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Dr. f6 Rep
Compiled by fredthebear
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How strong is the move f6? Perhaps a better question is how weak is the move f6? While I'm a fair weather friend of the Dutch Defense, I'd play f6 as a last resort.

Hacked!

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

* Classics of the KGA: Game Collection: Classics of KGA

* Chigorin w/Black: https://www.chessgames.com/perl/che...

* 23 pages of King's Gambit (over 2000 games) wins by Black! http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches...

* Dubov comes in 2nd place to you-know-who: FIDE Online Steinitz Memorial (2020)

* Clutch Chess: A new knockout format: Clutch Champions Showdown (2020)

* The Chain: https://www.bing.com/videos/rivervi...

* ChessCafe.com column, The Openings Explained: Abby Marshall

* Chess Links: http://www.chessdryad.com/links/ind...

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

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

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

* Cats: Game Collection: Catalan Opening I

* Double attack: Game Collection: DOUBLE ATTACK

* Dust in the Wind: https://www.bing.com/videos/rivervi...

* Epic: Game Collection: Epic Battles of the CB by R.N. Coles - keypusher

* Escapes: Game Collection: Defensive Combinations (Perpetual Check)

* Aggressive Gambits: https://thechessworld.com/articles/...

* Gain space: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZ7...

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

* KP Beauties: Game Collection: Beautiful mates

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

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

* Neon Moon, smooth and easy: https://www.bing.com/search?q=Neon+...

* 4 Miniz: zPonziani, zKieseritzky, zPhilidor, zFrankenstein-Dracula: z https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76c...

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

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

* Puzzles: Tactics Archive

* Play for free: https://www.freechess.org/

* Puzzling: https://www.365chess.com/puzzles.php

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

* Steinitz Attack: Game Collection: STEINITZ ATTACK

* Tactical Mix: Game Collection: mastering Tactical ideas by minev

* The Best of... Game Collection: World Champions' Best Games

* Fischer's Brilliance: https://www.chesspuzzler.com/Histor...

* Fischer Random: https://www.bing.com/videos/rivervi...

* FM Schiller disagrees: https://www.chess.com/article/view/...

* Play whatever you like: Opening Explorer

* Almost like giving odds: Opening Explorer

* Jaenisch Gambit: Opening Explorer

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

* James' Jedi: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ta...

* GM Perelshteyn teaches: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sq3...

* Prizes: Game Collection: Brilliancy Prizes (Reinfeld)

* QGD D06: Queen's Gambit Declined (D06)

* Reasonable book choices: https://www.chess.com/blog/RussBell...

* Rubinstein: Game Collection: Rubinstein's Chess Masterpieces

* Book Reports: Game Collection: Black Repertoire vs. 1.e4

* Russian Ruys: Game Collection: Chess in the USSR 1945 - 72, Part 2 (Leach)

* Combat the Spanish: Game Collection: JAENISCH GAMBIT (SCHLIEMANN DEFENSE)

* Glossary of Chess Terms: http://www.arkangles.com/kchess/glo...

* Opening Explorer: Opening Explorer

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

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

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

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

* Petrosian's Best: Game Collection: P.H.Clarke: Petrosian's Best games

* Rare gambits: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_r...

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

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

* Solitaire: Game Collection: Solitaire Chess by I. A. Horowitz

* Stunners: Game Collection: Stunners

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

* Top Games by Year: Wikipedia article: List of chess games

* Terminology: https://www.angelfire.com/games5/ch...

* Trap the Queen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmU...

* QGD: Game Collection: QUEEN'S GAMBIT DECLINED

* When to Trade: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGa...

* UK: https://chesscircuit.substack.com/

* Wishful Thinking, Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlN...

* Zukertort System: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcN...

* 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

"The measure of a society is found in how they treat their weakest and most helpless citizens." ― Jimmy Carter, 39th U.S. President

Connecticut: Windsor
Established in: 1633

Settlers from Plymouth Colony built the first trading house in Windsor in 1633 on an expanse of land they bought from Native Americans who were living there. Windsor was Connecticut's first English settlement, with a perfect location on the water. Today, the city uses its "first town" status to create a historical atmosphere ideal for tourism.

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

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

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

* History of Chess: https://boldchess.com/history/

The Kings of Chess: A History of Chess, Traced Through the Lives of Its Greatest Players by William Hartston William Hartson traces the development of the game from its Oriental origins to the present day through the lives of its greatest exponents - men like Howard Staunton, who transformed what had been a genteel pastime into a competitive science; the brilliant American Paul Morphy, who once played a dozen simultaneous games blindfold; the arrogant and certified insane Wilhelm Steinitz; the philosopher and mathematician Emanual Lasker; Bobby Fischer, perhaps the most brilliant and eccentric of them all; and many other highly gifted individuals. Hartson depicts all their colorful variety with a wealth of rare illustrations.

Format: Hardcover
Language: English
ISBN: 006015358X
ISBN13: 9780060153588
Release Date: January 1985
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Length: 192 Pages
Weight: 1.80 lbs.

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

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

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.

"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

The Oak and the Reed

The oak one day addressed the reed:
"To you ungenerous indeed
Has nature been, my humble friend,
With weakness aye obliged to bend.
The smallest bird that flits in air
Is quite too much for you to bear;
The slightest wind that wreathes the lake
Your ever-trembling head does shake.
The while, my towering form
Dares with the mountain top
The solar blaze to stop,
And wrestle with the storm.
What seems to you the blast of death,
To me is but a zephyr's breath.
Beneath my branches had you grown,
That spread far round their friendly bower,
Less suffering would your life have known,
Defended from the tempest's power.
Unhappily you oftenest show
In open air your slender form,
Along the marshes wet and low,
That fringe the kingdom of the storm.
To you, declare I must,
Dame Nature seems unjust."
Then modestly replied the reed:
"Your pity, sir, is kind indeed,
But wholly needless for my sake.
The wildest wind that ever blew
Is safe to me compared with you.
I bend, indeed, but never break.
Thus far, I own, the hurricane
Has beat your sturdy back in vain;
But wait the end." Just at the word,
The tempest's hollow voice was heard.
The North sent forth her fiercest child,
Dark, jagged, pitiless, and wild.
The oak, erect, endured the blow;
The reed bowed gracefully and low.
But, gathering up its strength once more,
In greater fury than before,
The savage blast
Overthrew, at last,
That proud, old, sky-encircled head,
Whose feet entwined the empire of the dead!

"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.

A quote from the link: https://www.libertarianism.org/what...

"Modern day politicians on the left and right sometimes pay lip service to these ideas, but in practice they reject them. Legislation is all about imposing an order from above, rather than letting one emerge from below. And in creating their schemes, politicians all too often fail to give citizens their due as people, treating them as pawns and running roughshod over their rights to decide and plan for themselves."

The Two Mules

Two mules were bearing on their backs,
One, oats; the other, silver of the tax.
The latter glorying in his load,
Marched proudly forward on the road;
And, from the jingle of his bell,
It was plain he liked his burden well.
But in a wild-wood glen
A band of robber men
Rushed forth on the twain.
Well with the silver pleased,
They by the bridle seized
The treasure-mule so vain.
Poor mule! in struggling to repel
His ruthless foes, he fell
Stabbed through; and with a bitter sighing,
He cried, "Is this the lot they promised me?
My humble friend from danger free,
While, weltering in my gore, I'm dying?"
"My friend," his fellow-mule replied,
"It is not well to have one's work too high.
If you had been a miller's drudge, as I,
You would not thus have died."

"Risk" by Anais Nin

And then the day came,
when the risk
to remain tight
in a bud
was more painful
than the risk
it took
to blossom.

Wrangell-St. Elias National Park, Alaska, is the largest national park in the USA, covering 13,000 square miles or 13.2 million acres.

Riddle Question: I'm a mobile fortress; straight is my path. When it comes to castling, I'm part of the craft. What am I?

The name "coronavirus" is derived from the Latin word "corona," meaning "crown" or "halo." This refers to the appearance of a crown or a solar corona around the virus particles.

Riddle Answer: Rook

California's Sequoia National Park is home to the largest living single-stem tree in the world, the wonderfully named General Sherman. The tree is approximately 275 feet tall and weighs approximately 1,900 metric tons.

Though much is taken, much abides; and though We are not now that strength which in old days Moved earth and heaven, that which we are, we are; One equal temper of heroic hearts, Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield. — Alfred Lord Tennyson

No amount of evidence will ever persuade an idiot — Mark Twain

The POSITIVE THINKER sees the INVISIBLE, feels the INTANGIBLE, and achieves the IMPOSSIBLE. — Winston Churchill

I believe the single most significant decision I can make on a day-to-day basis is my choice of <attitude>. It is more important than my past, my education, my bankroll, my successes or failures, fame or pain, what other people think of me or say about me, my circumstances, or my position. — Charles R. Swindoll

Positive thinking must be followed by positive doing. — John C. Maxwell30

Between every two pine trees there is a door leading to a new way of life. — John Muir

Every day may not be good... but there's something good in every day — Alice Morse Earle

'A rolling stone gathers no moss'

'Don't shut the stable door after the horse has bolted'

"Of my 57 years, I've applied at least 30 to forgetting most of what I've learned or read, and since I succeeded in this I have acquired a certain ease and cheer which I should never again like to be without." ― Emanuel Lasker

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

<My heart leaps up when I behold A rainbow in the sky:
So was it when my life began;
So is it now I am a man;
So be it when I shall grow old,
Or let me die!
The Child is father of the Man;
I could wish my days to be
Bound each to each by natural piety.>
— William Wordsworth

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.

A tiny chameleon discovered in northern Madagascar and measuring just 28.9 millimeters is believed to be the smallest reptile on Earth. The itty bitty chameleon was recently discovered and reported in the January 2021 issue of Scientific Reports.

1.Nf3 is the third most popular of the twenty legal opening moves White has, behind only 1.e4 and 1.d4.

With an equatorial diameter of 7926 miles (12,760 kilometers), Earth is the biggest of the terrestrial planets and the fifth largest planet in our solar system.

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<<<A Burnt Ship> By John Donne (1572-1631)>

Out of a fired ship, which by no way
But drowning could be rescued from the flame,
Some men leap'd forth, and ever as they came
Near the foes' ships, did by their shot decay;
So all were lost, which in the ship were found,
They in the sea being burnt, they in the burnt ship drown'd.>

"mãos frias, coração quente". In English, it means "a cold hand, a warm heart"

Drive sober or get pulled over.

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

"mais vale um passarinho na mão do que dois a voar"

No matter what

* Know the five fundamental rules of firearm safety:

- Treat every gun as if it is loaded.

- Never point a weapon at anything you don't intend to destroy.

- Never put your finger on a gun's trigger until you make a conscious decision to shoot.

- Always be sure of your target, what's beyond it, and what's between you and your target.

- When not in use, a firearm needs to be locked in some kind of secure container—a gun vault is best. If it cannot be secured in a locked location, then a trigger lock should be applied. A loaded firearm should never be unattended.

The Clock
The obelisks, constructed by ancient Egyptians around 3,500 B.C.E., were among the earliest models of shadow clocks. The sundial also came from Egypt about two thousand years after. Both were great representations of the time-keeping instruments we use now.

Be prepared

The Weasel In The Granary

A weasel through a hole contrived to squeeze,
(She was recovering from disease,)
Which led her to a farmer's hoard.
There lodged, her wasted form she cherished;
Heaven knows the lard and victuals stored
That by her gnawing perished!
Of which the consequence
Was sudden corpulence.
A week or so was past,
When having fully broken fast.
A noise she heard, and hurried
To find the hole by which she came,
And seemed to find it not the same;
So round she ran, most sadly flurried;
And, coming back, thrust out her head,
Which, sticking there, she said,
"This is the hole, there can't be blunder:
What makes it now so small, I wonder,
Where, but the other day, I passed with ease?"
A rat her trouble sees,
And cries, "But with an emptier belly;
You entered lean, and lean must sally."
What I have said to you
Has eke been said to not a few,
Who, in a vast variety of cases,
Have ventured into such-like places.

Ever tried dropping a raisin in a glass of champagne? Probably not, but someone did – as apparently, the dried fruit will bounce up and down without stopping.

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

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

Great Smoky Mountains National Park is the most visited USA national park with more than 9 million guests per year, followed by Grand Canyon National Park, which gets more than 4 million visits per year.

If the game is well-played, the rook's first move is usually sideways.

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

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

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

Results may vary.

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

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

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

The Night Sky's Serenade

In the night sky, the stars serenade,

Their light piercing the darkness, a blade.

The moon shines, in silver brocade.

Silent and serene, the night's parade,

A celestial spectacle, never to fade.

In the night sky, the stars serenade.

The universe's secrets, in the open laid,

Under the starlight, fears evade.

The moon shines, in silver brocade.

Night's symphony, a tranquil serenade,

In its rhythm, our dreams are made.

In the night sky, the stars serenade.

From dusk till dawn, in darkness wade,

Under the night sky, hopes cascade.

The moon shines, in silver brocade.

So, let us cherish the night's shade,

And in its beauty, let us wade.

In the night sky, the stars serenade,

The moon shines, in silver brocade.

According to Chessmetrics, Lasker was #1 for longer than anyone else in history: 292 different months between June 1890 and December 1926. That's a timespan of 36 1/2 years, in which Lasker was #1 for a total of 24 years and 4 months. Lasker was 55 years old when he won New York 1924.

"Just because you know stuff doesn't mean you are smart... You have to know how to use that information." ― Josh Keller

The sandwich wasn't a marketing creation but one of convenience. The Earl of Sandwich put together the first of its kind as he needed something quick and easy to eat while gambling!

