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16 Spearheads D (Batteries involving the Queen)
Compiled by fredthebear
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Life is like a game of chess, changing with each move. ~ Chinese Proverb

"Life is a kind of chess, with struggle, competition, good and bad events." — Benjamin Franklin

"...you have to cherish the world at the same time that you struggle to endure it." — Flannery O'Connor

"In order to improve your game, you must study the endgame before everything else. For whereas the endings can be studied and mastered by themselves, the middle game and opening must be studied in relation to the end game." — Jose R. Capablanca

"You have to have the fighting spirit. You have to force moves and take chances." — Bobby Fischer

"You and I were created by God to be so much more than normal ... Following the crowd is not a winning approach to life. In the end it's a loser's game, because we never become who God created us to be by trying to be like everybody else." — Tim Tebow

When a man moves away from nature, his heart becomes hard. ~ Lakota proverb

"Winning is about commitment, discipline, hard work, dedication, determination, courage and sometimes even luck!" ― Susan Polgar

"Every defeat is an opportunity to learn from our mistakes! Every victory is a confirmation of our hard work!" ― Susan Polgar

"A chess player uses his/her knowledge to prepare for next game while a passionate coach prepares for next generation!" ― Susan Polgar

"The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step." ― Lao Tzu

"God has given you one face, and you make yourself another." ― William Shakespeare

"I started chess around the age of seven. I was inspired by the game, but soon legends like Kasparov, Karpov, Fischer, Anand and many other world champions captivated me." ― Anish Giri

"Chess is a game where all different sorts of people can come together, not a game in which people are divided because of their religion or country of origin." ― Hikaru Nakamura

"In chess, you have to bring all the pieces into the game. It is about development. In writing, you have to develop the story." ― Gza

"Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one." ― Albert Einstein

"Chess is a lot of fun for me. Football is a physical game, and in chess you can just beat someone mentally - you outwit somebody, outmaneuver them, think ahead of them." ― Larry Fitzgerald

"Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world." ― Archimedes

"The most powerful weapon in chess is to have the next move." ― David Bronstein

"Young men preen. Old men scheme." ― Mason Cooley

"Chess and me, it's hard to take them apart. It's like my alter ego." ― Bobby Fischer

"It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see." ― Henry David Thoreau

"Chess is the art of analysis." ― Mikhail Botvinnik

"Patience is the companion of wisdom." ― Saint Augustine

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

"There are no adequate substitutes for father, mother, and children bound together in a loving commitment to nurture and protect. No government, no matter how well-intentioned, can take the place of the family in the scheme of things." ― Gerald R. Ford

"My biggest competitor was my mum. I used to try to beat her at Chinese chequers, chess, carrom, volleyball, badminton, football, wrestling." ― Sunil Chhetri

"Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and unruffled under all circumstances." ― Thomas Jefferson

"The human element, the human flaw and the human nobility - those are the reasons that chess matches are won or lost." ― Viktor Korchnoi

"In chess, you should be as cool as a cucumber." ― Yuliya Snigir

"O, what a tangled web we weave when first we practise to deceive!" ― Walter Scott

"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

"To give anything less than your best, is to sacrifice the gift." ― Steve Prefontaine

"I love to play chess. The last time I was playing, I started to really see the board. I don't mean just seeing a few moves ahead - something else. My game started getting better. It's the patterns. The patterns are universal." ― Forest Whitaker

"God gave you a gift of 86,400 seconds today. Have you used one to say 'thank you?' " ― William Arthur Ward

"It's not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters." ― Epictetus

"I think a gentleman is someone who holds the comfort of other people above their own. The instinct to do that is inside every good man, I believe. The rules about opening doors and buying dinner and all of that other 'gentleman' stuff is a chess game, especially these days." ― Anna Kendrick

Never judge a book by its cover.

"You cannot say, 'Go! Go! Rah! Rah! Good move!' People want some emotion. Chess is an art and not a spectator sport." ― Garry Kasparov

"My passions were all gathered together like fingers that made a fist. Drive is considered aggression today; I knew it then as purpose." ― Bette Davis

"We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give." ― Winston Churchill

"I spend hours playing chess because I find it so much fun. The day it stops being fun is the day I give up." ― Magnus Carlsen

"Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter." ― Mark Twain

"The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams." ― Eleanor Roosevelt

"I may not be where I want to be, but thank God I am not where I used to be." ― Joyce Meyer

"Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment." ― Jim Rohn

"I have a scheme for stopping war. It's this - no nation is allowed to enter a war till they have paid for the last one." ― Will Rogers

<"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed, by their Creator, with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness.

That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles, and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.

Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object, evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security." ― Thomas Jefferson, The Declaration of Independence>

Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) played chess. It was one of his favorite games. He started playing in his 20s and owned several nice chess sets. Dr. William Small probably introduced chess to Jefferson around 1762. Dr. Small was a professor of mathematics at the College of William and Mary who taught Jefferson.

"We hold these truths to be self-evident: all men and women are created, by the, you know the, you know the thing." ― Joe Biden, botching USA Declaration of Independence quote.

"I have no idols. I admire work, dedication and competence." ― Ayrton Senna

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* Checkmate patterns: Game Collection: Checkmate: Checkmate Patterns

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* Six Ways: https://takelessons.com/blog/6-tips...

* Wonders and Curiosities: Game Collection: Wonders and Curiosities of Chess (Chernev)

* Dizzy means take a bye: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arp...

* Wimoweh: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7M...

* Tips to keep your head together: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNi...

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Carlsen vs D Gukesh, 2025

Rockzy sayz that a teenager was put out to pasture?? When you don't know what you're doing, don't bite off more than you can chew: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ctPw...

Here's a very useful tip for all levels: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/e8_U...

Another useless post from puffi just for the sake of posting. Let's not bow to a bland Nok+1 sentence. Try to do the impossible and tell us something we don't know that is not a lie. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/NZKY...

Those who like lifetime 700 wood pusher comments will want to see this one: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/RVKX...

What?! https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Ff-f...

It's time to join 21st Century chess...

2.Nc3 3.Bc4 is the D01 Jobava London System.

> https://www.youtube.com/shorts/6LQm... > https://www.youtube.com/shorts/yWtJ...

> https://www.youtube.com/shorts/JpuG...

> https://www.youtube.com/shorts/No7z...

> https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Zdsg...

> https://www.youtube.com/shorts/EqgW...

> https://www.youtube.com/shorts/q5Br...

> https://www.youtube.com/shorts/aolo...

> https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Y4fm...

> https://www.youtube.com/shorts/R5_X...

> https://www.youtube.com/shorts/boau...

> https://www.youtube.com/shorts/W75y...

> https://www.youtube.com/shorts/FskX...

> https://www.youtube.com/shorts/L5sV...

> https://www.youtube.com/shorts/67qz...

> https://www.youtube.com/shorts/yxuQ...

> https://www.youtube.com/shorts/3-L3...

> https://www.youtube.com/shorts/IgEU...

> https://www.youtube.com/shorts/t94C...

> https://www.youtube.com/shorts/R5_X...

> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OU7...

> https://www.youtube.com/shorts/8uds...

> https://www.youtube.com/shorts/awbf...

> https://www.youtube.com/shorts/USSR...

> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mb-...

> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sia...

> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Guu...

> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSB...

> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmR...

> https://www.youtube.com/shorts/5Rbj...

> https://www.youtube.com/shorts/NwIz...

> https://www.youtube.com/shorts/2-z1...

> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSW...

> https://www.youtube.com/shorts/SmV6...

> https://www.youtube.com/shorts/KzNC...

> https://www.youtube.com/shorts/siQS...

> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ef...

> https://www.youtube.com/shorts/oMc8...

> https://www.youtube.com/shorts/wV8p...

> https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Q7wp...

> https://www.youtube.com/shorts/8olj...

> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3S...

The "explore this opening" link does not work correctly on this page because CGs has the D02 ECO code, which absolutely insists that all game examples have 2.Nf3, which was not played until 7th ply in the game above.

In other words, the link is all but useless for those searching for 1.d 2.Nc3 3.Bc4 games. Not a single Baddur Jobava game appears.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9V...

The Jobava London System is a chess opening named after Georgian grandmaster Baadur Jobava. It is a variant of the London System, characterized by the moves 1.d4 2.Bf4 3.Nc3. This opening is known for its flexibility, allowing White to launch attacks on both the kingside and queenside, making it a great choice for players looking for an aggressive yet straightforward approach. The Jobava London System is easy to learn, as the ideas and moves remain consistent regardless of the opponent's responses. https://www.chessgeek.org/learn-che...

% https://lichess.org/study/8OjcvA95

% https://www.newinchess.com/media/wy...

% https://en.chessbase.com/post/jobav...

% https://www.chess.com/blog/RussBell...

% https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzA...

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% https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSG...

% https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAS...

In classical time controls, Baduur Jobava no longer plays this opening system named after him (as well as Richard Rapport and Eric Prie). Yet, grandmasters continue playing the Sarratt Attack/Accelerated London System 1.d4 2.Bf4 at all time controls. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NB...

A more important piece makes a good target: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjM...

Shocking: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7D...

In some respects, the similarities and differences are comparable to those of the Giuoco Piano, and Giuoco Pianissimo, or the Nimzo-Indian and Bogo-Indian. You know what I mean? https://www.youtube.com/shorts/AGRc...

Barry's $200K per year sure added up to multi-millions fast, or perhaps all those Dem kids are using the Hunter laptop method of foreign affairs. When and where one spends their knights makes a big difference where their game ends up. How do you tie on? https://www.youtube.com/shorts/wbjH...

If your ship comes in, you could end up on doing one of those bluefin jobs: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/7b0f...

Phil says this is how to live: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/R4Tx...

No, it's not an older Phil. It's not Uncle Si either: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/RZcF...

A different look, but the same message: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/C1jv...

Who is this RJ? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgV...

You're right Cliff. One of 'em is The Way to the Kingdom: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/nkYv...

Don't misunderstand. Cliff spells it out: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/OEYG...

Commercial break. Don't you dare turn that channel! Even a cold, heartless curmudgeon cyberbully shalike this one... https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Pdn_...

What about green onez? https://www.youtube.com/shorts/sZHP...

Luke! https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ZjPN...

A mystery guest:
1) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6x...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Idz...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wi9...

Alireza Firozja's way according to ChessDawg:

2) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wG...

3) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-I...

4) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTu...

5) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8e3...

g6s) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBb... - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=toj...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/3dvU...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4O...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_x...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxJ...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFf...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FH4...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sq3...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQL...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4Z... - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBH...

So Magnus gave it a try: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZy... - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YY...

Even Kramer had a sample: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNA...

Ben Knows: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgE...

Nicholas believes: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/2L2j... - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/CwOE...

Nakamura defends: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYO...

Naka does the Job: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blo...

MC is late, mad! https://www.youtube.com/shorts/E39l... - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/GYYj...

Here's one reason why MC skips Tata Steel nowadays: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qG...

Some deliberately refuse to agree with FTB, so listen to Epi's pen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0F... - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygH...

Agadmator uses the ECO code A45 for games that begin 1.d4 Nf6, a single queen pawn opening. This is technically correct. However, 2.Nc3 d5 (White is threatening 3.e4 if allowed which would become a B07-9 Pirc defense, a single king pawn opening) transposes to D01, a double queen pawn opening. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yx...

Don't be this dad: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/7X_e...

She has her own Nc3 version (apparently a 1.e4 C-K): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHG... - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FW...

Pay close attention when you play: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/TvGn... How 'bout dat?

Halosar tricked 'em this away: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/570F...

If you stand upside down on your head, these kingside Italian games will appear to be the Jobava London system on the queenside: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/zq5Y... - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=feA...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u__...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86F...

If you continue to post rubbish without paying attention to the game, you might get your eyebrows raised: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/enzn...

Boot Camp: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSt...

Upside down practically can't be done w/a piano, but if anybody can, she might be the one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FW...

Oh, Black might play 3...Na6: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Nw... - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhF...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lno...

Back to Basics: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCE... - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/znUy...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8V...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgo...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/RxM7...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDC...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0J...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOp...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDi...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5F...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvW...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/pfXp...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cG_...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZE...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hc...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsM...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXY...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_L...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lt8...
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- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/emtL...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/b7aQ...

- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-2...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2O...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNX...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwI...

If that doesn't work, then soak your toes in Epsom assault: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/L3mC... - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRh... - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6Q...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/1511...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2K...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/K5rP...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/zc-V...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRh...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/V8xt...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/7BlN...
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- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/G4Xj...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-e...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDq...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thp...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJ6...
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Place your knights in the center for greater mobility; avoid edges and the corners.

Colorado: San Luis
Established in: 1851

San Luis has a predominately Hispanic population of less than 700 people, and so the town features a very strong Spanish influence. It was once part of four Spanish land grants decreed by the King of Spain, and a classic adobe architecture and Spanish town layout remain.

