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Emoved some D games from this collection.
Compiled by fredthebear
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Here's a variety of A games focusing on the English Opening.

Queen Elizabeth I took the crown of England on January 15, 1559 and ruled until her death in 1603. Within are things you might not know about Good Queen Bess.

A01 Larsen's Opening
A02 Bird's Opening
A03 Bird's Opening, 1...d5
A04 Réti Opening, 1. Nf3
A05 Reti Opening, 2...Nf6
A06 Reti Opening, 2...d5
A07 Reti Opening, King's Indian attack (Barcza system) A08 Reti Opening, King's Indian attack
A09 Reti Opening, 2...d5 3.c4

Queen Elizabeth was the only English queen who never married. Despite the many men who vied for her hand, Elizabeth never accepted a husband. She is the only English queen to bear this distinction, although eight kings before her also remained lifelong bachelors (Æthelstan, Eadred, Edward the Martyr, Harthacnut, Edgar the Ætheling, William II, Edward V, and Elizabeth's brother Edward VI).

A10 English Opening - Separate collection
A11 English, Caro-Kann defensive system
A12 English, Caro-Kann defensive system
A13 English Opening
A14 English, Neo-Catalan declined
A15 English, 1...Nf6 (Anglo-Indian defence)
A16 English Opening
A17 English Opening, Hedgehog Defence
A18 English, Mikenas-Carls variation
A19 English, Mikenas-Carls, Sicilian variation
A20 English Opening
A21 English Opening
A22 English Opening

At nearly 1000 years old, the Tower of London inspires awe, fear, and intrigue. William the Conqueror, who became the first Norman king of England, built the White Tower in 1066 as part of his massive fortress on the River Thames as a symbol of his power. Over the centuries, the structure expanded into 21 towers. The UNESCO World Heritage Site is a landmark in London that millions visit every year.

The fortress has played many roles over the years, serving as a royal palace, a menagerie, a prison, the Royal Mint, and a repository for royal documents and the Crown Jewels. Here are seven facts you may not know about the Tower of London.

A23 English Opening, Bremen system, Keres variation A24 English Opening, Bremen system with 3...g6
A25 English Opening, Sicilian Reversed
A26 English Opening, Closed system
A27 English Opening, Three knights system
A28 English Opening, Four knights system
A29 English Opening, Four knights, kingside Fianchetto

The Tower of London has held notable prisoners.
From royals accused of treason and religious conspirators to thieves and even sorcerers, many people have been incarcerated in the Tower of London, but the experiences differed—some were tortured and starved, while others were waited on by servants. And some were executed. Three queens were beheaded at the tower in the 16th century. Elizabeth I was just 2 when her mother Anne Boleyn was condemned to death by her husband, King Henry VIII. The king later beheaded his fifth wife, Catherine Howard. The third rolling regal head was of proclaimed queen Lady Jane Grey, also known as the "nine days' queen," who was 17 when she was charged with high treason by Queen Mary I.

A30 English Opening, Symmetrical variation
A31 English Opening, Symmetrical, Benoni formation A32 English Opening, Symmetrical
A33 English Opening, Symmetrical
A34 English Opening, Symmetrical
A35 English Opening, Symmetrical
A36 English Opening, Symmetrical
A37 English Opening, Symmetrical
A38 English Opening, Symmetrical
A39 English Opening, Symmetrical, Main line with d4 A40 Queen's Pawn Game (including English Defence, Englund Gambit, Queen's Knight Defence, Polish Defence and Keres Defence)

People have four kinds of tonsils.
The term tonsils usually refers to your palatine tonsils, the ones that can be seen at the back of your throat. But tonsillar tissue also includes the lingual tonsil (located in the base of the tongue), tubal tonsils, and the adenoid tonsil (often just called adenoids). "Collectively, these are referred to as Waldeyer's ring," Raja Seethala, an anatomical pathologist at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, told Mental Floss in 2019.

A41 Queen's Pawn Game, Wade Defence
A42 Modern defence, Averbakh system also Wade Defence

Queen Mary also imprisoned her half-sister Elizabeth I in in the tower in 1554, but she escaped the same fate as her mother due to lack of evidence. In 1559, when Mary died, Elizabeth came back to the tower, this time for preparations for her own coronation.

The last execution took place surprisingly recently: It occurred in 1941, when German spy Josef Jakobs faced a firing squad. In 1952, gangster brothers Ronnie and Reggie Kray were among the last prisoners to be detained in the tower.

A43 Old Benoni defence
A44 Old Benoni defence
A45 Queen's Pawn Game
A46 Queen's Pawn Game
A47 Queen's Indian Defence

A "cult" of admirers surrounded the queen.

Upon Elizabeth's claim of the throne, her team of advisors encouraged a trend of flattering depictions among her portrait artists. As time went on, depictions of Queen Elizabeth I in both visual and written media began to incorporate likenesses of classic goddesses—she was compared to Venus, Astraea, and the Roman deity Diana, all in an effort to espouse connotations of divinity and purity. This trend of work is known as the Cult of Elizabeth, or the Cult of the Virgin Queen.

A48 King's Indian, East Indian defence
A49 King's Indian, Fianchetto without c4
A50 Queen's Pawn Game, Black Knights' Tango
A51 Budapest Gambit declined
A52 Budapest Gambit

A Catholic priest escaped the Tower of London in 1597 using invisible ink. During the reign of Protestant Queen Elizabeth I, the persecution of Catholics led to the incarceration and torture of Jesuit priest John Gerard. His escape is still a wonder—he sent notes to his fellow prisoner John Arden and outside supporters with an invisible ink made of orange juice, which revealed his secret messages when held to a heat source. He later used a rope to get to the boat waiting across the moat. The HBO series Gunpowder depicts this prison break in the second episode.

A53 Old Indian Defence
A54 Old Indian, Ukrainian variation
A55 Old Indian, Main line
A56 Benoni Defence
A57 Benko gambit
A58 Benko gambit accepted
A59 Benko gambit, 7.e4
A60 Benoni defence
A61 Benoni defence

Elizabeth pioneered legislation to help feed the poor. When it wasn't spreading propaganda, Elizabeth's administration was actually doing some good. The queen oversaw the nation's first attempts at poverty relief: a gradual accumulation of rulings, like mandatory taxation, towards this end culminated in the 1601 Elizabethan Poor Law.

A62 Benoni, Fianchetto variation
A63 Benoni, Fianchetto variation, 9...Nbd7
A64 Benoni, Fianchetto variation, 11...Re8
A65 Benoni, 6.e4
A66 Benoni, pawn storm variation
A67 Benoni, Taimanov variation
A68 Benoni, Four pawns attack
A69 Benoni, Four pawns attack, Main line

Tonsils are one of the body's first responders to pathogens. The tonsils are a key barrier to inhaled or ingested pathogens that can cause infection or other harm, Seethala said. "These pathogens bind to specialized immune cells in the lining—epithelium—to elicit an immune response in the lymphoid T and B cells of the tonsil." Essentially, they help jumpstart your immune response.

A70 Benoni, Classical with e4 and Nf3
A71 Benoni, Classical, 8.Bg5
A72 Benoni, Classical without 9.O-O
A73 Benoni, Classical, 9.O-O
A74 Benoni, Classical, 9...a6, 10.a4
A75 Benoni, Classical with ...a6 and 10...Bg4
A76 Benoni, Classical, 9...Re8
A77 Benoni, Classical, 9...Re8, 10.Nd2
A78 Benoni, Classical with ...Re8 and ...Na6
A79 Benoni, Classical, 11.f3

Elizabeth could speak numerous languages.
In addition to her native English, Queen Elizabeth I was known to be fluent in French, Italian, and Latin, going so far as to translate collections of lengthy texts into these languages. The queen is also believed to have spoken Spanish, Welsh, Irish, Flemish, Greek, and the now-endangered Cornish.

A80 Dutch Defence
A81 Dutch defence
A82 Dutch, Staunton gambit, also includes Balogh Defence A83 Dutch, Staunton gambit, Staunton's line
A84 Dutch defence
A85 Dutch with 2.c4 & 3.Nc3
A86 Dutch with 2.c4 & 3.g3
A87 Dutch, Leningrad, Main variation
A88 Dutch, Leningrad, Main variation with 7...c6 A89 Dutch, Leningrad, Main variation with Nc6
A90 Dutch defence
A91 Dutch defence
A92 Dutch defence
A93 Dutch, Stonewall, Botwinnik variation
A94 Dutch, Stonewall with Ba3
A95 Dutch, Stonewall with Nc3
A96 Dutch, Classical variation
A97 Dutch, Ilyin-Genevsky variation
A98 Dutch, Ilyin-Genevsky variation with Qc2
A99 Dutch, Ilyin-Genevsky variation with b3

Queen Elizabeth was a clotheshorse.
Even though she's remembered for her high fashions, it's surprising to know just how expansive Elizabeth's wardrobe was. According to one estimate (no, Fredthebear did not do the counting), she may have owned as many as 2000 pairs of gloves.

* A few Watson games: Game Collection: Watson's C4 Repertoire

* Games from a Latvian who specialized in the English Opening. Karlis Ozols

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

* Karpov's English: Game Collection: Karpov How to play the English Opening

Adenoid tonsils can obstruct breathing and cause facial deformities. If the adenoid tonsils are swollen, they can block breathing and clog up your sinus drainage, which can cause sinus and ear infections. If adenoids are too big, it forces a person to breathe through their mouth. (What about bears?) In children, frequent mouth breathing has the potential to cause facial deformities by stressing developing facial bones. "If the tonsils are too large and cause airway obstruction, snoring, or obstructive sleep apnea, then removal is important," Donald Levine, an ear, nose, and throat specialist in Nyack, New York, told Mental Floss in 2019. Fortunately, the adenoids tend to get smaller naturally in adulthood.

* A small varied English collection:
Game Collection: The empire of the English

* By Generation:
Game Collection: The English According to...

* Selected English games:
Game Collection: English opening personal favourites

* Ikov wins: http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches...

* POTD English: Game Collection: POTD English 1

Elizabeth was imprisoned for associating with a rebellion against her half-sister. In 1554, Elizabeth was tried and imprisoned on suspicion of abetting Wyatt's Rebellion, an uprising against Queen Mary I that many believed to be motivated by the quest for Protestant liberation.

* Trends 1...e5: Game Collection: 0

* For safe keeping until I need 2 hours of entertainment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CG...

* Looking for Unorthodox? Game Collection: 6 GumboG's Unorthodox Games-Names (ECO=A,D,

* Looking for Redemption? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykH...

* Middlegame: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=261...

* Jim's Middlegame Series: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vC...

* What happens if...? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnS...

* Queen Endgames: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxG...

* Hubner vs Kasparov 1992: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwR...

* Karpov's Immortal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUd...

* Queen's Gambit Complete: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfO...

* Queen's Gambit Fast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEm...

* Queen's Gambit According to BoJanglles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXM...

* Top 5 Queen's Gambit Traps: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqI...

* Queen's Gambit Accepted Tricks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hx2...

* Magnus opens classically: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbs...

* Kostya's QGD: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ie_...

* Queen's Gambit Concepts: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYB...

* Queen's Gambit Tips: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAt...

* QGD, Slav D: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HT...

* The Slav D in 10 minutes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cs5...

* Slav Main Line dxc4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnH...

* 4...Bf5? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDY...

* 4...a6 Slav: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcp...

* Beginner Mistakes in the Slav: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTL...

* Cheery Slav: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bq-...

* Chessbase Slav: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Suk...

* Chameleon Slav: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rW...

* ...a6 Slav: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsD...

* Beat the Slav: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SeY...

* MC plays the Slav: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAT...

* Defeat the Slav: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQX...

* Lifetime Slav: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGD...

* Unbreakable Slav: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBN...

* Ben's QGD lecture: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOW...

* Fundamentals of the Semi-Slav: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFc...

* Kevin's Semi-Slav: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ll...

* Kostya's Semi-Slav: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgy...

* MC plays the Semi-Slav: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqT...

* Semi-Slav Pathways: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OB7...

* Semi-Slav, Meran Action: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykn...

* Last Play of Every Super Bowl: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9J...

* Learn the Stonewall: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_b...

* Pillsbury's Stonewall Attack: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TR5...

* The Stonewall Sucks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwv...

* Stonewall Alteration: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzI...

* Against the Stonewall: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33M...

* Black Stonewall: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZeW...

* Simon's Classical Dutch w/d6, not d5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lt8...

* 2.Bg5 Hopton Attack vs the Dutch Defense: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dr...

* Another 2.Bg5 destroys the Dutch Defense: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cvo...

* Crush 2.Bg5 with the Dutch Defense: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YeK...

* Prep for a Tournament: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dpv...

* Never Do This: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9b1...

* Unnecessary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dz0...

* IM Rosen Stalemate Traps: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YB_...

* How to Sicilian Taimanov: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iiv...

* MC goes nuclear: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLo...

* Regrettable Pawn Moves: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fI0...

* Shortcuts: Game Collection: 21+ Too Fast French Kisses

* She's right, but there are plenty of others: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dw5...

* Space Advantages: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLL...

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

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

* Trompowsky vs Naroditsky: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILY...

* Top 10 Tactics: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bpl...

* Time Controls: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljp...

* Tricks to Turn It Around: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxV...

* Trading Pieces: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Wg...

* Trade Queens? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIG...

* Evaluate Exchanges: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNG...

* When to Exchange: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6D2...

