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"If a ruler does not understand chess, how can he rule over a kingdom?" Sassanian King of Kings, Khusros II (Ruled Persia from 590-628 A.D.)

"Chess is a matter of vanity." ― Alexander Alekhine

"As a chess player one has to be able to control one's feelings, one has to be as cold as a machine." ― Levon Aronian

"Sometimes it happens that the computer's assessment is very abstract. It's correct, but it's not useful for a practical game. You have to prove the assessment with very strong moves and if you don't find all of these strong moves you may lose very quickly. For a computer this is not a problem, but for humans it is not so easy." ― Vassily Ivanchuk

"A good book is the precious lifeblood of a master spirit." ― John Milton

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

"A sport, a struggle for results and a fight for prizes. I think that the discussion about "chess is science or chess is art" is already inappropriate. The purpose of modern chess is to reach a result." ― Alexander Morozevich

"No one man is superior to the game." ― A. Bartlett Giamatti, in reference to Pete Rose, the all-time MLB hits leader banned for gambling.

"To err is human; to forgive, divine." ― Alexander Pope

"I consider Mr. Morphy the finest chess player who ever existed. He is far superior to any now living, and would doubtless have beaten Labourdonnais himself. In all his games with me, he has not only played, in every instance, the exact move, but the most exact. He never makes a mistake; but, if his adversary commits the slightest error, he is lost." ― Adolf Anderssen

"After white's reply to 1.e4 e5 with 2.f4 the game is in its last throes" ― Howard Staunton

"A pawn, when separated from his fellows, will seldom or never make a fortune." ― Francois-Andre Danican Philidor

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

"Be warned! From Satan's viewpoint you are a pawn in his game of cosmic chess." ― Adrian Rogers

"Pawns not only create the sketch for the whole painting, they are also the soil, the foundation, of any position." ― Anatoly Karpov

"The object of the state is always the same: to limit the individual, to tame him, to subordinate him, to subjugate him." ― Max Stirner

"I have added these principles to the law: get the Knights into action before both Bishops are developed." ― Emanuel Lasker

"With opposite coloured bishops the attacking side has in effect an extra piece in the shape of his bishop." ― Mikhail Botvinnik

"It is a profound mistake to imagine that the art of combination depends only on natural talent, and that it cannot be learned." ― Richard Reti

"A Queen's sacrifice, even when fairly obvious, always rejoices the heart of the chess-lover." ― Savielly Tartakower

"Everyone makes mistakes. The wise are not people who never make mistakes, but those who forgive themselves and learn from their mistakes." ― Ajahn Brahm

"As a rule, so-called "positional" sacrifices are considered more difficult, and therefore more praise-worthy, than those which are based exclusively on an exact calculation of tactical possibilities." ― Alexander Alekhine

"It would be idle, and presumptuous, to wish to imitate the achievements of a Morphy or an Alekhine; but their methods and their manner of expressing themselves are within the reach of all." ― Eugene Znosko-Borovsky

Slow Queen Pawn Openings vs Indian Defenses: https://www.chessvideos.tv/chess-op...

This is a smorgasbord of queen pawn games, generally with active piece play. It does not emphasize the queen's gambit declined or black counter gambits, but some are included. Most games herein tend to be slow queen pawn attacks that delay or omit c4, assorted gambits, odd lines and Indian defenses. Yep, I do like miniatures but there are some classic positional battles by the world champions and their contemporaries as well.

It is often advised to open with a center pawn, either 1.e4 or 1.d4, taking up space in the center and freeing a bishop. The most popular Black defenses respond by preventing one pawn leap or the other. If allowed, the classical White player will place two central pawns abreast on the fourth rank. Then Black will fire upon one of those central pawns in hopes of occupying the center later in the game.

A few center pawn duo games are included here for those who'd play 1.d4 2.e4 if Black allows... responding with a semi-open defense. Some 1.d4 2.c4 games are included in here for flavor, but it is not the emphasis because such a collection would be enormous. Quite a few Dutch defense games dropped in for a look. There's a little bit of everything.

There is always the matter of whether the ECO code is applied to the White opening or the Black defense. A game might transpose to a different opening than it was originally named. The Indian defenses that put the king's knight into play (Nf6) but delay central pawn action can really throw a monkey wrench into ECO codes. Occasionally, the wrong ECO is assigned generically by human ignorance of the book line.

buster wrote:
Some days, I don't feel like seeing the KID when I play 1. d4. Ideas for openings? I was thinking of playing some Trompowsky, looks like you sometimes get some Benoni-type structures, which I'm totally cool with. Maybe I should look into Colle stuff as well? Or does someone have any ideas on what to do with 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 to avoid the "counterattack on both wings" typical KID games? 4. e3, maybe?

Colle is not the answer at all there.

Here are a few possibilities:

The first is play your normal 2.c4, but after 2...g6, play 3.h4, which is interesting against the KID and basically makes the Grunfeld almost unplayable. Nick Pert's 3-disc d4 video gives this line and Carsten Hansen has a book coming out on this.

Otherwise, if you are going to play QP openings, you need to understand when they are playable and when they are not.

2.Bg5 (Trompowsky) - This is playable against 1...Nf6 or 1...f5. A book on the Tromp from 2014 shows the downfall to 1.d4 d5 2.Bg5?! Via 2...f6! However, it does not lead to Benoni structures. Only the 2...c5 and 2...Ne4/3...c5 lines do. You often can get French structures in the 2...e6 lines. Static lines in the 2...d5 lines, etc.

London System - ok against anything EXCEPT the Modern Defense. 1.d4 g6 2.Bf4?! Bg7 3.e3 d6 4.Nf3 and now both 4...Nc6 and 4...Nd7 followed by 5...e5 give Black a slight edge. If you play the former, you have to be willing to let White trade Queens on d8.

* Video: "Flagged for fair play violation." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urS...

Torre Attack - Works against 1...Nf6/2...e6 or 1...Nf6/2...g6. It is no good against early ...d5 lines. 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Bg5?! Ne4! The reason this is dubious, compared to the Trompowsky with 2...Ne4, is that Nf3 is already played, removing f3 ideas to kick the Knight.

Levitsky Attack: 1.d4 d5 2.Bg5

Colle System - Must be willing to play a Slav as this only works when Black closes in his LSB. 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 (After 2...e6, the Colle is fine. 3.e3 d5 transposes to the main line and 3...b6 leads to QID structures, but the important thing is the Bishop cannot come out to f5 or g4) 3.e3 and now 3...e6 leads to the Colle with 4.Bd3. However, there is what is specifically called the Anti-Colle, which is 3...Bf5 or 3...Bg4, after which the ONLY good move is 4.c4.

The Colle is at its absolute worst when Black fianchettoes and his LSB can still come out.

Veresov - 2.Nc3 Intending 3.e4 and so best is 2...d5 and now 3.Bg5 is the Veresov. You do have to be willing to transpose into certain KP openings. Like after 2...g6, 3.e4 is best here, and after 3...d6, you have a Pirc, for example.

Jobava Attack - Similar to the Veresov with KP transposition possibilities, but 3.Bg4 instead of 3.Bg5 and White's ideas are vastly different from the veresov.

Thank you ChessPraxis.
See Queen Pawn Games compiled by RayDelColle

* BDG attacks on the castles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jII...

* Colle on f7: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/I2Xm...

* Sarratts: Game Collection: London System

* Tromps: Game Collection: Study of the Trompowsky Game

* Black Stromps: Game Collection: Destroying the Trompovsky

* R-Vs: Game Collection: ATTAQUE RICHTER

* Chess Step-by-Step: https://www.chess.com/learn-how-to-...

* Basic Rules: https://thechessworld.com/basic-che...

* Caviar: https://www.chess.com/article/view/...

* Common Checkmate Patterns:
http://gambiter.com/chess/Checkmate...

* Capa controls d6: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSp...

* Chessmaster 2000 Classic Games:
Game Collection: Chessmaster '86

* Chess Mafia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLa...

* Closed: Game Collection: Closed Sicilian Structures

* Carlsen: Game Collection: Move by Move - Carlsen (Lakdawala)

* 4 Beginners: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6d...

* Top 5 Favs: https://www.chess.com/blog/UAArtur/...

* 10 Crazy Gambits: https://www.chess.com/blog/yola6655...

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

* 23 Opening Traps: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-5...

* 30 Concepts: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amr...

* 50 Games to Know: https://en.chessbase.com/post/50-ga...

* Art: Game Collection: Art of Checkmate

* Attack: Game Collection: Chess Secrets - Attackers (Crouch)

* Assorted good games: Game Collection: assorted Good games

* Brutal Attacking Chess: Game Collection: Brutal Attacking Chess

* Black Defends: Game Collection: Opening repertoire black

* Black attack!
Game Collection: Modern Defence Reversed

* Dirdy Birdy: https://chessdoctrine.com/chess-ope...

* Book: Game Collection: Dismantling the Sicilian (Jesus de la Villa)

* How did Spassky handle it? Game Collection: 0

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

* Checkmate Patterns to Recognize Instantly: https://chessfox.com/checkmate-patt...

* Chicago, 2007: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEp...

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

* Chess - The Art of the Mind
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3P...

* Chess is cold-steel calculation, not emotion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-T...

* CFN: https://www.youtube.com/@CFNChannel

* Lekhika Dhariyal Chess Ops: https://www.zupee.com/blog/category... Zucci

* Desperado: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/aME_...

* Del's: Game Collection: Del's hidden gems

* 1.d4 some Panov Attack: Game Collection: Rick Prep

* 1.d4 various: Game Collection: d2-d4 and win

* Starting Out 1d4: Game Collection: Starting Out: 1 d4!

* Winning w/1.d4: Game Collection: Winning with 1 d4!

* Against 1.d4: Game Collection: Against d4 favs

* Skyrocket w/the pawn pyramid: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9Q...

* For lazy players: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9s...

* London copycat so White strikes b7: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bhr...

* Dismantle the London System: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymb...

* Didn't stand a chance: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/QPMj...

* Dr. Edmund Adam Miniatures: Edmund Adam

* Dr. Siegbert Tarrasch playing his Tarrasch Defense! http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches...

* En passant: Wikipedia article: En passant

* Everyday people should play tabletop games: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUU...

* Famous Chess Photos: https://tr.pinterest.com/pin/585256...

* Famous players and their chess quotes: https://www.azquotes.com/author/310...

* Free Chess Curriculum: https://www.chess.com/article/view/...

* Fischer Wins: Game Collection: Bobby Fischer Wins With The King's Indian Attack

* fran's favs: Game Collection: franskfranz's favorite games as white

* Glossary P: https://www.peoriachess.com/Glossar...

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

https://archive.org/details/the-gol...

* GM Avetik Grigoryan: https://chessmood.com/blog/improve-...

* Glossary: Wikipedia article: Glossary of chess

* Greats: Game Collection: These were the greatest...

* Halosar Trap: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijM...

* Heisen Gambit?! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfM...

* Hexagonal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgR...

* Hornswoggle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBQ...

* Hotel: https://www.chesshotel.com/

* ICC: https://www.chessclub.com/

* Jobava's London: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Adk...

* Jobava violence: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxJ...

* Most fun you can have under Joe's administration: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7D...

* Just appetizers, fighter jets: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/YiQv...

* A few KIAs: Game Collection: Opening Ideas

* KID 0-1s: Game Collection: K.I.D B wins E98

* Tips for Knights & More: http://www.chesssets.co.uk/blog/tip...

* Unleash the Knight: https://cardclashgames.com/blog/che...

* Last to first: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sc4...

* List of Openings: Wikipedia article: List of chess openings

* Learn these and burn them! https://herculeschess.com/chess-tac...

* March 24, 2024: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9U...

* Malaguena: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxD...

* MC Move-by-Move: Game Collection: Move by Move - Carlsen (Lakdawala)

* Brain Neurons: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zoe...

* Nimzo-Indian Defense: Normal Line (E40): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xz0...

* Old Ben: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tv5...

* Overloaded! Game Collection: OVERLOADED!

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

* Pass the torch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWw...

* Pawn Instruction: http://www.logicalchess.com/learn/l...

* Pawn Structures: Game Collection: Chess Structures: A Grandmaster Guide

* Bring your pieces together: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/84Jn...

* The Chess Portal will broaden your horizons: http://schackportalen.nu/English/es...

* Pro calculation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Kd...

* Queen Pawn Games: Game Collection: ANIL RAJ.R'S QUEEN PAWN GAMES

* QGD: Game Collection: QUEEN'S GAMBIT DECLINED

* QGD: Baltic Defense game: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=REW...

* Reasonable 1.d4 Repertoire: Game Collection: d4 repertoire for white

* Rajnish Das Tips: https://enthu.com/blog/chess/chess-...

* Raise up: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/UrUn...

* Roger that: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9S...

"The only way to change anything in Russia is a revolution" ― Daniil Dubov https://en.chessbase.com/post/dubov...

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

* Results: https://chess-results.com/TurnierSu...

* Q sacrifice: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DpG...

* Queen vs Rook Ending: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJn...

* Simple EG: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ejj...

* GM Endgames: Game Collection: Grandmaster Preparation - Endgame Play

* Use your King: Game Collection: ABC Games for Lessons

* Superhumans! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvK...

* So True: https://www.thesprucecrafts.com/gre...

* Stonewalling: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_b...

* GM Perelshteyn Stonewalls: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UO...

* Slow version of Stonewall: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IS8...

* Six pawns on the 6th rank: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/psLh...

* Slav learn: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTv...

* Slav Def: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BeH...

* IM Marcin Sieciechowicz: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBN...

* Slav Def 4...Bc5? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJC...

* GM Finegold says: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDY...

* Slav Magnus defends: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnD...

* Slav Exchange D14: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KH-...

* Trumpt solo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nP...

* Tactics by a different Gary: https://chessdelights.com/chess-tac...

* tacticmania - Game Collection: tacticmania

* Tactical Games: Game Collection: Yasser Seirawan's Winning Chess Tactics

* That's a lot of counting: https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/st...

* Top Chessgames by ECO Code: http://schachsinn.de/gamelist.htm

* The Trompowsky Attack: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmY...

* Tromped: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEg...

* It takes me back where, when and who: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wh2...

* Ugly, no: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNN...

* Underpromotion to B or Hyena? https://www.youtube.com/shorts/2JA5...

* Zuck 'em: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FiM...

* 21st Century: Game Collection: 0

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

WTHarvey:
There once was a website named WTHarvey,
Where chess puzzles did daily delay,
The brain-teasers so tough,
They made us all huff and puff,
But solving them brought us great satisfaction today.

There once was a website named WTHarvey
Where chess puzzles were quite aplenty
With knight and rook and pawn
You'll sharpen your brain with a yawn
And become a master of chess entry

There once was a site for chess fun,
Wtharvey.com was the chosen one,
With puzzles galore,
It'll keep you in store,
For hours of brain-teasing, none done.

There once was a website named WTHarvey,
Where chess puzzles were posted daily,
You'd solve them with glee,
And in victory,
You'd feel like a true chess prodigy!

"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

"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

Sleeper straddle "Try again. Fail again. Fail better." ― Samuel Beckett

Idaho: Franklin
Established in: 1860

Franklin was founded in the spring of 1860 by a small group of Mormon pioneers and was named for Apostle Franklin D. Richards. As early settlers began building cabins and farming, they believed they were still in Utah. It wasn't until 1872 that an official boundary survey placed a border between the two states.

* Chess History: https://www.britannica.com/topic/ch...

* Chess History: https://www.uschesstrust.org/chess-...

* Medieval period: http://billwall.phpwebhosting.com/a...

* World Chess Championship History: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkO...

* Chess Timeline: https://wegochess.com/an-easy-to-re...

