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50 K Players of the 21st Century
Compiled by fredthebear
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This collection split has retained a few "K. vs K." games from way back when.

Q: What's a paddlefish's favorite song?
A: "Row, Row, Row Your Boat."

Row, row, row your boat
Gently down the stream
Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily
Life is but a dream.

Row, row, row your boat
Gently down the stream.
If you see a crocodile
Don't forget to scream!
Aaaah!

Q: Why did the crab refuse to share?
A: Because he's shellfish.

No Man Is An Island
By John Donne
1624

John Donne (1572-1631) was an English poet whose time spent as a cleric in the Church of England often influenced the subjects of his poetry. In 1623, Donne suffered a nearly fatal illness, which inspired him to write a book of meditations on pain, health, and sickness called Devotions upon Emergent Occasions. "No Man is an Island" is a famous section of "Meditation XVII" from this book.

Modern Version
No man is an island entire of itself; every man
is a piece of the continent, a part of the main; if a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe
is the less, as well as if a promontory were, as well as any manner of thy friends or of thine
own were; any man's death diminishes me,
because I am involved in mankind.
And therefore never send to know for whom
the bell tolls; it tolls for thee.

Early Modern English Version
No man is an Iland, intire of itselfe; every man is a peece of the Continent, a part of the maine; if a Clod bee washed away by the Sea, Europe
is the lesse, as well as if a Promontorie were, as well as if a Manor of thy friends or of thine
owne were; any mans death diminishes me,
because I am involved in Mankinde;
And therefore never send to know for whom
the bell tolls; It tolls for thee.

Q: Why did the hamster quit his exercise routine? A: He felt like he was just going in circles and not getting anywhere.

"We are all travelers in the wilderness of this world, and the best we can find in our travels is an honest friend." ― Robert Louis Stevenson

"Friends and good manners will carry you where money won't go." ― Margaret Walker

"Life doesn't run away from nobody. Life runs at people." ― Joe Frazier

"Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn." ― Xunzi

"There are three kinds of men. The one that learns by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves." ― Will Rogers

"The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits." ― Albert Einstein

"The wind cannot shake a mountain. Neither praise nor blame moves the wise man." ― Gautama Buddha

"Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently." ― Henry Ford

"In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure." ― Bill Cosby

"Failure is not the opposite of success; it's part of success." ― Arianna Huffington

"You build on failure. You use it as a stepping stone. Close the door on the past. You don't try to forget the mistakes, but you don't dwell on it. You don't let it have any of your energy, or any of your time, or any of your space." ― Johnny Cash

"All my life through, the new sights of Nature made me rejoice like a child." ― Marie Curie

"Perception precedes reality." ― Andy Warhol

"Always stand on principle even if you stand alone." ― John Adams

"Everyone who does not agree with me is a traitor and a scoundrel." ― King George III

"To disarm the people... was the best and most effectual way to enslave them." ― George Mason

"You know why there's a Second Amendment (to the Constitution)? In case the government fails to follow the first one." ― Rush Limbaugh

"Courage is the first virtue that makes all other virtues possible." ― Aristotle

"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." ― Edmund Burke

"History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, but if faced with courage, need not be lived again." ― Maya Angelou

"Issue the orders, sir, and I will storm hell!" ― "Mad" Anthony Wayne

"Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the president." ― Theodore Roosevelt

"Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom." ― Francis Bacon

"Discipline is wisdom and vice versa." ― M. Scott Peck

"It's on the strength of observation and reflection that one finds a way. So we must dig and delve unceasingly." ― Claude Monet

"Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone." ― Pablo Picasso

"The soldier, above all other people, prays for peace, for he must suffer and bear the deepest wounds and scars of war." ― Douglas MacArthur

"What we know is a drop, what we don't know is an ocean." ― Isaac Newton

"We receive three educations: one from our parents, one from our school-masters, and one from the world. The third contradicts all that the first two teach us." ― Baron de Montesquieu

"It has been said, 'time heals all wounds.' I do not agree. The wounds remain. In time, the mind, protecting its sanity, covers them with scar tissue and the pain lessens. But it is never gone." ― Rose Kennedy

"Without a correct strategy the victory is impossible. But even the most correct strategy cannot give the victory under unfavorable objective conditions." ― Leon Trotsky

"If it can be solved, there's no need to worry, and if it can't be solved, worry is of no use." ― Dalai Lama

"Society will develop a new kind of servitude which covers the surface of society with a network of complicated rules, through which the most original minds and the most energetic characters cannot penetrate. It does not tyrannise but it compresses, enervates, extinguishes, and stupefies a people, till each nation is reduced to nothing better than a flock of timid and industrious animals, of which the government is the shepherd." ― Alexis de Tocqueville

"The greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it." ― Michelangelo

"Life's most persistent and urgent question is, 'What are you doing for others?'" ―Martin Luther King, Jr.

"Criticism is something we can avoid easily by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing." ― Aristotle

"A person may cause evil to others not only by his actions but by his inaction, and in either case he is justly accountable to them for the injury." ― John Stuart Mill

"An injustice committed against anyone is a threat to everyone." ― Baron de Montesquieu

"Was not necessity the plea of every illegal exertion of power or exercise of oppression?...Necessity is the plea for very infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves." ― William Pitt

"There is no justification for taking away individuals' freedom in the guise of public safety." ― Thomas Jefferson

"The plea of necessity, that eternal argument of all conspirators." ― William Henry Harrison

"Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery." ― Winston Churchill

"A friend to all is a friend to none." ― Aristotle

Q: What's a pirate's favorite class to take in school? A: Arrrt.

* Kid's Guide: https://www.playgroundequipment.com...

* H2PC: https://www.chessstrategyonline.com...

* 2 ingredients: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCh...

* Learn in 10: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flm...

* Top 12 principles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcU...

* Abbey Gate 13: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/XEto...

* Annotated Games: https://gameknot.com/

* Alapins: Game Collection: Alapin

* Alternating Currents: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/HAWz...

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

* bazinga! http://billwall.phpwebhosting.com/

* Basic tactics course using miniatures:
http://exeterchessclub.org.uk/x/FTP...

* Bowman's Beginner's Guide:
http://chess.jliptrap.us/BowmanBegi... Not perfect but dedicated, passionate.

* Biglo traps: Game Collection: Traps

* Bishop's Opening Traps: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1w1...

* Bit Collection: Game Collection: Special Gambit Collection

* Bishop's Opening Miniatures: https://www.chessonly.com/bishop-op...

* Brilliant (and mostly famous)! Game Collection: Brilliant Miniatures

* Brutal Attacking Chess: Game Collection: Brutal Attacking Chess

* Blackburne strikes! games annotated by Blackburne

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

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

* Billie Jean: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/FSSA...

* Brilliancies: Game Collection: Brilliancy Prizes (Reinfeld)

* B&N Checkmate in the corner of the bishop's color: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BV...

* BW Brevities: Game Collection: Chess Miniatures, Collection I

* B22: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/X74e...

* Capablanca's Double Attack — having the initiative is important: https://lichess.org/study/tzrisL1R

* Central Steamroller: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/OnYU...

* Center Counter Pin & Fork: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/lGN2...

* Checkmate Art: Game Collection: Art of Checkmate

* Chess Records: https://timkr.home.xs4all.nl/record...

* Close calls of the third kind: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/G_cv...

* Colle System: Game Collection: colle system

* Colle for Black: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/mf17...

* 16 circles? https://www.youtube.com/shorts/or3j...

* 1990 WCC: Game Collection: WCC 1990 (Kasparov-Karpov)

* 2130 consecutive: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/u5_Y...

* Candidates: Game Collection: Together with the Candidates (Kuzmin)

* Cola clean: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/cVZi...

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

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

* Chess TV: https://www.twitch.tv/tcec_chess_tv

* Chessclub.com (ICC): https://www.chessclub.com/

* Chess in old newspapers: https://www.schach-chess.com/chess-...

* Contradictory: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/TkJh...

* Connected Passed Pawns: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/G3kq...

* Corny: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/OJaN...

* C-K ICBM Deflect the K from Q: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/JnzF...

* Deflection Hits f7: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/iEMm...

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

* Distract the King from defending the Queen's h8 mating square: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/fggC...

* Dial the dark squares: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/XUW9...

* Daring Fromm's Gambit: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/P02U...

* Decoy Sacrifice, Discovered Check, Double Attack: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/eBzj...

* Danish pin doesn't win: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/7HGf...

* Danish simplification: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/b2eT...

* Deviant Danish Gambit: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/iSnr...

* Danish Gambit Declined: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/pc5P...

* Don't automatically retreat when threatened! Look for forcing moves, zwischenzugs, seize open lines: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12O...

* Daniil Dubov: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/n41C...

* Dumb Parents: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Xl...

* Dummy Gambit: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/WE4g...

* Dunnington's book: Game Collection: King's Indian Attack

* Elementary Checkmate with two Bishops: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zaR...

* Endgame: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/AXjn...

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

* English Opening: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tb9...

* Enoch, Elijah, and Melchizedek: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/2Sba...

* Every little thing: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/fSX2...

* Erigaisi: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2p...

* Exposed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULn...

* Excavator on the rim is grim: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/p4dt...

* Every tactic explained: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdS...

* Fabricators of falsehoods ultimately fail: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/poli...

* Fame: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/4zCt...

