Odds of Pawn and Two moves: Queen sacrifice to promote
E Lowe vs Staunton, 1847  (000) Chess variants, 57 moves, 1-0
Go figure
Morphy vs T Barnes, 1858  (B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 50 moves, 0-1
Anderssen Opening 1.a3 (A00) 1-0 Plenty of counterplay
Anderssen vs Morphy, 1858  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 77 moves, 1-0
Anderssen Opening (A00) 1-0 The castled king wins again
Steinitz vs Blackburne, 1873  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 39 moves, 1-0
Van Geet (Dunst), Myers Attack (A00) 0-1 White had no real plan
A Moskvitch vs L Day, 1996  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 42 moves, 0-1
Van Geet (Dunst), Novosibirsk Var (A00) 0-1 5 passers oughta do
Morozevich vs Kasparov, 2000  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 44 moves, 0-1
Van Geet (Dunst), Klüver Gambit (A00) 0-1What's a pawn or two?
S Plath vs W Kreuscher, 1990  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 12 moves, 0-1
Van Geet (Dunst), Klüver Gambit (A00) 1-0 Hello?!
K de Smet vs T Plath, 1989  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 12 moves, 1-0
Van Geet (Dunst), Tuebingen Gambit (A00) 1-0 Tapping c7 twice
Anders vs Samendankas, 1988  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 10 moves, 1-0
Saragossa Opening 1.c3 (A00) 1/2-1/2 King & Pawn Stalemate
Tartakower vs Reti, 1925  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 78 moves, 1/2-1/2
Mieses Opening: Reversed Rat (A00) 0-1 Bad kNight!
A Natri vs H Kallio, 2000  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 63 moves, 0-1
Zukertort Opening: Sicilian Invitation (A04) 1-0 Pawn rollers
L Christiansen vs J L Watson, 1976  (A04) Reti Opening, 36 moves, 1-0
Formation: King's Indian Attack (A07) 1/2-1/2, 26 moves
Kramnik vs Anand, 2015  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 26 moves, 1/2-1/2
KIA vs Czech Benoni (A07) 1-0 Open lines, Overworked Ds, Pins
M Paragua vs Aronian, 2000  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 41 moves, 1-0
Hungarian Opening: Myers Defense (A00) · 1/2-1/2
N McInnes vs B de Cat, 2001  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 22 moves, 1/2-1/2
English Opening: Agincourt Def. K's Knt (A09) 0-1 Notes by FJM
J L McCudden vs Marshall, 1934  (A13) English, 41 moves, 0-1
English, Symmetrical. Anti-Benoni, Spielmann Def (A32) 1-0Cross
C Jauregui vs J de Souza Mendes, 1959  (A32) English, Symmetrical Variation, 18 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
Benoni Gambit Accepted (A43) 0-1 Uncommon start, h-file punch
H Suechting vs Blackburne, 1906  (A43) Old Benoni, 40 moves, 0-1
Franco-Sicilian Defense (A43) 0-1 Discovery gains back material
W Cohn vs Blackburne, 1907  (A43) Old Benoni, 49 moves, 0-1
Benoni Defense (A43) 1-0 Centralization wins
Von Bardeleben vs W Pollock, 1895 (A43) Old Benoni, 26 moves, 1-0
Benoni Defense (A43) 0-1 Qa5+ forks LPDO Ne5 shooting gallery
R F Combe vs W Hasenfuss, 1933  (A43) Old Benoni, 4 moves, 0-1
Benoni Defense (A43) 1-0 Queen Deflection Sacrifice
Yermolinsky vs E Tate, 2001  (A43) Old Benoni, 9 moves, 1-0
Benoni-Indian Defense. Kingside move order (A43) · 1-0
Kasparov vs Beliavsky, 1983  (A43) Old Benoni, 32 moves, 1-0
Old Benoni (A43) 1-0 N sac breakthru in closed position
Kasparov vs E Torre, 1980  (A43) Old Benoni, 57 moves, 1-0
Benoni Gambit Accepted (A43) · 1-0 Pin Qc6
F Kraus vs V Costin, 1913  (A43) Old Benoni, 8 moves, 1-0
Knight smothers Queen or fxe3 Qh4+ g3 Qxg3#
A Gibaud vs F Lazard, 1924  (A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 4 moves, 0-1
The Barcza-Larson Opening/Old Benoni isn't wrong
Filip vs Barcza, 1957  (A43) Old Benoni, 42 moves, 0-1
Old Benoni-Indian Defense. Kingside move order (A43) 1/2-1/2
Balashov vs Fedorowicz, 1980 (A43) Old Benoni, 24 moves, 1/2-1/2
Old Benoni Defense (A43) 1/2-1/2
J Schmidt vs A Ushenina, 2005 (A43) Old Benoni, 55 moves, 1/2-1/2
Old Benoni Defense: Benoni-Indian Defense (A43) 1/2-1/2
Gelfand vs Mamedyarov, 2011  (A43) Old Benoni, 24 moves, 1/2-1/2
Benoni / Franco-Sicilian Defense (A43) 1-0 3 simultaneous pins
Morphy vs A Meek, 1857  (A43) Old Benoni, 12 moves, 1-0
Benoni Defense: Woozle (A43) 0-1 Take my rook please!
