1. I invented a variation of the Morra Gambit: 1. e4 ...c5 2. d4 ...cxd4 3. c3 ...dxc3 4. Nxc3 ... e6 5. Nf3 ...Bb4 6. Bc4 ...Bxc3 7. bxc3 ...Qc7 8. Qe2?! (Qb3 leads to fewer fireworks) ...b5!? I think the move order can be rearranged as well with the b5 thing... this leads to a complicated game where both sides have excellent chances to win. I have played thousands of chess games, and have never seen anyone else play this as black except for me. Therefore, it will be named after me: The Fitty variation. Yes, white can avoid the line, but white need not avoid it, as excellent winning chances are offered. Black might want to avoid the variation against stronger players, but even very strong players can mess up with just one false move. It seems utterly lost for white at first, but it is not if white plays correctly. If anyone else says he/she invented this variation, or line or whatever it's called, I call total B.S. on them.

2. No draws offered on mouse slips -- I don't grant them; nor do I ever ask for them.

3. I don't play time increments as they seem anti-time to me. Time is time-- players who use time increments and believe they are playing real speed chess are delusional. I suppose it's speed, but it definitely shouldn't be called bullet or blitz.

4. I have called players "lucky" before -- I admit. However, I have also called myself "lucky" after games as well. The fact is, I am wrong when calling others lucky and they are wrong when calling me lucky. The beauty of Chess is that everything is right there for you to see on the board; ultimately, there are few excuses. Some legitimate reasons for losing, however, are fatigue, relearning a few things and just being off on any given day.

5. Be kind to others. I would love to see rude online players say things to my face instead of from thousands of miles away. Having said that, I admit that I myself have been rude on various occasions. It's rare, but it happens, and it shows that I am quite capable of being an idiot. Usually it's the sub 2000 players who think they are totally amazing . The masters and grandmasters are typically quite friendly and relaxed. Therefore, kindness = a much higher level of intelligence. When someone has a high rating and starts insulting you as a player, that pretty much means that he is using a computer to CHEAT, CHEAT and CHEAT. It's a dead give away, CHEATERS...

6. What does the term "runner" mean? Does it mean that someone only plays time? Or does it mean that someone runs away because they are scared to play you again? I seriously don't know... Either way, I'm guessing it's a really stupid term when it comes to bullet or blitz... I even looked up "runner" online to see what the heck it means but couldn't find anything. A kind player let me know the meaning of it one day, saying that it was when people won and took off afterwards... is that what runner means then? I am not classified as a runner then, since I will keep playing you if you are friendly and we have played over 15 to 20 games. Before that, a lot of people lose the first game, ask for a rematch, win, and then fail to give me what I gave them-- a rematch. So, I won't offer rematches if I don't know what the player will do.

7. My name is not James Bond; nor am I from London, England... or as some poor English speakers would say, "I am also not from England." Whatever happened to the word "nor"?

8. Don't take my "LiveAndLetDie" name personally. I am a huge fan of that 1973 James Bond movie/ and the Ian Fleming novel. I don't want anyone here to die -- I want people to live long and be happy in life, regardless of race, ethnicity and religion. Let people do what they want to do AS LONG AS they are not infringing upon the rights of others. People who are racist, sexist or try to force you to believe in their religion can take a flying leap...

9. Those who say that Speed Chess is bad for your slow/tournament game are just plain wrong. Would you rather see and play through only a hundred slow games while instead, you could have played thousands and thousands of Speed chess games? Where will you learn more? Where will you see way more variations and lines? Where will you be able to practice many variations of your favourite opening much faster? Speed chess will teach you light years more than any slow Chess could ever dream of doing. Yes-- a single slow game will produce a higher quality of chess than a single speed game, but 20 speed games will produce a greater amount of bits and pieces of the high quality moves you need to see. Most of the top players in the world play bullet and blitz, and it doesn't hurt their overall game, so if it's good for them, then I'd say it's good for most players. Sometimes it's good to play 3 minute to 5 minute, however, when you find that your game is falling to pieces with bullet.

10. I'm not afraid of Magnus Carlsen on flipping chess steroids, so I certainly won't be afraid of you. That doesn't mean I will win the game, though...

