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Youngbloods Like to Listen to Fredthebear
Compiled by fredthebear
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'Don't count your chickens before they are hatched'

Child/teen chess players showing what they're made of. Beware that some of these youngsters are playing other kids, so do check the tournament venue for relevancy. Fredthebear is the original creator of this collection.

It's no time to play chess when the house is on fire. ~ Italian Proverbs

If you must play, decide on three things at the start: the rules of the game, the stakes, and the quitting time. ~ Chinese Proverb

The one who wins plays best. ~ German Proverbs

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

* http://www.aesopfables.com/aesopsel...

See Zsofia Polgar biography regarding her "Sack of Rome" in 1989.

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

* Sammy Reshevsky:
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches...

* Eight-Year-Old Stuns: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TJ...

* Under 10?! Game Collection: Wins by kids under 10 years old

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

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

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

morfishine: "I like the Schliemann Defense, along with the Falkbeer counter-gambit and other chancy openings. Enterprising chess is the most fun, even if one meets with disaster from time-to-time. I'd rather go down swinging."

"You must play boldly to win." ― Arnold Palmer

"Champions keep playing until they get it right." ― Billie Jean King

Fred Wellmuth was a strong amateur from California

"To be, or not to be: that is the question:
Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,
Or to take arms against a sea of troubles,
And by opposing end them? To die: to sleep;
No more; and by a sleep to say we end
The heart-ache and the thousand natural shocks
That flesh is heir to, 'tis a consummation
Devoutly to be wish'd. To die, to sleep;
To sleep: perchance to dream: ay, there's the rub;

For in that sleep of death what dreams may come
When we have shuffled off this mortal coil,
Must give us pause: there's the respect
That makes calamity of so long life;
For who would bear the whips and scorns of time,

The oppressor's wrong, the proud man's contumely, The pangs of despised love, the law's delay,
The insolence of office and the spurns
That patient merit of the unworthy takes,
When he himself might his quietus make
With a bare bodkin? who would fardels bear,
To grunt and sweat under a weary life,
But that the dread of something after death,
The undiscover'd country from whose bourn
No traveller returns, puzzles the will
And makes us rather bear those ills we have
Than fly to others that we know not of?
Thus conscience does make cowards of us all;
And thus the native hue of resolution
Is sicklied o'er with the pale cast of thought,
And enterprises of great pith and moment
With this regard their currents turn awry,
And lose the name of action.--Soft you now!
The fair Ophelia! Nymph, in thy orisons
Be all my sins remember'd!"
― William Shakespeare, Hamlet

Confessed faults are half mended. ~ Scottish Proverb

Riddle Answer Begins With Letter "M"
Riddle: I make two people out of one. What am I?

* Mihail Marin: Wikipedia article: Mihail Marin

Riddle Answer: A mirror.

"As they prepared themselves to go ashore no one doubted in theory that at least a certain percentage of them would remain on the island dead, once they set foot on it. But no one expected to be one of these. Still it was an awesome thought and as the first contingents came struggling up on deck in full gear to form up, all eyes instinctively sought out immediately this island where they were to be put, and left, and which might possibly turn out to be a friend's grave." ― James Jones, The Thin Red Line

"The strongest of all warriors are these two — Time and Patience." ― Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace

"Patience is a form of wisdom. It demonstrates that we understand and accept the fact that sometimes things must unfold in their own time." ― Jon Kabat-Zinn, Full Catastrophe Living

"How did it get so late so soon? It's night before it's afternoon. December is here before it's June. My goodness how the time has flewn. How did it get so late so soon?" ― Dr. Seuss

"Time is what we want most, but what we use worst." ― William Penn

"Never waste a minute thinking about people you don't like." ― Dwight D. Eisenhower

"The cost of a thing is the amount of what I will call life which is required to be exchanged for it, immediately or in the long run." ― Henry David Thoreau, Walden

"Life is a funny thing. We only get so many years to live it, so we have to do everything we can to make sure those years are as full as they can be. We shouldn't waste time on things that might happen someday, or maybe even never." ― Colleen Hoover, It Ends with Us

"It is not time or opportunity that is to determine intimacy;—it is disposition alone. Seven years would be insufficient to make some people acquainted with each other, and seven days are more than enough for others." ― Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility

"Muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone." ― Alan Watts

"There is more to life than simply increasing its speed." ― Mahatma Gandhi

"Lost Time is never found again."
― Benjamin Franklin, Poor Richard's Almanack

"Time spent with a cat is never wasted." ― Colette

"A wise man's goal shouldn't be to say something profound, but to say something useful." ― Criss Jami, Healology

"The King is only fond of words, and cannot translate them into deeds." ― Teck Foo Check, The Autobiography of Sun Tzu

"Behind every move I make on the chess board lies a story of calculation, intuition, and passion. With every game, I discover more about myself and the endless possibilities of the game." ― medicosaurabh

"Ecco, sai giocare a scacchi. Adesso devi diventare un giocatore. Ci vorrà un po' di più." ― Guenassia Jean-Michel, Le Club des incorrigibles optimists

"People are like chess pieces!" ― Deyth Banger

"The only easy day was yesterday." ― US Navy SEALs

"Gameplay is all our life. Either we guard, attack or develop pieces." ― Vineet Raj Kapoor, UNCHESS: Untie Your Shoes and Walk on the Chessboard of Life

"The is a secret for greater self-control, the science points to one thing: the power of paying attention." ― Kelly McGonigal, The Willpower Instinct: How Self-Control Works, Why It Matters, and What You Can Do to Get More of It

"As we encounter new experiences with a mindful and wise attention, we discover that one of three things will happen to our new experience: it will go away, it will stay the same, or it will get more intense. whatever happens does not really matter." ― Jack Kornfield, A Path with Heart: A Guide Through the Perils and Promises of Spiritual Life

"Know thy self, know thy enemy. A thousand battles, a thousand victories." ― Sun Tzu, The Art of War

"I'll play baseball for the Army or fight for it, whatever they want me to do." ― Mickey Mantle

"Chess is a miniature version of life. To be successful, you need to be disciplined, assess resources, consider responsible choices and adjust when circumstances change." ― Susan Polgar

"We are like chess players who are trying to predict the opponent's future moves, but in this case, we are dealing with life itself. True masters do not play the game on a single chessboard, but on multiple chessboards at the same time. And what's the difference between grandmasters and masters? Surprises. The moves that cannot be predicted by the opponent. Life can play a simultaneous game with seven billion people at the same time and it can take each and every one of us by surprise. And we still believe we are capable of winning, because we can predict three of four moves ahead. We are insignificant." ― Jaka Tomc, 720 Heartbeats

"The cherished dream of every chessplayer is to play a match with the World Champion. But here is the paradox: the closer you come to the realization of this goal, the less you think about it." ― Mikhail Tal

"I mean a man whose hopes and aims may sometimes lie (as most men's sometimes do, I dare say) above the ordinary level, but to whom the ordinary level will be high enough after all if it should prove to be a way of usefulness and good service leading to no other. All generous spirits are ambitious, I suppose, but the ambition that calmly trusts itself to such a road, instead of spasmodically trying to fly over it, is of the kind I care for." ― Charles Dickens, Bleak House

"Treat your men as you would your own beloved sons. And they will follow you into the deepest valley." ― Sun Tzu, The Art of War

"But I find something compelling in the game's choreography, the way one move implies the next. The kings are an apt metaphor for human beings: utterly constrained by the rules of the game, defenseless against bombardment from all sides, able only to temporarily dodge disaster by moving one step in any direction." ― Jennifer duBois, A Partial History of Lost Causes

"The move is there, but you must see it." ― Savielly Tartakower

"You may delay, but time will not." ― Benjamin Franklin

"Chess is all about maintaining coherent strategies. It's about not giving up when the enemy destroys one plan but to immediately come up with the next. A game isn't won and lost at the point when the king is finally cornered. The game's sealed when a player gives up having any strategy at all. When his soldiers are all scattered, they have no common cause, and they move one piece at a time, that's when you've lost." ― Kazuo Ishiguro, A Pale View of Hills

"The King is only fond of words, and cannot translate them into deeds." ― Teck Foo Check, The Autobiography of Sun Tzu

"War is not just the shower of bullets and bombs from both sides, it is also the shower of blood and bones on both sides." ― Amit Kalantri, Wealth of Words

"The skillful leader subdues the enemy's troops without any fighting; he captures their cities without laying siege to them; he overthrows their kingdom without lengthy operations in the field." ― Sun Tzu, The Art Of War

"Technique has taken over the whole of civilization. Death, procreation, birth all submit to technical efficiency and systemization." ― Jacques Ellul

"Time is an illusion." ― Albert Einstein

"Time isn't precious at all, because it is an illusion. What you perceive as precious is not time but the one point that is out of time: the Now. That is precious indeed. The more you are focused on time—past and future—the more you miss the Now, the most precious thing there is." ― Eckhart Tolle, The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment

"It's being here now that's important. There's no past and there's no future. Time is a very misleading thing. All there is ever, is the now. We can gain experience from the past, but we can't relive it; and we can hope for the future, but we don't know if there is one." ― George Harrison

"You are the biggest enemy of your own sleep." ― Pawan Mishra

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

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

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

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

Sarah wrote:

checkmate
It's like we're playing chess.
Moving strategically, testing boundaries,
all while watching each other's expression.

We all know how this games ends…
The queen destroys you and steals your heart.

"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.

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

In God we trust; all others pay cash. ~ American Proverb

"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

* The Most Instructive Games of Chess Ever Played: 62 Masterpieces of Chess Strategy by Irving Chernev - https://lichess.org/study/KMMrJvE1

* Legendary: Game Collection: The 12 Legendary Games of the Century

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

'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.

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).

"When you have the better of it, play simply. When the game is going against you, look for complications." — Frank J. Marshall

Galatians 6:7 in the Bible "Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap."

Gambling problem? Call 1-800-GAMBLER

Oct-04-23 HeMateMe: I play 3/2 blitz occasionally on Lichess. I find it an excellent site, none of the delays/cancellations that ruined chess.com (for me). Oct-04-23 Cassandro: Yes, lichess is by far the best site for online chess. And you never know, apparently you may even get to play against a living legend like the highly esteemed Leonard Barden there!

