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    Hi! So ya, yet another world first ... Chess Fortune Cookies!

    Society of Chess Aficionados is proud to sponsor Banff Open this year (our 2nd year of sponsorship). Along with donating to the prize fund ($150.00) we are also donating to their Wine & Cheese party! How awesome is that!?! The Chess Fortune Cookies are custom made. Some of the Chess Fortune Cookies will be dipped in white chocolate and some in black chocolate. I've requested sprinkles of white and black squares and/or chess piece icons, but I won't know until tomorrow if those sprinkles are able to be sourced. Next week I receive some samples!

    Only one slight tiny itty-bitty problem ... I have yet to come up with at least 20 different fortunes. So far I have one, here it is...
    May the fork be with you.

    I only need 19 more!

    Do you have any chess sayings that you would like to see as a fortune inside a Chess Fortune Cookie???

    Here are the amazing folks that will be making the Chess Fortune Cookies:
    http://www.fancyfortunecookies.com/

    Thanks in advance!
    Last edited by Neil Frarey; Friday, 22nd September, 2017, 01:01 AM.

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    Re: Chess Fortune Cookies!

    Ten More to help you along!

    Enjoy a knight out!
    Think 'b4' you move....
    Be cool - Rook 'n roll!
    Be a stud - a Castlenova:)
    Get board - play chess!
    Don't be a cow-ward....mooo've!
    Don't tempt fate, just check...mate:)
    Play chess - it's a checkered career
    Avoid pins - you'll come under a'tack!
    Don't give blank echecs - you'll be fork losed

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    • #3
      Re: Chess Fortune Cookies!

      Originally posted by Francis Rodriguez View Post
      Ten More to help you along!

      Enjoy a knight out!
      Think 'b4' you move....
      Be cool - Rook 'n roll!
      Be a stud - a Castlenova:)
      Get board - play chess!
      Don't be a cow-ward....mooo've!
      Don't tempt fate, just check...mate:)
      Play chess - it's a checkered career
      Avoid pins - you'll come under a'tack!
      Don't give blank echecs - you'll be fork losed
      Chesstastic! Thanks Francis!

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      • #4
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        Here are some more philosophical ones:

        You tend to see things in terms of black and white.
        Even a simple pawn can become royalty.
        A move with no thought is one that loses.
        Memorization without understanding is meaningless.
        Joy comes not from winning but from playing.

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        • #5
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          Chess Fortune Cookies!

          September 23, 2017

          You are doomed to play the Benoni as black and never win with it

          When next you are considering the offer of a draw, someone will be stealing your wallet

          Give up chess and become a day trader. You will not regret it

          If you are having a difficult game, you just have to ask the arbiter for an adjournment and he will give it to you!

          I can't help you with your game, I am just a fortune cookie

          Kirsan Ilyumzhinov is your father

          The key to a fortune for your family is clearly printed somewhere in Bilguer's Handbuch

          Cursed is the man who seeks fashion advice from Zurab Azmaiparashvili
          Last edited by Wayne Komer; Saturday, 23rd September, 2017, 12:37 AM.

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          • #6
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            Originally posted by Neil Frarey View Post
            Do you have any chess sayings that you would like to see as a fortune inside a Chess Fortune Cookie???

            "If there's a Black Queen in this cookie, it belongs to Nikolay Noritsyn."

            "Dress for suc-chess."

            "Repeal of Obamacare....Wall paid for by Mexico....new global chess federation."
            Only the rushing is heard...
            Onward flies the bird.

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            • #7
              Re: Chess Fortune Cookies!

              1. In your next game you will receive a pleasant surprise.
              2. Your chess games will be filled with magical moments.
              3. You will embark into positions that you have never seen before, and come out rewarded.
              4. Today a pawn is only a pawn, but tomorrow it may be a Queen.
              5. If you don't like your positions, look for a new opening.
              6. You don't always need to find the best move, just a winning move.
              7. When you enjoy being immersed in a complicated position, don't lose on time.
              8. Let your imagination wander, on your opponent's time.
              9. You learn from your mistakes, and you will learn alot today.
              10. Your opponents will help you discover your weaknesses and display your strengths.
              11. You will place all your pieces on the best squares.
              12. All your moves can be great, except for the last one.
              13. When your opponent's threats are fake, you can make your position great again.
              Last edited by Erik Malmsten; Saturday, 23rd September, 2017, 04:18 PM. Reason: Typo

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              • #8
                Re: Chess Fortune Cookies!

                Some crazier ones:
                1. It is easier to break fortune cookie than pawn structure.
                2. 1. e4 e6 This is a French fortune cookie.
                3. Ding Liren will become the World Chess Champion. (This is a Chinese fortune cookie.)
                4. You would be good at Xiangqi.
                5. Touch move: touch cookie, must eat.
                6. FIDE rule: no reading fortune cookie during game.

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                • #9
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                  Chess Fortune Cookies!

                  September 23, 2017

                  More irreverent fortunes:

                  1) Plastic chessmen are not weighted with lead but with pure gold. Do you have a hacksaw?

                  2) The 115th country Nigel Short plays chess in will be your den

                  3) A little known fact that will allow you to win a game of pub trivia: Bobby Fischer never actually began a game with 1. e4

                  4) The reason Emanuel Lasker won so many games was because he used to hide a rook in his mustache and would drop it onto the board when his opponent wasn’t looking

                  5) Our German-English Chess Dictionary: Donner = thunder, Springer = Knight and there isn’t enough room on this small slip of paper to translate Bauernumwandlungsschachaufgaben

                  _________

                  In a similar vein, some bullet chess maxims

                  https://www.chess.com/blog/GargleBla...t-chess-maxims

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                  • #10
                    Re: Chess Fortune Cookies!

                    Originally posted by Garland Best View Post
                    Here are some more philosophical ones:

                    You tend to see things in terms of black and white.
                    Even a simple pawn can become royalty.
                    A move with no thought is one that loses.
                    Memorization without understanding is meaningless.
                    Joy comes not from winning but from playing.
                    Deepness! Thanks much!

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                    • #11
                      Re: Chess Fortune Cookies!

                      Merci beaucoup!

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                      • #12
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                        Thanks Eric for all your suggestions! Amazing!

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                        • #13
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                          Brill, simply brill!

                          Thx!!

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                          • #14
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                            I'll be send out thank you boxes of Chess Fortune Cookies to those folks who I use their suggestions!! When the list is complete I'll post it here and then y'all can PM your vitals ...thanks again!

                            About the boxes...

                            The boxes are in the form of Chinese take-out boxes ...natch! I ordered some in black & some in white :)

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                            • #15
                              Re: Chess Fortune Cookies!

                              Thanks Neil. The Banff Open greatly appreciates your generous sponsorship from the Society of Chess Aficionados for the second year in a row. In addition to the $150 and the creative fortune cookies, thank you also for the great logo you supplied us.

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