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43 Rules: Black Bg4 or Bh3
Compiled by fredthebear
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NM Liam Fuller is NOT dedicated to the QGD, Chigorin's defense but will naturally include similar games and themes.

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

"It is a profound mistake to imagine that the art of combination depends only on natural talent, and that it cannot be learned." ― Richard Reti

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

"Unadaptability is often a virtue." ― Flannery O'Connor

"Giving doesn't always involve money." ― Charmaine J. Forde

"Win with grace, lose with dignity!" ― Susan Polgar

"What does it take to be a champion? Desire, dedication, determination, personal and professional discipline, focus, concentration, strong nerves, the will to win, and yes, talent!" ― Susan Polgar

"No matter how successful you are (or will be), never ever forget the people who helped you along the way, and pay it forward! Don't become arrogant and conceited just because you gained a few rating points or made a few bucks. Stay humble and be nice, especially to your fans!" ― Susan Polgar

"When you see a good move – WAIT! – look for a better one." ― Emanuel Lasker The Portuguese chess player and author Pedro Damiano (1480–1544) first wrote this in his book "Questo libro e da imparare giocare a scachi et de li partiti" published in Rome, Italy, in 1512.

"Capablanca didn't make separate moves - he was creating a chess picture. Nobody could compare with him in this." ― Mikhail Botvinnik

"Whether this advantage is theoretically sufficient to win or not does not worry Capablanca. He simply wins the ending. That is why he is Capablanca!" ― Max Euwe

"He (Capablanca) makes the game look easy. Art lies in the concealment of art." ― Philip W. Sergeant

"It's entirely possible that Capa could not imagine that there could be a better move than one he thought was good and he was usually right." ― Mike Franett

"Capablanca's games generally take the following course: he begins with a series of extremely fine prophylactic maneuvers, which neutralize his opponent's attempts to complicate the game; he then proceeds, slowly but surely, to set up an attacking position. This attacking position, after a series of simplifications, is transformed into a favorable endgame, which he conducts with matchless technique." ― Aaron Nimzowitsch

"What others could not see in a month's study, he (Capablanca) saw at a glance." ― Reuben Fine

"Capablanca invariably chose the right option, no matter how intricate the position." ― Garry Kasparov.

"He (Capablanca) had the totally undeserved reputation of being the greatest living endgame player. His trick was to keep his openings simple and then play with such brilliance that it was decided in the middle game before reaching the ending - even though his opponent didn't always know it. His almost complete lack of book knowledge forced him to push harder to squeeze the utmost out of every position." ― Bobby Fischer

"A passed pawn increase in strength as the number of pieces on the board diminishes." ― Jose Raul Capablanca

All that glitters is not gold – this line can be found in a text from c.1220: ‘ Nis hit nower neh gold al that ter schineth.'

A friend in need is a friend indeed – a proverb from c.1035 say this: ‘Friend shall be known in time of need.'

All's well that ends well – a line from the mid-13th century is similar: ‘Wel is him te wel ende mai.' Meanwhile, Henry Knighton's Chronicle from the late 14th-century one can read: ‘ If the ende be wele, than is alle wele.'

Hay dos maneras de hermosura: una del alma y otra del cuerpo; la del alma campea y se muestra en el entendimiento, en la honestidad, en el buen proceder, en la liberalidad y en la buena crianza, y todas estas partes caben y pueden estar en un hombre feo; y cuando se pone la mira en esta hermosura, y no en la del cuerpo, suele nacer el amor con ímpetu y con ventajas. (There are two kinds of beauty: one of the soul and the other of the body; that of the soul shows and demonstrates itself in understanding, in honesty, in good behavior, in generosity and in good breeding, and all these things can find room and exist in an ugly man; and when one looks at this type of beauty, and not bodily beauty, love is inclined to spring up forcefully and overpoweringly.) ― Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1547-1616)

Cuando una puerta se cierra, otra se abre. (When one door is closed, another is opened.) ― Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1547-1616)

Dijo la sartén a la caldera, quítate allá ojinegra. (The frying pan said to the cauldron, "Get out of here, black-eyed one." This is believed to be the source of the phrase "the pot calling the kettle black.") ― Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

The Night
BY HENRY VAUGHAN
John 3.2

Through that pure virgin shrine,
That sacred veil drawn o'er Thy glorious noon, That men might look and live, as glowworms shine, And face the moon,
Wise Nicodemus saw such light
As made him know his God by night.

Most blest believer he!
Who in that land of darkness and blind eyes
Thy long-expected healing wings could see,
When Thou didst rise!
And, what can never more be done,
Did at midnight speak with the Sun!

O who will tell me where
He found Thee at that dead and silent hour?
What hallowed solitary ground did bear
So rare a flower,
Within whose sacred leaves did lie
The fulness of the Deity?

No mercy-seat of gold,
No dead and dusty cherub, nor carved stone,
But His own living works did my Lord hold
And lodge alone;
Where trees and herbs did watch and peep
And wonder, while the Jews did sleep.

Dear night! this world's defeat;
The stop to busy fools; care's check and curb; The day of spirits; my soul's calm retreat
Which none disturb!
Christ's progress, and His prayer time;
The hours to which high heaven doth chime;

God's silent, searching flight;
When my Lord's head is filled with dew, and all His locks are wet with the clear drops of night; His still, soft call;
His knocking time; the soul's dumb watch,
When spirits their fair kindred catch.

Were all my loud, evil days
Calm and unhaunted as is thy dark tent,
Whose peace but by some angel's wing or voice
Is seldom rent,
Then I in heaven all the long year
Would keep, and never wander here.

But living where the sun
Doth all things wake, and where all mix and tire Themselves and others, I consent and run
To every mire,
And by this world's ill-guiding light,
Err more than I can do by night.

There is in God, some say,
A deep but dazzling darkness, as men here
Say it is late and dusky, because they
See not all clear.
O for that night! where I in Him
Might live invisible and dim!

* Alphabetical Glossary: https://www.chess-poster.com/englis...

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* Best of the British: Game Collection: Best of the British

* Brilliant games: Game Collection: Brilliant games

* 'Chess Praxis' by Aron Nimzowitsch: Game Collection: Chess Praxis (Nimzowitsch)

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

* Chess Step-by-Step: https://www.chess.com/learn-how-to-...

* CFN: https://www.youtube.com/@CFNChannel

* Crouch's book: Game Collection: Chess Secrets - Attackers (Crouch)

* Diagrammed Checkmate Patterns: Game Collection: Checkmate: Checkmate Patterns

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

* Exchange sacs: Game Collection: Exchange sacs - 1

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* The Fireside Book of Chess by Irving Chernev and Fred Reinfeld: Game Collection: Fireside Book of Chess

* Great Combinations: Game Collection: Combinations

* '500 Master Games of Chess' by Savielly Tartakower and Julius Du Mont: Game Collection: 500 Master Games of Chess

* 'The Mammoth Book of the World's Greatest Chess Games' by Graham Burgess, John Nunn and John Emms. New expanded edition-now with 125 games. Game Collection: Mammoth Book-Greatest Games (Nunn/Burgess/Emms)

* Middlegame Combinations by Peter Romanovsky: Game Collection: Middlegame Combinations by Peter Romanovsky

* Shirov's miniatures: Game Collection: Shirov miniatures

* Secrets of the Russian Chess Masters Volume II: Game Collection: Secrets of the Russian Chess Masters Volume II

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

* Rubinstein: Game Collection: Rubinstein's Chess Masterpieces

* Variety of Traps: https://www.chess.com/clubs/forum/v...

* Starting Out 1d4: Game Collection: Starting Out: 1 d4!

* Women: Asian Continental (Women) (2019)

* Liren 1st, Carlsen 7th?! GCT St. Louis Rapid & Blitz (2019)

* St. Louis, MO: Sinquefield Cup (2019)

* Theater chess: Grand Prix Hamburg (2019)

* Country Club chess: GCT Bucharest Rapid & Blitz (2019)

* Tie-breaker: Grand Prix Monaco (Women) (2019)

* Too many rules and regulations: London Chess Classic GCT Finals (2019)

* Magnus is on top of the world! World Rapid Championship (2019)

* Triple Crown Winner!!!
World Blitz Championship (2019)

* Ju Retains Her Reign!! Ju - Goryachkina Women's World Championship Match (2020)

* Caruana Tops the Stars! Tata Steel Masters (2020)

* Seven players tied for first place! Gibraltar Masters (2020)

* Nutcracker: Nutcracker Match of the Generations (2020)

* Online Nations Cup won by China: FIDE Chess.com Online Nations Cup (2020)

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

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

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

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

* Bill Wall should have been on beer commercials crushing empty beer cans with his bare hands: Bill Wall

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

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

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

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

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

* Patty Loveless "You'll Never Leave Harlan Alive" https://www.bing.com/videos/rivervi...

A Dialogue conteinyng the nomber in effect of all the Proverbes in the Englishe tongue, 1562:

Some hear and see him whom he heareth nor seeth not

But fields have eyes and woods have ears, ye wot

And also on my maids he is ever tooting.

Can ye judge a man, (quoth I), by his looking?

What, a cat may look on a king, ye know!

My cat's leering look, (quoth she), at first show,

Showeth me that my cat goeth a caterwauling;

And specially by his manner of drawing

To Madge, my fair maid.

<<<Five Preliminary Endgame Rules> According to CJS Purdy>

1. Before even beginning to think of making a passed pawn, put all your pieces into as good positions as possible.

2. Avoid pawn-moves while you are getting your pieces well positioned because pawn-moves create lasting weaknesses and thus make your task harder.

3. Try to free your position from weaknesses; and if possible, make it hard for the opponent to do likewise.

4. When trying to win, keep pawns on both wings. When trying to draw, play to eliminate all the pawns on one wing. With pawns on one wing only, a pawn plus is usually insufficient for a win.

5. If you are a pawn up or more, exchange pieces (not pawns) wherever you can do so without losing in position.

Exception: do not rush an exchange that will leave you with a single bishop running on the opposite color to the enemy's single bishop. Also, refrain from exchanging if it will give your opponent two bishops against bishop and knight.> Posted by Chessbuzz

Riddle: What word is always pronounced wrong?

The first American Chess Congress, organized by Daniel Willard Fiske and held in New York, October 6 to November 10, 1857, was won by Paul Morphy. It was a knockout tournament in which draws did not count. The top sixteen American players were invited (William Allison, Samuel Robert Calthrop, Daniel Willard Fiske, William James Fuller, Hiram Kennicott, Hubert Knott, Theodor Lichtenhein, Napoleon Marache, Hardman Philips Montgomery, Alexander Beaufort Meek, Paul Morphy, Louis Paulsen, Frederick Perrin, Benjamin Raphael, Charles Henry Stanley, and James Thompson). First prize was $300. Morphy refused any money, but accepted a silver service consisting of a pitcher, four goblets, and a tray. Morphy's prize was given to him by Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. ― Wikipedia

Riddle Answer: Wrong!

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

Mightiest of masters of the chequer'd board,

Of early genius high its boasted lord!

Rising in youth's bright morn to loftiest fame,

Princeliest of players held with one acclaim;

Host in thyself – all-conquering in fight: –

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

Bishop Blougrams Apology
by Robert Browning

NO more wine? then we'll push back chairs and talk.

A final glass for me, though: cool, i' faith!
We ought to have our Abbey back, you see.

It's different, preaching in basilicas,
And doing duty in some masterpiece
Like this of brother Pugin's, bless his heart!
I doubt if they're half baked, those chalk rosettes, Ciphers and stucco-twiddlings everywhere;
It's just like breathing in a lime-kiln: eh?
These hot long ceremonies of our church
Cost us a little--oh, they pay the price,
You take me--amply pay it! Now, we'll talk.

So, you despise me, Mr.
Gigadibs.

No deprecation,--nay, I beg you, sir!
Beside 't is our engagement: don't you know,
I promised, if you'd watch a dinner out,
We'd see truth dawn together?--truth that peeps Over the glasses' edge when dinner's done,

And body gets its sop and holds its noise
And leaves soul free a little.
Now's the time:
'T is break of day! You do despise me then.

And if I say, "despise me,"--never fear!
I know you do not in a certain sense--
Not in my arm-chair, for example: here,
I well imagine you respect my place
( Status, entourage , worldly circumstance)
Quite to its value--very much indeed:
--Are up to the protesting eyes of you
In pride at being seated here for once--
You'll turn it to such capital account!
When somebody, through years and years to come, Hints of the bishop,--names me--that's enough:
"Blougram? I knew him"--(into it you slide)
"Dined with him once, a Corpus Christi Day,
"All alone, we two; he's a clever man:
"And after dinner,--why, the wine you know,--
"Oh, there was wine, and good!--what with the wine . .

"'Faith, we began upon all sorts of talk!
"He's no bad fellow, Blougram; he had seen
"Something of mine he relished, some review:
"He's quite above their humbug in his heart,
"Half-said as much, indeed--the thing's his trade.

"I warrant, Blougram's sceptical at times:
"How otherwise? I liked him, I confess!"

Che che , my dear sir, as we say at Rome,
Don't you protest now! It's fair give and take; You have had your turn and spoken your home-truths: The hand's mine now, and here you follow suit.

Thus much conceded, still the first fact stays-- You do despise me; your ideal of life
Is not the bishop's: you would not be I.

You would like better to be Goethe, now,
Or Buonaparte, or, bless me, lower still,
Count D'Orsay,--so you did what you preferred,
Spoke as you thought, and, as you cannot help,
Believed or disbelieved, no matter what,
So long as on that point, whate'er it was,
You loosed your mind, were whole and sole yourself.

--That, my ideal never can include,
Upon that element of truth and worth
Never be based! for say they make me Pope--
(They can't--suppose it for our argument!)
Why, there I'm at my tether's end, I've reached My height, and not a height which pleases you:
An unbelieving Pope won't do, you say.

It's like those eerie stories nurses tell,
Of how some actor on a stage played Death,
With pasteboard crown, sham orb and tinselled dart, And called himself the monarch of the world;

Then, going in the tire-room afterward,
Because the play was done, to shift himself,
Got touched upon the sleeve familiarly,
The moment he had shut the closet door,
By Death himself.
Thus God might touch a Pope
At unawares, ask what his baubles mean,
And whose part he presumed to play just now?
Best be yourself, imperial, plain and true!

So, drawing comfortable breath again,
You weigh and find, whatever more or less
I boast of my ideal realized,
Is nothing in the balance when opposed
To your ideal, your grand simple life,
Of which you will not realize one jot.

I am much, you are nothing; you would be all,
I would be merely much: you beat me there.

No, friend, you do not beat me: hearken why!
The common problem, yours, mine, every one's,
Is--not to fancy what were fair in life
Provided it could be,--but, finding first
What may be, then find how to make it fair
Up to our means: a very different thing!
No abstract intellectual plan of life
Quite irrespective of life's plainest laws,

But one, a man, who is man and nothing more,
May lead within a world which (by your leave)
Is Rome or London, not Fool's-paradise.

Embellish Rome, idealize away,
Make paradise of London if you can,
You're welcome, nay, you're wise.

A simile!
We mortals cross the ocean of this world
Each in his average cabin of a life;
The best's not big, the worst yields elbow-room.

Now for our six months' voyage--how prepare?
You come on shipboard with a landsman's list
Of things he calls convenient: so they are!
An India screen is pretty furniture,
A piano-forte is a fine resource,
All Balzac's novels occupy one shelf,
The new edition fifty volumes long;
And little Greek books, with the funny type
They get up well at Leipsic, fill the next:
Go on! slabbed marble, what a bath it makes!
And Parma's pride, the Jerome, let us add!
'T were pleasant could Correggio's fleeting glow Hang full in face of one where'er one roams,
Since he more than the others brings with him
Italy's self,--the marvellous Modenese!--

Yet was not on your list before, perhaps.

--Alas, friend, here's the agent .
. . is't the name?
The captain, or whoever's master here--
You see him screw his face up; what's his cry
Ere you set foot on shipboard? "Six feet square!" If you won't understand what six feet mean,
Compute and purchase stores accordingly--
And if, in pique because he overhauls
Your Jerome, piano, bath, you come on board
Bare--why, you cut a figure at the first
While sympathetic landsmen see you off;
Not afterward, when long ere half seas over,
You peep up from your utterly naked boards
Into some snug and well-appointed berth,
Like mine for instance (try the cooler jug--
Put back the other, but don't jog the ice!)
And mortified you mutter "Well and good;
"He sits enjoying his sea-furniture;
"'T is stout and proper, and there's store of it: "Though I've the better notion, all agree,
"Of fitting rooms up.
Hang the carpenter,
"Neat ship-shape fixings and contrivances--
"I would have brought my Jerome, frame and all!" And meantime you bring nothing: never mind--
You've proved your artist-nature: what you don't You might bring, so despise me, as I say.

Now come, let's backward to the starting-place.

See my way: we're two college friends, suppose.

