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Wonders and Curiosities of Chess (Chernev)
Compiled by Qindarka
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Game 1
A Gibaud vs F Lazard, 1924 
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 4 moves, 0-1

Game 2
H Wolf vs Duras, 1907 
(C77) Ruy Lopez, 168 moves, 1-0

Game 3
S Levitsky vs Marshall, 1912 
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 23 moves, 0-1

Game 4
Menchik vs G A Thomas, 1932 
(E85) King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox Variation, 24 moves, 1-0

Game 5
Capablanca vs P Tarasov, 1922 
(D26) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 34 moves, 1-0

Game 6
Morphy vs C A Seguin, 1858  
(C41) Philidor Defense, 47 moves, 1-0

Game 7
Pillsbury vs H Haeusler, 1900 
(C25) Vienna, 27 moves, 1-0

Game 8
J N Berger vs Marshall, 1907 
(B01) Scandinavian, 61 moves, 1/2-1/2

Game 9
Englisch vs Tarrasch, 1885 
(E76) King's Indian, Four Pawns Attack, 44 moves, 1-0

Game 10
Marshall vs H Rogosin, 1940 
(B20) Sicilian, 26 moves, 1-0

Game 11
NN vs H Bruening, 1907 
(D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 6 moves, 0-1

Game 12
R Kujoth vs J Fashingbauer, 1950 
(B20) Sicilian, 28 moves, 1-0

Game 13
S Lyman vs B Greenwald, 1964 
(B01) Scandinavian, 13 moves, 1-0

Game 14
Charousek vs Lasker, 1896 
(C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 36 moves, 1-0

Game 15
Dake vs H Mueller, 1933 
(A31) English, Symmetrical, Benoni Formation, 21 moves, 1-0

Game 16
Chigorin vs Albin, 1896 
(D09) Queen's Gambit Declined, Albin Counter Gambit, 5.g3, 62 moves, 1-0

Game 17
Capablanca vs Marshall, 1918 
(C89) Ruy Lopez, Marshall, 36 moves, 1-0

Game 18
Euwe vs Rubinstein, 1928 
(D63) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 55 moves, 1-0

Game 19
Alekhine vs Rubinstein, 1930 
(D63) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 46 moves, 1-0

Game 20
Tarrasch vs G Marco, 1892 
(C66) Ruy Lopez, 18 moves, 1-0

Game 21
Gruenfeld vs Torre, 1925 
(A90) Dutch, 13 moves, 0-1

Game 22
Torre vs Gruenfeld, 1925 
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 67 moves, 1-0

Game 23
M Warren vs J Selman, 1932 
(A51) Budapest Gambit, 6 moves, 0-1

Game 25
Marshall vs Lasker, 1900 
(D50) Queen's Gambit Declined, 58 moves, 1-0

Game 26
Marshall vs Lasker, 1940 
(D62) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack, 34 moves, 1-0

Game 27
Rubinstein vs Nimzowitsch, 1912  
(A55) Old Indian, Main line, 50 moves, 1-0

Game 28
Ruy Lopez vs G da Cutri, 1560 
(C30) King's Gambit Declined, 12 moves, 1-0

Game 29
J Congdon vs E Delmar, 1880 
(C61) Ruy Lopez, Bird's Defense, 44 moves, 1/2-1/2

Game 31
W Potter vs NN, 1870 
(000) Chess variants, 15 moves, 1-0

Game 32
M Lange vs J von Schierstedt, 1856 
(C25) Vienna, 21 moves, 1-0

Game 33
Lasker vs W Napier, 1904 
(B25) Sicilian, Closed, 35 moves, 1-0

Game 34
Rubinstein vs Lasker, 1909  
(D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 40 moves, 1-0

Game 35
Alekhine vs Rubinstein, 1910  
(C68) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, 39 moves, 0-1

Game 36
Rubinstein vs Capablanca, 1911  
(D33) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 42 moves, 1-0