FTB plays all about but has always been happy with FICS: https://www.freechess.org/

<Principles of Chess
billwall

01. Develop your pieces quickly.
02. Control the center.
03. Try to put your pieces on squares that give them maximum space. 04. Try to develop your knights towards the center. 05. A knight on the rim is dim.
06. Don't take unnecessary chances.
07. Play aggressive.
08. Calculate forced moves first.
09. Always ask yourself, "Can he put me in check or win a piece?" 10. Have a plan. Every move should have a purpose. 11. Assume your opponent's move is his best move. 12. Ask yourself, "why did he move there?" after each opponent move. 13. Play for the initiative and contolling the board. 14. If you must lose a piece, get something for it if you can. 15. When behind, exchange pawns. When ahead, exchange pieces. 16. If you are losing, don't give up fighting. Look for counterplay. 17. Don't play unsound moves unless you are losing badly. 18. Don't sacrifice a piece without good reason. 19. If you are in doubt of an opponent's sacrifice, accept it. 20. Attack with more that just one or two pieces. 21. Do not make careless pawn moves. They cannot move back. 22. Do not block in your bishops.
23. Bishops of opposite colors have the greatest chance of drawing. 24. Try not to move the same piece twice or more times in a row. 25. Exchange pieces if it helps your development. 26. Don't bring your queen out early.
27. Castle soon to protect your king and develop your rook. 28. Develop rooks to open files.
29. Put rooks behind passed pawns.
30. Study rook endgames. They are the most common and most complicated. 31. Don't let your king get caught in the center. 32. Don't castle if it brings your king into greater danger from attack. 33. After castling, keep a good pawn formation around your king. 34. If you only have one bishop, put your pawns on its opposite color. 35. Trade pawns pieces when ahead in material or when under attack. 36. If cramped, free your game by exchanging material. 37. If your opponent is cramped, don't let him get any freeing exchanges. 38. Study openings you are comfortable with.
39. Play over entire games, not just the opening. 40. Blitz chess is helpful in recognizing chess patterns. Play often. 41. Study annotated games and try to guess each move. 42. Stick with just a few openings with White, and a few openings with Black. 43. Record your games and go over them, especially the games you lost. 44. Show your games to higher rated opponents and get feedback from them. 45. Use chess computers and databases to help you study and play more. 46. Everyone blunders. The champions just blunder less often. 47. When it is not your move, look for tactics and combinations. 48. Try to double rooks or double rook and queen on open files. 49. Always ask yourself, "Does my next move overlook something simple?" 50. Don't make your own plans without the exclusion of the opponent's threats. 51. Watch out for captures by retreat of an opponent's piece. 52. Do not focus on one sector of the board. View thw whole board. 53. Write down your move first before making that move if it helps. 54. Try to solve chess puzzles with diagrams from books and magazines. 55. It is less likely that an opponent is prepared for off-beat openings. 56. Recognize transposition of moves from main-line play. 57. Watch your time and avoid time trouble.
58. Bishops are worth more than knights except when they are pinned in. 59. A knight works better with a bishop than another knight. 60. It is usually a good idea to trade down into a pawn up endgame. 61. Have confidence in your game.
62. Play in as many rated events as you can.
63. Try not to look at your opponent's rating until after the game. 64. Always play for a win.
(If a win is no longer possible, play for a draw.)>

Shibut's "Paul Morphy and the Evolution of Chess Theory" age 10
Morphy vs A Morphy, 1848 
(C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 18 moves, 1-0

King Pawn Game 1.e4 e5 2.h3 d5 (C20) 1-0 Kside attack
Morphy vs NN, 1848 
(C20) King's Pawn Game, 19 moves, 1-0

McConnell Def. 2...Qf6?! (C40) 1-0Royal Punishment by 12 yr old
Morphy vs J McConnell, 1849 
(C40) King's Knight Opening, 23 moves, 1-0

Morphy 'miniature' (age 12) w/clever rook sac, immune knight
Morphy vs E Rousseau, 1849 
(C39) King's Gambit Accepted, 17 moves, 1-0

"Morphy Chess Masterpieces" by Fred Reinfeld that FTB read
Morphy vs J McConnell, 1849 
(C39) King's Gambit Accepted, 29 moves, 1-0

K's Gambit: Accepted. Traditional (C38) 0-1 Philidor's Legacy
J McConnell vs Morphy, 1849 
(C38) King's Gambit Accepted, 23 moves, 0-1

Stunning odds game by young Morphy - take a bow lad!
Morphy vs Le Carpentier, 1849 
(000) Chess variants, 13 moves, 1-0

Evans Gambit. Accepted (C51) 1-0 Resourceful @ 12 years old!
Morphy vs A Morphy, 1849 
(C51) Evans Gambit, 46 moves, 1-0

Evans Gambit. Accepted (C51) 1-0 How to Beat Your Dad at Chess
Morphy vs A Morphy, 1849 
(C51) Evans Gambit, 15 moves, 1-0

Italian Game: Rousseau Gambit (C50) 1-0 Black K walk
Morphy vs E Rousseau, 1849 
(C50) Giuoco Piano, 23 moves, 1-0

Evans Gambit. Accepted (C51) 1-0 Discovered Double Checkmate
Morphy vs A Morphy, 1849 
(C51) Evans Gambit, 21 moves, 1-0

KGA Cunningham Defense (C35) 1-0 Early surrender
Morphy vs J McConnell, 1849 
(C35) King's Gambit Accepted, Cunningham, 11 moves, 1-0

Blindfolded Paul Morphy defeats his Uncle Ernest in 20 moves
Morphy vs E Morphy, 1849 
(C53) Giuoco Piano, 20 moves, 1-0

Petrov Def., Cozio (Lasker) Attk (C42) 1-0 Almost 13 yrs old
Morphy vs Lowenthal, 1850 
(C42) Petrov Defense, 55 moves, 1-0

Game 29 in Golden Treasury of Chess (Wellmuth/Horowitz)
Morphy vs Lowenthal, 1850 
(B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 49 moves, 1-0

Paul Morphy: A Modern Perspective by Valerie Beim
J McConnell vs Morphy, 1852 
(C52) Evans Gambit, 25 moves, 0-1

Morphy said: "I want to play with the young NAPOLEON ...!"
Morphy vs A Napoleao dos Santos, 1859 
(000) Chess variants, 34 moves, 1-0

Derrickson played this game when he was about 15 years old.
J Smith vs G Derrickson, 1860 
(C55) Two Knights Defense, 17 moves, 0-1

Game 152 in Wonders and Curiosities of Chess by Irving Chernev
R Iglesias vs Capablanca, 1893 
(000) Chess variants, 38 moves, 0-1

16 year-old Marshall cannot swindle Steinitz or Fredthebear
Steinitz vs Marshall, 1893 
(C03) French, Tarrasch, 26 moves, 1-0

Dec-31-19 MordimerChess: Rubinstein's first ever recorded game.
Rubinstein vs G Bartoszkiewicz, 1897 
(C55) Two Knights Defense, 17 moves, 1-0

"Positional Chess Handbook" by Israel Gelfer...Capa was just 12
Capablanca vs J Corzo, 1901 
(A83) Dutch, Staunton Gambit, 59 moves, 1-0

13 year-old Capa teaches the endgame from Colle Zukertort
Capablanca vs J Corzo, 1901 
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 60 moves, 1-0

Cntr Cntr 3...Qd8 Ilundain (B01) 1-0 Capa actually gets #!
J Corzo vs Capablanca, 1901 
(B01) Scandinavian, 41 moves, 1-0

Scotch Game: Classical Var (C45) 1-0 Capa creates a passer
Capablanca vs J A Blanco, 1901 
(C45) Scotch Game, 49 moves, 1-0

Capablanca was 12 years old when he played this "casual game".
Capablanca vs E Corzo, 1901 
(C67) Ruy Lopez, 35 moves, 1-0

Capablanca was 12 years old when this game took place
L Paredes vs Capablanca, 1901 
(C44) King's Pawn Game, 45 moves, 0-1

Sicilian, Morphy Gambit. Andreaschek Gambit (B21) 1-0 Stockfish
Capablanca vs E Delmonte, 1901 
(B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 18 moves, 1-0

Evans Gambit. Waller Attack (C52) 1-0 Capa was 13 years old
J Corzo vs Capablanca, 1901 
(C52) Evans Gambit, 27 moves, 1-0

Capablanca was 12 years old at the time of this game.
Capablanca vs A Fiol, 1901 
(C45) Scotch Game, 49 moves, 1/2-1/2

Game 2a in Fred Reinfeld's The Immortal Games of Capablanca
E Corzo vs Capablanca, 1902 
(C10) French, 36 moves, 0-1

Danish Gambit: Accepted. Chigorin Defense (C21) 1-0 A.A. was 11
P Vinogradov vs A Alekhine, 1903 
(C21) Center Game, 20 moves, 1-0

Scotch Game: Schmidt Var (C45) 1-0 Zwischenzugs by teenager
Alekhine vs V Manko, 1906 
(C45) Scotch Game, 28 moves, 1-0

18 year old Capa shows artistry after a touch of luck.
Capablanca vs R Raubitschek, 1906 
(C67) Ruy Lopez, 34 moves, 1-0

Bishop's Opening: Vienna Hybrid (C28) 0-1 Q sac for a P#
Viakhirev vs Alekhine, 1906 
(C28) Vienna Game, 36 moves, 0-1

G2: Alexander Alekhine: 4th World Chess Champion by the Linders
Alekhine vs V Rozanov, 1907 
(C45) Scotch Game, 42 moves, 1-0

Spanish, Morphy Def. Mackenzie Var (C77) 1-0 Q sac removes f7 d
Capablanca vs L B Meyer, 1908 
(C77) Ruy Lopez, 10 moves, 1-0

A severe punishment. But don't forget Alekhine was 17 years old
Schlechter vs Alekhine, 1910 
(C41) Philidor Defense, 34 moves, 1-0

Game 122 in Wonders and Curiosities of Chess by Irving Chernev
Reshevsky vs R Griffith, 1920 
(C67) Ruy Lopez, 30 moves, 1-0

KGA. Fischer Def (C34) 1-0 Eight-year-old gives exhibition!!
Reshevsky vs G W Beaumont, 1920 
(C34) King's Gambit Accepted, 30 moves, 1-0

Not bad for a 9 year old.
Reshevsky vs Traube, 1920 
(A02) Bird's Opening, 17 moves, 1-0

Experience wins over Youth (Sammy was just 9!)
Reshevsky vs Ed Lasker, 1921 
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 29 moves, 0-1

The oldest and youngest players in tournament, ages 52 and 10
Janowski vs Reshevsky, 1922 
(D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 65 moves, 0-1

Famous actor vs child prodigy. Click link for photo.
C Chaplin vs Reshevsky, 1923 
(C43) Petrov, Modern Attack, 29 moves, 0-1

"The Boy Who Would be King" (game of the day Aug-20-2011)
Capablanca vs Botvinnik, 1925 
(D51) Queen's Gambit Declined, 32 moves, 0-1

Italian Game: Scotch Gambit. Anderssen Attk (C56) 0-1 +, +, #
A Perfiliev vs Botvinnik, 1925 
(C56) Two Knights, 36 moves, 0-1

The first game in Botvinnik's "100 Selected Games"
Botvinnik vs G Stoltz, 1926 
(D55) Queen's Gambit Declined, 31 moves, 1-0

QGD: Orthodox Def. Botvinnik Var (D60) 1-0 3rd Beauty Prize!
Petrov vs I Strazdins, 1926 
(D60) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 22 moves, 1-0

wonderkid, the 13-year old Anatoly Ufimtsev (Omsk)
A Ufimtsev vs Starodubov, 1927 
(C66) Ruy Lopez, 29 moves, 1-0

Near structural symmetry after 20.Rdd1 but Black win in 5 moves
R Pruun vs Keres, 1931 
(E60) King's Indian Defense, 24 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Closed. Traditional (B34) 1-0 10.Nc7+, outnumber h7
Keres vs I Raud, 1931 
(B25) Sicilian, Closed, 29 moves, 1-0

QGD Albin Countergambit (D08) 0-1 Sweet deflection R sac!
A Karu vs Keres, 1931 
(D08) Queen's Gambit Declined, Albin Counter Gambit, 27 moves, 0-1

Zukertort, Tennison Gambit (A06) 1-0 IM Gary Lane's line notes
Keres vs Faltweber, 1932 
(A06) Reti Opening, 18 moves, 1-0