Prepare together for our voyage, then;
Each note and check the other in his work,--
Here's mine, a bishop's outfit; criticize!
What's wrong? why won't you be a bishop too?

Why first, you don't believe, you don't and can't, (Not statedly, that is, and fixedly
And absolutely and exclusively)
In any revelation called divine.

No dogmas nail your faith; and what remains
But say so, like the honest man you are?
First, therefore, overhaul theology!
Nay, I too, not a fool, you please to think,
Must find believing every whit as hard:
And if I do not frankly say as much,
The ugly consequence is clear enough.

Now wait, my friend: well, I do not believe--
If you'll accept no faith that is not fixed,
Absolute and exclusive, as you say.

You're wrong--I mean to prove it in due time.

Meanwhile, I know where difficulties lie
I could not, cannot solve, nor ever shall,
So give up hope accordingly to solve--

(To you, and over the wine).
Our dogmas then
With both of us, though in unlike degree,
Missing full credence--overboard with them!
I mean to meet you on your own premise:
Good, there go mine in company with yours!

And now what are we? unbelievers both,
Calm and complete, determinately fixed
To-day, to-morrow and for ever, pray?
You'll guarantee me that? Not so, I think!
In no wise! all we've gained is, that belief,
As unbelief before, shakes us by fits,
Confounds us like its predecessor.
Where's
The gain? how can we guard our unbelief,
Make it bear fruit to us?--the problem here.

Just when we are safest, there's a sunset-touch, A fancy from a flower-bell, some one's death,
A chorus-ending from Euripides,--
And that's enough for fifty hopes and fears
As old and new at once as nature's self,
To rap and knock and enter in our soul,
Take hands and dance there, a fantastic ring,
Round the ancient idol, on his base again,--
The grand Perhaps! We look on helplessly.

There the old misgivings, crooked questions are-- This good God,--what he could do, if he would,

Would, if he could--then must have done long since: If so, when, where and how? some way must be,-- Once feel about, and soon or late you hit
Some sense, in which it might be, after all.

Why not, "The Way, the Truth, the Life?"

--That way
Over the mountain, which who stands upon
Is apt to doubt if it be meant for a road;
While, if he views it from the waste itself,
Up goes the line there, plain from base to brow, Not vague, mistakeable! what's a break or two
Seen from the unbroken desert either side?
And then (to bring in fresh philosophy)
What if the breaks themselves should prove at last The most consummate of contrivances
To train a man's eye, teach him what is faith?
And so we stumble at truth's very test!
All we have gained then by our unbelief
Is a life of doubt diversified by faith,
For one of faith diversified by doubt:
We called the chess-board white,--we call it black.

"Well," you rejoin, "the end's no worse, at least; "We've reason for both colours on the board:
"Why not confess then, where I drop the faith
"And you the doubt, that I'm as right as you?"

Because, friend, in the next place, this being so, And both things even,--faith and unbelief
Left to a man's choice,--we'll proceed a step,
Returning to our image, which I like.

A man's choice, yes--but a cabin-passenger's--
The man made for the special life o' the world-- Do you forget him? I remember though!
Consult our ship's conditions and you find
One and but one choice suitable to all;
The choice, that you unluckily prefer,
Turning things topsy-turvy--they or it
Going to the ground.
Belief or unbelief
Bears upon life, determines its whole course,
Begins at its beginning.
See the world
Such as it is,--you made it not, nor I;
I mean to take it as it is,--and you,
Not so you'll take it,--though you get nought else.

I know the special kind of life I like,
What suits the most my idiosyncrasy,
Brings out the best of me and bears me fruit
In power, peace, pleasantness and length of days.

I find that positive belief does this
For me, and unbelief, no whit of this.

--For you, it does, however?--that, we'll try!
'T is clear, I cannot lead my life, at least,

Induce the world to let me peaceably,
Without declaring at the outset, "Friends,
"I absolutely and peremptorily
"Believe!"--I say, faith is my waking life:
One sleeps, indeed, and dreams at intervals,
We know, but waking's the main point with us
And my provision's for life's waking part.

Accordingly, I use heart, head and hand
All day, I build, scheme, study, and make friends; And when night overtakes me, down I lie,
Sleep, dream a little, and get done with it,
The sooner the better, to begin afresh.

What's midnight doubt before the dayspring's faith? You, the philosopher, that disbelieve,
That recognize the night, give dreams their weight-- To be consistent you should keep your bed,
Abstain from healthy acts that prove you man,
For fear you drowse perhaps at unawares!
And certainly at night you'll sleep and dream,
Live through the day and bustle as you please.

And so you live to sleep as I to wake,
To unbelieve as I to still believe?
Well, and the common sense o' the world calls you Bed-ridden,--and its good things come to me.

Its estimation, which is half the fight,
That's the first-cabin comfort I secure:

The next .
. . but you perceive with half an eye!
Come, come, it's best believing, if we may;
You can't but own that!

Next, concede again,
If once we choose belief, on all accounts
We can't be too decisive in our faith,
Conclusive and exclusive in its terms,
To suit the world which gives us the good things.

In every man's career are certain points
Whereon he dares not be indifferent;
The world detects him clearly, if he dare,
As baffled at the game, and losing life.

He may care little or he may care much
For riches, honour, pleasure, work, repose,
Since various theories of life and life's
Success are extant which might easily
Comport with either estimate of these;
And whoso chooses wealth or poverty,
Labour or quiet, is not judged a fool
Because his fellow would choose otherwise:
We let him choose upon his own account
So long as he's consistent with his choice.

But certain points, left wholly to himself,
When once a man has arbitrated on,
We say he must succeed there or go hang.

Thus, he should wed the woman he loves most
Or needs most, whatsoe'er the love or need--
For he can't wed twice.
Then, he must avouch,
Or follow, at the least, sufficiently,
The form of faith his conscience holds the best, Whate'er the process of conviction was:
For nothing can compensate his mistake
On such a point, the man himself being judge:
He cannot wed twice, nor twice lose his soul.

Well now, there's one great form of Christian faith I happened to be born in--which to teach
Was given me as I grew up, on all hands,
As best and readiest means of living by;
The same on examination being proved
The most pronounced moreover, fixed, precise
And absolute form of faith in the whole world-- Accordingly, most potent of all forms
For working on the world.
Observe, my friend!
Such as you know me, I am free to say,
In these hard latter days which hamper one,
Myself--by no immoderate exercise
Of intellect and learning, but the tact
To let external forces work for me,
--Bid the street's stones be bread and they are bread;

Bid Peter's creed, or rather, Hildebrand's,
Exalt me o'er my fellows in the world
And make my life an ease and joy and pride;
It does so,--which for me's a great point gained, Who have a soul and body that exact
A comfortable care in many ways.

There's power in me and will to dominate
Which I must exercise, they hurt me else:
In many ways I need mankind's respect,
Obedience, and the love that's born of fear:
While at the same time, there's a taste I have, A toy of soul, a titillating thing,
Refuses to digest these dainties crude.

The naked life is gross till clothed upon:
I must take what men offer, with a grace
As though I would not, could I help it, take!
An uniform I wear though over-rich--
Something imposed on me, no choice of mine;
No fancy-dress worn for pure fancy's sake
And despicable therefore! now folk kneel
And kiss my hand--of course the Church's hand.

Thus I am made, thus life is best for me,
And thus that it should be I have procured;
And thus it could not be another way,
I venture to imagine.

You'll reply,
So far my choice, no doubt, is a success;
But were I made of better elements,
With nobler instincts, purer tastes, like you,
I hardly would account the thing success
Though it did all for me I say.

But, friend,
We speak of what is; not of what might be,
And how't were better if't were otherwise.

I am the man you see here plain enough:
Grant I'm a beast, why, beasts must lead beasts' lives! Suppose I own at once to tail and claws;
The tailless man exceeds me: but being tailed
I'll lash out lion fashion, and leave apes
To dock their stump and dress their haunches up.

My business is not to remake myself,
But make the absolute best of what God made.

Or--our first simile--though you prove me doomed To a viler berth still, to the steerage-hole,
The sheep-pen or the pig-stye, I should strive
To make what use of each were possible;
And as this cabin gets upholstery,
That hutch should rustle with sufficient straw.

But, friend, I don't acknowledge quite so fast
I fail of all your manhood's lofty tastes

Enumerated so complacently,
On the mere ground that you forsooth can find
In this particular life I choose to lead
No fit provision for them.
Can you not?
Say you, my fault is I address myself
To grosser estimators than should judge?
And that's no way of holding up the soul,
Which, nobler, needs men's praise perhaps, yet knows One wise man's verdict outweighs all the fools'-- Would like the two, but, forced to choose, takes that.

I pine among my million imbeciles
(You think) aware some dozen men of sense
Eye me and know me, whether I believe
In the last winking Virgin, as I vow,
And am a fool, or disbelieve in her
And am a knave,--approve in neither case,
Withhold their voices though I look their way:
Like Verdi when, at his worst opera's end
(The thing they gave at Florence,--what's its name?) While the mad houseful's plaudits near out-bang His orchestra of salt-box, tongs and bones,
He looks through all the roaring and the wreaths Where sits Rossini patient in his stall.

Nay, friend, I meet you with an answer here--
That even your prime men who appraise their kind

Are men still, catch a wheel within a wheel,
See more in a truth than the truth's simple self, Confuse themselves.
You see lads walk the street
Sixty the minute; what's to note in that?
You see one lad o'erstride a chimney-stack;
Him you must watch--he's sure to fall, yet stands! Our interest's on the dangerous edge of things.

The honest thief, the tender murderer,
The superstitious atheist, demirep
That loves and saves her soul in new French books-- We watch while these in equilibrium keep
The giddy line midway: one step aside,
They're classed and done with.
I, then, keep the line
Before your sages,--just the men to shrink
From the gross weights, coarse scales and labels broad You offer their refinement.
Fool or knave?
Why needs a bishop be a fool or knave
When there's a thousand diamond weights between? So, I enlist them.
Your picked twelve, you'll find,
Profess themselves indignant, scandalized
At thus being held unable to explain
How a superior man who disbelieves
May not believe as well: that's Schelling's way! It's through my coming in the tail of time,
Nicking the minute with a happy tact.

Had I been born three hundred years ago

They'd say, "What's strange? Blougram of course believes;" And, seventy years since, "disbelieves of course. " But now, "He may believe; and yet, and yet
"How can he?" All eyes turn with interest.

Whereas, step off the line on either side--
You, for example, clever to a fault,
The rough and ready man who write apace,
Read somewhat seldomer, think perhaps even less-- You disbelieve! Who wonders and who cares?
Lord So-and-so--his coat bedropped with wax,
All Peter's chains about his waist, his back
Brave with the needlework of Noodledom--
Believes! Again, who wonders and who cares?
But I, the man of sense and learning too,
The able to think yet act, the this, the that,
I, to believe at this late time of day!
Enough; you see, I need not fear contempt.

--Except it's yours! Admire me as these may,
You don't.
But whom at least do you admire?
Present your own perfection, your ideal,
Your pattern man for a minute--oh, make haste
Is it Napoleon you would have us grow?
Concede the means; allow his head and hand,
(A large concession, clever as you are)

Good! In our common primal element
Of unbelief (we can't believe, you know--
We're still at that admission, recollect!)
Where do you find--apart from, towering o'er
The secondary temporary aims
Which satisfy the gross taste you despise--
Where do you find his star?--his crazy trust
God knows through what or in what? it's alive
And shines and leads him, and that's all we want.

Have we aught in our sober night shall point
Such ends as his were, and direct the means
Of working out our purpose straight as his,
Nor bring a moment's trouble on success
With after-care to justify the same?
--Be a Napoleon, and yet disbelieve--
Why, the man's mad, friend, take his light away! What's the vague good o' the world, for which you dare With comfort to yourself blow millions up?
We neither of us see it! we do see
The blown-up millions--spatter of their brains
And writhing of their bowels and so forth,
In that bewildering entanglement
Of horrible eventualities
Past calculation to the end of time!
Can I mistake for some clear word of God
(Which were my ample warrant for it all)

His puff of hazy instinct, idle talk,
"The State, that's I," quack-nonsense about crowns, And (when one beats the man to his last hold)
A vague idea of setting things to rights,
Policing people efficaciously,
More to their profit, most of all to his own;
The whole to end that dismallest of ends
By an Austrian marriage, cant to us the Church, And resurrection of the old r?gime ?
Would I, who hope to live a dozen years,
Fight Austerlitz for reasons such and such?
No: for, concede me but the merest chance
Doubt may be wrong--there's judgment, life to come! With just that chance, I dare not.
Doubt proves right?
This present life is all?--you offer me
Its dozen noisy years, without a chance
That wedding an archduchess, wearing lace,
And getting called by divers new-coined names,
Will drive off ugly thoughts and let me dine,
Sleep, read and chat in quiet as I like!
Therefore I will not.

Take another case;
Fit up the cabin yet another way.

What say you to the poets? shall we write
Hamlet, Othello--make the world our own,

Without a risk to run of either sort?
I can't--to put the strongest reason first.

"But try," you urge, "the trying shall suffice; "The aim, if reached or not, makes great the life: "Try to be Shakespeare, leave the rest to fate!" Spare my self-knowledge--there's no fooling me! If I prefer remaining my poor self,
I say so not in self-dispraise but praise.

If I'm a Shakespeare, let the well alone;
Why should I try to be what now I am?
If I'm no Shakespeare, as too probable,--
His power and consciousness and self-delight
And all we want in common, shall I find--
Trying for ever? while on points of taste
Wherewith, to speak it humbly, he and I
Are dowered alike--I'll ask you, I or he,
Which in our two lives realizes most?
Much, he imagined--somewhat, I possess.

He had the imagination; stick to that!
Let him say, "In the face of my soul's works
"Your world is worthless and I touch it not
"Lest I should wrong them"--I'll withdraw my plea.

But does he say so? look upon his life!
Himself, who only can, gives judgment there.

He leaves his towers and gorgeous palaces
To build the trimmest house in Stratford town;

Saves money, spends it, owns the worth of things, Giulio Romano's pictures, Dowland's lute;
Enjoys a show, respects the puppets, too,
And none more, had he seen its entry once,
Than "Pandulph, of fair Milan cardinal.
" Why then should I who play that personage,
The very Pandulph Shakespeare's fancy made,
Be told that had the poet chanced to start
From where I stand now (some degree like mine
Being just the goal he ran his race to reach)
He would have run the whole race back, forsooth, And left being Pandulph, to begin write plays?
Ah, the earth's best can be but the earth's best! Did Shakespeare live, he could but sit at home
And get himself in dreams the Vatican,
Greek busts, Venetian paintings, Roman walls,
And English books, none equal to his own,
Which I read, bound in gold (he never did).

--Terni's fall, Naples' bay and Gothard's top-- Eh, friend? I could not fancy one of these;
But, as I pour this claret, there they are:
I've gained them--crossed St.
Gothard last July
With ten mules to the carriage and a bed
Slung inside; is my hap the worse for that?
We want the same things, Shakespeare and myself, And what I want, I have: he, gifted more,

Could fancy he too had them when he liked,
But not so thoroughly that, if fate allowed,
He would not have them also in my sense.

We play one game; I send the ball aloft
No less adroitly that of fifty strokes
Scarce five go o'er the wall so wide and high
Which sends them back to me: I wish and get
He struck balls higher and with better skill,
But at a poor fence level with his head,
And hit--his Stratford house, a coat of arms,
Successful dealings in his grain and wool,--
While I receive heaven's incense in my nose
And style myself the cousin of Queen Bess.

Ask him, if this life's all, who wins the game?

Believe--and our whole argument breaks up.

Enthusiasm's the best thing, I repeat;
Only, we can't command it; fire and life
Are all, dead matter's nothing, we agree:
And be it a mad dream or God's very breath,
The fact's the same,--belief's fire, once in us, Makes of all else mere stuff to show itself:
We penetrate our life with such a glow
As fire lends wood and iron--this turns steel,
That burns to ash--all's one, fire proves its power For good or ill, since men call flare success.

But paint a fire, it will not therefore burn.

Light one in me, I'll find it food enough!
Why, to be Luther--that's a life to lead,
Incomparably better than my own.

He comes, reclaims God's earth for God, he says, Sets up God's rule again by simple means,
Re-opens a shut book, and all is done.

He flared out in the flaring of mankind;
Such Luther's luck was: how shall such be mine? If he succeeded, nothing's left to do:
And if he did not altogether--well,
Strauss is the next advance.
All Strauss should be
I might be also.
But to what result?
He looks upon no future: Luther did.

What can I gain on the denying side?
Ice makes no conflagration.
State the facts,
Read the text right, emancipate the world--
The emancipated world enjoys itself
With scarce a thank-you: Blougram told it first It could not owe a farthing,--not to him
More than Saint Paul! 't would press its pay, you think? Then add there's still that plaguy hundredth chance Strauss may be wrong.
And so a risk is run--
For what gain? not for Luther's, who secured
A real heaven in his heart throughout his life, Supposing death a little altered things.

