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“Be happy while you are living, for you are a long time dead.” ~ Scottish Proverb! Another cold night, but with some interesting aerial phenomena... Some of the bright lights were from me at various points throughout the night. What flew by at 10 PM had to have been a plane though... Cloudy skies for the most part, sadly. Enjoy the music and Nightlapse video of the Central Oregon Skyline!

Very cold night last night - down into the mid-twenties. Very crisp clean air... left the GoPro on with a power pack and it made it through the night. Need to play around with the settings and find the best setting for dark overcast nights. Anyways I hope you enjoy the video and the "soundtrack" as it is. Have a good one and see you all later on down the timeline ~ S.

Lovely Battle Rock Wayside visit... this is the footage from the Peninsula Hike. Perhaps on a really high King's Tide Battle Rock could be temporarily transformed into an island. At least until low tide again! Oh, one more other thing before you start the video: Just a little intro music at the start of the vid otherwise just the sound of the Pacific Ocean for about eight minutes straight. If you found the time to enjoy this video then do please consider leaving a "like" behind as a foot print - evidence of your having enjoyed this video. Better still I hope the video motivated you to do some of your own coastal hiking or inland hiking as your local circumstances dictate! As always - you know the drill - if you bring it on out there, then please do bring it on back home or to some other area where waste items can be properly disposed of responsibly. I am aiming this comment at those among us taking their first steps out and about and not aiming this comment at you the experienced outdoor enthusiasts. Have a good one and safe journeys out there! ~ S. PS I will attempt to go back and get some three sixty footage and then edit it down into a more interesting chronicle of a hike out upon Battle Rock.

The tie-break games from Tata Steel Masters 2024! You have to like a humble top level player like GM Wei... I would love to see him ascend to the World Chess Championship throne. But that requires so many things to line up in one's life and the effort given to such an undertaking requires total dedication. But being a player from China where they have a sufficiently large talent pool from upon which to draw means they - the Chinese Nation - could set up a system that would rival that of the former Soviet Union and end up producing the majority of top level chess players in the World. Them and India would be in a race for that top honor! Riding such a wave to the World Chess Championship could be GM Wei Yi. The format for these Tie-Break games was that each player would play a knock out round of two games each at a time control of three minutes per game plus a two second increment added per move from move one - for each player. Very quick indeed! As there were four players who tied for first place the two winners in the first round matches would face off in a final... the Indian super GM Gukesh came up short against the Chinese Chess Superstar in the final this time around. In round one Gukesh overcame GM Giri and our Champion GM Wei had to overcome rising chess world star GM Abdusattorov. And in the first game he ended up drawing when Nodirbek overlooked a perpetual check draw from a clearly winning position. Such are the vagaries of blitz chess tie break games! Wei Yi went on to win the second game and thus the match with one and half points out of a possible two games. Which is what set up the aforementioned final against GM Gukesh where he again prevailed with a draw and a win to take that match as well. Enjoy the games and see you later on down the time line! ~ S.

