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4 Walls
Compiled by fredthebear
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The Bird is a risky opening for the uninformed. Advancing the f-pawn exposes the White king to checks on the diagonal and leaves a hole beside the advanced pawn on the g- and e-files. These are lasting structural weaknesses that cannot be undone. If studied and played properly by keeping a weary eye on these permanent weaknesses, the Bird can be a sound career opening as it does help fight for control of the important e5-square in the center. The Bird's left-handed cousin 1.c4 the English Opening is more popular world-wide.

Henry Edward Bird was a good player in his day. Plenty of his losses are posted here against some of the all-time great players, which is not necessarily the fault of the opening. Famous great players usually win, regardless of the opening.

* Bird Plays the Bird:
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches...

* Bird Opening vs Sicilian Defense: http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches...

Bird's Opening
From Gambit – A02 – 1.f4 e5
Sturm Gambit – A03 – 1.f4 d5 2.c4
Swiss Gambit – A02 – 1.f4 f5 2.e4 fxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.g4 Williams Gambit – A03 – 1.f4 d5 2.e4

Counterattack is never untimely.

Walls, Nests and Feathered Friends

* Opening Tree: https://www.shredderchess.com/onlin...

Blunders that annoy, or bundles of joy, depending upon who receives what.

How many chess openings are there?

Well, White has 20 possible 1st moves. Black can respond with 20 of its own. That's 400, and we're ready for move 2. I don't know them, but I would not be at all surprised if there was a name for each of them. People are like that. You really, really don't need to know them all.

If you follow the rules of thumb for good opening play, I promise you that you'll be playing a named opening. Just put the 1st 3 moves in google, and you'll get the opening's name. With that information you can find other games that started the way your game started, likely by some very good players. Also, with the name you can read about it on Wikipedia, and find out what people think of it, who plays it, and its particular traps and idiosyncrasies.

Once again, The Rules of Thumb for Good Opening Play:

- Develop your pieces quickly with an eye towards controlling the center. Not necessarily occupying the center but controlling it certainly. - Castle your king just as soon as it's practical to do so. - Really try not to move a piece more than once during the opening, it's a waste of valuable time. - Connect your rooks. This marks the end of the opening. Connected rooks means that only your rooks and your castled king are on the back rank. - Respond to threats appropriately, even if you have to break the rules. They're rules of thumb, not scripture, or physical laws.

If you and your opponent follow these rules of thumb, you'll reach the middle game ready to fight. If only you follow these rules of thumb, you're already winning! Good Hunting. -- Eric H.

Gambling problem? Call 1-800-GAMBLER

"A passed pawn increase in strength as the number of pieces on the board diminishes." ― Jose Raul Capablanca

* Introduction to Pawn Endgames: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUq...

* Understanding Passed Pawns: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0L...

* Read The Planet Greenpawn - https://www.redhotpawn.com/

* New Images of Uranus: https://www.msn.com/en-US/news/scie...

* 3 Crucial Endgame Principles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DpF...

* 4 Beginner Traps: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvS...

* 5 Checkmate Patterns: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h68...

* 5 types of chess blunders: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVs...

* 6 Quick Checkmates: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nad...

* 6 Lessons from an Old Man: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qzy...

* Hit f7: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/I2Xm...

* 9 London System Traps: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDe...

* 10 Best to Watch: https://www.chessjournal.com/best-c...

* 12 Amazing Vix: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Gl...

* Play B12 and Vitamin D: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_t...

* 15 Beautiful National Parks: https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/tr...

* 20 Health Benefits of Legs Up: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrV...

* Analyze with an engine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07q...

* Bishop and Pawn Endgames: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYM...

* Bear Traps: Game Collection: Traps

* Chess Tactics 4Kidz: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOH...

* Chess Pitfalls: https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/chess...

* Common Phrases and Terms: https://www.ragchess.com/chess-basi...

* Even saucy, high-strung Italian chicks can "Improve Your Chess Tactics" AFTER you MASTER "1001 Chess Exercises for Beginners": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_AL... Be careful what you start because that spaz cannot be unplugged! Always say to yourself "S/he's good-lookin', but can s/he cook? How does s/he do meatballs?" You don't wanna eat starchy pasta the rest of your life, do ya? A player has to have some peace and quiet after dinner to concentrate, so stop and look both ways twice before you cross that walk. You don't wanna get ran over by a checkered cab, do ya?

* Look, he's grinning. He fell hard for that old book of love trap. I'm not sure which one is crazier, but he'll soon hit his peak rating and it's mostly downhill from there: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17Y...

* Tactical Motifs, Checkmate Patterns: https://chesstempo.com/tactical-mot...

* How to Destroy the Friendly Liver: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7f...

* Fun in the Open Games: Game Collection: Fun in the Open Games

* Oh God, George Burn's Sister: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pF5...

* Knight Endgames: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0J...

* King's Gambit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Vo...

* KGA: Game Collection: "King's Gambit Accepted"

* Murderous King's Gambit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZi...

* John Nunn's Immortal Game: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0t...

* Rook and Pawn Endgames: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMZ...

* Secret of Defence: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXp...

* Sicilian Alapin Miniature: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLk...

* Sicilian Wing Gambit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMe...

* Sleeper hold in just two-minutes of clock time: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTz...

* Smoothie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FEl...

* Use Stockfish: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGE...

* Trounce 'em w/the Traxler: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cW8...

* Textbook Endgame Positions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8p...

* POTD 2023: Game Collection: Puzzle of the Day 2023

* Queen and Pawn Endgames: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ooa...

* Simple Daily Exercise: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynT...

* Inversion Wall Exercise: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4c...

* Women: https://www.thefamouspeople.com/wom...

* Who knew it was possible to milk a turtle?? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ah-...

* Why You Lose at Chess: https://store.doverpublications.com...

* You must study Rook endings: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8O...

* Bb5 vs Sicilian: Game Collection: (Underestimated) Rossolimo brillancies

* Anand plays Bb5 vs Sicilian: Game Collection: BONARION !

* Building an Opening Repertoire: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGd...

* Online safety: https://www.entrepreneur.com/scienc...

* Flip the Finish: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWH...

* elmubarak: my fav games: Game Collection: elmubarak: my fav games

* Assorted Good Games: Game Collection: assorted Good games

* Carlsbad International Chess Tournament 1929: https://store.doverpublications.com...

* Golden Treasury of Chess (Wellmuth/Horowitz): Game Collection: 0

* "King of Babylon, King of Asia, King of the Four Quarters of the World": https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/worl...

* h-file attacks: Game Collection: h-file Attacks, some Greek Gifts by Fredthebear

* How to Play Chess! http://www.serverchess.com/play.htm...

* Imagination: Game Collection: Imagination in Chess

* Is chess a sport or not? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUi...

* Immortal Games: Game Collection: Immortal games

* An illegal move is still touch-move for that same unit if possible: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqI...

* King's Pawn Theory and Practice: Game Collection: Chess Openings: Theory and Practice, Section 1

* Surprise Knockouts: Game Collection: quick knockouts of greats

* Lasker's Manual: Game Collection: Manual of Chess (Lasker)

* Nuremberg 1896: Nuremberg (1896)

* Nunn's Chess Course: Game Collection: Lasker JNCC

* Oldest Monuments: https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/ne...

* Become a Predator at the Chessboard: https://www.chesstactics.org/

* Scandinavian Miniatures: http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches...

* Collection assembled by Fredthebear.

* Miniatures: Game Collection: 200 Miniature Games of Chess - Du Mont (III)

* Monday Puzzles: Game Collection: Monday Puzzles, 2011-2017

* People on Another Level: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7V...

* Using Engines: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4a...

* Mr. Harvey's Puzzle Challenge: https://wtharvey.com/

"He (Jose R. Capablanca) makes the game look easy. Art lies in the concealment of art." ― Philip W. Sergeant

"Beautiful, cold, remorseless chess, almost creepy in its silent implacability." ― Raymond Chandler (on a Capablanca game)

"What others could not see in a month's study, he saw at a glance." ― Reuben Fine (on Capablanca)

"Capablanca invariably chose the right option, no matter how intricate the position." ― Garry Kasparov.

"Capablanca's games generally take the following course: he begins with a series of extremely fine prophylactic maneuvers, which neutralize his opponent's attempts to complicate the game; he then proceeds, slowly but surely, to set up an attacking position. This attacking position, after a series of simplifications, is transformed into a favorable endgame, which he conducts with matchless technique." ― Aaron Nimzowitsch

Mar-07-13 Abdel Irada: In case anyone wonders who Kermit Norris is/was, he's an expert in Santa Cruz against whom I used to play a great deal of blitz. His specialty, when a particularly complex position arose (especially in his pet Owen's Defense), was to lean forward, fix his opponent with a scowl and a withering stare, and say, in a deep and solemn tone, "Chicken parts!"

"Here's to being in a boat with a drink on the rocks rather than being in the drink with a boat on the rocks"

The Lion and the Rat

To show to all your kindness, it behoves:
There's none so small but you his aid may need.
I quote two fables for this weighty creed,
Which either of them fully proves.
From underneath the sward
A rat, quite off his guard,
Popped out between a lion's paws.
The beast of royal bearing
Showed what a lion was
The creature's life by sparing –
A kindness well repaid;
For, little as you would have thought
His majesty would ever need his aid,
It proved full soon
A precious boon.
Forth issuing from his forest glen,
T" explore the haunts of men,
In lion net his majesty was caught,
From which his strength and rage
Served not to disengage.
The rat ran up, with grateful glee,
Gnawed off a rope, and set him free.

By time and toil we sever
What strength and rage could never.

Riddle: The one who has it does not keep it. It is large and small. It is any shape.

Bears like 'em too!

Answer: A gift.

"Once in a lobby of the Hall of Columns of the Trade Union Center in Moscow a group of masters were analyzing an ending. They could not find the right way to go about things and there was a lot of arguing about it. Suddenly Capablanca came into the room. He was always find of walking about when it was his opponent's turn to move. Learning the reason for the dispute the Cuban bent down to the position, said 'Si, si,' and suddenly redistributed the pieces all over the board to show what the correct formation was for the side trying to win. I haven't exaggerated. Don Jose literally pushed the pieces around the board without making moves. He just put them in fresh positions where he thought they were needed. Suddenly everything became clear. The correct scheme of things had been set up and now the win was easy. We were delighted by Capablanca's mastery." ― Alexander Kotov

"Capablanca had that art which hides art to an overwhelming degree." ― Harry Golombek

"I have known many chess players, but only one chess genius, Capablanca." ― Emanuel Lasker

"I think Capablanca had the greatest natural talent." ― Mikhail Botvinnik

Maximo wrote:

My Forking Knight's Mare
Gracefully over the squares, as a blonde or a brunette, she makes moves that not even a queen can imitate. Always active and taking the initiative,
she likes to fork.
She does it across the board,
taking with ease not only pawns, but also kings, and a bad bishop or two.
Sometimes she feels like making
quiet moves,
at other times, she adopts romantic moods,
and makes great sacrifices.
But, being hers a zero-sum game,
she often forks just out of spite.
An expert at prophylaxis, she can be a swindler, and utter threats,
skewering men to make some gains.
Playing with her risks a conundrum,
and also catching Kotov's syndrome.
Nonetheless, despite having been trampled
by her strutting ways
my trust in her remains,
unwavering,
until the endgame.