* What is YOUR study plan? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6Y...

* Wild Africa: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dlk...

* The Opposition and Outflanking: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9X1...

* King and Pawn vs King: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z52...

* Knight and Pawn Endgames: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHW...

* Queen vs Knight Endgames: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ex1...

* Principles of Rook and Pawn Endgames: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXl...

* Unusual Openings: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJQ...

* A trap in Grob's Opening: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P50...

* Pulverize Grob's Opening: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTs...

* Tricks in Grob's Attack: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESt...

* The Grob is TERRIBLE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wB...

* Basman's / Borg's Defense: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThK...

* Mike explains Borg's Defense: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Res...

* Last Play of the World Series 1943-1973: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dzt...

* Last Play of Every Modern World Series: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkD...

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

* Tricks to Win a Queen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfS...

* Queen Traps in the Scandinavian D: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syr...

* Trap the Queen in the Tennison Gambit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZt...

* Top 10 Traps of the Queens: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZh...

* White, Black Trap the Queen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olz...

* Win the Queen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQ8...

* More Tricks to Trap the Queen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zd0...

* Qxb2 Poisoned Pawn: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74h...

* Levy shows us more traps: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fot...

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

Fredthebear started this collection split in summer 2020. It will continue to steadily fill up. The CGs imposter has invaded and vandalized this FTB collection like hundreds and hundreds of others.

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!

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

"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

"Those who do not risk, do not benefit." — Portuguese 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

Sometimes tonsils are removed.
Even though your tonsils are part of your immune system, Levine said, "when they become obstructive or chronically infected, then they need to be removed." The rest of your immune system steps in to handle further attacks by pathogens. Another reason to remove tonsils besides size, Levine said, is "chronic tonsillitis due to the failure of the immune system to remove residual bacteria from the tonsils, despite multiple antibiotic therapies.

New Hampshire: Dover
Established in: 1623

Dover was originally settled in 1623 by fishermen and traders. Dover is the seventh oldest settlement in the United States. It was once known as Northam, and in 1692, Northam became part of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. The Cocheco River in Dover was the first place water power was used, when a sawmill was built in 1642.

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

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

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

Tonsillectomies have been performed for thousands of years ... Tonsil removal is believed to have been a phenomenon for three millennia. The procedure is found in ancient Ayurvedic texts, Seethala said, "making it one of the older documented surgical procedures." But, though the scientific understanding of the surgery has changed dramatically since then, "the benefits versus harm of tonsillectomy have been continually debated over the centuries," he said.

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.

... and they were probably quite painful.
The first known reported case of <tonsillectomy> surgery, according to a 2006 paper in the journal Otorhinolaryngology, was by Cornélio Celsus, a Roman healer, who authored a medical encyclopedia titled Of Medicine in the 1st century BCE. Thanks to his work, we can surmise that a tonsillectomy probably was an agonizing procedure for the patient: "Celsus applied a mixture of vinegar and milk in the surgical specimen" to slow bleeding and "described his difficulty doing that due to lack of proper anesthesia."

The same paper reveals that among some of the more outlandish reasons for removing tonsils were conditions like "night enuresis (bed-wetting), convulsions, laryngeal stridor, hoarseness, chronic bronchitis, and asthma."

"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

Queen Elizabeth firmly believed in astrology.
The queen kept a personal advisor named John Dee—a renowned mathematician, astronomer, astrologer, and professed alchemist—in her regular company. Elizabeth relied on Dee's counsel in the scheduling of important events and, as one rumor suggests, in the removal of a troublesome "death curse."

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

Beefeaters live in the Tower of London with their families.

The Yeoman Warders (also known as Beefeaters) have been guarding the tower since the Tudor era. Clad in a sharp red uniform, these men and women give tours of the fortress. Every night at 9:53 p.m., they lock the tower, a 700-year-old tradition called the Ceremony of the Keys. Beefeaters and their families, around 150 people in total, live in the supposedly haunted Tower of London, and also frequent a secret pub in the fortress.

The Fly and the Ant

A fly and ant, on a sunny bank,
Discussed the question of their rank.
"O Jupiter!" the former said,
"Can love of self so turn the head,
That one so mean and crawling,
And of so low a calling,
To boast equality shall dare
With me, the daughter of the air?
In palaces I am a guest,
And even at your glorious feast.
Whenever the people that adore you
May immolate for you a bullock,
I'm sure to taste the meat before you.
Meanwhile this starveling, in her hillock,
Is living on some bit of straw
Which she has laboured home to draw.
But tell me now, my little thing,
Do you camp ever on a king,
An emperor, or lady?
I do, and have full many a play-day
On fairest bosom of the fair,
And sport myself on her hair.
Come now, my hearty, rack your brain
To make a case about your grain."
"Well, have you done?" replied the ant.
"You enter palaces, I grant,
And for it get right soundly cursed.
Of sacrifices, rich and fat,
Your taste, quite likely, is the first; –
Are they the better off for that?
You enter with the holy train;
So enters many a wretch profane.
On heads of kings and asses you may squat;
Deny your vaunting I will not;
But well such impudence, I know,
Provokes a sometimes fatal blow.
The name in which your vanity delights
Is owned as well by parasites,
And spies that die by ropes – as you soon will By famine or by ague-chill,
When Phoebus goes to cheer
The other hemisphere, –
The very time to me most dear.
Not forced abroad to go
Through wind, and rain, and snow,
My summer's work I then enjoy,
And happily my mind employ,
From care by care exempted.
By which this truth I leave to you,
That by two sorts of glory we are tempted,
The false one and the true.
Work waits, time flies; adieu:
This gabble does not fill
My granary or till."

She cursed like a sailor.
Queen Elizabeth was famous for her proclivity for colorful language, a characteristic she is said to have inherited from her father, Henry VIII.

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

FACTRETRIEVER 2020: Even though dragonflies have six legs, they cannot walk.

Riddle Answer: A stamp.

Her looks were somewhat deceiving.
Following a bout with smallpox in the early 1560s, Elizabeth I suffered facial scarring and hair loss, but nobody would have known it. She kept up appearances with an ample supply of gallant wigs and the application of white makeup over her face, which was in keeping with the style of the era.

Maximo wrote:

My Forking Knight's Mare
Gracefully over the squares, as a blonde or a brunette, she makes moves that not even a queen can imitate. Always active and taking the initiative,
she likes to fork.
She does it across the board,
taking with ease not only pawns, but also kings, and a bad bishop or two.
Sometimes she feels like making
quiet moves,
at other times, she adopts romantic moods,
and makes great sacrifices.
But, being hers a zero-sum game,
she often forks just out of spite.
An expert at prophylaxis, she can be a swindler, and utter threats,
skewering men to make some gains.
Playing with her risks a conundrum,
and also catching Kotov's syndrome.
Nonetheless, despite having been trampled
by her strutting ways
my trust in her remains,
unwavering,
until the endgame.

"When you're lonely, when you feel yourself an alien in the world, play chess. This will raise your spirits and be your counselor in war." — Aristotle

"A bad plan is better than none at all." — Frank Marshall

Doctors once used frog fat to treat swollen tonsils. As early practitioners struggled to perfect techniques for removing tonsils effectively, another early physician, Aetius de Amida, recommended "ointment, oils, and corrosive formulas with frog fat to treat infections."

"To find something, anything, a great truth or a lost pair of glasses, you must first believe there will be some advantage in finding it." — Jack Burden, All The King's Men

"I can't change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination." — Jimmy Dean

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

"Chess is above all, a fight!" — Emanuel Lasker

"In chess, at least, the brave inherit the earth." — Edmar Mednis

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

"Chess is a matter of delicate judgment, knowing when to punch and how to duck." ― Bobby Fischer

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

"If people in power are artfully pulling a red herring to cover up the <cataclysm> of their commitments, keeping people on a short leash and driving them playfully into an alley of false promises, we would do well to rely on attentive and considerate observers who send out alarm signals in time to prevent social corrosion. (" High noon. ")" ― Erik Pevernagie

A superstition claims that if the ravens leave the Tower of London, the kingdom will fall. According to legend, in the mid-17th century, King Charles II was warned that the Crown would fall if the ravens ever left the Tower of London—so he ordered that six of the birds be kept captive there at all times, as he believed they were a symbol of good fortune. (However, some sources claim this tale is Victorian folklore, while others maintain the legend was created even later, during World War II.) Today, there are seven ravens (one spare) living in the Tower of London, in an aviary on the grounds. The ravens' primary and secondary wings are trimmed carefully, so they can fly but stay close to home, where they feast on blood-soaked biscuits and meat.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The City Rat and the Country Rat

A city rat, one night,
Did, with a civil stoop,
A country rat invite
To end a turtle soup.

On a Turkey carpet
They found the table spread,
And sure I need not harp it
How well the fellows fed.

The entertainment was
A truly noble one;
But some unlucky cause
Disturbed it when begun.

It was a slight rat-tat,
That put their joys to rout;
Out ran the city rat;
His guest, too, scampered out.

Our rats but fairly quit,
The fearful knocking ceased.
"Return we," cried the cit,
To finish there our feast.

"No," said the rustic rat;
"Tomorrow dine with me.
I'm not offended at
Your feast so grand and free, –

"For I have no fare resembling;
But then I eat at leisure,
And would not swap, for pleasure
So mixed with fear and trembling."

Question: What is the most frequently sold item at Walmart? Answer: Bananas – although Walmart never disclosed how many bananas they sell each year, the number has to be immense considering that over 200 million people shop in its stores worldwide every single week.

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Question: What language has the most words?
Answer: English

"Above all, be the heroine of your life, not the victim." ― Nora Ephr

"The Seven Social Sins are:

Wealth without work.
Pleasure without conscience.
Knowledge without character.
Commerce without morality.
Science without humanity.
Worship without sacrifice.
Politics without principle.

From a sermon given by Frederick Lewis Donaldson in Westminster Abbey, London, on March 20, 1925." ― Frederick Lewis Donaldson

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A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush ― Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, "Don Quixote"

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

"I'm 58 years old and I just went through 8 back surgeries. They started cutting on me in February 2009, and I was basically bed ridden for almost two years. I got a real dose of reality that if you don't have your health, you don't have anything." — Hulk Hogan

<H.T. Bland. On page 207 of the December 1929 American Chess Bulletin he exalted the challenger in that year's world championship match:

Bravo ‘Bogol', you've shown pluck.
One and all we wish you luck.
Gee, some thought you'd barged between
Other players who'd have been
Less likely straightaway to lose
Just as friend Alekhine might choose;
Undaunted, ‘Bogol', you went in
Believing you'd a chance to win.
Or failing that, to make a fight,
Which you are doing as we write.>

Thank you, Qindarka!

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

'Don't throw good money after bad'

'Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater'

A few rumors still tie Queen Elizabeth romantically to Shakespeare.

Clearly an intellectual, Elizabeth made it her mission while in power to patronize the theatrical arts. Her devotion to the stage led to an assortment of musings regarding her relationship to William Shakespeare. Some scholars surmise that the queen had a personal kinship with the playwright, who alludes to her (quite amorously) in the second act of A Midsummer Night's Dream:

That very time I saw, but thou couldst not / Flying between the cold moon and the earth, / Cupid all arm'd: a certain aim he took / At a fair vestal throned by the west, / And loosed his love-shaft smartly from his bow, / As it should pierce a hundred thousand hearts; / But I might see young Cupid's fiery shaft / Quench'd in the chaste beams of the watery moon, / And the imperial votaress passed on, / In maiden meditation, fancy-free.

"One more dance along the razor's edge finished. Almost dead yesterday, maybe dead tomorrow, but alive, gloriously alive, today." ― Robert Jordan, Lord of Chaos

"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

Psalm 31:24
Be strong, and let your heart take courage, all you who wait for the Lord!

"The wind cannot defeat a tree with strong roots." — The Revenant

InkHarted wrote:

Checkmate.
I started off as an equal
I have everything that they do
my life was one and the same as my foe
childish battles of lesser
I won baring cost of a little
but as time outgrew my conscience
I found that the pieces were moving against me
with time my company reduced
they left one by one
all in time forgetting me
my castles collapsed
my religion dissuaded
my protectors in hiding
I could not run anymore
I have been cornered to a wall
as the queen left silently
without saying goodbye
I could not live any longer
she was most precious to me
I could not win without her by my side
so the king knelt down and died.

"Everyone should know how to play chess." — José Raúl Capablanca

"We do not remember days, we remember moments." ― Cesare Pavese

"Whatever you are doing in the game of life, give it all you've got." — Norman Vincent Peale

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

Question: The world's first speeding ticket was issued in 1896. Where did it happen? Answer: London, England

Walter Arnold was driving four times the limit, at an astonishing speed of 8 miles per hour. Back in those days, the speed limit was 2 miles per hour – you could easily walk faster. The driver was eventually arrested after being chased by a police officer on a bicycle.

Question: In feudal Japan, why did lords purposely built homes with squeaky floors? Answer: They were used as a defensive measure against ninjas.

This poem is dedicated to PhillA, who sparked off the seed for this poem.

The Stark Naked King

When the challenge arrived from the ax wielding Philla "I must hurry and offer a bribe to his queen,thought nova, to avoid a merciless onslaught ending in bloody gore". Alas, the challenge had been secretely sent the day before. There he stood with ax and all at the castle's gate, While teasingly sending in a not-so-holy bishop as bait. High on the castle's wall nova bellowed: dump the boiling oil, To force the ax-man with his troups to screamingly recoil. To no avail, Philla hurled his castle straight upon the king, Who standing stark naked, tried to hide his private thing. So nova quickly conceded out of shameful desperation and Philla gently lowering the ax accepted nova's resignation.