KGD/Vienna Gambit (C25) 1-0 Crusher up the middle
Keres vs A Peet, 1932 
(C25) Vienna, 19 moves, 1-0

Center Game: Berger Var (C22) 0-1 Comments by Le Lionnais
Von Feilitzsch vs Keres, 1932 
(C22) Center Game, 32 moves, 0-1

Game 2 in 'A Passion for Chess' by Reuben Fine
Fine vs S Factor, 1932
(A60) Benoni Defense, 54 moves, 1-0

Valter Heuer's book "Meie Keres" ("Our Keres" p.93); 16 yrs old
Keres vs Verbac, 1933 
(C00) French Defense, 16 moves, 1-0

Game 1: 125 Selected Games by Vasily Smyslov
K Gerasimov vs Smyslov, 1935 
(D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 22 moves, 0-1

Italian Game: Two Knts Def. Lolli Attack (C57) 1-0Exch Sac Attk
J Balint vs Chernev, 1938 
(C57) Two Knights, 10 moves, 1-0

Wögerer was only 16 years old at the time of the game.
R Woegerer vs N Froehlich, 1938 
(C10) French, 18 moves, 1-0

Game 107: Chess Highlights of 20th Century by Graham Burgess
Yanofsky vs A Ismodes Dulanto, 1939 
(C11) French, 28 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Closed. Chigorin Def (C97) 1-0 No speculation
Petrosian vs Kopelevic, 1942 
(C97) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 24 moves, 1-0

K's English. 4Knights Bradley Beach Var (A28) 0-1 teen trounce
G Bakhtadze vs Petrosian, 1944 
(A28) English, 27 moves, 0-1

Tarrasch Def: Swedish Var, Central Break (D33) 1-0 Young Gun
Petrosian vs N Sorokin, 1944 
(D33) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 23 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Def: Nimzowitsch. Exchange (B29) 1-0 Zambelly Zinger
Petrosian vs Grigoriev, 1945 
(B29) Sicilian, Nimzovich-Rubinstein, 13 moves, 1-0

Teenagers Battle; Exchanging off the Stonewall dark bishop
Petrosian vs Korchnoi, 1946 
(A94) Dutch, Stonewall with Ba3, 23 moves, 1-0

G38 in 100 Master Games of Modern Chess by Tartakower & DuMont
L Evans vs C Pilnick, 1946 
(C13) French, 29 moves, 1-0

Game 44 in Learn from the Legends by Mihail Marin. 3rd edition.
Dunaev vs Petrosian, 1946 
(B84) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 32 moves, 0-1

Anti-Nimzo-Indian / Tarrasch (E10) 1-0 Notes by Peter Clarke
Petrosian vs Y Kotkov, 1946  
(E10) Queen's Pawn Game, 20 moves, 1-0

VK wins in 12; Spassky (age 11) could play on with 12...Kd8!
Korchnoi vs Spassky, 1948 
(B71) Sicilian, Dragon, Levenfish Variation, 12 moves, 1-0

KGA. Cunningham Def Bertin Gambit (C35) 1-0 Stockfish notes
Larsen vs E Lauridsen, 1948 
(C35) King's Gambit Accepted, Cunningham, 24 moves, 1-0

Italian Game: Two Knights Def. Traxler Counterattack (C57) 0-1
V Vorobiev vs Litvinov, 1948 
(C57) Two Knights, 17 moves, 0-1

Positional gem by young Petrosian (age 19)
A Kalantar vs Petrosian, 1948  
(E11) Bogo-Indian Defense, 48 moves, 0-1

Caro-Kann Def. Exchange (B13) 1-0 Tal @13 uses Alekhine's Block
Tal vs Leonov, 1949 
(B13) Caro-Kann, Exchange, 25 moves, 1-0

QGA Classical Def. Alekhine System (D28) 1-0 R sac into N fork
Spassky vs S Avtonomov, 1949 
(D28) Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical, 21 moves, 1-0

Tal dismantles White in 18 moves by concentrating firepower.
J Klavins vs Tal, 1949 
(C10) French, 18 moves, 0-1

French Tarrasch. Chistyakov (C07) 1-0 Spearhead hits ugly def
Tal vs I Zilber, 1949 
(C07) French, Tarrasch, 33 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

Nimzo-Dutch. Alekhine Var (A90) 0-1 Drew the attention of GMs
V Golenishchev vs Korchnoi, 1949 
(A90) Dutch, 42 moves, 0-1

USSR Junior Championship 1949; Tal is 13 years old
A Parnas vs Tal, 1949 
(C91) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 33 moves, 0-1

Spanish Game: Open. St. Petersburg Var (C82) 1-0 Master of sacs
Tal vs I Miglans, 1950 
(C82) Ruy Lopez, Open, 21 moves, 1-0

Good win by the 17 year old against one of the historical great
J Penrose vs Bogoljubov, 1950 
(B56) Sicilian, 31 moves, 1-0

Indian Game: Tartakower Attack (A45) 1-0 basic tactics work!
Uhlmann vs H Richter, 1951 
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 28 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

Sicilian Najdorf. Amsterdam Var (B93) 1-0 Promotion battle
Tal vs M Pasman, 1953 
(B93) Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4, 40 moves, 1-0

East Indian Def/Tarrasch (E00) 0-1 Q sac for passer & pieces
O Udris vs Tal, 1953 
(A60) Benoni Defense, 34 moves, 0-1

A typically brilliant game by the young Spassky w/a gruesome #
Spassky vs Smyslov, 1953 
(E31) Nimzo-Indian, Leningrad, Main line, 35 moves, 1-0

Tal's Winning Chess Combinations by Mikhail Tal, Victor Khenkin
Tal vs J Straume, 1953 
(C84) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 58 moves, 1-0

a very young Katarina Jovanovic-Blagojevic?
Ivkov vs Jovanovic, 1954 
(C61) Ruy Lopez, Bird's Defense, 14 moves, 1-0

Spassky was already a killer 17-year old. Good game.
Spassky vs V Zurakhov, 1954 
(B95) Sicilian, Najdorf, 6...e6, 30 moves, 1-0

Not that knight?The other one?Not that queen?No, the other one?
Spassky vs Taimanov, 1955 
(C70) Ruy Lopez, 38 moves, 1-0

KID Normal (E90) 0-1 Centralized Knight, R decoy sac, N+ fork
J Thomason vs Fischer, 1955 
(E90) King's Indian, 23 moves, 0-1

Latvian Gambit: Accepted. Bilguer Var (C40) 0-1 VP 1 of a kind
Fischer vs V Pupols, 1955 
(C40) King's Knight Opening, 44 moves, 0-1

"The Game of the Century" won by a 13 year old phenom.
D Byrne vs Fischer, 1956  
(D92) Grunfeld, 5.Bf4, 41 moves, 0-1

Fischer wins U.S. C'ship with 1st Najdorf; returns the exchange
C Grossguth vs Fischer, 1956 
(B92) Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation, 29 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Defense: Najdorf (B95) 0-1Exchange sac & the B pair
E Nash vs Fischer, 1956 
(B95) Sicilian, Najdorf, 6...e6, 48 moves, 0-1

Three Knights Opening: General (C46) 1-0 Ng5 Legall's #?
S Sloan vs William F Cox, 1956 
(C46) Three Knights, 12 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Defense: Najdorf. Opocensky Var (B92) 0-1 Discovery
D Ruth vs Fischer, 1956 
(B92) Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation, 24 moves, 0-1

Spanish Game: Morphy Def (C78) 1-0 Exch sac, Bxf7+ sac
Fischer vs C Sharp, 1956 
(C78) Ruy Lopez, 33 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Morphy Def (C78) 1-0 Notes by Stockfish
Fischer vs A Di Camillo, 1956 
(C78) Ruy Lopez, 41 moves, 1-0

Analyzed by Bobby Fischer in his "My 60 Memorable Games"
Fischer vs J Sherwin, 1957 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 33 moves, 1-0

Pirc Defense: Byrne Variation (B07) 1-0 The Zurakhov roll
Fischer vs E Mednis, 1957 
(B07) Pirc, 39 moves, 1-0

Scotch Game: Mieses Var 0-0 vs 0-0-0 (C45) 1-0 Education matter
Euwe vs Fischer, 1957 
(D35) Queen's Gambit Declined, 20 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Najdorf (B90) 1-0 Patented Kside assault, promo combo
Fischer vs R Cardoso, 1957 
(B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 31 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Defense: Richter-Rauzer. Dragon Var (B60) 1-0 38.?
Fischer vs J Bennett, 1957 
(B60) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer, 40 moves, 1-0

William J. Lombardy: 4th junior world champion: 2 years
M Gerusel vs Lombardy, 1957 
(E33) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 18 moves, 0-1

Spanish Game: Closed. Chigorin Def (C97) 1-0 Stockfish
Fischer vs J Rinaldo, 1957 
(C97) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 30 moves, 1-0

made Bobby Fischer youngest U.S. champion ever
Fischer vs J Sherwin, 1957 
(B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 36 moves, 1-0

Born in 1943 so Bobby Fischer was 14.
Fischer vs A Bisguier, 1957 
(C16) French, Winawer, 41 moves, 1-0

Reshevsky drops Q in 12, but plays to to move 40
Fischer vs Reshevsky, 1958 
(B32) Sicilian, 42 moves, 1-0

Smith-Morra Gambit. Accepted Fianchetto Def (B21) 1-0 Stunner!
L Dubeck vs R Weinstein, 1958 
(B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 18 moves, 1-0

French Def: Winawr. Winckelmann-Riemer Gambit (C15) 1-0Teenager
Westerinen vs O Puhakka, 1958 
(C15) French, Winawer, 36 moves, 1-0

fifteen year old Fischer shows his confidence and talent
Fischer vs Tal, 1958 
(C92) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 41 moves, 1/2-1/2

Sicilian Classical. Anti-Fischer-Sozin Var (B57) 1-0 Invade 6th
Fischer vs Benko, 1959 
(B57) Sicilian, 27 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Najdorf ML (B99) 0-1 This young gun was 16 years old!
Smyslov vs Fischer, 1959 
(B99) Sicilian, Najdorf, 7...Be7 Main line, 54 moves, 0-1

Wow, mate on the board against Paul Keres! Who doez that?
Keres vs Fischer, 1959 
(B99) Sicilian, Najdorf, 7...Be7 Main line, 53 moves, 0-1

Fischer was just 16-years old when he played this game
Fischer vs Petrosian, 1959 
(B11) Caro-Kann, Two Knights, 3...Bg4, 48 moves, 1/2-1/2

Sic Najdorf. Polugayevsky Var (B96) 1-0 Dbl B Sacs, # on d-file
Keene vs J N Sugden, 1961  
(B96) Sicilian, Najdorf, 15 moves, 1-0

Game 32: My 60 Memorable Games by Bobby Fischer
Fischer vs Tal, 1961 
(B47) Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation, 47 moves, 1-0

Karpov at 11 Fredthebear didn't know at the time
Karpov vs Piskunov, 1962 
(B03) Alekhine's Defense, 35 moves, 1-0

QGD: Manhattan Var (D51) 1-0 Black weakens his own Kside
Keene vs T Lack, 1962 
(D51) Queen's Gambit Declined, 19 moves, 1-0