"Chess is played with the mind and not with the hands." ― Renaud & Kahn

"Chess is a terrific way for kids to build self-image and self-esteem." ― Saudin Robovic

"Chess is a sport. The main object in the game of chess remains the achievement of victory." ― Max Euwe

"Life is like a chess. If you lose your queen, you will probably lose the game." ― Being Caballero

"In chess, as in life, a man is his own most dangerous opponent." — Vasily Smyslov

"If you wish to succeed, you must brave the risk of failure." — Garry Kasparov

"You win some, you lose some, you wreck some." — Dale Earnhardt

"In life, unlike chess the game continues after checkmate." ― Isaac Asimov

<The Fooles Mate
Black Kings Biſhops pawne one houſe.
White Kings pawne one houſe.
Black kings knights pawne two houſes
White Queen gives Mate at the contrary kings Rookes fourth houſe — Beale, The Royall Game of Chesse-Play

Beale's example can be paraphrased in modern terms where White always moves first, algebraic notation is used, and Black delivers the fastest possible mate after each player makes two moves: 1.f3 e6 2.g4 Qh4#

There are eight distinct ways in which Fool's Mate can be reached in two moves. White may alternate the order of f- and g-pawn moves, Black may play either e6 or e5, and White may move their f-pawn to f3 or f4.>

"Chess is life in miniature. Chess is a struggle, chess battles." — Garry Kasparov

"Sometimes in life, and in chess, you must take one step back to take two steps forward." — IM Levy Rozman, GothamChess

So much, much, much better to be an incurable optimist than deceitful and untrustworthy.

"Don't blow your own trumpet." — Australian Proverb

Old Russian Proverb: "Scythe over a stone." (Нашла коса на камень.) The force came over a stronger force.

"Continuing to play the victim is a self-fulfilling prophecy. Blaming others for your station in life will indeed make you a victim but the perpetrator will be your own self, not life or those around you." — Bobby Darnell

<"Sestrilla, hafelina
Jue amourasestrilla
Awou jue selaviena
En patre jue

Translation:

Beloved one, little cat
I love you for all time
In this time
And all others"
― Christine Feehan>

"Funny, funny Jude (The Man in the Red Beret). You play with little pieces all day long, and you know what? You'll live to be an old, old man someday. And here I am." — Janis Joplin

Jude Acers set a Guinness World Record for playing 117 people in simultaneous chess games on April 21, 1973 at the Lloyd Center Mall in Portland, Oregon. On July 2-3, 1976 Jude played 179 opponents at Mid Isle Plaza (Broadway Plaza) in Long Island, New York for another Guinness record.

The Woodman and Mercury
To M. The Chevalier De Bouillon.

Your taste has served my work to guide;
To gain its suffrage I have tried.
You'd have me shun a care too nice,
Or beauty at too dear a price,
Or too much effort, as a vice.
My taste with yours agrees:
Such effort cannot please;
And too much pains about the polish
Is apt the substance to abolish;
Not that it would be right or wise
The graces all to ostracize.
You love them much when delicate;
Nor is it left for me to hate.
As to the scope of Aesop's plan,
I fail as little as I can.
If this my rhymed and measured speech
Avails not to please or teach,
I own it not a fault of mine;
Some unknown reason I assign.
With little strength endued
For battles rough and rude,
Or with Herculean arm to smite,
I show to vice its foolish plight.
In this my talent wholly lies;
Not that it does at all suffice.
My fable sometimes brings to view
The face of vanity purblind
With that of restless envy joined;
And life now turns on these pivots two.
Such is the silly little frog
That aped the ox on her bog.
A double image sometimes shows
How vice and folly do oppose
The ways of virtue and good sense;
As lambs with wolves so grim and gaunt,
The silly fly and frugal ant.
Thus swells my work – a comedy immense –
Its acts unnumbered and diverse,
Its scene the boundless universe.
Gods, men, and brutes, all play their part
In fields of nature or of art,
And Jupiter among the rest.
Here comes the god who's wont to bear
Jove's frequent errands to the fair,
With winged heels and haste;
But other work's in hand today.

A man that laboured in the wood
Had lost his honest livelihood;
That is to say,
His axe was gone astray.
He had no tools to spare;
This wholly earned his fare.
Without a hope beside,
He sat him down and cried,
"Alas, my axe! where can it be?
O Jove! but send it back to me,
And it shall strike good blows for you."
His prayer in high Olympus heard,
Swift Mercury started at the word.
"Your axe must not be lost," said he:
"Now, will you know it when you see?
An axe I found on the road."
With that an axe of gold he showed.
"Is it this?" The woodman answered, "Nay."
An axe of silver, bright and gay,
Refused the honest woodman too.
At last the finder brought to view
An axe of iron, steel, and wood.
"That's mine," he said, in joyful mood;
"With that I'll quite contented be."
The god replied, "I give the three,
As due reward of honesty."
This luck when neighbouring choppers knew,
They lost their axes, not a few,
And sent their prayers to Jupiter
So fast, he knew not which to hear.
His winged son, however, sent
With gold and silver axes, went.
Each would have thought himself a fool
Not to have owned the richest tool.
But Mercury promptly gave, instead
Of it, a blow on the head.
With simple truth to be contented,
Is surest not to be repented;
But still there are who would
With evil trap the good, –
Whose cunning is but stupid,
For Jove is never duped.

Bobby Fischer on Paul Morphy:
"Perhaps the most accurate player who ever lived, he would beat anybody today in a set-match. He had complete sight of the board and seldom blundered even though he moved quite rapidly. I've played over hundreds of his games and am continually surprised and entertained by his ingenuity."

"Young man, you play remarkable chess! You never make a mistake!" ― Emanuel Lasker (after losing most of the games in a 10-game rapid transit match against a very young Capablanca)

"He was of medium height, lean, but no padding needed for his shoulders. And such pride in the posture of his head! You would know no one could dingle-dangle that man. I can visualize him so clearly, with his dark hair and large gray-green eyes. Believe me, when he took a stroll, in his black derby hat and carrying a cane, no handsomer young gentleman ever graced Fifth Avenue." ― Bernard Epstein (Capa's college roommate)

"Capablanca's planning of the game is so full of that freshness of his genius for position play, that every hypermodern player can only envy him." ― Alexander Alekhine

"It is astonishing how carefully Capablanca's combinations are calculated. Turn and twist as you will, search the variations in every way possible, you come to the inevitable conclusion that the moves all fit in with the utmost precision." ― Max Euwe

"There is nothing more to fear from the Capablanca technique." ― Efim Bogoljubow (shortly after which, Capablanca proceeded to crush him)

"Capablanca didn't make separate moves - he was creating a chess picture. Nobody could compare with him in this." ― Mikhail Botvinnik

"Whether this advantage is theoretically sufficient to win or not does not worry Capablanca. He simply wins the ending. That is why he is Capablanca!" ― Max Euwe (on a Capablanca game)

Eilfan ywmodryb dda
Meaning: A good aunt is a second mother

The Words Of Socrates

A house was built by Socrates
That failed the public taste to please.
Some blamed the inside; some, the out; and all
Agreed that the apartments were too small.
Such rooms for him, the greatest sage of Greece!

"I ask," said he, "no greater bliss
Than real friends to fill even this."
And reason had good Socrates
To think his house too large for these.
A crowd to be your friends will claim,
Till some unhandsome test you bring.
There's nothing plentier than the name;
There's nothing rarer than the thing.

Paper currency
Before money, trade was the commercial exchange of goods and services. The money took various forms throughout history, including precious metals, coins, foods, vegetables, livestock, and basically anything else useful as tradable bartering assets. Again, China was the first to use paper money in the 9th century, and Europe followed suit in the late 1600s. Despite having no intrinsic value and being used as legal-binding notes issued by banks to promise future payments, paper money soon became the most common bartering asset to purchase goods and services. Paper money started a new era of trade that transformed the face of economics on a global scale.

Gambling problem? Call 1-800-GAMBLER

The Chess Player
by Howard Altmann

They've left. They've all left.
The pigeon feeders have left.
The old men on the benches have left.
The white-gloved ladies with the Great Danes have left. The lovers who thought about coming have left.
The man in the three-piece suit has left.
The man who was a three-piece band has left.
The man on the milkcrate with the bible has left. Even the birds have left.
Now the trees are thinking about leaving too.
And the grass is trying to turn itself in.
Of course the buses no longer pass.
And the children no longer ask.
The air wants to go and is in discussions.
The clouds are trying to steer clear.
The sky is reaching for its hands.
Even the moon sees what's going on.
But the stars remain in the dark.
As does the chess player.
Who sits with all his pieces
In position.

Under Joseph Stalin's regime, "Hamlet" was banned. The official reason: Hamlet's indecisiveness and depression were incompatible with the new Soviet spirit of optimism, fortitude, and clarity.

This poem is dedicated to all
female chessplayers on Caissa's Web.

Sweet Caissa

Oh, Sweet Caissa, Goddess of chess
in the name of this holistic game
I pray Thee: bless my noble aim
to render all my opponents lame
in my holy quest for worldly fame,
to be Supreme no more no less.
In awe I heard this Sweet Caissa say
"Daughter go forth and smite them all,
stoutly charge your knight sitting tall
while flying over the castle's wall
to slay all men in your deadly call."
Now in fear I hide and will no longer play.

"Believe in yourself. Have faith in your abilities. Without humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers, you cannot be successful or happy." ― Norman Vincent Peale

"Intelligence plus character-that is the goal of true education." ― Martin Luther King Jr.

John 3:3 Jesus answered and said unto him, <Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.>

"My concern about my reputation is with the people who I respect and my family and my Lord. And I'm perfectly comfortable with my reputation with them, sir." — John Durham

"Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are." ― John Wooden

The Blossom
by William Blake

Merry, merry sparrow!
Under leaves so green
A happy blossom
Sees you, swift as arrow,
Seek your cradle narrow,
Near my bosom.
Pretty, pretty robin!
Under leaves so green
A happy blossom
Hears you sobbing, sobbing,
Pretty, pretty robin,
Near my bosom.

<Atterdag: Geoff - are you a descendant of Wordsworth?: There was a time when meadow, grove, and stream, The earth, and every common sight, To me did seem
Apparell'd in celestial light,
The glory and the freshness of a dream.
It is not now as it hath been of yore;—
Turn wheresoe'er I may,
By night or day,
The things which I have seen I now can see no more. :-)

Sally Simpson: Hi Atterdag,
This is my tribute to Wordsworth. (Daffodils.)