<<<Fundamental Chess Principles> according to CJS Purdy>

On Combinations

One simultaneous double threat is better than a great many successive single threats. That is the main lesson of chess. A double threat is a combination of two threats. (pg. 31)

A combination (threat plus restraint or threat plus obstruction) may be called a "net". It is the most important kind of combination because every mate, without exception, is a "net". (pg. 32)

Watch out for pieces of limited mobility, especially pieces without retreat. Remember that one retreat may not be enough.(pg. 32 / 33)

On Tied Pieces

An important rule for avoiding a trap is this:
Where feasible, avoid using a piece to defend something that is attacked. Either protect the attaced unit with a pawn or move it away. (pg. 34)

A knight is the worst defender because he cannot possibly maintain the defense if forced to move. (pg. 34)

The best protector is a pawn - for three reasons:

There is no possibility of it being attacked by a unit of lesser value; It is a complete defense against any piece bigger than the one attacked; above all, a menial task is suited to it, whereas a piece used for defending one particular thing is wasting its talents. (pg. 35)

If you must use pieces to protect something, perhaps because it cannot move away, try to use one more than necessary! You are then free to moe any one of the protectors; not a single one is absolutely tied to its defensive task. (pg. 35)

On Position Play

Position play is the art of improving your position in small ways when no sound combination is possible. (pg. 40)

One can say that an endgame has arrived when neither side has more pieces than the equivalent of Queen plus pawn (with of course, the Kings, who are always with us). (pg. 41)

Combinations are of primary importance, position play of secondary importance. (pg. 41)

Pages refer to where content can be found on Guide to Good Chess.> Posted by Chessbuzz>

* Time Controls: https://gamesmadesimple.com/chess-t...

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An old-timer is one who remembers when it cost more to run a car than to park it. — Unknown

An old-timer is someone who can remember when a naughty child was taken to the woodshed instead of to a psychiatrist. — David Greenberg

Most young dealers of the Silicon Chip Era regard a reference library as merely a waste of space. Old Timers on the West Coast seem to retain a fondness for reference books that goes beyond the practical. Everything there is to know about a given volume may be only a click away, but there are still a few of us who'd rather have the book than the click. A bookman's love of books is a love of books, not merely of the information in them. — Larry Mcmurtry

The day you become old is the day you're not looking for new experiences anymore. — Billie Joe Armstrong

Spend time with those you love. One of these days you will say either: "I wish I had" or "I'm glad I did". — Zig Ziglar

You must do the things you think you cannot do. — Eleanor Roosevelt

People become really quite remarkable when they start thinking that they can do things. When they believe in themselves they have the first secret of success. — Norman Vincent Peale

<<"The Paradoxical Commandments>

People are illogical, unreasonable, and self-centered. Love them anyway.

If you do good, people will accuse you of selfish ulterior motives. Do good anyway.

If you are successful, you will win false friends and true enemies. Succeed anyway.

The good you do today will be forgotten tomorrow. Do good anyway.

Honesty and frankness make you vulnerable.
Be honest and frank anyway.

The biggest men and women with the biggest ideas can be shot down by the smallest men and women with the smallest minds. Think big anyway.

People favor underdogs but follow only top dogs. Fight for a few underdogs anyway.

What you spend years building may be destroyed overnight. Build anyway.

People really need help but may attack you if you do help them. Help people anyway.

Give the world the best you have and you'll get kicked in the teeth. Give the world the best you have anyway."> ― Kent M. Keith, The Silent Revolution: Dynamic Leadership in the Student Council

Magnus Carlsen is a Norwegian chess grandmaster who is the former five-time World Chess Champion, reigning four-time World Rapid Chess Champion, and reigning six-time World Blitz Chess Champion. Arguably the fourth or fifth best chess player of all time (Morphy, Capablanca, Fischer, Kasparov, Karpov, etc.), Carlsen has held the No. 1 position in the FIDE world chess rankings since 1 July 2011 and trails only Garry Kasparov in time spent as the highest-rated player in the world. His peak rating of 2882 is the highest in history. Carlsen also holds the record for the longest unbeaten streak at the elite level in classical chess.

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

Deuteronomy 6:6-9: "These commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts. Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. Write them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates."

Isaiah 66:24
24 "And they will go out and look on the dead bodies of those who rebelled against me; the worms that eat them will not die, the fire that burns them will not be quenched, and they will be loathsome to all mankind."

Matthew 19:26
But Jesus looked at them and said, 'With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.'

<<<chess writer and poet <Henry Thomas Bland>

Another example of his way with words is the start of ‘Internal Fires', a poem published on page 57 of the March 1930 American Chess Bulletin:>

I used to play chess with the dearest old chap,
Whom naught could upset whatever might hap.
He'd oft lose a game he might well have won
But made no excuse for what he had done.
If a piece he o'erlooked and got it snapped up

He took it quite calmly and ne'er ‘cut up rough'.>

'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

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.

Q: How do poets say hello?
A: "Hey, haven't we metaphor?"

Thank you Qindarka!

Q: What do you call a cow jumping on a trampoline? A: A milkshake.

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

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

"Chess is the gymnasium of the mind." — Blasie Pascal

"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.

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

Trusting in wealth is like looking for feathers on turtles. ~ Senegalese Proverb

The Man and the Wooden God

A pagan kept a god of wood, –
A sort that never hears,
Though furnished well with ears, –
From which he hoped for wondrous good.
The idol cost the board of three;
So much enriched was he
With vows and offerings vain,
With bullocks garlanded and slain:
No idol ever had, as that,
A kitchen quite so full and fat.
But all this worship at his shrine
Brought not from this same block divine
Inheritance, or hidden mine,
Or luck at play, or any favour.
Nay, more, if any storm whatever
Brewed trouble here or there,
The man was sure to have his share,
And suffer in his purse,
Although the god fared none the worse.
At last, by sheer impatience bold,
The man a crowbar seizes,
His idol breaks in pieces,
And finds it richly stuffed with gold.
"How's this? Have I devoutly treated,"
Says he, "your godship, to be cheated?
Now leave my house, and go your way,
And search for altars where you may.
You're like those natures, dull and gross,
From, which comes nothing but by blows;
The more I gave, the less I got;
I'll now be rich, and you may rot."

Nehemiah 8:10
Go, eat rich foods and drink sweet drinks, and allot portions to those who had nothing prepared; for today is holy to our Lord. Do not be saddened this day, for rejoicing in the Lord is your strength!

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"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

Sir, if you could beat me, I would know you. – Jose Raul Capablanca (to an unknown player who had rejected Capablanca's offer of queen odds, on the grounds that Capablanca didn't know him, and might lose)

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

<Pastime with good company I love and shall, until I die.
Grudge who list, but none deny!
So God be pleased, thus live will I.>
― Henry VIII of England

This poem is dedicated to all Caissa members who strive to checkmate their opponents.

The Aroused Bishop

Whispered the pawn to the curious knight
You jump one square up and two to the right
On the diagonal where our queen lays in wait.
I will move up from b-seven to b- eight.
On the opposite side, no, no screamed the queen
Realizing she should have been heard not seen.
Because there, only hidden partially by the walls She saw him standing juggling his little balls.
The bishop so aroused by all of this inter-play
Could not, no he could not help but howlingly say: Oh, oh sweet queen you are mine for the take
While your checkmated king will burn at the stake.

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!

My Wage
by Jessie Belle Rittenhouse

I bargained with Life for a penny,
And Life would pay no more,
However I begged at evening
When I counted my scanty store;

For Life is a just employer,
He gives you what you ask,
But once you have set the wages,
Why, you must bear the task.

I worked for a menial's hire,
Only to learn, dismayed,
That any wage I had asked of Life,
Life would have paid.

<<Below is a <Paul Morphy> acrostic by C.V. Grinfield from page 334 of the Chess Player's Chronicle, 1861:>

Mightiest of masters of the chequer'd board,

Of early genius high its boasted lord!

Rising in youth's bright morn to loftiest fame,

Princeliest of players held with one acclaim;

Host in thyself – all-conquering in fight: –

Yankees exult! – in your great champion's might.>

The Lion and the Gnat

"Go, paltry insect, nature's meanest brat!"
Thus said the royal lion to the gnat.
The gnat declared immediate war.
"Think you," said he, "your royal name
To me worth caring for?
Think you I tremble at your power or fame?
The ox is bigger far than you;
Yet him I drive, and all his crew."
This said, as one that did no fear owe,
Himself he blew the battle charge,
Himself both trumpeter and hero.
At first he played about at large,
Then on the lion's neck, at leisure, settled,
And there the royal beast full sorely nettled.
With foaming mouth, and flashing eye,
He roars. All creatures hide or fly, –
Such mortal terror at
The work of one poor gnat!
With constant change of his attack,
The snout now stinging, now the back,
And now the chambers of the nose;
The pigmy fly no mercy shows.
The lion's rage was at its height;
His viewless foe now laughed outright,
When on his battle-ground he saw,
That every savage tooth and claw
Had got its proper beauty
By doing bloody duty;
Himself, the hapless lion, tore his hide,
And lashed with sounding tail from side to side.

Ah! bootless blow, and bite, and curse!
He beat the harmless air, and worse;
For, though so fierce and stout,
By effort wearied out,
He fainted, fell, gave up the quarrel.
The gnat retires with verdant laurel.
Now rings his trumpet clang,
As at the charge it rang.
But while his triumph note he blows,
Straight on our valiant conqueror goes
A spider's ambuscade to meet,
And make its web his winding-sheet.

We often have the most to fear
From those we most despise;
Again, great risks a man may clear,
Who by the smallest dies.

Question: You can hold me in your left hand but not your right. What am I? Fredthebear created this collection.
Answer: Your right elbow (or hand)!

M.Hassan: <Eggman>: Scarborough Chess Club which is said to be the biggest chess club in Canada, arranges tournaments under the name of "Howard Rideout" tournaments. Is he the same Rideout that you are mentioning?. I only know that this is to commemorate "Rideout" who has been a player and probably in that club because the club is over 40 years old. This tournament is repeated year after year and at the beginning of the season when the club resumes activity after summer recession in September. Zxp

PeterB: Eggman and Mr. Hassan - you are right, Howard Ridout was a long time member of the Scarborough Chess Club! He was very active even when I joined in 1969, and was still organizing tournaments at the time of his death in the 1990s. This game is a good memorial to him! Theodorovitch was a Toronto master rated about 2250 back then, perhaps about 2350 nowadays.

Question: I go around all the places, cities, towns, and villages, but never come inside. What am I?

Answer: A street.

< <<Charlotte Chess Center Tuesday Night Action

Charlotte Chess Center

EVENT OVERVIEW
Tuesday Night Action-Weekly Rated Play
The CCC conducts a weekly US Chess rated game every Tuesday night. This is a great way for players to get weekly practice without committing a whole weekend to play a tournament. The Top Section also FIDE-rated - offering the only free weekly FIDE-rated game in the country! In addition, there is a free lecture before the games begin.

HOW IT WORKS
CCC opens Tuesdays at 5:45pm

Lecture with FM Peter Giannatos prior to rated games from 6:00pm-6:45pm

Players must register weekly and in advance using the online registration system

Each Tuesday evening will be limited to the first 62 players to register

TNA registration will close at 6:30pm if not already full

Once spots are filled, players may email events@charlottechesscenter.org to be placed on the waitlist.

​
REQUIREMENTS
Players must be members of the CCC

Players must have a US Chess membership

Open to all players in grades 9-12 and adults

Students in grades K-8 must be rated over 1000

​K-8 players rated under 1000 - See Wednesday Action Quads and Friday Action Quads

​
START TIME
Lecture: 6:00pm

Game: 7:00pm

GAMES
1 Round Weekly, Rated After 4 Rounds/Weeks

​
SECTIONS
TOP (1600+)

Under 1600

Under 1200

"Playing up" not permitted in TNA

TIME CONTROL
Top Section: G/85 mins; inc/5 - FIDE and US Chess Rated

U1600 & U1200 Sections: G/60 mins; inc/5 - US Chess Rated

ENTRY FEE
Free, must be a CCC Member​ - CCC membership only $40/year - join today!​

OTHER NOTES​​
Top Section is FIDE-rated - FIDE rules apply, except for US Chess penalties for cell phone infractions.

Tournament Directors will accelerate pairings to pair players close in rating when possible

Most recent "live" US Chess regular ratings used for all sections to ensure close matchups

Open to high schoolers and adults of any rating, including unrated

Students in grades K-8 must be rated 1000

Players in grades K-8 and rated under 1000 - see Wednesday Action Quads and Friday Action Quads

For all CCC events, bookmark our events calendar

All players must use CCC equipment - wooden sets and digital clocks provided >>>

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Blow it out your perfidious.

For someone that hates my guts, you sure do spend a lot of time following FTB all around this website. You don't seem too drunk though (yet) this Saturday now Sunday morning. Just puffy being your usual miserable terd self, failing to make any sort of chess contribution whatsoever while FTB schooled you once again on what is really going on.

Clearly you are off to a fast start in 2024 on repeating as Lame Chess Poster of the Year. You'll hit 50,000 lame, vague, angry, contrived, mischaracterizing, dishonest, devil-inspired, imaginary, hateful, odd-ball, racist, sexist, self-promoting and blundering posts sometime this spring. Ever thought about working part-time for the fake news Washington Post?

Maybe next time you can remember to tell us how you beat Chandler and Rogers in the same tournament playing 1.e4 which pushed your rating up over 2600 for the sixth time. Then you can download your bogus victories into your personal forum as is customary. It's been a 40 year lapse, so there's no time like the present to take advantage of Chessgames' lack of monitoring that you would not have dared tried when Daniel was about.

Now get back to your job and shine on China. Don't forget Australia either. We have some good honest contributing members from down under. They need their vitamin D like everybody else.

Drive sober or get pulled over.

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

Switch your pawn insurance to Promotion and you could save hundreds.

Take care of your pennies and your dollars will take care of themselves. ~ Scottish Proverb

The Boy and the Schoolmaster

Wise counsel is not always wise,
As this my tale exemplifies.
A boy, that frolicked on the banks of Seine,
Fell in, and would have found a watery grave,
Had not that hand that plants never in vain
A willow planted there, his life to save.
While hanging by its branches as he might,
A certain sage preceptor came in sight;
To whom the urchin cried, "Save, or I'm drowned!" The master, turning gravely at the sound,
Thought proper for a while to stand aloof,
And give the boy some seasonable reproof.
"You little wretch! this comes of foolish playing, Commands and precepts disobeying.
A naughty rogue, no doubt, you are,
Who thus requite your parents" care.
Alas! their lot I pity much,
Whom fate condemns to watch over such."
This having coolly said, and more,
He pulled the drowning lad ashore.