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

* Chess Aps: https://www.wired.com/story/best-ch...

* Three Simple Chess Tips: https://www.premierchesscoaching.co...

* Knight Power: https://fmochess.com/the-power-of-t...

* Using Knights: https://www.chessjournal.com/chess-...

* Mr. Coles' Visual: https://mrcoles.com/shortcut-visual...

The knight is well-suited for brutal close combat, the opposite of the long-range bishop.

* 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

"When in doubt, don't." ― Benjamin Franklin

A knight is on the edge of the board can be corralled by a bishop three squares away on the opposite colour:


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

yakisoba's combination

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

then trembling he realized to his consternation: he was being killed by the bishop-queen combination.

Create protected outposts for your knights.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Identify knight forks - find two or more opposing units on the same colored squares.

Proverbs 29:25
Fear of man will prove to be a snare, but whoever trusts in the Lord is kept safe.

Кто не рискует, тот не пьет шампанского Pronunciation: KTOH ni risKUyet, tot ni pyot shamPANSkava) Translation: He who doesn't take risks doesn't drink champagne Meaning: Fortune favours the brave

"Tal has a terrifying style. Soon even grandmasters will know of this." - Vladimir Saigin (after losing to 17-year-old Tal in a qualifying match for the master title) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5S...

"I like to grasp the initiative and not give my opponent peace of mind." — Mikhail Tal

Here's a poem a dad wrote:

<ODE TO CHESS

Ten times I charged the grim, foreboding walls

and was pitched into the pit of defeat.

But, heedless of humiliating falls,

I clambered bravely back onto my feet

and charged again, again to be down thrust

onto the scrap heap of people who lose

onto the mound of mortifying dust

whilst my opponent sat without a bruise

upon his pedestal. We changed sides

and fought again, but I was defeated

whilst he with arrogant and haughty strides

took the throne upon which I had been seated.

Ha! Win or lose, it's how you play the game.

But I would like to beat him just the same.>

"Chess can be described as the movement of pieces eating one another." — Marcel Duchamp

"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

"The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them." — Ernest Hemingway

Like new-laid eggs Chess Problems are,
Though very good, they may be beaten;
And yet, though like, they're different far,
They may be cooked, but never eaten.

Source: page 58 of Poems and Chess Problems by J.A. Miles (Fakenham, 1882).

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

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

Gambling problem? Call 1-800-GAMBLER

The world's first automobile was developed by Carl Benz in 1885. The top speed of the motor car was 16 km per hour.

You have noticed that everything an Indian does is in a circle, and that is because the Power of the World always works in circles. – Black Elk

Riddle Question: If you drop a yellow hat in the Red Sea, what does it become?

The Persian epic Explanation of Chatrang and the Invention of Nard tells the story of chess being introduced to the royal court by an envoy from India.

Riddle Answer: Wet, duh!

You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist. – Indira Gandhi

The first self-propelled vehicle–Cugnot Fardier–was made by Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot in 1769. It was a steam-powered tricycle.

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

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!

"Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom." ― Francis Bacon

"Discipline is wisdom and vice versa." ― M. Scott Peck

"Fire and Ice" by Robert Frost

Some say the world will end in fire,
Some say in ice.
From what I've tasted of desire
I hold with those who favor fire.
But if it had to perish twice,
I think I know enough of hate
To say that for destruction ice
Is also great
And would suffice.

"You cannot swim for new horizons until you have courage to lose sight of the shore." ― William Faulkner

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

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

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

"It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things." ― Leonardo da Vinci

"I've never met a checkers player I didn't like; they're all even-tempered. Chess players are egotistical. They think they're intellectuals and that everyone else is beneath them." ― Don Lafferty, draughts grandmaster

Chess
Aimee Nezhukumatathil

Exactly four different men have tried
to teach me how to play. I could never
tell the difference between a rook
or bishop, but I knew the horse meant

knight. And that made sense to me,
because a horse is night: soot-hoof
and nostril, dark as a sabled evening
with no stars, bats, or moon blooms.

It's a night in Ohio where a man sleeps
alone one week and the next, the woman
he will eventually marry leans her body
into his for the first time, leans a kind

of faith, too—filled with white crickets
and bouquets of wild carrot. And
the months and the honeyed years
after that will make all the light

and dark squares feel like tiles
for a kitchen they can one day build
together. Every turn, every sacrificial
move—all the decoys, the castling,

the deflections—these will be both
riotous and unruly, the exact opposite
of what she thought she ever wanted
in the endgame of her days.

"Zeitnot" is German for "time pressure."

"....his countrymen, Kolisch and Steinitz, are greatly indebted for their later success to their having enjoyed early opportunities of practicing with the departed amateur whose death is also greatly deplored amongst all who knew him personally." — Wilhelm Steinitz, regarding Karl Hamppe

The first appearance of the (John) Cochrane gambit against Petrov's defense C42 was in the year 1848 against an Indian master Mohishunder Bannerjee.

"Sorry don't get it done, Dude!" — John Wayne, Rio Bravo

"Gossip is the devil's telephone. Best to just hang up." — Moira Rose

The Words Of Socrates

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

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

'Ask no questions and hear no lies

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'Ask a silly question and you'll get a silly answer

Proverbs of Solomon 1 The Enticement of Sin

8Listen, my son, to your father's instruction,

and do not forsake the teaching of your mother.

9For they are a garland of grace on your head

and a pendant around your neck.

10My son, if sinners entice you,

do not yield to them.

11If they say, "Come along, let us lie in wait for blood,

let us ambush the innocent without cause,

12let us swallow them alive like Sheol,

and whole like those descending into the Pit.

13We will find all manner of precious goods;

we will fill our houses with plunder.

14Throw in your lot with us;

let us all share one purse"—

15my son, do not walk the road with them

or set foot upon their path.

16For their feet run to evil,

and they are swift to shed blood.

17How futile it is to spread the net

where any bird can see it!

18But they lie in wait for their own blood;

they ambush their own lives.

19Such is the fate of all who are greedy,

whose unjust gain takes the lives of its possessors.

Lichess has all the same basic offerings as Chess.com: a large community, many game types, tutorials, puzzles, and livestreams. The site has a simple appearance, and it seems built to get you where you want to go in as few clicks as possible. You can create an account, but if you're not concerned with tracking your games and finding other players at your level, there's no need to log in. Just fire up a new game, try some puzzles, or watch a chess streamer play three-minute games while listening to techno and chatting with the comments section.

<Steinitz's Theory

1. At the beginning of the game, Black and White are equal.

2. The game will stay equal with correct play on both sides.

3. You can only win by your opponent's mistake.

4. Any attack launched in an equal position will not succeed, and the attacker will suffer.

5. You should not attack until an advantage is obtained.

6. When equal, do not seek to attack, but instead, try to secure an advantage.

7. Once you have an advantage, attack or you will lose it.>

Want to stop getting nailed by royal thunderbolts? Ask "Can my opponent aim that queen toward my king's surrounding kill box 8, gain near opposition just outside the kill box, blockade a near pawn on a weak square preventing advancement, or fire upon my back rank defender or it's defendant? Can she arrive in two moves?" She often strikes or supports a penetrating rook diagonally. Check her diagonals! She's a Medusa -- Do NOT allow her to peak at your king!

(What's more, don't align your own queen with your king for your own queen's sake -- to avoid forks, pins, and skewers! All the more reason to castle and separate the couple).

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

"In chess, as in life, the best moves are often the ones you don't play." ― Savielly Tartakower

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

18bd perjury had pensil surgery on hiz pinky johnson So its suitable for ball point pins, oily and wiper fluid, tire pressure check, unleaded petro only.

"May the sun bring you energy by day,

May the moon softly restore you by night,

May the rain wash away your worries,

May the breeze blow new strength into your being.

May you walk gently through the world

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

Apache Blessing

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

P-Q4: Levitsky Attack (D00) 1-0 "The Ruth Hurts"
W Ruth vs C L Parmelee, 1937 
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 22 moves, 1-0

P-Q4 Krause 2...c5 (D02) 0-1 Side step issues on the diagonal
Flohr vs H Grob, 1933 
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 25 moves, 0-1

QGD: Baltic Defense (D02) 1-0 Pin, Spearheads
V Zaltsman vs W Shipman, 1983 
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 24 moves, 1-0

Queen Pawn Game: Anti-Torre 4...f6 (D02) 1-0 N en prise 4x!!
A Bandza vs V Vepkhvishvili, 1978 
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 13 moves, 1-0

Colle System (D05) 1-0 piece shuffling put her to sleep
V Garcia Castro vs A Matsuo, 2004 
(D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 16 moves, 1-0

Colle System (D05) 0-1 Knights BETWEEN Bishops after 13 ply
G Fontein vs Reti, 1919 
(D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 22 moves, 0-1

QGD: Marshall Def 0-0 vs 0-0-0 (D06) 1-0 Dismantled
W Addison vs J F Donovan, 1955 
(D06) Queen's Gambit Declined, 25 moves, 1-0

QGD: Marshall Defense (D06) 1-0 Spearhead will mate
Lasker vs Bridgwater / Wilmot / Burnell, 1897 
(D06) Queen's Gambit Declined, 25 moves, 1-0

Queen's Gambit Declined: Marshall Def (D06) 0-1 Pinterrupted
W Meiden vs J Demos, 1962 
(D06) Queen's Gambit Declined, 19 moves, 0-1

QGD: Albin Countergambit. Alapin Var (D08) 1-0 Raking Bishops
A Nikitin vs Kupreichik, 1968
(D08) Queen's Gambit Declined, Albin Counter Gambit, 23 moves, 1-0

QGD: Albin Countergambit. Alapin Var (D08) 0-1 18...?
Saemisch vs A Medina Garcia, 1943  
(D08) Queen's Gambit Declined, Albin Counter Gambit, 19 moves, 0-1

Slav Defense: Modern Line (D11) 1-0 Insert the Bishop pin!
C S Matamoros Franco vs G Madikwe, 1982 
(D11) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 10 moves, 1-0

Slav Defense: Quiet Var (D11) 1-0 Knight on time
F Reinfeld vs R Smirka, 1937 
(D11) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 28 moves, 1-0

Slav Def: Exchange. Schallopp Var (D12) 1-0Trouble on light sqs
Alekhine vs R L Bornholz, 1929 
(D12) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 16 moves, 1-0

Game 34 in The Russians Play Chess by Irving Chernev
P Lebedev vs Gonak, 1938 
(D15) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 22 moves, 1-0

QG Accepted: Saduleto Var (D20) 1-0 Dbl R sacs, K walk
W Schwartz vs Kieseritzky, 1842 
(D20) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 20 moves, 1-0

Queen's Gambit Accepted (D20) 1-0 Pin the attacker!
G Kozlova vs E Guseva, 1967 
(D20) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 10 moves, 1-0

QGA. Old Variation (D20) 1-0 Heavy pieces penetrate the ranks
Marshall vs Janowski, 1907 
(D20) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 24 moves, 1-0

QGA. Old Variation (D20) 1-0 Spearhead on the long diagonal
Marshall vs L Eisenberg, 1904 
(D20) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 20 moves, 1-0

QGA. Central. Greco Var (D20) 1-0 Back rank pin, support mate
von der Lasa vs Hensel, 1836 
(D20) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 15 moves, 1-0

QGA Gunsberg Def (D21) 1-0 Battery pins the Black queen
H Atkins vs Gunsberg, 1902 
(D21) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 9 moves, 1-0

QGA: Bogoljubow Def (D24) 1-0 Surge forth, 3 on the 5th
Rapport vs N Huschenbeth, 2010 
(D24) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 21 moves, 1-0

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

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. Janowski-Larsen Var (D25) 0-1 Checkmate plan gets Poleaxed
Shainswit vs R H Steinmeyer, 1963 
(D25) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 23 moves, 0-1

QGA. Classical Def. Main Lines (D27) 1-0 Q is a poor defender
A Korobov vs A S Rasmussen, 2008 
(D27) Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical, 20 moves, 1-0

QGA. Classical Def. Main Lines (D27) 1-0 IQP, Blackburne's Mate
M Rodshtein vs A Diamant, 2009 
(D27) Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical, 20 moves, 1-0

QGD: Hastings Var (D30) 1-0 Pin, 0-0-0, N sac vs. uncastled K
B Gruber vs M Radojcic, 1947 
(D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 16 moves, 1-0

Semi-Slav Defense: Quiet Var (D30) 1-0 Find the finish
A Hauchard vs E Forsaa, 2009 
(D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 23 moves, 1-0

QGD. Capablanca - General (D30) 1-0 Using the pin on f7
Gruenfeld vs Kmoch, 1926 
(D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 25 moves, 1-0

QGD. Tarrasch Def. Pseudo-Tarrasch (D30) 0-1 Sideways Gueridon#
H Brinkmann vs W Preiswerk, 1910 
(D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 22 moves, 0-1