I wandered lonely as a pawn,
o'er a field coloured brown and cream,
When suddenly I ran out of squares
and discovered I was now a Queen.>

"Friend, you don't have to earn God's love or try harder. You're precious in His sight, covered by the priceless blood of Jesus, and indwelt by His Holy Spirit. Don't hide your heart or fear you're not good enough for Him to care for you. Accept His love, obey Him, and allow Him to keep you in His wonderful freedom." ― Charles F. Stanley

Psalm 27:1
The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?

1 John 4:18
There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love.

Isolated pawns require a very expensive therapy, for keeping them alive.

This poem is dedicated to all members
who strive to become Masters of chess.

yakisoba's combination

in the middle of a cold Canadian winter night
a phantom creature was riding a stallion knight
but lo and behold it is the man called yakisoba
together with a bishop and queen chasing nova.
though the old bishop was getting pooped out
the merry queen in her glory was bouncing about
while riding hard yakisoba grinningly thought
"I know what to do with that nova when caught."
there on top of the castle was nova in hiding
strapped to a kite for a quick get-away gliding, then trembling he realized to his consternation: he was being killed by the bishop-queen combination.

<Six mistakes mankind keeps making century after century:

01) Believing that personal gain is made by crushing others;

02) Worrying about things that cannot be changed or corrected;

03) Insisting that a thing is impossible because we cannot accomplish it;

04) Refusing to set aside trivial preferences;

05) Neglecting development and refinement of the mind;

06) Attempting to compel others to believe and live as we do.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero>

* Weird is what you're not used to: https://chessentials.com/weird-ches...

limerick, entitled ‘The Solver's Plight' was by ‘A.J.F.' A.J. Fink and was published on page 22 of Chess Potpourri by Alfred C. Klahre (Middletown, 1931):

There was a man from Vancouver
Who tried to solve a two-mover;
But the boob, he said, ‘"Gee",
I can't find the "Kee",
No matter HOW I manouvre.'

Mercury is the smallest planet in the solar system, approximately 3000 miles (4850 km) in diameter, hardly larger than the moon. Despite being the smallest, it's extremely dense. In fact, it's the second densest planet after Earth. It's also the closest planet to the sun, making it dangerous to explore. Mercury is 48 million miles from the earth.

<Mar-11-05 aw1988: S.W.I.F.T. indeed.

Mar-11-05 tpstar: Sokolov Was In For Trouble
Suddenly White Initiated Forcing Threats
Severe Whipping Into Frenzied Tantrum
Shocking When Ivan Fell Through
Savvy Winner Ingests French Toast

Mar-11-05 aw1988: LOL! I must admit, that is very good.

May-27-05 Durandal: AdrianP: SWIFT was the sponsor of the tournament, the company is a cooperative effort to provide secure financial communications between banks worldwide (SWIFT is the acronym for Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication, see swift.com), based in La Hulpe, near Brussels, Belgium. IIRC, its CEO at the time was Bessel Kok, a well known chess patron.

May-27-05 AdrianP: <Durandal> I see - as in SWIFT transfer.

May-27-05 arifattar: May not compare with <tpstar>'s effort but, Sweet Win In Five & Twenty.>

Proverbs 14:29-35

29 He who is slow to anger has great understanding, But he who is quick-tempered * exalts folly. 30 A tranquil heart is life to the body, But passion is rottenness to the bones. 31 He who oppresses the poor taunts his Maker, But he who is gracious to the needy honors Him. 32 The wicked is thrust down by his wrongdoing, But the righteous has a refuge when he dies. 33 Wisdom rests in the heart of one who has understanding, But in the hearts of fools it is made known. 34 Righteousness exalts a nation, But sin is a disgrace to any people. 35 The king's favor is toward a servant who acts wisely, But his anger is toward him who acts shamefully.

Riddle: A man looks at a painting in a museum and says, "Brothers and sisters I have none, but that man's father is my father's son." Who is in the painting?

"May your jib never luff"

Riddle Answer: The man's son

"Intelligence plus character - that is the goal of true education." ― Martin Luther King Jr.

"Life is a long lesson in humility." ― J.M. Barrie

"Persist while others are quitting." ― William Arthur Ward

Isaiah 66:13⁣
As a mother comforts her child, so will I comfort you; and you will be comforted over Jerusalem.

1 Corinthians 15:58
Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain.

from the simpleton poet:

Roses are red.
Violets are blue.

Chess is creative.
And a journey too.

Good in the morning.
Or just before bed.

Play cheater_1, with engine.
Or OTB, all in your head.

French Proverb: "Il ne faut rien laisser au hasard." ― (Nothing should be left to chance.)

"There are more adventures on a chessboard than on all the seas of the world." ― Pierre Mac Orlan

"You can only get good at chess if you love the game." ― Bobby Fischer

"Leave no stone unturned." ― Euripides

"As long as you can still grab a breath, you fight." — The Revenant

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"May the sun bring you energy by day,

May the moon softly restore you by night,

May the rain wash away your worries,

May the breeze blow new strength into your being.

May you walk gently through the world

and know its beauty all the days of your life."

Apache Blessing

"I should never have surrendered. I should have fought until I was the last man alive." — Goyahkla a.k.a. Geronimo (1829-1909), a POW for 23 years

Variants / Bird's / Lisystyn Gambit (000) 1-0 Philidor's Legacy
Tarrasch vs Kolb, 1894 
(000) Chess variants, 29 moves, 1-0

Van't Kruijs 1.e3 2.f4 Bird's Opening (A00) 1-0Dual flank attks
E Hahn vs J Vitense, 1932 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 24 moves, 1-0

Bird Opening: From Gambit 3.e6!? (A02) 0-1 Q trapped on edge
E Kettner vs Cziszar, 1956 
(A02) Bird's Opening, 14 moves, 0-1

From Gambit with interesting 3 e6 variation (better is 3 exd6)
J G Costa vs H Herath, 2010
(A02) Bird's Opening, 28 moves, 1-0

Bird's, From Gambit. Lasker Var (A02) 1-0Excellent anticipation
A Muzychuk vs V Solovjova, 2009 
(A02) Bird's Opening, 32 moves, 1-0

Bird Opening: From Gambit 3.Nf3 4.e4 (A02) 1-0 Both 0-0-0. N EG
P Rozanov vs V Utkin, 2013
(A02) Bird's Opening, 65 moves, 1-0

Bird Opening: From Gambit. Lasker Var (A02) 1-0 Black misses P
J Wuttke vs J Matisson, 1999 
(A02) Bird's Opening, 53 moves, 1-0

Englund G Complex: Hartlaub-Charlick G (A40) 0-1 Opera Mate
J Krejcik vs J Thirring, 1898 
(A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 11 moves, 0-1

Bird's Opening/Chess variants (000) 1-0 Really quite beautiful
Zukertort vs Count Epoureano, 1872 
(000) Chess variants, 23 moves, 1-0

Five Mover; Bird Opening: From Gambit. Lasker Var (A02) 0-1
Barney vs Mccrum, 1969 
(A02) Bird's Opening, 5 moves, 0-1

Bird Opening: From Gambit (A02) 0-1 Qh4+ always lurks
Mogusar vs T L Trippe, 1984 
(A02) Bird's Opening, 6 moves, 0-1

Bird Opening: From G. Lasker Var (A02) 0-1 Qxh2 sac to promote
Glicksteen vs E Lawrence, 1971 
(A02) Bird's Opening, 9 moves, 0-1

Bird Opening: From Gambit. Lasker (A02) 0-1 h-file Q sac promo
G Natapov vs Radobarin, 1969 
(A02) Bird's Opening, 10 moves, 0-1

Bird, From Gambit. Lasker Var (A02) 0-1 Qxh2 vs. Bad Bishop
Bird / Dobell vs Gunsberg / Locock, 1897 
(A02) Bird's Opening, 18 moves, 0-1

Lasker Var (A02) 1-0The correct 6.Qa4+ Nc6 7.Nd4 move order
Bird / Allies vs L van Vliet, 1893 
(A02) Bird's Opening, 43 moves, 1-0

Lasker hands it to Bird in the Bird
Bird vs Lasker, 1892 
(A02) Bird's Opening, 42 moves, 0-1

The most famous double bishop sacrifice game
Lasker vs J Bauer, 1889 
(A03) Bird's Opening, 38 moves, 1-0

Double Dutch; White has the better knight
Bird vs K Pitschel, 1878 
(A02) Bird's Opening, 36 moves, 1-0

Bird, From Gambit. Mestel Var (A02) 0-1 Open file destruction
Bird vs Steinitz, 1866 
(A02) Bird's Opening, 18 moves, 0-1

Bird, From Gambit. Mestel Var (A02) 0-1 Notes by Blackburne
Bird vs Blackburne, 1888  
(A02) Bird's Opening, 33 moves, 0-1

Bird, From Gambit. Mestel Var (A02) 0-1 Notes by Blackburne
Bird vs Blackburne, 1886  
(A02) Bird's Opening, 17 moves, 0-1

Bird Opening: From Gambit. Mestel Var (A02) 0-1 Notes by JHB
Bird vs Blackburne, 1892  
(A02) Bird's Opening, 30 moves, 0-1

Bird's most famous win with his namesake.
Bird vs Blackburne, 1879 
(A02) Bird's Opening, 46 moves, 1-0

Bird Opening (A02) 1-0 Nifty Ns & Ps ending
Bird vs Blackburne, 1883 
(A02) Bird's Opening, 67 moves, 1-0

Bird Opening: From Gambit (A02) 1/2-1/2 Notes by E. Schiffers
Bird vs Blackburne, 1895  
(A02) Bird's Opening, 71 moves, 1/2-1/2

Bird Opening (A02) 1-0 Helpmate?
Blackburne vs Bird, 1892 
(A02) Bird's Opening, 46 moves, 1-0

Bird Opening, uncommon defense (A02) 1-0 Both 0-0-0
Chigorin vs Blackburne, 1883 
(A02) Bird's Opening, 47 moves, 1-0

Van't Kruijs /From G Declined A00 1-0"Special Brilliancy Prize"
Blackburne vs A Nimzowitsch, 1914 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 42 moves, 1-0

Hungarian Opening: Symmetrical fios /Bird vs Melbourne(A00) 1-0
B Larsen vs R Bogdanovic, 1960 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 52 moves, 1-0

Colle Delayed Stonewall (D05) 1/2-1/2 Open f-file action
Lasker vs Blackburne, 1892 
(D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 41 moves, 1/2-1/2

Bird's Opening From Gambit Lasker Var (A02) 1-0 Notes by AA
Tartakower vs W Winter, 1936  
(A02) Bird's Opening, 30 moves, 1-0

