battery encasing the King? unpin to win
Duras vs Spielmann, 1912  (C11) French, 49 moves, 1-0
overload + deflection + diversion + interference -> obstruction
Tarrasch vs Marotti / Napoli / de Simone / del, 1914  (A03) Bird's Opening, 31 moves, 1-0
strange pawn formation, move 31 - great B valve at move 43
J Mason vs Winawer, 1882  (C50) Giuoco Piano, 56 moves, 1-0
(advanced pawns) -> (quartgrip en passant = amplified)
Kudrin vs R Douven, 1989  (B18) Caro-Kann, Classical, 51 moves, 1-0
((R on open file + Q on 6th) + R on 7th) -> win, lose or draw?!
Bird vs Morphy, 1858  (C41) Philidor Defense, 29 moves, 0-1
((2R sacrifices + fluid diagonals) -> kingside demolition)
Maroczy vs Tartakower, 1922  (A84) Dutch, 35 moves, 0-1
(B pair rake + Q + open lines) > 2R + Q lateral line control
Hromadka vs Tarrasch, 1922  (B41) Sicilian, Kan, 27 moves, 1-0
(active B outpost + K storm of Fort Hein) = coronation
Morphy vs G Salmon, 1858  (C51) Evans Gambit, 49 moves, 1-0
tripling converts initiative to finish with squeeze = mate
Janowski vs Steinitz, 1895  (C72) Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 5.O-O, 24 moves, 1-0
((good B > bad N), R activity) -> sacrifice for advancement
Capablanca vs Tartakower, 1924  (A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 52 moves, 1-0
(anchored passer + promotion sacrifice + loaded cannons) = mate
Charousek vs J Wollner, 1893  (C21) Center Game, 19 moves, 1-0
(Rs on open files > Rs on ranks) -> castle crumbles on King
E Korchmar vs Y Polyak, 1937  (C62) Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense, 23 moves, 1-0
(N outpost -> closed file) > (Q outpost -> trapped blockader)
Nimzowitsch vs P S Leonhardt, 1911  (C49) Four Knights, 48 moves, 1-0
(diagonal undermined + raking Rooks) -> lost line control
Tarrasch vs K Walbrodt, 1895  (C77) Ruy Lopez, 38 moves, 1-0
((open (ranks, files) + activity) -> favourable attack)
N Katishonok vs H Gulbis, 1989  (D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 27 moves, 1-0
Q deflection + long diagonal = king hunt
Zukertort vs Blackburne, 1883  (A13) English, 33 moves, 1-0
((Q sacrifice + windmill + blockade) vs inactivity) -> burial
Paulsen vs Morphy, 1857  (C48) Four Knights, 28 moves, 0-1
(space + 2*(R + B) + line control) > (Q + B + N)
Sultan Khan vs Capablanca, 1930  (E12) Queen's Indian, 65 moves, 1-0
(x-ray vision Q + incredible leaping R) -> K cornered in castle
S Levitsky vs Marshall, 1912  (B23) Sicilian, Closed, 23 moves, 0-1
breakthrough + fork threats = demolition, hastening pawns
Marshall vs G Marco, 1904  (C45) Scotch Game, 76 moves, 1-0
((line opening -> central grip) -> space advantage) -> mate
Morphy vs R Dawson, 1859  (C30) King's Gambit Declined, 29 moves, 1-0
(poisonous pieces + clamp) -> claim of crown jewels
Tarrasch vs Mendelson, 1879  (C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 32 moves, 1-0
(lay anchor + load the cannons) -> a Captain boards Evergreen
Anderssen vs Dufresne, 1852  (C52) Evans Gambit, 24 moves, 1-0
spacious stonewall, diagonal rake, open file > slow pawn-roller
Breyer vs J Esser, 1917  (D10) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 47 moves, 1-0
(maximum piece exertation + (Q + R) sacrifice) -> checkmating
Rotlewi vs Rubinstein, 1907  (D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 25 moves, 0-1
(stonewall attack + piece support) > (offside promotion threat)
Pillsbury vs Tarrasch, 1895  (D63) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 52 moves, 1-0
(sacrifice of 2*(N + B)) -> checkmating investment
Glucksberg vs Najdorf, 1929  (A85) Dutch, with c4 & Nc3, 22 moves, 0-1
mystery R luft + closed pawn gate -> steamrolled stonewall
Kupchik vs Capablanca, 1926  (A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 39 moves, 0-1
((pawn-roller + 2R + Q vs K) + closed mobility) > 2 passers
Pillsbury vs E Delmar, 1893  (D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 39 moves, 1-0
tower, gargoyle eyes south-east lines, twin winged beast looms
Kotov vs Bondarevsky, 1936  (A90) Dutch, 27 moves, 0-1
((B valve on R battery, N support + activity sack) -> 0-1)? no!