* Four behaviors: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/C-yx...

* Freeze Frame: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/FdLy...

* Four factors of evaluation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSI...

First look for Forcing Moves for your opponent next, then find your Forcing Moves, and ask yourself if your opponent can reply with a Forcing Move.

* Four coldest: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/AcmM...

* Four Knights Italian, Center Pawn Fork Trick: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/b8lx...

* Fortunate: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/xqNM...

* FIDE: https://www.fide.com/

* 50-0: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/zIpF...

* June 25th, 1950: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/hpo6...

* 53.3 million l.y.: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/8Btb...

* Five step thinking method: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eeg...

* August 1955: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/tDhY...

* ...f6 is weakening: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/QU6l...

* Fix the problem instead of expanding the bureaucracy: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/t4iW...

* Six Power Moves: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2v...

* 7: Game Collection: 7

* SR-71: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/uNeD...

* 77 saved: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/uDx2...

* October 19, 1997: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zky...

* Fischer Fries the Fox: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/c1JX...

* Fool in the rain: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/e_Md...

* Frankenstein-Dracula variation: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/qTAc...

* Fool keeps on flying: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/8mwW...

* Glossary: https://www.chessposter.com/english...

* Gallagher: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Qxoh...

* Gangsta Sicilian "Magician of Riga": https://www.youtube.com/shorts/2gyK...

* Giuoco Piano "Magician of Riga": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Gi...

* Grischuk: https://tatasteelchess.in/grischuk-...

* Greco's Mate variation: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/thUQ...

* Hair ice: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/DaW-...

* Help is on the way: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/DQAY...

* Hit f7: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/I2Xm...

* How do you like that? https://www.youtube.com/shorts/7AQI...

* Howard Cosell sighting: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/t6Zj...

* Hyperinflation: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/1nUy...

* Inappropriate: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/3kgQ...

* KGA: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/o2Y-...

* King's Indian Attack: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Aadf...

* Kiss my aass: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/teHF...

* Jobava London Aggression: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIx...

* Jobava London Counter: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2oj...

* Let it be: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/WmRQ...

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

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

* Leaders have a plan: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/9MnR...

* Logic Puzzles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ToI...

* Lonesome loser: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/akRw...

* Maggie is MAD: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-v...

* Momma sets 'em straight, as she should: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/-TSn...

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

* Nemesis: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pmf...

* New: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/0UBe...

* Nimzowitsch Defense Trap 1.e4 Nc6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/XhTs...

* Not me: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/VgeQ...

* Oh my, what have I done? https://www.youtube.com/shorts/0K5n...

* One of these knights: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/aIAJ...

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

* On the Road: https://ontheroadtochessmaster.com/

* Opening Tree: https://www.shredderchess.com/onlin...

* Orange never broke: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/m_fi...

* Open Sesame: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Bg4t...

* Peanut shape: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/NwCM...

* Play: https://play.chessbase.com/en/

* Pawn Phalanx: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/pl3C...

* Pawn Structures: Game Collection: Chess Structures: A Grandmaster Guide

* Probably: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/dkzs...

* Provide your opponent w/a (pawn) move to avoid stalemate: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/QaI0...

* Popeye: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/MIt9...

* Promotion pains: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/82K_...

* C-K Q sacrifice for h-file promotion: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/x3-x...

* Place your Rook where it will most trouble the opposing King: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/gvsp...

* Riddle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCk...

* Red States: https://www.redhotpawn.com/

* Robatsch Def, Cambridge Springs 1904: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/uyv3...

* Rook roller avoids Queen check: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/NaFl...

* Sarah Rector: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ztFY...

* Save the game: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Yz3P...

* Scholar's Mate attempt refuted: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/DW_L...

* She's so excited: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/8hP0...

* Scotch Gambit: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/AmmY...

* Shots: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/B8uB...

* Socialism Stifles: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/C4zT...

* Secret Strategy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGX...

* Synchronicity: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/X40r...

* Spider's Weave: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_C...

* Smart traps: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlE...

* Stand strong: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/f6p9...

* Starsky & Hutch: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ldqn...

* Tactics: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EI6...

* tacticmania - Game Collection: tacticmania

* Teasing opponent who won't resign: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/OOOa...

* That's not a root, it's a... https://www.youtube.com/shorts/eoH5...

* Sharp Tools: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/thjs...

* Trompowsky trap: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/y_uY...

* Trapasso: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/st2j...

* Triumph: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/2Y1p...

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

* True: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/rBdT...

* Twilight: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QM-...

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

* Trivia: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Z3h5...

* Queen takes Queen: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/7GR8...

* Queen counterattacks: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/yVos...

* More Queen tricks: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ixVM...

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

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

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

* Touchy feely: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Q4a1...

* Technique Wins: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/3v_n...

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

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

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

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

* Quietest variation: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/abm5...

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

* Richard Reti Does It Again: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9z...

* "Run the King forward when you're losing." https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Hg1p...

* Uh-oh: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/cKCq...

* Unearthed: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/y_lH...

* Use the Opposition of Kings: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/pGci...

* Veresov games: Game Collection: Games from Nigel Davies' THE VERESOV

* Vocab: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/FzFD...

* What does NM Jim say? http://www.betterchesstraining.com/...

* What's your plan? Game Collection: Elements of planning

* What don't you want? https://www.youtube.com/shorts/4bKa...

* It's his idea: https://www.chessgames.com/perl/che...

* Where is your king in relation to the promotion square? https://www.youtube.com/shorts/7cGU...

* Wiki Bird's Op: Wikipedia article: Bird's Opening

* Wikipedia on Computer Chess: Wikipedia article: Computer chess

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

* Wonders and Curiosities: Game Collection: Wonders and Curiosities of Chess (Chernev)

* Worst inning in WS history: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Leb...

* Wrong way rook: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/OQKA...

* You better you bet: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/cWAp...

* You cannot hide from Momma: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Xh2E...

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

WTHarvey:
There once was a website named WTHarvey,
Where chess puzzles did daily delay,
The brain-teasers so tough,
They made us all huff and puff,
But solving them brought us great satisfaction today.

There once was a website named WTHarvey
Where chess puzzles were quite aplenty
With knight and rook and pawn
You'll sharpen your brain with a yawn
And become a master of chess entry

There once was a site for chess fun,
Wtharvey.com was the chosen one,
With puzzles galore,
It'll keep you in store,
For hours of brain-teasing, none done.

There once was a website named WTHarvey,
Where chess puzzles were posted daily,
You'd solve them with glee,
And in victory,
You'd feel like a true chess prodigy!

Q: Why is Cinderella so bad at playing football? A: She runs away from the ball.

"Chess is played with the mind and not with the hands." ― Renaud & Kahn

"Chess is a terrific way for kids to build self-image and self-esteem." ― Saudin Robovic

"If you wish to succeed, you must brave the risk of failure." — Garry Kasparov

"You win some, you lose some, you wreck some." — Dale Earnhardt

"In life, unlike chess the game continues after checkmate." ― Isaac Asimov

five-four combo

California: San Diego
Established in: 1769

San Diego is the second largest city in the state and sits just north of Mexico. Back in the 16th century, the Diegueño, Luiseño, Cahuilla, and Cupeño peoples were some of the first settlers in the area. It was named after explorer Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo, but later was renamed for Spanish monk San Diego de Alcalá de Henares in 1602.

Explorer Sebastián Vizcaíno renamed San Diego (formerly San Miguel) in 1602, but Spanish explorers dedicated the first California mission, San Diego de Alcalá, in 1769.

Santa Cruz was also dedicated in 1769.

California's Shelter Cove General Store, Shelter Cove

Overlooking the Pacific Ocean in Northern California, Shelter Cove General Store prides itself on sourcing the best locally sourced products. Stock up on Napa Valley grapes, Buffalo meat, and, in true Californian style, gluten-free baked goods. Because of Shelter Cove's proximity to the big blue sea, outdoorsy types will also be able to purchase fishing licenses and tackle at the store, which sits 225 miles north of San Francisco.

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

* Chess Aps: https://www.wired.com/story/best-ch...

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

* What happened? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fn0...

Q: What do you call a porcupine interviewing for a job at a balloon factory? A: Unemployed.

<Like new-laid eggs Chess Problems are, Though very good, they may be beaten;
And yet, though like, they're different far,
They may be cooked, but never eaten.

Source: page 58 of Poems and Chess Problems by J.A. Miles (Fakenham, 1882).>

France is not just a popular destination that tourists tend to flock to. It's the most visited country in the world! Approximately 89 million people stop by each year.

"We are what we repeatedly do; excellence, then, is not an act but a habit." — Aristotle

"Do the difficult things while they are easy and do the great things while they are small. A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step." — Lao Tzu

Q: How do birds prepare for tests?
A: They don't—they just wing it.

"Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere." — Albert Einstein

"You have enemies? Good; that means you have stood up for something, sometime in your life." — Winston Churchill

"Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle." — Plato

"Happiness is like a butterfly. The more you chase it, the more it eludes you. But if you turn your attention to other things, it comes and sits softly on your shoulder." — Henry David Thoreau

"Normal is getting dressed in clothes that you buy for work and driving through traffic in a car that you are still paying for – in order to get to the job you need to pay for the clothes and the car, and the house you leave vacant all day so you can afford to live in it." — Ellen Goodman

"What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us." — Ralph Waldo Emerson

"If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow." — Ancient Chinese Proverb

Q: Why does Peter Pan fly around so much?
A: He Neverlands.