Semi-Slav Def Noteboom (D31)1-0 Dbl N sac start & end of K walk
G Weissgerber vs A van Nuess, 1933 
(D31) Queen's Gambit Declined, 24 moves, 1-0

QGD: Charousek (Petrosian) Variation (D31) 1-0 Smashing Rooks!
W Palmer vs Gunsberg, 1908 
(D31) Queen's Gambit Declined, 21 moves, 1-0

Semi-Slav Def: Marshall Gambit. ML (D31) 1-0 Mate looks great!
Yermolinsky vs A Kaliksteyn, 2002 
(D31) Queen's Gambit Declined, 16 moves, 1-0

Alexander Alekhine vs Dr. Max Euwe 26 - 20 (plus 38 draws)
Alekhine vs Euwe, 1921 
(D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 20 moves, 1-0

Yasser Seirawan's Winning Chess Tactics p. 153
Marshall vs Rubinstein, 1908 
(D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 24 moves, 1-0

Tarrasch Defense: Symmetrical (D32) 1-0 Rob the pin
Tal vs Sveshnikov, 1988 
(D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 21 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

Tarrasch Def. Prague Var. Main Line (D34) 1-0 Locked & Loaded
Marshall vs Rubinstein, 1911 
(D34) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 20 moves, 1-0

QGD: Exchange. Positional Var (D35) 1-0 Overworked f7-pawn
Tal vs L Kiriakov, 1965 
(D35) Queen's Gambit Declined, 16 moves, 1-0

QGD: Exchange. Positional (D35) 0-1 Dbl N sac for Kside attack!
A Moiseenko vs K Korley, 2019 
(D35) Queen's Gambit Declined, 25 moves, 0-1

Schlechter drew a World Championship Match with Lasker in 1910.
Schlechter vs D Przepiorka, 1906 
(D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 17 moves, 1-0

QGD. Harrwitz Attack. Fianchetto Def (D37) 1-0 Battery on h7
A Moiseenko vs B Savchenko, 2006 
(D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 18 moves, 1-0

QGD: Barmen Var (D37) 1-0 Pseudo fishin' pole attack
Saemisch vs J Huber, 1946 
(D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 15 moves, 1-0

Queen's Gambit Declined: Vienna Var (D39) 1-0 Textbook
L Forgacs vs E Cohn, 1909 
(D39) Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin, Vienna Variation, 24 moves, 1-0

QGD: Semi-Tarrasch Def (D40) 1-0 Add to the King's EAD
A Sarana vs S Drazic, 2019 
(D40) Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 23 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. Botvinnik (D44) 0-1 Bravo! 12 yr old simul win!
Kholmov vs Tal, 1949 
(D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 21 moves, 0-1

Semi-Slav Defense: Accepted (D44) 1-0 N on the 6th gut punch
N Templier vs S Galicek, 2001 
(D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 24 moves, 1-0

G73 in 100 Master Games of Modern Chess by Tartakower & du Mont
Ragozin vs E Book, 1946 
(D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 25 moves, 1-0

Semi-Slav, Botvinnik System. Lilienthal Var (D44) 1-0 P picking
I Krush vs Shabalov, 2007 
(D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 25 moves, 1-0

Semi-Slav Defense: Stoltz Var (D45) 1-0 Different Greek recipe
Browne vs Kaidanov, 1994 
(D45) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 23 moves, 1-0

Semi-Slav Defense: Main Lines (D45) 1-0 Bxh7+ declined
Koltanowski vs NN, 1935 
(D45) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 19 moves, 1-0

Semi-Slav Def: Main Lines (D45) 1-0 Attacking the Q backfires
H Wang vs P Malysheva, 2004
(D45) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 19 moves, 1-0

Volume 2 Chess Informant Golden Games
Portisch vs S Johannessen, 1966 
(D47) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 25 moves, 1-0

Semi-Slav Def: Meran Var (D47) 1-0 Threaten mate, fork LPDO
J Rejfir vs E Lundin, 1930 
(D47) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 20 moves, 1-0

Semi-Slav Def: Meran. Sozin Var I (D49) 1-0 Try to hold onto Ps
Botvinnik vs S Belavenets, 1934 
(D49) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, Meran, 25 moves, 1-0

Queen's Gambit Declined: Pseudo-Tarrasch Var (D50) 0-1 Pin
V Kelly vs L Levy, 1972 
(D50) Queen's Gambit Declined, 10 moves, 0-1

QGD. Pseudo-Tarrasch. Primitive Pillsbury Var (D50) 1-0 Qside A
A Chistiakov vs Shashin, 1960 
(D50) Queen's Gambit Declined, 25 moves, 1-0

QGD: Modern Variation (D50) 1-0 Notes by Stockfish; 20.?
E Delmar vs F Roser, 1876 
(D50) Queen's Gambit Declined, 22 moves, 1-0

Q's Gambit Declined, Cambridge Springs(D52) 1-0Remove the Guard
I Cheparinov vs L Lang, 1995 
(D52) Queen's Gambit Declined, 12 moves, 1-0

QGD Modern Variation (D53) 1-0 Pawn makes big contribution
Marshall vs G Marco, 1900 
(D50) Queen's Gambit Declined, 23 moves, 1-0

QGD: Modern Variation. Normal Line (D55) 1-0
Szabo vs O Nedeljkovic, 1938
(D55) Queen's Gambit Declined, 27 moves, 1-0

QGD Orthodox Def. Botvinnik Var (D60) 1-0 IQP; Notes by AA
Botvinnik vs Vidmar, 1936  
(D60) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 24 moves, 1-0

Game 31: The Russians Play Chess by Irving Chernev
F Duz-Khotimirsky vs Kotov, 1938 
(D63) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 23 moves, 1-0

Their fifth meeting - a short sharp draw by perpetual check
Rubinstein vs Lasker, 1924 
(D69) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, Classical, 13.de, 24 moves, 1/2-1/2

Game 5 from World Champion - Euwe (I.Linder/V.Linder)
Euwe vs G Thomas, 1934 
(D69) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, Classical, 13.de, 26 moves, 1-0

Gruenfeld Defense (D80) 0-1 Deflection! Back rank blunder.
Aronian vs Svidler, 2006 
(D80) Grunfeld, 24 moves, 0-1

Gruenfeld Defense: General (D80) 0-1 Q trap
C Roodzant vs B Carrasco Araya, 1939 
(D80) Grunfeld, 22 moves, 0-1

Gruenfeld Def: Brinckmann Attack (D82) 0-1 Raiding Qs
Z Vranesic vs A Foguelman, 1964 
(D82) Grunfeld, 4.Bf4, 20 moves, 0-1

Gruenfeld Defense: Modern Exchange (D85) 0-1 Stockfish notes
A Mikhalchishin vs Romanishin, 1981 
(D85) Grunfeld, 12 moves, 0-1

Gruenfeld Defense: Three Knights. Hungarian Var (D93) 0-1
Rosenberg vs Tal, 1955 
(D93) Grunfeld, with Bf4 & e3, 24 moves, 0-1

Confirmed: Ch. 2 p. 34 The Art of Attack (even though both 0-0)
Smyslov vs T Florian, 1949 
(D97) Grunfeld, Russian, 25 moves, 1-0

Indian Game: Seirawan Attack (E00) 1-0 Brilliant!
R Krogius vs I Niemela, 1934 
(E00) Queen's Pawn Game, 18 moves, 1-0

Indian Game: East Indian Def (E00) 0-1 Fishin' Pole Spearhead
Korchnoi vs E Chick, 1974 
(E00) Queen's Pawn Game, 15 moves, 0-1

Catalan, Open, 5.Qa4 (E02) 1-0 N+ fork, back rank mate awaits
Petrov vs F Apsenieks, 1941 
(E02) Catalan, Open, 5.Qa4, 18 moves, 1-0

Catalan Opening: Open Defense (E04) 1-0 Pile on the pin
Gelfand vs L Bruzon Batista, 2002 
(E04) Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3, 24 moves, 1-0

Catalan Opening: Open Def. Tarrasch Def (E04) 0-1Philidor's Leg
Hlophe Smilo vs W Kobese, 2016 
(E04) Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3, 26 moves, 0-1

An unusual trap of a rook by a bishop-so queen can gobble it
Smyslov vs Tolush, 1961 
(E10) Queen's Pawn Game, 17 moves, 1-0

Blumenfeld Countergambit: Accepted (E10) 0-1 Sactastic!
M Tataev vs M Balitinov, 1962 
(E10) Queen's Pawn Game, 25 moves, 0-1

Blumenfeld Countergambit: Spielmann Var (E10) 1-0 Remove the G
M Czerniak vs J Pelikan, 1946 
(E10) Queen's Pawn Game, 21 moves, 1-0

Bogo-Indian Defense: Nimzowitsch Var (E11) 1-0 Notes by G.K.
Kasparov vs Petrosian, 1982  
(E11) Bogo-Indian Defense, 24 moves, 1-0

Bogo-Indian Defense: Exchange Var (E11) 1-0 Q double attack!
Koltanowski vs NN, 1988 
(E11) Bogo-Indian Defense, 15 moves, 1-0

Bogo-Indian Def: Exchange Var (E11) 1-0 charging g-pawn
M Ragger vs G Danner, 2014 
(E11) Bogo-Indian Defense, 22 moves, 1-0

QID Kasparov Var. resembles Curry (E12) 1-0 Spearhead on h-file
A Bisguier vs L Evans, 1951 
(E12) Queen's Indian, 25 moves, 1-0

QID: Miles Var (E12) 0-1 Skewer the Q by defending w/a B
Miles vs Reshevsky, 1979 
(E12) Queen's Indian, 24 moves, 0-1

QID: Spassky System (E14) 0-1 R sac, Spearhead #
H Heinicke vs Gilg, 1940 
(E14) Queen's Indian, 35 moves, 0-1

QID: Spassky System (E14) 1-0 Q sac for a back ranker
G Thomas vs Marshall, 1930 
(E14) Queen's Indian, 23 moves, 1-0

QID: Opocensky Var (E17) 1-0 Famous N Shot!
Aronian vs Navara, 2006 
(E17) Queen's Indian, 25 moves, 1-0

Nimzo-Indian Defense: Kmoch (E20) 1-0 21.Qh4
Khenkin vs T Jugelt, 2011
(E20) Nimzo-Indian, 21 moves, 1-0

NID. Romanishin Var (E20) 0-1 B+ sac gains edge
Plaskett vs Speelman, 1993 
(E20) Nimzo-Indian, 25 moves, 0-1

NID: Kmoch Var (E20) 1-0 Simul slaughter on the diagonals
Carlsen vs B Berkowitz, 2016
(E20) Nimzo-Indian, 25 moves, 1-0

NID. Three Knights (E21) 0-1 Went on the attack, left en prise
H Stefansson vs J Salomon, 2015
(E21) Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights, 17 moves, 0-1

NID: Saemisch Var (E26) 1-0 holes on the 6th
I Romanenko vs E Mednis, 1952 
(E26) Nimzo-Indian, Samisch, 21 moves, 1-0

NID Saemisch (E27) 1-0 Impressive Philidor's Legacy 3 vs 2 attk
Tal vs Zwaigzne, 1952 
(E27) Nimzo-Indian, Samisch Variation, 42 moves, 1-0

Nimzo-Indian Defense: Saemisch (E28) 1-0 Rxg7 Decoy
Botvinnik vs Keres, 1948 
(E28) Nimzo-Indian, Samisch Variation, 23 moves, 1-0

Nimzo-Indian Defense: Saemisch (E29) 1-0 Q&R battery on h-file
Bronstein vs Najdorf, 1950 
(E29) Nimzo-Indian, Samisch, 21 moves, 1-0

Nimzo-Indian Def: Classical (E32) 0-1Q sac into semi-smothered#
I Balanel vs A Pytlakowski, 1951 
(E32) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 24 moves, 0-1

Nimzo-Indian Def: Classical (E32) 0-1 Vicious crossfire & Q sac
C Parker vs I Myall, 1999 
(E32) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 19 moves, 0-1

Nimzo-Indian Def. Classical (E32) 1-0Spearhead on long diagonal
K Opocensky vs A J Mackenzie, 1933 
(E32) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 28 moves, 1-0

NID. Classical Var (E32) 1-0 Rapid; Mate on diagonal or Q trap
Karpov vs Korchnoi, 2008 
(E32) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 19 moves, 1-0

NID. Classical. Keres Def (E32) 1-0 23.? Hook &Ladder Sacrifice
Koneru vs Granda Zuniga, 2008 
(E32) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 22 moves, 1-0

Nimzo-Indian Def. Classical. Noa Var (E35) 0-1Rob the pin
I Sokolov vs Aronian, 2006 
(E34) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Noa Variation, 19 moves, 0-1

NID. Classical. Noa Var (E34) 1-0 How to neutralize a Spearhead
M Nikolov vs T Anton, 2009 
(E34) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Noa Variation, 18 moves, 1-0