This story hits more marks than you suppose.
All critics, pedants, men of endless prose, –
Three sorts, so richly blessed with progeny,
The house is blessed that does not lodge any, – May in it see themselves from head to toes.
No matter what the task,
Their precious tongues must teach;
Their help in need you ask,
You first must hear them preach.

"The secret of life, though, is to fall seven times and to get up eight times." ― Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist

"It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed." ― Theodore Roosevelt

French Proverb: "Tout est bien qui finit bien." ― (All's well that ends well.)

zpoof! 24 tall prejudice felt or cardboard Nazi Paikidze set up Maroczy Bind in Romania after the Winter games until the summer solstice' book on pawn structurez helped engineerz build the statue of Nile Youngstown, OH.

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<<<Hotdogs On the Run> by PAT Adams>

With Baseball hotdogs on the run
Caught up in, excitement and fun
Watch where you go
Before you know
You might slip and fall on your bun!>

"What you do today can improve all your tomorrows." — Ralph Marston

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

"The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy." ― Martin Luther King Jr.

<from the simpleton poet:

Roses are <red>. Violets are blue.

Chess is creative.
And a journey too.

Good in the morning.
Or just before bed.

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

Psalm 107:1
Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good; his love endures forever.

"The Lord is first, my friends are second, and I am third." ― Gale Sayers

"To what greater inspiration and counsel can we turn than to the imperishable truth to be found in this treasure house, the Bible?" — Queen Elizabeth II

"Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations become corrupt and vicious, they have more need of masters." ― Benjamin Franklin

"Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that." ― Martin Luther King Jr.

"Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace, and gratitude." ― Denis Waitley

Luck never gives; it only lends. ~ Scottish Proverb

"The harder you fall, the heavier your heart; the heavier your heart, the stronger you climb; the stronger you climb, the higher your pedestal." — Criss Jami

Psalm 96: 1-3
Sing to the Lord a new song; sing to the Lord, all the earth. Sing to the Lord, praise his name; proclaim his salvation day after day. Declare his glory among the nations, his marvelous deeds among all peoples.

"God's mercy and grace give me hope - for myself, and for our world." — Billy Graham

"Man has two great spiritual needs. One is for forgiveness. The other is for goodness." — Billy Graham

Proverbs 1:7 "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction."

<<<High Flight> BY JOHN GILLESPIE MAGEE JR.>

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

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

"There just isn't enough televised chess." — David Letterman

"Do the things that interest you and do them with all your heart. Don't be concerned about whether people are watching you or criticizing you. The chances are that they aren't paying any attention to you. It's your attention to yourself that is so stultifying. But you have to disregard yourself as completely as possible. If you fail the first time then you'll just have to try harder the second time. After all, there's no real reason why you should fail. Just stop thinking about yourself." — Eleanor Roosevelt

"Many have become chess masters, no one has become the master of chess." ― Siegbert Tarrasch

"Don't ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you come alive and then go do that. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive." ― Howard Thurman

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Q: Why did the turkey cross the road?
Fredthebear created this collection.
A: To prove he wasn't chicken!

Give Us Grateful Hearts
Book of Common Prayer

Give us grateful hearts,

O Father, for all thy mercies,

And make us mindful

Of the needs of others;

Through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.

Nodirbek Abdusattorov upset!

King's Gambit (C30) 1-0 Resembles Damiano's Defense w/a Qmate
B Wall vs D Ferguson, 1989 
(C30) King's Gambit Declined, 9 moves, 1-0

K's Gambit: Declined. Q's Knight Def (C30) 1-0 Spearhead w/N#
Lasker vs C R McBride, 1902 
(C30) King's Gambit Declined, 10 moves, 1-0

King's Gambit Declined 2...f6? (C30) 1-0 Destroyed ala Damiano
W Knoop vs L Malandain, 1995 
(C30) King's Gambit Declined, 10 moves, 1-0

KG Declined, Soller-Zilbermints Gambit (C30) 1-0 Boden's # in 8
Fischer vs J Jones, 1964 
(C30) King's Gambit Declined, 8 moves, 1-0

KGA Bishop's Gambit (C33) 1-0 Spearhead, Q sac
U Kavcic vs R Tavcar, 1997 
(C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 26 moves, 1-0

The first ever recorded KG Accepted. B's Gambit Lopez (C33) 1-0
Polerio vs Busnardo, 1590 
(C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 11 moves, 1-0

KGA. B's Gambit Greco Var (C33) 1-0 Great German players
Harrwitz vs Anderssen, 1848 
(C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 17 moves, 1-0

KGA. Bishop's Gambit Anderssen Def (C33) 1-0 Another fatal f6
M Braune vs NN, 1900 
(C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 9 moves, 1-0

KGA MacLeod Defense (C34) 1-0 Textbook development, easy attack
L Schmid vs H Hoffmann, 1943 
(C34) King's Gambit Accepted, 21 moves, 1-0

KGA Fischer Def (C34) 1-0 GT2K Another Nxg5 sac opens Kside
G Bartis vs J S Morgado, 1984 
(C34) King's Gambit Accepted, 20 moves, 1-0

K's Gambit: Accepted. Becker Def (C34) 1-0 Famous N sacrifice
Greco vs NN, 1620 
(C34) King's Gambit Accepted, 10 moves, 1-0

KGA K's Knight Gambit (C34) 1-0 Watch g6-square annihilation
Morphy vs NN, 1858 
(C34) King's Gambit Accepted, 23 moves, 1-0

KGA. Schallop Def (C34) 1-0 Hungry P discovered attacks
Koblents vs V Zagorovsky, 1946 
(C34) King's Gambit Accepted, 10 moves, 1-0

KGA. King's Knight Gambit (C34) 1-0 Knights swirl about
Charousek vs Skultety, 1891 
(C34) King's Gambit Accepted, 19 moves, 1-0

KGA. Cunningham Defense vs 4.Be2 (C35) 1/2-1/2
Bronstein vs Ivkov, 1957 
(C35) King's Gambit Accepted, Cunningham, 12 moves, 1/2-1/2

Game 45: A First Book of Morphy by Frisco Del Rosario
Morphy vs B Tilghman, 1859 
(C37) King's Gambit Accepted, 24 moves, 1-0

Variants / KGA Muzio Gambit (000) 1-0 Sacs into Double B Mate!!
Janowski vs NN, 1895 
(000) Chess variants, 21 moves, 1-0

King's Gambit: Accepted (C37) 1-0 Legall's Mate in 10
H Reinle vs Seyfried, 1959 
(C37) King's Gambit Accepted, 10 moves, 1-0

K's Gambit: Accepted. K's Knt Gambit (C37) 1-0Almost Scholar's#
B Wall vs V Greenwalt, 1983 
(C37) King's Gambit Accepted, 9 moves, 1-0

KGA. Wild Muzio Gambit (C37) 1-0 Some Beach, somewhere
L Friscoe vs S Beach, 1979 
(C37) King's Gambit Accepted, 8 moves, 1-0

KGA, Philidor Gambit (C38) 1-0 PM sacs both kNights
Morphy vs A Meek, 1855 
(C38) King's Gambit Accepted, 18 moves, 1-0

KGA. Philidor Gambit (C38) 1-0 She's pickled
Haines vs B Wall, 1989
(C38) King's Gambit Accepted, 18 moves, 1-0

KGA Philidor Gambit (C38) Bxf7+ then discovery on the Q
Greco vs NN, 1620 
(C38) King's Gambit Accepted, 15 moves, 1-0

Bird Opening: From Gambit. Mestel (A02) 0-1 h-pawn lever, N&B#
V Kelly vs Hardy, 1989 
(A02) Bird's Opening, 10 moves, 0-1

KIA vs Semi-Tarrasch (A04) 1-0 Fine Kside sac attack!
N Getz vs M Mitchell, 2011 
(A04) Reti Opening, 23 moves, 1-0

Nimzowitsch-Larsen Attack (A06) 1-0 N sac for Dovetail #
R Garcia vs H Rossetto, 1970
(A06) Reti Opening, 15 moves, 1-0

Englund Gambit (A40) 0-1 Smothered Mate robs the pin
W Verdonk vs Nobbe, 1983 
(A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 8 moves, 0-1

Mikenas Defense (A40) 1-0 Some resemblance to QGD exchange
B Finegold vs J Gonzales, 2001 
(A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 24 moves, 1-0

Englund Gambit Complex: Felbecker Gambit (A40) 1-0 Greek gift
Alekhine vs T Lovewell, 1923 
(A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 11 moves, 1-0

Modern Def. Rossolimo Var (A41) 1-0Blitz; Pin, Remove Defender
So vs Kasparov, 2016 
(A41) Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6), 25 moves, 1-0

Rat Defense: English Rat (A41) 0-1 Early Q exchange, R to 2nd
J Meyer vs Tal, 1988 
(A41) Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6), 25 moves, 0-1

Modern Def: Averbakh Var (A42) 1-0 R sac, 2 N's coordinate
Korchnoi vs D Solak, 2002 
(A42) Modern Defense, Averbakh System, 19 moves, 1-0

Special beauty prize award by Urugway chess periodical Mundial
L Palau vs J W te Kolste, 1927 
(A48) King's Indian, 15 moves, 1-0

Indian Game: Saemisch-Indian (A50) 1-0 Raking Bs assault Kside
Rubinstein vs Janowski, 1925 
(A50) Queen's Pawn Game, 25 moves, 1-0

Budapest Def. Adler Variation (A52) 0-1 The power of the pin
K Hoeregott vs W Schlage, 1929 
(A52) Budapest Gambit, 11 moves, 0-1

Benoni Defense: Taimanov Var (A67) 1-0 Notes by Nunn
Kasparov vs Nunn, 1982  
(A67) Benoni, Taimanov Variation, 21 moves, 1-0

Uncommon Opening (A00) 1-0 Fool's Mate: f6 is bad, g5 is worse!
H Klip vs T Bottema, 1990 
(B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 3 moves, 1-0

Owen Defense (B00) 1-0 Black grabs two pawns and gets mated
O Smith vs A Bej, 1898 
(B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 7 moves, 1-0

Scotch Gambit vs Uncommon 1...f6 is the worst defense (A00) 1-0
J A Diaz Rodriguez vs M Maximiano Burgos, 1994 
(B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 12 moves, 1-0

Owen Defense: General (B00) 1-0 Fabulous mating combo
Capablanca vs S Campos, 1927 
(B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 23 moves, 1-0

3...Qa5 ML (B01) She took b2 while White developed, lifted Rs
J Degraeve vs J Tomczak, 2006 
(B01) Scandinavian, 19 moves, 1-0

Alekhine Defense: Modern. Main Line (B05) 1-0 Smothered Mate 2b
Nigmadzianov vs L Kaplun, 1977 
(B05) Alekhine's Defense, Modern, 21 moves, 1-0

Modern Defense: Geller's System (B06) 0-1 She's a beauty!
M Bagdasarova vs K Rybenko, 1998 
(B06) Robatsch, 15 moves, 0-1

Modern Def: Standard (B06) 1-0 Outpost on 6th, Spearhead, Q sac
C van Oosterom vs P Hulshof, 2009 
(B06) Robatsch, 23 moves, 1-0

Modern Def vs 5.3 (B06) 1-0 Long range pieces pour in
P K Wells vs Speelman, 2006 
(B06) Robatsch, 20 moves, 1-0

Pirc Defense: 150 Attack. Sveshnikov-Jansa Attack (B07) 1-0
L Kritz vs N Firman, 2007 
(B07) Pirc, 22 moves, 1-0

Caro-Kann Defense 3...f6?! (B10) 0-1White resigned prematurely
E Cravens vs Curt Jensen, 1996 
(B10) Caro-Kann, 8 moves, 0-1

Not the Caro-Kann Defense; it's garbage (B10) 1-0 QxNf7#
A David vs Marc Daniel, 2005 
(B10) Caro-Kann, 12 moves, 1-0

C-K Defense, Two Knights Attack (B11) 1-0 The passer is coming
Noteboom vs S van Mindeno, 1927 
(B11) Caro-Kann, Two Knights, 3...Bg4, 21 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Wing Gambit. Carlsbad (B20) 1-0 Dbl Discovered Check
A Gorbunova vs E Sapojnikov, 2001 
(B20) Sicilian, 16 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Bowlder Attack (B20) 1-0 Mini 0-0-0#! A castle mate!
A Kvicala vs NN, 1869 
(B20) Sicilian, 18 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Def (B20) 0-1 Be2 Big Clamp disappears quickly
W Arencibia Rodriguez vs V Akopian, 1993 
(B20) Sicilian, 25 moves, 0-1

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

Sicilian Defense: Grand Prix Attack (B23) 1-0 Discovered Dbl++
F Windekilde vs D B Jensen, 2001 
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 17 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Closed Nc3, Bg2, f4, Nf3 (B25) 1-0 long diagonal opens
D Pavasovic vs M Appleberry, 1994 
(B25) Sicilian, Closed, 21 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Def Hyperaccelerated Dragon (B27) 1-0 Happy hanging N
Topalov vs M Leon Hoyos, 2010 
(B27) Sicilian, 24 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Nezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attack (B30) 1-0 8...f6 9.Nc7+
Smirin vs Y Afek, 1992 
(B30) Sicilian, 10 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Defense: Nezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attk (B30) 1-0 Slasher
V Spasov vs K Sobay, 2002 
(B30) Sicilian, 19 moves, 1-0

Sicilian, Pin. Koch Var (B40) 1-0 Dbl threat Qd8+ & QxBa5
Glek vs I Voss, 1991 
(B40) Sicilian, 15 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Najdorf ML (B99) 1-0 Q sac; Onlookers spellbound III
Tal vs NN, 1973 
(B99) Sicilian, Najdorf, 7...Be7 Main line, 24 moves, 1-0

French Def. vs Wing Gambit (C00) 1-0 Greek gift 1st of 3 sacs!
F Cirabisi vs V Cugini, 1992 
(C00) French Defense, 15 moves, 1-0

French Defense: 2.e5 Steinitz Attack (C00) 1-0Notes by Steinitz
J McConnell vs Steinitz, 1886  
(C00) French Defense, 21 moves, 1-0

French Def: Steinitz Attack 2.e5 f6 (C00) 0-1 What an escape!
Steinitz vs Winawer, 1882 
(C00) French Defense, 27 moves, 0-1