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

Miss Menchik

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

Q: Why did the teddy bear skip out on dessert when she was on a date? A: She was stuffed.

You can't make bricks without straw

You can't run with the hare and hunt with the hounds

You can't take it with you when you die

You can't teach an old dog new tricks

You can't judge a book by its cover

You can't win them all

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar

You pays your money and you takes your choice

You reap what you sow

You win some, you lose some

Youth is wasted on the young

Q: What do you call a long-nosed mammal who loves to garden? A: A yardvark.

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

"A God you understood would be less than yourself." ― Flannery O'Connor

Psalms 31:24 - Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the LORD.

* Red States: https://www.redhotpawn.com/

* Ultimate Staircase: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/EXQK...

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

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

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

'A stitch in time saves nine'

"You can't hold with the hare and run with the hounds."

"Those who bring sunshine to the lives of others cannot keep it from themselves." — J.M. Barrie (1860 - 1937)

A man who spent his life delighting the masses with his words, perfectly understood that you reap what you sow, and that when we make other people happy, we often find happiness ourselves.

Q: How do you stop a bull from charging?
A: Cancel its credit card.

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

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

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

rnbqkbnr
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^^^^^^^^
RNBQKBNR

High Flight
BY JOHN GILLESPIE MAGEE JR.

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

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

"No one has ever won a game of chess by taking only forward moves (What about Scholar's Mate?). Sometimes you have to move backwards in order to be able to take better steps forward. That is life." — Anonymous

Drive sober or get pulled over.

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

"I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have." ― Thomas Jefferson, chess player

"The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others." ― Mahatma Gandhi

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

"The great thing about chess is it's a game for oneself. You don't work on what you can't control, you just work on yourself. And I think if more people did that, we'd all be a lot better off." — Daniel Naroditsky

Q: Why did the gazelles forfeit the game?
A: The other team's players were all cheetahs.

<Writing from his experience of the devastation of World War I, Edwardian poet Alfred Noyes' well-known "On the Western Front" speaks from the perspective of soldiers buried in graves marked by simple crosses, asking that their deaths not be in vain. Praise of the dead was not what the dead needed, but peace made by the living. An excerpt:

We, who lie here, have nothing more to pray.
To all your praises we are deaf and blind.
We may not ever know if you betray
Our hope, to make earth better for mankind.>

"Rooks need each other in the middlegame. This is why one should keep their rooks connected until the opposing queen is off the board. She'll snare 'em (usually from a centralized square on an open diagonal or perhaps a poisoned pawn approach of the unprotected b2/b7 and g2/g7 square next to the occupied corner) if the two rooks aren't protecting each other." ― Fredthebear

"In baseball, my theory is to strive for consistency, not to worry about the numbers. If you dwell on statistics you get shortsighted; if you aim for consistency, the numbers will be there at the end." ― Tom Seaver

This is ten percent luck, twenty percent skill
Fifteen percent concentrated power of will
Five percent pleasure, fifty percent pain
And a hundred percent reason to remember the name! ― Fort Minor

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

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

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

<chess writer and poet Henry Thomas Bland.

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

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

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

"You cannot swim for new horizons until you have courage to lose sight of the shore." ― William Faulkner

"Sometimes in life, and in chess, you must take one step back to take two steps forward." — IM Levy Rozman, GothamChess

So much, much, much better to be an incurable optimist than deceitful and untrustworthy.

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

"It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things." ― Leonardo da Vinci

^Dudz

The Oak and the Reed

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

Riddle Question: The one who has it does not keep it. It is large and small. It is any shape. What is it?

Bears like 'em too.

Riddle Answer: A gift.

In Deep Wood
by Aaron Liftig
Note: "squawk" is a name for a type of heron.

You're the judge of broken
while the aging men are homeless,
as true Harlem kings are throneless
and all's relative to the eldest generation.

There, they don't "play chess,"
their only subjects being trees;
they call it "Livin' in Deep Wood."

And though perhaps they know the lesser limit of "get by," guaranteed they've glimpsed an upper bound of freedom, as one could dub these games "Talk through/amongst their liege;" each move, their only trace—nay, score of lineage.

You're the judge of season
of these storms of deviation
over inlaid squares on a city block
—concrete like a capture only after it's had.

The tempests' eyes circle in focus,
as though the queen's an ice cream truck,
her music – a solo over sirens... and other such caveats, with little kids on fitting bikes being concentration —of attention, as at that time they anticipate a sign from her eminent direction, her worth being the taste of a puddin'-pop.

And it comes in the form of a squawk,
a glare in their thought signifying the initiation of action, maybe as with a woman with something of yellow in her hair. It is a woman, and he need not say but move her,

while drawn onlookers find some charm
...with no luck
and crowns resigned to a test where none is needed.

Q: What do you call a lazy baby kangaroo?
A: A pouch potato.

"Bad company corrupts good character." ― Menander

"The man who makes everything that leads to happiness depends upon himself, and not upon other men, has adopted the very best plan for living happily. This is the man of moderation, the man of manly character and of wisdom." ― Plato

"Energy and persistence conquer all things." ― Benjamin Franklin

"A champion is someone who gets up when he can't." ― Jack Dempsey

"It is only through labor and painful effort, by grim energy and resolute courage, that we move on to better things." ― Theodore Roosevelt

"Feeling sorry for yourself, and your present condition, is not only a waste of energy but the worst habit you could possibly have." ― Dale Carnegie

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

The Words Of Socrates

A house was built by Socrates
That failed the public taste to please.
Some blamed the inside; some, the out; and all
Agreed that the apartments were too small.
Such rooms for him, the greatest sage of Greece! "I ask," said he, "no greater bliss
Than real friends to fill even this."
And reason had good Socrates
To think his house too large for these.
A crowd to be your friends will claim,
Till some unhandsome test you bring.
There's nothing plentier than the name;
There's nothing rarer than the thing.

Better be ill spoken of by one before all than by all before one. ~ Scottish Proverb

Drive sober or get pulled over.

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

Feb-23-23 FSR: Thanks, Susan. I never saw Albert after my freshman year of high school (he and his family moved to the Chicago suburbs, where he went to a different school and played for a different chess team). Super nice guy. I was very surprised many years later to learn that he and your son had started this site.

Thank you Lord for another day,
The chance to learn, the chance to play.
Now as I lay me down to sleep,
I pray the Lord my soul to keep.
Please, guard me Jesus through the night,
And keep me safe till morning's light.
But if I should I die before I wake,
I pray the Lord my soul to take.
And should I live for other days,
I pray that God will guide my ways.
Amen.

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

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

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

For free, confidential support, reach out to <988>. Whether you call, text, or chat, we want you to reach out in whatever way is most comfortable for you. We are here to help.

St. Marher, 1225:
"And te tide and te time þat tu iboren were, schal beon iblescet."

Q: What's a polar bear's favorite song?
A: "Ice, Ice, Baby."
Vanilla sang it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rog...

Polish Opening: Baltic Defense (A00) 0-1 Notes by Stockfish
Capablanca vs A Kevitz, 1924 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 13 moves, 0-1

Dutch Def: Blackmar's Second Gambit (A80) 1-0 Uncastled P moves
Koltanowski vs Vella / Russ / Cohn, 1939 
(A80) Dutch, 24 moves, 1-0

C-K Advance Van der Wiel Attack (B12) 1-0 PHOTO
Kasparov vs Karpov, 2001 
(B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 31 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Richter-Rauzer. Exchange (B62) 1-0 Ridiculous works!
B Koch vs W Kuppe, 1932 
(B62) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer, 12 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Cozio Def. General (C60) 1-0 Double Disc Check!!
A Kveinys vs Viljar Kapp, 2017
(C60) Ruy Lopez, 12 moves, 1-0

Time Wasting; Uncommon supported pawn mate
A Karu vs Keres, 1931 
(D08) Queen's Gambit Declined, Albin Counter Gambit, 27 moves, 0-1

27. Rad1!! is the move White should have played
Duke Karl / Count Casabianca vs Kolisch, 1859 
(D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 36 moves, 0-1

Vienna Gambit. ML (C29) 1-0 Chaotic battlefield w/Q threats
J Krejcik vs F Klar, 1907 
(C29) Vienna Gambit, 24 moves, 1-0

wow Krejcik's Masterpiece wow
J Krejcik vs K Krobot, 1908 
(C22) Center Game, 27 moves, 1-0

Latvian Gambit: General (C40) 1-0 Smothered Mate
Kranzle vs Krause, 1939 
(C40) King's Knight Opening, 10 moves, 1-0

Four Knights, Italian Fork Trick (C46) 0-1 Black has B pair
R Krogius vs Kashdan, 1930 
(C46) Three Knights, 61 moves, 0-1

(C54) Old main line Moeller Attack 13...0-0 1-0 Kside sac attk
Keres vs W E Kunerth, 1935 
(C54) Giuoco Piano, 25 moves, 1-0

King's Gambit: Accepted. Mason-Keres Gambit (C33) 0-1 Play on
Keres vs W E Kunerth, 1936 
(C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 12 moves, 0-1

Nimzo-Indian Classical (E32) 0-1 White loses tempos, no 0-0
Koblents vs Keres, 1945 
(E39) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Pirc Variation, 39 moves, 0-1