Showdown in the Netherlands at Tata Steel Masters! Our congratulations to GM Wei for his outstanding Tata Steel Masters 2024 performance! Four way tie after round 13, with playoffs that were/are being conducted to determine final standings. Hard fought event… giving truth to the statement of “First among equals” as has been said of the Chess World before. Who are our 4 players that finished at 8.5 points out of 13? The winner of today’s game GM Wei, Yi who triumphed over impressive World Championship candidate GM Vidit, Indian superstar! Tough final round game for our round twelve hero but Marathons can tire one out and I feel that this may have indeed played a role in the amount of energy he had for today’s game. That and the preparation of his Chinese opponent - who also played some outstanding chess in this year’s edition of Tata Steel Masters. The other three top place finishers were Grandmasters Giri, Abdusattorov and Gukesh. I will do a post about the tie breaks later on as that deserves its own coverage space! LINKS: TATA STEEL CHESS TOURNAMENT 2024 WEBPAGE: Webpage at: https://tatasteelchess.com Final Standings Masters: https://tatasteelchess.com/masters/masters-standings/ Great interviews, great photos, and just the best in chess tournament organizer coverage thus far in 2024! Mark Brothers TWIC (The Week In Chess) https://theweekinchess.com CHESS24: https://chess24.com/en PGN GAME SCORE for GM Wei vs GM Vidit: [Event: "Tata Steel Chess 2024"][Site: "Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands"] [Date: "2024.01.28"][Round: "13"] [White: "Wei, Yi"][Black "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"] [WhiteElo: "2740"][BlackElo: "2742"] [TimeControl "40/6000+30:3000+30"][Result "1-0"] 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 c5 4. c3 e6 5. Bd3 Nbd7 6. Nbd2 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1 Qc7 9. e4 cxd4 10. cxd4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 b6 12. Bg5 Nxe4 13. Rxe4 Bb7 14. Rc1 Qb8 15. Rh4 f5 16. Bc4 Qe8 17. Qb3 Kh8 18. Re1 Be4 19. Bxe6 Qg6 20. Bd2 Nf6 21. Ng5 f4 22. Rxh7+ Nxh7 23. Nxe4 f3 24. g3 Be7 25. d5 Rad8 26. Qa4 a5 27. Qc6 Bb4 28. Bxb4 axb4 29. h4 Ra8 30. Nd6 Ra7 31. Qxb6 Rxa2 32. Qc7 Nf6 33. Nf7+ Kh7 34. Ne5 Qh6 35. Qc2+ g6 36. Nxg6 Rfa8 37. Ne5+ Kg7 38. Qc7+ 1-0 Thanks for joining in on the chessboard hostilities between Grandmasters Wei and Vidit - both honorable players who are phenomenally talented - I look forward to their future chess games against each other! Stay healthy and be well ~ S.

In a Marathon you have to pace yourself. But there are times where you either have to put distance between yourself and your pursuers or you have to make gains on the leader. Such was the drama of today’s round twelve Marathon chess match between Grandmasters Vidit of India and Abdusattorov of Uzbekistan playing white and black pieces respectively. Grandmaster Abdusattorov employed a faulty plan with his 11. …Bc4 and the new Indian number one chess player did not let him off the hook despite the apparent counter-play that the second player drummed up. It was all illusory and GM Vidit ended up converting a nice technical pawn up win. With Gukesh blundering away a winning game with a careless three fold repetition of position which was claimed drawn by Praggnanandhaa immediately we now have a five way tie for first place between Grandmasters Gukesh, Vidit, Giri, Abdusattorov and the Chinese Super GM Wei. There is everything to be played for in tomorrow’s final round 13 of the 2024 edition of Tata Steel Masters. With Praggnanandhaa and Firouzja both on 7 points they are both “theoretically” within striking distance of sharing first place should one of them win in their personal round 13 encounter on Sunday January 28th (tomorrow) and provided that everyone else only merely draws. The Moves from today’s featured game: GM Vidit Santosh Gujrathi versus GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov Tata Steel Masters, Wijk aan Zee NED. Round 12, Saturday 0127.2024 ECO: E51 Opening: Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 1.d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd2 b6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Rc1 Be7 9. g3 Nbd7 10. Bg2 Ba6 11. Qa4 Bc4 12. b3 Bd3 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Ne4 15. Qd4 Nxc3 16. Bxc3 Bg6 17. Bxd5 c6 18. Bg2 Qc8 19. e6 f6 20. Qd7 Ba3 21. Rd1 Bf5 22. Qxc6 Bxe6 23. Qxe6+ Qxe6 24. Bd5 Qxd5 25. Rxd5 Rfc8 26. Kd2 Rc7 27. Kd3 Rac8 28. Bd4 Kf7 29. Rd1 Ke6 30. e4 Rc2 31. Rd2 Rc1 32. f4 Bb4 33. f5+ Ke7 34. Re2 Rd1+ 35. Ke3 Rcc1 36. e5 fxe5 37. Rxe5+ Kf7 38. g4 Rc7 39. Re6 Rd7 40. Be5 Rg1 41. Kf3 Rd3+ 42. Kf4 Bd2+ 43. Ke4 Rd7 44. Bg3 Bb4 45. Rc6 Bc5 46. g5 Kf8 47. g6 hxg6 48. fxg6 Re7+ 49. Be5 Re8 50. Kf5 Rf1+ 51. Kg4 Rg1+ 52. Kh5 Be7 53. h4 Rh1 54. Bg3 Rd8 55. Rce6 Bc5 56. Bc7 Rc8 57. Bf4 Rd1 58. R2e4 a5 59. Kg4 Rg1+ 60. Kf5 Rd8 61. Bg5 Rf1+ 62. Kg4 Rg1+ 63. Kh5 Rc8 64. Rc4 Ra8 65. Rf4+ Kg8 66. Rfe4 Rf8 67. Re2 Rgf1 68. Re8 Bb4 69. Rxf8+ Kxf8 70. Rc2 Bc5 71. Kg4 Rg1+ 72. Kf5 Rf1+ 73. Ke6 Ke8 74. Re2 Rg1 75. Re5 Kf8 76. Rd5 Re1+ 77. Kf5 1-0 Thanks for tuning in, enjoy tomorrow’s chessboard hostilities in the final round of Tata Steel Masters! ~ S.