QGD. Orthodox Def. Classical Var (D69) 1-0 Two hogs on 7th rank
Keene vs G C Lund, 1962 
(D69) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, Classical, 13.de, 29 moves, 1-0

The first encounter between Ray Keene and John Nunn.
Keene vs Nunn, 1963 
(A04) Reti Opening, 22 moves, 1-0

Bird Opening: From Gambit (A02) 0-1 f-pawn advance leaks troubl
L De Veauce vs Keene, 1963  
(A02) Bird's Opening, 7 moves, 0-1

Sicilian, Paulsen. Bastrikov Var(B47) 0-1Notes by Raymond Keene
J B Adams vs Keene, 1963  
(B47) Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation, 31 moves, 0-1

Caro-Kann Def. Gurgenidze System (B15) 1/2-1/2 Simul blunder
Karpov vs Botvinnik, 1964 
(B15) Caro-Kann, 42 moves, 1/2-1/2

KID: Saemisch. Closed Main Line (E89) 1-0 Notes by magazine
Keene vs P C Griffiths, 1964  
(E89) King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox Main line, 28 moves, 1-0

French Defense: Exchange Var (C01) 0-1 Juniors
Browne vs A Soltis, 1964 
(C01) French, Exchange, 35 moves, 0-1

NID Normal. Gligoric System Bernstein Def (E56) 1-0 Stockfish
Mecking vs Panno, 1966 
(E56) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line with 7...Nc6, 51 moves, 1-0

"Out of the Mouths of Babes" (game of the day Oct-18-2010)
K Dietrich vs J Hempel, 1966 
(C57) Two Knights, 23 moves, 0-1

Mecking, 14 of age at the time, a true Mozart of the game
Balashov vs Mecking, 1966 
(C98) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 56 moves, 0-1

sent to that "adult" tournament by mistake like Tartakower said
Kupreichik vs Karpov, 1966 
(C77) Ruy Lopez, 33 moves, 0-1

Writer/Coach Dan Heisman's teenage miniature - 1st "book" win
D Heisman vs D Fennick, 1967 
(C54) Giuoco Piano, 14 moves, 1-0

15 y.o. Mecking beats Korchnoi
Mecking vs Korchnoi, 1967 
(E62) King's Indian, Fianchetto, 45 moves, 1-0

Queen trap in Torre Attack by Timman, not in the Zurakhov way
Timman vs H Bouwmeester, 1967 
(D03) Torre Attack (Tartakower Variation), 9 moves, 1-0

Polish Opening 1.b4 a5 2.b5 e5 (A00) 0-1 Dbl Rook sac
I McNab vs Miles, 1967 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 22 moves, 0-1

Bogo-Indian Def: Nimzowitsch Var (E11) 1-0 Stockfish notes
Mecking vs Gipslis, 1967 
(E11) Bogo-Indian Defense, 34 moves, 1-0

Budapest Defense: Adler Variation (A52) 1-0 Raking bishops
R Anderson vs S Gelbart, 1968 
(A52) Budapest Gambit, 15 moves, 1-0

"one of the best games played in the 20th century" -- GM K.S.
Karpov vs Andersson, 1969 
(C97) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 60 moves, 1-0

Two Knights Def. Fried Liver Attack (C57) 1-0 Double Rs Sac
Speelman vs J T Fletcher, 1969 
(C57) Two Knights, 18 moves, 1-0

Russian Game: Modern Attack (C43) 0-1Discovered Dbl + wins Q
Frank vs E Schiller, 1970 
(C43) Petrov, Modern Attack, 7 moves, 0-1

Budapest Defense: Adler Var (A52) 1/2-1/2 Notes by Schiller
Lombardy vs E Schiller, 1971  
(A52) Budapest Gambit, 36 moves, 1/2-1/2

French Defense: McCutcheon. Chigorin Variation (C12) · 0-1
D Kopec vs T Taylor, 1972 
(C12) French, McCutcheon, 70 moves, 0-1

Robatsch Def (B06) 1-0 juniors pawn chain battle, late 0-0-0s
J Mestel vs H Koopman, 1973
(B06) Robatsch, 21 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Def: Paulsen. Normal Var (B45) 0-1 Stockfish notes
E Magerramov vs Kasparov, 1973 
(B45) Sicilian, Taimanov, 35 moves, 0-1

Game 2 Garry Kasparov on Garry Kasparov Part 1 1973-1985
E Kengis vs Kasparov, 1973 
(B88) Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin Attack, 54 moves, 1/2-1/2

French Def: Tarrasch. Guimard Def (C03) 1-0 Notes by Stockfish
Kasparov vs O Vasilchenko, 1973 
(C03) French, Tarrasch, 40 moves, 1-0

13 year old Seirawan played a 6 game match
R Karch vs Seirawan, 1973 
(D46) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 67 moves, 0-1

Spanish Exchange. Bronstein (C68) 1-0Simul victory by 11 yr old
Kasparov vs Averbakh, 1974 
(C69) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation, 48 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Def: French Var. Westerinen Attk (B40) 1-0 video link
Kasparov vs O Privorotsky, 1974 
(B40) Sicilian, 38 moves, 1-0

Amazing king hunt by 10 year old Nigel Short
S J Hooker vs Short, 1975 
(C18) French, Winawer, 25 moves, 0-1

GK played KIA as a junior; Pseudo-Tarrasch/Sicilian Defense
Kasparov vs B Kantsler, 1975 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 32 moves, 1-0

Garry flipping the Bird at age 12 using a reversed Curry
Romanishin vs Kasparov, 1975 
(A02) Bird's Opening, 32 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Def. Grand Prix Attack (B23) 1-0 Impressive Sac Attack
J F Villarreal Felix vs N Ristic, 1975 
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 29 moves, 1-0

Garry Kasparov beat Anatoli Karpov 28 to 21, with 129 draws
Karpov vs Kasparov, 1975 
(B92) Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation, 45 moves, 1-0

Kasparov was about 12 years old, and Yermolinsky about 17
Kasparov vs Yermolinsky, 1975 
(B05) Alekhine's Defense, Modern, 48 moves, 0-1

Spanish Game: Morphy Def. Modern Steinitz Def (C72) 1-0 Passer
Kasparov vs Vasalomidze, 1976 
(C72) Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 5.O-O, 34 moves, 1-0

Pirc Def. Classical. Quiet System (B08) 1-0 P lever restricts
Kasparov vs A Sendur, 1976 
(B08) Pirc, Classical, 22 moves, 1-0

Caro-Kann/French (B10) If QxR, it's mate on the move
Kasparov vs D Kayumov, 1976 
(B10) Caro-Kann, 36 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Najdorf. Amsterdam (B93) 1-0 Young GK beats GM
Kasparov vs A Guseinov, 1976 
(B93) Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4, 32 moves, 1-0

Pirc Def. Kholmov System (B07) 1-0 Black destroyed by 11 yr old
Short vs R J Miles, 1976 
(B07) Pirc, 25 moves, 1-0

King's Indian Defense: Saemisch Var (E80) 0-1 Shocking moves
Lputian vs Kasparov, 1976 
(E80) King's Indian, Samisch Variation, 38 moves, 0-1

Spanish, Morphy Def. Mackenzie Var (C77) 1-0 Remove the Guard
Short vs G Knapton, 1976 
(C77) Ruy Lopez, 15 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Def: Alapin. General (B22) 0-1 Wch U16
I Rogers vs Chandler, 1976 
(B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 35 moves, 0-1

Caro-Kann Def: Gurgenidze System (B15) 1-0 Stockfish notes
Kasparov vs Lputian, 1976 
(B15) Caro-Kann, 34 moves, 1-0

QGD TMB (D58) 0-1 Caught in the center, tied up in knots.
E Magerramov vs Kasparov, 1977 
(D58) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) Syst, 30 moves, 0-1

Smith-Morra Gambit. Accepted Paulsen (B21) 1-0 f6 aids 8 yr old
S Polgar vs Sirko, 1977 
(B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 28 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Defense: Pin. Koch Var (B40) 1-0 Gary was 13 years old
Kasparov vs G West, 1977 
(B40) Sicilian, 12 moves, 1-0

Italian Greco Gambit Moeller-Therkatz Attack (C54)1-0 2en prise
Kasparov vs R Gabdrakhmanov, 1977 
(C54) Giuoco Piano, 37 moves, 1-0

London System vs KID (A48) 1-0 Great imagination
Kasparov vs A Negulescu, 1977 
(A48) King's Indian, 43 moves, 1-0

French Advance. Milner-Barry Gambit (C02) 0-1 N robs the pin!
J Gruz vs S Polgar, 1977 
(C02) French, Advance, 31 moves, 0-1

Pirc Def: Classical. Quiet System Parma Def (B08) 1-0Exchange S
S Polgar vs Endrody, 1977 
(B08) Pirc, Classical, 25 moves, 1-0

Dynamic, Risky, Complicated vsLeonid Davidovich Zaid of Ukraine
Kasparov vs L Zaid, 1977 
(B97) Sicilian, Najdorf, 43 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Defense: Delayed Alapin (B40) 1-0 28.?
Short vs J Penrose, 1977 
(B40) Sicilian, 41 moves, 1-0

fine victory by Kasparov when he was just 13 years old
Kasparov vs E Kengis, 1977 
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 23 moves, 1-0

Benoni Defense: King Pawn lines (A65) 1-0 Stockfish notes
Kasparov vs Yurtaev, 1977 
(A65) Benoni, 6.e4, 30 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Defense: Scheveningen Var (B80) 0-1 Stockfish
P Korzubov vs Kasparov, 1977 
(B80) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 35 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Defense: Scheveningen. Tal Variation (B82) · 1-0
M Rohde vs Benjamin, 1977 
(B82) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 33 moves, 1-0

Bird Opening: Leningrad Bird (A02) 0-1 Morphy's Q sac material+
J Littlewood vs Short, 1978 
(A02) Bird's Opening, 39 moves, 0-1

"First you sacrifice,”Tal said softly “And then you calculate.”
Kasparov vs Bagirov, 1978 
(B17) Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation, 30 moves, 1/2-1/2

Classic kitchen sink attack, one of GK's best (15 yrs old)
Kasparov vs S Palatnik, 1978 
(B04) Alekhine's Defense, Modern, 37 moves, 1-0

Bird Opening: From Gambit. Lasker Var (A02) 0-1 Qxh2 sac promo
I Pataky vs S Polgar, 1978 
(A02) Bird's Opening, 19 moves, 0-1

age 15, Kaspy defeats a real grandmaster, 2550 player
Kasparov vs Lutikov, 1978 
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 56 moves, 1-0

KGA. Ghulam-Kassim Gambit (C37) 1-0 Correspondence 13-year-old
M Illescas vs NN, 1978 
(C37) King's Gambit Accepted, 14 moves, 1-0

Kasparov was only 15 and Polugaevsky was in the world top 10
Kasparov vs Polugaevsky, 1978 
(B43) Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3, 46 moves, 1-0

KGA Abbazia Defense (C36) 0-1 Deflection sac wins the exchange
Spassky vs G Lane, 1979 
(C36) King's Gambit Accepted, Abbazia Defense, 31 moves, 0-1

GK's 1st victory in a purely positional style over a GM
Kasparov vs T Georgadze, 1979 
(C41) Philidor Defense, 39 moves, 1-0

Slav Def. Exchange. Symmetrical Copycat (D14) 1-0 R & P Ending
Kasparov vs Dolmatov, 1979 
(D14) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Exchange Variation, 65 moves, 1-0