French Def. Chigorin Qe2 Dbl Fio (C00) 1-0 Bustin' Up the Joint
Simagin vs Bibikov, 1944 
(C00) French Defense, 23 moves, 1-0

French Winawer. Delayed Exchange Var (C01) 1-0 Hangers
Koltanowski vs J Blankfort, 1960
(C01) French, Exchange, 19 moves, 1-0

French Advance. 6.Be2 f6 Euwe Var (C02) 1-0 Zwischenzugs sting
Romanishin vs Ivanchuk, 1986 
(C02) French, Advance, 19 moves, 1-0

French Def 3...b6 vs. Advance (C02) 0-1Bold B sac, tumbling Ns
J A Hedman Senarega vs Romanishin, 1977 
(C02) French, Advance, 23 moves, 0-1

French Tarrasch Guimard Defense ML (C04) 1-0 Pile on the pin
T Sorensen vs V Benins, 1991
(C04) French, Tarrasch, Guimard Main line, 17 moves, 1-0

Black has a two move checkmate but no time.
M R Sangeetha vs S Dhar, 2001 
(C05) French, Tarrasch, 27 moves, 1-0

French Defense: Tarrasch. Closed (C05) 1-0 Deadly Decoy K hunt
Korneev vs Y Piskov, 1996 
(C05) French, Tarrasch, 24 moves, 1-0

French Tarrasch. Closed (C05) 1-0 Resembles Milner-Barry Gambit
O Reeh vs C Mann, 2008 
(C05) French, Tarrasch, 22 moves, 1-0

French Rubinstein. Blackburne Def (C10) 1-0 White piles on pins
J Misiuda vs P Graul, 1976 
(C10) French, 15 moves, 1-0

French Steinitz Var (C11) 1-0 Miniature: 4 minors trap Q in 11
F Perrin vs NN, 1883 
(C11) French, 11 moves, 1-0

French, Classical. Alapin Var (C14) 1-0 Q sac sets up 2 N mate
N Speijer vs Couvee, 1955 
(C14) French, Classical, 15 moves, 1-0

P-K4 Macleod Attack (C20) 1-0 Two pieces won't suffice
Morphy vs A Bottin, 1858 
(C20) King's Pawn Game, 9 moves, 1-0

Danish Gambit (C21) 1-0 Pseudo-Legall's # w/discovery Nh8++
W N Potter vs Matthews, 1868 
(C21) Center Game, 13 moves, 1-0

Danish Gambit (C21) 1-0 Incredible sacs into Philidor's Legacy
F K Young vs L Dore, 1892 
(C21) Center Game, 22 moves, 1-0

Game 9 in Instructive Chess Miniatures by Alper Efe Ataman.
J Mieses vs Chigorin, 1906 
(C23) Bishop's Opening, 15 moves, 1-0

Vienna, Stanley. Meitner-Mieses Gambit (C23) 1-0 Sacs on f6!
M Reichel vs G Antoszkiewicz, 1990
(C23) Bishop's Opening, 15 moves, 1-0

Vienna Gambit. Steinitz Gambit Main Line (C25) 1-0 f6 blunder
M Fierro vs M Sulistya, 1994 
(C28) Vienna Game, 14 moves, 1-0

White plays five moves---announces mate in eight!!!
J Taylor vs NN, 1862 
(C27) Vienna Game, 13 moves, 1-0

Vienna Gambit. ML (000) 1-0 f6 N sac & Greek gift, battery
M Harmonist vs NN, 1897 
(000) Chess variants, 18 moves, 1-0

Vienna Gambit. Breyer Var (C29) 1-0 Boden's Mate threat
M Marmorosh vs Polani, 1928 
(C29) Vienna Gambit, 17 moves, 1-0

4918 in Laszlo Polgar's Chess: 5334 Problems, Combos, & Games
Milner-Barry vs V Hanninen, 1956 
(C29) Vienna Gambit, 22 moves, 1-0

Damiano Def. Chigorin Gambit (C40) If 3...Qe7 MUST RETREAT Nf3
J Westman vs E Havansi, 1964 
(C20) King's Pawn Game, 16 moves, 1-0

P-K4 Damiano Gambit Chigorin Gambit (C40) 1-0Black Q is trapped
J Krejcik vs R Muenz, 1911 
(C20) King's Pawn Game, 12 moves, 1-0

Commandment 6: Thou Shalt Never Play the Damiano Defense
J Joguet vs J Walid, 1992 
(C40) King's Knight Opening, 11 moves, 1-0

Elephant Gambit (C40) 1-0 Scholar's Mate variation w/a kNight
P R Hindley vs W Ramsey, 1963 
(C40) King's Knight Opening, 6 moves, 1-0

P-K4 Damiano Def (C40) 1-0 Black's 1st move was the only good m
J Mieses vs NN, 1933 
(C40) King's Knight Opening, 5 moves, 1-0

Game 115 Chess Highlights of the 20th Century by Graham Burgess
Boleslavsky vs Lilienthal, 1941 
(C40) King's Knight Opening, 17 moves, 1-0

Elephant Gambit 3.Nxe5 Qe7 (C40) 1-0 Dbl N sac ends w/pin on N
Cochrane vs Staunton, 1843 
(C40) King's Knight Opening, 20 moves, 1-0

Philidor Def 5.g4 Shirov Gambit (C41) 1-0 Where is Black going?
Nepomniachtchi vs S Hautot, 2006 
(C41) Philidor Defense, 27 moves, 1-0

Philidor Defense 3...f6? (C41) 1-0 Pseudo Legall's mate w/2 Bs
T Draisma vs J de Graaf, 1954 
(C41) Philidor Defense, 9 moves, 1-0

Philidor Defense: Exchange Var (C41) 1-0 Notes by J. Lowenthal
Morphy vs H Baucher, 1858  
(C41) Philidor Defense, 29 moves, 1-0

B's Opening: Boden-Kieseritsky Gambit (C42) 1-0 Sacs P, N, B, R
J C Benjamin vs G Carter, 1982 
(C27) Vienna Game, 19 moves, 1-0

Bishop's Opening: Boden-Kieseritsky Gambit (C42) 0-1 Discovery
J Robertson vs Blackburne, 1867 
(C27) Vienna Game, 29 moves, 0-1

Russian Game: Urusov Gambit (C42) 1-0 Stockfish notes
S Boden vs A Belaieff, 1867 
(C42) Petrov Defense, 15 moves, 1-0

Russian Game: Classical Attack. Jaenisch Var (C42) 1-0 N sac
D Gutsche vs S L Jones, 2000 
(C42) Petrov Defense, 28 moves, 1-0

Bishop's Opening: Boden-Kieseritsky Gambit (C27) 1-0 00 vs 000
A Dadian vs Kolisch, 1867 
(C27) Vienna Game, 25 moves, 1-0

4Knights, Halloween Gambit (C47) 1-0 A brief but bloody game
P Schoupal vs J Spalek, 2004 
(C46) Three Knights, 15 moves, 1-0

Italian (C50) 1-0 f6 is bad, g5 worse! Move pieces, not pawns!
C Hartlaub vs Rosenbaum, 1892 
(C50) Giuoco Piano, 6 moves, 1-0

Italian Game: Classical 4.0-0. Albin Gambit (C50) 1-0 Non-stop
I K Sukandar vs M Pleim, 2004 
(C53) Giuoco Piano, 17 moves, 1-0

Italian Game (C50) 1-0 Q sacrifice for unique P mate
O Bernstein vs NN, 1932 
(C50) Giuoco Piano, 11 moves, 1-0

Game 215 of 'Three Hundred Chess Games' by Siegbert Tarrasch.
Tarrasch vs Taubenhaus, 1891 
(C53) Giuoco Piano, 23 moves, 1-0

Italian Game: 3.Bc4 f6? (C50) 1-0 Turn loose the knights
D Pelan vs B Harris, 1982 
(C50) Giuoco Piano, 9 moves, 1-0

The spirit of Tal must have been delighted see the Evans Gambit
Kasparov vs Anand, 1995 
(C51) Evans Gambit, 25 moves, 1-0

Evans Gambit. Stone-Ware Var (C51) Old game; Qd5 fork is coming
G Neumann vs C Mayet, 1865 
(C51) Evans Gambit, 12 moves, 1-0

Evans G. Goering Attack (C51) 1-0Incredible K hunt; mate in 13!
Schiffers vs E von Nolde, 1872 
(C51) Evans Gambit, 27 moves, 1-0

Evans Gambit. Main Line (C51) 1-0 Devestating B pair
Morphy vs J Schulten, 1857 
(C51) Evans Gambit, 25 moves, 1-0

Evans Gambit. Goering Attack (C51) 1-0 Reinfeld # puzzle
Blackburne vs Leverson, 1885  
(C51) Evans Gambit, 22 moves, 1-0

Evans Gambit. Goering Attack (C51) 1-0 Minors strip Kside!
J Taylor vs Zukertort, 1874 
(C51) Evans Gambit, 23 moves, 1-0

Charming & instructive pawn # (this game is repeated elsewhere)
Greco vs NN, 1620 
(C53) Giuoco Piano, 14 moves, 1-0

Italian Game: Classical. Closed (C53) 1-0 The Black Q is lost
Greco vs NN, 1620 
(C53) Giuoco Piano, 17 moves, 1-0

Giuoco Pianissimo c3, d3 (C53) 0-1 Philidor's Legacy w/B assist
J M Hanham vs Steinitz, 1894 
(C53) Giuoco Piano, 32 moves, 0-1

Steinitz' Immortal Game - von Bardeleben walked out!!!
Steinitz vs von Bardeleben, 1895 
(C54) Giuoco Piano, 25 moves, 1-0

Italian Game: Classical. Greco Gambit Traditional (C54) 1-0Bxh6
Keres vs G Karring, 1934 
(C54) Giuoco Piano, 17 moves, 1-0

Italian Game: Two Knights Defense (C55) 1-0 Dbl Check #
Koltanowski vs K B Richardson, 1960 
(C55) Two Knights Defense, 12 moves, 1-0

Scotch Gambit. Max Lange Attack (C55) 1-0 Remove the defender
T Finnbogadottir vs H Ragnarsson, 2011 
(C55) Two Knights Defense, 18 moves, 1-0

Italian Game: Two Knights Def. Open Variation (C55) 1-0 14.?
A Sokolsky vs Navrodsky, 1944 
(C55) Two Knights Defense, 21 moves, 1-0

Scotch Gambit. Anderssen Attack (C56) 1-0 Sparkling Sac Finish
W Pollock vs S Langleben / F Colson, 1893 
(C56) Two Knights, 19 moves, 1-0

2Ns, Scotch Gambit. Anderssen Attk (C56) 1-0 Pillsbury notes
Schiffers vs Chigorin, 1895  
(C56) Two Knights, 20 moves, 1-0

Italian Game: Two Knights Def. Lolli Attack (C57) 1-0 Change-up
K Williams vs D Vecanski, 2000
(C57) Two Knights, 20 moves, 1-0

Italian Game: Two Knights Def. Lolli Attk (C57) 1-0 11Bb3 ahead
Fischer vs L Redman, 1964 
(C57) Two Knights, 10 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Cozio Defense (C60) 1-0Discovered Dbl Attack by P
Karpov vs L Tagmatarxis, 2001 
(C60) Ruy Lopez, 11 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game (C60) 1-0 White was a terrific player
D Daniuszewski vs Rubinstein, 1907 
(C60) Ruy Lopez, 13 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Bird (C61) 1-0 Q sac into Greco Mate on h-file
S Pencil vs G Goltsoff, 1976 
(C61) Ruy Lopez, Bird's Defense, 13 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Steinitz Def (C62) 1-0 The Ukraine Immortal
E Korchmar vs Y Polyak, 1937 
(C62) Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense, 23 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Steinitz Def (C62) 1-0 No seatbelts in 1894
Lasker vs H Helms, 1894 
(C62) Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense, 18 moves, 1-0

Spanish, Classical. Central Var (C64) 1-0 Pawn rampage, Q sac
G Neumann vs J Schulten, 1865 
(C64) Ruy Lopez, Classical, 16 moves, 1-0

Spanish, Classical. Zukertort Gambit (C64) 0-1 Gain time on Q
Gipslis vs Spassky, 1959 
(C64) Ruy Lopez, Classical, 22 moves, 0-1

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

Spanish Berlin Def. l'Hermet Var (C67) 0-1 3 decoy sacs
R Lau vs Smagin, 1990 
(C67) Ruy Lopez, 23 moves, 0-1

Spanish, Berlin Def. Winawer Attk (C67) 0-1 Unpin stuns, fails
C Locock vs Gunsberg, 1888 
(C67) Ruy Lopez, 20 moves, 0-1

Spanish, l'Hermet Variation Berlin Wall Def (C67) 0-1 Discovery
Grischuk vs Carlsen, 2017
(C67) Ruy Lopez, 22 moves, 0-1

Spanish Exchange. K's Bishop Var (C68) 0-1 Exch Sac preps Bxh2+
A Matanovic vs A Planinc, 1975 
(C68) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, 15 moves, 0-1

Spanish Game: Exchange. Bronstein Var (C69) 1-0 The Korchnoi Q
R Fontaine vs K Jedryczka, 2001 
(C69) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation, 22 moves, 1-0

Fake game in "Freude am Schach" by Gerhard Henschel in 1959.
Einstein vs Oppenheimer, 1933 
(C70) Ruy Lopez, 24 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Closed (C84) 1-0 Beautiful combination!
D King vs D Howell, 2003 
(C84) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 25 moves, 1-0

Levitsky Attack (D00) 1-0 White knight robs the pin
Hodgson vs J Shepley, 1990 
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 10 moves, 1-0

London System (D02) 1-0 Black Q tied to defending h7
Kramnik vs A S Rasmussen, 2015 
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 22 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

London System/Stonewall Attk (D02) 1-0 Greek gift declined
Blatny vs W Seifried, 1991 
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 18 moves, 1-0

G6 in The Agile London System by GM Romero & FM Oscar de Prado
Kasparov vs E Kengis, 1977 
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 23 moves, 1-0