Schiffers vs Chigorin, 1897  (C20) King's Pawn Game, 34 moves, 1/2-1/2
(pieces en prise + open files + offside Q) -> (windmill + mate)
Steinitz vs Von Bardeleben, 1895  (C54) Giuoco Piano, 25 moves, 1-0
(P phalanx + flag-bearing K) -> ((B + N) march + K crusade)
Chigorin vs J Mortimer, 1900  (C25) Vienna, 27 moves, 1-0
maximum piece communication + pawn wall demolition = win
Anderssen vs Zukertort, 1869  (C51) Evans Gambit, 29 moves, 1-0
cavalry crosses infantry line -> leap for the crown capture
N Marache vs Morphy, 1857  (C52) Evans Gambit, 20 moves
loss of time at move 30 -> win at move 70
J Mason vs Bird, 1882  (A85) Dutch, with c4 & Nc3, 70 moves, 1-0
(raking B pair + centralized N) -> unopposed central pawn wall
F Deacon vs Steinitz, 1862  (C51) Evans Gambit, 35 moves, 1-0
(sentry = (centralized knights + siege towers)) -> invasion
Steinitz vs F Deacon, 1863  (C39) King's Gambit Accepted, 27 moves, 1-0
(Q sacrifice + piece phalanx) -> (Evergreen echo, K ensnared)
Prince Dadian vs Boutourlin, 1883  (C37) King's Gambit Accepted, 22 moves, 1-0
(open centre file + uncastled K) -> (x-ray, pin, checkmate)
Prince Dadian vs M Bitcham, 1892  (C56) Two Knights, 20 moves, 1-0
(R x-ray, passed connectors) -> (deflection + decoy)
Chigorin vs B Yankovich, 1899  (C51) Evans Gambit, 32 moves, 1-0
pin + counter-pin = discovery cross-mate, Polish Immortal style
C Jaenisch vs Shumov, 1850  (B20) Sicilian, 28 moves, 0-1
(central space cramp + diagonal leverage) -> (B valve + Q trap)
D Hermann vs Charousek, 1896  (C46) Three Knights, 23 moves, 0-1
pawn shield demolition -> #8
Showalter vs Gossip, 1889  (C45) Scotch Game, 29 moves, 0-1
triple-cross-cross-pin
A Bannik vs A Cherepkov, 1961  (B44) Sicilian, 39 moves, 0-1
Rapunzel lets down her hair -> receives rescue from captivity
Capablanca vs Alekhine, 1927  (D52) Queen's Gambit Declined, 66 moves, 0-1
shackled King
Botvinnik vs G A Thomas, 1936  (D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 69 moves, 1-0
Rs, Bs, Q batteries x-ray King's Pawn shield, imprisoning K
Zukertort vs Count Epoureano, 1872  (000) Chess variants, 23 moves, 1-0
king marching, pawns blitzing -> obsolete bishop campaign
A Pokorny vs Hromadka, 1926  (D15) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 42 moves, 1-0
another Janowsky gem
J Mieses vs Janowski, 1900  (C25) Vienna, 36 moves, 1-0
massive Ns + Rs battery
Bird vs J Mason, 1876  (C11) French, 50 moves, 1-0
clerical trade -> crusading knight cavalry escorts queen to war
C H Capon vs J O H Taylor, 1873  (C44) King's Pawn Game, 18 moves, 0-1
(outposts on open file + (Q + R) sacrifice) -> discovered mate
M Hewitt vs Steinitz, 1866  (C23) Bishop's Opening, 26 moves, 0-1
don't fence me in -> on wrong side of the fence
Piket vs R Douven, 1988  (E99) King's Indian, Orthodox, Taimanov, 43 moves, 0-1
(R+2N+3P >= Q+B+P)!? -> (activity >= material compensation)
Janowski vs Ed. Lasker, 1924  (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 71 moves, 1/2-1/2
Roman goddesses pick ripe apples at temple, shaking!?
K Kokolias vs F Sigalas, 2005  (D31) Queen's Gambit Declined, 43 moves, 1/2-1/2
an early death to a dead position -> overweight stalemate!
J Hohmeister vs T Frank, 1993  (A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 12 moves, 1/2-1/2
(open file + aggressive R battery) -> kingside invasion
Zukertort vs Steinitz, 1886  (D10) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 47 moves, 1-0
classical kingside attack in action => queenside mating net
La Bourdonnais vs L S Lecrivain, 1836  (C00) French Defense, 28 moves, 1-0
(a leap across the pawn shield -> open lines) -> checkmate
Alatortsev vs Smyslov, 1942  (E70) King's Indian, 32 moves, 0-1
the great pawn wall
V Lyublinsky vs Botvinnik, 1943  (C77) Ruy Lopez, 53 moves, 0-1
early history of the King's gambit
Michelet vs Kieseritzky, 1843  (C37) King's Gambit Accepted, 31 moves, 1-0
framed!
Bogoljubov vs Capablanca, 1928  (E12) Queen's Indian, 41 moves, 0-1
skewered!