Nimzowitsch Def: Scandi. Bogoljubow Var Nimzowitsch Gambit (B00
D King vs M Macdonald-Ross, 1979 
(B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 25 moves, 1-0

Slav Def: Winawer Countergambit (D10) 0-1 Russian Juniors
Pigalev vs I Nikolayev, 1979 
(D10) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 28 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Defense: Delayed Alapin (B50) 1-0 Short becomes IM
Short vs Andersson, 1980 
(B50) Sicilian, 73 moves, 1-0

KID Orthodox. Gligoric-Taimanov (E92) 1-0 Nf5 w/open g-file
Kasparov vs Chiburdanidze, 1980 
(E92) King's Indian, 40 moves, 1-0

Game 038 Garry KASPAROV on Garry KASPAROV I 1973-1985
Kasparov vs J Pribyl, 1980 
(D85) Grunfeld, 31 moves, 1-0

Nimzowitsch-Larsen Attack: 3.Bb2 f6 (A06) 0-1 isolani
P Broekhuyse vs J Sarfati, 1981 
(A06) Reti Opening, 36 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Def: Alapin Var (B22) 0-1 Bf5 prevents Greek Gift mate
Le Clercq vs S Polgar, 1982 
(B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 13 moves, 0-1

King's Indian Defense: Larsen Var (E90) 0-1 K march
I Naumkin vs Khalifman, 1982 
(E90) King's Indian, 46 moves, 0-1

15-year-old beats a veteran in a Tal-like attack.
D Barua vs Korchnoi, 1982 
(C50) Giuoco Piano, 54 moves, 1-0

Alekhine Defense: Scandinavian Var (B02) 1-0 BF was 13 yrs old
B Finegold vs K Sorenson, 1982 
(B02) Alekhine's Defense, 22 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

Ponziani Countergambit (C44) 1-0 Coconut is a natural laxative!
B Finegold vs D Moody, 1983 
(C44) King's Pawn Game, 15 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Defense: Dragon. Yugoslav Attack (B77) 0-1 17...?
P J Morris vs C Ward, 1983 
(B77) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 21 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Scheveningen. Modern (B83) 1-0 Q blunder vs 8 yr old
J Polgar vs H Grooten, 1984 
(B83) Sicilian, 22 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

Sicilian Defense: Fischer-Sozin Attack. Flank Variation (B87)
T Tabatadze vs Gelfand, 1985 
(B87) Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin with ...a6 and ...b5, 55 moves, 1/2-1/2

Spanish Classical, Zukertort Gambit (C64) 1-0 VT was 11 yrs old
Topalov vs D Marholev, 1986 
(C64) Ruy Lopez, Classical, 21 moves, 1-0

KGD. Petrov's Def (C30) 1-0 Early exchanges, Qless MG passers
J Polgar vs S Villegas, 1986
(C30) King's Gambit Declined, 45 moves, 1-0

KGD. Falkbeer Countergambit.Nimzowitsch-Marshall CG (C31)1-0 Z!
J Polgar vs K Hornung, 1987 
(C31) King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit, 54 moves, 1-0

KID. Four Pawns Attack (E76) 1/2-1/2 Movie scene fabrications
J Sarwer vs J Waitzkin, 1986 
(E76) King's Indian, Four Pawns Attack, 63 moves, 1/2-1/2

Veresov Atack. Dutch System (A80) 1-0 Superb Defense & Attack!
Shirov vs V Zhuravliov, 1986 
(A80) Dutch, 32 moves, 1-0

London System vs QID BxBa6 (D02) 1-0 Discovered+ collects Q
Kamsky vs K Aseev, 1986 
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 31 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

Sicilian Def: Scheveningen. Keres Attack (B81) 1-0 28.?
V Akopian vs Kamsky, 1986 
(B81) Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack, 34 moves, 1-0

This is how a 4th grader (10 yrs old) can play, when motivated.
B Leverett vs J Polgar, 1987 
(A57) Benko Gambit, 30 moves, 0-1

10-year old Waitzkin sacs rook and queen for mate in 6
J Waitzkin vs E Frumkin, 1987 
(B45) Sicilian, Taimanov, 31 moves, 1-0

Benoni Defense: Modern Variation (A56) 1-0 U20
Shirov vs Smirin, 1987 
(A56) Benoni Defense, 72 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Scheveningen. Keres Attack (B81) 0-1 Zwischenfork!
P Wolff vs Ivanchuk, 1987 
(B81) Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack, 31 moves, 0-1

English, Symmetrical. Anti-Benoni (A31) 0-1 Drubbing by a kid!
J Costa vs J Polgar, 1987 
(A31) English, Symmetrical, Benoni Formation, 22 moves, 0-1

Game 2: My Best Games of Chess by Viswanathan Anand & John Nunn
Anand vs K Ninov, 1987 
(B42) Sicilian, Kan, 25 moves, 1-0

Judy is too young to be smoking Kools! (She was 11 when this sh
G Kool vs J Polgar, 1987 
(A37) English, Symmetrical, 37 moves, 0-1

the 12-year-old Judiit Polgar (7/9) won the tournament
S Polgar vs Westerinen, 1988 
(B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 37 moves, 1-0

Clever sack of Q-for-R, then checkmate by 12-year old Judit!
J Polgar vs P Chilingirova, 1988 
(B31) Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation, 17 moves, 1-0

Caro-Kann Def. Tartakower Var (B15) 1/2-Too many weak squares?
Kramnik vs Danislian, 1988 
(B15) Caro-Kann, 60 moves, 1/2-1/2

Polgar punishes Black for allowing pawn to arrive to f6
S Polgar vs Suba, 1989 
(B84) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 35 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Scheveningen. Classical (B83) 1-0Looked easy for youth
J Polgar vs H Ree, 1989 
(B83) Sicilian, 24 moves, 1-0

Kamsky became a GM in 1990.
Kamsky vs K Hulak, 1989 
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 48 moves, 1-0

Sicil Boleslavsky (B58) 1/2-Black moves, offers draw, tap clock
Kramnik vs R Shcherbakov, 1989 
(B58) Sicilian, 35 moves, 1/2-1/2

Indian Game: Przepiorka Var (A49) 0-1 Q drops in for Mate!
M Cardinali vs S Polgar, 1989 
(A49) King's Indian, Fianchetto without c4, 40 moves, 0-1

Game 497 in Chess Informant Best Games 401-500
J Polgar vs Knaak, 1990 
(C18) French, Winawer, 40 moves, 1-0

Philidor Def (C41) 1-0 If QxPasser, then QxR+ and Nf6+
Kramnik vs Zvjaginsev, 1990 
(C41) Philidor Defense, 30 moves, 1-0

Blackmar-Diemer Gambit: Netherlands Variation (D00) 0-1 Juniors
Milov vs Kramnik, 1990 
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 35 moves, 0-1

Alekhine Defense: Scandinavian Var (B02) 1-0 U12
Leko vs R Leitao, 1990 
(B02) Alekhine's Defense, 20 moves, 1-0

Nimzo-Indian Defense: Classical. Berlin Var (E38) 1-0 Dynamite!
Kramnik vs P Toth, 1991 
(E38) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 4...c5, 21 moves, 1-0

Larry Christiansen wrote "Storming the Barricades"
A Passov vs J Sammour-Hasbun, 1991 
(C58) Two Knights, 27 moves, 0-1

Four Knights: Scotch. Krause Gambit (C47)1-0 Tactical fireworks
Rublevsky vs C Gabriel, 1992 
(C47) Four Knights, 19 moves, 1-0

10 yr olds, Sicilian Bowlder Attk (B20) 0-1 Always 1 step ahead
I Andrade vs F Vallejo Pons, 1992 
(B20) Sicilian, 23 moves, 0-1

QGD Exchange. Reshevsky Variation (D36) 1-0 Child's Play!
Bacrot vs S Azarov, 1992 
(D36) Queen's Gambit Declined, Exchange, Positional line, 6.Qc2, 29 moves, 1-0

French Defense: Advance. Paulsen Attack (C02) 0-1 N dance
H I Geanta vs Grischuk, 1992 
(C02) French, Advance, 36 moves, 0-1

Benko Gambit: Accepted. Fianchetto (A58) 0-1Advancing K wins EG
Van der Sterren vs Adams, 1992
(A58) Benko Gambit, 43 moves, 0-1

KID: Saemisch. Normal Def (E81) 0-1 U10 - tempo matters
Bacrot vs McShane, 1992 
(E81) King's Indian, Samisch, 39 moves, 0-1

KIA vs Sicilian Accel Dragon (A07) 0-1 20...?
P Lyrberg vs R Irzhanov, 1992 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 21 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Def: Dragon. Yugoslav Attack (B78) 1-0 photo link
Leko vs J Tihonov, 1992 
(B78) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 10.castle long, 52 moves, 1-0

Slav Defense: Exchange Variation (D13) 0-1 Crystal clear
Portisch vs Kramnik, 1993 
(D13) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Exchange Variation, 42 moves, 0-1

Russian Game: Damiano. Kholmov Gambit (C42) 0-1 U10 - pay heed!
Grischuk vs S Guliev, 1993 
(C42) Petrov Defense, 18 moves, 0-1

Veresov 4.f3 h6 (A45) 1-0 Good game by young Levon
Aronian vs I Khamrakulova, 1993 
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 34 moves, 1-0

Wch U10 (1993), Bratislava SVK, rd 7, Jul-??
S Grigoriants vs V Akobian, 1993 
(C05) French, Tarrasch, 99 moves, 1-0

French Def: Exchange (C01) 1-0 White Unpins, clears K's shield
V Malakhov vs N Praznik, 1993 
(C01) French, Exchange, 19 moves, 1-0

This is unbelievable play for a 9-year-old kid.
Navara vs R Kaderka, 1993 
(C47) Four Knights, 46 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Def. Delayed Alapin(B50) 1-0 N falls for Poisoned Pawn
Bacrot vs S Guliev, 1993 
(B50) Sicilian, 38 moves, 1-0

Pirc Defense: Austrian Attack (B09) 1-0 23.?
Ponomariov vs Grischuk, 1994 
(B09) Pirc, Austrian Attack, 23 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Defense: Chekhover Variation (B53) 0-1 Young talent
Ponomariov vs Aronian, 1994 
(B53) Sicilian, 55 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Alapin/Pseudo French Advance (B22) 0-1 B centralizes
G Szabo vs Aronian, 1994
(B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 29 moves, 0-1

The Immortal Useless Interposition Game B90 0-1 29
J Waitzkin vs P Jaracz, 1994 
(B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 29 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Defense: Grand Prix Attack (B23) 0-1 Wch U12
M El Adnani vs Aronian, 1994 
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 22 moves, 0-1

Alekhine Defense: Normal - Resembles French Exch (B03) 0-1 U10
B Vioreanu vs G Guseinov, 1994 
(B03) Alekhine's Defense, 28 moves, 0-1

Italian Game: Two Ns Def. Fried Liver Attk (C57) 0-1 11 yr olds
K Markova vs P Stehno, 1994 
(C57) Two Knights, 38 moves, 0-1

Czech Defense: General (B07) 0-1 U12, up a piece/video links
V Jalinskas vs V Akobian, 1994 
(B07) Pirc, 22 moves, 0-1

