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Zwichenzug

an in-between move

Cool kids read The Bellman.

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Don't read this blog!

I mean, thanks for dropping by my little corner of the blogospheric backwaters, but the blog you should be reading is The Bellman. The stuff I post there is much, much less likely to be imbued with dormitive powers.

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Zwischenzug
[German, from zwischen, intermediate + zug, move

n.
Literally an "in-between move". A move in a tactical sequence is called a zwischenzug* when it does not relate directly to the tactical motif in operation. |source|


image copyright TWIC

From this position, black played a zwischenzug: 19…d5
Adams-Kasparov
(Linares 2002, 1-0)

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about your blogger

David Rowland studies philosophy at the University of Illinois - Urbana / Champaign, where he's an active member of the Graduate Employees Organization. He used to play a lot of chess, but wasn't all that good. He has a blog. And email.

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Summer reading, books my roommate left in the bath...
carnival
Zwichenzug culture watch, creeping immaturity edition

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some folks I know

Mark Dilley
a daily dose of architecture
dailysoy
Hannah
funferal
Safety Neal
eripsa
January Girl
mimi jingcha
bleen
Rambleman
Washburn
Hop, Skip, Jump
E
ambivalent imbroglio
Brooke & Lian

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some blogs I read

strip mining for whimsy
It's Matt's World
School of Blog
Saheli
Fall of the State
Dru Blood
Echidne of the Snakes
Colossal Waste of Bandwidth
Running from the Thought Police
Bionic Octopus

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some philosoblogs

E.G.
Philosoraptor
Left2Right
Fake Barn Country
Freiheit und Wissen

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some labor blogs

Confined Space
Unions-Firms-Markets
Working Life
CGEU
Dispatches From the Trenches
Labor Blog
LaborProf
Eric Lee

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some A-list blogs

This Modern World
Discourse.net
Matthew Yglesias
pandagon
Andrew Sullivan
Political Animal
Majikthise
DeLong
The Volokh Conspiracy

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some other links

Rule 33
Dictionary.com
This Week in Chess
Baseball-Reference.com
War Nerd
National Priorities Project
Bible Gateway
Internet Archive
maxdesign
A Weekly Dose of Architecture
Orsinal: Morning Sunshine
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
NegativWorldWideWebland
Safety Sign Builder
Get Your War On

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some philosoblogging

Six views about reasons
Seidman on reflection and rationality
And another thing
Aspirin
Tiffany's argument for strong internalism
Internalism v. Externalism
What do internalists believe anyway?
Rationalism and internalism
The experimental method in philosophy
Advertising to children
On moral skepticism
A linguistic argument
Whorf
More on Williams
Williams on reasons
General and particular
Normativity and morality
Political intuitions
What it is, what it was, and what it shall be
Objectivity and morality
Thinking revolution
Factoid
Abortion and coercion
Moore on torture
On the phenomenology of deliberation
Even more Deliberation Day
more Deliberation Day
Deliberation Day run-down
He made a porch for the throne where he might judge, cont.
He made a porch for the throne where he might judge
Every shepherd is an abomination
Droppin' H-bombs
ad hominem

Tuesday, June 14, 2005

 

Flag Day

Looking for a Flag Day resource to get you through this special day? You can't beat The National Flag Day Foundation, Inc.

Today is also Pop Goes the Weasel Day.

For what it's worth, here's my list of the top 15 June holidays:
  1. Juneteenth - June 19
  2. National Yo-Yo Day - June 10
  3. Iceland Independence Day - June 17
  4. World Environment Day - June 5
  5. Race Unity Day - June 9
  6. Daniel Boone Die - June 7
  7. Paul Bunyan Day - June 28
  8. U.F.O. Day - June 24
  9. Father's Day - Third Sunday in June
  10. West Virginia Admission Day - June 20
  11. International Picnic Day - June 18
  12. Pop Goes the Weasel Day - June 14
  13. Doughnut Day - June 1
  14. Fly a Kite Day - June 15
  15. National Lobster Day - June 13
Others receiving votes: Camera Day (June 29), Magic Day (June 12), National Jelly-Filled Doughnut Day (June 8), Flag Day (June 14), Egg Day ( June 3), Power of a Smile Day (June 15), International Young Eagles Day (June 9), Fudge Day (June 16), National Chocolate Pudding Day (June 26), Bald Eagle Day (June 20), Stand for Children Day (June 1), Meteor Day (June 30)


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