Game 38
Alekhine vs Lasker, 1934 
(D67) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, Bd3 line, 26 moves, 1-0

Game 39
Lilienthal vs Capablanca, 1935 
(E24) Nimzo-Indian, Samisch, 26 moves, 1-0

Game 40
Reti vs Tartakower, 1910 
(B15) Caro-Kann, 11 moves, 1-0

Game 41
Reti vs Hromadka, 1922 
(C30) King's Gambit Declined, 40 moves, 1-0

Game 43
Steinitz vs Von Bardeleben, 1895 
(C54) Giuoco Piano, 25 moves, 1-0

Game 44
W R Ballard vs J Fagan, 1884  
(000) Chess variants, 30 moves, 1-0

Game 45
Cambridge vs Bedlam Asylum, 1883 
(B45) Sicilian, Taimanov, 25 moves, 0-1

Game 46
Tarrasch vs Burn, 1907 
(C84) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 30 moves, 1-0

Game 48
E Lazarev vs R Ermakov, 1962 
(D47) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 25 moves, 1-0

Game 49
Unzicker vs Fischer, 1960 
(B98) Sicilian, Najdorf, 22 moves, 1-0

Game 50
W Von Holzhausen vs Tarrasch, 1912 
(C55) Two Knights Defense, 14 moves, 1-0

Game 51
Bird / Dobell vs Gunsberg / Locock, 1897 
(A02) Bird's Opening, 9 moves, 0-1

Game 52
D van Foreest vs J Mieses, 1949 
(B44) Sicilian, 19 moves, 0-1

Game 53
H Wolf vs Rubinstein, 1922 
(C49) Four Knights, 60 moves, 0-1

Game 54
N Riumin vs Capablanca, 1935 
(E37) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 29 moves, 1-0

Game 55
R Franz vs Mayet, 1858 
(C42) Petrov Defense, 69 moves, 0-1

Game 56
Fine vs R Byrne, 1945 
(A48) King's Indian, 38 moves, 1-0

Game 57
Capablanca vs H Mattison, 1929 
(E38) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 4...c5, 20 moves, 1-0

Game 58
L Forgacs vs Maroczy, 1902 
(B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 27 moves, 0-1

Game 60
Alekhine / Allies vs Bogoljubov / Allies, 1921 
(D63) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 33 moves, 1-0

Game 61
Pillsbury vs J Moeller, 1902 
(C55) Two Knights Defense, 39 moves, 1-0

Game 62
Tarrasch vs Marshall, 1907 
(B01) Scandinavian, 43 moves, 1/2-1/2

Game 63
Janowski vs Reshevsky, 1922 
(D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 65 moves, 0-1

Game 64
Dake vs F R DiPaula, 1935 
(C15) French, Winawer, 9 moves, 0-1

Game 65
A Powers vs Dake, 1937 
(B02) Alekhine's Defense, 10 moves, 1-0

Game 66
Kmoch vs T Ellison, 1948 
(C07) French, Tarrasch, 8 moves, 0-1

Game 67
H Borochow vs Fine, 1932 
(B02) Alekhine's Defense, 11 moves, 1-0

Game 68
Morphy vs Maurian, 1855 
(000) Chess variants, 12 moves, 0-1

Game 69
Capablanca vs A Kevitz, 1924 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 13 moves, 0-1

Game 70
Reshevsky vs Z Margalit, 1958 
(E42) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 c5, 5.Ne2 (Rubinstein), 9 moves, 0-1

Game 71
Fischer vs R Burger, 1964 
(C57) Two Knights, 14 moves, 0-1

Game 72
Morphy vs T Barnes, 1859 
(C27) Vienna Game, 38 moves, 0-1

Game 73
Capablanca vs Spielmann, 1928 
(D15) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 39 moves, 0-1

Game 74
Marshall vs Chigorin, 1902 
(D07) Queen's Gambit Declined, Chigorin Defense, 20 moves, 1-0