Hello again! Round eleven of Tata Steel produced some very interesting chess and, yet again, a change in the standings in the hunt for first place! Now it is GM Abdusattorov in the lead by a slim half point with many pursuers hot on his trail... can he hold up for the next final two rounds of chess to take top honors at this year's edition of Tata Steel Chess Masters? Round 12 is a good place to see on the 'morrow! Thanks for joining me - stay well and be well!

The Normalization of Mass Scale Medical Fraud has been institutionalized in these here United States since the involvement of the Rockefeller Family. If you buy into what those who put money, power and prestige ahead of sound Public Health Policy then you will suffer the consequences. But in a way this is evolution at work: Those of you who keep taking the mRNA and are weeded out or sterilized will not be the majority. Those of us who resist this Cigarette Science - a broad coalition of Atheists, Agnostics and Religious peoples - will remain to seek redress and to demand justice. If you have been under the illusion of "that's a problem for those other people' then don't worry, your turn is next. Bill Gates and the other globalists are determined to do as they see fit and will get away with all manner of crimes unless we - the free peoples of Earth - unite to stop them. This Dr Robert Willner press conference from October of 1994 is in deed a great deal of food for thought. He tragically passed away from a heart attack in 1995... conveniently enough for serial killer "Dr" Anthony Fauci. With Doctor Fraudci's hit list including orphan POCs in New York City, the long list of AZT murdered guinea pigs, to his murderous shenanigans in cancer research, to his neutralization of American Science and implementation of Cigarette Science to his role in the development of "Gain of Function" Frankenstein creations and to the modern times of Corona Virus Scamdemic and mass rollout of mRNA injury, death and ill health programs it is obvious to see that Dr Anthony Fauci deserves life imprisonment for his many crimes against humanity. Many people have called Fraudci out for his crimes - Dr Robert Willner was one of these people. Keep your head on a swivel, do your own research and discuss with people who work in the field but are not profit motivated and driven. If they be Doctors they will be easy to find: They are the people the media attacks and the system attempts to neutralize. Wishing you and yours all the best in health forever! ~ S.