Beautiful, relentless and commanding attack by Serper
Serper vs D Ippolito, 2003 
(E38) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 4...c5, 24 moves, 1-0

NID. St. Petersburg Var (E43) 0-1 Double Attack ends it
Uhlmann vs Botvinnik, 1958 
(E43) Nimzo-Indian, Fischer Variation, 23 moves, 0-1

Nimzo-Indian Defense: Normal (E53) 1-0 Tactics prevail!!
Kramnik vs Kasparov, 2000 
(E53) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, 25 moves, 1-0

Nimzo-Indian Defense: Panov Attack. Main Line (E54) 1-0 18.?
A Timofeev vs Svidler, 2008 
(E54) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System, 19 moves, 1-0

KID. Normal. K's Knight Var (E60) 0-1Nxf7, can't follow up fast
D E Cori Tello vs I Sokolov, 2010 
(E60) King's Indian Defense, 23 moves, 0-1

KID. Four Pawns Attack. Normal Attack (E77) 0-1 Down the hatch
L Liptay vs Spassky, 1962 
(E77) King's Indian, 21 moves, 0-1

KID: Saemisch Var (E80) 1-0 Damiano's Mate set-up
A Saidy vs C Dinsen, 1957 
(E80) King's Indian, Samisch Variation, 25 moves, 1-0

King's Indian Def. Saemisch Var (E86) 1-0 Smothered Mate in 1
J Murey vs E Mortensen, 1982 
(E86) King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox, 7.Nge2 c6, 20 moves, 1-0

King's Indian Defense: Orthodox Var (E94) 0-1 Qh3 spearhead
W Christensen vs A Karklins, 1992 
(E94) King's Indian, Orthodox, 21 moves, 0-1

KID: Orthodox. Classical System Misc (E98) 0-1 Battery
R G Wade vs J Penrose, 1961
(E98) King's Indian, Orthodox, Taimanov, 9.Ne1, 24 moves, 0-1

Blackmar-Diemer Gambit: Ryder Gambit (D00) 1-0 Q sac, B + R#
E Diemer vs Burger / Bartsch, 1948 
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 19 moves, 1-0

Blackmar-Diemer G. Ryder Gambit (D00) 1-0 Remove the Guard
E Diemer vs Portz, 1948 
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 20 moves, 1-0

Blackmar-Diemer Gambit: Ryder Gambit (D00) 1-0 Great + +
E Diemer vs A Schuppler, 1937 
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 26 moves, 1-0

Blackmar-Diemer Gambit vs English Def (D00) 1-0Remove the Guard
A Mongiello vs C Skehan, 2006
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 27 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: Tartakower Var (D00) 1-0 Rxf7 works
C Von Zitzewitz vs L Cane, 2001 
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 25 moves, 1-0

Blackmar-Diemer Gambit: Tartakower Var (D00) 1-0 Correspond
E Diemer vs H G Gunderam, 1973 
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 13 moves, 1-0

Blackmar-Diemer Gambit: Tartakower Var (D00) 0-1 ICC game
T E Sawyer vs paj, 2014 
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 22 moves, 0-1

Blackmar-Diemer Gambit: Vienna (D00) 1-0 2 sacs to invade
Keene vs J N Sugden, 1963 
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 26 moves, 1-0

Blackmar-Diemer Gambit: Vienna Var (D00) 0-1 Battery
T Burgerhoff vs H Middelhoven, 2001
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 32 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 Gambit (D00) 1-0Simul Smash!
P Bobrov vs Steinitz, 1896
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 35 moves, 1-0

Blackmar-Diemer Gambit: Gedult Gambit (D00) 0-1 Correspondence
C Helms vs J I Jellett, 1894
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 25 moves, 0-1

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

Sarratt Attack 4.Nc3 (D00) 1-0 Pressure on Black royalty
S Beukema vs F Slingerland, 2020 
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 29 moves, 1-0

Veresov Atack. Richter Var (D01) 1-0 Surprise central breakthru
K Richter vs A Baratz, 1931 
(D01) Richter-Veresov Attack, 29 moves, 1-0

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

Zukertort / QGA (D02) 1-0 Watch those diagonal checks
Alekhine vs Tartakower, 1911 
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 38 moves, 1-0

P-Q4 Zukertort Bg5 vs Bg4 (D02) 1-0 Back rank pins, R battery W
A Gogolis vs A B Gikas, 2005
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 24 moves, 1-0

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

London System (D02) 0-1 Daring piece play & pretty promo sac
E Vaarala vs J Herman, 2012 
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 63 moves, 0-1

London System vs Tarrasch (D02) 0-1 Unruly play!
F Ghaledar vs J Arun, 2011 
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 44 moves, 0-1

Colle System / QGD (D04) 1-0 Deflection Q sac unblocks passer
Capablanca vs B H Villegas, 1914 
(D04) Queen's Pawn Game, 34 moves, 1-0

Smyslov, Vasily "My Best Games of Chess (1935-1957)" P.H. Clark
K Gerasimov vs Smyslov, 1935 
(D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 22 moves, 0-1

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

Rubinstein Opening (D05) 1-0 Blind Swine threaten back ranker
Rubinstein vs J Berger, 1907 
(D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 33 moves, 1-0

Zuke/Rubinstein c4, Bb2 Stonewall (D05) 1-0 h-file battery
A Yusupov vs Sosonko, 1985 
(D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 31 moves, 1-0

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

QGD Marshall Def (D06) 1-0 Underpromotion deflects defender
N Szuveges vs M Ninchich, 1999 
(D06) Queen's Gambit Declined, 39 moves, 1-0

QGD Chigorin Def. Main Line (D07) 0-1 Which Rook? Kill shot
R Shetty vs Short, 2011 
(D07) Queen's Gambit Declined, Chigorin Defense, 38 moves, 0-1

QGD Chigorin Def. Main Line (D07) 0-1 R sac for Q penetration
P Cramling vs Short, 2011 
(D07) Queen's Gambit Declined, Chigorin Defense, 44 moves, 0-1

QGD Albin Countergambit. Normal Line (D08) 0-1 Pawn grabs lose
I Borsi vs J Havasi, 1990 
(D08) Queen's Gambit Declined, Albin Counter Gambit, 24 moves, 0-1

QGD Albin Countergambit Fianchetto Be6 Line(D09) 0-1W misses Bs
B Calton vs R Finegold, 1990
(D09) Queen's Gambit Declined, Albin Counter Gambit, 5.g3, 23 moves, 0-1

QG Accepted (D20) 1-0 Pins and threats gain time
Rubinstein vs Tartakower, 1907 
(D11) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 36 moves, 1-0

Slav Def: Quiet Var. Schallopp Def (D12) 1/2- Q sac is the only
Aronian vs Kramnik, 2007 
(D12) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 55 moves, 1/2-1/2

Nice open file battery; the pin on the 8th "supports" the 7th
K Frey Beckman vs T Sammalvuo, 2001 
(D13) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Exchange Variation, 31 moves, 1-0

Slav Def: Czech. Classical System (D19) 0-1 Shrewd interference
H Grob vs Euwe, 1947 
(D18) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Dutch, 30 moves, 0-1

QGA Old Variation (D20) 1-0 Awesome is overused nowadays
Korchnoi vs M Stojanovic, 2007 
(D20) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 40 moves, 1-0

QGA: Central Var. Rubinstein Def (D20) 1-0 N strike
Romanishin vs Z Gyimesi, 1995 
(D20) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 30 moves, 1-0

Game 77: My Best Games Of Chess 1924-1937 by A. Alekhine
C Ahues vs Alekhine, 1936 
(D22) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 31 moves, 0-1

QGA Mannheim Var (D23) 1-0 Violence upon the uncastled king
Taimanov vs Polugaevsky, 1960 
(D23) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 23 moves, 1-0

QGA. Normal (D25) 1-0 Bxh6 Kside assault; K chase across
Taimanov vs V Mikenas, 1965 
(D25) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 38 moves, 1-0

QGA Classical Def. Rubinstein (D27) 1-0 Hot h-file, Q sac
Aronian vs Morozevich, 2006 
(D27) Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical, 42 moves, 1-0

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

Semi-Slav Def Quiet Var (D30) 1-0Rob the pin & overworked pawn
Capablanca vs R Scott, 1919 
(D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 27 moves, 1-0

QGD Janowski Variation (D31) 0-1 Q&R sacrifices to promote w/+
V Kahn vs K Treybal, 1933 
(D31) Queen's Gambit Declined, 36 moves, 0-1

QGA Q's Knight Var (D31) 0-1 A witty trap - notes by Dr. Lasker
A Speijer vs Rubinstein, 1909  
(D31) Queen's Gambit Declined, 55 moves, 0-1

QGA Q's Knight Var (D31) 0-1 Connected passers won't suffice
A Speijer vs F Duz-Khotimirsky, 1909 
(D31) Queen's Gambit Declined, 39 moves, 0-1

QGA Q's Knight Var (D31) 0-1 Active vs inactive queen
Alapin vs S von Freymann, 1912 
(D31) Queen's Gambit Declined, 28 moves, 0-1

Tarrasch Defense: Symmetrical Copycat (D32) 0-1 A Classic
Anand vs Kramnik, 2013 
(D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 27 moves, 0-1

Tarrasch Def Symmetrical (D32) 0-1 Arabian Mate Variant Awaits
J Sunye Neto vs Kasparov, 1981 
(D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 47 moves, 0-1

Game 46 in Fischer: Move by Move by Cyrus Lakdawala.
Petrosian vs Fischer, 1971 
(D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 40 moves, 0-1

"He who fears an isolated Q's pawn should give up chess." -S.T.
Burn vs Tarrasch, 1912 
(D33) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 39 moves, 0-1

QGD Harrwitz Attack. Fianchetto Def (D37) 1-0 Notes by Keene
Keene vs O Jakobsen, 1981  
(D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 37 moves, 1-0

QGD Vienna. Quiet Var (D37) 0-1 Bully R says "Here take me!"
Pillsbury vs Steinitz, 1896 
(D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 44 moves, 0-1

Tate the Tactician! What an excellent series of exchanges!
E Tate vs G Sagalchik, 1995 
(D39) Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin, Vienna Variation, 32 moves, 1-0

QGD. Three Knights (D37) 1-0 Sit and solve this on your throne!
N Katishonok vs H Gulbis, 1989 
(D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 27 moves, 1-0

QGD Ragozin Def (D38) 1-0 Minority Attack w/N pair vs B pair
Carlsen vs Aronian, 2015 
(D38) Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation, 47 moves, 1-0

Q's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Def (D38) 1-0 White changes attack
Taimanov vs Kotov, 1953 
(D38) Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation, 48 moves, 1-0

G23: The Soviet Championships by M. Taimanov & Bernard Cafferty
Kotov vs M Yudovich Sr, 1939 
(D39) Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin, Vienna Variation, 31 moves, 1-0

Black just riddles White's position and ends it with a fork
Denker vs Botvinnik, 1945 
(D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 25 moves, 0-1

Semi-Slav Def. Anti-Moscow Gambit (D44) 1-0 Pinned to mating sq
Aronian vs Caruana, 2008 
(D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 32 moves, 1-0

Semi-Slav Defense: Stoltz Var (D45) 0-1Gerrymandering for Pawns
O Yewdokimov vs Dreev, 1991
(D45) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 27 moves, 0-1

Semi-Slav Def. Stoltz Var (D45) 1-0 Death by half-open g-file
Karpov vs Kramnik, 1998 
(D45) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 29 moves, 1-0

Semi-Slav Def: Stoltz Variation (D45) 1-0 Imprisoned Queen
G Zaichik vs Bronstein, 1980 
(D45) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 58 moves, 1-0

31 Rf3xf7! destroys Black f7-pawn, leaving connected passers
Rubinstein vs C Rodriguez Lafora, 1930 
(D45) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 34 moves, 1-0

Semi-Slav Def. Meran. Wade (D47)1-0 Brilliancy or not - just 17
Carlsen vs Aronian, 2008 
(D47) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 36 moves, 1-0

Semi-Slav Def. Meran. Wade Var Larsen Var (D47) 0-1Reposition Q
M Ezat vs Korneev, 2003 
(D47) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 29 moves, 0-1

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

Alekhine's Gun ends this game
Anand vs Carlsen, 2014 
(D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 34 moves, 1-0

QGD Pseudo-Tarrasch Var (D50) 0-1 Pins & Connected Passers
A Spiller vs J Acers, 1968 
(D50) Queen's Gambit Declined, 27 moves, 0-1

Game 46 of Chess Highlights of the 20th Century by G. Burgess
Janowski vs O Chajes, 1916 
(D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 26 moves, 1-0

WC 1927: QGD Cambridge Springs Variation (D52) · 0-1
Capablanca vs Alekhine, 1927 
(D52) Queen's Gambit Declined, 66 moves, 0-1

QGD Modern Var (D53) 1-0 Underpromotion w/a pin
Marshall vs Mason, 1902 
(D50) Queen's Gambit Declined, 44 moves, 1-0