Scotch Gambit. Advance Var (C45) 1-0 Discovered+, Q Bear Hug #
T L Petrosian vs Le Tien Dung, 1994 
(C45) Scotch Game, 16 moves, 1-0

English Opening (A10) 1/2-1/2 Stalemate in 10 moves?!?!
J Upmark vs R Johansson, 1995 
(A10) English, 10 moves, 1/2-1/2

Spanish Game: Exchange. Lutikov Var (C68) 0-1 Damiano's Mate
Aronian vs A Vajda, 1995 
(C68) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, 29 moves, 0-1

Scotch Game: Schmidt Var (C45) 1-0 Both Teenagers are destined
E Berg vs Leko, 1995 
(C45) Scotch Game, 28 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Def: Fischer-Sozin Attack. General (B86) 1-0 Greco's #
Navara vs S Mahtesian, 1995 
(B86) Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin Attack, 26 moves, 1-0

French Defense: Exchange Var (C01) 1/2-1/2 Mad Rook
D Smerdon vs J Tan, 1995 
(C01) French, Exchange, 73 moves, 1/2-1/2

King's Gambit: Declined. Classical Var (C30) 1-0 Stockfish
P Mai vs M Pap, 1996 
(C30) King's Gambit Declined, 31 moves, 1-0

French Advance. Milner-Barry Gambit (C02) 0-1 Centralized Q
P Berta vs Radjabov, 1996 
(C02) French, Advance, 28 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Def. Velimirovic Attack (B89) 1-0 U14 /Notes by Dembo
Y Dembo vs I Krush, 1996  
(B89) Sicilian, 30 moves, 1-0

Best game by a 13-year-old? Nope. B25 0-1 62
Smyslov vs Bacrot, 1996 
(B25) Sicilian, Closed, 62 moves, 0-1

KGA. Kieseritsky Gambit Rubinstein Var (C39) 1-0 U16; theory
M Wortel vs F Jenni, 1996 
(C39) King's Gambit Accepted, 36 moves, 1-0

KID: Petrosian. Stein Def (E92) 0-1 Zambelly Zinger
B Dolinskij vs Grischuk, 1996
(E92) King's Indian, 25 moves, 0-1

C-K Def. Panov Attack. Modern Def (B13) 1-0 Youngster executes!
P Acs vs A Khruschiov, 1997 
(B13) Caro-Kann, Exchange, 42 moves, 1-0

Benko Gambit: Accepted. Dlugy Var (A57) 0-1 Exchange sac
A Iljushin vs Ponomariov, 1997 
(A57) Benko Gambit, 35 moves, 0-1

Slav Def: Winawer Countergambit (D10) 1-0 K, B, N vs K links
T Shaked vs Morozevich, 1997 
(D10) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 95 moves, 1-0

Benoni Defense: Classical. Czerniak Def (A76) 1-0 Wch U14
Jobava vs J V Leal, 1997 
(A76) Benoni, Classical, 9...Re8, 29 moves, 1-0

French Defense: Exchange Var (C01) 0-1 Sac attack!
S Megaranto vs Radjabov, 1997 
(C01) French, Exchange, 28 moves, 0-1

KGA Cunningham Def McCormick Def (C35) 0-1 4 Across the 4th!?!?
K Starr vs A Matras-Clement, 1998 
(C35) King's Gambit Accepted, Cunningham, 24 moves, 0-1

"The Speed Of Sound" (game of the day Jul-01-2020)
P Mach vs A Flumbort, 1998 
(B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 30 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Defense: Richter-Rauzer. Neo-Modern Var (B67) 1-0
Nakamura vs I Krush, 1998 
(B67) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 Defense, 8...Bd7, 62 moves, 1-0

"First Crush" (game of the day Aug-12-2011)
A Bisguier vs Nakamura, 1998 
(E70) King's Indian, 21 moves, 0-1

U.S. Open , Reno NV 1999 (GOTD) Dustin' Hoffman
A Hoffman vs Nakamura, 1999 
(E61) King's Indian, 35 moves, 0-1

Magnus misses simple mate in one but still gets his first win.
B Svendsen vs Carlsen, 1999 
(B20) Sicilian, 37 moves, 0-1

K's Gambit: Accepted. Hanstein Gambit (C38)1-0 16-yr old winner
Y Dembo vs G Szamoskozi, 1999 
(C38) King's Gambit Accepted, 44 moves, 1-0

Russian Game: Cochrane Gambit. Center Var (C42) Kids 1-0 Rg6#
Stellwagen vs S Alavi, 1999 
(C42) Petrov Defense, 28 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Smith-Morra Gambit (B21) 0-1 A bit of Chicago in Reno
D Moody vs Nakamura, 1999 
(B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 20 moves, 0-1

Bishop's Opening: Berlin Def (C24) 1-0 U10 Girls; Overworked Q
Lagno vs V Nebolsina, 1999 
(C24) Bishop's Opening, 24 moves, 1-0

QGD: Queen's Knight Var (D31) 1-0 Manhattan C.C.
Caruana vs C Bean, 1999 
(D31) Queen's Gambit Declined, 23 moves, 1-0

Scotch Game: Classical Var (C45) 1-0 video link
Nakamura vs E Romanov, 1999 
(C45) Scotch Game, 11 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Def: Nezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attk (B30) 0-1 U10; Stockf
Vachier-Lagrave vs V Golubenko, 1999 
(B30) Sicilian, 37 moves, 0-1

Scotch Game: Classical Var (C45) 1-0 26.?
Nakamura vs M Waxman, 1999 
(C45) Scotch Game, 31 moves, 1-0

QID, Fianchetto. Nimzo, Quiet L (E15) 1-0 14 year old wins
A Caoili vs Epishin, 2000 
(E15) Queen's Indian, 38 moves, 1-0

16 year old Mark Paragua's upset win against Levon Aronian
M Paragua vs Aronian, 2000 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 41 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Defense: Dragon. Classical Normal Line (B74) 1-0
Lagno vs A Pastukh, 2000
(B74) Sicilian, Dragon, Classical, 30 moves, 1-0

Queen's Gambit Accepted: General (D20) 1-0 youth
Carlsen vs J Thorsen, 2000 
(D20) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 20 moves, 1-0

Classical. Greco Gambit Moeller-Therkatz Attk (C54) 1-0 The 6th
C Mueller vs N Kasten, 2000 
(C54) Giuoco Piano, 22 moves, 1-0

MC was nine years old, playing his father.
H Carlsen vs Carlsen, 2000 
(E12) Queen's Indian, 43 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Var (B90) 0-1 R pin & R fork
N Akhalaia vs Jobava, 2000 
(B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 23 moves, 0-1

Four Knights Game: Italian Var (C50) 1-0 U16 sees tactics!
D Schnurpheil vs L Mayer, 2000 
(C50) Giuoco Piano, 35 moves, 1-0

King's Indian Defense: Zinnowitz Var (E90) 1/2-1/2 10 years old
Carlsen vs S Sending, 2000 
(E90) King's Indian, 24 moves, 1/2-1/2

KID: Zinnowitz Variation (E90) 1-0 Defeating Mikhail
Carlsen vs M Lilleoren, 2000 
(E90) King's Indian, 27 moves, 1-0

Nimzo-Indian Def: Classical. Keres Def (E32) 0-1Pins, Deflect
G Gaasland vs Carlsen, 2001 
(E32) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 25 moves, 0-1

Guatemala Defense?! (B00) 1-0 Surely this wasn't chess-boxing
E Paehtz vs Klitschko Brothers, 2001 
(B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 16 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Grand Prix Attack (B23) 1-0 What happened to her?
I Merkulova vs S R Sgircea, 2001 
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 26 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Open. Dilworth Var (C82) 0-1 tpstar notes
D Flores vs G Papp, 2001 
(C82) Ruy Lopez, Open, 27 moves, 0-1

Scandi Declined 2.Nc3/Dunst (B01) 1-0 String of Tactics by Teen
Nakamura vs J W Loyte, 2001 
(B01) Scandinavian, 30 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Defense: Smith-Morra Gambit (B21) 0-1The Siberian Trap
G Rohit vs K Szabo, 2001 
(B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 9 moves, 0-1

French Def: Winawer. Adv General (C16) 1-0Recapture, Discovery+
Carlsen vs G Fant, 2001 
(C16) French, Winawer, 28 moves, 1-0

Russian Game: Modern Attk. Center Attk (C43) 0-1 29.QxRd8 wins
M Stojkovska vs A Guillot, 2001 
(C43) Petrov, Modern Attack, 30 moves, 0-1

Center Game: Berger Variation (C22) 1-0 10 year olds
V Lilov vs T Anton, 2001
(C22) Center Game, 28 moves, 1-0

Modern Def: Bg7 vs Bg2. Azmaiparashvili Var (A42) 1/2-ages10,16
Carlsen vs Nyback, 2001 
(A42) Modern Defense, Averbakh System, 49 moves, 1/2-1/2

QGD. Three Knights. General (D37) 0-1 victory by 10-year-old
S Gabrielsen vs Carlsen, 2001 
(D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 41 moves, 0-1

Nakamura was 14 years old and Sengupta was 13.
Sengupta vs Nakamura, 2001 
(B95) Sicilian, Najdorf, 6...e6, 25 moves, 0-1

Scandinavian Def: Ilundain (B01) 1-0 Nxf7 KxN hit by Spearhead
Carlsen vs P Lund, 2001
(B01) Scandinavian, 13 moves, 1-0

Russian Game: Cochrane Gambit. Center Var (C42) 1-0 Up 3 pawns
Stellwagen vs I Smirnov, 2002 
(C42) Petrov Defense, 39 moves, 1-0

Veresov Attack. Two Knights System (D01) 0-1 R sac destroys def
T Fodor Jr vs Carlsen, 2002 
(D01) Richter-Veresov Attack, 29 moves, 0-1

This 12-year old becomes a rapid champion and title contender.
Karjakin vs Shirov, 2002 
(B32) Sicilian, 38 moves, 1-0

Fantastic attack by 12-year-old prodigy C45 1-0 20
Karjakin vs V Malinin, 2002 
(C45) Scotch Game, 20 moves, 1-0

KID Orthodox. Classical Misc. lines (E98) 0-1 N sac busts Kside
Ivanchuk vs Radjabov, 2002 
(E98) King's Indian, Orthodox, Taimanov, 9.Ne1, 37 moves, 0-1

French Tarrasch. Closed Gambit (C05) 1-0N fork threat allows R
Carlsen vs T Gulbrandsen, 2002 
(C05) French, Tarrasch, 35 moves, 1-0

Ten-Year-Old Defeats International Grandmaster
Caruana vs A Wojtkiewicz, 2002 
(B27) Sicilian, 45 moves, 1-0

Scotch Game: Mieses Variation (C45) 1-0 U12 Rook & Q roller
Carlsen vs A Orujov, 2002 
(C45) Scotch Game, 28 moves, 1-0

"Are you smarter than a fifth-grader?" B23 1-0 34
Carlsen vs P Royset, 2002 
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 34 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Def: Richter-Rauzer. General (B60) 0-1 Young guns
Carlsen vs M Bluvshtein, 2002 
(B60) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer, 77 moves, 0-1

Dutch Def: Rubinstein Var (A84) 1/2-1/2 MC 11 years old
S Halkias vs Carlsen, 2002 
(A84) Dutch, 23 moves, 1/2-1/2