IM Jeremy Silman: "How to Reassess Your Chess" p. 69-72
Keres vs A Konstantinopolsky, 1948 
(B14) Caro-Kann, Panov-Botvinnik Attack, 50 moves, 0-1

French Def. Tarrasch. Open System (C07) 1/2-1/2 46...Q offer
Keres vs Kholmov, 1948 
(C07) French, Tarrasch, 63 moves, 1/2-1/2

Sicilian Closed Var (B23) 0-1 As the board opens, Keres thrives
G Kasparian vs Keres, 1947 
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 30 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Chameleon (B20) 1-0 Miniature: Open the d-file
Keres vs Kotov, 1947 
(B20) Sicilian, 20 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Najdorf. Opocensky Var (B92) 1-0 Nc7+ was threatened
Keres vs Kotov, 1950 
(B92) Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation, 27 moves, 1-0

The King in Jeopardy by Alburt & Palatnik
Kotov vs Keres, 1950 
(E24) Nimzo-Indian, Samisch, 33 moves, 1-0

Sicilian, Chameleon 7...QxQ (B20) 1-0 White has B pair
Keres vs Kotov, 1947 
(B20) Sicilian, 38 moves, 1-0

Old Indian Defense: Ukrainian (A54) 1-0 Combine Attk & Defense
Kotov vs A Konstantinopolsky, 1940 
(A54) Old Indian, Ukrainian Variation, 4.Nf3, 41 moves, 1-0

King's Indian Attack: Sicilian Var (A08) 1-0 Swingin' Swayin'
A Khavin vs Kotov, 1944 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 40 moves, 1-0

Old Indian Def: Janowski. Fianchetto (A53) 1-0 K caught in cntr
Kotov vs C Kottnauer, 1946 
(A53) Old Indian, 26 moves, 1-0

QGA: Janowski-Larsen Var (D25) 1-0 Standard unpin pattern
Keene vs N J Kalton, 1963 
(D25) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 13 moves, 1-0

Notes by Keene and good links in Kibitzer Commentary
Keene vs V Kovacevic, 1973  
(A06) Reti Opening, 25 moves, 1-0

Game 23: Chess Secrets - Innovation (Pritchett)
Korchnoi vs Karpov, 1978 
(A19) English, Mikenas-Carls, Sicilian Variation, 79 moves, 1-0

DO NOT TAKE THAT BISHOP!
Korchnoi vs Karpov, 1974 
(E17) Queen's Indian, 19 moves, 1-0

QGD Harrwitz Attack. Main Line (D37) 1-0 Always one step ahead
Korchnoi vs Karpov, 1978 
(D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 60 moves, 1-0

IM Bill Hartston annotated this in his "Kings of Chess."
Karpov vs Korchnoi, 1978 
(B08) Pirc, Classical, 41 moves, 1-0

A model attacking game
Karpov vs Korchnoi, 1974 
(B77) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 27 moves, 1-0

Two rival gladiators; Annotated in Chess Informant 61
Karpov vs Korchnoi, 1994 
(E12) Queen's Indian, 72 moves, 0-1

Game 56 in Move by Move - Korchnoi (Lakdawala)
Korchnoi vs Karpov, 1978 
(D35) Queen's Gambit Declined, 71 moves, 1-0

The longest WC game; Korchoi missed # in 7, cost him the title.
Korchnoi vs Karpov, 1978 
(E42) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 c5, 5.Ne2 (Rubinstein), 124 moves, 1/2-1/2

Game 41: Anatoly Karpov's Best Games
Kamsky vs Karpov, 1993 
(B17) Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation, 49 moves, 0-1

Choosing IQP was Kamsky's fatal mistake vs Karpov
Kamsky vs Karpov, 1996 
(E54) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System, 45 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Delayed Alapin (B50) 1-0 If 19...Be4, then 20.g3 trap
Karpov vs V Kveinys, 1988 
(B50) Sicilian, 20 moves, 1-0

QGD Anti-Tartakower. Petrosian Var (D55) 1-0Exchange advantage
Kasparov vs Karpov, 1986 
(D55) Queen's Gambit Declined, 46 moves, 1-0

Levon Aronian favorite game
Kasparov vs Karpov, 1990 
(C92) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 41 moves, 1-0

Double bishop sacrifice
Kasparov vs Karpov, 1988 
(B17) Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation, 39 moves, 1-0

Nimzo-Indian Defense: Three Knights(E21) 1-0Back rank weakness
Kasparov vs Karpov, 1985 
(E21) Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights, 25 moves, 1-0

Sic Najdorf. Opocensky Traditional Line (B92) 1-0 4 Queens
R Korsunsky vs Kasparov, 1976 
(B92) Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation, 76 moves, 1-0

Raking Queen with Bishop in impending mate
Krasenkow vs Karpov, 2003 
(E12) Queen's Indian, 29 moves, 0-1

A textbook KID hack-attack
Korchnoi vs Kasparov, 1991 
(E99) King's Indian, Orthodox, Taimanov, 31 moves, 0-1

Hastings Defense Main Line (A64)
Korchnoi vs Kasparov, 1982 
(A64) Benoni, Fianchetto, 11...Re8, 36 moves, 0-1

Desperado Sequence
Kasparov vs Korchnoi, 1990 
(D41) Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 51 moves, 1-0

Kasparov: 19 wins, Korchnoi 1 win
Kasparov vs Korchnoi, 1983 
(E12) Queen's Indian, 52 moves, 0-1

QGD Pseudo-Tarrasch (D30) 0-1 Dreaded K-Q vs K-R ending
Korchnoi vs Kasparov, 1983 
(D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 77 moves, 0-1

Open more than one file
Kasparov vs Korchnoi, 1991 
(C01) French, Exchange, 45 moves, 1-0

Slav Defense: Modern Line / Dutch Stonewall (D11) 0-1 Timely N
Kasparov vs M Kreizberg, 1996 
(D11) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 29 moves, 0-1

Catalan Opening: Closed (E06) 1-0 QBB vs QNN
Kasparov vs Kamsky, 1989 
(E06) Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3, 51 moves, 1-0

How to turn the tables in a tense position
S Khavsky vs Korchnoi, 1950 
(B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 31 moves, 0-1

Sicilian, Nezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attack (B30) 0-1 Holes HURT!
Kholmov vs Korchnoi, 1965 
(B30) Sicilian, 43 moves, 0-1

final round of the same Olympiad to win gold on board one
Korchnoi vs Kavalek, 1978 
(E92) King's Indian, 41 moves, 1-0

"The Caro Kann Advance" by IM Byron Jacobs - see story
S Kindermann vs Korchnoi, 1995 
(B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 26 moves, 1/2-1/2

French Tarrasch. Botvinnik Variation (C05) 0-1 A Rook whippin'
Y Kotkov vs Korchnoi, 1956 
(C05) French, Tarrasch, 43 moves, 0-1

French Advance 6.Be2. Euwe Var (C02) 1-0 Steady Kside march
Kasparov vs K Klimczok, 1993 
(C02) French, Advance, 21 moves, 1-0

Anglo-Indian Def. Nimzo-English Opening (A17) 0-1Computer-like
Kramnik vs Kamsky, 1994 
(A17) English, 38 moves, 0-1

FR Rubinstein. Blackburne w/b6, Bb7 (C10) 1/2-1/2 Spearhead
Kamsky vs Korchnoi, 1991 
(C10) French, 28 moves, 1/2-1/2

You decide!
Kamsky vs Kramnik, 1994 
(D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 41 moves, 1-0

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

Perhaps VA lost on time but VK had insufficient mating material
Anand vs Kramnik, 1994 
(B31) Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation, 71 moves, 1/2-1/2

French Tarrasch Chistyakov Def Modern Line (C07) 0-1 Open files
Kotronias vs Kramnik, 1992 
(C07) French, Tarrasch, 40 moves, 0-1

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

QGD Vienna Variation (D37) 1-0 Snuffed out?!
Kramnik vs Kaidanov, 1993 
(D39) Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin, Vienna Variation, 31 moves, 1-0

Game 41: John Emms: Starting Out: The Sicilian
Yudasin vs Kramnik, 1994 
(B45) Sicilian, Taimanov, 37 moves, 0-1

Zukertort Opening: QP Defense (A06) 1-0 Brilliancy
Kramnik vs A Beliavsky, 1995 
(A06) Reti Opening, 18 moves, 1-0

Black targets g2 and the White queen
Hracek vs Kramnik, 2002 
(C65) Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense, 23 moves, 0-1

Brains in Bahrain 2002 Rd.6 (Shakespere GOTD)
Kramnik vs Deep Fritz, 2002 
(E15) Queen's Indian, 34 moves, 0-1

Clear-cut strategic play
Kramnik vs Leko, 2001 
(E42) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 c5, 5.Ne2 (Rubinstein), 51 moves, 1-0

13 Qb4 is wrong. White must exchange queens
Schiffler vs Kramnik, 1996 
(B08) Pirc, Classical, 16 moves, 0-1

Giuoco Pianissimo (C54) 0-1 A painful pawn push pulls his teeth
G Von Schenk vs Kramnik, 1996 
(C53) Giuoco Piano, 18 moves, 0-1