Picture History of Chess
by Fred Wilson

This classic photo-history offers up hundreds of photos of all the great players along with many outstanding adversaries who helped fashion the immortals. Excellent captions throughout. Hours of fascinating reading and a book I return to again and again. Many of these photos are quite old and hard to find, but collected here under one cover, in an oversized (10x12") format, printed on high-quality glossy paper.

Publisher‏: ‎ Dover Pubns; First Edition (January 1, 1981) Language: ‎ English
Paperback: ‎ 182 pages
ISBN-10: ‎ 0486238563
ISBN-13: ‎ 978-0486238562
Item Weight: ‎ 1.23 pounds
Dimensions: ‎ 8.75 x 0.5 x 11.5 inches

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

"I do not know how old I was when I learned to play chess. I could not have been older than eight, because I still have a chessboard on whose side my father inscribed, with a soldering iron, "Saša Hemon 1972." I loved the board more than chess—it was one of the first things I owned. Its materiality was enchanting to me: the smell of burnt wood that lingered long after my father had branded it; the rattle of the thickly varnished pieces inside, the smacking sound they made when I put them down, the board's hollow wooden echo. I can even recall the taste—the queen's tip was pleasantly suckable; the pawns' round heads, not unlike nipples, were sweet. The board is still at our place in Sarajevo, and, even if I haven't played a game on it in decades, it is still my most cherished possession, providing incontrovertible evidence that there once lived a boy who used to be me." ― Aleksandar Hemon, The Book of My Lives

Jonathan Moya wrote:
The King's Rumination

Befuddled with thought
the king sought the oracle.

"Count the sands,
calculate the seas,"
she said.

Of the king's future,
she spoke nothing.

Henceforth he
contented only
in his nightmares.

Can you still daydream at night?
We know you have some great ideas for your nighttime dreaming. But if you're awake and trying to give your brain some suggestions for dream time, is it daydreaming or just backseat driving?

Riddle: What word is always pronounced wrong?

The first American Chess Congress, organized by Daniel Willard Fiske and held in New York, October 6 to November 10, 1857, was won by Paul Morphy. It was a knockout tournament in which draws did not count. The top sixteen American players were invited (William Allison, Samuel Robert Calthrop, Daniel Willard Fiske, William James Fuller, Hiram Kennicott, Hubert Knott, Theodor Lichtenhein, Napoleon Marache, Hardman Philips Montgomery, Alexander Beaufort Meek, Paul Morphy, Louis Paulsen, Frederick Perrin, Benjamin Raphael, Charles Henry Stanley, and James Thompson). First prize was $300. Morphy refused any money, but accepted a silver service consisting of a pitcher, four goblets, and a tray. Morphy's prize was given to him by Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. ― Wikipedia

Riddle Answer: Wrong!

<Below is a Morphy acrostic by C.V. Grinfield from page 334 of the Chess Player's Chronicle, 1861: Mightiest of masters of the chequer'd board,
Of early genius high its boasted lord!
Rising in youth's bright morn to loftiest fame, Princeliest of players held with one acclaim;
Host in thyself – all-conquering in fight: – Yankees exult! – in your great champion's might.>

The Italian flag is based on the French flag, from the time that Napoleon brought troops and his flag into Italy in 1797. https://www.bing.com/images/search?...

Question: On average, most people have fewer friends than their friends have; this is known as what? Answer: Friendship paradox – you are more likely to be friends with someone who has more friends than someone who has fewer friends than you.

The first commercial passenger flight lasted only 23 minutes In 1914, Abram Pheil paid $400 (which would be $8,500 today) for a 23-minute plane ride. The Florida flight flew between Saint Petersburg and Tampa, where only 21 miles of water separate the cities. Pheil, a former mayor of Saint Petersburg, and the pilot, Tony Jannus, were the only passengers.

Question: What is the shortest complete English sentence? Answer: Go.

This poem is dedicated to all Caissa's members
who understand that chess is but a game.

Chess is but a Game

As he secretly rode his knight out of the castle's gate, still believing that he could escape this inevitable fate, the sky broke open with an array of incredible light. and there smitten to the earth lay nova under his knight. I am who I am and always am, spoke this thundering voice and you, my friend nova, do not at all have another choice but to go forth south and north, west and east
loudly proclaiming the good Word to man and beast. Thus beset by the compelling voice from the broken sky nova set about explaining through the word the how and why. He travelled north and south, west and east never losing aim to let all Caissa's members know: chess is but a game.

"With great power comes great responsibility" is an adage popularized by Spider-Man in Marvel comics

"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

As of August 2024, <Magnus Carlsen> is a Norwegian chess grandmaster who is the former five-time World Chess Champion, reigning four-time World Rapid Chess Champion, and reigning six-time World Blitz Chess Champion. Arguably the fourth or fifth greatest chess player of all time (due to lack of legendary competition, particularly from the former U.S.S.R.), Carlsen has held the No. 1 position in the FIDE world chess rankings since 1 July 2011 and trails only Garry Kasparov in time spent as the highest-rated player in the world. His peak rating of 2882 is the highest in history (by a bloated rating system). He also holds the record for the longest unbeaten streak at the elite level in classical chess.

Q: What do you call a cat that likes to eat beans? A: Puss 'n' Toots!

Q: What do you call a clown who's in jail?
A: A silicon!

Q: What do you call a deer with no eyes?
A: No eye deer!!

Q: What do you call a three-footed aardvark?
A: A yardvark!

Q: What do you call a dancing lamb?
A: A baaaaaa-llerina!

Q: What do you call a meditating wolf?
A: Aware wolf!

Q: What do you call a witch who lives at the beach? A: A sand-witch!

Q: What do you call an avocado that's been blessed by the pope? A: Holy Guacamole!

The Three Kings By Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Three Kings came riding from far away,
Melchior and Gaspar and Baltasar;
Three Wise Men out of the East were they,
And they travelled by night and they slept by day, For their guide was a beautiful, wonderful star.

The star was so beautiful, large and clear,
That all the other stars of the sky
Became a white mist in the atmosphere,
And by this they knew that the coming was near
Of the Prince foretold in the prophecy.

Three caskets they bore on their saddle-bows,
Three caskets of gold with golden keys;
Their robes were of crimson silk with rows
Of bells and pomegranates and furbelows,
Their turbans like blossoming almond-trees.

And so the Three Kings rode into the West,
Through the dusk of the night, over hill and dell, And sometimes they nodded with beard on breast, And sometimes talked, as they paused to rest,
With the people they met at some wayside well.

"Of the child that is born," said Baltasar, "Good people, I pray you, tell us the news;
For we in the East have seen his star,
And have ridden fast, and have ridden far,
To find and worship the King of the Jews."

And the people answered, "You ask in vain;
We know of no King but Herod the Great!"
They thought the Wise Men were men insane,
As they spurred their horses across the plain,
Like riders in haste, who cannot wait.

And when they came to Jerusalem,
Herod the Great, who had heard this thing,
Sent for the Wise Men and questioned them;
And said, "Go down unto Bethlehem,
And bring me tidings of this new king."

So they rode away; and the star stood still,
The only one in the grey of morn;
Yes, it stopped—it stood still of its own free will, Right over Bethlehem on the hill,
The city of David, where Christ was born.

And the Three Kings rode through the gate and the guard, Through the silent street, till their horses turned And neighed as they entered the great inn-yard; But the windows were closed, and the doors were barred, And only a light in the stable burned.

And cradled there in the scented hay,
In the air made sweet by the breath of kine,
The little child in the manger lay,
The child, that would be king one day
Of a kingdom not human, but divine.

His mother Mary of Nazareth
Sat watching beside his place of rest,
Watching the even flow of his breath,
For the joy of life and the terror of death
Were mingled together in her breast.

They laid their offerings at his feet:
The gold was their tribute to a King,
The frankincense, with its odor sweet,
Was for the Priest, the Paraclete,
The myrrh for the body's burying.

And the mother wondered and bowed her head,
And sat as still as a statue of stone,
Her heart was troubled yet comforted,
Remembering what the Angel had said
Of an endless reign and of David's throne.

Then the Kings rode out of the city gate,
With a clatter of hoofs in proud array;
But they went not back to Herod the Great,
For they knew his malice and feared his hate,
And returned to their homes by another way.

The first chess legend, called the wheat and chessboard problem, illustrates the power of exponential growth.

The first chess movie, called Chess Fever, was a silent comedy released in 1925 in the Soviet Union.

The word checkmate comes from the Persian phrase shah mat, meaning "the king is helpless".

The Council Held By The Rats

Old Rodilard, a certain cat,
Such havoc of the rats had made,
It was difficult to find a rat
With nature's debt unpaid.
The few that did remain,
To leave their holes afraid,
From usual food abstain,
Not eating half their fill.
And wonder no one will
That one who made of rats his revel,
With rats passed not for cat, but devil.
Now, on a day, this dread rat-eater,
Who had a wife, went out to meet her;
And while he held his caterwauling,
The unkilled rats, their chapter calling,
Discussed the point, in grave debate,
How they might shun impending fate.
Their dean, a prudent rat,
Thought best, and better soon than late,
To bell the fatal cat;
That, when he took his hunting round,
The rats, well cautioned by the sound,
Might hide in safety under ground;
Indeed he knew no other means.
And all the rest
At once confessed
Their minds were with the dean's.
No better plan, they all believed,
Could possibly have been conceived,
No doubt the thing would work right well,
If any one would hang the bell.
But, one by one, said every rat,
"I'm not so big a fool as that."
The plan, knocked up in this respect,
The council closed without effect.

And many a council I have seen,
Or reverend chapter with its dean,
That, thus resolving wisely,
Fell through like this precisely.

To argue or refute
Wise counsellors abound;
The man to execute
Is harder to be found.

Old Russian Proverb: "Measure seven times, cut once. (Семь раз отмерь — один отрежь.)" Be careful before you do something that cannot be changed.

Drive sober or get pulled over.

"For surely of all the drugs in the world, chess must be the most permanently pleasurable." — Assiac

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

High Flight
BY JOHN GILLESPIE MAGEE JR.

Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth
And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings; Sunward I've climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth of sun-split clouds,—and done a hundred things You have not dreamed of—wheeled and soared and swung High in the sunlit silence. Hov'ring there,
I've chased the shouting wind along, and flung
My eager craft through footless halls of air ....

Up, up the long, delirious, burning blue
I've topped the wind-swept heights with easy grace Where never lark nor ever eagle flew—
And, while with silent lifting mind I've trod
The high untrespassed sanctity of space,
Put out my hand, and touched the face of God.

Around the World
Riddle: What travels around the world but stays in one spot?

FACTRETRIEVER: Even though dragonflies have six legs, they cannot walk.

Riddle Answer: A stamp.

Acts 20:35 "It is more blessed to give than to receive."

Old Russian Proverb:
Чему́ быть, того́ не минова́ть Pronunciation: ChiMU BYT', taVOH ni mihnoVAT' Translation: You can't avoid that which is meant to happen Meaning: Whatever shall be, will be.

<King Tutankhamun had lots of cool toys, but one of his most intriguing may have been a dagger, discovered in his tomb in 1925, made of meteoric metal. It wasn't until recently that scientists were able to confirm the material, using a technique called portable X-ray fluorescence spectrometry. They determined that the dagger's composition of iron, nickel, and cobalt "strongly suggests an extraterrestrial origin."

* Riddle-zeez-piddle: https://www.briddles.com/riddles/ch...

Immortal jellyfish
There is a species of jellyfish that never dies. Known as Turritopsis dohrnii—or colloquially, the immortal jellyfish—this sea creature is able to revert back into its adolescent state after going through adulthood, a "process that looks remarkably like immortality.">

* 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.'>

Results may vary.

Chess Life is an active monthly magazine and is the official publication of the United States Chess Federation. <Chess Life> is advertised as the "most widely read chess magazine in the world," and reaches more than a quarter of a million readers each month.

Chess Life focuses on American chess players and tournaments, instruction, human interest, and US Chess governance matters. The United States Chess Federation also publishes Chess Life Kids, a bimonthly publication covering the same subjects aimed at a younger audience.

Publication of <Chess Life> started in 1946 as a bi-weekly newspaper, usually eight or twelve pages long. In 1961, Frank Brady converted Chess Life to a monthly magazine. In 1969, <Chess Life> merged with Chess Review, the other leading U.S. chess magazine. The magazine was published under the title Chess Life & Review starting with the November 1969 issue until 1980 when it returned to its original title <Chess Life>.

Poetry Foundation
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Chicago, IL 60654
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The bat is the only mammal that can fly.
That's right. The bat is the only flying mammal. While some people may be tempted to put flying squirrels on the list, the truth is those guys can only glide for short distances. Meanwhile, the long, flexible skin that extends over a bat's wings, combined with their many movable joints, make bats great fliers.

In fact, these critters are much more comfortable in the air than on land. Because their leg bones are so thin, only two out of the 1,100 species of bats can walk on the ground.

<Page 166 of The Personality of Chess by I.A. Horowitz and P.L. Rothenberg (New York, 1963) gave ‘a hitherto unpublished limerick-acrostic:

Caissa, the goddess of Chess,
Has this task, no more and no less;
Every game, match and damn bit,
Sicilian and gambit
She must ever be ready to bless.>

Clint Eastwood has won four Academy Awards.

France is one of the largest producers of wine in the world. They produce between 7-8 billion bottles every year. Many of these wines are sold internationally at hefty prices, while the rest are consumed locally in the country.

The figurehead on the dime, the United States' 10-cent coin, is <Franklin Delano Roosevelt>, the 32nd president. FDR's portrait is on the dime because of his association with the March of Dimes charity. What began in 1938 with President Roosevelt's personal struggle with polio led to the creation of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, better known as March of Dimes. The MOD pioneered the vaccine research leading to the eradication of polio in the U.S., and later expanded their mission to address issues of birth defects. In most recent decades, their mission shifted focus to healthy pregnancy and ending the preterm birth crisis, with innovations like folic acid, newborn screening and surfactant therapy.

The Turks call the turkey an "American bird."

The Bear
~ Author Unknown ~

Here is a cave, (make a fist)
Inside is a bear. (put a thumb inside fist)
Now he comes out
To get some fresh air. (pop out thumb)
He stays out all summer
In sunshine and heat.
He hunts in the forest
For berries to eat. (move thumb in circle)
When snow starts to fall,
He hurries inside
His warm little cave,
And there he will hide. (put thumb back inside fist) Snow covers the cave
Like a fluffy white rug.
Inside the bear sleeps
All cozy and snug. (cover fist with other hand)

American <Mark Andrew Spitz> (born February 10, 1950) is a nine-time Olympic swimming champion. He was the most successful athlete at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, winning seven gold medals, each in world-record time. This achievement set a record that lasted for 36 years, until it was surpassed by fellow American <Michael Phelps>, who won eight golds at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Phelps, like Spitz, set seven world records.

"The successful farmer is said to have a "green thumb" since everything he touches spring into fruitful bloom. In chess, (Miguel) Najdorf has a similar gift. Combinations blossom in his games like buds in a fertile garden." — Hans Kmoch

Not a lot of animals go through menopause.
Humpback whales, orcas, and human females are the only mammals that undergo menopause. According to researchers, this has less to do with wanting to enjoy those golden years than it does with being available to nurture a daughter's offspring and decrease tensions over limited resources. It's called the "Grandmother Hypothesis" and it's also thought to help improve the fitness of the aging female in question.

The Bird Wounded By An Arrow

A bird, with plumed arrow shot,
In dying case deplored her lot:
"Alas!" she cried, "the anguish of the thought!
This ruin partly by myself was brought!
Hard-hearted men! from us to borrow
What wings to us the fatal arrow!
But mock us not, you cruel race,
For you must often take our place."

The work of half the human brothers
Is making arms against the others.