K Panczyk vs S Buecker, 1981  (A43) Old Benoni, 62 moves, 0-1
Benoni Def: Woozle (A43) 1-0 Opposite B's EG don't always draw
J Boehm vs S Buecker, 1981  (A43) Old Benoni, 49 moves, 1-0
Benoni, Snail Variation (A43) Bishops All About Miniature
Karosz vs C Jaffe, 1936  (A43) Old Benoni, 8 moves, 1-0
Old Benoni (A43) 0-1 White has weak squares, restricted king
Rubinstein vs Spielmann, 1912  (A43) Old Benoni, 32 moves, 0-1
Trompowsky Attack (A45)0-1 R shot prevents perpetual check draw
A Stefanova vs I Sokolov, 2007  (A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 47 moves, 0-1
Indian Game: Knights Var (A46) 0-1 Reverse Slav strategy 4Ken
J Simpson vs Caruana, 2007 (A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 37 moves, 0-1
Spielmann-Indian (A46) 0-1 Castle by hand wins eventually
V Vepkhvishvili vs G Bagaturov, 1981 (A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 43 moves, 0-1
Spielmann-Indian (A46) 0-1 Nice file work to protect backward P
V Vepkhvishvili vs G Bibilashvili, 1984 (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 52 moves, 0-1
Spielmann-Indian (A46) 0-1 Deflection & promotion inevitable
A Dunkelblum vs Keres, 1937  (A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 22 moves, 0-1
Indian Game: Spielmann-Indian (A46) 1-0 Draft on his backside
Keres vs J L Watson, 1975  (A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 33 moves, 1-0
Mexican Defense (A50) 0-1 Black kNights Tango by Orlov himself!
J Ferguson vs G Orlov, 2001  (A50) Queen's Pawn Game, 25 moves, 0-1
Barczay Indian (A50) 0-1 What happens after the exchanges?
Fedorowicz vs J L Watson, 1995  (A50) Queen's Pawn Game, 22 moves, 0-1
Benoni, Vulture Defense (A56) 1-0 Opposite sides Passers
A Foulds vs B de Cat, 2001  (A56) Benoni Defense, 51 moves, 1-0
Benoni Defense: Czech Benoni Defense (A56) 1-0
Kasparov vs Miles, 1986  (A56) Benoni Defense, 42 moves, 1-0
Benoni, Hromadka System (A56) 0-1 Pin it to win it FAILED!
L Spassov vs Adorjan, 1977  (A57) Benko Gambit, 11 moves, 0-1
Benoni Defense: Vulture (A56) 1-0
Kharitonov vs C Barlocco, 2012  (A56) Benoni Defense, 40 moves, 1-0
(A56) Benoni Defense, 24 moves, 1-0
Aronian vs Jobava, 2015  (A56) Benoni Defense, 24 moves, 1-0
Benko G. Declined. Sosonko Var (A57) 0-1 Mutual Kside attacks
J R Markus vs S Polgar, 1995 (A57) Benko Gambit, 27 moves, 0-1
WOW!!! Sacrifice after Sacrifice and mate with three minors!!!