"Ay, but since really you lack faith," you cry, "You run the same risk really on all sides,
"In cool indifference as bold unbelief.

"As well be Strauss as swing 'twixt Paul and him.

"It's not worth having, such imperfect faith,
"No more available to do faith's work
"Than unbelief like mine.
Whole faith, or none!"

Softly, my friend! I must dispute that point
Once own the use of faith, I'll find you faith.

We're back on Christian ground.
You call for faith:
I show you doubt, to prove that faith exists.

The more of doubt, the stronger faith, I say,
If faith o'ercomes doubt.
How I know it does?
By life and man's free will, God gave for that! To mould life as we choose it, shows our choice: That's our one act, the previous work's his own.

You criticize the soul? it reared this tree--
This broad life and whatever fruit it bears!
What matter though I doubt at every pore,
Head-doubts, heart-doubts, doubts at my fingers' ends, Doubts in the trivial work of every day,
Doubts at the very bases of my soul
In the grand moments when she probes herself--
If finally I have a life to show,
The thing I did, brought out in evidence

Against the thing done to me underground
By hell and all its brood, for aught I know?
I say, whence sprang this? shows it faith or doubt? All's doubt in me; where's break of faith in this? It is the idea, the feeling and the love,
God means mankind should strive for and show forth Whatever be the process to that end,--
And not historic knowledge, logic sound,
And metaphysical acumen, sure!
"What think ye of Christ," friend? when all's done and said, Like you this Christianity or not?
It may be false, but will you wish it true?
Has it your vote to be so if it can?
Trust you an instinct silenced long ago
That will break silence and enjoin you love
What mortified philosophy is hoarse,
And all in vain, with bidding you despise?
If you desire faith--then you've faith enough:
What else seeks God--nay, what else seek ourselves? You form a notion of me, we'll suppose,
On hearsay; it's a favourable one:
"But still" (you add), "there was no such good man, "Because of contradiction in the facts.

"One proves, for instance, he was born in Rome, "This Blougram; yet throughout the tales of him

"I see he figures as an Englishman.
" Well, the two things are reconcileable.

But would I rather you discovered that,
Subjoining--"Still, what matter though they be? "Blougram concerns me nought, born here or there. "

Pure faith indeed--you know not what you ask!
Naked belief in God the Omnipotent,
Omniscient, Omnipresent, sears too much
The sense of conscious creatures to be borne.

It were the seeing him, no flesh shall dare
Some think, Creation's meant to show him forth: I say it's meant to hide him all it can,
And that's what all the blessed evil's for.

Its use in Time is to environ us,
Our breath, our drop of dew, with shield enough Against that sight till we can bear its stress.

Under a vertical sun, the exposed brain
And lidless eye and disemprisoned heart
Less certainly would wither up at once
Than mind, confronted with the truth of him.

But time and earth case-harden us to live;
The feeblest sense is trusted most; the child
Feels God a moment, ichors o'er the place,
Plays on and grows to be a man like us.

With me, faith means perpetual unbelief
Kept quiet like the snake 'neath Michael's foot Who stands calm just because he feels it writhe.

Or, if that's too ambitious,--here's my box--
I need the excitation of a pinch
Threatening the torpor of the inside-nose
Nigh on the imminent sneeze that never comes.

"Leave it in peace" advise the simple folk:
Make it aware of peace by itching-fits,
Say I--let doubt occasion still more faith!

You'll say, once all believed, man, woman, child, In that dear middle-age these noodles praise.

How you'd exult if I could put you back
Six hundred years, blot out cosmogony,
Geology, ethnology, what not
(Greek endings, each the little passing-bell
That signifies some faith's about to die),
And set you square with Genesis again,--
When such a traveller told you his last news,
He saw the ark a-top of Ararat
But did not climb there since 't was getting dusk And robber-bands infest the mountain's foot!
How should you feel, I ask, in such an age,
How act? As other people felt and did;
With soul more blank than this decanter's knob,

Believe--and yet lie, kill, rob, fornicate
Full in belief's face, like the beast you'd be!

No, when the fight begins within himself,
A man's worth something.
God stoops o'er his head,
Satan looks up between his feet--both tug--
He's left, himself, i' the middle: the soul wakes And grows.
Prolong that battle through his life!
Never leave growing till the life to come!
Here, we've got callous to the Virgin's winks
That used to puzzle people wholesomely:
Men have outgrown the shame of being fools.

What are the laws of nature, not to bend
If the Church bid them?--brother Newman asks.

Up with the Immaculate Conception, then--
On to the rack with faith!--is my advice.

Will not that hurry us upon our knees,
Knocking our breasts, "It can't be--yet it shall! "Who am I, the worm, to argue with my Pope?
"Low things confound the high things!" and so forth.

That's better than acquitting God with grace
As some folk do.
He's tried--no case is proved,
Philosophy is lenient--he may go!

You'll say, the old system's not so obsolete
But men believe still: ay, but who and where?

King Bomba's lazzaroni foster yet
The sacred flame, so Antonelli writes;
But even of these, what ragamuffin-saint
Believes God watches him continually,
As he believes in fire that it will burn,
Or rain that it will drench him? Break fire's law, Sin against rain, although the penalty
Be just a singe or soaking? "No," he smiles;
"Those laws are laws that can enforce themselves."

The sum of all is--yes, my doubt is great,
My faith's still greater, then my faith's enough.

I have read much, thought much, experienced much, Yet would die rather than avow my fear
The Naples' liquefaction may be false,
When set to happen by the palace-clock
According to the clouds or dinner-time.

I hear you recommend, I might at least
Eliminate, decrassify my faith
Since I adopt it; keeping what I must
And leaving what I can--such points as this.

I won't--that is, I can't throw one away.

Supposing there's no truth in what I hold
About the need of trial to man's faith,
Still, when you bid me purify the same,
To such a process I discern no end.

Clearing off one excrescence to see two,
There's ever a next in size, now grown as big,
That meets the knife: I cut and cut again!
First cut the Liquefaction, what comes last
But Fichte's clever cut at God himself?
Experimentalize on sacred things!
I trust nor hand nor eye nor heart nor brain
To stop betimes: they all get drunk alike.

The first step, I am master not to take.

You'd find the cutting-process to your taste
As much as leaving growths of lies unpruned,
Nor see more danger in it,--you retort.

Your taste's worth mine; but my taste proves more wise When we consider that the steadfast hold
On the extreme end of the chain of faith
Gives all the advantage, makes the difference
With the rough purblind mass we seek to rule:
We are their lords, or they are free of us,
Just as we tighten or relax our hold.

So, others matters equal, we'll revert
To the first problem--which, if solved my way
And thrown into the balance, turns the scale--
How we may lead a comfortable life,
How suit our luggage to the cabin's size.

Of course you are remarking all this time
How narrowly and grossly I view life,
Respect the creature-comforts, care to rule
The masses, and regard complacently
"The cabin," in our old phrase.
Well, I do.

I act for, talk for, live for this world now,
As this world prizes action, life and talk:
No prejudice to what next world may prove,
Whose new laws and requirements, my best pledge To observe then, is that I observe these now,
Shall do hereafter what I do meanwhile.

Let us concede (gratuitously though)
Next life relieves the soul of body, yields
Pure spiritual enjoyment: well, my friend,
Why lose this life i' the meantime, since its use May be to make the next life more intense?

Do you know, I have often had a dream
(Work it up in your next month's article)
Of man's poor spirit in its progress, still
Losing true life for ever and a day
Through ever trying to be and ever being--
In the evolution of successive spheres--
Before its actual sphere and place of life,
Halfway into the next, which having reached,
It shoots with corresponding foolery

Halfway into the next still, on and off!
As when a traveller, bound from North to South, Scouts fur in Russia: what's its use in France? In France spurns flannel: where's its need in Spain? In Spain drops cloth, too cumbrous for Algiers! Linen goes next, and last the skin itself,
A superfluity at Timbuctoo.

When, through his journey, was the fool at ease? I'm at ease now, friend; worldly in this world, I take and like its way of life; I think
My brothers, who administer the means,
Live better for my comfort--that's good too;
And God, if he pronounce upon such life,
Approves my service, which is better still.

If he keep silence,--why, for you or me
Or that brute beast pulled-up in to-day's "Times," What odds is't, save to ourselves, what life we lead?

You meet me at this issue: you declare,--
All special-pleading done with--truth is truth, And justifies itself by undreamed ways.

You don't fear but it's better, if we doubt,
To say so, act up to our truth perceived
However feebly.
Do then,--act away!
'T is there I'm on the watch for you.
How one acts
Is, both of us agree, our chief concern:

And how you'll act is what I fain would see
If, like the candid person you appear,
You dare to make the most of your life's scheme As I of mine, live up to its full law
Since there's no higher law that counterchecks.

Put natural religion to the test
You've just demolished the revealed with--quick, Down to the root of all that checks your will,
All prohibition to lie, kill and thieve,
Or even to be an atheistic priest!
Suppose a pricking to incontinence--
Philosophers deduce you chastity
Or shame, from just the fact that at the first
Whoso embraced a woman in the field,
Threw club down and forewent his brains beside, So, stood a ready victim in the reach
Of any brother savage, club in hand;
Hence saw the use of going out of sight
In wood or cave to prosecute his loves:
I read this in a French book t' other day.

Does law so analysed coerce you much?
Oh, men spin clouds of fuzz where matters end,
But you who reach where the first thread begins, You'll soon cut that!--which means you can, but won't, Through certain instincts, blind, unreasoned-out,

You dare not set aside, you can't tell why,
But there they are, and so you let them rule.

Then, friend, you seem as much a slave as I,
A liar, conscious coward and hypocrite,
Without the good the slave expects to get,
In case he has a master after all!
You own your instincts? why, what else do I,
Who want, am made for, and must have a God
Ere I can be aught, do aught?--no mere name
Want, but the true thing with what proves its truth, To wit, a relation from that thing to me,
Touching from head to foot--which touch I feel, And with it take the rest, this life of ours!
I live my life here; yours you dare not live.

--Not as I state it, who (you please subjoin)
Disfigure such a life and call it names,
While, to your mind, remains another way
For simple men: knowledge and power have rights, But ignorance and weakness have rights too.

There needs no crucial effort to find truth
If here or there or anywhere about:
We ought to turn each side, try hard and see,
And if we can't, be glad we've earned at least
The right, by one laborious proof the more,
To graze in peace earth's pleasant pasturage.

Men are not angels, neither are they brutes:
Something we may see, all we cannot see.

What need of lying? I say, I see all,
And swear to each detail the most minute
In what I think a Pan's face--you, mere cloud:
I swear I hear him speak and see him wink,
For fear, if once I drop the emphasis,
Mankind may doubt there's any cloud at all.

You take the simple life--ready to see,
Willing to see (for no cloud's worth a face)--
And leaving quiet what no strength can move,
And which, who bids you move? who has the right? I bid you; but you are God's sheep, not mine:
" Pastor est tui Dominus .
" You find
In this the pleasant pasture of our life
Much you may eat without the least offence,
Much you don't eat because your maw objects,
Much you would eat but that your fellow-flock
Open great eyes at you and even butt,
And thereupon you like your mates so well
You cannot please yourself, offending them;
Though when they seem exorbitantly sheep,
You weigh your pleasure with their butts and bleats And strike the balance.
Sometimes certain fears
Restrain you, real checks since you find them so; Sometimes you please yourself and nothing checks:

And thus you graze through life with not one lie, And like it best.

But do you, in truth's name?
If so, you beat--which means you are not I--
Who needs must make earth mine and feed my fill Not simply unbutted at, unbickered with,
But motioned to the velvet of the sward
By those obsequious wethers' very selves.

Look at me, sir; my age is double yours:
At yours, I knew beforehand, so enjoyed,
What now I should be--as, permit the word,
I pretty well imagine your whole range
And stretch of tether twenty years to come.

We both have minds and bodies much alike:
In truth's name, don't you want my bishopric,
My daily bread, my influence and my state?
You're young.
I'm old; you must be old one day;
Will you find then, as I do hour by hour,
Women their lovers kneel to, who cut curls
From your fat lap-dog's ear to grace a brooch-- Dukes, who petition just to kiss your ring--
With much beside you know or may conceive?
Suppose we die to-night: well, here am I,
Such were my gains, life bore this fruit to me, While writing all the same my articles

On music, poetry, the fictile vase
Found at Albano, chess, Anacreon's Greek.

But you--the highest honour in your life,
The thing you'll crown yourself with, all your days, Is--dining here and drinking this last glass
I pour you out in sign of amity
Before we part for ever.
Of your power
And social influence, worldly worth in short,
Judge what's my estimation by the fact,
I do not condescend to enjoin, beseech,
Hint secrecy on one of all these words!
You're shrewd and know that should you publish one The world would brand the lie--my enemies first, Who'd sneer--"the bishop's an arch-hypocrite
"And knave perhaps, but not so frank a fool.
" Whereas I should not dare for both my ears
Breathe one such syllable, smile one such smile, Before the chaplain who reflects myself--
My shade's so much more potent than your flesh.

What's your reward, self-abnegating friend?
Stood you confessed of those exceptional
And privileged great natures that dwarf mine--
A zealot with a mad ideal in reach,
A poet just about to print his ode,
A statesman with a scheme to stop this war,
An artist whose religion is his art--

I should have nothing to object: such men
Carry the fire, all things grow warm to them,
Their drugget's worth my purple, they beat me.

But you,--you're just as little those as I--
You, Gigadibs, who, thirty years of age,
Write statedly for Blackwood's Magazine,
Believe you see two points in Hamlet's soul
Unseized by the Germans yet--which view you'll print-- Meantime the best you have to show being still
That lively lightsome article we took
Almost for the true Dickens,--what's its name?
"The Slum and Cellar, or Whitechapel life
"Limned after dark!" it made me laugh, I know,
And pleased a month, and brought you in ten pounds.

--Success I recognize and compliment,
And therefore give you, if you choose, three words (The card and pencil-scratch is quite enough)
Which whether here, in Dublin or New York,
Will get you, prompt as at my eyebrow's wink,
Such terms as never you aspired to get
In all our own reviews and some not ours.

Go write your lively sketches! be the first
"Blougram, or The Eccentric Confidence"--
Or better simply say, "The Outward-bound.
" Why, men as soon would throw it in my teeth
As copy and quote the infamy chalked broad
About me on the church-door opposite.

You will not wait for that experience though,
I fancy, howsoever you decide,
To discontinue--not detesting, not
Defaming, but at least--despising me!

Over his wine so smiled and talked his hour
Sylvester Blougram, styled in partibus
Episcopus, nec non --(the deuce knows what
It's changed to by our novel hierarchy)
With Gigadibs the literary man,
Who played with spoons, explored his plate's design, And ranged the olive-stones about its edge,
While the great bishop rolled him out a mind
Long crumpled, till creased consciousness lay smooth.

For Blougram, he believed, say, half he spoke.

The other portion, as he shaped it thus
For argumentatory purposes,
He felt his foe was foolish to dispute.

Some arbitrary accidental thoughts
That crossed his mind, amusing because new,
He chose to represent as fixtures there,
Invariable convictions (such they seemed
Beside his interlocutor's loose cards
Flung daily down, and not the same way twice)

While certain hell deep instincts, man's weak tongue Is never bold to utter in their truth
Because styled hell-deep ('t is an old mistake
To place hell at the bottom of the earth)
He ignored these,--not having in readiness
Their nomenclature and philosophy:
He said true things, but called them by wrong names.

"On the whole," he thought, "I justify myself
"On every point where cavillers like this
"Oppugn my life: he tries one kind of fence,
"I close, he's worsted, that's enough for him.

"He's on the ground: if ground should break away "I take my stand on, there's a firmer yet
"Beneath it, both of us may sink and reach.

"His ground was over mine and broke the first:
"So, let him sit with me this many a year!"

He did not sit five minutes.
Just a week
Sufficed his sudden healthy vehemence.

Something had struck him in the "Outward-bound" Another way than Blougram's purpose was:
And having bought, not cabin-furniture
But settler's-implements (enough for three)
And started for Australia--there, I hope,
By this time he has tested his first plough,
And studied his last chapter of St.
John.

* Rules Copied Elsewhere:
#4 - 16J, "Black not present", and 16M , "Equipment needed to start the clock" support your position.

16J "If Black is not present for the start of the game, White shall start his own clock, make his move on the board, and start Black's clock."

16M "...A late opponents clock may not be started until the board and pieces are in place..."

39A "Choice of equipment" is more explicit. "...If Black does not provide standard equipment and White does, Black does not have the right to delay the start of the game to search for alternate equipment..."

- Rule 39A1. "If Black is late for the start of a round, White makes the choice of equipment."