Colle System (D05) 1-0 See tpstar notes for system lesson
Koltanowski vs J O'Hanlon, 1937 
(D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 24 moves, 1-0

Colle System (D05) 1-0 Black f6-pawn fork subverted
Colle vs F Schubert, 1928 
(D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 18 moves, 1-0

An Opera of Sacrifices w/notes in Italian
H Wagner vs W Schoenmann, 1919  
(D08) Queen's Gambit Declined, Albin Counter Gambit, 25 moves, 1-0

QGD Albin Countrgambit (D08) 0-1Capture or interpose is useless
H Shearer vs C Shearer, 1939 
(D08) Queen's Gambit Declined, Albin Counter Gambit, 10 moves, 0-1

QGD Albin Countergambit. Normal Line(D08) 0-1 "Smothered Check"
J Roscher vs W Seemann, 1988 
(D08) Queen's Gambit Declined, Albin Counter Gambit, 12 moves, 0-1

Albin Countergambit Fianchetto Bf5 Line(D09) 0-1 Q sac, h-file
H Dinser vs D Mione, 1996 
(D09) Queen's Gambit Declined, Albin Counter Gambit, 5.g3, 24 moves, 0-1

Slav Defense: Exchange Var (D13) 0-1 Black charges forth
Shredder vs Junior, 2001 
(D13) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Exchange Variation, 25 moves, 0-1

Queen's Gambit Accepted: Linares Var (D20) 1-0 R&N Sacs
Shirov vs Kramnik, 1993 
(D20) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 37 moves, 1-0

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

Semi-Slav, Chigorin Defense (D46) 1-0 h6 weakens 0-0 position
Pillsbury vs Winawer, 1896 
(D46) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 21 moves, 1-0

Gruenfeld Def: Russian Var. Szabo (Boleslavsky) (D97) 1-0 f6
Reshevsky vs R Ault, 1959 
(D97) Grunfeld, Russian, 21 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

Nimzo-Indian Def. Classical (E32) 0-1 Destructive Sac Exchange!
J Jezek vs Pachman, 1953 
(E32) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 25 moves, 0-1

KID Orthodox. Aronin-Taimanov Def (E97) 0-1 Bishops rule
Granda Zuniga vs J Polgar, 1992 
(E97) King's Indian, 28 moves, 0-1

Polish Opening: Tartakower Gambit (A00) 1-0 Resembles Damiano's
L Schiffler vs Pinkerneil, 1950 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 11 moves, 1-0

The Sokolsky Gambit 4... Ne7 5. Qh5+ (A00) 1-0 Bxf7+ Decoy, e6+
B Katalymov vs G Ilivitsky, 1959 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 11 moves, 1-0

The Sokolsky Gambit 4... Ne7 5. Qh5+ (A00) 1-0 QxN robs the pin
W Brinkmann vs K Woschkat, 1985 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 10 moves, 1-0

The Sokolsky Gambit 4... Kf8!? 5. c3!? (A00) 1-0 Slashing Pawn
K Woschkat vs B Plath, 1989 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 11 moves, 1-0

Polish Opening: Tartakower Gambit (A00) 1-0 Fascinating Finish
A Sokolsky vs L Strugach, 1958 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 17 moves, 1-0

Polish vs 2...f6 (A00) 1-0 A bishop sac and a bishop trap
K Opocensky vs A Teller, 1928 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 56 moves, 1-0

Van Geet (Dunst) Opening (A00) 0-1 Crossfire; Rob the pin
R Bertholee vs Ljubojevic, 1997 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 37 moves, 0-1

Anderssen Opening / KIA (A00) 0-1Clearance Sac into Lawnmower #
Velimirovic vs S Skembris, 1997 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 25 moves, 0-1

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

Polish 2...f6 Tartakower Gambit (A00) 1-0 R+ deflects Q
Tartakower vs Reti, 1919 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 33 moves, 1-0

Saragossa Opening 1.c3 (A00) 1-0 Arabian Mate plus 1 move
Lucena vs Quintana, 1515 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 32 moves, 1-0

Grob Opening 1...e5 2...Ne7 (A00) 1-0 Q trap, pins, activity
G Welling vs E Bongers, 1989 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 60 moves, 1-0

Game 7 in 'How Good is your Chess?' by Daniel John King.
Fischer vs Andersson, 1970 
(A01) Nimzovich-Larsen Attack, 43 moves, 1-0

Annotated by Larsen in Chess Informant 8, game 1.
Larsen vs F Martinez Ibrahim, 1969 
(A01) Nimzovich-Larsen Attack, 33 moves, 1-0

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

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

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

Zukertort Opening /Larsen Attack vs f6 P chain (A04) 0-1 Photo
Petrosian vs Fischer, 1971 
(A04) Reti Opening, 66 moves, 0-1

1...f6Artic Def? (A04)Take my R or N; connected doubled pawns!?
P Hammargren vs E Diemer, 1974 
(A04) Reti Opening, 27 moves, 0-1

Zukertort Opening: Queen's Gambit Invitation (A04) 1-0 Blitz
So vs Carlsen, 2017 
(A04) Reti Opening, 32 moves, 1-0

Reti/Catalan vs QGD Tartakower's Def; Defend + w/a Discovered +
I Zemtsov vs S Repin, 2007 
(A06) Reti Opening, 24 moves, 1-0

Zukertort Opening: Queen Pawn Def (A06) 1-0 Creative passer
Quinteros vs Larsen, 1981 
(A06) Reti Opening, 44 moves, 1-0

Dbl Fio / KIA: Keres Var (A07) 1-0 Imbalanced, computer-like
Fritz vs Crafty, 2004 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 74 moves, 1-0

Game 77 in"Leonid Stein - Master of Attack" by GM Raymond Keene
Stein vs Golombek, 1968 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 18 moves, 1-0

King's Indian Attack: Pachman System (A07) 1-0 2 hogs on 7th
Benko vs J Sefc, 1956 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 33 moves, 1-0

KIA/Sicilian Closed vs Dragon (A07) 1-0 B pair vs R
Smyslov vs R Renter, 1947 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 40 moves, 1-0

KIA smashes Dutch Stonewall Def (A07) 1-0 Shattered Pawns
R M McKay vs P M Giulian, 1988 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 12 moves, 1-0

18.Bxh6 is a thematic sacrifice
Y Lapshun vs G Meier, 2006 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 27 moves, 1-0

KIA 1e4 e6 2.Qe2 (A07) 1-0 Tussle over pin; R vs B & passer
Chigorin vs Olland, 1907 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 80 moves, 1-0

KIA/Chigorin Qe2 vs French f6 (A07) 1-0 Clinching outpost w/pin
Alekhine vs R Sucha, 1943 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 30 moves, 1-0

KIA Chigorin's 2.Qe2 vs French Def 00 vs 000 (A07) 1-0 Q drops
Fedorov vs N Smetanov, 2012 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 27 moves, 1-0

K's Indian Attack: Sicilian (A08) 1-0 Reversed Gruenfeld Exchan
M A Tabatabaei vs A Smith, 2019 
(A08) King's Indian Attack, 61 moves, 1-0

English Anglo-Indian Def. Hedgehog (A17) 1-0 Castled into it
Seirawan vs M Wiedenkeller, 1979 
(A17) English, 36 moves, 1-0

K's English. 4Knts Fianchetto (A29) 1-0 Adorjan notes; Q trap
Adorjan vs G Glatt, 1982  
(A29) English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto, 24 moves, 1-0

English Symmetrical. 4Knights (A35) 0-1 Black's predicament
H Banikas vs D Kosic, 2008 
(A35) English, Symmetrical, 61 moves, 0-1

Indian Game Bf4, f3, g4 (A45) 1-0 Kside pawn thrust, sacs
Jobava vs Mamedyarov, 2014 
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 34 moves, 1-0

Colle vs Indian / Tartakower (A46) 1-0 Criss-cross bishops, pin
Vidmar vs Bogoljubov, 1922 
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 38 moves, 1-0

Torre Attack: Classical Def (A46) 1-0 Which Q rules the Qside?
Spassky vs V Osnos, 1963 
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 26 moves, 1-0

Indian Game: Spielmann-Indian (A46) 0-1Subtle N sac removes K
A Acevedo Milan vs Fischer, 1970 
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 48 moves, 0-1

KID Fianchetto Variation (A49) 1-0 The first to penetrate
G Mateuta vs B Socko, 2003
(A49) King's Indian, Fianchetto without c4, 47 moves, 1-0

A strong response to the Budapest Gambit... 4.e4 Nxe5 5.f4!
Kmoch vs Reti, 1926 
(A52) Budapest Gambit, 32 moves, 0-1

Benko Gambit: Declined. ML (A57) 1-0 Q trap. Blind Swine on 8th
G Barbero vs A Nascimento, 1990 
(A57) Benko Gambit, 36 moves, 1-0

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

Dutch Defense: Staunton Gambit (A83) 1-0 Double Double Trouble
G Timoscenko vs M Kolcak, 1994 
(A83) Dutch, Staunton Gambit, 24 moves, 1-0

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

Scandinavian Defense, Declined 2.e5?! (B01) 0-1 She Danced
J H Rasmussen vs S Salomonsson, 2009 
(B01) Scandinavian, 57 moves, 0-1

Game 22, p. 49 of The Scandinavian by John Emms
Kasparov vs Anand, 1995 
(B01) Scandinavian, 41 moves, 1-0

Scandinavian Defense: Lasker Var (B01) 1/2-1/2
Chandler vs I Rogers, 1983 
(B01) Scandinavian, 17 moves, 1/2-1/2

Alekhine Defense: Saemisch Attack (B02) 1-0 Fantastic Rs Play!
B Verlinsky vs I Rabinovich, 1925 
(B02) Alekhine's Defense, 39 moves, 1-0

Alekhine Defense: Normal (B02) 1-0 Misplaced K; pile on the pin
E Steiner vs Colle, 1926 
(B02) Alekhine's Defense, 27 moves, 1-0

Alekhine Defense: Exchange (B03) 1-0 Clear the promotion square
Fischer vs H Berliner, 1960 
(B03) Alekhine's Defense, 36 moves, 1-0

Alekhine Def. Modern. Bc4 Keres Var (B04) 1-0 Philidor's Legacy
Grischuk vs Ponomariov, 2000 
(B04) Alekhine's Defense, Modern, 27 moves, 1-0

Alekhine Def: Modern. Larsen, Miles Line (B04) 1-0 N+ robs pin
O Johannesson vs H Haga, 2012 
(B04) Alekhine's Defense, Modern, 13 moves, 1-0

Alekhine Def. Modern. ML (B05) 1-0 Rapid 2 piece attack grows
Vasiukov vs Bagirov, 1972 
(B05) Alekhine's Defense, Modern, 35 moves, 1-0

Modern Defense: K Pawn Fianchetto (B06) 0-1 Missed Spearhead #
Aronian vs K Urban, 1996 
(B06) Robatsch, 19 moves, 0-1

Lion Def. Anti-Philidor. Lion's Cave (B07) 1-0 R sac, Arabian#
Z Andriasian vs B Burg, 2013 
(B07) Pirc, 29 moves, 1-0

IM Jeremy Silman: "How to Reassess Your Chess" p.75-78
A Tsvetkov vs Smyslov, 1947 
(B08) Pirc, Classical, 64 moves, 0-1

Caro-Kann Defense (B10) 0-1 Castle by hand and clever play
Short vs Leko, 1999 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 44 moves, 0-1

Caro-Kann Def. Accelerated Panov Attack. Open (B10) 1/2-1/2
Anand vs Lobron, 1986
(B10) Caro-Kann, 28 moves, 1/2-1/2

Caro-Kann Defense: Masi Variation (B12) 1-0 Notes by A.A.
Milner-Barry vs Tartakower, 1932  
(B10) Caro-Kann, 41 moves, 1-0

C-K Advance. 3...c5 Botvinnik-Carls Def(B12) 1-0 2 Ns best 2 Bs
Movsesian vs D Svetushkin, 2004 
(B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 43 moves, 1-0

Game 1: Beating the Caro-Kann (Kotronias)
Vasiukov vs Razuvaev, 1980 
(B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 30 moves, 1-0

Caro-Kann Advance. Short Var (B12) 1-0 Weak pawn chain
P Ricardi vs D H Campora, 1997
(B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 18 moves, 1-0

C-K Advance. Short Var (B12) 1-0 Black has weak pawns
Adams vs A Summerscale, 2010 
(B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 29 moves, 1-0

Rat Defense: Accelerated Gurgenidze (B12) 0-1 Ugly W contest
A J van Dop vs P du Chattel, 1975 
(B07) Pirc, 37 moves, 0-1

Caro-Kann Defense: Exchange (B13) 0-1 Black counters in center
Hort vs J Bellon Lopez, 1978 
(B13) Caro-Kann, Exchange, 25 moves, 0-1

Caro-Kann Def. Panov Attack. Modern Def (B14) 1-0 Unusual
S Nikolic vs R Heinlein, 2001 
(B13) Caro-Kann, Exchange, 29 moves, 1-0

EG: White wins the battle of the central pawns and trades down
E Post vs Tartakower, 1914 
(B15) Caro-Kann, 53 moves, 1-0

Caro-Kann Def. Karpov Var (B17) 1-0 Mecking's last pro win
Mecking vs Miles, 1978 
(B17) Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation, 25 moves, 1-0

Caro-Kann Defense: Classical. Main lines (B19) 1-0 Czech Point
Hort vs Chandler, 1982 
(B18) Caro-Kann, Classical, 25 moves, 1-0

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: McDonnell Attack (B21) 0-1 Notes by Morphy
McDonnell vs La Bourdonnais, 1834  
(B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 25 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Def: McDonnell Attk (B21) 0-1White gives up the center
H Wagner vs Baklan, 2017 
(B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 36 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Closed Korchnoi Def (B23)1-0 P rollers opposite wings
Blatny vs N Ioseliani, 1988 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 38 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Closed. Traditional (B23) 1-0 f-file pin
M Petraki vs G Kouloumbis, 2001 
(B25) Sicilian, Closed, 19 moves, 1-0

