6]} Qb2+ {[%emt 0:0:23]} 36. Kd6 {[%emt 0:0:23]} Rb7 {[%emt 0:0:12]} 37. Qc8+ {[%emt 0:0:33]} Ng8 {[%emt 0:0:8]} 38. Bc5 {[%emt 0:0:24]TimeB} 1-0

Had a fork on king and Queen with knight and missed.
Time over result. Annoying.

Strange and random randomness:

AW of Kennebunk
(if ever a name and story sounded made up "Kenne"/"Can I ...?" )
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=FfWPYCeHPmg

https://www.hep6.com/donkey-symbolism-facts-meaning-totem-spirit-power-animal/

Yar right. Eh

Fun relatively recent game ...

1. b3 {[%emt 0:0:2]} d5 {[%emt 0:0:4]} 2. Bb2 {[%emt 0:0:1]} d4 {[%emt 0:0:2]} 3. Nf3 {[%emt 0:0:9]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:0:7]} 4. e3 {[%emt 0:0:4]} Bg4 {[%emt 0:0:3]} 5. Be2 {[%emt 0:0:5]} Qd5 {[%emt 0:0:5]} 6. 0-0 {[%emt 0:0:10]} h5 {[%emt 0:0:6]} 7. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:0:6]} 0-0-0 {[%emt 0:1:7]} 8. Bxg4+ {[%emt 0:0:6]} hxg4 {[%emt 0:0:7]} 9. Qxg4+ {[%emt 0:0:3]} e6 {[%emt 0:0:9]} 10. Ba3 {[%emt 0:0:16]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:0:34]} 11. Qf3 {[%emt 0:0:45]Guest870366 reconnected.} Nxd4 {[%emt 0:0:16]} 12. Qxd5 {[%emt 0:0:10]} Ne2+ {[%emt 0:0:11]} 13. Kh1 {[%emt 0:0:5]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:0:27]} 14. Bxf8 {[%emt 0:0:6]} Rxh2+ {[%emt 0:0:37]} 15. Kxh2 {[%emt 0:0:9]} Rxf8 {[%emt 0:0:2]} 16. Nc3 {[%emt 0:0:8]} Rh8# {[%emt 0:0:3]Mate} 0-1

I like that he chose something other than "pawn to center" for his first move.
That by itself already makes the game feel fresh and different.

From there he pretends to target my pawn:

I pretend to target his queen (if his knight moves to make good on the threat to take my pawn, that is. Note that he guards against that likeliest of scenarios by placing his bishop between his knight and his queen here) ...

Now he pretends to target my bishop ...

Actually, scratch that -- he DOES target my bishop. In fact, he takes it out. Then he takes out the pawn defending it ...

Then he proceeds to give my queen "what for" shortly after she's stopped the check to my king which that had resulted in!