Road apples

A is the Gambit, by Allgaier found out,
B is the Bishop, so warlike and stout;
C is our Chess – the glorious game,
D is Defeat, with its sorrow and shame;
E is the Evans, a famous attack,
F is the False-move we wish to take back;
G is a Gambit, full of startling delight,
H is the Houses of black and of white,
I is to Interpose in the midst of the fight;
J is J'adoube, which the careless must say,
K is the King, the soul of the play;
L is the López, the Gambit so old,
M is the Muzio, adventurous and bold;
N is the Notes, explaining our play,
O is the Opening, at the first of the fray;
P is a Pawn, marching boldly ahead,
Q is the Queen, mighty and dread;
R is the Rook, a warrior of weight,
S is a Stale, an unfortunate Mate;
T is a Tournay, where the weakest must yield,
U is to Unite our pawns in the field;
V is Variation, which black overlooks,
W is White, who moves first in the books;
X is Xantippe, the meanest of mates,
Y is to Yield, resigned to our fates;
Z is Zatrikiology, a game,
& an art of endurable fame.

Source: Chess Monthly, November 1860, page 348.

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persona non grata
has peripheral neuropathy
from ass to toe
it pains him so
won't admit the truth
that's not his m.o.

he cries cries to momma
she gives him skittles
one volunteer to another
another chess riddle
sure it's lousy... but
it's persona non grata

One incorrect move is all it takes.

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Van Geet (Dunst) (A00)1-0 Right-handed version of Legall's Mate
D Moody vs S Bender, 1977 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 9 moves, 1-0

Van't Kruijs Opening / French Def, Exchange (A00) 1-0 Raking Bs
A Raetsky vs G Salem, 2001
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 20 moves, 1-0

1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bxb4 3.f4!? is the Kucharkowski-Meybohm Gambit
W Vandervoort vs C Cameron, 1922 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 17 moves, 0-1

Polish Opening Dbl KP e4 e5 (A00) 1-0 Black loses time w/Ns
A Becker vs J Bachmann, 2003
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 20 moves, 1-0

Polish Opening: General (A00) 0-1 blitz
Carlsen vs So, 2021 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 39 moves, 0-1

Grob Opening: Grob Gambit. Fritz Gambit (A00) 1-0 Q+ & fork
P H Nielsen vs L Sawlin, 2015 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 6 moves, 1-0

Grob Gambit. Fritz Gambit (A00) 1-0 Spearhead hits f7+, BxNf8
C Bloodgood vs W R Waymire, 1960 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 10 moves, 1-0

Grob Opening: Grob Gambit. Fritz Gambit (A00) 0-1 Stockfish
B Wall vs A Caruso, 1986 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 19 moves, 0-1

Grob Gambit. Fritz Gambit (A00) 0-1 Pins & Batteries
F Libiszewski vs O Ajibola, 2017 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 29 moves, 0-1

Reversed Leningrad Dutch (A00)1-0 Ne6offers superb Q sac for P#
Antoshin vs B Rabar, 1964 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 21 moves, 1-0

Hungarian Opening: Indian Defense (A00) · 1-0
A Minasian vs Jobava, 2003
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 37 moves, 1-0

Nimzo-Larsen Attk /KIA Dbl Fio vs Bg4 (A01) 0-1Minors penetrate
D van Geet vs Keene, 1982 
(A01) Nimzovich-Larsen Attack, 24 moves, 0-1

Game 120 in Pawn Structure Chess by Andrew Soltis
Bondarevsky vs Botvinnik, 1941 
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 28 moves, 0-1

Leningrad Bird Bg3 (A02) 0-1 White's promo won't remain on
Cockcroft vs H Juehe, 1968 
(A02) Bird's Opening, 13 moves, 0-1

Bird Opening: Anti-Bird (A02) 0-1 Bg1 clears the mating square
R Wyss vs Barcza, 1968 
(A02) Bird's Opening, 14 moves, 0-1

Bird Opening: From Gambit (A02) 0-1 Stockfish notes
Bird vs Mason, 1875 
(A02) Bird's Opening, 22 moves, 0-1

Bird Opening: Dutch Var vs 2...Bg4 (A03) 1-0 Space Advantage
H Danielsen vs T Luther, 1999 
(A03) Bird's Opening, 23 moves, 1-0

Bird Opening: Dutch Bg4-Ne5 (A03) 1-0 Hungry Pawn
L Nicholls vs R Perry, 2016
(A03) Bird's Opening, 23 moves, 1-0

Barcza Syst Uncastled (A04) 0-1Tal's Bf3 block is a blast fuse!
Barcza vs Tal, 1971 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 23 moves, 0-1

Jul-05-16 KID Slayer - Never forget ! ! The law is for ALL ! !
A Nimzowitsch vs H Johner, 1931 
(A04) Reti Opening, 23 moves, 1-0

Zukertort Opening: Pirc Invitation (A04) 1-0 Q+ & fork LPDO B
A Schmitt vs J Pribyl, 1990 
(A04) Reti Opening, 5 moves, 1-0

Zukertort Opening: Lisitsyn Gambit (A04) 1-0 back rank weakness
Gligoric vs Kostic, 1951 
(A04) Reti Opening, 20 moves, 1-0

Zukertort Opening: Queen Pawn Def (A06) 0-1 Disc+ next
J Boteanu vs L Vajda, 2001 
(A06) Reti Opening, 21 moves, 0-1

Raymond Keene's Long Combo that Blazes! Plus, his notes.
Keene vs V Kovacevic, 1973  
(A06) Reti Opening, 25 moves, 1-0

Nimzowitsch-Larsen Attack/Bird-like Bb2, f4, Ne5 (A06) 1-0
J Rejdal vs M Dietze, 1931 
(A06) Reti Opening, 21 moves, 1-0

Zukertort Opening: Queen Pawn Def(A06) 1-0 23.?
L Gutman vs Kholmov, 1975 
(A06) Reti Opening, 26 moves, 1-0

Zukertort Opening: Queen Pawn Def (A06) 1-0 Double Attack
A Anastasian vs R Shetty, 2004 
(A06) Reti Opening, 21 moves, 1-0

Zukertort Opening: Santasiere's Folly (A06) 1-0
Lombardy vs M Solmundarson, 1985 
(A06) Reti Opening, 18 moves, 1-0

Nimzowitsch-Larsen Attack: General (A06) 0-1 Central passer
Zherebukh vs Shirov, 2021 
(A06) Reti Opening, 25 moves, 0-1

King's Indian Attack (A07) 1-0 NxNf6+ Remove the Guard
A Avila Fraire vs S Logothetis, 2019 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 11 moves, 1-0

K's Indian Attack (A07) 0-1 Loose pieces drop off to dbl attks
Vladimirov vs Hydra, 2004 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 23 moves, 0-1

Sic Closed vs Botvinnik System Rev (B25) 0-1 Remove the Guard!
H Tanner vs Shabalov, 1991 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 10 moves, 0-1

World Championship Match (1954), KIA vs Sicilian (A07) 1-0
Smyslov vs Botvinnik, 1954 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 28 moves, 1-0

Miniature found in "The Massive Book of Chess" shows 9...Bh3!
P A Rasmussen vs E Brondum, 1995 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 9 moves, 0-1

Closed Sicilian Nge2, Bg2 vs Bg7, Nge7 (B25) Overworked Bishop
C Pilnick vs H Seidman, 1954 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 17 moves, 0-1

Cool queen trap by Kramnik! A07 0-1 17
Timman vs Kramnik, 1999 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 17 moves, 0-1

King's Indian Attack vs BxNf3 exBf3 (A07) 0-1
M Bertok vs M Damjanovic, 1966 
(A06) Reti Opening, 27 moves, 0-1

Reti Opening: Advance (A09) 1-0 Pretty Q sac, diagonal X-ray #
Euwe vs R Loman, 1923 
(A09) Reti Opening, 18 moves, 1-0

English Opening: Anglo-Slav General (A11) 1-0 Sting in the tail
E Folk Weaver vs R Zahrobsky, 1962
(A11) English, Caro-Kann Defensive System, 21 moves, 1-0

King's English. Smyslov Defense (A21) 0-1 Brilliant
L Kaufman vs Kavalek, 1972 
(A21) English, 23 moves, 0-1

Mikenas Def (A40) 1-0A real circus follows an early Q sacrifice
Keene vs E Fielder, 1964  
(A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 19 moves, 1-0

Englund Gambit Complex: Soller Gambit (A40) 0-1 Correspondence
K Dorre vs R Fleuriot, 1972 
(A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 17 moves, 0-1

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

A Tony Award A41 0-1 20
I Sokolov vs Miles, 1989 
(A41) Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6), 20 moves, 0-1

System: Canard Formation /Stonewall Attk (A45) 0-1 Kside crush
W Schelfhout vs J Mieses, 1913 
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 26 moves, 0-1

Indian Game: Wade-Tartakower Def (A46) 1-0 Backdoor play
C Janzen vs M Borriss, 1987 
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 11 moves, 1-0

Dutch Def: Staunton Gambit. General 10.0-0 vs 0-0-0 (A83) 0-1
L Palau vs Reti, 1924 
(A83) Dutch, Staunton Gambit, 27 moves, 0-1

Dutch Def: Rubinstein Var (A84) 1-0 Discovered double attack
A Brito Garcia vs J Chacon Jerez, 1996 
(A84) Dutch, 9 moves, 1-0

Nimzowitsch Defense: Williams Variation (B00) · 1-0
Savon vs O H Castro Rojas, 1977 
(B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 25 moves, 1-0

Nimzowitsch Def: Scandi. Exchange (B00) 1-0 Pin, Kside blast
M Sixtensson vs G West, 1985 
(B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 22 moves, 0-1

Classic Bc4 vs Modern Def Bg7 (B06) Bxf7+ prepares Ng5+ unpin
S Boros vs Biro, 1940 
(B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 8 moves, 1-0

Nimzowitsch Defense: Williams Var (B00) 0-1 No Q trap
G Ligterink vs Miles, 1984 
(B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 17 moves, 0-1

Nimzowitsch Defense: Williams Var (B00) 1-0 Common unpin trap
E Akhmilovskaya vs NN, 1988 
(B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 9 moves, 1-0

Nimzowitsch Def: Williams Var (B00) 1-0 Promotion #
F Rhine vs NN, 2019 
(B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 9 moves, 1-0

T. Kapitaniak, in his 1982 monograph "Nimzovich Defence"
K Spraggett vs F South, 1976 
(B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 19 moves, 1-0

Nimzowitsch Def: Scandinavian. Exchange (B00) 1-0 If 19...hxQg6
L Aptekar vs C Laird, 1977 
(B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 23 moves, 1-0

Nimzowitsch Def: Declined Var (B00) 0-1 photo, video link
Bill Gates vs Carlsen, 2014 
(B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 9 moves, 0-1

Nimzowitsch Def: Williams Var (B00) 0-1 Capture first & keep on
S Press vs E Ambrus, 2008 
(B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 7 moves, 0-1

Nimzowitsch Def: Mikenas Var (B00) 1-0 Stockfish notes; 24.?
S Salov vs J Klinger, 1993 
(B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 26 moves, 1-0

Scandinavian Modern (B01) 1-0 Extended Legall's Mate w/K hike
P Imbaud vs Strumilo, 1922 
(B01) Scandinavian, 22 moves, 1-0

3...Qa5, Bg4 8.f3 (B01) 1-0 Deflect the defender
D Trujillo Delgado vs P Heimbaecher, 2001 
(B01) Scandinavian, 9 moves, 1-0

Scandinavian Defense: Modern Var (B01) 1-0 Common Qside trap
M Pavlov vs D Dragos, 1987 
(B01) Scandinavian, 10 moves, 1-0

Scandinavian Def: Marshall Var (B01) 1-0 Nice, see notes
Timman vs M Ahmed Bakali, 1974 
(B01) Scandinavian, 8 moves, 1-0

3...Qa5 Mieses Var 5...Bg4 6.f3 (B01) 1-0Nd5 discovery, Nxc7+
J Franzen vs J Petreje, 1996 
(B01) Scandinavian, 9 moves, 1-0

Cntr Cntr 3...Qa5 (B01) 1-0 Q trap fighting for c7 square
Wiesel vs Weigel, 1923 
(B01) Scandinavian, 9 moves, 1-0

Scandinavian Def. Modern Var (B01) 1-0 Navigate pins carefully
Movsesian vs R Damaso, 1998
(B01) Scandinavian, 22 moves, 1-0

Scandinavian Defense: Modern 3.Nf3 Bg4 (B01) 1-0 Hungery pawn
H Stefansson vs J Herms Agullo, 2011 
(B01) Scandinavian, 10 moves, 1-0

5...Qa5/Nc6 (B01)0-1 W unpin capture sequence backfires
Zabrzeski vs Angelov, 1967 
(B01) Scandinavian, 8 moves, 0-1

Scandinavian Defense: Modern Var (B01) 0-1 21...?
N Vlassov vs A Terekhin, 1994 
(B01) Scandinavian, 24 moves, 0-1

Scandinavian Def: Bronstein Qd6 (B01) 0-1 2 Attackers, 1 Guard
P Wolff vs S Getz, 2020 
(B01) Scandinavian, 12 moves, 0-1

Scandinavian Def: Modern. Gipslis Var (B01) 1-0 Discovered+
L Christiansen vs K Commons, 1978 
(B01) Scandinavian, 24 moves, 1-0

The Russians Play Chess by Irving Chernev > Perpetual check
Lasker vs Alekhine, 1914 
(B01) Scandinavian, 25 moves, 1/2-1/2

Scandinavian Def: Portuguese Var (B01) 0-1 Dbl R sacs by MC
S Vaibhav vs Carlsen, 2018 
(B01) Scandinavian, 25 moves, 0-1

Alekhine Defense: Maroczy Var (B02) 0-1 Q trap
NN vs F Rhine, 1977 
(B02) Alekhine's Defense, 16 moves, 0-1

Alekhine Def: Normal (B02) 1-0 Bxf7+ KxB, Ng5+ unpin
H J Ament vs NN, 1922 
(B02) Alekhine's Defense, 12 moves, 1-0

Pirc Defense: Bg4 (B07) 0-1 Qless MG, Rook+ Skewer
Vitumbiko Gondwe vs A Alrasheed, 2014 
(B07) Pirc, 25 moves, 0-1

Pirc Defense: Classical. 2Knights (B08) 0-1 Ruin the K's shield
Schiffler vs Kramnik, 1996 
(B08) Pirc, Classical, 16 moves, 0-1

Caro-Kann Def: Gen (B10) 1-0 Spectacular fireworks from Short!
Short vs M Mchedlishvili, 2009 
(B10) Caro-Kann, 26 moves, 1-0

C-K 2Knights Attack. Mindeno, Exchange Line (B11) 1-0 Gotch ya!
Keres vs E Guthi, 1964 
(B11) Caro-Kann, Two Knights, 3...Bg4, 15 moves, 1-0

C-K 2Knights Attack. Mindeno, Exchange Line (B11) 1-0 Greedy
Alekhine vs F Gambino, 1945 
(B11) Caro-Kann, Two Knights, 3...Bg4, 15 moves, 1-0

Caro-Kann Advance. Short Var (B12) 1-0 Capture-Recapture, then?
T Shaked vs J Heger, 1992 
(B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 10 moves, 1-0

Caro-Kann Def. Goldman Var (B10) 1-0 Angermannagement
Terry J Taylor vs I F Angermann, 1986 
(B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 7 moves, 1-0

Caro-Kann Defense: Exchange Var (B13) 1-0 Unpin wins material
Ziganovic vs G Laketic, 1980 
(B13) Caro-Kann, Exchange, 7 moves, 1-0

Caro-Kann Def: Panov Attack. Modern Def Mieses Line (B13) 0-1
B Adhiban vs A M Sargsyan, 2019 
(B13) Caro-Kann, Exchange, 24 moves, 0-1

C-K Def: Panov Attk. Modern Def Mieses Line (B13) 1-0 Blindfold
A Nimzowitsch vs Gerog Jokstad, 1922 
(B13) Caro-Kann, Exchange, 16 moves, 1-0

Sic Bowlder Attack (B20)1-0 Premature Bg4 pin loses again
B South vs T Neshan, 1980 
(B20) Sicilian, 10 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Defense: General (B20) 0-1 Smothered Mate
Rao vs Gill, 1972 
(B20) Sicilian, 8 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Def Closed (B23) 0-1 Whipped from the opening bell
Pachman vs Najdorf, 1955 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 19 moves, 0-1

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

Vienna Gambit. Main Line (C29) 0-1 Develop All, clear the file!
B Tagirov vs Janosevic, 1953 
(C29) Vienna Gambit, 14 moves, 0-1

Scotch-Goering Gambit (C44) 1-0 The 'Sea-Cadet' Mate/Legall's #
Falkbeer vs NN, 1847 
(C44) King's Pawn Game, 10 moves, 1-0

4 Knights, Italian Var (C50) 1-0 It's good to copy Capa, right?
Capablanca vs NN, 1918 
(C50) Giuoco Piano, 14 moves, 1-0