QGD Tartakower Defense (D58) 1-0 Which battery wins?
Korchnoi vs Spassky, 1977 
(D58) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) Syst, 48 moves, 1-0

QGD. Orthodox Def. Henneberger Var (D63) 1-0 Peck checks
Hort vs Portisch, 1973 
(D63) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 32 moves, 1-0

QGD Orthodox Def. Rubinstein Attack (D64) 1-0 h-file battery
V Vukovic vs A Vajda, 1925 
(D64) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack, 34 moves, 1-0

“The pieces must breathe deeply and with a full chest!” --Tal
F Parr vs G Wheatcroft, 1938 
(D71) Neo-Grunfeld, 30 moves, 1-0

Gruenfeld Def. Brinckmann Attk (D82) 1-0 N sac, pile on pin, 2
J Kulbacki vs T Manion, 1989 
(D82) Grunfeld, 4.Bf4, 27 moves, 1-0

Gruenfeld. Russian. Hungarian Var (D97) 1-0 Castle-mate
Anand vs Svidler, 1999 
(D97) Grunfeld, Russian, 31 moves, 1-0

Catalan Opening: Closed (E01) 0-1 h-file destruction w/pin
G Abrahams vs G Thomas, 1946
(E01) Catalan, Closed, 42 moves, 0-1

Catalan Opening: Closed Var (E01) 1-0 Rooks will clean up
J Kostelny vs M Vojtko, 2001 
(E01) Catalan, Closed, 31 moves, 1-0

Catalan Opening: Open Def (E04) 0-1 Rxb2 encourages 0-0-0!!
Sosonko vs S Polgar, 1991 
(E04) Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3, 32 moves, 0-1

Catalan Opening: Open Defense (E04) 1-0 Which Q wins out?
Kramnik vs Morozevich, 2007 
(E04) Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3, 27 moves, 1-0

Catalan Opening: Open Defense (E04) 0-1 A destroyer of ideas
Carlsen vs Kramnik, 2010 
(E04) Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3, 38 moves, 0-1

2,811 games Tal Won 903 (32%), Lost 581 (21%), Draw 1,326 (47%)
Tal vs A Sokolov, 1988 
(E04) Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3, 41 moves, 1-0

#9 in IM Danny Rensch's rundown of 2017's best games
Xiong vs So, 2017 
(E06) Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3, 31 moves, 0-1

Horowitz said "One bad move ruins forty good ones."
G Garcia vs Ivkov, 1965 
(E10) Queen's Pawn Game, 37 moves, 1-0

Game 24 in How to Crush Your Chess Opponents by Simon Williams
K Georgiev vs Nisipeanu, 2006 
(E10) Queen's Pawn Game, 37 moves, 0-1

Bronstein annotates in Latvian chss magazine Sahs, issue 1970/7
Y Gusev vs Antoshin, 1952 
(E10) Queen's Pawn Game, 29 moves, 0-1

Blumenfeld Countergambit: Accepted (E10) 0-1 0-0 blown apart
Z Milev vs L Zinn, 1960 
(E10) Queen's Pawn Game, 29 moves, 0-1

Indian Game: Anti-Nimzo-Indian (E10) 1-0 Harmonic play
Savon vs Tal, 1969 
(E10) Queen's Pawn Game, 33 moves, 1-0

Anti-Nimzo-Indian (E10) 1-0 Q sac for Mayet's Mate is coming
Carlsen vs Le Quang Liem, 2022 
(E10) Queen's Pawn Game, 34 moves, 1-0

Indian Game: Anti-Nimzo-Indian (E10) 1-0 Zwischenzug!
G Agzamov vs D Barlov, 1982
(E10) Queen's Pawn Game, 29 moves, 1-0

Bogo-Indian Def. Nimzowitsch Var (E11) 0-1 Spearhead controls
J Berkvens vs I Rogers, 2002 
(E11) Bogo-Indian Defense, 47 moves, 0-1

Bogo-Indian Def: Grünfeld Var (E11) 1-0 Long range pieces hit!
Boleslavsky vs A Budo, 1939
(E11) Bogo-Indian Defense, 29 moves, 1-0

Pseudo Kill Box Mate (w/Ks opposition) -- see kibitzer diagram!
F Valenzuela vs Alekhine, 1927 
(E11) Bogo-Indian Defense, 44 moves, 0-1

Bogo-Indian Def: Nimzowitsch Var (E11) 0-1 Get the Q in close
G Sargissian vs Tkachiev, 2013 
(E11) Bogo-Indian Defense, 27 moves, 0-1

Bogo-Indian Defense: Wade-Smyslov Var (E11) 1-0 37.?
J Pinter vs Larsen, 1982 
(E11) Bogo-Indian Defense, 38 moves, 1-0

Bogo-Indian Defense: Grünfeld Var (E11) 1-0 Horwitz Bishops
O Rodriguez Vargas vs T Tsagan, 1964 
(E11) Bogo-Indian Defense, 29 moves, 1-0

QID Kasparov-Petrosian, Petrosian Attack (E12) 1-0 Gorgeous
Goldin vs I Efimov, 1982 
(E12) Queen's Indian, 32 moves, 1-0

QID Kasparov-Petrosian. Classical (E12) 1-0 Spearhead
J Piket vs Reshevsky, 1987 
(E12) Queen's Indian, 39 moves, 1-0

QID Kasparov-Petrosian. Andersson Var (E12) 1-0 Battery
Kasparov vs Andersson, 1981 
(E12) Queen's Indian, 30 moves, 1-0

G73: "Capablanca's Hundred Best Games of Chess" by H. Golombek
A Ribera Arnal vs Capablanca, 1929 
(E12) Queen's Indian, 34 moves, 0-1

Game 37 in Starting Out: The Queen's Indian by John Emms
Karpov vs J Polgar, 2003 
(E12) Queen's Indian, 33 moves, 0-1

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

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

QID: Spassky System (E14) 1-0 18.? and Spearhead mate
G Kacheishvili vs Sakaev, 2001 
(E14) Queen's Indian, 29 moves, 1-0

QID: Spassky System vs Colle-Zuke (E14) 1-0 Q-R battery
K Langeweg vs Browne, 1978 
(E14) Queen's Indian, 42 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 Dbl Threat
Aronian vs Gelfand, 2008 
(E15) Queen's Indian, 26 moves, 1-0

QID Fianchetto. Check, Intermezzo (E15) 1-0Sac, sac, Kside attk
Aronian vs Navara, 2017 
(E15) Queen's Indian, 31 moves, 1-0

QID. Fianchetto. Check Var (E15) 0-1 Busy through the center
V Palciauskas vs M Umansky, 1989 
(E15) Queen's Indian, 26 moves, 0-1

QID. Fianchetto. Check Intermezzo (E15) 0-1 IQP gets loose
Aronian vs Karjakin, 2013 
(E15) Queen's Indian, 38 moves, 0-1

Fred Reinfeld's book Chess Mastery by Question and Answer
V Soultanbeieff vs S Khan, 1930 
(E16) Queen's Indian, 28 moves, 0-1

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

QID. Classical. Traditional (E17) 0-1 Which finish do u prefer?
Leonov vs Tal, 1950 
(E17) Queen's Indian, 34 moves, 0-1

QID: Classical. Traditional Main Line (E19) 0-1 Stockfish
Gheorghiu vs Korchnoi, 1968 
(E19) Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3, 42 moves, 0-1

NID: Three Knights Var (E21) 1-0 battle to open g- and h-files
Plaskett vs J Arnason, 1988 
(E21) Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights, 44 moves, 1-0

NID. Three Knights Var (E21) 1-0 Notes by Stockfish
Topalov vs Kramnik, 2014 
(E21) Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights, 44 moves, 1-0

NID: Three Knights Variation (E21) 1-0 Remove the Guard
Z Tan vs U Udupitiya, 2016 
(E21) Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights, 29 moves, 1-0

Nimzo-Indian Defense: Three Knights Var (E21) 0-1 23...?
A A Zaremba vs R Antonio, 1995 
(E21) Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights, 24 moves, 0-1

NID: Spielmann Var (E22) 0-1 36...?
Tolush vs Keres, 1939 
(E22) Nimzo-Indian, Spielmann Variation, 37 moves, 0-1

Game 123 in The School of Chess by A. Kotov & Mikhail Yudovich
Lilienthal vs Ragozin, 1935 
(E24) Nimzo-Indian, Samisch, 47 moves, 0-1

Nimzo-Indian Def: Saemisch. Keres Var (E25) 0-1 Q predicament
O Kobo vs W Ju, 2017 
(E25) Nimzo-Indian, Samisch, 22 moves, 0-1

Nimzo-Indian Def. Saemisch. O'Kelly Var (E26) 1-0 Amazing game
J Zhao vs D Xiu, 2011 
(E26) Nimzo-Indian, Samisch, 31 moves, 1-0

Nimzo-Indian Defense: Saemisch Var (E26) 1-0 Kside crusher
Rossolimo vs Golombek, 1949 
(E26) Nimzo-Indian, Samisch, 26 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

NID, Leningrad, Averbakh G (E30) 0-1 Exhange sac, B pair rules
Spassky vs Tal, 1973 
(E30) Nimzo-Indian, Leningrad, 38 moves, 0-1

Nimzo-Indian Defense: Leningrad Var (E30) 0-1 Horwitz Bishops
Tartakower vs J G Baay, 1920 
(E30) Nimzo-Indian, Leningrad, 28 moves, 0-1

Nimzo-Indian Defense: Classical (E32) 0-1 N sac opens file, pin
R Renter vs Keres, 1942 
(E32) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 41 moves, 0-1

Nimzo-Indian Defense: Classical. Keres Def (E32) 1-0 2-for-1
Kasparov vs Hjartarson, 1988 
(E32) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 32 moves, 1-0

Nimzo-Indian Classical (E32) 1/2-Q sac for Arabian perpetual
V Akobian vs The World, 2011 
(E32) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 32 moves, 1/2-1/2

Nimzo-Indian Defense: Classical. Keres Def (E32) 1-0 TKO
A Tikovsky vs J Sajtar, 1943 
(E32) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 28 moves, 1-0

Nimzo-Indian Def. Classical. Zurich Var (E33) 0-1 Rob the pin
Kotov vs Botvinnik, 1939 
(E33) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 38 moves, 0-1

NID Classical. Noa Var (E34) 0-1 Exchange sac removes the guard
L Blumenoff vs Keres, 1934
(E34) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Noa Variation, 35 moves, 0-1

NID: Classical. Noa Var (E34) 1-0 Top-notch Spearhead
I Krush vs A Adames Rojas, 2010 
(E34) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Noa Variation, 35 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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Reshevsky vs Fine, 1941 
(E40) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, 60 moves, 1/2-1/2

Vera Menchik (1906-1944); Women's World Champion (1927-1944)
Menchik vs Colle, 1929 
(E40) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, 39 moves, 1-0

NID. Huebner Var. Main Line (E41) 0-1 Closed motion
J Tarjan vs Dzindzichashvili, 1978 
(E41) Nimzo-Indian, 47 moves, 0-1

Nimzo-Indian Def. Huebner. Rubinstein Var (E42) 0-1 Spearhead
Chandler vs Andersson, 1980 
(E42) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 c5, 5.Ne2 (Rubinstein), 29 moves, 0-1

Nimzo-Indian Defense: Huebner (E41) 1-0 Q raid, K walk
Milov vs Chiburdanidze, 2002 
(E41) Nimzo-Indian, 37 moves, 1-0

Nimzo-Indian Defense: St. Petersburg (E43) 1-0 Open g-file
S Matveeva vs M Litynska, 1993
(E43) Nimzo-Indian, Fischer Variation, 36 moves, 1-0

NID Normal. Bronstein (Byrne) Var (E45) 0-1 The horse is hers!
Botvinnik vs Bronstein, 1951 
(E45) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Bronstein (Byrne) Variation, 35 moves, 0-1

NID Normal. Bronstein (Byrne) Var (E45) 0-1 Spearhead
Lautier vs R Leitao, 2000 
(E45) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Bronstein (Byrne) Variation, 44 moves, 0-1

Nimzo-Indian Defense: Reshevsky Var (E46) 1-0 Spearhead
B Brinck-Claussen vs C Boutteville, 1966 
(E46) Nimzo-Indian, 36 moves, 1-0

Nimzo-Indian Defense: Reshevsky Var (E46) 0-1 Lively!
Rapport vs B Deac, 2022 
(E46) Nimzo-Indian, 52 moves, 0-1

Nimzo-Indian Def. Normal. Bishop Attack (E47) 1-0 Dbl Crossfire
Z Zhao vs M Pacheco, 2006 
(E47) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3, 42 moves, 1-0

NID. Normal Variation. Bishop Attack (E47) 1-0 33.?
A Korobov vs Fedorchuk, 2001 
(E47) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3, 35 moves, 1-0

