Powerful Words

"The ancient masters of the Talmud permitted themselves the freedom of carrying on a dialogue with teachers long departed:  The past was present; it is present still."* Yesterday my chess students replayed a chess game that was 160 years old.   They were able to do this becasue of the written recording and notation of the game.  The written word can survive many, many years and be a record of a people.   That is one reason the bible is an incredible testament to the faith of a chosen people.   

A note on this game-This Game was played in London June 21, 1851: 160 years ago.   

The game was played by Adolf Anderssen vs. Lionel Kieseritzky.  

	White	Rate the Moves	Black	Rate the Moves
1	e4		e5
2	f4		exf4
3	Bc4		Qh4
4	Kf1		b5
5	Bxb5		Nf6
6	Nf3		Qh6
7	d3		Nh5
8	Nh4		Qg5
9	Nf5		c6
10	g4		Nf6
11	Rg1		cxb5
12	h4		Qg6
13	h5		Qg5
14	Qf3		Ng8
15	Bxf4		Qf6
16	Nc3		Bc5
17	Nd5		Qxb2
18	Bd6		Bxg1
19	E5		Qxa1
20	Ke2		Na6
21	Nxg7		Kd8
22	Qf6		Nxf6
23	Be7++

 *Trepp, Leo. A History of the Jewish Experience. New York: Behrman House, 1973.