Today we cover a round one game... An interesting fight between top Chinese Grandmaster Yi Wei and GM Alexander Donchenko... Four Puzzles on the table for your solving enjoyment! After an interesting opening choice by Alex which was then met and answered nicely by Yi, GM Donchenko was forced to play somewhat speculatively but the Chinese GM brought home the full point after containing his rival's tricky Knight moves. GAME SCORE: DONCHENKO vs Yi WEI EVENT: Tata Steel, 86th Edition / SITE: Wijk aan Zee, NED DATE: 01/13/2024 / Round: One WHITE: Alexander Donchenko vs BLACK Yi Wei FIDE ELO MATCH UP: 2643 versus 2740 ECO: E60 OPENING: King's Indian Defense, RESULT 0-1 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 c5 6. d5 e6 7. Nc3 d6 8. O-O exd5 9. cxd5 Bg4 10. Nd2 Bxe2 11. Qxe2 Na6 12. e4 Re8 13. Nc4 b5 14. Nxb5 Nxe4 15. Qf3 Qd7 16. a4 Nb4 17. Bf4 Nc2 18. Rad1 Nd4 19. Rxd4 cxd4 20. Ncxd6 Nxd6 21. Nxd6 Red8 22. b3 g5 23. Bg3 f5 24. Qxf5 Qxf5 25. Nxf5 Bf6 26. Nd6 h5 27. h3 h4 28. Bh2 Be7 29. Nb5 Bc5 30. d6 Rac8 31. Be5 d3 32. Bf6 Rd7 33. Bxg5 a6 34. Nc3 Bxd6 35. Ne4 Be7 36. Rd1 Bxg5 37. Nxg5 d2 38. Kf1 Re7 39. Donchenko Resigns. 0-1 LINKS: Chess24 https://chess24.com/en THE WEEK IN CHESS (TWIC) https://theweekinchess.com Thanks for watching... please help out with a "like", "share" and then a "subscribe" as this helps me to cover chess today and tomorrow for you here on Rumble. Have a good one ~ S.

Nepo Nailed it! Nepomniachtchi nailed Liren Ding’s King to the wall in their Wednesday round 10 encounter of the Tata Steel Chess Tournament being held in the Netherlands. Sweet revenge after their World Chess Championship Title square off that went in Ding Liren’s favor. Very instructive game today, three puzzles given, and game coverage where in the tactics or puzzle questions are answered. CHESS GAME SCORE: White: Ian Nepomniachtchi Black: Liren Ding Tata Steel Masters; Round 10 Wednesday 01.24.2024 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. a4 Bd7 10. Ba2 h6 11. h3 Re8 12. Be3 Rb8 13. Nbd2 Bf8 14. g4 Be6 15. Bxe6 Rxe6 16. axb5 axb5 17. g5 hxg5 18. Nxg5 Re8 19. Kh2 d5 20. Rg1 d4 21. cxd4 exd4 22. Bf4 Bd6 23. Bg3 Bxg3+ 24. Rxg3 Qd6 25. Kg1 Ra8 26. Rxa8 Rxa8 27. Qb3 Qd7 28. Ndf3 Rb8 29. Qc2 Rb6 30. e5 Nh5 31. Rg4 Rb8 32. Qc5 Rd8 33. Ne4 Qe6 34. Rh4 Rd5 35. Qa3 g6 36. Nfg5 Resigns 1-0. Generating material winning threats which hang in the air above Ding Liren’s head - like a chess sword of Damocles! This is always a risk when you play chess... you might lose. But winners get right back up again and push forward… and to get good you have to learn your lessons along the way. Thanks for watching, see you later on down the timeline! ~ S.

Hello... an older video about Birth Defects and ill health... CONTENT WARNING: Extremely graphic material, extremely uncomfortable viewing for those with Empathy! The birth defects exhibited here are really a creation of the chemical bath of the modern World. Causative factors based upon how we pollute our environment and destroy legacy genetic lines of existing flora and fauna. The chemicals, the Nuclear tests, the chemical food additives... it all has a cause and effect. Fat person proliferation compared to what I saw for body types in the 70s. The rocketing cancer. Especially now after the mass mRNA poisoning which may utterly destroy the human species. In any event if you want honest but dated coverage of this topic then this is the video for you... but you will need a strong stomach. It's heartbreaking material and grotesque in the extreme. Makes you wonder about Roundup and all the other contaminants. Time to clean up, and to clean up our World. ~ Keep your head on a swivel, stay free and be healthy! ~ S.