NID Normal. Bishop Attack Classical Def (E48) 1-0 Spearhead
Kasparov vs TV viewers, 1991 
(E48) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5, 27 moves, 1-0

NID. Normal. Schlechter Def (E52) 1-0Missed Spearhead Mate in 1
Korchnoi vs Suetin, 1955 
(E52) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line with ...b6, 44 moves, 1-0

NID: Normal. Gligoric System Exchange at c4 (E54) 1-0 Pin on f7
P Lukacs vs J Flesch, 1975 
(E54) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System, 26 moves, 1-0

NID: Normal. Gligoric System Exchange at c4 (E54) 1-0 22.?
Petrosian vs Balashov, 1974 
(E54) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System, 28 moves, 1-0

Nimzo-Indian Defense: Panov Attack. Main Line (E54) 0-1 28...?
W Kobese vs Brunello, 2014 
(E54) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System, 30 moves, 0-1

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Tukmakov vs Korchnoi, 1970 
(E55) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System, Bronstein Variation, 41 moves, 1-0

NID Normal. Bernstein Def (E58) 1-0 Triple on the open g-file
I Sokolov vs Kasparov, 1999 
(E58) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line with 8...Bxc3, 28 moves, 1-0

BFTC: Box 75, page 97, 30...? to win (modified)
M Surgies vs Fischer, 1957 
(E60) King's Indian Defense, 30 moves, 0-1

KID. Normal. King's Knight Var (E60) 1-0 Triple on f-file
E Schiller vs A Setzepfandt, 2003 
(E60) King's Indian Defense, 48 moves, 1-0

KID: Normal. King's Knight Variation (E60) 1-0 26.?
Smyslov vs M Fuller, 1969 
(E60) King's Indian Defense, 29 moves, 1-0

KID: Normal. King's Knight Var (E60) 1-0 Combo mate!
G Weissgerber vs L Rellstab, 1933 
(E60) King's Indian Defense, 37 moves, 1-0

KID. Smyslov Var (E61) 1-0 Positional crush w/battery, passer
V Akobian vs A Matikozian, 2003
(E61) King's Indian, 33 moves, 1-0

KID. Smyslov Var (E61) 1-0 Watch the bishops bake the cake
V Akobian vs A Khruschiov, 2000 
(E61) King's Indian, 29 moves, 1-0

Indian Game: West Indian Def (E61) 1-0 youtube lecture
V Akobian vs I Foygel, 2003 
(E61) King's Indian, 27 moves, 1-0

KID. Smyslov Var (E61) 1-0 Defensive exchange sac prevents mate
V Akobian vs S Mihajlov, 2017 
(E61) King's Indian, 36 moves, 1-0

KID. Fianchetto. Panno Var (E63) 0-1 Spearhead, back rank #
G Rechlis vs Anand, 1984 
(E63) King's Indian, Fianchetto, Panno Variation, 32 moves, 0-1

Keres and Kotov, The Art of the Middle Game.
Kotov vs Bronstein, 1944 
(E67) King's Indian, Fianchetto, 31 moves, 1-0

King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto. Long Var (E68) 0-1 blitz fun
Ivkov vs Fischer, 1970 
(E68) King's Indian, Fianchetto, Classical Variation, 8.e4, 36 moves, 0-1

Strong British GM being "Konerued"!!
Koneru vs M Hebden, 2002 
(E69) King's Indian, Fianchetto, Classical Main line, 34 moves, 1-0

King's Indian Defense: Normal Var (E70) 0-1 Long range attack
O Moiseev vs Simagin, 1951 
(E70) King's Indian, 30 moves, 0-1

KID: Accelerated Averbakh Var (E70) 1-0 Pin to win!
A W Bowen vs J H Beaty, 1962 
(E70) King's Indian, 27 moves, 1-0

KID: Accelerated Averbakh Var (E70) 0-1 On the run!
F J Perez vs J Durao, 1961 
(E70) King's Indian, 43 moves, 0-1

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

KID Six Pawns Attack (E76) 1-0 Exposed K gets whacked
S Mariotti vs Gligoric, 1969 
(E76) King's Indian, Four Pawns Attack, 38 moves, 1-0

KID: Four Pawns Attack (E76) 1-0 Sac the battery for promotion
Cochrane vs Moheschunder, 1853 
(E76) King's Indian, Four Pawns Attack, 39 moves, 1-0

KID: Four Pawns Attack. Dynamic Attack (E76) 1-0 DYNAMIC!
Szabo vs H Ree, 1975 
(E76) King's Indian, Four Pawns Attack, 30 moves, 1-0

KID 4Ps Attack. Florentine Gambit (E77)  1-0 Masterly sac attk!
T Catalan vs N Alradhi, 1983 
(E77) King's Indian, 30 moves, 1-0

KID. Six Pawns Attack (E77) 0-1 full go Max Lange's Mate!!
O Hackner vs R Bates, 2013 
(E77) King's Indian, 38 moves, 0-1

KID: 7th Pawn Attack? (E77) 0-1 Penetrate, skewer
S Miguel vs Saric, 2021 
(E77) King's Indian, 29 moves, 0-1

KID Saemisch. Steiner Attack (E80) 1-0 Cramp, N sac, Spearhead
Gulko vs W E Poutrus, 1966 
(E80) King's Indian, Samisch Variation, 31 moves, 1-0

King's Indian Defense: Saemisch (E80) 1-0 Double Check
Spassky vs L Evans, 1962 
(E80) King's Indian, Samisch Variation, 26 moves, 1-0

King's Indian Defense: Saemisch Variation (E80) 0-1 54...?
Shamkovich vs Bronstein, 1971 
(E80) King's Indian, Samisch Variation, 56 moves, 0-1

KID. Saemisch. Bobotsov-Korchnoi-Petrosian Var (E81) 0-1 Silver
Dreev vs Radjabov, 2005 
(E81) King's Indian, Samisch, 39 moves, 0-1

KID. Saemisch. Normal Def (E81) 0-1 Battery delivers mate
Gheorghiu vs Sax, 1975 
(E81) King's Indian, Samisch, 32 moves, 0-1

KID Saemisch. Panno (E84) 1-0 A Knight on the 6th, Q in close
L Christiansen vs Nunn, 1988 
(E84) King's Indian, Samisch, Panno Main line, 34 moves, 1-0

KID. Saemisch. Orthodox (E85) 1-0 Brilliant Kside assault
Spassky vs J van Oosterom, 1955 
(E85) King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox Variation, 22 moves, 1-0

KID: Saemisch. Orthodox Var (E85) 1-0 Arabian Mate variation
Z Mohammed vs W Espirito Santo, 2016 
(E85) King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox Variation, 32 moves, 1-0

KID. Saemisch. Closed Var 7…c6 (E88) 0-1 Very cleBer attack !
N Sabbag vs C de Holanda, 1992 
(E88) King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox, 7.d5 c6, 26 moves, 0-1

KID. Orthodox (E91) 1-0 e6 splitter. Q sac for promotion.
N Birnboim vs Dzindzichashvili, 1977 
(E91) King's Indian, 30 moves, 1-0

KID. Petrosian. Stein Def (E92) 0-1 Battery battle for g-file
J Grondman vs Euwe, 1923 
(E92) King's Indian, 36 moves, 0-1

KID. Petrosian. Stein Def (E92) 1-0 Stockfish notes
W Arencibia Rodriguez vs M Gongora, 1998 
(E92) King's Indian, 30 moves, 1-0

Kramnik's 2008 Game Of The Year - a tactical tour de force
Kramnik vs Topalov, 2008 
(E94) King's Indian, Orthodox, 33 moves, 1-0

KID Orthodox. Glek Def (E94) 1-0 Don't lead w/the Queen
D Berczes vs W Wittmann, 2005 
(E94) King's Indian, Orthodox, 29 moves, 1-0

KID. Orthodox. Donner Def (E94) 0-1 Eliminate the Interposing R
F Handke vs S Atalik, 2000 
(E94) King's Indian, Orthodox, 28 moves, 0-1

KID. Orthodox. Positional Def (E94) 0-1 Mating battery
B Zueger vs C McNab, 1988 
(E94) King's Indian, Orthodox, 33 moves, 0-1

King's Indian Def. Orthodox. Bayonet Attack (E97) 1-0Model game
Kramnik vs Grischuk, 2012 
(E97) King's Indian, 29 moves, 1-0

KID. Orthodox. Modern System (E97) 0-1 White Q is AWOL
Ljubojevic vs Kasparov, 1993 
(E97) King's Indian, 29 moves, 0-1

KID. Orthodox. Bayonet Attk Sokolov's Line (E97) 1/2-Q sac perp
Team White vs Team Black, 2015 
(E97) King's Indian, 47 moves, 1/2-1/2

KID: Orthodox. Bayonet Attack (E97) 0-1 Opera Mate on Kside
S Pogosyan vs Carlsen, 2018 
(E97) King's Indian, 29 moves, 0-1

Game 30 in 'My 60 Memorable Games' by Robert James Fischer.
Gligoric vs Fischer, 1961 
(E98) King's Indian, Orthodox, Taimanov, 9.Ne1, 33 moves, 1/2-1/2

KID Orthodox. Classical (E98) 0-1"Kaplooey!" W can't hold booty
Miles vs Sax, 1980 
(E98) King's Indian, Orthodox, Taimanov, 9.Ne1, 40 moves, 0-1

KID: Orthodox. Classical System Misc. (E98) 0-1 19.Bxh3? gxBh3?
Reshevsky vs Lombardy, 1958 
(E98) King's Indian, Orthodox, Taimanov, 9.Ne1, 40 moves, 0-1

P1 Stonewall Attack (D00) 1-0 Pawn Lever, Spearhead
Pillsbury vs E Delmar, 1893 
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 39 moves, 1-0

P3 Stonewall Attack (D00) 1-0 Rank & File Spearheads
Pillsbury vs J M Hanham, 1893 
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 31 moves, 1-0

P4 Stonewall Attack (D00) 1-0 Robbing the pin to get in and win
Pillsbury vs Taubenhaus, 1893 
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 30 moves, 1-0

Stonewall Attack w/6.c4 (D00) 1-0 Black's Q is trapped
Lipke vs A Zinkl, 1894 
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 30 moves, 1-0

Stonewall Attack (D00) 1-0 2 Pawn levers are twice as good
F J Lee vs Mason, 1899 
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 39 moves, 1-0

QP Game: Colle-Zukertort vs Stonewall D (D00) 1-0 Blind tactics
Capablanca vs J Baca Arus, 1912 
(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 vs NY System (D00) 0-1Up the exchange w/passer
Allies vs Chigorin, 1894 
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 45 moves, 0-1

Stonewall Attack (D00) 0-1 Q trap; Notes by Wilhelm Steinitz
E Delmar vs Chigorin, 1889  
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 33 moves, 0-1

Stonewall Attack (D00) 1-0 Q sac for a K walk
G Welling vs R Witt, 1984 
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 33 moves, 1-0

Stonewall Attack 7.Nh3 (D00) 1-0 Black castles long, but...
J F Barry vs T F Lawrence, 1897
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 34 moves, 1-0

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

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

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

Stonewall Attack Ne5, Qf3 (D00) 1-0 Blindfold Simul
Pillsbury vs E Hymes, 1894 
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 37 moves, 1-0

Stonewall Attack (D00) 1-0 KEG annotates!
W E Napier vs C S Howell, 1901 
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 36 moves, 1-0

Uncommon Stonewall Attack (D02) 1-0 Fabulous Mating Combo
Pillsbury vs R Iglesias, 1900 
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 25 moves, 1-0

Colle 5c3 System (D05) 0-1 Infiltrate weak light squares
E Raclauskiene vs C Roodzant, 1939 
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 21 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

Game 34 in Modern Ideas in Chess by Richard Reti
Tartakower vs Spielmann, 1921 
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 31 moves, 1-0

Sarratt Attack /Semi-Stonewalls (D00) 1-0 W dominates Kside act
A Stefanova vs T Vasilevich, 2004 
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 51 moves, 1-0

London $ystem vs KID (A48) 1-0 Pin backward P on half-open file
L Pham vs I Zenyuk, 2008 
(A48) King's Indian, 42 moves, 1-0

Veresov Atack. Richter Var (D01) 1-0 h-file battery
Y Vilner vs A Smorodsky, 1927 
(D01) Richter-Veresov Attack, 23 moves, 1-0

London System vs Tarrasch Def (D02) 0-1 White Q blunders
A Magrin vs E Paoli, 1980 
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 18 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

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

London System Be2 vs Qb6 (D02) 1-0 Flanks, then W surges in C
M Amanov vs B Kharchenko, 2008 
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 45 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

Sarratt Attk/Delayed QGA (D02) 1-0 Heavy piece batteries
Andersson vs I Sokolov, 1995 
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 70 moves, 1-0

London System (D02) 1-0 N sac w/raking Bs for brutal mating net
Petrosian vs E Chukaev, 1951 
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 28 moves, 1-0