Italian Giuoco Pianissimo (C50) 0-1Fishing Pole into Legall's #
Fucini vs Olivari, 1895 
(C50) Giuoco Piano, 14 moves, 0-1

Italian, Evans Gambit. Pierce Defe (C52) 1-0 The ol' N bite
B Lilly vs P Pritt, 1984 
(C52) Evans Gambit, 18 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Steinitz Def (C62) 0-1 Opera Mate w/a different N
D Hater vs R Crowl, 1981 
(C62) Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense, 8 moves, 0-1

Spanish, Exchange Var. Alapin Gambit (C69) 0-1 P fork backfires
Piotrowski vs J Sokolow, 1971 
(C69) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation, 24 moves, 0-1

Spanish, Morphy Def. Modern Steinitz Def (C71) 1-0 Legall's try
D Werner vs T Stuttard, 1977 
(C71) Ruy Lopez, 8 moves, 1-0

Game #5 in John Nunn's Chess Course
M Walter vs Lasker, 1923 
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 21 moves, 0-1

London System vs Qb6, Bg4 (D02) 0-1
G Lovas vs A Sacconi, 1935 
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 15 moves, 0-1

P-Q4 Chigorin Var (D02) 1-0 Black walks into disaster
D Kumaran vs Miles, 1993 
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 15 moves, 1-0

P-Q4 Anti-Torre (D02) 1-0 White N fork or B pin next
Bogoljubov vs N I Grekov, 1914 
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 11 moves, 1-0

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

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

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

Queen Pawn Game: Anti-Torre (D02) 1-0 Stockfish notes
Steinitz vs Chigorin, 1889 
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 22 moves, 1-0

Q Pawn Game: Zukertort Var (D02) 1-0 Stockfish; 19.?
Szabo vs K Honfi, 1950 
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 26 moves, 1-0

QP Game: Symmetrical Var (D02) 0-1 Marvelous defense!!
L Schmitt vs Tarrasch, 1923 
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 25 moves, 0-1

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

P-Q4: Anti-Torre (D02) 1-0 unusual start
Andersson vs H van Riemsdijk, 1985 
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 29 moves, 1-0

QGD Marshall Defense (D06) 1-0 Black wastes tempos
M Haslinger vs T Schulz, 1996 
(D06) Queen's Gambit Declined, 8 moves, 1-0

Spurious!? Interesting Q trap w/Black castled, White isn't.
Alekhine vs V Nenarokov, 1907 
(D07) Queen's Gambit Declined, Chigorin Defense, 10 moves, 1-0

QGD: Chigorin Def. Main Line (D07) 0-1 Invasion
A Bisguier vs J Littlewood, 1962 
(D07) Queen's Gambit Declined, Chigorin Defense, 23 moves, 0-1

QGD. Chigorin Defense. Main Line (D07) 0-1 video link
Booth vs I Rogers, 1976 
(D07) Queen's Gambit Declined, Chigorin Defense, 24 moves, 0-1

QGD: Chigorin Def. Main Line (D07) 1-0 Notes by Stockfish
Steinitz vs Chigorin, 1889 
(D07) Queen's Gambit Declined, Chigorin Defense, 27 moves, 1-0

QGD. Albin Countergambit (D08) 0-1 Blindfold
Pillsbury vs S Clarence / M J Thompson, 1900 
(D08) Queen's Gambit Declined, Albin Counter Gambit, 19 moves, 0-1

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

Slav Defense: Modern Line (D11) 1-0 Stockfish; blitz blunders
Kasparov vs E Torre, 1987 
(D11) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 25 moves, 1-0

QGA. Central Var. McDonnell Def (D20) 1-0 4 of 5 P moves=doom
P Green vs T Varley, 1996 
(D20) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 9 moves, 1-0

Queen's Gambit Accepted: AbNormal Var (D21) 1-0
Marshall vs M Judd, 1904 
(D21) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 17 moves, 1-0

Hungarian Opening e5, d5 (A00) 1-0 Castle opposite & blast away
Larsen vs B Kolvig, 1960 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 18 moves, 1-0

Michael Stean in "Simple Chess" thinks "Black dare not 13...a5"
Botvinnik vs G Szilagyi, 1966 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 37 moves, 1-0

Hungarian Opening: Slav Formation (A00) · 1/2-1/2
Tal vs B Rytov, 1973 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 60 moves, 1/2-1/2

1927 book of the New York City international tournament
A Nimzowitsch vs Vidmar, 1927 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 35 moves, 0-1

Hungarian Opening: Slav Formation (A00) 1-0 Black backs down
Stein vs E Book, 1969 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 22 moves, 1-0

Hungarian/Dble Fio (A00) 1-0 Five queens after 56.b8Q
J Hickl vs I Sokolov, 2005 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 58 moves, 1-0

KIA Dbl Fio vs Bg4 (A00) 1/2-1/2 Empty Qside
Larsen vs A Beliavsky, 1984
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 39 moves, 1/2-1/2

Dbl Fio KIA (A00) 0-1 Q sac while N munches. Passer emerges.
Azmaiparashvili vs Vaganian, 1983 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 37 moves, 0-1

KIA e4xd5 (A00) 1-0 Exchange sac frees development
D Fritzinger vs L Binet Tapaszto, 1972
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 64 moves, 1-0

Anderssen Opening/ slow QGD Exchange vs Bg4 (A00) 0-1
Indjic vs A Diermair, 2018 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 36 moves, 0-1

Hungarian Opening: Slav Formation (A00) · 1/2-1/2
Azmaiparashvili vs Krasenkow, 1997
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 69 moves, 1/2-1/2

Nimzo-Larsen Attack: Classical or Reti vs Rvrsd Tromp (A01) 1-0
Bagirov vs Ehlvest, 1988 
(A01) Nimzovich-Larsen Attack, 34 moves, 1-0

Nimzo-Larsen Attk: Classical vs Bg4 (A01) 1-0 Black Aggression!
R Schmidt vs Saric, 2007 
(A01) Nimzovich-Larsen Attack, 53 moves, 1-0

Nimzo-Larsen Attack: Classical (A01) 0-1 Lawnmower #
Bronstein vs Tal, 1972 
(A01) Nimzovich-Larsen Attack, 39 moves, 0-1

Nimzo-Larsen Attack: Classical Dbl Fio (A01) 1-0 Finish it
A Planinc vs R Hartoch, 1973 
(A01) Nimzovich-Larsen Attack, 25 moves, 1-0

Nimzo-Larsen Attack: Indian Variation Bg7 vs Bb2, Bg2 (A01) 1-0
N Sarin vs Vachier-Lagrave, 2020 
(A01) Nimzovich-Larsen Attack, 36 moves, 1-0

Nimzo-Larsen Attack: Classical 4.f4 & 0-0-0 (A01) 1-0Roll Kside
I Rogers vs J Brenninkmeijer, 1990 
(A01) Nimzovich-Larsen Attack, 32 moves, 1-0

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

Bird/Stonewall Attk vs Anti-Bird Bg4 Unpin (A02) 1-0 2 hogs 7th
Larsen vs Petrosian, 1958 
(A02) Bird's Opening, 41 moves, 1-0

Bird Opening: Anti-Bird Var (A02) 1-0 Both 0-0-0; Kside P storm
K Neil vs W Mather, 1994 
(A02) Bird's Opening, 35 moves, 1-0

Bird Opening: Anti-Bird Var (A02) 1-0 Both 0-0-0; Kside P storm
K Neil vs D Finnie, 1994
(A02) Bird's Opening, 30 moves, 1-0

Bird Opening: Anti-Bird Var (A02) 1-0 Both 0-0-0; BsxNs
A Nimzowitsch vs Kmoch, 1927 
(A02) Bird's Opening, 33 moves, 1-0

Anti-Bird/Exchange Dbl Stonewall (A02) 1-0 Arabian # next
Albin vs J Mieses, 1903 
(A02) Bird's Opening, 36 moves, 1-0

Bird Opening: Anti-Bird BxNf3 both 0-0 (A02) 0-1 Connected Ps
A Obukhov vs S Kidambi, 2005 
(A02) Bird's Opening, 40 moves, 0-1

Bird, From Gambit 7...h5, 31...g5 (A02) 0-1Central play
Albin vs Marshall, 1903 
(A02) Bird's Opening, 53 moves, 0-1

Bird Opening Be2, Bb2 vs Bg4 (A02) 1-0 Promotion won't matter
Larsen vs G Fuster, 1958 
(A02) Bird's Opening, 33 moves, 1-0

Photo-copy (w/colors reversed) of Ed. Lasker - Sir G.A. Thomas
NN vs R Crepeaux, 1923 
(A03) Bird's Opening, 16 moves, 0-1

Nimzo-Larsen Attack (A04) 1-0 Dbl Bishop Sac
Taimanov vs A Shashin, 1978 
(A04) Reti Opening, 28 moves, 1-0

Game 21 in Chess Praxis by Aron Nimzowitsch
A Nimzowitsch vs Marshall, 1927 
(A04) Reti Opening, 45 moves, 1/2-1/2

Classical vs Black Mustang Defense (A04) 0-1 Tough to assess
M Duppel vs R Schlindwein, 1999 
(A04) Reti Opening, 65 moves, 0-1

Zukertort vs Black Mustang Def (A04) 0-1Pins save en prise unit
E Moskow vs S Bernstein, 1976 
(A04) Reti Opening, 40 moves, 0-1

Dbl Fio KIA (A04) Kside exchanges
F Bohatirchuk vs A Kubbel, 1931
(A04) Reti Opening, 37 moves, 1/2-1/2

Zukertort Opening: Sicilian (A04) 1-0 Voluntary Removal
V Poley vs Carlsen, 2002 
(A04) Reti Opening, 46 moves, 1-0

A pretty mate with two discovered checks by Blacks' king.
Dorfman vs Tseshkovsky, 1978 
(A04) Reti Opening, 55 moves, 0-1

Zukertort Opening: Wade Defense (A04) 1-0 Notes by Schiller
E Schiller vs L Day, 1985  
(A04) Reti Opening, 35 moves, 1-0

Zukertort Opening: Pirc Invitation Bg4, Bg7 (A04) 0-1 Battery
D J Strauss vs L Christiansen, 1981
(A04) Reti Opening, 28 moves, 0-1

Zukertort Opening: Nimzo-Larsen Var (A04) 1-0 Blitz swindle
Nakamura vs D Paravyan, 2018 
(A04) Reti Opening, 43 moves, 1-0

Zukertort Opening: Pirc Invitation (A04) 0-1 The wrong defense
S Fazekas vs N Littlewood, 1963 
(A04) Reti Opening, 32 moves, 0-1

Dbl Fio Reti (A05) 1-0 U14 rapid; extra Pawn w/Bishop pair
Aronian vs Z Minjun, 1995
(A05) Reti Opening, 37 moves, 1-0

KIA: Symmetrical Def (A05) 1/2-1/2 Ring Around the Rosie
Reti vs Yates, 1926 
(A05) Reti Opening, 66 moves, 1/2-1/2

Zukertort Opening: Q Pawn Def (A06) 1-0 W penetrates first
Tkachiev vs B Grachev, 2013
(A06) Reti Opening, 69 moves, 1-0

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

Garry sinks Deep Blue: Exchange sac creates connected passers
Kasparov vs Deep Blue, 1997 
(A06) Reti Opening, 45 moves, 1-0

Zukertort/Reti/White Hippo vs Bg4 (A06) 1-0 Eventual passer
Kamsky vs S Lobanov, 2018 
(A06) Reti Opening, 52 moves, 1-0

Zukertort Dbl Fio vs Yugoslav Def Bg4 (A06)1-0 Q&Bcriss-cross #
K Movsziszian vs T Luther, 1995
(A06) Reti Opening, 41 moves, 1-0

Zukertort d4, Bg2 vs d5, Bg4 (A06) 1-0
A Wojtkiewicz vs J Waitzkin, 1997
(A06) Reti Opening, 42 moves, 1-0

Dbl Fio KIA (A06) 0-1 Rooks for minors; no mate on h-file
Ribli vs Tal, 1985 
(A06) Reti Opening, 28 moves, 0-1

Reti vs Bg4 (A06) Knights ruckus leaves no castling
A Konstantinopolsky vs V Goglidze, 1936 
(A06) Reti Opening, 30 moves, 1-0

Bg2, Bb2, b3, c3, d3 Old Indian Attk vs Semi-Tarrasch (A06) 1-0
Moheschunder vs Cochrane, 1851 
(A06) Reti Opening, 50 moves, 1-0

White Dbl Fio vs Black...d5, Bg4 (A06) 1-0 Bishop pair pins
W Schmidt vs N Spiridonov, 1976
(A06) Reti Opening, 30 moves, 1-0

Zukertort Opening vs d5, Bg4 (A06) 0-1
Rapport vs Carlsen, 2019 
(A06) Reti Opening, 35 moves, 0-1

Zukertort Opening vs d5, Bg4 (A06) 1-0 Passer, Remove the Guard
J L Hammer vs Yagupov, 2013 
(A06) Reti Opening, 43 moves, 1-0

Dbl Fio Reti vs d5, Bg4 (A06) 0-1 Exch sac allows Q&N entry
G Steiner vs N Sommerbauer, 1994 
(A06) Reti Opening, 30 moves, 0-1

Zukertort Opening: Dbl Fio vs Bg4 (A06) 1-0 0-0 vs 0-0-0
Vaganian vs Bronstein, 1993
(A06) Reti Opening, 31 moves, 1-0

Zukertort Opening: BxNf3 (A06) 1-0 Knights all about
D Gordievsky vs B Bellahcene, 2018
(A06) Reti Opening, 40 moves, 1-0

Nimzo-Larsen Attack vs BxNf3 (A06) 1-0 Alekhine's Gun
P Romanovsky vs Y Vilner, 1927 
(A06) Reti Opening, 66 moves, 1-0

White Double Fianchetto Reti vs Bg4 (A06) 0-1
R Sagit vs I Sokolov, 2018 
(A06) Reti Opening, 38 moves, 0-1

Reti (A06) 1/2-1/2 Fredthebear collection, OCB ending
Kramnik vs Aronian, 2013 
(A06) Reti Opening, 72 moves, 1/2-1/2

Zukertort Opening: Queen Pawn Defense (A06) 0-1 U20
L Vadasz vs Timman, 1967
(A06) Reti Opening, 33 moves, 0-1

Nimzowitsch-Larsen Attk: General (A06) 0-1 Overworked W pieces
Andersson vs A Bisguier, 1971 
(A06) Reti Opening, 36 moves, 0-1

Zukertort / Nimzo-Larsen Attk vs Bg4 (A06) 1-0 KEG annotates
Albin vs Marshall, 1902 
(A06) Reti Opening, 55 moves, 1-0

Zukertort Opening: Santasiere's Folly (A06) 0-1 4 in the b-file
O Gritsayeva vs O Girya, 2014 
(A06) Reti Opening, 55 moves, 0-1

K's Indian Attk: 2...Bg4 Keres Var (A07) 0-1 Careful Kside def
F Olafsson vs Keres, 1963 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 86 moves, 0-1

Petrosian plays simple chess to win KIA at Stockholm Interzonal
Petrosian vs R Teschner, 1962 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 41 moves, 1-0

KIA: Keres Var (A07) 1-0 Center pawns matter
N Paikidze vs I Krush, 2015 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 41 moves, 1-0

KIA. Yugoslav Var (A07) 1-0 3 of 4 knights on the rim?!
Kramnik vs Vachier-Lagrave, 2015 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 38 moves, 1-0

Bg4 vs KIA h3, g4 (A07) 1-0 Rob the pin both ways on the 6th
Kramnik vs S Sjugirov, 2014 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 25 moves, 1-0

Bg4 vs KIA (A07) 1-0 Black gave away Qside pawns, allowed promo
Movsesian vs S Das, 2014 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 54 moves, 1-0

G90: Ludwig Steinkohl: 99 Schönheitspreise aus 150 Schachjahren
Lobron vs Dzindzichashvili, 1979 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 36 moves, 0-1

(A11) English, Caro-Kann Defensive System, 1-0 Pin, Discovered+
Carlsen vs Karjakin, 2013 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 92 moves, 1-0

KIA vs Sicilian c5, d5, e5 (A08) 1-0 W counter offers
Stein vs L Zinn, 1961 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 36 moves, 1-0

KIA vs Caro-Kann, Breyer Var (B10) 1-0 Overworked Q
Fischer vs I Ibrahimoglu, 1970 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 39 moves, 1-0

Game 43 in Stein: Move by Move by Thomas Engqvist
Stein vs Hort, 1968 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 44 moves, 1-0

King's Indian Attack: Yugoslav Bg4 (A07)1-0 Remove the defender
M Tseitlin vs A Mikhalevski, 1996 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 39 moves, 1-0

King's Indian Attack vs Bg4 (A07) 0-1 two knights for a rook
Navara vs Shirov, 2007 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 34 moves, 0-1