NID: Classical. Keres Defense (E32) 1-0 Mato's video link
Nakamura vs Browne, 2002 
(E32) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 28 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Def: McDonnell Attack. Tal Gambit (B21) 0-1 kibitzer
B Kvisvik vs Carlsen, 2002 
(B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 34 moves, 0-1

King's English. Three Knts System General (A27) 1/2- Bad memory
Carlsen vs D Howell, 2002 
(A27) English, Three Knights System, 53 moves, 1/2-1/2

Indian Game: Wade-Tartakower Def (A04) 0-1 Anastasia's mate
J L Hammer vs Carlsen, 2003 
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 17 moves, 0-1

Slav Def: Czech Variation. Bled Attack (D17) 1-0 Rob the pin
Carlsen vs Z Andriasian, 2003 
(D17) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 24 moves, 1-0

Sicilian, Lasker-Pelikan. Sveshnikov (B33) 0-1 Under 10 game
T Pipan vs So, 2003 
(B33) Sicilian, 26 moves, 0-1

15 yr. old Radjabov upsets Kasparov C11 0-1 39
Kasparov vs Radjabov, 2003 
(C11) French, 39 moves, 0-1

Dutch Leningrad. Matulovic (A89) 1-0 Magnus is 12 years old
Carlsen vs D Rylander, 2003 
(A89) Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation with Nc6, 33 moves, 1-0

This game made Nakamura the youngest American GM in history
M Mulyar vs Nakamura, 2003 
(B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 40 moves, 0-1

Nimzo-Larsen Attack: Indian Variation (A01) 0-1 Ps stripped
O Boyum Fossum vs Carlsen, 2003 
(A01) Nimzovich-Larsen Attack, 19 moves, 0-1

Wonderboy - Magnus Carlsen conducts a ruthless king hunt!!
Carlsen vs L Drabke, 2003 
(D17) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 20 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Najdorf. English Attack (B90) 0-1 Youngster traps Q
Bologan vs Karjakin, 2003 
(B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 31 moves, 0-1

Semi-Slav Def: Stoltz. Shabalov Attk (D45) 1-0 Notable indeed
Carlsen vs H A Gretarsson, 2003 
(D45) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 32 moves, 1-0

Brilliant play by 16 year old like Fredthebear once B32 0-1 39
Anand vs Radjabov, 2003 
(B32) Sicilian, 39 moves, 0-1

trolling... a thin line between 'amusing' and 'tiresome'
H Wang vs Carlsen, 2003 
(B31) Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation, 40 moves, 1-0

Spanish, Closed Var Chigorin Def (C98) 1-0 Q sac & more!
Carlsen vs H Harestad, 2003 
(C98) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 38 moves, 1-0

Scotch Game 4...g6 5.c4 (C45) 1-0 Q sac, hogs on 7th, 8th
Carlsen vs A Diamant, 2003 
(B37) Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto, 31 moves, 1-0

Zukertort /d6 Dutch or Dbl K-Pawn 3 Knights? (A04) 1-0Discovery
Carlsen vs Dolmatov, 2004 
(A04) Reti Opening, 19 moves, 1-0

Spanish Berlin Defense (C65) 1-0 Pins crush
Carlsen vs O Dannevig, 2004 
(C65) Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense, 22 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Def: Dragon. Fianchetto (B70) 1-0 Long ways from over
G Oparin vs N Maiorov, 2004 
(B70) Sicilian, Dragon Variation, 24 moves, 1-0

Torre Attack: Classical Def (A46)1-0 10 yr old girl hangs tough
L Christiansen vs V Law, 2004 
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 48 moves, 1-0

Karjakin was 14 years old. Kramnik struggles w/the Nadorf.
Karjakin vs Kramnik, 2004 
(B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 86 moves, 1/2-1/2

Sicilian Najdorf. Opocensky Traditional (B92) 0-1 Passer combo!
Yurtaev vs Carlsen, 2004 
(B92) Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation, 37 moves, 0-1

Spanish, l'Hermet Berlin Wall Def (C67) 1-0 White is 14 yrs old
Karjakin vs Kramnik, 2004 
(C67) Ruy Lopez, 90 moves, 1-0

Zukertort Opening: Sicilian Invitation (A04) 1-0 U12 excellence
Ding Liren vs So, 2004 
(A04) Reti Opening, 23 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Def: Scheveningen. Classical Var (B84) 0-1 Wch U10
Robson vs Y Hou, 2004 
(B84) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 37 moves, 0-1

13(!)-year old Magnus Carlsen almost beats Kasparov!
Carlsen vs Kasparov, 2004 
(D52) Queen's Gambit Declined, 52 moves, 1/2-1/2

NID: Three Knights (E21) 1-0 Rave Reviews
Carlsen vs H Stefansson, 2004 
(E21) Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights, 25 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

Scheveningen. Delayed Keres Attk Perenyi Gambit (B81) 0-1 Daisy
Carlsen vs S Bromberger, 2004 
(B81) Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack, 44 moves, 0-1

Amazing game for a 13 year old.
Carlsen vs E Shaposhnikov, 2004 
(E38) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 4...c5, 30 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Defense: 2.b3 Variation (B20) 1-0 U10
Nikita Semyonov vs G Oparin, 2004
(B20) Sicilian, 25 moves, 1-0

Semi-Slav Def. Anti-Moscow Gambit (D43) 1-0 Unusual X-ray mate
Carlsen vs A Groenn, 2005 
(D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 24 moves, 1-0

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

Four Knights Game: Halloween Gambit (C46) 1/2-1/2 Copycat
E Schinske vs S Feldhaus, 2005 
(C46) Three Knights, 25 moves, 1/2-1/2

A classic "co-linear" move just like FTB dances B92 1-0 44
Y Hou vs S Andriasyan, 2005 
(B92) Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation, 44 moves, 1-0

World Junior Championship (Boys) (2005), Instanbul TUR, rd 7, N
I Kurnosov vs C Li, 2005 
(B96) Sicilian, Najdorf, 39 moves, 0-1

Slav Defense: Chameleon Var (D15) 1-0 Notes by Stockfish
Carlsen vs V Burmakin, 2005 
(D15) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 59 moves, 1-0

Carlsen starts the year with a bang.
Carlsen vs Shirov, 2005 
(C95) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer, 38 moves, 1-0

Dutch Defense: Raphael (A80) 0-1 579-point difference (Simul)
Topalov vs V Lilov, 2005 
(A80) Dutch, 35 moves, 0-1

Another nominee for "Best Game Ever by a 15-year-old"?
Carlsen vs Kamsky, 2005 
(B43) Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3, 48 moves, 1-0

Here, 15 year old Carlsen sacrifices an exchange
Jobava vs Carlsen, 2005 
(E12) Queen's Indian, 40 moves, 0-1

QID (E15) 1-0 Spectacular sacrificial Kside smash
Carlsen vs G Tallaksen Ostmoe, 2005 
(E15) Queen's Indian, 37 moves, 1-0

Spanish Closed. Bogoljubow (C91) 1-0 Heavy piece coordination
Carlsen vs L'Ami, 2006 
(C91) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 37 moves, 1-0

Nimzowitsch Def. Nc6, e6 French (C10) 1-0 Black had a perpetual
So vs I Rogers, 2006 
(B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 50 moves, 1-0

Sic Najdorf. Opocensky (B92) 1-0 Impressive GM-like sac
Y Shen vs E Karavade, 2006 
(B92) Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation, 33 moves, 1-0

Scandinavian Def: Panov Transfer (B01) 1-0 Juniors
C Li vs H Wang, 2006 
(D42) Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 7.Bd3, 55 moves, 1-0

What a mating combo!! From discoveries to underpromotion...
R Fontaine vs Vachier-Lagrave, 2007 
(A89) Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation with Nc6, 39 moves, 0-1

Carlsen defeats the World #1 player as a 16-year old!
Carlsen vs Topalov, 2007 
(D45) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 64 moves, 1-0

QID: Kasparov-Petrosian Var. Kasparov Attack (E12) 1-0 Stockfis
Carlsen vs Aronian, 2007 
(E12) Queen's Indian, 49 moves, 1-0

Semi-Slav Def: Quiet Variation (D30) 0-1 27...?
F Bindrich vs Z Andriasian, 2007 
(D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 27 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Closed 3.Bb5 exchange (B23) 1-0 Qk heavy piece assault
G Jones vs D Abhishek, 2007 
(B25) Sicilian, Closed, 28 moves, 1-0

Sicil Nezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attk. Bg7 Var (B31) 0-1 29...?
N Mayorga vs E Cordova, 2007 
(B31) Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation, 38 moves, 0-1

Gruenfeld Def: Three Knights. Hungarian Attack (D92) 0-1
S Pertlova vs H Dronavalli, 2007 
(D92) Grunfeld, 5.Bf4, 85 moves, 0-1

Smothered Mate threat using two knights to beat the opposing Q
So vs M Mahjoob, 2007 
(B09) Pirc, Austrian Attack, 20 moves, 1-0

QID. Fianchetto. Nimzowitsch Var (E15) 0-1 Connected Passers
G Sargissian vs Y Hou, 2008 
(E15) Queen's Indian, 49 moves, 0-1

P-Q4 Symmetrical (D02) 0-1 Discovered +, Deflection +
Shimanov vs S Sjugirov, 2008 
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 49 moves, 0-1

K Pawn: Parham Attack. Kiddie CG (C20) 1-0 R trap finish
N Lortkipanidze vs S Narayanan, 2008 
(C20) King's Pawn Game, 37 moves, 1-0

Tairova pries open the h-file, and it's "sac and mate!"
E Tairova vs M Sandu, 2008 
(B81) Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack, 39 moves, 1-0

Philidor Def (C41) 1-0 Big Al goes down to a future World Champ
Y Hou vs A Beliavsky, 2009 
(C41) Philidor Defense, 39 moves, 1-0

Philidor Def Exchange Fio (C41) 1-0 Qxf7+ sac for back ranker
Giri vs R Picard, 2009 
(C41) Philidor Defense, 24 moves, 1-0

Semi-Slav Def: Botvinnik System. Lilienthal (D44) 0-1 15-yr old
V Akobian vs Robson, 2009 
(D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 36 moves, 0-1

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

Dutch Defense: Leningrad. Matulovic Var (A89) 1-0Richard was 13
Rapport vs L Seres, 2009 
(A89) Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation with Nc6, 25 moves, 1-0

Caro-Kann Def: Advance. Short Var (B12) 1-0 N invasion next
S Sjugirov vs Svidler, 2009 
(B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 23 moves, 1-0

Owen Defense: Blatny Var (B00) 1-0 Knights on the rim
E Can vs D Lomsadze, 2010 
(B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 37 moves, 1-0

Trompowsky Attack: General (A45) 0-1 Youth assaults Kside
T M Tran vs K Drozdowski, 2010 
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 21 moves, 0-1

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

Semi-Slav Def: Main Lines (D45) 1-0 Girls U18; Stockfish notes
D E Cori Tello vs A Travkina, 2010 
(D45) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 68 moves, 1-0

girl is 14 from worst slums of Uganda and she found a way out
P Mutesi vs D Kagramanov, 2010 
(B42) Sicilian, Kan, 36 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Dragon. Yugoslav Attk Modern Line (B76) 1-0 Juniors
K Priyadharshan vs Robson, 2011 
(B76) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 27 moves, 0-1