Tata Steel Round 9 Game between Praggnanandhaa and Ju, WenJun... This year's edition of Tata Steel has produced a lot of fighting chess. A lot! But what has been surprising to me is the opening choices of the players. The Italian Opening systems seem to be ultra popular at the highest levels these days! Three puzzles for your solving enjoyment today and then the brief game review. As always you can follow the tournament games at chess24 and via The Week In Chess (TWIC). Links given down below: TWIC (Mark Crowther's "The Week In Chess") https://theweekinchess.com Chess24: https://chess24.com/en Enjoy the Tata Steel chess fireworks! ~ S.

No Amnesty: Know your Profiteers who compromised Public Health Policy My thanks to the creator of this video - a good reminder. Never forgive, never forget. No Amnesty for proponents of the current Cigarette Science paradigm which is all motivated by the "Profit" margin. Among other considerations. The supposed state Not now. Not ever. Every Hospital Administrator like Danny Jacobs at OHSU in Oregon should be put in prison because of the lives they cost good American Oregon Families. Doesn't matter the victim's politics. The for profit narrative needs to be derailed. Remember these perpetrators in the years that loom ahead... we will have to revisit their actions and then take appropriate legal measures against such persons. In the here and now - stop doing business with those who support the madness. Oregonians need to stop utilizing the services of OHSU (Oregon Hate & Socialist University) unless it is an emergency - seek healthcare elsewhere and work on quality of life via diet and exercise. Surgically cut OHSU's corrupt Administrators and Doctors out of your life. Don't donate anything to these greedy grifters. The same can be said for all of the other Megacorporation Medical Care facilities as well. Get off of their Rockefeller ill-health treadmill. ~ S

This is the NIMH film "John B. Calhoun Film 7.1 [edited], (NIMH, 1970-1972)" and is here posted for your viewing convenience in it's entirety. A lot of food for thought... An experiment with a lot of implications for those of us who live in the modern World here and now as all of us deal with the societal issues of the day. ~ S.

It's no battle to relax at Battle Rock Historic Wayside... This is some of the footage my first visit to this amazing little gem of a Wayside along the Oregon 101. This is just beachside video with the Peninsula and the wave action for about five minutes. I will post a video of my Battle Rock Hike and give the Wayside some coverage as well. "Not the past, not the future, life is now." - Rickson Gracie Thanks for watching, wishing you and yours all the best ~ S.

Hard fought tournaments produce chess art... I remember as a really young child watching "ABC's Wild World of Sports" and always being amazed at the opening where the narrator spoke of the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat. At the mention of "defeat" they show a skier come flying off of a jump arms all akimbo! The 2024 edition of Tata Steel Masters has produced a lot of thrills and spills thus far. But who will end up with top honors? So many players are within striking distance and all are fighting tooth and nail for top honors. Over the course of the final five rounds we should see some top level fighting chess. Today's featured game is between Grandmasters Ian Nepomniachtchi and Nodirbek Abdusattorov. Ian defeated the tournament leader and now first place really is up for grabs! Enjoy today's technical game that features: Knights on the Rim are, in deed, Grim; Pawn Sac for Pawn Weaknesses & Line/square clearance; Pawn Structure awareness; Trapping a piece and Exchanging down to win in the endgame. All good things to keep in mind when playing chess! THE MOVES: GM Nepomniachtchi, Ian vs GM Abdusattorov, Nodirbek Round 8; Result 1-0; Date 01/21/2024 Event: Tata Steel Masters 2024 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a4 Be6 8. a5 Bxc4 9. dxc4 b6 10. Bd2 Nxa5 11. Bxa5 bxa5 12. Rxa5 c6 13. Ra2 Qc7 14. Nc3 a5 15. Qe2 Nd7 16. b3 Nc5 17. Na4 Ne6 18. c5 dxc5 19. Nb2 Nd4 20. Qd3 Qb8 21. Rea1 Rd8 22. g3 Qb4 23. Nc4 Nb5 24. Qe3 Qc3 25. Nfxe5 Rac8 26. Qxc3 Nxc3 27. Rxa5 Nxe4 28. Nb6 Rc7 29. Ra8 f6 30. Rxd8+ Bxd8 31. Ra8 fxe5 32. Rxd8+ Kf7 33. Nc4 Ke6 34. Kg2 Nf6 35. Kf3 e4+ 36. Kf4 Ke7 37. Rd6 Rc8 38. h3 Ne8 39. Rd1 Nf6 40. Rd6 Ne8 41. Rd2 Nf6 42. Nd6 Ra8 43. Nxe4 Nd5+ 44. Ke5 c4 45. bxc4 Nb6 46. Re2 Nxc4+ 47. Kd4 Na3 48. c4 Rb8 49. Ra2 Ra8 50. Rb2 Ke6 51. Kc3 Ke5 52. Nd2 Ra7 53. Rb3 Ke6 54. Nf1 Kd6 55. Nd2 Ke6 56. h4 Kf5 57. f3 h6 58. Rb6 Re7 59. Ne4 g5 60. hxg5 hxg5 61. Rxc6 g4 62. Nd6+ Kf6 63. Nc8+ Re6 64. Rxe6+ Kxe6 65. f4 1-0 Enjoy ~ S.