KIA vs c6, d5, e5, Bg4 (A07) 0-1
K Kapanen vs Taimanov, 2000
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 45 moves, 0-1

KIA vs c6, d5, e5, Bg4 (A07) 0-1
Vaganian vs Kramnik, 1995
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 49 moves, 0-1

King's Indian Attack vs Bg4 (A07) 1-0 Pin this way and that
V Zaitsev vs V Shinkevich, 1999 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 42 moves, 1-0

King's Indian Attack: Keres Var (A07) 1-0
Morozevich vs Kasimdzhanov, 2013 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 53 moves, 1-0

King's Indian Attack: Keres Var (A07) 1/2-1/2 Near miss
Keene vs Keres, 1973 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 98 moves, 1/2-1/2

KIA vs Nc6, d6, e5, Bg4 (A07) 0-1 24...?
A Caoili vs C Rodriguez Monteiro, 1996 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 26 moves, 0-1

King's Indian Attack: Yugoslav Variation (A07) · 1-0
J Pinter vs S Saeed, 1985
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 43 moves, 1-0

King's Indian Attack vs Bg4 (A07) 1/2-1/2
Larsen vs J Pinter, 1985
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 46 moves, 1/2-1/2

KIA vs Double K Pawn e4-e5 (A07) 1-0 N robs the pin of g-file
L Buggiani vs J Brunelle, 2001 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 35 moves, 1-0

King's Indian Attack (A07) 1-0 Q sac for 9 pts & crossfire acti
Kasparov vs Fritz, 1992 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 54 moves, 1-0

King's Indian Attack: Yugoslav 4...Bg4 (A07) 0-1 Moscow
Z Sturua vs Vasiukov, 1983
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 56 moves, 0-1

King's Indian Attack vs 3...Bg4 (A07) · 1-0
Goldin vs J Sarkar, 2011
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 59 moves, 1-0

King's Indian Attack: Yugoslav 2...Bg4 (A07) 0-1 25...?
Bluebaum vs E Najer, 2017 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 31 moves, 0-1

G29 'Nezhmetdinov's Best Games of Chess' by Rashid Nezhmetdinov
R Nezhmetdinov vs Aronin, 1953 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 32 moves, 1-0

Reti-English: Keres 2...Bg4 (A07) 1-0 Minority attack
M Marin vs J Gustafsson, 2009 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 40 moves, 1-0

KIA: Yugoslav Bg4 (A07) 1-0 34.Rxa4 just take it!
Sasikiran vs Anand, 2002 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 53 moves, 1-0

KIA/Reti: Yugoslav Bg4 (A07) 1-0 35.? Fredthebear share
G Oparin vs M Kobalia, 2018 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 40 moves, 1-0

KIA Double Fianchetto vs Bg4 (A07) 0-1 Both White Bs shut-out.
H Wang vs Caruana, 2020 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 46 moves, 0-1

King's Indian Attack - why give Black the center? (A07) 0-1
A Liang vs Dominguez Perez, 2021 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 62 moves, 0-1

KIA: Yugoslav Var (A07) 1-0 Connected passers
Euwe vs Bogoljubov, 1928 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 52 moves, 1-0

King's Indian Attack: Yugoslav 4.0-0 Bg4 (A07) 1-0 Juniors
Deepan Chakkravarthy J vs M Dziuba, 2003 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 40 moves, 1-0

King's Indian Attack: Keres Var 5.d3 e5 (A07) 0-1 video link
Dubov vs Shirov, 2013 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 40 moves, 0-1

Reti/KIA: Keres Variation (A07) 0-1 blindfold
Gelfand vs Van Wely, 2008 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 38 moves, 0-1

King's Indian Attack: Yugoslav Var (A07) 0-1Discovery Mate in 2
A Dunnington vs I Hera, 2012 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 24 moves, 0-1

KIA Yugoslav Var Dbl Fio (A07) 1-0 Pawn nibbling to EG advanta
D Robinson vs M Ginzburg, 2005
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 42 moves, 1-0

K's Indian Attack: Yugoslav (A07) 1-0 Dbl Fio vs Reversed Torre
Ponomariov vs G Gajewski, 2010 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 35 moves, 1-0

Dbl Fio Reti 5.c4 Yugoslav (A07) 0-1R endings take time to mast
Carlsen vs Caruana, 2013 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 62 moves, 0-1

King's Indian Attack: Yugoslav 5...BxNf3 (A07) 1-0 Beastly Bs
B Pavlenko vs I Solonar, 2001
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 24 moves, 1-0

KIA vs C-K Bg4 reversed Torre (A07) 1-0 GMs don't capture when
Korchnoi vs G Flear, 1986 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 37 moves, 1-0

KIA g3, d3, b3 vs 4...Bg4 Yugoslav (A07) 1-0 Promo race
Timman vs H Ree, 1969
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 60 moves, 1-0

Reti g3, c4, b3, d3 vs 4...Bg4 Yugoslav (A07) 1-0Juniors to GMs
A Adly vs G Meier, 2007 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 51 moves, 1-0

King's Indian Attack: Yugoslav Var (A07) 1/2-1/2
Yermolinsky vs I Krush, 2007
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 33 moves, 1/2-1/2

KIA vs C-K Bg4 (A04) 0-1 Notes by Raymond Keene
D King vs Keene, 1982  
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 36 moves, 0-1

King's Indian Attack: Yugoslav Variation (A07) 1-0 Promotion
Karpov vs Anand, 1998 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 62 moves, 1-0

Dbl Fio/King's Indian Attack: Yugoslav Var (A07) 1-0
Jansa vs Keene, 1983
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 41 moves, 1-0

KIA vs Yugoslav (A07) 1-0 Add to the King's EAD
Vaganian vs Kaidanov, 1994
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 41 moves, 1-0

King's Indian Attack: Yugoslav Var (A07) 0-1
C Brasket vs Shamkovich, 1976 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 36 moves, 0-1

KIA: Yugoslav Var (A07) 0-1 NxB and White is better
D Bojkov vs Robson, 2008 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 17 moves, 0-1

KIA: Yugoslav (A07) 0-1 Be careful w/comments, like any move?!
B Adithya vs B Thorfinnsson, 2014 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 59 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

Reti Opening: General (A09) 0-1 Blitz
Larsen vs E Torre, 1987 
(A09) Reti Opening, 25 moves, 0-1

English Opening: Great Snake (A10) 0-1 B sac! Long combination
E Nikolic vs Fischer, 1968 
(A10) English, 31 moves, 0-1

English Opening: Anglo-Slav Var (A11) 1-0 Pin to win for White!
J Hoffmann vs M Frenz, 1989
(A11) English, Caro-Kann Defensive System, 11 moves, 1-0

Reti Opening: Anglo-Slav. Bogoljubow Var II (A12) 0-1Deflection
B Franciskovic vs R Svaljek, 2001 
(A12) English with b3, 32 moves, 0-1

Reti Opening: Anglo-Slav. Torre System (A12) 0-1 h-pawn lever
A Ostl vs G Hertneck, 1985 
(A12) English with b3, 16 moves, 0-1

$Reti Opening: Anglo-Slav. Capablanca Variation (A12) 1-0
Andersson vs Hort, 1971 
(A12) English with b3, 37 moves, 1-0

Reti Opening: Anglo-Slav. Capablanca Var (A12) 1-0 Mayet's Mate
H Heinicke vs P Tautvaisas, 1949
(A12) English with b3, 35 moves, 1-0

English Opening: Agincourt Def. Catalan Def (A13) 1-0video link
Duda vs So, 2020 
(A13) English, 47 moves, 1-0

English, Anglo-Indian Def. KID 1-0 Exchange sac removes key def
Reti vs A Pokorny, 1923 
(A15) English, 30 moves, 1-0

Simple Chess by Michael Stean p. 10
Petrosian vs Portisch, 1974 
(A15) English, 27 moves, 1-0

English Opening: Anglo-Indian Def. Old Indian(A15) 0-1 RK notes
Keene vs Stein, 1968  
(A15) English, 33 moves, 0-1

English, Anglo-Indian Def. K's Knight Var (A15) 1-0 36.?
Jobava vs H Wang, 2006 
(A15) English, 46 moves, 1-0

King's English. General (A20) 0-1 Schlechter frees Passed Pawn!
A Nimzowitsch vs Schlechter, 1910 
(A20) English, 43 moves, 0-1

K's English. 2 Knts' Keres Var (A23) 0-1 En Prise N supports Q+
Stahlberg vs Keres, 1967 
(A23) English, Bremen System, Keres Variation, 26 moves, 0-1

Modern Defense: Bg7 Fianchetto (A40) 0-1 Pin w/h-file Greco #
Reshevsky vs B Ivanovic, 1976 
(A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 29 moves, 0-1

Caro-Kann Defense: De Bruycker Defense 2...Na6?! (A40) 1-0
A Dimitrijevic vs N Krpovic, 2001 
(A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 67 moves, 1-0

Wade Defense (A41) 1-0 Q sac helps create passer w/initiative
V Kovacevic vs S Martinovic, 1981 
(A41) Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6), 28 moves, 1-0

Wade Defense: General (A41) 1/2-1/2 Imprisoned Q saves draw
H Ree vs Hort, 1986 
(A41) Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6), 62 moves, 1/2-1/2

Game 167 in The Guinness Book of Chess GMs by William Hartston
A Pomar vs Petrosian, 1970 
(A41) Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6), 30 moves, 0-1

Benoni Defense: Old Benoni (A43) 0-1 4 Exchange Sacs
S Volkov vs A Stukopin, 2012 
(A43) Old Benoni, 39 moves, 0-1

Indian Game (A45) 0-1 Yet another early f3 loss.
K Helling vs L Engels, 1936 
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 38 moves, 0-1

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

Indian Game: Wade-Tartakower Def (A46) 1-0 She can't leave c7
I Rogers vs G Milos, 1992 
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 32 moves, 1-0

Indian Game: Wade-Tartakower Def (A46) 1-0 Stockfish notes
Kasparov vs Lutikov, 1978 
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 56 moves, 1-0

Indian Game: Wade-Tartakower Def (A46) 0-1 Two ways to mate!!
E Terpugov vs Petrosian, 1957 
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 27 moves, 0-1

Old Indian Defense: Czech Var (A53) 1-0 Stunning finish!!
Petrosian vs Simagin, 1956 
(A53) Old Indian, 48 moves, 1-0

Old Indian Defense: Czech Var (A53) 1-0 39.?
Uhlmann vs Bronstein, 1966 
(A53) Old Indian, 40 moves, 1-0

Old Indian Def. Ukrainian (A54) 0-1 Q sac removes key defender
A Kalantar vs Petrosian, 1946 
(A54) Old Indian, Ukrainian Variation, 4.Nf3, 27 moves, 0-1

Old Indian Defense: Tartakower-Indian (A54) 0-1 Stockfish
I Appel vs Tartakower, 1938 
(A54) Old Indian, Ukrainian Variation, 4.Nf3, 34 moves, 0-1

Benoni Defense: Classical. Main line (A73) 0-1 Stockfish
E Magerramov vs Kasparov, 1979 
(A73) Benoni, Classical, 9.O-O, 29 moves, 0-1

Dutch Def: Staunton Gambit. Chigorin Var (A83) 0-1
B Gregory vs W John, 1921 
(A83) Dutch, Staunton Gambit, 31 moves, 0-1

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

Nimzowitsch Def Williams Var/Mikenas (B00) 1-0 Overloaded Q
Karpov vs Lutikov, 1972 
(B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 39 moves, 1-0

Nimzowitsch Def: Scandinavian. Exchange Var (B00) 1-0 Big upset
M Spinosa vs O Kroll, 1978 
(B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 47 moves, 1-0

Nimzowitsch Def ...d6, Bg4 Williams Var (B00) 0-1 R clears 2nd
J Withers vs E Williams, 1845 
(B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 33 moves, 0-1

Pirc/Modern Def (B06) N robs the pin by the Q for mate
V Srebrnic vs F Pellis, 2000
(B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 38 moves, 1-0

Reversed Leningrad Dutch (B00) 0-1 Unusual and Eventful
D Moskovic vs S Collins, 2008 
(B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 33 moves, 0-1

Nimzowitsch Def: Mikenas Var (B00) 0-1 Stockfish notes; 28...?
N Zhu vs Shabalov, 2017 
(B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 31 moves, 0-1

Uncommon 2.f4 resembles French Steinitz (B00) 0-1Time pressure?
S Beshukov vs T Ivanov, 1999 
(B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 42 moves, 0-1

Uncommon Bg4 Pirc Def (B00) 1-0 It aint over 'til it's over!
S Maroroa vs A Blackman, 2004 
(B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 34 moves, 1-0

Cntr Cntr 3...Qa5 ML. Mieses Var Bg4 vs f3, g4 (B01) 1/2-1/2
Z Almasi vs L Milov, 2005
(B01) Scandinavian, 19 moves, 1/2-1/2

Cntr Cntr 3...Qa5 ML. Mieses Var Bg4 vs f3 (B01) 1-0
Kasimdzhanov vs L Milov, 2007
(B01) Scandinavian, 46 moves, 1-0

Cntr Cntr 3...Qa5 ML. Mieses Var 5...Bg4 6.Nge2 (B01) 1-0
J Hector vs L Milov, 2006 
(B01) Scandinavian, 41 moves, 1-0

Cntr Cntr Qa5, Bg4, Nc6 Main Lines. Mieses Var (B01) 1-0 1st BP
Duras vs Spielmann, 1907 
(B01) Scandinavian, 26 moves, 1-0

Cntr Cntr 3.Nf3Bg4 4.Be2Nc6 5.d4O-O-O 6.c4Qf5 7.Be3Bxf3 (B01)
K Spraggett vs J Shaw, 2006 
(B01) Scandinavian, 71 moves, 1-0

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

Scandinavian Defense: 3.Nf3 Bg4 (B01) 1/2-1/2
D Sadzikowski vs L Milov, 2016
(B01) Scandinavian, 31 moves, 1/2-1/2

Cntr Cntr 3...Qa5, 5...Bg4 6.f3 (B01) 0-1 Cornered
M Kuerschner vs Tarrasch, 1892
(B01) Scandinavian, 25 moves, 0-1

Cntr Cntr 3...Qa5, 5...Bg4 6.f3 (B01) 0-1 Almost Cornered
Schiffers vs Tarrasch, 1894 
(B01) Scandinavian, 30 moves, 0-1

Cnt Cntr 3.Nf3 Bg4, ...QxQe2 (B01) 1-0 Notes by Stockfish
Nakamura vs Tiviakov, 2010 
(B01) Scandinavian, 79 moves, 1-0

Scandi 3.d4 Bg4 Portuguese 4.Nf3, 5.Be2 (B01) 1-0 0-0 vs 0-0-0
S Gonzalez De La Torre vs V Andres Julia, 2006
(B01) Scandinavian, 39 moves, 1-0

Cntr Cntr Nf3 Bg4 (B01) 1-0 Notes by Stockfish
J Becerra Rivero vs J Sarkar, 2007 
(B01) Scandinavian, 37 moves, 1-0

Cntr Cntr 3...Qd6 Gubinsky-Melts Def vs Kside Fio (B01) 1-0 Pin
Caruana vs C Majer, 2007 
(B01) Scandinavian, 39 moves, 1-0

Cntr Cntr 3...Qa5, Bg4, Nc6 (B01) 0-1 Rxf2 sac arranges pin
C Davidson vs G Berner, 1972
(B01) Scandinavian, 41 moves, 0-1

3...Qa5 Cntr Cntr M.L. 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Bd3 e6 (B01) 1-0 Blindfold
Blackburne vs Lush, 1885 
(B01) Scandinavian, 23 moves, 1-0

3...Qa5 Lasker Var Bg4 (B01) 1-0 Bxh3 0-0 vs 0-0-0
Rossolimo vs Livingstone, 1961 
(B01) Scandinavian, 28 moves, 1-0

Center Counter Defense 3..Bg4, exchanges on f3 (B01) 0-1
A Guzenko vs A Ulanov, 2009
(B01) Scandinavian, 43 moves, 0-1

Cntr Cntr 3...Qa5 Def: Main Lines (B01) 1/2-1/2
Yudasin vs I Rogers, 1994 
(B01) Scandinavian, 70 moves, 1/2-1/2

3...Qa5 Cntr Cntr Def: Main Lines. Mieses Var (B01) · 0-
Salwe vs J Mieses, 1908 
(B01) Scandinavian, 36 moves, 0-1

Scandinavian Defense: Lasker BxNf3 BxBf3 vs Nc6 (B01) 0-1
Morozevich vs Kramnik, 2009 
(B01) Scandinavian, 25 moves, 0-1

Scandinavian Def 7.c4 Qd8 (B01) 0-1?! It's equal.
J Doran vs J Bartholomew, 2011 
(B01) Scandinavian, 30 moves, 0-1