QGD Harrwitz (D35) 1-0 Black attack premature. Bh6 seals off K.
Alekhine vs Z von Balla, 1921 
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 23 moves, 1-0

Q Pawn Game: Anti-Torre (D02) 1-0 Pinned to the mating square
Halprin vs Maroczy, 1898 
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 20 moves, 1-0

Barry Attack. Gruenfeld Var (D02) 1-0 Pins and passers
M Sharbaf vs E Momeni, 2008
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 63 moves, 1-0

London System (D02) 1-0 Ne5 w/P roller allows battery on g-file
S Kovacevic vs G Tokaji-Nagy, 1984 
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 24 moves, 1-0

*Torre Attack 3...Ne4 Gossip Var (D03) 1-0 B back rank tactics
Deep Fritz vs Deep Junior, 2001 
(D03) Torre Attack (Tartakower Variation), 46 moves, 1-0

Torre Attack. Gruenfeld ML (D03) 1-0 W controls cntr, 7th rank
Timman vs B Kouatly, 1992
(D03) Torre Attack (Tartakower Variation), 30 moves, 1-0

Colle System vs Reveresed Torre w/e5 (D04) 1-0 Gueridon Mate
S Knight vs V Georgiev, 2008 
(D04) Queen's Pawn Game, 23 moves, 1-0

Colle 5c3 Koltanowski Systm (D04) 0-1Spearhead on long diagonal
M Bain vs H Burdge, 1939 
(D04) Queen's Pawn Game, 22 moves, 0-1

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

Colle System / QGD 5.c4 7.Nc3 (D05) 1-0 Efficient diagonal play
E Tenenwurzel vs R Black, 1911 
(D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 18 moves, 1-0

How not to play Colle 5.c3 vs Tilt (D05) missed 17.Bxf6 Qxh2+?
Colle vs Bogoljubov, 1926 
(D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 18 moves, 0-1

It was a tie-breaker in a rapid tournament D05 1-0 28
L Bruzon Batista vs Anand, 2006 
(D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 28 moves, 1-0

Rubinstein Opening/Colle-Zukertort (D05) 1-0 double R sacs
Gunsberg vs Blackburne, 1887 
(D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 42 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

36.Rc6!! is a devastating Nowotny interference
Navara vs A Dergatschova, 2007 
(D07) Queen's Gambit Declined, Chigorin Defense, 36 moves, 1-0

Slav Defense: General (D10) 0-1 Handsome Rook sacs!!
X Zhao vs H Wang, 2007 
(D10) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 24 moves, 0-1

Slav Defense: Quiet Var (D11) 1-0 Get the Q in close
Kramnik vs Van Wely, 2007 
(D11) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 40 moves, 1-0

QGD Baltic Def. Pseudo-Slav (D11) 1-0 White takes center, Kside
Lasker vs J Mieses, 1890 
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 30 moves, 1-0

Slav Defense: Quiet Var (D11) 1-0 The Bigger, Badder Knight
Gledura vs C Coppola, 2016 
(D11) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 31 moves, 1-0

Slav, Chameleon Advance System (D15) 1-0 A smashing finish
Topalov vs Kamsky, 2006 
(D15) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 42 moves, 1-0

Slav Defense (D15) 0-1 Black declines Q sacrifice, brings up Rs
S Volkov vs Rublevsky, 1993
(D10) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 29 moves, 0-1

Slav Defense: Chameleon Var (D15) 1-0 Missed the draw
Uhlmann vs V Chekhov, 1997 
(D15) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 27 moves, 1-0

Slav Def: Chameleon Var (D15) 0-1 Keep your Q, & have my R!
I Krush vs J Becerra Rivero, 2000 
(D15) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 40 moves, 0-1

Slav Def. Czech. Wiesbaden Var. Sharp line (D17) 1-0 EG debate
Bacrot vs Anand, 2010 
(D17) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 46 moves, 1-0

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Fine vs Shainswit, 1944 
(D17) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 42 moves, 1-0

Slav Def: Czech Var. Classical System (D18) 1-0Bully the tied D
Lilienthal vs Aronin, 1948 
(D18) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Dutch, 39 moves, 1-0

Slav Def: Czech. Classical System (D18) 0-1 Overprotection fail
A Stolarczyk vs T Treppendahl, 2006 
(D18) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Dutch, 33 moves, 0-1

Slav Def: Czech. Classical System (D19)  1-0 Spearheads
L Christiansen vs M Sher, 1994
(D18) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Dutch, 37 moves, 1-0

QGA Central. Greco Var (D20) 1-0 Deep Sixed by blunder
Deep Fritz vs Kramnik, 2006 
(D20) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 35 moves, 1-0

QGA. Central. Greco Var Bb7 (D20) 0-1 Dbl Attk? Threaten mate!
M Kierzek vs Keene, 1978 
(D20) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 26 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

QGA. Central Variation. Alekhine System (D20) 0-1 Stockfish
D Gurevich vs Seirawan, 2003 
(D20) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 43 moves, 0-1

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Anand vs Karpov, 1996 
(D21) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 36 moves, 1-0

QGA: Classical Def. Alekhine System ML (D29) 1-0 Brilliancy!!
K Georgiev vs Dlugy, 1983 
(D29) Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical, 40 moves, 1-0

French, Diemer-Duhm Gambit (D30) 1-0 Back rank weakness
C Nakamura vs A Caoili, 1998 
(C00) French Defense, 36 moves, 1-0

QGD Pseudo-Tarrasch (D30) 0-1 Two batteries, rank and file
S F Loyd vs F Perrin, 1856 
(D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 29 moves, 0-1

QGD: Traditional (D30) 0-1 Black N brings down castle w/help
P Nikolic vs Y Habu, 2007 
(D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 46 moves, 0-1

Yates won the brilliancy prize: a solid gold telephone.
Alekhine vs Yates, 1922 
(D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 52 moves, 0-1

Semi-Slav Def: Noteboom Var (D31) 0-1He received a major shock!
C Febvret vs Gossip, 1883 
(D31) Queen's Gambit Declined, 51 moves, 0-1

Karpov's "White Key Symphony" ties match 2-2.
Karpov vs Kasparov, 1985 
(D31) Queen's Gambit Declined, 63 moves, 1-0

Semi-Slav Defense: Accelerated Move Order (D31) · 1-0
Gruenfeld vs K Treybal, 1925 
(D31) Queen's Gambit Declined, 59 moves, 1-0

Game 61 in Soviet Chess Strategy by Alexey Suetin
Zukertort vs Steinitz, 1886 
(D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 35 moves, 0-1

Tarrasch Def: Classical (D34) 1-0 Stockfish notes
Lasker vs Tarrasch, 1918 
(D34) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 56 moves, 1-0

QGD. Exchange. Positional Var (D35) 0-1 White has no sense of d
K Al Khelaifi vs K Song, 2016 
(D35) Queen's Gambit Declined, 45 moves, 0-1

Queen's Gambit Declined: Vienna Var (D39) 1/2-1/2, 30 moves
Anand vs Kramnik, 2014 
(D39) Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin, Vienna Variation, 30 moves, 1/2-1/2

QGD: Semi-Tarrasch Def. Pillsbury Var (D41) 1-0Remove the Guard
Suba vs I Farago, 1976 
(D41) Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 26 moves, 1-0

Semi-Slav Defense (D43) 0-1 B sac offers become melee!
Ljubojevic vs Giri, 2010 
(D43) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 33 moves, 0-1

QGD: Vienna. Quiet Var (D44) 0-1 The Big Zero
Ivanchuk vs Morozevich, 2009 
(D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 38 moves, 0-1

Game 32 in 'Why Lasker Matters' by Andrew Soltis.
Lasker vs Maroczy, 1900 
(D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 30 moves, 1-0

Semi-Slav Defense: Anti-Moscow Gambit (D44) 0-1 King hunt
Topalov vs F Vallejo Pons, 2006 
(D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 56 moves, 0-1

Semi-Slav Defense: Stonewall Def (D45) 0-1 31...?
F Mastichiadis vs Tartakower, 1950 
(D45) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 34 moves, 0-1

Semi-Slav Def: Bogoljubow Var (D46) 1-0 Mayet's Mate next
A Korobov vs A Mithil, 2018 
(D46) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 30 moves, 1-0

Thanks to both l'Ami and Stellwagen for showing why Chess ROCKS
L'Ami vs Stellwagen, 2007 
(D47) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 35 moves, 1/2-1/2

Game 6 in 'A Passion for Chess' by Reuben Fine
Fine vs N Grossman, 1933 
(D50) Queen's Gambit Declined, 34 moves, 1-0

QGD: Pseudo-Tarrasch Var (D50) 0-1 Q tied down to g2-square
E Richter vs Pachman, 1949 
(D50) Queen's Gambit Declined, 32 moves, 0-1

Queen's Gambit Declined: Modern. Knight Def (D51) 1-0 Pins win
Alekhine vs J Vilardebo Picurena, 1935 
(D51) Queen's Gambit Declined, 27 moves, 1-0

Game 7 in Botvinnik: 100 Selected Games by Mikhail Botvinnik
A Polyak vs Botvinnik, 1929 
(D51) Queen's Gambit Declined, 40 moves, 0-1

QGD: Modern. Knight Def (D51) 1-0 Connected passed pawns
Koltanowski vs E Tholfsen, 1928 
(D51) Queen's Gambit Declined, 41 moves, 1-0

Game 234 in Kramnik - My Life and Games
Kramnik vs L Bruzon Batista, 2006 
(D52) Queen's Gambit Declined, 32 moves, 1-0

QGD: Cambridge Springs Var (D52) 1-0Stockfish notes; video link
Carlsen vs Mamedyarov, 2014 
(D52) Queen's Gambit Declined, 47 moves, 1-0

QGD Modern. Normal Line (D55) 1-0 Instructive notes by Mason
Pillsbury vs Burn, 1895  
(D55) Queen's Gambit Declined, 28 moves, 1-0

QGD: Modern Variation. Normal Line (D55) 0-1 Remove the Guard
J Moller vs P Leonhardt, 1907 
(D55) Queen's Gambit Declined, 30 moves, 0-1

QGD: Modern Variation. Normal Line (D55) 1-0 Dovetail #
Flohr vs E Zagoryansky, 1944
(D55) Queen's Gambit Declined, 41 moves, 1-0

QGD Lasker Defense (D56) 1-0 A long king walk
Ivanchuk vs Onischuk, 2005 
(D56) Queen's Gambit Declined, 54 moves, 1-0

QGD. Lasker Defense. Teichmann Var (D56) 0-1 Q batteries
W Fairhurst vs O Bernstein, 1946 
(D56) Queen's Gambit Declined, 30 moves, 0-1

QGD: Tartakower Def. General (D58) 1-0 White cuts a mean rug!
P H Nielsen vs V Georgiev, 2008 
(D58) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) Syst, 30 moves, 1-0

29. Bxf7+!! prepares a rare double "absolute pin"
Karpov vs K Georgiev, 1994 
(D58) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) Syst, 34 moves, 1-0

QGD. Orthodox Def. Botvinnik Var (D60) 1-0 Q chases K about
Browne vs B Zuckerman, 1973 
(D60) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 46 moves, 1-0

QGD. Orthodox Def. Botvinnik Var (D60) 1-0 Alekhine's Gun
Pillsbury vs J F Barry, 1904 
(D60) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 40 moves, 1-0

QGD: Orthodox Def. M.L. (D63) 1-0 Q&R Railroad # w/obstruction
I Kan vs Botvinnik, 1930 
(D63) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 40 moves, 1-0

Gruenfeld Def: Exchange. Classical Var (D86) 0-1 Alekhine's Gun
Van Wely vs Kamsky, 2008 
(D86) Grunfeld, Exchange, 48 moves, 0-1

Anti-Grünfeld. Alekhine Var (D70) 1-0 K walk on hot coals
B Kantsler vs A Greenfeld, 2005 
(D70) Neo-Grunfeld Defense, 63 moves, 1-0

Neo-Grünfeld Def: Goglidze Attack (D70) 0-1 Stockfish notes
D Svetushkin vs A Stella, 2013 
(D70) Neo-Grunfeld Defense, 27 moves, 0-1

Indian Game: Anti-Grünfeld. Alekhine Var (D70) 1-0 Fab Finish!
I Krush vs J Shahade, 2003 
(D70) Neo-Grunfeld Defense, 33 moves, 1-0

Gruenfeld Def: Exchange. Modern Exchange (D85) 1-0 Overworked Q
Jakovenko vs Nepomniachtchi, 2011 
(D85) Grunfeld, 33 moves, 1-0

Gruenfeld Def: Modern Exchange (D85) 0-1 Just take it RxR!
L Babujian vs V Fedoseev, 2014
(D85) Grunfeld, 36 moves, 0-1

Gruenfeld Def: Modern Exchange Var (D85) 1-0 Pushin' the Passer
Kasparov vs J Pribyl, 1980 
(D85) Grunfeld, 31 moves, 1-0