Catalan, Open Def. Alekhine Var (E03) 1/2- Machine allows draw
Kramnik vs Deep Fritz, 2006 
(E03) Catalan, Open, 44 moves, 1/2-1/2

English, Symmetrical Var. Hedgehog Def (A30) 0-1
Kramnik vs Carlsen, 2008 
(A30) English, Symmetrical, 57 moves, 0-1

Carlsen loses w/white in 20 moves (blindfolded)
Carlsen vs Kramnik, 2009 
(E32) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 20 moves, 0-1

A knight to remember...underpromotion
Nakamura vs Kramnik, 2012 
(A05) Reti Opening, 80 moves, 1-0

A Classic
Anand vs Kramnik, 2013 
(D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 27 moves, 0-1

Queen's Gambit Declined: Barmen Var (D37) 1-0 Trendy, tricky
Kasimdzhanov vs Kramnik, 2014 
(D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 30 moves, 1-0

Kaspy plays a Q sacrifice early on
Kramnik vs Kasparov, 1994 
(E92) King's Indian, 39 moves, 0-1

Kasparov is phenominal!!
Kasparov vs Kramnik, 1994 
(B33) Sicilian, 36 moves, 1-0

KID Petrosian Var. Normal Def (E93) 1-0 Philidor would be proud
Kramnik vs Kasparov, 1994 
(E93) King's Indian, Petrosian System, 41 moves, 1-0

He didn't resign in blitz
Kasparov vs Kramnik, 1994 
(D19) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Dutch, 86 moves, 1-0

NID Normal. Bernstein Defense (E59) 1-0 Outside passer
Kasparov vs Kramnik, 1997 
(E59) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line, 57 moves, 1-0

Modern main line of KID/Petrosian/Keres
Kramnik vs Kasparov, 1994 
(E93) King's Indian, Petrosian System, 40 moves, 1-0

the best game award in Informator 67
Kasparov vs Kramnik, 1996 
(D47) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 35 moves, 0-1

Gruenfeld Def. Exchange. Modern Exchange (D85) 1-0TURNING POINT
Kramnik vs Kasparov, 2000 
(D85) Grunfeld, 40 moves, 1-0

Bishop Sac Followed by Queen Check & Fork
Kramnik vs Kasparov, 2000 
(E53) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, 25 moves, 1-0

Interesting finish
Kramnik vs Kasparov, 1998 
(D43) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 51 moves, 1-0

Battle for central control
Kramnik vs Kasparov, 1998
(D43) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 51 moves, 1/2-1/2

try to picture the 'what if' scenerios
Kasparov vs Kramnik, 1999 
(B62) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer, 36 moves, 1-0

KID Orthodox. Glek Def (E94) 1-0 Connected passers
I Krush vs Nakamura, 2001 
(E94) King's Indian, Orthodox, 48 moves, 1-0

G158 in 500 Master Games of Chess by S. Tartakower & J. Du Mont
Kashdan vs Koltanowski, 1932 
(C41) Philidor Defense, 20 moves, 1-0

Game 75 in Think Like a Grandmaster by Alexander Kotov
Kotov vs Kalmanok, 1936 
(C11) French, 22 moves, 1-0

Dutch Defense: Leningrad. Matulovic Variation (A89) · 1-0
Keres vs Korchnoi, 1952 
(A89) Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation with Nc6, 22 moves, 1-0

Neo-Grünfeld Def: Exchange Var(D71) 0-1Black controls open file
Koltanowski vs Keres, 1955 
(D71) Neo-Grunfeld, 41 moves, 0-1

Benko Gambit (A57) 1-0 White erupts
N Krogius vs A Kuznetsov, 1962 
(A57) Benko Gambit, 32 moves, 1-0

Torre Attack: Classical Def. Nimzowitsch Var (A46) 0-1 Cool
Korchnoi vs Keres, 1965 
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 40 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Kan. Knight Var (B43) 1-0 Beautiful back rank deflecti
Kavalek vs G Khodos, 1965 
(B43) Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3, 22 moves, 1-0

Viktor Kupreichik - The Marvel from Minsk
Kupreichik vs G Danner, 1966 
(B94) Sicilian, Najdorf, 27 moves, 1-0

QGD Albin Countergambit. Normal Line (D08) 0-1 Smothered Mate
Kozar vs Kutznetsov, 1969 
(D08) Queen's Gambit Declined, Albin Counter Gambit, 10 moves, 0-1

#24 in Lombardy's 1972
Fischer vs V Kovacevic, 1970 
(C15) French, Winawer, 30 moves, 0-1

French Advance b6 (C02) 1-0 Viktor is the victor over Viktor.
Kupreichik vs Korchnoi, 1970 
(C02) French, Advance, 27 moves, 1-0

QID Spassky System/b3, Bb2 Stonewall Attk (E14) 1-0 Cross pin
Kotov vs Kholmov, 1971 
(E14) Queen's Indian, 32 moves, 1-0

English Opening: Symmetrical. Three Knights (A34) 1-0 Blitz
Korchnoi vs Karpov, 1972 
(A34) English, Symmetrical, 48 moves, 1-0

Viktor Kupreichik - The Marvel from Minsk
Kupreichik vs K Grigorian, 1974 
(B99) Sicilian, Najdorf, 7...Be7 Main line, 44 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Berlin Def. l'Hermet Var (C67) 1-0 OCB ending
G Kuzmin vs F Kuijpers, 1974 
(C67) Ruy Lopez, 47 moves, 1-0

Italian Game Scotch Gambit (C55) 1-0Black horse had blinders on
Kraiko vs G Kreie, 1979 
(C55) Two Knights Defense, 8 moves, 1-0

KID Normal vs 5.h3 (E90) Bold kNights and piling on the pin
Kavalek vs Kasparov, 1982 
(E90) King's Indian, 27 moves, 0-1

Queen check and fork the LPDO bishop
Z Djordjevic vs M Kovacevic, 1984 
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 3 moves, 0-1

White is the busy beaver but Black penetrates
Krasenkow vs Kupreichik, 1986 
(C46) Three Knights, 29 moves, 0-1

The bone in the throat not only cramps, it supports
Kruza vs Kotasa, 1986 
(B32) Sicilian, 8 moves, 1-0

French Tarrasch. Chistyakov Def Modern Line (C07)0-1 e6 matters
Kotronias vs S Kindermann, 1989 
(C07) French, Tarrasch, 40 moves, 0-1

HOLYMOLYKASMOLY
Kupreichik vs J Sunye Neto, 1989 
(B28) Sicilian, O'Kelly Variation, 23 moves, 1-0

Hungarian Opening (A00) 0-1 If gxRh4 then Qxh4# Fool's Mate
G Kourtesis vs Kotronias, 1989 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 5 moves, 0-1

Italian Game: Scotch Gambit. Anderssen Attk (C56)1-0 Collect Ps
Kamsky vs Kupreichik, 1989 
(C56) Two Knights, 95 moves, 1-0

Game 13: Beating the Caro-Kann by V. Kotronias
Kotronias vs D King, 1990 
(B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 26 moves, 1-0

Vienna Game: Mieses Var (C26) 0-1 kNight fork comin' up
L Kaushansky vs Kaidanov, 1992 
(C26) Vienna, 23 moves, 0-1

Ponziani Opening (C44) 1-0 Discovered attack on Black queen
L Komarek vs A Korn, 1992 
(C44) King's Pawn Game, 8 moves, 1-0

Standard h- pawn thrust
Z Karniewski vs W Kolacin, 1993 
(B70) Sicilian, Dragon Variation, 15 moves, 1-0

25 ... Be6-c8! and the White a6-queen has NO RETREAT!
Kharlov vs Krasenkow, 1997 
(D85) Grunfeld, 25 moves, 0-1

Trompowsky Attack / Colle Set-up Classical Defense (A45)1/2-1/2
G Kallai vs V Ikonnikov, 1999
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 17 moves, 1/2-1/2

Game 109 in Garry Kasparov's Greatest Chess Games V2 (Stohl)
Korchnoi vs Kasparov, 2000 
(D85) Grunfeld, 54 moves, 0-1

French Defense: Two Knights (C00) 1-0 Open center tactics
Kosteniuk vs Stellwagen, 2000 
(C00) French Defense, 31 moves, 1-0

Bishop's Opening: Vienna Hybrid (C28) 1-0 Who's pawn is best?
Kosteniuk vs C Werner, 2000
(C28) Vienna Game, 42 moves, 1-0

Alexandra Kosteniuk, Chess Queen
Kosteniuk vs C Gouw, 2000 
(C00) French Defense, 18 moves, 1-0

150A QxBh6 vs Pirc Def mutual 0-0-0 (B06) 0-1 Black space advan
H Stefansson vs Kasimdzhanov, 2000
(B07) Pirc, 29 moves, 0-1

Dutch Defense: Rubinstein Var (A84) 1-0 30.Kd2 saves White
R Kempinski vs Gleizerov, 2000 
(A84) Dutch, 35 moves, 1-0

The farther you get from home...
E Kostopoulos vs E Kerimov, 2001 
(B50) Sicilian, 10 moves, 1-0

Simplification - A model game against Richter-Veresov attack.
M Vasilev vs Krasenkow, 2001 
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 27 moves, 0-1

White comes out ahead on the exchange
F Kuznetsov vs A Kohut, 2001 
(B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 10 moves, 1-0