Game 75
G Bellingham vs H Voigt, 1901 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 51 moves, 1/2-1/2

Game 76
O Chajes vs Capablanca, 1916 
(C12) French, McCutcheon, 66 moves, 1-0

Game 77
V Buerger vs Alekhine, 1937 
(E10) Queen's Pawn Game, 54 moves, 1-0

Game 78
N Banks vs Kashdan, 1926 
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 46 moves, 1-0

Game 79
Tarrasch vs Alapin, 1889 
(C42) Petrov Defense, 6 moves, 1-0

Game 80
Schlechter vs Tarrasch, 1911 
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 106 moves, 1-0

Game 81
Tarrasch vs Schlechter, 1911 
(C78) Ruy Lopez, 109 moves, 1-0

Game 82
V Soldatenkov vs S Durnovo, 1898 
(C21) Center Game, 24 moves, 1-0

Game 83
Maroczy vs Lasker, 1924 
(C11) French, 30 moves, 0-1

Game 84
Tarrasch vs Yates, 1910 
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 33 moves, 0-1

Game 86
M Weiss vs J Schwarz, 1883 
(C01) French, Exchange, 27 moves, 1/2-1/2

Game 87
V Mikenas vs Kashdan, 1931 
(D51) Queen's Gambit Declined, 18 moves, 1/2-1/2

Game 88
Janowski vs O Chajes, 1916 
(D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 26 moves, 1-0

Game 89
Janowski vs Ed. Lasker, 1924 
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 71 moves, 1/2-1/2

Game 90
McDonnell vs La Bourdonnais, 1834 
(B32) Sicilian, 37 moves, 0-1

Game 91
E Z Adams vs Torre, 1920 
(C41) Philidor Defense, 23 moves, 1-0

Game 92
Bogoljubov vs Alekhine, 1934 
(A44) Old Benoni Defense, 46 moves, 0-1

Game 93
Tarrasch vs A Fritz, 1889 
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 8 moves, 1/2-1/2

Game 94
J McConnell vs Morphy, 1850 
(C02) French, Advance, 14 moves, 0-1

Game 95
Capablanca vs A Schroeder, 1916 
(D63) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 30 moves, 1-0

Game 96
G Koshnitsky vs Hewitt, 1945 
(A29) English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto, 17 moves, 1-0

Game 98
Burn vs Marshall, 1906 
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 40 moves, 0-1

Game 99
J Mieses vs Marshall, 1903 
(C21) Center Game, 24 moves, 1-0

Game 100
Morphy vs J Kipping, 1858  
(C45) Scotch Game, 29 moves, 0-1

Game 101
T Drezga vs Baratz, 1929 
(C55) Two Knights Defense, 15 moves, 0-1

Game 102
Alekhine vs Koehnlein, 1908 
(D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 17 moves, 1-0

Game 103
E Pritchard vs H de Beaufort Saunders, 1936 
(C51) Evans Gambit, 21 moves, 1-0

Game 104
Nimzowitsch vs Tarrasch, 1914  
(D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 32 moves, 0-1

Game 105
Lasker vs J Bauer, 1889 
(A03) Bird's Opening, 38 moves, 1-0

Game 106
Szabo vs Reshevsky, 1953 
(D42) Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 7.Bd3, 27 moves, 1/2-1/2

Game 107
Averbakh vs C Purdy, 1960 
(A16) English, 48 moves, 1-0

Game 108
E Cohn vs Chigorin, 1907 
(A53) Old Indian, 37 moves, 1-0

Game 110
Bogoljubov vs Alekhine, 1922 
(A90) Dutch, 53 moves, 0-1

Game 111
Alekhine vs V Nenarokov, 1907 
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 43 moves, 0-1

Game 112
Capablanca vs K Treybal, 1929 
(D11) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 58 moves, 1-0