<Alireza Firouzja (Persian: علی‌رضا فیروزجا, Persian pronunciation: æliːɾeˈzɑː fiːɾuːzˈdʒɑː; born 18 June 2003) is an Iranian and French chess grandmaster. Firouzja is the youngest ever 2800-rated player, beating the previous record set by Magnus Carlsen by more than five months.

A chess prodigy, Firouzja won the Iranian Chess Championship at age 12 and earned the Grandmaster title at 14. At 16, Firouzja became the second youngest 2700-rated player and won a silver medal at the 2019 World Rapid Chess Championship. In November 2021, at 18, he won the FIDE Grand Swiss tournament and an individual gold medal at the European Team Chess Championship. He won a bronze medal at the 2021 World Blitz Chess Championship. In 2022, Firouzja won the Grand Chess Tour.

Firouzja left the Iranian Chess Federation in 2019 because of the country's longstanding policy against competing with Israeli players. He played under the FIDE flag until mid-2021, when he became a French citizen and began representing France, where he had already been living.> — Wikipedia

* Bullet game: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pmf...

* Benko gambit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CgM...

* I'd smile at her, too: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4z...

* Pure magic blitz: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-IS...

* Center pawn sacrifice: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDD...

* Last moments: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJ3...

* Camera abuse: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-v...

* AF's Immortal Game: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QiD...

* God of the endgame: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLX...

* Cheating? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfB...

* Dirty trick? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKH...

* Engine precision: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgX...

* Gotham Chess: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MQ...

* Punishment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKo...

* Giri comments AF arranging special tournament: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DF0...

* Rise and Fall? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eak...

* Slay the Dragon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGF...

* Bullet Chess Championship: https://www.youtube.com/@chesskertz

* CC Tour final: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6HL...

* Explosive: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VsM...

* Must win to qualify: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4g...

* NOOB is a GM: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i80...

* Najdorf Sicilian: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17k...

* Double R sacrifice! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLK...

<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.>

<In chess, en passant (French: ɑ̃ pasɑ̃, lit. "in passing") describes the capture by a pawn of an enemy pawn on the same rank and an adjacent file that has just made an initial two-square advance. This is an exception or special case in the rules of chess. The capturing pawn moves to the square that the enemy pawn passed over, as if the enemy pawn had advanced only one square. The rule ensures that a pawn cannot use its two-square move to safely skip past an enemy pawn.

Capturing en passant is permitted only on the turn immediately after the two-square advance; it cannot be done on a later turn. The capturing move is sometimes notated by appending the abbreviation e.p. Wikipedia article: En passant#/media/File:Ajedrez animaci%C3%B3n en passant.gif>

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

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.

The blue whale weighs as much as 30 elephants.
And that's not all. These guys can measure as long as three Greyhound buses, and weigh up to 300,000 pounds. In fact, the blue whale remains the largest animal on Earth.

Riddle Question: 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

Throughout your life, you will produce enough saliva to fill up two pools. The average human produces over 20,000 liters of saliva throughout their lifetime. That's enough to eventually fill up two swimming pools full of spit.

If you think that sounds like a long time, just remember: Rome wasn't built in a day, either.

An Old Man's Winter Night
by Robert Frost (1874-1963)

All out of doors looked darkly in at him
Through the thin frost, almost in separate stars, That gathers on the pane in empty rooms.
What kept his eyes from giving back the gaze
Was the lamp tilted near them in his hand.
What kept him from remembering what it was
That brought him to that creaking room was age.
He stood with barrels round him — at a loss.
And having scared the cellar under him
In clomping there, he scared it once again
In clomping off; — and scared the outer night, Which has its sounds, familiar, like the roar
Of trees and crack of branches, common things,
But nothing so like beating on a box.
A light he was to no one but himself
Where now he sat, concerned with he knew what,
A quiet light, and then not even that.
He consigned to the moon, such as she was,
So late-arising, to the broken moon
As better than the sun in any case
For such a charge, his snow upon the roof,
His icicles along the wall to keep;
And slept. The log that shifted with a jolt
Once in the stove, disturbed him and he shifted, And eased his heavy breathing, but still slept.
One aged man — one man — can't keep a house, A farm, a countryside, or if he can,
It's thus he does it of a winter night.

Robert Frost (1874-1963) is one of America's most celebrated poets, whose work continues to resonate with readers today. His poetry, characterized by its accessible language and deceptively simple style, explores themes of nature, rural life, and the human condition. Frost's ability to capture the essence of everyday experiences, often with a touch of melancholy and ambiguity, has made his poems enduring classics.

Frost's writing is rooted in the pastoral tradition, drawing inspiration from the landscapes and people of New England. However, he transcends mere regionalism by imbuing his work with universal themes of loss, choice, and the search for meaning. While seemingly straightforward, his poems often contain layers of meaning that invite multiple interpretations. This depth, combined with his masterful use of imagery and symbolism, contributes to his lasting appeal.

Frost's contemporaries included other prominent figures of American Modernism, such as Wallace Stevens and Ezra Pound. Like them, he experimented with form and language, though his style remained more traditional. He was also influenced by earlier Romantic poets like William Wordsworth, who emphasized the importance of nature and personal experience in poetry. Frost's unique voice, blending traditional and modern elements, cemented his place as a major figure in American literature.

<Bobby Fischer (Andrews/Lazy Susan) Bobby Fischer beat Spassky in Iceland in '72.
I know a girl who's better looking but who thinks like Bobby Fischer too. When Bobby Fischer was a kid they knew he was a prodigy. I know a girl who's somewhat older but no less of an authority.

I wish I had the smarts to understand her charts. If I don't concentrate she'll have me in checkmate.

In Tampa Bay and Lafayette they all know Bobby Fischer's name. I know a girl who made her mark in smaller cities but her fame's the same. When Bobby Fischer made his comeback in the '90s he was worse for wear. I know a girl who made a comeback but her mind was altogether there.

She said: "I drink chocolate milk, from a cow I built. "Doot n'doot doot doot. Doot n'doot doot doot."

They're all saying that you'll never play again. They're all saying that you're finished, that you're washed up as a friend. All my life I've 'feather-dustered' but that's not how it's going to end. Oh no.

Spies in hideouts send their secret messages.
There's a thief caught in the headlights of a car beneath a bridge. There's no lights on in the house except the lights on in the fridge. Oh yeah.

Reykjavik, no one ever says Reykjavik in a song. Reykjavik, no one ever says Reykjavik in a song.

They're all saying that you'll never play again. They're all saying that you're finished and that you're washed up as a friend. All my life I've 'feather-dustered' but that's not how I'm going to end. Oh no.

Spies in hideouts send their secret messages.
There's a thief caught in the headlights of a car beneath a bridge. There's no lights on in the house except the lights on in the fridge... Oh yeah.>

The 20-40-40 rule in chess is a rule for players rated below 2000 that states 20% of your study should be dedicated to openings, 40% to the middlegame, and 40% to the endgame.

Drive sober or get pulled over.

"Prepare for the worst but hope for the best." -- The Wondrous Tale of Alroy by Benjamin Disraeli, published in 1833

Galatians 6:7 in the Bible "Be not deceived, God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap."

"those who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones" is often cited as originating in Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde written in 1385.

"What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us." — Ralph Waldo Emerson

"If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow." – Ancient Chinese Proverb

"An eye for an eye will only make the whole world blind." — Mahatma Gandhi

<Friendship
Author: O. Clarke

A cup of tea, a friend so dear
Together we chase away the fear
The warmth that spreads through every vein
Reminds us that we're not alone again

The steam that rises from the brew
Filled with aroma, sweet and true
A symphony of flavors blend
With every sip, our hearts extend

We talk of life, we talk of dreams
We laugh, we cry, or so it seems
A bond so pure, a bond so true
A friendship that will always brew

So here's to you, my dear friend
May our cups never come to an end
May the tea we share bring us cheer
And keep our friendship ever dear.>

"He who takes the Queen's Knight's pawn will sleep in the streets!" ― Anonymous

"All the adversity I've had in my life, all my troubles and obstacles, have strengthened me... You may not realize it when it happens, but a kick in the teeth may be the best thing in the world for you." ― Walt Disney

The Dancing Bear
by James Russell Lowell

Far over Elf-land poets stretch their sway,
And win their dearest crowns beyond the goal
Of their own conscious purpose; they control
With gossamer threads wide-flown our fancy's play, And so our action. On my walk to-day,
A wallowing bear begged clumsily his toll,
When straight a vision rose of Atta Troll,
And scenes ideal witched mine eyes away.
'Merci, Mossieu!' the astonished bear-ward cried, Grateful for thrice his hope to me, the slave
Of partial memory, seeing at his side
A bear immortal. The glad dole I gave
Was none of mine; poor Heine o'er the wide
Atlantic welter stretched it from his grave.

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

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.

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.

"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 Caissa members
who do not believe in dragging a game on and on.

><The Pawn Who Had to Go

The little pawn screamed: "I cannot hold it any more, get me a pot or I will do exactly what I did before." Everybody laughed with the exception of the opposing king who guessed what was on the mind of this filthy thing. But nobody had time to fetch a pot or even a plastic bag They were too busy to ensure that the game became a drag. The guys in white kept running back and forth but no change. The guys in black stayed also within the very same range. Suddenly the unhappy pawn who had screamed for a pot, did a weird little dance while moving up one slot. Now standing near the king he simply pulled his pants down and peed straight up against the king's beautiful crown.><

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

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

Weord Maze:
3z Darby's samichz haz da bst pigz eyez, no birdz eyez annie pig snoutz. Shout, shout, let it all out. Theez rtha things Ivan do without. C'mon Mikhail Talkin youtube.

A pencil maker told the pencil 5 important lessons just before putting it in the box:

1. Everything you do you will always leave a mark.

2. You can always correct the mistakes you make.

3. What is important is what is inside of you.

4. In life, you will undergo painful sharpening which will only make you better.

5. To be the best pencil, you must allow yourself to be held and guided by the hand that holds you.

Lead Pb 82 207.2 1.8

Q: What do you call someone who draws funny pictures of cars? A: A car-toonist.

Q: What do you call a magician on a plane?
A: A flying sorcerer.

Q: What do you call fruit playing the guitar?
A: A jam session.

Q: What do you call the shoes that all spies wear? A: Sneakers.

Q: What do you call something you can serve, but never eat? A: A volleyball.

Q: What did the alien say to the garden?
A: Take me to your weeder.

Q: What do you call a skeleton who went out in freezing temperatures? A: A numb skull.

Q: What do you call a farm that grows bad jokes? A: Corny.

The Immortal Miniature: Smothered Q + Checkmate Threat =Resign!
A Gibaud vs F Lazard, 1924 
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 4 moves, 0-1

Nimzo-Larsen Attack: Indian Var (A01) 1-0 Q fork EAD & LPDO
Chiburdanidze vs J Xie, 1992 
(A01) Nimzovich-Larsen Attack, 25 moves, 1-0

Nimzowitsch-Larsen Attack: General (A06) 1-0 pin and pile on
M Dougherty vs N Gusev, 2008 
(A06) Reti Opening, 24 moves, 1-0

Computer center pawn duo loses to Human 1...h5?!? (A40) 0-1 Ugh
Fritz vs E F Pecci, 2001 
(A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 38 moves, 0-1

Colle-Zukertort (D05) 1-0 Ng5 Blackburne's Mate
A W Gyles vs Rev A Miller, 1929 
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 21 moves, 1-0

London System vs Spielmann-Indian (A46) 0-1 P fork, Q+ fork B
V Agzamov vs V Veremeichik, 1968 
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 4 moves, 0-1

Danish Gambit: Philidor/Maroczy Def early Qs exchange (B07) 1-0
Lasker vs E W Engberg, 1911 
(B07) Pirc, 15 moves, 1-0

Uncommon (unsound) Q pawn opening; Double checkmate miniature
Lietsch vs Van Minden, 1957 
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 10 moves, 1-0

Dubov plays some Bg2 Catalan structures.
Dubov vs Ding Liren, 2021 
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 18 moves, 1-0

QGD. Chigorin Def. Tartakower Gambit (D06) 0-1 Caught uncastled
Bafrali vs E Schiller, 1991 
(D06) Queen's Gambit Declined, 12 moves, 0-1

Slav Defense (D10) 0-1Black Q bully moves 11 of 13, often check
H Melkumyan vs So, 2010 
(D10) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 39 moves, 0-1

Slav Defense (D10) 1-0 W is the aggressor after dbl Q sacs
Reshevsky vs Smyslov, 1991 
(D10) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 59 moves, 1-0

Slav, Quiet Variation. Schallopp Def (D12) 1-0 Boden's Mate
Koltanowski vs Webb, 1941 
(D12) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 18 moves, 1-0

Slav, Quiet Variation. Pin Def (D12) 1-0 Karpov still has it.
Karpov vs Ponomariov, 2008 
(D12) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 44 moves, 1-0

Slav Exchange. Schallopp(D12) 1-0 3...Bf5 4.c4 transposes QGD
Koltanowski vs A G Conde, 1936 
(D12) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 42 moves, 1-0

AMAZING - game that never happened; pawn hurts like a splinter!
Schlechter vs J Perlis, 1911 
(D12) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 10 moves, 1-0

Slav Defense: Exchange Var (D13) 1-0 Remove the guard, N fork
J W Collins vs J N Cotter, 1957
(D13) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Exchange Variation, 16 moves, 1-0

Slav Defense: Exchange Var (D13) 1-0 Qside exchanges, trapped R
Birjukov vs Frolov, 1968 
(D10) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 11 moves, 1-0

Slav Defense: Exchange. Symmetrical (D14) 0-1 Influential game
I Kan vs Lasker, 1935 
(D14) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Exchange Variation, 50 moves, 0-1

Slav Defense: Geller Gambit (D15) 1-0 GK was impressed
Petrosian vs Smyslov, 1951 
(D15) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 51 moves, 1-0

Slav Defense: Geller Gambit (D15) 0-1 Q Intermezzo
S Vesselovsky vs D Kudischewitsch, 1969 
(D15) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 13 moves, 0-1

Slav Defense: Geller Gambit (D15) 1-0Weak squares in pawn chain
Geller vs Unzicker, 1952 
(D15) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 30 moves, 1-0

Game 172: My Best Games of Chess (Alekhine)
Alekhine vs Euwe, 1935 
(D17) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 30 moves, 1-0

Slav Defense: Czech. Bled Attack (D17) 1-0 Gruesome pin
Bacrot vs Bareev, 2010 
(D17) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 20 moves, 1-0

QGA: Classical Def. Rubinstein Var (D27) 1-0 It's still burning
Gligoric vs Myagmarsuren, 1966 
(D27) Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical, 17 moves, 1-0

Tarrasch Def: Symmetrical (D32) 1-0 Pin the P stops obstruction
L Engels vs E Badestein, 1937 
(D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 18 moves, 1-0

QGD. Ragozin Defense (D38) 1-0 Discovered Attack
N Sarin vs B Adler, 2016 
(D38) Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation, 12 moves, 1-0

QGD. Orthodox Def. Rubinstein Var (D61) 1-0 Greco's Mate set-up
Keres vs Csom, 1970 
(D61) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack, 21 moves, 1-0

Gruenfeld Def: Russian. Accelerated Var (D81) 0-1 Looting
Sokov vs S Wolk, 1937 
(D81) Grunfeld, Russian Variation, 16 moves, 0-1

Q's Gambit Accepted (D20) 1-0 Bxf7+ Deflects K from his LPDO Q
A J Donnelly vs E Pollington, 1963 
(D20) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 6 moves, 1-0

Fine says it's the FIRST great immortal game of chess
La Bourdonnais vs McDonnell, 1834 
(D20) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 36 moves, 0-1