Malinin vs A Andreev, 1989  (A58) Benko Gambit, 32 moves, 1-0
Benoni Defense: Modern. Snake Variation (A60) 1/2-1/2
L Spassov vs Vasiukov, 2005 (A60) Benoni Defense, 32 moves, 1/2-1/2
Benoni Defense: Knight's Tour Variation (A61) · 1-0
E Magerramov vs Kasparov, 1979  (A61) Benoni, 53 moves, 1-0
Benoni Defense: Uhlmann Variation (A61) · 0-1
K Grigorian vs Kasparov, 1980  (A61) Benoni, 30 moves, 0-1
Benoni Defense: King Pawn lines (A65) 1-0 Weak backward pawns
Yermolinsky vs J L Watson, 2003 (A65) Benoni, 6.e4, 34 moves, 1-0
Benoni Defense: Taimanov Var (A67) 1-0 Chicago GM strikes again
D Gurevich vs T Shaked, 1990  (A67) Benoni, Taimanov Variation, 31 moves, 1-0
Benoni Taimanov Var (A67) 1-0 Hangman's noose via cross pin
Kasparov vs F A Cuijpers, 1980  (A67) Benoni, Taimanov Variation, 28 moves, 1-0
Benoni Defense: Taimanov Variation (A67) 1-0
Kasparov vs Nunn, 1982  (A67) Benoni, Taimanov Variation, 21 moves, 1-0
Benoni Defense: Taimanov (A67) 1-0 Bold aggression
T Schmidt vs A Walczak, 1990  (A67) Benoni, Taimanov Variation, 41 moves, 1-0
Scandinavian Defense: Gambit (B01) 0-1 4 Black pieces hone in
Siggens vs G H Phillips, 1992  (B01) Scandinavian, 10 moves, 0-1
Alekhine Def., Scandi Var. Geschev Gambit (B02) 0-1 Legall's #
NN vs G Geshev, 1935  (B02) Alekhine's Defense, 9 moves, 0-1
Alekhine Def: Modern Var (B04) 1-0 Q shocker; N fork awaits
Hort vs S Buecker, 1987  (B04) Alekhine's Defense, Modern, 17 moves, 1-0
Modern Defense: Norwegian Def/Gambit (B06) 1-0
Adams vs Carlsen, 2010  (B06) Robatsch, 38 moves, 1-0
The Hippopotamus confuses one of the all-time great attackers.
R Nezhmetdinov vs M Ujtelky, 1964  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 75 moves, 0-1
Modern Defense: K Pawn Fianchetto WOW, Brothers and Sisters!
D Przepiorka vs G Patay, 1926  (B06) Robatsch, 26 moves, 1-0
Game 57: My Best Games Of Chess 1924-1937 by A. Alekhine
Alekhine vs V Mikenas, 1933  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 45 moves, 1-0
Lion Defense: Lion's Jaw (B07) 1/2-1/2 Black fortress
Giri vs Caruana, 2013  (B07) Pirc, 65 moves, 1/2-1/2
Lion's Jaw (B07) 1-0 Trapped Knight; LTN, 56, Diagram #2
Dreev vs H Saldano Dayer, 2002  (B07) Pirc, 31 moves, 1-0
Lion's Jaw(B07) 1-0 Arabian Mate threat forces Black Q give up
Speelman vs Azmaiparashvili, 1994  (B07) Pirc, 42 moves, 1-0
Sicilian-French Variation. Open (B40)1-0 Nxe6! cracks the vault
L Williams vs K Spraggett, 1973  (B40) Sicilian, 35 moves, 1-0
KIA vs Sicilian/French (B40) 1-0 Obstruction from mating square
Fischer vs Ivkov, 1966  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 29 moves, 1-0
Sicilian O'Kelly Maroczy Bind Paulsen Line (B40) 0-1 K walk
L Prins vs L Day, 1968  (B28) Sicilian, O'Kelly Variation, 28 moves, 0-1
Sicilian Paulsen-Basman (B40) 1-0 Q got caught grabbing b2-pawn
Morphy vs Paulsen, 1857  (B40) Sicilian, 26 moves, 1-0
KIA Sicilian, French Var (B40) 1-0 Keen B sac, pawn breakthru
Leko vs W Heckel, 1989  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 25 moves, 1-0
Sicilian, Pin. Koch Var (B40) 1-0 Dbl threat Qd8+ & QxBa5
Glek vs I Voss, 1991  (B40) Sicilian, 15 moves, 1-0
Sicilian, French Var (B40) 1-0 Smothered Mate, good as it gets
H Pollmaecher vs A Saalbach, 1861  (B40) Sicilian, 13 moves, 1-0
Sicilian / French. Westerinen Attack (B40) 1-0Bishop pair rules
T Fogarasi vs N Medvegy, 2003  (B40) Sicilian, 19 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Defense: French Variation (B40) · 1-0 Smothered Mate
Margave vs NN, 1976  (B40) Sicilian, 8 moves, 1-0
Sicilian, Kan. Polugaevsky Var (B42) 0-1 Remove the defender!