Game 113
Yates vs Alekhine, 1924 
(C72) Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 5.O-O, 35 moves, 0-1

Game 114
O Chajes vs Gruenfeld, 1923 
(C84) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 120 moves, 0-1

Game 115
Lindemann vs Echtermeyer, 1893  
(B01) Scandinavian, 3 moves, 0-1

Game 116
J Mason vs Winawer, 1883  
(C13) French, 43 moves, 0-1

Game 117
E Steiner vs Colle, 1926 
(B02) Alekhine's Defense, 27 moves, 1-0

Game 118
Keres vs Benko, 1962 
(B32) Sicilian, 38 moves, 1-0

Game 120
F de Castellvi vs N Vinyoles, 1475 
(B01) Scandinavian, 21 moves, 1-0

Game 121
Eliskases vs W Henneberger, 1934 
(E47) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3, 27 moves, 0-1

Game 122
Reshevsky vs R C Griffith, 1920 
(C67) Ruy Lopez, 30 moves, 1-0

Game 123
R Krogius vs A Ojanen, 1944 
(B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 14 moves, 1-0

Game 125
K Hamppe vs Meitner, 1872 
(C25) Vienna, 18 moves, 1/2-1/2

Game 126
Stahlberg vs Averbakh, 1963 
(A04) Reti Opening, 25 moves, 1-0

Game 127
J D Tresling vs L Benima, 1896 
(C78) Ruy Lopez, 45 moves, 1-0

Game 128
Tartakower vs G Fuster, 1948 
(D20) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 13 moves, 1-0

Game 129
Fischer vs P Dely, 1967 
(B88) Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin Attack, 17 moves, 1-0

Game 130
Flohr vs Sultan Khan, 1932 
(A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 26 moves, 1/2-1/2

Game 132
Kolisch vs Anderssen, 1861 
(B40) Sicilian, 22 moves, 1-0

Game 134
Gossip vs E E Gilbert, 1879 
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 42 moves, 0-1

Game 135
Lasker vs Schlechter, 1910  
(D11) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 71 moves, 1-0

Game 136
Tal vs K Klaman, 1957 
(B61) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer, Larsen Variation, 7.Qd2, 34 moves, 1-0

Game 137
M Aaron vs Filip, 1962 
(B80) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 25 moves, 0-1

Game 138
Schlechter vs A Kaufmann, 1916 
(D31) Queen's Gambit Declined, 49 moves, 1-0

Game 139
Von Gottschall vs Tarrasch, 1888 
(C16) French, Winawer, 100 moves, 0-1

Game 140
Euwe vs Reti, 1920 
(C56) Two Knights, 20 moves, 0-1

Game 141
Reti vs Euwe, 1920 
(A83) Dutch, Staunton Gambit, 19 moves, 1-0

Game 142
NN vs Bronstein, 1961 
(E30) Nimzo-Indian, Leningrad, 19 moves, 0-1

Game 143
E Canal vs NN, 1934 
(B01) Scandinavian, 14 moves, 1-0

Game 144
Wiede vs A Goetz, 1880 
(C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 7 moves, 0-1

Game 145
Chapelle vs P Journoud, 1860 
(B20) Sicilian, 15 moves, 0-1

Game 146
NN vs B Koch, 1931 
(D10) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 15 moves, 0-1

Game 147
Morphy vs E Morphy, 1849 
(C53) Giuoco Piano, 20 moves, 1-0

Game 148
T F Lawrence vs A W Fox, 1911 
(B56) Sicilian, 36 moves, 0-1

Game 149
Yates vs Marshall, 1929 
(D51) Queen's Gambit Declined, 62 moves, 1/2-1/2

Game 150
H Mattison vs Rubinstein, 1929 
(C68) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, 38 moves, 0-1

Game 151
Capablanca vs Alekhine, 1927 
(D52) Queen's Gambit Declined, 66 moves, 0-1