Queen sacrifice is a distraction for Legall's Mate
T K Twigg vs E Gray, 1947 
(D21) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 8 moves, 1-0

g22 - QGA Mannheim Variation (D23); Quick draw is a clincher
Botvinnik vs Petrosian, 1963 
(D23) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 10 moves, 1/2-1/2

QGA Smyslov Var (D25) 1-0 Common trap Bxf7+ followed by Ng5+
B Wall vs R Gantt, 1978 
(D25) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 8 moves, 1-0

QGA (D25) 1-0 Black can't hold onto the pawn this way
S Papacek vs P Jerabek, 1989 
(D25) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 12 moves, 1-0

QGA Classical Def. ML (D27)1-0 One exchange sac bests the other
Spassky vs Fischer, 1992 
(D27) Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical, 50 moves, 1-0

QGA Classical Def. ML (D27)1/2- On a knife's edge
Spassky vs Fischer, 1992 
(D27) Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical, 61 moves, 1/2-1/2

QGA Classical Def. ML (D27) 1/2- Lots of horse hoppin'
Spassky vs Fischer, 1992 
(D27) Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical, 36 moves, 1/2-1/2

QGA Classical Def. ML (D27) 1/2- Draw offer move 14
Spassky vs Fischer, 1992 
(D27) Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical, 32 moves, 1/2-1/2

Game 213: The Golden Treasury of Chess Part 1
Pillsbury vs M Judd, 1898 
(D31) Queen's Gambit Declined, 23 moves, 1-0

Semi-Slav, Accelerated Move Order (D31) 1-0Greek gift miniature
Pillsbury vs NN, 1899 
(D31) Queen's Gambit Declined, 12 moves, 1-0

Semi-Slav Def: Noteboom (D31) 1-0 Deflection, weak back rank
Shulman vs I Schneider, 2006 
(D31) Queen's Gambit Declined, 27 moves, 1-0

QGD Charousek (Petrosian) Var (D31) 0-1 Black Ns penetrate
Botvinnik vs Petrosian, 1963 
(D31) Queen's Gambit Declined, 61 moves, 0-1

Tarrasch Def.; Black won by making only pawn moves!
NN vs H Bruening, 1907 
(D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 6 moves, 0-1

Tarrasch Def, Schara G (D32) 1-0 4 consecutive pawn captures!
D Fidlow vs A Maier, 1959 
(D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 8 moves, 1-0

Rubinstein's Immortal Game
Rotlewi vs Rubinstein, 1907  
(D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 25 moves, 0-1

Tarrasch Defense (D32) 0-1 Incredible straight jacket
S F St Jermain Steadman vs Ed Lasker, 1913 
(D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 19 moves, 0-1

Pseudo-Tarrasch (D30) 0-1 Dbl B sacs, Spearhead, K walk
A Nimzowitsch vs Tarrasch, 1914  
(D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 32 moves, 0-1

Tarrasch Defense: Classical. Carlsbad Variation (D34) 1-0 Game9
Karpov vs Kasparov, 1984 
(D34) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 70 moves, 1-0

Nimzo-Indian Def: Leningrad Var (E30) 0-1 Queen's Knight Tour
Alie H/Hasan vs Alekhine, 1933 
(E30) Nimzo-Indian, Leningrad, 39 moves, 0-1

QGD Exchange. Saemisch Var (D35) 0-1 Weak squares in pawn chain
Alekhine vs Lasker, 1924 
(D35) Queen's Gambit Declined, 36 moves, 0-1

QGD Exchange. Positional (D35) 1-0 g-file battery, semi-smother
Taimanov vs R Persitz, 1955 
(D35) Queen's Gambit Declined, 28 moves, 1-0

QG Declined: Exchange. Positional Var(D35) 1-0 Minority attack
Karpov vs Ljubojevic, 1989 
(D35) Queen's Gambit Declined, 45 moves, 1-0

QG Declined Exchange. Positional Var (D35) 1-0 Minority attack
Karpov vs A V Kharitonov, 1988 
(D35) Queen's Gambit Declined, 42 moves, 1-0

QGD Exchange. Reshevsky Var (D36) 1-0 Castle opposite
Caruana vs Kramnik, 2017 
(D36) Queen's Gambit Declined, Exchange, Positional line, 6.Qc2, 67 moves, 1-0

Berliner's sytem for White: QGD, Exchange Variation
Kasparov vs Andersson, 1988 
(D36) Queen's Gambit Declined, Exchange, Positional line, 6.Qc2, 38 moves, 1-0

QGD Harrwitz Attack (D37) 1-0 14.h4 and a Greek Gift
Marshall vs von Scheve, 1902 
(D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 19 moves, 1-0

LINK TO CHESS ENGINES IN BLOGGER NOTES
Aronian vs Caruana, 2015 
(D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 39 moves, 1-0

QGD Semi-Tarrasch Def. Pillsbury (D41) 1-0 Q sac > Boden's Mate
Bolbochan vs Pachman, 1956 
(D41) Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 22 moves, 1-0

QGD Semi-Tarrasch Def. Pillsbury Var (D41) 1-0 N sac Kside attk
Keres vs Geller, 1962 
(D41) Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 28 moves, 1-0

Semi-Slav Def. Meran. Wade Var (D47) 1-0 Coordinate, Penetrate
Aronian vs Grischuk, 2008 
(D47) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 42 moves, 1-0

QG Declined: Modern. Knight Def (D51) 1-0 Minority Attack fun
L Evans vs H Opsahl, 1950 
(D51) Queen's Gambit Declined, 81 moves, 1-0

Q's Gambit Declined: Modern. Knight Def (D52) 0-1 GREAT Rs & Ns
Euwe vs Lasker, 1934 
(D51) Queen's Gambit Declined, 50 moves, 0-1

QGD Modern. Knight Def (D52) 1-0 Q sac for Blind Swine
Swiderski vs A Nimzowitsch, 1905 
(D51) Queen's Gambit Declined, 32 moves, 1-0

QGD Cambridge Springs (D52) 1-0 Queenside Minority Attack
Denker vs I A Horowitz, 1933 
(D52) Queen's Gambit Declined, 48 moves, 1-0

Q's Gambit Declined: Modern Var (D53) 1-0 Pile on pin, N fork
W M Buehl vs C Spencer, 2004
(D50) Queen's Gambit Declined, 15 moves, 1-0

QGD Modern Var (D55) 1-0 The Pipe Game; Notes by Marshall
Marshall vs Burn, 1900  
(D55) Queen's Gambit Declined, 18 moves, 1-0

QGD Modern (Lasker) Variation (D55) 0-1Philidor's Legacy set-up
M Lowcki vs D Przepiorka, 1911 
(D55) Queen's Gambit Declined, 26 moves, 0-1

Botvinnik "100 Selected Games"; Winning w/the IQP
Botvinnik vs Vidmar, 1936  
(D60) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 24 moves, 1-0

QGD Orthodox Def. Main Line (D63) 1-0 Superior W Knights
Capablanca vs Lasker, 1921  
(D63) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 48 moves, 1-0

QGD Orthodox Defense. Main Line (D63) 1-0 JRC played it safe
Capablanca vs Lasker, 1921  
(D63) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 46 moves, 1-0

QGD Orthodox Defense. Main Line (D64) 0-1 Lured into zugzwang
Marshall vs Capablanca, 1918 
(D63) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 39 moves, 0-1

QGD Orthodox Def. Pillsbury Var (D63) 1-0 Stunning move, indeed
Maroczy vs Schiffers, 1898 
(D63) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 32 moves, 1-0

QGD Orthodox Def. Alekhine Var (D67) 1-0 Focal points
Alekhine vs Lasker, 1934 
(D67) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, Bd3 line, 26 moves, 1-0

Gruenfeld Defense: Brinckmann Attack (D82) 1-0 Rooks Rock AA
Euwe vs Alekhine, 1935 
(D82) Grunfeld, 4.Bf4, 41 moves, 1-0

Gruenfeld Def. Modern Exchange Var (D85) 1-0 Q grabs pawn
I Polovodin vs L Maslov, 1984 
(D85) Grunfeld, 12 moves, 1-0

WC Match (1954) · Gruenfeld Def. Exchange. Classical (D86) 1/2-
Botvinnik vs Smyslov, 1954 
(D86) Grunfeld, Exchange, 34 moves, 1/2-1/2

Kangaroo Defense (E00) 1-0 Black passes the time of day
Karpov vs Movsesian, 2008 
(E00) Queen's Pawn Game, 61 moves, 1-0

Catalan Opening (E00) 0-1Pinned to mating square and piled upon
S Demmery vs B Sambuev, 2010
(E00) Queen's Pawn Game, 11 moves, 0-1

Catalan Opening: Closed (E01) 1-0 White N outlasts Black N
Avrukh vs Macieja, 2008
(E01) Catalan, Closed, 73 moves, 1-0

Queen's Indian Defense: Kasparov Variation (E12) 1-0 Suddenly
Bobotsov vs A Kolarov, 1971  
(E12) Queen's Indian, 18 moves, 1-0

QID Kasparov-Petrosian Variation. Petrosian Attack (E12) 0-1
Kasparov vs Petrosian, 1981 
(E12) Queen's Indian, 41 moves, 0-1

QID Petrosian Var. Farago Defense (E12) 1-0 Double attack LPDO
L Christiansen vs Karpov, 1993 
(E12) Queen's Indian, 12 moves, 1-0

QID Spassky System (E14) 0-1 White misses his king's knight
Spassky vs Tal, 1979 
(E14) Queen's Indian, 22 moves, 0-1

QID: Spassky System (E14) 1-0 IQP, Bxh7 & Rook lift
L Christiansen vs J Campos Moreno, 1980 
(E14) Queen's Indian, 21 moves, 1-0

QID Fianchetto. Check Intermezzo Line (E15) 1-0 Kside attack
Topalov vs Ponomariov, 2005 
(E15) Queen's Indian, 30 moves, 1-0

QID Fianchetto. Check Var Intermezzo Line (E15) 1-0 Promo race
Topalov vs Anand, 2005 
(E15) Queen's Indian, 52 moves, 1-0

QID Fianchetto. Check Var Intermezzo (E15) 1-0 Best game 2006
Topalov vs Aronian, 2006 
(E15) Queen's Indian, 44 moves, 1-0

QID Classical (E17) 1/2-1/2 Super Swindle into Stalemate
I A Horowitz vs M Pavey, 1951 
(E17) Queen's Indian, 78 moves, 1/2-1/2

(E18) QID, Old Main line, 7.Nc3, 12 moves, 1-0 Double Attack
H Heinicke vs P A Seitz, 1934 
(E18) Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 7.Nc3, 12 moves, 1-0

QID "The Immortal Zugzwang Game" by Nimzowitsch
Saemisch vs A Nimzowitsch, 1923  
(E18) Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 7.Nc3, 25 moves, 0-1

Nimzo-Indian Def. Saemisch. O'Kelly Var (E26) 0-1 Q counterattk
Geller vs Euwe, 1953 
(E26) Nimzo-Indian, Samisch, 26 moves, 0-1

Nimzo-Indian Def. Classical Noa Var (E34) 0-1 BF was impressed
A Akshanov vs Botvinnik, 1931 
(E34) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Noa Variation, 23 moves, 0-1

NID Normal. Bernstein Def (E58) 1/2-1/2 Exchange sacrifice
Reshevsky vs Petrosian, 1953 
(E58) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line with 8...Bxc3, 41 moves, 1/2-1/2

NID Normal. Bernstein Def (E58) 1-0 Choose a sac
Taimanov vs Petrosian, 1953 
(E58) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line with 8...Bxc3, 40 moves, 1-0

NID Normal. Bernstein Def (E58) 1/2- 47.Qd6! wins
Smyslov vs Petrosian, 1953 
(E58) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line with 8...Bxc3, 48 moves, 1/2-1/2

KID Kramer Var(E70) 1-0 Sac another and another
Serper vs I Nikolaidis, 1993 
(E70) King's Indian, 48 moves, 1-0

KID Kramer Var (E70) 1-0 Kingside assault
S Vaughan vs J Ramsden, 1987
(E70) King's Indian, 26 moves, 1-0

A strong argument for the (good old) Deferred Fianchetto vs KID
Botvinnik vs K Kholodkevich, 1927 
(E72) King's Indian, 36 moves, 1-0

QGD Marshall Defense (D06) 1-0 Hogs on the 2nd
Timman vs S Westra, 2007 
(D06) Queen's Gambit Declined, 34 moves, 1-0

QGD Marshall Defense (D06) 1-0 Qc5 trapped
J Krejcik vs Reti, 1922 
(D06) Queen's Gambit Declined, 10 moves, 1-0

QGD Marshall Defense (D06) 0-1 White Q ate the b-pawn & rook
F Schubert vs L Tipary, 1938 
(D06) Queen's Gambit Declined, 12 moves, 0-1

(D07) QGD Chigorin Defense. Main Line (D07)0-1 Nc2+ bombs White
Atharva Bhajne vs J Ayush, 2008 
(D07) Queen's Gambit Declined, Chigorin Defense, 8 moves, 0-1

(D07) QGD, Chigorin Defense, 9 moves, 1-0
M Bass vs R Kennedy, 1983 
(D07) Queen's Gambit Declined, Chigorin Defense, 9 moves, 1-0

QP Game: Symmetrical / Chigorin (D02) 0-1 Marvelous defense!!
L Schmitt vs Tarrasch, 1923 
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 25 moves, 0-1

QP Game: Chigorin (D02) 1-0 The d4 pawn is often poisoned
P Cafolla vs F Navarro, 2006 
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 9 moves, 1-0

London System vs Chigorin Def (D02) 1-0 Keep adding pressure
Denker vs W Adams, 1940 
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 27 moves, 1-0

London System vs Steinitz Countergambit (D00) 1-0 Anastasia's #
J Nogueiras vs G M Todorovic, 2005 
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 20 moves, 1-0

London System vs KID (A48) 1-0 Knights haggle into EG
Bondarevsky vs Aronin, 1951 
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 64 moves, 1-0

A Zwickmuehle is a windmill (chess); otherwise it's a dilema.
R Bancod vs A Russell, 2007 
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 41 moves, 0-1

Game 2 from Nigel Davies "London-System" DVD
V Kovacevic vs T O'Donnell, 1990 
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 49 moves, 1-0

London System (D02) 1-0 Nxf7 sac allows Qh7+
I Abonyi vs J Engler, 1908 
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 27 moves, 1-0

Indian Game / London System vs Baltic Def (A45) 1-0 Use b-file
Ponomariov vs Fritz, 2005 
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 48 moves, 1-0

P-Q4 Zukertort vs Baltic Def (D02) 1-0 Morphy's Mate
J Owen vs Burn, 1887 
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 19 moves, 1-0

Horatio Caro (1862-1920) smashes Lasker's NY System /Baltic Def
H Caro vs Lasker, 1890 
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 14 moves, 1-0

QGD Baltic Defense. Pseudo-Slav (D11) 1-0Stunning Q sac finish
Robatsch vs G Hertneck, 1995 
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 20 moves, 1-0

QGD Baltic Defense (D02) 0-1 Pesky kNight; see FSR notes
E Steigum vs J Acers, 2011 
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 16 moves, 0-1

QGD Baltic Defense (D02) 1-0 Shift from Qside to Kside
V Akobian vs G Szabo, 1993 
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 31 moves, 1-0

QGD Baltic Defense (D02) 1-0 Very efficient
T Jugelt vs M Ehrke, 2008 
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 30 moves, 1-0

Q Pawn Game: Symmetrical (Baltic Defense) (D02) 0-1Major Upset
Capablanca vs S Prokofiev, 1914 
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 43 moves, 0-1

Linares ESP 1994 "Take This Rook and Kramnik"
Kramnik vs Shirov, 1994 
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 43 moves, 0-1