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The House of Tudor ended with Elizabeth I.
In addition to being the last monarch to reign unmarried, she was also the last to rule over England before its union with Scotland. Elizabeth died in 1603, the same year that the Treaty of Union (or the Union of England and Scotland Act) would take effect, under the watch of her successor, James I. Finally, Elizabeth was the fifth and final Tudor monarch.

At the time, Elizabeth was one of the oldest English monarchs. When she died at age 69, Elizabeth I was the oldest monarch in English history at the time (breaking the nearly 300-year record set by 68-year-old Edward I upon his death in 1307). Elizabeth held this honor until 1754 (151 years), when King George II hit a ripe old 70 while still ruling over what had become Great Britain. He died at age 76 in 1760.

Incidentally, the current record holder is Queen Elizabeth II, who passed away in 2022 at age 96 years and 140 days.

Death and the Woodman

A poor wood-chopper, with his fagot load,
Whom weight of years, as well as load, oppressed, Sore groaning in his smoky hut to rest,
Trudged wearily along his homeward road.
At last his wood on the ground he throws,
And sits him down to think over all his woes.
To joy a stranger, since his hapless birth,
What poorer wretch on this rolling earth?
No bread sometimes, and never a moment's rest;
Wife, children, soldiers, landlords, public tax, All wait the swinging of his old, worn axe,
And paint the veriest picture of a man unblest.
On Death he calls. Forthwith that monarch grim
Appears, and asks what he should do for him.
"Not much, indeed; a little help I lack –
To put these fagots on my back."

Death ready stands all ills to cure;
But let us not his cure invite.
Than die, it's better to endure, –
Is both a manly maxim and a right.

* The are exceptions: https://academicchess.com/worksheet...

Two 500-year-old skeletons were unearthed under the Tower of London's chapel in 2019. Archeologists found two skeletons, an adult woman and a child, near the same spot where the headless body of Anne Boleyn was also laid to rest. The bones were thought to be buried sometime between 1450 and 1550 and give an insight into the lives of the common folk who lived at the tower in the medieval and early modern eras.

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.

"God has given us two hands, one to receive with and the other to give with." — Billy Graham

"My home is in Heaven. I'm just traveling through this world." — Billy Graham

"Friend, you don't have to earn God's love or try harder. You're precious in His sight, covered by the priceless blood of Jesus, and indwelt by His Holy Spirit. Don't hide your heart or fear you're not good enough for Him to care for you. Accept His love, obey Him, and allow Him to keep you in His wonderful freedom." ― Charles F. Stanley

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

"Never reply to an anonymous letter." ― Yogi Berra, MLB Hall of Fame catcher

"Even Napoleon had his Watergate." ― Yogi Berra, 10-time World Series champion

The Tower of London organized a commemoration of World War I with 888,246 poppies. In 2014, 5 million people came to see the art display of ceramic poppies in the tower's moat, all created by artist Paul Cummins. Each poppy represented a British military fatality in the war. They were sold for £23 million (each individual poppy was £25) to raise money for armed forces charities. However, a controversy arose when newspapers revealed that £15 million of the proceeds went toward costs (Cummins made £7.2 million) while the charities received £9 million.

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Zwischenschach is German for in-between-check which is an important technique in the rook endgame.

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Sexually-transmitted HPV can cause tonsil cancer. The incidence of tonsillar cancers is increasing, according to Seethala. "Unlike other head and neck cancers, which are commonly associated with smoking and alcohol, tonsillar cancers are driven by high-risk human papillomavirus (HPV)," he said. "HPV-related tonsillar cancer can be considered sexually transmitted."

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‘H.T.B.' (Henry Thomas Bland) managed to have published on page 64 of the March 1930 American Chess Bulletin:

Miss Menchik

Miss Menchik is of master rank,
It seems Maróczy she's to thank;
Still, there is little doubt of it
She owes a deal to native wit.
Much knowledge she has garnered in,
E'en 'gainst the giants she'll oft win
– No doubt sometimes to their chagrin –
Chess champion of the gentler sex
Here's luck to her! Should she annex
In her next venture some big prize
Keen critics will feel no surprise.

Queen Elizabeth was at the center of a romantic scandal. If the tabloids had existed in the 16th century, they would have had a field day with Queen Elizabeth I. She turned down proposals from the likes of King Philip II of Spain, King Eric XIV of Sweden, Archduke Charles of Austria, and French brothers Henry III and Francis, Dukes of Anjou. Throughout her life, Elizabeth's one true love remained her childhood friend Robert Dudley, whose marriage to Amy Robsart kept the two from achieving Elizabeth's long desired union.

Even after the sudden death of Robsart in 1560 Elizabeth resisted marrying her lifelong friend. Eighteen years later, he'd go on to find a second wife, Lettice Knollys, whom Elizabeth was said to have treated with merciless scorn.

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

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

"You can only get good at chess if you love the game." ― Bobby Fischer

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

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Her scandals weren't limited to marriage proposals.

In addition to these many spotlighted proposals, Queen Elizabeth I found (and continues to find) herself the subject of plentiful rumors about secret love affairs, mainly to high-profile men: explorer and writer Sir Walter Raleigh, Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex; and Lord Chancellor Christopher Hatton rank as her most noteworthy would-be loves.

English Opening: The Whale (C20) 1-0 A Botvinnik fish
A Fedorova vs J Klimova, 2003
(C20) King's Pawn Game, 31 moves, 1-0

Van't Kruijs /Dble Fianchetto vs Dutch (A00) 1-0 Great N play!
J Wisker vs Bird, 1873 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 55 moves, 1-0

Van't Kruijs/Colle-Zukertort (A00) 1-0 Kside defense, passer
Zukertort vs W N Potter, 1875 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 35 moves, 1-0

Mieses Opening 1.d3 (A00) 1-0 Deflection / Remove the Defender
J Henningsen vs R Borik, 1979 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 7 moves, 1-0

Hungarian Opening: Dutch Defense (A00) 0-1 Correspondence
Hyderabad vs Madras Chess Club, 1828 
(A21) English, 52 moves, 0-1

Hungarian Opening: Dutch Defense (A00) 0-1 White K on the run
E Torre vs R Byrne, 1973 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 41 moves, 0-1

Hungarian Opening: Dutch Defense (A00) 1-0 Rook trap
Keene vs D E Lloyd, 1965
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 29 moves, 1-0

Hungarian Opening: Dutch Def (A00) 1/2-1/2 Use half-open file?
E Torre vs R Bellin, 1981
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 21 moves, 1/2-1/2

Hungarian Opening: Dutch Def (A00) 1-0 Q sac sets up N fork
C D'Amore vs D Gurevich, 1990 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 41 moves, 1-0

Hungarian Opening: Dutch Def (A00) 1-0 Rook on 7th restricts
D Norwood vs D B Lund, 1991
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 33 moves, 1-0

Reti Opening vs. NY System
Carlsen vs Smeets, 2010 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 36 moves, 1-0

Nimzo-Larsen Attack: Modern Var Dbl Fio vs Dutch (A01) 1-0 OCB
Larsen vs J Polgar, 1992 
(A01) Nimzovich-Larsen Attack, 59 moves, 1-0

Nimzo-Larsen Attack: Dutch Var (A01) 1-0
E Bricard vs D Anic, 1997
(A01) Nimzovich-Larsen Attack, 41 moves, 1-0

Nimzo-Larsen Attack: Dutch Var (A01) 1-0
J Visockis vs V Koskinen, 2012
(A01) Nimzovich-Larsen Attack, 38 moves, 1-0

Nimzo-Larsen, Ringelbach Gambit (A01) 1-0 Creating connected Ps
M Jadoul vs H Froeyman, 1999 
(A01) Nimzovich-Larsen Attack, 61 moves, 1-0

Nimzo-Larsen Dbl Fio Bird vs Classical Dutch (A01) 1-0
Bagirov vs I Kesanen, 1992 
(A01) Nimzovich-Larsen Attack, 39 moves, 1-0

Nimzo-Larsen Bird vs Dutch Symmetrical (A01) 1-0 Intermezzo Fs
V Plat vs J Kociscak, 2012
(A01) Nimzovich-Larsen Attack, 27 moves, 1-0

Bird Opening: Dutch Var (A03) 0-1 Black controls the center
Smyslov vs G Ilivitsky, 1955 
(A03) Bird's Opening, 43 moves, 0-1

Morphy's shorthanded Bird beats the Dutch
Morphy vs Maurian, 1869 
(000) Chess variants, 19 moves, 1-0

Double Dutch; White has the better knight
Bird vs K Pitschel, 1878 
(A02) Bird's Opening, 36 moves, 1-0

Bird Opening vs Dutch (A02) 1-0 Helpmate?
Blackburne vs Bird, 1892 
(A02) Bird's Opening, 46 moves, 1-0

Bird Opening 1.f4 f5 - the Crow Defense beats Bent Larsen
Larsen vs P Trifunovic, 1960 
(A02) Bird's Opening, 33 moves, 0-1

Bird Opening: 1.f4 f5 2.e4 Wagner-Zwitersch Gambit (A02) 1/2-
J Pelikan vs Alekhine, 1936 
(A02) Bird's Opening, 46 moves, 1/2-1/2

Bird Opening: 1.f4 f5 2.e4 Wagner-Zwitersch Gambit (A02) 1-0
Bird vs O Gelbfuhs, 1873 
(A02) Bird's Opening, 15 moves, 1-0

Double Fianchetto vs. Classical Dutch
Smyslov vs D E Rumens, 1976 
(A04) Reti Opening, 57 moves, 1-0

Black doesn't have time to move so many pawns
Krasenkow vs S Kindermann, 2001 
(A04) Reti Opening, 23 moves, 1-0

Zukertort Opening (A04) 0-1 The side w/the safer king wins!
Topalov vs Ivanchuk, 1999 
(A04) Reti Opening, 25 moves, 0-1

Zukertort Opening / Dbl Fio (A04) Continuous Attack
J Rukavina vs Tal, 1973 
(A04) Reti Opening, 27 moves, 0-1

Zukertort Opening: Black Mustang Defense (A04) · 0-1
M Duppel vs R Schlindwein, 1999 
(A04) Reti Opening, 65 moves, 0-1

EG: How rook and king stop connected passers from behind
Andersson vs Larsen, 1975 
(A04) Reti Opening, 59 moves, 1-0

Zukertort Opening: Dutch Var (A04) 0-1 Mitrofanov's Deflections
Y Porat vs Larsen, 1956 
(A04) Reti Opening, 33 moves, 0-1

Lisitsyn Gambit (A04)
G Orlov vs Glek, 1987 
(A04) Reti Opening, 28 moves, 0-1

Notes by Peter Clarke; Dutch Stonewall
Petrosian vs Bondarevsky, 1950  
(A92) Dutch, 41 moves, 1-0

Zukertort Opening: Dutch Var (A04) 1-0 Catch up to Fredthebear
Speelman vs S Polgar, 1989
(A04) Reti Opening, 57 moves, 1-0

Zukertort: Lisitsyn Gambit (A04) 1-0 Must Know Crusher
H Haberditz vs Hysek, 1938 
(A04) Reti Opening, 8 moves, 1-0

Double fianchettos on both sides; Reti begins playing the Reti
Reti vs J Bernstein, 1923 
(A04) Reti Opening, 44 moves, 1-0

Should be (A88) Dutch L; annotated in Chess Informant (47/141)
Miles vs Kramnik, 1989 
(A04) Reti Opening, 41 moves, 1-0

Crossfire heats up h8
A Konstantinopolsky vs Frank, 1935 
(A04) Reti Opening, 28 moves, 1-0

Black's bad bishop makes for a bad game
Miroshnichenko vs Krasenkow, 2004 
(A04) Reti Opening, 24 moves, 1-0

Discovered attack on both Black bishops
A Greenfeld vs J Redmond, 2008 
(A04) Reti Opening, 9 moves, 1-0

A model game in the Dutch
P J Sowray vs R Pert, 2005 
(A04) Reti Opening, 24 moves, 0-1

(A37) English, Symmetrical / (A04) Reti Opening
J Xu vs T Ernst, 1987
(A37) English, Symmetrical, 47 moves, 0-1

(A37) English, Symmetrical / (A04) Reti Opening
Speelman vs de Firmian, 1995
(A04) Reti Opening, 66 moves, 1-0

Zukertort Opening: Lisitsyn Gambit (A04) 1-0 King walk
M Geveke vs R Storm, 1983 
(A04) Reti Opening, 17 moves, 1-0

Zukertort, Symmetrical Var (A04) 1-0 White restricts Black
Vaganian vs L Christiansen, 1985 
(A04) Reti Opening, 76 moves, 1-0

Zukertort Opening: Pirc Invitation (A04) 1-0 Closed game
Gelfand vs Anand, 1991 
(A04) Reti Opening, 62 moves, 1-0

Zukertort Opening: Dutch (A04) 0-1 e5 dilema, Kside attack
Albin vs Bird, 1895 
(A04) Reti Opening, 52 moves, 0-1

Zukertort Opening: Dutch Leningrad (A04) 0-1 Counter attack win
J Cooper vs Kotronias, 1988 
(A04) Reti Opening, 32 moves, 0-1