Roadtrip Southern Coast of Oregon, USA. A brief visit to Cape Blanco Lighthouse... beautiful area. Cape Blanco State Park has a lot to offer: The Lighthouse, Trails, Settler Home, Settler graveyard, and coastal wonderings. Very cool place! Enjoy the video ~ S.

Another Oregon Beach visited along the Oregon Coastal hidden Gem area... Another hike and relaxing visit seaside in the books! Rainy stormy weather but that just gave the visit a special series of atmospherics! Just remember this no matter where you are located and what is going on all around you: "If you do not speak up when it matters, when would it matter that you speak? The opposite of courage is conformity. Even a dead fish can go with the flow." - Rickson Gracie Words of wisdom, and so shall your courage be found as a hidden resource... ~S

Steamboat Willie is now Copyright free... so enjoy! ~ S.

Washburne Day Use Area: From the Parking Lot, with plenty of parking spots open, out along the Beach Trail out to the Shining Sea. Hello and Friendly Greetings from the awesome Pacific Ocean! The only thing you have to worry about, outside of other people, are the Seagulls... and they aren't so bad after all. Enjoy the footage - now get out there and go for a Hike! ~ S.

A brief visit to the Washburne Day Use Area off the Oregon 101.. this video features a short trail between the OR 101 Highway Entrance and Beach Trailhead over by the rest rooms. More coverage of this area to come at a later date and time. Until then... enjoy! ~ S.

Today our resident Ghost in the Machine Robert James Fischer helps us review a recent game winning combination that comes to us courtesy of the Dublin Open out in Ohio USA via contributor PEJ. Well played game... double edged throughout but the final combination may have even restored Ghost in the Machine Fischer's faith in chess. Or at least put him in a good mood... Enjoy the chess puzzle and solution ~ S.

A brief trip to Seven Devils after a huge storm that hit the previous evening and that morning. Heavy winds, heavy hail and rain. Lovely rest area... well worth a visit to this hidden gem located along the Oregon coast - but not during a storm! Enjoy the video ~ S.

A humorous take on some extremely serious matters... the story behind the story is what matters most. Consider the source. And did History really stop before your lifetime? Time to stand up... and not believe the Cigarette Scientists like Anthony Fauci who was appointed to the head of NIAID in November of... 1984. The height of Cigarette Science in all of it's deplorable despicableness. An Expert that is bought and paid for isn't an honest public health advocate. What is an "Expert"? For that read the book "BOUNCE" by Matthew Sayed. No expert was born that way, you were meant to learn, built to do so and a second opinion can be priceless. There has never been a more important time in History to realize Benjamin Franklin's dream of the "Citizen Scientist". Anyone who tells you that you are too dumb to figure things out... tell them to go pound sand. Then talk to many "experts" and do some reading and, if you can, some research. Wishing you and yours all the best in real science and health ~ S.

A little satire... It's just fiction... any resemblances to people real is purely coincidental. It's just my version of a Doctor Who Fan Film. A spicy Doctor Who Fan film. I will be playing around with format in the future so this is all just experimental for right now. This is episode two... but I will be redoing the first episode as well. Enjoy ~ S.