P-Q4 Zukertort / Baltic Def (D02) 1-0 Lolli's Mate
Tukmakov vs A Elfert, 2000
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 17 moves, 1-0

P-Q4 Zukertort / Baltic Def (D02) 1-0Minor Piece Action
A Gogolis vs A Xidias, 2001
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 23 moves, 1-0

QGD Baltic Defense (D02) 0-1 Deflect the defender and mate
M Hancas vs E Reicher, 1987 
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 8 moves, 0-1

(D06) The Fed introduces Boden's Mate to the Baltic Defense.
J Fedorowicz vs S Brower, 1994 
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 14 moves, 1-0

QGD Baltic Def. Q Attack Deferred (D02) 0-1, 10 moves
J van der Linden vs L Svensson, 1993 
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 10 moves, 0-1

"Game of the Millennium" at SF's Mechanics Institute Chess Club
I Ivanov vs V Mezentsev, 2000 
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 61 moves, 0-1

Queen Pawn Game Copycat (D04) 0-1 Smothered Mate
Ed Lasker vs I A Horowitz, 1946 
(D04) Queen's Pawn Game, 14 moves, 0-1

QGD Copycat (D02) 1-0 Quad Pawns in 18, Hogs on 8th
E E Colman vs H Jacobs, 1911 
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 28 moves, 1-0

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

Hartlaub-Charlick Gambit (A40) 0-1 Tiechmann did such w/White
Srinivas vs V Ravikumar, 1984 
(A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 14 moves, 0-1

A40 Englund G. 0-1 W traps own Q. Must read notes by FSR!
M Scheeren vs G Welling, 1974 
(A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 6 moves, 0-1

Englund Gambit Complex: Englund Gambit (A40) 0-1Smothered Mate
S van de Venter vs A Kromhout, 2011 
(A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 5 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

Englund Gambit Complex: General (A40) 0-1 Deflection 5...Bxf2+
NN vs F Rhine, 2020 
(A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 13 moves, 0-1

Horwitz Defense / Dutch (A40) 1-0 Famous King walk
Ed Lasker vs G Thomas, 1912 
(A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 18 moves, 1-0

Horwitz (Stonewall-ish) Defense (A40) 1-0Nice sac into crosspin
E Schiller vs V Ossipov, 2005  
(A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 49 moves, 1-0

Owen's Defense (B00) 1-0 8.Nxe6 creates light square issues
F Tahirov vs S Pukkinen, 2006 
(A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 8 moves, 1-0

Polish Defense / St. George Defense (A40) 1-0 Space advantage
Miles vs S Chaivichit, 1984 
(A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 24 moves, 1-0

Polish Defense (A40) 1-0 Greek gift
J Tarjan vs Hodgson, 1983 
(A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 18 moves, 1-0

Mikenas Defense (A40) 1-0 A real circus follows an early Q sac
Keene vs E Fielder, 1964  
(A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 19 moves, 1-0

Queen's Knight Defense ... Mikenas Defense 2.d5 3.f4
B H Wood vs J Penrose, 1957 
(A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 56 moves, 0-1

Mikenas Defense 2.d5 3.e4 Q exchange; Unpin w/a Double Attack
Miles vs Z Mestrovic, 1978 
(A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 35 moves, 1-0

Mikenas Defense (A40) 1-0 After 18...Bb6 19.c4 traps the N
Karpov vs L Berlandier, 1998 
(A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 18 moves, 1-0

Rat Defense/Modern/Dutch d6, f5 (A41) 0-1 Knights on the edge
A Meszaros vs V Beim, 1999 
(A41) Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6), 47 moves, 0-1

Benoni-Indian Defense (A43)1-0 Bold sacrifices to advance pawns
Khalifman vs E Ermenkov, 1994 
(A43) Old Benoni, 32 moves, 1-0

Benoni Defense: Benoni-Indian Defense (A43) 1-0 Double R sac
Alekhine vs Levenfish, 1912 
(A43) Old Benoni, 19 moves, 1-0

Game 172: The 1000 Best Short Games of Chess by Irving Chernev
O Frink vs F J Le Count, 1923 
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 13 moves, 0-1

Indian Game: Maddigan Gambit (A45) 1-0 A knight on the rim is d
A Roesch vs R Ruessel, 1990 
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 9 moves, 1-0

Indian Game / Reversed QGA (A45) 0-1 From Qside Ps to Kside
Peter K Cook vs J L Watson, 1969
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 30 moves, 0-1

Indian Game: Gibbins-Weidenhagen Gambit. Accptd (A45) 0-1 Ugly
V Drueke vs F Baranowski, 1982 
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 9 moves, 0-1

Gibbins-Weidenhagen Gambit 2.g4 vs Indian Def (A45) 1-0 K walks
D Barron vs P Gardner, 2001 
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 48 moves, 1-0

Gibbins-Weidenhagen Gambit. Accepted (A45) 0-1 The irony of it
S Williams vs R Pert, 2002 
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 28 moves, 0-1

Trompowsky Attack by Trompowsky (A45) 1-0 Heavy artillery!
O Trompowsky vs L Endzelins, 1936 
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 24 moves, 1-0

Trompowsky Attack (A45) 1-0 Interference; Tag Team K chase
M Karttunen vs M J Armstrong, 2006 
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 36 moves, 1-0

Trompowsky Attack: Edge Variation (A45) 1-0 Stunning Discovery
Mamedyarov vs J Polgar, 2014 
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 11 moves, 1-0

Trompowsky Attack (A45) 1-0 Discovery Q trap, or Smothered Mate
C Landenbergue vs M Roeder, 1993 
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 11 moves, 1-0

Trompowsky Attack (A45) 1-0 No ordinary game
Vaganian vs G Botterill, 1975 
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 17 moves, 1-0

Trompowsky; Classical Def. Big Center (A45) 1-0 Take your pick
L Trent vs D Tan, 2002 
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 27 moves, 1-0

Trompowsky Attack (A45) 1-0 A first-rate "rook slap" miniature
S Palatnik vs Geller, 1980 
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 15 moves, 1-0

Game 2: The Art of Planning by Neil McDonald
Hodgson vs Van der Wiel, 1994 
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 22 moves, 1-0

Trompowsky Attack (A45) 1-0 "The B's Knees" SCB ending
Carlsen vs Kramnik, 2013 
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 72 moves, 1-0

Game 95 in 107 Great Chess Battles: 1939-45 by Alekhine
O Trompowsky vs P Vaitonis, 1939 
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 29 moves, 0-1

Torre Attack: Classical Defense (A46) 1-0 Windmill tactic
Torre vs Lasker, 1925 
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 43 moves, 1-0

Torre Attack: Classical Def (A46) 0-1 Interposing Rook
Kamsky vs Leko, 2008 
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 48 moves, 0-1

Torre Attack: Classical Def (A46) 0-1Pile on pin & fork
P Sangla vs Karpov, 1968 
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 11 moves, 0-1

Torre Attk: Classical Def (A46) 0-1 Artful P roller, Crossfire
Spassky vs Petrosian, 1966 
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 43 moves, 0-1

Torre Attack: Classical Def (A46) 1-0 Windmill; see blog notes
Torre vs Saemisch, 1925 
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 20 moves, 1-0

QP Game, Symmetrical /Torre (D02) 1/2-1/2 Colle Cntr; Kts. wide
S von Freymann vs Breyer, 1911
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 39 moves, 1/2-1/2

Queen trap in Torre Attack by Timman
Timman vs H Bouwmeester, 1967 
(D03) Torre Attack (Tartakower Variation), 9 moves, 1-0

Torre Attack. Gossip Variation KEY (D03) 1-0 Bishop tactics
Deep Fritz vs Deep Junior, 2001 
(D03) Torre Attack (Tartakower Variation), 46 moves, 1-0

Zukertort Opening: Lisitsyn Gambit (A04) 0-1 W on the run
G Orlov vs Glek, 1987 
(A04) Reti Opening, 28 moves, 0-1

Zukertort Opening/Torre (A04) / Pirc (B07) 1-0 B+N EG
M Huizer vs B Beckett, 2001
(A04) Reti Opening, 71 moves, 1-0

Indian Game: Wade-Tartakower Def.,Her Majesty goes off for mate
J L Hammer vs Carlsen, 2003 
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 17 moves, 0-1

Indian Game: Wade-Tartakower Defense (A46); 2 way to mate
E Terpugov vs Petrosian, 1957 
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 27 moves, 0-1

Curry/Torre Attack: Classical Def (A46) 1-0Three mating squares
Janowski vs Saemisch, 1925 
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 20 moves, 1-0

Indian Game: Wade-Tartakower Def (A46) 1-0 N dance ends 0-0-0!
Marshall vs Burn, 1907 
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 20 moves, 1-0

Mexican Defense (A50) 0-1 He wrote The Black Knights Tango
H Spiller vs G Orlov, 1991 
(A50) Queen's Pawn Game, 19 moves, 0-1

Budapest Def: Fajarowicz Variation (A51) Alekhine annotations
Alekhine vs Tartakower, 1932  
(A51) Budapest Gambit, 32 moves, 1-0

Budapest Gambit Declinded (A51) 0-1 Dbl B plus N Sacrifice
Biegler vs Peperle, 1952 
(A51) Budapest Gambit, 11 moves, 0-1

OID Janowski. Fianchetto Var (A53) 0-1 Q&N work well together
Gruenfeld vs Reti, 1922 
(A53) Old Indian, 26 moves, 0-1

Old Indian Def. (A53) 0-1 Sac to open the center files
K Opocensky vs Alekhine, 1942 
(A53) Old Indian, 25 moves, 0-1

Leningrad Dutch Defense on the Attack
Psakhis vs Kasparov, 1990 
(A10) English, 30 moves, 0-1

English Opening: Anglo-Slav Var (A11) 1-0 Brimming w/tension
K Bischoff vs J Nogueiras, 1998 
(A11) English, Caro-Kann Defensive System, 40 moves, 1-0

Dutch Def., Hopton Attack (A80) 1-0 Famous miniature
F Teed vs E Delmar, 1896 
(A80) Dutch, 8 moves, 1-0

Dutch Defense: Hopton Attack (A80) 1-0 "Cebalo 13"!
M Cebalo vs Vasiukov, 2014 
(A80) Dutch, 13 moves, 1-0

Dutch Defense: Hopton Attack 2.Bg5 (A80) 0-1 Black has answers
J Lys vs A R Andersen, 2001
(A80) Dutch, 34 moves, 0-1

Dutch Defense: Hopton Attack 2.Bg5 (A80) 0-1 Remove the Guard
K Zschaebitz vs J Dworakowska, 2001 
(A80) Dutch, 32 moves, 0-1

Dutch Miniature; She snatches b2 and pays for it
A Vaisser vs A Mutzner, 1989 
(A80) Dutch, 8 moves, 1-0

Dutch Miniature; She seems safe
B Svendsen vs R Houglan, 1997 
(A80) Dutch, 10 moves, 1-0

Dutch Defense: Raphael Var (A80) 1-0 Queenside pawn expansion
V Akobian vs M Aigner, 2005 
(A80) Dutch, 29 moves, 1-0

Dutch Miniature; h-file attack sets up Qg6#
J Bandres Carballo vs D Bustos Serrano, 2001 
(A80) Dutch, 6 moves, 1-0

Dutch Defense (A80) 0-1 Pin, Bf3 outpost, Q sac opens h-file
G Abramovic vs Botvinnik, 1924 
(A80) Dutch, 17 moves, 0-1

(A85) Dutch, with c4 & Nc3, 43 moves, 1-0
Topalov vs F Vallejo Pons, 2014 
(A85) Dutch, with c4 & Nc3, 43 moves, 1-0

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

If Black plays 4... P-KR3, he avoids all the sacrificial variat
Tartakower vs J Mieses, 1925 
(A82) Dutch, Staunton Gambit, 15 moves, 1-0

The Sorcerer's Apprentice by David Bronstein, Game 17
A Bisguier vs Bronstein, 1955 
(A82) Dutch, Staunton Gambit, 31 moves, 0-1

Dutch Staunton Gambit. Balogh Def (A82) 1-0 Sacrificial attack
Euwe vs H Weenink, 1923 
(A82) Dutch, Staunton Gambit, 34 moves, 1-0

Mating Pattern in Reinfeld Book
Capablanca vs Masyutin, 1914 
(A83) Dutch, Staunton Gambit, 19 moves, 1-0

Dutch Staunton Gambit. Lasker Var (A83) 1-0 Dbl Rook Sac smack
Reti vs Euwe, 1920 
(A83) Dutch, Staunton Gambit, 19 moves, 1-0

"Positional Chess Handbook" by Israel Gelfer
Capablanca vs J Corzo, 1901 
(A83) Dutch, Staunton Gambit, 59 moves, 1-0

Dutch Staunton G. (A83) 1-0 Simple yet effective, intermezzo+
A Stefanova vs R Tozer, 1997 
(A83) Dutch, Staunton Gambit, 17 moves, 1-0

Dutch Leningrad (A80) 0-1 Remove the defender
R Figares vs K McDonald, 1996 
(A80) Dutch, 45 moves, 0-1

Leningrad Dutch: Introduction and Main Line (Game 35)
J Ochkoos vs K Spraggett, 2000 
(A88) Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation with c6, 25 moves, 0-1

Dutch Leningrad. Matulovic Var (A89) 1-0 Still play in the pos
Bacrot vs R Mamedov, 2014 
(A89) Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation with Nc6, 26 moves, 1-0

Dutch, Semi-Leningrad Var (A81) 1-0 Greedy K walks into pickle
Smyslov vs Oll, 1993 
(A81) Dutch, 31 moves, 1-0

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

Dutch, Modern Stonewall (A80) 0-1 P captures open new lines
Gruenfeld vs Torre, 1925 
(A90) Dutch, 13 moves, 0-1

Dutch Defense: Kmoch Attack 2.Qd3 (A80) 0-1 Bottled up
Kmoch vs Alekhine, 1926 
(A80) Dutch, 34 moves, 0-1

(A96) Dutch, Classical Variation, 28 moves, 0-1 Open g-file
A Budo vs A Ilyin-Zhenevsky, 1931 
(A96) Dutch, Classical Variation, 28 moves, 0-1

Dutch Classical. Ilyin-Zhenevsky (A97) 0-1 Mean pawn discovery!
J M Ripley vs O Hardy, 1963 
(A97) Dutch, Ilyin-Genevsky, 11 moves, 0-1

Dutch Classical. Ilyin-Zhenevsky (A97) 0-1 Overwhelmed Kside
I A Horowitz vs Fine, 1934 
(A97) Dutch, Ilyin-Genevsky, 28 moves, 0-1

Transposes to attack from a Classical Dutch Defense
Gelfand vs M Illescas, 1996 
(E11) Bogo-Indian Defense, 19 moves, 0-1

St. George Defense 3.c4 bxc4 (B00) 1-0 Q forks f7 & LPDO Bishop
Mackowiak vs Kusiak, 1980 
(B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 5 moves, 1-0

Nimzowitsch Def. Kennedy Var. Keres Attk (B00) 1-0 Gambiteer I
Keres vs V Mikenas, 1946 
(B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 29 moves, 1-0

St. George Defense: Polish Var (B00) 1-0 Overworked pawn
Seirawan vs Spassky, 1990 
(B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 23 moves, 1-0

Alekhine Defense: Brooklyn Var (B02) 1-0 c2 attack backfires
Pillsbury vs E Chatard, 1900 
(B02) Alekhine's Defense, 16 moves, 1-0

Modern Defense: Standard (B06) 0-1 Nailed in both corners
J Tsalicoglou vs Keene, 1976
(B06) Robatsch, 27 moves, 0-1

Modern Defense (B06)1-0 White wins w/out developing either N?!!
E Diemer vs P Cerff, 1983 
(A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 30 moves, 1-0