Nimzo-Larsen Attack vs Classical Dutch (A04) 1-0 Gain space
P Romanovsky vs Ragozin, 1935
(A04) Reti Opening, 44 moves, 1-0

Zukertort/Botvinnik System (A04) 0-1 Hanging Bishop
P Biyiasas vs Dzindzichashvili, 1980 
(A04) Reti Opening, 27 moves, 0-1

Zukertort, Sicilian Invitation (A04) 1-0 Poor Q development
J Readey vs K Burger, 1989 
(A04) Reti Opening, 19 moves, 1-0

KID/Dutch Leningrad kingside sacrifices beat English/Reti
Petrosian vs Vasiukov, 1956 
(A05) Reti Opening, 37 moves, 0-1

Maybe Barcza's greatest game and 1st brilliancy prize winner!
Barcza vs O Troianescu, 1948 
(A06) Reti Opening, 23 moves, 1-0

Dble Fianchetto (A06) 1-0 Black's crazy lookin Q sac falls shor
Morozevich vs Bologan, 2014 
(A06) Reti Opening, 96 moves, 1-0

KIA/Reti, Zukertort Opening: Q Pawn Def (A06) 1-0
W Ju vs S Sanchez Castillo, 2014
(A06) Reti Opening, 37 moves, 1-0

Reti/Reversed Benoni. Capa shows some nerve in this one
Capablanca vs Janowski, 1924 
(A08) King's Indian Attack, 46 moves, 1-0

Reti Opening: Reti Gambit (A09) 1-0 Thematic Unpin Miniature
Deutsch vs Koni, 1925 
(A09) Reti Opening, 6 moves, 1-0

That knight sits silently in the middle of the board, then..
Alekhine vs Euwe, 1937 
(A09) Reti Opening, 62 moves, 1-0

Reti Gambit; Beautiful X-Ray tactic with Queen and Bishop
Euwe vs R Loman, 1923 
(A09) Reti Opening, 18 moves, 1-0

English Opening: Agincourt Def. King's Knight (A09) · 1/2 1/2
A Kosten vs E El Gindy, 2003 
(A13) English, 53 moves, 1/2-1/2

Reti Opening vs Dutch Stonewall (A09) 0-1 Photo
Nakamura vs J Friedel, 2006 
(A09) Reti Opening, 48 moves, 0-1

English Opening: Agincourt Def. K's Knt (A09) 0-1 Notes by FJM
J L McCudden vs Marshall, 1934  
(A13) English, 41 moves, 0-1

English vs Dutch: Wade Gambit (A10) 1-0 King walk
G Laco vs M Lanzani, 1992 
(A10) English, 21 moves, 1-0

Halibut Gambit (A10) 0-1 Fredthebear will have some of that.
E Pedersen vs I Burchard, 1995 
(A10) English, 24 moves, 0-1

An Ugly Hippo, definately not Fredthebear's type
E Ghaem Maghami vs R Bancod, 2004 
(A10) English, 23 moves, 1-0

English Dbl Fio vs Classical Dutch (A10) 1-0 Crossfire pins
K Spraggett vs G Basanta, 1986 
(A10) English, 22 moves, 1-0

English vs Dutch. Fredthebear says live and let live.
A Riazantsev vs Dubov, 2015 
(A10) English, 68 moves, 0-1

English Opening: Anglo-Dutch Defense (A10) · 1-0
Carlsen vs Nakamura, 2010 
(A10) English, 59 moves, 1-0

English Opening: Anglo-Dutch Defense (A10) · 1-0
Portisch vs I Radulov, 1969 
(A10) English, 35 moves, 1-0

English Opening: Anglo-Dutch Defense (A10) · 0-1
Stahlberg vs Bronstein, 1950 
(A10) English, 41 moves, 0-1

English Opening: Anglo-Dutch Defense (A10) · 0-1
Z Almasi vs F Vallejo Pons, 2014 
(A10) English, 60 moves, 0-1

English Opening: Anglo-Dutch Defense (A10) · 1-0
Kasparov vs Short, 1990 
(A10) English, 59 moves, 1-0

English: Great Snake Variation (A10) 0-1 Delayed Dutch Leningr
J Rodgaard vs J Mestel, 1978 
(A10) English, 25 moves, 0-1

English Opening: Halibut Gambit (A10) · 0-1
M Goetz vs T Gietl, 1997 
(A10) English, 41 moves, 0-1

English Opening: Halibut Gambit (A10) · 0-1
F Cathely vs M Hadzikaric, 1995 
(A10) English, 31 moves, 0-1

English, Great Snake Var (A10) 1-0 Snake bite on the Asanov
G Schwartzman vs B Asanov, 1994 
(A10) English, 21 moves, 1-0

English Opening: Great Snake Variation (A10) 0-1 Opening Q Sac
H Uuetoa vs A Mayo, 1999 
(A10) English, 48 moves, 0-1

English O (A10) 0-1 Adorjan walks into Spassky's trap
Adorjan vs Spassky, 1982 
(A10) English, 23 moves, 0-1

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

English, Anglo-Dutch Def (A10) 0-1 R sac removes backward pawn
M Wyvill vs Anderssen, 1851 
(A10) English, 27 moves, 0-1

English Opening: Anglo-Dutch Var (A10) 0-1
F Casas vs H Perez Garcia, 1976
(A10) English, 59 moves, 0-1

English Opening: English Def. General (A10) 1-0 Stockfish notes
Karpov vs Miles, 1978 
(A10) English, 56 moves, 1-0

English Opening: English Def. General (A10) 0-1 From another pl
L Ogaard vs Miles, 1978 
(A10) English, 19 moves, 0-1

English Opening: Anglo-Dutch Def 7.d4 d5, not ...d6 (A10) 1-0
Miles vs Bronstein, 1976 
(A10) English, 51 moves, 1-0

English Opening: General (A10) 1-0
U Fataliyeva vs A Azizbekyan, 2008
(A10) English, 36 moves, 1-0

English Opening: Great Snake Var (A10) 1-0 Battery on the 7th#
I Figler vs S Agaian, 2003
(A10) English, 39 moves, 1-0

English Opening: Anglo-Lithuanian Variation (A10) · 1-0
D McClain vs T Hamilton, 2001
(A10) English, 50 moves, 1-0

English Opening: Great Snake Var (A10) 0-1
Botvinnik vs Petrosian, 1966 
(A10) English, 34 moves, 0-1

English Opening: Anglo-Dutch Def (A10) 1-0
P Schlosser vs R Pruijssers, 2013 
(A10) English, 29 moves, 1-0

English Opening: English Defense. General (A10) 1-0 Q trap
J Bryning vs C Ranken, 1878 
(A10) English, 26 moves, 0-1

English Opening: Great Snake Var (A10) 0-1 The first + wins
R Hernandez Onna vs Kasparov, 1979 
(A10) English, 26 moves, 0-1

English Opening: General (A10) · 1-0
Timman vs Spassky, 1983 
(A10) English, 41 moves, 1-0

English Opening: Anglo-Dutch Def (A10) 1-0 Opera House reminder
R Krogius vs S Rosselli del Turco, 1936 
(A10) English, 28 moves, 1-0

English Opening: Great Snake Variation (A10) · 1-0
Capablanca vs F Fiocati, 1927 
(A10) English, 28 moves, 1-0

English Opening: Great Snake Var (A10) 1-0
K Darga vs H Glauser, 1967
(A10) English, 30 moves, 1-0

English Opening: Great Snake Variation (A10) 1/2-1/2
Portisch vs Kavalek, 1974
(A10) English, 48 moves, 1/2-1/2

English Opening: Great Snake Variation (A10) · 1-0
G Huber vs D Filipovich, 2004
(A10) English, 37 moves, 1-0

English Opening: Great Snake Var (A10) 0-1
Benko vs Botvinnik, 1968 
(A10) English, 34 moves, 0-1

English Opening: Great Snake Variation (A10) · 1-0
Pachman vs J H Donner, 1955 
(A10) English, 32 moves, 1-0

English Opening: Great Snake Variation (A10) · 1-0
Csom vs Gulko, 1976 
(A10) English, 42 moves, 1-0

English Opening: General (A10) 1/2=
H Dronavalli vs Rapport, 2016
(A10) English, 37 moves, 1/2-1/2

English Opening: Great Snake Variation (A10) · 1-0
Seirawan vs J Tarjan, 1978
(A10) English, 44 moves, 1-0

English Opening: Great Snake (A10) 1-0 Plenty of Kside tactics
L Tavares da Silva vs O Gadia, 1964 
(A10) English, 29 moves, 1-0

English defense; weird game A10 0-1 40
A Whiteley vs Keene, 1976  
(A10) English, 40 moves, 0-1

English defense; extensive notes by RK
O Rodriguez Vargas vs Keene, 1977  
(A10) English, 32 moves, 0-1

Cooked on both sides A10 0-1 28
R Hubert vs G Welling, 1997 
(A10) English, 28 moves, 0-1

G Jones vs Jobava, 2017 
(A11) English, Caro-Kann Defensive System, 25 moves, 0-1

Khalifman vs A Diermair, 2012 
(A11) English, Caro-Kann Defensive System, 41 moves, 1-0

J Bartholomew vs S Kojima, 2012 
(A11) English, Caro-Kann Defensive System, 34 moves, 1-0

English: Anglo-Indian Def. Romanishin Var (A15) 1-0 Kside climb
A Graf vs Krasenkow, 1991 
(A11) English, Caro-Kann Defensive System, 38 moves, 1-0

Timman vs S Ernst, 2012 
(A11) English, Caro-Kann Defensive System, 33 moves, 1-0

Short vs Jakovenko, 2012 
(A11) English, Caro-Kann Defensive System, 51 moves, 0-1

English Opening: Anglo-Slav Var (A11) 1-0 Bold Hack Attack
S Docx vs M Gagunashvili, 2013 
(A11) English, Caro-Kann Defensive System, 24 moves, 1-0

English Opening: Anglo-Slav. General (A11)1-0 Bischoff's Bishop
K Bischoff vs J Nogueiras, 1998 
(A11) English, Caro-Kann Defensive System, 40 moves, 1-0

English Opening: Anglo-Slav (A11) 0-1Hand-to-hand in the center
H Dronavalli vs A Rudolf, 2017 
(A11) English, Caro-Kann Defensive System, 33 moves, 0-1

Alekhine vs I Turover, 1929 
(A12) English with b3, 80 moves, 1-0

English, Agincourt Def. K's Knight(A13)1-0 f-pawn launch, R sac
Kramnik vs Fridman, 2013 
(A13) English, 34 moves, 1-0

Tal's Creative Play
Tal vs Van der Wiel, 1982 
(A13) English, 24 moves, 1-0

English, Agincourt Def. K's Knt / Dbl Fio vs Stonewall(A13) 0-1
Suba vs J Mestel, 1979
(A13) English, 59 moves, 0-1

Gain time on queen while building a battery against the block
Alekhine vs O Chajes, 1911 
(A13) English, 24 moves, 1-0

Double knight sacs assist h-file attack
Portisch vs E Haag, 1959 
(A13) English, 19 moves, 0-1

Notes by Alekhine; NY 1924 First brilliancy prize
Reti vs Bogoljubov, 1924  
(A13) English, 25 moves, 1-0

English Opening: Agincourt Def (A13) 1-0 Arabian Mate looms
N Dzagnidze vs Kosteniuk, 2014
(A13) English, 43 moves, 1-0

English Opening: Agincourt Def (A13) 1-0 Q sac offer
Saemisch vs R L'hermet, 1927 
(A13) English, 27 moves, 1-0

English, Agincourt Def. Catalan Def (A13) 1-0 N zwischenzug!?
Alekhine vs Milner-Barry, 1938 
(A13) English, 52 moves, 1-0

English Opening: Agincourt Def (A13) 0-1 N outpost
Staunton vs E Williams, 1851 
(A13) English, 37 moves, 0-1

English, Agincourt Def. Catalan Def Accepted (A13) 1-0Qside pop
Stein vs Dzindzichashvili, 1971 
(A13) English, 25 moves, 1-0

English Opening: Agincourt Def. (A13) 0-1 Blitz video link
Carlsen vs Morozevich, 2012 
(A13) English, 57 moves, 0-1

English Opening: Agincourt Def. King's Knight (A13) 1-0 Hook #
M Rohde vs S Benen, 2003
(A13) English, 28 moves, 1-0

English Opening: Agincourt Def. King's Knight (A13) 0-1 32...?
O Chernin vs E Schiller, 1998 
(A13) English, 34 moves, 0-1

$English Opening: Agincourt Def. Catalan Def (A13) 1-0Brilliant
L Spassov vs P Popov, 1977 
(A13) English, 23 moves, 1-0

English Opening: Agincourt Def. (A13) 1-0 Bareev's Mona Lisa
Bareev vs Rozentalis, 1997 
(A13) English, 49 moves, 1-0

White pays for giving up space so easily
Polugaevsky vs Petrosian, 1970 
(A14) English, 36 moves, 0-1

Pressure the King's EAD
Kramnik vs A Mista, 2014 
(A14) English, 34 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

English, Agincourt Def. Catalan Def (A30) 1-0 W rages thru cntr
Kramnik vs Anand, 1996 
(A14) English, 41 moves, 1-0

English, Anglo-Indian Def. K's Knight Var (A15) 1-0
A Nimzowitsch vs A Nilsson, 1924 
(A15) English, 54 moves, 1-0