11. My two favourite players of all time are Bobby Fischer and Anatoly Karpov... whether or not I am similar to them in style, I don't know... I open with e4 about 99% of the time... I am just now starting to study Carlsen, Caruana and Nakamura, which can't be a bad thing at all... Fischer was a total jerk, but his games are amazing. I still say he is the best player of all time-- feed his moves into a super computer and he will have the fewest mistakes of anyone, including Carlsen... I think I read that somewhere, but I could be wrong. Fischer vs. Carlsen? I'd still take Fischer... having said that, this is assuming that Fischer were in his prime and up to date with all of the latest chess theory. Karpov was absolutely amazing when it came to using his King as a weapon in the end game. Nakamura seems curious and fearless over the chessboard, which is amazing... I am starting to watch a lot of Carlsen's games, and I've gotta say, I understand Carlsen's style a lot more than Nakamura's. That doesn't mean one style is better than the other.

12. If I have played under 10 games against you, then I won't usually accept your rematch offer.. Why? It has nothing to do with being scared-- cuz again, Magnus Carlsen on chess steroids doesn't even scare me... The reason I won't accept a rematch is that at least half the time, the player won't return the favour after he/she wins the second game.... so I'm like, screw that then -- not happening. Once we have played over 10 games, usually the players will return the rematch request...

13. People who play speed against me and complain that I can only beat them on time need to go back to playing slow, 40 moves in 2 hour chess. Last time I checked, it was called "blitz" or "bullet" for a reason.

14. Sometimes I am a time player... and I get saved by the clock. However, sometimes I win on time and win the game positionally or mate my opponent... so feel free to call me a time player any time you like-- I take it as a compliment-- speed of mind. The funny thing is that every single player who has ever called me a "time player" has also won tons of times the same, exact way.

15. Regarding speed, I think I discovered two incredible secrets to improving my bullet game... at least in order to get to 2500.... those secrets worked magic.

16. My best wins were definitely against GM Robert Hess, who is an absolutely amazing player ranked 273rd actively in the World. My record vs. him is 4-29, but I'll take it. He was probably going easy on me or trying out new lines, though... Now that I've played top level players, I can spot a cheater a mile away. I'll be like, hmmm... wait a sec-- I had much better positions and a much easier time against Hess (who still crushed me ) than I am having against a player who is completely unknown and whose rating is the same as or lower than mine. So yeah-- I'm guessing that the player is cheating. And guess what? If you are using an engine, then don't say "I crushed you", because you did not-- the chess engine did... slight difference there, coward. YES: CHEATER= LOSER AND COWARD AND COMPLETE MORON. SAME. EXACT. MEANING.

17. I played Levy Rozman (Gotham Chess) and he crushed me like a bug, winning 6-0. There was one game where I was doing okay -- not winning but maybe not losing-- but then I choked. Other than that, there were no games where I was close. He exploited my weaknesses easily. He is THE best teacher on YouTube in my opinion, and it was an honour to play him. Naroditzky (rest in peace!) was an amazing teacher as well-- I learn a lot from all these players. As a side note, to blame Kramnik for Naroditsky’s death is beyond ridiculous, however. I’m not saying I agree with Kramnik’s accusations against Naroditsky, but come on! I didn't really start studying the game seriously until recently, and instead, would just play, play, play without gaining real knowledge…. I believe I am 1-1 or 2-1 in bullet vs. Alexandra Botez if I’m not mistaken, 1-0 against Maurice Ashley but 0-2 in bullet against Nemo— however, in my defence, I was too busy trying to chat up Nemo as I am a big fan, and gave her 60 seconds to my 45 as a result… either way, she is stronger than me… ha ha.