2Ns 150A vs Modern Def Dbl Fio (B06) 1-0Interesting play in mid
Negi vs T Lanchava, 2005 
(B06) Robatsch, 28 moves, 1-0

Pirc Defense: 150 Attack (B07) 0-1 Tormented Minor Piece EG
Tal vs E Torre, 1987 
(B07) Pirc, 65 moves, 0-1

Lion Defense: Lion's Jaw (B07) 1-0 17 straight pawn moves
E Diemer vs T Heiling, 1984 
(B07) Pirc, 45 moves, 1-0

Game 56: Starting out: The Caro-Kann by Joe Gallagher
N Mitkov vs Dreev, 2000 
(B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 31 moves, 0-1

Caro-Kann Def. Maroczy Variation (B12) 1-0 W sac attack!
Morozevich vs Bologan, 2004 
(B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 28 moves, 1-0

Caro-Kann Def Maroczy 3.f3 (B12) 1-0 7.Bxf7+ Unpin toys w/Black
B Savchenko vs F Aghasiyeva, 2010 
(B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 37 moves, 1-0

Caro-Kann Def Exchange. Rubinstein Var (B13) 1-0 QP move order
Vidmar vs J Kvicala, 1908 
(B13) Caro-Kann, Exchange, 37 moves, 1-0

Caro-Kann: Forgacs Variation (B15) 0-1 Q+, Q+ & fork LPDO B
A Sira vs N Konopkova, 1993 
(B15) Caro-Kann, 7 moves, 0-1

Caro-Kann: Main Line (B15) 0-1 Watch out for Q+ if c-pawn moved
NN vs Torre, 1928 
(B15) Caro-Kann, 11 moves, 0-1

Caro-Kann Def. Classical (B18) 1-0 Tremendous EG technique
Negi vs S Erenburg, 2005 
(B18) Caro-Kann, Classical, 73 moves, 1-0

Lion Defense: Lion's Jaw (B07) 1-0 Very clever!
Speelman vs Azmaiparashvili, 1994 
(B07) Pirc, 42 moves, 1-0

Modern Def. Norwegian Def. Gambit (B06) 0-1W's Q chase fizzles
B Savchenko vs Carlsen, 2010 
(B06) Robatsch, 36 moves, 0-1

Szymon Winawer (1838-1920)
M Porges vs Winawer, 1892 
(B06) Robatsch, 22 moves, 0-1

Modern Defense half-a-150 Attack(B06) 1-0, 25 moves Zwischenzug
M Kravtsiv vs Y Vovk, 2004 
(B06) Robatsch, 25 moves, 1-0

Pirc Defense (B06) 1-0 White N baits Black Q into snare
J Richardson vs A Eva, 1939 
(B07) Pirc, 13 moves, 1-0

150A QxBh6 vs Modern Def Qa5 (B06) 1-0 h-file batters non-celeb
Adams vs D Robinson, 1998 
(B06) Robatsch, 18 moves, 1-0

Pirc Def. 150 Attack mutual 0-0-0 (B06) 1-0 Kaspy's Immortal
Kasparov vs Topalov, 1999 
(B07) Pirc, 44 moves, 1-0

Pirc Defense (B07) 1-0 150 Attack Miniature
A Beliavsky vs G Kuzmin, 1974 
(B07) Pirc, 17 moves, 1-0

Modern Defense (B06) 1-0 Wild offers, pins prevail
Kupreichik vs J Murey, 1969 
(B06) Robatsch, 27 moves, 1-0

Modern Defense (B06) 1-0 Develop, connect thy rooks!
Kupreichik vs S Pedersen, 1974 
(B06) Robatsch, 20 moves, 1-0

Pirc Defense: 150 Attack (B07) 1-0 What a slugfest!
E Najer vs T L Petrosian, 2016 
(B07) Pirc, 33 moves, 1-0

Pirc Defense (B07) 1-0 Q sac upon overworked pawn
E Pedersen vs H Keller, 1952 
(B07) Pirc, 21 moves, 1-0

150A f3, g4 Pirc Def Qh5 (B06) 1-0 Black is better but blunders
Short vs E Torre, 1987
(B07) Pirc, 30 moves, 1-0

Pirc vs 150A no BxBg7. Sveshnikov-Jansa (B07) 1-0 Big space
Svidler vs Ivanchuk, 2006 
(B07) Pirc, 30 moves, 1-0

Pirc vs 150A w/Bh6 Bh8. Sveshnikov-Jansa (B07) 1-0 cross pin
Short vs M Gurevich, 1990 
(B07) Pirc, 62 moves, 1-0

Indian Game 150 Attack f3, g4 (A45) 1-0 a-file vs h-file attack
V Vepkhvishvili vs G Kasparian, 1968 
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 24 moves, 1-0

150A QxBh6 vs Modern Def (B06) 1-0 exNf6 and bxNc3
Jansa vs I Gazik, 1992
(B06) Robatsch, 36 moves, 1-0

150A QxBh6 vs Pirc Def mutual 0-0-0 (B06) 0-1 Black space advan
H Stefansson vs Kasimdzhanov, 2000
(B07) Pirc, 29 moves, 0-1

Ch. 2, 150 Attack?!, Game 17: A Killer Chess Opening Repertoire
M Hebden vs F Felecan, 1993 
(B08) Pirc, Classical, 21 moves, 1-0

Pirc Defense f3, g4 (B07) 1-0 N, then Q sac opens the center
N Fercec vs B Medak, 2000 
(B07) Pirc, 20 moves, 1-0

Pirc Defense (B07) 1-0 White's Kside climbs like vines
Anand vs Chernin, 1999 
(B07) Pirc, 33 moves, 1-0

Czech Defense: General (B07) 1-0 TCSC #145
Anand vs F Izeta Txabarri, 1993 
(B07) Pirc, 26 moves, 1-0

Modern Defense: Averbakh System. Kotov Var (A42) 1-0 K walk
Timman vs Suttles, 1974 
(A42) Modern Defense, Averbakh System, 49 moves, 1-0

150A vs Pirc Def Classical. Two Knights (B08) 1-0 Pin to win
Leko vs A Beliavsky, 1998 
(B08) Pirc, Classical, 35 moves, 1-0

150A vs Pirc Def Classical. Two Knights (B08) 1-0 Q sac fails
Khalifman vs Adams, 1997 
(B08) Pirc, Classical, 31 moves, 1-0

150A BxBg7 Pirc Def. Classical. Two Knts (B08) 1-0 Open g-file
M Hebden vs G Beikert, 1993
(B08) Pirc, Classical, 42 moves, 1-0

150A QxBh6 Pirc Def. Classical. Two Knts (B08) 1-0 Open c-file
M Hebden vs A van Diermen, 1991
(B08) Pirc, Classical, 35 moves, 1-0

150A BxBg7 Pirc Def. Classical. Two Knts (B08) 1-0 Pins abound
M Hebden vs S Conquest, 1991
(B08) Pirc, Classical, 38 moves, 1-0

150A Bg5 Bc4 Pirc Def. Classical. Two Knts (B08) 1-0Blind swine
M Hebden vs A Keehner, 1989 
(B08) Pirc, Classical, 30 moves, 1-0

Two Knts vs Kside Fio/ Gruenfeld (A48) 1-0 tripled e-pawns lose
M Hebden vs S Conquest, 1998
(A48) King's Indian, 48 moves, 1-0

Two Knts vs Kside Fio/ Gruenfeld (A48) 1-0 Attacks on f7, h2
M Hebden vs McShane, 1998 
(A48) King's Indian, 22 moves, 1-0

150A BxBg7 Pirc Def. Classical. Two Knts (B08) 1-0 Kside N
M Hebden vs E N Holland, 1993 
(B08) Pirc, Classical, 27 moves, 1-0

150A BxBg7 Pirc Def. Classical. Two Knts (B08) 1-0 N trap/sac
M Hebden vs P Littlewood, 1992 
(B08) Pirc, Classical, 18 moves, 1-0

150A BxBg7 vs Pirc Def Classical. Two Knts (B08) 1-0Hard fought
M Hebden vs M Schlosser, 1993 
(B08) Pirc, Classical, 56 moves, 1-0

150A BxBg7 vs Pirc Def Classical. Two Knts (B08) 1-0 Qless MG
M Hebden vs T Oral, 1994
(B08) Pirc, Classical, 59 moves, 1-0

Modern/Hippo Defense (B06) 1-0 Battle shifts Kside to Qside
J Piket vs K Bischoff, 2001
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 46 moves, 1-0

150A 8.f4 Modern Elongated Pirc Def (B06) 1-0 Central crossfire
Adams vs Hodgson, 2001 
(B06) Robatsch, 27 moves, 1-0

150A 7.Nh3 Modern Elongated Dbl Fio (B06) 1-0 open g-file pin
Adams vs C McNab, 2007 
(B06) Robatsch, 30 moves, 1-0

150A 7.Nh3 Modern Elongated Dbl Fio (B06) 1-0 c6-pawn wedge
D Gormally vs J Cobb, 2006 
(B06) Robatsch, 38 moves, 1-0

150A 8.Nh3 Modern Elongated Dbl Fio (B06) 1-0Mutual threats, Rs
Naiditsch vs R Tischbierek, 2001
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 28 moves, 1-0

150A Pirc Dbl Fio Ng4 (B06) 1-0 Up the exchange & a pawn
Short vs A Beliavsky, 1997 
(B07) Pirc, 42 moves, 1-0

150A f3, g4 vs Modern Dbl Elongated Fio (B06) 1-0 Nxe6+ sac
Short vs Kavalek, 1986 
(B06) Robatsch, 38 moves, 1-0

Modern Defense: K Pawn Fianchetto WOW, Brothers and Sisters!
D Przepiorka vs G Patay, 1926 
(B06) Robatsch, 26 moves, 1-0

French/Owen's Defense (A40) 1-0 15 moves, smothered mate
H Namyslo vs R Lau, 1996 
(C00) French Defense, 15 moves, 1-0

French Alapin Gambit (C00) 1-0 Ignore the fork, hunt the king!
Keres vs Verbac, 1933 
(C00) French Defense, 16 moves, 1-0

Q Pawn Opening / French Advance (A40) 0-1 Up the exchange
G Yiapanis vs V Sipila, 2010 
(A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 24 moves, 0-1

French Defense: Classical. Delayed Exchange Variation (C11) ·
Alekhine vs von Feldt, 1916 
(C11) French, 18 moves, 1-0

QP: Catalan/Hungarian (D00) 0-1 Who's got who?
Tinsley vs Lasker, 1899 
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 37 moves, 0-1

Richter-Veresov Attk 3...Bc5 4.f3 c6(D01) 1-0Contrasting Q play
E Gereben vs M Szigeti, 1935 
(D01) Richter-Veresov Attack, 18 moves, 1-0

Trompowsky / Veresov Attack (A45) 0-1 Beautiful black queen!
R Moonen vs Euwe, 1981 
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 37 moves, 0-1

Indian Game / Richter-Veresov Attk (A45) 1-0 h-file assault
K Richter vs E Reinhardt, 1937 
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 36 moves, 1-0

P-Q4 Hübsch Gambit (D00) 1-0 Notes? by Heisman
D Heisman vs D Latzel, 1967  
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 25 moves, 1-0

Q Pawn Game: Hübsch Gambit (D00) 0-1 B pair rules!
M Simons vs R Pert, 2014
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 26 moves, 0-1

Blackmar-Diemer Gambit: Lemberger Cntrgambit. Simple Var (D00)
E Diemer vs Markwardt, 1955 
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 14 moves, 1-0

QP Levitsky Attack/Delayed Veresov (D00) 1-0 Exchanges B4 0-0?
I Sokolov vs Oll, 1996
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 22 moves, 1-0

Q Pawn Game: Levitsky Attack (D00) 1/2-1/2 One open file
Miles vs Smagin, 1995
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 56 moves, 1/2-1/2

Q Pawn Game: Levitsky Attack (D00) 0-1 Double on the 2nd
S Drazic vs Anand, 2000
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 37 moves, 0-1

QP Levitsky Attack. Euwe, Modern Line (D00) 0-1 Sac backfires
Anand vs Karpov, 1998 
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 32 moves, 0-1

QP Levitsky Attack. Euwe Var (D00) 1-0 White Minority Attack
Kamsky vs S Erenburg, 2014 
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 34 moves, 1-0

Black moved too many pawns while White was developing pieces
H Schug vs Ditschuleit, 1985 
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 7 moves, 1-0

Blackmar-Diemer Gambit: Vienna Var (D00) 1-0 Pin the defender
Subota vs Kusmischkin, 1982
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 8 moves, 1-0

Blackmar-Diemer Gambit: Teichmann (D00) 0-1 Penetrate weak sqrs
J Acers vs C Hoey, 1964 
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 34 moves, 0-1

B-D Gambit: Tartakower Var (D00) 1-0 Discovery comin' on LPDO B
H Rathmann vs Meyer, 1975 
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 8 moves, 1-0

Blackmar-Diemer Gambit: Tartakower Var (D00) 1-0 Rxf7 works
C Von Zitzewitz vs L Cane, 2001 
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 25 moves, 1-0

Game 78: 1000 Best Short Games of Chess by Irving Chernev
Bartsch vs Jennen, 1948 
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 11 moves, 1-0

Deflection: Diemer had this mating pattern down pat
E Diemer vs Toth, 1948 
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 11 moves, 1-0

Blackmar-Diemer Gambit: Ryder Gambit (D00) 1-0 R deflection sac
E Diemer vs NN, 1949 
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 13 moves, 1-0

Sac the queen, double discovered check, and mate!
E Diemer vs A Schuppler, 1937 
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 26 moves, 1-0

Blackmar-Diemer Gambit: Ryder Gambit (D00) 1-0 Boden's Mate
E Diemer vs Portz, 1948 
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 13 moves, 1-0

Ryder Gambit 5.Qxf3 (D00) 1-0 Halosar Trap
E Diemer vs H Halosar, 1934 
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 10 moves, 1-0

Blackmar-Diemer Gambit: Ryder Gambit (D00) 1-0 Q decoy sac
E Diemer vs K Locher, 1948 
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 19 moves, 1-0

Blackmar-Diemer Gambit: Ryder Gambit (D00) 1-0Decoy, Deflection
E Diemer vs K Locher, 1948 
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 19 moves, 1-0

B-D Gambit: Ryder Gambit (D00) 1/2- Perpetual check of the Q
T Purser vs Euwe, 1978 
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 15 moves, 1/2-1/2

Rook sac traps opposing rook, winning a bishop and pawn
M Brzoza vs T Bartnik, 1991 
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 11 moves, 1-0

Blackmar-Diemer, Ryder Gambit (D00) 1-0 Slowly set Q trap
E Diemer vs K Locher, 1948 
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 14 moves, 1-0

Blackmar-Diemer Gambit: Ryder Gambit (D00) 1-0 Decoys, Q sac
E Diemer vs Schickner, 1950 
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 25 moves, 1-0

Blackmar-Diemer Gambit: Ryder Gambit (D00) 0-1 Diemer's own def
K Stummer vs E Diemer, 1955 
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 34 moves, 0-1

Blackmar-Diemer Gambit: Von Popiel G(D00) 0-1Q sac,Reti's Mate
E Kunath vs N Grant, 1975 
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 11 moves, 0-1

Blackmar-Diemer Gambit: Von Popiel G (D00) 1-0 Pick your poison
F J Wallis vs NN, 1914 
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 12 moves, 1-0

$Blackmar-Diemer Gambit: Euwe Def (D00) 1-0 See tpstar notes
K Wheeler vs LeBlanc, 1869 
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 36 moves, 1-0

B-D G. Euwe Def(D00) 1-0 2-part game- Win material, Consolidate
E Sneiders vs S Makutenas, 1955
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 34 moves, 1-0