Strengthen the position to the utmost
Reti vs P Romanovsky, 1925 
(A15) English, 47 moves, 1-0

29... Bh4 Double Barrel Bishops force trade of Bishop for Rook
S Belavenets vs V Makogonov, 1937 
(A15) English, 41 moves, 0-1

EG: Every white unit on light squares vs dark bishop
Andersson vs Z Franco Ocampos, 1979 
(A15) English, 42 moves, 1-0

Double Fianchetto; Centralized Knight vs Isolated pawn
Petrosian vs Portisch, 1974 
(A15) English, 27 moves, 1-0

Q sacrifice, B check, and a rarity...K move to checkmate
D Cummings vs G Basanta, 1999 
(A34) English, Symmetrical, 33 moves, 1-0

Anglo-Indian Def. Mikenas-Carls Var (A15) 1-0 Q's off early
Romanishin vs Suba, 1986 
(A15) English, 42 moves, 1-0

Anglo-Indian Def. Mikenas-Carls Var (A15) 1-0 R ending
K Georgiev vs Suba, 1987
(A15) English, 68 moves, 1-0

C Velasquez Ojeda vs L Rojas Keim, 2004 
(A15) English, 39 moves, 0-1

Hanging Pawns/Understanding Pawn Play in Chess by D. Marovic
Keres vs Taimanov, 1951 
(A15) English, 37 moves, 1-0

Game 44 in Paul Keres: The Road to the Top by Paul Keres.
Keres vs Smyslov, 1948 
(A15) English, 27 moves, 1-0

English Opening: Anglo-Indian Def K's Knight Var (A15) 0-1Blitz
E Grivas vs Movsesian, 2002 
(A15) English, 34 moves, 0-1

F1N!
Larsen vs C Munoz, 1957 
(A15) English, 34 moves, 0-1

English, Anglo-Indian Def. KID Formation (A15) 1-0 Ingenious
Aronian vs Giri, 2017 
(A15) English, 27 moves, 1-0

English, Anglo-Indian Def. K's Knt Var (A15) 0-1 Waiting works
Kharlov vs M Kobalia, 2004 
(A15) English, 66 moves, 0-1

English, Anglo-Indian Def. Mikenas-Carls Var (A15) 1-0 Lost B
Smyslov vs A Sokolsky, 1950 
(A15) English, 23 moves, 1-0

English, Anglo-Indian Def. K's Knight Var (A15) 1-0
Jobava vs H Wang, 2006 
(A15) English, 46 moves, 1-0

English, Anglo-Indian Def. QID Formation (A15) 1-0
X Bu vs A Shchekachev, 2006 
(A15) English, 29 moves, 1-0

English, Anglo-Indian Def. KID Formation (A15) 1-0
X Bu vs Vachier-Lagrave, 2007 
(A15) English, 52 moves, 1-0

English, Anglo-Indian Def. K's Knight Var (A15) 1/2-1/2
Dzindzichashvili vs Bagirov, 1972 
(A15) English, 48 moves, 1/2-1/2

English, Anglo-Indian Def. KID Formation (A15) 1-0 Useful space
L Espig vs Jansa, 1970
(A15) English, 36 moves, 1-0

English, Anglo-Indian Def. KID Formation (A15) 1-0
A Simutowe vs Nakamura, 2001 
(A15) English, 101 moves, 1-0

English, Anglo-Indian Def Mikenas-Carls (A15) 0-1 Q sac, Q trap
L Sepp vs B Sundberg, 1936 
(A15) English, 34 moves, 0-1

English, Anglo-Indian Def KID Formation (A15) QxNight Fall
Kasparov vs M Cebalo, 1992 
(A15) English, 38 moves, 1-0

English, Anglo-Indian Def QID Formation(A15) 1-0Yasser's letter
Kasparov vs Salov, 1989 
(A15) English, 29 moves, 1-0

English, Anglo-Indian Def. KID Formation (A15) 1-0
Karpov vs Timman, 1986 
(A15) English, 70 moves, 1-0

English, Anglo-Indian Def. K's Knight Var (A15) 0-1
L Aubert vs J Pinter, 1991
(A15) English, 39 moves, 0-1

English, Anglo-Indian Def. QID Formation (A15) 1-0
W Schmidt vs Andersson, 1974 
(A15) English, 41 moves, 0-1

V Papin vs C Scholz, 2013 
(A15) English, 39 moves, 1-0

English, Anglo-Indian Def. Mikenas-Carls Var (A15) 1-0Fantastic
Euwe vs Colle, 1926 
(A15) English, 65 moves, 1-0

English, Anglo-Indian Def. KID Dbl Fianchetto (A15) 1-0
K Opocensky vs F Fischer, 1923
(A15) English, 58 moves, 1-0

Neat mate w/pieces in a row; Q sac sets up B+ then N+
Benko vs W Hartmann, 1984 
(A16) English, 21 moves, 0-1

SW-- White King supports the Knight
S Williams vs J Critelli, 2003
(A16) English, 46 moves, 1-0

English, Anglo-Indian Def. Q's Knight (A26) 0-1 "Grant's Tomb"
J Grant vs C Weiss, 2007 
(A16) English, 52 moves, 0-1

English Opening: Anglo-Indian Def. Q's Knight Var (A16) 1-0
L Schmid vs K Langeweg, 1965 
(A16) English, 32 moves, 1-0

English Opening: Anglo-Indian Def. Q's Knt Var (A16) 0-1 Bad B
Petrosian vs Larsen, 1966 
(A16) English, 61 moves, 0-1

No Luft A17 1-0 35
Kramnik vs Karpov, 1997 
(E32) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 35 moves, 1-0

Another Masterpiece; Anglo-Indian Defense. Hedgehog System (A17
Petrosian vs Psakhis, 1982 
(A34) English, Symmetrical, 34 moves, 1-0

Attack & defence wow! A17 0-1 28
Keres vs Smyslov, 1953 
(A17) English, 28 moves, 0-1

Black plays on White's side of the board w/a wedge
Seirawan vs L Christiansen, 1980 
(A17) English, 32 moves, 0-1

English, Anglo-Indian Def QID formation (A17) 1-0 TP gets mated
Korchnoi vs Petrosian, 1974 
(A17) English, 36 moves, 1-0

Pseudo-Boden's Mate; Rook Variation
Benjamin vs N Gamboa, 1995 
(A18) English, Mikenas-Carls, 15 moves, 1-0

Slick Combination A18 1/2-1/2 32
Vachier-Lagrave vs Wojtaszek, 2015 
(A18) English, Mikenas-Carls, 32 moves, 1/2-1/2

Anglo-Indian Def. Flohr-Mikenas-Carls Var (A18)1/2-1/2 12 moves
Keene vs D Anderton, 1977 
(A18) English, Mikenas-Carls, 12 moves, 1/2-1/2

English Opening: Anglo-Indian Def Flohr-Mikenas-Carls (A18) 1-0
Khalifman vs K Shevchenko, 2018 
(A18) English, Mikenas-Carls, 24 moves, 1-0

English Anglo-Indian Def. Flohr-Mikenas-Carls Var (A18)1-0 B-Q#
M Stryjecki vs C Carbonell Bofill, 2003 
(A18) English, Mikenas-Carls, 13 moves, 1-0

Game 140 in Secrets of Modern Chess Strategy... by John Watson
Kasparov vs A Sokolov, 1988 
(A19) English, Mikenas-Carls, Sicilian Variation, 42 moves, 1-0

Game 3 in 'How Good is your Chess?' by Daniel John King.
Karpov vs Hjartarson, 1989 
(A20) English, 45 moves, 1-0

King's English. Reversed Sicilian (A21) 1-0 Six N moves??
Marshall vs E McCormick, 1938 
(A21) English, 12 moves, 1-0

King's English Variation. Kramnik-Shirov Counter (A21) · 1-0
M Mchedlishvili vs S Volkov, 2011 
(A21) English, 52 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. Two Knights' Keres Var (A23) 0-1Common Qside Unpin
Molero vs A Lootsma, 1980 
(A23) English, Bremen System, Keres Variation, 6 moves, 0-1

A Bit Like Mikenas English
Berecky vs Sonderso, 1986 
(B20) Sicilian, 9 moves, 1-0

K's English. Reversed Closed Sicilian (A25) 1-0 Two White forks
K Ozols vs P Reid, 1937 
(A25) English, 8 moves, 1-0

King's English. Reversed Closed Sicilian (A25) 1-0 Discovered++
C Carls vs Spielmann, 1912 
(A25) English, 27 moves, 1-0

K's English. Reversed Closed Sicilian (A25) 0-1 She didn't run
V Zavoronkov vs V Bukhteeva, 2012 
(A25) English, 23 moves, 0-1

K's English. Four Knights 4.d4 (A28) 1-0 Castle opposite
Tal vs T Georgadze, 1974 
(A28) English, 18 moves, 1-0

K's English. Four Knights 4.d4 (A28) 0-1 Remove the Guard+
S Landau vs Reti, 1927 
(A28) English, 18 moves, 0-1

K's English. Four Knts Quiet Line (A28) 0-1 Exchange sac
Short vs Morozevich, 2007 
(A28) English, 31 moves, 0-1

K's English. Four Knights Botvinnik (A28) 1-0 Horse in the barn
L Christiansen vs Shankland, 2013 
(A28) English, 76 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. 4 Knts Fianchetto (A29) 1-0 Triple G was a twinkle
Uhlmann vs Smyslov, 1973 
(A29) English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto, 30 moves, 1-0

English Symmetrical. Hedgehog Defense (A30) 1/2-1/2
M Lee vs J Fedorowicz, 2009
(A30) English, Symmetrical, 9 moves, 1/2-1/2

English Opening: Symmetrical. Hedgehog Def (A30) 0-1 B outpost
Smyslov vs Kasparov, 1981 
(A30) English, Symmetrical, 27 moves, 0-1

English Opening: Symmetrical (A30) 1/2- Accurate anticipation
Filip vs T van Scheltinga, 1963
(A30) English, Symmetrical, 30 moves, 1/2-1/2

Suba, Mihai. The Hedgehog. Batsford, 2003. Game 86.
A Wojtkiewicz vs Ftacnik, 1993 
(A30) English, Symmetrical, 58 moves, 0-1

English Symmetrical. Anti-Benoni. Spielmann Def. (A33) 1-0 d6Xs
Capablanca vs Santasiere, 1922 
(A33) English, Symmetrical, 33 moves, 1-0

English Symmetrical. Normal (A34) 0-1 4 different units in mid
Quinteros vs Dzindzichashvili, 1980 
(A34) English, Symmetrical, 35 moves, 0-1

English Symmetrical. Three Knights (A34) 1-0 Spearhead pin
Petrosian vs H Lehmann, 1960 
(A34) English, Symmetrical, 32 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

Game 28 in On the Attack by Jan Timman
Van Wely vs J Polgar, 1997 
(A35) English, Symmetrical, 30 moves, 0-1

English Opening: Symmetrical. Two Knights Line (A37) 1/2-1/2
M Sinanovic vs H Stevic, 2007
(A37) English, Symmetrical, 14 moves, 1/2-1/2

Game 135 in The World's Great Chess Games by Reuben Fine
P Blechschmidt vs Flohr, 1930 
(A38) English, Symmetrical, 31 moves, 0-1

Crossfire Penetration A20 1-0 27
Botvinnik vs O Benkner, 1956 
(A20) English, 27 moves, 1-0

King's English (A20) 0-1 White has pressure, but no clear win
Tartakower vs Lasker, 1924 
(A20) English, 48 moves, 0-1

In a pickle? Sacrifice something!
R Toran vs Tal, 1961 
(A21) English, 25 moves, 0-1

Long but well worth it! A21 1-0 84
J Nogueiras vs M Gongora, 2001 
(A21) English, 84 moves, 1-0

Remarkable little-known game! A21 1-0 92
Smyslov vs Keres, 1953 
(A21) English, 92 moves, 1-0

A stupendous attacking gem by Shirov; N sac pays off big!
F Tahirov vs Shirov, 2007 
(A21) English, 21 moves, 0-1

Pretty mating net in endgame A22 1-0 44 Dzagnidze
Botvinnik vs Smyslov, 1964 
(A22) English, 44 moves, 1-0

More bishop and rook cooperation for penetration
Euwe vs E Martin, 1957
(A22) English, 23 moves, 1-0

Botvinnik gives both his rooks away and finishes w/a flurry
Botvinnik vs Portisch, 1968 
(A22) English, 26 moves, 1-0

Notes by Nimzowitsch; A Slow Motion Rout
Rubinstein vs Duras, 1911  
(A22) English, 52 moves, 1-0

Notes by Raymond Keene: The Bellon gambit
Keene vs K Wockenfuss, 1977  
(A22) English, 20 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Def. 2c4 Staunton-Cochrane Var (B20) 0-1 Connected Ps
H Rossetto vs Huebner, 1972 
(B20) Sicilian, 42 moves, 0-1

King's English. Two Knights' Keres Var (A23) 1-0 Piece action
Botvinnik vs Tal, 1961 
(A23) English, Bremen System, Keres Variation, 73 moves, 1-0

A copy of Saidy vs Fischer, 1969 until 23... Nb4
Karpov vs J Bellon Lopez, 1973 
(A25) English, 49 moves, 1/2-1/2

Game 73 in Bobby Fischer Rediscovered by Andrew Soltis
A Saidy vs Fischer, 1968  
(A25) English, 35 moves, 0-1