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

Sic Hyperaccelerated Dragon (B27) 0-1 P thrusts, basic tactics
Mac Hack VI vs Fischer, 1977 
(B27) Sicilian, 47 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Hyperaccelerated Dragon (B27) 1-0 Back rank pin
M Ortiz vs D Chinasamy, 2014 
(B27) Sicilian, 25 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Nimzowitsch. Advance Var (B29) 1-0 Q+ & fork
B Hammer vs Boldt, 1977 
(B29) Sicilian, Nimzovich-Rubinstein, 10 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Nezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attk (B30)1-0 N sac creates pin
Sadvakasov vs Kasimdzhanov, 1999 
(B30) Sicilian, 29 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Nezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attk (B30) 1-0 Watch this!!
Tal vs Y Rantanen, 1979 
(B30) Sicilian, 30 moves, 1-0

Sic Nezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attk (B30) 1-0 6 units aim@Kside!
A Tari vs M Midonet, 2016 
(B30) Sicilian, 24 moves, 1-0

Game 140: Chess Highlights of the 20th Century by Burgess
Rossolimo vs O'Kelly, 1949 
(B31) Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation, 24 moves, 1-0

Nezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attk. Fianchetto (B31) 1-0 Over Creative
Bronstein vs Geller, 1955 
(B31) Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation, 23 moves, 1-0

Sic Nezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attk. Fchtto(B31) 0-1Buried Treasure
Fedorchuk vs M Oleksienko, 2004 
(B31) Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation, 26 moves, 0-1

Old Sicilian. Open (B34) 1-0 She will check her way in close
D Krystall vs J Burstow, 1974 
(B32) Sicilian, 19 moves, 1-0

Sicilian, Four Knights (B40) 1-0 Pins, Dbl Rook Sacs
Kupreichik vs G Barenboim, 1968 
(B45) Sicilian, Taimanov, 28 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Paulsen (B44) 0-1 Black fishin' pole attack declined
F Trois vs L Bronstein, 1977 
(B44) Sicilian, 44 moves, 0-1

Game 23 in Starting Out: The Sicilian by John Emms
Shirov vs Benjamin, 1994 
(B49) Sicilian, Taimanov Variation, 33 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

A typical Scheveningen, with a classic queen ending thrown in
Lasker vs Capablanca, 1936 
(B58) Sicilian, 54 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Richter-Rauzer Var (B60) 2 Knights paratroop invasion
A Foldeak vs F Nagy, 1942 
(B60) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer, 13 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Dragon. Classical(B74) 1-0Exchange, then what happens?
Kostic vs Noteboom, 1931 
(B74) Sicilian, Dragon, Classical, 39 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Def. Scheveningen. Modern Var (B83) 1-0 Dehydration
Karpov vs Spassky, 1974 
(B83) Sicilian, 35 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Scheveningen. Modern (B83) 1-0Pawn chain strangulation
F Olafsson vs J Gudmundsson, 1953 
(B83) Sicilian, 24 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Fischer-Sozin Attk ML. Sherbakov (B89) 1-0 Trampoline!
Geller vs I Vatnikov, 1950 
(B89) Sicilian, 17 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Najdorf 6.Bc4 (B90) 1-0 Drunk knight ends on f7
Topalov vs Kasparov, 1996 
(B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 66 moves, 1-0

French Def 2.c4 d5 3.cxd5 (C00)1-0 Great Brilliancy Prize Game
E Steiner vs Tartakower, 1929 
(C00) French Defense, 34 moves, 1-0

French Defense: Two Knights (C00) 1-0Like a Rocky Marciano KO!!
I Nikolayev vs B Makovetsky, 1979 
(C00) French Defense, 28 moves, 1-0

French Winawer. Delayed Exchange Nc6 Bb5 (C01) 0-1 Kside P roll
M Ozanne vs H Abdullah, 2008
(C01) French, Exchange, 26 moves, 0-1

French Defense: Exchange (C01) 1-0 Q+ removes defender
J Mieses vs M Harmonist, 1889 
(C01) French, Exchange, 32 moves, 1-0

French Exchange. Monte Carlo Var (C01) 0-1 Remove the Defender
Staunton / Barnes vs J Lowenthal / J Cunningham, 1856 
(C01) French, Exchange, 31 moves, 0-1

French Exchange (C01) 0-1More exchanges, gain space, penetrate
Y Ramsingh vs Short, 1983 
(C01) French, Exchange, 35 moves, 0-1

FrenchTarrasch. Chistyakov Def (C07) 1-0 Model Rook ending
Tarrasch vs E Thorold, 1890 
(C07) French, Tarrasch, 56 moves, 1-0

French Tarrasch Open System Euwe-Keres Line (C07) 1-0 Caution
I Pleci vs L Endzelins, 1939 
(C07) French, Tarrasch, 21 moves, 1-0

French, Rubinstein. Blackburne (C10) 1-0Notes by von Bardeleben
Schiffers vs Blackburne, 1895  
(C10) French, 32 moves, 1-0

Danish Gambit (C21) 1-0 See F. Young vs L. Dore, 1892
H Atkins vs H Jacobs, 1915 
(C21) Center Game, 21 moves, 1-0

Center Game: Paulsen Attack (C22) 1-0 Connected Ps, in style!
Blackburne vs D Forsyth, 1883  
(C22) Center Game, 48 moves, 1-0

Bishop's Opening: Boi Var (C23) 1-0 Rooks behind passers
Philidor vs NN, 1749 
(C23) Bishop's Opening, 40 moves, 1-0

Bishop's Opening: Berlin Defense (C24) 0-1 Dbl Rook sac
Kharlov vs Topalov, 2004 
(C24) Bishop's Opening, 53 moves, 0-1

B's Opening: Urusov Gambit. Keidansky Gambit (C24) 1-0 Greed
L Prokes vs O Zander, 1925 
(C24) Bishop's Opening, 14 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

KGD Falkbeer CG. Charousek Gambit ML (C32) 0-1 8...0-0!! B sac
Spielmann vs Tarrasch, 1923 
(C32) King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit, 26 moves, 0-1

KGA Kieseritsky Gambit Rice Gambit (C39) 1-0 2 mating squares
W E Napier vs W T Dickinson, 1904 
(C39) King's Gambit Accepted, 26 moves, 1-0

Gunderam Defense (C40) 0-1 The Joke Promotion (Underpromotion)
V Salnikov vs A Bezgodov, 1991 
(C40) King's Knight Opening, 64 moves, 0-1

This same mate can occur on the 12th move of a Ruy Lopez
Mackenzie vs F Perrin, 1866 
(C41) Philidor Defense, 12 moves, 1-0

Russian Game: Nimzowitsch Attack (C42) 1-0 Wham! Bam!
Ponomariov vs Gelfand, 2008 
(C42) Petrov Defense, 17 moves, 1-0

Russian Game: Classical Attack. Staunton (C42) 0-1 Try 11.BxNe4
Shirov vs M Bluvshtein, 2005 
(C42) Petrov Defense, 23 moves, 0-1

Russian Game: Modern Attack (C43) 1-0 Discovered Attack
Fischer vs R Chalker, 1964 
(C43) Petrov, Modern Attack, 11 moves, 1-0

Ponziani Opening (C44) 1-0 A good tussle of time in chess
Horwitz vs Harrwitz, 1846 
(C44) King's Pawn Game, 44 moves, 1-0

Scotch Game: Schmidt Var (C45) 0-1 Pawn thrusts
T van Scheltinga vs A Henriksen, 1955 
(C45) Scotch Game, 14 moves, 0-1

Three Knights, Scotch, Steinitz Def (C46) 1-0 Pin, Deflection
Blackburne vs Steinitz, 1883 
(C46) Three Knights, 27 moves, 1-0

Four Knights Game: Spanish (C48) 1-0 Centralization wins
I Teran Alvarez vs A Ruiz Lacalle, 2001
(C48) Four Knights, 49 moves, 1-0

Game 14 in My System by Aron Nimzowitsch
A Nimzowitsch vs P Leonhardt, 1911  
(C49) Four Knights, 48 moves, 1-0

Italian Game: Evans Gambit. ML (C51) 1-0 Philidor's Legacy next
A Napoleao dos Santos vs J Caldas Vianna, 1880 
(C51) Evans Gambit, 24 moves, 1-0

Evans Gambit. Goering Attack (C51) 0-1 N block sets Arabian #
W Pollock vs Chigorin, 1895  
(C51) Evans Gambit, 40 moves, 0-1

Evans Gambit. Paulsen (C51) 1-0 A variety of techniques to mate
Zukertort vs Allies, 1869
(C51) Evans Gambit, 40 moves, 1-0

"Don't Shoot the Piano Player"; The White Q is lost w/a check!
Tartakower vs Euwe, 1948 
(C53) Giuoco Piano, 42 moves, 0-1

Giuoco Pianissimo c3-d3 (C53) 1-0 Black goes quietly.
Najdorf vs P Trifunovic, 1949 
(C53) Giuoco Piano, 41 moves, 1-0

Scotch Gambit. Anderssen Attack / Max Lange (C56) 1-0 Q dual
Teichmann vs Allies, 1905 
(C56) Two Knights, 35 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game l'Hermet Variation Berlin Wall Def (C67) 1/2-1/2
Radjabov vs Topalov, 2008 
(C67) Ruy Lopez, 41 moves, 1/2-1/2

Spanish Game: Berlin Defense. l'Hermet Var (C67) 0-1Overworked
A Farahat vs Aronian, 2005 
(C67) Ruy Lopez, 51 moves, 0-1

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

Deflection sac 29. Rd7! sets up winning dbl attack & skewer
A Arulaid vs F Duz-Khotimirsky, 1949 
(C77) Ruy Lopez, 32 moves, 1-0

Spanish Closed. Delayed Exchange (C85) 1-0Trade down to won EG
Kasparov vs Constellation, 1985 
(C85) Ruy Lopez, Exchange Variation Doubly Deferred (DERLD), 44 moves, 1-0

Spanish, Closed. Chigorin Def (C97)1-0 Q is overworked defender
Tal vs Gligoric, 1964 
(C97) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 40 moves, 1-0

Levitsky Attack 1.d4 d5 2.Bg5 (D00) 1-0 The B doesn't do much
Hodgson vs I Sokolov, 1996 
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 39 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

P-Q4 Steinitz Countergambit (D00) 0-1 Black owns the center
E von Feyerfeil vs Lasker, 1889 
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 47 moves, 0-1

Sarratt Attack (D00) 1-0 Hippity Hop
L Shytaj vs D Rogozenco, 2017
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 43 moves, 1-0

Sarratt/Barry 5.Nb5 Attack on c7 vs Tarrasch Def (D00) 1-0 LPDO
A Stefanova vs A Galliamova, 2007 
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 20 moves, 1-0

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

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 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

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

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

P-Q4 Zukertort vs Baltic Def (D02) 1/2-1/2 Open b-file
Botvinnik vs Smyslov, 1954 
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 50 moves, 1/2-1/2

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

Colle 5.b3 Zukertort (D04) 1-0 Whose passers can push ahead?
N Dzagnidze vs Korbut, 2001 
(D04) Queen's Pawn Game, 54 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

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 Chigorin Def. Main Line (D07) 0-1 Exchange sac, K walk
R Bates vs N Pert, 2010 
(D07) Queen's Gambit Declined, Chigorin Defense, 40 moves, 0-1

Nimzomania--world's longest stalemate combination. 2R vs. 2R.
E Post vs A Nimzowitsch, 1905 
(D07) Queen's Gambit Declined, Chigorin Defense, 98 moves, 1/2-1/2

QGD Chigorin Def (D07) 1/2-1/2 Central counter threat
N Phan-Koshnitsky vs A Benderac, 2006
(D07) Queen's Gambit Declined, Chigorin Defense, 61 moves, 1/2-1/2

QGD Albin Countergambit. Normal Line (D08) 0-1 Weak back rank
NN vs Lasker / Maroczy, 1900 
(D08) Queen's Gambit Declined, Albin Counter Gambit, 24 moves, 0-1

Known as "pinteresting" due to the number of pins used
Radjabov vs X Bu, 2008 
(D10) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 41 moves, 1-0

Slav Defense: Modern Line (D11) 1-0 Q sac for a passer
D Svetushkin vs S Iskusnyh, 2013
(D11) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 55 moves, 1-0

Slav Defense: Quiet Variation. Schallopp Def (D12) 1/2-1/2
Lasker vs Capablanca, 1921  
(D12) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 30 moves, 1/2-1/2

Slav Defense: Czech. Carlsbad Variation (D17) 0-1 Arabian Mate
P Cramling vs J Hector, 2010 
(D17) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 54 moves, 0-1

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

Game 8: Chess Explained - The Main Line Slav
Aronian vs I Sokolov, 2006 
(D17) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 35 moves, 1-0

partij 31: hans bouwmeesters 100 briljante partijen
Fine vs Shainswit, 1944 
(D17) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 42 moves, 1-0

Semi-Slav Defense: Quiet Var (D30) 1-0 Backed into Zugzwang
D Kosic vs T Christensen, 2005 
(D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 55 moves, 1-0

Knight runs a marathon before surprise sac at e1!
Giri vs Aronian, 2012 
(D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 43 moves, 0-1

Q's Gambit Declined: Harrwitz Attack. ML (D37) 1-0 Black IQP
Carlsen vs Short, 2004 
(D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 54 moves, 1-0

QGD. Three Knights "Cold Steel" (D37) 1-0 Notes by Janowski
Janowski vs Steel, 1893  
(D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 26 moves, 1-0

QGD Exchange, Ragozin Def (D38) 1-0 Minority attack, Ns swirl
W Arencibia Rodriguez vs Jobava, 2005 
(D38) Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation, 50 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 Defense: Main Lines (D45) 1-0 Half-open g-file
Anand vs M Curado, 2007 
(D45) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 25 moves, 1-0

Neo-Grünfeld Defense: Goglidze Attack (D70) 1-0 Brilliant!
Khismatullin vs I Kurnosov, 2011 
(D70) Neo-Grunfeld Defense, 31 moves, 1-0

Gruenfeld Defense: Modern Exchange Var (D85) 1-0 Walls tumble
J Brenninkmeijer vs Tukmakov, 1989 
(D85) Grunfeld, 39 moves, 1-0

Kangaroo Def. Keres Def. Transpo (E00) 1-0 Black Rs on 7th duds
Korchnoi vs Barcza, 1966 
(E00) Queen's Pawn Game, 35 moves, 1-0