Dancing on the diagonals, but the pin is a problem
Tartakower vs C Jaffe, 1911 
(A02) Bird's Opening, 40 moves, 1-0

From CG, Lasker Variation; White has clear EG advantage
Tartakower vs Spielmann, 1913 
(A02) Bird's Opening, 22 moves, 1-0

An easy draw; perhhaps White should keep the bishop pair longer
Tartakower vs Marshall, 1914 
(A02) Bird's Opening, 30 moves, 1/2-1/2

Black uses a reversed Torre Attack for defense
Tartakower vs Schlechter, 1917 
(A02) Bird's Opening, 42 moves, 1/2-1/2

Bird Opening: Dutch Var (A03) 1-0 A different kind of Bird
Tartakower vs Schlechter, 1917 
(A03) Bird's Opening, 65 moves, 1-0

Game 20, My Best Games of Chess, 1905-1954 by Tartakower
Tartakower vs Spielmann, 1910 
(A03) Bird's Opening, 34 moves, 1-0

White exchanges, doesn't coordinate, pile on weakness penetrate
Tartakower vs W John, 1910 
(A03) Bird's Opening, 46 moves, 1/2-1/2

Vigorous kside attack by Tartakower; Black must not open diagon
Tartakower vs Alapin, 1911 
(A03) Bird's Opening, 33 moves, 1-0

Black is cramped, can't generate an attack
Tartakower vs H Suechting, 1911 
(A03) Bird's Opening, 30 moves, 1-0

A bishop on the rim that's blocked in is dim
Tartakower vs Z Barasz, 1913 
(A03) Bird's Opening, 37 moves, 1-0

White gives up the center, the bishop pair, outside passer
Tartakower vs W John, 1914
(A03) Bird's Opening, 58 moves, 0-1

Bird Opening: Dutch Var (A03) Black's discovered attack wins it
Tartakower vs Janowski, 1914 
(A03) Bird's Opening, 52 moves, 0-1

White has an excellent crossfire attack
Tartakower vs Reti, 1914 
(A03) Bird's Opening, 50 moves, 1-0

Game 82 in 'Chess Praxis' by Aron Nimzowitsch.
A Nimzowitsch vs Spielmann, 1927 
(A06) Reti Opening, 55 moves, 1-0

Nice work of the queen, bishop and pawn to finish it
O Chajes vs Tartakower, 1911 
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 50 moves, 1-0

A semi-psuedo-London system; White uses the open line best
E Cohn vs Tartakower, 1909 
(A81) Dutch, 35 moves, 1-0

Morphy plays 1.b3 Dbl Fianchetto Bird Opening
Morphy vs Maurian, 1869 
(000) Chess variants, 17 moves, 1-0

Morphy's shorthanded Bird beats the Dutch
Morphy vs Maurian, 1869 
(000) Chess variants, 19 moves, 1-0

Reversed Leningrad Dutch (A00)1-0 Ne6offers superb Q sac for P#
Antoshin vs B Rabar, 1964 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 21 moves, 1-0

Van't Kruijs 1.e3 tranposes Bird-Larsen Attk (A00) 1-0Outnumber
S Noorda vs R Verstraeten, 1965
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 13 moves, 1-0

Look twice before you capture or make a single threat
M Ristic vs M Umapathysivam, 2000 
(A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 9 moves, 0-1

Bird Opening: Anti-Bird (A02) 0-1 Bg1 clears the mating square
R Wyss vs Barcza, 1968 
(A02) Bird's Opening, 14 moves, 0-1

Bird Opening: Anti-Bird Variation (A02) 0-1 Pawn roller
A Brinckmann vs Kmoch, 1927 
(A02) Bird's Opening, 32 moves, 0-1

Bird Opening: General (A02) 1-0 En passant triggers beautiful #
Tarrasch vs K Satzinger, 1914 
(A02) Bird's Opening, 24 moves, 1-0

Leningrad Bird Bg3 (A02) 0-1 White's promo won't remain on
Cockcroft vs H Juehe, 1968 
(A02) Bird's Opening, 13 moves, 0-1

Bird Opening: Sicilian Bird (A02) 0-1 A study in Bishop play
H Keller vs W Halser, 1967 
(A02) Bird's Opening, 14 moves, 0-1

Bird Opening: unusual From Gambit 4.dxc7 Qxc7 (A02) 0-1 Fooled
L De Veauce vs Keene, 1963  
(A02) Bird's Opening, 7 moves, 0-1

Bird Opening: From Gambit. Lasker Var (A02) 1-0 Q sac Boden's #
Eliascheff vs NN, 1948 
(A02) Bird's Opening, 12 moves, 1-0

Colle Zukertort vs Stonewall Defense (D02) 0-1Pawnslaught
F Lee vs H W Shoosmith, 1904 
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 61 moves, 0-1

Dutch Defense (A85) 0-1 White knight can't take either one!
V Litvinov vs Veresov, 1958 
(A85) Dutch, with c4 & Nc3, 13 moves, 0-1

prime rib 1 Dutch f4 line, e4 & c file control, N&R invades
K Chernyshov vs K Le Quang, 2006 
(A03) Bird's Opening, 41 moves, 0-1

prime rib 2 Dutch f4 line; Black solid vs b4, c4 line. C passer
B Kolvig vs V J Hansen, 1960
(A03) Bird's Opening, 35 moves, 0-1

prime rib 3 Dutch f4 line; e3, b4, ...a5 line; Black in qside
V Aleshnya vs J Kluegel, 1997 
(A03) Bird's Opening, 39 moves, 0-1

prime rib 4 ...Bg4, ...Nd7 line, open game, = position, tactics
D Feofanov vs V Yemelin, 2004 
(A03) Bird's Opening, 33 moves, 0-1

prime rib 5 Nimzo Larsen style, ...nf6, ...bf5 setup, = easy
C Pantaleoni vs A Potapov, 2010
(A01) Nimzovich-Larsen Attack, 28 moves, 0-1

prime rib 6 Bla
R Roethgen vs Faure, 1961
(A02) Bird's Opening, 30 moves, 0-1

Bird, From Gambit x1. 2Knights (A02) 1-0 Inflict doubled pawns
H Danielsen vs R Hardarson, 2001 
(A02) Bird's Opening, 41 moves, 1-0

From's Gambit ..Mestel Variation pg 157]
T Taylor vs J Mestel, 1978 
(A02) Bird's Opening, 36 moves, 0-1

Sodium Attack /Bird (A00) 1-0 Plays out like a Bird's Opening
R Durkin vs Spielman, 1957 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 18 moves, 1-0

Nimzo-Larsen Attack (A01) 0-1Develop last N before pawns expand
B Larsen vs Spassky, 1970 
(A01) Nimzovich-Larsen Attack, 17 moves, 0-1

Nimzo-Larsen Attack, like a delayed Bird's Opening
A Nimzowitsch vs Saemisch, 1929 
(A01) Nimzovich-Larsen Attack, 31 moves, 1-0

Bird-Larsen Attack (A01) 1-0
Koltanowski vs Colle, 1923 
(A01) Nimzovich-Larsen Attack, 41 moves, 1-0

Bird-Larsen Attack: Classical Var (A01) 1-0 Nf6 & Q+R battery
E Moser vs V Exler, 2012 
(A01) Nimzovich-Larsen Attack, 39 moves, 1-0

Nimzo-Larsen Attack: Classical Variation (A White Hedgehog)
Fischer vs Mecking, 1970 
(A01) Nimzovich-Larsen Attack, 42 moves, 1-0

Nimzo-Larsen-Bird Attack (A04) 1-0 Qside vs Kside Attacks
W S Davis vs Fedorowicz, 1980 
(A04) Reti Opening, 27 moves, 1-0

Nimzo-Larsen-Bird Attack: Classical b3, e3, f4 (A01) 0-1 P race
G Szilagyi vs Bagirov, 1969 
(A01) Nimzovich-Larsen Attack, 52 moves, 0-1

Nimzo-Larsen Attack: English Var (A01) 0-1 Semi-Smothered Mate
B Larsen vs Najdorf, 1968 
(A01) Nimzovich-Larsen Attack, 39 moves, 0-1

Nimzo/Bird-Larsen Attack: Classical (A01) 0-1 16.Qh5 was better
R Smith vs C Fisher, 1873 
(A01) Nimzovich-Larsen Attack, 27 moves, 0-1

Nimzo-Larsen Attack: Classical (A01) 1-0 Fabulous clearance sac
B Lovric vs M Sinanovic, 1998 
(A01) Nimzovich-Larsen Attack, 21 moves, 1-0

Nimzo-Larsen Attack: Modern Var (A01) 1-0 Seize open diagonals
Bagirov vs J P Palmblad, 1990 
(A01) Nimzovich-Larsen Attack, 31 moves, 1-0

Nimzo-Larsen Attack: Modern Var (A01) 1-0 Qs fly out early
Bagirov vs F Sideifzade, 1979 
(A01) Nimzovich-Larsen Attack, 54 moves, 1-0

Unusual play shows room for interpretation
B Larsen vs K Rogoff, 1968 
(A02) Bird's Opening, 35 moves, 1/2-1/2

Bird Opening: Gunsberg Defense (A02) 0-1 Brothers?
V Palermo vs C Garcia Palermo, 2001 
(A02) Bird's Opening, 14 moves, 0-1

Dazzling; Q sac, attack of the minors, mate by pawn hop
L Fried vs Schlechter, 1894 
(A02) Bird's Opening, 14 moves, 0-1

4...Qg5?! is an unbelievably heavy-handed move. White should ha
NN vs Du Mont, 1802 
(A02) Bird's Opening, 6 moves, 0-1

Opening Namesake Let's It Rip!
M Mollerstrom vs M From, 1862 
(A02) Bird's Opening, 21 moves, 0-1

Delayed Fool's Mate: Bird Opening: From Gambit (A02) · 0-1
J Bodvarsson vs F Olafsson, 1947 
(A02) Bird's Opening, 5 moves, 0-1

White will either win a piece or mate
Blatny vs J Kraai, 2001 
(A02) Bird's Opening, 25 moves, 1-0

Korchnoi's one and only Bird?!
Korchnoi vs G Goldberg, 1950 
(A02) Bird's Opening, 41 moves, 1-0

Bird Opening (A02) 1/2-1/2 Basman plays like Tal!
M Basman vs Tal, 1974 
(A02) Bird's Opening, 41 moves, 1/2-1/2

(A02) Bird's Opening, 47 moves, 0-1
W Duckworth vs Z Amanov, 2012
(A02) Bird's Opening, 47 moves, 0-1

Bird Opening: Sicilian Bird (A02) · 1-0
Nakamura vs Kryvoruchko, 2014
(A02) Bird's Opening, 39 moves, 1-0

The 120th Bill Wall opponent to fall for Fool's Mate
Rusty Warren vs B Wall, 1975 
(A02) Bird's Opening, 7 moves, 0-1