Kings don't want to block passers in the middlegame
K Langeweg vs T Krabbe, 1967 
(A25) English, 32 moves, 1-0

7.h4 King's English Variation. Closed System (A25) 1-0
Capablanca vs C H Alexander, 1936 
(A25) English, 44 moves, 1-0

Very nice game by both A25 0-1 48
McShane vs Efimenko, 2011 
(A25) English, 48 moves, 0-1

Closed Sicilian w/colors reversed; blistering MG
Smyslov vs V Liberzon, 1968 
(A25) English, 41 moves, 1-0

Sudden Two Pins prepares Royal Fork
Sanahuja vs Fernandez, 1983 
(A27) English, Three Knights System, 8 moves, 1-0

Browne's brilliant Queen sham sacrifice 16... Qxc4!!
Seirawan vs Browne, 1979 
(A27) English, Three Knights System, 18 moves, 0-1

English Three Knights (A27) · 1-0 miniature
P Schoeber vs E Bouwmans, 1981 
(A27) English, Three Knights System, 9 moves, 1-0

Looks like both armies had been drinking
M Rohde vs S Polgar, 1992 
(A27) English, Three Knights System, 30 moves, 1-0

King's English. 3 Knights System (A27) 0-1 Q sac unpin, promote
V Doroshkievich vs Tukmakov, 1970 
(A27) English, Three Knights System, 8 moves, 0-1

Game 4, p. 30 in the book Power Mates by Bruce Pandolfini.
M Stean vs Sax, 1979 
(A27) English, Three Knights System, 21 moves, 0-1

RK A28 1-0 40
Keene vs B Jansson, 1976  
(A28) English, 40 moves, 1-0

An X-Ray tactic protects the Black Knight and ends the game
Svidler vs Gelfand, 2009 
(A28) English, 56 moves, 0-1

1979 Montreal "Tournament of Stars"
Timman vs Karpov, 1979 
(A28) English, 31 moves, 0-1

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 Knights Fianchetto (A29)1/2-1/2 Stalemate blunder
Kasparov vs K Georgiev, 1988 
(A29) English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto, 78 moves, 1/2-1/2

How to use an isolated d pawn, by G. Kasparov.
Kasparov vs N Faulks, 2003 
(A20) English, 40 moves, 1-0

Maneuvering in the King's English. Risk of the f5-g6 chain.
V Malakhov vs Bacrot, 2002 
(A29) English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto, 37 moves, 1-0

The future is now?! A30 1/2-1/2 40
Carlsen vs Karjakin, 2005 
(A30) English, Symmetrical, 40 moves, 1/2-1/2

Make a run for it A30 0-1 49
Huebner vs Kasparov, 1981 
(A30) English, Symmetrical, 49 moves, 0-1

Nice use of interference as a defensive measure
Portisch vs A Deze, 1971 
(A30) English, Symmetrical, 20 moves, 1-0

Great game by Plaskett A30 1-0 37
Plaskett vs Short, 1985 
(A30) English, Symmetrical, 37 moves, 1-0

White dilly dallied with two plans in the ending
L Grigorian vs Karpov, 1975 
(A30) English, Symmetrical, 61 moves, 0-1

QM-- Continuation for Hook Mate toward the Center
R Rubenchik vs M Ashley, 2000 
(A30) English, Symmetrical, 30 moves, 0-1

English Opening: Symmetrical (A30) 0-1 BF's Q is asking for it
Larsen vs Fischer, 1971 
(A30) English, Symmetrical, 54 moves, 0-1

English, Symmetrical. Anti-Benoni (A31) 1-0 Windmill into #
Alekhine vs A Fletcher, 1928 
(A31) English, Symmetrical, Benoni Formation, 32 moves, 1-0

Underhanded Chess? A31 1-0 21
Petrosian vs Korchnoi, 1962 
(A31) English, Symmetrical, Benoni Formation, 21 moves, 1-0

English, Anti-Benoni Var (A31) 0-1 Black isn't forced
R Haque vs Hodgson, 1987 
(A31) English, Symmetrical, Benoni Formation, 9 moves, 0-1

Stunning Finish! A32 0-1 22
Vaganian vs A Planinc, 1975 
(A32) English, Symmetrical Variation, 22 moves, 0-1

English Symmetrical. Anti-Benoni (A32) 0-1 Bully Q is immune
Reshevsky vs Fischer, 1970 
(A32) English, Symmetrical Variation, 30 moves, 0-1

English Symmetrical. Anti-Benoni Var Spielmann Def (A32) 0-1
Aronian vs Carlsen, 2008 
(A32) English, Symmetrical Variation, 51 moves, 0-1

Trapped Rook is attacked with 22. Be7
Adorjan vs G Sigurjonsson, 1982
(A33) English, Symmetrical, 38 moves, 1-0

Is this included? A34 1-0 46
A Nimzowitsch vs Rubinstein, 1926  
(A34) English, Symmetrical, 46 moves, 1-0

Karpov skillfully squashes white's initiative
Shamkovich vs Karpov, 1971 
(A34) English, Symmetrical, 50 moves, 0-1

this famous game has a 7th rank R, a B-R6, & Q deflection
Karpov vs Kasparov, 1987 
(A34) English, Symmetrical, 57 moves, 1-0

English Symmetrical. Botvinnik System (A36) 1-0 2 Q's lose!
A Reshko vs V Faibisovich, 1969 
(A36) English, 25 moves, 1-0

(A37) English, Symmetrical / (A04) Reti Opening
S Abatzidis vs P H Nielsen, 2006
(A37) English, Symmetrical, 39 moves, 0-1

(A37) English, Symmetrical / (A04) Reti Opening
T Markowski vs W Schmidt, 2003
(A37) English, Symmetrical, 42 moves, 1-0

(A37) English, Symmetrical / (A04) Reti Opening Dzagnidze
T Markowski vs R Akesson, 2004
(A37) English, Symmetrical, 34 moves, 0-1

Dutch / Horwitz Defense vs 3.d5 (A40) 0-1 Q for 3 minor pieces
I Kanko vs Y Aloni, 1966
(A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 33 moves, 0-1

Famous King Walk A40 1-0 18
Ed Lasker vs G Thomas, 1912 
(A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 18 moves, 1-0

Modern Defense: Beefeater Variation (A40) · 0-1
G Taylor vs I Ivanov, 1985 
(A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 25 moves, 0-1

San Antonio (1972) · Horwitz Defense: General (A40) · 1-0
Petrosian vs Larsen, 1972 
(A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 61 moves, 1-0

Dutch/Horwitz Def (A40) 1-0 Q chase bolt from outta the blue
K Darga vs A Dueckstein, 1963 
(A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 26 moves, 1-0

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

London System w/0-0-0 vs Classical Dutch (A40) 0-1Bad sacrifice
N Giffard vs S Williams, 2005 
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 43 moves, 0-1

It's no Rat. It's a Dutch Leningrad vs. Double Fianchetto
I Ibragimov vs Kramnik, 1991 
(A41) Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6), 55 moves, 0-1

Another Dutch Leningrad. Black w/2 minors vs. 1 White rook EG
Mamedyarov vs T Gelashvili, 2001 
(A41) Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6), 67 moves, 0-1

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

Indian Game/London Syst (A45) 0-1 Black plays delayed Stonewall
J B Hernandez vs R Grau, 1928 
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 67 moves, 0-1

Indian Game transforms to a Stonewall Attack
S Khan vs H Mattison, 1931 
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 22 moves, 1-0

Colle Zuk vs QID / Delayed Classical Dutch; 0-1 Sparkling EG
J Morrison vs Capablanca, 1922  
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 57 moves, 0-1

White was good to move 20
G Grasser vs Kudrin, 2009 
(A49) King's Indian, Fianchetto without c4, 36 moves, 0-1

Old Indian Defense: General (A53) 1/2-1/2 Akiba fianchettos
Rubinstein vs Schlechter, 1918
(A53) Old Indian, 31 moves, 1/2-1/2

John Watsons' Secrets of Modern Chess Strategy
Karpov vs Miles, 1992 
(E00) Queen's Pawn Game, 35 moves, 1-0

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

Kangaroo Def (E00) 1-0 Knights on the back rank
Botvinnik vs Alatortsev, 1932
(E00) Queen's Pawn Game, 37 moves, 1-0

A symmetrical English; Black insists on giving something away!
M Blau vs Tal, 1959 
(A31) English, Symmetrical, Benoni Formation, 35 moves, 0-1

QID Spassky System delayed f5 (E14) 0-1 Dbl B sacs, R lift
E Dizdarevic vs Miles, 1985 
(E14) Queen's Indian, 18 moves, 0-1

g19 - Petrosian wins two in a row
Petrosian vs Botvinnik, 1963 
(E19) Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3, 66 moves, 1-0

Protected Unpin wins a pawn
Korchnoi vs Simagin, 1960 
(E46) Nimzo-Indian, 9 moves, 1-0

A memorable combination
Petrosian vs Spassky, 1966 
(E63) King's Indian, Fianchetto, Panno Variation, 30 moves, 1-0

English, Agincourt Def. Catalan Def Accepted (A13) 1-0Strategic
Grischuk vs E Inarkiev, 2014 
(A13) English, 46 moves, 1-0

English, Agincourt Def. Catalan Defense Accepted (A13) 0-1
M Clancy vs J Horton, 2014
(A13) English, 32 moves, 0-1

English, Agincourt Def. Neo Catalan Declined (A14) 1-0 K walk W
V Malakhov vs Shimanov, 2014
(A14) English, 58 moves, 1-0

English, Anglo-Indian Def. QID Var (A17) 1-0Ana wins w/N on 6th
A Srebrnic vs A Benderac, 2007 
(A17) English, 26 moves, 1-0

Anglo-Indian Def. Flohr-Mikenas-Carls (A18) 1/2-Generic exchngs
S Haraldsson vs G Thorsteinsdottir, 1973
(A18) English, Mikenas-Carls, 42 moves, 1/2-1/2

English, Anglo-Indian Def. Flohr-Mikenas-Carls Var (A18) 1-0 !
Navara vs I Cheparinov, 2017 
(A18) English, Mikenas-Carls, 32 moves, 1-0

Anglo-Indian Def. Zviagintsev-Krasenkov Attack g-spike(A18) 0-1
Nepomniachtchi vs Turov, 2007
(A18) English, Mikenas-Carls, 61 moves, 0-1

Munich Olympiad (1936), Munich GER, rd 13,
D Danchev vs L Asztalos, 1936
(A19) English, Mikenas-Carls, Sicilian Variation, 35 moves, 0-1

Vladas Mikenas - Lithuanian Legend (1910-1992)
V Mikenas vs A Khasin, 1954
(A19) English, Mikenas-Carls, Sicilian Variation, 41 moves, 1-0

Game 15 in Winning With the Hypermodern by Keene & Schiller
Seirawan vs Karpov, 1990 
(A20) English, 36 moves, 1-0

K's English. Kramnik-Shirov Counter (A21) 1-0 Kside assault
L Piasetski vs S Gieben, 2013
(A21) English, 33 moves, 1-0

King's English. Kramnik-Shirov Cntr (A21) 1-0 Supported Passer
Kasparov vs Shirov, 1994 
(A21) English, 37 moves, 1-0

King's English. Kramnik-Shirov Counter (A21) 0-1 P wedge
I Lada vs Glek, 2001
(A21) English, 18 moves, 0-1

Colle's Chess Masterpieces by Fred Reinfeld
Colle vs Olland, 1923 
(A22) English, 24 moves, 1-0

When you bring your Q out of the house that early, it means she
Miles vs Plaskett, 1983 
(A22) English, 19 moves, 1-0

King's English. Two Knights, Reversed Dragon (A22) 1-0 Pin
Euwe vs A Rueb, 1923 
(A22) English, 17 moves, 1-0

King's English. 2Knts' Bg2 vs Bg7 (A22) 1-0Where to break thru?
Petrosian vs M Bertok, 1965 
(A22) English, 61 moves, 1-0

Tie Breaker: 25 minutes plus 10 second increment
Carlsen vs Caruana, 2018 
(A22) English, 55 moves, 1-0

King's English. Reversed Closed Sicilian (A25) · 1-0
Korchnoi vs Seirawan, 1994 
(A25) English, 33 moves, 1-0

King's English. Taimanov Variation (A25) · 1-0
Botvinnik vs Reshevsky, 1938 
(A25) English, 37 moves, 1-0

English Opening: K's English. Taimanov (A25) 1-0 Promotion next
Bacrot vs N Maisuradze, 2013
(A25) English, 35 moves, 1-0

King's English. Taimanov Var (A25) 1-0 Bxf7+ Decoy/Deflection!!
M Marin vs L Shytaj, 2008 
(A25) English, 43 moves, 1-0

King's English. Taimanov Variation (A25) · 1-0
Korchnoi vs Polugaevsky, 1963 
(A25) English, 42 moves, 1-0

King's English. Closed System (A25) 0-1
G Thomas vs K Opocensky, 1936
(A25) English, 38 moves, 0-1

King's English. Taimanov Variation (A25) 1-0
Z Franco Ocampos vs W Elliott, 2002
(A25) English, 60 moves, 1-0

King's English. Reversed Closed Sicilian (A25) · 1-0
A Kosten vs O Kirsanov, 2001 
(A25) English, 39 moves, 1-0