Cntr Cntr 3...Qa5: Lasker 5...Bg4, both 0-0-0 (B01) 1-0
Dolmatov vs I Rogers, 1985 
(B01) Scandinavian, 34 moves, 1-0

Cntr Cntr 3...Qa5 ML. Mieses 9.Nd5 Qd8 (B01) 1-0Caught in centr
M Ragger vs J Chabanon, 2018
(B01) Scandinavian, 39 moves, 1-0

Cntr Cntr Defense: 3...Qe5+ 4.Be7 (B01) 1-0 Threats
Steinitz vs S Hamel, 1867 
(B01) Scandinavian, 30 moves, 1-0

Cntr Cntr 3...Bg4 (B01) 1/2-1/2 perpetual
Leko vs Ivanchuk, 2009 
(B01) Scandinavian, 35 moves, 1/2-1/2

Scandinavian Def: Richter Var (B01) 1-0 33.?
A Skripchenko vs J C Blazquez Gomez, 2000 
(B01) Scandinavian, 34 moves, 1-0

"That is really awesome. Wow." says the champ.
L P Supi vs Carlsen, 2020 
(B01) Scandinavian, 18 moves, 1-0

3...Qa5 Cntr Cntr : Main Lines Bg4 (B01) 1/2-1/2
Lasker vs Muntana, 1921 
(B01) Scandinavian, 34 moves, 1/2-1/2

Cntr Cntr 3...Qa5 Main Lines. Mieses Var vs Bg4 (B01) 1-0 Stock
Bologan vs I Rogers, 1995 
(B01) Scandinavian, 33 moves, 1-0

Scandinavian Def: Gubinsky-Melts Def (B01) 1/2-1/2 Black is 90!
A Scrimgour vs E Bhend, 2017
(B01) Scandinavian, 20 moves, 1/2-1/2

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

Alekhine Def: Saemisch Attack (B02) 0-1 R sac for battery #
M Finkelstein vs G Kramer, 1946 
(B02) Alekhine's Defense, 22 moves, 0-1

Alekhine's Defense (B02) 0-1 Remove the Defender
L Kubbel vs I Rabinovich, 1922
(B02) Alekhine's Defense, 35 moves, 0-1

Alekhine's Defense, Krejcik Variation (B02): 0-1 Juniors
B De Jonghe vs D Barlov, 1976 
(B02) Alekhine's Defense, 74 moves, 0-1

Alekhine Def: Modern. Main Line (B05) 0-1 Qless Pawn storm
F Krautheim vs E Zemgalis, 1946
(B05) Alekhine's Defense, Modern, 26 moves, 0-1

Game 8 in Alekhine Alert by Timothy Taylor
J L Fernandez Garcia vs Petrosian, 1980 
(B05) Alekhine's Defense, Modern, 45 moves, 0-1

Rat Def, castle by hand (B06) 1/2-1/2symmetrical minor piece EG
Alapin vs Winawer, 1901 
(B06) Robatsch, 55 moves, 1/2-1/2

In Chess Life February 1964 BF annotates this "Rat Defense"game
Fischer vs W Beach, 1963 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 24 moves, 1-0

Czech Def (B06) 1-0 Nxf7 starts a rumble about the countryside
Tal vs Simagin, 1956 
(B07) Pirc, 45 moves, 1-0

Modern Defense: Two Knights (B06) 0-1 Two en prise
F Rodriguez vs Spassky, 1991
(B06) Robatsch, 17 moves, 0-1

150A vs Modern Def (B06) 1-0 N exposes overworked pawn
Sveshnikov vs Gulko, 1975 
(B06) Robatsch, 37 moves, 1-0

Modern Defense: Pseudo-Austrian Attack (B06) 0-1 Notes by Keene
Nunn vs Keene, 1971  
(B06) Robatsch, 22 moves, 0-1

Modern Defense: Standard Line (B06) · 1/2-1/2
Spassky vs H Karner, 1973
(B06) Robatsch, 41 moves, 1/2-1/2

Modern Defense 3.Nf3 c6 (B06) 1-0 Pins, Batteries
Lutikov vs L Zinn, 1973
(B06) Robatsch, 24 moves, 1-0

Modern Def: Bg7 Fianchetto, BxNf3 (B06) 0-1 Open g-file, passer
O Johannsson vs T Schou-Moldt, 2014 
(B06) Robatsch, 47 moves, 0-1

Modern/Pirc Def Bg7, Bg4 (B06) 1-0 pin to win
M Kobalia vs Hjartarson, 2020 
(B06) Robatsch, 28 moves, 1-0

Modern Def Bg7, c6, d5 (B06) 1-0 Kside pawn storm
I Pejic vs V Vdovenkov, 2010 
(B06) Robatsch, 23 moves, 1-0

Sacs and clarinets, almost a jazz band. Greco Mate pattern.
J Banas vs A Ornstein, 1974 
(B07) Pirc, 30 moves, 1-0

Game 160 in Informator 35
Miles vs Seirawan, 1983 
(B07) Pirc, 33 moves, 1-0

Hungarian Opening: Indian Def (A00) 0-1 Remove the guard
B Socko vs Nakamura, 2002 
(B07) Pirc, 29 moves, 0-1

Czech Defense: Pribyl (B07) 0-1 Rook X-Ray defense gets Q back
Suetin vs J Pribyl, 1987 
(B07) Pirc, 38 moves, 0-1

Czech Def both 0-0-0 (B07) 1-0 Nxf7 is immune
Keres vs A Ufimtsev, 1967 
(B07) Pirc, 29 moves, 1-0

This game was pretty famous among Pirc fans at one time.
Karpov vs Azmaiparashvili, 1983 
(B08) Pirc, Classical, 41 moves, 0-1

Pirc Def. Classical. Quiet System Parma Def (B08) 1-0 Q trap
H Angantysson vs K Kaiszauri, 1982 
(B08) Pirc, Classical, 15 moves, 1-0

Game 716 in Chess Informant Best Games 701-800
Leko vs A Beliavsky, 1998 
(B08) Pirc, Classical, 35 moves, 1-0

Pirc Def: Classical. Quiet System Parma Def (B08) 1-0 20.?
A Drvota vs Z Szymczak, 1978 
(B08) Pirc, Classical, 26 moves, 1-0

Pirc, Classical. Quiet System Parma Def (B08) 1-0 Minors EG
I Seitaj vs J Garcia Almaguer, 2018 
(B08) Pirc, Classical, 107 moves, 1-0

Pirc Def: Classical. Two Knights System (B08) 0-1 choked
S Kakulia vs I Karim, 2012
(B08) Pirc, Classical, 54 moves, 0-1

Pirc Def: Austrian Attk. Unzicker Attk (B09) 0-1W didn't castlr
Gipslis vs Botvinnik, 1965 
(B09) Pirc, Austrian Attack, 33 moves, 0-1

Caro-Kann Def: Breyer Variation vs Dbl Fio (B10) 1-0 Passer
V Fedoseev vs Eljanov, 2015 
(B10) Caro-Kann, 43 moves, 1-0

Caro-Kann Def: Breyer (Dbl Fio) Stein Attk (B10) 1-0 Dbl R sacs
Stein vs R Hartoch, 1969 
(B10) Caro-Kann, 44 moves, 1-0

Caro-Kann vs Two Knights Attk (B10) 1-0 White K charge!
Tarrasch vs Reti, 1922 
(B10) Caro-Kann, 40 moves, 1-0

Caro-Kann Defense: General 2.e5 d5 en passant (B10) 0-1
M Martirosyan vs M Purtseladze, 2012 
(B10) Caro-Kann, 31 moves, 0-1

Caro-Kann Defense: General (B10) 0-1 28...?
Chandler vs Y Gruenfeld, 1979 
(B10) Caro-Kann, 28 moves, 0-1

Caro-Kann Defense: Breyer Var (B10) 0-1 B sac busts P shield
S Voitsekhovsky vs I Khairullin, 2013 
(B10) Caro-Kann, 16 moves, 0-1

Game 24 in 'Judgment and Planning in Chess' by Machgielis Euwe.
V Mikenas vs Flohr, 1938 
(B10) Caro-Kann, 59 moves, 1-0

Caro-Kann Def: Accelerated Panov Attk. Modern Var (B10) 0-1PINS
Ehlvest vs Kasparov, 1977 
(B13) Caro-Kann, Exchange, 40 moves, 0-1

Caro-Kann Defense: Breyer Var (B10) 1-0 30.?
S Gross vs D Blasl, 1999 
(B10) Caro-Kann, 31 moves, 1-0

Caro-Kann Def: Breyer Var (B10) 0-1 Instructive tactical finish
J Schuyler vs J Frenklakh, 1995 
(B10) Caro-Kann, 30 moves, 0-1

C-K Def: 2 Knts Attk. Mindeno Exch (B11) 1-0 Dbl R sac gone bad
A Planinc vs M Podgaets, 1970 
(B11) Caro-Kann, Two Knights, 3...Bg4, 20 moves, 1-0

Charousek's 'Mitrofanov's Deflection'
Tal vs Koblents, 1960 
(B11) Caro-Kann, Two Knights, 3...Bg4, 20 moves, 1/2-1/2

Caro-Kann Def: Advance. Botvinnik-Carls Def (B12) 0-1 Juniors
J D Figueroa Bernal vs X Zhang, 2019 
(B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 25 moves, 0-1

Caro-Kann Def Exchange (B13) 0-1 Backward P is a good target
J Wanjiru Wambugu vs R Pasku, 2004
(B13) Caro-Kann, Exchange, 35 moves, 0-1

Caro-Kann Def: Exchange. Rubinstein Var (B13) 1-0 Stockfish
Ding Liren vs Carlsen, 2020 
(B13) Caro-Kann, Exchange, 46 moves, 1-0

C-K Panov Attk. Modern Def Mieses Line (B14) 0-1 Notes by Keene
A Nimzowitsch vs Alekhine, 1931  
(B13) Caro-Kann, Exchange, 36 moves, 0-1

Fishin' Pole Declined. Right-handed Smothered Mate is thwarted.
P Haba vs Nisipeanu, 2004 
(B16) Caro-Kann, Bronstein-Larsen Variation, 46 moves, 0-1

Caro-Kann Def: Bronstein-Larsen Var (B16) 0-1 Dbl Exch Sacs!
Levenfish vs A Konstantinopolsky, 1947 
(B16) Caro-Kann, Bronstein-Larsen Variation, 23 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Defense: General f4, Be2 (B20) 1-0 Kside sac attack!
S Williams vs D Guthrie, 2017 
(B20) Sicilian, 33 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Alapin. Barmen Def Modern Line (B22) 1-0Remove the Def
C Scheerer vs F Bindrich, 2004 
(B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 17 moves, 1-0

Sicilian 2.c3 Alapin / Caro-Kann Panov Attack (B13) 1-0 Q trap
Capablanca vs M Czerniak, 1939 
(B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 36 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Defense: Modern Var (B50) 0-1 Priceless kibitz
D Hansson vs R Akesson, 1998 
(B50) Sicilian, 41 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Defense: Modern Var (B50) 1-0 R+ alleviates N fork
Vasiukov vs M I Nepomnishay, 1994
(B50) Sicilian, 40 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Defense: Modern Var (B50) 1-0 Simplification w/extra P
Vasiukov vs S Soylu, 1997 
(B50) Sicilian, 48 moves, 1-0

KIA vs French dxe4 (C00) 0-1 Black's P break busts through
Csom vs R Fuchs, 1968 
(C00) French Defense, 32 moves, 0-1

French Exchange Bg4 pin, Nc6 (C01) 0-1 Both castle long
G Pogosian vs O Nikolenko, 2010 
(C01) French, Exchange, 34 moves, 0-1

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

French Nc6 Exchange (C01) 0-1 Overloaded Q allows BxNf3 gxBf3
S Arfin vs A Hambleton, 2009 
(C01) French, Exchange, 15 moves, 0-1

3...Qd8 Ilundain Var (B01) 1-0 R+ Deflection sac allows promo
R Raubitschek vs L Hopper, 1909 
(B01) Scandinavian, 43 moves, 1-0

French Exchange (C01) 0-1 B pair vs N pair into promo race
Salwe vs Rubinstein, 1912 
(C01) French, Exchange, 115 moves, 0-1

Danish Gambit 4...d5 (C21) 1-0 Marshall's minors flush the K
Marshall vs S Mlotkowski, 1913 
(C21) Center Game, 21 moves, 1-0

Vienna Gambit. Steinitz Gambit (C25) 1-0 Take the N instead!
D Ham vs A Howard, 1979 
(C25) Vienna, 8 moves, 1-0

Vienna Game 4.Qg4 Kf8 (C27) 0-1 Bg4 traps Qf3
T Kulhanek vs G Jablecnik, 1996 
(C27) Vienna Game, 10 moves, 0-1

Vienna Gambit. Modern Var (C29) 1-0 Purdy failed to castle?!?
D Horseman vs J S Purdy, 1955 
(C29) Vienna Gambit, 25 moves, 1-0

KGD Falkbeer Cntrgambit. Blackburne A (C31) 0-1 30...?
L Haller vs A Robbins, 1884 
(C31) King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit, 32 moves, 0-1

Game 6 in A First Book of Morphy by Frisco Del Rosario
W Budzinski vs Morphy, 1858 
(C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 11 moves, 0-1

KGA. Modern Def 4.c6 (C36) 0-1 Kside crusher
K Muchnik vs N Bakulin, 1967 
(C36) King's Gambit Accepted, Abbazia Defense, 27 moves, 0-1

Philidor Defense (C41) 0-1 Alekhine's Double Rook Sacrifice
J Rodzynski vs Alekhine, 1913 
(C41) Philidor Defense, 15 moves, 0-1

Philidor Defense (C41) 1-0Pry open h-file, sac, Q+, rob pin, #
Greco vs NN, 1620 
(C41) Philidor Defense, 21 moves, 1-0

Philidor Def (C41) 1-0 It starts out like the Opera House game
Morphy vs Harrwitz, 1858 
(C41) Philidor Defense, 59 moves, 1-0

Philidor Def. (C41) 1-0 Unpin, Q sac, Legall's Mate
C Hartlaub vs Worch, 1890 
(C41) Philidor Defense, 8 moves, 1-0

Scotch Game: General 3...d5 (C44) 0-1 Qless MG, Outside Passer
O Roething vs Marshall, 1900 
(C44) King's Pawn Game, 61 moves, 0-1

Three Knights Opening (C46) 0-1Exchange leads to sac, then fork
T Tylor vs S Khan, 1933 
(C46) Three Knights, 60 moves, 0-1

Very unusual but wonderful "Pawns can't take the Queen"
W Donisthorpe vs Mundell, 1892 
(C46) Three Knights, 15 moves, 1-0

Giuoco Pianissimo. Italian 4 Knts (C50) 0-1 N sac for 2 pawns
Salwe vs Chigorin, 1903 
(C50) Giuoco Piano, 18 moves, 0-1

Italian-Scotch vs Pseudo Philidor (C50) 1-0 Unpin, Legall's #
F Knauer vs H Boehm, 1995 
(C50) Giuoco Piano, 8 moves, 1-0

Italian Game: General (C50) 0-1 Discovered# next
Borisenkov vs R Nezhmetdinov, 1952 
(C50) Giuoco Piano, 35 moves, 0-1

Spanish, Morphy Def. Modern Steinitz Def (C71) 0-1 failed unpin
J Altusky vs Fischer, 1954 
(C71) Ruy Lopez, 8 moves, 0-1

"Schubert's Symphony" (game of the day Jan-04-2007)
Yates vs F Schubert, 1928 
(C84) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 40 moves, 0-1

Sarratt Attack QxQb6 vs Bg4 (D00) 1/2-1/2 Doubled b-pawns
Miles vs Dominguez Perez, 2001 
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 50 moves, 1/2-1/2

Sarratt Attack QxQb6 vs Bg4 (D00) 1/2-1/2 Odd Black fortress
Miles vs A Abreu Delgado, 2001 
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 39 moves, 1/2-1/2

Blackmar-Diemer Gambit: Teichmann Var (D00) 0-1 R ending
R Tribuiani vs Suba, 2010
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 51 moves, 0-1

5.f3 Stonewall Attack (D00) 1/2-1/2 Strange straightens out
H W Trenchard vs Halprin, 1898 
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 65 moves, 1/2-1/2

P-Q4 Chigorin Defense Var (D06) 1-0White N destroys 4 P islands
M Michna vs E Ambrosi, 2008 
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 29 moves, 1-0

Sarratt Attack 0-0-0 vs 0-0 (D00) 0-1 resigns R, N vs Q, B
H Ramstad vs T Spanton, 2016
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 37 moves, 0-1

Odd Ne2, f3-f4 Stonewall Attack (D00) 1-0 Semi-Smothered Mate
Capablanca vs M Coll, 1920 
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 20 moves, 1-0

Stonewall Attack (D00) · 0-1
Swiderski vs J Mieses, 1902
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 46 moves, 0-1

demo (1975) -crat lead investigation of FTB's Russian cousin
Timman vs Checkmo II, 1975 
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 39 moves, 1-0