From Gambit. Lasker Var (A02) 0-1 g-pawn thrust snares the king
NN vs M Bier, 1905 
(A02) Bird's Opening, 11 moves, 0-1

GM lost to 12 year old Kaspy in a simultaneous exhibition
Romanishin vs Kasparov, 1975 
(A02) Bird's Opening, 32 moves, 0-1

Bird Opening: From G. 2 Knights (A02) 1-0 White survives K walk
H Danielsen vs R Theissl Pokorna, 2003 
(A02) Bird's Opening, 60 moves, 1-0

Bird Opening: From Gambit (A02) 0-1 Boden's Mate w/a Q
Krauthauser vs H Herrmann, 1934 
(A02) Bird's Opening, 12 moves, 0-1

Bird, Wagner-Zwitersch Gambit(A02) 0-1Both sides w/connected Ps
Hromadka vs K Havasi, 1936 
(A02) Bird's Opening, 29 moves, 0-1

Bird Opening: Batavo-Polish Attack (A02) 1-0 White kNight raid
B Larsen vs M Raizman, 1958 
(A02) Bird's Opening, 40 moves, 1-0

Bird, Hobbs Gambit (A02) 1/2-1/2 White survives IQP passer
S Buecker vs T Vogler, 1997 
(A02) Bird's Opening, 64 moves, 1/2-1/2

Bird Opening: Gunsberg Def (A02) 1/2-1/2 kNights or Bishops?
S Buecker vs J Blaskowski, 1981 
(A02) Bird's Opening, 44 moves, 1/2-1/2

Leningrad Bird (A02) 0-1 W is missing his teeth!
R Diabi vs Short, 1983
(A02) Bird's Opening, 32 moves, 0-1

Bird Opening (A02)1-0 Odd play, then tactics roll on open lines
F Bohatirchuk vs A Kalotay, 1964 
(A02) Bird's Opening, 38 moves, 1-0

Bird Opening: General (A02) 0-1 MG passer
M Aigner vs C Airapetian, 2007 
(A02) Bird's Opening, 52 moves, 0-1

One of the most beautiful moves ever played
Tarrasch vs Marotti / Napoli / de Simone / del, 1914  
(A03) Bird's Opening, 31 moves, 1-0

Trapped Knight attacked by Pawn at 17. ... f6
A Nasybullina vs E Ubiennykh, 2013 
(A03) Bird's Opening, 19 moves, 0-1

Bird Opening: Dutch Var (A03) 0-1 "Knight Corner Mate"
G Makropoulos vs I Farago, 1988 
(A03) Bird's Opening, 30 moves, 0-1

Bird Opening: Dutch Variation (A03) 0-1 "The Pearl of Poznan"
Tylkowski vs A Wojciechowski, 1931 
(A03) Bird's Opening, 40 moves, 0-1

Bird Opening: Dutch Variation (A03) 0-1 The worst way to start
Van Kessel vs Rensen, 1990 
(A03) Bird's Opening, 3 moves, 0-1

Beautiful 'Play on the Wings' game!
B Larsen vs Spassky, 1964 
(A03) Bird's Opening, 60 moves, 1-0

Bird Opening: Dutch Var (A03) 0-1 Notes by Wilhelm Steinitz
Chigorin vs Mason, 1889  
(A03) Bird's Opening, 33 moves, 0-1

Bird Opening: Dutch Var (A03) 1-0 Control open files, dbl 7th
W Pollock vs Mason, 1885
(A03) Bird's Opening, 31 moves, 1-0

Bird Opening: Dutch Variation (A03) 0-1 Ns are a big difference
R Van Kemenade vs G Barrenechea Bahamonde, 2007
(A03) Bird's Opening, 25 moves, 0-1

Bird Opening: Dutch (A03) 1-0 Extra piece
Schiffers vs Znosko-Borovsky, 1904
(A03) Bird's Opening, 22 moves, 1-0

Zukertort Opening: Black Mustang Defense (A04) · 0-1
M Duppel vs R Schlindwein, 1999 
(A04) Reti Opening, 65 moves, 0-1

Take the Hippo seriously; W gets fortunate windmill perpetual
Petrosian vs Spassky, 1966 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 39 moves, 1/2-1/2

Zukertort Opening: Queen Pawn Defense (A06) 1-0 Brilliancy
Kramnik vs A Beliavsky, 1995 
(A06) Reti Opening, 18 moves, 1-0

Reti/Folly transforms into a Stonewall Attack vs Semi-Tarrasch
Alekhine vs J Drewitt, 1923 
(A06) Reti Opening, 22 moves, 1-0

Queen's Knight Defense ... Mikenas Defense
B H Wood vs J Penrose, 1957 
(A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 56 moves, 0-1

Mikenas Defense
Fine vs V Mikenas, 1938
(A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 50 moves, 1-0

Mikenas Defense
Miles vs Z Mestrovic, 1978 
(A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 35 moves, 1-0

Englund Hartlaub-Charlick Gambit (A40) 0-1Boden's Criss-Cross #
Srinivas vs V Ravikumar, 1984 
(A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 14 moves, 0-1

Englund Gambit Declined? (A40) 0-1 Diemer dishes punishment!
H Krebs vs E Diemer, 1974 
(A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 13 moves, 0-1

Modern Defense: Beefeater Variation (A40) · 0-1
G Taylor vs I Ivanov, 1985 
(A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 25 moves, 0-1

Soller Gambit Deferred (A40) 0-1 He went 82 years between wins!
Baumgartner vs F Borsdorff, 1973 
(A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 29 moves, 0-1

38.Be8! offers a clearance sacrifice & Black's rook is helpless
Lilienthal vs I Kan, 1936 
(A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 64 moves, 1-0

33.BxNc5 is the winning move because the pawn is pinned
V Kovacevic vs Marjanovic, 1982 
(A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 56 moves, 1-0

Three isolated pawns are too much to overcome
V Kovacevic vs B Abramovic, 1984 
(A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 45 moves, 1-0

Two rooks and bishop vs penetrating Black queen
T Hillarp Persson vs L Karlsson, 2006 
(A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 40 moves, 1-0

Two White minor pieces irritate the Black rook
B Bujupi vs F Berend, 2004 
(A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 54 moves, 1-0

White dominates with subtle tactics on the open e-file
A Benderac vs D Heron, 2002 
(A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 34 moves, 1-0

White's queenside pawn majority pays off in the end
J Paasikangas vs S Hamalainen, 2000 
(A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 59 moves, 1-0

Analyzed in Lakdawala's recent book on The Colle, page 143
C Lakdawala vs V Akobian, 2001 
(A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 38 moves, 1-0

Polish Defense (A40) 0-1 Played like an Owen Defense
Alekhine vs L Prins, 1933 
(A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 47 moves, 0-1

Horwitz (Stonewall-ish) Defense 5.g4 (A40) 1-0Notes by Schiller
E Schiller vs V Ossipov, 2005  
(A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 49 moves, 1-0

Old Benoni A43 0-1 Black space advantage
D Rozhko vs V Akopian, 2013
(A43) Old Benoni, 43 moves, 0-1

Maybe an indirect X-Ray, but it wins Queen (Undermining)
V Nenarokov vs N Grigoriev, 1924
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 44 moves, 1-0

Indian Game: Lazard Gambit (A45) 0-1 Addition to Lazard's Mini
Munteanu vs Cioara, 1948 
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 5 moves, 0-1

Stonewall Attack (D00) 1-0 Control the center, snip a pawn
K Paterek vs M Zajac, 2001 
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 58 moves, 1-0

White loses the thread
A Yusupov vs Anand, 1991 
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 40 moves, 0-1

Q Sortie
E Schiller vs R Lobo, 1998
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 32 moves, 1-0

Nice fork threatening mate and LPDO rook
E Schiller vs Rokop, 1991
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 18 moves, 1-0

Avoiding the exchange of queens loses tempos
E Schiller vs A Karklins, 1988
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 38 moves, 1-0

Indian Game transforms to a Stonewall Attack
S Khan vs H Mattison, 1931 
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 22 moves, 1-0

early transposition w/ 8.h3; serious dark-squared bishop moves
Vidmar vs Bogoljubov, 1922 
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 38 moves, 1-0

Putting the question removed key central defenders
Koltanowski vs R Domenech, 1934 
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 24 moves, 1-0

The centralized bishop rules the board
L'Ami vs Kamsky, 2014 
(A80) Dutch, 60 moves, 1-0

Bg5 vs Dutch Defense: General (A80) · 1-0
Dubov vs S Lu, 2015 
(A80) Dutch, 27 moves, 1-0

Dutch (A80) 1-0 Exchange sacrifice on h-file will mate
F Oberndoerfer vs J Gabriel, 1996 
(A80) Dutch, 9 moves, 1-0

Dbl Fio vs Modern Dutch Stonewall (A81) 0-1Use what's available
O Renet vs A Yusupov, 1986 
(A90) Dutch, 49 moves, 0-1

Modern Dutch Stonewall (A90) 1/2-1/2 Exchanges Free Black
A Beliavsky vs Radjabov, 2002 
(A90) Dutch, 48 moves, 1/2-1/2

Dutch Defense: Stonewall. Modern Variation (A90) · 1-0
Kasparov vs Short, 1987 
(A90) Dutch, 60 moves, 1-0

Dutch Defense: Stonewall. Modern Variation (A90) · 0-1
Caruana vs Carlsen, 2015 
(A90) Dutch, 52 moves, 0-1

Stonewall Dutch Defense on the Attack
H Steiner vs Botvinnik, 1946 
(A90) Dutch, 28 moves, 0-1

Dutch Defense: Stonewall. General Variation (A92) · 1-0
Kasparov vs Short, 1987 
(A92) Dutch, 60 moves, 1-0

Dutch Defense: Stonewall. General Variation (A92) · 1-0
Geller vs Szabo, 1952 
(A92) Dutch, 36 moves, 1-0

Classical Stonewall Dutch Def (A95) 1-0 Notes by Raymond Keene
Keene vs S Bruzzi, 1966  
(A95) Dutch, Stonewall, 29 moves, 1-0

Classical Stonewall Dutch Def (A95) 1-0 Notes by Raymond Keene
Keene vs R Bellin, 1981
(A95) Dutch, Stonewall, 48 moves, 1-0

World Championship Rematch (1958) · Dutch Defense: Classical.
Botvinnik vs Smyslov, 1958 
(A95) Dutch, Stonewall, 38 moves, 0-1

Classical. Stonewall Dutch Def (A95) 0-1
Smejkal vs B Larsen, 1973 
(A95) Dutch, Stonewall, 40 moves, 0-1

Dutch Ilyin-Zhenevsky Variation Modern Main Line (A99) · 1-0
Colle vs Yates, 1928 
(A99) Dutch, Ilyin-Genevsky Variation with b3, 45 moves, 1-0