Caro-Kann Classical. ML (B18) 1-0 Back rank pin, Q chasing Q
Kosteniuk vs Y Xu, 2001 
(B18) Caro-Kann, Classical, 36 moves, 1-0

A pair of knights in your lap, hit you in the mouth!
Kasimdzhanov vs Kasparov, 2001 
(E00) Queen's Pawn Game, 29 moves, 0-1

Zukertort vs Dutch (A04) 1-0 Too many Black pawn moves
Krasenkow vs S Kindermann, 2001 
(A04) Reti Opening, 23 moves, 1-0

Indian Game: Anti-Nimzo-Indian (E10) 0-1 Don't rook yourself
V David vs G Kacheishvili, 2001 
(E10) Queen's Pawn Game, 20 moves, 0-1

French, Alekhine-Chatard Attack. Albin-Chatard G. (C13) 1-0 KOd
Kasparov vs Korchnoi, 2001 
(C13) French, 26 moves, 1-0

Old Sicilian. Open (B32) 1-0 Maroczy Bind
Kosteniuk vs T Kosintseva, 2001 
(B32) Sicilian, 36 moves, 1-0

3...Qd6 Gubinsky-Melts Def 0-0-0 vs 0-0 (B01) 1-0 Kside assault
M Kobalia vs B Kantsler, 2001 
(B01) Scandinavian, 36 moves, 1-0

K's English. 2 Knts' Reversed Dragon (A22) 1-0 Misdiagnosed sac
M Kobalia vs A Karpatchev, 2001
(A22) English, 51 moves, 1-0

Nimzo-Indian Def. Kmoch Var (E20) 0-1 Who can round up the Ps?
M Kobalia vs G Kacheishvili, 2001
(E20) Nimzo-Indian, 42 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Najdorf. Adams Attack (B90) 1/2-1/2 Unavoidable Q+s
Kupreichik vs Karjakin, 2001 
(B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 34 moves, 1/2-1/2

Spanish l'Hermet Var Berlin Wall Def (C67) 1-0Blunder 30th move
Kasparov vs Kramnik, 2001 
(C67) Ruy Lopez, 41 moves, 1-0

QGA. Classical Def. ML (D27) 0-1 Q sac for P, B, R = 9 units
Kramnik vs Kasparov, 2001 
(D27) Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical, 34 moves, 0-1

English Opening: Anglo-Dutch Def (A10) 1/2-1/2
A Kornev vs Kholmov, 2001 
(A10) English, 40 moves, 1/2-1/2

Caro-Kann Def. Advance. Van der Wiel Attack (B12) 0-1 N on 3rd
I Krush vs Koneru, 2001 
(B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 34 moves, 0-1

Caro-Kann Def: Karpov. Modern ML (B17) 1-0 Fabulous K walk!!
A Kveinys vs Speelman, 2002 
(B17) Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation, 50 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Najdorf. Poisoned Pawn (B97) 1-0 Complications
Kasimdzhanov vs J Polgar, 2002 
(B97) Sicilian, Najdorf, 50 moves, 1-0

Strong British GM being "Konerued"!!
Koneru vs M Hebden, 2002 
(E69) King's Indian, Fianchetto, Classical Main line, 34 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Open. Bernstein Var (C80) 1-0 Center scrap
Kasparov vs Krasenkow, 2002 
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 24 moves, 1-0

(B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 10 moves, 1-0
S Titova vs D Koveshnikova, 2002 
(B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 10 moves, 1-0

Spanish, Morphy Def. Modern Steinitz Def Fianchetto (C76)0-1 Rs
Kharlov vs M Kobalia, 2002 
(C76) Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, Fianchetto Variation, 54 moves, 0-1

Spanish Game: Morphy Def. Anderssen Var (C77) 1-0
Y Kosashvili vs Korchnoi, 2002 
(C77) Ruy Lopez, 50 moves, 1-0

Old Sicilian. Open (B32) 1-0 gorgeous move!
Karjakin vs Kosteniuk, 2003 
(B32) Sicilian, 34 moves, 1-0

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

Italian Game: Classical. Giuoco Pianissimo (C53) 1/2-1/2
M Kobalia vs Korchnoi, 2003
(C53) Giuoco Piano, 31 moves, 1/2-1/2

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

Spanish Game: Closed Var (C84) 0-1 Max Lange Mating Pattern!
M Kobalia vs Khalifman, 2003 
(C84) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 35 moves, 0-1

French Def. McCutcheon. Lasker Var (C12) 1-0 Epaulette # by N
A Kovacevic vs S Plischki, 2003
(C12) French, McCutcheon, 39 moves, 1-0

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

French Def. Two Knts (C00) 1-0 W jets off w/lasting initiative
N Kosintseva vs B Zawadzka, 2001 
(C00) French Defense, 29 moves, 1-0

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

Zuke-Rubinstein vs Slav Def Quiet Var (D11) 1-0 A treat!
Z Kozul vs Rublevsky, 2004 
(D11) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 47 moves, 1-0

Bishop's Opening: Vienna Hybrid (C28) 1/2-1/2 R ending
Karjakin vs Bologan, 2004 
(C28) Vienna Game, 68 moves, 1/2-1/2

Italian, Giuoco Pianissimo. Normal (C50) 1-0 Deflection, Q fork
Kasimdzhanov vs Ganguly, 2004 
(C50) Giuoco Piano, 24 moves, 1-0

Sic Nezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attack. Fianchetto (B31) 0-1 a-file
G Hernandez Guerrero vs Kotronias, 2004 
(B31) Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation, 52 moves, 0-1

Philidor Defense w/Kside Fio (C41) 1-0Pretty finish despite pin
A Kovalev vs H Stevic, 2004 
(C41) Philidor Defense, 40 moves, 1-0

French Defense: Diemer-Duhm Gambit (C01) 0-1 Too much space
P Orlov vs V G Kostic, 2005 
(C00) French Defense, 19 moves, 0-1

French Winawer. Advance (C18) 0-1 Chewing up White's Kside
Radjabov vs Kovalenko, 2015 
(C18) French, Winawer, 38 moves, 0-1

Spanish, Morphy Def. Chigorin Def Panov System (C99) 0-1 Q sac
Karjakin vs M Kobalia, 2004
(C99) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd, 41 moves, 0-1

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

Spanish Game: Fianchetto Def/Reverse Vienna C60) 0-1Pile on Pin
I Khairullin vs M Kobalia, 2004 
(C60) Ruy Lopez, 44 moves, 0-1

One of the strangest GM games that Fredthebear has ever seen??
M Kobalia vs Khismatullin, 2004 
(B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 84 moves, 0-1

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

Spanish l'Hermet Var Berlin Wall Def (C67) 1-0 LPDO
Karjakin vs M Kobalia, 2004 
(C67) Ruy Lopez, 63 moves, 1-0

Russian Game: Modern Attack. Center Var(C43) 0-1 Outside Passer
D Kaps vs I Krush, 2004 
(C43) Petrov, Modern Attack, 50 moves, 0-1

Bishop's Opening: Vienna Hybrid (C28) 1-0 See blogger notes
Karjakin vs Kosteniuk, 2005 
(C28) Vienna Game, 35 moves, 1-0

Sic Nezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attack. Fianchetto (B31) 0-1 Passer
M Krysztofiak vs Kotronias, 2005 
(B31) Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation, 47 moves, 0-1

Spanish Game: Closed. Breyer Def (C95) 1-0 Spearhead Qxf7+
Kosteniuk vs I Sokolov, 2005
(C95) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer, 48 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Najdorf. Opocensky Traditional (B92) 1/2-1/2 Photo
Morozevich vs Kasimdzhanov, 2005 
(B92) Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation, 54 moves, 1/2-1/2

Q Pawn, Zukertort Var (D02) 1/2- Exchanges lead to endings
Khalifman vs Hydra, 2005 
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 41 moves, 1/2-1/2

English Symmetrical. Hedgehog Defense (A30) 1/2-1/2
Kasimdzhanov vs Hydra, 2005 
(A30) English, Symmetrical, 36 moves, 1/2-1/2

King's English. Two Knights' Keres Var (A23) 1-0 Deflection
K Tsarouhas vs Kotronias, 2005 
(A23) English, Bremen System, Keres Variation, 18 moves, 0-1

21.Ne5! Clearance sacrifice eventually dooms Black
A Kogan vs J Amil Serantes, 2005 
(D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 35 moves, 1-0

English Opening: English Defense (A40) 0-1 R sac for initiative
R A Allicock vs D King, 2005 
(A10) English, 20 moves, 0-1

Benko Gambit: Accepted. Yugoslav 7…Bxf1, Nge2 (A59) 0-1 Best Q
Shulman vs Khalifman, 2005 
(A59) Benko Gambit, 32 moves, 0-1

Sicilian, French Variation (B40) 1-0 He gave her away
L Bruzon Batista vs Krasenkow, 2005 
(B40) Sicilian, 64 moves, 1-0

Sic Nezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attk. Fianchetto (B31) 0-1 Qside Ps
K Markidis vs Kotronias, 2005
(B31) Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation, 39 moves, 0-1

Trompowsky Attack (A45) 1-0 Q takes two pawns and runs
K Chernyshov vs Grischuk, 2005 
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 66 moves, 1-0

Semi-Slav Def Anti-Moscow Gambit (D44) 1-0 Give away the d-pawn
Khalifman vs M Kobalia, 2005
(D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 38 moves, 1-0