Capablanca vs Marshall, 1909  (C62) Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense, 39 moves, 1-0
gargoyle perch at e5 -> lock the jail, throw out prison key c5
Maroczy vs H Suechting, 1905  (D61) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack, 48 moves, 1-0
Q + R, 5 passers, triplets & connectors -> steam-roller
Torre vs M A Schapiro, 1924  (D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 31 moves, 1-0
Q + R battery, parading horses -> royal party leaps the fence
A Kevitz vs Marshall, 1937  (E54) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System, 25 moves, 0-1
(defensive N sack + offensive Q sack) -> correspondence win
G Sanakoev vs K Maeder, 1978  (B99) Sicilian, Najdorf, 7...Be7 Main line, 64 moves, 0-1
(pawn-ram rolls, trampling N joust) -> (B + R guillotine drops)
Dubois vs Steinitz, 1862  (C50) Giuoco Piano, 37 moves, 0-1
[All (K's: horses, men), ~( -> 1-0)] -> grab loose QKt-P, draw?
Anand vs Topalov, 2005  (B80) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 60 moves, 1/2-1/2
gambit: (P & Q) -> gift: (initiative, development, mating net)
Schiffers vs Nolde, 1872  (C51) Evans Gambit, 27 moves, 1-0
cavalry ropes K, taken to tower walls, Q executioner awaits
Blackburne vs Leverson, 1885  (C51) Evans Gambit, 22 moves, 1-0
down an Exchange? offer another N; a Q, too? for Black: Death!
Blackburne vs A Smith, 1882  (C51) Evans Gambit, 25 moves, 1-0
"wild horses keep draggin' me away" -> knight-mare at the mill
Anderssen vs Zukertort, 1865  (C37) King's Gambit Accepted, 17 moves, 1-0
strategic transposition from Queen's Gambit to Goring is = !?
Kaidanov vs S Kriventsov, 2006  (D24) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 34 moves, 1/2-1/2
(frontal P leverage, ramming room, B sac) > diagonal P leverage
K Havasi vs Breyer, 1917  (C41) Philidor Defense, 30 moves, 0-1
piece outposts, safe Ps > max line communication + co-operation
Smyslov vs V Liberzon, 1968  (A25) English, 41 moves, 1-0
active stonewall > (trapped R + B, blocked c5 offside majority)
Polugaevsky vs E Torre, 1981  (D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 40 moves, 1-0
B pair lead P post advance -> active lines from active defence
Janowski vs Steinitz, 1898  (C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 35 moves, 0-1
the power of the battery
Vidmar vs Yates, 1922  (D63) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 34 moves, 1-0
offside majority rolls onwards
G Nagy vs D Przepiorka, 1925  (A15) English, 34 moves, 1-0
Q vs minor pieces, Q sac = sufficient activity?!
Lasker vs L Parke, 1902  (C31) King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit, 29 moves, 0-1
opera-house echo? heard 3 years previous - spoooky...
Dubois vs Duke Karl / Casabianca / Preti, 1855  (C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 26 moves, 1-0
another King's Gambit
J Schulten vs Kieseritzky, 1850  (C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 18 moves, 0-1
the great escape
Lasker vs Steinitz, 1896  (C62) Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense, 56 moves, 1/2-1/2
fantastic P storm by Philidor
A Smith vs Philidor, 1790  (C24) Bishop's Opening, 33 moves, 0-1
possible Q sac in stone-wall leads to decisive threats, results
Sultan Khan vs H Mattison, 1931  (A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 22 moves, 1-0
stonewall! (strong pawn tension at move 25)
Janowski vs Rubinstein, 1908  (D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 47 moves, 1-0
diagonal power + piece communication
Vidmar vs Tartakower, 1922  (A84) Dutch, 36 moves, 1-0
evan's gambit declined, deferred
Horwitz vs Staunton, 1851  (C53) Giuoco Piano, 25 moves, 0-1
windmill
Falkbeer vs Anderssen, 1851  (C27) Vienna Game, 30 moves, 1-0
more leaping pieces mate a king
NN vs Blackburne, 1871  (C50) Giuoco Piano, 21 moves, 0-1
queen sac for knight scissors mate
Sam Loyd vs S Rosenthal, 1867  (C50) Giuoco Piano, 36 moves, 1-0
pretty attack by Blackburne - blindfold
Blackburne vs W R Ballard, 1872  (C44) King's Pawn Game, 36 moves, 1-0
massive pawn wave
Anderssen vs Steinitz, 1873  (C77) Ruy Lopez, 45 moves, 0-1
vienna game, queenside pawn formation
New York vs Philadelphia, 1886  (C25) Vienna, 26 moves, 0-1
((pin -> outpost) -> imprisonment) -> the Birchbeer cross
Birchbeer vs NN, 1995  (C44) King's Pawn Game, 8 moves, 1-0
pawn fortress at move 22
Janowski vs Pillsbury, 1900  (C49) Four Knights, 45 moves, 0-1
Q sacrifice + open file -> cornered K
J Smith vs G H Derrickson, 1860  (C55) Two Knights Defense, 17 moves, 0-1
(B sacrifice + ((6P + Q) vs (P + R + N))) -> French fort falls
Pillsbury vs Marshall, 1897  (C13) French, 39 moves, 1-0
beat down the french wall
Pillsbury vs Maroczy, 1900  (C05) French, Tarrasch, 46 moves, 1-0
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