Timely h-file activity
P Wolff vs T Wall, 1985 
(B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 21 moves, 1-0

Don't move pawns when you need to move pieces
L Cierny vs B Berg, 1993
(B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 21 moves, 1-0

Activity vs. Inactivity
V Petrienko vs J Svatos, 1992 
(B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 22 moves, 1-0

h-file action w/0-0-0
G Wallwork vs P A Thornton, 1989 
(B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 13 moves, 1-0

Nimzowitsch Defense: Williams Variation
M Illescas vs Miles, 1995 
(B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 30 moves, 1-0

Nimzowitsch Defense: Kennedy Variation. Keres Attack
Keres vs V Mikenas, 1946 
(B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 29 moves, 1-0

Nimzowitsch Def: Scandinavian Advance 3.e5 (B00) 1-0 Bold Q sac
Smagin vs D Sahovic, 1990 
(B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 23 moves, 1-0

Carr Defense (B00) 0-1 Rook robs the back rank defender
S Bibby vs M Basman, 1990 
(B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 20 moves, 0-1

Not as easy as it looked
Fischer vs Petrosian, 1970 
(B13) Caro-Kann, Exchange, 39 moves, 1-0

A Caro Kann transforms to a Stonewall Attack
Tal vs Leonov, 1949 
(B13) Caro-Kann, Exchange, 25 moves, 1-0

gd against 1e4 or 1 d4!
Dreev vs D Andreikin, 2013 
(C00) French Defense, 33 moves, 0-1

Black spends too much time on the queenside
Alekhine vs Diurnbaum, 1910 
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 31 moves, 1-0

Nice blockading w/the white rook
Marshall vs von Bardeleben, 1908 
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 40 moves, 1-0

White chose not to sac; Black used the open line
H Trenchard vs Schlechter, 1898 
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 31 moves, 0-1

1st
O Chajes vs Rotlewi, 1911 
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 46 moves, 0-1

Stonewall Attack, Stonewall Defense (D00) 1-0 Triple on h-file
Kramnik vs Junior, 2000 
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 33 moves, 1-0

A variation of the Veresov Attack
V Kaurdakov vs N Nebylitsin, 2001 
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 29 moves, 0-1

Queen Pawn Game: Chigorin Defense (D02) 1-0 White passer
L Pantsulaia vs S Kristjansson, 2007 
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 44 moves, 1-0

Queen Pawn Game: Krause Variation (D02) 1-0 Notes by Lasker
E Cohn vs Duras, 1909  
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 34 moves, 1-0

Two rooks cut-off and check the opposing king
Rubinstein vs Chigorin, 1906 
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 41 moves, 1-0

8.dxc5 Bxc5 9.e4 dxe4 10.Nxe4 NxNe4 11.BxNe4 QxQd1 12.RxQd1
Colle vs Rubinstein, 1926 
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 43 moves, 0-1

Black marched but didn't fire a shot
Short vs D Haessel, 2012 
(D03) Torre Attack (Tartakower Variation), 23 moves, 1-0

Rooks sitting the corners
Alekhine vs B Malmgren, 1914 
(D03) Torre Attack (Tartakower Variation), 25 moves, 0-1

Bf5xBd3 leaves White w/doubled d-pawns, makes kside attack
Colle vs Bogoljubov, 1930 
(D04) Queen's Pawn Game, 34 moves, 1-0

Transposes to D00; Nice knight sham sacrifice
F Parr vs R Baxter, 1962 
(D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 19 moves, 1-0

The Black king is trapped by threat of Hook Mate
A Yusupov vs T Markowski, 2001 
(D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 42 moves, 1-0

Rubinstein Opening: Bogoljubow Def(D05) 1-0Nice minor sacs, Qf6
A Yusupov vs P Schlosser, 1997 
(D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 28 moves, 1-0

Defend the queenside, rake the kingside
Mackenzie vs Tarrasch, 1885 
(D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 38 moves, 1-0

Colle-Zukertort turned Stonewall Attack
Gunsberg vs Chigorin, 1890 
(D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 30 moves, 1-0

Rubinstein Opening: Classical Defense; The 1st Colle-Zukertort
Zukertort vs Blackburne, 1883 
(D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 41 moves, 1-0

Schlechter shows how to play the Colle on the queenside
Schlechter vs W Napier, 1902 
(D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 31 moves, 1-0

3 passers for a bishop is a helluva deal!
Caruana vs Giri, 2012 
(D11) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 41 moves, 1-0

D12 is not a Colle; Q sac arranges mate
Colle vs Euwe, 1924 
(D12) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 25 moves, 1-0

2nd Game in "How to Think Ahead in Chess" by H/R
R Kujoth vs C C Crittenden, 1949 
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 21 moves, 1-0

Stonewall Attack (D00)1-0 1/3 of Black's moves were queen moves
M Sciortino vs M Eulentin, 2008
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 29 moves, 1-0

Semi-Slav, Accelerated (D31) 1-0 Stonewall Defense gone wrong!
G Pfeiffer vs S Batlouni, 1960 
(D31) Queen's Gambit Declined, 8 moves, 1-0

Stonewall Attack (D00) 1-0 N vs Semi-Bad Bishop Ending
N Sazanov vs R Fontaine, 2001
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 68 moves, 1-0

Stonewall Attack vs Dbl Fio (D00) 1-0 Passers on both wings
C Skehan vs W Espirito Santo, 2012
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 49 moves, 1-0

Queen Pawn ~ Stonewall Attack 3) ... Nc6 4) f4 g5
F Lee vs Teichmann, 1901 
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 34 moves, 0-1

Is this a Stonewall Attack?
K Papahristopoulou vs A Xidias, 2001 
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 25 moves, 1-0

Stonewall Attack: Horowitz Defense
Showalter vs Pillsbury, 1897 
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 47 moves, 0-1

Bogo-Indian Def: Grünfeld Var (E11) 0-1 Pair of Ns mate K+P
A Bisguier vs A Matanovic, 1961 
(E11) Bogo-Indian Defense, 89 moves, 0-1

D1 Stonewall Attack (D00) 0-1Black delivers royal fork
V Winz vs I Pleci, 1935
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 44 moves, 0-1

D2 Stonewall Attack (D00) 0-1Black returns fire w/minor pieces
J Camarena vs I A Horowitz, 1945 
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 30 moves, 0-1

P0 Black Torre Set-Up Gets Pushed Back Early On
Pillsbury vs N Jasnogrodsky, 1893 
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 27 moves, 1-0

P5 Stonewall Attack (D00) 1-0
Alekhine vs B Lyubimov, 1909 
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 41 moves, 1-0

P6 Stonewall Attack (D00) 1-0
Marshall vs Showalter, 1909 
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 28 moves, 1-0

Stonewall Attack (D00) 1-0 Ng5 vs h6 Attack
P Ware vs M Weiss, 1882 
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 38 moves, 1-0

Creative Exchange Offer w/a Discovery In Hand
P Ware vs V Hruby, 1882
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 45 moves, 1-0

Stonewall Attack: Horowitz Defense (D00) 0-1 Early NxBd3
Marshall vs Teichmann, 1908 
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 39 moves, 0-1

Stonewall / Colle-Rubinstein (A45) 1/2-1/2 Dry race to exchange
Marshall vs Euwe, 1929 
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 31 moves, 1/2-1/2

Stonewall Attack (D00) 0-1White loses B when file opens
G Oskam vs Euwe, 1920 
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 33 moves, 0-1

Kings on opposite sides in the Stonewall attack; ends in Q fork
Alekhine vs V Vasilevsky, 1910 
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 41 moves, 1-0

Henrik Danielsen...strongest 1.f4 player in recent times
H Danielsen vs O Salmensuu, 1997 
(A03) Bird's Opening, 32 moves, 1-0

Bird Opening (A02) 0-1 Nice little combination offer on c2
N Hurttlen vs Fischer, 1957 
(A02) Bird's Opening, 25 moves, 0-1

Van't Kruijs Opening 1.e3(A00) 1-0Euwe stunned by Nimzo swindle
A Nimzowitsch vs Euwe, 1929 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 27 moves, 1-0

Photo-copy (w/colors reversed) of Ed. Lasker - Sir G.A. Thomas
NN vs R Crepeaux, 1923 
(A03) Bird's Opening, 16 moves, 0-1

Game 3: Move by Move - Nimzowitsch (Giddins)
A Nimzowitsch vs H Wolf, 1923 
(A06) Reti Opening, 55 moves, 1-0

Bird Opening: Dutch Var (A03) 1-0 Bayonet Attack; Discoveries
H Danielsen vs T Luther, 1999 
(A03) Bird's Opening, 23 moves, 1-0

A fine example of the Antoshin by Antoshin himself.
Antoshin vs J Kostro, 1971 
(A03) Bird's Opening, 31 moves, 1-0

Bird Opening: 1.f4 f5 2.e4 Wagner-Zwitersch Gambit (A02) 1/2-
J Pelikan vs Alekhine, 1936 
(A02) Bird's Opening, 46 moves, 1/2-1/2

Bird Opening: 1.f4 f5 2.e4 Wagner-Zwitersch Gambit (A02) 1-0
Bird vs O Gelbfuhs, 1873 
(A02) Bird's Opening, 15 moves, 1-0

Bird Opening: Classical Bird 7.Nc3 (A02) 1-0 Mishandled pawns
J Redmond vs S Chevannes, 2008 
(A02) Bird's Opening, 48 moves, 1-0

Bird Opening vs Tarrasch (A03) 1-0 Exchanges for connected Ps
E Williams vs Staunton, 1851 
(A03) Bird's Opening, 46 moves, 1-0

Bird Opening (A02) 1-0 The Queen goes hunting!
B Larsen vs Gligoric, 1966 
(A02) Bird's Opening, 66 moves, 1-0

Bird Opening: Classical Bird (A02) 1-0 Dbl N sacs, Bishop shot
A Bryntse vs Bertil Wikstrom, 1972 
(A02) Bird's Opening, 34 moves, 1-0

Bird Opening (A02) 1-0 Exposed Black K will cost his Q
P Ventura Cossa vs A Mongiello, 2008 
(A02) Bird's Opening, 13 moves, 1-0

Bird Opening (A02) 1-0 Kside attack w/semi-closed center
B Larsen vs T van Scheltinga, 1964 
(A02) Bird's Opening, 34 moves, 1-0

Bird Opening: From Gambit (A02)1-0 Tactical, not combinational
F Malthan vs Marshall, 1908 
(A02) Bird's Opening, 47 moves, 1-0

Bird Opening Ugly (A02) 1-0 N+ fork will finish it
Euwe vs J H Lohr, 1927 
(A02) Bird's Opening, 27 moves, 1-0

Bird Opening: From Gambit. Mestel Variation (A02) 1-0 K escape
H Danielsen vs O B Vea, 2005 
(A02) Bird's Opening, 30 moves, 1-0