Blackmar-Diemer Gambit: Euwe Def (D00) 1-0 Kside crusher
G Grasser vs G Mendez, 2010 
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 19 moves, 1-0

Blackmar-Diemer Gambit: Bogoljubow Var (D00) 1-0 Another cutie
E Diemer vs M Kloss, 1955 
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 22 moves, 1-0

Blackmar-Diemer Gambit: Bogoljubow. Studier Attk (B01) 1-0 6th
E Diemer vs Spohn, 1970 
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 17 moves, 1-0

BDG Lemberger CG. Simple Variation (D00) 1-0 Discovered # in 8!
E Diemer vs NN, 1979 
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 8 moves, 1-0

Checkmate shown in a Reinfeld book
Erdos vs Lichtner, 1922 
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 18 moves, 1-0

BDG Lamb Def (D00) 1-0 Ode to "Sneaky" Pete Kleinow
E Diemer vs F Lamb, 1947 
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 8 moves, 0-1

BDG Ritter Defense (D00) 1-0 Don't assume, always check for +s!
R Rehfeld vs U Makelburg, 1987 
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 8 moves, 1-0

Pietrowsky Defense 5) ... Nc6 loses tempo, gets clobbered
M Jorgensen vs H K Edwardsson, 2001 
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 23 moves, 1-0

Ziegler Defense 5) ... c6 seems sound but W sacs 2, smooth #
A L McAuley vs A Montalvan, 1965 
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 22 moves, 1-0

Castle opposite, hammer the g-file, outnumber on h7
E Diemer vs Heinz, 1954 
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 20 moves, 1-0

Blackmar-Diemer Gambit: Declined. Langeheinecke Def (D00) 1-0
S Gramlich vs Movsesian, 2005 
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 23 moves, 1-0

Blackmar-Diemer Gambit: Gedult Gambit (D00) 1-0 Sacs, Qf6 block
Charousek vs G Exner, 1897 
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 29 moves, 1-0

BDG. Gedult Gambit 3.f3 (D00) 1-0 Exchange sac, h-file attack
A Blackmar vs E Farrar, 1881 
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 15 moves, 1-0

1.d4 d5 Alternative defense to BDG gets smothered
Deming vs Cornell, 1980 
(B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 6 moves, 1-0

Dutch Defense (A80) 1-0 Bold rooks, 2 mating squares
Denker vs H Feit, 1929 
(A80) Dutch, 23 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

Dutch Def: Manhattan Gambit. Anti-Stonewall (A80) 0-1 Pins
S Marder vs H Zygouris, 2011 
(A80) Dutch, 33 moves, 0-1

Dutch Def (A80) 1-0 h-pawn assault, Q sac, royal family fork, N
M Bosboom vs V Ouwendijk, 2006 
(A80) Dutch, 22 moves, 1-0

Dutch Blackmar's Second Gambit (A82) 1-0 Draw K into center
Bronstein vs Spassky, 1961 
(A80) Dutch, 17 moves, 1-0

Dutch Def: Blackmar's Second Gambit (A80) 1-0 Nifty game
R End vs H Illi, 1966 
(A80) Dutch, 36 moves, 1-0

Dutch Defense: Blackmar's Second Gambit (A82) 0-1 Busy Bishops
P Leonhardt vs Chigorin, 1905 
(A80) Dutch, 25 moves, 0-1

Dutch Def: Blackmar's Second Gambit (A80) 1-0 Fine Greek Gift
Denker vs Robbins, 1934 
(A80) Dutch, 19 moves, 1-0

Dutch Def: Blackmar's Second Gambit (A80) 1-0 Uncastled P moves
Koltanowski vs Vella / Russ / Cohn, 1939 
(A80) Dutch, 24 moves, 1-0

QP Barry Attack (D00) 1-0 Interpose w/thy hanger!
M G Isakov vs NN, 2013 
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 8 moves, 1-0

Barry Attack (D00)Instructive EG; R interpose to protect passer
Jobava vs Korneev, 2014 
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 45 moves, 1-0

Barry Attack. Gruenfeld Variation (D02) 1-0
I Rogers vs J Pribyl, 1985 
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 26 moves, 1-0

Barry Attack. Gruenfeld Var (D02) 1-0 h4 attack, RxNh5
I Rogers vs G Canfell, 1988
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 23 moves, 1-0

Bf4 Barry Attack (Qside) vs Dutch System (A80) 1/2-1/2
G Sargissian vs A Muzychuk, 2009
(A80) Dutch, 44 moves, 1/2-1/2

Q Pawn Game: Sarratt Attack (D00) 1-0 Uncastled K loses again
H B Daly vs H Hickman, 1949
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 25 moves, 1-0

Q Pawn Game: Sarratt Attack (D00) 0-1Promotion won't save the K
Adianto vs Fritz, 2005 
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 62 moves, 0-1

QP Game: Sarratt Attack (D00) 0-1 N EG; watch youtube
S Williams vs J Hawkins, 2015 
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 48 moves, 0-1

P-Q4 Sarratt Attack (D00) 1-0 Both go after the c2/c7 squares
J Sarratt vs NN, 1818 
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 16 moves, 1-0

P-Q4 Sarratt Attack 8.c4 (D00) 0-1 Blind swine w/a Q sac
L O Hauge vs F Lindsoe, 2016 
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 34 moves, 0-1

Steinitz CG (D00)0-1"The Namesake Game" is most worthy of that!
Mason vs Steinitz, 1883 
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 30 moves, 0-1

Queen Pawn 2.Bf4 c5: Steinitz Countergambit (D00) 1-0 Discovery
Mason vs Chigorin, 1889 
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 13 moves, 1-0

Q Pawn 2.Bf4 c5 Steinitz Countergambit (D00) 0-1Trespass rebuke
K Regan vs R Michell, 1905 
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 11 moves, 0-1

Q Pawn 2.Bf4 c5: Steinitz Countergambit (D00) 1/2- Qs come off
A Stefanova vs A Skripchenko, 2000 
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 13 moves, 1/2-1/2

Dutch Stonewall. Modern (A81) 1-0 Tremendous Dbl R Sacrifices
Bogoljubov vs J Mieses, 1925 
(A90) Dutch, 35 moves, 1-0

Dutch Defense: Rubinstein Var (A84) 0-1 Siberian Trap replica
L Arcila vs J U Guerrero, 1991 
(A84) Dutch, 12 moves, 0-1

Miguel Najdorf's Polish Immortal Game
Glucksberg vs Najdorf, 1930 
(A85) Dutch, with c4 & Nc3, 22 moves, 0-1

Bird Opening/Stonewall Attack (A02) 1-0 Q sac, Discovered+ & N#
R M Bruce vs R Bruce, 1957 
(A02) Bird's Opening, 25 moves, 1-0

Stonewall Attack (D00) 1-0 h-file attack w/doubled rooks
V Polonski vs T Metsalu, 2001 
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 25 moves, 1-0

Double Stonewalls (D00) 1-0 Fabulous White Bs Seize Initiative
S Letic vs M Van Herck, 1973 
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 37 moves, 1-0

Stonewall Attack (D00) 1-0 White marches up the board non-stop!
Santasiere vs E B Adams, 1926 
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 19 moves, 1-0

Dbl Stonewall Gone Wrong (D00) 0-1 No man knows his final hour
S F Smith vs Marshall, 1899 
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 15 moves, 0-1

Indian becomes Double Stonewall Attack (A46) 1-0 Crossfire
S Khan vs H Mattison, 1931 
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 22 moves, 1-0

P-Q4 Delayed Stonewall Attk vs Indian Def. (A46) 1-0 Nifty play
A Bisguier vs Lombardy, 1957 
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 21 moves, 1-0

c3 Stonewall Attk(D05) Q chase & exchange into Hook mate threat
A Yusupov vs T Markowski, 2001 
(D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 42 moves, 1-0

Rubinstein Opening/Colle-Zukertort (D05) 1-0 Rake the Qside
A Yusupov vs T Storai, 2012
(D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 17 moves, 1-0

Veresov Attack 4.Nf3. Two Knights System (D01) 0-1 N sac!
H Liebert vs Uhlmann, 1966 
(D01) Richter-Veresov Attack, 35 moves, 0-1

P-Q4 Variation (D02) 1-0 Threats on both sides
Alekhine vs A Kaufmann, 1918 
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 8 moves, 1-0

P-Q4 Krause Var (D02) 1/2-1/2 Notes by Lasker
Schlechter vs J Perlis, 1909  
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 20 moves, 1/2-1/2

P-Q4 Krause Variation (D02) 1-0Did U see it comin?
G Gessner vs N Whitaker, 1916  
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 23 moves, 1-0

P-Q4 Krause 4.Bf4 vs Tarrasch Def. (D02) 0-1 Thematic
F Duz-Khotimirsky vs Vidmar, 1911 
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 24 moves, 0-1

Bishop sacrifice opens the gates in the knick of time
M Tauber vs P Bachmayr, 1991 
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 24 moves, 1-0

P-Q4 Krause Var Copycat Def (D02) 1-0 Brutal Dbl B sacs
Schlechter vs Maroczy, 1907 
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 28 moves, 1-0

P-Q4 Krause Variation 3.dxc5 (D02) 0-1 Bishop HOT Sauce
Ftacnik vs Seirawan, 1990 
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 32 moves, 0-1

P-Q4 Krause Var. Game 5: The Passed Pawn, T62MIGOCEP by Chernev
Rubinstein vs Duras, 1908  
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 39 moves, 1-0

P-Q4 Krause Var (D02) 0-1 Another FJM gem
Burn vs Marshall, 1906 
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 40 moves, 0-1

Krause 2.c5 vs Colle c3 (D02) 0-1 The proper capture matters
C Jaffe vs Marshall, 1909 
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 53 moves, 0-1

Q Pawn Game: 2...c5 Krause Var (D02) 0-1 Hanging pawns
W John vs A Speijer, 1910 
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 69 moves, 0-1

Blitz Anti-Colle 3...Bf5 4.Bd3 (D04) 0-1 Bishop Sac line
J Sanjuan vs Lenderman, 2004 
(D04) Queen's Pawn Game, 17 moves, 0-1

Anti-Colle 2...Bf5 3.c4 e6 4.Qb3 (D02) 1-0P fork decoy, Q+ fork
Tarrasch vs Schwartz, 1890 
(D06) Queen's Gambit Declined, 10 moves, 1-0

Colle's Chess Masterpieces by Fred Reinfeld. Slav 3...Bf5 4.c4
Colle vs Euwe, 1924 
(D12) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 25 moves, 1-0

Zukertort/Rubinstein Opening (D05) 0-1 Stunning interference
M Shereshevsky vs Kupreichik, 1976 
(D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 19 moves, 0-1

Introduction, Game 1: "The Ultimate Colle" by Gary Lane 6.b3
Zukertort vs Blackburne, 1883 
(D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 41 moves, 1-0

Anthony Santasiere (1904-1977) Colle Zuk vs Small Cntr; Q sac
Santasiere vs B Blumin, 1939 
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 29 moves, 1-0

$Colle's Chess Masterpieces by Fred Reinfeld 7.b3
Colle vs Gruenfeld, 1926 
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 27 moves, 1-0

Spielmann-Indian c5-d6 vs Colle c3 (A46) 0-1 Remove the Guard
V Tarasov vs J Yuchtman, 1957
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 48 moves, 0-1

Game 16; Starting Out: The Colle by Richard Palliser
Colle vs J O'Hanlon, 1930 
(D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 20 moves, 1-0

Colle 10.c3 (D05) 1-0 Philidor's Legacy strikes again!
Koltanowski vs J Salazar, 1939 
(D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 20 moves, 1-0

Chernev's "Logical Chess: Move by Move" Game 3
Colle vs J Delvaux, 1929 
(D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 22 moves, 1-0

Colle 5.c3 (D05) 0-1 14...h3? gives the initiative to Black
N Riumin vs A Polyak, 1929 
(D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 17 moves, 0-1

Colle System (D05) 1-0 Dusseldorf 1908 brilliancy
Alekhine vs F Koehnlein, 1908 
(D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 16 moves, 1-0

8 dc5 Bd6xc5; 9 e3e4 Qc7; 10 Qe2 Bc5d6; 11 Rfe1 Nf6g4
Koltanowski vs M Defosse, 1936 
(D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 30 moves, 1-0

Judgment & Planning in Chess by Euwe p. 22-27; Know this game!
Bogoljubov vs Capablanca, 1924 
(D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 32 moves, 0-1

P-Q4 Zukertort Var (D02) 1-0 AJ kicks in the backdoor!!
A J Goldsby vs R Phillips, 2011 
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 34 moves, 1-0

8 dc5 Bd6xc5; 9 e3e4 Qc7; 10 Qe2 Rfe1; 11 e4e5 Nf6d7
Koltanowski vs J O'Hanlon, 1937 
(D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 24 moves, 1-0

Colle 6.e4 Copycat Def (D05) 0-1 Lasker carefully escapes
Blackburne vs Lasker, 1899 
(D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 42 moves, 0-1

P-Q4 Zukertort (D02) 1-0 Inflict doubled pawns
Botvinnik vs Keres, 1948 
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 60 moves, 1-0

Polish Sokolsky Attack vs KID (A00) 0-1 Kolty's recommendation
V Kozomara vs R Byrne, 1967 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 38 moves, 0-1

Slow Q Pawn Game Nbd2, White accepts (D02) 0-1 Bxf2+ AJ Links
Helbig vs Schroeder, 1933 
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 11 moves, 0-1

Q Pawn Symmetrical (D02) 1-0 B+ displaced Black K as defender
Lasker vs Tarrasch, 1916 
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 25 moves, 1-0

Amazon Attack: Siberian Attack (D00) 1-0 Avoid opening prep
Y Vilner vs Botvinnik, 1927 
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 42 moves, 1-0

Dutch Defense: Raphael 3.Bg5 (A80) 1-0Brutal elegance on Qside
V Akobian vs P Tregubov, 2009 
(A80) Dutch, 27 moves, 1-0

Dutch Def. vs Hopton Attack 2.Bg5 h6 (A80) 1-0Excellent example
B Nickoloff vs D Ross, 1993 
(A80) Dutch, 26 moves, 1-0

Dutch Defense: Fianchetto Attack (A81) 1-0 B clearance sac!
N Drnovsek vs E Al Hanini, 2010
(A81) Dutch, 26 moves, 1-0

Dutch Defense: Q's Knight Var (A85) 1-0 4.h4 crusher
Nakamura vs M Barron, 2009 
(A85) Dutch, with c4 & Nc3, 23 moves, 1-0

Dutch Def. Stonewall. Bd6 Modern Var (A90) 1-0 Light squared Bs
R Palliser vs K Allen, 2007
(A90) Dutch, 32 moves, 1-0

QGD Cambridge Springs (D52) 0-1 Discovery Dbl Attack
B Wall vs D Erb, 1982 
(D52) Queen's Gambit Declined, 11 moves, 0-1

Trompowsky Attack (A45) 1-0 Castle opposite, P storm
Adams vs Leko, 1996 
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 24 moves, 1-0

The game is as instructive as it is stunningly brilliant.
P Lebedev vs Gonak, 1938 
(D15) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 22 moves, 1-0

QGD. Albin Countergambit. Normal -- Not (D08) 0-1 BRAVE!!
H I Woolverton vs D B Pritchard, 1959 
(D08) Queen's Gambit Declined, Albin Counter Gambit, 20 moves, 0-1

Levitsky Attack. Euwe Var. Modern Line (D00) 0-1 Masterful Def
Hodgson vs M Godena, 2000 
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 34 moves, 0-1

Englund Gambit Complex Qxb2 etc. (A40) 1-0 White enters 7th
Alekhine vs W N Dinger, 1933 
(A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 28 moves, 1-0