Game 152
R Iglesias vs Capablanca, 1893 
(000) Chess variants, 38 moves, 0-1

Game 153
Conroy vs Mac Hack VI, 1967 
(C58) Two Knights, 34 moves, 1/2-1/2

Game 155
Schlechter vs J Mieses, 1909 
(B01) Scandinavian, 44 moves, 0-1

Game 156
G Gundersen vs A H Faul, 1928 
(C02) French, Advance, 15 moves, 1-0

Game 157
Morphy vs A Morphy, 1850 
(000) Chess variants, 18 moves, 1-0

Game 158
O Feuer vs O'Kelly, 1934 
(C73) Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 13 moves, 1-0

Game 159
Bird vs J Mason, 1876 
(C11) French, 50 moves, 1-0

Game 161
Alekhine vs K Sterk, 1921 
(D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 30 moves, 1-0

Game 162
Botvinnik vs V Chekhover, 1935 
(A13) English, 43 moves, 1-0

Game 163
M Ortueta Esteban vs J Sanz Aguado, 1933 
(C00) French Defense, 35 moves, 0-1

Game 164
Tylkowski vs A Wojciechowski, 1931 
(A03) Bird's Opening, 40 moves, 0-1

Game 165
Olland vs A Hamming, 1933 
(B83) Sicilian, 25 moves, 0-1

Game 166
Smyslov vs Reshevsky, 1945 
(C82) Ruy Lopez, Open, 41 moves, 1-0

Game 167
Bronstein vs Pilnik, 1954 
(E75) King's Indian, Averbakh, Main line, 69 moves, 1-0

Game 168
Capablanca vs Janowski, 1911 
(D40) Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 66 moves, 1-0

Game 169
Panov vs M Yudovich Sr., 1937 
(C13) French, 26 moves, 0-1

Game 170
Euwe vs Capablanca, 1931 
(E11) Bogo-Indian Defense, 56 moves, 1/2-1/2

Game 171
Keres vs Alekhine, 1937 
(C71) Ruy Lopez, 23 moves, 1-0

Game 172
Keres vs Capablanca, 1938 
(C09) French, Tarrasch, Open Variation, Main line, 38 moves, 1-0

Game 173
Keres vs Smyslov, 1939 
(D55) Queen's Gambit Declined, 33 moves, 1-0

Game 174
Euwe vs Keres, 1940 
(E19) Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3, 34 moves, 0-1

Game 175
Keres vs Petrosian, 1949 
(E60) King's Indian Defense, 39 moves, 1-0

Game 176
Tal vs Keres, 1954 
(E92) King's Indian, 43 moves, 0-1

Game 177
Keres vs Botvinnik, 1956 
(B63) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 34 moves, 1-0

Game 178
Keres vs Spassky, 1955 
(E14) Queen's Indian, 30 moves, 1-0

Game 179
Fischer vs Keres, 1959 
(B11) Caro-Kann, Two Knights, 3...Bg4, 30 moves, 0-1

Game 180
Fischer vs Tal, 1961 
(B47) Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation, 47 moves, 1-0

Game 181
Capablanca vs Yates, 1924 
(A48) King's Indian, 77 moves, 1-0

Game 183
Bronstein vs Botvinnik, 1944 
(C92) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 64 moves, 1-0

Game 184
E Cohn vs Rubinstein, 1909 
(D21) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 38 moves, 0-1

Game 185
Fischer vs Matulovic, 1970  
(C63) Ruy Lopez, Schliemann Defense, 33 moves, 1-0

Game 186
Keres vs Najdorf, 1955 
(B98) Sicilian, Najdorf, 25 moves, 1-0

Game 187
F Young vs L Dore, 1892 
(C21) Center Game, 22 moves, 1-0

Game 188
L Steiner vs Bogoljubov, 1928 
(C87) Ruy Lopez, 56 moves, 1-0

Game 189
P Dubinin vs D Petrov, 1936 
(C10) French, 28 moves, 1-0

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