18. Trudeau and his father are the worst PMs in the history of Canada. Justin, like his mathematically challenged father before him, allowed Canada to amass a vast amount of debt, putting Canadians behind the 8 ball at a tune of $40,000 per person. Since 2007/2008, we have gone from a debt of $837 billion to a projected 1.5 trillion this year. We are mortgaging future generations without any concern for how our country will be when we wind up like Greece. It should be mandated that the government MUST BALANCE THE BUDGET EVERY YEAR. The problem is that most left wing to centre voters couldn't care less about piling up massive debt, instead focusing ONLY on social issues this, social issues that. Carney was supposedly an economic rock star… really? Tell that to England, which he practically bankrupted— he is currently doing the same thing to Canada with an insane 78 billion dollar budget that is even worse than the ones he made with Trudeau…. so what do the bought and paid for legacy mainstream media do? Naturally they try to deflect and distract by placing all the focus on the opposition leader, Pierrre Poilievre who has correctly DENOUNCED the horrific budget. and correctly predicted INFLATION a few years ago at the same time that this supposed economic rock star in Mark Carney predicated DEFLATION. How about some freaking fiscal responsibility for a change? Uggghhh. Poilievre for P.M. He is the COMPLETE OPPOSITE of CLOWN CARNEY… and if anyone says Pierre Poilievre is like Trump, they are BEYOND IGNORANT. Doug Ford, the premier of Ontario is an absolute waste of space too— he is supposedly a Progressive Conservative but is, in reality, buddies with CLOWN CARNEY and his idiotic EV mandates.

19.. One of the rudest things a player can do is say GG before the opponent resigns... that's classless, tasteless, and just plain stupid. It's LOW CLASS TRASH. To me, that's easily worse than calling your opponent a moron (which isn't nice either, of course). I love it when someone says "gg", thinking they are about to win, and then I turn the tables on them.

20: Message to Quentin Tarantino: You ALMOST made a masterpiece in "Once Upon A Time In Hollywood", but because of your own personal issues, you had to falsely bring down a legend in Bruce Lee . You said he was cocky and arrogant? He was at times, but Bruce totally respected and admired Mohammad Ali . Bruce actually mentioned that Ali would kill him in a fight if they ever fought. Having said that, Bruce Lee, who was about 130 pounds soaking wet, achieved the same punching power that Ali could, at 350 pounds. But you still made the fictional character of Cliff Booth equal or better than him-- ridiculous, fiction or not. Ali wouldn't have stood a chance against Bruce in combat if kicking and other moves were allowed, so I doubt Cliff Booth would either. At any rate, the Bruce scene in Tarantino's movie is an absolute joke and here's why: 1. Bruce NEVER kicked anyone UNLESS they were holding a huge kicking board in front of them. You said you read it in a book that Bruce was cocky-- but apparently you missed that part in the book where Bruce always had people hold the kicking bag-- how convenient for you, eh there pal? Prooftext much? 2. Bob Wall was not holding a kicking board in front of him when Bruce Lee kicked him in that scene from "Enter The Dragon", and that was with Bob Wall's permission. Bob Wall himself will tell you that, Mr. Tarantino. Did you ever confer with him about Bruce's kicking power? Didn't think so... That was a real kick, and Bob Wall's ribs were actually broken in real life after filming the sequence. Therefore, in "Once Upon A Time In Hollywood", Cliff Booth's character would not be able to stand back up unless Bruce went really easy on him. Fiction or not, the scene makes Bruce look like a total jerk. Sorry Tarantino, but you are an idiot if you think that scene should have been placed into an otherwise excellent movie... what a joke. .. what is your beef with Bruce anyway? Whether he was cocky or not (everyone is cocky to some extent), he could back it up if anyone ever could.... China banned your movie and for good reason-- basically the whole country is saying UP YOURS....

21. If you think the Beatles are overrated, then you just don't have a good musical mind... it's just that simple. Today's mainstream music is absolute garbage... let's see what's still being played on the radio in 50 to 100 years.... the second best band/artist in the World? Led Zeppelin... the 3rd best band/artist? Kaneko Ayano!!!! She rules!!!

22. Yes-- players definitely cheat in bullet. Considering I've been granted back tons of rating points due to players caught cheating against me in bullet, I'm guessing that you can definitely use an engine in bullet. So whenever I hear someone saying "It's bullet-- I can't cheat, it cracks me up.

23. I never had the luxury of playing chess as a kid. If I did, my ratings would definitely be much higher than 2400 to 2500. So, if you're ever stupid enough to mock another player's Chess, consider how long they've been playing… I didn’t start playing until age 22…. just saying.