Bird Opening: From Gambit. Mestel Var (A02) 1-0 Q blunder
Chandler vs M Fuller, 1976
(A02) Bird's Opening, 25 moves, 1-0

Bird Opening: From Gambit. Mestel Var (A02) 0-1 Simul beating
Lasker vs R Sze, 1911 
(A02) Bird's Opening, 26 moves, 0-1

Bird, From Gambit. Mestel Var (A02) 0-1 Gambits yield developm
J Franssen vs G Timmerman, 1976 
(A02) Bird's Opening, 15 moves, 0-1

Bird Opening: From Gambit. Lasker Var (A02) 0-1See blogger note
T Rendle vs Kotronias, 2005 
(A02) Bird's Opening, 37 moves, 0-1

Bird Opening: From Gambit. Lasker Var (A02) 1-0 Discovered+
G Just vs V Timoscenkova, 1969 
(A02) Bird's Opening, 31 moves, 1-0

Bird Opening: From Gambit. Lasker Var (A02) 1-0Pristine example
T Taylor vs J Becerra Rivero, 2005 
(A02) Bird's Opening, 49 moves, 1-0

Bird Opening: From Gambit. Lasker Var (A02) 0-1 Photo
W Reher vs R Gralla, 2012 
(A02) Bird's Opening, 18 moves, 0-1

Bird Opening: From Gambit (A02) 1-0 Unusual attacking play
R Bowlby vs C Bloodgood, 1975 
(A02) Bird's Opening, 18 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Defense: McDonnell Attack (B21) · 1-0
D H Campora vs I Herrera, 1999
(B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 27 moves, 1-0

Bird vs Sicilian / Nimzo-Larsen Attack (A02) 1-0
T Taylor vs R Vasquez Schroeder, 2005
(A02) Bird's Opening, 44 moves, 1-0

Bird Opening: Anti-Bird 2...Bg4 (A02) 1/2-1/2 Closed center
B Larsen vs H Smailbegovic, 1960 
(A02) Bird's Opening, 44 moves, 1/2-1/2

Bird Opening (A02) 1-0 Pawns advantage in center
B Larsen vs P Dely, 1962 
(A02) Bird's Opening, 30 moves, 1-0

Classical Bird (A02) 1-0 Pile on the pin w/threats to advance
A Bryntse vs A Bjuhr, 1969
(A02) Bird's Opening, 23 moves, 1-0

Bird Opening: Dutch Var (A03) 1-0 Rob pins, discovered+
Bird vs F Riemann, 1883 
(A03) Bird's Opening, 22 moves, 1-0

Bird Opening: Dutch Var (A03) 1-0 Pawns trap bishop
L N Jensen vs M Floer, 2007 
(A03) Bird's Opening, 14 moves, 1-0

Bird Opening: Anti-Bird Bg4 (A02) 1-0 Weak pawns
V Pechenkin vs I Aird, 2009 
(A02) Bird's Opening, 30 moves, 1-0

Bird Opening vs Copycat (A02) 1-0 Greco's Mate in 1
J D Adkins vs D Vercauteren, 2001 
(A02) Bird's Opening, 22 moves, 1-0

Bird Opening 1.f4 f5 (A02) 1-0 Rob the pin
Koltanowski vs Reinhold, 1931 
(A02) Bird's Opening, 10 moves, 1-0

Classical Bird (A02) 1-0 Ziska's Zinger Removes the Guard!
H Ziska vs F Eid, 2010 
(A02) Bird's Opening, 74 moves, 1-0

Bird b3 vs Pseudo Leningrad Dutch (A02) 1-0 Remove the Guard
Chigorin vs J Noa, 1883 
(A02) Bird's Opening, 61 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Bird (A02) 0-1 Black has extra Kside pawns
B Larsen vs Fischer, 1971 
(A02) Bird's Opening, 40 moves, 0-1

Bird, From Gambit. Declined (A02) 1-0 N sac opens h-file
E F Pecci vs Fritz, 2001 
(A02) Bird's Opening, 22 moves, 1-0

Bird Opening: Sicilian Bird (A02) 1-0 Long Bomb!
H Danielsen vs P H Nielsen, 2003 
(A02) Bird's Opening, 28 moves, 1-0

Bird Opening: Myers Defense / Reversed Polish (A02) 1-0 Video!
H Danielsen vs S B Hansen, 2005 
(A02) Bird's Opening, 27 moves, 1-0

Bird Opening: From Gambit - the wrong variation (A02) 1-0
Greco vs NN, 1620 
(A02) Bird's Opening, 10 moves, 1-0

Bird Opening: From Gambit (A02) 1-0 Discovery, Pins
Zukertort vs Schmidt, 1869 
(A02) Bird's Opening, 22 moves, 1-0

Bird Opening: Schlechter Gambit - Uncommon in 1852 (A02) 1-0
A Simons vs Smith, 1952 
(A02) Bird's Opening, 26 moves, 1-0

Bird Opening: Dutch Var. Batavo Gambit (A02) 1-0 +removes guard
A Bryntse vs Olle Smith, 1967 
(A02) Bird's Opening, 44 moves, 1-0

Bird Opening vs Dble Fianchetto(A02) 1-0 N fork is coming next
Lowenthal vs H Buckle, 1851 
(A02) Bird's Opening, 56 moves, 1-0

Dbl Fio vs Dutch Be7 Stonewall (A04) 1-0 Notes by Peter Clarke
Petrosian vs Bondarevsky, 1950  
(A92) Dutch, 41 moves, 1-0

Bird Opening: Dutch (A03) 0-1Chose not to recapture as expected
J S Purdy vs Spassky, 1955 
(A03) Bird's Opening, 21 moves, 0-1

Bird Opening: Dutch. Batavo Gambit (A02) 1-0 Early Q sac; FSR
D Mackenzie vs D Pruess, 2006 
(A02) Bird's Opening, 46 moves, 1-0

Bird Opening: Dutch Variation Be2, Bb2 (A03) 1-0 Spearhead
T Sloan vs J Kulbacki, 1992 
(A03) Bird's Opening, 30 moves, 1-0

Bird Opening: Dutch Var (A03) 1-0 Rook ending promotion
Capablanca vs I Turover, 1931 
(A03) Bird's Opening, 65 moves, 1-0

Bird/Dutch Leningrad Rev(A03) 1-0 W overcomes dbl doubled pawns
Aronian vs Topalov, 2006 
(A03) Bird's Opening, 51 moves, 1-0

Bird/Leningrad Dutch Rev(A03) 1-0Black "looks" better, W closer
H Danielsen vs M Tandrup, 2005 
(A03) Bird's Opening, 41 moves, 1-0

Bird Opening: Sicilian Bird (A02) 1-0 Outflanked, Deflection
O Sikorova vs I Gaponenko, 2002 
(A02) Bird's Opening, 53 moves, 1-0

Bird Opening: Buenos Aires Var (A02) 1-0 Narrow victory w/OCB
Granda Zuniga vs A Beliavsky, 2002 
(A02) Bird's Opening, 54 moves, 1-0

Game 34 in Steve Giddins' 50 Essential Chess Lessons
Hodgson vs Short, 1987 
(A02) Bird's Opening, 62 moves, 0-1

Bird Opening: From Gambit (A02) 1-0 A dangerous K walk, pin
G Goles vs A Monteiro, 2009 
(A02) Bird's Opening, 31 moves, 1-0

Bird Opening /Big Clamp (A03) 1/2-1/2 Which Q rules?
W Potter vs Zukertort, 1875 
(A03) Bird's Opening, 49 moves, 1/2-1/2

Bird Opening: Classical (A02)  0-1 Black penetrates 3rd rank
A Dimitrijevic vs M Sebag, 2004 
(A02) Bird's Opening, 21 moves, 0-1

Bird Opening (A02) 1-0 Notes by Albin
Bird vs B Vergani, 1895  
(A02) Bird's Opening, 42 moves, 1-0

Bird Opening: Lasker Var (A03) 1-0 Positional Crush
Ljubojevic vs C Zuidema, 1972 
(A03) Bird's Opening, 19 moves, 1-0

Bird Opening: Lasker Gambit 2...f6 (A02) 0-1 Seize open lines
A Reif vs Lasker, 1889 
(A02) Bird's Opening, 13 moves, 0-1

Bird Opening 10.Bg2 Reversed Leningrad Dutch (A02) 1-0
B Larsen vs Aronin, 1962
(A02) Bird's Opening, 50 moves, 1-0

Bird/Stonewall Attk vs Anti-Bird Bg4 Unpin (A02) 1-0 2 hogs 7th
B Larsen vs Petrosian, 1958 
(A02) Bird's Opening, 41 moves, 1-0

Bird Opening: Dutch Var (A03) 0-1 Sitting N sac, open g-file
Bird vs Lasker, 1890 
(A03) Bird's Opening, 29 moves, 0-1

Bird Opening: Dutch Var vs Tarrasch Def (A03) 1-0 Bad Black Bs
Tartakower vs L Asztalos, 1913 
(A03) Bird's Opening, 42 moves, 1-0

Bird Opening: Dutch (A03) 0-1 Spearhead thru the front door
Bird vs Gossip, 1889  
(A03) Bird's Opening, 16 moves, 0-1

Bird Opening: Dutch Var (A03) 1-0 Black castled into it.
Koltanowski vs J L Mees, 1931 
(A03) Bird's Opening, 18 moves, 1-0

Bird Opening: Dutch Var (A03) 1/2-1/2 Exchange sac -> Perpetual
Bird vs Lasker, 1890 
(A03) Bird's Opening, 50 moves, 1/2-1/2

Bird Opening: Dutch (Larsen) Var (A03) 1-0 R sac, R lift...
E Canal vs E Paoli, 1966 
(A03) Bird's Opening, 24 moves, 1-0

Bird Opening: General (A02) 1-0 Stunning sacrifices, K walk
N Davis vs R Jamieson, 1975 
(A02) Bird's Opening, 35 moves, 1-0

"The Ultimate Colle" by Gary Lane, game #7 Zuk vs Tilt / 6...b6
A Yusupov vs P Scheeren, 1983 
(D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 24 moves, 1-0

c3 Double Stonewall (D05) 1-0 Bishops 2-for-1 finish.
A Yusupov vs M Luch, 2005 
(D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 28 moves, 1-0

Rubinstein b3 Bb2 Stonewall vs Bogoljubow Def (D05) 1-0 Qs pene
L Bruzon Batista vs Anand, 2006 
(D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 28 moves, 1-0

Rubinstein b2, Bb3 Stonewall Attk (D05) 1-0 Dbl Sac Bxh7 & Bxg7
L Filatov vs S F Mayer, 2000 
(D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 18 moves, 1-0

Colle-Zuke/b3 Bb2 Stonewall Attk (D05) 1-0 Surprising checkmate
A Yusupov vs L Adasiak, 2005 
(D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 22 moves, 1-0