Game 115: The Mammoth Book of the World's Greatest Chess Games
Kasimdzhanov vs Kasparov, 2005 
(D47) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 36 moves, 0-1

Torre Attack: Classical Def. Nimzowitsch Var (A46) 1-0Q+ & fork
Kamsky vs D Bocharov, 2005 
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 30 moves, 1-0

KID Orthodox Bayonet Attack Sokolov's Line (E97) 0-1The Q ruled
T Thamtavatvorn vs Kotronias, 2006 
(E97) King's Indian, 38 moves, 0-1

Bishop's Opening: Boi Var (C20) 1-0 White N travels to HOOK #
J Kristiansen vs Short, 2006 
(C20) King's Pawn Game, 36 moves, 1-0

London System Copycat 5c4 (D02) 1-0 Photo/Seize open lines
Kamsky vs Shulman, 2007 
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 49 moves, 1-0

Sic Nezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attk. Fianchetto (B31) 0-1 Rxe7 trap
M Ferguson vs Kotronias, 2007
(B31) Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation, 109 moves, 0-1

Trompowsky Attack 1...d6 2...Nf6 3...exBf6 (A45) 1/2-1/2
G Kallai vs A Istratescu, 2007
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 22 moves, 1/2-1/2

Gata got ya -shak
Mamedyarov vs Kamsky, 2007 
(D15) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 41 moves, 0-1

Kamsky uses London System to beat Gelfand @2007 World Blitz Cup
Kamsky vs Gelfand, 2007 
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 44 moves, 1-0

Indian Game: Anti-Nimzo-Indian (E10) 0-1 White IQP to 7th
Bacrot vs Kasimdzhanov, 2007
(E10) Queen's Pawn Game, 33 moves, 0-1

Unusual Minor Piece Mate from Krush
E Kuzmenko vs I Krush, 2008 
(B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 30 moves, 0-1

WC Resembles Custer's Last Stand
A Ushenina vs Kosteniuk, 2008 
(E34) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Noa Variation, 26 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Hyperaccelerated Dragon (B27) 1-0 Backdoor
Kaidanov vs E Perelshteyn, 2008 
(B27) Sicilian, 45 moves, 1-0

QGA. Classical Def. Main Lines (D27) 1-0 Q is a poor defender
A Korobov vs A S Rasmussen, 2008 
(D27) Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical, 20 moves, 1-0

French Winawer Winckelmann-Riemer Gambit (C15) 1-0 Weirdo play
Kosteniuk vs Y Hou, 2008 
(C15) French, Winawer, 42 moves, 1-0

Old Sicilian. Open (B32) 1-0 Rapid exchanges into EG dance
A Kovacevic vs P Pazos Gambarrotti, 2008
(B32) Sicilian, 40 moves, 1-0

NID. Classical Var (E32) 1-0 Rapid; Mate on diagonal or Q trap
Karpov vs Korchnoi, 2008 
(E32) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 19 moves, 1-0

Russian Game: Cochrane Gambit. Center Var (C42) 1-0 All About
W Kobese vs S Mikheev, 2008 
(C42) Petrov Defense, 47 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Kan. Knight Var (B43) 1-0 Gain time on the Black Q
Kryvoruchko vs Smirin, 2008 
(B43) Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3, 24 moves, 1-0

f3-g4 line against the Sicilian Taimanov / Paulsen / Kan System
Karjakin vs Morozevich, 2009 
(B48) Sicilian, Taimanov Variation, 26 moves, 1-0

C-K Classical Main lines (B18) 1-0 Arabian Mate in 2 moves
Kotronias vs F Vallejo Pons, 2009 
(B18) Caro-Kann, Classical, 42 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Closed Anti-Marshall (C84) 1-0 4Rs ending
Karjakin vs Aronian, 2009 
(C84) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 34 moves, 1-0

French Winawer. Poisoned P ML (C18) 1-0 Kamsky time trouble
Karjakin vs Kamsky, 2009 
(C18) French, Winawer, 32 moves, 1-0

French Rubinstein. Blackburne Def (C10) 1-0 1 time lapse video
Kamsky vs V Akobian, 2009 
(C10) French, 41 moves, 1-0

Slav Defense: Chameleon Variation (D15) 0-1 Active Rook
W Zhou vs Kamsky, 2009 
(D15) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 42 moves, 0-1

Nimzo-Larsen Attack: Modern Var (A01) 1/2-1/2 Perpetual +
M Koganov vs Kudrin, 2009 
(A01) Nimzovich-Larsen Attack, 19 moves, 1/2-1/2

C78 1-0 41 a true chess professional
Kamsky vs Z Almasi, 2010 
(C78) Ruy Lopez, 41 moves, 1-0

Russian Game: Nimzowitsch Attack (C42) 1-0 En prise MADNESS
Karjakin vs Kramnik, 2010 
(C42) Petrov Defense, 32 moves, 1-0

King's English. 3Knights (A27) 1-0 Standard fianchetto trap
D Andreikin vs Karjakin, 2010 
(A27) English, Three Knights System, 10 moves, 1-0

White's play deserves to be in this collection
A Korobov vs Vocaturo, 2011 
(D38) Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation, 55 moves, 1-0

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

Damn! the "Romantics" circa: 1880 would have loved this
Kotronias vs D Xiu, 2011 
(B94) Sicilian, Najdorf, 21 moves, 1-0

Semi-Slav Defense: Stoltz Var (D45) 0-1 Crossfire w/Bs, Q&N
Kaidanov vs Shankland, 2011 
(D45) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 18 moves, 0-1

English Opening: Anglo-Indian / KID (A15) 0-1 Here She is
Topalov vs Kamsky, 2011 
(D85) Grunfeld, 31 moves, 0-1

Spanish, Exchange. Alapin Gambit (C69) 1/2- Sibling Rivalry
N Kosintseva vs T Kosintseva, 2011 
(C69) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation, 13 moves, 1/2-1/2

Smith-Morra Gambit. Accepted Pin Def (B21) 0-1 Royal threats
J Stopa vs Kosteniuk, 2011
(B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 32 moves, 0-1

Slav, Chameleon Variation (D15) 1/2-1/2 A passer for an h-pawn?
Gelfand vs Kamsky, 2012 
(D15) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 44 moves, 1/2-1/2

Indian Game: Anti-Grünfeld. Alekhine Var (D70)1-0 Kside P rollr
Khismatullin vs J Zhou, 2012 
(D70) Neo-Grunfeld Defense, 33 moves, 1-0

White's 31st and 47th. Finishing R restriction.
Kamsky vs V Akobian, 2012 
(C67) Ruy Lopez, 50 moves, 1-0

C-K, Classical (B18) 1-0 Decoy, clearance & deflection
Kamsky vs Seirawan, 2012 
(B18) Caro-Kann, Classical, 35 moves, 1-0

Italian Game: Classical. Greco Gambit (C53) 0-1 The Prom
Jobava vs Kamsky, 2012 
(C53) Giuoco Piano, 58 moves, 0-1

Pirc Defense: Byrne Var (B07) 1-0 Black Q exchanged for P, N, R
L Kaufman vs K Gulamali, 2012 
(B07) Pirc, 27 moves, 1-0

Philidor Def (C41) 1-0 W avoids draw by three-fold repetition
Karjakin vs Carlsen, 2013 
(C41) Philidor Defense, 42 moves, 1-0

8...Nd5? Tolya played loosely,3..Qd6; 4..c6-Schiller-Pytel VarN
Karjakin vs Karpov, 2013 
(B01) Scandinavian, 33 moves, 1-0

Catalan Opening (E00) 1/2-1/2 Qk draw w/2 hangers?
G Kallai vs A Sokolov, 2013
(E00) Queen's Pawn Game, 12 moves, 1/2-1/2

French Defense: Exchange (C01) 1/2- As even as it gets
Areshchenko vs Kaidanov, 2013
(C01) French, Exchange, 42 moves, 1/2-1/2

Sicilian 2.c3 Alapin, Stoltz Attack (B22) 1-0 Remove D, rob pin
Kosteniuk vs T Kosintseva, 2013 
(B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 33 moves, 1-0

Dutch Defense: Q's Knight Var (A85) 1-0 h-pawn lever, N on 6th
G Kovacs vs G Miralles, 2013
(A85) Dutch, with c4 & Nc3, 35 moves, 1-0

QGD Harrwitz Attack. 2 Knights Def Blockade Line (D37) 0-1
C Zhu vs Kosteniuk, 2014
(D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 40 moves, 0-1

QP Levitsky Attack. Euwe Var (D00) 1-0 White Minority Attack
Kamsky vs S Erenburg, 2014 
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 34 moves, 1-0

QGD Exchange. Positional Variation (D35) 1-0 Connected passers
Karjakin vs Kramnik, 2014 
(D35) Queen's Gambit Declined, 72 moves, 1-0

Dutch Defense: Fianchetto Attack (A81) · 1-0
A Korobov vs S Chanda, 2014
(A81) Dutch, 60 moves, 1-0

Barry/150A BxBg7 vs Gruenfeld (A45) 1-0Castle opposite, P storm
A Kashlinskaya vs I Videnova-Kuljasevic, 2014 
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 26 moves, 1-0

Fast paced game w/exchanges; 2 wise pawn pushes by white
A Korobov vs B Kharchenko, 2015
(D47) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 29 moves, 1-0