King's English. Taimanov Variation (A25) · 1-0
K Bischoff vs Mamedyarov, 2001 
(A25) English, 63 moves, 1-0

King's English Variation. Botvinnik System (A26) · 1-0
Smejkal vs R Hernandez Onna, 1977
(A26) English, 39 moves, 1-0

King's English Variation. Botvinnik System (A26) · 1-0
Serper vs Chernin, 1993
(A26) English, 72 moves, 1-0

King's English Variation. Botvinnik System (A26) 1-0 Blitz
Kasparov vs E Paehtz, 2002 
(A26) English, 43 moves, 1-0

King's English Variation. Botvinnik System (A26) · 1-0
Timman vs K Langeweg, 1971 
(A26) English, 30 moves, 1-0

King's English Variation. Botvinnik System (A26) 1/2-1/2
Uhlmann vs Timman, 1978 
(A26) English, 33 moves, 1/2-1/2

King's English Variation. Botvinnik System (A26) · 1-0
Korchnoi vs A Yusupov, 1998 
(A26) English, 61 moves, 1-0

King's English Variation. Botvinnik System (A26) · 1-0
Seirawan vs Van Wely, 1992 
(A26) English, 49 moves, 1-0

King's English. Three Knights System General (A27) 0-1
Smirnov vs S Polgar, 1981 
(A27) English, Three Knights System, 35 moves, 0-1

King's English Variation. Three Knights System General (A27) ·
D Reinderman vs Z Peng, 2007 
(A27) English, Three Knights System, 31 moves, 1-0

K's English. Four Knights Fianchetto (A29) 0-1 Immune Q finish
Tkachiev vs Vachier-Lagrave, 2007 
(A29) English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto, 35 moves, 0-1

K's English. Four Knights 4.g3 (A28) 0-1 Pin, Smothered #
D Poldauf vs C Steudtmann, 1980 
(A29) English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto, 7 moves, 0-1

K's English. 4Knts Fianchetto (A29) 0-1 Two mating squares
Kasparov vs Karpov, 1987 
(A29) English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto, 32 moves, 0-1

English Opening: Symmetrical. General (A30) 0-1 28...?
S Maus vs Tal, 1990 
(A30) English, Symmetrical, 28 moves, 0-1

English, Symmetrical. Hedgehog Def (A30) 0-1 No short draw here
Hort vs Tal, 1966 
(A30) English, Symmetrical, 40 moves, 0-1

Game 327 of Chess Informant Best Games 301-400
Larsen vs Andersson, 1982 
(A30) English, Symmetrical, 38 moves, 1-0

English, Symmetrical (A30) 1-0 Penetrate behind Hedgehog pawns
Uhlmann vs Ribli, 1976 
(A30) English, Symmetrical, 40 moves, 1-0

English, Symmetrical. Dbl Fio vs Hedgehog Def (A30) 0-1Combo #!
R Panjwani vs Ivanchuk, 2014 
(A30) English, Symmetrical, 37 moves, 0-1

English Opening: Symmetrical (A30) 1-0 BxNf6 busts open g-file
B Adhiban vs A Donchenko, 2015 
(A30) English, Symmetrical, 28 moves, 1-0

English, Symmetrical. Hedgehog Def (A30) 0-1 Passin' w/care
Speelman vs Kasparov, 1981 
(A30) English, Symmetrical, 70 moves, 0-1

English, Symmetrical. Hedgehog Def (A30) 0-1 Knight+ & fork R
Shabalov vs A Vitolinsh, 1986
(A30) English, Symmetrical, 36 moves, 0-1

English Opening: Symmetrical (A30) 0-1 Yuri won
Y Anikaev vs Balashov, 1979 
(A30) English, Symmetrical, 99 moves, 0-1

English Opening: Symmetrical (A30) 0-1 A good scrap
R Hovhannisyan vs Duda, 2015 
(A30) English, Symmetrical, 116 moves, 0-1

English Opening: Symmetrical. Hedgehog Def (A30) 1-0 Mayet's #
G Jones vs P Carlsson, 2016 
(A30) English, Symmetrical, 39 moves, 1-0

English Opening: Symmetrical. Anti-Benoni / Hedgehog (A31) 0-1
Taimanov vs A Yusupov, 1982 
(A31) English, Symmetrical, Benoni Formation, 42 moves, 0-1

English, Symmetrical. Anti-Benoni (A31) 1-0White on dark squarz
A Abolianin vs K Lie, 2004 
(A31) English, Symmetrical, Benoni Formation, 43 moves, 1-0

English, Symmetrical. Anti-Benoni (A31) 1-0 Seize the 7th!
N Minev vs Kavalek, 1963 
(A31) English, Symmetrical, Benoni Formation, 26 moves, 1-0

English, Symmetrical. Anti-Benoni Var (A31) 0-1 Deal/Deal pins
A Luczak vs J Fedorowicz, 1979 
(A31) English, Symmetrical, Benoni Formation, 44 moves, 0-1

English Symmetricl. Anti-Benoni, Spielmnn Def (A33) 0-1 Best EG
So vs Vachier-Lagrave, 2015 
(A33) English, Symmetrical, 68 moves, 0-1

English Symmetrical. Anti-Benoni Geller Var (A33) 1-0
Morozevich vs Leko, 2012 
(A33) English, Symmetrical, 42 moves, 1-0

English Symmetrical. Anti-Benoni Spielmann Def (A33) 1-0
Korchnoi vs Portisch, 1983 
(A33) English, Symmetrical, 35 moves, 1-0

English Symmetrical. Anti-Benoni Geller Var (A33) 1-0
G Guseinov vs Ponomariov, 1999
(A33) English, Symmetrical, 52 moves, 0-1

English Symmetrical. Anti-Benoni Spielmann Def (A33) 1-0
Speelman vs K Arkell, 1994 
(A33) English, Symmetrical, 29 moves, 1-0

English Symmetrical. Anti-Benoni Spielmann Def (A33) 1-0
B Lalith vs Short, 2016
(A33) English, Symmetrical, 56 moves, 1-0

English Opening: Symmetrical. Fianchetto (A34) 1-0 Qside Q trap
L Christiansen vs P Cleghorn, 1976 
(A34) English, Symmetrical, 16 moves, 1-0

English, Symmetrical. Rubinstein Var (A34) 1-0 Q trap backfires
B Leer-Salvesen vs J Mardell, 2007 
(A34) English, Symmetrical, 9 moves, 1-0

English Opening: Symmetrical. Normal Var (A34) 1-0 Qmate in 1
V Nedela vs J Slepanek, 1996 
(A34) English, Symmetrical, 10 moves, 1-0

English Symmetrical. Three Knights (A34) 0-1
Polugaevsky vs Korchnoi, 1980 
(A34) English, Symmetrical, 41 moves, 0-1

English Symmetrical. Three Knights (A34) 0-1 Dzagnidze
Carlsen vs Vachier-Lagrave, 2017 
(A34) English, Symmetrical, 71 moves, 0-1

English Symmetrical. Rubinstein Var (A34) 1-0
Korchnoi vs Suetin, 1953 
(A34) English, Symmetrical, 42 moves, 1-0

English Symmetrical. Botvinnik System Reversed (A36) 1-0 51.?
Korchnoi vs P Bakker, 1976 
(A36) English, 52 moves, 1-0

English, Symmetrical. 2 Knts (A37) 1-0 Exchange sac opens lines
G Schwartzman vs P Moulin, 1995
(A37) English, Symmetrical, 39 moves, 1-0

English, Symmetrical. Two Knights Line (A37)0-1 Two Hogs on 2nd
Fressinet vs Y Yu, 2014 
(A37) English, Symmetrical, 37 moves, 0-1

Game 2 in Starting Out: The English by Neil McDonald
O Bjarnason vs de Firmian, 2000 
(A37) English, Symmetrical, 27 moves, 0-1

English Opening: Symmetrical. Mecking Var (A39) 1/2-Amazing Def
Jobava vs Y Bayram, 2002 
(A39) English, Symmetrical, Main line with d4, 71 moves, 1/2-1/2

Carlsen's win over Michael Adams from the 2006 Turin Olympiad
Carlsen vs Adams, 2006 
(A17) English, 73 moves, 1-0

English, Symmetrical. Anti-Benoni, Spielmann Def(A33) 1-0trolls
Carlsen vs J Polgar, 2012 
(A33) English, Symmetrical, 53 moves, 1-0

So vs Carlsen, 2015 
(A29) English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto, 41 moves, 1/2-1/2

Ding Liren vs Carlsen, 2017 
(A28) English, 27 moves, 0-1

01) Games in Tony Kosten's "The Dynamic English".
Staunton vs Horwitz, 1851  
(A13) English, 46 moves, 1-0

02) Games in Tony Kosten's "The Dynamic English".
Smejkal vs A Yusupov, 1991 
(A25) English, 44 moves, 1/2-1/2

03) Games in Tony Kosten's "The Dynamic English".
K Spraggett vs P San Segundo Carrillo, 1989 
(A26) English, 45 moves, 1-0

04) Games in Tony Kosten's "The Dynamic English".
Balashov vs Dvoirys, 1992 
(A25) English, 64 moves, 1/2-1/2

05) Games in Tony Kosten's "The Dynamic English".
Psakhis vs E Ragozin, 1994 
(A10) English, 38 moves, 1-0

ICC bullet blitz 1 0 u (2008)
Harikrishna vs NN, 2008 
(A21) English, 27 moves, 1-0

A29 1/2-1/2 58
Smejkal vs A Haik, 1982 
(A29) English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto, 58 moves, 1/2-1/2

A13 0-1 20
A Niedermayer vs P Haba, 1996 
(A13) English, 20 moves, 0-1

A17 1-0 28
Polugaevsky vs Gulko, 1975 
(A17) English, 28 moves, 1-0

A20 0-1 32
Jakovenko vs Shirov, 2007 
(A20) English, 32 moves, 0-1

A30 1/2-1/2 54
Kramnik vs Leko, 1997 
(A30) English, Symmetrical, 54 moves, 1/2-1/2

Botvinnik vs Tal, 1960 
(E69) King's Indian, Fianchetto, Classical Main line, 47 moves, 0-1

Kasparov vs Karpov, 1987 
(A29) English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto, 41 moves, 0-1

Dzindzichashvili vs J Berry, 1999
(A21) English, 56 moves, 1-0

V Chekhover vs Alatortsev, 1940
(A20) English, 72 moves, 0-1

J Tarjan vs Shamkovich, 1978
(A17) English, 30 moves, 1-0

I Ivanov vs Shamkovich, 1988
(A30) English, Symmetrical, 52 moves, 1-0

Alburt vs Shamkovich, 1989
(A14) English, 35 moves, 1-0

Nakamura vs Navara, 2012 
(A22) English, 34 moves, 1-0

B L Shrestha vs D Volpinari, 2006
(A35) English, Symmetrical, 34 moves, 1-0

C Hanley vs S Brynell, 2001 
(A20) English, 42 moves, 0-1

Frirz vs HIARCS, 2003 
(A17) English, 54 moves, 0-1

D Haessel vs A Nikouline, 2003
(A20) English, 31 moves, 1-0

H Hintze vs A Graf, 2003
(A21) English, 29 moves, 0-1

P Verhaeghe vs Fridman, 2003
(A23) English, Bremen System, Keres Variation, 36 moves, 0-1

F Klein vs S Djuric, 2003
(A23) English, Bremen System, Keres Variation, 32 moves, 0-1

A Greenfeld vs S Kosmo, 2003 
(A30) English, Symmetrical, 31 moves, 1-0

Korchnoi vs Bronstein, 1964 
(A14) English, 49 moves, 1-0

Botvinnik vs Larsen, 1967 
(A14) English, 47 moves, 1-0

T L Petrosian vs U Tillyaev, 2015 
(A37) English, Symmetrical, 47 moves, 1-0

Svidler vs Nepomniachtchi, 2013 
(A34) English, Symmetrical, 66 moves, 1-0

English, Anglo-Indian Def. Flohr-Mikenas-Carls Var(A18) 1/2-1/2
Carlsen vs Nakamura, 2019 
(A18) English, Mikenas-Carls, 32 moves, 1/2-1/2

Short vs G Jones, 2011 
(A37) English, Symmetrical, 56 moves, 1-0

Aronian vs Mamedyarov, 2017 
(A37) English, Symmetrical, 44 moves, 1-0

Giri vs A Ssegwanyi, 2015 
(A20) English, 49 moves, 1-0

A Kovalyov vs Kasimdzhanov, 2015 
(A14) English, 33 moves, 1-0

Ivkov vs I Cheparinov, 2000 
(A36) English, 53 moves, 0-1

W Hilse vs F Gygli, 1928 
(A36) English, 57 moves, 1-0

Lenderman vs Vachier-Lagrave, 2017 
(A33) English, Symmetrical, 47 moves, 0-1

R Ruck vs N Georgiadis, 2011
(A30) English, Symmetrical, 50 moves, 1-0

J Sajtar vs J Holas, 1943
(A13) English, 41 moves, 1-0

E Bukic vs M Mihaljcisin, 1981 
(A14) English, 58 moves, 1-0

S Marangunic vs Tukmakov, 1971 
(A16) English, 42 moves, 1-0

Vitiugov vs Morozevich, 2012 
(A16) English, 67 moves, 1-0

Larsen vs Korchnoi, 1973 
(A20) English, 43 moves, 0-1

Botvinnik vs Polugaevsky, 1967
(A30) English, Symmetrical, 55 moves, 1-0

Korchnoi vs Karpov, 1971 
(A30) English, Symmetrical, 38 moves, 0-1

Serper vs Balashov, 1991 
(A26) English, 34 moves, 1-0

Larsen vs A Nielsen, 1953 
(A31) English, Symmetrical, Benoni Formation, 29 moves, 1-0