Gruenfeld Def: Exchange. Classical (D86) 1-0 Pin and Pawn Mate!
Karjakin vs Vachier-Lagrave, 2019 
(D86) Grunfeld, Exchange, 51 moves, 1-0

Gruenfeld Def: Exchange. Spassky Var (D87) 1-0 Found a way in
A Kushnir vs N Gaprindashvili, 1972
(D87) Grunfeld, Exchange, 48 moves, 1-0

Gruenfeld Def: Exchange. Spassky Var (D87) 1-0 Dynamic exch sac
Topalov vs Shirov, 2008 
(D87) Grunfeld, Exchange, 34 moves, 1-0

Gruenfeld Defense: Three Knights (D90) 0-1 Lethal batteries
S Factor vs Torre, 1926 
(D90) Grunfeld, 38 moves, 0-1

Gruenfeld Def Three Knights. Petrosian System (D91)1-0 RK NOTES
Keene vs E Martinovsky, 1985  
(D91) Grunfeld, 5.Bg5, 29 moves, 1-0

Gruenfeld Def: Three Knights. Burille Var (D94) 1-0 video link
R Praggnanandhaa vs J van Foreest, 2022 
(D94) Grunfeld, 33 moves, 1-0

Gruenfeld Def. Russian. Byrne (Simagin) Var (D97) 1-0 Weak squa
Carlsen vs Dominguez Perez, 2009 
(D97) Grunfeld, Russian, 43 moves, 1-0

Rubinstein Opening: Bogoljubow Def (D05) 0-1 Stockfish; 24...?
Zherebukh vs A Shneider, 2011 
(D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 26 moves, 0-1

Dutch Defense: Rubinstein Bb4 (A84) 1-0 Neither K castles
O Friedman vs H H Cole, 1949
(A84) Dutch, 18 moves, 1-0

Q Pawn Game: Zukertort Bg2 (D02) 1-0 Multiple mating threats
Blackburne vs D Forsyth, 1894  
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 22 moves, 1-0

Rubinstein Opening: Classical Defense (D05) 1-0 Par excellence!
Tarrasch vs M Kuerschner, 1889 
(D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 34 moves, 1-0

Colle System Bb2 vs Bb7 copycat (D05) 1-0 Triple on the 7th
G Bonanno vs S Rosselli del Turco, 1912 
(D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 29 moves, 1-0

Slav Def: Chameleon. Chebanenko Var (D15) 1-0 Sacs free the Q!
A Ramirez Alvarez vs A Shetty, 2013 
(D15) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 37 moves, 1-0

Slav Defense: Quiet Var (D11) 1-0 1st Brilliancy Prize
V Soultanbeieff vs C Vlagsma, 1946 
(D11) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 43 moves, 1-0

Colle System Copycat (D05) 1-0 Nxf7, Qxe6
Capablanca vs T Bray, 1919 
(D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 15 moves, 1-0

London System BxBf4 exBf4 (D02) 1-0 Qside assault w/N & Heavies
R Storm vs Blatny, 1991 
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 30 moves, 1-0

Colle Zuk / Odd Stonewall Dutch (D02) 0-1 Hellacious Black EG!!
Denker vs G Abrahams, 1946 
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 43 moves, 0-1

QGA: Janowski-Larsen Var (D25) 1-0 32.?
Korchnoi vs A Petersons, 1965 
(D25) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 32 moves, 1-0

Semi-Slav Defense: Meran. Pirc Var (D48) 1-0 Create an escape?
W Suesman vs M Stark, 1943 
(D48) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, Meran, 27 moves, 1-0

Game 33 in Reshevsky's Best Games of Chess by Samuel Reshevsky
Reshevsky vs G N Treysman, 1936 
(D35) Queen's Gambit Declined, 38 moves, 1-0

Queen's Gambit Declined: Barmen Var (D37) 1-0 N on 6th
Ribli vs A Yusupov, 2002 
(D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 36 moves, 1-0

P-Q4 Barry Attack. Gruenfeld Var (D02) 0-1 Stockfish notes
Hort vs Kasparov, 1988 
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 35 moves, 0-1

Slav Defense: Alekhine Var (D15) 0-1 26...?
Capablanca vs Spielmann, 1928 
(D15) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 39 moves, 0-1

QGD: Tarrasch Def. Pseudo-Tarrasch (D30) 1-0 One way or another
Schlechter vs Swiderski, 1904 
(D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 29 moves, 1-0

London System BxNe5 (D02) 1-0 Bxh6 initiates Kside assault
Shirov vs Sakaev, 1986 
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 35 moves, 1-0

QGD: Modern Var (D50) 1-0 aggressive bayonet attack!
F Walker vs E Hanna, 1899 
(D50) Queen's Gambit Declined, 56 moves, 1-0

Q Pawn Game: Chigorin Var (D02) 0-1 Battery
Capablanca vs C Wolff, 1915 
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 29 moves, 0-1

Slav Defense: Exchange Var (D10) 1-0 Another masterful swindle
Marshall vs K Treybal, 1930 
(D10) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 50 moves, 1-0

Semi-Slav Def: Accelerated Move Order (D31) 0-1 Battery Blast!
Z Popovic vs A Fuderer, 1949
(D31) Queen's Gambit Declined, 35 moves, 0-1

QGD: Harrwitz Attack. New Main Line (D37) 0-1 Stockfish; 25...?
Gelfand vs A Beliavsky, 1991 
(D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 32 moves, 0-1

D Przepiorka vs L Prokes, 1929 
(D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 24 moves, 1-0

Janowski vs C Jaffe, 1916
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 33 moves, 1-0

Schlechter vs Tarrasch, 1911 
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 106 moves, 1-0

London System 5.c4 vs Dutch Stonewall (D02) 1/2-1/2 K walk
Z Vecsey vs J Hasek, 1930
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 32 moves, 1/2-1/2

Slav Defense: General (D10) 1-0 P sac opens the diagonal
Marshall vs I Rabinovich, 1925 
(D10) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 29 moves, 1-0

Slav Def: Czech Classical System (D18) 1-0Another 0-0 victory
O Girya vs G Tokhirjonova, 2017
(D18) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Dutch, 33 moves, 1-0

Amar Opening: General 1.Nh3 (E00) 1-0 Notes by Stockfish
Carlsen vs Dreev, 2018 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 44 moves, 1-0

Winning With the Slav (Batsford) Yuri Markov & Boris Schipkov
Vidmar vs V Mikenas, 1931 
(D17) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 36 moves, 0-1

Slav Defense: Quiet Variation (D11) 1-0 34.?
Barsov vs P H Nielsen, 2002 
(D11) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 35 moves, 1-0

Semi-Slav Defense: Bogoljubow Var (D46) 0-1 26...?
A Ullner vs V Mikenas, 1931 
(D46) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 27 moves, 0-1

QGD: Albin Countergambit. Tartakower Def (D08) 1-0Dovetail Mate
Gruenfeld vs Tartakower, 1923 
(D08) Queen's Gambit Declined, Albin Counter Gambit, 29 moves, 1-0

Slav Defense: Quiet Variation. Schallopp Def (D12) 0-1 blitz
Ding Liren vs Y Yu, 2019 
(D12) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 39 moves, 0-1

Gruenfeld Def: Russian. Smyslov Var (D99) 0-1 battery, pin, int
Shamkovich vs Simagin, 1951 
(D99) Grunfeld Defense, Smyslov, 27 moves, 0-1

QGD: Orthodox Def. Main Line (D63) 1-0 Sacrifice for a K walk
F Apsenieks vs A Louis, 1925 
(D63) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 37 moves, 1-0

QGD vs Slav/Black Colle System (D05) 0-1 KEG annotates!
Blackburne vs Chigorin, 1901 
(D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 57 moves, 0-1

"Epic of Gilg" (game of the day Aug-28-2020)
Eliskases vs Gilg, 1934 
(D64) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack, 26 moves, 0-1

Gruenfeld Def: Modern Exchange Var (D85) 1-0 Women's champ
A Ushenina vs Svidler, 2013 
(D85) Grunfeld, 30 moves, 1-0

Trompowsky Attack: General (A45) 1-0 Find the finish
Z Zhang vs Y Wang, 2005 
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 34 moves, 1-0

Torre Attack: Fianchetto Def (A48) 1-0 Spearhead +s
W Pietzsch vs Smyslov, 1968 
(A48) King's Indian, 27 moves, 1-0

P-Q4 Krause Variation (D02) 1-0 KEG annotates!
E Delmar vs C S Howell, 1901 
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 38 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

Queen Pawn Game: Symmetrical Var (D02) 0-1 King Hunt~
Tarrasch vs Yates, 1910 
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 33 moves, 0-1

Rubinstein Opening (D05) 0-1 Minors on the 3rd rank!
Salwe vs A Speijer, 1910 
(D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 43 moves, 0-1

Colle System 5.b4 gets passed (D04) 1-0 masterful attack
Firouzja vs So, 2020 
(D04) Queen's Pawn Game, 35 moves, 1-0

Colle 3.c3 vs Krause Var (D02) 1-0central exchanges, dueling Bs
Maroczy vs Olland, 1922 
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 61 moves, 1-0

QGD. Barmen Var (D37) 0-1 Spearheadin'
Bogoljubov vs Kashdan, 1930 
(D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 37 moves, 0-1

Torre Attack. Gossip Var (D03) 1-0 Spearhead #
H Rossetto vs Benko, 1960 
(D03) Torre Attack (Tartakower Variation), 32 moves, 1-0

Semi-Slav Defense: General (D43) 1-0 Spearhead on long diagonal
Petrosian vs R Teschner, 1960 
(D43) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 29 moves, 1-0

Rubinstein Opening: Classical Def (D05) 0-1 Overworked Q
Zukertort vs A G Sellman, 1883 
(D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 41 moves, 0-1

Queen Pawn Game: Zukertort Var (D02) 1-0 h-file assault
H T Tu vs K Khatib, 2000 
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 32 moves, 1-0

Stonewall Attk vs Be7, Bb7 (D00) Vukovic Mate w/two knights
G Oskam vs H Reyss, 1931 
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 29 moves, 1-0

Colle System (D04) 1-0 Rook battery sets fork
J Berger vs Reti, 1908 
(D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 26 moves, 1-0

Colle System Bb2 vs Bb7 Copycat (D05) 1-0
Burn vs J Metger, 1887 
(D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 31 moves, 1-0

Queen's Gambit Accepted: Old Variation (D20) 1-0 SF notes
M Brakmanis vs F Apsenieks, 1936 
(D20) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 22 moves, 1-0

London System 6.Rb1 vs Qb6 (D02) 1-0 Exploiting weak squares
Carlsen vs Ding Liren, 2020 
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 33 moves, 1-0

"It's Awesome, baby with a capital A!"
J K Robinson vs R C Conway, 1967 
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 14 moves, 1-0

Mutual Stonewalls (D00) 1-0 Q-R battery robs the pin for mate!
Znosko-Borovsky vs M Lewitt, 1906 
(D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 27 moves, 1-0

KID: Four Pawns Attack. Dynamic Attack (E76) 0-1 Scholarly
A Shabanaj vs A Martinez, 2016 
(E76) King's Indian, Four Pawns Attack, 18 moves, 0-1

QGD: Marshall Defense (D06) 1-0 Blindfold Spearhead Mate
J Sarfati vs S Smyth, 2006 
(D06) Queen's Gambit Declined, 15 moves, 1-0

London System (D02) 1-0 P fork, Zwischenzug #threat, Dbl Attk
Aronian vs Niemann, 2022 
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 28 moves, 1-0

Indian Game: East Indian Defense (E00) 0-1 Razor's edge
Niemann vs Robson, 2022 
(E00) Queen's Pawn Game, 35 moves, 0-1

Rubinstein Opening (D05) 1-0 Cool interference!
M Ezat vs B Michiels, 2012 
(D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 34 moves, 1-0

QGD: Classical Def. Main Lines (D27) 0-1 agadmator video link
R Praggnanandhaa vs Carlsen, 2022 
(D27) Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical, 34 moves, 0-1

Gruenfeld Def: Exchange. Classical Var (D86) 0-1 Q+ Outnumbered
S Royal vs Svidler, 2022
(D86) Grunfeld, Exchange, 23 moves, 0-1

Neo-Grünfeld Def: Classical. Original Def (D78) 1-0invade weak
N Dzagnidze vs Shri B Savitha, 2022 
(D78) Neo-Grunfeld, 6.O-O c6, 22 moves, 1-0

Slav Def: Soultanbeieff Var (D16) 1-0WAIT --Look 4a better move
Le Quang Liem vs Dominguez Perez, 2011 
(D16) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 29 moves, 1-0

Chess Olympiad (2014) Colle System 6.b3 8.Bb2 (D05) 1-0
J Massana vs Lunga Mavuso, 2014 
(D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 29 moves, 1-0

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