Rubinstein Opening b3, Bb2 Stonewall Attk (D05) 1-0 Spearhead
E Schiller vs P Grieve, 2005  
(D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 28 moves, 1-0

Rubinstein b3, Bb2 Stonewall Attk vs Bogoljubow Def (D05) 0-1
E Lahav vs Psakhis, 1990
(D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 58 moves, 0-1

Rubinstein b3, Bb2 Stonewall Attk Slav Def Quiet Var (D11) 1-0
Dreev vs Topalov, 2000 
(D11) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 25 moves, 1-0

Zuke-Rubinstein b3, Bb2 Stonewall Attck (D05) 0-1 SCBs ending
A Yusupov vs Jobava, 2006 
(D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 67 moves, 0-1

Gruenfeld Def Botvinnik Var (D95) 1-0 youtube link
A Yusupov vs Carlsen, 2003 
(D95) Grunfeld, 41 moves, 1-0

QID Spassky System/b3, Bb2 Stonewall Attk (E14) 1-0 Fine sacs!
S Polgar vs K Krastev, 1984 
(E14) Queen's Indian, 35 moves, 1-0

QID Spassky System/b3, Bb2 Stonewall Attk (E14) 1-0 Cross pin
Kotov vs Kholmov, 1971 
(E14) Queen's Indian, 32 moves, 1-0

QID Spassky System/b3, Bb2 Stonewall Attk (E14) 1-0 Skewer+
S Polgar vs S Agdestein, 1996 
(E14) Queen's Indian, 49 moves, 1-0

5.f3 Stonewall Attack (D00) 1/2-1/2 Strange straightens out
H Trenchard vs Halprin, 1898 
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 65 moves, 1/2-1/2

QID Spassky System/b3, Bb2 Stonewall Attk (E14) 1-0 Pin the Def
S Polgar vs Khalifman, 1991 
(E14) Queen's Indian, 22 moves, 1-0

Picturesque final position, with an underpromotion leading to #
P Ware vs J Ryan, 1880 
(A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 81 moves, 0-1

Stonewall Attack Nb4xBd3 (D00) 1-0 White Ns laugh last and best
Gunsberg vs L van Vliet, 1900 
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 31 moves, 1-0

Bird Opening: Anti-Bird Var (A02) 1-0 Both 0-0-0; Kside P storm
K Neil vs W Mather, 1994 
(A02) Bird's Opening, 35 moves, 1-0

Bird Opening: Anti-Bird Var (A02) 1-0 Both 0-0-0; Kside P storm
K Neil vs D Finnie, 1994
(A02) Bird's Opening, 30 moves, 1-0

Bird Opening: Anti-Bird Var (A02) 1-0 Both 0-0-0; BsxNs
A Nimzowitsch vs Kmoch, 1927 
(A02) Bird's Opening, 33 moves, 1-0

Anti-Bird/Exchange Dbl Stonewall (A02) 1-0 Arabian # next
Albin vs J Mieses, 1903 
(A02) Bird's Opening, 36 moves, 1-0

Bird Opening: Anti-Bird BxNf3 both 0-0 (A02) 0-1 Connected Ps
A Obukhov vs S Kidambi, 2005 
(A02) Bird's Opening, 40 moves, 0-1

Bird Opening: Dutch Var vs Bg4 (A03) 0-1 Sac Black QxR, B, P
Smyslov vs G Ilivitsky, 1955 
(A03) Bird's Opening, 43 moves, 0-1

Bird Opening: Dutch Bb5 vs Bg4 (A03) 1-0 P lever vs 0-0-0
S Williams vs D J Ledger, 2014 
(A03) Bird's Opening, 20 moves, 1-0

Torre-Stonewall Attk vs Horwitz Def (A40) 1-0 Closed EG
Lasker vs G Reichhelm, 1892 
(A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 50 moves, 1-0

Nimzo-Larsen/Stonewall Attk vs Dbl Fio (A06) 1-0 Q sac, B pair
O Dimakiling vs K Kuderinov, 2012 
(A06) Reti Opening, 38 moves, 1-0

Nimzowitsch-Larsen Attack/Bird-like Bb2, f4, Ne5 (A06) 1-0
J Rejdal vs M Dietze, 1931 
(A06) Reti Opening, 21 moves, 1-0

Bird 1f4 (A02) 0-1Sac, Fork, Pin, Discovery, Skewer, Overload P
A Penkov vs Giri, 2005 
(A02) Bird's Opening, 45 moves, 0-1

Game 4 in Winning w/the Hypermodern by R. Keene & E. Schiller
Staunton vs Bristol CC, 1839 
(A03) Bird's Opening, 39 moves, 1-0

Bird Opening: Sicilian Bird (A02) 0-1 Simultaneous Exhibition
Capablanca vs L Meyer / J W Brunnemer, 1915 
(A02) Bird's Opening, 37 moves, 0-1

Bird Opening (A02) 1-0 Defensive resources aren't so obvious
Capablanca vs C Isaacson Jr, 1915 
(A02) Bird's Opening, 24 moves, 1-0

Play that Funcky Music White Boy - A great fight!
K Funck vs B Halldorsson, 1971 
(A02) Bird's Opening, 38 moves, 0-1

Bird Opening 1.f4 f5 - the Crow Defense beats Bent Larsen
B Larsen vs P Trifunovic, 1960 
(A02) Bird's Opening, 33 moves, 0-1

Bird Opening: General 5.Nh3?! (A02) 1-0 Correspondence
Alkmaar vs Winkel, 1856
(A02) Bird's Opening, 48 moves, 1-0

Bird Opening: Dutch Var (A03) 1/2-1/2 Correspondence
The Hague vs Nijmegen, 1851
(A03) Bird's Opening, 51 moves, 1/2-1/2

Bird Opening: Lasker Var (A03) 0-1 Black Q mops up
Schoenfuss vs Tarrasch, 1884 
(A03) Bird's Opening, 22 moves, 0-1

Bird Opening: General (A02) · 0-1
P A Williams vs S T Ansell, 2010 
(A02) Bird's Opening, 28 moves, 0-1

Bird Opening: General (A02) · 0-1
A Harvey vs R Palliser, 2010 
(A02) Bird's Opening, 33 moves, 0-1

Reversed Leningrad Dutch (B00) 0-1 Unusual and Eventful
D Moskovic vs S Collins, 2008 
(B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 33 moves, 0-1

Hungarian Opening/Bg2 Bird/Rev Leningrad D (A00) 0-1 Traumatic
L Day vs G Kuprejanov, 1969 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 42 moves, 0-1

Bird Opening: Dutch (A03) 1-0 Converts to Stonewall Attk - Bd3
H Danielsen vs D Ragnarsson, 2012 
(A03) Bird's Opening, 46 moves, 1-0

Bird Opening: Dutch Var (A03) 0-1 It wasn't the opening's fault
A Nimzowitsch vs L Steiner, 1927 
(A03) Bird's Opening, 28 moves, 0-1

Bird Opening: Dutch (A03) 1-0 White unravels from squeeze
K Treybal vs K Skalicka, 1921
(A03) Bird's Opening, 53 moves, 1-0

Bird Opening: Dutch Var (A03) 1-0 Rescue w/Zwischenzug Q+
N Minev vs L Popov, 1960 
(A03) Bird's Opening, 37 moves, 1-0

Game 23 in How to Crush Your Chess Opponents by Simon Williams
S Williams vs Z Zhao, 1999 
(A03) Bird's Opening, 30 moves, 1-0

Dutch Classical. Stonewall Be7, Bb7 (A95) 0-1 Qside P roller->
Vidmar vs Tartakower, 1946 
(A95) Dutch, Stonewall, 45 moves, 0-1

Double Bird Opening (A02) 1-0Mutual raking bishops, rob the pin
Anderssen vs J L Switzar, 1875 
(A02) Bird's Opening, 42 moves, 1-0

Dutch Classical. Stonewall Be7 Botvinnik (A93) 1-0 Remove the D
Kasparov vs Petrosian, 1983 
(A93) Dutch, Stonewall, Botvinnik Variation, 51 moves, 1-0

Bird Opening Octopus (A02) 0-1 Exhibition fisticuffs
B Larsen vs Fischer, 1962 
(A02) Bird's Opening, 47 moves, 0-1

Bird Opening w/Bb2 vs Dbl Fio Bg7, Bb7 (A02) 0-1 Complete crush
G Szilagyi vs J Bolbochan, 1966 
(A02) Bird's Opening, 33 moves, 0-1

Bird Opening w/Bb2 vs KID (A02) 1/2-1/2
F Bohatirchuk vs N Sorokin, 1931
(A02) Bird's Opening, 33 moves, 1/2-1/2

Bird Opening: Dutch Var (A03) 1-0 Spearhead
E Kuebart vs A Archipoff, 1949
(A03) Bird's Opening, 52 moves, 1-0

Stonewall Attack Nb4xBd3 (D00) 1-0 Notes by Stockfish
Rubinstein vs Reti, 1908  
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 16 moves, 1-0

Indian Game: London System (A46) · 1/2-1/2
E Cohn vs Z Barasz, 1912
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 27 moves, 1/2-1/2

c4 vs c6 mutual Stonewalls
Rubinstein vs V Omeliansky, 1906 
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 70 moves, 1/2-1/2

London System / Double Stonewalls (D02) 0-1 Notes by Stockfish
Janowski vs Marshall, 1916 
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 25 moves, 0-1

Torre Attk vs Be7 Stonewall/Horwitz Def (A40) 1/2-1/2
V Akimov vs V Vorobiev, 1968 
(A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 82 moves, 1/2-1/2

Zukertort Opening: Dutch Var (A04) 1-0 Promotion dual!
Keres vs K Richter, 1936 
(A04) Reti Opening, 59 moves, 1-0

Dutch Def: Stonewall. Modern Var (A90) 0-1 Mutual promotions
L Timergazi vs P Mutesi, 2014 
(D31) Queen's Gambit Declined, 46 moves, 0-1

Dutch Defense: Stonewall. Modern Var (A90) 1/2-1/2 blitz
S Ernst vs S Agdestein, 2015 
(A90) Dutch, 56 moves, 1/2-1/2

Dutch Defense: Classical. Stonewall Var (A95) 1-0
W O Cruz vs Eliskases, 1946 
(A95) Dutch, Stonewall, 70 moves, 1-0

Dutch Def: Classical. Stonewall Var (A95) 1-0 Remove the Guard
A Shabanaj vs P Mutesi, 2014
(A95) Dutch, Stonewall, 26 moves, 1-0

Delayed Stonewall
J Davidson vs E Mulder, 1929
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 41 moves, 1-0

Colle System 5c3 into Stonewall Attk (D05) 1-0 Raking Bishops
N Riumin vs I Rabinovich, 1935 
(D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 34 moves, 1-0

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