Nimzo-Indian Def. Reshevsky Var(E46) 1-0 Both Ks abandon last R
Khismatullin vs Eljanov, 2015 
(E46) Nimzo-Indian, 57 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Closed (B23) 0-1 Delicious Q sac, Discovered Double++
Svidler vs Khismatullin, 2015 
(B91) Sicilian, Najdorf, Zagreb (Fianchetto) Variation, 29 moves, 0-1

KID Orthodox. Bayonet Attack (E97) 1/2-1/2 R sac for Stalemate
Khalifman vs D Yuffa, 2016 
(E97) King's Indian, 43 moves, 1/2-1/2

Vienna Gambit. ML (C29) 0-1 Blitz; Kside attack misplayed
S Khader vs Kryvoruchko, 2017 
(C29) Vienna Gambit, 24 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Defense: Canal Attack (B51) 1-0 Devastating ++
O Kanmazalp vs A Karason, 2017
(B51) Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack, 25 moves, 1-0

QGD. Barmen Var (D37) 0-1 Busted pawns lead to outside passer
Mamedyarov vs Kuzubov, 2017 
(D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 55 moves, 0-1

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

FTB knows the Keelings
G Keeling vs K Keeling, 2000 
(B18) Caro-Kann, Classical, 11 moves, 1/2-1/2

Indian Game: Anti-Grünfeld. Alekhine Var (D70) 1-0 Fab Finish!
I Krush vs J Shahade, 2003 
(D70) Neo-Grunfeld Defense, 33 moves, 1-0

Koneru vs I Krush, 2001 
(A04) Reti Opening, 28 moves, 0-1

QGA. Classical Defense. Alekhine System M.L. (D29) 1-0
P Kiriakov vs I Krush, 2001 
(D29) Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical, 55 moves, 1-0

Reti Gambit Declined (A09) 1-0 Sacrifice is thwarted
J Kraai vs I Krush, 2003
(A09) Reti Opening, 41 moves, 1-0

QGA. Classical Def. Rubinstein Var (D27) 0-1 Two connected Ps
M Kursova vs I Krush, 2004
(D27) Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical, 29 moves, 0-1

K Kachiani-Gersinska vs I Krush, 2004
(D11) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 41 moves, 1-0

I Krush vs T Kosintseva, 2004
(E32) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 44 moves, 0-1

T Kosintseva vs I Krush, 2006 
(B63) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 38 moves, 1-0

I Krush vs T Kosintseva, 2006
(E20) Nimzo-Indian, 43 moves, 1/2-1/2

I Krush vs S Kriventsov, 2006
(D86) Grunfeld, Exchange, 26 moves, 1-0

I Krush vs N Kosintseva, 2006 
(E20) Nimzo-Indian, 42 moves, 1-0

I Krush vs K Kachiani-Gersinska, 2006
(D15) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 21 moves, 1/2-1/2

Semi-Slav Def: Stoltz Var (D45) 0-1 Gibraltar Masters 2007
I Krush vs Kaidanov, 2007
(D45) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 26 moves, 0-1

Neo-Grünfeld Def: Goglidze Attack (D70) 0-1 Fighting spirit
I Krush vs Krasenkow, 2007
(D70) Neo-Grunfeld Defense, 49 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Defense: Richter-Rauzer. Ivanov Var (B63) 1-0
K Kulaots vs I Krush, 2007
(B63) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 25 moves, 1-0

Semi-Slav Def: Botvinnik System. Lilienthal Var (D44) 1/2-1/2
I Krush vs Kaidanov, 2007
(D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 28 moves, 1/2-1/2

Gruenfeld Defense: Exchange. Spassky Var (D87) 1/2-1/2
I Krush vs Kudrin, 2007 
(D87) Grunfeld, Exchange, 37 moves, 1/2-1/2

Sicilian Defense: Richter-Rauzer. Ivanov Var (B63) 1/2-1/2
A Kolev vs I Krush, 2007
(B63) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 73 moves, 1/2-1/2

Sicilian Defense: Lasker-Pelikan. Sveshnikov Var (B33) 1-0
Kaidanov vs I Krush, 2008
(B33) Sicilian, 42 moves, 1-0

NID. Normal. Gligoric System Bronstein Var (E55) 1/2-1/2
I Krush vs Kosteniuk, 2008 
(E55) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System, Bronstein Variation, 37 moves, 1/2-1/2

NID. Normal. Gligoric System Bronstein Var (E55) 1-0
I Krush vs Kosteniuk, 2008 
(E55) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System, Bronstein Variation, 45 moves, 1-0

3...Qd8 Ilundain (B01) 1-0Greek gift, possible Anastasia's Mate
Kosteniuk vs R Edouard, 2013 
(B01) Scandinavian, 25 moves, 1-0

B's Opening: Berlin Def 0-0-0 vs 0-0 (C24) 0-1 Pawn storms
A Kogan vs I Krush, 2005 
(C24) Bishop's Opening, 53 moves, 0-1

French Defense: Winawer. Classical Var (C18) 0-1 Sister, Sister
T Kosintseva vs N Kosintseva, 2012 
(C18) French, Winawer, 66 moves, 0-1

King's Indian Defense: Saemisch. Normal Def (E81) 1-0
I Khairullin vs J Gallagher, 2011 
(E81) King's Indian, Samisch, 41 moves, 1-0

Game 18 in How to Crush Your Opponents by Simon Williams
A Korotylev vs Kharlov, 2004 
(D21) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 33 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Bird Variation (C61) 1-0 Notes by Stockfish
Kasparov vs Khalifman, 2002 
(C61) Ruy Lopez, Bird's Defense, 23 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Def: Najdorf. English Attack (B90) 0-1 W loses P play
A Kovchan vs Karjakin, 2010 
(B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 33 moves, 0-1

Nimzo-Indian Defense: Classical. Noa Var (E37) 1-0 33.?
Kasimdzhanov vs Karpov, 2007 
(E37) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 33 moves, 1-0

Semi-Slav, Botvinnik System. Lilienthal Var (D44) 1-0 P picking
I Krush vs Shabalov, 2007 
(D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 25 moves, 1-0

London System vs Delayed Spike (D02) 0-1 Neat P race
Tomashevsky vs Y Kruppa, 2002 
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 63 moves, 0-1

K's English. Reversed Closed Sicilian (A25) 1-0 Fredthebear nap
I Krush vs M Feng, 2019 
(A25) English, 60 moves, 1-0

Zukertort Opening: Sicilian Invite (A04) 1-0 Pin makes a crowd
A Kosten vs P Mercs, 2013 
(A04) Reti Opening, 27 moves, 1-0

French Def: Steinitz. Boleslavsky (C11) 1-0Blind Swine can't do
Kamsky vs D Pruess, 2005 
(C11) French, 31 moves, 1-0

Center Game: Normal Var (C22) 0-1 Batteries battle
G Barrenechea Bahamonde vs D Kollars, 2018 
(C22) Center Game, 44 moves, 0-1

King's English. Four Knights Korchnoi Line (A28) 0-1 27...?
Korchnoi vs I Krush, 2007 
(A28) English, 27 moves, 0-1

Modern Defense: Bg7 Fianchetto (A40) 1-0 Raking Bishops conquer
J Krassowizkij vs M Kill, 2017 
(A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 37 moves, 1-0

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

Semi-Slav Defense: Stoltz Var (D45) 1-0 26.? Fredthebear saw it
Kasimdzhanov vs I Cheparinov, 2009 
(D45) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 42 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Defense: Nimzowitsch. Advance Variation (B29) 1-0
Kosteniuk vs M Muzychuk, 2019 
(B29) Sicilian, Nimzovich-Rubinstein, 42 moves, 1-0

Rook Trio: Underpromotion prevents Q sac for Stalemate
D Wagner vs Kosteniuk, 2018 
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 117 moves, 0-1

Caro-Kann Def: Exchange (B13) 1/2-1/2 Lubbock aint Luchenbach
D Rensch vs I Krush, 2010 
(B13) Caro-Kann, Exchange, 75 moves, 1/2-1/2

Sicilian Closed St. George Bb7 vs Bg2 (B25) 0-1 Qside passers
F Steil-Antoni vs Kosteniuk, 2009 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 43 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Alapin. Smith-Morra Declined (B22) 1-0 Clear the path!
Kholmov vs B Malich, 1978 
(B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 45 moves, 1-0

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

5th Gibraltar Chess Festival 2007 (Nice Upset)
I Krush vs V Akopian, 2007 
(E45) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Bronstein (Byrne) Variation, 53 moves, 1-0

Torre Attack: Fianchetto Def (A48) 0-1 Fredthebear watched
S Foisor vs I Krush, 2020 
(A48) King's Indian, 49 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Def: Scheveningen. Fianchetto Var (B80) 0-1
A Eswaran vs I Krush, 2020 
(B80) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 35 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Defense: Kan. Modern Var (B42) 1-0 No protection
T Kaasen vs J A Herrera Reyes, 2019 
(B42) Sicilian, Kan, 40 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Def: Alapin. Smith-Morra Declined (B22) 1-0 30.?
I Khamrakulov vs F Fargere, 2001 
(B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 34 moves, 1-0

Her and is immense
M Mikadze vs T Kosintseva, 2013 
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 28 moves, 0-1

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