L Henry vs Fedorowicz, 2011  (B42) Sicilian, Kan, 26 moves, 0-1
Sicilian Kan. Knight Var (B43)1-0 Hellacious 3 piece sac attack
Anand vs I Sokolov, 1992  (B43) Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3, 26 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Four Knights (B45) 1-0 Remove the Defender next
E McCormick vs L T Magee, 1949 (B45) Sicilian, Taimanov, 25 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Paulsen (B46) 1-0 Stretch the defense; overworked
Radjabov vs Navara, 2008  (B46) Sicilian, Taimanov Variation, 25 moves, 1-0
f3-g4 line against the Sicilian Taimanov / Paulsen / Kan System
Karjakin vs Morozevich, 2009  (B48) Sicilian, Taimanov Variation, 26 moves, 1-0
Chess variants - f7 pawn (000) 1/2-1/2 Franco-Sicilian Defense
A Ehrmann vs Morphy, 1859  (000) Chess variants, 56 moves, 1/2-1/2
Rat Defense: Small Center (C00) 1-0 Pin the tail on the rat!
Paulsen vs Blackburne, 1861  (C00) French Defense, 33 moves, 1-0
French Kside Fianchetto / Sicilian (C00) 1-0 Notes by Lowenthal
Morphy vs Anderssen, 1858  (C00) French Defense, 36 moves, 1-0
C10 French; anything but normal!
Fischer vs Petrosian, 1971  (C10) French, 46 moves, 1-0
Franco-Sicilian Def: Marshall Gambit (C10) 1-0 Qside Discovery+
B Wall vs J Lippert, 1980  (B23) Sicilian, Closed, 8 moves, 1-0
Reverse QGA: Krause Variation; Anastasia's Mate in one
Alekhine vs P S Leonhardt, 1910  (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 27 moves, 1-0
Carlsen: The Benoni is a bad opening...
Carlsen vs E Inarkiev, 2014  (D70) Neo-Grunfeld Defense, 56 moves, 1-0
Gruenfeld Modern Exchange Var (D85) 1-0Central agression pays!
L E Johannessen vs Nakamura, 2002  (D85) Grunfeld, 31 moves, 1-0
Catalan Opening: General (E00) · 0-1
J Repko vs Timman, 1968 (E00) Queen's Pawn Game, 40 moves, 0-1
The Giants of Power Play by Neil McDonald
Tarrasch vs Alekhine, 1922  (E10) Queen's Pawn Game, 40 moves, 0-1
Blumenfeld Countergambit (E10) 0-1 Weak back rank
R Svane vs F Zeller, 2014  (E10) Queen's Pawn Game, 29 moves, 0-1
Indian Game: Anti-Nimzo-Indian (E10) · 1/2-1/2
O Jakobsen vs Vasiukov, 2005 (E10) Queen's Pawn Game, 28 moves, 1/2-1/2
KID. Averbakh. Benoni Defense Advance Var (E75) 0-1 Q trap
Damljanovic vs P Popovic, 1997  (E75) King's Indian, Averbakh, Main line, 39 moves, 0-1
KID Orthodox Variation (E94) 0-1 Q+ will fork LPDO Rook
C F Ekeberg vs Carlsen, 2003  (E94) King's Indian, Orthodox, 42 moves, 0-1
Modern Def: Bg7 Fianchetto (A40) 0-1 Alekhine's Block, Sac Attk
S Bartha vs G Kluger, 1979  (A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 30 moves, 0-1
Horwitz Defense: General (A40) 1-0 Lost my analysis
Le Quang Liem vs Carlsen, 2022  (A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 42 moves, 1-0
Benoni Defense: Franco-Sicilian Def (A43) 0-1 KEG annotates!
L Didier vs Blackburne, 1901  (A43) Old Benoni, 46 moves, 0-1
Indian Game: Reversed Chigorin Defense (A45) · 1-0
S Scorza vs J Pennig, 1975  (A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 25 moves, 1-0
Indian Game: Spielmann-Indian (A46) 0-1 EG skewer+
M Maasarani vs E Arancibia, 2010 (A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 57 moves, 0-1
Indian Game: Spielmann-Indian (A46) 0-1 20...?