Englund Gambit Complex 3...Bc5 Felbecker Gambit (A40) 1-0 Bxh7+
Alekhine vs T Lovewell, 1923 
(A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 11 moves, 1-0

P-Q4 Morris Countergambit (D00) 1-0 SOS book #5
McShane vs M Illescas, 2005 
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 42 moves, 1-0

Pirc Def Pseudo 150 Attk w/out Bh6 (B07) 1-0 Q sac for a Pawn#
T Cagasik vs J Brooke, 2007 
(B07) Pirc, 23 moves, 1-0

150A vs Modern Def (B06) 1-0 N exposes overworked pawn
Sveshnikov vs Gulko, 1975 
(B06) Robatsch, 37 moves, 1-0

150 Attk vs Delayed Pirc Def, both 0-0-0 (B06) 1-0 Long rangers
Adams vs P Wolff, 1990 
(B06) Robatsch, 24 moves, 1-0

Pirc Defense: Modified 150 Attack (B07) 0-1 Bishop outpost
Blatny vs Jansa, 1986
(B07) Pirc, 36 moves, 0-1

Pirc Def. 150 Attack (B07) 1-0 After the center clears, the Q r
J Langreck vs R Hess, 2003 
(B07) Pirc, 32 moves, 1-0

Don't say "Perk". As says, 'peertz' is better.
Caruana vs C Flueckiger, 2010 
(B07) Pirc, 37 moves, 1-0

Pirc Defense: 150 Attack (B07) 0-1 skewer
Ganguly vs Azmaiparashvili, 2004
(B07) Pirc, 29 moves, 0-1

Modern Defense: Standard Def (B06) 1-0 Notes by Raymond Keene
W Hartston vs Keene, 1968 
(B06) Robatsch, 37 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

Pirc Def Austrian Attk. Kurajica Var (B09) 1-0 P roller w/a pin
J Polgar vs Smirin, 2000 
(B09) Pirc, Austrian Attack, 22 moves, 1-0

Saragossa Opening c3, d4, Nf3, g3 (A00) 0-1 Pins & threats
J Juncosa Molins vs Alekhine, 1922 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 52 moves, 0-1

P-Q4 Steinitz Countergambit (D00) 0-1 11...Nd6 Q trap
D Ponziani vs D Ercole Del Rio, 1770 
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 10 moves, 0-1

P-Q4 vs Indian Def, Bg5 vs Bg7 (A40) 1-0 World Blitz
E Moradiabadi vs V Malakhov, 2014
(A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 44 moves, 1-0

Torre Attk: Classical Def. 4.BxNf6 QxB Nimzowitsch Var (A46)1-0
E Moradiabadi vs R Antonio, 2001
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 50 moves, 1-0

French 3.c3? (C00) 1-0 The horse ran off from his K
V Hergert vs G Handke, 1988 
(C00) French Defense, 12 moves, 1-0

Trompowsky Attack: General (A45) 1-0 blitz battle
Mamedyarov vs Ding Liren, 2018 
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 25 moves, 1-0

Hippopotamus (A00) 1-0 live game commentary
Kamsky vs Nepomniachtchi, 2011 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 52 moves, 1-0

1.d4 d5 Torre Attack (D02) 1/2-1/2 Q+ vs 0-0
C Jaffe vs Marshall, 1909 
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 28 moves, 1/2-1/2

Budapest Defense: Fajarowicz Var (A51) 1-0 FSR explains
F Rhine vs D Bungo, 2013 
(A51) Budapest Gambit, 20 moves, 1-0

A40 Hartlaub-Charlick Gambit 0-1 A kNight+ will lead to mate
G Fahrion vs Ali Irad, 1994 
(A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 18 moves, 0-1

Q Pawn Game: Hübsch Gambit (D00) 0-1 Race his rook!
O Arvoll vs O K Lie, 1965 
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 28 moves, 0-1

Q Pawn Game: Krause Var Qxb2?1 (D02) 1-0 K flush
Schlechter vs P Leonhardt, 1911 
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 21 moves, 1-0

2.P-Q4 Steinitz Countergambit (D00) 1-0 I'll be dogged ?!?
F Vass vs P Hogarty, 2006 
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 16 moves, 1-0

Game 77 in For Friends & Colleagues: Vol. 2: by Mark Dvoretsky
Seirawan vs Lobron, 1983 
(D34) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 24 moves, 0-1

QGD: Pillsbury Attack (D55) 1-0 Stockfish notes; KEG annotates!
Pillsbury vs G Marco, 1900 
(D55) Queen's Gambit Declined, 26 moves, 1-0

Slav Def: General (D10) 0-1 Long diagonal is not lost
J Reichert vs J Krauss, 1990 
(D10) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 8 moves, 0-1

Modern Def: Queen Pawn Fianchetto (A40) 1-0 intermezzo +
J Mukic vs C Ruzza, 2001 
(A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 16 moves, 1-0

Stonewall Attack Ne2 vs QID (A45) 1-0 Massing for Kside assault
I Rabinovich-Barav vs B Koch, 1928 
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 23 moves, 1-0

QGD: Orthodox Def. Botvinnik Var (D60) 1-0 Double attack plus
Bronstein vs B Berger, 1964 
(D60) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 20 moves, 1-0

G6 Torre Attack: Fianchetto Def (A48) 0-1 22...?
L Perunovic vs A Gogic, 2008 
(A48) King's Indian, 23 moves, 0-1

Torre Attack (Tartakower Variation) (D03) 1-0 Qside can opener
V Artemiev vs V S Gujrathi, 2020 
(D03) Torre Attack (Tartakower Variation), 26 moves, 1-0

Queen's Gambit Accepted: Linares Var (D20) 1-0 beautiful!
Shirov vs Motylev, 2001 
(D20) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 13 moves, 1-0

Torre Attack: Wagner Gambit (A46) 1-0 Battling Bs & Rs
R Grau vs I Pleci, 1930 
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 44 moves, 1-0

Game35 Great Brilliancy Prize Games of the CMs by Fred Reinfeld
Capablanca vs Spielmann, 1927 
(D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 26 moves, 1-0

Queen Pawn Game: Morris Countergambit (D00) 0-1 messy scrap!
J Rowson vs M Stojanovic, 2006 
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 27 moves, 0-1

QGA: Showalter Var (D24) 0-1 Siberian Trap: NxN Removes Guard
Chernev vs M L Hanauer, 1938 
(D24) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 15 moves, 0-1

QGD: Orthodox Defense. General (D60) 0-1 Mayet's # next!
E Gereben vs Komarov, 1949 
(D60) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 21 moves, 0-1

Torre Attack: Wagner Gambit (A46) 1-0 Fireworks on the 6th!
A Model vs N Rudnev, 1929 
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 21 moves, 1-0

Indian Game: General (A45) 1/2-1/2 White was better
Jobava vs A Sarana, 2015 
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 13 moves, 1/2-1/2

Tarrasch Defense: Rubinstein System (D33) 1-0 Bishop trap
Rubinstein vs S von Freymann, 1909 
(D33) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 20 moves, 1-0

Queen's Gambit Accepted (D20) 1-0 blitz Greek Gift
F Rhine vs NN, 2020 
(D20) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 24 moves, 1-0

Queen Pawn Game: Symmetrical (D02) 1-0 Q Battery
M Romi vs V Kahn, 1926 
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 25 moves, 1-0

Jobava London System/Indian Game: General (A45) 1-0 armageddon
Goryachkina vs P Shuvalova, 2020 
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 27 moves, 1-0

QGA. Classical Defense. Rubinstein Var (D27) 1-0 Qside threats
A Czerwonski vs A Breier, 1999 
(D27) Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical, 26 moves, 1-0

Flohr resigns but could easily win! (See Kibitz at the bottom)
Flohr vs H Grob, 1933 
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 25 moves, 0-1

QGA. Bogoljubow Defense (D24) 0-1 Battery assault
P C Dozsa vs Portisch, 1962 
(D24) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 25 moves, 0-1

Stonewallers must prepare for the simple, supported e5 thrust
T Zakariassen vs C F Ekeberg, 2015 
(A02) Bird's Opening, 24 moves, 0-1

QGA: Old Variation (D20) 1-0 He missed his shot!
H Gifford vs B W Blijdenstein, 1873 
(D20) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 52 moves, 1-0

Gruenfeld Def: Brinckmann Attack (D82) 1-0 Notes by Stockfish
Tartakower vs A Frydman, 1935 
(D82) Grunfeld, 4.Bf4, 24 moves, 1-0

QGD. Orthodox Def. Main Line (D63) 1-0 Notes by Stockfish
Reti vs L Asztalos, 1918 
(D63) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 27 moves, 1-0

Semi-Slav Def: Bogoljubow Var (D46) 1-0 75 options
D Podhorzer vs K Palda, 1933 
(D46) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 26 moves, 1-0

Semi-Slav Def Botvinnik System (D44) 1-0 Amazing game!
A Hollis vs F Baumbach, 1973 
(D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 32 moves, 1-0

Trompowsky Attk: Classical Def. Big Center Var (A45) 1-0 24.?
Hodgson vs D Haessel, 1997 
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 26 moves, 1-0

Horwitz Defense: General (A40) 1-0 engulfed in tactics
A Adly vs A Kosten, 2003 
(A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 43 moves, 1-0

Fred Reinfeld's "Chess Masters On Winning Chess"
Vidmar vs Tarrasch, 1906 
(D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 38 moves, 1-0

Englund Gambit Complex (A40) 1-0 Stefan Bücker gives 8.a4!
A R Cullinane vs B Thomas, 1969 
(A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 37 moves, 1-0

QGD. Tartakower Defense. General (D58) · 1-0
A Kuzmin vs G Timoscenko, 1987 
(D58) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) Syst, 28 moves, 1-0

QGD. Exchange. Saemisch Var (D35) 0-1 Q deflection sac
J Turn vs Petrov, 1929 
(D35) Queen's Gambit Declined, 31 moves, 0-1

The only meeting between these two great players.
Fine vs Lasker, 1936  
(D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 33 moves, 1-0

Semi-Slav Def: General (D43) 1-0 19.? More of Mike's tactics
Botvinnik vs G Stepanov (Schneideman), 1931 
(D43) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 34 moves, 1-0

Slav Def: Czech. Classical System M.L. (D19) 0-1 Max Lange's #
I Lutsko vs S Barth Stanford, 2007 
(D19) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Dutch, 26 moves, 0-1

Modern Defense: Queen Pawn Fianchetto (A40) 0-1 27...?
Reshevsky vs B Ivanovic, 1976 
(A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 29 moves, 0-1

May-12-14 Natalia Pogonina: See the 2013 list of ranked games
Aronian vs Anand, 2013 
(D47) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 23 moves, 0-1

Stonewall Attack (D00) 0-1 Dbl Rook sacrifice to mate!
R Court vs A Feneridis, 1960 
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 27 moves, 0-1

Dutch Def: General (A80) 1-0 Pseudo-Blackburne's Mate w/a Pawn!
B Starck vs D Bertholdt, 1962 
(A80) Dutch, 32 moves, 1-0

Dutch Def. Stonewall. Modern Bd6 (A90) 0-1
F Nordstrom vs M Ulybin, 2002 
(A90) Dutch, 25 moves, 0-1

Dutch Def: Stonewall. Bd6 Modern Var (A90) 1-0 Greco's # next
E Gausel vs S Briem, 1996 
(A90) Dutch, 18 moves, 1-0

Trompowsky Attack: Edge Variation (A45) 1-0 hit f7
O Trompowsky vs R Cantero, 1954 
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 17 moves, 1-0

QID: Spassky System (E14) 0-1 Declining the offer doesn't work
Timman vs J H Donner, 1969 
(E14) Queen's Indian, 29 moves, 0-1

QID. Classical. Traditional, Main Line (E19) 0-1 Stockfish
V Makogonov vs Botvinnik, 1927 
(E19) Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3, 24 moves, 0-1

Tarrasch Def: Two Knights Var (D32) 0-1 Rob the pin
G Zittersteyn vs Euwe, 1918 
(D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 28 moves, 0-1

QGD: Orthodox Defense. Main Line (D63) 1-0 Notes by Stockfish
Euwe vs Maroczy, 1936 
(D63) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 35 moves, 1-0

QGD. Orthodox Def. Main Line (D63) 1-0 Stockfish notes; 36.?
Vidmar vs D Przepiorka, 1906 
(D63) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 39 moves, 1-0

Zukertort Fio vs Chigorin Def (A06) 0-1 The pinned N is a goner
S Martinovic vs Nyback, 2010 
(A06) Reti Opening, 17 moves, 0-1

Blitz game w/N sac B18 1-0 18 high school chess team
F Rhine vs A Artidiello, 1974 
(B18) Caro-Kann, Classical, 18 moves, 1-0

Slav Defense: Suchting Var (D15) 1-0 Notes by Stockfish
Miles vs A Ledger, 2001 
(D15) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 34 moves, 1-0

Slav Defense: Soultanbeieff Var (D16) 1-0 The Double Double
F Ekstrom vs V Soultanbeieff, 1946 
(D16) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 26 moves, 1-0

Slav Indian (A50) 0-1 Bring out your queen early vs the champ!
Carlsen vs K Shevchenko, 2022 
(A50) Queen's Pawn Game, 23 moves, 0-1

Semi-Slav Def. Stoltz. Shabalov Attk (D45) 1-0 Mongredien's N#
Krasenkow vs Sveshnikov, 1992 
(D45) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 23 moves, 1-0

Semi-Slav Def: Bogoljubow Var (D46) 1-0 Raking Bishops deliver
Koltanowski vs H Price, 1929 
(D46) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 27 moves, 1-0

QGD: Capablanca - General (D30) 0-1 Balestra Mate
J Chris Bang vs E A Sayre, 1921 
(D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 27 moves, 0-1

QGD. Capablanca - General (D30) 1-0 Using the pin on f7
Gruenfeld vs Kmoch, 1926 
(D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 25 moves, 1-0

Queen's Gambit Declined: Traditional Var (D30) 1-0 wild finish
Vidmar vs M Golmayo, 1931 
(D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 33 moves, 1-0

QGA. Central Variation. Alekhine System (D20) 0-1 Stockfish
D Gurevich vs Seirawan, 2003 
(D20) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 43 moves, 0-1

Jobava London System vs. Slav- Def (A45) 1-0 Rockin' the g-file
Jobava vs N Meshkovs, 2019 
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 31 moves, 1-0

London System: Poisoned P Declined (D02) 1-0 K tumbles downhill
Firouzja vs Aronian, 2021 
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 33 moves, 1-0

London System (D02) 0-1 Know the checkmates and opening traps!
A Gorovets vs Niemann, 2018 
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 45 moves, 1-0

Gruenfeld Def: Exchange. Nadanian Attack (D85) 0-1 rob the pin
A Nikitin vs M Novik, 2008 
(D85) Grunfeld, 22 moves, 0-1

The Barry Attack (2.Nf3) is essentially a Jobava London structu
Niemann vs G Oparin, 2021 
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 44 moves, 0-1

Blackmar-Diemer Gambit: Teichmann Var (D00) 1-0 Q trap
H Schumacher vs C Muenstermann, 2001 
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 20 moves, 1-0

Caro-Kann Def: Maroczy Gambit (B12) 1-0 Scintillating!!
Teichmann vs J Mieses, 1910 
(B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 25 moves, 1-0

QID: Anti-Queen's Indian System (E17) 1-0 Remove the Guard
B P Mhaiskar vs Pedro J Borras, 1956 
(E17) Queen's Indian, 27 moves, 1-0

Simple minority attack win. Capa makes it look easy!
Capablanca vs Golombek, 1939 
(E34) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Noa Variation, 29 moves, 1-0

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