Seirawan vs Miles, 1981 
(A31) English, Symmetrical, Benoni Formation, 39 moves, 0-1

G Goldberg vs F Duz-Khotimirsky, 1944 
(A16) English, 33 moves, 1-0

Keene vs M Markus, 1966 
(A36) English, 43 moves, 1-0

S Takacs vs Rubinstein, 1929 
(A34) English, Symmetrical, 32 moves, 1-0

Dorfman vs Razuvaev, 1992 
(A20) English, 47 moves, 1-0

12) Chess Masters on Winning Chess by Fred Reinfeld
A Nimzowitsch vs Alekhine, 1926 
(B02) Alekhine's Defense, 53 moves, 1/2-1/2

A Sznapik vs W Schinzel, 1976
(A21) English, 39 moves, 1-0

Azmaiparashvili vs V Chekhov, 1980
(A16) English, 40 moves, 1-0

V Bui vs H Frey Perez, 2002 
(A30) English, Symmetrical, 32 moves, 0-1

champions
Botvinnik vs Spassky, 1970 
(A26) English, 29 moves, 1/2-1/2

A Kosten vs G Lilley, 1999 
(A16) English, 28 moves, 1-0

V Malakhov vs E Shaposhnikov, 2001 
(A17) English, 64 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Defense: Kramnik Variation c4, e4 (B40) 0-1 Promo race
Tartakower vs J Mieses, 1909 
(B40) Sicilian, 52 moves, 0-1

Taimanov vs Smyslov, 1967 
(A21) English, 68 moves, 1-0

Petrosian vs Gulko, 1975 
(A17) English, 95 moves, 1-0

Najdorf vs Golombek, 1956 
(A15) English, 22 moves, 1/2-1/2

E Cekro vs L Patriarca, 2008 
(A12) English with b3, 71 moves, 1-0

D Howell vs R Jumabayev, 2016 
(A33) English, Symmetrical, 27 moves, 1-0

P Ricardi vs G Milos, 1988
(A31) English, Symmetrical, Benoni Formation, 40 moves, 0-1

Hodgson vs Tiviakov, 1993
(A25) English, 72 moves, 0-1

B Lalic vs J Rowson, 1999
(A10) English, 42 moves, 1-0

English Opening: English Defense. General (A10) 1-0 booked
J Rowson vs L Cooper, 1997
(A10) English, 43 moves, 1-0

English vs Anglo-Indian Def. Anglo-Grünfeld Var (A16)0-1 31...?
G Sargissian vs C Li, 2009 
(A16) English, 31 moves, 0-1

Important game for Grünfeld Exchange theory.
Kramnik vs Kasparov, 1994 
(A15) English, 26 moves, 1/2-1/2

King's English. Reversed Sicilian (A21) 1-0 N+ on 6th
Euwe vs J W te Kolste, 1926
(A21) English, 21 moves, 1-0

K's English. Reversed Sicilian (A21) 1-0
C Carls vs S Gruber, 1922
(A21) English, 46 moves, 1-0

English Opening: Anglo-Indian Def. KID (A15) 1-0 Overworked R
Timman vs Sax, 1979 
(A15) English, 37 moves, 1-0

Another case of resignation due to a sacrificial shock
K Darga vs Lengyel, 1964 
(A17) English, 41 moves, 0-1

K's English. Reversed Closed Sicilian (A25) 0-1
M Lee vs E Tate, 2008
(A25) English, 54 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

English Opening: Symmetrical. Bind (A30) 1-0pen lines to own K?
Petrosian vs Gipslis, 1965 
(A30) English, Symmetrical, 42 moves, 1-0

K's English. Two Knights' Reversed Dragon (A22) 0-1 25...?
Smyslov vs F El Taher, 1990 
(A22) English, 25 moves, 0-1

Game 127 in "I Play Against Pieces" by Gligoric
Timman vs Gligoric, 1984 
(A33) English, Symmetrical, 57 moves, 0-1

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

Hungarian Opening/English, Rev Sicil (A00) 0-1 Early N invasion
Morozevich vs V Laznicka, 2013 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 74 moves, 0-1

King's English. General (A20) 1-0 Remove the Guard
Tal vs Plaskett, 1984 
(A20) English, 24 moves, 1-0

English (A20) 1-0 Squeeze & snatch or protect
So vs Ding Liren, 2019 
(A20) English, 50 moves, 1-0

Anglo-Indian Def. Nimzo-English Opening (A17) 1-0 Discovery
Balashov vs Romanishin, 1976 
(A17) English, 35 moves, 1-0

English Opening: Agincourt Def. K's Knight (A13) 0-1 Greco's #
M Labollita vs E Schiller, 2003
(A13) English, 33 moves, 0-1

English, Agincourt Def. Catalan Def Accepted (A13) 1-0 31.?
G Jones vs Goryachkina, 2016 
(A13) English, 35 moves, 1-0

English Opening: Anglo-Indian Def. Romanishin Gambit (A13) 0-1
Aronian vs Ivanchuk, 2010 
(A13) English, 37 moves, 0-1

English Opening: Agincourt Def. Catalan Def (A13) 1-0
D Arutinian vs M Kravtsiv, 2012
(A13) English, 33 moves, 1-0

English Opening: Agincourt Defense. Agincourt Var (A13) 1-0
Svidler vs Kramnik, 2011 
(A13) English, 41 moves, 1-0

English Opening: Agincourt Defense (A13) 0-1 14...?
Wilke vs A H Privonitz, 1933 
(A13) English, 16 moves, 0-1

English Opening: Agincourt Def (A13) 1-0 Pseudo Epaulette #
Steinitz vs O Gelbfuhs, 1873 
(A13) English, 34 moves, 1-0

English Opening: Agincourt Def (A13) 1/2-1/2 No break thru
N Bakulin vs Bronstein, 1967
(A13) English, 31 moves, 1/2-1/2

English Opening: Agincourt Def. Catalan Def Accepted (A13) 1-0
O Brendel vs T Chapman, 2017 
(A13) English, 26 moves, 1-0

English Opening: Agincourt Def. Neo Catalan Declined (A14) 1-0
Keres vs E Book, 1969 
(A14) English, 30 moves, 1-0

English Opening: Agincourt Defense. Catalan Def (A14) 1-0 22.?
Tomashevsky vs G Meier, 2004 
(A14) English, 35 moves, 1-0

Game 98 in The Soviet Championships by Taimanov & Cafferty
Stein vs Tal, 1971 
(A14) English, 33 moves, 1-0

English Opening: Agincourt Def. Catalan Def (A14) 0-1 35...?
B Huguet vs Ljubojevic, 1973 
(A14) English, 39 moves, 0-1

English Opening: Agincourt Def. Neo Catalan Declined (A14) 1-0
K Urban vs Kasimdzhanov, 1996 
(A14) English, 27 moves, 1-0

K's English. 2Knts' Smyslov Sys (A22) 1-0Armageddon; So Stunned
Aronian vs So, 2019 
(A22) English, 47 moves, 1-0

K's English. 2 Knights' Smyslov System (A22) 0-1 Kside assault
Aronian vs Caruana, 2019 
(A22) English, 41 moves, 0-1

King's English. Two Knights' Keres Var (A23) 1-0Stockfish notes
Tarrasch vs A Reggio, 1903 
(A23) English, Bremen System, Keres Variation, 26 moves, 1-0

English Opening: Symmetrical (A30) 1-0 Backdoored
Larsen vs Tal, 1980 
(A30) English, Symmetrical, 40 moves, 1-0

English, Symmetrical. Hedgehog Def (A30) 0-1 The Gordian knot
D Gurevich vs D Gordievsky, 2017 
(A30) English, Symmetrical, 40 moves, 0-1

English Opening: Anglo-Indian Def. K's Knight Var (A15) 1-0
S Loeffler vs S Ghonimy, 2001
(A15) English, 33 moves, 1-0

English Opening: Anglo-Indian Def. K's Knight Var (A15) 0-1
I Vatnikov vs Furman, 1949
(A15) English, 28 moves, 0-1

English Opening: Anglo-Indian Def. K's Knight Var (A15) 1-0 P#
J Levin vs G Drexel, 1946 
(A15) English, 42 moves, 1-0

English Opening: Anglo-Indian Def. K's Knight Var (A15) 1-0
AlphaZero vs Stockfish, 2018 
(A15) English, 51 moves, 1-0

English, Anglo-Indian Def. K's Knight Var (A15) 1-0 14.?
Tseshkovsky vs Savon, 1977 
(A15) English, 53 moves, 1-0

English, Anglo-Indian Def. K's Knight Var (A15) 1-0 Stockfish
Smyslov vs Bronstein, 1956 
(A15) English, 57 moves, 1-0

English, Anglo-Indian Def. K's Knight Var (A15) 1-0 Batteries
Karpov vs M Schauwecker, 1973 
(A15) English, 45 moves, 1-0

English Symmetrical. Anti-Benoni Spielmann Def (A32) 0-1 P Mate
M Beilin vs Keres, 1945 
(A32) English, Symmetrical Variation, 37 moves, 0-1

English, Agincourt Def. Tarrasch Def (A14) 0-1 Pawn roller
Fridman vs Kosteniuk, 2010 
(A14) English, 37 moves, 1-0

English, Anglo-Indian Def. K's Knight Var (A15) 1-0 Arab/Epaul#
V Osnos vs D Komarov, 1986 
(A15) English, 27 moves, 1-0

Anglo-Indian Def. Flohr-Mikenas-Carls Var Nei Gambit (A19) 1-0
Bagirov vs Yudasin, 1982 
(A19) English, Mikenas-Carls, Sicilian Variation, 51 moves, 1-0

25...Qc6! would have saved Black's game
F Duz-Khotimirsky vs A Bannik, 1949 
(A13) English, 29 moves, 1-0

Game 23 in Boris Spassky's 400 Selected Games
Botvinnik vs Spassky, 1955 
(A15) English, 34 moves, 1/2-1/2

English, Anglo-Indian Def. Romanishin Var (A11) 1-0 26.?
Korchnoi vs J Bellon Lopez, 1986 
(A11) English, Caro-Kann Defensive System, 36 moves, 1-0

English, Symmetrical. Hedgehog Def (A30) 1-0 Stockfish notes
Karpov vs Ftacnik, 1988 
(A30) English, Symmetrical, 93 moves, 1-0

Chess Life and Review magazine, September, 1978 issue
A Lein vs K Regan, 1978 
(A13) English, 28 moves, 1-0

English, Agincourt Def. Wimpy System (A13) 0-1 unmassed action
Taimanov vs Hjartarson, 1997 
(A13) English, 44 moves, 0-1

English Opening: Symmetrical. Anti-Benoni (A31) 1-0 35.?
B Tiller vs A Kuligowski, 1983 
(A31) English, Symmetrical, Benoni Formation, 45 moves, 1-0

Game 29 in Chess: The Art of Logical Thinking by Neil McDonald
Tal vs Van der Wiel, 1982 
(A17) English, 22 moves, 1-0

K's English. Kramnik-Shirov Counter (A21) 0-1 Late Discovered+
Nepomniachtchi vs Anand, 2019 
(A21) English, 77 moves, 0-1

K's English. Kramnik-Shirov Counter (A21) 1-0 He blew it
Dubov vs V Erdos, 2019 
(A21) English, 65 moves, 1-0

Game 72 'Learn from the Legends: by Mihail Marin. 3rd edition.
Karpov vs Kavalek, 1974 
(A30) English, Symmetrical, 45 moves, 1-0

June, p. 137 [Game 117/ 413] Chess Review 1935
Reti vs K Treybal, 1923 
(A14) English, 29 moves, 1/2-1/2

King's English. Taimanov Var (A25) 1-0 Damiano's Mate
Portisch vs Gulko, 1976
(A25) English, 65 moves, 1-0

English vs Symmetrical Hedgehog (A30) 1-0 Kside assault
J Petkevich vs Shabalov, 1985 
(A30) English, Symmetrical, 34 moves, 1-0

King's English. Closed System (A25) 1-0 The Bishop Pair
Capablanca vs Milner-Barry, 1936 
(A25) English, 36 moves, 1-0

English Opening: Agincourt Def (A13) 0-1 49...? Dzagnidze
E Filipets vs A Aleksandrov, 2018 
(A13) English, 52 moves, 0-1

Botvinnik's Best Games, 1947-1970 by Mikhail Botvinnik
Botvinnik vs A Dueckstein, 1958 
(A22) English, 43 moves, 1-0

pages 120-121 in Master of Attack by GM Raymond Keene
Stein vs Bronstein, 1971 
(A30) English, Symmetrical, 58 moves, 1-0

English, Anglo-Indian Def. KID Formation (A15) 0-1 22...?
A David vs Vachier-Lagrave, 2014 
(A15) English, 27 moves, 0-1

English Opening: English Def. General (A10) 1/2-1/2 mystery
T Villiers vs D H Fernandez, 2019 
(A10) English, 59 moves, 1/2-1/2

English Opening: Great Snake Var (A10) 0-1 Rs & Ps ending
Sliwa vs Robatsch, 1960 
(A10) English, 98 moves, 0-1

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