Catalan Opening: General (E00) 1-0 Pestering N, discovered+
Hort vs J Lechtynsky, 1973
(E00) Queen's Pawn Game, 34 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

Blumenfeld Countergambit (E10) 0-1 Weak back rank
R Svane vs F Zeller, 2014 
(E10) Queen's Pawn Game, 29 moves, 0-1

QID. Kasparov-Petrosian Variation. Kasparov Attk (E12) 1-0Risky
Plaskett vs Short, 1984 
(E12) Queen's Indian, 42 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 Capablanca Var (E16) 0-1 Capa defends h7, then penetrates
H Price vs Capablanca, 1929 
(E16) Queen's Indian, 38 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. Berlin Var Pirc Var (E39) 0-1 Infiltrate
Najdorf vs Reshevsky, 1952 
(E39) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Pirc Variation, 33 moves, 0-1

Nimzo-Indian Def. Huebner. Rubinstein Var (E42) 1-0 Kside attk
Kasparov vs Csom, 1980 
(E42) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 c5, 5.Ne2 (Rubinstein), 29 moves, 1-0

KID Fianchettos / Hungarian (A53) 1-0 Tactical finish
V Chekhover vs F Duz-Khotimirsky, 1949 
(E68) King's Indian, Fianchetto, Classical Variation, 8.e4, 48 moves, 1-0

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. Orthodox. Gligoric-Taimanov System(E92) 1-0Sacs for K walk
T Enkhbat vs Shulman, 2002 
(E92) King's Indian, 44 moves, 1-0

KID Orthodox. Aronin-Taimanov Def (E97) 0-1A Viking berserker!
Fridman vs Naiditsch, 2013 
(E97) King's Indian, 45 moves, 0-1

French Exchange c3, c6 (C01) 1/2-1/2 No advantage, dead even
S Gvetadze vs Chiburdanidze, 2012 
(C01) French, Exchange, 46 moves, 1/2-1/2

Nimzowitsch shows Black how to win the French Exchange(C01) 0-1
R Grau vs A Nimzowitsch, 1930 
(C01) French, Exchange, 26 moves, 0-1

50 games in Solitaire Chess by Bruce Pandolfini
Larsen vs Portisch, 1964 
(C01) French, Exchange, 33 moves, 1-0

French Advance. Nimzowitsch System (C02) 1-0 Keres goes postal!
Keres vs L Laurine, 1935 
(C02) French, Advance, 27 moves, 1-0

French Rubinstein. Blackburne Def (C10) 0-1 Suspicious fire
P Dimitrov vs V Akobian, 2008 
(C10) French, 26 moves, 0-1

French Rubinstein. Kasparov Attack (C10) 1-0 Strange Kf8, f6
Kasparov vs Ponomariov, 2002 
(C10) French, 38 moves, 1-0

French Rubinstein. Blackburne Def (C10) 1-0White offers Dbl B s
Janowski vs Gunsberg, 1902 
(C10) French, 20 moves, 1-0

Game 173: Secrets of Modern Chess Strategy by John Watson
Kasparov vs Short, 1994 
(C11) French, 32 moves, 1-0

French, Classical. Steinitz (C11) 1-0Greek gift, P wedge, Q+
Steinitz vs C Golmayo, 1888 
(C11) French, 19 moves, 1-0

French Def. Steinitz. Boleslavsky (C11) 1-0Black Ps get busted
Carlsen vs Morozevich, 2012 
(C11) French, 44 moves, 1-0

French, Alekhine-Chatard Attk. Teichmann f6 (C13) 1/2-Wild hoss
Spassky vs C Guimard, 1955 
(C13) French, 27 moves, 1/2-1/2

French Def. Alekhine-Chatard Attk (C13) 0-1 4 "exchange" sacs!
Smeets vs Y Hou, 2008 
(C13) French, 58 moves, 0-1

French Defense: Winawer. Advance (C19) 1-0 Well done~
Smyslov vs Letelier, 1950 
(C19) French, Winawer, Advance, 42 moves, 1-0

Danish Gambit: Accepted. Copenhagen Def (C21) 1-0 Knights Smite
Blackburne vs Cotton, 1880 
(C21) Center Game, 21 moves, 1-0

Philidor Def: Nimzowitsch. Rellstab Var (C41) 1-0 Soviet mini
Y Ulianov vs Zubikov, 1956 
(C41) Philidor Defense, 23 moves, 1-0

Philidor Def: Exchange (C41) 1-0 Threaten mate, snip pawns
Morphy vs A Mongredien, 1859 
(C41) Philidor Defense, 30 moves, 1-0

Philidor Defense (C41) 1-0 Black restriction, but still loses
Teichmann vs A Nimzowitsch, 1911 
(C41) Philidor Defense, 57 moves, 1-0

Philidor Def: Hanham (C41) 0-1 Spearhead, Q decoy sac!
B Blumenfeld vs Alekhine, 1908 
(C41) Philidor Defense, 33 moves, 0-1

Philidor Defense: Exchange (C41) 0-1 Black pawn forks
R Wieser vs Yurtaev, 1991
(C41) Philidor Defense, 23 moves, 0-1

Philidor Def 3...f6? (C41) 1-0 Pins, K walk
Cochrane vs Saumchurn, 1855 
(C41) Philidor Defense, 22 moves, 1-0

Philidor Def. Exchange (C41) 1-0Bb5 pins Qc6-> Nxc7+ Royal fork
de Firmian vs J K Pedersen, 2007 
(C41) Philidor Defense, 10 moves, 1-0

G9 inMy Best Games...1908-1937 by A. Alekhine, 21st Century Ed.
Alekhine vs G Marco, 1912 
(C41) Philidor Defense, 32 moves, 1-0

Russian Game: Urusov Gambit (C42) 1-0 White whips Black
L G L Copp vs R Kerr, 1944 
(C42) Petrov Defense, 20 moves, 1-0

Russian Game: Three Knights Game (C42) 1-0 Ns on 6th
Lasker vs J White, 1892 
(C42) Petrov Defense, 25 moves, 1-0

[Scotch Gambit. Advance Var (C45) 1-0 Who takes the rook?
Dzindzichashvili vs Kalandazichvili, 1967 
(C45) Scotch Game, 18 moves, 1-0

Four Knights Scotch. Accepted (C47) 0-1 Black P daggers dictate
L Dreibergs vs Unzicker, 1946
(C47) Four Knights, 40 moves, 0-1

Italian Game: Evans Gambit. Morphy Attack (C51) 1-0 Morphy-like
Blackburne vs A Steinkuehler, 1864  
(C51) Evans Gambit, 27 moves, 1-0

Chess variants - No N (000) 1-0 Inflict doubled Ps, seize files
Morphy vs A B Arnold, 1859 
(000) Chess variants, 21 moves, 1-0

Evans Gambit. Morphy Attack (C51) 0-1 Notes by Blackburne
Blackburne vs H B Parminter, 1862  
(C51) Evans Gambit, 35 moves, 0-1

Evans Gambit. Stone-Ware Var (C51) 1-0 Arabian mate coming next
E Kemeny vs Pillsbury, 1895 
(C51) Evans Gambit, 35 moves, 1-0

Italian Game: Evans Gambit. Main Line (C52) 1-0 A pair of pins
Morphy vs J Laroche, 1858 
(C52) Evans Gambit, 12 moves, 1-0

Italian Game: Classical. Closed Var (C53) 1-0 Dovetail Mate
Greco vs NN, 1620 
(C53) Giuoco Piano, 14 moves, 1-0

Game 47 in Great Brilliancy Prize Games of the Chess Masters/FR
T van Scheltinga vs Euwe, 1946 
(C53) Giuoco Piano, 25 moves, 0-1

Italian Game: Classical. De la Bourdonnais (C53) 1-0tpstarNotes
Spielmann vs Janowski, 1907 
(C53) Giuoco Piano, 39 moves, 1-0

Italian Game: Classical. Center Holding Var (C53)1-0 g-file pin
Eliskases vs Gruenfeld, 1933 
(C53) Giuoco Piano, 53 moves, 1-0

Two Knights Def Modern B's Opening d3, c3 (C55) 1/2-1/2
M Kobalia vs Karjakin, 2004
(C55) Two Knights Defense, 35 moves, 1/2-1/2

Solitaire Chess by I. A. Horowitz, page 27, move 6.
Szabo vs W J Muhring, 1946 
(C56) Two Knights, 26 moves, 1-0

MSMG Game 56: The Fischer continuation
Fischer vs Gligoric, 1966 
(C69) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation, 25 moves, 1-0

Spanish Morphy Def. Cozio Def (C70) 1-0Decoy, Discovery
Blackburne vs Steinitz, 1882 
(C70) Ruy Lopez, 27 moves, 1-0

Spanish, Morphy Def. Modern Steinitz Def (C72) 1-0 f6 opens the
E Inarkiev vs Kazhgaleyev, 2008 
(C72) Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 5.O-O, 50 moves, 1-0

Spanish, Morphy Def. Steinitz Deferrd (C79) 1-0 Kside crossfire
Olland vs H Wolf, 1902 
(C79) Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense Deferred, 33 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Open Var. Classical Def (C83) 0-1 Central passer
Lilienthal vs V Makogonov, 1951
(C83) Ruy Lopez, Open, 46 moves, 0-1

Spanish Game: Closed, Closed Def (C96) 0-1White center crumbles
R Duff vs A G Ashton, 2013 
(C96) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 37 moves, 0-1

Nimzo-Larsen Attack: Classical (A01) 1-0 Another f6 flounder
Bronstein vs Mephisto, 1994
(A01) Nimzovich-Larsen Attack, 39 moves, 1-0

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

Bird, From Gambit x1. 2Knights (A02) 1-0 Inflict doubled pawns
H Danielsen vs R Hardarson, 2001 
(C30) King's Gambit Declined, 41 moves, 1-0

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

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

vamos el ajedrez argentino, che!!!!
Panno vs Spassky, 1955 
(A04) Reti Opening, 33 moves, 1-0

Zukertort Opening: The Potato (A06) 1-0 Discovered check bites
E Karahaliou vs E Georgopoulou, 1997 
(A06) Reti Opening, 32 moves, 1-0

d3 Old Indian Attack vs Chigorin Def (A06) 1/2-1/2 Black cramp
A Nimzowitsch vs Vidmar, 1907 
(A06) Reti Opening, 45 moves, 1/2-1/2

King's Indian Attack (A07) 0-1 B vs N ending
F Garcia Ares vs V Georgiev, 1999 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 44 moves, 0-1

"deserves to be counted among the finest examples of the art of
Smyslov vs Euwe, 1953 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 68 moves, 1-0

King's Indian Attack (A07) 0-1 N sac for a pawn fork fails
Moheschunder vs Cochrane, 1853
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 14 moves, 0-1

Reti Opening: Reti Gambit (A09) 1-0 Pin on open e-file
Miroshnichenko vs Karjakin, 2001
(A09) Reti Opening, 29 moves, 1-0

Game 60: Richard Réti's Best Games by Golombek
Reti vs K Havasi, 1926 
(A09) Reti Opening, 35 moves, 1-0

English, Agincourt Def. Neo Catalan (A14) 1-0 weak P shield
A Nickel vs W Class, 1992 
(A14) English, 30 moves, 1-0

Notes by Dvoretsky in "Technique for the Tournament Players".
Andersson vs Z Franco Ocampos, 1979 
(A15) English, 42 moves, 1-0

K's English. 2 Knts Smyslov System (A22) 1-0 Lasting initiative
Kharlov vs M Kobalia, 2003 
(A22) English, 50 moves, 1-0

K's English. Four Knights, Fianchetto (A29) 1-0 f-file battery
Stein vs V Lepeshkin, 1965 
(A29) English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto, 27 moves, 1-0

K's English. 4 Knts Fianchetto (A29) 1-0 Rs factor for passer
K Spraggett vs Z Abdumalik, 2014 
(A29) English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto, 44 moves, 1-0

K's English. Four Knights Fianchetto (A29) 1-0 Polka finish!
W Schmidt vs J Lewi, 1968 
(A29) English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto, 42 moves, 1-0

English, Symmetrical. Fianchetto Var (A34) 1-0 2 mating squares
Ding Liren vs Jakovenko, 2019 
(A34) English, Symmetrical, 42 moves, 1-0

Horwitz Defense: General (A40) 1-0 Pure Greco's Mate!
R Hovhannisyan vs M Yudkevich, 2013 
(A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 30 moves, 1-0

Rat Defense (A41) 1-0 Her best thus far
A Kashlinskaya vs Sevian, 2018 
(A41) Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6), 37 moves, 1-0

Wade Defense: General (A41) 1-0Central N & R on 7th get results
W Ju vs J Zhang, 2010 
(A41) Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6), 42 moves, 1-0

Modern Def Averbakh Var (A42) 1-0 2 Knights on 6th
Uhlmann vs J Barendregt, 1961 
(A42) Modern Defense, Averbakh System, 21 moves, 1-0

Canard Formation/Stonewall Attk (A45) 1-0 Kside P storm
E F Pecci vs Fritz, 2001 
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 28 moves, 1-0

(A45) Veresov 4.e3 e6 5.Qf3 1-0, 23 moves
Short vs Giri, 2010 
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 23 moves, 1-0

Must Know Veresov Mini: Indian Game: Maddigan Gambit (A45) 1-0
A Roesch vs R Ruessel, 1990 
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 9 moves, 1-0

Trompowsky Attk: 3.h4 Raptor Var(A45) 1-0 Sizzler
Hodgson vs M Hebden, 1992 
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 37 moves, 1-0

Trompowsky Attack: Classical Def. 2...e6 Big Center (A45) 1-0EZ
Hodgson vs J Rowson, 2001 
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 51 moves, 1-0

'The Soviet Championships' by Mark Taimanov & Bernard Cafferty
Korchnoi vs Keres, 1965 
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 40 moves, 0-1

Yusupov-Rubinstein System (A46) 1-0Stonewall-ish cxd5, Bc4, Qb3
A Yusupov vs M Drasko, 1984
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 56 moves, 1-0