"It's Awonder Full Life" (game of the day Dec-23-2011)
A Liang vs D Fernandez, 2011 
(B83) Sicilian, 29 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Dragon. Yugoslav Attk Panov (B76) 1-0 give + or get +
V Kovalev vs T Nabaty, 2011 
(B76) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 27 moves, 1-0

9 year old Awonder Liang defeated GM Larry Kaufman - a new WR
A Liang vs L Kaufman, 2012 
(C45) Scotch Game, 37 moves, 1-0

Pirc Defense: General (B07) 1/2-1/2 Nikita was 12 years old
A Chernobay vs N Afanasjev, 2012 
(B07) Pirc, 36 moves, 1/2-1/2

French Def: Winawer. Poisoned P (C18) Young star hits h-file
Sevian vs T Abrahamyan, 2012 
(C18) French, Winawer, 22 moves, 1-0

NID: Reshevsky Var (E46) 0-1 Raking Bishops & Back ranks
Rapport vs Wei Yi, 2012 
(E46) Nimzo-Indian, 35 moves, 0-1

French Def: Classical. Burn, Morozevich Line (C11) 0-1 Youth
F Matijevic vs Z Mammadov, 2012 
(C11) French, 27 moves, 0-1

Sanal is 14-years-old
V Sanal vs H S Gretarsson, 2012 
(B94) Sicilian, Najdorf, 16 moves, 1-0

Wei Yi routs Shirov(!) to advance to third round of World Cup!!
Wei Yi vs Shirov, 2013 
(B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 58 moves, 1-0

Trompowsky Attack: General (A45) 1-0 Pawn avalanche
Mamedyarov vs Wei Yi, 2013 
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 59 moves, 1-0

Abdusattorov became 2nd youngest to defeat a GM in classical TC
Abdusattorov vs A Zhigalko, 2014 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 68 moves, 1-0

Three Knights Opening Trap (C46) 0-1 upset by 11 year old
N Starr vs L Pires, 2014 
(C46) Three Knights, 8 moves, 0-1

French Defense: Two Knights (C00) 0-1 Double trouble QxQ#
S Sammed Jaykumar vs U Bajarani, 2014 
(C00) French Defense, 23 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Kan. Maroczy Bind Reti Var (B41) 1-0 Riveting play!
A Tari vs D Arngrimsson, 2015 
(B41) Sicilian, Kan, 38 moves, 1-0

"The Magnificent Sevian" (game of the day Apr-11-2015)
So vs Sevian, 2015 
(D45) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 41 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Najdorf. Adams Attack (B90) 1-0 Rob the pin
O Vlasova vs Ruoshui Cao, 2016 
(B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 29 moves, 1-0

a very talented player. 12 years old, rating 2373, wins 7/9 U16
Y Foughali vs C Yoo, 2016 
(C51) Evans Gambit, 29 moves, 0-1

An 11-year-old, as Black, annihilating a GM in 18 moves
Bachmann vs R Praggnanandhaa, 2016 
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 18 moves, 0-1

French Defense: Tarrasch. Morozevich Var (C03) 1-0 Stockfish
Abdusattorov vs R Reshetnikov, 2016 
(C03) French, Tarrasch, 19 moves, 1-0

15-year old FM knocks down defending World Blitz Champ
Karjakin vs A Esipenko, 2017 
(B11) Caro-Kann, Two Knights, 3...Bg4, 29 moves, 0-1

Pretty ice-cold tactics by the kid.
T Gelashvili vs A Liang, 2017 
(B20) Sicilian, 48 moves, 0-1

Semi-Slav Def Meran. Wade Var (D47) 1-0 He's a GM now!
A Esipenko vs Shirov, 2018 
(D47) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 31 moves, 1-0

Semi-Slav Defense: Stoltz Var (D45) 1-0 Answer the threat
Keymer vs Gelfand, 2018 
(D45) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 49 moves, 1-0

Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defense (D38) 1-0 Tactics
M A Tabatabaei vs C Aravindh, 2018 
(D38) Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation, 25 moves, 1-0

Nimzo-Larsen Dbl Fio (A04) 0-1 Full penetration
Nakamura vs A van der Merwe, 2018 
(A04) Reti Opening, 31 moves, 0-1

Sicilian, Closed 8.Be3 0-0 (B26) 1-0 22.? and 31.?
E Gulden vs A Macovei, 2018 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 31 moves, 1-0

Nimzo-Indian Defense: Classical. Noa Var (E34) 1-0 24.?
A Cramling Bellon vs E Caxita, 2018 
(E34) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Noa Variation, 27 moves, 1-0

QGD: Queen's Knight Var (D31) 1-0 Google Assault; 24.?
A Hakobyan vs D Gavrilescu, 2018 
(D31) Queen's Gambit Declined, 28 moves, 1-0

Sicilian, Paulsen. Bastrikov Var (B48) 1-0 Juniors; find the #
S Drygalov vs G Amartuvshin, 2019 
(B48) Sicilian, Taimanov Variation, 28 moves, 1-0

Rat Defense: English Rat / Bind (A41) 1-0 Compare the Rooks
A Suleymanli vs Smirin, 2020 
(A41) Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6), 33 moves, 1-0

Caro-Kann Def: Advance. Short Var (B12) 0-1 Massive P roller
V Durarbayli vs A Suleymanli, 2020 
(B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 41 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Defense: Modern Var (B50) 1-0 blitz like Fredthebear v
Firouzja vs Giri, 2020 
(B50) Sicilian, 29 moves, 1-0

Teenager upsets female world champion! Use video link.
W Ju vs C Yip, 2020 
(C70) Ruy Lopez, 57 moves, 0-1

Spanish Game: Morphy Def. Anderssen Var (C77) 0-1 Dovetail #
T Abrahamyan vs C Yip, 2020 
(C77) Ruy Lopez, 32 moves, 0-1

Impressive win for the 14-year-old! Dzagnidze didn't speak
R Praggnanandhaa vs Topalov, 2020 
(C11) French, 33 moves, 1-0

QGD Exchange. Positional Var (D35) 1-0 Olga wild adult teenager
O Badelka vs A Matnadze Bujiashvili, 2021 
(D35) Queen's Gambit Declined, 52 moves, 1-0

French Def: Steinitz. Gledhill Attack (C11) 1-0 Rook ramrod #
M Lu vs L Mkrtchian, 2022 
(C11) French, 18 moves, 1-0

King's English. Four Knights Fianchetto Lines (A29) 0-1Young GM
Navara vs Keymer, 2021 
(A29) English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto, 60 moves, 0-1

16-year-old Indian Chess sensation stuns World No.1 Magnus Carl
Carlsen vs R Praggnanandhaa, 2022 
(D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 39 moves, 0-1

Benoni Defense: Modern Var (A56) 0-1 video links Zdebskaja eyes
Keymer vs Carlsen, 2019 
(A56) Benoni Defense, 81 moves, 0-1

French Def: Tarrasch. Morozevich Var (C03) 1-0 13-year old wins
Mishra vs C Yoo, 2022 
(C03) French, Tarrasch, 46 moves, 1-0

Magnus plays the Halloween Gambit with an a3 prep
Carlsen vs S Nyysti, 2002 
(C46) Three Knights, 42 moves, 1-0

King's Indian Attack 5.Qe2 (A07) 0-1 Long Diagonal issues
Mishra vs R Praggnanandhaa, 2022 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 41 moves, 0-1

Semi-Slav Defense: Normal (D45) 1/2-1/2 BOLD moves
A Lee vs I Krush, 2022 
(D45) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 68 moves, 1/2-1/2

Scandinavian Def: Portuguese Var (B01) 1-0Young NM blitzes Levy
T Adewumi vs L Rozman, 2022 
(B01) Scandinavian, 24 moves, 1-0

17 Year Old Female Chess Prodigy Irina Krush - Sicilian Defense
A Hunt vs I Krush, 2001
(B57) Sicilian, 34 moves, 0-1

King's Gambit: Declined. Classical Var (C30) 1-0 Promo mate!
Keene vs A Joselyne, 1962  
(C30) King's Gambit Declined, 26 moves, 1-0

A New Genius in the Making: 17 y/o Bronstein
Bronstein vs V Mikenas, 1941 
(C40) King's Knight Opening, 25 moves, 1-0

Sarratt Attack/London System (D02) 1-0 Tani out speeds Naka?
T Adewumi vs Nakamura, 2020 
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 38 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Defense: Hyperaccelerated Dragon (B27) · 1-0
D Andreikin vs Vachier-Lagrave, 1999 
(B27) Sicilian, 49 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Def: French Variation. Normal (B40) 1-0 What's normal?
D Andreikin vs Nepomniachtchi, 2001 
(B40) Sicilian, 40 moves, 1-0

Dlugy's opponent was a 12-year-old Indian player by the name
Dlugy vs NN, 2015 
(A51) Budapest Gambit, 16 moves, 0-1

At the time of this game, Botvinnik was 13 years old
G Abramovic vs Botvinnik, 1924 
(A80) Dutch, 17 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Delayed Alapin (B50) 0-1 27...? Zdebskaja tried it
P Vorontsov vs K Troff, 2012 
(B50) Sicilian, 33 moves, 0-1

KGA. Kieseritsky Gambit Long Whip (C39) 1-0 Up a piece
Morphy vs NN, 1849 
(C39) King's Gambit Accepted, 20 moves, 1-0

Caro-Kann Def: Karpov. Modern Main Line (B17) 0-1 Wch-14 Corres
A Deuel vs A Sichev, 1987 
(B17) Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation, 22 moves, 0-1

Four Knights Game: Italian Var (C50) 1-0 Remove the Guard
E Romanov vs M Dufour, 1998 
(C50) Giuoco Piano, 16 moves, 1-0

Danish Gambit: Declined. Sorensen Def (C21) 1-0 Norwegian Face-
J Snellingen vs Carlsen, 2001 
(C21) Center Game, 23 moves, 1-0

KGD. Falkbeer CG. Charousek Gambit (C31) 0-1 KEG annotates
W E Napier vs Marshall, 1902 
(C31) King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit, 64 moves, 0-1

L-G Z battleground state of mind over mind not a Pat or a Bill
L Zaid vs G Zaichik, 1975
(E42) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 c5, 5.Ne2 (Rubinstein), 39 moves, 0-1

Russian Game: Stafford Gambit (C42) 0-1 Titled Tuesday
Kamsky vs P Venkatesh, 2022 
(C42) Petrov Defense, 17 moves, 0-1

16yr old Capablanca plays a slightly unusual line
Capablanca vs J Redding, 1905 
(C43) Petrov, Modern Attack, 29 moves, 1-0

French Defense: Chigorin Var (C00) 0-1 Uncastled K exposed
A Mayo vs A Hambleton, 2008  
(C00) French Defense, 26 moves, 0-1

played at the clapham common chess club - Keene, age 13
Keene vs Orly, 1961  
(B02) Alekhine's Defense, 10 moves, 1-0

Shimanov vs G Popilski, 2004 
(D93) Grunfeld, with Bf4 & e3, 12 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Def: Classical. General (B56) 0-1 Q sac for raking Bs
N Yaremko vs D Recuero Guerra, 2006 
(B56) Sicilian, 23 moves, 0-1

17-year-old Russian star Alexander Morozevich blasts the g-file
Morozevich vs Anand, 1995 
(C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 28 moves, 1-0

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