P Viner vs Leko, 1992  (A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 27 moves, 0-1
Pseudo-Colle Bb2 vs Spielmann-Indian (A46) 0-1 Bxh2+
A Selezniev vs Spielmann, 1921  (A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 22 moves, 0-1
Benoni Def. Vulture (A56) 1-0 Not so easy to play on both wings
Timoshenko vs H Suradiradja, 1997  (A56) Benoni Defense, 27 moves, 1-0
Benoni Defense: Modern Var (A56) 0-1 fork threats
T Paunovic vs Wojtkiewicz, 1988  (A56) Benoni Defense, 26 moves, 0-1
Benoni Defense: Weenink Var (A56) 1/2-1/2 wrong capture
Yakovich vs Tseshkovsky, 1986  (A56) Benoni Defense, 42 moves, 1/2-1/2
Benoni Def: Modern Var (A56) 0-1 Deflection Sac, interference
R Klugman vs Lombardy, 1955  (A56) Benoni Defense, 79 moves, 0-1
Benoni Def: Modern Var (A56) 0-1 Sac 'em, then smack 'em!
M Gharibyan vs H Gabuzyan, 2022  (A56) Benoni Defense, 37 moves, 0-1
Benoni Defense: Modern. Snake Var (A60) 1/2-1/2 Trouble follows
J Stopa vs D Kuljasevic, 2007  (A60) Benoni Defense, 28 moves, 1/2-1/2
Benoni Def: Modern. Snake Var (A60) 1-0 Blindfold, Rapid
Gelfand vs V Gashimov, 2011  (A60) Benoni Defense, 66 moves, 1-0
Benoni Defense: General (A60) 1-0 Incomplete fianchetto exposes
P H Clarke vs NN, 1978 (A60) Benoni Defense, 10 moves, 1-0
Game 2 in Tal-Botvinnik 1960: Match for the World CC by Tal
Botvinnik vs Tal, 1960  (A61) Benoni, 44 moves, 1/2-1/2
Benoni Defense: Uhlmann Var (A61) 1-0 N blunder, N capitalizes
H Berliner vs C Henin, 1957  (A61) Benoni, 23 moves, 1-0
Benoni Defense: King Pawn lines (A65) · 0-1
C Frey vs M Mott-McGrath, 1966  (A65) Benoni, 6.e4, 44 moves, 0-1
Benoni Defense: King Pawn lines (A65) 0-1 Stockfish
Uhlmann vs Fischer, 1970  (A65) Benoni, 6.e4, 34 moves, 0-1
Benoni Def: Classical. Full line (A74) 0-1 Greco # in sight
A Saric vs R Sargac, 2001  (A74) Benoni, Classical, 9...a6, 10.a4, 30 moves, 0-1
Benoni Def: Classical. Czerniak Def (A78) 0-1 B Deflects Q
Z Kozul vs Velimirovic, 1985  (A78) Benoni, Classical with ...Re8 and ...Na6, 40 moves, 0-1
Game 151 Chess Informant 22
R Joynt vs Shamkovich, 1976  (A77) Benoni, Classical, 9...Re8, 10.Nd2, 38 moves, 0-1
Benoni-Indian Defense. Kingside move order (A43) 0-1 blitz
B Grachev vs Iturrizaga Bonelli, 2022 (A43) Old Benoni, 51 moves, 0-1
Benoni Def: Classical. Czerniak Def Tal Line (A77) 0-1 blitz
S Royal vs K Shevchenko, 2022 (A77) Benoni, Classical, 9...Re8, 10.Nd2, 30 moves, 0-1
Benoni Defense: Knight's Tour Var (A61) 1-0 34.?
K Spraggett vs B Willis, 1999  (A61) Benoni, 34 moves, 1-0
Benoni Defense: Vulture Defense (A56) 0-1 Q & N mate
Anderson vs Edwards, 1988  (A56) Benoni Defense, 12 moves, 0-1
Benoni Def: King Pawn lines (A65) 1-0 Smashing Kside assault!
R E Fauber vs D L Oppedal, 1991  (A65) Benoni, 6.e4, 24 moves, 1-0
D Gormally vs A P Smith, 2023 (A70) Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3, 26 moves, 1-0
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