Indian Game: Wade-Tartakower Def (A46) 1-0 Not Gary White game
O Sarapu vs I Ilic, 1990
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 48 moves, 1-0

G2: Most Stunning Victories of 2016 by Naiditsch, Balogh & Maze
Radjabov vs O Bortnyk, 2016 
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 29 moves, 1-0

Indian Game: Yusupov-Rubinstein System (A46) 1-0Stockfish notes
Lobron vs Korchnoi, 1998 
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 28 moves, 1-0

Indian Game: Capablanca Var (A47) 1-0 uncastled, f6, pins, etc
Bogoljubov vs Torre, 1925 
(A47) Queen's Indian, 44 moves, 1-0

A48 1-0 31
Tartakower vs Reti, 1927 
(A48) King's Indian, 31 moves, 1-0

Budapest Defense: Alekhine Var (A52) 1-0 Historic photo
Spielmann vs Reti, 1919 
(A52) Budapest Gambit, 31 moves, 1-0

Game 72Svetozar Gligoric Collected Games, Edited by Colin Leach
Gligoric vs Petrosian, 1954 
(A56) Benoni Defense, 36 moves, 1-0

Benoni Defense: Dbl Fianchetto (A62) 0-1Super Nezh Exchange Sac
V Zak vs R Nezhmetdinov, 1951 
(A62) Benoni, Fianchetto Variation, 28 moves, 0-1

A brilliant simplification into a won endgame starting with 50.
G Neumann vs Anderssen, 1866 
(A83) Dutch, Staunton Gambit, 54 moves, 0-1

Dutch Defense: Staunton Gambit. Chigorin (A83) 0-1 R excursion
G Neumann vs Anderssen, 1866 
(A83) Dutch, Staunton Gambit, 31 moves, 0-1

Nimzowitsch Def. Scandinavian. Advance (B00) 0-1 U12 Demolition
E Tsotsonava vs Annapoorni Meiyappan, 2016 
(B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 25 moves, 0-1

Nimzowitsch Defense: Mikenas Var (B00) 1-0 BF blasts foe
Fischer vs T Schuch, 1964 
(B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 25 moves, 1-0

Nimzowitsch Def: Breyer Var (B00) 0-1 Rare X-ray+
Euwe vs Breyer, 1921 
(B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 30 moves, 0-1

Nimzowitsch Defense: Scandinavian. Advance (B00) 0-1 Q&P sacs
J W te Kolste vs A Nimzowitsch, 1925 
(B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 38 moves, 0-1

Nimzowitsch Defense: Williams Var (B00) 1-0 Resembles Opera #
Gligoric vs J Rosenstein, 1963 
(B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 21 moves, 1-0

Alekhine Def: Brooklyn Var (B02) 1-0 Reasonable play follows
R Tischbierek vs G Welling, 1990
(B02) Alekhine's Defense, 41 moves, 1-0

Alekhine Def: 4 Pawns Attk. ML (B03) 1-0 Consider ALL captures
K Berndtsson vs S Takacs, 1927 
(B03) Alekhine's Defense, 26 moves, 1-0

Alekhine Def: 4 Pawns Attk. ML (B03) 1-0 Different capture
H von Hennig vs I Engert, 1932 
(B03) Alekhine's Defense, 28 moves, 1-0

Alekhine Def: 4 Pawns Attk. Trifunovic Var (B03) 1-0 Rooks EG
K Darga vs K Palda, 1960 
(B03) Alekhine's Defense, 63 moves, 1-0

Alekhine Def. Modern. Alburt Var (B04) 1-0 Discovered Double++
Karpov vs K Grigorian, 1971 
(B04) Alekhine's Defense, Modern, 39 moves, 1-0

Alekhine Defense: Modern. ML (B05) 1-0 Another f6 weakness
Smyslov vs Spassky, 1960 
(B05) Alekhine's Defense, Modern, 29 moves, 1-0

Modern Defense: K Pawn Fianchetto (B06) 1-0 Intermezzo Ns
Short vs M Galyas, 2016
(B06) Robatsch, 45 moves, 1-0

Game 18 in 'How Good is your Chess?' by Daniel John King.
Tal vs C Hoi, 1985 
(B06) Robatsch, 43 moves, 1-0

Pirc Def: Classical. Quiet System Czech Def (B08) 1-0 f6 loss
Junior vs The Baron, 2011 
(B08) Pirc, Classical, 41 moves, 1-0

Pirc Def: Austrian Attack. Weiss Var (B09) 1-0 White corrects P
Sax vs E Torre, 1979 
(B09) Pirc, Austrian Attack, 31 moves, 1-0

Caro-Kann Advance. Tal Var (B12) 0-1 Karpov's N Manuever
Ivanchuk vs Karpov, 1993 
(B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 52 moves, 0-1

Caro-Kann Def Exchange. Rubinstein Var (B13) 1-0 Pin, Interfere
Milner-Barry vs Znosko-Borovsky, 1928 
(B13) Caro-Kann, Exchange, 26 moves, 1-0

Caro-Kann Defense: Exchange (B13) 0-1 Notes by Nimzowitsch
Spielmann vs A Nimzowitsch, 1923  
(B13) Caro-Kann, Exchange, 26 moves, 0-1

Caro-Kann Def. Classical. Main lines (B19) 1-0 28...f6xBe5
Anand vs Macieja, 2006 
(B18) Caro-Kann, Classical, 32 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Bowlder Attack (B20) 1-0 Jaw dropper
Kieseritzky vs H Buckle, 1846 
(B20) Sicilian, 36 moves, 1-0

Morphy notes (Fritz disagrees), defeat snatched from jaws of V
McDonnell vs La Bourdonnais, 1834  
(B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 44 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Def. McDonnell Attack (B21) 1-0 Qs race to 7th+, 8th#
I Sabau vs A J Goldsby, 2003 
(B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 30 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Alapin. Stoltz Attack (B22) 1-0 Remove the Guard
D Howell vs A Jansson, 2006 
(B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 26 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Defense: Hyperaccelerated Dragon (B27) 1-0 30.?
Tal vs Benko, 1959 
(B27) Sicilian, 30 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Def: Nimzowitsch. Exchange (B29) 1-0D. King video link
Carlsen vs N Grandelius, 2016 
(B29) Sicilian, Nimzovich-Rubinstein, 38 moves, 1-0

Old Sicilian 5.Qe2 (B30) 0-1 Kickin' the Q around gains time
Vachier-Lagrave vs V Spasov, 2006 
(B30) Sicilian, 31 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Defense: Nezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attk (B30) 1-0 Hogtied
Anand vs L Christiansen, 1993 
(B30) Sicilian, 61 moves, 1-0

Old Sicilian Bc4 (B30) 1-0 Get the Queen in close
Anand vs Tiviakov, 2001 
(B30) Sicilian, 40 moves, 1-0

Old Sicilian. Open (B32) 1-0 Notes by Stockfish. 31.?
Ivanchuk vs Anand, 1994 
(B32) Sicilian, 35 moves, 1-0

Once again the piece defeats the 3 pawns in the ending.
P Leonhardt vs C Jaffe, 1911 
(B40) Sicilian, 62 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Def Paulsen Var (B46) 0-1 Long, strong Q move+ next
A Guerrero vs J Polgar, 2014 
(B46) Sicilian, Taimanov Variation, 34 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Def Classical. Anti-Fischer-Sozin (B57) 1-0open e-file
D Janaszak vs A Siwiec, 2009 
(B57) Sicilian, 28 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Richter-Rauzer. Classical (B64) 1-0 Pin, add attackers
Korchnoi vs Geller, 1954 
(B64) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 25 moves, 1-0

Dragon. Classical Battery Variation (B73) 1-0 f6 gets flattened
M Illescas vs S Rachels, 1987 
(B73) Sicilian, Dragon, Classical, 27 moves, 1-0

French Defense: Exchange Var (C01) 0-1 Q forks EAD & LPDO
R Sander vs Carlsen, 2002 
(C01) French, Exchange, 29 moves, 0-1

Spanish Berlin Def. Pillsbury (C67) 1-0 B captures invisible R
M Apicella vs A Payen, 1999
(C67) Ruy Lopez, 26 moves, 1-0

Russian Game: Classical Attack. Jaenisch (C42) 1-0 Q+ & fork R
Shirov vs Smeets, 2010 
(C42) Petrov Defense, 37 moves, 1-0

Spanish, Exchange. Gligoric 5.0-0 f6 (C69) 1-0 BF's secret weap
Fischer vs Portisch, 1966 
(C69) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation, 34 moves, 1-0

Colle-Zukertort/Stonewall vs NY System/Baltic Def(D02) 1-0N Sac
Capablanca vs T Germann, 1919 
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 30 moves, 1-0

Russian Game: Classical Attk. Mason-Showalter (C42) 1-0 Blindfo
Svidler vs Topalov, 2004 
(C42) Petrov Defense, 31 moves, 1-0

Italian Game: Classical. Greco Gambit Tradition (C54) 1-0 f6
Memel CC vs Koenigsburg CC, 1872 
(C54) Giuoco Piano, 27 moves, 1-0

Game 671 in Chess Informant Best Games 601-700
Anand vs Karpov, 1996 
(D21) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 36 moves, 1-0

Slav Def. Chameleon. Advance System (D15) 0-1Sac to enter 2nd r
Jobava vs X Bu, 2006 
(D15) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 35 moves, 0-1

G17 in Chess Highlights of the 20th Century by Graham Burgess
Janowski vs Tarrasch, 1905 
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 37 moves, 1-0

Ljubojevic called 20...f6 an ugly move.
Topalov vs Kasimdzhanov, 2005 
(D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 32 moves, 1-0

Lasker vs Tarrasch, 1916 
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 25 moves, 1-0

London System (D02) 0-1 Weak pawns, weak squares
F J Lee vs D Przepiorka, 1905
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 59 moves, 0-1

Krause Def. vs London System (D02) 0-1 Exchanges Ne5
Schlechter vs Rotlewi, 1911 
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 40 moves, 0-1

Spanish Game: Fianchetto Def (C60) 1/2-1/2 Where to hide?
G Marco vs Pillsbury, 1898 
(C60) Ruy Lopez, 81 moves, 1/2-1/2

KGD. Classical f5 vs f6, 0-0 vs 0-0-0 (C30) 1-0 Ne6 Discovery
Fedorov vs J Norri, 1997 
(C30) King's Gambit Declined, 31 moves, 1-0

King's Gambit: Declined. Classical (C30) 1-0 Closed ingenuity
Capablanca vs Ruiz / Molina, 1914 
(C30) King's Gambit Declined, 39 moves, 1-0

Game 161 in Understanding Chess Middlegames by John Nunn
Mamedyarov vs Topalov, 2007 
(D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 30 moves, 1-0

Slav Def: Quiet Var. Schallopp Def (D12) 1-0 Flabbergasting B!!
P List vs J Mieses, 1927 
(D12) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 33 moves, 1-0

Q Pawn Game: Anti-Torre 2...Bg4 (D02) 1-0 Vukovic Mate
Lasker vs Schiffers, 1896 
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 49 moves, 1-0

Q Pawn Game: Anti-Torre (D02) 0-1 Notes by JHB
F J Lee vs Blackburne, 1890  
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 29 moves, 0-1

Vienna Game: Anderssen Def (C25) 1-0 Memorable board play!
Blackburne vs J M Hanham, 1889  
(C25) Vienna, 22 moves, 1-0

Italian, Classical. Greco Gambit Moeller-Therkatz Attk(C54) 0-1
M Gokcek vs A Kobayashi, 2008
(C54) Giuoco Piano, 27 moves, 0-1

Evans Gambit. Goering Attk (C51) 0-1 Overworked P triggers exch
B Yankovich vs Chigorin, 1901
(C51) Evans Gambit, 39 moves, 0-1

Vienna Game: Anderssen Def (C25) 0-1 Defensive aggression!
Zukertort vs C Goering, 1877 
(C25) Vienna, 42 moves, 0-1

English Opening: Symmetrical. Bind (A30) 1-0 Overworked Pawn
Tal vs A Menvielle Laccourreye, 1966 
(A30) English, Symmetrical, 26 moves, 1-0

Colle System (D05) 1-0 g-pawn thrust opens lines
Reshevsky vs A Kevitz, 1936 
(D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 44 moves, 1-0

Slav Def: Czech. Classical System (D18) 1-0 What a finish!
Gligoric vs M Gerusel, 1969 
(D18) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Dutch, 32 moves, 1-0

Four Knights Game: Gunsberg Var (C46) 1-0 24.0-0-0 wins again
Carlsen vs S Nyysti, 2002 
(C46) Three Knights, 42 moves, 1-0

Neue Berliner Schachzeitung 1867, p. 242
C Golmayo vs G Neumann, 1867
(C53) Giuoco Piano, 28 moves, 0-1

Spanish Game: Open. Motzko Attack II (C82) 1-0 Spearheads rule
Breyer vs M Chodera, 1911 
(C82) Ruy Lopez, Open, 28 moves, 1-0

Anti-Colle 3...Bf5 (D04) 1-0 Black is one step behind
Maroczy vs D Marotti, 1922
(D04) Queen's Pawn Game, 32 moves, 1-0

Slav Def: Chameleon Var (D15) 1-0 Gain time threatening the Q
S Williams vs G Lock, 2009 
(D15) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 25 moves, 1-0

Danish Gambit: Accepted (C21) 1-0 0-0-0, Pillsbury's R sac
J Mieses vs Marshall, 1902 
(C21) Center Game, 32 moves, 1-0

QGD: General (D30) 1-0 Minor piece sacs to get the Q in close.
Korchnoi vs N Gusev, 1956 
(D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 30 moves, 1-0

Spanish, Berlin Def. Rio Gambit Accptd (C67) 1-0Trap w/analysis
L Bachmann vs M Fiechtl, 1886 
(C67) Ruy Lopez, 15 moves, 1-0

Sicil Richter-Rauzer. Exchange Var (B62) 1-0Counterattack fails
K Richter vs H Wagner, 1932 
(B62) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer, 18 moves, 1-0

Nimzowitsch-Larsen Attk: 3.c4 (A06) 1-0 Cap, Recapture, N+ fork
E Moradiabadi vs M Sharbaf, 2001
(A06) Reti Opening, 27 moves, 1-0

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