P-Q4: Stonewall Attack f3 vs Bg4 (D00) 1-0 Exchanges on e5
F Parr vs J Dean, 1935 
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 33 moves, 1-0

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

P-Q4 Chigorin Defense Dbl Pins (D02) 1-0 White passer
L Pantsulaia vs S Kristjansson, 2007 
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 44 moves, 1-0

"The trapper trapped, the hawk under the eagle's claw"!
A Nimzowitsch vs Alekhine, 1912 
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 36 moves, 0-1

London System (D02) 0-1 Contemporary
E Torre vs Sofyan Jafar, 2011
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 37 moves, 0-1

Q Pawn Game: Chigorin vs Kside Fio (D02) 1-0 OCB MG
S Conquest vs G Jones, 2005 
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 61 moves, 1-0

Anti-Torre 2...Bg4 3.Ne5 Bf5 (D02) 0-1
M Drasko vs H Karner, 1985
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 52 moves, 0-1

Q Pawn Game: Chigorin (D02) 1-0 King assist
Bronstein vs L Aronson, 1957 
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 40 moves, 1-0

Q Pawn Game: 2...c5 Krause Var (D02) 0-1 Hanging pawns
W John vs A Speijer, 1910 
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 69 moves, 0-1

P-Q4 Anti-Torre/Reversed Trompowsky (D02) 0-1 Attrition
J Owen vs Blackburne, 1888
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 36 moves, 0-1

Q Pawn Game: Anti-Torre (D02) 1-0 Don't drop the "O"
S Bernstein vs NN, 1903 
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 9 moves, 1-0

Q Pawn Game: Symmetrical (D02) 0-1 Basic R tactics add up
Gelfand vs Giri, 2012 
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 70 moves, 0-1

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

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

P-Q4: Symmetrical 4.Qb3 dxc4 (D02) 1-0
Y Wang vs V Bhat, 2019
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 32 moves, 1-0

Queen Pawn Game: Anti-Torre (D02) · 0-1
Kasparov vs Short, 1987 
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 50 moves, 0-1

London System (D02) · 1/2-1/2
Kamsky vs F Vallejo Pons, 2005
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 65 moves, 1/2-1/2

Queen Pawn Game: Zukertort 3...Bg4 (D02) · 0-1
D Trograncic vs E Dizdarevic, 2005
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 35 moves, 0-1

London System (D02) 1-0 Simplification for Fredthebear
Kramnik vs G Meier, 2015
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 34 moves, 1-0

P-Q4: Symmetrical. Pseudo-Catalan (D02) 0-1 Tumbling Knights
A Matnadze Bujiashvili vs N Dzagnidze, 2012 
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 51 moves, 0-1

London System (D02) 1-0 Mato Jelic's video link
Giri vs Wojtaszek, 2021 
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 49 moves, 1-0

Queen Pawn Game: Chigorin Var (D02) 0-1 Unpins, Wild Unpins!
A Bisguier vs N Davies, 1981 
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 45 moves, 0-1

Colle Zukertort 5.c4, 8.b3 (D04) 1-0 A herd of horses in center
E Schiller vs M Al Sayed, 2003 
(D04) Queen's Pawn Game, 64 moves, 1-0

Colle c4, b3 / QGD (D04) 1-0 Deflection Q sac unblocks passer
Capablanca vs B H Villegas, 1914 
(D04) Queen's Pawn Game, 34 moves, 1-0

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

d4, Be2 vs d5, Bg4 Colle System (D04) 1-0
C F Burille vs Gossip, 1889  
(D04) Queen's Pawn Game, 56 moves, 1-0

Colle System c4 (D04) 0-1 Locked P chains w/bad bishops
de Riviere vs Chigorin, 1883 
(D04) Queen's Pawn Game, 37 moves, 0-1

Colle System 7.a3 Qxc5 (D04) 1/2-1/2 Missed W by Remove the Def
E Lundin vs Smyslov, 1946 
(D04) Queen's Pawn Game, 39 moves, 1/2-1/2

Colle System 5.c3 (D04) 0-1 20.0-0
A Speijer vs Janowski, 1913 
(D04) Queen's Pawn Game, 32 moves, 0-1

QGD: Chigorin Def. Modern Gambit (D06) 1-0 Correspondence
H Elwert vs J Gather, 1999
(D06) Queen's Gambit Declined, 44 moves, 1-0

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

QGD. Chigorin Def. ML (D07) 1/2-1/2 Classic Mad Rook perpetual
E Post vs A Nimzowitsch, 1905 
(D07) Queen's Gambit Declined, Chigorin Defense, 98 moves, 1/2-1/2

"The Chigorin Defense" by Valery Bronznik
Pillsbury vs Chigorin, 1896 
(D07) Queen's Gambit Declined, Chigorin Defense, 38 moves, 0-1

QGD Albin Countergambit. Normal (D08) 1-0 Heavy pieces dance
Lasker vs Alekhine, 1914 
(D08) Queen's Gambit Declined, Albin Counter Gambit, 35 moves, 1-0

QGD: Albin Countergambit. Alapin Var (D08) 0-1 Stockfish
Marshall vs Janowski, 1912 
(D08) Queen's Gambit Declined, Albin Counter Gambit, 38 moves, 0-1

QGD: Albin Countergambit. Fianchetto Var Bg4 Line (D09) 1-0
R Gomez Camacho vs P Heimbaecher, 2001 
(D09) Queen's Gambit Declined, Albin Counter Gambit, 5.g3, 32 moves, 1-0

Slav Defense: Modern Line (D11) · 1-0
Le Quang Liem vs Kamsky, 2011 
(D11) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 27 moves, 1-0

Pawn Structure Chess by Andrew Soltis, p. 37
Rubinstein vs Schlechter, 1918 
(D15) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 34 moves, 1-0

Slav Defense: Three Knights (D15) 0-1 Notes by Drazen Marovic
Janowski vs Capablanca, 1916  
(D15) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 46 moves, 0-1

101 Winning Chess Strategies by Angus Dunnington, p. 36
Gruenfeld vs Tartakower, 1926  
(D21) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 41 moves, 0-1

Gruenfeld Defense: Three Knights Var (D90) 1-0 blitz
Morozevich vs Giri, 2012 
(D90) Grunfeld, 31 moves, 1-0

Gruenfeld Defense: Three Knights. Hungarian Attack (D92) 1-0
C Van Tilbury vs W Kagambi, 1990
(D92) Grunfeld, 5.Bf4, 37 moves, 1-0

Gruenfeld Defense: Smyslov Defense (D94) 1-0 N trap
Van Wely vs Timman, 2003 
(D94) Grunfeld, 24 moves, 1-0

L Gutman vs Bagirov, 1989 
(A06) Reti Opening, 36 moves, 1-0

Ljubojevic vs Anand, 1994 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 31 moves, 0-1

Zukertort Opening: Q Pawn Def (A06) 1/2-1/2 White missed it
Benjamin vs I Morovic Fernandez, 1992 
(A06) Reti Opening, 75 moves, 1/2-1/2

Kramnik vs Fressinet, 2013 
(A06) Reti Opening, 32 moves, 0-1

Zukertort Opening: Q Pawn Def (A06) 0-1
Svidler vs Carlsen, 2020 
(A06) Reti Opening, 32 moves, 0-1

H Gabuzyan vs R Hovhannisyan, 2015
(A06) Reti Opening, 55 moves, 1/2-1/2

T L Petrosian vs R Hovhannisyan, 2015
(A06) Reti Opening, 61 moves, 0-1

K Grigoryan vs R Hovhannisyan, 2015
(A06) Reti Opening, 65 moves, 1-0

K Grigoryan vs R Hovhannisyan, 2015
(A06) Reti Opening, 23 moves, 1-0

K Grigoryan vs R Hovhannisyan, 2015
(A06) Reti Opening, 50 moves, 1-0

G Meier vs R Hovhannisyan, 2006 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 36 moves, 0-1

King's Indian Attack vs Bg4 (A07) 1-0 Moscow
A Goganov vs R Hovhannisyan, 2016
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 53 moves, 1-0

Indian Game: West Indian Defense (E61) 0-1 Raiding party Q sac
A Bisguier vs Fischer, 1961 
(E61) King's Indian, 41 moves, 0-1

Game 45 in The Fireside Book of Chess by Chernev & Reinfeld
G M Norman vs Vidmar, 1925 
(E61) King's Indian, 19 moves, 0-1

Game 93 in 'Think Like a Grandmaster' by Alexander Kotov
Najdorf vs Geller, 1953 
(E62) King's Indian, Fianchetto, 42 moves, 0-1

KID Saemisch. Bobotsov-Korchnoi-Petrosian Var (E81) 0-1Stockfis
Kotov vs Smyslov, 1940 
(E81) King's Indian, Samisch, 51 moves, 0-1

KID: Orthodox. General (E91) 1-0 Remove the Guard, Royal Fork+
Shirov vs C Hoi, 1991 
(E91) King's Indian, 30 moves, 1-0

Sniper/Benoni/KID (A04) 1/2-1/2 sample links of ...c5
L Gerzhoy vs T Gareyev, 2011 
(A04) Reti Opening, 28 moves, 1/2-1/2

English vs Anglo-Indian Def. Old Indian (A15) 0-1 Stockfish
Keres vs Tartakower, 1937 
(A15) English, 64 moves, 0-1

Modern Defense: Queen Pawn Fianchetto (A40) · 0-1
D Marcziter vs D Gordievsky, 2018
(A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 41 moves, 0-1

Mikenas Def (A40) · 1-0 Space advantage provides mobility
Fine vs V Mikenas, 1938
(A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 50 moves, 1-0

Modern Def: Queen Pawn Fianchetto (A40) 1-0 Pawn Storm
Mikhalevski vs Azmaiparashvili, 1995 
(A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 40 moves, 1-0

Catalan vs Modern Def: Bg7 (A40) 0-1 Uncastled K is suppose to
Martirosyan vs Nakamura, 2020 
(A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 39 moves, 0-1

Game 27 in Korchnoi: Move by Move by Cyrus Lakdawala
Korchnoi vs Seirawan, 1983 
(A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 32 moves, 1-0

Englund Gambit Complex: Stockholm Var (A40) 0-1
M Vucic vs S Sloan, 1986 
(A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 42 moves, 0-1

Modern Defense: Beefeater Variation (A40) 0-1 blitz
Debashis Das vs Kasimdzhanov, 2014
(A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 19 moves, 0-1

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

Game 47 'The Most Amazing Chess Moves of All Time' by John Emms
T Karolyi vs Hodgson, 1989 
(A41) Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6), 25 moves, 0-1

Wade Defense: General (A41) · 1/2-1/2
P H Nielsen vs K Miton, 2007
(A41) Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6), 35 moves, 1/2-1/2

Wade Defense: General (A41) · 1/2-1/2
Miles vs H Bohm, 1977
(A41) Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6), 107 moves, 1/2-1/2

Wade Defense: General (A41) · 1-0
A G Conde vs J Mieses, 1939
(A41) Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6), 45 moves, 1-0

Wade Defense: General (A41) 0-1 Rowson's Best
P K Wells vs J Rowson, 2000 
(A41) Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6), 36 moves, 0-1

Wade Def: General 0-0 vs. 0-0-0 (A41) 1-0 Rook rampage on 6th
O Sepp vs J Lammi, 2012 
(A41) Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6), 23 moves, 1-0

Wade Defense: General (A41) 1-0 Notes by Stockfish; 47.?
Kasparov vs A Haik, 1988 
(A41) Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6), 49 moves, 1-0

Modern Defense: General (A41) 1/2-1/2
Portisch vs Timman, 1975 
(A41) Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6), 72 moves, 1/2-1/2

Wade Defense: General (A41) 1-0 careless
Adianto vs D Carless, 1990 
(A41) Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6), 25 moves, 1-0

Zukertort Opening: Wade Defense. Chigorin Plan (A41) · 1-0
W Schmidt vs Jansa, 1992 
(A41) Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6), 79 moves, 1-0

Wade Defense: General (A41) · 1-0
M Voyska vs M Juncu, 1988
(A41) Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6), 58 moves, 1-0

Modern Defense: General 4.Nf3 Bg4 (A41) 0-1 Unpin fury
G Chappuis vs Suttles, 1964 
(A41) Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6), 34 moves, 0-1

Wade Defense: General (A41) 1-0 Tactics!
J Readey vs E Schiller, 1986 
(A41) Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6), 53 moves, 1-0

Indian Game: Wade-Tartakower Def (A46) 0-1 Q trade declined
J Morrison vs Capablanca, 1913 
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 24 moves, 0-1

Dbl Fio vs Czech-Indian (A46) 0-1 Blitz
V Nozdrachev vs Kovalenko, 2018
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 64 moves, 0-1

Barry Attack vs Bg7; both 0-0-0 (A48) 1/2- qk minors exchanges
A Stefanova vs McShane, 1997 
(A48) King's Indian, 63 moves, 1/2-1/2

Benoni Def: Modern Var (A56) 0-1 Deflection Sac, interference
R Klugman vs Lombardy, 1955 
(A56) Benoni Defense, 79 moves, 0-1

Pickard republished the 1895 tournament book w/algebraic notati
Lasker vs Chigorin, 1895  
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 57 moves, 0-1

London System vs Bg4 (D02) 1-0 KEG annotates!
von Scheve vs Chigorin, 1902 
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 51 moves, 1-0

P-Q4: Symmetrical Var Bg2 vs Bg7 (D02) 1-0
Andersson vs M Weller, 2016
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 36 moves, 1-0

QGA
Andersson vs D Semcesen, 2017
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 21 moves, 1/2-1/2

QGA
Andersson vs A Partenheimer, 2016
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 51 moves, 1/2-1/2

Spanish Game: Closed. Morphy Attack (C78) 1/2-1/2 KEG annotates
Maroczy vs Janowski, 1902 
(C78) Ruy Lopez, 48 moves, 1/2-1/2

Philidor Defense: Alapin-Blackburne Gambit (C41) 0-1
T Kosintseva vs Yurtaev, 2002 
(C41) Philidor Defense, 56 moves, 0-1

Russian Game: Classical Attk. Berger Var (C42) 1/2-KEG annotate
Mason vs W E Napier, 1902 
(C42) Petrov Defense, 51 moves, 1/2-1/2

Russian Game: Classical Attack (C42) 1-0 troubled before ...f6?
D Marotti vs Znosko-Borovsky, 1922  
(C42) Petrov Defense, 32 moves, 1-0

Colle System (D04) 0-1 Notes by Stockfish
von Bardeleben vs Lasker, 1890 
(D04) Queen's Pawn Game, 21 moves, 0-1

Zukertort Opening: Q Pawn Def (A06) 0-1 N penetration sets disc
Firouzja vs Wojtaszek, 2016
(A06) Reti Opening, 30 moves, 0-1

Zukertort Opening/KIA: Q Pawn Def Bg4 (A06) 1-0 blitz
Caruana vs Carlsen, 2017 
(A06) Reti Opening, 49 moves, 1-0

Double Fianchetto KIA: Keres Var (A07) 0-1 Black Rs seize open
L Kritz vs J Jackova, 2001
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 31 moves, 0-1

Double Fianchetto KIA vs Dbl KP (A07) 1-0
Naroditsky vs L Galoyan, 2011 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 27 moves, 1-0

Blackmar-Diemer Gambit: Teichmann Var (D00) 1-0 Q trap
H Schumacher vs C Muenstermann, 2001 
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 20 moves, 1-0

Caro-Kann Def: Bronstein-Larsen Var (B16) 0-1 Boden's # lurked
P Romanovsky vs N Zubarev, 1930 
(B16) Caro-Kann, Bronstein-Larsen Variation, 14 moves, 0-1

Modern Defense: Colle vs Bg7(B06) 0-1 Nxg4 sac busts up 0-0
Carlsen vs Nepomniachtchi, 2020 
(B06) Robatsch, 60 moves, 0-1

Nimzowitsch Def: Scandinavian. Exchange Var (B00) 0-1 Stockfish
K Sychev vs I Stepanov, 2007
(B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 36 moves, 0-1

Double Fianchetto Hippopotamus (A06) 1-0 Blitz; Stockfish notes
Carlsen vs Radjabov, 2013 
(A06) Reti Opening, 61 moves, 0-1

Slav Def: Quiet Var. Pin Def (D12) 1-0 Dbl down the exchange
L'Ami vs A Smirnov, 2020 
(D12) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 47 moves, 1-0

King's Gambit: General (C30) 1-0 Pin & P Roller w/Raking Bs
Chigorin vs N Kalinsky, 1903 
(C30) King's Gambit Declined, 22 moves, 1-0

Cntr Cntr 4...Bg4 Defense: Modern Var (B01) 0-1 hxBg4 sac
V Bondarenko vs J Ulko, 1997 
(B01) Scandinavian, 13 moves, 0-1

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